Hopbottom – After the regular afternoon drill of the Home Guards last week, they formed in double column and marched to Mr. Chesley’s new barber shop, where a business meeting was held. On motion of T. J. Murray, Dr. Van de Sand was appointed chairman of the meeting. After due deliberation, it was decided to organize on a military basis. The following officers were duly elected: Leon P. Chesley, captain; Thomas J. Murray, first lieutenant; Murray Palmer, second lieutenant. E. M. Loomis, of the firm of Loomis & Case, graciously offered his hall as a meeting place, free of charge, during the summer months. For the past month this company has been drilling regularly once or twice a week. It was voted to meet for drill Friday evening, from 8 to 9, and Sunday afternoons from 2:30 to 4:30 o’clock.
Fairdale – George M. Olmstead was here on Monday. Mr. Olmstead says that his son, who is a graduate of Pennsylvania State College and has been an instructor in that institution, has located at Bellefonte, Center county. The young man will act in the capacity of agricultural extension agent in the county farm bureau. ALSO The Fairdale branch of Camp Fire Girls, Chahpah Wee, will meet with Louise Risley and all are requested to be present as they are going to make wreaths for the soldiers.
Montrose – Kenneth Warner went to Scranton last Saturday and enlisted as a Quartermaster Sergeant and expects a call soon to report for duty. ALSO J. J. Ryan & Co. this week secured through H. M. Cole, the local Ford agent, one of the new Smith-form trucks, which the firm will use for its delivery business. This is a light, strong, medium-priced truck body, which can be attached to any Ford car, and is being widely used.
Great Bend – Burglars broke into Day’s stone factory and carried off every piece of brass and copper from boiler and machinery on Sunday night. Early Monday morning an Erie shopman, on his way to the station, found a large grip secreted at the end of a pile, and it proved to be the stolen brass. No clue to the thieves has been found.
Hallstead – “Hallstead Sends Four Young Men to the War”: Four Hallstead boys enlisted in the regular army Tuesday, and were given an enthusiastic send-off by the citizenry. Schools were closed for the half day. There was a parade, martial music by the fife and drum corps and presentation of useful articles to the four young men. Two of the boys are brothers, Aaron and George VanWormer, and claim direct decent from the family of Lafayette. The other boys were Sherman Craft and Mark O’Neill. The quartet has been sent to Fort Slocum, NY for training.
Harford – Memorial Sunday at the Congregational church at 10:30. Honor the Veterans of the past. Promote heroism in the present, carrying the Cross and the flag to the Front.
Howard Hill, Liberty Twp. – Ernest Ingraham, formerly of this place, now of Binghamton, was greeting his many friends here on the Hill. He has joined the Gaylord Construction Co., of carpenters, steam-fitters and plumbers, who are building a concentration camp at Fort Harrison, Ind., and left for his new duties there.
Fair Hill, Forest Lake Twp. – Mr. and Mrs. George Fox, of Clearfield Co, formerly of this place, were calling on friends. He is working in the soft coal mines and making good money.
Glenwood – Automobiles are all the craze around here. The Marcy Brothers have recently purchased a new Maxwell. Russell and James don’t care for the high cost of speeding.
Susquehanna – Representative Allen D. Miller was today admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Mr. Miller left the house this morning long enough to permit W. D. B. Ainey, chairman of the State Public Service Commission, also a lawyer in Montrose and neighbor of Mr. Miller, to make the motion for his admittance.
Herrick Center – On Tuesday evening the commencement exercises were held in the High school auditorium which was filled to its utmost capacity by an appreciative audience. The stage was beautifully decorated with the flag and class colors. The graduates, Elwood Browning Jones and Helen Edith Howe, made a fine appearance and rendered their orations in a highly creditable manner. The address of the evening, by Rev. Frank Eden, of Mansfield, was greatly enjoyed, both for its bright wit and its sober sense. The Uniondale orchestra discoursed excellent music and the diplomas were fittingly presented by the president of the school board, Dr. A. L. Craft.
