Daily Herald, The (Newspaper) - August 26, 1997, Tyrone, Pennsylvania Blazier Wins In See Page rfj jr f THE DAILY HERALD Number 298 August 352 Per Copy News Notes Right Off The Top DUI enforcement I had the chance to spend my Friday night out on the line with the officers of the Blair County DUI Task Force and watch their oper ation of the checkpoint they set up along Washington Even though there were no DUI arrests it was a effort that I I would like to see the General Assembly do more about the problem of driv ing while under the influ including strengthen ing penalties and lowering the legal limit to DUI checkpoints are one step in the right thanks to the General As sembly funding them through We couldnt have had a check point here without the state Tyrone police chief George Sessamen should be applauded for his fore sight in organizing the checkpoint in Its just another pro active step by the Tyrone police to take a bite out of crime before it takes a bite out of you and MDL Deaths 1212 Lincoln 1057 Jefferson Pool Hours The Bellwood Pool will be weather permit ting from 4 to 7 through August The Bellwood Pool will resume regular hours during Labor Day The Bell wood and Tyrone Pools will be open noon to 7 free of during Labor Due to the extended summer vacation for the Tyrone Area School Dis the Tyrone Pool will continue its regular hours through Pools will not open unless it is 70 de grees plus and clear Tyrone Picnic Tyrones Annual Com munity Picnic is set for Re servoir Park on September The committee has been working hard to formulate activities to keep folks busy and close to home for a safe holiday in summers final vacation Weather Tonight Low in the lower 50s to lower Partly A chance of afternoon thun High in the Extended forecast Thursday Partly cloudy with a chance of showers Low in the High in the Mostly Low in the upper 40s to upper High in the Saturday Partly cloudy with a chance of showers Low in the mid 50s to lower High in the mid 70s to lower Lottery the winning numbers selected Monday in the Pennsylvania State Lottery Daily 668 Big The winning numbers drawn Monday in the Pen Cash 5 game were 33 and State May Call For Fed Agriculture Relief By KERRY NAYLOR and MARK LEBERFINGER Daily Herald Staff Writers Pennsylvania Governor Tom Ridge may soon ask the federal government for an emergency agricultural declaration in the wake of drought conditions across the accord ing to Agri culture Department Press Secret ary Sally Bair told The Daily Herald that a meeting was held last week with the State Emergency which is run under the USD As Farm Ser vice where attendees learned that preliminary reports indicate that 40 counties have suf a 30 loss of at least one Preliminary Reports Show High Crop Losses Around Pennsylvania The 30 figure is the key num ber that triggers the opportunity for us to ask for the said But were in the process of ver those numbers to make sure they are those Blair County farmers who planted their corn crops in a timely manner should feel few from vanias severe midsummer drought that lasted through according to Amanda ex tension program assistant for Penn State tural Information the numbers show that many Blair farmers Ritchey said Blair County farmers could still suffer a 10 to 30 percent drop in production of silage corn The potential is there fora lOto 30 percent Ritchey As far as grain its too early to but there is definitely an overall yield reduction in According to the amount of rain in Blair County through August has been very allowing crops to make a remarkable but dam age from the Julys heatwave may be The drought put very sive stress on corn in July and will probably hurt crops in terms of ear size and Ritchey Blair Countys potential loss of 10 to 30 percent is comparable to the rest of the state if not slightly Ritchey Area com farmers could be fac ing another besides the The 1997 growing season may prove to be one of the worst in re cent years for stalk lodging and yield reductions from corn root worm explained Dennis Penn State Extension En Everything possible has come together to enhance the impact of corn rootworm CRW on field winter con ditions provided an excellent cli mate for high egg survival and good larval and the dry conditions during April al lowed farmers to plant a higher percentage of com fields The dry April condi tions were then followed by an ex tended cool period that delayed corn Many of the planted fields took three to four weeks for corn to This delay in emergence led to corn being at a developmental stage similar to corn planted from In these early planted corn the soil broke down to a level too low to control hatching com root worm larvae by the time larvae were The entomologist noted that be cause the soil insecticides did not Continued on Page 2 Future Students May Be Scrutinized More Closely By ALIAH WRIGHT Associated Press Writer HARRISBURG AP State Education Secretary Eugene Hickok said he believes the state Board of Education is interested in making mandatory the new edu cation standards Tom Ridge proposed in This would mean that future graduates from Pennsylvania schools could find themselves scrutinized more intensely by col leges and employers before pick ing up their high school Whether the standards are mandatory or not really will be driven more by how the assess ment process And our re commendation to the board will be that these be