TODAY'S NEWS: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

LOCAL NEWS

BURGLARY AT LYKENS FOOTBALL FIELD

THERE HAS BEEN A BURGLARY AT THE LYKENS FOOTBALL FIELD. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED SOMETIME OVER THE WEEKEND WHEN AN UNKNOWN SUSPECT GAINED ENTRY TO THE CONCESSION STAND AT THE SOUTH END OF THE FOOTBALL FIELD LOCATED AT 110 ARCH ST IN WICONISCO TWP. THEY PRIED THE DOOR OPEN AND DESTROYED THE LOCK AND ANCHOR BOLT SECURING THE BUILDING. UPON ENTERING, THE ACTOR DESTROYED THE UNLOCKED CASH BOX AND TOOK $77. THE SUSPECT ALSO ATTEMPTED ENTRY INTO THE CONCESSION STAND FROM THE PLYWOOD SWING DOOR AT THE FAR WEST END OF THE BUILDING, CAUSING DAMAGE, THEN ATTEMPTED ENTRY AND CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE LOCKING MECHANISM AT BOTH THE CONCESSION STAND STORAGE SHED AND THE EQUIPMENT SHED AT THE SOUTHEAST END FOR THE FOOTBALL FIELD. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THIS INCIDENT IS TO CONTACT THE PSP OF LYKENS.


PINE GROVE WATER MAY BE AT INCREASED CONTAMINATION RISK

THE PINE GROVE WATER SYSTEM MAY BE AT AN INCREASED RISK FROM MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION. YESTERDAY, THE SYSTEM EXPERIENCED A DROP/LOSS IN WATER PRESSURE DUE TO A WATER MAIN BREAK. THIS DROP/LOSS IN WATER PRESSURE IS A SIGNAL OF THE EXISTENCE OF CONDITIONS THAT COULD ALLOW CONTAMINATION TO ENTER THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM THROUGH BACK-FLOW BY BASK-PRESSURE OR BACK-SIPHONAGE. AS A RESULT, THERE IS AN INCREASED CHANCE THAT THE WATER MAY CONTAIN DISEASE-CAUSING ORGANISMS. PINE GROVE WATER CUSTOMERS NORTH OF ROUTE 125 FROM SCHULTZ ROAD TO JACK’S SERVICE CENTER MUST BOIL THEIR WATER BEFORE USE THIS MORNING. THE WATER MAIN BREAK IS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPAIRED, AND YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN ALL CORRECTIVE ACTIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED AND WHEN BOILING IS NO LONGER NEEDED.


RETIRED NATO COMMANDER TO RETURN TO POTTSVILLE FOR LABOR DAY DEDICATION

RETIRED SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER OF NATO, GEORGE JOULWAN, WILL RETURN TO HIS HOMETOWN OF POTTSVILLE THIS LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THE FORMER POTTSVILLE NATIVE WILL ATTEND THE DEDICATION OF THE POTTSVILLE LIONS AMPHITHEATER AT GEN. GEORGE A JOULWAN PARK, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY. THE PARK IS ON THE EAST-SIDE OF TOWN NEAR EAST NORWEGIAN AND ANDERSON STREETS AND WAS STARTED IN 2001. THE AMPHITHEATER SITS BEHIND THE CURRENT SKATE PARK. JOULWAN WILL ALSO ATTEND A RECEPTION AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF SCHUYLKILL COUNTY FROM 7-10AM NEXT TUESDAY WHERE A ROOM IS TO BE DEDICATED TO HIS HISTORY.


STATE NEWS

COLLINGDALE, PA. (AP) - OFFICIALS SAY A FIRE AT A
PHILADELPHIA-AREA WELDING SUPPLY COMPANY THAT INJURED FIVE PEOPLE
HAS BEEN BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL. A DELAWARE COUNTY SPOKESMAN SAYS
THE BLAZE THAT BROKE OUT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AT SCULLY WELDING
SUPPLY IN COLLINGDALE WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL SHORTLY AFTER SIX
LAST EVENING.

BOYERTOWN, PA. (AP) - AN AUTO PARTS SUPPLIER HAS ANNOUNCED THAT
IT WILL CLOSE AN EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA PLANT BY THE END OF THE YEAR,
LEAVING 70 EMPLOYEES WITHOUT JOBS. THE POTTSTOWN MERCURY REPORTS
FEDERAL-MOGUL CORPORATION IS CITING THE FALTERING ECONOMY FOR THE
DECISION TO SHUTTER ITS PLANT IN BOYERTOWN, BERKS COUNTY.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - AUTHORITIES IN SUBURBAN PHILADELPHIA HAVE
IDENTIFIED THE BODY OF A MAN FOUND IN A BURNING CAR IN A PARKING
AREA NEXT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLAYGROUND. MARPLE TOWNSHIP
POLICE SAY THE BODY OF 25-YEAR-OLD DANIEL DUFFY WAS IN HIS SEDAN,
WHICH WAS FOUND ON FIRE EARLY MONDAY AT LOOMIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HE SAYS DUFFY LIVED ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM THE DELAWARE COUNTY
SCHOOL.

