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Vol. 134 - No. 15 Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Continued cold with highs around 15. Full report, A2 14 pages Classified ......................... B5 Comics ............................. B4 Lifestyles ......................... A4 Lottery ............................. A7 Opinion ........................... A6 Public Notices ............... B5 Sports ............................... B1 75 Cents • Justin C. Gilbert, 21 • Frances Mocek, 97 • Andrew G. Novak, 61, • William R. Raybuck, 92 • Donald Yasick, 74 Penn State students spent this Martin Luther King Day serving com- munity organizations that needed a few helping hands. A3 Winter weather Snow blowers whirred and shovels scraped across sidewalks as the Northeast tried to keep up with a winter storm that swirled up the coast, creating bliz- zard conditions. A5 Rescuer dies A Pennsylvania man died of smoke inhalation after helping his wife es- cape a fire at their home and, apparently, trying to fight the flames with a fire extinguisher. A7 Helping hand Tomorrow’s Forecast Index Obituaries A7 MORE INSIDE Page B1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014 The DuBois Area High School’s Boost- ing Engineering, Science, and Tech- nology Robotics team members and advisors, from left, front row, are: Liz Pruzinsky, Ashlyn Heberling, Brie Hughes, Alex Feld- bauer, Veronica Ali- cea; second row: 2nd row: Matt Campbell, Brianna Kunes, Emily Gerew; third row: Ken Evans (instruc- tor), Drew Drum, Steve Feldbauer (mentor); fourth row: Zeb Fox, Brandon Kalgren, Jennifer Keith (instructor), Lily Brubaker, Rob Bowser (instructor), Dave Rishell (men- tor); fifth row: Kyle Berlin, Padon Rishell, Andrew Wells. (Photo submitted) By Elaine Haskins [email protected] DuBOIS — The DuBois Area High School Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology Robotics Team recently placed third overall at local and regional level competitions. On Oct. 18-19, the BEST team traveled to Grove City College to compete on a local level with schools from western Pennsylvania, Phila- delphia, Virginia and Ohio. High school teacher Jennifer Keith said they had a terrific show- ing, finishing fourth in the robot game, second in the marketing pre- sentation, second in the engineering notebook, third in the team exhibit and fifth in spirit and sportsman- ship. That placed the team third overall for the BEST award and earned them a spot at the regional championships. The team traveled to the North- ern Plains Regional Championship in Fargo, N.D. Dec. 5-8, Keith said. It competed against 32 other teams from Connecticut, Long Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota. Keith said DuBois Area High School had an excellent showing and brought home the following awards: • First place – Engineering Note- book • First place – Video (promoting robotics) • First place – Teamwork Award • Third place – Team Exhibit and Interviews • Fourth place – Spirit and Sportsmanship Award • Fifth place – Marketing Pre- sentation • Eighth place – Robot Game • Third place – Overall BEST Award. “Placing third overall was quite an honor considering that there are only four regional championships across the entire nation, which means DuBois Area High School ranks amongst the top 12 nation- ally and are one of only four public schools in the top 12,” Keith said. “Over 850 schools compete each year locally for the chance to rank high enough just to make it to a re- gional championship, so placing this well is quite an accomplishment, and we are glad we could represent our community at such a tremen- dous event,” she said. The team was recognized at a re- cent school board meeting. The students explained that in September, they talked about what materials they would need for the robot but there is more to the compe- tition than just the robot. The team See Robotics, Page A7 DuBois Area High School robotics team places at competitions By A.J. Sylvis [email protected] DuBOIS — Aqua water company is planning to re- place water meters in Trea- sure Lake residences. Aqua is the company that provides water service in Treasure Lake. During Monday’s Trea- sure Lake Property Owners Association meeting, Mike Starr of Aqua said that in order to better serve the community, Aqua will be installing radio frequency meters in Treasure Lake homes. Installing the meters will require access to the in- side of the homes so the old meters can be removed and the new ones installed. Starr said the new meters will provide more accurate billing and will make it easi- er for property owners to get bills, eliminating estimates and