Sunday, April 6, 2008

Merle Phillips gets good news on fish ladder project 

SUNBURY— A fish ladder will be coming to Sunbury.  After putting 10-million-dollars into the capital budget last year, State Representative Merle Philips says he’s received some good news.  Phillips says he received a call from DCNR saying Governor Ed Rendell told them that he supports the project and it is his intention to see the fish ladder built.  It’s been nearly five years since Phillips began his fight for a fish ladder to be installed at the fabridam along the Susquehanna River in Sunbury.  He says the ladder will make it possible for the shad to travel to headwaters, through the area where they are now getting stuck at the dam. 

Phillips says a bid will go out shortly and there is a possibility for the project to kick into gear this fall or early next spring.  Phillips says the fish ladder will have both economical and ecological benefits to the region.  (Sara Lauver) 

Well-known finance man has died; Funeral arrangements in place

MOUNT CARMEL – Funeral arrangements are set for Bob Burd, a well-known man in the community who died Friday morning of a heart attack.  A memorial service will be held Wednesday at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ in Selinsgrove.  A burial service will follow Thursday at the Northumberland Memorial Park in Stonington.  Burd work for a number of years for Susquehanna Bank and most recently had worked for Union National Bank of Mount Carmel.  Those who knew him, say he was a financial icon in the community.  (Sara Lauver) 

Man taken to hospital after Saturday accident in Snyder County 

SELINSGROVE— A one-vehicle crash along Route 104 in Snyder County Saturday night sent one man to the hospital with injuries.  State Police in Selinsgrove say that 19-year-old, Nathan Ritter of Middleburg, was traveling along Route 104 in Jackson Township around 6 p.m., when his vehicle traveled off the roadway and struck a mailbox.  The vehicle continued to travel several yards before hitting a utility pole.  Police say Ritter had to be extricated from the vehicle.  He was taken to Geisinger Medical Center where a nursing supervisor says he is listed in fair condition.  (Sara Lauver) 

Injuries after woman swerves to miss animal 

SELINSGROVE— A Selinsgrove woman was taken to the hospital after a crash in Snyder County Saturday.  State Police in Selinsgrove say that 67-year-old, Janet Smith, was traveling along State School Road in Penn Township just before 4 p.m., when she swerved to miss hitting an animal in the roadway.  Police say Smith lost control of her vehicle and struck an embankment on the side of the roadway.  She was taken to Sunbury Community Hospital with injuries.  No condition report was available.  (Sara Lauver)  

Friday crash ties up traffic along Route 15; minor injuries reported 

UNION TWP— Minor injuries are reported after a Union County crash that had a portion of Route 15 closed for nearly an hour Friday evening.  State Police in Milton say that 18-year-old, Julen Emedan-Joy of Lewisburg, rear-ended the car driven by 26-year-old, Steven Rims of Sunbury.   Rims was stopped at Seven Kitchens Road near Winfield, waiting to make a left-hand turn.  The crash blocked the southbound lanes and slowed northbound traffic for a time during the Friday afternoon rush hour.  Only minor injures reported, and police say that Rim and his passenger were both taken to Evangelical Community Hospital where they were treated and released.  (Sara Lauver)   

Local housing, financial stocks enter new week lower 

WASHINGTON – Most financial markets were indifferent to figures released last week signaling an across-the-board economic slowdown.  Analysts say Commerce Department data released last week is consistent with trends noted at the start of prior recessions.  Employers cut payrolls in March for a third straight month and the jobless rate jumped to a two-and-a-half year high at 5.1%.  In spite of the news, and a 16-point loss on Friday, the Dow Industrials enter the week up nearly 3.0 percent compared with a week ago, at 12,609.   

Locally, manufactured housing builder Fleetwood Enterprises is down from its high of more than 11.50 per share in July of last year and enters the new week at 4.60.  Banking and financial stocks all retreated Friday, FNB Corp was down a fraction, but Susquehanna Bancshares lost nearly three percent, M&T Bank dropped 2.5%, and Sovreign Bancorp lost 4.5% percent to close at 9.20.  Monroe Marketplace developer Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust lost a fraction to 26.39.  Other stocks enter the new week mixed, Weis Markets is at 35.21, and Sara Lee is a little more than two dollars above its 52-week low at 14.39. 

This week’s data that could move the market include chain store sales for March on Thursday and Consumer Sentiment on Friday.  Both figures can make some sense of broader economic trends as consumer spending makes up two-thirds of all spending.   (Matt Farrand) 

Here is the latest Pennsylvania news from The Associated Press: 

PITTSBURGH (AP) - A federal judge in Pittsburgh won't give a
"partial verdict" instruction to the jury deliberating in the
fraud trial of celebrity pathologist Cyril Wecht. The jury has
deliberated for nine days and said Thursday they are deadlocked.
U.S. District Judge Arthur Schwab wants the jury to continue
deliberating Monday. But they won't be told, as prosecutors hoped,
that a jury can return a verdict even if they are unanimous on only
some charges.    

MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) - A Meadville woman who says former NBA star
Michael Jordan fathered her child wants Jordan to submit to a third
paternity test. Jordan got a restraining order from a Crawford
County judge in February. Jordan's attorney says 35-year-old Lisa
Miceli won't stop bothering Jordan even though two tests proved he
didn't father her 4-year-old son. The same judge is expected to
rule on Miceli's request next week.    

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) - Officials at Hollidaysburg Area Senior
High School are trying to figure out how an 18-year-old student was
left behind in Washington, D.C. after a field trip. A school
spokeswoman says the student was left behind at a mall where the
students ate after sightseeing on Thursday. The boy called home and
his parents called teachers on a field trip bus. The bus returned
to get the boy about an hour later.    

ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Erie Zoo officials say efforts to impregnate
three Central Asian wildcats have failed. The Pallas' cats arrived
from the San Diego Zoo last year and were implanted with embryos in
February. But sonograms done by a medical team from the Cincinnati
Zoo this week show the Erie cats aren't pregnant. There are only 45
Pallas' cats in captivity in North American zoos.    

LILLY, Pa. (AP) - The tiny Cambria County borough of Lilly hopes
to dedicate a memorial later this month to a clash its townsfolk
had with the Ku Klux Klan 84 years ago yesterday. The Lilly riots
occurred on when nearly 400 Klansmen came to town because they
didn't like the town's mostly Catholic immigrant population. Three
people died before the Klan were chased away with fire hoses. 

Here are the winning numbers selected Friday and Saturday in the Pennsylvania State Lottery:

 FRIDAY NIGHT

 Daily Number

     7-5-7         

 Big 4

     4-1-8-9    

 FRIDAY MIDDAY

 Daily Number

     4-9-7         

 Big 4

     9-3-6-6         

 Treasure Hunt

     2-13-14-23-26 

The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Cash 5"

game were:

     04-13-18-24-33. 

     The winning numbers drawn Friday in the "Pennsylvania Match 6

Lotto" game were:

     02-15-29-33-34-43.    

SATURDAY NIGHT

 Daily Number

     5-9-4         

 Big 4

     5-6-9-8         

     The winning numbers drawn Saturday night in Powerball are:

     12-27-30-37-47

     Powerball: 26    

 SATURDAY MIDDAY

 Daily Number

     6-0-7         

 Big 4

     7-0-2-6         

 Treasure Hunt

     3-19-21-27-30

The winning numbers drawn Saturday in the "Pennsylvania Cash

5" game were:

     01-04-05-16-24.         

     (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press.  All Rights Reserved.)