The Herald, Sharon, Pa.

Local News

June 27, 2008

News briefs June 28, 2008

Relay for Life begins at noon today



HERMITAGE – Shenango Valley Relay for Life will run from noon today until 8 a.m. Sunday at Shelter 2 of Buhl Farm park, Hermitage. Primary entrance is the Seventh Street gate.

Opening ceremony is at noon today following by Fighting Back ceremony at 1:30 p.m.; a butterfly release at the memorial garden at 3 p.m.; ceremony featuring cancer survivors at 6 p.m.; Ms. Relay contest at 7 p.m.; luminaria ceremony at 9 p.m. and closing ceremonies at 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

There will be food vendors, a Chinese auction, games and entertainment all day.

Sandy Lake Presbyterian taking Angel Food orders



SANDY LAKE TOWNSHIP — Angel Food Ministries signups will be taken from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday6/30 and July 7 in Sandy Lake (Township) Presbyterian Church, 3461 Sandy Lake-News Lebanon Road.

Cost is $30 for $50 to $60 worth of grocery items. Specials are an assorted meat grill and steak and chicken combo boxes, both $20; breaded chicken breast tenders, $18; and a fresh fruit and vegetable box, $16. One or more specials can be purchased with the $30 units.

Payment regardless of income can be made in cash, cashiers check, money order or food stamps. Personal checks will not be taken.

A large box, basket or ice chest should be brought for picking up food from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. July 19 in the church.

Info: 724-376-2630, 724-376-3893 or 724-992-1226.

Heritage Fest is today in Guys Mills



GUYS MILLS – The second Guys Mills Heritage Fest is being presented from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

There will be food, animals, kites, puppets, antique cars, steam engines, craft activities, a kids’ carnival, fire engines, Smokey Bear, an auction, historical displays, bird walks, discovery hikes, nature artisans and more.

Randolph Fire Department, the United Evangelical Free Church, the Faith Builder’s Program, township supervisors and Erie National Wildlife Refuge have banded together to present the open house for the public. 

For directions or info: 814-789-3585.

District court phone calls may take several tries



WORTH TOWNSHIP — If you need to get someone in District Judge Lawrence T. Silvis’s Worth Township office on the line, be prepared to work at it for a little while.

Because of occasional problems with the office’s 814-area code phone numbers, callers may need to call several times in order to get through, said a district court spokeswoman reading from a memo.

The glitches are usually temporary, said Court Administrator Peter A. Morin. So far they’ve caused no problems.

Some in-house phone lines — Silvis’s courthouse extension numbers — are also down since the tower outside his office was torn down and moved to the site of his new office on Barkeyville Road, Pine Township. The move to Silvis’s new office will probably be completed July 18, Morin said.

The 814-area code troubles are a separate issue.

“We’ve had trouble with his phone system out there, it has not been unusual,” Morin said, adding that the problem will be fixed on the phone company’s timetable.

Those who need to get in touch with the district court should call 814-786-7918.

Man cited for firing air rifle at another, cops say



SHARON — Aaron L. Davis, 28, of 240 Second Ave., Sharon, was cited for discharging an air rifle within city limits after firing the weapon at a 48-year-old Sharon man Thursday morning, Police Chief Mike Menster said.

Police were called around 9 a.m. about a fight in front of Davis’ home, where he shot plastic BBs at the man. No one was hurt, Menster said

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