Today's News-Thursday, October 8, 2009
ST GEORGES CHURCH
ABOUT TWO DOZEN SUPPORTERS OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, SHENANDOAH RECITED THE ROSARY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE BEFORE A HEARING TO DECIDE THE FATE OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING. ONE PARISHONER IS STILL SHAKEN THREE YEARS AFTER ST GEORGES WAS CLOSED:
PARISHONER
AT THE INJUNCTION HEARING, JUDGE CYRUS PALMER DOLBIN DENIED THE INJUNCTION OF SEVERAL PARISHONERS TO STOP DEMOLITION OF THE CHURCH. JUDGE DOLBIN QUESTIONED WHETHER THE COURT HAD JURISDICTION TO RULE IN THE MATTER AND, WHETHER THE PARISHONERS HAD STANDING TO ASK FOR THE INJUNCTION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND THE UNITED STATES TO PRESERVE HISTORIC ITEMS. MONIES REPORTEDLY WERE DONATED TO A BUILDING FUND FOR ST GEORGES EVEN AFTER THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN CLOSED IT IN 2006. THE PLAINTIFFS THINK IT DOES. JUDGE DOLBIN ALLOWED FOR THE LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR, AUDRIUS BRUZGA TO BE DEPOSED, AND BRIEFS PREPARED ABOUT THE MONEY ISSUE. DIOCESAN OFFICIALS CONTEND THAT THE BISHOP HAS SOLE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE REAL ESTATE MATTERS, NO MATTER WHAT. OFFICIALS WOULDN'T SAY EXACTLY WHEN DEMOLITION WILL BEGIN, ACCORDING TO MATT KERR, ALLENTOWN DIOCESE SPOKESMAN:
KERR
THE JUDGE SAID THERE ISN’T A "STRONG LIKELIHOOD" OF PREVAILING IN THE CASE, BUT SCHEDULED ANOTHER HEARING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION, ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THREE ESCAPE INJURY IN CRASH
THREE PEOPLE ESCAPED INJURY YESTERDAY IN A CRASH ON ROUTE 443 NEAR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. MARIA MERCURI, POTTSVILLE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO MAIN STREET, NEAR MCDONALDS WHEN HER CAR STRUCK SCOTT RIEGEL'S PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS SOUTHBOUND. MERCURI'S VEHICLE WENT ON TO HIT AUBURN RESIDENT BRENNA SHEIPE'S SUV, WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND LUNCHTIME YESTERDAY.
LEBANON COUNTY TEENS ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM
TWO LEBANON COUNTY TEENS CHARGED FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT INCIDENT IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP. APPARENTLY, MATTHEW DERR OF MT GRETNA TRIED TO PRY OPEN A COKE MACHINE AT COUNTRY BEVERAGE, NEAR LAKE WYNONAH. EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE WAS DONE, BUT NO MONEY WAS TAKEN. DERR WAS PICKED UP BY 20 YEAR OLD DREW SOUDERS ON 183, BUT LEBANON POLICE ARRESTED THE TWO FOR SIMILAR CRIMES IN THEIR COVERAGE AREA.
DAIRY FARMERS GET HELP
THE US HOUSE PASSED THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL WEDNESDAY, WITH $350 MILLION DOLLARS FOR DAIRY FARMERS. CONGRESSMAN TIM HOLDEN, VICE CHAIR OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE, ANNOUNCED THE MOVE AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT MORE MUST BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS VIABLE FOR THE FUTURE. MILK PRICES HAVE PLUMMETED OVER 40 PERCENT WHILE OPERATION COSTS HAVE GREATLY INCREASED. THE FUNDING BILL ALLOWS FOR $290 MILLION TO ASSIST DAIRY PRODUCERS AND $60 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF CHEESE AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR FOOD BANKS. THE 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS HOME TO A LARGE NUMBER OF DAIRY FARMS.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - TWO CRITICAL BUDGET BILLS HAVE PASSED THE
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE. BUT DISPUTES REMAIN OVER PROPOSALS TO DRILL FOR
GAS ON STATE LAND AND HOW HIGH TO SET THE TAX RATE FOR TABLE GAMES
AT CASINOS. THE HOUSE APPROVED A TAX PACKAGE YESTERDAY BY A VOTE OF
102-96, INCLUDING ONE REPUBLICAN VOTE, SENDING IT TO GOVERNOR ED
RENDELL.
