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From Staff and Wire Reports York Daily Record Bob Sterner holds a photo of his younger sister, Danielle Taylor. On Sept. 13, 2016, Paul Henry III burst into a secluded USA TODAY NETWORK - PENNSYLVANIA farmhouse in southern York County with his wife, Veronique, and fatally shot Taylor, 26, of Spring Grove, and Foday Cheeks, 31, of Fawn Township. TY LOHR/YORK DAILY RECORD Across the state, communities are using diverse and sometimes out-of- the-ordinary tactics to combat the Ed Mahon and Dylan Segelbaum York Daily Record | USA TODAY NETWORK - PA. opioid crisis, from the smallest towns to the biggest cities. As he sat in York County Prison, waiting to stand trial on two counts In Springettsbury Township, police of rst-degree murder, Paul Henry III wrote a letter. ocers met with recovering addicts to Henry acknowledged that he lived on a property with his mother — hear their stories and learn more about a more than 10-acre farm in East Manchester Township. the powerful addiction. “Treat us like But their homes, he said, were “completely separate.” human beings,” they told the law en- “She does own rearms which are locked away in a forcers. very large, very expensive safe,” Henry wrote to the Foday Cheeks It helped change the ocers’ per- York Daily Record/Sunday News. “I do not have access spective and how they deal with those to her guns.” “He had four guns. Where in trouble. Except, it turns out, he did. was the government? So A program in Somerset County is Paul Henry And, on Sept. 13, 2016, Henry used one of them to kill somebody is supposed to seeking to help adults in recovery by III Danielle Taylor, 26, and Foday Cheeks, 31, inside a se- be held responsible for this nding them meaningful employment. cluded farmhouse in Fawn Township. Henry was found act. Where was security? The Chamber of Commerce says the ef- guilty in a 2 1/2-week trial and sentenced to death. Where was the police when fort also helps meet the need of employ- Henry, 42, wasn’t allowed to possess guns because he pleaded he was able to get all these ers who are facing a labor pool that has guilty in 2001 to abusing his wife. But evidence and testimony at the guns?” shrunk because of the crisis. trial, including his own, revealed that he routinely carried one. “These are people at a crossroads,” Saybah Harris Shooting victim Foday Cheeks’ mother county Chamber of Commerce Director See HENRY, Page 5A Ron Aldom said. “In a lot of cases, these are bright, college-educated people ... who have shown a commitment to turn- ing their lives around.” More than 50 Pennsylvania print, digital and broadcast news organiza- tions are casting a spotlight on eorts around the state to deal with the prob- lem. One goal of the media collabora- tion, “State of Emergency: Searching for Solutions to Pennsylvania’s Opioids Cri-

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The Pennsylvania State Police found Renee Henry kept this .38-caliber At his trial, Paul Henry III said he this 12-gauge shotgun in the trunk of revolver between the driver’s seat routinely took this .44 Magnum to Veronique and Paul Henry III’s car on and console of her SUV, according to drug deals. He said he watched out From changes in rst Sept. 14, 2016. One of Paul Henry’s a stipulation at Paul Henry III’s trial. for his wife, Veronique. SUBMITTED responder attitudes to attorneys said his client bought the She often kept the SUV unlocked in employment help for those weapon years ago while serving in the garage, the stipulation states. the Marines. SUBMITTED Paul Henry testi ed he took the in recovery, efforts are weapon from the SUV. SUBMITTED wide-ranging.

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The murder weapon came from his mother’s safe — it opened with a combi- nation that he knew and a key that “somehow he got a hold of,” his attorney said. For years, the criminal justice system failed to keep Henry away from re- arms. The case is an example of how dif- cult it can be in Pennsylvania to keep guns out of the hands of convicted do- mestic abusers and others who aren’t allowed to possess them. Bob Sterner, Taylor’s brother, sat through the trial and believes Henry’s mother, Renee, should face criminal charges. “My sister might be alive if she would’ve just not let him get access to the guns that he had free- ly,” Sterner said, adding that he thinks Renee Henry was “a reckless Farley Holt gun owner.” But Farley Holt, one of Paul Henry’s attorneys, says that’s assuming Renee Henry al- lowed her son to access the guns. “That’s a far reach,” Holt said. “Any- body can be a Monday-morning quar- Sterner looks through photographs of younger sister Danielle Taylor on his front porch. TY LOHR/YORK DAILY RECORD terback and say, ‘Shoulda, woulda, could have.’” At trial, there was no evidence that empty after her son’s death. Richard Keuerleber said the weapons Renee Henry gave her son guns. She told When she talked about the case, she were not seized because “they weren’t police one day after the killings that re- sounded frustrated, her voice rising as his guns.” arms were missing. And prosecutors she asked questions about how Paul Renee Henry told the sheri’s oce declined to bring any charges against Henry and his wife were able to have ac- that her son didn’t have access to them, her. cess to guns to begin with. Keuerleber said. “He had four guns. Where was the In the letter to the York Daily Record, How Paul Henry III got the guns government? So somebody is supposed Paul Henry said there were never any used in the double murder to be held responsible for this act,” Har- guns in his house for him to relinquish. ris said, later adding, “Where was secu- Paul Henry is a Northeastern gradu- rity? Where was the police when he was ‘I trusted him’ ate who served in the U.S. Marine Corps able to get all these guns?” before opening his own home improve- Before the double-murder, Paul Hen- When Renee Henry testi ed at her ment business. He could talk tough. In ry had been accused in court cases of ei- son’s trial, she talked about how much one post on Facebook, he talked about Police found the bodies of Foday ther having access to guns or possibly time they spent together. He was her “digging my sawed o shotgun out for Cheeks and Danielle Taylor in a house having access to guns. But the legal sys- hunting partner from the time he was uninvited guests.” on Brown Road in Fawn Township on tem didn’t take them away. His mother old enough to hunt — it’s not clear what Here’s why he can’t have a gun: Sept. 13, 2016. was a key part of those cases. weapons they used. In 2000, his wife at the time told po- TED CZECH/YORK DAILY RECORD Probation and parole: In 2012, the She relied upon him since her hus- lice that he shoved her, grabbed her arm York County Department of Probation band died in his 50s in 2002. and bent her wrist. He pleaded guilty to Services recommended that Paul Henry “I trusted him,” Renee Henry testi- simple assault, a misdemeanor, which middle console of her Ford Explorer. The be found in violation of his supervision ed. “He had a trust for me that I could meant he was covered by a federal re- SUV was routinely unlocked when in on a DUI conviction because of guns not say I have with any other person arms ban that dates back to 1996. Penn- the garage. and other issues. other than my husband.” sylvania law also prohibits him from ❚ She believed her son “at some When probation made an unan- Renee Henry declined to comment possessing a weapon. point” had possession of a .44 Magnum, nounced visit to the farm, Renee Henry for this story. It’s unclear whether Paul Henry or but thought that it was back in the safe. “made it clear to the ocers that there It’s illegal to knowingly give a gun to his mother were ever noti ed that he One day after the killings, Renee were in fact numerous rearms on the someone who isn’t allowed to possess it. was prohibited from carrying a rearm. Henry noticed that the three weapons property, however she at- York County District Attorney Dave If Paul Henry ever tried to purchase a were missing. tempted to condone the Sunday said prosecutors would have to gun, and if someone did a background The stipulation didn’t speci cally de- existence of the weapons prove that someone “armatively pro- check, he would be agged as ineligible. scribe how Paul Henry got the guns. Did by stating they are on her vided” a gun to a person who wasn’t al- The conviction also meant that he could he steal them? Break into her home? portion of the property,” lowed to possess one. be charged with a crime if he was caught The stipulation didn’t say. according to a probation But there was no evidence at Paul possessing a gun. During the trial, Paul Henry testi ed and parole report. Henry’s trial that happened and prose- His wife, Veronique, was charged as that he accompanied his wife several Bryan Rizzo Holt said the issue was cutors would likely need him to testify an accomplice in the murders but killed times armed when she went to buy resolved because they against his mother to prove otherwise. herself in York County Prison. She was a drugs, including the night they went to lived in separate homes. Sunday said the fact that the mother convicted heroin dealer — which meant the home in Fawn Township. Here’s how Paul Henry described the and son lived in dierent homes is im- it was illegal for her to possess guns, too. “My job is to watch her back,” Paul two homes in the letter to the York Daily portant. That’s because under the law When the Pennsylvania State Police Henry said. Record: “My mother lives on the front “what’s in mom’s structure is mom’s.” arrested them, they found three hand- The day of the murders, Paul Henry side of the house ‘like a mother-in-law- Renee Henry, he said, also had a legal guns — a .45-caliber handgun, .44 Mag- said, he took the .38-caliber revolver out quarters.’” right to keep the .38-caliber revolver in num and .38-caliber revolver — and a of his mother’s Ford Explorer. He testi- Gun in vehicle: In 2014, Northeast- her car. 12-gauge shotgun inside Paul and Vero- ed that he also brought the .44 Mag- ern Regional police said they found a In York County, prosecutors have nique Henry’s 2003 Nissan Altima. num — which he usually took to drug .38-caliber revolver on the oor of an charged people connected to deaths, Two of the weapons had a victim’s deals. As for the .45-caliber handgun, he SUV that Paul Henry had crashed. whether it’s a boyfriend who police say DNA on them. A rearms expert deter- claimed it was his wife, and not him, That’s the same gun that, years later, helped his girlfriend buy heroin in mined that the .45-caliber handgun was who red it at Taylor and Cheeks. Paul Henry admitted to taking from his Baltimore or a mother who created a the murder weapon. So how did he get the .44 Magnum mother’s vehicle before he went to culture in which high school students Testimony and evidence at the trial, and the .45-caliber handgun from his Cheeks’ home. could drink alcohol and drive. as well as interviews, revealed how Paul mother’s safe? Prosecutors dropped the case be- But Sunday said those situations are Henry got the guns. In an interview, Holt said someone cause his mother was willing to testify “absolutely dierent” and it would be The prosecution and the defense needs to know the combination and use that she put the revolver in the vehicle inaccurate to compare them. agreed that the following facts were true a key to open the safe. and forgot to remove it, Northeastern “In this case, very simply, Paul Henry in a stipulation: Holt said his client knew the combi- Regional Police Chief Bryan Rizzo said. went and got — obtained guns — and he ❚ Inside her home, Renee Henry had a nation. But Holt said he didn’t know In the letter, Paul Henry said he didn’t got ’em and he used ’em,” Sunday said. safe that contained about 16 long guns how Paul Henry got the key. As for the know there was a gun in the vehicle un- “And it caused pain and suering for a that belonged to her late husband. It shotgun, Paul Henry bought it years til he called his mother after the crash. lot of people.” could be accessed using a combination earlier while in the Marines. Protection-from-abuse case: Also, Contact Ed Mahon at 717-771-2089 and key. in 2014, as part of a protection-from- and Dylan Segelbaum at 717-771-2102. ❚ Her sister, Lisa Texter, kept a .45- ‘She attempted to condone the abuse case, Veronique Henry asked a caliber handgun in the safe. existence of the weapons’ judge to force her husband to give up ❚ Renee Henry kept a .38-caliber re- any rearm, other weapon or ammuni- volver between the driver’s seat and Saybah Harris, Cheeks’ mother, felt tion she listed. But York County Sheri

