Daily Herald, The (Newspaper) - March 18, 2005, Tyrone, Pennsylvania The Best in Local News Sports VoL 139 EASTER SERVICES EVENTS With the everyone watches the world become new New fresh cleaned out and second Warriors Mark UM Church is celebrating the joy of Easter and the true source of new life Jesus Come join in this Easter and celebrate a hope that lasts longer than a season Tonight at 7 following the Fish there will be an Easter Skit presented by the and Youth of Cost Donation to benefit upcoming Youth Tomorrow at 10 there will be a community Easter egg hunt for On March 20 at Palm Sunday Service will be March 25 from noon to 3 will be Good Friday Service in half hour segments with several guest speakers special music and on March 27 at 7 will be Inside Easter Sunrise A hot breakfast will be served in the fellowship hall fol lowing the The Relay for Life Team is sponsoring this Cost Donation to ben Relay for on March 27 at there will be Easter Worship and Praise BENEFIT DANCE A benefit dance will be held for Glenn Guerin at the Tyrone Hookies tomorrow from 8 to Music by DJ Big There will be door prizes and prize MEETING The Descendents of Civil War Veterans will meet on March 23 at 7 at the Public Dennis Con roy will speak on the history of the First Delaware Civil War The public is invited to THE LORDS SUPPER AND TENEBRAE At 7 on March Tyrone Presbyterians invite the people of this community to join them for a Service of the Lords Supper and Pas tor Bob Dunkelberger will remember Christs Last Supper with his disciples in the Upper Room at Holy After worshippers will witness a Service of Tenebrae wherein six readers will present scripture that recalls how gardens have served as a backdrop in Gods rescue plan for Worshippers will respond to the readings by singing familiar hymns and then depart in dark ness to reflect on Christs dark struggle with human TYRONE COMMUNITY PLAYERS The general membership meeting of The Tyrone Commu Players previously scheduled for March 25 has been rescheduled due to Good Friday The new date will be April 1 at 7 in the TCP 1019 Logan The former Voting will take place on the slate of plays being proposed by the Play Read ing Committee that will comprise the next reviewing pre liminary plans for a future per space for the having a session regarding the summer My Way and Previous involvement with the TCP is not required to All newcomers are as well as seasoned are wel Please note the change of date and plan to join f 1 The Daily Herald Serving Warriors Bald Eagle and all of Northern Blair County since 1866 March 2005 50 Cents 2004 six months later Borough receives partial FEMA approval deals with criticism over efforts By SAM ZEMA Staff Writer The Borough of Tyrone has submitted almost in claims for damages to a baseball reimbursement for emergency services and the cleanup of the Little Juniata River and the Schell Run catch basin as a result of last years flood on 17 and Borough finance director Phyllis Garhart said the borough had just more than 200 overtime manhours which it is seeking reimbursement for through funding from the Federal Emergency Management The funds are available through what FEMA calls Public Assistance money made available to state and local gov and certain nonprofit The overtime hours are for services provided by the borough during the flood period at a cost of The borough offered emergency services to its residents during the It is not eligible to receive reimbursement for regular hours worked by its employ ees during the The borough is also seeking reimbursement for a project which was completed in December in the area below the Ninth Street as well as work done in the Schell Run catch The borough bid out the Ninth Street Bridge project to have a cleanup of accumulated stone and other debris Tyrone met with Department of Environmental Pro representatives in early October to secure a per mit to do the work after a stone bar several feet in height had developed after the high During the DEPs visit in borough and state officials toured the area near the Ninth Street bridge as well as the flood control project in Schell Run near Shippen An overall inspection of the flood control facilities along the Little Juniata River was also completed from the bridge upstream to the area of Hutchinson Run near the Ferner Baseball After the inspection was completed on DEP approved an emergency permit to allow the borough to remove stone and silt from under the Such per mits are for 30 however Mayor Patricia Stoner said DEP also granted two The low bid for the project was submitted by Blair Excavating of Tyrone for a price of and Tyrone Borough Council approved the The work was completed in DEP told the borough a permit wasnt needed to remove the stone and silt at the flood control project at Shippen Borough employees completed the stone and silt removal in that Earlier this Garhart said the borough is seeking reimbursement for the cleanup below the Ninth Street bridge and the work done by the borough in the Schell Run catch Garhart said the boroughs total costs for overtime hours on 17 and 18 and the cleanup projects is The amount was submitted to FEMA after field inspections were done by the Garhart said the borough is also seeking for damages to the little league The borough owns the property but it is leased and operated by Just this the Borough received partial ity approval from FEMA for the ball field see box on page 2 for more The borough also owns the VFW Teener league field which sustained damages estimated at The borough is attempting to seek funding to cover those Shortly after the the boroughs emergency Jim Beckwith said damage to residential prop erty and businesses was estimated to be at least one mil lion Continued on page 2 Benefit for Band slated for tomorrow evening There is quite a of items to ranging from gift certificates up to a trip for two to Atlantic We are so local businesses that have forward to helpmate we need are members of the M1 j V band Laird By CHRISTINA SEINER Editor The Tyrone Band Booster Orga will be holding a special benefit dance and ticket auction tomorrow