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How about showing the ad on here. No, I’m not searching for it I have other things to do. 😎

I’ll pm you.

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MANSFIELD, Pa. (WETM) – An oil and gas company located in Mansfield will close permanently in April, leaving some without a job. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry, NexTier Completion Solutions, Inc., located at 14235 Route 6 in Mansfield, will be closing permanently on April 13, 2024. As a result, 104 jobs will be lost.

She did!!

We had 5” by the time the storm was done. Now let’s see what we get today.

I voted in #2 district, plus #10 district which includes Jeff Tech. Good luck to all the schools that take part in this wonderful project!!

Online Voting Opens January 8 for District 2 Paint the Plow Program The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 2 invites the public to vote on eight plows decorated by high school students in Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, and Potter counties as part of the annual Paint the Plow program. Paint the Plow is a statewide outreach aimed at promoting winter driving safety and fostering appreciation for high school art programs and student creativity. Earlier this year, PennDOT invited students in high school art programs across the state to paint plow blades based on the statewide theme "Seat belts are always in season," The theme was chosen to remind motorists that seat belts save lives and should be worn year-round. In District 2, students from the following schools participated: Centre County—Bellefonte Area Clearfield—Clearfield Area, DuBois Central Catholic Clinton—Bucktail, Central Mountain, Sugar Valley Rural Charter School Elk—Elk County Catholic Potter—Coudersport This year, the public is invited to vote through an online survey posted on the PennDOT website www.penndot.pa.gov/PaintthePlow. The voting form can be found by clicking on the county names within the table. Additional Paint the Plow art programs were held throughout the state and the public may vote on their favorite from each participating district. Participation is limited to one vote per person per district. The plow photo in each district that receives the most votes between January 8 and January 15, 2024, will be deemed the "Fan Favorite" for that area. Along with the "Fan Favorite" award, the blades are also eligible for the "Judges' Pick" honor that will be determined by PennDOT personnel within each District. The winner in each category will be announced in connection with Winter Driving Safety Awareness Week on January 21 to 27, 2024. Schools and participants are encouraged to share the link to the contest to promote voting. PennDOT may post the pictures on statewide and regional Facebook accounts, however responses on social media will not count toward the voting totals. For more information on PennDOT's winter preparations and additional winter-driving resources for motorists, visit the department's winter website. Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Cameron, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Elk, Juniata, McKean, Mifflin, and Potter counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District2.

WWE legend who battled Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant has died Published: Jan. 01, 2024, 5:00 a.m. By Brian Linder | blinder@pennlive.com Killer Khan, a giant of a man who feuded with Andre the Giant and Hulk Hogan in the WWE in the 1980s, has died, according to multiple reports. His real name was Masashi Ozawa. He was billed as standing at 6-foot-5 inches tall and weighing 311 pounds. Khan died after suffering a ruptured artery and collapsing at a restaurant he owned in Tokyo, per reports. Khan reportedly began wrestling in 1971 and retired in 1987. He was, perhaps, most famously known for breaking Andre the Giant’s ankle in 1981. The spot was done to help cover for the fact that Andre the Giant had already broken the ankle and needed time off. He and Khan then battled, working a program together, when he returned from injury. He also had some roles in film, including a sport in “3 Ninjas Kick Back.”

There are so many shows on Tv, YouTube & other sources that are nothing but Medieval Fantasy. My hubby is a fan. If there is a dragon in it, he’s hooked. He doesn’t give a crap about the pretty ladies, he wants to see the dragon!!🐉

I know where the 2 huntin clubs are. 😉 I was by your place this past fall. I waved. I took our Pom out to Shaggers, she was scared of the Eagles & Osprey. 😂🤣😂

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/california-beavers-released-in-wild-18569060.php

