Archive - Aug 2012
It was like staring down the barrel of a loaded gun.
Thatâs what our brave volunteer firefighters must have thought Wednesday during an 11-hour emergency at the scene of a chemical tanker truck rollover in the heart of Kane.
âWe never know what weâre getting into,â Tim Holt, chief of the Kane Volunteer Fire Department, said in commenting on the harrowing experience. âVolunteer firefighters put their lives on the line for the community. Theyâre always âright thereâ when theyâre needed even though they know there are risks.â
August 30th
The evacuation of 1,000 Kane residents Wednesday following a tanker truck rollover is believed to be the largest ever in McKean County.
âIt was probably the largest evacuation,â County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) Director Bruce Manning said Thursday. âI canât remember anything bigger.â
Manning, who was on the scene Wednesday and returned Thursday to Kane to confer with Kane fire chief Tim Holt, said he believes the evacuation exceeded a movement of residents in 1972 due to flooding from Hurricane Agnes.
RIDGWAY - New charges, including multiple drug offenses and illegal possession of firearms, have been filed against Francis Anthony Milliard, 54, of Ridgway, currently incarcerated on arson and related charges in connection with two residential fires in Elk County, as well as charges of attempted murder and assault stemming from Milliard's alleged beating of a Ridgway man.
Last yearâs Kane Lady Wolves volleyball team was in an unusual place during last yearâs District 9 playoffsâhome. For the first time in 17 seasons, head coach Judy Kesslerâs squad missed out on a chance to earn a spot to the state playoffs.
With a record of 7-9, they were close, and with a number of key starters returning with an additional year of experience, Kessler is looking forward to making the playoffs once again.
2012 Fall Sports Previews can be purchased at The Kane Republican.
The Kane Wolves marching band is ready to wow the crowds at Paul R Miller Stadium during football games, as well as band competitions throughout the area this fall. The band, under the direction of Matthew McClard and assistants Joe Thornburg and Henry Sobieski, will be competing in the Tournament of Bands Competition Circuit, as well as hosting the annual Loren B. Wright Music Festival on Saturday, Sept. 8.
The band, which finished second at the Tournament of Bands Chapter 11 Championships last year, won shows in St Marys, Youngsville and Conemaugh Township last season.
Third-year Kane girlsâ soccer coach Allie Saquin has eight returning letterwinners from last yearâs 7-9 team. That is the good news. The bad news is that there are only 13 girls on the roster.
With 11 girls on the field at a time, depth could be a serious problem for the Lady Wolves.
Saquin will be patrolling the sidelines along with assistant coaches Jeff Gibbs, in his second season, and new volunteer assistant Robynn Boyer. The returning letterwinners are Dawn Saquin, Taylor Bucheit, Haylee Mague, Brittany Kowatch, Shyanne Todd, Kelsey Johnson, Sara Mohney, and Andrea Walker.
The Kane Lady Wolves Golf team finished last season with a very respectable 7-3 record.
The 2011 teamâs top golfer, Kyla Hoag, finished fourth in the District 9 tournament. Both the team and Hoag are hoping to improve on those finishes in 2012.
2012 Fall Sports Previews can be purchased at The Kane Republican.
Change is in the air for the Kane Wolvesâ football program. While there may be new coaches, Wolvesâ head coach Todd Silfies does not expect any big changes in style of football. The biggest change is the addition of freshmen to the high school football roster. This means that there will be 55 players on the sideline on game nights, a big jump from previous seasons.
Fourteen ninth-graders are on the team this year. According to Silfies, a number of other AML teams also made the same move.
2012 Fall Sports Previews can be purchased at The Kane Republican.
The Kane Cross Country runners look to follow up a successful 2011 season as they move up a classification in District 9.
Two members of last yearâs boys team and two members of last yearâs girls team ran in the PIAA tournament, and head coach Adam Smelko and his assistants Rich Hunt and Matt Gasbarre are hoping to have even more Wolves make the trip this season.
Senior captain Avery Colson will lead the way for the Wolves. Colson was one of the two runners from the boysâ team to run at states, along with Jon Gelsick. Chris Hunt is the other captain of the boysâ team.
While official sports seasons last two to three months for varsity sports, cheerleading is a little different.
Cheerleading is broken up into several different seasons. The Kane cheerleaders have begun their fall cheerleading season, which head coach Chris Niklaus considers a âpreseason for the competition team.â
