PINE TOWNSHIP — Curbing criminal misuse of guns, not taking them from the hands of sportsmen, would end gun violence in the United States, a congressman and a National Rifle Association spokesman agreed Saturday in Pine Township.
“Arm people with the facts,” Chris Cox, an executive director for the NRA Institute for Legislative Action, told about a dozen people at the Grove City Sportsman Club on Centertown Road.
Cox and U.S. Rep. Phil English of Erie, R-3rd District, held a meeting to discuss sportsmen’s issues facing Congress.
English is an asset to sportsmen and the NRA alike in proposing and passing legislation favoring them both, Cox said.
“When our rights are under attack, we go to Phil English,” Cox said.
A topic frustrating sportsmen is that some states have considered and enacted laws limiting firearm purchases to one a month per resident, Cox said.
Cox said that, if passed, each state could then easily enact more stringent purchasing regulations.
“If I can limit it to one, I can limit it none,” he said, adding that studies have shown that such a law can’t reduce a crime rate.
English said it likely wouldn’t pass in Pennsylvania if proposed. If it somehow would, he said Congress would make a ruling on it shortly after.
Although the number of hunters has dropped in recent years, sportsmen still contribute to the state’s economy, particularly in western Pennsylvania, English said.
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The driver of the car involved in a crash Sunday evening on Lamor Road at Mount Washington Cemetery in Jefferson Township, is in the intensive care unit of St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, with serious injuries, Jefferson Township police Chief Jeff Lockard said.
Thomas Zajac III, 23, Mitchell Road, Shenango Township, was westbound on Lamor Road when he lost control of the sports car he was driving and it hit a tree in the cemetery.
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Chase suspect returned to city to face charges
An Ohio man that Hermitage police allege led several departments on a July 22 chase throughout the Shenango Valley has been returned to Pennsylvania.
John W. Bishop, 48, of Struthers, was taken to Mercer County Jail and will face a preliminary hearing at 2:45 p.m. Tuesday before District Judge Ronald E. Antos, Farrell.
Bishop was charged with 21 counts including reckless endangerment, retail theft and a host of traffic violations.
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Police: Shooter jailed
An argument escalated to a shooting Tuesday morning in Sandy Creek Township, leaving a Sandy Lake area man with life-threatening injuries.
Cody Brandon Noel, 24, was flown to a UPMC hospital in Pittsburgh, state police said. It was unclear Tuesday night which hospital or his condition, but police called his injuries “life-threatening.”
Police said Noel was shot by a neighbor, Michael Allen Kellner, 48, at about 9:30 a.m. near Hastee’s, a gas station and convenience store along U.S. Route 19. Kellner was in Mercer County Jail Tuesday night after failing to post $100,000 bond on an aggravated assault charge, police said.
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Woman dies of injuries in last week’s crash
A Greenville woman hurt in Thursday’s two-vehicle crash in Pymatuning Township has died from her injuries.
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Faith doused fire; forge is new creation
Firefighters were battling one of the biggest blazes ever in Grove City when Will Knecht arrived in time to see his family owned, 87-year-old business crumbling and tumbling to the ground.
Knecht, the company’s president, formed a circle with his teary-eyed employees at Wendell August Forge and prayed as plumes of smoke visible for miles drew hundreds of onlookers.
“It was like it was a spectator sport almost, but with people in tears, people moved by it,” Knecht said. “We had employees saying, ‘Will, what are we gonna do, what are we gonna do?’ I prayed from the bottom of my heart, ‘Lord, you know what’s going on, we don’t; we trust you, you take it from here.’ ”
Six months after the March 6 fire, Knecht said those prayers have been answered as his community, employees and customers — including the Pittsburgh Penguins pro hockey team — rallied to re-energize the business.
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Farewell to summer party
Buhl Day may have changed over the years, from the type of food served to the entertainment featured, but its true intent remains intact, planning committee members said at Monday’s opening ceremonies.
The 31st annual event at Buhl Farm park, Hermitage, serves as the Shenango Valley’s “last hurrah” of the summer to pay tribute to philanthropist Frank H. Buhl and his wife Julia Forker Buhl, said Sue McLaughlin, one of five committee co-chairs.
Buhl Farm trustee Phil Marrie invited park-goers to check out Buhl Farm’s biggest upgrades completed this year.
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Man wanted for alleged actions against girl
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Bradley James Cleveland, 306 1/2 Liberty St., may have fled the area, police said.
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Borough manager exhibits optimism
After nearly five months on the job as Greenville’s borough manager, Scott Andrejchak already feels settled in.
“I like Greenville a lot. It’s a great place,” he said Friday afternoon in his office at the borough building, taking a break from working on the 2011 budget.
Council members hired Andrejchak to replace Ryan Eggleston, who resigned in November to work as city manager of Oil City.
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Day dedicated to workers
Here’s to the workingman.
They’re the ones who once put Mercer County on the map as one of the places where steel, pipe and tube, ladders, railcars and a variety of other products were made by proud men and women who put in an honest day’s work.
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Local political junkies, mark your calendars.
Third District Congressional rivals Kathy Dahlkemper and Mike Kelly will face off at a League of Woman Voters of Mercer County forum from 7 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the Sharon City Building.
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