Today's News-Thursday, July 23, 2009
FOUR TO BE SEATED AT NORTH SCHUYLKILL TABLE
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY JUDGE D MICHAEL STINE ACKNOWLEDGED IT’S AN UNUSUAL POSITION TO BE IN, FIRST DECIDING TO REMOVE 8 DIRECTORS FROM THE NORTH SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL BOARD LAST MONTH. WEDNESDAY, HE HEARD FROM INTERESTED RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO FILL THE FOUR REMAINING SPOTS. THE 17 CANDIDATES CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, EXPLAINING HOW THEY WANTED TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS EDUCATION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. CAROLYN TENAGLIA, WHOSE TWO SONS HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM THE DISTRICT, EXPLAINS WHY SHE WANTS TO RUN:
TENAGLIA
JUDGE STINE NOW HAS TO CONSIDER WHICH CANDIDATES ARE BEST TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERMS OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE NORTH SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SCHUYLKILL COUNTY JUDGE D MICHAEL STINE ACKNOWLEDGED IT’S AN UNUSUAL POSITION TO BE IN, FIRST DECIDING TO REMOVE 8 DIRECTORS FROM THE NORTH SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL BOARD LAST MONTH. WEDNESDAY, HE HEARD FROM INTERESTED RESIDENTS WHO WANT TO FILL THE FOUR REMAINING SPOTS. THE 17 CANDIDATES CAME FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE, EXPLAINING HOW THEY WANTED TO DO WHATS BEST FOR THE STUDENTS EDUCATION AND FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. CAROLYN TENAGLIA, WHOSE TWO SONS HAVE ALREADY GRADUATED FROM THE DISTRICT, EXPLAINS WHY SHE WANTS TO RUN:
TENAGLIA
JUDGE STINE NOW HAS TO CONSIDER WHICH CANDIDATES ARE BEST TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERMS OF THE DIRECTORS IN THE NORTH SCHUYLKILL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Go Joe 12 at Bubeck Park
Joe Snedeker and Don Jacobs on the Lawn at St Johns UCC
GO JOE 12
IN A SCENE REMINISCENT OF A ROCK CONCERT, A HUGE THRONG OF FANS OF WNEP’S JOE SNEDEKER PACKED BUBECK PARK IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AS HIS GO JOE 12 CARAVAN ROLLED INTO THE BOROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE QUIRKY WEATHERMAN IS MAKING HIS ANNUAL FUNDRAISING TREK ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOR ST JOSEPH’S CENTER IN SCRANTON, AND THE DONATIONS ROLLED IN DURING JOE’S VISIT, WHICH THRILLED HIM:
SNEDEKER
ONE ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN, JOHN RAKOWSKY, AND HIS FAMILY RAN A LEMONADE STAND ON DOCK STREET TO RAISE MONEY FOR GO JOE, ABOUT $800 DOLLARS ALL TOLD. HE APPLAUDS SNEDEKER’S EFFORTS TO HELP OTHERS LIKE A FAMILY FRIEND IN MARYLAND WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY.
RAKOWSKY
JOE SNEDEKER RODE ABOUT 100 MILES WEDNESDAY.
DRUG POSSESSION AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN IS CHARGED WITH DRUG RELATED OFFENSES FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP EARLIER THIS WEEK IN ST CLAIR. 29 YEAR OLD RYAN WINKLER WAS STOPPED ON ROUTE 61 AND ANN STREET, AND STATE TROOPERS OBSERVED MARIJUANA INSIDE HIS CAR. CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED IN DISTRICT COURT. BUT WINKLER’S PROBLEMS DIDN’T END THERE. HE WENT TO THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS AT FRACKVILLE TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM HIS CAR. IN ADDITION TO THE DRUG COUNTS, WINKLER ALSO FACES CHARGES OF TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. HE’S LODGED IN THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON.
ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - A GRAND JURY REPORT SAYS A SCRANTON WOMAN PLACED A 15-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN A HOME WHERE SHE GOT SO LITTLE TO EAT THAT SHE PASSED OUT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE STORIES TOLD ABOUT EDNA BURGETTE. SHE FACES 5 FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF TEENAGERS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT COURT RECORDS OF JUVENILES WHO ARE SUING A CORRUPT JUDGE, MUST BE PRESERVED. THE COURT HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THE RECORDS SHOULD BE DESTROYED, PROMPTING COMPLAINTS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE JUVENILES SAID LOSS OF THE RECORDS COULD IMPERIL THE YOUTHS' ABILITY TO RECOVER DAMAGES FROM THE JUDGE AND OTHERS.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - PENNSYLVANIA GOV. ED RENDELL SAYS ALTHOUGH IT'S PAINFUL FOR STATE WORKERS TO LOSE OUT ON THEIR PAY TEMPORARILY, IT'S BETTER THAN LOSING THEIR JOBS. THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR SAYS IF THE BUDGET PLAN FAVORED BY SENATE REPUBLICANS HAD PASSED, ABOUT 2,000 TO 2,500 STATE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE PERMANENTLY LAID OFF.
