Camp Rentz Opens Monday for YMCA Day and Resident Camps
The YMCA announces the Camp Fred L. Rentz season starting Monday in Scott Township near New Castle. Day Camp runs three weeks with city pickup and a swim at the Y downtown, then resident camp from July 8 to August 4. Staff includes George Hemphill and Pat Lightner with nine senior counselors and about 10 volunteers. Openings remain for Day Camp. details available from the YMCA.
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YMCA
Fred L. Rentz
New Castle
Scott Township
George Hemphill
Camp Rentz
Pat Lightner
Hemphill
Leaves fall confusion ends with weather same old pests
Agricultural agent CAL Sammons notes leaf loss in oaks maples likely tied to cool wet weather and not harmful. He advises early fungicide spray programs to prevent disease and ease control, cites leaf scab on flowering crab trees as manageable with Captan or Jolper, and explains anthracnose impacts on sycamore and London Plane with rain and spring temperatures shaping severity.
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Cal Sammons
Lawrence County Cooperative Extension Service
Sammons
London
Growing Your Own Christmas Trees Gains Steam in WV
United Press International reports a shift toward homegrown Christmas trees as prices rise. Forester Gerald Waybright notes 90 million seedlings planted nationwide to renew harvests, and explains tree shearing to shape conical form, manage taper, and boost foliage density for high quality Christmas trees.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Department of Agriculture
Gerald Waybight
Waybight
AAA warns drivers to slow down as students vacation
AAA cautions during summer vacation as schools close, urging motorists to reduce speeds especially in first days. Backing from driveways, crossing streets, and unseen children on bikes or skaters demand extra vigilance at recreational sites and residential areas where guards may be off duty.
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Lawrence County
AAA
Jack Haver
Eastbrook bike-a-thon nets 2300 in pledges and prizes
Eastbrook area raised more than 2300 for cystic fibrosis as 68 Laurel School District students from Laurel High School rode to support a cure. Prizes went to Tim White and Shonda Winck in age groups nine and under and ten and older, with others earning second and third places. T-shirts and decals were offered for donations over 25.
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Eastbrook Area
Laurel
Laurel High School
Tim White
Shonda Winck
Lynette White
Rhonda Sager
Buddy Shearer
Jim Kober
PennDOT reports on winter traffic service savings and plans
Northwestern District Engineer Louis Petulla highlights reduced salt use, saving about 39,600 in Lawrence County and 461,000 district wide for permanent road work. Polls showed two thirds favored salt reduction, with safety monitoring by Robert Johnson noting no clear accident rise through 1978.
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Franklin
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
Louis Petulla
Transportation Department
Petulla
Lawrence County
New Castle
New Castle-Butler
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Harrisburg
District 1
Fire department offers reward for scuba gear
The North Beaver Township Fire Department offers a $100 reward for the return of four sets of scuba gear stolen from a fire department van on May 16. Burglars broke into the township firehall, stole the loaded van, drove around, removed equipment, burned it, and destroyed the van.
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North Beaver Township
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CLIF
Beth Snyder
Russell Cletta
Bucky
David and
Kevin DiGiammarino
Jim Scott
Waybright
Angel
Eastbrook
Rich Hill United Presbyterian Church
Penndot
Pennsylvania
Subulbain
Fire Department
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