County energy grants and county office moves approved
Clearfield County Energy assures contractors will be local. A shovel ready grant aims to cut energy use by 25 percent. Board also approves KTH for Gray Battery building design and inspection, relocates several county offices, and funds legal counsel for airport authority. Discretionary funds go to Groundhog Wine Trail and Curwensville Anglers Restocking. Teen Court lease with First Commonwealth Bank set at 50 per month. Liquid Fuel allocated to Cooper Township for 3457. Personnel changes include Beau Grove hire and resignations of Tobin Cole and Christine Kutch. Consider moving Cooper Township Precinct to Forest Emmanuel United Methodist Church pending church and board approval. Salary board approves Samantha Hunter medical leave through Sept 8. Sheriff abstains.
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Rhoades & Sinon LLP
Harrisburg
Clearfield Jefferson Counties
Tobin Cole
Christine Kutch
Cooper Township
Winburne
Forest
Emmanuel United Methodist Church
Lisa McFadden
Samantha Hunter
Chester Hawkins
Hawkins
Mountain Top Homecoming kicks off in Sandy Ridge
The Mountain Top Fire and Ambulance Service hosts a four day event at the Sandy Ridge firehall with a pet and bike parade, fire truck rides, a Casher Flatt Band show, a grilled chicken dinner, and a community parade. Prizes, a 50/50 drawing, and trophies are awarded in multiple categories including newer engines and a Chief’s Award.
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Terry Whetstone
Sandy Ridge
Mountain Top
Mountain Top Fire and Ambulance Service
Firehall
Casher Flatt
Oak Street
State Street
Awi
Township awards 68000 grant and 47000 toward plant project
Rush Township supervisors approved 68000 in two parts for the project with 40000 from FY2007 and 28000 from FY2008. They also authorized 47000 toward the nearly 10 million Burnside Township sewage treatment plant. Millican said the project has $5 million awarded and bid opening is expected mid September. Megan Epler noted LED traffic lights project ended with 38 municipalities served and Philipsburg reduced electric bills by 37 percent with 125000 allocated for the project and 7000 LED pieces installed. The Centre Crest Nursing Home faces a projected 1.8 to 1.9 million loss next year. a nonprofit model and new board were discussed amid calls for a next‑to‑facility assisted care plan.
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Rush Township
Burnside Township
Pine Glen
Karthaus
Millican
Megan Epler
Seda-Cog
Port Matilda
Philipsburg
Ms. Epler
Centre Crest Nursing Home
Steve Dershem
Jon Eich
Dershem
Eich
Rich Rogers
Mr. Rogers
Lawrence zoning board weighs definitions for recycl ing salvage and scrap yards
Lawrence Township zoning board debates how to define junkyard salvage scrap and recycling to curb misuses. Code Enforcement Officer Lawhead reports six junkyard permits exist with five reissued and one nonrenewed as the panel plans term descriptions ahead of a joint October meeting.
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Randy Powell
Glenn Johnston
Nancy Yeager
Zachary Lawhead
Supervisors
Chili Bowl Awards Race Promotes Charity and Western Flair
Entrants compete for awards based on participation and enthusiasm with a Most Artistic prize and a Humanitarian Award spotlighted by Ms. Wilson. Mason jars on tables collect voluntary donations to judge the chili entry, while themed baskets donated by individuals, businesses, and Clearfield Hospital departments are raffled. Baskets display Aug 21 24 at DuBois Mall and Aug 21 to Sept 16 in Clearfield Hospital lobby as music, kids activities, a prairie hunt, and a monarch butterfly release accompany the chili event. Proceeds fund hospice costs, with monarchs for sale at 15 each and 50 50 draws plus T shirt sales by Robin and Johanna Prince. To enter or reserve a butterfly, contact Ms. Wilson at 768 2012.
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Wilson
Clearfield Hospital
DuBois Mall
Ridge Runners
Rick
Soukup
Robin
Johanna Prince
Ms. Wilson
Borough eyes action on dilapidated homes and noisy vehicles
Curwensville council president Mark Curulla says many borough homes need renovation or demolition and the codes officer may demolish dilapidated structures when funds allow. Residents complain of noise from ATVs and motorcycles near Oak Hill Cemetery while a Neighborhood Watch is discussed and a community development council may form. Council approves funds reimbursement and plans for a new fire hall with loan options, plus an upcoming Home for the Holidays event and a September meeting date.
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Mark Curulla
Curwensville
Don Hoover
State Association of Mayors
Hoover
Dianne Byers
Butch Auber
Auber
Dave Johnston
Fida
Holly Komonczi
Sam Ettaro
Ettaro
Walnut Street
Thompson Street
Oak Hill Cemetery
Richard Wright
Walnut
Pennsylvania
Curulla
Johnston
Howard Wriglesworth
Chief Johnston
Council 2
Jeff Collins
Curwensville Rescue Hose and Ladder Co
Water Street
Global Custom Products
Fire Company
Curwensville Ambulance Service
Collins
US S. Department of Agriculture
Judy Jordan
Irvin Park
Curwensville Merchants Association
Ms. Komonczi
Irvin Park Road
Komonczi
Curwensville Borough
Lawrence approves application. public hearing set for Coudriet plan
Lawrence voted to approve the application and send it to the supervisors. A public hearing will be held Tuesday at 6 45 p.m. for residents to comment on Mr. Coudriet's plan, with the supervisors to decide at 7 p.m. The next Lawrence Township Planning Commission meeting is Sept. 8 at 7 p.m. in the township building.
Altoona shooter to claim insanity
A troubled Iraq war veteran, Nicholas Horner of Altoona, seeks an insanity defense in the April Subway robbery where he allegedly killed a 19 year old clerk and a bystander during a $130 theft. Blair County DA pursues death penalty. defense asks for more time to file petition. Horner was on medical leave from the Army. family cites PTSD.
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Hollidaysburg
Pennsylvania
David Shrager
Nicholas Horner
Altoona
Blair County
Richard Consiglio
Horner
Defense seeks dismissal of homicide charges in Pa. case
Blair County defense attorney Steven Passarello asks a judge to throw out first and second degree murder counts against Sean Louis Allen for the death of Penn State Altoona student Margo Davis. Prosecutors say Davis, 20, was strangled in March. no physical link ties Allen to the killing, and a ruling was not immediately provided.
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Altoona
Maal
Western Pennsylvania
Steven Passarello
Sean Louis Allen
Blair County
Allen
Hollidaysburg
Margo Davis
Penn State-Altoona
Davis
Woman who mace attacked Target clerk sought by state police
GREENSBURG AP State police seek a woman who maced a loss prevention clerk at a Target on Route 30 in Hempfield Township when he attempted to stop her shoplifting DVDs. Surveillance video has been released to aid identification.
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Greensburg
Pennsylvania
Target
Hempfield
Pennsylvania weighs exporting inmates to Michigan
Pennsylvania is considering shipping prisoners to Michigan as part of a broader plan that could place it behind California and the federal government for accepting detainees. Officials report Secretary Beard has discussed the idea with Michigan Corrections Director Caruso, while Michigan has surveyed all states about taking prisoners amid budget pressures.
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Lansing, Mich
Pennsylvania
Michigan
California
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Susan McNaughton
Detroit News
Jeffrey Beard
Patricia Caruso
Department of Corrections
Russ Marian
House
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