We would like to thank everyone that participated and attended this year’s Ryan’s Hope Memorial Softball Tournament during the tough times of the Covid-19 pandemic. We would also like to send out a big thanks everyone that took time to help manage the tournament and concession. This year the 1st place team was B4 Pyro. (Bottom left) Tiffany and Trinity Acla hold the American flag during opening. (Top left) Gregory and Ryleigh Gies throw the opening pitch at the start of the tournament. Ryleigh was a 2017 recipient born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. Check out the jump page for more information and the second and third place winners.
photos provided/Darrin Morse
We would like to thank everyone that participated and attended this year’s Ryan’s Hope Memorial Softball Tournament during the tough times of the Covid-19 pandemic. We would also like to send out a big thanks everyone that took time to help manage the tournament and concession. This year the 1st place team was B4 Pyro. (Bottom left) Tiffany and Trinity Acla hold the American flag during opening. (Top left) Gregory and Ryleigh Gies throw the opening pitch at the start of the tournament. Ryleigh was a 2017 recipient born with Down syndrome and a congenital heart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. Check out the jump page for more information and the second and third place winners. by Rachel Heitzenrater
rachelh@myweeklysentinel.com CANTON — Canton Area School District discussed the confusion surrounding the state with schools reopening this fall at the Aug. 13 meeting. Canton School District will return for classes on Monday, Aug. 31. “Tonight board, you will vote to approve the use of flexible instruction days for our school district, should an emergency arise and we need to use those days,” said Superintendent Dr. Eric Briggs. “There’s a chance we may never have to use these days, however, I believe it’s in our best interest to approve these days.” Briggs says the flexible instruction days will have an attached plan that will be sent to the PA Board of Education for approval. “I want to publicly thank the six teachers who helped us write those lesson plans,” said Briggs. photos by AMANDA CARREON
The Canton Fire Department held their annual Firemen’s Fair on Saturday, Aug. 22, at the Canton Fire Department’s field. The night entailed food, live music, 50/50, Stitches the Clown, fire truck rides, fireworks and more. By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
AP NEWS — High school athletes across Pennsylvania will be taking the field this fall, after all. Ending weeks of uncertainty, the governing body for Pennsylvania interscholastic sports voted Friday to move forward with the fall season, rejecting the governor’s recommendation that all youth sports be postponed until 2021 to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The board of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association had delayed the start of fall sports after Gov. Tom Wolf on Aug. 6 urged that scholastic and recreational youth sports be put off until January, citing the pandemic. The PIAA had said it was blindsided and “tremendously disappointed” by Wolf’s recommendation — which was not binding — and insisted that fall sports could be held safely. For his part, Wolf has pointed out that major collegiate leagues have independently canceled fall sports. by Rachel Heitzenrater
rachelh@myweeklysentinel.com WARD TOWNSHIP — Ward Township Supervisors discussed permits, road work and more at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 4. Several sewage disposal permits were approved, with two from Repsol, one for Ward Township, one for Backwoods Property Services, and three personal. The roadmaster’s report was made by Supervisor Morris, which stated that sluice pipes were replaced on Lower Mountain Road and Gleason Road. The ditch was cleaned up on Lower Mountain Road. Old business Supervisors reported that the new municipal office building construction has completed phase 2. They also reported pending results from Midland Asphalt on core samples taken from Lower Mountain Road. New business A Church Road sluice pipe flooding is reported to be reviewed by the roadmaster. During public comment, a resident mentioned a rattlesnake sighting within the township’s borders. The next Ward Township Supervisors meeting is Tuesday, Sept. 1, at 7 p.m. at the township building. Editors note: This report was produced using meeting minutes provided by Ward Township Supervisors and Secretary McPherson. UNION TOWNSHIP — The regular monthly meeting of the Union Township supervisors was held on Monday, Aug. 3, at 7 p.m. at the township building located at 324 Union Centre Rd., Canton. There were four people in attendance along with supervisors William Baker, Bill Davy, and secretary Susan Asbury.
