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November 19, 2009 / Front Page

It’s dry out there

CLARION NEWS photo by Rodney L. Sherman Fire fighters from Knox and Shippenville responded around noon Nov. 18 to a brush and leaves fire near Sportsman’s Speedway in Elk City. More...

Limestone Township raises taxes

By Tom DiStefano CLARION NEWS Writer

KINGSVILLE Limestone Township must raise property taxes to help pay off the debt on its canceled water system project, and decided not to spend $10,000 to keep the project eligible for state funding in the future. More...

Clarion Area board considers assessment test options

By Greg V. Renninger CLARION NEWS Writer

CLARION With the Independent Regulatory Review Committee’s Oct. More...

Special Sections

Sports

Clarion gridders dominant in playoff win

The Bobcats pound Cameron County 18-0 in District 9 semifinal

By Ryan S. Pugh, CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

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Trio of KSAC teams look to advance in playoff tilts

The Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference had six teams enter the district playoffs last week but that number is cut in half this week as only Clarion, Karns City and Punxsutawney survived. More...

KSAC honors top athletes of the fall

KNOX – With many fall sports at the high school level finished for 2009, the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference chose its All- Conference squads for football, volleyball, boys’ and girls’ cross country and golf. FOOTBALL More...

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FYI

F.Y.I.

Nov. 19 MEMORY SCREENINGS: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Rimersburg Senior Center, Rimersburg. Free memory screenings by VNA Extended Care Services. Call 782-3036 for information or to register. More...

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Living

Lunch honors

Submitted photo by Karen Hazlett Sarah Beary from Applebee’s heard about two veterans who were patients of Clarion Hospital last week. More...

Christmas parade set for Nov. 23

CLARION – The Clarion Area Chamber of Business and Industry in conjunction with the Clarion Service Area, Girl Scouts Western Pennsylvania invites the community to come together and celebrate “A Storybook Christmas” during the 2009 More...

Dine to help the community

CLARION – The United Way of Clarion County will join together with the County Seat and the KFC restaurants in downtown Clarion to help the community. More...

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Opinion

Experience isn’t everything

By Pam Zahoran Director, Clarion United Way Clarion

I am often asked to give a presentation to local businesses and schools to inform them about the United Way of Clarion County. A number of people personally do not know a person who needs the services provided by the United Way. More...

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The CLARION NEWS welcomes letters from its readers. All letters to the editor must be signed and must include the address and daytime telephone number of the author for verification purposes. More...

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Obituaries

Recent deaths

Wanda J. Anthony MADISON TWP. – Wanda Jane Anthony, 87, of Lawsonham Road, Templeton, former of Rimer Hill and Rimersburg, passed away at 1 p.m. Monday, November 16, 2009, in Madison Township, Armstrong County. Jane E. Berlin More...

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Keystone board rejects inhouse police officer proposal

Decision called “personal and political”

By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

KNOX By a 6-3 margin, the Keystone School Board Nov. 16 rejected re-establishing the position of an in-school police officer, also known as a school resources officer. More...

Shippenville mulls $2 million connection price

Borough will consider making counter offer or rejecting proposal

By Tom DiStefano CLARION NEWS Writer

SHIPPENVILLE The Paint-Elk Joint Sewer Authority wants $2 million and a per-gallon fee, among other things, to allow Shippenville Borough to connect its sewer system to the Paint Elk treatment plant, but borough council is not pleased with the prop More...

Sligo OKs tax hike

By Greg V. Renninger CLARION NEWS Writer

SLIGO Residents of Sligo Borough will see a tax increase come next year. Borough council approved a tentative 2010 budget Nov. More...

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CLARION NEWS photo by Greg V. Renninger. The beginning of the school year at Keystone High School saw students kick off the Olweus Bullying Prevention System. More...

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County Weather Corner

By Anthony J. Vega, Ph.D.

Discussion: A drop in temperature for the weekend. Today: Mostly cloudy with an 80 percent chance of showers and a high of 56 degrees. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a 70 percent chance of showers and a low of 38 degrees. More...

Long completes CDL law course

RENO, NV – The National Judicial College has announced that Magisterial District Court Judge Amy L. Long of Knox successfully completed the Commercial Driver’s Licensing Laws course held Oct. 26 through 29, at the NJC in Reno, Nev. More...

M&B wins local curb contract

INDIANA – PennDOT recently awarded a $350,000 contract to a local firm to install or update curb ramps along Main Street in Clarion Borough. M & B Services of Clarion won a contract to make sidewalks along U.S. 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. Aggravated assault More...

Fire calls

CLARION – Area fire companies responded to the following calls. The information is provided by the Clarion County 9-1-1 center and might not include all incidents to which volunteers responded. Clarion .2:01 p.m. Nov. 14. More...

District Court 18-3-02

Nancy Kadunce District Judge

District Court 18-3-02 covers Farmington, Highland, Knox, Millcreek, Paint, Washington, Piney and Monroe townships and Sligo Borough. All information is taken from official documents. More...

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