Woman sues Hershey’s Co. over Reese’s pumpkins without faces Updated: Dec. 29, 2023, 1:21 p.m.| Published: Dec. 29, 2023, 11:12 a.m. A Florida woman is suing the Hershey Co. for $5 million for false advertising of some Reese's Peanut Butter products. Sue Gleiter | sgleiter@pennlive.com A Florida woman filed a federal lawsuit against The Hershey Company over claims some of its seasonal shaped Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups were advertised deceptively. Cynthia Kelly, of the Tampa area, is suing the company for $5 million in Florida’s Middle District Court. In the lawsuit, Kelly claims the company is misleading consumers with inaccurate packaging, including depicting Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Pumpkins with carved out eyes and mouths. However, she said the actual candies contain no such carvings. Kelly’s class-action suit also points out Reese’s White Pumpkins, Reese’s Pieces Pumpkins, Reese’s Peanut Butter Ghost, Reese’s White Ghost, Reese’s Peanut Butter Bats, Reese’s Peanut Butter footballs and Reese’s Peanut Butter Shapes Assortment Snowmen Stockings Bells. A Florida woman is suing The Hershey Company over claims of false advertising. Cynthia Kelly says packaging of several seasonal shaped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups is deceptive.Screen shot “Hershey’s labels for the Products are materially misleading and numerous consumers have been tricked and misled by the pictures on the Products’ packaging,” the lawsuit states. Several photos comparing products’ packaging to their actual shapes are featured in the document. They include a football shape that Kelly said resembles an egg. The lawsuit suggests Hershey correct the packaging to reflect the actual contents. The document also includes links to several YouTube videos of people reviewing the products and complaining about a lack of details on the candies. One of the videos is titled “Reese’s Halloween Candy LIED To Me!” and another states “Reese’s Drops First 2023 Halloween Candy ... BUT FAILS!” Kelly said that she noticed the Reese’s pumpkins while shopping in October at Aldi and “believed that the product contained a cute looking carving of a pumpkin’s mouth and eyes as pictured on the product packaging.” In the lawsuit, Kelly noted she would not have purchased the product if she knew it didn’t contain detailed carvings of the eyes and mouth as pictured on the label. The document also notes that Hershey’s packaging didn’t always include the detailed carvings, something it added in the past two or three years. The Hershey Company didn’t immediately respond when reached for comment.

