WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 11TH, 2019

 

TODAY – PARTLY CLOUDY WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS OR
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH NEAR 90.

TONIGHT – VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH THUNDERSTORMS.
LOW – 68.

THURSDAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 85.

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Though a relatively brief work session took place on September 11, it was not without importance.

After a brief moment of silence to honor those lives lost on 9/11/01, the Commissioners heard an update in regards to the damage done at Economy Park from Public Works director Dan Colville. Colville said that the damage was repaired:

 

Parks & Recreation director Tim Ishman was not present at the work session Wednesday.

Then attention got shifted towards the end of the meeting to the Conservation District, whose budget cuts have led to reports concerning the future of the Maple Syrup Festival in Beaver County. Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp spoke his thoughts in regards to these issues:

 

Overall, Camp doesn’t see the future of the Syrup Festival in any major jeopardy:

 

The Commissioners also took a few seconds to celebrate one of their own, as Commissioner Tony Amadio celebrated his 68th birthday.

The bi-weekly public meeting is scheduled for September 12th at 10:00 AM.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An Iranian female soccer fan has died after setting herself on fire outside a court after learning she may have to serve a six-month sentence for trying to enter a soccer stadium. The tragic death immediately drew an outcry among some soccer stars and known figures in Iran, where women are banned from soccer stadiums, though they are allowed at some other sports, such as volleyball.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The proportion of Americans without health insurance edged up in 2018 _ the first increase in nearly a decade after coverage had significantly increased under President Barack Obama’s health care law. The Census Bureau also said in an annual report Tuesday that household income rose last year at its slowest pace in four years and finally matched its previous peak set in 1999.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential contenders are expressing support for a North Carolina congressional candidate in a hotly contested special election that could serve as a bellwether for 2020. Former Vice President Joe Biden and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg tweeted support Tuesday for Democrat Dan McCready. He’s is in a tossup battle against state Sen. Dan Bishop for a vacant seat in North Carolina’s 9th Congressional District. President Donald Trump stumped for Bishop on Monday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday forced out John Bolton, his hawkish national security adviser with whom he had significant disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and a cascade of other global challenges. The two men offered opposing accounts on Bolton’s less than friendly departure, a leave-taking example of what had been a fractious relationship almost from the start.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says there will be “hell to pay” if Senate Republicans don’t pass a universal background check bill. Pelosi’s warning came during a press conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other Democrats during Congress’ first day back at work following the mass shootings that happened in Texas and Ohio while lawmakers were on their summer recess. Pelosi added that Democrats will make the background checks issue “too hot” for McConnell and President Donald Trump to handle and will not take “no for an answer. We are not going away.”

When a questioner at a town hall asked Kamala Harris what she would do in the next year to curb “the mentally retarded action” of President Trump, she laughed with the crowd. “Well said, well said,” she told him, the Washington Post reports. Now the Democratic senator and presidential candidate has apologized for her response to the “incredibly offensive” wording. Harris said the next day that the term “was not something that I really heard or processed” during the exchange Friday in New Hampshire. She said she would never condone that kind of language being spoken by anybody about anybody…and had she understood what the man was saying, she says she would have stopped and corrected him.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is cutting its ranks after 63 legislative employees jumped on the chance to be paid a bonus to quit their jobs. Pennlive.com says 31 Republican staffers, 21 Democratic staffers and 11 who work under the House chief clerk and comptroller’s offices took the offer. They’ll receive $1,000 payments for each year of service, up to 25 years. The offer was open to those with at least five years’ experience. It expired at the end of August.

Photos of the All Americans (Hopewell High School Seniors Madison Klodowski and Trinity Pisano) and of the principals (High School Principal Michael Allison, Elementary Principal Korri Kane and Junior High School Principal Ed Katkich) taken by Sandy Giordano

THE HOPEWELL AREA SCHOOL BOARD HEARD ABOUT VIKING PRIDE LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…