Thompson Urges Constituents to Take Common-Sense Precautions Against Swine Flu/H1N1 Virus



Washington, D.C.—U.S. Representative Glenn “GT” Thompson, R-Howard, was briefed today on the swine flu by members of the President’s Cabinet and officials from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).



“Government officials are monitoring this very carefully and implementing a number of strategic plans,” said Thompson. “They include releasing supplies of Tamiflu and related anti-viral drugs from the strategic stockpile. These drugs have been shown to be effective against the swine flu if used within two days of experiencing symptoms.”



According to the experts, the symptoms of swine flu are very similar to other cases of the flu. They include fever, cough, sore throat, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Some have reported diarrhea and vomiting associated with swine flu.



“While named the swine flu, the H1N1 virus has nothing to do with food-borne illness,” Thompson explained. “You cannot get swine flu from eating pork or pork products.”

The Congressman said that so far there have been no cases of the H1N1 virus reported in Pennsylvania. “We want to keep it that way and the best way to do that is to take common-sense precautions,” said Thompson.



The steps outlined by the CDC to protect your health and the health of others, include:



· Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze and dispose of the tissue.

· Wash your hands often with soap and water, especially after you cough or sneeze. Alcohol-based hand cleaners also are effective.

· Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth. Germs spread this way.

· Try to avoid close contact with sick people.

· If you get sick with influenza, CDC recommends that you stay home from work or school and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them.

The following website from Penn State University contains a great deal of the same information Thompson received in the briefing and includes information from the CDC: http://agsci.psu.edu/news/spotlight/swine-flu. The CDC website is: http://www.cdc.gov/swineflu.
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State House Policy Committee Joins Fight to Protect Private Property Rights in Allegheny National Forest

A proposed settlement between the United States Forest Service and a coalition of environmental groups will have dire consequences for the local economy, the state’s economy and efforts to gain energy independence – not to mention private property rights.

We must work together to protect our rights and our future.


Attend a Public Hearing

If you are concerned about the long-term effects of this decision, which has not yet been finalized in the courts, join the House Republican Policy Committee for a hearing.

Friday, May 1
10 a.m.

Holiday Inn
Three Flags Ballroom
210 Ludlow St.
in Warren




Among those on the agenda to testify are:


* Congressman Glenn Thompson.
* Harvey Golubock, president and COO at American Refining Group in Bradford.
* Additional industry and economic development representatives.

Due to time constraints, public testimony will not be accepted, but you are welcome to contact my office to share your thoughts or obtain additional information at any time.

I hope to see you at the hearing. Can’t attend?
Watch It LIVE at:
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MUSIC
BY

CARL CAMPBELL





May 6, 2009



10:30 A.M.





SMETHPORT SENIOR CENTER



119 MAIN STREET



SMETHPORT, PA 16749



814-887-5630





PLEASE CALL A DAY IN ADVANCE FOR

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MUSIC
BY

CARL CAMPBELL





May 6, 2009



10:30 A.M.





SMETHPORT SENIOR CENTER



119 MAIN STREET



SMETHPORT, PA 16749



814-887-5630





PLEASE CALL A DAY IN ADVANCE FOR

LUNCH RESERVATIONS

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MUSIC BY RED DOUG AL

ED AND JERRY





FRIDAY, MAY 8, 2009



11:00 A.M.





SMETHPORT SENIOR CENTER



119 MAIN STREET



SMETHPORT, PA 16749



814-887-5630





PLEASE CALL A DAY IN ADVANCE

FOR LUNCH RESERVATIONS

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Taken at Open Arms in Bradford

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Taken along the Crook Farm trail.

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Caught this sunset last night.

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The Bradford Main Street program has been designated an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Trust Main Street Center. Each year, the National Trust and its coordinating program partners announce the list of accredited Main Street programs that have built strong revitalization organizations that have demonstrated their ability to follow the Main Street methodology.

“We congratulate this year’s nationally accredited Main Street programs for meeting our established performance standard,” says Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust Main Street Center, “Rebuilding a district’s economic health and maintaining that success requires broad-based community involvement and support, in addition to establishing a solid organization with sound management that is committed to long-term success.”

