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February 12, 2009 / Front Page

170 More Jobs Vanish At JLG Industries

Layoffs total 1,670 since July

By Lindsay R. Mellott STAFF WRITER

JLG Industries continued paring its workforce on Friday, laying off 170 more production workers employed at the company's North American manufacturing facilities. More...

Rendell Proposes School Mergers

Legislature asked to include money for study in 2009-10 state budget

By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER

On the heels of announcing a spending plan for 2009-10 that includes a 2.5 percent increase in the areas of education, prison systems and health coverage, Gov. More...

Local & State

Burdette Publishes Book Of Poetry

First volume speaks of nature, religion and life

By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER

Heavily influenced by her grandmother, Warfordsburg area resident Virginia Burdette finds the minutes and hours of her days days filled with words. Words reflecting on the status of the world today, spirituality and love. More...

American Red Cross Responds To Fires

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

The Southern Alleghenies Chapter of the American Red Cross volunteers have been busy responding to fires. More fires occur in the winter months, but this year has been overwhelming. More...

JLG LiftPod® Wins Awards

New product gets NECA 2008 Show Stopper Award

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

JLG Industries, an Oshkosh Corporation company, was awarded the Show Stopper Award at the National Electrical Contractors Assoc. (NECA) 2008 Convention and Trade Show for its LiftPod® personal and portable lift. More...

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Letters

Remembering Valentine's Days Past

To The Editor: Sitting in my recliner in my retirement home, thinking about my memories of Valentine's Day 75 to 80 years ago. I was a school girl going to a small one-room country schoolhouse in Iowa. We got excited about Valentine's Day. More...

Help Get State Health Care Bill Passed

To the Editor The high cost of health care (and health insurance) is a frightening expense for every household and business in Fulton County. More...

Praise For Those Who Helped At Ft. Loudon Fire

To The Editor: We here at the Franklin County Chapter of the American Red Cross would like to make mention of some events that took place on January 27, 2009, during the Fort Loudon Inn fire. More...

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Police Reports

Police Release Crime, Patrol Statistics

Pennsylvania State Police from the McConnellsburg barracks recently released a crime and patrol activity report for the month of January, during which investigators responded to 79 reported criminal offenses. More...

Gas Grill Stolen

Regina Haws of Woodside Drive in Todd Township told state police that individuals operating a grey sedan took her gas grill from outside her residence on Monday, February 2, at 9 p.m. More...

Utility Pole Struck

Twenty-three-year-old Needmore resident Brian Rohm will be charged with driving on roadways laned for traffic following a single-vehicle crash on the 4000 block of Timber Ridge Road. More...

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Entertainment

Celebrate Valentine's Day At Hancock's Winter Festival

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Among the favorite community and cultural events held annually in Hancock, the Hancock Winter Festival offers visitors a welcome break from the winter doldrums. This year's festival, the eighth annual, will be held this Saturday, Feb. More...

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Features

Pa. Mom's '76 Case Nearly Over, Mystery Remains

By JOE MANDAK ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - State police doubted the mother's story from the moment her 2- year-old son's body was found face-down in the creek that bubbles past the railroad trestle near their home. More...

MEMORY JOGGER

This week's Memory Jogger was taken in 1947 or 1948 in Waterfall and pictures the Honor Roll monument that recognizes the war dead. The land for the monument was deeded by Laura Wible in 1946. More...

Pa. Gov. To Testify At Former State Senator's Trial

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is expected to testify Monday at the federal corruption trial of a former state senator. Rendell will take the stand for Vincent Fumo's defense team. More...

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Two Nabbed Dur ing Burglary

Warfordsburg area man, woman jailed for series of break-ins

By Chanin Rotz-Mountz STAFF WRITER

After having slipped into the Needmore home of Kermit and Sheila Swope undetected on four separate occasions, Pennsylvania State Police troopers were inside and ready last Wednesday afternoon when an area man entered the couple's residence in hopes More...

MVFC Gets $132,050 Grant

SPECIAL TO THE NEWS

Congressman Bill Shuster has announced that the Mc- Connellsburg Volunteer Fire Co. has successfully secured a $132,050 grant through the Department of Homeland Security's Assistance to Fire Fighters Program (AFGP). More...

Boro Council Finalizes Police Issues

Sells cruiser to county, PSP take over coverage

By Jean Snyder STAFF WRITER

McConnellsburg Borough Council discussed several issues relating to the December 31, 2008, disbandment of its police department during Wednesday evening's meeting. More...

Obituaries

Scott D. Hoover

Big Cove Tannery, 14

Scott D. Hoover, 14, Big Cove Tannery, died Friday, February 6, 2009, at Hershey Medical Center. He was born in McConnellsburg February 11, 1994, the son of Sidney S. Hoover of Hustontown and Wendy M. (Keefer) Farling of Big Cove Tannery. More...

Janet B. Harvey

McConnellsburg, 74

Janet B. Harvey, 74, of Mc- Connellsburg died Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at Chambersburg Hospital. She was born November 17, 1934, in Houston, Texas, the daughter of the late Elliott and Dolly (Cassidy) Brannan. More...

Goldie Henry

McConnellsburg, 86

Goldie Clara Rachel Henry, 86, formerly of McConnellsburg, died Wednesday, February 4, 2009, at Falling Spring Nursing and Rehab Center in Chambersburg. More...

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From Days Gone By

FROM DAYS GONE BY

20 Years Ago From The Files Of February 9, 1989 '89 The finishing touches are being added to the inside of the new American Legion building located just north of North Street in Mc- Connellsburg. More...

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Correspondents' Notes

Our Town

By Kay McGarvey

Birthday wishes to Ada Gress, February 5; Sam Stine and Shania Ott, February 11; Kay McBeath and Terry Lynch, February 14; Irene Harris, June Frinafrock and Josh Hall, February 15; Mack Clevenger, Teddy Hall and Cindy Headley, February 12; Ralph More...

Maddensville

By Karen Grissinger

Birthday wishes to Tristen Nead, Chris Barnett, Melissa Steach, Matt Hale, Willard Redman, Mona Smith, Sherry Mellott, Peggy Runk and Thelma Reed. More...

Hustontown

By Kate Berkstresser

Sunday temperatures were teaser for spring, but I guess we will have to be patient for more of those kind of days. Our sympathy is extended to the family and relatives of Scott Hoover, who passed away due to an accident. Hustontown Fire Co. More...

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