LOCAL NEWS FRIDAY JUNE 3,2011

MOYER FILES APPEAL

AS EXPECTED ONE OF THE TWO FORMER SHENANDOAH POLICE OFFICERS WHO EARLIER THIS WEEK WAS SENTENCED TO 3 MONTHS IN FEDERAL PRISON HAS FILED AN APPEAL. FORMER LIEUTENANT WILLIAM MOYER ASKED THE 3RD CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS TO OVERTURN HIS CONVICTION OF LYING TO F-B-I AGENTS AND HIS PRISON TERM BY JUDGE A. RICHARD CAPUTO. ATTORNEY'S FOR MOYER GAVE NO REASON OR EXPLANATION FOR THE APPEAL. MOYER AND FORMER POLICE CHIEF MATTHEW NESTOR WERE BOTH CONVICTED ON WEDNESDAY FOR THEIR INVOLVEMENT OF FALSIFYING POLICE REPORTS AND OBSTRUCTING THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE BEATING DEATH OF 25 YEAR OLD LUIS ZUVALA OF SHENANDOAH IN 2008.

HAMBURG MAN ARRESTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT

A HAMBURG MAN WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY AND CHARGED WITH SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A JUVENILE OVER AN EIGHT YEAR PERIOD. STATE POLICE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN ARRESTED 44-YEAR-OLD DAREN LEVAN JUST AFTER 1PM. TROOPERS TELL US THE ALLEGED ACTS OCCURRED FROM FEBRUARY 2003 TO APRIL 2011 IN SOUTH MANHEIM TOWNSHIP. LEVAN WAS SENT TO SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PRISON ON $100,000 BAIL.

FORMER CREDIT UNION EMPLOYEE ADMITS STEALING MORE THAN $58K

A FORMER EMPLOYEE OF HIDDEN RIVER CREDIT UNION IN POTTSVILLE ADMITTED THURSDAY TO STEALING MORE THAN $58,000 FROM THE COMPANY BETWEEN JANUARY 2007 AND FEBRUARY 2010. THE REPUBLICAN HERALD REPORTS, 31-YEAR-OLD JENNIFER DOYLE OF PORT CARBON PLEADED GUILTY IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY COURT AND COULD FACE A MAXIMUM POSSIBLE PRISON SENTENCE OF SEVEN TO FOURTEEN YEARS. DOYLE WILL BE SENTENCED AT A FUTURE DATE AS THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES.

NEW BUSINESS CREATES NEW JOBS

A BRAND NEW STATE-OF-THE ART FACILITY IN HAMBURG CELEBRATED THEIR GRAND OPENING THURSDAY EVENING. FREEDOM HYUNDAI PROMISES TO REDEFINE THE CAR-BUYING EXPERIENCE FOR BERKS AND SCHUYLKILL COUNTY RESIDENTS. THIS NEW BUILDING WAS CREATED NOT ONLY TO INVEST IN THEIR BUSINESS, BUT TO INVEST INTO THE COMMUNITY BY CREATING MORE JOBS AND NEW CUSTOMERS. PRESIDENT OF THE FREEDOM AUTO GROUP, ERIC SAVAGE, SAYS HE HOPES TO BRING MORE BUSINESS AND ABOUT 24 NEW JOBS TO THE HAMBURG AREA.

SCHUYLKILL COUNTY ZONING BOARD POSTPONES AIRPORT HEARING

THE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY ZONING BOARD POSTPONED A HEARING AND ANY ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY REGARDING A CARGO AIRPORT PROPOSED FOR NORTHERN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY. ACCORDING TO THE REPUBLICAN HERALD THE BOARD WAS SCHEDULED TO RECONVENE YESTERDAY TO HEAR ADDITIONAL TESTIMONY ON THE APPLICATION OF GLADSTONE PARTNERS LP BUT DECIDED TO PUT THE MATTER ON HOLD. THE DECISION WAS MADE AFTER AN APPEAL FILED MAY 25TH BY EAST UNION TOWNSHIP TO THE COUNTY COURT ASKING THAT IT OVERTURN THE DECISION MADE BY THE ZONING BOARD THAT IT WILL DECIDE ON THE SPECIAL EXEMPTION.


DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR PROPERTY TAX/RENT REBATE PROGRAM

REPRESENTATIVE MIKE TOBASH ANNOUNCED AREA RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE FOR THE STATE'S PROPERTY TAX/RENT REBATE PROGRAM NOW HAVE UNTIL DECEMBER 31 TO APPLY FOR THE 2010 PROGRAM. ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANTS CAN RECEIVE A REBATE OF UP TO $650 BASED ON THEIR RENT OR PROPERTY TAXES PAID IN 2010. THE PROGRAM BENEFITS ELIGIBLE PENNSYLVANIANS WHO ARE 65 YEARS OR OLDER, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS 50 YEARS OR OLDER, AND THOSE 18 YEARS OR OLDER WITH DISABILITIES. PROPERTY TAX/RENT REBATE CLAIM FORMS ARE AVAILABLE BY CONTACTING REPRESENTATIVE MIKE TOBASH'S OFFICE IN SCHUYLKILL HAVEN. FOR MORE DETAILS HEAD TO WPPA RADIO.COM


ELIGIBILITY INCOME LIMITS FOR HOMEOWNERS ARE SET AT THE FOLLOWING LEVELS, EXCLUDING 50% OF SOCIAL SECURITY, SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME, AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT TIER 1 BENEFITS:

