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November 10, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Cleanways clean-up

CLARION NEWS photo by Tom DiStefano. More...

Knox sets budget, updates sewerage project

By Greg V. Renninger CLARION NEWS Writer

KNOX Minus members Linda Runyan and Mike Wise, who were absent, Knox Borough Council Nov. 2 approved a tentative 2010 budget. More...

Memories of Honor’ displays McGinnis awards/memorials

Open house event set for Nov. 15 in Knox
By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

KNOX It’s been nearly three years since U.S. Army Spec. Ross McGinnis died saving the lives of four fellow soldiers in Northeast Baghdad, Iraq. More...

Special Sections

Sports

No doubt about it

The Redbank Valley volleyball squad captures the District 9 Class A title with convincing sweep
By Ryan S. Pugh CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

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Golden Eagle sports corner

FOOTBALL Golden Eagles finish regular season with 8-3 mark More...

Keystone in center ring of aerial circus

Panthers’ quarterback Dan Reed throws for four scores in 56-40 win over Brockway
By Ryan S. Pugh CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

KNOX Brockway quarterback Derek Buganza entered the Rovers’ Nov. 6 non-conference road match-up with Keystone as all the rage in District 9, leading the region in passing yardage and touchdown tosses. More...

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Living

Clark-Curran exchange vows

KNOX Stephanie Clark became the bride of Zachary Curran at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, 2009, in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Knox. The bride is the daughter of Bill and Linda Clark of Shippenville. More...

Byerly-Frederick

DAYTON William Byerly of Dayton and Shari Kercheval of Rineyville, Ky., together with Rick and Cathy Frederick of Tylersburg, are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children, Erica Byerly of Dayton and Benjamin Fr More...

County 9-1-1 employee wins state honor

CLARION – Clarion County 9-1-1 Coordinator Sept. 10 was presented with the Keystone Award at the Pennsylvania NENA conference in State College. More...

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Arbitrators set new Clarion Borough police labor contract

By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

CLARION Nearly a year after the last labor contract expired, Clarion Borough has a new agreement with its police officers. The contract is the result of binding arbitration agreed to by both sides. More...

N. Clarion debates ‘onetier’ busing plan

By Tom DiStefano CLARION NEWS Writer

FRILLS CORNERS The North Clarion School District is considering combing its elementary and high school bus routes and the school board heard from district bus contractors at its Nov. 2 work session. More...

Dump clean-up efforts set for Perry Twp.

PERRY TWP. – A volunteer clean-up of two illegal dumpsites in Perry Township have been set. The Black Fox Road dumpsite clean-up effort is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 14. More...

News

County Weather Corner

By Anthony J. Vega, Ph.D.

Discussion: A slight chance of precipitation gives way to clear skies. Today: Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and a high of 58 degrees. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers and a low of 36 degrees. More...

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For the Record

Pennsylvania State Police

All information contained in the following police reports is taken directly from official state police releases, unless otherwise noted. Camp burglaries PAINT TWP. – Tpr. More...

District Court 18-3-01 Duane Quinn District Judge

District Court 18-3-01 covers Clarion and Limestone townships and Clarion and Strattanville boroughs. All information is taken from official court records. Criminal charges filed: More...

Sentence Court

CLARION – The following people were sentenced Sept. 2 by Clarion County Court of Common Pleas Judge James Arner. .Randall Shane Carpenter, 34, Beckley, W.Va. More...

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FYI

F.Y.I.

Nov. 11 BOY SCOUT SIGN-UP NIGHT: 5-6:30 p.m., Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Corsica. For boys age 11-17. More...

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Academics

Keystone ‘Walks to School’

KNOX – Students and staff at Keystone Elementary School participated in International Walk to School Day on Oct. 14, in support of the program. The event promotes physical activity for today’s youth. More...

A-C Valley first graders prepare meals

FOXBURG Children in Mrs. Sundling’s first grade class at Allegheny-Clarion Valley Elementary share instructions on how to cook a turkey. First bie a trcke. Next you pot it in the uvin. Then you trn it to degez. Last you et it. More...

Clarion Area first-graders cook a turkey

CLARION Children in Mrs. Foust’s first grade class at Clarion Area Elementary School in Clarion give instructions on how to cook a turkey. First you put it in a bin until all of the blood is out. Then you bake it. More...

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Obituaries

Frank Eli Wedekind

Loved gardening and working in the orchard on his farm

CLARION – Frank Eli Wedekind, 76, of Knight Town Road, Shippenville, died November 6, 2009, in Clarion Hospital. Born July 4, 1933, in Elk Township, Shippenville, he was the son of the late Doc and Mary Cohlhepp Wedekind. More...

Doris T. Weaver

Former vocal music teacher for Keystone School District

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Doris T. Weaver, 91, of Northbrook, Ill., a longtime resident of Knox, passed away peacefully Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Mrs. Weaver was born November 3, 1917. She was the devoted wife of Millard L. More...

Recent deaths

Lt. Col. Paul Bolam TULSA, Okla. – Lt. Col. Paul F. Bolam, 76, a native of Clarion County and a pilot during the Vietnam War, died Sunday, November 1, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Okla. Mary B. Garris More...

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