Springville – Leland Comstock left to join the army. He reported at Wilkes-Barre. Zibe Billings, of Dimock, takes Comstock’s place as manager of the Empire milk station. Raymond Titman, who enlisted has been sent to Texas for border patrol work, and Roy Kilts has been selected to go to the trenches in France.
Forest City – Leo McCabe is to report at the recruiting station the first of the week. He will be the eighth recruit who will assemble from Forest City at the station for transportation to
Fort Slocum. They will be assigned to the coast artillery. Bennie Yanchitis and Michael Madden went to Scranton yesterday to enlist. ALSO The 25th anniversary of the founding of St. John’s church was observed Saturday. At half past five a parade was formed as follows: Platoon of police, Forest City band, Christopher Columbo Society, the Slavish National Society, the Slavish Pennsylvania Society, the Slavish National Catholic Society, the Hillside Volunteer Hose Company, Rev. Zoldak, the pastor and Wasil Pituah, organist. John Matichl, Stephen Hupko and Andrew Peluich in autos. The parade moved up Main street as far as North street and then turned on its way to Vandling where a picnic was enjoyed in Lukas’ grove.
Uniondale – A cement dam is to be built at Lewis Lake by the D & H. Material has arrived. Teams are needed and owing to the busy season none are to be had. Workmen are here ready for the work.
Thompson – S. L. Hall of the North Side recently sold a ham to Mrs. Jeanette Hubbard, from a pig that he butchered last fall. Weight of the ham, 57½ lbs. We wouldn’t mind having a slice.
200 Years Ago from the Montrose Centinel, May 24, 1817.
*ESTRAYED. FROM the enclosure of Sylvester Smith in Lawsville township, on the 21st inst., a large BAY HORSE; had a leather strap arounds its neck, has a star in his forehead, short mane and tail and rather shifting in his gate. Any person who will give information to the subscriber where said he might be found, shall be handsomely rewarded. ASA ADAMS, Great Bend, May 23, 1817.
*PAY YOUR TAX. I HEREBY notify all persons who are indebted to me for their last year’s County Tax, that they must call and settle the same immediately, or pay me for calling on them. SAMUEL GREGORY, Collector, Bridgewater, May 22nd
On June 21, 2016, the school board for the Gateway School District, located in Allegheny County, passed a resolution directing the school’s solicitor to seek court approval for creating a school police force and arming its police officers. In accordance with that directive, the solicitor filed a petition seeking permission to create and arm school police officers. The trial court conducted a hearing where several school board members testified as to the reasons that the school board believed that an armed school police presence was necessary in its school. There was no opposition to the school board’s petition.
The trial court, however, denied the school board’s request to created armed school police officers. The trial court provided the following reasons: (1) that more thought was need by the school board as to whether armed police officers were really necessary; (2) that once created, a school police force would be difficult and expensive to disband; (3) that the Department of Education had failed to provide proper regulations for a school police force and that “broad police powers would clothe these new private police with super discipline powers in the schools;” (4) that the school board failed to include “an educator, mental health professional, school psychologist or child development specialist” in their deliberations to create a school police force; (5) that students might “steal” a school police officer’s gun; and (6) that the police force “may be used to further particular School Board goals and desires beyond child safety.”
The school district then filed an appeal to the Commonwealth Court, which responded that it was “nonplussed” by the appeal itself for one simple reason – the Commonwealth Court did not believe that the trial court was required to approve the creation of a school police force nor did the trial court have “any role in how it is to be implemented.” The trial court does have authority to approve the school board’s appointment of individual police officers, where trial court would review the fitness of the particular applicant to determine if the appointment was “proper.” But the trial court only has the authority to determine whether a particular applicant for a school police officer position is proper – not to make determinations as to whether a school district will have school police nor to make policy for the implementation and creation of a school police program.