$0 TO $8,000 MAXIMUM $650 REBATE (HOMEOWNERS & RENTERS)
$8,001 TO $15,000 MAXIMUM $500 REBATE (HOMEOWNERS & RENTERS)
$15,001 TO $18,000 MAXIMUM $300 REBATE (HOMEOWNERS ONLY)
$18,001 TO $35,000 MAXIMUM $250 REBATE (HOMEOWNERS ONLY)

SCHUYLKILL HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY

SCHUYLKILL HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING HAS BEEN RE-ACCREDITED BY THE NATIONAL LEAGUE OF NURSING ACCREDITING FOR THE NEXT 8 YEARS. THE N-L-N-A-C BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RECENTLY GAVE FORMAL APPROVAL OF CONTINUING ACCREDITATION TO THE POTTSVILE BASED RN DIPLOMA PROGRAM.SCHUYLKILL HEALTH SCHOOL OF NURSING OFFERS A 3 YEAR RN DIPLOMA PROGRAM CONSISTING OF CLASSES AND COURSES AT PENN STATE SCHUYLKILL CAMPUS AND IN THE CLINICAL SETTING AT THE SCHOOL OF NURSING AND AT SCHUYLKILL MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH NORWEGIAN STREET.


STATE NEWS:

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - THE CORBETT ADMINISTRATION IS RECOMMENDING TOUGHER LAWS TO PROTECT DRINKING WATER AGAINST POLLUTION FROM NATURAL GAS WELL DRILLING. THE TIMES-TRIBUNE OF SCRANTON REPORTS GOVERNOR TOM CORBETT'S TOP ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIAL
MADE RECOMMENDATIONS IN A LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR'S MARCELLUS SHALE ADVISORY COMMISSION.

BETHLEHEM, PA. (AP) - POLICE SAY A BETHLEHEM TEEN UPSET ABOUT EDUCATION CUTBACKS THREATENED ON FACEBOOK TO KILL LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD JUSTIN RAMIREZ HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH 12 COUNTS OF TERRORISTIC THREATS. HE WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AT LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL.

HARRISBURG, PA. (AP) - WEGMANS FOOD MARKETS INCORPORATED IS TELLING PENNSYLVANIA'S GOVERNMENT LIQUOR AGENCY THAT IT'S CANCELING AN AGREEMENT TO SELL WINE THROUGH AUTOMATED KIOSKS AT 10 OF ITS STORES. THE GROCERY CHAIN INFORMED THE PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD OF THE DECISION IN A SCATHING LETTER MADE PUBLIC YESTERDAY.

OXON HILL, MD. (AP) - FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD SUKANYA (SOO-KAHN-YUH)ROY OF SOUTH ABINGTON TOWNSHIP, PENNSYLVANIA HAS WON THE 84TH SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE. SUKANYA TOOK THE TITLE WITH THE WINNING WORD CYMOTRICHOUS (SEYE-MAH-TRAH-KUHS), WHICH MEANS WAVY
HAIR.

NATIONAL NEWS:

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS (AP) - THE FORMER SERB GENERAL ACCUSED OF WAR CRIMES DURING THE BOSNIAN CONFLICT IN THE EARLY 1990S IS APPEARING BEFORE A TRIBUNAL IN THE HAGUE FOR ARRAIGNMENT. RATKO MLADIC (RAHT'-KOH MLAH'-DICH) FACES AN 11-COUNT INDICTMENT. HE TOLD THE JUDGE HE'S "A GRAVELY ILL MAN," AND NEEDS MORE TIME TO
UNDERSTAND THE CHARGES HE FACES.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - AFTER ALL THE TALK AND SPECULATION, JOHN EDWARDS IS EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY HIT WITH CRIMINAL CHARGES TODAY FOR ALLEGEDLY USING MONEY DONATED DURING HIS 2008 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN TO HIDE AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR. EDWARDS' LAWYER WILL
REPORTEDLY BE IN NORTH CAROLINA TODAY, WHERE PROSECUTORS ARE READY TO FILE CHARGES.

WASHINGTON (AP) - ECONOMISTS EXPECT THE JOBS REPORT FOR MAY, WHICH WILL BE RELEASED THIS MORNING, WILL BE BLEAK. OTHER REPORTS ON THE ECONOMY EARLIER THIS WEEK IMPLY THAT GROWTH IS SLOWING. SOME ECONOMISTS HAVE REDUCED THEIR PREDICTIONS FOR JOB GROWTH LAST MONTH TO FEWER THAN 100,000 JOBS. THAT WOULD BE A SHARP DROP FROM THE
RECENT AVERAGE OF 230,000.

TUCSON, ARIZ. (AP) - A HUGE WILDFIRE IN SOUTHEASTERN ARIZONA HAS FORCED EVACUATIONS IN THREE SMALL COMMUNITIES. IT'S UNCLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE FLED, BUT IT'S SAID TO BE IN THE DOZENS. THE FIRE,WHICH IS FANNED BY STRONG WINDS, HAS CHARRED 63 SQUARE MILES OF FOREST LAND. FIRE OFFICIALS SAY CONTAINMENT SO FAR IS ZERO.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A MUSEUM OFFICIAL IN WASHINGTON HAS PAID ALMOST $1,800 AT AUCTION FOR THE BOMB-MAKING TOOLS USED BY THEODORE KACZYNSKI, THE SO-CALLED UNABOMBER. JANINE VACCARELLO OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT SAYS THEY'LL BE PUT ON DISPLAY. THE TOOLS INCLUDE A WOOD SAW AND A SCALE.