HAZLETON, PA. (AP) - BETTER DRAG THAT SOFA ON THE PORCH INDOORS
IF YOU LIVE IN HAZELTON. THE TIMES LEADER REPORTS THE CITY HAS
BANNED FURNITURE DESIGNED FOR INDOOR USE IN EXTERIOR AREAS SUCH AS
FRONT OR BACK PORCHES. OFFICIALS SAY IF SUCH FURNITURE IS SPOTTED
OUTSIDE A HOME OR BUSINESS, THE OWNER WILL HAVE 10 DAYS TO REMOVE
IT OR FACE BEING BILLED FOR THE COST OF REMOVAL.


NATIONAL NEWS

TROPICAL WEATHER
UPDATE: EASTERN SEABOARD BRACES FOR HURRICANE EARL

NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) - COMMUNITIES FROM NORTH CAROLINA TO NEW
ENGLAND ARE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON HURRICANE EARL AS IT STEAMS
TOWARD THE EASTERN SEABORD. VACATIONERS ALONG NORTH CAROLINA'S
OUTER BANKS HAVE STARTED TO EVACUATE INLAND AND THE GOVERNORS OF
NORTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND HAVE DECLARED STATES OF
EMERGENCY.

GULF OIL SPILL
NEW: RISKS REMAIN WITH GULF WELL CAP COMING OFF

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - ENGINEERS DON'T EXPECT TO SEE ANOTHER GUSHER
WHEN THEY DELICATELY REMOVE A CAP ON THE BLOWN-OUT GULF OF MEXICO
WELL THAT SPAWNED THE WORST OFFSHORE OIL SPILL IN U.S. HISTORY.
THE PLANNED REMOVAL OF THE CAP THURSDAY IS A PRELUDE TO RAISING
THE MASSIVE BLOWOUT PREVENTER THAT FAILED TO PREVENT THE DISASTER.
BUT THE GOVERNMENT WASN'T OFFERING A GUARANTEE NO MORE OIL WOULD
LEAK. PLANS WERE BEING MADE FOR OIL COLLECTION VESSELS TO BE ON
STANDBY IN CASE OF A PROBLEM. OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR ROUGH
SEAS AT THE SITE TO CALM DOWN BEFORE CONTINUING WITH THE REMOVAL OF
THE BLOWOUT PREVENTER.
THEY PLAN TO BEGIN REMOVING THE CAP AROUND MIDDAY.

MIDEAST TALKS
OBAMA 'CAUTIOUSLY HOPEFUL' - MIDEAST PEACE TALKS BEGIN

WASHINGTON (AP) - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA SAYS HE'S "CAUTIOUSLY
HOPEFUL" THAT MIDEAST LEADERS CAN SETTLE THEIR DIFFERENCES.
OBAMA DINED WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH THE LEADERS OF JORDAN, EGYPT,
ISRAEL AND THE PALESTINIANS ON THE EVE OF PEACE TALKS.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU (NEH-TEN-YAH'-HOO)
CALLED PALESTINIAN PRESIDENT MAHMOUD ABBAS (MAHK-MOOD' AH-BAHS')
"MY PARTNER IN PEACE." ABBAS URGED ISRAEL TO FREEZE SETTLEMENT
CONSTRUCTION IN AREAS THE PALESTINIANS WANT AS PART OF THEIR NEW
STATE, AND TO END ITS BLOCKADE OF GAZA.
NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL WANTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY TERRITORY IT
GIVES UP WON'T BE TURNED INTO AN IRANIAN-SPONSORED TERROR ENCLAVE.
JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH II WELCOMED U.S. PEACE EFFORTS AND SAID
"THE PRICE OF FAILURE WILL BE TOO HIGH FOR ALL."