RADNOR, PA. (AP) - THE PRINCIPAL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL NEAR PHILADELPHIA SAYS ONE STUDENT HAS A CONFIRMED CASE OF SWINE FLU AND TWO OTHERS HAVE SUSPECTED CASES. ARCHBISHOP JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAVID DICKENS SAYS THE SCHOOL IN RADNOR WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORROW OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SO THE BUILDING CAN BE CLEANED.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - A JUDGE SAYS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN NOT FORCE A SERIOUSLY ILL PRISON INMATE TO UNDERGO A BLOOD TRANSFUSION - EVEN IF IT WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE. IN A RULING MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY, A COMMONWEALTH COURT JUDGE SAID INMATE ANTHONY LINDSEY'S WISHES MUST BE RESPECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE BASED ON RELIGION OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WASHINGTON (AP) - THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION HONORING SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS FOR THEIR
VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE FLIGHT 93 CRASH SITE. THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED YESTERDAY HONORS THE PEOPLE OF SHANKSVILLE, PA., AND ENCOURAGES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO COMPLETE A PERMANENT MEMORIAL THERE BY SEPT. 11, 2011.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA OFFICIALS PLAN A PAYROLL AUDIT OF ALL AMTRAK EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THE 30TH STREET STATION OFFICE AFTER FINDING TWO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING THE CITY'S WAGE TAX. CITY CONTROLLER ALAN BUTKOVITZ SAYS THE 2 EMPLOYEES LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY BUT HAVE NOT PAID CITY WORKER WAGE TAXES OF ABOUT $9,000 FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.
KABUL (AP) - AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A POWERFUL CAR BOMB OUTSIDE THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN AFGHANISTAN'S CAPITAL. AT LEAST 84 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES, WERE WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK, WHICH STRUCK A
SHOP-LINED ROAD BETWEEN THE INDIAN EMBASSY AND THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.
KABUL (AP) - THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS A CHILD WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED DURING A RAID ON A TALIBAN COMPOUND IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. CIVILIAN DEATHS THREATEN TO UNDERMINE AFGHAN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FORCES, AND PROTECTING INNOCENT AFGHANS REMAINS A PRIORITY. A STATEMENT SAYS AMERICAN AND AFGHAN FORCES CAME UNDER FIRE AT A COMPOUND AND SHOUTED FOR EVERYONE TO COME OUT BEFORE THEY ATTACKED.
TOKYO (AP) - AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A POWERFUL TYPHOON SLAMMED INTO JAPAN. THE STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE, FLOODING AND INJURIES. TYPHOON MELOR HIT THE COUNTRY'S MAINLAND EARLY THIS MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
UNDATED (AP) - GERMANY HAS MORE MUSLIMS THAN LEBANON, ETHIOPIA HAS NEARLY AS MANY MUSLIMS AS AFGHANISTAN AND NEARLY 1 IN 4 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD PRACTICE ISLAM. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN A NEW PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE REPORT THAT PUTS THE GLOBAL MUSLIM POPULATION AT 1.57 BILLION.
DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) - SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING TO SAVE THE NATIVE ASH TREE FROM THE FATE THAT BEFELL THE AMERICAN ELM, CHESTNUT AND BUTTERNUT TREES, WHICH WERE NEARLY WIPED OUT BY DISEASE. EXPERTS ARE RACING TO SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF SEEDS BEFORE AN INVASIVE BEETLE PUSHES THE SPECIES TO EXTINCTION. THE SEEDS WILL BE STORED UNTIL SCIENTISTS CAN CONTROL THE PEST.
