Today's News-Saturday, Jun3 20, 2009

FOUR CAR CRASH ON 61

NO ONE WAS INJURED IN A FOUR CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 61 FRIDAY AFTERNOON. ACCORDING TO STATE POLICE, MATTHEW LIPTAK OF ORWIGSBURG WAS SOUTHBOUND NEAR ROCKWOOD CENTRE. HE FAILED TO SEE MEGAN LEYMEISTER'S CAR IN FROM OF HIM DUE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC NEAR CRESSONA MALL. THE COLLISION FORCED LEYMEISTER'S CAR INTO VEHICLES OPERATED BY WESLEY HABLETT AND ANGELA HEIM, WHICH WERE ALSO STOPPED FOR TRAFFIC. ALL TOLD, 6 PEOPLE ESCAPED INJURY. LIPTAK WILL BE CITED BY STATE POLICE. TRAFFIC IN THE AREA WAS SNARLED FOR SOME TIME FOR CLEANUP YESTERDAY.

TEEN CAUGHT DRINKING, PEEING

A 15 YEAR OLD MIDDLEPORT BOY IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AT PEAR AND NORTH STREETS. A WOMAN AND A CHILD OBSERVED THE BOY CAUSING A DISTURBANCE, AND FOUND THAT HE WAS URINATING IN PUBLIC AND WAS INTOXICATED. CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE BOY IN DISTRICT COURT.

FATHERS DAY ROOTS

THIS WEEKEND, ITS DAD’S TURN TO BE TREATED LIKE A KING. BUT HOW DID IT ALL COME ABOUT? HISTORY SAYS THAT EARLY IN THE 20TH CENTURY, A YOUNG GIRL, SONORA SMART OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, WAS BEING RAISED BY HER DAD, AND AT A MEETING AT A LOCAL YMCA, SONORA WANTED TO KNOW WHY THERE WASN’T A DAY TO HONOR FATHERS…A SHORT TIME LATER, THE FIRST FATHER’S DAY WAS OBSERVED JUNE 19TH, 1910. TODAY, Y'S ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY HONOR THE TRADITION WITH PROGRAMS AND SERVICES DEDICATED TO PARENTS. THE LOCAL Y IN POTTSVILLE IS OFFERING SPECIAL PROGRAMS SUNDAY FOR DADS AND FAMILIES ALIKE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE Y AT 622-7850.

STATE CAPITOL ROUNDUP

THE LACK OF A STATE BUDGET TOPS THIS WEEK’S REPUBLICAN CAPITOL ROUNDUP. HERE'S CHUCK NICHOLS IN HARRISBURG:

NICHOLS