randy stuff - 2009 Red Raiders 2

Some shots from the 2009 Red Raider football season. Turn up
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Merry Christmas...and THANK YOU

I just wanted to take a moment to thank our local PennDot, Emporium Borough, and Township road crews. As everyone knows, the roads were very slippery on Christmas day, and these guys gave up their precious time to go out and make the roads safer for all of us Christmas travelers. Things would be a lot tougher without these guys on the job!
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Megans Law Violation

An Emporium man was jailed Friday for failing to register his employment within the Megan's Law requirements.Ralph Edward Bennett, 56, of 404 West Allegany Avenue, Apt. 2B, Emporium, PA, was charges with Failure To Comply with Registration of Sexual Offenders Requirements by Emporium State Police.Bennett was arraigned in District Court and committed to the Potter County Jail after he was unable to post bail.

Legislators object to 'sweetheart deal' for PMI

RIDGWAY - Local legislators are speaking out about a "sweetheart deal" the North Central Regional Planning and Development Commission is proposing to offer PMI to lease its ITEC training center.A meeting was held at state Sen. and Lt. Gov. Joe Scarnati's office in December with North Central board Chairman and Jefferson County Commissioner Paul Corbin and Executive Director Eric Bridges. All the state House members in the six-county area - Clearfield, Elk, Jefferson, Cameron, McKean and Potter - were invited, and Reps. Martin Causer, Sam Smith and Matt Gabler attended."The issue at hand was that North Central has been moving forward with a plan to broker with PMI to go into a lease agreement with them in their ITEC building for a technical training school," Scarnati said Thursday. "After about a year and a half of my requesting the financials" and other information, "sometime back in July, I finally received what they deemed the financial plan. I just finally had a meeting with the executive director and several things troubled me in the whole process.".............MORE
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Governor Rendell Announces $24.5 Million Rail Investment in 31 Counties

HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thirty-nine freight rail companies and users can make upgrades and expand capacity with a $24.5 million state investment from PennDOT's Rail Freight Capital Budget/Transportation Assistance and Rail Freight Assistance Programs, Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today.
"Upgrading and expanding our freight rail lines helps maintain service and also opens the door to greater business opportunities," Governor Rendell said. "These investments will help meet growing demand for freight rail service and also help ease highway congestion by reducing the number of trucks on our roadways."
The state will invest $15 million from the capital budget program and an additional $9.5 million from the Rail Freight Assistance Program.
The capital budget program is funded through state capital bond dollars repaid through General Fund revenues. The Rail Freight Assistance Program is provided through the state's General Fund. The grants, which are authorized by the General Assembly, are administered by PennDOT's Bureau of Rail Freight.
For more information, visit www.dot.state.pa.us or call (717) 783-8800.

Cameron, Luzerne, McKean, Tioga counties: D & I Silica -- $700,000 to construct two new transloading facilities and improve the functionality of two existing facilities for transloading of silica sand from rail cars to trucks for local gas-well production......MORE