Stump Creek Project Receives $150,000 Revolving Fund
The Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs provides a $150,000 loan and grant for the Stump Creek revitalization. Funds support sewage planning, housing rehabilitation, subdivision analysis, and ongoing work on water, library and community center projects in the 18 month program. Officials present included Richard Scheffner Senator Pat Stapleton Rep. L Eugene Smith and local housing groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick J. Stapleton
Department of Community Affairs
Stump Creek
Joseph Palmer
Jefferson County
Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs
Punxsutawney Area
Stump Creek Community Center
Richard Scheffner
Pat Stapleton
L. Eugene Smith
Jefferson Non-Profit Housing Association
Coordinator Named For Head Start in Indiana County
Cynthia Simchak Zagurskie has been named Educational Coordinator for Indiana County Head Start Inc. She will develop the educational program for children aged 6 to 5 years, plan phases of the Adult Educational Program, and previously served as agency secretary for 1 year. She is a 1972 Indiana University of Pennsylvania Elementary Education graduate and 1968 Purchase Line High School alumna. The Zagurskies reside in McIntyre with husband Frank and son Timmy. Black Lick water mains flushing on Wednesday March 19 may cause lower pressure and slight discoloration in Black Lick Edgemont Jose line Coral Graceton and the ute 22 east area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Simchak Zagurskie
Indiana County Head Start, Inc
Black Lick
Lower
Indiana County
Reber
Dr. Reber
David Miller
Young Miller
Penns Manor High School
FFA
County Conservation Unit
Richard F. Wechter
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
J. Millard Frye
Joseph N. Cogley
Robert Herman
Wilbur Bell
Robert Nehrig
John McMillen
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Pennsylvania
Armstrong Strike Draws Large Crowd in Indiana Area
Heightened public interest in a continuing Armstrong School District strike prompted the board to hold the meeting at Lenape elementary. Close to 300 attended, many urging resumption of negotiations with Local 585 SEIU represented clerks and teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford City
Armstrong
Lenape
Rosemary Trump
Service Employes International Union
SEIU
Penns Manor School Board Advances Building Plans
Penns Manor Area School Board learns that Superintendent George Joiner and Indiana Architect Robert Scheeren will travel to Harrisburg March 31 to obtain a room schedule for a proposed new elementary school on land near the current high school. A Public School Building Authority rep will meet April 8 at 8 pm in the high school library to discuss financing. The board grants a $200 cost of living bonus to full‑time staff, takes arbitration on vacations for three secretaries, approves Student Rights guidelines, and plans a hearing on a student suspension case. Contracts for heating controls and school supplies are awarded, bids for janitorial supplies are opened, and a girls' volleyball coaching opening is reposted. Bruno Pine seeks approval to apply for an NDEA project with total cost $12,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Area
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin
East Pike
Eisenhower
Horace Mann
Trump
Elderton High School
Elderton Area
Armstrong
State Department of Health
Elderton
Penn Run
Penns Manor Area
George Joiner
Robert T. Scheeren
Harrisburg
Joiner
State Department of Education
Powers Regular Co
Kurtz Brothers, Inc
Clearfield
Washington National Insurance Co
Bruno Pine
NDEA
Planning Panel Meet Canceled
The Indiana County Planning Commission monthly meeting is canceled. The session was scheduled for Monday at the county courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana County Planning Commission
Route 219 Proposal Tops Planning Meet
Jefferson County Planning Commission set the Route 219 relocation as the main agenda item at its monthly meeting. PennDOT District 16 representative Thomas Fruehstrafer discussed alternative routes through Jefferson County and the possibility of routing the highway via Sykesville to protect nearby farmland. Residents voiced concerns over potential property impacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookville
Jefferson County Planning Commission
Jefferson County
Thomas Fruehstrafer
Penndot
District 16
Indiana
Sykesville
Accidents Kill Two In Area
A compilation of vehicle crashes across Indiana County reports two deaths and several nonfatal injuries. Incidents include a car skidding on Sixth Street, a collision near Burnside, and wrecks on Route 310 and N Main Street. Public hearings on Route 219 plans and railroad abandonment were discussed along with solid waste revisions and Wild and Scenic River proposals for Brookville and nearby streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Punxsutawney
N. Main St
Tunxsutawney
Linda Schrecengost
Smicksburg
Red Alice Bullers
Mayport RD 2
Brookville
North Fork
Clarion River
Cook Forest
Jefferson County
Pettrow
Tor Trance State Hospital Board Meeting Planned
Blairsville notices the Tor Trance State Hospital Board of Trustees will meet on Wednesday March 19 at 7 45 p m in the Medical Library of the Dibert Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blairsville
the Tortrance State Hospital
Dibert
County Soil District Praised For Efforts
Dr. Norman F. Reber lauded the Indiana County Soil Conservation District for its state leading conservation work at the annual Rustic Lodge meeting. He urged farm education and warned about pending land use regulation while noting enforcement limits and acid mine drainage concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman F. Reber
Indiana County
Reber
Harrisburg
Dr. Reber
Soil Conservation Group
Indiana County Soil Conservation District
John McMillen
Conservation
Dave Miller
FFA
Norman Reber
Robert Harman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lower County Authority
Cynthia Zagurskie
IASD
Shelocta
Armstrong Township
Cambria Slag Division
Standard Slag Corp
Johnstown
Lawton Feed & Supply, Inc
Russell Standard Corp
Irwin
Burrell
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Gwin Engineering
Altoona
Edgeman
Josephine
Marshall Heights
Palmertown
Elderton Boosters Club
PM Advances
Route 219
Carter Ave.s. Sixth St
Alex C. Blaine
Homer City RD
Sixth St
Elm St
Blair Parks
S. Sixth St
Burnside
Robert Barr
Big Run
William D. Rummell
Jenners
Anita
Samuel Armagost
Reynoldsville RD
Michael R. Sherrett
Jackson St
Reynoldsville
Fruebstorfer
Big Run-Sykesville
Diurin
David Pettrow
Penn Central Railroad
Brookville Locomotive Works
Torrance
County Soil District
Toastmaster County
Andrew Kuaneski
Patrick Stapleton
Eugene Smith
Edwin M. Clark
Farl Handler
Paul Wass
William R. McMillen
Zion Lutheran Church Choir of
A. F. Weaver
Andrew J. Kuzneski Jr
Richard F. Waechter
Joe Cogley
J.M. Frye
Wakefield
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