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May 19th, 2013
With a group of students cheering him on, Punxsutawney Area High School senior Devon Vallies, an AmeriCorps volunteer, is pictured preparing to go down the slide in the bounce house during the annual PTO Reading Carnival at Longview Elementary School recently.
(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
June 9, 1897
Home From South America
Luther and brother, who have been in Venezuela, South America, during the past winter have returned home.
They have been doing that country with a merry-go-round, the first that ever operated there, and report a very successful venture.
May 17th
Today, family and friends will host a spaghetti dinner at the Rossiter American Legion from 3 to 8 p.m.
All proceeds from the dinner and auction will go to the family of Ivan Coblentz to help pay for his medical bills.
Members of the Amish community will serve spaghetti, meatballs, rolls, salad, homemade desserts and beverages.
The cost is $8 for adults and $4 for children 12 and under, with children 2 and under eating free.
Today, the âPunxsy Polamalusâ will be participating in the McDonaldâs Steelers Trivia Contest in Pittsburgh.
Friday, Punxsutawney Mayor James Wehrle issued the following proclamation:
âWhereas Punxsutawney has always had some great trivia teams; whereas Mike Stello has always represented Punxsutawney well;
whereas Bob Long (pictured above, right, with Wehrle) has always represented Punxsutawney well;
whereas Nick Digilarmo has always represented Punxsutawney well;
Its officially yard sale season, and the women of the Catholic Daughters of America were busy getting ready for their annual yard sale that will be held today at the SS.C.D. auditorium.
The yard sale will begin at 9 a.m. and run until 4 p.m.
Pictured are (front, from left) MariAnnie Hampton, Elaine Scuello, Lucille Scuello, Nancy Nicholson, Barb Gresock; (back) Dorothy Vilkinofsky and Nancy Anthony.
May 16th
Several local fire companies responded to and provided backup at a late-afternoon structure fire on Paradise Road in Henderson Township on Thursday.
Members of Station 17 in Big Run are pictured here dousing the hot spot on the house.
Personnel remained on scene late into the evening.
Travis Monroe, West End Elementary School principal; Dr. Keith Wolfe, Punxsutawney Area School District superintendent; and Fedigan are pictured discussing an alternate exit from the school onto McHugh Avenue.
DUBOIS â Work to improve the Route 119/322 "Blinker Parkway" intersection in Sandy Township is continuing with an update. When work completes late this year, area drivers will be able to travel through a wider intersection with improved visibility and enhanced safety.
For the time being, drivers can expect:
âą Roadway widening, excavation and drainage work to continue;
âą Temporary signals are operational and old signals have been removed;
âą Utility relocation work will continue.
May 14th
Members of the Weather Capital Robotics Club are shown with âWar Monger," their machine that finished second out of 54 teams at California University of Pennsylvania and the BOTS IQ program.
Pictured here are (front, from left) Linsie Adams, Bobby Dicello, Jacob Cekovsky, Renee Huey, Lana Malia, Devan Snyder, Patrick McGinn; (second row) Jakob Coalmer, Marshall Richardson, Ryder Smith; (back) and Keith Hughes. Missing from the photo are Alex Farmery, Kali Wobert, Dillon Huey, Chris Rosetti, Jesse Malia and Kaelee Wyant.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Punxsutawney Borough Council tabled the request for new basketball hoops, backboards and posts for the basketball courts at Harmon Field at Monday's council meeting.
Read the full story in Wednesday's print edition of The Spirit.
