Wellsboro Gazette (Newspaper) - July 23, 2003, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania Tage Marketplace Wellsboro GAZETTE NO 41 WELLSBORO PA WEDNESDAY JULY GAZETTE ONE Id PAGES MARKETPLACE ONE PAGES Storms down trees power lines across county J Power still not restored in some areas by Gayle Morrow I think we're going to rent a said Theresa Hughes with a laugh looking over the downed trees around her Shippen Township property It's Hughes will not be alone The high winds rain hail and lightning that came with vere storms Monday afternoon left area residents with power out- ages and property damage ing the January ice storm Tuesday afternoon the Tioga County commissioners declared a disaster emergency in the county What that does explained Emergency Services Director Dave Cohick is allows us to use resources and acquire services without bidding For instance two generators were purchased for use by field and Knoxville boroughs to operate their water systems The Cowanesque Valley and the Pine Creek Valley along Route 6 west were particularly hard-hit as was Potter County Cohick said this morning that an tornado was confirmed to have touched down in Potter County The total rainfall in Wellsboro from start to end of the storm was 1.67 inches Cohick noted the ough received 58 inches of rain in eight minutes Thousands of people out the county are still without power as of Wednesday morning Please see STORM page 3 County plans to borrow another million photo by GAYLE MORROW AN APPLE TREE NEAR THE TERRY AND THERESA HUGHES residence just off Route 6 in Shippen Township was uprooted Another fruit tree in their yard was snapped off at the Wellsboro school board examines security issues by C R Clarke The Wellsboro Area School Dis- board met day night July 22 to discuss how they can keep the tragedy of June 4 from happening in their schools again On that day just two days be- fore school ended for the summer David Roby 12 brought a duffle full of loaded weapons into the Butler Middle School with the intent of causing harm to dents and teachers and killed himself in a boys restroom Safety committee chairman Glenn Poirer gave a report on the first meeting held by the tee July 9 at the school During that meeting which about 50 people attended ing to Poirer several came up with ideas and tions which he presented to the board Tuesday Included in the report were three lists security measures safe school strategies and emer- gency responses The lists were created by those who attended voting on what is most important to them Each person was told to vote for 14 items in order of ity Number one among security measures listed was to create enues for students to provide anonymous via hot line or drop box for kids There were 57 votes for that suggestion Second was to tighten up cess to all buildings including regular review of building entry and entry into schools between classes which received 47 votes Wellsboro's Municipal Authority looks to townships for money by Gayle Morrow The Wellsboro Municipal is hoping for an infusion of cash from neighboring Delmar and Charleston townships to help out with ongoing water and sewer expansion projects Authority chairman Tom Rudy at the Delmar Township sors meeting Monday evening said the success of state and eral grant funding applications depends in part on the ity of local support and tion He asked that Delmar com- mit to providing The township is now in the nal stages of a sewer line sion from the borough line through Stokesdale routes 6 west and 287 north to the Junction and the former Dresser plant The authority is also planning a water line extension through the same area and wants to explore the possibility of tapping into an additional water source there as well Those projects have been given an estimated million price tag Rudy pointed out that the county has given toward the project and said a tion from Delmar and Charleston would help all concerned When Route 15 opens up he continued people will likely be surprised at the opportunities which will become available Companies that have ex- pressed interest in taking space at the former Dresser plant ways want to know if there is lic water and sewer there he Please see DELMAR page 3 Random searches of backpacks duffle bags large purses and sical instrument cases was third with 46 votes This suggestion is the only one that will require board action to change the school's emergency response and safe school's plan Internally locking classroom doors with keys was third with 21 votes Fifth was much the same as the third probable cause searches of backpacks with any questionable items identified by personnel set aside and administrators notified This suggestion received 18 votes Sixth with 16 votes was ing lock boxes at all entrances to facilitate rapid entry by police and emergency personnel Seventh was alarms on doors to sound when opened with 11 votes The rest included having people watching exterior doors keeping students aware of proper door keeping classroom doors locked instructing students on what to do if they are outside classrooms when a is announced labeling phones with instructions for getting an outside line staff monitor training on what to look for and rapid re- sponse training with outside cies Please see SECURITY page 3 by Gayle Morrow Tioga County commissioners