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Sergeant First Class Christopher M. Ehrensberger has been in the U.S. Army Reserve for 13 years and on active duty for four years. He is with the 347th Quartermaster Company, based in Farrell with a detachment platoon in St. Marys. More ... Betty Wei and Dr. Celso Backes display a photo of the barn at Charles Cole Memorial Hospital taken by Dr. Saeed Akbari, a longtime urologist at Cole, who recently donated a series of his photos to the hospital. The medical staff donated funds to have all the photos framed and matted. They will be displayed in the Irwin Medical Arts Center. More ... Austin Area School will hold kindergarten and preschool registration later this month. Kindergarten signup runs from 8 am to 2:30 pm on Friday, April 17. Children must be five years old by Sept. 1. All new kindergarten students must register, including those who were in the preschool program. Parents should bring immunization records and birth certificate. More ... Following are real estate transactions recently filed with the Cameron County Recorder of Deeds: • March 3, Kathrun B. Wolfanger to Frank G. Wolfanger, Emporium Borough, $1.000. • March 4, Thomas B. Mongold to James Zasadni, Gibson Township, $70,000; William L. Wiltrout to William Lee Wiltrout, Shippen Township, $1,000; Mary Grace Minard to Michele J. More ... Emporium's Dave Smith, owner of Pizza Palace Plus, is among members of the 2009 U.S. Pizza Team who left last week for Salsomaggiore, Italy, to compete in the 18th annual World Pizza Championship. Team members are vying in the largest dough stretch, fastest pizza maker, free-style dough-tossing and culinary competitions. More than 30 countries are represented. More ... A wildfire apparently touched off by sparks from a passing freight train sent volunteers from four fire departments into action last Thursday evening. The flames spread through the forest floor off Gardeau Road in Norwich Township, McKean County, not far from the site of the June 2006 Norfolk Southern train derailment and lye spill. More ... 90M No wonder candy manufacturers are fond of Easter. The average Easter holiday results in the manufacture of 90 million chocolate bunnies. Of those who eat chocolate bunnies, 76 percent will start with the ears. 50 Jelly bean manufacturers are rather snobbish. They acknowledge 50 "official" flavors of jelly beans. More ... Cameron County High School Guidance Office has received an updated application for the Howard Mayberry Memorial Scholarship, John Schwab Educational Fund Scholarship, and Guy S. and Mary L. Felt Education Fund Scholarship. Anyone who picked up an application before March 5 is asked to obtain an updated application. More ... Emporium businesses are surviving the tough economic times, despite the current economic crisis. That was the message from Tina Johns Lorson, executive director of the Cameron County Chamber of Commerce, during a presentation to Emporium Rotary members. She's shown with program chair Allen Blackburn. More ... An Austin man was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident late Sunday afternoon on Route 872 near Portage Road in Potter County. State police from Denton Hill say that 37- year-old Steven "Bill" Brewer Jr., 37, lost control of his 2000 Yamaha cycle on a curve while northbound and struck a guiderail. More ... Sylvan Heritage Council has announced plans for its third annual Clean Up Emporium Day on Saturday, April 25. Groups and individuals are asked to join in the effort, in conjunction with Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Day. PennDOT will supply safety vests, work gloves and garbage bags. More ... The 35th running of the God's Country Marathon will take place on Saturday, June 6. Ranked as one of the "Top Ten Toughest Marathons" by readers of Runners World magazine, the 26.2-mile course has traditionally attracted around 200 runners. More ... State officials have fined Veolia ES Solid Waste of Pa. Inc. of Brockway more than $11,200 for residual and municipal waste violations last fall in Cameron and Centre counties. Pa. Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) inspectors responded to a complaint at GKN Sinter Metals in Emporium last November. More ... A recent report pegs the impact of Charles Cole Memorial Hospital on the region's economy at almost $107 million. The statistics were released as part of a campaign urging federal and state lawmakers not to cut Medicaid and Medicare expenses in response to the national economic recession. More ... Although uncertainties are swirling over the economic picture for the 2009-10 school year, Austin Area School District is committed to avoiding an increase in real estate taxes. School Superintendent Dr. More ... Barbershop destroyed ELDRED - An electrical malfunction ignited a fire which destroyed a barbershop and upstairs apartments in downtown Eldred Sunday. Offi cials estimated damage in excess of $100,000 at Dale's Barber Shop, a two-story building on Main Street, owned by Dale L. Southard. More ... |
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