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I think this is from 2007...
This arrangement is sheer brilliance on the part of Ken and Annamaria Myers.
What amazing people, and amazing artists!

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Holly and Steve Manginell, of Emporium, face leaving their hometown to find work after Mr. Manginell lost his job with GKN Sinter Metals, Cameron County's biggest employer.

EMPORIUM, Pa. -- After his wife, Holly, kissed him goodbye and went off to the family's remaining job, Steve Manginell climbed into his pickup truck and wheeled it up a hillside where he could see the plant that once employed him and the town he doesn't want to leave.

"Anything that I ever wanted was here," he said, "except for a job."

CLICK HERE TO READ THE REST OF THE STORY IN THE PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE

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On Thursday April 23 from 8pm-9:30pm, Open Arms Community Church will be hosting the "Town Hall for Hope" by Dave Ramsey. The event is free and is a live national event that is being hosted by Life Church and will be broadcast via internet to registered host locations.

Dave Ramsey is a personal money-management expert, an extremely popular national radio personality, best-selling author of The Total Money Makeover, and host of the Dave Ramsey Show on Fox Business Channel.

Dave will offer straight talk about the economy, recession, foreclosures and more. He'll carefully explain where we've come from, where we are now, and what we should be doing with our money during this time. Then, Dave will spend an hour answering your questions live! Dave will be taking calls, emails, facebook messages, and many other forms of live communication throughout the event.

Pastor Mike McAvoy explained, "Our hope is that in holding this event it will be a blessing to the people of the Bradford region giving practical guidance regarding the circumstances we're presently in, calming fears and anxiety, and casting a vision of hope for the future."

If you have any questions you can contact the Open Arms Community Church office at 814-368-8846 or by email at openarmsoffice@gmail.com. The church is located one mile north of Walmart at 1289 East Main Street. Parking is in the back off Tuna Cross Road.
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I think that the government has gotten too big for their britches.
Be sure to write your congressman and urge them NOT to support this bill.
Read the Bill here

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By R.A. WALKER rwalker@sungazette.com

A 52-year-old Potter County man entered a guilty plea in U.S. Middle District Court Tuesday to filing documents with the Internal Revenue Service falsely claiming he was a certified public accountant.

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An Elk County Prison inmate who was missing for about a week is back in custody – in Oklahoma. Click HERE to read more

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By Mary Hosmer
Public Affairs
Allegheny National Forest
The rabbit squirted out from almost underneath my feet and ‘zagged’ into a field of switchgrass (Panicum virgatum). My shotgun fire had ‘zigged’. Beagle 1, rabbit 1, hunter 0. We were hunting switchgrass fields planted on State Game Lands down in Somerset County. My first experience with this grass left me a believer in its value to wildlife. Rabbits, pheasants, and woodcock – wow! I hadn’t had a day of hunting like that since I was a kid in the cedar swamps of Michigan and snowshoe hare were the prey of the day. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE

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The public is invited to attend a special presentation by the Bob Jones University Ministry Team at Faith Baptist Church, 498 Seaward Avenue, Bradford, on Wednesday, April 15, at 7:00 P.M. Find out more HERE

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“Bye Bye Birdie,” a Broadway musical comedy based on the early career of Elvis Presley, will be staged Thursday, April 30, at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford.
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Has Participating in Youth Sports Had an Affect on your Life?

I am a senior at Oswayo Valley High School, working on my senior project "Coaching Youth Sports". As part of my project I am conducting a survey on how youth sports may or may not have affected your children's or your lives. I would greatly appreciate it, if you would take the time to complete my short survey. CLICK HERE

All you need to do is fill out the short survey, which is comprised of mostly yes or no answers, and click on the submit button.

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Open Arms Community Church is launching a "stimulus" package of their own.

Starting this weekend, Pastor Mike McAvoy will teach a four week series entitled "Stimulus - God's Bailout Plan For Your Life".

"With all the talk about a bail out plan for the American Economy, I thought Easter a great time to kick off a series about God's bail out plan for our life," said McAvoy.

McAvoy said that the Christian faith is about something more than just sitting in a church on the weekend, "God has a lot to say about stimulating our lives to go from nominal to great, ordinary to extraordinary."

