Press Enterprise from Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania (2024)

March 7, 2005

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Press Enterprisei

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Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania

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Monday, March 7, 2005

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Local Press Enterprise Munday March 7 2005 3 MAIN STREET BEAT Korean visitor attends classes A fifth grade class at Memorial Elementary School in Bloomsburg had a daily visitor from Korea during the month of January Joy Moon attended fifth grade classes in January to see what a US school is like To show their gratitude for visit her parents donated $200 to the schoolat the end of January Principal Karen Hess explained that Joy is a friend of a fifth grade Memorial student who moved from Korea to Bloomsburg Joy attends a year round school in Korea and had a vacation during January enabling her to visit Blooms burg Hess said Joy did not officially enroll at Memorial dur ing January but she'participated in classes and even went PETER KENDRON on a field trip to the Pennsylvania arm Show in Harrisburg Hess said the $200 from the family will buy a gift for the fifth grade Town foundation looking for grant applicants The Bloomsburg Community oundation is accepting grant appli cations from area non profits until April 30 The foundation was formed in 1998 with $200000 set aside from interest on a federal grant given to Magee Indus trial Enterprises Town secretary Diana Wagner said the foundation gives out small grants each year to help non profit organizations in town oper ate Applications can be picked up at Town Hall or appli cants can call Wagner at 784 7123 ext 119 Busy month at Children's Museum The Museum is once again looking for the public's help to donate items for a display But this time looking for something few people would want to keep around their homes The theme this year is and as part of that theme they have an exhibit about in So organizers are looking for inactive hornet and wasp nests as well as bee hives or honeycombs said Museum director Deb Rhodes going to be talking about how hornets and wasps nests utilize paper and how people were inspired by the nests to make their own Rhodes said The museum has a number of workshops set up on Sat urday afternoons for the rest of the month what will be going on at each one: Saturday 1 5 pm Building in Nature interactive workshop with guest presenters and artists Saturday March 19 1 5 pm Building in Nature hands on workshop At 1 pm Kenneth Wilson a local artist art educator and beekeeper will give a presentation on bees Throughout the afternoon there also will be an interactive display on geodesic domes and nature Rhodes said Saturday March 26 2 pm Local musician KJ Wag ner on guitar will host a lively sing along All the workshops are open to the public and no regis tration is required Admission to the Children's Museum is $3 for children and adults There is no admission charge for children 2 years old and younger Museum hours through April 2 are noon to 5 pm Tues day through Saturday Beginning April 5 through Decem ber hours will be 10 am to 4 pm Tuesday through ri day and noon to 5 pm Saturday Museum's history being probed As part of their theme Museum organizers also are looking for some information about the history oftheir own building know it was a PPL service department and then the riendship fire Rhodes said hoping that people may have pictures or memen tos they would be willing to donate or loan to the Chil dren's Museum for a display If you do you can call the museum at 389 9206 or mail Rhodes at Deb'U the childrens museumorg Grant allows BU to add computer lab The State System of Higher Education has picked BU to receive a $75000 grant to purchase 17 Sun AMD comput ers The lab will serve as a place to train for JAVA cert i fication according to a report University President Jessica Kozloff gave to the Council of Trustees last month BU spokeswoman Liza Benedict said the computers will likely be placed in Centennial Hall illing the library with laughter Storyteller Patricia Wintersteen bets she can make the kids at the library laugh tonight in a program called not surprisingly I Can Make You Wintersteen will start telling silly stories to children between ages 3 and 8 beginning around 6:30 pm It will be followed by a craft project All children must be accompa nied by an adult There will be another program at 6:30 pm Thursday A marking the conclusion