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December 10, 2009 RSS feed / Front Page

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Trying to make the team

North Clarion’s Becca Wolbert (white) gets to a loose ball in front of Angela McCauley at the annual Purple and Gold scrimmage held Nov. 7 at the high school. More...

PAWC notifying customers of sewer line problems

CLARION – The letters are being sent: 300 of them from Pennsylvania American Water to property owners in and around Clarion with a sewer problem. More...

Keystone faces taxing decision

By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

KNOX Keystone School Board faces a tough decision next week (Dec. 14) when it must decide if it will commit to a limited real estate tax increase or submit a 2010-11 budget to the state by mid-January. More...

State designates funding for county sewage association

By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

HARRISBURG The Clarion County Sewage Association recently received $35,609 in state funding through Act 537, the Pennsylvania Sewage Facilities Act. More...

Special Sections

Sports

Five...and counting

Keystone wins it's own Tip-Off Tournament for the fifth straight year with 53-30 win over Clarion
By Ryan S. Pugh, CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

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Armstrong ices three-point win for Clarion boys' cagers

Bobcats' freshman T.J. Armstrong drains a pair of free throws with 3.9 seconds left to secure Clarion's 37-34 win over DuBois in Keystone Tip-Off Tournament
By Ryan S, Pugh, CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

KNOX – Clarion freshman T.J. Armstrong had a breakout season on the gridiron in 2009 logging eight sacks from the starting defensive end spot to help the Bobcats to a District 9 title. More...

Prayer answered

Keystone senior Dan Reed sinks a miraculous shot in Panther's 54-53 win over Rocky Grove in Keystone Tip-Off Tournament
By Ryan S. Pugh, CLARION NEWS Sports Editor

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Living

Myers’ celebrate golden wedding anniversary

AVON PARK, Fla. –Ronald and Joan Myers of Butler celebrated 50 years of marriage with friends in Avon Park, Fla. Mr. Myers and the former Joan Deahl were married December 18, 1959, at the home of the groom’s parents in Sligo. More...

Inaugural ‘Miss Clarion River Valley’ pageant set for January

CLARION – Miss Clarion River Valley Scholarship Organization officials this week announced the first Miss Clarion River Valley Competition will be held at 7 p.m. Jan. 9, 2010, at Clarion Area High School. More...

Candle light memorial service scheduled

CLARION – National Children’s Memorial Day Worldwide Candle Lighting will be held at 6 p.m., Sunday, December 13, at the First Presbyterian Church, 700 Wood Street, Clarion. The sanctuary will be open at 5:30 p.m. reflection. More...

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Opinion

Cartoon

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Getting J. Edgar Hoover-ized

Oh, that Tiger Woods. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past week or so, you have doubtless heard all the happenings in Mr. Woods’ personal life. More...

Global warming fraud comes to light

By Barbara Songer Clarion

The credibility of reliable scientific research is going down, down, down. More than 3,000 emails and documents were released this month and the Nov. 24 edition of the Wall Street Journal shared them with us. More...

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Obituaries

Bradley Michael Wolbert

Bradley Michael Wolbert Enjoyed hunting, fishing, fly tying, trapping, camping, cooking and gardening

VOWINCKEL – Bradley Michael Wolbert, 49, of Vowinckel, died Monday, December 7, 2009, due to an accident while cutting firewood. Born March 23, 1960, in Clarion Hospital, he was the son of Vincent and Nina Grubbs Wolbert. Mr. More...

Audrey M. Francisco

Retired secretary for Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation

EMLENTON – Audrey M. Francisco, 88, of Walnut Street, Emlenton, died at 6 p.m. Monday, December 7, 2009, at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital, Pittsburgh, following a brief illness. More...

Recent deaths

Mary A. Bickel RAVENNA, Ohio – Mary Alyce Bickel, 69, a resident of Ravenna Township and Shalersville Township since 1973, sister of Linda D. More...

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County running low on cash

A million dollars doesn’t go as far as you might think
By Greg V. Renninger CLARION NEWS Writer

CLARION Clarion County is in bad shape cashwise. As of the commissioners’ Dec. 8 voting meeting, the county has about $1,856,164 in cash. More...

Clarion Borough approves $1.8 million budget

Plan does not include any tax increases
By Rodney L. Sherman CLARION NEWS Editor

CLARION Clarion Borough Council Dec. 8 gave its tentative approval to a $1.8 million budget for 2010 that does not include any tax increase. More...

Photo

Keystone School District teachers recent took a different approach to an inservice day when they went to Swartfager Welding (pictured above with owner Ken Swartfager on the right) and Matric Limited. More...

News

County Weather

By Anthony J. Vega, Ph.D.

Discussion: Break out the big coats! Today: Mostly cloudy with a 60 percent chance of snow and a high of 20 degrees. Tonight: Mostly cloudy with a low of 11 degrees. Tomorrow: Partly to mostly cloudy with a high of 22 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. Money stolen PAINT TWP. – Tpr. 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. East Brady .3:10 p.m. Dec. 6. More...

Central Court

CLARION — The following cases were disposed of Dec. More...

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Academics

Rimersburg Elementary School announces principal’s list, honor roll

RIMERSBURG Rimersburg Elementary School has announced its principal’s list and honor roll for the first nine-week grading period of the 2009- 10 academic year. More...

CUP faculty earns tenure

CLARION – Ten Clarion University faculty members were promoted and ten received tenure during the 2009 Faculty Promotion and Tenure Recognition held in Carl- son Library’s Center for Academic Excellence. More...

Area schools list menus

CLARION – Clarion County schools announce the following breakfast and lunch menus. More...

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Church

The power of a smile

By the Rev. Stephen J. Fuller

The expression, “health of my countenance, and my God” occurs at the close of both Psalms 42 and 43. It expresses the beautiful truth that God and his salvation is the best beautifier in the world. More...

Upcoming church events

Christmas cantata VENUS – The Venus United Evangelical Church together with some Clarion University students and staff will present “Imagine” at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, at the church located on State Route 157 in Venus. More...

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