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August 21st, 2011
BIG RUN â Last Monday, Big Run Borough Council members said residents are again wanting them to hire a part-time police officer to patrol borough streets.
Council president Nick Lantz said one of the reasons residents have approached him is the constant speeding along Route 119 and on borough streets.
Mayor Joe Buterbaugh said there has been discussion with municipalities such as Falls Creek and Sykesville about sharing a part-time officer with Big Run.
(The Spirit is pleased to share with our readers vignettes of life in the 19th Century as originally reported in past issues of the newspaper. These reprinted stories include their original headlines and spelling.)
Local Intelligence
(March 25, 1896)
DEADLY AFTER DAMP
It Causes Horrible Disaster
at Adrian Mines.
TWO MEN PERISH FROM
SUFFOCATION
And Half a Dozen Others Resuscitated
After Life Seemed Extinct
August 19th
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.
August 18th
PUNXSUTAWNEY â While representatives from the telecommunications industry, the state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and the state Office of Consumer Advocate offered views Thursday in a public hearing about proposed changes to the 814 area code, no one from the public did so.
Administrative Law Judge Katrina Dunderdale, who was assigned by the PUC to conduct the public hearings, closed the hearing after about 30 minutes because no one from the public had signed up to testify.
On an evening when organizers thought of moving Music in the Park indoors due to possible showers, not a drop appeared, and Rock Top brought its old-time country classics to the Barclay Square audience Thursday night. The last installment of Music in the Park for the season will be held next Thursday, with The LaVelles performing swing and country/rock. Hang on to your lawn chairs for one more night in the park.
BROOKVILLE â Residents from Brookville and the surrounding communities gathered Thursday night to show their support for U.S. servicemen and women.
The Brookville Volunteer Fire Company hosted an Armed Forces Community Covenant Service in the Brookville Jr.-Sr. High School Auditorium.
Before the ceremony, members from the community stood together for a picture in the shape of a heart.
August 17th
PUNXSUTAWNEY â The Big Run firefighter who was arrested and charged with setting an Aug. 9 fire along Pennsylvania Avenue in Big Run has been charged in most of the other arson and undetermined fires that occurred in the Big Run area within the past year, including the Little Canada and Big Run Carpet fires.
PUNXSUTAWNEY â Growing up with parents who loved to garden has inspired Cherie Kopas to create her own gardens at her home.
Winning the Punxsy Garden Clubâs Garden of the Month award is something Kopas is very proud of, since her mother and father have always loved the hobby as well.
âMy parents had a plant shop in Indiana,â she said. âSo I was always there helping them water and take care of the plants.â
When Kopas got old enough to move into her own place, she was shocked to see that her soon-to-be home was completely bare on the outside.
