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DA Announces Arrests in Snyder Smuggling Case

District Attorney Mike Pie-cuch has announced charges of contraband and drug possession against two female inmates at the Snyder County Prison. Charges have been filed by Chief County Detective William Neitz, Jr., against the following individuals: • Page Whitney Sward (age 24), 5 Hartley Lane, Lewistown, Pa.: • 2 Counts of Furnishing Con-traband • 1 Count of Possession of Con-traband • 2 Counts of Criminal Conspir-acy to Possess Contraband • Breanna Depaolo (age 22), 406 Shawverville Lane, Beaver Springs, Pa.: • 1 Count of Possession of Con-traband • 2 Counts of Criminal Conspir-acy to Possess Contraband The investigation began on No-vember 18, 2014, when county prison officials discovered evi-dence that contraband had been

brought into the female housing area of the prison. Sward alleg-edly carried the drugs into the prison within a body cavity and distributed it to other female in-mates, including Depaolo. DA Piecuch stated, “People should expect that if they bring drugs into our prison they will be caught and prosecuted. While treatment for addiction is critical to reducing criminal behaviors, addiction cannot be an excuse for infecting our prison with their poison.” DA Piecuch praised the contin-ued vigilance of Snyder County prison officials in discovering the incident and identifying the suspects. DA Piecuch added that the investigation is ongoing at this time. Both Sward and Depaolo were preliminarily arraigned on De-cember 16th before Magiste-rial District Judge John Reed in Selinsgrove and remanded into custody in lieu of bail.

All-State Choir

Pictured are (l-r) Bethany Sny-der, Katrina Cooley, Kayla Len-hart, Gabrielle Keister, and Na-thaniel Black. Five high school students from Penn View Christian Academy recently traveled to Harrisburg where the students participated in an All-State Choir seminar and concert. The Choir, sponsored by the Keystone Christian Education Association, was held on Novem-ber 20-22. The students from Penn View Christian Academy who par-ticipated include Bethany Snyder of Sunbury, Katrina Cooley of Sunbury, Kayla Lenhart of Mif-flinburg, Gabrielle Keister of Mifflinburg, and Nathan Black of Penns Creek. Students in grades 9-12 had to be screened and nominated by the local school administration and music faculty. Subsequently each nominated student auditioned for the Keystone organization. Ap-proximately 140 students partici-pated from schools across Penn-sylvania, representing Christian schools from every geographic region of the state. This year’s guest conductor, Dr. Russell Shelley, is the Director of Choral and Vocal Studies and Chair of the Department of Music at Juniata College (Huntingdon,

PA). As Professor of Music, he conducts the College’s Concert Choir, Choral Union, Alumni Choir, and Chorale. Under his di-rection, Juniata’s choirs have per-formed nearly two dozen states and 20 countries on more than 25 extended concert tours. Shelley has also lectured internationally and is a member of a number of national music honorary societies. The young people joined voices in singing nine religious, classi-cal, and folk works in both Eng-lish and foreign languages. Two days of rehearsals gave way to a pair of final concerts, which were performed in the capitol rotunda at Harrisburg on Saturday, No-vember 22, at 11:00 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. The Executive Director of KCEA, Dr. Ted Clater, views the annual event as one of the key components of KCEA’s program. The Association offers various activities to help students pre-pare themselves for the future. It encourages students to develop Christian character and to achieve academically. Athletic competi-tions in volleyball, soccer, and basketball, as well as Bible Quiz-zing and Festivals in Bible, aca-demics, and fine arts, are a major part of the activities provided stu-dents in KCEA schools.

Annual Breast Cancer Fundraiser Collect Over $1,000

Midd-West boys & girls soccer teams performed their annual breast cancer aware-ness t-shirt fundraiser. A profit $1,080.00 was donated to the Thyra M. Humphrey’s Center for Breast Health. The money is placed in a fund to provide

mammograms for under-in-sured patients. The girls soccer team hosted a “Pink Out” game in October. Players, coaches and fans wore “Kicking for a Cure” t-shirts to show their support. Senior players from the girls & boys teams announced breast can-cer statistics and performed a check presentation. Repre-senting the Center for Breast Health was Dobble Mattern, a breast cancer survivor.

