Donora honors Bob Megela

Donora Mayor Don Pavelko presented Robert D. “Bob” Megela with a Borough of Donora Proclamation on Thursday honoring him for outstanding service and lasting contributions to the borough. Megela founded the Palmer Park Radio Control Club in the early 1980s, with the club’s first meetings taking place in his garage on Fayette Street in Donora. Through countless hours of volunteer labor and with the assistance of fellow club members, he helped develop Palmer Park by constructing the original pavilion and establishing the airfield, creating a destination that has been enjoyed by radio control enthusiasts and visitors for decades. Together with his brother, Megela played an instrumental role in securing the plumbing materials necessary to provide restroom facilities and running water at Palmer Park, greatly enhancing the park’s amenities for the public; and he personally designed and built the original park pavilions, picnic tables and benches. He also designed and constructed the Palmer Park Police Shooting Range, providing an important training facility for the borough’s law enforcement officers. Borough of Donora