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The fact that Paul Henry III and his County who concentrates on rearms fusing. In a 2013 report, the Joint State changing current law “to clarify that mother, Renee, lived on the same prop- law. Government Commission recommend- when a person is disquali ed from gun erty and, on at least one occasion, used “To me, you keep hearing everyone ed repealing and replacing state gun ownership, all weapons in the house- the same vehicle created a gray area for say, ‘We want common sense reform,’” laws. hold should be removed.” law enforcement and the probation de- Prince said. “How can we not agree to The report, however, did not get into partment before the double-murder. have a law that requires noti cation of 2. Open up laws and go after the details of what de nes a household. There have been proposed changes to an individual when they become pro- people who enable criminals to And the executive director of the com- state law to tighten such gray areas — hibited?” get guns mission, Glenn Pasewicz, said the pro- though it’s not clear whether they would It can be confusing for law enforce- posed change wasn’t meant to apply to have made a dierence in Paul Henry’s ment, too. Take when Northeastern Re- Matt Menges, an attorney in York people with separate residences on the case. gional police found a gun on the oor of who leads seminars on rearms safety same property. an SUV that Paul Henry crashed. and rights, suggested two changes to “The idea was to limit access to guns 1. Make guns laws less confusing Paul Henry was charged with carry- improve the state’s gun laws: for people who surrendered their weap- ing a rearm without a license. But he Change the charge of sale or transfer on, but it’s not foolproof,” Pasewicz said. When Paul Henry pleaded guilty to could have faced a more serious oense of rearms to make it easier to prosecute Pennsylvania doesn’t have a safe simple assault in 2001, no one at his because he wasn’t allowed to possess a those who allow convicted felons, do- storage requirement for guns. sentencing hearing mentioned that he gun in any circumstance. mestic abusers and other prohibited Only one state, Massachusetts, re- was now banned from possessing a gun So why wasn’t he charged with the people to have guns. quires that all rearms be stored with a for life. more serious crime? Make it mandatory to report people locking device when they aren’t in use, Farley Holt, one of Paul Henry’s at- Northeastern Regional Police Chief who illegally have guns. according to the Giords Law Center to torneys, said he didn’t know if his client Bryan Rizzo said the law is written in a “When people don’t follow the law, it Prevent Gun Violence, which supports or his mother knew he wasn’t allowed to “confusing” way and the arresting o- makes it tough on all of us that want to increased gun restrictions. California possess guns. cer wasn’t aware that he could have do the right thing,” Menges said. and New York both have safe storage When people become barred from charged Paul Henry with the more seri- laws, but the requirements only apply if possessing guns under state or federal ous oense. 3. Tighten gun restrictions a person lives with certain people who law, there’s no mandatory mechanism A bipartisan research agency for the can’t possess guns. to notify them in Pennsylvania, said Pennsylvania General Assembly agreed The report from the Joint State Gov- Joshua Prince, an attorney in Berks that the gun laws in the state are con- ernment Commission recommended NEW CASTLE NEWS JUMP PAGE Wednesday, December 26, 2018 A-3 CASINO: Bluff trumps county’s hand FROM A1

have not yet issued a license.” He added that two pub- lic hearings must be held before they do. When identifying a potential site for a mini-casino, Mount Airy pinpointed a spot in Hickory Township, Lawrence County, giving them exclusive access to all land within a 15-mile radius of that spot. That included all of Lawrence County and parts of southern Mercer County, western Butler County and northern Beaver County. “The spot they selected for the casino is in the southern-most location of the 15-mile circle, in BRENT ADDLEMAN | NEWS northern Beaver Coun- Miranda, center, is held by New Castle Police Department officer Mark Lewis, one of ty,” Vogler said. “They the four officers who found her on Feb. 2. Chad Lewis, left, who is Mark’s father, takes FILE | AP have apparently identi- good care of the miniature pincher. Miranda has come a long way after being found fied Pittsburgh as their Visitors to the Mt. Airy Casino Resort in the Poconos try emaciated and dehydrated in an abandoned apartment. market and even plan their luck on the slot machines. Mt. Airy was awarded a to call the casino Mount license earlier this year to build a mini-casino in Lawrence Airy Pittsburgh.” County, but the excitement proved to be short-lived when Vogler said the coun- the company announced in August that it would locate Miranda spends Christmas ty commissioners met instead in Beaver County. three times with Mount We knew it was a long selected New Castle Airy officials to promote shot. Rendell said he’d and Lawrence County a Lawrence County loca- do ‘everything possible’ because we had a plan in her forever home tion. to help. But it didn’t hap- developed by former U.S. “Lawrence County pen.” Rep. Ron Klink, former BY BRENT ADDLEMAN and now with the Lewis was abused that wasn’t would give them access Subsequent bids for a Gov. Tom Ridge and NEW CASTLE NEWS family. going to be abused any- to the Pittsburgh region racetrack/casino project local officials and devel- “It was a long pro- more.” as well as to lucrative came and went as did a opers,” he said. “But for Home sweet forever cess,” Mark Lewis said. Miranda quickly markets of Mahoning series of would-be devel- the casino, there was no home. “She was in bad shape became a worldwide and Trumbull counties opers, “But we local offi- combined effort.” Miranda, the once when we found her. It sensation as posts on in eastern Ohio. But they cials never seemed to be Had city and county nameless puppy took awhile. Plus, even the Lawrence County were focused on Pitts- able to work together to officials worked together rescued from a sec- though custody was Humane Society and burgh.” bring it home,” Fulker- there might have been a ond-floor bedroom of taken away (the former New Castle Police Looking for a positive son said. “We were never different outcome, Fulk- an abandoned apart- owner), she had to sign Department went viral aspect, Vogler said the able to put together the erson speculated. ment, has adjusted to away her rights. All on Facebook. site, just south of the best incentives to get a “Mayor Anthony Mas- live quite nicely while that time was needed “She still has a lot county line, could pro- casino.” trangelo and city solic- celebrating her first anyway for her recov- of supporters,” Mark vide job opportunities Finally, he said, came itor Jason Medure sent birthday, and first ery. She was malnour- Lewis said. “I had to for Lawrence County word that mini-casinos a dozen letters floating Christmas, with the ished and emaciated as tell people we weren’t residents. were on the rise. ideas but we were never Lewis family. everyone saw. going to take her to “But all gaming tax “We all should have invited to a meeting,” Chad and Mark “By the time we anything anymore. revenue, if it is built, been on the same page he said. “The county Lewis, father and son, brought her home she We went to nursing will go to Beaver Coun- on this,” Fulkerson said. commissioners took the are elated and content was putting on weight homes and events all ty,” he said. “We should have gotten casino people on a tour with caring for the steadily. We fed her over the place. They New Castle council- together to develop the of Lawrence County, rambunctious minia- normally. At that point, wanted us to bring her man Tim Fulkerson said most dazzling plan and but never stopped in the ture pinscher who is she wasn’t eating just everywhere. After the his disappointment over been ready. city. I believe that had just as much a bundle to eat. She was eating last one at the nursing the lost project is not “In February, when we offered a deal sweet of energy today as only when she was home, I said it was just because a casino Mount Airy announced enough they would have she was in the weeks hungry.” going to be the last one. failed to materialize. they picked a spot in come.” following her lengthy Miranda was ram- We are just trying to let “I’m disappointed in Lawrence County. there Fulkerson commends recovery at the Law- bunctiously running her live a normal life everybody involved with was shouting for joy and and said he wished he rence County Humane around the living room now.” the project,” said Fulker- dancing in the street. We had joined Shenango Society. of the home, jumping Miranda spent a por- son who is also a devel- thought our time had Township supervisors Having weighed just up on the furniture, tion of her time with oper. “I’m disappointed come. But the next day Frank Augustine and four pounds when chasing her toys and Chad Lewis, who feels because we failed. We we learned that Mount Albert Burick III who four New Castle Police garnering as much very fortunate to have — city, county, economic Airy stuck a pin in the upon hearing Lawrence Department officers attention as she could. her in his home. development profession- map and could build County was in Mount found her, Miran- “She runs around “When I saw her pic- als — had 20 years to put their mini-casino any- Airy’s sights for a casino da now weighs in at 34 and wants to play con- ture in the paper and together a development where in a 15-mile radi- jumped into a car and pounds and has a vet stantly,” Mark Lewis the articles, I told Mark plan that would knock us of that spot. We were drove for five hours to appointment in March said. “Tug of war (with that day if that dog their socks off but we overlooked again. They the Mount Airy Casino that will determine the her favorite toy) is her survives and gets to the weren’t able to do it.” picked a spot in Beaver Resort in the Poconos. future frequency of her favorite game.” point where she can Fulkerson traces the County. We still had no “They went, without check-ups. Miranda does make be adopted I want her failure back to 2003 — plan to knock their socks an appointment or any- But for the father- visits to the humane here,” Chad Lewis said. his final year as mayor. off.” thing, just to promote son owners, they take society, which serves as “All I know is that she “Carmen Shick had a What the area had, Lawrence County,” Fulk- great pride and satis- a bittersweet location will be loved and well plan for a racetrack. He Fulkerson said was a erson said. “I wish we faction in knowing that in the puppy’s life. cared for. I still have had an ideal location, pattern of cooperation could have all found that Miranda is in a loving “The humane society her on a six-month everything. We went that no one followed. kind of enthusiasm.” home and will never be just asked if we could check-up with the vet. to Harrisburg and met “When AT&T came to abused again. bring her up sometime Her last six month with Gov. Ed Rendell. the Towne Mall, they [email protected] “It is nice to see she soon so they can see check-up will be this is away from an abu- her again,” Mark Lewis March.” sive situation and into said. “Margie (Seel- With Miranda’s first nice surroundings with baugh) loves seeing her Christmas in the books Police: Suspect arrested after fatal stabbing at hotel loving people around as do the other girls. at her forever home, UNIONTOWN, Pa. 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SAVANA C. GRIGGS drove up to the gymnasium, where the lockdown was lifted but campus Senior Staff Writer they immediately called 911. was closed, and it didn’t officially unimaginable [email protected] Sophomore Hunter Spisak reopen until 8 a.m. then next day, Longtime Housing and Food worked with Stone in the Bistro said Johnston-Smith. Services worker Lesli Stone waited during the fall semester and saw her Personal and Career Counselor in her black Subaru SUV Dec. 13 on the day of the shooting. Brenda Schultz said that she and way. For so for her estranged ex-husband, Wil- “She and I were talking about other staff members went down to liam Kelly, to drop off Christmas her day, and she was just cutting Harmony Hall after the shooting. presents for their three children. fruit for the fruit cups. I forget what “The day of the incident, we went Stone and Kelly were recently she had said, but she had made me and spent time at Harmony Hall. It divorced and having child custody laugh,” Spisak said. wasn’t really doing anything except many of us issues, according to reports state “She usually does make people for providing support. Early on, police Lt. Eric Hermick gave to laugh, just saying something a little when there’s that kind of a trauma, the media. Stone was apprehensive bit off the wall, as usual. It gets a it’s just helping people to debrief about the meeting, and with good chuckle out of you.” and to just be there and listen,” reason. Hermick called the gift- Spisak was in the Bistro when Schultz said. our campus exchange a ruse. the shooting happened, but didn’t Crisis counselors were on campus Stone, 49, was fatally shot and see or hear anything. Once peo- for the remainder of that week and killed by Kelly at 3:38 p.m. that ple received word that the shoot- for the majority of the first week of day standing outside her car in the ing occurred, everybody started to the spring 2018 semester. parking lot next to the loading dock panic. “I think we’re different now,” has felt so of the Food Services Building, just “At that point, I didn’t know said Director of Academic Affairs a few yards from the Police Services what was going on. So, I figured Carey McDougall. Building. the best place to be would to not “I think our campus has been Seconds after Stone was shot be near all the glass windows in the violated in an unimaginable way, very safe, multiple times, Kelly, 52, turned Bistro. We decided to come up to and for so many of us our campus one of his two .45-caliber handguns the Game Room because it has a has felt so very safe, and I think that on himself. It all happened in a total dead bolt, so we were going to go in has shifted a little bit. I think we of 15 gunshots and a matter of a there,” said Spisak. feel more aware of what could hap- few moments. Director of Public Relations April pen,” said McDougall. and that has A Penn State Beaver student, Johnston-Smith said that Penn After the shooting happened and who asked to remain anonymous, State Beaver underwent many pro- the Bistro was shut down, Spisak was standing in the adjacent park- tocols to make sure that everybody went to see his fellow Bistro workers ing lot, right outside the Student is safe. to make sure that everybody was all Union Building with a friend when “Center Township Police, state right. shifted.” the murder-suicide happened. police and University Police were all “It gives you a sense of realism “We were standing by our cars, out there working the scene, mak- of how close everyone in the Bistro and we heard five gunshots go off. ing sure that everything was done was,” said Spisak. Then we turned around to where we correctly and that everything was “Everybody was like a family,” he Carey McDougall heard them and we saw [Kelly] lift secure so that the campus was safe,” said. “Everybody was making sure the gun to his head and shoot him- said Johnston-Smith. everyone was okay. Hugs. Everyone self,” said the source. First, the campus was put on was crying. It was just a very emo- After the two saw blood, they lockdown. Once it was confirmed tional and raw moment that just sits jumped into one of their cars and that there wasn’t an ongoing threat, with you for a long time.” March 18 Penn State Beaver Roar 3 News

