With all the doctors and health-concerned people pushing for new moms to nurse their babies, why aren't there special places to do so privately?

The malls, in particular, have absolutely no place to do so other than ladies' rooms, which are very unsanitary.

Believe it or not, some moms would rather not nurse in public. Couldn't the malls, which want people to come and shop, have one of their unoccupied spaces turned into a "nursing mom's corner?"

Marjorie Moore

Penn Hills

Historic building

If you happen to be driving on the Tri Boro Expressway between East Pittsburgh and Turtle Creek (Keystone Commons), you will notice an eight-story building that is being razed. That red brick building is a little known but significant historical site that changed the world forever.

At 6 p.m. Nov. 2, 1920, history was made from atop the K Building at the Westinghouse East Pittsburgh Plant in Turtle Creek. The first commercial radio broadcast was made under the direction of Frank Conrad and several Westinghouse employees as they announced the results of the U.S. presidential election between Warren Harding and James Cox. This was the birth of the world's first radio station, KDKA, and the broadcast industry. A few of KDKA's broadcast firsts recorded in radio history include: The first regular broadcast, play-by-play baseball and football games, World Series, church services, stock market reports.

The K Building in Turtle Creek was built in 1907, 100 years ago.

Every time you turn on your radio or television set or use your cell phone, the roots all go back to this inconspicuous site in Turtle Creek where it all began. We should all be very proud of the amazing events that took place on that cold, stormy night in 1920.

More than a decade ago, an attempt was made by a committee to establish a National Museum of Broadcasting in the K Building. The effort failed due to lack of cooperation and support from local officials.

Every resident of our area should be disappointed that we, as a community, couldn't find a better purpose for a significant historical site than meeting the wrecking ball. The K Building deserved better. Soon we will only be able to point to another vacant lot where history was made.

Bob Mock

Turtle Creek

Penn Hills' parade of managers

Wake up Penn Hills! We have our fourth manager in four years!

And, again, no one is telling us why.

Have the managers left because this mayor and council interfere with the management of our town?

Still not convinced?

How about this: On the same day the manager submitted her resignation, this mayor and council hired a new manager without advertising or interviewing anyone else. The mayor then labeled him the "runner-up" from the last interviewing process.

Penn Hills, are you, satisfied with a "runner-up" manager? I wonder how the new manager feels about being called the "runner-up." It seems that this was the wrong way to hire a new manager and is yet another political move designed to avoid hurting the mayor's run for re-election.

Convinced yet Penn Hills? How about the mayor and council discussing a severance package for the manager who quit.

Are you kidding? The manager quit and does not deserve a severance package unless any accrued sick/vacation time is due her.

She did take vacation already this year and, if she took more than the prorated amount, maybe she owes us money back. Our Home Rule Charter only discusses a package if the manager is fired, not if he or she quits. Speak up Penn Hills because it is our tax money that they are not disclosing.

Robert Larko

Penn Hills

Mr. Larko is a Republican candidate for the Penn Hills school board.