Pa. broadband funding boosted with extension help

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Pennsylvania will receive nearly $1.2 billion in federal funding to establish or improve high-speed internet service in unserved and underserved areas — an amount that would have been more than $100 million smaller without the work of Penn State Extension, officials said.

The state’s allocation is part of $42.5 billion in broadband funding authorized by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, announced June 26 by President Joe Biden, The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority late last year contracted with Penn State Extension to develop and update state broadband service availability maps to enable the commonwealth to maximize its federal funding allocation for high-speed internet expansion under the act’s Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.

Subsequently, Penn State Extension educators developed public broadband spatial analysis and mapping tools and evaluated the accuracy of industry-provided data to inform the state’s process of challenging discrepancies in Federal Communications Commission maps of broadband service availability. This work helped the authority to identify more than 50,000 Pennsylvania service-availability claims that appeared to be incorrectly reported as having access to high-speed internet and to submit challenges to the FCC by the Jan. 13 deadline.

The FCC upheld more than 28,000 of those service-availability challenges, resulting in an estimated $117 million more in Pennsylvania’s share of the federal funding, accord- ing to James Ladlee, state program leader for Extension’s Emerging and Advanced Technology Initiative.

Ladlee said the average total allocation across all states and U.S. territories was just under $743 million, and that Pennsylvania was the only one of 19 states whose funding allocation topped $1 billion.

Harry Crissy, business and community vitality extension educator, noted that from the time Penn State Extension entered the contract with the Broadband Development Authority until the Jan. 13 deadline for service-availability challenges, there was little time to complete the mapping and analytical work.

“To meet the FCC’s deadline and quickly identify service-availability gaps, our team of about 22 people spent much of December 2022 manually verifying nearly 13,000 random addresses — from every service provider in every county — against data filed with the FCC,” Crissy said. “We then used the potential gaps identified in this first phase of the project to conduct a spatial analysis against the existing FCC and infrastructure claims to identify additional availability challenges. In the end, the authority submitted more than 50,000 total availability challenges based on this work.”

Ladlee said that Extension previously worked in partnership with the state Public Utility Commission on mapping tools that helped the state obtain almost $369 million in broadband funding under a different federal program, which is expected to enable up to 327,000 Pennsylvanians to gain high-speed internet access.

Blue Rock, oH

SAT. July 8, 2023 starting at 11:00 a .M.

MUSKINGUM CoUNty, oH

Land Auction

ATTenTion lAnd SeekerS, inveSTorS, HunTerS, ouTdoorSmAn! LegaL ParceL # 06-80-28-25-000

70 Acres of recreational land Selling in one Tract – live Auction at the Property

9500 Gaysport Hill Rd., Blue Rock, oH - Muskingum county direcTionS: Take RT 60 to Gaysport, turn onto RT 376 and turn immediately onto Gaysport Hill Rd. Go approx. 2 miles. Koehler Auction signs will be posted. only minutes from Blue rock State Park/Public Hunting land.

For all auction details & information, contact JeFF KoeHler

740/819-8441 or www.koehlerAuctions.com

Homerville, oH • Sat. July 15, 2023 starting at 9:00 a .M.

Flanik auction – classic c ars, Guns

HADLEY, PA

SAT. AUG. 5, 2023 & SAT. AUG. 19, 2023 starting at 10:00 a .M.

REAL ESTATE & CONTENTS

740 FREDONIA RD., HADLEY, PA 16130 anD sUn. JULY 16tH FrOM 1 – 4 P.M.

DiRECTiONS: From I-79 north or south get off at Sandy Lake, Pa. exit and go west on Rt. 358 cross Rt. 19 to 2nd road left on Fredonia Rd. Take Fredonia Rd. to auction. Watch for Cresswell Auction signs.

OPEn HOUsE WED. JULY 12tH FrOM 5 – 7 P.M.

SAT. AUG. 5Th: Featuring 50 acres of level farmland & woods, approx. 30 acres of tillable & 20 acres of timber. 2-story family home w/additions and completely updated, 3 bedrooms, full bath up, 1stp. The floor has kitchen, dining room, formal living room, laundry room, master bedroom w/full bath (shower & Jacuzzi tub) and a large walk-in closet, three car attached garage and basement. Additions include a large great room w/high cathedral ceilings, a loft and a massive fire place, has tile floors and lots of natural lighting, two ½ baths, attached to great room a 2 story 3 door garage, approx. 30ft x 70 ft. enough room for 6 + cars, the second floor is completely open for work shop, party room with great view of the valley. Also, a detached 30ft. x 40ft. garage. A must see, one-of-a-kind property, don’t miss this auction. Contents list for Aug. 5. Auction coming soon.

SAT. AUG 19Th: Tractors, trailer, mowers, wood shop equipment, advertising signs, office equipment, antiques & collectibles and much more. For information or private viewing please call: 724-253-3493 and keep an eye on the website for updates and additions.

NOTE: A great place to live, lots of storage for your antique cars & more. Would make a great bed & breakfast or country restaurant, lots of possibilities.

TERmS Of REAL ESTATE: 10% non-refundable deposit day of auction balance in 60 days or at closing. A 10% buyer fee applies to Real Estate only.

