LTE: Heartelt Thanks
February 27, 2012 at 1:47 PM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
The CD of A, St. Victoria’s Court, #646 of Houtzdale, would like to extend heartfelt gratitude to the following schools, businesses and organizations who helped make Project Santa 365 “Everyday Can Be A Holiday” drive a success. Project Santa 365 was able to send 46 boxes filled with cards, banners, food and comfort items to soldiers in Afghanistan, several who are stationed at Bagram Airfield: ...
Read More...LTE: Fireproofing PA’s Economy
February 11, 2012 at 6:21 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
What if someone showed you the future and you saw your house was going to catch fire? Wouldn’t you do everything you could to fireproof it today? It doesn’t take a crystal ball to see that without swift action Pennsylvania’s fiscal house will soon burst into flames. State lawmakers have adequate warning about the threats to our economy, but business as usual will leave taxpayers and...
Read More...Media Portrayal of Race in Sports Reveals Biases in Corporate World
February 5, 2012 at 6:00 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
By Wyatt DuBois, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK – The U.S. may have its first black president and the Fortune 500 its first black female chief executive, but African-American CEOs account for a mere 1 percent of the chiefs of those 500 largest companies. Andrew Carton, assistant professor of management and organization at Penn State Smeal College of Business, and Ashleigh Shelby Rosette of Duke University,...
Read More...LTE: Will Our Grandchildren Be Budget Losers?
February 4, 2012 at 6:57 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
As the governor’s state budget address approaches, there is no shortage of speculation surrounding various fiscal austerity proposals and which departments and programs will likely be the ultimate budgetary “winners and losers.” State budgets come and go, but one group that is perennially relegated to “losers” is future generations of taxpayers who will choose to live,...
Read More...LTE: Blood
February 3, 2012 at 6:06 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
Every two seconds, someone in our country needs a blood transfusion. Like the Emergency Room of a hospital, the American Red Cross needs to be prepared to respond to patient emergencies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Right here in the Greater Alleghenies Blood Services Region, the Red Cross must collect approximately 5,000 blood and platelet donations each week to meet the everyday...
Read More...LTE: Thank You and Goodbye
February 3, 2012 at 6:05 AM by Gant Team · 3 Comments
I, like many of my fellow citizens, was pleased to hear state Rep. Camille “Bud” George has decided to retire. But don’t let Mr. George fool you, he’s leaving not because he wants to, but because he has to. As a politically savvy individual, Mr. George knows he can’t possibly win another election. First, a word of praise. I’ve always admired Mr. George’s...
Read More...LTE: Goodbye, and Thank You
February 2, 2012 at 6:22 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
I, like many of my fellow citizens were surprised to hear of the announced retirement of our long-time state Representative Camille “Bud” George. In my involvement in local politics I always thought I would one day get the chance to re-elect to one of the greatest men in Pennsylvania politics, but I missed him just a by a year. Over the last 38 years, Rep. George, no matter if you were...
Read More...LTE: Perplexed
February 2, 2012 at 6:05 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
This year, the Clearfield County Economic Development Corporation elected to be a Platinum Sponsor for the event and branded itself as RigMonkeyApp.com to promote our new real estate website geared around promoting Clearfield County as a destination source to promote Marcellus Shale-based industries to headquarter in vacant commercial and industrial properties in the County. YMCA volunteers hung sponsorship...
Read More...LTE: Deep Six Somali Pirates
January 31, 2012 at 6:54 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
The recent rescue of hostages in Somalia by a Navy Seal Team brings into focus the ongoing problem we have with the Somali pirates. These pirates continue to wreak havoc on commercial shipping off the coast of Africa, and there are numerous ships and hostages currently being held by the pirates for ransom. In February 2011 four Americans were taken hostage aboard their yacht off Africa, and were...
Read More...LTE: Cruise Ship Safety
January 18, 2012 at 6:19 AM by Gant Team · Leave a Comment
As a former naval officer; officer-of-the deck underway, independent and formation steaming; and qualified marine navigator and instructor, I have questions concerning the grounding of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy. Was the captain on the bridge exercising control of the ship? If so, why was the ship so close to the rocks? If not, who was on the bridge conning the ship? ...
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