ABOUT TWO DOZEN SUPPORTERS OF ST GEORGE'S CHURCH, SHENANDOAH RECITED THE ROSARY WEDNESDAY MORNING AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE BEFORE A HEARING TO DECIDE THE FATE OF THE HISTORIC BUILDING. ONE PARISHONER IS STILL SHAKEN THREE YEARS AFTER ST GEORGES WAS CLOSED:
PARISHONER
AT THE INJUNCTION HEARING, JUDGE CYRUS PALMER DOLBIN DENIED THE INJUNCTION OF SEVERAL PARISHONERS TO STOP DEMOLITION OF THE CHURCH. JUDGE DOLBIN QUESTIONED WHETHER THE COURT HAD JURISDICTION TO RULE IN THE MATTER AND, WHETHER THE PARISHONERS HAD STANDING TO ASK FOR THE INJUNCTION AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN LITHUANIA AND THE UNITED STATES TO PRESERVE HISTORIC ITEMS. MONIES REPORTEDLY WERE DONATED TO A BUILDING FUND FOR ST GEORGES EVEN AFTER THE DIOCESE OF ALLENTOWN CLOSED IT IN 2006. THE PLAINTIFFS THINK IT DOES. JUDGE DOLBIN ALLOWED FOR THE LITHUANIAN AMBASSADOR, AUDRIUS BRUZGA TO BE DEPOSED, AND BRIEFS PREPARED ABOUT THE MONEY ISSUE. DIOCESAN OFFICIALS CONTEND THAT THE BISHOP HAS SOLE AUTHORITY TO DECIDE REAL ESTATE MATTERS, NO MATTER WHAT. OFFICIALS WOULDN'T SAY EXACTLY WHEN DEMOLITION WILL BEGIN, ACCORDING TO MATT KERR, ALLENTOWN DIOCESE SPOKESMAN:
KERR
THE JUDGE SAID THERE ISN’T A "STRONG LIKELIHOOD" OF PREVAILING IN THE CASE, BUT SCHEDULED ANOTHER HEARING TO GATHER MORE INFORMATION, ON DECEMBER 1ST.
THREE ESCAPE INJURY IN CRASH
THREE PEOPLE ESCAPED INJURY YESTERDAY IN A CRASH ON ROUTE 443 NEAR SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. MARIA MERCURI, POTTSVILLE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO MAIN STREET, NEAR MCDONALDS WHEN HER CAR STRUCK SCOTT RIEGEL'S PICKUP TRUCK WHICH WAS SOUTHBOUND. MERCURI'S VEHICLE WENT ON TO HIT AUBURN RESIDENT BRENNA SHEIPE'S SUV, WHICH WAS STOPPED AT THE INTERSECTION. THE CRASH HAPPENED AROUND LUNCHTIME YESTERDAY.
LEBANON COUNTY TEENS ARRESTED FOR VANDALISM
TWO LEBANON COUNTY TEENS CHARGED FOLLOWING TUESDAY NIGHT INCIDENT IN WAYNE TOWNSHIP. APPARENTLY, MATTHEW DERR OF MT GRETNA TRIED TO PRY OPEN A COKE MACHINE AT COUNTRY BEVERAGE, NEAR LAKE WYNONAH. EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS DAMAGE WAS DONE, BUT NO MONEY WAS TAKEN. DERR WAS PICKED UP BY 20 YEAR OLD DREW SOUDERS ON 183, BUT LEBANON POLICE ARRESTED THE TWO FOR SIMILAR CRIMES IN THEIR COVERAGE AREA.
DAIRY FARMERS GET HELP
THE US HOUSE PASSED THE AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL WEDNESDAY, WITH $350 MILLION DOLLARS FOR DAIRY FARMERS. CONGRESSMAN TIM HOLDEN, VICE CHAIR OF THE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE, ANNOUNCED THE MOVE AS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT MORE MUST BE DONE TO ENSURE THAT THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IS VIABLE FOR THE FUTURE. MILK PRICES HAVE PLUMMETED OVER 40 PERCENT WHILE OPERATION COSTS HAVE GREATLY INCREASED. THE FUNDING BILL ALLOWS FOR $290 MILLION TO ASSIST DAIRY PRODUCERS AND $60 MILLION FOR THE PURCHASE OF CHEESE AND OTHER DAIRY PRODUCTS FOR FOOD BANKS. THE 17TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT IS HOME TO A LARGE NUMBER OF DAIRY FARMS.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - TWO CRITICAL BUDGET BILLS HAVE PASSED THE
PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE. BUT DISPUTES REMAIN OVER PROPOSALS TO DRILL FOR
GAS ON STATE LAND AND HOW HIGH TO SET THE TAX RATE FOR TABLE GAMES
AT CASINOS. THE HOUSE APPROVED A TAX PACKAGE YESTERDAY BY A VOTE OF
102-96, INCLUDING ONE REPUBLICAN VOTE, SENDING IT TO GOVERNOR ED
RENDELL.
