Red Raider Football Awards

Offensive MVP: Jason Blose
Defensive MVP: Andrew Fragale
Most Improved Player: Ryan Grimm
Coach John Simon Award: Dylan Reed
"54" Award: Seth Mcfall

Photo of the Day

The "Christmas in the Wilds" parade and beautiful weather brought out many to enjoy the festivities

Photo of the Day

The kids at Woodland Elementary got a big surprise today when a US ARMY helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing on the tennis court. We are told that the chopper was returning from a military funeral when it ran low on fuel due to the inclement weather. I will say that I admire the skills of that pilot to land that huge machine in that small tennis court! Last word is that fuel is being brought in and it will be departing shortly.

Photo of the Day

Didn't see any deer today, but the beauty of the woods was enough to keep me interested all day.

Substantial Flooding in Cameron County

Almost every area of Cameron County was affected by the torrential rainfall last night. Observers indicated that over 3.5'' of rain fell in 24 hours. Here, the Bucktail Search and Rescue team is attempting a water rescue of some stranded hunters stuck in their camp.
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Changed forests await northern deer hunters

Marcellus Shale boom has some surprises for hunters heading to their favorite spots for Monday's opening of the deer hunting season.
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Special to The Patriot-News
For The Patriot-News
When the improvements began on the dirt and gravel roads five or six years ago, Mark Leib assumed he would be seeing new logging operations in his favorite deer-hunting spot in Clearfield County.
Or maybe, the 51-year-old New Cumberland resident guessed, Four-Mile Road through the area near Penfield where he grew up hunting deer was about to become part of a new route on the elk tour, the showcase for Gov. Ed Rendell's developing "Pennsylvania Wilds" tourism initiative.
Neither would be a welcome development for Leib's family. Although they had recently given up their lease on a cabin on state forestland in the area, five of them continued to spend the first week of the deer-hunting season there living in state park cabins.
Still, either of those possibilities wouldn't have .......READ MORE

DA seeks death penalty in ex-Oakfield man's homicide case

Posted: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 12:32 am Updated: 12:39 am, Wed Nov 17, 2010.
DA seeks death penalty in ex-Oakfield man's homicide case By Scott DeSmit desmit@batavianews.com The Daily News Online 0 comments
A trial date has not been set in what is now a death penalty case against a former Oakfield man accused of murdering an elderly couple and who is a “person of interest” in two unsolved slayings in Genesee and Orleans counties.
Steven P. Rebert, 45, is charged with criminal homicide for the April 12 murders of Wayne and Vicky Shugar of Brockway, Pa.
Jefferson County District Attorney Jeffrey Burkett is seeking the death penalty against Rebert, a spokeswoman for his office said Tuesday.
Rebert does not have another scheduled court appearance until Jan. 5, where he will have a criminal hearing and when a trial date may be set.
Rebert, of Emporium, Pa., was arrested by Genesee County sheriff's deputies in Alabama on June 3. He was in possession of a switchblade knife and was committed to jail.
The charge was dismissed and Rebert was turned over to Pennsylvania state police, who on June 12 charged him with the double-slaying of a Brockway, Pa., couple, James and Vicky Shugar. The couple were found shot to death in the basement of their home.
An investigation led police to Rebert, a Clarence native who lived on-and-off with relatives in Oakfield.
Rebert also is charged with aggravated assault, robbery and burglary.
Investigators also discovered information on Rebert’s computers that showed he conducted searches regarding two unsolved murders: The Nov. 10, 2005 shooting of Bill Fickel, who lived near Rebert, and the 2007 slaying of Kevin Smith of Shelby, who lived less than two miles from Fickel and Rebert.
Genesee County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Jerome Brewster said “I’m not shocked” when told that Pennsylvania is seeking the death penalty against Rebert.
He said his investigators are continuing to follow leads in the Fickel case.
“But no, there is nothing new,” he said. “We’re still in the process of trying to locate a weapon and a potential accomplice.”
He said neither he or any investigators have attempted to talk to Rebert since his arrest and that “even if we do it couldn’t be used against him.”
A $100,000 reward remains for the arrest and conviction of Fickel’s killer or killers. A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of Smith’s killer.