Rouse Estate
receives donations
The Rouse Estate Memorial Fund, which supports many resident activities, received contributions during December in memory of Rudy and Vera Nelson, Elinor Gates, Gertrude Sleeman, Jack Schormann and Midge Wood.
The "Friends of the Rouse Estate", a volunteer auxiliary to the Rouse Estate, which raises funds to run the snack bar, sponsor family picnic and special projects, received contributions during December in memory of Stella Yucha, Adam Piccirillo, Jim Lucas, Richard Graves, Mildred Wood, Susie Bowers and Wilbur Lookenhouse.
To make a donation, send check payable to Rouse Memorial Fund or Friends of the Rouse Estate, 701 Rouse Ave., Youngsville, Pa. 16371.
2 drivers, 2 patrons hurt when by van
UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) - Police say both drivers and two bar patrons were hurt when two vehicles collided, sending one of them off the road and through the wall of a southwestern Pennsylvania tavern.
Grace Miller tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review on Friday that "It sounded like a machine gun" when a minivan smashed through the Paradise Restaurant and Bar she bought with her husband, James, about 18 months ago. The bar is in North Union Township, about 40 miles south of Pittsburgh.
Just outside the bar, police say the van driven by 34-year-old William Eggers collided with a car driven by 24-year-old Ryan Barie. Both drivers, from nearby Uniontown, were taken to hospitals after the crash shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday.
Lawsuit filed in fatal gas explosion
ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) - A man who lost three relatives in an explosion that killed five people in Allentown last year has sued a utility company.
The Morning Call reports (http://bit.ly/wnpzTV ) Manuel Cruz filed the suit against UGI Utilities in Northampton County Court this week. The suit alleges UGI failed to detect heavy corrosion to the pipe. The newspaper reports a UGI official declined comment.
Cruz's mother, daughter and 4-month old grandson were among those killed in the blast, which flattened a pair of row houses and set fire to a block of homes. The baby's father is also a plaintiff in the case.
Water delivered to Pa. village
DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) - A tanker truck has made its first delivery of fresh water to four homes in a northeastern Pennsylvania village where federal regulators say they found arsenic and chemicals often used in gas drilling in the well water.
The Environmental Protection Agency paid for Friday's delivery in Dimock, Susquehanna County, after reviewing water sampling data that regulators say revealed high levels of pollution in residential wells.