“One time, she saw Domestic me sitting alone at violence one of the Bistro tables and sat by victims need help me to make sure I ALEXEY STERN Staff Writer [email protected] wasn’t by myself. At age 52, “Emma” had it all. She had a wonderful career, raised two beauti- With her, it was ful children in the Pittsburgh area and enjoyed financial comfort. She felt on top of the world, being the little things that engaged to one of the sweetest men she had ever met. He charmed her family and seemed infatuated with her, as he mattered.” always wanted all of her attention, all of the time. Katie Work At first, it was an ideal romance and Emma said she had finally found her “happily ever after” with the man of her dreams. However, that all changed after only a few weeks of marriage. Emma’s husband became irrationally jealous, isolating her from everyone she CHRIS ROTONDO Kylee Arms, a sophomore who started working “One time, she saw me sitting alone at one of loved. It became so bad that after visit- SeniorRemembering Staff Writer Chef Lesli in the Bistro last fall. “She was very friendly and the Bistro tables and sat by me to make sure I ing her family without telling him, she [email protected] was always willing to talk.” wasn’t by myself,” she said. “With her, it was the came home to a nightmare. Two months after the Dec. 13 shooting on- Stone was also known to be very humorous little things that mattered.” After walking in, he grabbed her by campus took the life of Bistro Chef Lesli Stone, and light-hearted, both on the job and in life. “She was one of those people who actually the throat and slammed her against the students and staff who worked with the long- “She was always very chipper and energetic,” wanted to know about you,” McDermott said. wall so hard that her skull bounced. time chef are remembering her while still feeling said Hunter Spisak, a sophomore who also began Stone was proud of her accomplishments, but Consumed in a rage she had never seen, an enormous loss. working in the Bistro last fall. “She was the best nothing made her more proud than her family. her husband dragged her to the bed “There’s not a day that goes by where a single type of person you could ask for.” “She loved her job, but she loved her children where he choked her, sexually abused one of us don’t think about her,” said Kelly Marcello recalled her first day on the job 1,000 times more,” Marcello said. “She was defi- her and beat her savagely. Marcello, manager of Housing and Food Ser- almost 10 years ago, noting that Stone was one nitely a family person and was so proud to be a It was at that moment Emma realized vices. “Her footprint is all over this campus.” of the first people she met. mom.” she had married a monster. Stone had been an employee of Penn State “She asked me how old I was, and I said ‘25,’” Marcello said that Stone would always be Emma is only one example of mil- Beaver for 26 years, after being hired in October Marcello laughed. “She said, ‘You were only in involved in her children’s activities, even coach- lions of people who suffer from domes- of 1991. She has been described as a funny, car- elementary school when I started working here!’” ing her children’s baseball and softball teams. tic abuse every year. Luckily, Emma ing person who loved her children, family and “She was so proud of her career and how long “You could tell she loved her kids. She talked reached out for help to the Crisis Center her job. she’d been here,” Marcello added. about them all the time,” Arms said. North, a women’s center in the North “She was one of those people who was just Junior Katie Work remembers interacting As the spring semester continues, so does the Hills. very welcoming,” said Trisha McDermott, finan- with her at school, as well as summer cooking heartbreak for Stone’s coworkers. Others can face years of abuse that cial assistant in Housing and Food Services. “She camps. “The Monday when the semester started, I can sometimes lead to death. was such a fun person to work by.” “She was always incredibly patient and caring knew that this was real,” Marcello said. “We all That’s what happened to Penn State Stone was known to be a great chef, but it with the kids,” Work said. “[At] school, Leslie have become a family, and being together con- Beaver’s own Lesli Stone, a campus chef was her personality and her loving spirit that her always made sure to ask students how they were tinues to get us through.” who lost her life in a murder-suicide last coworkers will always remember. or how they did on that big test.” “Sometimes, it feels like you can feel her pres- December on campus. Her ex-husband, “Whenever I came in to work, she would Work also remembered how Stone’s kindness ence in the kitchen,” Arms said. “When you’re Domestic violence always be the first one to say ‘hi’ to me,” said affected her. working, you know she’s there with you.” See Page 4

4 Penn State Beaver Roar March 2018 News New counseling service Domestic violence for personal issues available ALEXANDER D’ITRI Staff writer aContinued crime from Page 3 of abusesecrecy victims since 1978. [email protected] According to Alas, abusers usually learn their New “Seeking Success” counseling services William Kelly, lured her to a meeting in the violent behavior from their parents. “Ground will be available to all Penn State Beaver stu- loading dock behind the Food Services Build- rules for relationships are established in child- dents looking for a way to talk about their ing, where he shot her multiple times and then hood,” Alas said, “like seeing dad calling mom personal issues. turned the gun on himself and took his own bad names every night.” This new program will focus on overall life. Alas said that people can help mitigate wellness, mental health and physical health According to the Pennsylvania Coalition domestic abuse by practicing something called issues. Seeking Success will take place in an ARKUS CAMUSO Against Violence (PCADV), one in three primary prevention. This is the act of teach- open-group setting with flexible hours and women have been physically abused by an inti- ing children how to have healthy relationships will not require attendance from meeting to has experience working with students. mate partner. One of the largest demograph- early in life. meeting. He says he wants to see an end to the stig- ics are college students with one quarter of “The goal is to teach kids from the ground This service will provide students with a ma of seeking help for one’s mental health. the student population experiencing domestic up what love is supposed to look like,” Alas way to discuss and work through issues with a “If we could talk more openly about mental abuse over the course of his/her college career. said. group of their peers. health, we could avoid some of the more dev- Out of this large chunk, according to the Alas said that most of the time students who This new program is being led by two astating consequences,” says Arkus. National Domestic Violence Hotline, 70 per- are in an abusive relationship suffer academi- counselors new to Penn State Beaver this Camuso has been working as a person- cent of college students were not aware that cally, because the abuser interferes with their semester, Dan Arkus and Alissia Camuso. al counselor for 10 years. From her first they were in an abusive relationship at the goals. “Academic careers are sabotaged because This addition to the counseling services moments on campus she said she has felt time. the abuser will try to destroy their laptops or staff will provide an extra 12 hours a week for warmly welcomed by staff and students alike. John Chapin, professor of communications, try to ruin their financial situation,” Alas said. students to schedule appointments, accord- She has worked on many cases ranging has been working in violence prevention edu- “The abuser’s actions usually escalate around ing to Personal and Career Counselor Brenda from those related to drugs and alcohol to cation for 17 years. He serves as the board mid-terms and finals because tensions and Schultz. school stress and homesickness. president for the Women’s Center of Beaver stress tend to be a lot higher around this time.” Between Schultz and the new counselors, Schultz said the new group program and County, contributes to Crisis Center North’s According to Alas, people can help by being she hopes that they will be able to meet the new counselor should improve how the cam- school-age violence prevention program and educated in seeing the signs of domestic abuse growing need for counseling services since the pus serves students. has published more than 50 articles on the because a very small percentage of victims will incident from the end of last semester. “I am excited to have them as a part of the subject. actually speak out. Arkus has been a personal counselor spe- team and look forward to the possibilities of Chapin says that domestic violence is an “Domestic violence is a crime of secrecy, cializing in trauma treatment since 2014 and this department,” said Schultz. incredibly relevant subject for college students. something that is done behind closed doors,” “College and high school students are actually Alas said. the highest risk group,” Chapin said. “People Elaine Wood, a 34-year-old Penn State Bea- usually assume [domestic violence] only hap- ver senior, is a proud survivor of domestic pens to middle-aged women, but it really isn’t abuse and she emphasized how important it is POLICE BEAT the case.” to seek help. According to Chapin, the best way for stu- “I remember I felt that the abuse would DATING VIOLENCE, FOOD STOLEN IN BISTRO dents to avoid finding themselves in an abusive eventually stop and the relationship would get ASSAULT REPORTED A Bistro employee reported on Jan. 31 that relationship is by looking for warning signs. better. But it’s never true,” Elaine said. “Do A Residence Life employee reported Feb. 3 someone had stolen food around lunchtime. One of the most important signs is if your not believe the lies the abuser will tell you so that a student had been assaulted and harassed partner tries to control your social life. you’ll stay. Getting help is not a sign of weak- over the course of at least a few months by ITEMS STOLEN IN GYM, BISTRO “There is always a build-up to this,” Chapin ness, but a sign of strength. You are not alone.” another student whom he was in a relation- On Jan. 11, students reported that a watch said. “First it starts with the abuser trying to It was only when Emma Walker finally got ship with. The employee reported that the and headphones were stolen from the gym. isolate you from your friends and family.” in touch with a women’s shelter that she real- student did not want the police involved. A student reported on Jan. 28 that his If you suspect a friend of yours is currently ized what real danger she was truly in. This Police received a report Feb. 19 from a skateboard had been stolen in the Bistro. in an abusive relationship, Chapin has a clear realization drove her to find the courage to residence life employee about dating violence Police are investigating. message. “Do not be silent. Let your friend ask for help from her friends and family; they involving two students. The employee report- know that you are concerned and available,” embraced her fully, devastated to learn about ed that the students did not want the police SIGN STOLEN IN MBB Chapin said. “By not getting involved you are her abuse. involved. On Dec. 11, an employee reported that reinforcing both of their behaviors, because it The divorce happened quickly afterwards, someone took a sign from the Michael Baker looks like you are giving your approval.” followed by months of counseling. Emma TRESPASSING ON CAMPUS Building. Stacy de la Alas is the Assistant Director began learning day by day how to be herself On Feb. 2, an employee reported that at Crisis Center North, an organization that again, how to be happy again. 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NORRISTOWN >> Dubbed the “Se- rial Suburban Burglar,” a Phila- delphia man faces more than five decades in prison after a judge imposed consecutive time behind bars for each of his 31 burglaries or attempted break-ins in Mont- gomery and Bucks counties. “You stole their sense of secu- rity in addition to stealing mul- tiple items,” Montgomery County Judge Wendy G. Rothstein ad- dressed Hiram Ramos as she or- dered him to serve 58-to-116-years in prison in connection with his 2016 burglary spree that targeted residences in multiple townships in the two counties. Referring to the expression “A EMILY OVERDORF — FOR MEDIANEWS GROUP man’s home is his castle,” Roth- “It is time to make clear that children in districts like Pottstown are every bit as deserving of a great education as their peers across the stein said people should feel safe state,” Pottstown activist Laura Johnson told the crowd at a Harrisburg rally. in their homes. “You destroyed that. You the state’s fair education fund- showed no remorse,” Rothstein Pottstown brings 3 buses full of people, ing formula adopted in 2016 Today, addressed Ramos. were used for all basic educa- Pottstown During a trial last year, a jury passion to fair school funding rally tion funding, Pottstown would came in three convicted Ramos, 34, of the 2000 no longer be looking at cutting block of North Bodine Street, of Wednesday to fight for fair edu- programs to balance its budget, buses. It’s time multiple charges of burglary, at - By Evan Brandt for Harrisburg [email protected] cation funding. as happened this year, but could tempted burglary, criminal tres- @PottstownNews on Twitter It is three times the number add programs, increase teacher to listen to the pass, attempted criminal tres- of Pottstown protesters who pay and cut local property taxes. people.” pass and loitering and prowling HARRISBURG >> Three buses of showed up last year and the to- Pennsylvania is widely recog- at night in connection with 31 in- Pottstown activists were among tal crowd was more than twice nized as having one of the worst Emanuel Wilkerson, former cidents. the more than 1,000 people who the size of last year’s turnout. funding gaps between poor Pottstown School Board BURGLAR >> PAGE 5 member converged on the state capitol They were there because if RALLY >> PAGE 3