Hope Again! Celebrates Second Anniversary

Enjoying a night of fun at the Hope Again! Thrift Store Volun-teer Recognition Dinner (L TO R – Sara Ann Charles, Robin Laubscher, Gwen Houser, Jane Shaffer, Susan Jones, Bobby Jones, Dale Frymoyer and Judy Frymoyer. Hope Again! Community Thrift Store operated by Hope United Methodist Church in Port Trev-orton celebrated its second anni-versary birthday in October. The non-profit Thrift Store has a com-munity minded Mission Statement of “Hope Again! Thrift Store is caring Christians loving the Com-munity through cheerful giving! With a ministry of stewardship in resources in mind, the store offers great bargains to the many shop-pers who visit and shop each week. If you are looking to stretch your hard earned money in amazing ways – this is the store to visit! Hope Again! located in the village of Chapman along old Rts. 11 and 15, in the former St. John’s UMC, in rural Port Trevorton has raised an amazing $19,000 in proceeds. All of the monies raised have been returned to the local community in ways such as helping cancer sur-vivors paying for transportation costs; mission field work in Haiti, Guatemala, and Kentucky; local community events; helping local fire victims; hosting a Christmas shopping spree for local children

and youth; and ministries beyond in well drilling in Sierre Leone Af-rica; funding for the Feed The Poor Mission Work; and so much more! The Hope Again! Thrift Store ac-cepts donations of clean and sale-able clothes/shoes and household items during store hours. Gift cer-tificates are available for purchase! On Tuesday, November 4 a Vol-unteer Recognition Dinner was held in the Fellowship Hall of Hope United Methodist Church to thank the 84 fully volunteer work force that have served in sorting cloth-ing and household items sold in the Thrift Store to the selling of items each Thursday, Friday, and Satur-day from 10:00 am in the morning until 1:00 pm in the afternoon. The Hope Again! Community Thrift Store Board held its 2015 Re-organization Meeting on Wednes-day, November 6 with the following volunteer officers elected: Mark Reinard, President/Manager; Kar-en McElyvea, Vice President/Man-ager; Tina Wolf, Secretary/Manag-er; Bob Love, Treasurer/Manager; Pam Ritter, Assistant Secretary/Treasurer, Manager; Gwen Houser, Special Events Coordinator/Man-ager; Brenda Reinard, Volunteer Resource Coordinator/Manager; along with Board Members, Merle and Nancy Ulsh; Pastor Kristen Wall/Love; Steve Wagner; Barry Kobel; Judy Barner; Lois Hoover; Susan Jones; and Michele Keller.

Bucher Honored With Lifetime Achievement Certificate

Rodney Ries, President of Susq. Art Society, with George Bucher Artist George Bucher—painter, sculptor, teacher and innovator—was honored by his peers with a Lifetime Achievement Certificate at the Susquehanna Art Society’s annual Christmas party, at the First Presbyterian church in Lewisburg. George is best known for his witty and well-crafted twine sculptures, and for teaching

art at Susquehanna University. He has also excelled in many facets of the visual arts. In ad-dition, George is a practicing musician--on his own hand-crafted banjo. The members were treated to a video of his work, which spans forty years, by graphic artist and painter Jamie Jay. This was enhanced by banjo music by George. Two other well-known art-ists, Jeff Martin and Thomas Wise, added their memories of George, and their insights.

SUN Soroptimist Club Decorates Local Shelter Christmas Tree

Soroptimists standing from left to right: Michelle Shaffer, Diane Savidge, Karen Gehers, Deb Betz, Noelle Taylor. Seated below from left to right are Laura Williams, Sue Treas and Carol Good. Each year SUN Soroptimist Club decorates a Christmas tree to be displayed within local communities. Donated handmade ornaments were used to adorn the donated tree at Haven Ministry in Sunbury this year. Members enjoyed sharing holiday treats with Haven residents while decorations were hung. S.I. of Snyder, Union and Northumber-land Counties, Inc. is to improve the quality of life of women and girls locally and throughout the world.