Tribune-Democrat (Newspaper) - September 9, 2007, Johnstown, Pennsylvania Serving Greater Johnstown since 1853 SEPTEMBER 2OO7 NEWSSTAND JOBS Advertised In todays COUPON SAVINGS INSIDE WORLD BIN LADEN VIDEO More about timing than experts WEATHER Warm and humid with chance of High low LOTTERY Saturdays 712283048 40 Power Play 2 More Lottery numbers INSIDE D6 For convenient home call 5325000 or 866 GOOD ALMA LING THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING TO THE NEVER BEFORE OFFERED NO CHARGE FOR WINDOW INSTALLATION SAVE BIG SAVE BEST 12 m 10 I SPORTS NITTANY LIONS ROUT IRISH Penn States defense bottles up Notre Dames freshman quarterback in 3110 B1 LIVING CHRISTMAS CARD PROJECT Childrens Aid students gain confidence by creating holiday E1 Group formed to support police dogs BY RANDY GRIFFITH WINDBER Police dogs are getting some backup from some area animal Its a good cause that we believe in as dog dog owners and dog Michael McCracken said at his Seanor Road He and his are draw ing on their experience raising and showing German shorthaired pointers to support police K9 programs in Windber and Paint The idea grew out of a discussion with Rick who leads both municipal police We Is there a way we can get an organization together that will fund police so they will always be here for us and not a financial burden on the community Cynthia McCracken The answer became the Northern Somerset Regional Police K9 Associ ation which is being organized by the Dianne Sincak and Its mission is to support the maintenance and train ing of K9 service dogs in the North ern Somerset County the groups Michelle Please see A2 a police dog In Paint with his Officer Ed The Northern Som Regional Police K9 Associa tion has been formed to assist in the acquisition and training of police JOHN THE 19TH ANNUAL DOG RUN I EVERYONE CHIPS IN Roaring success PHOTOS BY JOHN Brian Jerley and Sandy both of wait on Graham Avenue Saturday for the start of the 19th annual Wind ber Dog spectators stand on the roof of the Penguin Inn to watch bikers make their way down Graham Organizers pleased with donations BY SUSAN EVANS WINDBER With cles roaring directed by some of the 200 volunteers who help every the 19th annual Dog Run biker rally ended on a party note with drink and Although a final count was not available Saturday night to com last years rid organizers of the charity event said they were pleased with the turnout and And the bikers who showed up at the Windber Recreation Park when the days 100mile route was done said the event met their expectations as Ive attended every one of these for the last eight said Windber resident Kevin The event draws more towners each such as Ron who drove his 1977 Kawasaki the 218 miles from his home in Its the fifth year Ive come to he Ive always had a good time Its laid with no Tattoo artist Mike who has studios in Somerset and said he comes to the biker rally each year not to give but to display his For a donation to the visitors get a discount for a tattoo at a later Called Dog Run because it began during the dog days of summer in with 50 partic it has grown every year and has raised a total of for Windber area organizers Proceeds from this years rally will be donated to the Windber and Scalp volunteer fire Members of those departments were helping with the party food and other Everyone chips said one targets alumni New president seeks involvement from graduates BY MIKE FAHER Jem Spectar is reaching into towns past in an attempt to strengthen the The new who succeeded former President Albert Etheridge July is mounting an aggressive campaign to encourage an estimated alumni to become more involved with the Richland Township We are very eager to connect to reconnect with our alumni Spectar And weve taken a few steps in that direction That includes a recep tion held last week in where administrators met with hundreds of former Spectar students in that The Thursday meeting was the first of its kind for Spectar Other such sessions are said Bob who in July became towns alumni and community relations Were looking at different geographic regions where we have clusters of Knipple adding that Spectar also will host an alumni reception later this month during homecoming Universities often tap alumni as an impor tant fundraising But Spectar said he is more interested in building connections with I hope alumni would remain involved in providing in attending our in mentoring our for career mentorship Spectar Please see A2 Former candy factory razed iY KECIA tAl For years Jim Albright has visited Borough Council urging members to tear down the old candy factory that sat deteriorating next to his house for at least 10 He will return to council Tuesday this time to express It was a nightmare to live next Albright swaying on his front porch I had to dean up bro ken glass and debris there I always had to worry about Crews last week finished demolish ing the dilapidated structure near the end of Meyers The borough Neighbors and council had called the building a funded the work with Community Development Block Grant It looks so much Albright Neighbors and council had called the building a At one time it was a haven for about 30 Fallen bricks from the building twice shat tered the windshield of Albrights You have to worry about grand neighbor kids playing around Albright Don Klink gave the building to the borough in 2005 after years of back and forth with including an ultimatum to either tear it down or deed it to the It was a long time Coun cilman Albright We were glad to see this goal and Jim Albright are not Next up is a building along Chestnut which Klink also That just needs to be cleaned Albright It is just a pile of bricks Klink said he is working on He was at the remains of that structure FILE PHOTO Crews recently demolished this building in Meyersdale hauling away He said he was sorry to see the fac tory members were on me about cleaning it up or demoli he I handed it The built in the late held historical he I wish they would have put a roof on Klink It was a piece of