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FROM PAGE 1 and wealthy districts, due largely to its over-reliance on local property taxes to fund public schools, and its failure to fully implement the fair funding formula. “When we look at the in- equity in public education, we should be embarrassed,” said state Rep. Joe Ciresi, D-146th Dist., who met and spoke with the Pottstown protesters when they ar- EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP rived. Young Justin Simpson of Philadelphia told the crowd “I’m “Districts all over the Com- not asking for much. I just want a good school for me and monwealth are suffering and my friends.” Pottstown is the fifth most EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP under-funded district in the As they got off the buses in Harrisburg, Pottstown protesters were met by state Rep. Joe commonwealth, almost $14 Ciresi, D-146th Dist. million, and the fair funding formula would make them whole and all the other dis- tricts that need to have that, including Spring-Ford and Perkiomen Valley,” said Ci- resi. Currently, only 10 percent of Pennsylvania education funding is distributed ac- cording to the fair funding formula. “It’s like I told you I was buying you a Ferrari, but never produced a delivery date,” said Ciresi. EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP In addition to its inher - Pottstown teachers and recent graduates made their ent economic unfairness, re- way to Harrisburg Wednesday to speak out for fair school searchers for POWER have funding for their community. discovered that the current funding scheme actually fa- vors districts with higher white populations, even when poverty levels are the same. Jonathan Corson, known to most in Pottstown as “Johnny,” says that violates the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP The state’s failure to enact More than 1,000 fair education funding protesters filled the stairs and balconies on all its own fair funding formula three floors of the Pennsylvania Capitol Rotunda Wednesday. “causes our children to be at a disadvantage compared to other children around the commonwealth,” said Cor- son, who is the president of the Pottstown chapter of the NA ACP. He and the group of nine EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP other chapter members who State Rep. Joe Ciresi meets with Pottstown School Board accompanied him Wednes- President Amy Francis, member Kim Stillwell, educator Jo Ann day agreed that revitalizing Bathurst and former school board member Emanuel Wilkerson. Pottstown would be much easier if school taxes could be tice for our communities!” the pay,” she said. lowered and more resources shouted the Rev. Edward Also on hand was nearly and programs could be to Bailey, pastor of Bethel AME the majority of the Pottstown those schools added at the Church in Lancaster. “Every- School Board and Trenita same time. one here wants justice!” Lindsay, a member of Pott- The group visited the of- “We ended apartheid in stown Borough Council. fices of House members be- South Africa, but apartheid The fact that Pottstown fore and after Wednesday’s exists in Pennsylvania,” said filled three buses “tells me rally to lobby for fair fund- state Sen. Vincent Hughes, this is a really important ing bills. D-7th Dist. “Let’s end it cause and people understand They also paid a visit to now. Fund the schools,” he it’s important and they’re be- the office of state Sen. Bob shouted. hind it,” said School Board Mensch, R-24th Dist., for the And it wasn’t just poli- President Amy Francis. same purpose, but were told ticians and schools chiefs And momentum is build- he was busy on the floor of who took to the microphone. ing. the Senate voting on “opioid EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP Speakers included school Former school board mem- legislation,” said Corson. children as well, like Justin ber Emanuel Wilkerson, who But a Tweet from Mensch’s It was easy to spot the many Pottstown protesters on the Rotunda steps of the Capitol Simpson, who said his teach- was elected while still a high account later that day only Wednesday. You can see them here in blue “We Are Pottstown” shirts behind the speaker, ers are frustrated with over- school student and is now a highlighted his introduction the Rev. Edward Bailey, pastor of Bethel AME Church in Lancaster. crowded classrooms that are student at Temple University, of a resolution recognizing barely heated in the winter. made a special trip to Harris- 244th anniversary of the for- ings for bills like Rabb’s. Another young girl, whose burg to be part of the rally. mation of the U.S. Army. School board candidate name was inaudible, said her “I can remember when go- So NAACP chapter mem- Laura Johnson has been part school only has two bath- ing to Harrisburg for this was bers joined other POWER of the effort to get more co- rooms, “and they are both in just me, Mr. Armato and Mr. protesters in the office of sponsors for Rabb’s bill. She the basement. I’m not asking Rodriguez in a car. Today, House Speaker Mike Turzai. said it only needs 103 votes for much. I just want a decent Pottstown came in three Turzai, a Republican who to pass. school for me and my friends buses,” Wilkerson said. “It’s represents an Allegheny Wednesday she was the like everybody else.” time for Harrisburg to listen County district that is 90 per- only rally speaker from Pott- Pottstown students were to the people.” cent white, has the power to stown and focused on deliv- no less outspoken. More than Last year, the rally at- ensure fair funding bills get ering a few truths. two dozen, many of whom tracted 600 protesters. This to the floor for a vote, as well “The truth is, we have car- graduated less than a week year, with Pottstown’s help, as the power to prevent them ing and committed teachers, ago, climbed onto the buses 1,000 came. from even getting a hearing. many of whom stand with us to add their voices to the call Pottstown Schools Super- The protesters were asked today. The truth is, we have a for fair funding. intendent Stephen Rodri- to leave Turzai’s office by the wonderfully diverse student “It’s important to be able guez, who spoke at last year’s Capitol Police, so they rallied population. The truth is, we to have programs like art rally, said the difference one in the hall outside instead. have some truly excellent pro- and music and I don’t want year has made “is the differ- The bill getting the most grams,” said Johnson. EVAN BRANDT — MEDIANEWS GROUP to see our schools lose that,” ence between throwing a bul- support Wednesday is House “But since I’m telling the Before and after the Wednesday afternoon fair education said Heaven Charriez, who let and shooting one.” Bill 961. It currently has 61 truth, I need to tell you the funding rally, members of the Pottstown chapter of the will be a junior at Pottstown He said Pottstown will co-sponsors and, if enacted, whole truth: As I’ve become NAACP visited the offices of four state representatives to High School in September. keep coming back, with more would distribute all basic ed- involved in our schools, I’ve either thank them for supporting House Bill 961, or to press Also on hand were dozens and more people, until they ucation funding through the learned some troubling news. those who have not to co-sponsor it. of members of the Federation don’t have to come at ball be- formula. The truth is, that the cur- of Pottstown Teachers. cause its schools are funded It is sponsored by Philadel- rent education funding in “Let’s tell the truth,” she find the will and the courage Naimah Rhodes, who has fairly through the state for- phia-based state Rep. Chris Pennsylvania is racially bi- said repeatedly. “The law- to correct this injustice.” taught early education at mula. Rabb, D-200th Dist., and ased. The truth is, that stu- makers know there is racial There were plenty of exam- Pottstown High School for “I am so proud of our com- Wednesday he told the rally dents in diverse districts like bias in the current funding. ples of that injustice offered four years, said under-fund- munity,” said Armato. “We “promises are not enough. I Pottstown are consistently They know we are desper- Wednesday. ing can be seen in the vo- came together like nothing want a hearing not only for underfunded,” she said as ately hurting. Many of them Brian Costello, superin- cational/technology area by I’ve ever seen before, we had my bill, but for all fair fund- cheers echoed in the Capitol have some underfunded tendent of the Wilkes-Barre comparing resources avail- churches, the teachers feder- ing bills. We have twice as rotunda. schools in their own dis- School District, said his stu- able at the Western Center for ation, students, the YWCA, many-co-sponsors as we had “The results are severe,” tricts.” dents have to enter their Technical Students and those The Hill School, the NAACP, last year.” said Johnson. “Our caring Johnson concluded: “If you buildings “through make- at Pottstown high School. this is something that has On the bus home Wednes- and committed teachers are are a lawmaker, your job is shift sheds to protect them It also means lower pay for really united Pottstown be- day, local organizer Marlene underpaid. Programs have to ask what is morally and from dilapidated buildings. teachers, Rhodes said. cause it’s something that Armato said POWER Inter- been cut. Our students lack ethically right and use your This is an inequity.” In 2017, The Mercury re- would help all of Pottstown.” faith, which organized the the supports and opportu- power to help make it a re- “This is not a Philly prob- ported that the average Planning for “keeping the rally and the buses which nities they need. Addition- ality. To hide from what you lem. This is not a black prob- teacher salary in Pottstown momentum going” is already took Pottstown protesters ally, our economically hurt- know is right in the name of lem” said Rabb. “This is a is the lowest in Montgomery underway and will be the sub- there for free, met recently ing town has one of the high- political impossibility is to Pennsylvania problem!” County. ject of a meeting Wednesday, with Gov. Tom Wolf and est tax burdens in the entire fail to do your job. It is time “Justice for our children! “Pottstown loses a lot of re- June 19, at 7 p.m. in the Pott- urged him to press for hear- state.” for our political leaders to Justice for our schools! Jus- ally good teachers because of stown High School cafeteria.

