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VOL. 19, NO. 52 SERVING CLARION, CLEARFIELD, ELK, FOREST AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES DEC. 29, 2013 Classified ............................... D1 Crossword ............................ C5 Entertainment .................... C6 Finance .................................. D1 Food ....................................... C1 Health/Fitness ..................... C4 Lottery ................................... A8 Opinion ................................. A6 Outdoors .............................. B6 Public Notices ..................... D1 Scoreboard .......................... B5 Socials .................................... C3 Sports ..................................... B1 • Susan Hall, 54 • Brad Hall, 28 • Linda Pearce, 46 • Kathy Lingenfelter, 49 • Ricky Frantz, 55 INDEX 24 pages Obituaries Page A2 $1.50 ST. MARYS — Work to improve a section of Route 255 in the City of St. Marys continues as winter weather sets in. The project stretches from the Tractor Supply Co. intersection to Route 120/State Street in Saint Marys. Work this year is concentrating on the section between Wendy’s and Satterlee & Sons. The project is expected to be completed in late summer 2014. Activity the week of Dec. 30 will include: • The contractor will begin work on Monday morning at 7 a.m. and continue through Tues- day. All work will be per- formed during daytime hours. No work will be performed Wednesday through Friday in obser- vance of the New Year’s holiday. • Route 255 will be restricted to one lane in the northbound direc- tion between Vine Street Route 255 road work continues in St. Marys By Kimberly Finnigan [email protected] CLEARFIELD — A man who made the ultimate sacrifice will be forever remembered through a new scholarship fund. At a recent press conference, the Clearfield County Charitable Foun- dation and the Clearfield Area High School Class of 1973 announced the formation of the “Gerald Read Me- morial Scholarship Fund.” The fund was established in memory of Gerald “Jerry” Read, a Clearfield native who was killed during the Sept. 15 mass shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. The attack left 12 people dead, including Read, and three others wounded. The shooter Aaron Alexis, was later killed by police. According to an article in the Washington Post, Read is credited for saving the life of a fellow employee during the attack. The article describes how, as Alex- is mad his way through Read’s office, shooting victims at close range, Read pushed a co-worker under a desk, bar- ricaded her in and pulled a cubicle partition into Alexis’ path. Read was then fatally wounded, but his co-work- er survived. Read had earned the rank of lieu- tenant colonel and had a background in military law enforcement before becoming a civilian expert in cyber security for the Navy. He eventually took his position at the Navy Yard’s Building 197. Upon hearing of Read’s heroic sacrifice, his fellow alumni of the Clearfield Area High School Class of ‘73, along with the foundation, began to raise money for a scholarship in his honor. Kevin D. McMillen, chairman of the Clearfield County Charitable Foundation, said because Read had been an Eagle Scout, the Jerry Read Memorial Fund will be awarded to an Eagle Scout or Boy Scout presently working toward earning his Eagle Scout badge. “We want the winners to benefit from the scholarship, but to also be proud to have won it,” McMillen said. David Read described his younger brother as something of a prankster who was best known for his “one lin- ers.” “He had been three grades behind me,” David Read said. “I went off to college while he was still in high school. I came back and went to a foot- Scholarship honors local hero Clearfield native killed in Navy Yard shooting; fund to help Eagle Scouts By Joy Norwood [email protected] DuBOIS — It’s been 50 years since the first United Fund Shows were held in DuBois. Fourteen shows were held to benefit the United Fund, which is the DuBois Area United Way today. The first production was held in 1963 with John Noble and Jesse B. Warren as co-producers. Noble was a produc- er for all but one of the shows, he said. Ken Bonsal, then band director at the DuBois Area High School, and Esther Hawkins, DAHS choral director at that time, oversaw the orchestra and singers, respectively. The productions brought more than 200 people together to make the shows happen – from orchestra and choral to wardrobe, makeup and stage crews and set construction. This was not a small undertaking, according to Noble, who still remembers each of the shows. Musicals benefited United Fund, included more than 200 volunteers Elk County Holiday Tournament n Page B 1 More than in savings inside $200 00 H: 38 L: 19 Page A8 T he fund was established in memory of Gerald “Jerry” Read, a Clearfield native who was killed during the Sept. 15 mass shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command head- quarters inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C. Funny Girl was one of 13 musicals that benefited the United Fund Drive between 1963 and 1978. Jean Simpson had the lead role in the musical. The DuBois Area Historical Society, in conjunction with the DuBois Area United Way, has displays in the two windows of the Historical Society’s Museum on West Long Avenue. (Photo by Joy Norwood) Remembering the United Fund musicals... Programs, photographs, sheet music and more can be seen in the United Fund Show win- dow displays at the DuBois Area Historical Society Museum. (Photo by Joy Norwood) See Musicals, A2 See Hero, A2 See Road, A8
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VOL. 19, NO. 52 SERVING CLARION, CLEARFIELD, ELK, FOREST AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES DEC. 29, 2013
Classified ............................... D1Crossword ............................ C5Entertainment .................... C6Finance .................................. D1Food ....................................... C1Health/Fitness ..................... C4Lottery ................................... A8Opinion ................................. A6Outdoors .............................. B6Public Notices ..................... D1Scoreboard .......................... B5Socials .................................... C3Sports ..................................... B1
• Susan Hall, 54• Brad Hall, 28• Linda Pearce, 46• Kathy Lingenfelter, 49• Ricky Frantz, 55
INDEX24 pages
ObituariesPage A2
$1.50
ST. MARYS — Work to improve a section of Route 255 in the City of St. Marys continues as winter weather sets in. The project stretches from the Tractor Supply Co. intersection to Route 120/State Street in Saint Marys. Work this year is concentrating on the section between Wendy’s and Satterlee & Sons. The project is expected to be completed in late summer 2014.
