by newsroom — published on August 13th, 2009
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by newsroom — published on August 7th, 2009
More than 43-million dollars in federal loan money is now available to the Boscov department store chain.
Senators Casey and Specter announced, Thursday, that the Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 108 loans are part of the 300-million dollar effort to save the Reading-based retailer.
The low-interest loans will be repaid over twenty years.
Earlier this year, Butler and five other counties agreed to guarantee those loans.
The rest of the financing includes 200-million in bank financing and 60-million from the Boscov family.
Boscov’s has 39 stores, including one at Clearview Mall, and employs more than five thousand Pennsylvanians.
by newsroom — published on August 7th, 2009
The Thiel College chapter of Lamba Sigma Honor Society, the national sophomore honorary, and one of its members received national honors recently.Lambda Sigma designated the Thiel group as an honor chapter for its leadership, scholarship and outstanding service to the community. Being recognized as an honor chapter is the highest recognition that the organization can give to a member chapter. Dr. Michael Balas, professor of biology, and John Hauser, college archivist, serve as the group’s advisers.
In addition, Katelyn Exler ’11 of Glenshaw, Pa., received the Pat Watt Scholarship of $500 for the 2009-2010 academic year. A graduate of Shaler Area High School, Exler is a communications science and disorders major. Named for a long-time Lambda Sigma national board member and outstanding chapter adviser, this scholarship recognizes an outstanding member of Lambda Sigma for scholarship, leadership in the chapter and on campus, and service to the campus community. Students from across the country competed for the scholarship.
Lambda Sigma Society is a national honor society for second-year men and women dedicated to the purpose of fostering leadership, scholarship, fellowship and the spirit of service among college students, and to promoting the interests of the college or university in every possible way.
by newsroom — published on August 7th, 2009
One of the victims in Tuesday’s shooting at a Pittsburgh-area fitness center was a graduate of Franklin Area High School.
Jody Billingsley, 37, grew up in Utica and attended Franklin, where she was a standout basketball player, scoring more than 1,000 points during her career there.
Billingsley’s father, Leon Billingsley, is a former president of the Franklin Area School Board and her uncle, Robert Billingsley, is a retired Franklin district judge. Most of Billingsley’s family still lives in the Utica and Franklin area.
Billingsley moved to Pittsburgh in 1994 after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown with a biology degree. She was working as a sales representative for Medtronic, a medical technology company, at the time of her death.
Investigators said Billingsley was killed by George Sodini, who walked into a dance-aerobics class at a L.A. Fitness Club in a Pittsburgh suburb and opened fire, killing Billingsley and two other women.
Nine others were injured before police said Sodini took his own life.
by newsroom — published on August 7th, 2009
The blood supply at the Community Blood Bank of Northwest Pennsylvania has dropped to a 12-month low. Summer is typically a slow time for donations.
The Community Blood Bank over the years has grown and supplies several nearby hospitals in Pennsylvania as well as seven hospitals in New York.
To cope with this situation, the Blood Bank has changed what it views as a critical need.
Yet, the reorganization “didn’t change our needs,” said Brittany Yost, donor resource coordinator at the Blood Bank. “Our blood usage is going up, but not as many people are coming in.”
In the hope of increasing support, the Blood Bank is offering a free “Life Saver” T-shirt to everyone who tries to give blood for the rest of this week.