A 6 MORRISONS COVE HERALD, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2018 Technology Now Drives Employment Trends in the Cove Traditional Ag and Manufacturing Making Way for Service Industry By GEORGE BERKHEIMER Morrisons Cove Employment In Selected Industry Sectors For the Herald 3,066 The rural appearance of 3,100 Morrisons Cove may not have changed much since the 1970s, but the march of technology has had a 2,300 profound effect on the area’s employment figures technology support,” said and trends. Stephen McKnight, presi- Agriculture still repre- dent and CEO of the Al- sents the most visible sec- toona Blair County ‘We’ve made an 1,500 tor throughout the Cove, Development Corporation attempt to tell the despite the net loss of more in Altoona. “A lot of our tra- 844 than 100 agriculture-re- ditional sectors that you story of our rural lated jobs in local munici- might not think of as high areas with our 700 palities over the last 48 tech are becoming high 417 401 219 271 years. tech.” Mountain Main 104 U.S. Census Bureau That’s contributing to a Street marketing -109 -867 data prepared by the Penn- shift away from traditional -100 sylvania State Data Center labor-intensive jobs toward campaign, and indicate sustained growth positions that now require we’re concentrat- in local agriculture employ- some administrative or ment in the 1980s and managerial skills. ing now on -900 1990s, but the last three “Our jobs have changed bringing Agriculture Wholesale Services Public Transport, decades were not kind. with more automation in Trade Administration Communications “Most of the farmers in the workplace, and our Manufacturing Retail Trade Construction Finance, people in.’ Insurance the Cove still concentrate equipment has become a on livestock production bit more complicated,” ac- – Stephen McKnight, Numeric Change 1970 To 2015 and grow crops to support knowledged Roaring Spring president and CEO of the that industry – that hasn’t Blank Book President and Altoona Blair County De- Prepared by the Pennsylvania State Data Center on March 9, 2018 changed,” said Bill Brum- COO Tony Fago. “As a re- velopment Corporation This chart shows how employment in creasing. Note that retail is also in- baugh, location manager sult, our work environment manufacturing and agriculture in the creasing significantly. The chart covers for the Bedford Farm Bu- requires more teamwork Cove is dropping while employment in the period from 1970 to 2015. reau Co-Op in Curryville. than it did in the past, and total of 2,080 manufactur- providing a variety of services is in- [Data provided by Pa. State Data Center] “But while we may be see- more administrative re- ing jobs. ing bigger farms these sponsibilities are being re- Claysburg was one of days, it’s true that we’re quired of our operators. the first towns to be hit, Manufacturing Employment Figures also seeing fewer of them.” They might make 20 differ- with the closing of its Municipality Numeric Change % Change 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2015 1970 to 2015 1970 to 2015 The data show that the ent products in a shift, brickyard tied to the na- manufacturing sector has which requires more atten- tion’s waning steel indus- Bloomfield Township 82 72 78 108 76 64 -18 -22% experienced some signifi- tion to workflow manage- try. Hopewell Township 112 141 159 222 110 153 41 37% cant employment losses in ment and administrative “At its peak, the silica South Woodbury Township 74 131 171 152 83 133 59 80% recent years as well. Woodbury Borough 13 19 5 28 28 21 8 62% work.” brick plant employed 325 Woodbury Township 60 57 69 73 75 55 -5 -8% Nevertheless, substan- Officials at Cenveo in in Claysburg alone, and tial gains have shown up in Williamsburg, Appvion in Sproul had about 60 peo- Catharine Township 74 73 79 65 55 42 -32 -43% the services sector and in Roaring Spring and Curry ple,” said Rich Allison, for- Freedom Township 288 328 333 303 117 340 52 18% the retail and wholesale Greenfield Township 751 536 444 433 462 193 -558 -74% Supply in Martinsburg de- mer president of General Huston Township 117 79 98 130 111 120 3 3% trades. clined to be interviewed. Refractories and Clays- Martinsburg Borough 186 183 196 151 145 134 -52 -28% Employment is also burg’s unofficial historian. North Woodbury Township 91 124 184 223 161 228 137 151% growing in the public ad- Manufacturing losses Now supporting about Roaring Spring Borough 421 474 430 271 288 230 -191 -45% ministration sector, in the In the 1970s, manufac- 80 employees, the Sproul Taylor Township 290 299 304 281 309 226 -64 -22% Williamsburg Borough 323 194 165 165 156 125 -198 -61% financial, insurance and turing was by far the facility still operates but is Woodbury Township 165 143 177 151 87 116 -49 -30% real estate industry, and largest of the industry sec- expected to close for good within the transportation, tors, employing 3,047 later this year when GrefCo Not only is manufacturing employ- Roaring Spring and Greenfield Town- communication and utili- throughout all of the opens a new manufactur- ment declining in the Cove, it is also ship and into North and South Wood- ties categories. Cove’s townships and bor- ing plant in southern Ohio. shifting. Employment in manufacturing bury townships. “When you look at jobs oughs. Unlike some other less has moved away from Williamsburg, [Data provided by Pa. Data Center] in the Cove, there is now a In 2015, the latest year fortunate one-employer high demand for automa- for which data is available, towns, though, Claysburg resources. “It’s helped other towns with unique easier access to recre- tion, data analytics, social that number was down managed to make up for its them become more accu- character. ational destinations. media, and information 31.75 percent to an overall manufacturing losses by rate and increased effi- “Bedford Springs ex- “We see more and more attracting both high-tech ciency, meaning nurses posed Bedford to a lot of of these folks about, we’re and large-scale employers have more time for person- outside investment ... and bumping into them,” McK- to take up the slack. alized care for their pa- that’s creeping up into the night said. “We need that Roaring Spring Community Library “There is no doubt that tients.” southern Blair County net in-migration number to Greenfield Township has Surprisingly, the Cove’s area,” he said. start increasing. 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This is a good recre- mail solutions business email: [email protected] – This is a free high,” McKnight said. business even if there’s not ational area with the serving both commercial workshop open to all ages 18 and up. Space is limited. “Whenever a recession a lot of foot traffic past mountains and mountain and government clients, April 26th at 6:00 p.m. Women & Money – Take Charge of your happens, we don’t have a their doors. biking,” Allison agreed. “I employs more than 330 of financial future! In this seminar you will learn: Reasons why bubble to burst.” think the jobs are here, but its 425 employees in Clays- women’s economic clout is growing, the unique challenges Local construction ac- Balancing migration being very rural has always burg. women face and how they can impact long-term financial secu- tivity is actually not suffi- Outward migration of been a distraction, to a de- rity, and six steps women can take to achieve financial security. cient to meet the demand the labor force has always gree. Unless you love that Join Gary McGovern, Amanda Kenney from WTAJ and several Health Care, created by people looking been a problem in the kind of area, a lot of people area women as they discuss these topics. There will also be a Construction for newer housing in the Cove, as many high school want big city life, they leave chance for discussion with the panel to get all of your questions Hold Steady answered. This seminar is free. There will be refreshments pro- area, McKnight said. “We and college graduates leave and don’t come back.” Like health care vided at no charge as well as free materials to help you plan for could use more.” the area for work and never providers all across the your financial future. Space is limited. Please reserve your spot return. Editor’s Note: “The country, Conemaugh by calling the library (814) 224-2994, by emailing Main Street resurgence One of the trends that Changing Cove” is an occa- [email protected] or by sending a Face- Nason Medical Center in In terms of new busi- the Altoona Blair county sional series which takes a book message to the library. Roaring Spring has experi- nesses, particularly in the Development Corporation “big picture” look at how enced steady growth over Central Allegheny Lyme Disease Support Group April 18th @ 6 rural areas, “What we’re is following closely is that Morrisons Cove is changing. the past 10 years and will p.m. If you are struggling with Lyme disease, speaking with others seeing is a resurgence of of people from larger popu- Comments on the pub- who have the disease can be helpful. Share with people who will un- soon need to consider fu- main-street communities,” lation areas within a few lished story and sugges- derstand your Lyme disease story. For more information contact ture expansion, McKnight McKnight said. hours driving distance of tions for future stories are Brenda Frederick [email protected] said. Citing the examples of the Cove who are seeking welcome. 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Competing Currents Are Altering the Course of Education in the Cove Education is Changing but the Future is Not Clear from the Data By GEORGE ance on the combined Math cation to help students BERKHEIMER and Reading tests on the make good choices and the For the Herald 2015-2016 Pennsylvania great majority of our stu- System of School Assess- dents do so.” Since the introduction of ment (PSSA) and/or Key- the federal No Child Left Be- stone Exams. Technology hind Act of 2001, an ongo- Consequently, students Butler said he sees tech- ing revolution has been there were eligible for schol- nology as a double-edged waged in terms of how sub- arships allowing them to at- sword, enabling more per- jects are taught and how tend other public or sonalization of education in student proficiency is evalu- nonpublic schools under the technology-enabled ated in public schools. the Opportunity Scholar- school districts that can af- School systems through- ship Tax Credit Program, ford it, but requiring a huge out the nation are adjusting but CKHS Superintendent monetary commitment to to many more transitions Darren McLauren said no and changes occurring in students opted to transfer. the areas of technology, de- “I believe the majority of 2016 Keystone Exams mographics and social schools are extremely low mores. [in math] in either 6th, 7th For the foreseeable fu- or 8th grade,” said Northern ture, disruptive change is Bedford County Superin- the status quo. Black- tendent Todd Beatty. “What boards, bulb projectors and I do know is that we are rote memorization are out. continuing to be specific Laptops, digital textbooks with our professional devel- and emailed assignments opment to combat this are in. issue.” Standardized testing All school districts face scores indicate how well the same challenge of bal- Morrisons Cove’s four ancing student needs with school districts are handling state expectations. the stresses of modern in- “We now test everybody fluences, but it’s difficult to at the 3rd, 5th, 8th and draw definitive conclusions 11th grade levels,” said from the limited historic Thomas Butler, executive di- data available. rector of Appalachia Inter- Pennsylvania, in fact, mediate Unit 8, the regional had no academic expecta- education service agency tions for students prior to that oversees school dis- 2013 Keystone Exams the 1990s and didn’t adopt tricts in Blair and Bedford its first set of standards in Counties. “But it has shifted Mathematics, Reading, the focus in each school dis- Writing, Speaking and Lis- trict from programming and tening until 1999. teaching to a question of Current Pennsylvania how do we get the best test Common Core standards in scores. There is now an in- math and English, based on creased focus on content the federal Common Core and test preparation.” initiative, have been in place since 2010, but the legisla- Trends tive tug of war over man- Three school districts in dated statewide graduation the Cove have experienced a requirements based on the steady decline in enrollment Keystone Exam in Litera- that began around 2005, ture, Biology and Algebra I, belying their own steadily introduced in 2012, still increasing populations. As hasn’t been decided. of the current school year, enrollment numbers have Test Scores dropped from 1,210 to 964 The good news is that at Northern Bedford County Keystone Exam results im- School District (NBCSD) install and maintain an ad- not having a personal device school counselors also pro- “Honestly, today, most proved in three of the Cove’s since 2005, from 932 to 848 equate broadband and tech- or Internet access,” Baker viding individualized and people realize how impor- four school districts be- at Claysburg, and from 563 nology infrastructure. added. small group support, Baker tant a diploma is to their fu- tween the 2013 and 2016 to 473 at the Williamsburg “There has always been a Williamsburg Commu- said. ture success, and it is not as 11th grade testing cycles. Community School District challenge in securing ade- nity School District Superin- Also, she said, CHS stu- easy to get a GED as it once Northern Bedford (WCSD). quate funding for [Morrisons tendent Lisa Murgas was dents can now choose elec- was,” she said. “If students County High School Spring Cove’s enrollment Cove’s] schools,” he said. not available for interview tives in the biomedical field remain in school, they have (NBCHS) registered the best increased from 1,905 to “Property tax revenues don’t and did not respond to a re- or robotics, “and we are ex- a lot of educators who sin- results in 2016, with 86.9 1,922, but did see decline in provide nearly the amount quest to provide comments ploring options to hopefully cerely care about them and percent of students consid- the interim years. of support they need.” for this article. introduce a cybersecurity want them to be successful ered proficient or advanced “Jobs and infrastructure At the moment, “Most program in the future.” and will do whatever they in Algebra, 88.9 percent in are usually the main rea- school districts are pretty What’s Positive? In terms of graduation can to help them achieve Biology and 96.8 percent in sons that lead to population well connected,” Butler said, McLauren cited charter rates, NBCSD registered their goal.” Literature, up from respec- shifts,” said McLauren. with some districts imple- school funding as an ongo- 93.3 percent in the 2014- tive levels of 76.7, 58.9 and “We have some families menting 1:1 initiatives ing problem “because it 2015 cohort, CKHS regis- Editor’s Note: It might 80.1 percent in 2013. who elect homeschooling, where every student has takes money from our dis- tered 94.4, CHS registered seem like little changes in Central High School private schools or cyber some type of connected de- trict. Fortunately, we have a 96.9, and Williamsburg the Cove. But that’s not true. (CHS) students in the charter schools,” said Baker. vice. very supportive partner in Community High School “The Changing Cove” is an Spring Cove School District “There were fewer options As he sees the issue, stu- our local education founda- had a 100 percent success occasional series which (SCSD) lost ground, with [in earlier years] … but we dent access to technology tion, which has supple- rate. takes a “big picture” look at advanced or proficient levels actually have fewer students helps schools arrive at the mented our funding over the SCSD uses its cyber how Morrisons Cove is dropping from 66.7 percent choosing the alternative “sweet spot” of a blended last year.” school program as an option changing. for Algebra, 56.5 percent for schools. Generally, I think approach to education CHS offers mental for students who want to Comments on the pub- Biology and 76.4 percent for people are just living longer using both face-to-face and health, drug and alcohol earn their diploma but need lished story and suggestions Literature in 2013 to 48.8, and having smaller fami- virtual instruction, with counseling on site through flexible hours or a different for future stories are wel- 48.1 and 73.2 percent re- lies.” benefits that include access outside agencies and county environment to do so, Baker come. Please direct them to spectively in 2016. Beatty and McLauren re- to teachers after hours and services, with teachers and explained. [email protected]. Although 2017 data is ported no significant change potential mitigation of in- not yet included in the in discipline cases within struction time lost to illness, Pennsylvania Department of their school districts. travel and snow days. Education’s online data- Baker, however, ac- “We recently surveyed base, “The Keystone Exam knowledged an increase in our students and over 90 has remained consistent for reports of student miscon- percent indicated they did several years now, which duct within SCSD, “but that have Internet access at has allowed us time to ad- is also because we are more home,” McLauren said. just our curricula to better vigilant and proactive in ad- “There will always be a digi- support our students’ suc- dressing incidents,” she tal divide, but we are looking cess on these exams,” said said. “Tobacco violations at ways in reducing the SCSD Superintendent Betsy tend to be one of the most gap.” Baker. “As a result, we are prevalent along with fight- According to Beatty, the starting to see a steady in- ing, bullying and possession ratio of Northern Bedford crease in our Keystone of drug paraphernalia.” students with Internet ac- scores. Students are exposed to cess at home is closer to 70 Despite its own improve- an unfortunate abundance percent. ments, Claysburg-Kimmel of violence and drug use “We provide all of the High School (CKHS) ranked though the Internet and technology tools that our in the bottom 15 percent of other media sources, she students need, so no stu- Nason Foundation Scholarships state schools for perform- added, “but we provide edu- dent is at a disadvantage by The Nason Foundation, whose mis- and trained in the healthcare field. sion is to support the health and vital- The Nason Foundation awarded ity of our community through $3,500 scholarships to both Kaileigh financial support and education, began Pote and McKenzie Ryan at its July awarding healthcare scholarships Board meeting. again this year. 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INSIDE: COUPON VALUE: $61 | JOBS: 23 ADS | STARTING ON PAGE F4 Game Commission audit ‘disgusts’ hunters Report details failure that energy companies paid what “It’s not surprising they had they owed in royalties from oil “Extreme disorganization seems to be par that much money,” Johnson said. to collect royalties; and gas production on state hunt- “What is surprising is they had no ing lands. In addition, the com- for the course.” clue they had that much. It all $73 million held mission sat on a huge and growing Ken Knisely, Sportsmen for the Future leader comes down to transparency. in reserve account pile of cash — $73 million in 2018 They are not transparent. You say — and failed to take those reserves you didn’t know you had it? It’s a into account when developing an County to determine whether The group’s president, Matt BY RUSS O’REILLY joke. That’s who is running the annual budget. lower deer populations could slow Johnson, said he is disgusted with [email protected] Game Commission, a group like Thirdly, auditors found $6.5 mil- the spread of chronic wasting dis- the audit’s findings, in particular this who can’t even control their Hunters are not surprised, but lion more in various escrow ease. because the Game Commission funds.” accounts, which the commission’s they are “disgusted” with the The “Pa. hunters against target apparently has funds for research Johnson said it is especially dis- results of an audit of the financial officer didn’t have gusting to him because efforts to Pennsylvania Game Commission, knowledge of until the audit. deer removal” Facebook group, and development of a CWD vacci- local leaders say. Numerous area hunters and also called “Sportsmen For The nation or at least to plant more find research money from other An audit released Thursday by landowners have been at odds Future,” shows more than 6,000 food plots on game lands, which sources is ongoing as the commis- Auditor General Eugene with the commission since Jan - members who do not want con- he said would spread herds out sion is sitting on a $73 million bal- DePasquale states the Game uary over its plan to conduct tar- tracted sharpshooters to kill deer and possibly reduce the spread of ance. Commission failed to make sure geted removal of deer in Blair in the area. CWD. See Hunters/Page A5 Stream blockages concern residents Prohibition against dredging can add to flooding risk