announced Tuesday they plan to borrow million later this mer Commissioner Walter Barnes said the money will be used to pay off one of the county's current debts a million bond that was taken out three years ago and to finish paying for several ongoing projects The million was borrowed to pay for the county ing the county GIS geographic information the prison expansion and the armory vation the commissioners have said The money from the sale of the county's interest in the Broad Acres nursing tion facility is to be applied to that million debt they have ised Barnes announced the plans to borrow the additional million as part of his response to a letter to the editor which was published in this paper a few weeks ago The letter from commissioner candidate Hall alleged a number of secrets or mysteries about commissioners activities including the million bond the Broad Acres sale the reason John Kravas former Human Services administrator was fired and the fact that a report by independent consultant Smith on the De- of Human Services has not been made public Barnes said there were no crets about any of those actions A public meeting is scheduled for Aug 21 at 10 for to take action on the posed million borrowing In other money matters Barnes voted against a public re- relations ser- vices contract between the De- of Human Services and Tucker Worthington Administrator Sam Greene said Worthington has handled design layout some printing and production of various publications the department is required to vide to the public for several years He also creates the ness cards for staff and takes care of necessary advertising Greene said some programs such as child care come with a whole pot of money to be used for outreach to clients and providers as do the mental health drug and alcohol and other programs If the money ia not spent it goes back to the state for bution elsewhere he said Barnes said he thought the contract which is capped at annually was a huge expense This would be a good place to start cutting Barnes said It's ridiculous for taxpayers to spend that kind of money for a fancy brochure Greene said did not do the work it would still have to be done by someone Commissioners Erick Coolidge and Jim Bogaczyk voted in favor of Worthington's contract Barnes voted against it In other business ers heard a presentation from County Planner Kerry along with Saskia and ert Schwarz who are developing a county plan Part of that entails Please see BORROW page 3 Wellsboro's first Relay for Life raises over for Cancer Society by Chris McGann Wellsboro's inaugural Relay for Life which benefits the American Cancer Society got off to a soggy start Friday morning July 18 but participant's spirits were not dampened by the rainy weather Members from 20 different teams took the opening lap on Wellsboro High School's track in the pouring rain around 10 Many carried umbrellas and wore rain ponchos to keep dry The goal for the event was for 20 teams to raise Their final total was of which was raised even before the event More money was coming in Friday morning Those of you who are here day are a big part of creating the internal beauty of our said event Steve Besse over the public address tem prior to the opening lap He also commented on the large number of youth who noting that they are the future of the community Also prior to the lap Dr David Gillum reported on two issues that the committee and pants focused on for the weekend The committee is supporting a in the state House of that would require in- surance companies to pay for lon cancer screenings Colon cer can be treated if it is diagnosed early enough The other effort emphasized breast cancer awareness and people are to ask friends and relatives if they have been screened for breast cancer recently As the participants took their first lap members of one of the teams Harry's talked about why they participated My father died of cancer so the family decided to do said Dale Nobles of Wellsboro I am participating because I had a sister-in-law who died of said Duane Warriner of Wellsboro The team had raised several hundred dollars as of Friday morning Besse who along with his wife Dawn the committee said that the relay is a way of oring people who have been by cancer Other activities during the hour long event included a survivor's ceremony and luminaria lighting in which people purchase and light a candle in honor or memory of someone with cancer We hope it is the beginning of an annual event for our Besse said Proceeds go toward cancer re- search as well as local support programs for cancer patients and care givers such as Road to Re- covery in which volunteers take cancer patients to their ments for treatment We always need volunteer Besse said Team Osram was voted as Most Spirited showing dous enthusiasm throughout the event Team members from Harry's Crew received the Best Tent Team Osram was also recognized for raising the most money in the 15 member and over category raising Laurel Health tems was recognized for raising the most money in the 15 ber and under Other Most money raised by an in- Kay Dorrance Elkland RELAY page 3 A RAIN COULD NOT dampen the spirits of participants in the Lite at Wellsboro High School Even before the event started the relay had raised goal of Proceeds go to cancer research and patient services