In the absence of a Roadmaster, township supervisor Davy gave the roadmaster report. Repairs to Union Centre/Gulf/Thomas intersection are complete. Gravel is finished on Joe Hill, McCracken and PeePaw roads. The crew has been cleaning ditches, changing sleuth pipes, trimming brush around bridges and road signs, and all routine maintenance on equipment is up-to-date. We will start fall mowing soon. Dust oil is almost complete. They will have one more truck, utilizing an additional five to six hundred gallons. To date Union Township is at approximately $37k without figuring in any reimbursement costs. Supervisor Baker asked to have those numbers available for the next meeting. by John Shaffer
Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden gave his first “big” interview since the party’s convention this week, and if we may judge by the way ABC News promoted the interview, the headline-grabber was this: “I would shut it down; I would listen to the scientists.” The candidate of course is referring to the American economy, and the Coronavirus. “We cannot get the country moving until we control the coronavirus,” Mr. Biden elaborated. He asserts that the Trump administration – which the Democrats have accused of being a dictatorship – should have slammed the economy shut, despite the fact that the President of the United States has no legal authority to do so. No, it was the governors, largely but not exclusively Democrats, who shut down their states and many of whom continue to talk about shutting their states down for another three months (by coincidence, that would take us past election day). Well, the US unemployment rate, which was 3.5% in February, spiked to 14.7% in April, and since has declined to 10.2% in July. The stock markets, which were near record highs when this crisis began, plunged but have recovered (and in the case of the S&P 500 and NASDAQ) have made up for that loss and are again at record highs. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is nearly back to record territory. There are many bleak indications for the economy, but they are preponderantly in the “Blue” states, whose governors slammed them shut with often arbitrary and capricious rules. The “Flyover” country where the economies never were shut down or were shut down only temporarily, is doing much better and has fueled the beginnings of a recovery. In other words, we most certainly can get the country moving without “controlling the coronavirus,” whatever that means. And the shutdowns happened for a disease with a survival rate in excess of 99% and whose victims (and each victim is a tragic loss) have an average age in excess of the expected US life expectancy. Bradford County District Attorney Chad Salsman reported the following resolutions of criminal cases in the Bradford County Court of Common Pleas, Towanda, Pennsylvania:
Sentenced Thad Wilcox, 37, Towanda, was sentenced to incarceration in a Pennsylvania State Correctional Facility for 18 months to 72 months, fines of $2,000, plus court costs, for the offenses of Sexual Abuse of Children, a felony of the second degree and Sexual Abuse of Children, a felony of the third degree. Trooper Andrew Petro of the Pennsylvania State Police arrested Wilcox following investigation of incidents that occurred in Towanda Borough on Aug. 5, 2019. Justin Wheeler, 32, Alpine, N.Y., was sentenced to Incarceration in the Bradford County Correctional Facility for one month, 72 hours to 18 months, fines of $1,500, plus court costs for the offenses of Driving under the Influence, (1st-10), (drug related), and Possession of a Controlled Substance, also a misdemeanor. Officer Jeremey Horton of the Sayre Borough Police Department arrested Wheeler for the offenses occurring on Dec. 11, 2019. David Jennings, 33, Wilmington, DE, was sentenced to Probation Supervision for a term of 12 months, fines of $1,500, plus court costs for the offenses of Firearms not to be carried without a License, a misdemeanor of the first degree, an Unlawful Killing of Big Game, a summary of the first degree. Deputy Michael Goodenow of the Pennsylvania Game Commission arrested Jennings following investigation of incidents that occurred in Stevens Township on Nov. 1, 2019. Adam Keely, 35, Athens, was sentenced to incarceration in the Bradford County Correctional Facility for eight months to 23 months, 29 days, fines of $1000.00, plus court costs, for the offense of Criminal Trespass, a felony of the third degree. Officer Nate Ross of the Sayre Borough Police Department arrested Keely for the offense occurring on Sept. 16, 2020. Orlando Rodriguez-Nieves, 30, of Towanda, was sentenced to Probation Supervision for a term of 24 months, fines of $750, plus court costs, for the offenses of Defiant Trespass, a misdemeanor of the third degree, Loitering and Prowling, also a misdemeanor of the third degree and Criminal Mischief, a misdemeanor of the third degree. Officer Ryan Edsell and Officer Joshua Lake both of Towanda Borough Police Department arrested Rodriguez-Nieves for the offenses on March 21, 2020 and March 23, 2020. Mary Bunce, 31, Waverly, N.Y., was sentenced to Probation Supervision for a term of nine months, fines of $250, plus court costs, for the offense of Disorderly Conduct, a misdemeanor of the third degree. Officer Richard Horton of the Sayre Borough Police Department arrested Bunce for the offense occurring on Oct. 15, 2019. Contact tracing is the process of identifying people who may have come into contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 so that they can quarantine and monitor for symptoms. Scammers are attempting to take advantage of how this process works by pretending to be contact tracers and trying to get personal information out of victims through phone calls or electronic messages.
A legitimate contact tracer may ask for verification of your date of birth, address, and any other phone numbers you may have; and if you have already tested positive for COVID-19 they may also ask for the date and location of where you were tested. A contact tracer will never ask for your Social Security number, financial or bank account information, or personal details unrelated to your potential exposure to someone with COVID-19; personal information through SMS/text message or send you to any website link asking for personal information; photographs or videos of any kind; passwords; or money or payment. A contact tracer will never share your information with any local, state or federal law enforcement agency. People who receive a call from a contact tracer are welcome to contact the Department of Health to verify their legitimacy by calling 1-877-PA HEALTH (1-877-724-3258 |
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