Philipsburg Kiwanis share events and museum notes
Philipsburg Kiwanis Club held its weekly lunch meeting at Windy Hill Village. The group thanked helpers for a successful chicken barbecue and announced a Rose Sale on Oct 29 with orders due by Oct 1. Blood screening is Oct 3 at Trinity United Methodist Church Reed Hall from 6 to 10 am.
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Philipsburg
Trinity United Methodist Church
Reed Hall
Front Street
Medicare
Cen-Clear Child Services Inc
Jeff Herr
Floyd Hauth
Andrew Tocimak
Hauth
Tocimak
Osceola Mills
Osceola Mills Historical Society
Brisbin House
Lingle Street
Anne Geunther
Walt Disney
Warner Bros
Brisbin
Lloyd McClarren
Downtown Clearfield Lighting Fund appreciation note
The Downtown Clearfield Lighting Committee thanks volunteers and donors for lighting the downtown with star lights. Names include Justin Swisher Aaron Neeper Bill Curry Andy Sloppy Brian Owens Brock Shaffer Karen Miller Denny Miller Donna Collins Abigail Billotte and Mayor Patty Gilliland. Future projects cover Santa House work and downtown lights upkeep. Contributions may be sent to the fund at 538 S Second St Clearfield PA 16830.
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Clearfield
Justin Swisher
Aaron Neeper
Bill Curry
Andy Sloppy
Brian Owens
Brock Shaffer
Karen Miller
Denny Miller
Donna Collins
Abigail Billotte
Patty Gilliland
Swisher Concrete
Clearfield Center For Active Living
al Figura Graphics
Peter Smith
Margaret Krebs
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center
Roadwork schedule listed for Clearfield County by PennDOT
PennDOT Clearfield County Maintenance outlines next week’s planned roadwork weather permitting. Crews may operate on any highway at any time. Activities include bridge repairs on Route 3014 Five Points Road, crack sealing on SR 3008 Patchinville and SR 3006 McPherron, drainage on SR 453 Smokerun and SR 2028 Mineral Springs, guide rail on SR 153 Rockton to Clearfield, manual patching on SR 1011 Quehanna, mowing on Interstate 80 DuBois to Kylertown, pipe replacement on SR 255 Penfield, shoulder work on SR 53 Chester Hill to Osceola Mills and U S 119 Sykesville to DuBois and US 322 Woodland, SR 3022 Glen Hope, SR 4009 Helvatia to DuBois, sign repairs on Interstate 80 and SR 53, and tree trimming on SR 879 Clearfield to Curwensville. The contractor HRI Inc. will mill, joint repair and pave US 322 Clearfield to Philipsburg.
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State Department of Transportation
Clearfield
Five Points
Patchinville
McPherron
Smokerun
Mineral Springs
Rockton
Quehanna
DuBois
Kylertown
Penfield
Chester Hill
Osceola Mills
Sykesville
Woodland
Glen Hope
Helvatia
Curwensville
Maines family reunion held in Philipsburg
The Gladys L. Maines reunion took place on August 15 in Philipsburg with 63 attendees. Curtis Maines won the lottery tree and Jackie Graham nabbed two rocking chairs. Sandy Maines Sandy Lehmier and Buzz Maines Sr. won the 50 50s. Jerry Coble and Shawn Quick won the horseshoe tournament. Door prize winners were Jennifer Maines Pat Quick Joel English and Brenda English.
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Philipsburg
Gladys L. Maines
Curtis Maines
Jackie Graham
Sandy Maines
Sandy Lehmier
Buzz Maines Sr
Jerry Coble
Shawn Quick
Jennifer Maines
Pat Quick
Joel English
Brenda English
House approves extension of military family relief
State Rep. Camille Bud George says the House passed HB 1531 to allow Pennsylvanians to donate via tax refunds to the Military Family Relief Assistance Program through 2015. The program, run by the DMVA, awards up to 2500 dollars annually to military families in hardship with no tax dollars funding it. Companion HB 1533 would extend benefits to June 30, 2016 and broaden eligibility. both await Senate action.
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Harrisburg
Camille “Bud” George
Houtzdale
House of Representatives
State Department of Military and Veterans Affairs
Pennsylvania
Dmva
State
Department
George
House
State Senate
Rare Rembrandt portrait to be auctioned at Christie's
A Rembrandt portrait once in Columbia University's president's office will be auctioned in London on December 8 with an estimated price of 30 to 41 million dollars. It last publicly appeared almost 40 years ago and has not been offered at auction since 1930.
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London
Columbia University
Christie’s Auction House
Christie’s
Richard Knight
Rembrandt
Pete
New York
George Huntington Hartford I
A&p
Detroit Institute of Arts
University
Firefighters limit Irvona blaze to minor smoke damage
A quick response by 30 to 35 firefighters from Irvona and nearby departments contained a flue fire at the Smeal residence on Rose Street Extension last night. The home suffered minor smoke damage. the resident was not displaced and no injuries were reported.
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Irvona
Smeal
Rose Street
Terry Collins
Irvona Fire Co
Collins
Glendale Fire Department
Coalport
Glen Hope
Madera
Irvona Ambulance
Morrisdale Morris Township Fire Co hears training, elects member
Morrisdale Morris Township Fire Co met in September and learned training information from the Indiana County Fireman's Association, plus members will attend an Emergency Vehicles Operators Course in Elk County. Andrea Hazel was elected a new member and plans for Fire Prevention Week in October. The department responded to 12 calls including two structure fires and four accidents, while Fire Police Unit handled seven calls including two public services and a motorcycle accident.
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Indiana County Fireman’s Association
Elk County
Andrea Hazel
Strengthen as Our Family Strengthen as Our Family
Advice dense parenting piece on preventing teen driving injuries through modeling safe habits driver training and zero tolerance. Emphasizes parental control, joint rules, student responsibility and seeking local Penn State Extension resources, with contact for Andrea Bressler.
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Andrea Bressler
Awbl
Psu
Clearfield
Blair County Association for the Blind Services in Clearfield County
The Blair County Association for the Blind and Visually Handicapped offers free vision screenings for preschool to adult ages, eye education, social services, and escorted transportation for qualified individuals. In October, programs include Brighter Vision at Kylertown and Growing Older With Good Vision at Houtzdale with times 10:45 a.m. and 11 a.m. respectively.
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Blair County
Kylertown Center
Houtzdale Family Service Center
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Permuis Wall
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Cue Insurance Family Plan
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company
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Andy Todmak
Philipsburg Kiwanis Club
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DuBois Regional Medical Center
Behavioral Health Services
Morris Two
Morrisdale
Morris Township Fire Co
Cooperative Extension Service
Insylvania
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Verizon Wireless
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