'HANDY CAMP': IT ALL BEGAN WITH A DREAM
      Brian DeGuire felt bad that he had to leave two of his buddies behind whenever he joined his other friends for their frequent hunting and fishing trips. One of them, Mike, had been paralyzed from the waist down in a car crash. The other, Doug, was born with a spinal malformation. Each was confined...
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Disabled sportsmen's best friend
      Harry Miller laments the years he spent "feeling sorry for myself" after a debilitating accident 32 years ago. The Westmoreland County man's life changed when a tree branch struck him in the back, crushing three vertebrae. He spent years in depression. Then he decided to do something to make the ...
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What's in the news
      'Dorm' for prisoners SMETHPORT - McKean County officials hope to solve an overcrowding issue at the county's prison by establishing a dormitory for work release inmates at the former county home. The building currently houses the county's planning, conservation, recycling and economic developme...
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      Workers from the Blair Sign Company of Altoona gave the giant canopy at the Emporium Sheetz store a facelift this week. A Sheetz spokesman said the chain is modernizing all of its convenience stores in Pennsylvania and five other states. The crew from Blair made quick work of the Emporium job...
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Numbers in the news
      4 State Assemblyman Martin Causer has been named to four state House committees, including the powerful Commerce and Economic Development Committee. That unit affects the banking and financial industries, while administering the state's economic development programs.
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JoAnn Smith announces bid for commissioner
      JoAnn Smith of Emporium, deputy clerk of courts in the Cameron County P r o t h o n o t a r y / Recorder of Deeds office, has announced her candidacy for a seat on the Cameron County Board of Commissioners. Smith's name will appear on the ballot in the Republican Primary Election.
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