alleviating some prob- lems for property owners. He said they are looking at starting the work Feb. 1 and will begin in sections 15 and 16. Starr explained that the new meters will enable Aqua to drive by and collect data from the meters. He said as new technology evolves, it could provide the opportu- nity to add a leak detection sensor in the future. Starr said property own- ers will be contacted and appointments will be sched- uled for the work to be done. Some of the work could pos- sibly be done on weekends for the convenience of the property owners. He said many of the homes are sea- sonal and that may slow down the progress, so he is uncertain how long the proj- ect will take. Starr said replacing the old meters with new meters will be mandatory. He introduced Don Ben- nett, who will be the sub- contractor for the project. Bennett answered questions regarding insurance and said the subcontractors are insured. He said the only cost to property owners will be if See Meters, Page A7 Aqua to install new water meters in TLake Brockway Fire Co. observed 110 years of firefighting service with an anniversary banquet. Brockway firefighters include, from left to right, first row seated, Steve Preston, Tom Verne, Jeff Fustine, Ralph Reed, Devin Trentini; second row: Brad Gankosky, Greg Castiglione Sr., Denny Smith, Lewis Young, Neil Bloom, Bill Fustine Jr., Gina Castiglione, Terry Fustine, Bennie Bortle Casey Overturf; third row: Cody Overturf, Jake Moore, Ryan VanZanten, Alan Moore, Mark Pisarcik, Matt Furlong, Fred Whelpley, Ryan Hultman, Mike Hoskavich and Lou Salter. On the engine are Ben Castiglione and Edwin Botwright. See story on Page A8. (Photo by A.J. Sylvis) By Kimberly Finnigan [email protected] CLEARFIELD — Resi- dents of Lawrence Township have spoken out about a de- cision to appoint two road- masters. At their reorganization meeting earlier this month, Supervisors Ed Brown and Dan Mitchell voted to appoint themselves as roadmasters. According to previously published Courier-Express articles, in previous years, the township had employed all three supervisors as road- masters. However, about four years ago, the supervisors serving at that time voted to have only two roadmasters. The position was then re- duced again to only one. At Tuesday’s meeting, residents said they feel one roadmaster is enough. Resident Peter Smith said he feels the decision to reduce from one to three was a good idea. “We’re a small commu- nity, we don’t need two when See Roadmasters, Page A7 Residents comment on roadmaster positions Lawrence Twp.
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Vol. 134 - No. 15
Cloudy with a 50 percent chance of snow showers. Continued cold with highs around 15.
Full report, A2
14 pagesClassified ......................... B5Comics ............................. B4Lifestyles ......................... A4Lottery ............................. A7Opinion ........................... A6Public Notices ............... B5Sports ............................... B1
75 Cents
• Justin C. Gilbert, 21 • Frances Mocek, 97• Andrew G. Novak, 61,• William R. Raybuck, 92• Donald Yasick, 74
Penn State students spent this Martin Luther King Day serving com-munity organizations that needed a few helping hands. A3
Winter weatherSnow blowers whirred
and shovels scraped across sidewalks as the Northeast tried to keep up with a winter storm that swirled up the coast, creating bliz-zard conditions. A5
Rescuer diesA Pennsylvania man
died of smoke inhalation after helping his wife es-cape a fire at their home and, apparently, trying to fight the flames with a fire extinguisher. A7
Helping hand
Tomorrow’s Forecast
Index
ObituariesA7
MORE INSIDE
Page B1
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014
The DuBois Area High School’s Boost-ing Engineering, Science, and Tech-nology Robotics team members and advisors, from left, front row, are: Liz Pruzinsky, Ashlyn Heberling, Brie Hughes, Alex Feld-bauer, Veronica Ali-cea; second row: 2nd row: Matt Campbell, Brianna Kunes, Emily Gerew; third row: Ken Evans (instruc-tor), Drew Drum, Steve Feldbauer (mentor); fourth row: Zeb Fox, Brandon Kalgren, Jennifer Keith (instructor), Lily Brubaker, Rob Bowser (instructor), Dave Rishell (men-tor); fifth row: Kyle Berlin, Padon Rishell, Andrew Wells. (Photo submitted)
By Elaine Haskins
DuBOIS — The DuBois Area High School Boosting Engineering, Science, and Technology Robotics Team recently placed third overall at local and regional level competitions.
On Oct. 18-19, the BEST team traveled to Grove City College to compete on a local level with schools from western Pennsylvania, Phila-delphia, Virginia and Ohio.