DISCOVERY CHANNEL-GUNMAN
POLICE CHECK DISCOVERY CHANNEL HQ FOR EXPLOSIVES

SILVER SPRING, MD. (AP) - POLICE IN SUBURBAN WASHINGTON ARE
COMBING THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL'S HEADQUARTERS LOOKING FOR
EXPLOSIVES.
THIS AFTER A MAN WITH AT LEAST ONE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE STRAPPED TO
HIS BODY TOOK THREE PEOPLE HOSTAGE IN SILVER SPRING, MD. POLICE
KILLED THE MAN AFTER OFFICERS WATCHING HIM ON BUILDING SECURITY
CAMERAS SAW HIM POINT A HANDGUN AT A HOSTAGE.
THE TWO EMPLOYEES AND A SECURITY GUARD WEREN'T HURT DURING THE
FOUR-HOUR STANDOFF.
ONE OFFICIAL SAID THE GUNMAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS JAMES J.
LEE, A MAN WHO HAD PROTESTED IN FRONT OF DISCOVERY IN THE PAST.
POLICE SAY AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON THE GUNMAN'S BODY DETONATED
WHEN HE WAS SHOT. AUTHORITIES ALSO SENT IN A ROBOT TO DISARM AN
EXPLOSIVE ON HIS BODY.

FINANCIAL CRISIS-BERNANKE
BERNANKE TESTIFYING TO CRISIS INQUIRY PANEL

WASHINGTON (AP) - FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIRMAN BEN BERNANKE IS SET
TO GO BEFORE A PANEL INVESTIGATING THE FINANCIAL CRISIS THURSDAY.
HE'LL GIVE HIS TAKE ON THE MELTDOWN AND HIS VIEWS ON POTENTIAL
RISKS THAT LARGE INSTITUTIONS POSE.
UNDER THE LANDMARK FINANCIAL OVERHAUL LAW ENACTED IN JULY,
REGULATORS CAN SHUT DOWN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS WHOSE COLLAPSE
COULD THREATEN THE SYSTEM.
BERNANKE HAS SAID THAT A KEY LESSON LEARNED FROM THE CRISIS IS
THAT THE FED CAN'T FOCUS SOLELY ON THE SOUNDNESS OF INDIVIDUAL
BANKS. IT MUST ALSO KEEP AN EYE ON THE HEALTH OF THE FINANCIAL
SYSTEM AS A WHOLE. BERNANKE SAYS THE CENTRAL BANK ALREADY HAS MOVED
TO CONDUCT BANK EXAMINATIONS THAT TAKE A BROADER-PICTURE APPROACH.
ALSO TESTIFYING IS SHEILA BAIR, WHO CHAIRS THE FEDERAL DEPOSIT
INSURANCE CORP.

EMAILS-CONGRESS
NEW: FIRED AIDE TO EX-MO. GOV RUNS FOR GOV'S DAD'S SEAT

SPRINGFIELD, MO. (AP) - A FIRED AIDE TO FORMER MISSOURI GOV.
MATT BLUNT IS USING MONEY HE RECEIVED IN A WRONGFUL TERMINATION AND
DEFAMATION SETTLEMENT WITH THE STATE TO RUN FOR THE CONGRESSIONAL
SEAT LONG HELD BY BLUNT'S FATHER.
SCOTT ECKERSLEY IS RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT IN ONE OF THE COUNTRY'S
MOST REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS.
VOTERS THERE HAVE OVERWHELMINGLY SUPPORTED OUTGOING REPUBLICAN
U.S. REP. ROY BLUNT FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. ROY BLUNT IS RUNNING
FOR SENATE.
ECKERSLEY IS BETTING HE CAN TAP INTO THE ELECTORATE'S
ANTI-WASHINGTON SENTIMENTS BY SHOWING HE STOOD UP TO A TOP ELECTED
OFFICIAL.
ECKERSLEY WAS FIRED IN 2007 AS A LEGAL ADVISER IN MATT BLUNT'S
OFFICE AFTER POINTING OUT THAT THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SHOULD NOT BE
DELETING CERTAIN E-MAILS BECAUSE THEY WERE PUBLIC RECORD.

TRANSFORMERS 3-INJURY
'TRANSFORMERS 3' MOVIE EXTRA INJURED DURING SHOOT

HAMMOND, IND. (AP) - INDIANA STATE POLICE SAY AN EXTRA AT A
"TRANSFORMERS 3" PRODUCTION SITE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING THE
FILMING OF A STUNT.
AUTHORITIES SAY THE "TRANSFORMERS 3" CREW WAS FILMING LATE
WEDNESDAY IN THE CHICAGO SUBURB OF HAMMOND, IND., USING SEVERAL
VEHICLES AND DRIVERS. POLICE SAY SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND AN OBJECT
WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD OF A CAR, HITTING THE DRIVER.
IN A STATEMENT, POLICE SAID THE VEHICLE KEPT GOING FOR A MILE
BEFORE STOPPING.
POLICE DID NOT RELEASE THE DRIVER'S NAME. THE PERSON WAS
AIRLIFTED TO A HOSPITAL.
"TRANSFORMERS 3" CREWS HAVE BEEN FILMING IN THE CHICAGO AREA
ALL SUMMER.
THE MOVIE STARS SHIA LABEOUF, PATRICK DEMPSEY, FRANCES
MCDORMAND, JOHN MALKOVICH AND MODEL ROSIE HUNTINGTON-WHITELY.