of the Library's first challenge will include stories by Lethan Candlish of a game and news of the next challenge Spaghetti dinner to be held soon Downtown Bloomsburg will have its annual All You Can Eat Spaghetti Dinner the day before St Day on March 16 from 4 7 pm at the Caldwell Consisto ry Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door Children 10 and under are free A Chinese Auction also will be held thatnight Advance tickets can be bought at the following loca tions: Bloomsburg Public Library Kids Stuff Krickett Square Riverstone Gallery Trophies CCNB the third floor of Bloomsburg Town Hall and the Columbia Montour Chamber of Commerce office Street Beat is a weekly column about the people and happenings in the Town of Bloomsburg Peter Kendron can be reached at 387 1234 ext 1312 mail him at kendron(pressenterprisenet Victims of fatal crash identified I Women were from State College associated with Penn State University MILTON The three women who died in a collision Saturday on Interstate 80 were all State College residents according to a police report Djung Tchoi 33 of State College was driving the Nissan Maxima that crossed over the median and smashed into another car She was a lecturer in Penn State Unf filmvideo and media studies department according to an online direc tory Hyeonhwa Lee 30 of State College was thrown from the car as it spun She was a graduate student of educational theory' and policy at the university according to the directory Joo Ook Kim 27 of State College was also thrown from the car She was a grad uate 'student as well according to the directory Jinhee Kim 30 of State College was a passenger who was thrown from the Nis san but survived She was listed in fair' condition at Geisinger Medical Center on Sunday' Jinhee Kim is a mass communications graduate student at Penn State the Press EnterpriseKatie Hetrick and ngo 208 East Street Bloomsburg INCIDENTS $6441 $108494 58935 $132154 $4257 $67540 513396 $212329 have with the tied Weekdays 9am 7pm Saturdays 9am 1pm Sundays Noon 3pm getting complaints earlier than that and asked the com pany to respond to 114 com plaints by November 2003 just a month after the reg istry was The CC issued a warning to Dynasty Mortgage in Decem ber 2003 People can register their phone numbers or file com plaints at wwwdonotcallgov or by calling 1 888 382 1222 Ott 1 5183097 5129692 Jersey and Maine are the only two that have passed such laws fftNBS A Sram Tkajmnc CWWIMmifc Boue IIMowraburg Happy Sweet 16th irthday Jennifer Love Dad Mom Jason Jessica 608 ccf $1119ccf 473 gallons 51889 gallon 032 ton 5135 ton 682 gallons 51963 gallon '1 784 6206 fax 784 6198i IKKks Tim VKcJ IMllam ISWpjnThur Sat IJJinam Some communities such as Brookline Mass Santa NM and Lebanon Pa require handsfree cell phones but about a half dozen states prohibit local governments from restricting cell phone use in motor vehicles Young drivers between 16 and 24 increased their talking on cell phones by 60 percent between 2002 and 2004 The National Transporta tion Safety Board said it wants all 50 states to ban those with permits from using cell phones or other wireless 4 Our little Calendar girl turns Sweet Happy Birthday uel used 1568 kwh 1022 kwh 500754 kwh 500754 kwh issse Three to be cited after fight in lot police say WASHINGTON The gov ernment proposed a $770000 fine last week against a mort gage company for allegedly calling people who put their telephone numbers on the fed eral do not call registry The ederal Communica tions Commission citedPhoenix based Dynasty Mort gage LLC for 70 apparent violations of the rules designed to curb telemarket ing abuse The company was fined the maximum of $11000 per viola tion for allegedly continuing to make telemarketing calls after receiving a warning from the CC the five member commis sion ruled in a unanimous deci sion the company apparently misinformed con sumers that it was exempt from these commission the CC said Dynasty Mortgage has 30 But the CC says it began days to pay or tile an appeal The company's president Cur tis White said he would appeal and was confident the fine would be reversed White noted that his com pany had extensive systems to try to ensure that any do not call numbers are not called Some calls may have been made 7 mistakenly because of a in the sys and the company was Total Weekly since bill 511821 57699 53901 560422 Doors open at 5:00 Starts at 6:30 NEW Game under NEV Bingo Managers Sandy Dave Miller 412 5430 Open House Toddler Preschool Recreational Gymnastics USAG Team and North Lima Ohio was headed west on 1 80 