Moreover, as to the question of arming school police officers, the Commonwealth Court also noted that the trial court does not have power relative to that decision either. Rather, the school board makes the determination as to whether a school police officer will be armed – and if that decision has been made and the person has been approved by the Court as a “proper” applicant – then the statute relating to school police requires the approved applicant to undergo a mandatory weapons training program.
In conclusion, the Commonwealth Court summarized it holding as follows: “[O]nly the trial judge is to determine if it would be ‘proper’ to approve a school district’s request to hire a particular individual who is to have powers that the school district requests that individual have – keep peace, issue citations or have full police powers. It is not within the trial court’s discretion to approve or disapprove whether there should be a school police force or what powers that school police force should exercise. However, who the trial court ‘deems proper’ to serve as a school police officer, after examining the character, competency and integrity of the person for which approval is sought, is within the trial court’s discretion.
He died from Lyme disease today.
The pharmacist was planning to go to Mr. Bodkin’s funeral. He was 63 when he passed away from the complications of Lyme disease that morning. He had the disease for several years. Toward the end, he suffered from memory loss and severe arthritis. What finally took Mr. Bodkin’s life was an invasion to the heart of the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a condition called carditis. Basically, he died from a heart attack.
Why wasn’t he treated for Lyme disease at the onset? First off, Mr. Bodkin ignored the telltale bull’s-eye rashes on his torso. By the time he found a doctor and got diagnosed, the disease had set in. The doctor wrote him an order for doxycycline, an antibiotic used to treat Lyme disease. Upon going to a pharmacy, he discovered that a 4-week course of that drug was $3,500. He went to another pharmacy and it was $2,400. His insurance would not cover that drug, leaving him with a huge out-of-pocket payment. He stubbornly balked at that, and continued to unsuccessfully treat his rashes with hydrocortisone cream. The real tragedy was that Mr. Bodkin did not know he had other treatment options.
Two other antibiotics can be used to treat Lyme disease: cefuroxime (brand name Ceftin®) and amoxicillin or Augmentin®. Mr. Bodkin did not know that the co-pay for cefuroxime would be $14 and amoxicillin would have no co-pay at all. No one at these pharmacies informed him of his choices, which could have been made easily by a call to his doctor.
Lyme disease is a tick-borne bacterial disease caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. In the United States, cases most commonly occur among persons aged 5–14 years and 45–54 years, although it can affect older people such as Mr. Bodkin. The disease strikes most often during the summer months in the northeastern, mid-Atlantic, and north-central states. Clinically, early Lyme disease is characterized by fever, fatigue, headache, and erythema migrans rash. Untreated, the infection can disseminate to cause various manifestations, including secondary skin lesions, psychiatric conditions, numbness, various types of pain, meningitis, and heart problems.
Protection against ticks is the best way to deal with Lyme disease. Using insect repellants such as Off™, Cutter™ or Repel™ can keep bugs away. Use flea and tick protection on dogs that can bring ticks into the house. Dress appropriately. For example, wear long pants when working outside and pull white socks up over the cuffs to block ticks from jumping on your legs. Inspect pets, children and yourself after everyone comes back into the house.
Remove ticks promptly. Use fine-tipped tweezers to remove a tick. If you don't have tweezers, put on gloves or cover your hands with tissue paper, then use your fingers. Do not handle the tick with bare hands. Grab the tick as close to its mouth (the part that is stuck in your skin) as you can. The body of the tick will be above your skin. Do not grab the tick around its swollen belly. You could push infected fluid from the tick into your body if you squeeze it. Gently pull the tick straight out until its mouth lets go of your skin. Do not twist the tick. This may break off the tick's body and leave the head in your skin. After the tick has been removed, wash the area of the tick bite with a lot of warm, clean water. Be sure to wash your hands well with soap and water also.
Poor Mr. Bodkin did not know any of this and paid the ultimate price. Protect yourself this year especially since a nasty Lyme disease season is predicted.
Ron Gasbarro, PharmD, is a registered pharmacist, medical writer, and principal at Rx-Press.com. Read more at www.rx-press.com