NICOLAS CAGE
NICOLAS CAGE LAWSUIT AGAINST BIZ MANAGER DISMISSED

LOS ANGELES (AP) - COURT RECORDS SHOW A LAWSUIT IN WHICH NICOLAS
CAGE ACCUSED A FORMER BUSINESS MANAGER OF MISMANAGEMENT HAS BEEN
DISMISSED.
A COUNTERCLAIM BY THE MANAGER, SAMUEL J. LEVIN, ALSO WAS
DISMISSED.
THE 46-YEAR-OLD CAGE SUED LEVIN FOR $20 MILLION IN OCTOBER,
CLAIMING THE ACCOUNTANT LED HIM ON A PATH TO FINANCIAL RUIN.
LEVIN COUNTERSUED FOR UNPAID FEES AND ALLEGED THE ACTOR DIDN'T
LISTEN TO HIS ADVICE.
COURT RECORDS INDICATE BOTH CASES WERE DISMISSED MONDAY. NO
OTHER DETAILS WERE AVAILABLE.
PHONE MESSAGES LEFT FOR CAGE'S ATTORNEY MARTY SINGER AND LEVIN'S
ATTORNEY JOSEPH SCHLEIMER WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY RETURNED WEDNESDAY.
THE DISMISSAL WAS FIRST REPORTED WEDNESDAY BY CELEBRITY WEBSITE
TMZ.

WASHINGTON MANHUNT
ARREST MADE AFTER MANHUNT SHUTS DOWN WASH. FREEWAY

EVERETT, WASH. (AP) - A SHERIFF'S SPOKESWOMAN IN WASHINGTON
STATE SAYS TIPS FROM THE PUBLIC HELPED AUTHORITIES MAKE AN ARREST
FOLLOWING A SEARCH FOR AN ARMED SUSPECT WEDNESDAY THAT SHUT DOWN A
BUSY FREEWAY AND DISRUPTED COMMUTER TRAFFIC.
WHEN TRAFFIC IN INTERSTATE 5'S NORTHBOUND LANES IN THE EVERETT
AREA BEGAN MOVING AGAIN SHORTLY BEFORE 9 P.M., THE BACKUP STRETCHED
FIVE MILES. THE ENTIRE FREEWAY WAS SHUT DOWN FOR ABOUT AN HOUR.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY SHERIFF'S SPOKESWOMAN REBECCA HOVER SAYS
DEPUTIES HAD PURSUED A BLACK JETTA THAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN
STOLEN. THE PURSUIT TOOK ON NEW URGENCY WHEN THE JETTA'S DRIVER
REPORTEDLY FIRED AND HIT A DEPUTY'S PATROL VEHICLE. NO ONE WAS
INJURED.
THE CHASE CONTINUED NORTH ON I-5 UNTIL THE JETTA'S ARMED DRIVER
WAS SEEN RUNNING FROM THE FREEWAY FOLLOWING TRAFFIC CRASH. THE
DAILY HERALD REPORTS A WOMAN WAS INJURED WHEN HER VAN ROLLED OVER
ON THE FREEWAY AS THE PURSUIT ENDED.

HOT CHOCOLATE-911
HOMELESS MAN CALLS 911 FROM HOT TUB, SEEKS COCOA

BEAVERTON, ORE. (AP) - A HOMELESS MAN WHO CALLED 911 FROM THE
HOT TUB OF A SUBURBAN PORTLAND HOME AND ASKED FOR TOWELS, HOT
CHOCOLATE AND A HUG GOT ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING INSTEAD.
BEAVERTON POLICE SAY MARK ESKELSEN CALLED 911 FROM HIS CELL
PHONE, IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "THE SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON COUNTY,"
AND ASKED FOR MEDICAL HELP. HE LATER ADMITTED HE WASN'T THE SHERIFF
BUT INFORMED THE DISPATCHER HE'D BEEN "YELLING FOR ABOUT AN HOUR
AND A HALF."
THE MAN SAID IN HIS SUNDAY MORNING CALL THAT HE'D BEEN IN THE
WATER ABOUT 10 HOURS AND HIS TOWELS HAD GOTTEN WET. AS HE PUT IT,
"I JUST NEED A HUG AND A WARM CUP OF HOT CHOCOLATE WITH
MARSHMALLOWS IN IT."
THE OREGONIAN NEWSPAPER SAYS ARRIVING OFFICERS ARRESTED ESKELSEN
FOR INVESTIGATION OF SECOND-DEGREE CRIMINAL TRESPASS AND IMPROPER
USE OF 911.