night from 812 to help raise funds to send the mem bers of the Tyrone band program to Sandusky and Ohio this The will be held at the Tyrone American with doors opening at 8 to view and bid on the auction and music will be provided by DJ Sky Blue Caddy starting at 9 There is quite a selection of items to auction ranging from gift certificates up to a trip for two to Atlantic We are so thankful of the many local businesses that have come forward and donated items to help make this fundraiser a suc said band Kris Now all we need are mem bers of the community that are ready for a fun Tickets for the auction items will be on sale at the and the items will be given away each half hour beginning at The list of items include gift cer from American Ale Allen Street Hunt ingdon Walks Photography and Custom Also gift from The Last Marathon Home Scents of Alices Home Garden and Gardners Other items include a fishing pole and tackle set from a jigsaw from Ace 17 inch color monitor from four tickets to an Curve game and Curve a trip for two to Atlantic City and Admission is per person at the door and individuals must be 21 years or older to Food and beverages will be available for pur chase throughout the Come have a good and help support the youth of our Continued on page 2 By RICK STONEBRAKER For The Daily Herald Editors note Tyrone native Rick Stonebraker has shared his experiences with The Daily Herald in running The Last This is the third article in a series of four that will run in the form of a diary of experi February 27 After a smooth night of the dawn brought a bright sun that glistened off the abundant ice plus a clear blue I heard the spout ing of the whales before I saw Through my binoculars I spotted the mother and her Gliding easily in the water as they rhythmically go up and down in search of their favorite food of They arch their backs and rise partly out of the water and then dip down while their flukes tails rise out of the water for a magnificent view of these colossal The typical size of a Humpback whale is between 36 to 52 feet long and can weigh up to At a calf can reach 13 to 15 feet long and weigh 150 Three zodiacs were launched and got to within 50 feet of these I was in the third one using my video We were so close that you could see the white part of the under side of the fins under The breeze brought the spray from the blow hole towards us and it was amaz ing We cruised for another couple of hours before heading back for We saw approximately 50 whales on this The afternoon was reserved for sea kayaking but the swells were over a foot and too much for recre kayakers like We motored around the bay looking at more seals on ice flows and just taking in the amazing landscape that Antarctica has to We weighed anchor in late afternoon and headed for more beautiful We dropped anchor in Arara Bay and would set foot on Antarctica in the As we were having the scenery through the portholes was completely blocked out by an immense iceberg that drifted In it was so the captain had to move the ship out of harms way in case of a sudden wind shift or change of This berg was twice the size of the ship and stretched a couple hundred feet into the It wUs hard to imagine this chunk of ice was a haven unto February 28 It snowed throughout the night and three to four inches were on the boat by It was cult to sleep past so I was eager to see what effect the new fallen snow had done to the land The rock faces were dusted and a bitter wind came into the bay so I went below to get my gloves and a warmer In the the IOFFE had slid into the bay and we would all transfer later in the afternoon to have a BBQ on the stern of their During morning my friend Rohit from India made an observa He stated that the views of the continent and the bays were the same views that were scene by Continued on page 2 students qualify for chorus festival Pictured are the Tyrone Area High School students who have qualified for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region III Chorus Festival to be held in the Bald Eagle Area School District this In front Josh Second row Alicia Rodriguez and Mary In back Jessica A public concert will be presented on Saturday at The public is invited and tickets are available at the Courtesy photo TAHS students qualify for Region III Chorus Festival From staff reports The following Tyrone Area High School students have qualified for the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Region III Chorus Festival to be held in the Bald Eagle Area School District this They are Josh bass I Mary alto II and Jessica alto I and Alicia soprano The TAHS Director is Catherine Region III is comprised of over 50 area high schools from 11 These students qualified for this choir festival due to their high placement at the District 6 Chorus festival where Mary Raffetto and Alicia Rodriguez both earned first place within their respective vocal If these students ranked within the top four at Wednesday evenings auditions they would also qualify for the AllState Chorus festival to be held in Hershey in In addition to the students will rehearse for three days under the direction of Lynn from the Pennsylvania StateUniversity School of A public concert will be presented on Saturday at The public is invited and tickets are available at the Come share in the national celebration of Music In Our Schools Month by hearing this prestigious Patricks Day fun Tyrone Community Partnership hosted its third annu al Patricks Day dinner Tuesday night at its Social The menu consisted of Irish Corn Beef and Shamrock Irish Scones with Clotted Irish Coffee and Lucky Four young leprechauns assisting at the tables included Olivia Bethany Jessica Lid dick and Jessica Authentic music was ed by Brian Anderson and Mike as The Michael OBrian entertaining with Irish music and The Daily Werner Church Senior Local Forecast Lows around North winds around 10 mph in the light and A chance of rain in the Highs around Southeast winds around 10 Chance of rain 50 Saturday likely in the a mix of rain and light snow likely after Lows in the lower In Sports Quick exit for See Page 4
