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03/21/08 - United: Fire Shouldn't Affect Gas Prices
Thursday's fire at United Refining is not expected to affect gas prices. United's director of retail marketing Greg Latimer says more than 370 company-owned service stations will receive gasoline from the company's reserves. Latimer says because of the reserves customers of Kwik Fill stations and Red Apple and Country Fair convenience stores should not be affected. Latimer said there are contingency plans if the shutdown extends beyond a few days. The company expects the cutback on production to last only 3 or 4 days.
03/21/08 - PA Deer Harvest Down 11 Percent
Last year's deer harvest in Pennsylvania was down 11 percent from the previous year's harvest, according to a report released Friday by the state game commission.
Hunters harvested an estimated 323,070 deer in the state's 2007-08 seasons. Dr. Christopher Rosenberry, Game Commission Deer Section Supervisor says that report cards sent in by hunters show the antlered deer harvest on the opening day dropped more than 50 percent from 2006. Daily harvests for the rest of the two-week season were similar to 2006. In this region's wildlife management units, the harvest was down by 5,600 for antlered deer and 3,900 for antlerless deer.
WMU 2F: 4,800 (7,200) antlered, 7,100 (8,000) antlerless;
WMU 2G: 5,100 (7,200) antlered, 6,600 (4,600) antlerless;
WMU 3A: 3,400 (4,500) antlered, 7,800 (8,800) antlerless
03/21/08 - DPW Won't Close State Hospitals
The state has decided not to privatize and merge its mental-health services for inmates after negotiating an alternative plan with unions that opposed the idea.
In August, the state announced plans to close Mayview State Hospital near Pittsburgh by the end of this year and said it was exploring the consolidation of state-run forensic units at Warren, Mayview and Norristown state hospitals. Its plan called for creating two regional facilities run by private companies at the Torrance and Norristown state hospital campuses. State Representative Kathy Rapp called for a moratorium on the closing of state hospital and forensics units, along with a study of how widespread serious mental illness and substance abuse are in state and county prisons across Pennsylvania. Warren State Hospital’s forensics unit currently employs 50 people. It serves almost half of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
03/21/08 - Bona's Readies for 150th Anniversary
St. Bonaventure University is getting ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will present the university's 150th Anniversary Concert on March 31. The concert features the world premiere of The Canticle of Creation based on the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi and composed by Cal Stewart Kellogg. The new work was commissioned by The Quick Center and will be performed by Metropolitan Opera tenor Kenneth Reigel and the acclaimed chamber ensemble Antares. On April 1, the 150th Anniversary Convocation will be held in the Reilly Center Arena. Attending the events will be 20 descendants of the university's founding friar who are traveling from Italy. Several descendants of Nicholas and Mary Devereux, the university's founding benefactor will be on hand as well. Many other events have been scheduled for the year-long celebration.
03/21/08 - PA Reports 8,000 Jobs Lost in February
Pennsylvania reported a loss of 8,000 jobs in February, a faster rate of decline than job losses nationally. The unemployment rate also rose slightly. Pennsylvania last reported a monthly drop in jobs in September, when the state reported 8,200 fewer jobs than in August. The monthly decline was less than one-fifth of one percent of the total, but still three times the rate of job losses nationally in February. The state's unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.9 percent, above the national rate of 4.8 percent.
03/22/08 - Warren Woman Dies After Crash
A Warren woman died in a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on Hatch Run Road about half a mile west of Scandia Road. Police say a car driven by 56-year-old Antonio Scalise hit a guide rail then flipped on its passenger side, hit a utility pole, snapping the pole. Sylvia Scalise was flown by medical helicopter to Hamot Medical Center, where she died. Antonio Scalise was treated at Warren General Hospital for minor injuries.
03/22/08 - Schumer Visits Olean General Hospital
New York Senator Chuck Schumer has launched a national campaign to fight the spread of diabetes. Schumer made the announcement in Olean because, in 1993, Olean General Hospital was the first hospital west of the Hudson River to have an education program recognized by the American Diabetes Association. Among other things, Schumer has proposed an effort to encourage businesses to pay for diabetes prevention and education programs not covered by health insurance.