High school teacher Jennifer Keith said they had a terrific show-ing, finishing fourth in the robot game, second in the marketing pre-sentation, second in the engineering
notebook, third in the team exhibit and fifth in spirit and sportsman-ship. That placed the team third overall for the BEST award and earned them a spot at the regional championships.
The team traveled to the North-ern Plains Regional Championship in Fargo, N.D. Dec. 5-8, Keith said. It competed against 32 other teams from Connecticut, Long Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.
Keith said DuBois Area High School had an excellent showing and brought home the following awards:
• First place – Engineering Note-book
• First place – Video (promoting robotics)
• First place – Teamwork Award• Third place – Team Exhibit and
Interviews• Fourth place – Spirit and
Sportsmanship Award• Fifth place – Marketing Pre-
sentation• Eighth place – Robot Game• Third place – Overall BEST
Award.“Placing third overall was quite
an honor considering that there are only four regional championships across the entire nation, which means DuBois Area High School ranks amongst the top 12 nation-
ally and are one of only four public schools in the top 12,” Keith said.
“Over 850 schools compete each year locally for the chance to rank high enough just to make it to a re-gional championship, so placing this well is quite an accomplishment, and we are glad we could represent our community at such a tremen-dous event,” she said.
The team was recognized at a re-cent school board meeting.
The students explained that in September, they talked about what materials they would need for the robot but there is more to the compe-tition than just the robot. The team
See Robotics, Page A7
DuBois Area High School roboticsteam places at competitions
By A.J. Sylvis
DuBOIS — Aqua water company is planning to re-place water meters in Trea-sure Lake residences.
Aqua is the company that provides water service in Treasure Lake.
During Monday’s Trea-sure Lake Property Owners Association meeting, Mike Starr of Aqua said that in order to better serve the community, Aqua will be installing radio frequency
meters in Treasure Lake homes. Installing the meters will require access to the in-side of the homes so the old meters can be removed and the new ones installed.
Starr said the new meters will provide more accurate billing and will make it easi-er for property owners to get bills, eliminating estimates and alleviating some prob-lems for property owners.
He said they are looking at starting the work Feb. 1 and will begin in sections 15 and 16.
Starr explained that the new meters will enable Aqua to drive by and collect data from the meters. He said as new technology evolves, it could provide the opportu-nity to add a leak detection sensor in the future.
Starr said property own-ers will be contacted and appointments will be sched-uled for the work to be done. Some of the work could pos-sibly be done on weekends for the convenience of the property owners. He said many of the homes are sea-
sonal and that may slow down the progress, so he is uncertain how long the proj-ect will take.
Starr said replacing the old meters with new meters will be mandatory.
He introduced Don Ben-nett, who will be the sub-contractor for the project. Bennett answered questions regarding insurance and said the subcontractors are insured.
He said the only cost to property owners will be if
See Meters, Page A7
Aqua to install new water meters in TLake
Brockway Fire Co. observed 110 years of firefighting service with an anniversary banquet. Brockway firefighters include, from left to right, first row seated, Steve Preston, Tom Verne, Jeff Fustine, Ralph Reed, Devin Trentini; second row: Brad Gankosky, Greg Castiglione Sr., Denny Smith, Lewis Young, Neil Bloom, Bill Fustine Jr., Gina Castiglione, Terry Fustine, Bennie Bortle Casey Overturf; third row: Cody Overturf, Jake Moore, Ryan VanZanten, Alan Moore, Mark Pisarcik, Matt Furlong, Fred Whelpley, Ryan Hultman, Mike Hoskavich and Lou Salter. On the engine are Ben Castiglione and Edwin Botwright. See story on Page A8. (Photo by A.J. Sylvis)
By Kimberly Finnigan
CLEARFIELD — Resi-dents of Lawrence Township have spoken out about a de-cision to appoint two road-masters.
At their reorganization meeting earlier this month, Supervisors Ed Brown and Dan Mitchell voted to appoint themselves as roadmasters.
According to previously published Courier-Express articles, in previous years, the township had employed all three supervisors as road-masters. However, about four years ago, the supervisors serving at that time voted to have only two roadmasters. The position was then re-duced again to only one.
At Tuesday’s meeting, residents said they feel one roadmaster is enough.
Resident Peter Smith said he feels the decision to reduce from one to three was a good idea.
“We’re a small commu-nity, we don’t need two when
See Roadmasters, Page A7
Residentscomment on roadmaster positions
Lawrence Twp.
