It was a busy holiday week for the News Team!
We brought you coverage of bridges in the county that will be fixed, a senior housing project, a grant the Clearfield Area School District was awarded and a burglary at Rite Aid.
We also brough you news concerning one DuBois Area School District student’s fundraising efforts.
For these stories and more keep reading the GantDaily Weekly Reload.
DASD: Senior Class President Shaves Head for Charity
DUBOIS – Peer pressure isn’t something that’s tolerated in schools. However, in this case it proved to be for a good cause.
DuBois Area High School senior class president Ian Harvey made a bet with his fellow students that if the school raised more than $12,000 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation he would shave his head. The school raised $12,395.95 and Harvey, who said he hadn’t had a serious haircut since elementary school, followed through with his promise.
On Tuesday, fellow senior Gavin Volosky did the honors as he cut and then shaved Harvey’s hair with the whole school – and Harvey’s proud father Ken – looking on. The haircut was done in school’s television studio and was broadcast throughout the school.
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Three County Bridges Set for Maintenance in Spring
CLEARFIELD – Three bridges in Clearfield County will be seeing maintenance work in the spring.
On Tuesday the Clearfield County Commissioners voted to encumber $100,000 of liquid fuels funds for bridge maintenance.
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LTPD Reports Burglary at Rite Aid Pharmacy
CLEARFIELD – Rite Aid Pharmacy was burglarized sometime overnight on Dec. 19 – 20, the Lawrence Township Police Department reported today.
Police said that officers were called to the scene at 8:53 a.m. Dec. 20, as a person(s) had gained entry to the business. Police also said that a known amount of medication was taken from the pharmacy.
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Senior Housing Project gets Final Extension
CLEARFIELD – A proposed senior housing project at the Clearfield County Professional Office Park was granted a final six month extension on Tuesday.
Stacey Locastro of Central PA Community Action asked the commissioners for a six month extension to finalize paperwork with HUD. The extension would run through June 30, 2009.
The last extension the commissioners granted for the project was in June.
The proposed project would consist of a 12-unit structure for seniors at lot 10 on Leonard Street.
Locastro said she hopes to break ground in 2009.
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CASD Receives ‘Enhancing Education Through Technology’ Grant
CLEARFIELD – Brandon Maines, instructional technology coach, recently announced that the Clearfield Area School District has received the Enhancing Education Through Technology” grant.
He said the district has received $87,000 and was among the 47 of 111 school districts that had proposals selected. He said that $9.3 million was available and dispersed among the 47 recipients.
“We all are very excited for the students and teachers,” he said.
Maines said with the funding, every third, fourth and fifth grade class will now be equipped with a smart board, LCD projector, web cam and Polycom software. He said the two sixth grade language arts classrooms will also receive the same equipment and software.
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County Continues with PA SAVIN, State Puts Funding Responsibility on County’s Shouders
CLEARFIELD – Clearfield County will continue with a crime victims’ notification service after it was announced the state will not fund it.
The PA SAVIN system was implemented by Clearfield County in August. PA Savin is an automated victim notification system to help victims of crime track the status of an offender housed in the Clearfield County jail.
County Solicitor Kim Kesner said that initially the state said participating counties would not be required to spend money on the system.
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Morrisdale Rape Suspect Captured
MORRISDALE – A Morrisdale man accused of raping a Morrisdale girl over the weekend has been captured.
According to state police in on Dec. 21 between 2 and 2:30 a.m. 26-year-old Jason Erskine was staying at the residence of a known person. Police allege that he entered the bedroom of a girl and forcefully raped her. He then fled the scene after being confronted by her parents about the incident.
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