OWNERS: hARLEY & DARLENE COOK AUCTiON CONDUCTED BY: CRESSWELL AUCTION SERVICE & MOWRY AUCTION SERVICE

CHUCK MOWRY AU-005264L 724-376-2122

DON CRESSWELL AU-2938L 724-253-3493 www.cresswellauction.com

ClaSSiC CarS, truCkS & MotorCyCleS (Selling at noon): 1968 Chevy Chevelle SS 396 w/ auto 400 trans, orig. Grecian Green paint, & approx. 88k miles (North Carolina car); 1955 Chevy Bel-Air 2 door hardtop w/350 V8 & 4 spd. on floor “Nonactual odometer reading: warning – odometer discrepancy”; 1957 Chevy Bel-Air 2 door hardtop w/283 V8 & 3 spd. on floor; 1969 Chevy Nova SS custom drag car (street legal) w/built up 454 V8 & TH400 auto trans “Nonactual odometer reading: warning – odometer discrepancy”; Custom 1939 Ford Pickup Truck w/351 Windsor V8, 4 spd. on floor, front & rear disc brakes, and approx. 6500 miles since rebuild “Nonactual odometer reading: warning – odometer discrepancy”; 1976 Chevy Custom Deluxe C-10 long bed pickup truck w/350 V8, 4 spd. on floor & approx. 55k miles; 1969 Volkswagen Beetle convertible; 1976 Yamaha Enduro 175 dirt bike; 1973 Honda CL360 motorcycle; Vintage Solex 49cc moped; Tandem 2 horse trailer. gaS & oil MeMorabilia: Orig. MobilOil metal porcelain LARGE Pegasus sign (approx. 8.5’ wide); Mobil Gas 7’ Neon lighted sign; Sinclair H-C 4’ round double sided porcelain sign; Coke 36” & 24” Button signs; Sunoco lighted sign; RC Cola metal sign & thermometer; Wayne Mobil Oil gas pump; Tokheim Shell Oil gas pump; Gilbarco Blue Sunoco gas pump; (2) telephone boots; Coke & Pepsi 10 cent bottle vending machines; Traffic lights & signs; assorted oil cans including Sunoco, Wolf’s Head, Sohio, Mobil, and more; old Coke & other pop bottles. traCtor/buggieS/FarM iteMS : Restored ron & edith Flanik, ownerS aSSiSting auCtioneerS : ChriS & Matt Sulzener, Paul eMerSon live auCtion terMS : Accepted forms of payment are Cash, Good local checks, and Credit cards. 5% Buyer’s Premium, waived for cash or good checks. ID required to register. Payment in full must be made on auction day. Buyer takes responsibility for safety & proper use of all items purchased. All items are sold “AS IS, WHERE IS” with no guarantees or warranties. All sales are final.

Cockshutt 20 gas tractor w/3 pt., pto, & new rubber; Bush Hog HT417H 4 basket hay tedder (nearly new); IH 990 7’ haybine; Ford sicklebar mower; horse drawn doctor’s buggy; restored Red Oak 2 seater horse drawn open buggy on rubber tires; 4’x6’ wooden farm sled; (2) wheelbarrow air compressors w/Honda engines; (10) horse stall doors w/hardware; platform scale; bench vises; farm & garden hand tools; chicken crates; barn roof vents; barn lanterns; old wrenches; deer hunting stands; fishing rods; wagon load of misc. farm items.

50+ gunS/kniveS (Selling at 10 a.M.): Henry lever action brass .45-70 & .30-30 Win (NIB); Henry Big Boy .44 Mag & .357 Mag (NIB); Henry Golden Boy lever actions in .22 LR, .22 mag, & .17 HMR (all NIB); Winchester 9422 XTR Annie Oakley .22 LR (NIB); Shiloh Sharps 1874 .5070 rifle; (2) Browning Light Twelve 12 ga; Rem. 870 WM 12 & 20 ga; pre-64 Winc. 94 .30-30; (2) Stevens Favorite .22 LR; (2) Stevens Little Scout .22 LR; Mossberg 640KW .22 mag; Springfield 1894 .30-40 Krag; Marlin 39 .22 LR; Winc. 90 .22 Short; Stevens 325B .30-30; Worthington .410 SxS; Noble & Mossberg .410 pumps; Winc. 1200 12 ga; Tradewinds 1032 SxS 10 ga; several old .410, 16 gauge, & 12 gauge single shots and double barrels; PNEUDART 193 tranquilizer gun; BB guns; H&R Defender .38 S&W; Iver Johnson .22 top break; other old revolvers; western holsters; large amount of rifle, rimfire, and shotgun ammunition (various calibers); Approx. 200 Vintage pocket knives (various makers); approx. 6’ tall cinnamon black bear taxidermy mount. See Full Gun List online at www.rdfarnsworth.com NOTE: Gun buyers MUST: 1) Be residents of Ohio, 2) Be at least 18 years old to purchase long guns, 21 for handguns, AND 3) Be allowed to legally purchase and own a firearm.

Mt. Hope, oH

Wed. July 12, 2023 starting at 12:00 noon