BY WILLIAM KIBLER [email protected] It’s been about 30 years since it was legal for communities to dredge streambeds in hopes of encouraging free flow and pre- venting flooding. Some people still long for that old permission — even as many now believe the law prohibits any stream intervention, except by committing to the bureaucracy and expense of seeking a permit. But as Duncansville’s consult- ing engineer Tom Levine pointed out at a recent Borough Council meeting, property owners, includ- ing municipalities, have the right — and in some cases, the responsi- bility — to remove debris that can cause flooding. Levine’s reminder was in response to borough resident Lou Mirror photos by Isaac Ritchey / Mirror photo illustration by Nick Anna Tarczy alerting council to the BY MARY HALEY privy to many shared confidences of presence of what he believed were the local folk. Above: A view of Claysburg, as seen from For the Mirror Interstate 99. Below: A train travels north two or three logs near the Route UEEN –– Anna “Peggy’’ That’s why Piper can be considered 764 culvert in an unnamed tribu- a reliable source when she through Claysburg on the Everett Piper is 95 years old, but Railroad. tary of Gillan’s Run — which when you meet her and reminisces about those years long Tarczy believed would create a start talking to her, you’d ago, when she was just a little girl flood risk the next time the tribu- swear she’s at least 20 or 30 eating ice cream, listening to the tary runs high. years younger. townspeople talk about the young Levine advised council to ask A lifelong resident of the drifter who came through Queen and borough workers to check out tiny town of Queen, Piper left his mark. those logs the next day. is diminutive in stature, a The man only stayed a night or Municipal workers wouldn’t be bubbly bundle of energy maybe two, and he stayed in the work allowed to drive a backhoe into who knows all about who lives and camps with “the men who peeled the the stream to do such work, but bark,’’ the local men who worked at once lived in her village. would be allowed to park it beside the what is now called Roaring She always had a ringside seat, and reach in, Levine said. Spring Paper Products Inc. from the time she was growing up, Long ago, “peeling the bark’’ was Under current rules, municipal- making sure she got a weekly treat at what they called the way they ities can take care of “imminent the corner store where everyone stripped the bark off the trees to threats,” but generally, that kind gathered on the weekend. make paper, said local historian Rich of work is for property owners to “Every Saturday night, that’s Allison of Claysburg. take care of — even though some where we would visit,’’ she said. “If “He (the drifter) was a ‘neb-nose,’’’ might lack the tools or inclina- you behaved, you got ice cream. If Piper called him. “He interfered with tion, Levine said. you didn’t, you just had to sit still. people. He asked them questions The issue of debris removal That’s where all the town gossip about what they were doing. He was takes on greater importance in was.’’ just in and out of their lives.’’ urban settings, where debris- She followed up into her adult caused flooding is most likely to years by becoming a hair stylist, See London/Page A13 cause damage, said Donna Fisher, manager of the Blair County Conservation District. See Stream/Page A15

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7122910 00150 Sunday, June 2, 2019 LOCAL Altoona Mirror I Page A13 LONDON: ‘I thought, maybe this could be something’ (Continued from Page A1) Allison, who has long been Years passed and word involved in several local filtered back to the people of historical and community Queen that the elusive revitalization efforts, drifter made his way in the became even more world and became a famous convinced of the poem’s writer, Piper said. legitimacy as he researched Now Allison has London’s early life. uncovered copies of a poem He started his research in in his wife Sandy’s papers 1894, because that’s when that he believes was written historians know that an 18- by that drifter, better known year-old London had come as the famous author, Jack from the West Coast London. eastward to join Coxey’s A prolific novelist and Army, a protest group fueled short-story writer, London is by anger over unemploy- most famous for such books ment running rampant Photos for the Mirror by Mary Haley as “The Call of the Wild’’ and across the country. Anna “Peggy” Piper, 95, “White Fang,’’ but he was Clearfield connection of Queen has had her ear also a talented poet. to the ground for the com- London was headed for the ings and goings of her Trail of research nation’s capital to meet up hometown for most of her Although the original with the group and traveled life. She remembers sto- document of Allison’s poem through Pennsylvania to get ries about the young has been lost, the papers he there. drifter who came to town, found are typed copies that Some of his journey is eventually making it big were owned by his wife’s detailed in a diary that is as writer Jack London. aunt and also by her distant now at Utah State Claysburg local historian Rich Allison has uncovered copies of a poem in his wife University, but part of it is Sandy’s papers that he believes was written by Jack London after visiting the relative. what was the connection to Allison would learn that missing, the part that would Queen area and asking local residents about how they would strip the bark from cover his trek through Queen?’’ Allison wrote when trees to make paper. his wife’s family was related he was trying to collect his to one of the men written central Pennsylvania, Allison said. thoughts about the poem. about in the poem, which list “There probably was none. several men who worked at He may have headed to The Boys Who Peel The Bark this area searching for his But these trains around the paper mill. Altoona and Hollidaysburg Written on top of the copy roots. “Written and Composed by J.G. London’’ The young wanderer could ... also had railroad spurs his wife got from the distant going to more rural areas The rich may have their pleasant days, First comes long lean William Claar, have tried to find the And dwell in rich estates, The Knipples, Charles and Jake, relative were the following closer to Queen.’’ words: birthplace of his stepfather, And kings may have their carefree ways, C. Dellinger and Georgie Wright. “Jack London, a famous whom accounts say he felt Experts weigh in Too numerous to relate. While Harvey takes the cake, closer to than he did to his But while the Earth revolves around For he could lose more hats and boots author, while traveling When Allison thought his I rise to make remarks While sleeping in the dark, through biological research had reached the father, And sing the praises long and loud, Then seven other men from Queen, Queen, point that it might have Of the boys who peel the bark. Who came to peel the bark. Pennsylvania “If the poem Allison said. proven his case, he decided many years being researched There is to test it on some experts. They climbed the lofty mountain side, But as they shantied in the mud ago, also some The responses he got were The trees were dressed in green, And ate of hogs and beans composed a by Mr. Allison research that encouraging for the most And left their sweethearts far behind, Perhaps their thoughts roamed far away poem about is indeed indicates his part. Although they stopped In the little town of Queen. To bright and happier scenes. some of our mother’s With the rugged forms and warmer hearts But life is full of ups and downs short of saying the poem was They came to make their mark. Too numerous for remarks relatives. I by Jack London, father, for real, the historians were Marshall And lay the rock-oak monarch low, Then damn the man who turns his back know Jake it would be quite very interested in what To strip it of its bark. On the boys who peel the bark. Knipple was Wellman, Allison had uncovered. the father of fascinating, and may have Without the original, no Elva likely the earliest helped to one can say for sure if the London couldn’t get to or, some of the more literate history and science and has (Knipple) build the poem is authentic, but Queen by train, the poetic ones wrote poems the largest collection of Hoenstine, surviving Pennsylvania Allison expected that. format is not one that acknowledging their London’s papers. Charles example Canal and the He said he thinks when London used and other benefactors. London was “If the poem being Hoenstine’s Portage the original was typed, objections. not the only one among researched by Mr. Allison is of his poetry.” Railroad, and wife.’’ probably in the 1930s, as it “I have no doubt that a these men capable of writing indeed by Jack London, it he may have What really was passed down to other hobo or tramp wrote this a poem.’’ would be quite fascinating, Natalie Russell, had a got Allison’s assistant curator, generations, the original poem and gave it to your However, other experts and likely the earliest attention was connection to handwritten version was ancestor,’’ Wichlan wrote to were a little more positive. Huntington Library, Hollidays- surviving example of his when he San Marino, California thrown away. Allison in one of his emails. Although she also doesn’t poetry,’’ Russell said. discovered burg, he said. “We recognize that it is “In evaluating the likelihood give a definitive thumbs-up Research “Without an autograph other people impossible to authenticate of this being London, one or down on the poem from manuscript that could be in the area who had similar shows that London’s this poem –– we do not have must put the incident in Queen, an expert in examined by handwriting copies of the poem. There stepfather, John London, the original,’’ he said in his context. This exchange California, which is where experts, it is unlikely that we was one person who now was born in Clearfield written synopsis. “We were occurred during the 1893-96 London spent much of his will ever know for certain lives in Hollidaysburg but County, near the towns of just looking for an opinion.’’ Great Depression when life, left the door more open the authenticity of the poem. had relatives who at one Philipsburg and Osceola There was one dissenter, millions of men were out of for Allison. time lived in Queen, Allison Mills. the author of a compilation work and many took to Natalie Russell is the Nonetheless, many of the said. Allison said at that time of poetry by London who ‘tramping’ to find work. assistant curator of literary facts that put Jack London “At first, I thought, ‘No, trains ran from those points had a list of reasons why the When they were fed or given collections at the in the right time and place this can’t be for real,’ but to Tyrone and then to poem could not be by work, they ‘sang for their Huntington Library in San can be confirmed. Mr. then when I started looking Altoona or Hollidaysburg, London. supper.’ Marino, California. The Allison’s research and into it, and these other which would have been only Dan Wichlan, who wrote “Some literally sang using library houses millions of knowledge of the area make copies started showing up, I about a dozen miles from “The Complete Poetry of a guitar or ukulele or played rare books and manuscripts a strong argument as to thought, maybe this is really Queen. Jack London,’’ said the a harmonica, or told in the fields of American and possibility of Jack London’s something,’’ he said. “So now we speculate, signature is wrong, that anecdotes, or recited poetry British literature, art, authorship.”

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Volume 18 www.buckscountyherald.com Number 36 [email protected] Perkasie police chief dies suddenly on Father’s Day Melinda Rizzo door” atmosphere with his staff and the ment also provides Sellersville Bor- larger community, Hillias was off duty ough with police coverage. Perkasie Borough Police Depart- at the time of his death. The department provides 24/7 Family will join cortege Friday ment grieves for one of its own today. “Steve Hillias was universally re- coverage and includes 17 full-time Perkasie Police Department will escort the body Chief Steve Hillias, a popular fig- spected, admired and the much loved uniformed officers and two non-uni- of Chief Steven Hillias and his family through ure in the community, died suddenly chief of our community,” said Jim Ry- formed employees. Perkasie and Sellersville boroughs, beginning at on Sunday, June 16, Father’s Day. He der, Perkasie Borough Council presi- Hillias had not been ill and borough 10:30 a.m. Friday, June 21. was 49. dent. officials reported an autopsy was being Organized by the Bucks County Police Chiefs’ Hillias was pronounced dead at Le- Detective Sgt. Russ Closs was unan- conducted to determine the cause of Association, this is being done at the request of high Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in imously appointed acting chief at a reg- his death. his family as “a final ride through the communi- Salisbury Township, according to an ular borough council business meeting Perkasie Mayor John Hollenbach ties he loved and served,” according to a Face- obituary posted on the Heintzelman Fu- June 17. Hollenbach said a search pro- said Hillias would be remembered as book post neral Home, Inc. of Hellertown website. cess would begin for Perkasie’s next a man who cared about the community Continued on page D4 A kind man whose mission was to chief of police in the coming weeks. he served. foster a friendly, respectful “open- Perkasie Borough Police Depart- Continued on page D4

TOM SHEWBROOKS A day to remember Valedictorian Sindhura Siddapureddy, right, and Salutatorian Walker Anderson lead the Central Bucks West High School graduates onto the turf at War Memorial Field in Doylestown Friday. All three Central Bucks high schools held commencement exercises on the same day. Photographs on page D7.

