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LOCAL & AREA NEWS AREA NEWS NOTES by Debi Nichols
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that caused four individuals to succumb to heat exhaustion. At least one fireman was taken to the hospital......Pennsylvania Commonwealth Financing Authority has approved the Bradford City Water Authority as the recipient of a $5.2 million H2O PA Act Grant for the rehabilitation of the Gilbert Dam. Both the Gilbert Dam and the Marilla Dam (prior to its rehabilitation a few years ago) had been on the DEPs Unsafe Dam List “for the better part of the preceding decade, maybe more,” according to Kim Benjamin, Bradford City Water Authority Executive Director. The grant money, in conjunction with an additional $1.3 million to be acquired either through a bond or PENNVEST funding, will be used to rectify deficiencies in the dam and bring it up to code. This would enable the dam to continue to be used as a back-up water supply during drought conditions for the entire Bradford water system. Benjamin said the project will take a minimum of two years since its still uncertain when the project would begin and who would be contracted to carry it out. One thing that has been decided is that the construction entrance for the project will be located off West Washington Street, directly across from the Marilla Dam “because Gilbert Lane is a residential neighborhood and the intent is to minimize any disturbance to those living in the area.”.........The 13th Kids and Cancer Benefit Dice Run, benefiting children with cancer, will be held Saturday, July 17. Proceeds from the event will be given to various medical facilities and individuals families. Between the hours of 3 and 8 p.m., on July 17, Mechanic Street in Bradford will be closed off to traffic between Main and West Washington streets, and Barbour Street will be closed between Mechanic and Bushnell streets for festivities. Participants should park in the parking lot of the Zippo Manufacturing Co. on Zippo Drive by noon. There is a registration fee for the participants in the dice run.
Anyone that has a motorcycle is welcome to participate. Dice Run participants will leave Zippo around 12:15 p.m. and travel a predetermined route finally ending back at Mechanic and Barbour streets in Bradford. Food will be available from John Williams European Pastry Shoppe, Players, the Lighter Side and the Corner Bar, beginning at 3 p.m. The band “Critical Addiction,” will perform around 4 p.m. Run participants are asked to return by 5 p.m. An awards ceremony for the cyclists will be held around 6 p.m. and a motorcycle will be given away between 6 and 7 p.m. In addition, the Case Collector Reunion will be held on the grounds of the W.R. Case & Sons Cutlery Co. plant located on Owens Way in Bradford on July 17.......Lawrence “Cino” and Elizabeth “Betty” Ann Ross Faes of Crosby, PA, recently celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple was married on June 24, 1950, at St. Elizabeth’s Catholic Church in Smethport, PA. They have five children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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Local Oil Prices: American Refining Group (ARG) Price Paid Per Barrel for Penn Grade Crude Oil: $65.75 $67.75 $68.00 $68.00
Wednesday July 7, 2010 Thursday, July 8, 2010 Friday, July 9, 2010 Saturday, July 10, 2010
Ergon Oil Purchasing Chart for Price Paid Per Barrel for Penn Grade Crude Oil: $67.75 $67.75 $69.75 $71.25
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Thursday, July 8, 2010 Friay, July 9, 2010 Saturday, July 10, 2010
Been Friends For Years
Bradford Journal Photo Nick Shay 14 on the left and Jordan Bond 10 on the right squint up at us from Barcroft Pool at Callahan Park, July 11th. It’s fun getting a picture for the paper but it’s hard looking into the sun from the northwest corner of the pool. Their mothers are friends so they’ve been friends for years. And when they swim, they do it together.
POLLEN COUNT
Supplied by Fred H. Lewis, M.D. Olean (NY) Medical Group Thursday July 8: Total Pollen Count: 14 Season: Grass
Predominant Pollen: Grass Pollen Level: Moderate
Mold Level: Moderate
Fri./Sat./Sun. July 9-10-11:
Total Pollen Count: 6 Three-Day Avrg. Count: 2 Season: Grass Predominant Pollen: Grass Pollen Level: Low Mold Level: Low Monday July12: Total Pollen Count: 5 Season: Grass Predominant Pollen: Plantain Pollen Level: Low Mold Level: Low
THE BRADFORD AREA 5-DAY WEATHER FORECAST
Thursday, July 15: Mostly sunny and hot today with a high of 86°. Thursday Night: Partly cloudy and humid with a chance of thunderstorms tonight. Low of 65°.
Friday, July 16: Partly sunny today with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High of 83°. Friday Night: Mostly cloudy with a chance of some showers or a thunderstorm. Low of 60°.
Saturday, July 17: Mostly sunny and very warm today with a chance for an afternoon shower or thunderstorm. High of 83°. Saturday Night: Partly cloudy with a chance of evening showers or thunderstorms. Low of 60°.
Sunday, July 18: Mostly sunny and very warm today becoming partly cloudy in the late afternoon. High of 82°. Sunday Night: Partly cloudy tonight with a low of 60°.
Monday, July 19: Cloudy today with a 40% chance of rain. Monday Night: Rain continues this evening with a chance for some thunderstorms tonight. Low of 57°.