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The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford will graduate its largest class – 342 students – during commencement exercises Sunday, April 29. John Schlimm, internationally award-winning author of 12 books on cooking/entertaining, history, how-to and fiction, will speak to the graduating class. The commencement will also be broadcast live at www.upb.pitt.edu/commencement.aspx . Those graduates from Bradford expected to receive an Associate of Science degree are Andrew M. Flynn, Samantha McGriff, Nathan M. O’Lay and Nathan Alan Rees, all nursing majors, and Beth Christman and Burton Markert, both petroleum technology majors. Other students from McKean County expected to receive associate degrees are Richard Edward Castina, a liberal studies major, and Stephanie Denise Hungiville, a nursing major, both of Mount Jewett; Marklyn Dawn Simms, a liberal studies major from Smethport; Steven Paul Kriner and Hazen E. Robson, both nursing majors from Eldred; Sara Hyde and Kelly Elizabeth McKinney,...

These two racers zip down Dorothy Lane during the annual Bradford Mastercraft All-American Soap Box Derby. Below, Stefan Arlington talks with derby organizer Steve Feldman during 100.1 The HERO's live broadcast from the event.

Stefan Arlington has the latest from the Bills, Steelers and Browns. Listen here .

The Health Minute from Johns Hopkins is about preventing prostate cancer. Foodie News centers on Jamie Oliver’s food revolution. The National Lampoon Sports Minute (Or So) covers Stephen Strasburg, Carlos Zambrano, Rick Mahorn, USA Swimming. Outdoors PA with the Pennsylvania Game Commission concludes a series about spring gobbler season. On today’s Sports Forum, Frank Williams and Stefan Arlington will talk about the NFL draft. (Morning Buzz listeners know that Frank predicted that the Bills would draft CJ Spiller.) We’ll also have the latest stock report and the community calendar, plus the very latest local news and sports, state news from RadioPA, national and international news from CNN, NFL Today and the forecast from News 4 Meteorologist Mike Cejka. Listen at 1490 AM WESB, or live online at WESB.com starting at noon.

You can listen to Lady Owls/Lady Terrors basketball on 1490 WESB and online at WESB.com at 7:20 tonight. Stefan Arlington and John Marasco will call the game.

Mary from Tops (top photo) serves up a couple of lunch specials to a couple of the people who attended Saturday's Outdoor Corn Sale Event. Proceeds from the lunch sales went to the United Way of the Bradford Area. Below, United Way Executive Director Kelly Case chats with Greg Ulyan of Chapel Ridge and WESB/WBRR Sales Director Peggy Austin, who is also looking through a United Way cookbook. Sparky the Fire Dog, and other members of the Bradford City Fire Department were also on hand at the event, signing people up for smoke detectors, handing out fire safety information and collecting donations for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Rich Zmuda demonstrates the Hazard House for Mike Walter and Stefan Arlington

I'm going home sick in about 12 minutes (after the noon news), so don't expect any more updates here today. But please listen to WESB and The HERO for Stefan and the news.

Thanks to our friend Chuck Pollock at the Olean Times Herald for the mention of Frank and Stefan in his column. The column also talks about the amazing St. Bonaventure women's basketball team and TO.

Igor and Frank Williams & Stefan Arlington for winning awards from the Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters Igor won for producing a HERO Web site promo. Frank and Stefan won for an Owls football broadcast. Once again ... Congratulations guys! Listen to Igor's winning promo HERE .

The Twin Tiers Action Van hit a deer on I-86 near Jamestown while returning from the Owls game late Thursday night. Frank, Stefan, Tom and Mike were shook up, but not hurt. The van was disabled and the deer was killed in the collision. The Owls broadcast crew arrived back in Bradford safely at 1 a.m.