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November 20, 2009 / Front Page

Demolition continues at Rowe Building

Almost three weeks after the demolition of the former Oil City Hospital’s Rowe Building began, workers from Bert Klapec Inc. More...

Lecture reveals teacher’s past dealings with OSS

By KRISTI CUMMINS Staff writer

At the lecture in the Franklin Library on Thursday evening, the life of Margaret “Peg” Feldman was revealed by her friend, Barb O’Toole, who compiled some of Feldman’s memoirs and papers to form the program. More...

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Community News

Report: Pennsylvania hotbed of activity for Marcellus shale

The Oil and Gas Journal magazine is reporting Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale has been a “hotbed of activity” this fall. More...

Food distribution set in Venango County

The Venango County emergency food and shelter program will sponsor a countywide food distribution in December. More...

Old photographs of Oil City found in home

By JUDITH O. ETZEL Staff writer

Some old photographs of Oil City recently came to light, thanks to James D. Smith who found them in a West First Street home that he and his wife inherited several years ago. More...

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AP News

FAA glitch causes air travel delays

Snarl is latest in series of woes for agency

ATLANTA (AP) — For the second time in a little more than a year, a glitch at one of the two centers that handle flight plans for the nation’s air travel system set off delays and cancellations for passengers around the country. More...

Erie Shriners Hospital to partner with Hamot

ERIE (AP) — Erie Shriners Hospital for Children has reached a deal with Hamot Medical Center to treat patients requiring surgery or other care requiring an overnight stay. More...

Former Pittsburgh anchor Cannon arrested in California

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A former Pittsburgh news anchor has been arrested in California for failing to serve drunken driving sentences in two western Pennsylvania cases. More...

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Sports

Bobcats will avenge last year’s setback to Cameron County

CRAIG PHILLIPS

Last week: 12-6, .667 Season: 322-67, .828 Q. — What do Hickory, Greenville and Wilmington have in common other than being members of Region 3 in football? More...

Clarion spikers fall to Edinboro

CALIFORNIA — The Clarion University women’s volleyball team dropped a gut-wrenching decision Thursday to Edinboro in the opening round of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals at California University of Pennsylvania’s Hamer Hall More...

Lutz earns letter at John Carroll

Former Venango Catholic High School cross country standout, Megan Lutz, earned her second varsity letter in cross country from John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. More...

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Republicans blast health bill

WASHINGTON (AP) — Digging in for a long struggle, Republican senators and governors assailed the Democrats’ newly minted health care legislation Thursday as a collection of tax increases, Medicare cuts and heavy new burdens for deficit-r More...

Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban

Algeria and Pakistan take the lead in lobbying to bring the proposal to a vote in the U.N. General Assembly.

GENEVA (AP) — Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — More...

Survey shows southern counties most obese

ATLANTA (AP) — The first county-by-county survey of obesity reflects past studies that show the rate of obesity is highest in the Southeast and Appalachia. More...

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Features

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Emclaire Financial declares dividend

EMLENTON — The board of directors of Emclaire Financial Corp. has declared a quarterly cash dividend of 14 cents on common shares. It is payable Dec. 18 to shareholders of record on Dec. 1. More...

Fluid retention could be a sign of many issues

ADVICE

Dr. PAUL G. DONOHUE

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My legs, ankles and feet get really swollen, and I mean really. During the day, if I slip my shoes off, I can’t get them back on. What can I do to take down the swelling? More...

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Program to help struggling students

The plan is aimed at helping Franklin Middle School students.

By SHEILA BOUGHNER Staff writer

Franklin Middle School has designed a plan to help struggling students reach required levels on state achievement tests. More...

Good Samaritan, firefighters help to keep cow from drowning

By MATT CARROLL Staff writer

Any good firefighter knows how to rescue a cat from a tree — Cooperstown volunteers recently faced a much larger challenge. About 1,000 pounds larger to be exact. More...

Keystone board rejects in-house police officer

By RODNEY L. SHERMAN Clarion News editor

KNOX — Keystone School Board members have rejected re-establishing the position of an in-school police officer, also known as a school resource officer. More...

Obituaries

Georgia A. Swartz
William E. Griffen Jr.
John Coulter Bishop
Emma Eleanor Platz

Police & Fire

Clarion sheriff’s office looking for two men

CLARION — The Clarion County Sheriff’s Department would like the public’s help finding two area fugitives. More...

Cocaine seized

A Florida man is facing drug charges after police seized cocaine from his vehicle during a traffic stop Wednesday in Clarion County. State police said Juan Ruiz, 56, of Cape Coral, Fla., was stopped for a traffic violation around 9:37 a.m. More...

Boxer puppy stolen

Sugarcreek police are searching for a 16-week-old boxer puppy that was stolen from a home in Reno and released in Oil City. Police said someone took the dog between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday from a home on Ninth Street in Reno. More...

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Letters/Columns

Oppressive government has taken our freedoms

Editor: Let me ask Carol Harris a question (Oct. 30 letter, “All of us can lighten the burden”). More...

Why do we destroy a beneficial expansion?

Editor: Oil City, wake up. Every time a business wants to expand in the Oil City area, a few people object and destroy this opportunity for the benefit of the majority in this town. More...

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AP Sports

Lincecum wins NL Cy Young Award

The Giants’ ace .. becomes only the third NL pitcher to win the award in back-to-back seasons.

NEW YORK (AP) — San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum won the NL Cy Young Award on Thursday for the second straight year, emerging from one of the tightest votes in the history of the honor to become the first repeat winner since Randy Johnson More...