3 A Day in the Life of a Central Pennsylvania Hometown Guy News Coverage is By Norm Jones ed to tell everyone. After a few years at [email protected] college, my collection of stories grew. So Very Challenging Growing up in Central Pennsylvania, did my passion to tell them. In my mind, I always watched WNEP-TV The News it’s the story teller who makes the best By Andy Hirsch tographers Bill Bailey and Tom Durant, Station. There was Hatchy Milatchy, the reporter, not the stone cold fact giver. [email protected] are responsible for covering at least part zany antics of Joe Zone and the fellow We’re here to relate to our viewers, to tell When I was asked to write a few para- of nine counties from the Central everyone seemed to know and trust, Nolan them about the experiences and amazing graphs about what it’s like to cover news in Pennsylvania Newsroom in the Lycoming Johannes. I remember watching them Mall. With my not-so- faithfully as a child and all the way great math skills, I esti- through my adult years. I remember mate that to be about Marisa Burke as a reporter and Karen 5,400 square miles Harch as an anchor. As I grew older, the between the two news faces and names changed. There was John crews. That means two Kosich, April Amonica and Susan things: meeting a lot of Houseman. people in a lot of different I remember growing up watching places and spending a lot those folks from our farm in Danville. of time in the car. During a building addition to the Jones Interstate 80 is sort of home, we had extra sections of PVC pipe our imaginary boundary. lying around. I remember fashioning one Norm stays north, usually to resemble a microphone. It was one of in the Williamsport area, my favorite toys and when cameras were and I go south to places around, I was the latest addition to the like Sunbury, Selinsgrove Newswatch 16 family. I’d lead tours of and Lewisburg. the addition and the family farm. I’d even One thing Norm and finish my reports with an “I’m Norm I are always looking for is Newswatch 16 Reporters Norm Jones and Andy Hirsch with photographers Jones, Reporting for Newswatch 16 in a good story to tell. So if Danville.” I was a budding reporter – Bill Bailey and Tom Durant in the Central Pennsylvania Newsroom. you live “out our way” and minus the technology and training. would like to share one, So when it came time to decide sights we’ve seen. It’s a conversation just Central Pennsylvania, the first thought that feel free to drop me a line. You never where I was going in life, the path was for them. I love to chat; love to tell sto- came to mind was it’s very challenging. know when we’ll be driving through your clear. I wanted to tell stories and I want- ries. That’s why I love what I do. Norm Jones and I, along with pho- neighborhood. WNEP’s Operation Save A Life Gives 15,000 Smoke Alarms to NEPA Do you have at least one working even larger. According to LaMaster, some of the located in plain sight, but out of the reach smoke alarm in your home? If so, you Operation Save A Life was also fire departments targeted low-income of small children. Place alarms near an have doubled your chance of surviving a honored this year with two awards. On areas, some focused on homes with chil- escape route, and away from stoves and fire, according to Kidde Corporation, September 21, promotion and marketing dren, and some worked with the elderly; heating appliances. makers of fire safety equipment. director Laurie LaMaster accepted on installing the alarms in homes themselves Another important reminder: replace Operation Save A Life was devel- behalf of Kidde and WNEP-TV The when necessary. the batteries twice a year, at the same time oped by WNEP-TV The News Station News Station the “Partner In Prevention “We believe very strongly in this you change your clocks. You should also and Kidde, in an effort to make homes in Award” from the Burn Prevention program,” says WNEP-TV The News change the battery when the detector’s Northeastern and Central Pennsylvania Foundation at a ceremony at Lehigh Station news director Dennis Fisher. low battery signal emits the sound, indi- safer from the deadly effects of fire. In Valley Hospital in Bethlehem, PA. And “We expect that someday down the cating a change is necessary. Never put its third year, the program is helping on September 29, road, someone’s off or delay changing the battery. Today local fire departments to deliver and WNEP-TV The life will be saved could be the only day you need it! install 15,000 smoke alarms in homes News Station was by an alarm they If you need a new smoke alarm – or across the area. honored with the received from if you know someone who does – you can Kidde’s donation was divided among 2006 James A. Operation Save find out if your local fire department is WNEP-TV The News Station’s 17 county Miller Memorial A Life.” participating in Operation Save A Life by viewing area by percentage of population. Award from the Firemen’s Association Do you have adequate fire protection going to wnep.com. You may also call Several fire companies in each county vol- of the State of Pennsylvania. in your home? The National Fire your local fire department, or WNEP-TV unteered to act as “project managers” and “We’re very honored by these Protection Association recommends you The News Station creative services direc- distribute their county’s allotment of awards,” says LaMaster, “but it’s the hun- have at least one extinguisher for every tor Laurie LaMaster at 570-207-2463. smoke alarms to the other fire departments dreds of volunteers across the region that 600 square feet of living area. Fire extin- WNEP would like to thank Vector in their area. In 2005, more than 225 fire make the program work. They’re out guishers should be installed on every Security and First General Services, for companies participated in Operation Save there working to get them to the folks level of the home and in the kitchen, their support and local sponsorship of A Life, and this year, the project has grown who need them in their communities.” garage and basement. Alarms should be Operation Save A Life. secrets, including a mysterious smoke and sober? The fates of Locke, Desmond monster, polar bears, a strange French and Mr. Eko in the aftermath of the woman and another group of island res- implosion of the hatch are answered. Will idents known as “The Others.” The sur- Penny Widmore find the island and her vivors have also found signs of those long, lost love, Desmond, and can the sur- who came to the island before them, vivors find a way to interact with the out- including a 19th century sailing ship side world? called The Black Rock, the remains of The band of friends, family, ene- an ancient statue and bunkers belonging mies and strangers must continue to to the Dharma Initiative, a group of sci- work together against the cruel weather entific researchers. and harsh terrain if they want to stay Jack, Kate and Sawyer opened the alive. But as they have discovered dur- season in captivity as prisoners of “The ing their 60-plus days on the island, dan- Others.” Just who these “Others” are and ger and mystery loom behind every cor- what they want are primary questions sea- ner, and those they thought could be son three will explore. Michael Emerson trusted may turn against them. Even joins the regular cast in his ongoing role heroes have secrets. as Henry Gale, leader of “The Others.” Lost stars Adewale Akinnuoye- Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jorge Garcia, Evangeline Lilly, Romance looms on the horizon as Jack’s Agbaje as Mr. Eko, Naveen Andrews as Naveen Andrews, Josh Holloway, Matthew Fox, Yun Jin Kim, interests veer towards a mysterious new Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Dominic Monaghan, Daniel Dae Kim, Emilie de Ravin, Terry O’Quinn, woman, whose motives may be question- Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Henry Ian Cusick and Michael Emerson able. Sun and Jin will continue to cele- Emerson as Henry Gale, Matthew Fox as brate their pregnancy – but is the child Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh really Jin’s? Locke and Sayid will band Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Lost – awarded the 2005 Emmy and After Oceanic Air flight 815 tore together with some of the other survivors Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly 2006 Golden Globe for best drama series apart in mid-air and crashed on a and journey across the island in an as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, – has begun a third season of action- Pacific island, its survivors were forced attempt to free Jack, Kate and Sawyer. Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry packed mystery and adventure that con- to find inner strength they never knew Charlie will attempt to return into the O’Quinn as Locke. tinues to bring out the very best and the they had in order to survive. But they good graces of Claire and her baby, Watch Lost Wednesdays at 9:00 p.m. very worst in the people who are lost.