Fox competition keeps Murrysville dancer on her toes

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“We are just very grateful CBS gave us the opportunity,” she said.

This isn’t their first goround with reality television. The Himes family was featured on HGTV’s “House Hunters” last September as they purchased a home in Nashville, Tenn.

• West Newton’s Andrew Takach forged himself a $10,000 prize.

By crafting a bowie knife, then adding a D guard and an elk horn handle, Mr. Takach worked his way into the final round of History’s “Forged in Fire” this week.

He adroitly fashioned a bowie knife, then added a D guard after advancing to the second round against three other bladesmiths. Part of the tests included judges hammering the blade against a nail, and there were cut tests for sharpness as well.

The last challenge — producing an ancient sword called a Shamshir — required Mr. Takach and the other finalist to work on them in their home forges. The five-day effort was hardly smooth. Mr. Takach was shown with his clothes catching fire, but he said that happens a lot.

He had never made a sword before.

“I thought, ‘Wow, this is really cool.’ And I liked how it performed.”

The judges agreed, giving him the victory when shooting resumed.

• On “Face Off: Divide and Conquer,” time ran out on Suzanne Bostwick, a graduate of Tom Savini’s Special Makeup Effects Program in Monessen, whose demonic clockthemed makeup fell short. Another Savini grad, Philip Harrah, is still in the season 12 race.