Activity the week of Dec. 30 will include:
• The contractor will begin work on Monday morning at 7 a.m. and continue through Tues-day. All work will be per-formed during daytime hours. No work will be performed Wednesday through Friday in obser-vance of the New Year’s holiday.
• Route 255 will be restricted to one lane in the northbound direc-tion between Vine Street
Route 255 road work continues in St. Marys
By Kimberly Finnigan
CLEARFIELD — A man who made the ultimate sacrifice will be forever remembered through a new scholarship fund.
At a recent press conference, the Clearfield County Charitable Foun-dation and the Clearfield Area High School Class of 1973 announced the formation of the “Gerald Read Me-morial Scholarship Fund.” The fund was established in memory of Gerald “Jerry” Read, a Clearfield native who was killed during the Sept. 15 mass shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command headquarters inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C.
The attack left 12 people dead, including Read, and three others
wounded. The shooter Aaron Alexis, was later killed by police.
According to an article in the Washington Post, Read is credited for saving the life of a fellow employee during the attack.
The article describes how, as Alex-is mad his way through Read’s office, shooting victims at close range, Read pushed a co-worker under a desk, bar-ricaded her in and pulled a cubicle partition into Alexis’ path. Read was then fatally wounded, but his co-work-
er survived.Read had earned the rank of lieu-
tenant colonel and had a background in military law enforcement before becoming a civilian expert in cyber security for the Navy. He eventually took his position at the Navy Yard’s Building 197.
Upon hearing of Read’s heroic sacrifice, his fellow alumni of the Clearfield Area High School Class of ‘73, along with the foundation, began to raise money for a scholarship in his
honor.Kevin D. McMillen, chairman
of the Clearfield County Charitable Foundation, said because Read had been an Eagle Scout, the Jerry Read Memorial Fund will be awarded to an Eagle Scout or Boy Scout presently working toward earning his Eagle Scout badge.
“We want the winners to benefit from the scholarship, but to also be proud to have won it,” McMillen said.
David Read described his younger brother as something of a prankster who was best known for his “one lin-ers.”
“He had been three grades behind me,” David Read said. “I went off to college while he was still in high school. I came back and went to a foot-
Scholarship honors local heroClearfield native killed in Navy Yard shooting; fund to help Eagle Scouts
By Joy Norwood
DuBOIS — It’s been 50 years since the first United Fund Shows were held in DuBois. Fourteen shows were held to benefit the United Fund, which is the DuBois Area United Way today.
The first production was held in 1963 with John Noble and Jesse B. Warren as co-producers. Noble was a produc-er for all but one of the shows, he said. Ken Bonsal, then band director at the DuBois Area High School, and Esther Hawkins, DAHS choral director at that time, oversaw the orchestra and singers, respectively.
The productions brought more than 200 people together to make the shows happen – from orchestra and choral to wardrobe, makeup and stage crews and set construction. This was not a small undertaking, according to Noble, who still remembers each of the shows.
Musicals benefited United Fund,included more than 200 volunteers
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The fund was established in memory of Gerald “Jerry” Read, a Clearfield native who was killed during the Sept. 15 mass shooting at the Naval Sea Systems Command head-quarters inside the Washington Navy Yard in southeast Washington, D.C.
Funny Girl was one of 13 musicals that benefited the United Fund Drive between 1963 and 1978. Jean Simpson had the lead role in the musical. The DuBois Area Historical Society, in conjunction with the DuBois Area United Way, has displays in the two windows of the Historical Society’s Museum on West Long Avenue. (Photo by Joy Norwood)
Remembering the United Fund musicals...
Programs, photographs, sheet music and more can be seen in the United Fund Show win-dow displays at the DuBois Area Historical Society Museum. (Photo by Joy Norwood) See Musicals, A2
See Hero, A2
See Road, A8
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