Solebury presents ambitious plan for 202 redevelopment Birgitta Wolfe tel rooms from the current 137 to 260, hik- ing the existing four residential units to 667, A draft plan to enhance the Route 202 realigning West Bridge Street to cross the area around Logan Square and beyond was Solebury Square area, thus eliminating the unveiled Tuesday, calling for a commer- Route 202 and West Bridge Street intersec- cial district, senior housing, road reconfig- tion and the need for a potential roundabout urations, a market square, and a Solebury in the future to control traffic flows at the in- Square with a clock tower. tersection. Bridge Street would be extended Some 60 residents attended the meeting to parallel Route 202. where Mark Roth of McMahon Associates Apartments, shops, businesses and walk- and Mark Evans of Derck & Edson made able neighborhoods of townhouses were the presentation to the township board of called for, as well as the alignment of Shire supervisors. Drive with the entrance to Logan Square. Among the proposals were increasing ho- Continued on page D4 Operator wants to fill Wrightstown quarry Christopher Ruvo Monday (June 17) to discuss the plan. Jim Furey, environmental safety director Bucks County-based Eureka Stone Quarry for Eureka, and Stephen Harris, the attorney is seeking state permission to fill one of its representing the operation, said the quarry quarries in Wrightstown with “clean fill” once in question is called Rush Valley 2 and is it concludes mining the site on Swamp Road. located near the Davis Feed Mill. MCMAHON ASSOCIATES Professionals for Eureka appeared be- Eureka aims to win approval from the A rendering shows the proposed redevelopment of the Route 202 area around Lo- fore the Wrightstown Board of Supervisors Continued on page D5 gan Square. The Giant supermarket is at top left.

Quakertown District appoints State proposes closer pipeline Chatterbox A2 Spiritual D3 new high school principal monitoring, seeks comments Op-ed A8,9 Classified D4,5 Sports B1 Crossword D5 Beginning July 1, Quakertown Com- State regulators are proposing clos- Education B4 Police D6 munity High School will have a new er monitoring of pipelines following a Health B6 principal. The Quakertown Community series of mishaps on the Mariner East Dining C2 Real Estate School Board voted 9-0 Thursday night line and public unease over the proposed in support of the administration’s recom- Adelphia Gateway and PennEast proj- Calendar C4,5,6 Classified mendation to name Mattias van’t Hoen- ects, both of which would affect Upper Business D1 Section E derdaal to the position. Bucks. Doylestown Pridefest A9 Obituaries D2 Homes D5 D5 Page D4 (4)(32) Bucks Bucks CountyCounty HeraldHerald June June 20,20, 20192019 Perkasie Borough police chief dies on Father’s Day Continued from page A1 and over the counter (OTC) drug “The officers and gentlemen he drop-off boxes, available daily Funeral cortege set for has left here in his wake are a true during regular business hours at testament to the amazing man and the police department, with offices Chief Steven Hillias and his family leader he was. He dedicated his at 311 S. 9th St. Continued from page A1 Perkasie Police Department. life to protecting his family and the Hollenbach said as police chief, on the police department’s Funeral arrangements Perkasie community,” Ryder said. Hillias made sure his officers were website. are as follows: Family and Hillias was instrumental in train active in the community, too – The body and escort will friends are invited to call ing officers and stocking squad engaging youngsters in elemen leave the Perkasie Police from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, June cars with naloxone (Narcan), as tary school programs and being Department headquarters at 21, at the Heintzelman Funer police are often the first to respond involved with various nonprofit 311 S. 9th St. and proceed al Home, Inc. 326 Main St., to a drug overdose crisis, accord service organizations. Hillias also through 9th to Main Street Hellertown, and 9 to 10 a.m. ing to Hollenbach. spearheaded individual and group in Sellersville Borough; it Saturday, June 22, at Calva He said Hillias’ legacy would training for his staff, Hollenbach will travel from Main Street ry Bible Fellowship Church, include his caring, friendly lead said. to Park Avenue (five points) 6782 N. Main St., Coopers ership style and his dedication to An Upper Saucon Township, in Sellersville; Park Avenue burg, followed by the service make a difference in addressing Lehigh County resident, Hillias is to Walnut Street in Perkasie; at 10 a.m. The interment will opioid problems in the Perkasie survived by his wife and their two Walnut to Main Street; Main conclude services at Cedar community. children. to Callowhill and Callowhill Hill Memorial Park, Allen “We hear a lot about the people “Steve was a huge part of the to 5th Street; 5th Street to town. we lose, and we lose track of the fabric and heart of this borough Market, Market to 7th Street; Online expressions of many, that are saved,” Hollenbach and it will be hard to imagine Per 7th to Park Avenue and Park sympathy can be recorded at said. kasie without him being at the cen PERKASIE POLICE CHIEF to 9th Street, returning to the heintzelmancares.com. Hillias reinstituted prescription ter of things,” Ryder said. STEVE HILLIAS Plan for Route 202 redevelopment presented in Solebury Continued from page A1 represented several owners along The current Flea Market on Route 202 who are under agree Route 202 would become a Mar ment of sale for projects that will ket Square of small cafes, retail differ from the plans proposed at anchors and upper floor residenc the meeting. es and offices. “Certainly we need to clean up Green space would be added to that corridor,” one resident said, the current Logan Square, framed “but what we need is smaller by new mixed use buildings with housing units for seniors” who the potential for additional upper are being priced out of Solebury. floor residences. The 667 new housing units “The aim is to add value to the with two people per unit adds up area,” said Supervisor John Fran to 2,000 more cars, another not cis. ed. Supervisor Chair Mark Baum “I don’t want to live on Long Is Baicker noted “this is a vision” land and that’s what Long Island and the board will be looking for looks like,” said a man pointing comments, but it “certainly beats at the architectural drawings. the heck out of what’s over there In other business, supervisors now.” agreed to apply for a $300,000 Public reaction was mixed. Department of Community and Helen Tai, former Solebury su Economic Development grant pervisor, said the senior housing from the Commonwealth Financ idea was fine, but questioned the ing Authority, to be matched by need for adding so much devel $300,000 from the township, for opment. the Solebury Solar Energy Proj Other residents cautioned that ect. A rendering shows the location of the proposed Logan Square and Solebury Square redevelopment. stores in the malls are closing as The solar panels would be are small shops in Lambertville, placed on the Public Works and tice Jean Seaman swore in two predicted he could have received protector of our land and water.” N.J., “because of Amazon.” salt storage buildings and would new township police officers: 200 with an extended deadline. Supervisor Kevin Morrissey “I just want to make sure this is supply the Solebury municipal Officer Brendan Murphy and Of The board also accepted a paint urged residents to take advantage what residents want and I’m not complex with 85 percent of its ficer Patrick Dorsey. ing by Pam Miller of New Hope of the 9 a.m. to noon E-Waste Re sure that’s the case,” said another electricity needs, Township Man Police Chief Dominick Bel titled “How to Make a Hayroll,” cycling Event set for Saturday at man. ager Dennis Carney said. lizzie said he received 80 ap which she donated “in memory the township municipal building A real estate broker said he In other matters, District Jus plications for the positions, and of Malcolm Crooks (1923-2019), on Sugan Road.

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Troopers at the White Township station reported Pierce died in a collision just after 10:30 a.m. on Route 286, east of Indiana in White Township. Investigators said a vehicle driven by Pierce crossed the center line and collided with an oncoming vehicle driven by a 44- year-old man from Heilwood. Firefighters from the Indiana and Clymer fire departments assisted police and de- toured traffic from the scene of the wreck. The vehicles collided between Stonebraker and Helman roads, according to Indiana “I AFFECTED many people in horrible ways, traumatic ways, TERI ENCISO/Gazette Fire Chief Michael Empfield. RYAN BUZZARD, seen here with his wife, Roxanne, State police reported an immediate-re- and it’s been my goal to be the best man I can be every day.” sponse physician, Citizens’ Ambulance and daughter, Madison, 1, talked recently about Service paramedics and a local towing com- Ryan Buzzard his struggles with substance abuse. pany also responded to the scene. The Heilwood motorist and a passenger in his vehicle, a Marion Center woman, 40, suffered suspected minor injuries. Police did not release their names. Johnston was killed about 5:50 p.m. when After years of addiction, man a southbound Hyundai Elantra ran head-on into a tree along Grange Hall Road in East Wheatfield Township, troopers reported. Police said Johnston was thrown from the vehicle. living a ‘permanent apology’ Assistant Chief Timothy Benamati of the Armagh & East Wheatfield fire department reported the car crashed about one half By RON MUSSELMAN cide by vehicle while driving mile south of Philadelphia Avenue. [email protected] under the influence in May 2012. Ryan Buzzard has been “I didn’t go straight to sober for seven years. prison,” he said. “It was about His road to recovery from a year and a half later and I Pa’s school habitual drug use included a was still a mess. I struggled bout with homelessness. from 2009 until 2011 when I The former Blairsville man was finally arrested (again). I funding fight also spent more than four • EDITOR’S NOTE: In the last several years, the was using Suboxone, thinking years in jail, the result of a fatal I was clean, and then not crash that claimed the life of a Gazette has taken an in-depth look at the opioid being able to get it, then using Cambria County man in 2009, crisis facing Indiana County. This is the first in a it again, and it went back and exits spotlight and a drug-related incident in three-part series of stories that engender hope, forth. the fall of 2011. “I was consistently trying to By MARC LEVY According to state police, profiling individuals who are reclaiming their lives get away from all of it when all Associated Press Buzzard was high on heroin as they battle the disease of addiction. I probably needed was proba- when his vehicle crossed the bly go to detox.” HARRISBURG — When Gov. Tom Wolf centerline and hit a pickup Buzzard, who was then 27, took office, he told lawmakers that he had a truck head-on Nov. 24, 2009, in NEXT SUNDAY already was in the Indiana plan to fix Pennsylvania’s system of school Young Township. County Jail in White Township funding. David A. McKrush, 49, of Read about a Dilltown-area woman who became addicted serving a one-year sentence Four years and a couple of budget fights Portage, a passenger, was pro- to pain pills — even stealing patients’ medication — on a drug possession charge later, public school advocates say huge gaps nounced dead at the scene. and is now employed at SpiritLife treatment center. when he was sentenced to four still persist between poorer and wealthier Nearly a decade later, Buz- to 10 years in the fatal crash in districts, while the subject didn’t rate a men- zard prefers not to discuss any July 2012, according to court tion this past week in the Democrat’s first details of the crash. the time. Nonstop,” he said. be the best man I can be every documents. budget speech to the Legislature after his “I don’t want to rehash it,” he “It’s a constant reminder that I day.” “When I first got to the jail re-election. said in a recent wide-ranging have to shine bright for the there in Indiana, they give you That prompted grumbling among Demo- interview. “I don’t want to world every day because my BUZZARD SAID he did drugs detox medication and they cratic lawmakers, although some in the bring it back up and hurt the life has to have some sort of for a number of years, starting check on you every couple school-funding trenches say Wolf hasn’t people who were traumatized value to it. with marijuana, progressing to hours,” he said. “Whenever necessarily given up. Rather, his silence re- by the event.” “The things that happened painkillers and other opioids they came and asked, ‘How are flects the difficult politics in the Republi- Easier said than done, be- to me created a change in me such as Suboxone and, even- you feeling today?, I’d be like, can-controlled Legislature, they say. cause Buzzard is reminded because I looked at them as tually, heroin. I’m great.’ “I think in this particular budget, coming constantly of the pain he motivation to become a better He said he had been using “I’d be smiling and excited off of a new election with a Legislature that caused many families, includ- man. I affected many people heroin for nearly 1½ years be- because I knew it was over. I has been at least semi-productive in the last ing his own. in horrible ways, traumatic fore the fatal crash, and plead- knew that I wasn’t going to go year or two, that the governor said, ‘Look, “It’s with me every day, all ways, and it’s been my goal to ed guilty to charges of homi- Continued on Page A-8 Continued on Page A-8 Index Deaths Inside Business...... D-1-D-5 Family...... A-5 Obituary on Page A-4 PRESIDENTIAL KICKOFF GAINING TRACTION Classifieds ...... B-5, B-6 Leisure...... E-1-E-8 Democratic Sen. Elizabeth In the year since the deadly mass Dear Abby...... D-6 Lottery...... A-2 Late deaths Warren made her bid for the shooting at a Florida school, more Op/Ed...... A-7 29 40 ABRAMS, Craig, 68, presidency official on and more states have passed laws Sports...... C-1-C-8 A bit of snow Commodore Saturday, grounding her 2020 making it easier to take guns away Today in History ...... 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Continued from Page A-1 what happened, I’m proud of remember me as, but that’s not gle,” she said. “At least it doesn’t and IUP (2008-09), earning 55 back (to drugs). And from that what I did with that time.’” what I am now. I am a father and have to be. But it’s also really in- credits. Drugs derailed his educa- point on, I knew my life was ab- Buzzard has never been in a re- husband and an aspiring coun- ternal. You have to put the work tion plans each time. solutely going to change.” habilitation facility. Instead, he selor. I am here to help people, in. He still puts the work in to con- “I was in and out of college,” he Buzzard said he turned to his plotted his own recovery while in- not hurt them. tinue to better his life. said. “I think I’m like $70,000 or faith and did lots of reading while carcerated. “I am trying to live a permanent “I couldn’t ask for a better hus- more in debt. I would go to col- in jail, including the Bible. “I studied and read everything I apology. I just have to make sure band. He’s a great dad. It’s easy for lege and drop out and then repeat “I give all the credit to God,” he could on the recovery while I was my life is always moving forward me to forgive him. He treats me it again. said. “I remember specifically the in prison,” he said. “I’ve never had and it’s an apology every day.” with complete kindness and love. “The whole time, I was strug- day that everything changed. I a sponsor. I just read every bit of Even family members and stuff, gling with drugs, and trying to get was sitting in my cell … reading a material I could and got out of it IN LATE 2016, Buzzard was his sister just recently told him, off of them. I would go back to little daily devotional and I say to what I wanted and left the rest of working at Unity Family Services everything that we went through, school when I thought I had my God, ‘I want to do this. I don’t it behind. Everything that made a on Fourth Street in White Town- I forgive you. life back together and party again know what to do. I don’t know difference in my life, I’ve written it ship. He started dating a co-work- “So many people are pushed to and not take it seriously, and I how to be a better person. But I down. These beliefs are what have er whose mother was a supervisor say, ‘You have to go say you’re would be right back to where I want you to take over for me and I led me to living sober without re- there. They eventually got mar- sorry,’” she said. “But I think if was. want my life to be what you want lapse or any second guessing. ried Feb. 3, 2017, and now have a you’re acting out your life in a way “In the moment, I hated myself it to be.’ “The DOC (Department of Cor- daughter, Madison, who turns 1 where everybody is proud of you, the whole time. I completely “It was a dingy cell, but every- rections) was my rehab. It was on Friday. He also has a 7-year-old and they see that you’re changing, hated myself with shame and dis- thing suddenly lightened up. And perfect for me.” son, Mason, through a previous they see that you’re so full of love, grace. I didn’t want to be there,” I had this crazy feeling where I Buzzard said he doesn’t believe relationship. He’s currently fight- and you are making up for what he said. “I didn’t want to be living was laughing and crying at the in the typical 12-step program for ing to get custody of his son. you did every single day, people like that. I just couldn’t get out of same time. From that day on, drug treatment. “Ryan and my mom were kind will forgive you.” it. I didn’t make any sense. It just everything’s looked different. And “During my recovery, I have had of close, but she didn’t tell me spiraled out of control. It wasn’t my hunger for getting healthy has many court-ordered meetings be- anything about his past,” Rox- BUZZARD, WHO now owns his good.” gotten even stronger.” cause the judicial system thinks anne Buzzard said. “I only knew owns business in Mahaffey, Buzzard, now 34, said he’s that 12-step programs are the the good side. We became friends Clearfield County, and recently proud to be a heroin survivor, but UNLIKE FOR many people, Buz- only way out,” he said. “I don’t when I started working at Unity began writing a blog detailing his knows he can’t afford to get side- zard believes going to prison was agree; I think they are wrong.” and became really close. He kind recovery, said he would like to tracked. his “saving grace.” Buzzard said he got a job and an of threw it all on me really fast eventually return to college. “I don’t have any reservations “I would say that I am definitely apartment shortly after he was re- what had happened and I was “I really want to become a coun- about wanting to do drugs again,” a success story of the criminal jus- leased from prison, thanks to a like, ‘oh, I didn’t know any of that.’ selor and create a scholarship he said. “I don’t have problems. I tice system,” he said. “Having family friend. But he said transi- He was kind of embarrassed. He fund to help send people to recov- don’t even think about. I know for those low-level needs met every tioning back into public was not was like, ‘I thought you already ery in college and work with peo- a fact that if I were to ever to go day where I could make focus on easy. knew that stuff about me.’” ple in my shoes who could not af- back to doing drugs, it would ruin mental and spiritual growth. To “Some people I have known for Roxanne Buzzard has nothing ford to go to college, and help my life. I can’t manage it. Why do me, it wasn’t four years wasted of a long time said some really hurt- but praise for her husband. them on their path,” he said. that?” my life. That was four years of per- ful things,” he said. “I’m an ex- “I think Ryan is really an inspira- Buzzard said he attended St. To read his blog, log on to sonal development that I could convict. I’m an ex-drug addict. tion to other people to show them Francis University two different https://movingonward.wixsite. come out and say, ‘I’m proud of That’s what some people want to that drugs are not a lifetime strug- times (between 2003 and 2005) com/metanoia. Funding fight exits spotlight

