Indiana Gazette (Newspaper) - March 21, 2008, Indiana, Pennsylvania The 24 pages 2 sections 50 cents Vol. 104 No. 209 com in the news There is good news today in The Indiana Gazette about these area Heidi and Jon and Shirley Edna Snow is likely accumulating 3 to 5 inches with an overnight low of 28. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with a chance of snow and a high of 35./ Page 2 Obituaries on Page 4 Ryan 33, Altoona George 72, formerly of Bolivar Gregory 57, Elderton Patrick 79 Louise 92, formerly of New Florence Gerald 93, Buffington Indiana County Edward 79, Virginia formerly of Dilltown Bryan E. 59, Alverda 73, Rossiter Late death Maxine 74, N. formerly of Elderton Deaths Georgette of Penn is this winner in the Home Improvement She will receive $ 100 in home improvement to spend with local merchants sponsoring the There are seven more chances to See Gazette and Leisure for contest rules and an entry Sweepstakes winner Index 18– 24 Dear Abby 18 9 10 Lottery numbers 2 Sports 13– 17 Today in 18 Comics 8 Viewpoint 6 21 Friday Weather Newspaper contents copyright 2008 Indiana Printing and Publishing Pa. This newspaper is printed on recyclable Please Inside STINGRAY A 75- pound stingray killed a woman Thursday when it flew out of the water and struck her in the face as she rode a boat in the Florida Page 11 PATERNO GOES UNDER A fall class at Penn State will examine Joe interaction with the media and his role as a Page 13 NO SCHOOL No columns this week as the writers are on Easter Teddy History is always repeating but each time the price goes Anonymous Faithful gather on Good Friday Police add weapon to catch speeders State Dept. probes breach of passport file Judge OKs proposal for new voting district Two Great Easter 11: 00- 3: 00. ( 724) 349- 4900 Under 21 Dance At Sunday March 23rd 7 p. 11 p. m. Farm ( 724) 349- 3904 Meet Jess From Rock Of In Live At Strike Zone DJ Brian 9: 30- 1: 30 Open The Coventry Open Easter 724- 463- 0776... Home Made Restaurant Great Fish Saturday Chicken And Closed Easter Looking For An Internet Call Your net For Special ( 724) 463- 0105. Celebrate Easter Grace 9 a. m. And 11 a. m. Easter Trees And Musser Garden ( 724) 465- 5684 Easter The Woods ( 724) 349- 2192. Hi Speed Call ( 724) 465- 8100 net Affordable Interiors All Types Of On Special Financing Call ( 724) 349- 8821 Prime Rib ( 724) 726- 8102 Advertising Your Business In The Indiana Gazette Gets ( 724) 465- 5555 Experts predict regional flooding La pattern creates wet cycle By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID AP Science Writer WASHINGTON Government forecasters said Thursday that the floods washing over large parts of the Midwest are just a taste of things to with one meteorologist complaining about a jet stream on Record rainfall and melting snow packs will continue to cause rivers to overflow in large areas of the the National Weather Service The greatest flooding danger includes much of the Mississippi River the Ohio River the lower Missouri River New most of New all of New England and portions of the including Colorado and Overall moisture is unprecedented for this time of year over an area that extends over 1,000 said Doug a meteorologist at the Climate Prediction Joanna a meteorologist at the weather Hydrologic Services added that all the ingredients are there for flooding in this broad area and up into the Continued on Page 12 The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh has issued a snow which is in effect from midnight today to 9 a. m. Armstrong and Jefferson counties are included in the advisory Snow is expected to move into the area later this evening and continue overnight with accumulations of 3 to 5 inches likely by Saturday A snow advisory means that periods of snow will cause travel The weather service urged motorists to be prepared for covered roads and limited visibility and to use caution while Snowstorm on the way PAGE 7 New Mexico Gov. Richardson has endorsed Obama for Hillary Rodham Clinton upped the tempo of her campaign fundraising and spending last only to be eclipsed by her TOM Gazette AUTHOR AND TEACHER Bobbie Yagel spoke on How to Have a Really Good at this 52nd annual Good Friday Community Breakfast at Rustic sponsored by the YMCA of Indiana By RANDY WELLS Gazette Staff Writer Author and teacher Bobbi Yagel asked guests at this 52nd annual Indiana County YMCA Good Friday breakfast to share the images they have of where they are and where Christ is when they Several participants described what Yagel called beautiful But the book of she gives the answer to where Christ is. Christ in you the hope of are the seven words she asked everyone to take home with them this Easter Where is Christ is in she told the 275 people gathered for the music and inspirational I want that to become something real in your You can call on Christ to do through Mediocre she also might wish to have Tiger Woods as their personal Think how good it would have been if Tiger Woods lived in and how much improved your golf game would she You need but you need the Lord to live in 76, was born in Virginia and moved to Indiana in 1972 when her accepted a position to teach special education at Indiana University of She was in Indiana only a month before she was asked to lead a Bible something she had never done For the next 13 years Yagel taught the Wednesday Morning Ladies Bible Study at Graystone Presbyterian Church in She wrote a Bible study Building Better for Aglow Continued on Page 12 By ANNE GEARAN AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON The State Department says it is trying to determine whether three contract workers had a political motive for looking at Democratic presidential candidate Barack passport Two of the employees were fired for the security breach and the third was disciplined but is still the department said Thursday It would not release the names of those who were fired and disciplined or the names of the two companies for which they The inspector general is State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said that for now it appears that nothing other than imprudent was involved in three separate breaches of the Illinois personal but we are taking steps to reassure ourselves that that in the Continued on Page 12 By RANDY WELLS Gazette Staff Writer HOMER CITY Homer City police officers today will tap a new technology in their efforts to reduce speeding at an intersection where three people died in crashes during a little more than 2 months last Police Chief Louis Sacco said his department will begin using an non- RADAR system that measures a speed as it passes through and breaks two sensor beams directed across a Continued on Page 12 By RANDY WELLS Gazette Staff Writer No one raised objections Wednesday at a brief court hearing to the proposal to split the White Township 3/ 1 voting precinct in creating a new precinct that will be called White 3/ 3. Indiana County President Judge William Martin issued an order of court granting the petition from the Indiana County commissioners to form the new Commission chairman Rodney Ruddock said the board will formally create the new precinct at That will raise the number of voting precincts in the county to 69. The commissioners and the Indiana County Election Board proposed creating the new precinct because of crowded conditions and long waiting lines in recent elections in the White 3/ 1 The reconfigured White 3/ 1 precinct will have 1,348 registered voters and the new White 3/ 3 precinct will have 1,198 registered Ben Franklin Road will be the line separating White 3/ 1 from the new White 3/ 3. Residents of White 3- 1, west of Ben Franklin will continue to vote in Calvary Evangelical Free and residents of the new White 3- 3 east of Ben Franklin will vote in the Indiana Roller Rink along Shelley Indiana County Chief Registrar Donna Hoover said this is the only time she can recall during her 23 years in the voter registration office that an Indiana County precinct has been split to create a new The opposite happened in 1988, when eight precincts two each in Rayne and White townships and Indiana Borough were consolidated into four Hoover MARCH SADNESS MATT Associated Press CORNELL COACH Steve and the unofficial Big Red took the same position on the floor during the first half of their round basketball game Thursday in Calif. Stanford routed Cornell 77- 53. Find all your NCAA tournament coverage starting on Page 13
