Progress, The (Newspaper) - March 18, 2008, Clearfield, Pennsylvania 102 066 Our 95th Year Moshannon March 2008 50 Cents 18 PAGES The Great the No other flower conjures up such pas and No one is sure exactly what it is about this flower that inspires such but my guess is its the While some modern hybrid roses arent there are many varieties with an 1intoxicating scent that will knock your socks Turn to page 8 The Progress News Clearfield 206 Locust 7657813 7 Philipsburg 109 Front 3424763 7 2 Curwensville 460 State 2363468 Check us out online at Inside today Birthdays Classifieds Comics Dear Abby 3 1214 17 18 columns 4 Heloise 18 Hospitals 5 Lottery 16 News in brief 7 Obituaries 16 Police 16 Sports 911 Weather 3 Sports Girls Basketball AllStars announced Page 9 baseball preview Page 9 Kids Corner By Shayne considers summer renovations By Jeff Corcino Staff Writer The Clearfield Area School District School Board of Directors is considering mil lion in upgrades to its buildings this At last nights committee meetings the administration pre sented capital projects list for including the cost esti mates from the school districts architecture firm Rohrbaugh Associates of The capital projects list includes work on Centre Bradford Elementary and the high school Centre Elementary is pro posed to have for roof repairs and for Bradford Elementary is pro posed to have in roof for for parking for shingles and for The high school office is slated to receive in upgrades to its HVAC for electrical for roof for acoustic ceiling for doors and for general for a total of Down the road the school dis is looking at doing a major renovation project for its schools at a cost of but it is at least one year away from and until then Business Manager Jason Barnett said the district is in safe and dry mode when deciding which building projects to Barnett also said the projects were selected in consultation with the architects so they complement the upcoming renovation proj The school board has been putting money in its capital reserve for building and this year the school board was able to put a little bit more in because last year it ended with a million budget The school board put mil lion in its capital reserve this Because of the extra Curwensville School Citizen voices concerns about ethanol plant By Dianne Byers Staff Writer CURWENSVILLE At last nights Curwensville Area School Board was asked to reevaluate its earlier decision not to oppose the construction of an ethanol plant near the school Sam told the board members he was coming to them as a concerned citizen regarding the drive to allow Sunnyside Ethanol LLC to set up shop adjacent to the Ken school board told Ettaro he had five minutes to address the board and he alerted him when those five minutes Sunnyside Ethanol LLC has been working to secure funding to construct a million pro duction plant that will generate ethanol using a waste power At last weeks Curwensville Borough Council com pany officials told council fund ing and permits are expected to be in place by June or July with plant construction to begin Previously published reports state the plant will have the capacity to create up to 80 mil lion gallons of ethanol annually at the site located in Curwensville Borough previous ly occupied by Howes Leather Approximately 70 fulltime jobs will be Ettaro said he came to the board last night because it is what I promised to do when I asked for the trust of the public Turn to Page 1 Water rushes under the road through railroad ties along Coaldale Road near the town of Munson as melting snow takes an unusual shape on top of the railroad Photo by Angel Ramsey Hospital shoots for May 15 opening By Terry Whetstone Staff Writer PHILIPSBURG Philipsburg Regional Medical Center is moving ahead with reopening The facility closed in has been through a bidding war and is still in negotiations with bank court as Larry Adams tries to move forward to the The medical center recently hired Thomas fel low of the American College of Healthcare out of retirement to develop and pro vide leadership to a team of technicians and support In addition to 19 years experience with Hospital Corporation of America and Quorum Health Robinson has experience with grassroots community venture capital groups and fortune 500 compa Reopening Philipsburg will be a he said in a press But then all com munity standalone health care institutions are In addition to reimbursement and health manpower shortages in the Philipsburg Regional Medical Center must overcome the stigma that attaches to a hospital that has been closed for two The hospital is currently undergoing a massive cleanup and fixup effort and is putting together a staffing and marketing plan to provide service to patients and families of the Moshannon Valley and Robinson said the com partnership of staff and community will be des to make the health care provider of choice for many in the The reopening of the facility will bring needed jobs and economic development to central With the price of gasoline Turn to Page 1 Osceola Mills Borough fills vacancy By Wendy Lynn Staff Writer OSCEOLA MILLS Vacant seats were the topic of conversa tion at the Osceola Mills Borough Council meeting last night when council filled a vacancy and voted to advertise for Borough resident Ed Hicks submitted his resignation from the Osceola Rush