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June 28th, 2012
SMETHPORT â McKean County will save over $205,000 by refinancing loans from 2007.
Acting at a special meeting Thursday, County Commissioners Joe DeMott, Al Pingie and Cliff Lane approved a âdebt ordinanceâ that calls for the issuance of $3,590,000 in new bonds to be repaid over an 11-year period.
The new loan pays off three bonds issued in 2007 for such projects as the courthouse renovation and the replacement of the Galico Bridge in Keating Township.
Falling interest rates prompted the commissioners to consider refinancing the 2007 bonds to save interest payments.
An âArtist in Residenceâ is helping 10 Kane Middle School students lay the groundwork for a video linked with the Kane Sesquicentennial in 2014.
Author PJ Piccirillo, a historical novelist from Brockport in southern Elk County, is showing the students how to gather information for the video. His appearance in Kane is sponsored, in part, by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and Arts in Education Partnership.
The school district, the Kane Historical Preservation Society, the Kane 150th Anniversary Committee and the Keystone SMILES Americorps also are hosting his visit to Kane.
June 27th
Nearly 100 students are taking part in summer classes at the Kane Elementary School.
The âsummer schoolâ is for children who have completed classes from pre-kindergarten through fourth grade.
In a report at a meeting of the Kane School Board earlier this month, Elementary School Principal Linda Lorenzo said children âwere invited to summer school based on academic needs.â
âStudents will be working on targeted areas with the summer school staff,â she said. âPre and post-assessments will track student progress and growth as a result of the summer school program.â
June 26th
SMETHPORT â The McKean County Board of Commissioners has established new criteria linked with the state-authorized âClean and Greenâ program.
âClean and Greenâ offers tax relief to owners of at least 10 acres of agricultural or forest land.
The program is designed to encourage property owners to retain their agricultural or forest land rather than sell it for development.
Acting at a meeting Tuesday at the county courthouse in Smethport, County Commissioners Joe DeMott, Al Pingie and Cliff Lane endorsed a resolution that sets forth criteria for the 2013 tax year.
June 21st
What began as a dream seven years ago has turned into the biggest summer tourist attraction in Kane.
The sixth annual Art in the Wilds Juried Fine Arts Show will be held Saturday and Sunday at Evergreen Park. The show runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.
Admission and parking are free.
Between 4,000 and 5,000 visitors are expected during the two-day show, according to founder and director Marilyn Blackmore.
The installation of five new âWelcome To Kaneâ signs began in March and can now be enjoyed when entering Kane Northbound on 321 near Kane High school, Eastbound on Route 6 near the Kane Community Hospital, Westbound on Route 6 near Kane View Motel, Southbound on Route 321 near Glenwood Park or when entering Kane Northbound on Route 66 across from Steve Jerman Memorial Park.Â
This project was funded by local organizations, businesses and individuals. The signs were designed and hand-crafted by Sign Design of Westline.
June 20th
Erin Vassallo is full of zest as she begins her new job as executive director of the Kane Area Development Center (KADC).
This organization includes the Kane Chamber of Commerce, the Kane Area Industrial Development Corporation (KAIDC) and the Kane Area Revitalization Enterprise (KARE).
The bubbly young woman can hardly contain her zeal as she discusses her key role in promoting Kane business, industry, tourism and the overall quality of life.
When the Kane High School Alumni Memorial Award (KHSAMA) Fund meets in February 2013, it will mark the first time in 28 years that a member of the Class of 1955 has not sat upon that board.
At the May Selection Meeting of the board, President John Thompson, KHS â55, formally announced that he would be retiring after 16 years of serving on the board.
While local officials are trying not to cause a panic with Ridgway residents, the fact remains the same: with two unexplained fires less than three weeks apart being deemed arson cases, the unease has set in.
"The two that we've had in three weeks, we have an issue," said Ridgway fire chief John Wygant. "I don't want to elaborate on it because I don't want to create a problem in the community, and I don't want to cause a panic or have people running, buying guns and shooting people. We can't have that.
June 19th
Students taught by Debbie Lenaway may see their teacher more often outside the classroom than in school.
Lenaway spends much of her spare time watching her students perform in concerts or in sporting events such as Little League baseball or youth soccer.
âI sit with the parents in the bleachers,â Lenaway said. âOf course, I have to cheer for players on both teams on the field.â