Continued from Page A-1 I’m not going to stick a fork in anybody’s eye to get started with,’” said Rep. Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster. For his part, Wolf’s office says he remains open to a discussion with the Legislature on making school funding fairer. However, someone else may have to carry the torch. For years, Pennsylvania’s school-funding WHISKEY, system has stuck out nationally, occasional- shown here at ly flagged as one of the least equitable. last year’s Districts in the top half of average house- hold income spent $673 more per student Westminster than districts in the bottom half, according Kennel Club to an Associated Press analysis of 2016-17 Dog Show, is a state data on school district spending, in- top favorite for come and attendance, the latest available. The gap is wider on the farther ends of the this year’s income spectrum: The wealthiest 10 dis- competition. tricts spent an average of $4,300 more per student, or more than a quarter above what the poorest 10 districts spent, according to AP’s analysis. In 2015, Wolf advanced a couple of strate- gies to tackle those inequities. MARY ALTAFFER/Associated Press He proposed a big increase, $400 million, in state aid for general public school in- struction and operations, but it came pack- aged with a tax increase that didn’t fly with Republicans. Whiskey the whippet revs up for He floated a $3.2 billion tax-shifting plan — cutting property taxes, primarily in poor- er districts, and replacing the money with state tax increases — in a bid to boost Penn- Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show sylvania’s state share of school funding to 50 percent. It stalled amid a winners-versus- By BEN WALKER basset griffon Vendeen and the In full flight, Vivi couldn’t be the mention of Vivi. losers debate and calls to completely elimi- AP Sports Writer Nederlandse kooikerhondje caught, escaping through a “So sad, that was,” he said. nate school property taxes. ready to make their debuts on fence and disappearing into Whiskey has already won the In his new budget plan, Wolf proposed a NEW YORK — Sleek and the green carpet of Madison the marshland. National Dog Show and the $200 million increase — the upper limit of aerodynamic, Whiskey the Square Garden. More than 100 volunteers prized AKC event. Only Sadie what lawmakers approved in Wolf’s first whippet is dashing through Jil Walton says she’ll be root- looked, thousands of fliers the Scottish terrier in 2010 and term — and no tax-shifting plan. the dog show world. ing hard for Whiskey — “I real- were posted. Pet psychics tried Sky the wire fox terrier in 2014 Then there are ideas to funnel more of the He’s among the fastest breed ly, really want that whippet to to communicate with her, a re- have taken those two and $6 billion-plus in general state aid through a of pooches on the planet, and win!” she said. ward was offered. Westminster. four-year-old school funding formula. Only his rise has been rapid: Com- See, she once brought a Dog owners all over the Smithey, from Sugar Valley, a fraction of that aid currently goes through ing off big wins televised on whippet to the Garden, too. country worried and won- Ga., wants his 3-year-old with the formula, designed to be fairer by reflect- Thanksgiving Day and New Remember hers? Sweet, gen- dered: Where’s Vivi? a champion’s name of Pinna- ing changes in school district attendance Year’s Day, he’ll now try for tle Vivi? Plenty of tips poured in dur- cle Tennessee Whiskey to be- and wealth that budget makers largely ig- dogdom’s Triple Crown start- A lot of dogs have left West- ing those early winter days come the second whippet to nored for 25 years. ing Monday at the Westmin- minster with a legacy — Uno and nights, supposedly she win best in show here. In 1964, Now, 70 percent of the state’s 500 school ster Kennel Club. the baying beagle, heady was seen in several parts of Courtenay Fleetfoot, of Penny- districts receive a bigger share of state aid “He does his best at these Rufus the colored bull terrier, New York City. worth, triumphed. than they would under the updated formu- high-profile rings,” owner- ol’ Stump the Sussex spaniel But none of those reports “There are 30 other whippets la. breeder-handler Justin — but few will ever match the checked out. that would like to do the same But proposals to expand the formula’s use Smithey said. “He knows how lore of Vivi. As far as anyone knows, Vivi thing,” he said. have fallen flat — and became a leading Re- to turn it off, lay down and It was 2006, a day after the 3- was never seen again. Among them is Whiskey’s lit- publican line of attack against Wolf in wait till it’s his turn. And then year-old won an Award of “When I think about Vivi’s termate, sister Bourbon. Last last year’s campaign — because they he just goes.” Merit, an honorable mention Westminster, I still run a mil- year at Westminster, Whiskey create more losing districts than winning So let’s make this fawn-and- for whippets. Set to get loaded lion scenarios through my won best of breed and finished districts. white whippet the favorite to at John F. Kennedy Interna- head and end up getting sad,” fourth in the hound group; “Certainly you’re not going to solve that get picked Tuesday night and tional Airport for a flight back Walton, Vivi’s co-owner, said Bourbon also was honored. problem in a single stroke,” said Rep. James succeed Flynn the bichon frise to Los Angeles, she suddenly this week. “But overall, Vivi’s “They are big buds,” Smithey Roebuck, of Philadelphia, the House Educa- as America’s top dog. broke loose from her crate and story did touch people and I said. tion Committee’s ranking Democrat. There more than 2,800 en- took off. was lucky enough to be Walton, who is based in “We have a budget that’s narrowly bal- tries, including popular Biggie Vivi bolted onto the runaway touched by them as well.” Kalispell, Mont., and spends anced between conflicting interests, and I the pug, a Lhasa apso from and airport workers gave And, a wishful thought. her winters in Temecula, Cali- don’t see any way to quickly resolve that Hawaii who surfs with his chase, on foot and in cars. “My silly hope is that my girl fornia, will be cheering from issue.” owner and the nation’s No. 1- No luck. ended up happy on someone’s afar for Whiskey. Inequalities in school funding could be ranked qualifier last year, Similar to greyhounds but couch,” she said. Maybe he can help bring it partly due to a quarter-century of herky- Grant the black cocker spaniel. smaller, whippets have Smithey, who figures he’s home, at last, for Vivi. jerky formulas. They come in 203 breeds tremendous acceleration and competed at Westminster “That just sounds quite good Meanwhile, the Pennsylvania state gov- and varieties, with the grand can sprint at 35 mph and up. about 15 times, grew quiet at in many ways,” she said. ernment supplies less than 38 percent of total school revenue, according to federal data from 2016, making it 46 out of 50 states. States average 51 percent. Pennsylvania’s relative imbalance leaves poorer school districts overly reliant on in- adequate local tax bases and drives in- equities between districts, the system’s crit- Police: Suspects sought after shots fired at officers ics say. Dynamics like that are why the parents of PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police ple occupants at about 11:30 car drove away. car was found at another resi- six school children, six school districts, the in Pittsburgh are seeking sus- p.m. Friday. Police said the officers didn’t dence and ‘numerous’ people NAACP and a rural schools group are suing pects who they say shot at two Police said two people fire any shots. inside were taken in for ques- the state. officers in the city. emerged, fired shots at the of- Officers thought the sus- tioning. The four-year-old lawsuit is scheduled for City police said on their ficers and fled. pects ran into a home, but a No arrests were announced trial next year, and has sowed concern Facebook page that officers The officers weren’t hit and SWAT team cleared the house and police are still investigat- among Republican lawmakers that the state tried to stop a car with multi- pursued the two on foot as the and found no suspects. The ing. Supreme Court could order a massive new investment in public schools. In the meantime, public school advocates are trying to build support for ideas to fun- nel a bigger share of money to districts that are suffering the most. Rep. Struzzi schedules meet and greet for Friday Sturla recalled speaking with Wolf days before his budget speech to see if the gover- State Rep. Jim Struzzi, R-In- at 550 Philadelphia St. in Indi- meet Struzzi and his district legislative concerns or sugges- nor would propose anything like that. diana, invites the public to his ana. office staff, learn about tions. The answer was “no.” But, Wolf told him: meet and greet on Friday from The event will give con- the services the office can For more information, call “Everything is negotiable.” 2 to 5 p.m. at his district office stituents the opportunity to provide, and share any (724) 465-0220. Erie

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