MORRISVILLE, PA. (AP) - POLICE SAY A FIRE AT A MOTEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN STARTED TO DESTROY EVIDENCE FROM A SEXUAL ASSAULT. A WOMAN TOLD COPS THAT A MAN SHE MET DROVE HER TO A MOTEL IN MORRISVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE SAYS THE MAN FORCED HER INTO A ROOM AT GUNPOINT AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. POLICE BELIEVE THE MAN STARTED A FIRETO COVER UP THE CRIME.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE PARENTS OF A TODDLER WHO DIED FROM BEING LEFT IN A HOT VAN OUTSIDE A PHILADELPHIA-AREA DAY CARE FACILITY, ARE SUING THE CENTER AND ITS OWNERS. THE PARENTS OF 2-YEAR-OLD DANIEL SLUTSKY ARE SUING FAIRY TALES DAYCARE CENTER IN PENNDEL. THEIR LAWYER SAYS THE SUIT IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT SIMILAR DEATHS IN THE FUTURE.
WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TAKING THE CASE FOR HIS HEALTH CARE AGENDA TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHOSE QUALMS ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL SEEM TO BE GROWING. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE DIRECTLY TO AMERICANS ABOUT HEALTH CARE DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT, AND WILL DO SO AGAIN AT SCHEDULED EVENTS TODAY IN CLEVELAND.
PHUKET, THAILAND (AP) - SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SAYS "THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO FOR NORTH KOREA." CLINTON WAS RESPONDING TO THE NORTH'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL NOT RE-ENTER SIX-PARTY TALKS TO END ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. THE VERBAL SPARRING OCCURRED AT A MAJOR ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE IN THAILAND.
NEW YORK (AP) - NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NEVER AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SUBWAYS FROM AN ALLEGED AL-QAIDA INFORMER. AN OFFICIAL SAYS THE INFORMATION THAT PROMPTED A SECURITY ALERT LAST YEAR CAME FROM AN AMERICAN ACCUSED OF GIVING AL-QAIDA INFORMATION ON THE NEW YORK TRANSIT SYSTEM.
HAILEY, IDAHO (AP) - MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED A VIGIL FOR AN IDAHO SOLDIER WHO WAS CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN BY THE TALIBAN. THE HOURLONG EVENT WAS HELD IN PFC. BOWE BERGDAHL'S HOMETOWN OF HAILEY. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SAID THE MILITARY IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO RESCUE BERGDAHL.
STUART, FLA. (AP) - A FLORIDA JURY TODAY COULD GET THE CASE INVOLVING A HOSPITAL THAT SECRETLY SENT A BRAIN-DAMAGED PATIENT BACK TO GUATEMALA SIX YEARS AGO. THE MAN'S GUARDIAN IS SUING THE HOSPITAL FOR ESSENTIALLY DEPORTING HIS COUSIN, AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHOSE HEALTH CARE COST THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.
IN A SCENE REMINISCENT OF A ROCK CONCERT, A HUGE THRONG OF FANS OF WNEP’S JOE SNEDEKER PACKED BUBECK PARK IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN AS HIS GO JOE 12 CARAVAN ROLLED INTO THE BOROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE QUIRKY WEATHERMAN IS MAKING HIS ANNUAL FUNDRAISING TREK ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AND CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA FOR ST JOSEPH’S CENTER IN SCRANTON, AND THE DONATIONS ROLLED IN DURING JOE’S VISIT, WHICH THRILLED HIM:
SNEDEKER
ONE ENTERPRISING YOUNG MAN, JOHN RAKOWSKY, AND HIS FAMILY RAN A LEMONADE STAND ON DOCK STREET TO RAISE MONEY FOR GO JOE, ABOUT $800 DOLLARS ALL TOLD. HE APPLAUDS SNEDEKER’S EFFORTS TO HELP OTHERS LIKE A FAMILY FRIEND IN MARYLAND WHO HAS CEREBRAL PALSY.
RAKOWSKY
JOE SNEDEKER RODE ABOUT 100 MILES WEDNESDAY.
DRUG POSSESSION AFTER TRAFFIC STOP
A SCHUYLKILL HAVEN MAN IS CHARGED WITH DRUG RELATED OFFENSES FOLLOWING A TRAFFIC STOP EARLIER THIS WEEK IN ST CLAIR. 29 YEAR OLD RYAN WINKLER WAS STOPPED ON ROUTE 61 AND ANN STREET, AND STATE TROOPERS OBSERVED MARIJUANA INSIDE HIS CAR. CRIMINAL CHARGES WERE FILED IN DISTRICT COURT. BUT WINKLER’S PROBLEMS DIDN’T END THERE. HE WENT TO THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS AT FRACKVILLE TO REMOVE SOMETHING FROM HIS CAR. IN ADDITION TO THE DRUG COUNTS, WINKLER ALSO FACES CHARGES OF TAMPERING WITH PHYSICAL EVIDENCE. HE’S LODGED IN THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON.
ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - A GRAND JURY REPORT SAYS A SCRANTON WOMAN PLACED A 15-YEAR-OLD NIGERIAN EXCHANGE STUDENT IN A HOME WHERE SHE GOT SO LITTLE TO EAT THAT SHE PASSED OUT AND WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE STORIES TOLD ABOUT EDNA BURGETTE. SHE FACES 5 FELONY COUNTS RELATED TO THE PLACEMENT OF TEENAGERS IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
ALLENTOWN, PA. (AP) - THE PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT COURT RECORDS OF JUVENILES WHO ARE SUING A CORRUPT JUDGE, MUST BE PRESERVED. THE COURT HAD PREVIOUSLY SAID THE RECORDS SHOULD BE DESTROYED, PROMPTING COMPLAINTS. ATTORNEYS FOR THE JUVENILES SAID LOSS OF THE RECORDS COULD IMPERIL THE YOUTHS' ABILITY TO RECOVER DAMAGES FROM THE JUDGE AND OTHERS.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - PENNSYLVANIA GOV. ED RENDELL SAYS ALTHOUGH IT'S PAINFUL FOR STATE WORKERS TO LOSE OUT ON THEIR PAY TEMPORARILY, IT'S BETTER THAN LOSING THEIR JOBS. THE DEMOCRATIC GOVERNOR SAYS IF THE BUDGET PLAN FAVORED BY SENATE REPUBLICANS HAD PASSED, ABOUT 2,000 TO 2,500 STATE EMPLOYEES WOULD BE PERMANENTLY LAID OFF.
MORRISVILLE, PA. (AP) - POLICE SAY A FIRE AT A MOTEL MIGHT HAVE BEEN STARTED TO DESTROY EVIDENCE FROM A SEXUAL ASSAULT. A WOMAN TOLD COPS THAT A MAN SHE MET DROVE HER TO A MOTEL IN MORRISVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA. SHE SAYS THE MAN FORCED HER INTO A ROOM AT GUNPOINT AND SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER. POLICE BELIEVE THE MAN STARTED A FIRETO COVER UP THE CRIME.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - THE PARENTS OF A TODDLER WHO DIED FROM BEING LEFT IN A HOT VAN OUTSIDE A PHILADELPHIA-AREA DAY CARE FACILITY, ARE SUING THE CENTER AND ITS OWNERS. THE PARENTS OF 2-YEAR-OLD DANIEL SLUTSKY ARE SUING FAIRY TALES DAYCARE CENTER IN PENNDEL. THEIR LAWYER SAYS THE SUIT IS TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM AND PREVENT SIMILAR DEATHS IN THE FUTURE.
WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA IS TAKING THE CASE FOR HIS HEALTH CARE AGENDA TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC, WHOSE QUALMS ABOUT HIS PROPOSAL SEEM TO BE GROWING. THE PRESIDENT SPOKE DIRECTLY TO AMERICANS ABOUT HEALTH CARE DURING HIS NEWS CONFERENCE LAST NIGHT, AND WILL DO SO AGAIN AT SCHEDULED EVENTS TODAY IN CLEVELAND.
PHUKET, THAILAND (AP) - SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON SAYS "THERE IS NO PLACE TO GO FOR NORTH KOREA." CLINTON WAS RESPONDING TO THE NORTH'S ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IT WILL NOT RE-ENTER SIX-PARTY TALKS TO END ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS PROGRAM. THE VERBAL SPARRING OCCURRED AT A MAJOR ASIAN SECURITY CONFERENCE IN THAILAND.
NEW YORK (AP) - NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT OFFICIALS SAY THERE WAS NEVER AN IMMINENT THREAT TO THE SUBWAYS FROM AN ALLEGED AL-QAIDA INFORMER. AN OFFICIAL SAYS THE INFORMATION THAT PROMPTED A SECURITY ALERT LAST YEAR CAME FROM AN AMERICAN ACCUSED OF GIVING AL-QAIDA INFORMATION ON THE NEW YORK TRANSIT SYSTEM.
HAILEY, IDAHO (AP) - MORE THAN 500 PEOPLE HAVE ATTENDED A VIGIL FOR AN IDAHO SOLDIER WHO WAS CAPTURED IN AFGHANISTAN BY THE TALIBAN. THE HOURLONG EVENT WAS HELD IN PFC. BOWE BERGDAHL'S HOMETOWN OF HAILEY. PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS SAID THE MILITARY IS DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO RESCUE BERGDAHL.
STUART, FLA. (AP) - A FLORIDA JURY TODAY COULD GET THE CASE INVOLVING A HOSPITAL THAT SECRETLY SENT A BRAIN-DAMAGED PATIENT BACK TO GUATEMALA SIX YEARS AGO. THE MAN'S GUARDIAN IS SUING THE HOSPITAL FOR ESSENTIALLY DEPORTING HIS COUSIN, AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHOSE HEALTH CARE COST THE HOSPITAL MORE THAN $1.5 MILLION DOLLARS.
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