Archive - 2010 - News Article
December 14th
CLARION â Joe Sestak, the recently defeated candidate for a U.S. Senate seat, visited DuBois and Clarion Tuesday as part of a state-wide tour.
The purpose of the tour, Sestak said, was to thank those who supported him. In doing so, though, he answered questions and addressed issues of concern for his constituency.
âThis is my thank-you tour,â he said. âAnd a chance to say, âYes, we can do this. We came so close in a year when every other Democratic candidate in Pennsylvania was getting smoked.ââ
BROOKVILLE â Brookville Hospital announced this week that it will no longer offer intensive care services to extremely ill patients.
The decision to change services comes about due to little or no patient volume in the hospitalâs ICU, according to hospital president and chief executive officer John Sutika.
December 13th
PUNXSUTAWNEY âThe Make-A-Wish Greater Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia chapterâs âLight Up a Childâs Lifeâ week-long wish campaign set forth Monday with day oneâs fund-raising total equaling nearly enough to grant two wishes.
The foundation, which grants once-in-a-lifetime experiences â such as vacations, celebrity meetings and shopping sprees â to children facing life-threatening illnesses, ages two-and-a-half to 18, calculates the cost of a wish as $3,400.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Punxsutawney Borough Council approved the 2011 budget with no tax increase at Mondayâs council meeting.
Council President Susan Glessner said at last monthâs meeting that council did agree to shift 0.15 mills from the recreation department budget to the library fund budget to make up for the short fall in funding from the state.
Glessner has praised the department heads and borough employees for working hard on next yearâs spending plan so that they can continue with all of the boroughâs services without increasing taxes.
December 12th
BROOKVILLE â Perhaps parents breathe their first sighs of relief in the silence of uncertainty as the sounds that the sharpness of a cold stethoscope catches are brought into existence. That steady, rhythmic pulse provides not only proof of life, but a beat to believe in, one that holds a lifetimeâs worth of hopes and dreams.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Bullying has been seen in real life, on television and in films. People may like to see the underdog rise against his or her instigators, but retaliation such as that seen in the violent killings at Columbine High School shows that bullying continues to be out of control â along with the retaliation.
In the last several years, thereâs been a focus on attempting to put an end to bullying at Punxsutawney Area Middle School, which was visited by the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, a program for explaining to students whatâs behind bullying and how to end it.
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Compiled by Terry A. Fye
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th century as originally reported in past issues of the newspapers. These reproduced stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence
(January 22, 1896)
Killed a Bird of Freedom
December 10th
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Punxsutawney will be wishing away next week as the Greater Pennsylvania and Southern West Virginia chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation kicks off its annual "Light Up A Child's Life" campaign.
The week-long campaign, which will be aired live on WPXZ-FM 104.1, begins Monday at Ragley's True Value Hardware from 6 to 9 a.m. and at the Pantall Hotel from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wish kids will share their wish-come-true stories on the air, and "celebrity" benefactors â including Mayor James Wehrle, guest-starring Monday â will make appearances all week.
VALIER â Four juveniles were uninjured Friday when the vehicle in which they were traveling slid off the road and struck a gas tie-in valve.
Punxsutawney-based Pennsylvania State Police said the incident occurred around 3:38 p.m. Friday along Kachmar Road near the intersection of Yoder Road, Perry Township.
Police said a known juvenile female, operating a 2008 Honda Pilot, was traveling west on Kachmar Road when she failed to negotiate a downhill left curve on the icy road.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Punxsutawneyâs PRIDE has something to be proud of.
The non-profit organization is pleased to announce the reprinting of âOut of Our Kitchens,â a cookbook, according to board member Shirley Sharp, prepared from the recipes of local cooks.
The 215-page Cookbook Publishers Inc. product â originally compiled and published by the 1981-82 members of the Punxsutawney Young Womenâs Club, which no longer exists â has been out of print for more than 20 years.
