Welcome Valerie Abati
Pittsburgh:Rob Owen features KDKA-TV's new meteorolgist Valerie Abati (A-bay-tee) who took over the reigns of the early morning weather duties earlier this month. Abati - who is no relation to news anchor Sonni Abatta - grew up in Conneaut Lake PA and has held jobs in Cincinnati OH, Chattanooga TN, Clarksburg WV and WJET in Erie after graduating from Penn State. She holds the AMS seal and is on track to get the Certified Broadcast Meteorologist seal. (The CBM is held by WPXI's Mike LaPoint and WTAE's Don Schwenneker.)
Abati likes to be active and plans on exploring the city as much as possible. She tells Owen, "One of the things I really like about Pittsburgh is its mom and pop shops. In America you can get so used to chains, and this is so different. I like that."
Readers’ Forum
“Abati – who is no relation to news anchor Sonni Abatta “
. . .
Burns: Who is that lavatory linksman, Smithers?
Smithers: Homer Simpson, sir. One of the fork and spoon operators from sector 7-G.
Burns: Well, he’s certainly got a loose waggle. Perhaps I’ve finally found a golfer worthy of a match with Monty Burns, eh?
Smithers: His waggle is no match for yours, sir. I’ve never seen you lose a game. Except for that one in ’74 when you let Richard Nixon win. That was very kind of you, sir.
Burns: Oh, he just looked so forlorn, Smithers, with his [imitating Nixon] “Oh, I can’t go to prison, Monty. They’ll eat me alive!”
[Smithers laughs]
Burns: I wonder if this Homer Nixon is any relation?
Smithers: Unlikely, sir. They spell and pronounce their names differently.
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Jason T. - October 19, 2007 at 1:00 pm