and Decatur Township Sewer Authority effective the authority did not discuss the resignation until its regular meeting and council then voted to advertise the open position during its meeting accepting let ters until March During last nights council learned that only one letter of interest was received from someone who does not live in the borough any longer but still owns property in the Chris Bungo was a former coun cil member and also served on the ORD authority at its along with Ida Reams and Bungo later resigned from the authority for reasons council couldnt Reams explained to council members that when the authority was formed the bor ough made residency in the bor ough an unofficial There is nothing in the authority bylaws saying that members have to live in the municipality they only that they need to own property as far as she knew there was Turn to Page 1 Jury chosen in case of fatal crash while DUI By Liza Matia Staff Writer A jury of six men and six women was selected yesterday to hear the case of Bobbi Jo the Patton woman charged for a July accident that killed two Two alternate jurors were also Morgan faces charges of homicide by vehicle while two counts while two counts homicide by two counts DUI and involuntary two Charges stem from a July inci dent that occurred in Mahaffey Morgan was driving home from a methadone clinic when she struck and killed Bertha Kitchen and her 3yearold granddaughter Samantha who were walking along the Its an emotional case no matter how you look at said Brian an attorney for He said that he is not disputing the fact that his client had methadone in her sys tem at the time of the accident and that she was driving the vehicle that struck the two he argued that the presence of drugs does not make his client he is that Morgan was not driving reckless ly nor did the methadone in her system cause the The trial is scheduled for four June and will be heard before Clearfield County Judge Paul West Branch to start kindergarten By Terry Whetstone Staff Writer ALLPORT West Branch School Board held its monthly voting meeting last a week earlier than Board Secretary Miriam Ennis said it was due to the Easter holiday next but to snow makeup there will be The board heard from Allison a kindergarten Koleno said she was excited to see that kindergarten was once again on the I hope its she We really want to get our students on par with the rest of the students around the area and throughout the Christie Clesser of Cooper Township also spoke on behalf of Kindergarten and noted that she has a son who will be entering kindergarten soon and she is pretty sure it would be a benefit to her son and the other Kindergarten children just get to school and get settled and its time to go nome she Theres no time for the teachers to give them one instruction time in the She said she believes if her older child had fulltime kinder she would npt have struggled through her elemen tary Clesser also noted that she knows some parents dont believe their child is ready for classes all day at the age of but she said they have the option of holding that child back a until they are It all depends on the childs she Some kids Turn to Page 2 Sandy reps to attend meeting By Josh Woods Staff Writer DUBOIS Sandy Township Board of Supervisors has agreed to send representatives to meet with Treasure Lake Property Owners Association to dis cuss taxation The board acted in response to a letter read at its meeting last sent by President Richard Rehermann to Sandy offering an invitation to meet with board members Reznor and Lori Corcoran and its general manag er to discuss ongoing taxing Previous discussions between your township manager and board member Reznor naVe intrigued the entire the letter As we continue to evaluate many avenues available we want to continue to keep the township informed and welcome feed Both parties received a letter Turn to Page 4 Mo Valley discusses textbooks By Timothy Staff Writer AMESVILLE In its curriculum committee meeting of the Moshannon Valley Board of Education discussed elementary staffing recommen dations for the 200809 school the purchase of new text books and implementation of a bullying Elementary Principal Connie Godin presented the committee with a breakdown of the current and projected number of stu dents for each grade level for the 200809 school year and suggest ed the district reassign one of the four teachers to grade Godins projections showed 63 students entering sixth grade in 21 fewer than currently enrolled at that grade She suggested reas signing one of the sixth grade teachers to grade five because a large number of are entering that grade in and the move would allow for a reduction in the ratio from 211 to The stu dent teacher ratio in grade six is currently 211 and would remain so even if the change were Godin then suggested the district consider hiring an addi tional teacher at the elementary school to help with the large number of students in grade Currently there are 73 stu dents in fourth grade and three resulting in a student teacher ratio of Godin said adding the additional teacher would decrease that ratio back to She also explained there are a number of high expectations for students in fourth and fifth grade as they will be undergoing the Pennsylvania System or School Assessment exams for Turn to Page 4 Turn to Page 4 I V