RADNOR, PA. (AP) - THE PRINCIPAL OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL NEAR PHILADELPHIA SAYS ONE STUDENT HAS A CONFIRMED CASE OF SWINE FLU AND TWO OTHERS HAVE SUSPECTED CASES. ARCHBISHOP JOHN CARROLL HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAVID DICKENS SAYS THE SCHOOL IN RADNOR WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND TOMORROW OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SO THE BUILDING CAN BE CLEANED.
HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - A JUDGE SAYS THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA CAN NOT FORCE A SERIOUSLY ILL PRISON INMATE TO UNDERGO A BLOOD TRANSFUSION - EVEN IF IT WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE. IN A RULING MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY, A COMMONWEALTH COURT JUDGE SAID INMATE ANTHONY LINDSEY'S WISHES MUST BE RESPECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY ARE BASED ON RELIGION OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WASHINGTON (AP) - THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED A RESOLUTION HONORING SOUTHWESTERN PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS FOR THEIR
VOLUNTEER WORK AT THE FLIGHT 93 CRASH SITE. THE RESOLUTION THAT PASSED YESTERDAY HONORS THE PEOPLE OF SHANKSVILLE, PA., AND ENCOURAGES THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE TO COMPLETE A PERMANENT MEMORIAL THERE BY SEPT. 11, 2011.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - PHILADELPHIA OFFICIALS PLAN A PAYROLL AUDIT OF ALL AMTRAK EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO THE 30TH STREET STATION OFFICE AFTER FINDING TWO EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT BEEN PAYING THE CITY'S WAGE TAX. CITY CONTROLLER ALAN BUTKOVITZ SAYS THE 2 EMPLOYEES LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY BUT HAVE NOT PAID CITY WORKER WAGE TAXES OF ABOUT $9,000 FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS.
KABUL (AP) - AT LEAST 12 PEOPLE, INCLUDING A POLICE OFFICER HAVE BEEN KILLED BY A POWERFUL CAR BOMB OUTSIDE THE INDIAN EMBASSY IN AFGHANISTAN'S CAPITAL. AT LEAST 84 PEOPLE, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF
AFGHAN SECURITY FORCES, WERE WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK, WHICH STRUCK A
SHOP-LINED ROAD BETWEEN THE INDIAN EMBASSY AND THE INTERIOR MINISTRY.
KABUL (AP) - THE U.S. MILITARY SAYS A CHILD WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED DURING A RAID ON A TALIBAN COMPOUND IN EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. CIVILIAN DEATHS THREATEN TO UNDERMINE AFGHAN SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL FORCES, AND PROTECTING INNOCENT AFGHANS REMAINS A PRIORITY. A STATEMENT SAYS AMERICAN AND AFGHAN FORCES CAME UNDER FIRE AT A COMPOUND AND SHOUTED FOR EVERYONE TO COME OUT BEFORE THEY ATTACKED.
TOKYO (AP) - AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A POWERFUL TYPHOON SLAMMED INTO JAPAN. THE STORM CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGE, FLOODING AND INJURIES. TYPHOON MELOR HIT THE COUNTRY'S MAINLAND EARLY THIS MORNING WITH STRONG WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN.
UNDATED (AP) - GERMANY HAS MORE MUSLIMS THAN LEBANON, ETHIOPIA HAS NEARLY AS MANY MUSLIMS AS AFGHANISTAN AND NEARLY 1 IN 4 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD PRACTICE ISLAM. THOSE ARE JUST SOME OF THE FINDINGS IN A NEW PEW FORUM ON RELIGION AND PUBLIC LIFE REPORT THAT PUTS THE GLOBAL MUSLIM POPULATION AT 1.57 BILLION.
DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) - SCIENTISTS ARE HOPING TO SAVE THE NATIVE ASH TREE FROM THE FATE THAT BEFELL THE AMERICAN ELM, CHESTNUT AND BUTTERNUT TREES, WHICH WERE NEARLY WIPED OUT BY DISEASE. EXPERTS ARE RACING TO SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF SEEDS BEFORE AN INVASIVE BEETLE PUSHES THE SPECIES TO EXTINCTION. THE SEEDS WILL BE STORED UNTIL SCIENTISTS CAN CONTROL THE PEST.
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