Archive - Aug 23, 2011
By
Victoria Stanish and Amy Cherry
ST. MARYS - Many residents of Elk County felt tremors from an earthquake that originated in Virginia at about 1:50 p.m. on Tuesday afternoon.
A seismometer housed in the administrative building at Penn State DuBois recorded readings from the 5.8 magnitude earthquake, whose epicenter was in Mineral, Va., a small town about about 90 miles southwest of Washington, D.C.
As Dickinson Center, Inc. (DCI) continues its efforts to provide area youth with appropriate services pertaining to suicide prevention, a recent $92,000 grant from the AJ and Sigismunda Palumbo Charitable Trust will ensure that these programs continue in the near future.
Students throughout Elk and Cameron counties' middle and high schools will benefit from the grant money, which is being utilized to fund the organization's Signs of Suicide Prevention Program (SOS).
According to statistics gathered over the years, motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of deaths for children ages 2 through 12 in the United States; every year, thousands of children are tragically injured or killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes.
The Elk County Commissioners yesterday adopted a proclamation declaring Sept. 18-24 as Child Passenger Safety Week.
Watershed specialist Kim Bonfardine has begun deploying data loggers into watersheds to gather baseline data for the Elk County Monitoring Project.
"At this time, five data loggers are deployed, with the sixth going in-stream [today]," Bonfardine said during Monday night's Elk County Conservation District meeting.
A number of studies have shown that having a pet can help lower a person's stress and improve their mental health outlook. One form of therapy that has been in existence for some time, but is new to the area, uses dogs in a therapeutic setting to assist clients in achieving mental health goals.
The First United Methodist Church's newly constructed pavilion is located on an immaculate, arboreal, 13-acre property just off of South Michael Road in St. Marys.
The pavilion, which will be available for rental to the public, can seat between 260 and 275 people and includes a stone fireplace, kitchen, handicap-accessible restrooms, a two-stall indoor garage, parking lot, utility room and electric outlets.
Ernest T. Oldani, 72, of Ridgway, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2011 at his residence following a lengthy illness.
He was born April 17, 1939 in Coal Hollow, son of the late Tanny and Bruna Pelleschi Oldani.
He married Marion A. Mendat, who survives.
He was a lifelong resident of the area and was a 1957 graduate of Ridgway Area High School. He was a member of St. Leo Catholic Church, Ridgway Elks and Kersey Eagles. He was employed for 42 years at Powder Metal Products, Inc. in St. Marys as a machinist/foreman.
Anthony "Tony" Moscatello, 86, died Monday, August 8, 2011, at his home in Astoria, N.Y.
He was born September 18, 1924 in New York, N.Y., and later moved to Astoria, N.Y., where he resided all his life.
On September 10, 1949, he married Angeline Caggiano Moscatello at St. Leo's Catholic Church in Ridgway. She preceded him in death on April 10, 2007.
Tony and Angie made frequent trips to Ridgway to visit friends and relatives.