‘Really scary’: Families brace for impact of transgender youth care ban in Ohio Thu, December 28, 2023 by Courtesy of Alicia Burke (NEW YORK) — Astrid Burkle, a 10-year-old transgender girl who lives in Ohio, said she wishes she “could have a normal life.” Her desire for normalcy — a life of baking cookies with her grandmother, singing with her friends in the local choir, and going on field trips — is shrouded by impending anti-transgender legislation passed by the statehouse. “It’s been really frustrating at times,” Astrid told ABC News in an interview alongside her family. “Because there’s just so many people out there who are just really mean.” Families across the state are bracing for the impact of a bill that would restrict certain transgender rights for minors. Ohio House Bill 68 is comprised of two acts: the “Save Adolescents from Experimentation Act,” which would ban transgender minors from receiving gender-affirming care, and the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” which would prevent transgender girls from taking part in girls’ and women’s sports. An exception in this bill allows hormone-based care and surgery for intersex and cisgender youth. Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has yet to announce whether he will sign or veto the legislation – but more than three-fifths of legislators have voted in favor of the bill so far and can override his veto. Astrid’s mother, Alicia Burkle said Astrid has been receiving strictly mental health care services in recent years. Therapy, Astrid said, offers a “safe space” to talk through her experiences. However, the restrictions placed on Astrid’s future choices for care have the family questioning their options. “Just because you’ve said that you’re not going to allow us to get the care here in Ohio doesn’t mean we’re suddenly going to stop getting the care for our kids,” said Alicia Burkle. She continued, “We trust the science, we trust her healthcare providers. And so we’re going to do what we have to do and whether that is travel out of state to get it, whether it’s leave the state and move — that’s what we’ll do.” Burkle said her cisgender daughter is on hormone replacement therapy — “But nobody’s questioning that … So I don’t understand.” Supporters of gender-affirming care restrictions believe that gender transitioning is harmful to youth. Some say patients should wait until they are older to make this kind of health decision. State Sen. Terry Johnson, who is a retired physician, argued in favor of the bill on the Senate floor. “If you don’t know if something you’re doing is going to hurt someone 10, 15, 20 years down the road — or maybe even one year down the road — don’t do it,” Johnson said in a Dec. 13 debate. “The medical evidence is not there to support what we’re doing in the country.” Critics of these laws say they prevent families and physicians from making decisions about their health care and will harm transgender youth. MORE: Federal judge blocks Idaho gender-affirming transgender care ban State Sen. Paula Hicks-Hudson argued against the bill in the Dec. 13 debate. “When we look at this legislation, let’s be clear, it is not necessarily about preventing children from being exposed to these types of procedures, but it is preventing parents who are making decisions about the health care of their children,” she said. “It also removes that decision for health care from professionals and parents and gives it again to government.” Gender-affirming care has been called safe, effective, and medically necessary by more than 20 major national medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association. Dr. Christopher Bolling, a member of the Ohio Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, told ABC News in an interview that pediatricians and physicians are “extremely cautious” when it comes to gender-affirming care and often have many long conversations with people who are questioning their gender. This gives patients time to explore their identity and create an individualized approach to care. For youth approaching puberty, puberty blockers are a reversible form of gender-affirming care that allows children to pause puberty and explore their gender identity without the growth of permanent sex characteristics, according to physicians interviewed by ABC News. This option would be banned by the legislation. It would also ban hormone therapy, which brings physical traits in line with gender identify. Often because of gender-related discrimination and gender dysphoria, transgender youth are more likely to experience anxiety, depressed mood, and suicidal ideation and attempts, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Research shows that hormone therapy can improve the mental health of transgender adolescents and teenagers, a recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine found. The legislation has a grandfather clause that allows minors who are already on medication to continue to receive care. It’s a benefit for some families in the state, including Nick Zingarelli, his wife and his teenage daughter who is already taking puberty blockers. Zingarelli raised his daughter in Cincinnati, Ohio — but the family moved to Missouri in 2019 to be closer to his wife’s family. His daughter came out as transgender in 2020 when she was still a preteen. He told ABC News that his daughter’s coming out changed both everything and nothing about their family. “Obviously it changed everything in terms of having to advocate for her rights,” said Zingarelli in an interview. “Missouri is a deep red state.” He continued, “And when I say that nothing at all changed — when we told friends, family, school, everybody, it was like, ‘Okay, great. So these are her new pronouns. This is her name."” Zingarelli said he met with doctors at the time who said there was nothing they could do for his daughter at her age except for counseling. “So this belief that doctors are just running to get prescriptions filled and everything else as soon as gender dysphoria is disclosed is nonsense,” said Zingarelli. Zingarelli and his family later moved back to Ohio in part to escape anti-transgender legislation in Missouri that restricted trans participation in sports and gender-affirming care. They did not expect to be faced with restrictive legislation in Ohio, the place they call home, he said. For Zingarelli, the grandfather clause protecting his daughter’s care is “not good enough,” since it doesn’t protect care in the future for children like Astrid who are not yet old enough to receive medical care. The community has been supportive of Astrid and her family, according to Astrid’s father, Aaron. “We want to be able to support our communities and the state of Ohio, but like, people are going to leave,” said Abs Burkle, Astrid’s sister. “People are going to be hurt. They’re not going to want to come back to Ohio.” If you or a loved one is struggling with a mental health crisis or considering suicide, call or text 988. Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved

So, am I understanding this right.. the PGC has to go through private property to get to the public property?? The hunting clubs do not want to grant permission to the PGC for some reason. Not directed to you Ignatius 😉 i, personally, would not want to piss off the PGC to much. I’ve done enough of that by naming the bears & elk that have appeared in our yard. 😁 They have more power then the PSP do. My family has always let them go through their property to get them to where they are needed.