Hickok told the Pennsylvania Press Club We need to attach some to the assessment process because students wont take it ser iously if we He If you look and the conversa tion weve there seems to be more and more interest in ma king sure that these are either mandat ory or high The stakes could mean that those students bound for college or the working world would have their tests scores scrutinized as much as SAT scores and that employers could look at their 1 think its a good thing and were heading in the right said David presi dent of the Pennsylvania State Education Kids need to know up front what theyre expected to Rotary Painters The Dance Academy Room at the YMCA looks fresh and bright due to Tyrone In Ridge proposed Rotary Clubs Community Service Project of painting the including labor and the at the Y Fran Brunhuber were caught Photo by mrl Chuck Wallace and writin lhe stak and arithmetic to he said the state Edu cation Board would make the final decision on whether or not the new rules would be required for Since the Education Board has scheduled a series of 10 public hearings statewide to discuss the proposed beginning 9 in The standards must win ap proval from Review the House and Senate education com and the attorney general before the board can vote for final The standards would eliminate controversial rules known as Outcomes Based which required students to de monstrate certain knowledge to Unlike which was con for vagueness ahdan em phasis on the new stan dards cover details on number re statistical punctuation and student must meet certain goals in the three Rs by grades eight and The new standards are not expected to be applied statewide for at least a because of the lengthy ap proval process required for adop tion by the state Board of And that suits others just Were far more concerned with doing this than said Tom Gentzel of the Pennsylvania School Boards Were also hoping that out of this comes a long lasting biparti san commitment to stay the he Judge Certifies Pennsylvania Tobacco Lawsuit PHILADELPHIA AP A federal judge has certified a Pen smokers lawsuit as a class action against cigarette mak ers and set a trial date for this marking it the next major tobacco The lawsuit on behalf of some Route 220 Paving Continues Near Line announced Monday that Grannas Contracting of Hollidaysburg will be placing the finishing course of bituminous wearing surface for a mile stretch of Route 220 be tween Bald Eagle and the Centre County line this The paving weather will take place through According to rain could cause postponement of the paving and delay completion of the Motorists that travel Route 220 north of Bald Eagle are advised to expect minor traffic delays un til paving operations have been Drivers may want to select alternate routes to avoid the paving million Pennsylvanians who started smoking as youngsters seeks pay ment for medical monitoring for early detection of smoking related illnesses an obligation that could cost the industry bil lions of In an order issued last week and released District Judge Clarence Newcomer in cluded in the suit all current Pen who started smoking before age 19 while living in the trial date for The judges action comes as Congress debates a proposed billion national settlement with 40 a settlement that would encompass the Philadel phia but probably will not be ratified before the trial What we are saying is the fol If you are at increased risk of harm because you smoke then the tobacco com panies have to get you back on an oven playing said plain tiffs attorney Thomas Mellon of Spokesmen for Philip Morris Brown Williamson and the Tobacco three of the did not immediately return calls for This is a big said John Coale of another plaintiffs attorney in the It means theyve got to hurry up with ratification of the proposed national He said the proposed settlement also includes 27 private Education Hearings Dates and sites of public hearings on education standards are listed below 9 Altoona 12 Allegheny County 26 Philadelphia County 30 Lehigh Northampton County 7 Franklin County 8 Dauphin County 14 Erie County 15 Clarion County 20 Tioga County 21 Luzerne County optimum the 10 meetings each will include a roundtable discussion followed by a public meeting at A second roundtable discussion will occur at 5 fol lowed by a public meeting at Those wishing to speak must register Written comments may also to the State Board of 333 Market PA 17126 by Source State Department of Education Antis Chairman Wigman Named To State Committee State lawsuits against the tobacco industry States seeking to recover costs of health care Slates with pending July IW billion 1997 By KERRY NAYLOR Daily Herald Staff Writer Antis Township Borad of Supervisors Chairman Robert Wigman has been appointed by the Pennsylvania State Associa tion of Township Supervisors to a threeyear term on the Committee on Townships with Populations Greater Than but Less Than This is a nice honor and its good for Antis Wig man I was totally shocked when I found out about The committee identifies com mon problems and needs unique to townships and proposes solutions through state ana federal legislation ana admi It also facili tates the exchange of information through training and technical Ginni Director of Com for the State Associa tion for Township said there are three township Continued on Page 2 Antis Snyder Warriors Mark