when he lost con trol of his truck and it jack knifed on a slick highway around 3:10 pm Thursday His truck hit another tractor trailer then spilled its own load of garbage because load was not properly down police said Because of the spill interstate had to be shut down for about eight hours while crews from the Northridge Group Inc Charles Excavating Inc' Towing and Towing cleaned up the mess police said Both Dunleavy and Dart Trucking Inc of Columbus Ohio have been charged with failing to secure the garbage load and not properly marking i the truck as hauling municipal waste Violations involving waste haulers each carry a possible fine of $1000 plus court costs police said working to fix the problem he added have all systems in place to abide by the White said goal is to make sure the CC is happy" The registry established in October 2003 is the govern ment's attempt to safeguard 1 personal privacy and reduce telemarketing calls More than 69 million phone numbers are registered in the program that is administered by both the CC and the eder al Trade Commission The law forbids businesses from calling people who sign up for the reg istry unless they recently done business them Charities pollsters callers on behalf of politicians are exempt The CC alleged that Dynasty Mortgage made the 70 calls to 50 homes in Ari zona and California between March 2 2004 and this past Jan 20 Try Our Buffalo Chicken Boli i 1 00 HILLSIDE CEMETERY NOTICE Removal of winter and Christmas arrangements should be completed by March 24 2005 Items not removed will be discarded COOPER TWP An argu ment in the parking lot of the Midway Bowling alley late Sat urday night will lead to cita tions against those involved police said Jason Pollock 19 of Bloomsburg and Ashley Mensch 19 of Danville got into a verbal argument around 1 1:30 pm Saturday police said: They then started pushing one another James Battista 26 of Hawley then goi involved in the ruckus police said He punched Pollock on the left side of his face they said Police said that non traffic citations would be filed against all three people Driver firm cited over garbage spill LIBERTY TWP The dri ver of a that 7 spilled garbage over Interstate 80 lastweek and the company he works for have been charged for safety violations found on the truck police say Robert Dunleavy 50 of I Every Tuesday Night Starting March 1 2005 Washington ire Co 400 12 Railroad Street Danville Love Mom Grammy Pop temperature last week: 28 Latest fuel price 1 500754 kwh ATTENTION PARENTIS! We re Listening! We bear the snow kept some from registering forToddlerPreschool and School Age March Gasses We will pro rate tuition for the month if you register mid month This is as potey for AU adult vd youth programs Ths pofcy apptes al year round You are nor charged any money for classes missed when regisaenng after the I st of a month Check Our Website for More Intormanort wwwbloomsburgsportsplexcom or call 387 WORKout Report: More Americans than ever on phone behind wheel WASHINGTON (AP) Ing to the Governors Highway: More people than ever are Safety Association driving under the influence of their cell phones according to a survey released last week by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administra tion The survey showed 8 per cent of drivers or 12 million people were using hand held or handsfree cell phones dur ing daylight hours last vear a 50 percent increase since 2002 and a 100 percent rise in four years All that talking is a potential safety issue said NHTSA spokesman Rae Tvson New York New Jerseyand devices while driving New' me district ot coiumtna pro hibit talking on hand held cell phones while driving accord CC proposes $770000 fine for alleged do not call violations By GENARO ARMAS Associated Press Writer Italian kitchen 6 A A Home heating bills Heating bills are a big part of a homeowner's budget the chart below compares estimated bills fora 1250 square foot ranch home with an in ground basem*nt and roughly average insulation and heating efficiency Computations are based on last week's temperature Average Electric heat Baseboard Standard heat pump Geothermal heat pump 518 kwh ire fuels Natural gas fuel oil Anthracite coal Propane 7 Natural gas bills include a 03 tax Other fuels include any taxes in the price IB sfortsPlex iL ifJ'Q 1 amily un Rtnes Classes Now orming Ages 4 on up (4 Dif Classes) Karate Classes Teach: Sett Control Concentration Team work Sett Defense Stranger Danger Bully Busters and Many other UE SKILLS Gift Certificates Available! 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