CHRIS BENNETT For Farm Journal How much power does the government claim on private land? “Unfettered,” according to a Commonwealth Court decision in a case pitting the Pennsylvania Game Commission against two private gun clubs. On Sept. 29, a court ruled against two hunting clubs in their lawsuit accusing the Game Commission of private property rights violations. The Institute for Justice represents both clubs and will appeal. In its ruling, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania noted the government’s absolute power to “roam private land without consent, warrants or probable cause.” “Private land isn’t public property,” says institute attorney Josh Windham. “That might seem obvious. But all too many officials, at every level of government, disagree. They think they have a blank check to invade private property. We’ll see what the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has to say about that.” On Dec. 16, 2021, Pitch Pine and Punxsutawney hunting clubs sued the Game Commission after game wardens consistently entered club lands without permission or warrant, and secretly monitored club members, including photo collection via installation of a hidden game camera. The wardens’ behavior, the lawsuit asserted, was a direct violation of Pennsylvania’s state constitution, which explicitly protects “persons, houses, papers, and possessions.” Most Americans assume law enforcement must obtain a warrant to enter or surveil private land, but for roughly a century, the Open Fields doctrine has allowed government officials, at state and federal levels, unqualified access to private land. In its judgment Sept. 29, the Commonwealth Court detailed the alarming powers and “unfettered discretion” assumed by government via Open Fields: “The facts of this case are not in dispute. The Hunting Clubs are member-owned hunting clubs that own thousands of acres of private land in Clearfield County. Members use the properties to hunt, vacation, and enjoy nature. To ensure their members’ privacy, the Hunting Clubs have posted their properties with no trespassing signs and have installed gates at all entrances to exclude nonmembers and intruders. However, the Entry Statutes empower game wardens with unfettered discretion to enter upon and roam private land without consent, warrants, or probable cause.” In ruling against the two hunting clubs, the Commonwealth Court was bound by precedent set in Pennsylvania v. Russo (2007), when the Pennsylvania Supreme Court said “possessions” do not include private land. The Pitch Pine and Punxsutawney lawsuit now moves to appeal. The hunting clubs, represented by Institute for Justice, will seek to overturn the Russo decision, and ask the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to address a pressing question: Does the state constitution protect citizens from warrantless searches on private land? “Russo was wrongly decided and we’re eager to show the Pennsylvania Supreme Court why,” Windham says. “The Open Fields doctrine destroys the point of having private land. It treats fences, gates, posted signs and everything else you might do to keep your land private, as irrelevant. “And, in turn, it gives the government unfettered power to enter your land, roam around, spy on you, take photos, record videos, take soil samples, ride around in bikes, trucks even horses, all without a warrant. We’re supposed to think that’s constitutional?” Presently, six states place state constitutional authority above the Open Fields doctrine: Mississippi, Montana, New York, Oregon, Vermont and Washington. The Pitch Pine and Punxsutawney arguments before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court should take place in 2024, with a decision likely in 2025. Institute for Justice is currently litigating similar Open Fields cases in Virginia and Tennessee about warrantless intrusions on private land. In an Oct. 2 Institute release, Frank Stockdale, president of the Punxsutawney Hunting Club, summarized the private land ownership case: “The government has no right to spy on us on our own land without cause. This entire endeavor has been outrageous and needs to end now.” Republished with the permission of Farm Journal. First Published December 25, 2023, 5:30am