Thursday's fire at United Refining is not expected to affect gas prices. United's director of retail marketing Greg Latimer says more than 370 company-owned service stations will receive gasoline from the company's reserves. Latimer says because of the reserves customers of Kwik Fill stations and Red Apple and Country Fair convenience stores should not be affected. Latimer said there are contingency plans if the shutdown extends beyond a few days. The company expects the cutback on production to last only 3 or 4 days.
03/21/08 - PA Deer Harvest Down 11 Percent
Last year's deer harvest in Pennsylvania was down 11 percent from the previous year's harvest, according to a report released Friday by the state game commission.
Hunters harvested an estimated 323,070 deer in the state's 2007-08 seasons. Dr. Christopher Rosenberry, Game Commission Deer Section Supervisor says that report cards sent in by hunters show the antlered deer harvest on the opening day dropped more than 50 percent from 2006. Daily harvests for the rest of the two-week season were similar to 2006. In this region's wildlife management units, the harvest was down by 5,600 for antlered deer and 3,900 for antlerless deer.
WMU 2F: 4,800 (7,200) antlered, 7,100 (8,000) antlerless;
WMU 2G: 5,100 (7,200) antlered, 6,600 (4,600) antlerless;
WMU 3A: 3,400 (4,500) antlered, 7,800 (8,800) antlerless
03/21/08 - DPW Won't Close State Hospitals
The state has decided not to privatize and merge its mental-health services for inmates after negotiating an alternative plan with unions that opposed the idea.
In August, the state announced plans to close Mayview State Hospital near Pittsburgh by the end of this year and said it was exploring the consolidation of state-run forensic units at Warren, Mayview and Norristown state hospitals. Its plan called for creating two regional facilities run by private companies at the Torrance and Norristown state hospital campuses. State Representative Kathy Rapp called for a moratorium on the closing of state hospital and forensics units, along with a study of how widespread serious mental illness and substance abuse are in state and county prisons across Pennsylvania. Warren State Hospital’s forensics unit currently employs 50 people. It serves almost half of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties.
03/21/08 - Bona's Readies for 150th Anniversary
St. Bonaventure University is getting ready to celebrate its 150th anniversary.
The Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts will present the university's 150th Anniversary Concert on March 31. The concert features the world premiere of The Canticle of Creation based on the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi and composed by Cal Stewart Kellogg. The new work was commissioned by The Quick Center and will be performed by Metropolitan Opera tenor Kenneth Reigel and the acclaimed chamber ensemble Antares. On April 1, the 150th Anniversary Convocation will be held in the Reilly Center Arena. Attending the events will be 20 descendants of the university's founding friar who are traveling from Italy. Several descendants of Nicholas and Mary Devereux, the university's founding benefactor will be on hand as well. Many other events have been scheduled for the year-long celebration.
03/21/08 - PA Reports 8,000 Jobs Lost in February
Pennsylvania reported a loss of 8,000 jobs in February, a faster rate of decline than job losses nationally. The unemployment rate also rose slightly. Pennsylvania last reported a monthly drop in jobs in September, when the state reported 8,200 fewer jobs than in August. The monthly decline was less than one-fifth of one percent of the total, but still three times the rate of job losses nationally in February. The state's unemployment rate rose slightly to 4.9 percent, above the national rate of 4.8 percent.
03/22/08 - Warren Woman Dies After Crash
A Warren woman died in a one-vehicle accident Friday afternoon on Hatch Run Road about half a mile west of Scandia Road. Police say a car driven by 56-year-old Antonio Scalise hit a guide rail then flipped on its passenger side, hit a utility pole, snapping the pole. Sylvia Scalise was flown by medical helicopter to Hamot Medical Center, where she died. Antonio Scalise was treated at Warren General Hospital for minor injuries.
03/22/08 - Schumer Visits Olean General Hospital
New York Senator Chuck Schumer has launched a national campaign to fight the spread of diabetes. Schumer made the announcement in Olean because, in 1993, Olean General Hospital was the first hospital west of the Hudson River to have an education program recognized by the American Diabetes Association. Among other things, Schumer has proposed an effort to encourage businesses to pay for diabetes prevention and education programs not covered by health insurance.
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