Archive - Aug 20, 2011
PUNXSUTAWNEY â At least one member of the Punxsutawney Area School Board is not buying into the idea that a student who damages one of the high schoolâs take-home laptop computers should be responsible for financial costs â especially considering the age of the machines.
Last Monday, board member Bob Pascuzzo was the sole board member who voted against approving the 21st Century Learning handbook for the 2011-12 school year with a 7-1 vote.
Board member Penny Pierce was excused from the meeting.
BUTLER â He wasnât there in person, but Punxsutawney Phil was well-represented during last weekendâs first-ever Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival, held to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the worldâs first Jeep.
Chris Phillips, a Punxsy native now living in Chicora, about nine miles east of Butler, was among the more than 1,100 Jeep owners and drivers seeking to break the Guinness record for the longest Jeep parade.
Amid the souped-up, tricked-out Jeeps in the Bantam Jeep Heritage Festival parade, Phillips said he wanted his Jeep â a 2007 Wrangler â to be different from the rest.
The PAHS Marching Band wrapped up its annual band camp this week after working hard on its new show, âFunk 2011,â featuring songs from the film âShaft,â as well as âTell Me Somethingâ and âBrick House.â Director Kurt Cessna and Assistant Director Kyle Plansinis said upcoming events include a parade Monday at Kennywood Park; the Indiana County Band Night Aug. 30; and Band Fest 2011 Sept. 17. The band will debut its new show for the home crowd during the first home football game at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Even the approaching storm couldn't stop the Punxsy boys' golf team and its opponent, Redbank, from completing the first match of the season. With each team scoring its three top players, Punxsy defeated Redbank 130-187 to earn the win at the Punxsutawney Country Club.
Redbank's squad consisted of just three players, but Punxsy was still allowed to send five onto the course and take the top three players' scores. The players each played the front nine holes at the Country Club.
