Flood victims go home as water levels recede
Hundreds of western Pennsylvania residents returned to their sodden homes Friday after evacuations caused by rain swollen creeks. The National Weather Service warned of possible renewed floods with showers and thunderstorms likely Friday night and Saturday. Heavy rain early in the week dropped up to 5 inches in Butler and Beaver counties, flooding roads basements and homes. no injuries were reported. Local evacuations affected Camp Red Wing in Butler County and several townships along Connoquenessing Creek and the Connoquessing River.
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Pennsylvania
National Weather Service
Butler
Beaver
weather service
Butler County
Red Wing
Connoquenessing Creek
Connoquenessinglementary School
Penn Township
Kerry Loch
Beaver County
Franklin Township
Russ Chiodo
emergency management agency
Chiodo
Templefort
Paul Simon
Clearfield County
DuBois
Sandy Lick Creek
Bob Bish
Clearfield
Clearheld
Terry Wigfield
New England
Gulf Coast states
Ohio Valley
middle Atlantic coast
Army to Close Local ROTC Units in 27 States
The Army will shut 50 ROTC units including Gettysburg College and several Pennsylvania schools as part of a plan to cut active duty by 20 percent over five years. The move will save about 23 million annually but cost 740 ROTC personnel jobs. Cadets not graduating next year may transfer if on scholarship. Units will close by end of 1990-91 academic year with remaining programs in 50 states and territories.
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WASHINGTON
Gettysburg College
Army
Pennsylvania
York College of Pennsylvania
York
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Clarion
Lafayette College
Easton
LaSalle University
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania State University-Behrend College
Erie
Washington and Jefferson College
G. Kim Wincup
Congress
Wincup
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District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Guam
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Colorado
Connecticut
Morida
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Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Texas
Virginia
Wisconsin
Littlestown youth reading camp sparks summer learning fun
Littlestown students in a six week Summer reading camp at Rolling Acres Elementary and Maple Avenue Middle learn reading writing and spelling through themed weeks. Fifty three youngsters from first to sixth grade participate as teachers Ann Luquette and Pam Coburn guide creative lessons culminating in a treasure themed escape through a three story building. The program aims to boost reading while using films games and the school computer room.
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Littlestown
Rolling Acres
Ann Luquette
Maple Avenue
Pam Coburn
Coburn
Maple Avenue Middle School
Taylor trial may begin in Adams County courtroom
The Commonwealth plans to retry Jeanette Ruth Taylor, 38, of Biglerville, on multiple charges after a 1989 assault case. A jury panel is to be selected Monday as prosecutors resume the long contentious case.
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Commonwealth
Jeanette Ruth Taylor
Adams County
Ray A. Keefer
Gettysburg Borough
Ms. Taylor
Biglerville
Gettysburg
Kevin E. Wilson
Frances T. Drago
Taylor
Middlesex Township
Michael A. George
Carlisle Hospital
Hillview House
Hanover
George
Adams County forms committee to study industrial sites
Adams County Economic Development Corp names Warren W. Stouck Ronald Heiges and William Oyler to review 14 county sites for potential industrial or commercial use. Planning staff will input. experts warn of housing and tax impacts if no growth. Local officials highlight lack of parks and need for business sites amid interchanges zoning plans.
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Adams County Economic Development Corp. board of directors
Warren W. Stouck
Ronald Heiges
William Oyler
Adams County
Harrisburg
York
Chambersburg
Maryland
Washington, D.C
Adams
J. Frank Sapp
ACEDC
York County
Franklin County
Mount Joy
Straban Township
Richard H. Schmeyer
John I
Jim” Callenbach
Adams County Office of Planning and Development
Mount Joy Township
Francis J. Cudworth
Richard Munshour
Floyd Huff
Harry Hilbert
John Schwartz
Public Hearing Set On Keystone Sanitation Landfill RI/FS
EPA officials plan a public hearing on the Keystone Sanitation Co. Inc. 35 acre landfill in Union Township near the Maryland border. The event is in Gettysburg Junior High School auditorium on Wednesday August 15 at 7 p.m. Public comment follows release next Wednesday of the RI/FS report, with copies available at Adams County and Hanover libraries. The waste site was added to the Superfund National Priorities List in July 1987, with groundwater concerns dating to 1985 at the Clouser Road landfill, and a separate state hearing on a proposed 211 acre expansion was denied in June 1989 for design and suitability reasons.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Keystone Sanitation Co. Inc
Gettysburg
EPA
KSC
Union Township
Maryland
Adams County
Hanover Public Library
RUS
Clouser Road
state Environmental Board
state Department of Envronmental Resources
Gettysburg Park Mowing Policy Faces Local Criticism
Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Jose A. Cisneros defends a reduced mowing plan as part of a memorial landscape shift. Chamber of Commerce director Warren Stouck criticizes roadside maintenance near monuments while noting budget constraints. The CRC and local groups discuss policy changes and authentic landscape goals.
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Gettysburg National Military Park
Mi Park
Jose A. Cisneros
Eisenhower Historic Site
Cisneros
Gettysburg- Adams County
Gettysburg- Adams County Chamber of Commerce board of directors
Warren Stouck
Cumberland Township
chamber board
Stouck
Park Service
Reed Engle
Engle
CRC
National Park Service
NPS
Gettysburg Borough
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