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Vol. 135 - No. 091
Sunny. Very warm with highs in the lower 80s.
Full report, A2
18 pages
Classi� ed ......................... B6
Comics ............................. B5
Lifestyles ......................... A4
Lottery ............................. A9
Opinion ........................... A8
Public Notices ............... B6
Sports ............................... B1
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•JohnD.Moberg,86•NilaMinnsWaddell,75
Pennsylvania’s Trea-sury Department said it expects revenue from a change in rules for han-dling unclaimed property to exceed projections by about $210 million — good news for legislative budget writers facing re-quests for billions of dol-lars in new spending in the year that starts July 1. A7
Cookie scamA man used his 9-year-
old daughter as a ploy to collect money for Girl Scout cookies he never or-dered or delivered, police said. A9
DCC winsThe DuBois Central
Catholic Cardinals base-ball team improved to 12-1 with a 15-0 win at Curwensville. B2
Unusual twinsA paternity case in-
volving a set of twins had a surprise ending worthy of a daytime TV talk show: The girls have different dads. B8
Unclaimed property
Tomorrow’s Forecast
Index
ObituariesA9
MORE INSIDE
Page B1
By Elaine Haskins
DuBOIS — Director of Fi-nance Jeanette Buriak pro-vided a brief overview of the 2015-16 proposed general fund budget at Thursday’s work session of the DuBois Area School Board.The fi nal 2015-16 proposed general fund budget in the amount of $58,680,713 will be presented to the board for approval at its regular meeting to be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday. According to the proposed budget, the actual millage remains at 91.0083 in Clearfi eld County and 29.6687 in Jefferson County with no tax increase. Mill-age between both counties has been equalized based on Standard Tax Equalization Board values.
“There are no surprises,” Buriak said about the pro-posed general fund budget. It’s basically what the board has been discussing over the last several months, she said.
Director Tim Deluccia asked Buriak if she is com-fortable with proposing a no tax increase budget.
“That’s how we presented it all along. This is what it will be without a tax increase,” Buriak said. She said she has not received any indication from the board that it wants
a tax increase.Director Bev Kurts said,
“Are you comfortable with what you put in for negotia-tions and conferences?”
“The truth of the matter is I would love to build a whole lot more into this,” Buriak said. “It would be lovely to have a huge tax increase. It would be lovely to have a whole lot more built into it, but I don’t know if that would be fair to anyone.
“What we have tried to do is look at where we are and what we absolutely need to do to run the school district,” Buriak said. “I feel comfort-able that’s what we’ve done. Anything else we put in here will be extras. I think there isn’t anybody in this room that wouldn’t love to see more books and more travel and more conferences, that’s what makes us all better at our jobs. But where we are now, I think this is the very best we can do and be considerate to everyone.”
Kurts also asked Superin-tendent J. Mark Heckman if he could provide a list of additions that are in the budget and things that are no longer in the budget for the next meeting.
“Not numbers, items,” she said.Briefl y, Heckman said the district has cut back on con-
No tax increase in DuBois Area School Districtproposed budget
By Nick Hoffman
DuBOIS — Summertime has arrived in DuBois.
At Thursday’s city council meeting, dis-cussion turned from clearing snow and ice from sidewalks to clearing last winter’s anti-skid by May 15 and keeping grass mowed and trees and shrubs trimmed.Code enforcement Offi cer Zac Lawhead told council he has been busy and asked that any problems that are reported be passed along to him.
The schedule for this summer’s Music Fest was unveiled. Cross Fire will open the 10-event schedule at the Edward V. Amphi-theater in City Park Thursday, June 25.
The concert series is paid for by the city and is arranged and coordinated by Jack Averill, who has served in this volunteer role for 28 years.
The rest of the schedule includes:• July 2 Country Pride• July 9 Clearfi eld Community Band
• July 16 Deacons of Dixieland• July 23 Sharptones• July 30 Nashville Collection• Aug. 6 Post 17 American Legion Band• Aug. 13 Double Dog Dare fi ve-piece band• Aug. 21 NBC Chorus• Aug. 28 Sharptones
All concerts will be held at the Cherry Amphitheater except the NBC Chorus ap-pearance, which will be held indoors at the Mt. Zion Church on Wasson Avenue.
All concerts begin at 7 p .m. Bleacher seating is limited; bring your own lawn chair.
The council voted to change its second regular meeting this month to 7 p.m. Tues-day, May 26, due to the Memorial Day holi-day on the 25th.
The council approved proclamations for Buddy Poppy Days Friday and Saturday, May 22 and 23, and for Memorial Day.
Councilwoman Diane Bernardo com-plimented the Courier-Express on its cov-
DuBois City Council shifts into summer
The Brockway team participated in the 35th annual DuBois/Jefferson County special olympics Thursday, hosted by the Punxsutawney Area School District. This year’s theme was Rockin’ Out With DJC. More photos on Page A3. (Photo by Patti Slaughter)
THURSDAY-FRIDAY, MAY 8-9, 2015
City of DuBois Manager John ‘Herm’ Suplizio, left, and James Temoshenko, of Kane, laugh as Temoshekno hovers his quadcopter over their heads Thursday at Showers Field in DuBois. Temoshenko and his father, Jim, were taking aerial photos and vid-eos of the field and other sites in DuBois. To see some of their work, visit our Face-book page at www.facebook.com/courierexpressdubois. (Photo by Paul A. Wilson)
By Andrew Bundy
BROCKWAY – The Brock-way Police Department joined the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Offi ce, the Punxsutawney Police Department, and the Reynolds-ville Police Department in offer-ing a free and anonymous drug collection unit.
The Brockway Borough Coun-cil received an update, including a fl ier outlining the program, at the council’s regular meeting Thursday night.
The drug collection unit is part of the PA Med Return proj-
Pills, police, paving and pool prevail at Brockway Council
See Brockway, Page A9
By Randy Bartley
BROOKVILLE — The old advertising catch phrase, “Can you hear me now?” That question still has not been resolved in many areas of Jefferson County where cell phone service is intermittent or nonexistent. That can be a problem in an emergency situation.
A solution is at hand, however. Jefferson County is now one of just 13 counties in Pennsylvania that can handle text mes-sages to 9-1-1.
“Jefferson County has taken the next step to ensuring there is a way for its residents to contact 9-1-1 in an emergency,” said Emergency Services Director Tracy Zents. “Jefferson County is also preparing for further technological advances in the next generation of 9-1-1 services. Effective immediately, the Jeffer-son County Department of Emergency Services will roll out
Jefferson County can handle 911 text messages
See Text, Page A9See DuBois, Page A9
See Budget, Page A9