McAvoy said, that unlike the recently publicized bailout plans geared toward large corporations, God's plan is for everyday people."We all find ourselves facing difficult circumstances throughout our lives and it's good news that God has provided a bailout/stimulus to help us out. We don't have to try to do this thing called life on our own by our own means."

The four week series starts this Easter weekend, during the regular church services, at 5:30 on Saturday nights and 10:15 on Sunday mornings. The teachings will also be featured on the church's website at www.openarmsbradford.org

Open Arms Community Church is located at 1289 East Main Street, Bradford, PA 16701

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Comedian and Port Allegany Native Bob Stromberg has created a new site. I've linked his feed to the McKean County News List, so as he updates, items will appear in the list....

Life on the Carousel

My parents entrusted me with twenty circular slide magazines, what the Kodak Company called "Carousels". They contained close to two-thousand family slides, frustratingly in no particular order, spanning nearly twenty years of my life. I put a carousel on the projector and pressed forward. This blog tells the stories I found there

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Local Groups Partner Together To Clean Up City

Local residents will be working together to help clean up Bradford this Saturday, thanks to some initiative from a local church and Bradford Mayor Tom Riel.

Complaining about the trash along the sides of the road was not an acceptable solution for Open Arms Media Coordinator Josh Hatcher, "I decided rather than complain about the trash strewn along the roads, that it would be better to just pick it up. But to be honest, it's a much bigger job than I can do."

"No one of us can do it all, not as a person or an organization," said Open Arms Pastor Mike McAvoy. "but together we all can accomplish a much bigger work in our community to make it a great place to live."

Hatcher contacted Mayor Tom Riel about a clean up of some problem areas. "Tom had already been in touch with area residents about their concerns, and he took my on a drive to show me what areas need to be cleaned up," said Hatcher.

Hatcher invited members from Open Arms Community Church to join him for the clean up efforts, as well as extending the invite to the greater community as well. Members of the City Police Department, and the Special Crimes Task Force will also be helping with the project.

"I think it's great that the police and the mayor have taken an interest in making this happen," said Hatcher. He says that a few volunteers from other churches, including Grace Lutheran have stepped up to help as well.

Hatcher says he also wants to clear up a few misconceptions about the project, "We're not just going in and cleaning up after irresponsible landowners. A lot of this trash is in right of ways along the roads and railroad tracks. There are a couple yards that have been covered in trash by irresponsible neighbors as well, and we are working with the current landowners to clean up that trash. They will be working to help us on this project. It's not just a free bailout. It's a cooperative effort to clean up the trash."

Wal-Mart has also donated supplies needed for the clean-up.

McAvoy said, "It's our privilege to serve our city. We believe in Bradford-- both the people and the community, God's plan for Bradford, and believe that God loves us and wants to bless us and this is our opportunity to be a part of that blessing."

Volunteers wanting to help should meet in the parking lot at Grace Lutheran Community Church at 8:30 AM Saturday.

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Hey gang. Just thought I'd post this song up. Good Friday is coming up, and I thought it was appropriate.



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A dozen area residents hiked into the remains of the Smokeless Powder plant and Aetna Picric plant Saturday near Route 46 outside of Emporium. Inez Jordan of Emporium looks at what is left of one of the structures. With the onset of World War I, explosives had been in great demand in Europe, giving Emporium the opportunity for growth and the nickname “Powder City." The Cameron County Genealogy Club sponsored the trek.


A dozen area residents hiked into the remains of the Smokeless Powder plant and Aetna Picric plant Saturday near Route 46 outside of Emporium. Cameron County Genealogy Club leader Wendy Davis takes a picture of one of the structures. With the onset of World War I, explosives had been in great demand in Europe, giving Emporium the opportunity for growth and the nickname “Powder City." The genealogy club sponsored the trek.

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Babysitting in my home
Stay at home mom looking for 2 children (birth-5) to babysit in my home. Arts and crafts, counting and letters are all part of our daily activities. We have a large yard and love to spend time doing outdoor activities. Once a week we take part in a community playgroup. Nutritional meals and snacks are provided. Cost $2.50/child per hour. Contact me at 814-203-1424 or by email at bsriblet@gmail.com

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