Jan 23 is his hearing. I will be following up on this story. 🤓

HOLIDAY EATING TIPS 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they're serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly, it's rare. You cannot find it any other time of year but now. So drink up! Who cares that it has 10,000 calories in every sip? It's not as if you're going to turn into an eggnog-alcoholic or something. It's a treat. Enjoy it. Have one for me. Have two. It's later than you think. It's Christmas! 3. If something comes with gravy, use it. That's the whole point of gravy. Gravy does not stand alone. Pour it on. Make a volcano out of your mashed potatoes. Fill it with gravy. Eat the volcano. Repeat. 4. As for mashed potatoes, always ask if they're made with skim milk or whole milk. If it's skim, pass. Why bother? It's like buying a sports car with an automatic transmission. 5. Do not have a snack before going to a party in an effort to control your eating. The whole point of going to a Holiday party is to eat other people's food for free. Lots of it. Hello? 6. Under no circumstances should you exercise between now and New Year's. You can do that in January when you have nothing else to do. This is the time for long naps, which you'll need after circling the buffet table while carrying a 10-pound plate of food and that vat of eggnog. 7. If you come across something really good at a buffet table, like frosted Christmas cookies in the shape and size of Santa position yourself near them and don't budge. Have as many as you can before becoming the center of attention. They're like a beautiful pair of shoes. If you leave them behind, you're never going to see them again. 8. Same for pies. Apple, Pumpkin, Mincemeat. Have a slice of each. Or if you don't like mincemeat, have two apples and one pumpkin. Always have three. When else do you get to have more than one dessert, Labor Day? 9. Did someone mention fruitcake? Granted, it's loaded with the mandatory celebratory calories but avoid it at all cost. I mean, have some standards. 10. One final tip: If you don't feel terrible when you leave the party or get up from the table, you haven't been paying attention. Re-read tips; start over, but hurry, January is just around the corner. Remember this motto to live by: "Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate and wine in one hand, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming " WOO HOO what a ride!" MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

Merry Christmas!!

EmilyAnn Jackman |ejackman@pennlive.com A Butler County borough manager was charged Wednesday with animal cruelty after police accused him of fatally shooting his neighbor’s dog with a crossbow and tossing the dead animal into a dumpster outside the municipal building where he works, according to news reports. Steven Thomas May, 43, of Saxonburg was charged with a felony count of aggravated animal cruelty to animals along with counts of criminal mischief, tampering with evidence, and causing damage to property, according to WPXI. Police said that on Nov. 11, two dogs that belonged to May’s neighbor ran away from the property, but only one of them came back home a half hour later. The neighbors soon began looking for the lost dog, a Red Merle Australian Shepherd, TribLivereported. Then, three days later on Nov. 14, May called the owner of the missing dog and said he found the dog hit by a car and disposed of its body in a dumpster by the Saxonburg borough building, police said. Two days after that, the owner’s mother contacted May to get additional details about what happened. May then confessed to shooting the dog with a crossbow because he thought the animal was a coyote. After he realized it was just a dog, he dumped the dead animal in a dumpster at the municipal building. He offered to pay for a new dog, TribLive said. The woman reported the incident to the authorities that same day, police said. May then went to the police chief’s office and told him what he’d done and that he dumped the animal in the dumpster by the municipal building because he knew it’d be emptied two days later, TribLive reported. “It’s a mistaken identity,” May’s attorney, Phil DiLucente said toWPXI. “Hunters, every day, shoot at people by accident thinking they’re animals. Now imagine a four-legged creature, no dog tags, no anything, and it looks like a coyote. That is the mistaken identity of a dog.” “He feels horribly because, like all of us, he loves animals,” DiLucente added. The municipal building’s cameras also captured May placing something in the trash before driving away on Nov. 11, TribLive said. Right now, May wants to make amends with the family and return to serving the Saxonburg community, according to DiLucente. “This is a newer position for him. He takes his job very seriously and it’s unfortunate for someone like him to have to experience this,” DiLucente said to WPXI. May was released from custody and has been ordered to appear for a preliminary court hearing on Jan. 23, TribLive reported

She sure did have a busy day yesterday with 9 visitors!! Brandi & Deryk cooked the turkey plus 99.9% of the meal. I taught them how to make deviled eggs. 😊 Plus I dropped off 2 pies Turkey Eve, Lemon meringue & heath cheesecake, plus a bag of frozen cauliflower & dinner rolls.