Sheffield Area News in Brief
Sheffield Township
Supervisors
The Sheffield Township Supervisors met on April 15 with the following information being addressed:
The secretary has sent a letter to PennDOT requesting a no passing zone along with the speed being reduced in the eastbound lanes on Route 6 in front of the Dollar General Store.
The Township Municipal representative from PennDOT will be in the office on April 18 to begin the bid process for the repair work to township roads that were inspected during the Spring Road Inspection on April 6.
Boy Scout Daniel Pierson was present along with his troop leader, Tom Dunn, in regards to his Eagle Scouts Project. Pierson will be landscaping around the “Welcome to Sheffield” signs coming into town. The township will pay for the landscaping materials and Pierson will perform the work around them.
A review of the agreement between the township and the authority was tabled until the next meeting for repair and re-pavement of portions of township roadways known as Chapel Lane, Hathaway Lane and Four Mile Road due to sanitary sewer line construction that occurred in 2012. The authority will undertake repairs and re-pavement of the township roadway known as Saybrook from the railroad track crossing on said road to the northern end of the road.
On April 19, the supervisors and the secretary will be attending the award celebration designating Sheffield Area Middle School as a “Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn School to Watch” at 1:30 p.m.
Scott Rimpa, assistant district forester, will be attending the Arbor Day event on Friday, April 26, at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park to present the township with the Tree City USA recognition for the 10th year.
Several complaints have been received in regards to 28 First Mill St. in regards to the accumulation of garbage on this property.
Chief Madigan asked to speak with the supervisors after the meeting in regards to all ordinances in the township. Complaints received in regards to property owners parking on the sidewalks in town. Citizens are reminded not to block the sidewalks with their vehicles.
The Warren County Association of Township Officials will be holding their Spring Convention at Cable Hollow Golf Course on Saturday, May 4 at 6 p.m.; the secretary will be attending to represent Sheffield Township.
US Route 6 in Pennsylvania is requesting the townships assistance in achieving National Scenic Byway and All-American Road status for US Route 6 and 6N and Business Route 6 where applicable. This is their second attempt to get Sheffield Township in on this endeavor; however this gives up our signage privileges along this section of road and the supervisors are not in favor of this. The secretary will send a letter to this committee informing them of the supervisors’ decision.
The Chief of Police reported the following incidents for March: 7 accidents investigated, 8 theft complaints, 6 reports of suspicious persons, 5 disturbance calls, 7 harassment complaints, 3 noise complaints, 3 requests to check welfare of others, 1 assist to other agencies, 8 mental health calls, 3 trespass complaints, 1 traffic complaint, 3 traffic hazard complaints, 3 assaults reported, 2 reports of suspicious vehicle, 3 property disputes, 2 child welfare incidents investigated, 3 burglaries, 1 open door, 2 domestics and 3 child custody assist.
April Huff, Alice Snyder and Darlene Welsh were present representing Ambit Energy. These individuals are marketing consultants and were asking the supervisors to consider turning the electric accounts and gas accounts over to Ambit in the event the township would save money. The supervisors were presented with the rates that Ambit has to offer on their commercial accounts and the treasurer was to compare their rates with our electrical provider and gas provider and get back to these individuals with the information.
The next meeting of the supervisors will be Monday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sheffield Hospitality Center and this will be the only meeting in May due to vacations.
Nutrition-Exercise
Program Offered
In a recent community needs assessment conducted by Kane Community Hospital (KCH), it was determined that the childhood obesity rate in the area KCH serves is higher than the national average.
In response, KCH felt it was important to offer its communities support. That support now takes the form of an integrated nutrition and exercise program for local schools in a flexible format.
The first programs were conducted at Kane Area Elementary School. A series of sessions was held during school, one session a week for six consecutive weeks. A second series followed as a weekly after school program.
The program is conducted by Mariann Kahle, RD, LDN, UPMC Hamot and exercise physiologist Jessica McDivitt, manager of KCH’s Cardiac Rehab and Wellness Center.
The most recent program was presented at Johnsonburg Elementary School as an after-school program. Principal Jenn Hobbs said that the program was popular and that she had “received a ton of positive feedback on the program and would absolutely like to offer it again.”
At each session in the program there is a nutrition lesson followed by a physical activity. All lessons have take home information for the children to share with their parents so the whole family can take advantage of the nutritional facts and fun ways to learn about eating healthy and the importance of exercise.
In May, the team travels to Sheffield Area Elementary School for a full day series of mini programs.
Dual Enrollment
Program at SAMSHS
There will be a meeting in the auditorium on Tuesday, April 23, at 2 p.m. for any interested 10th and 11th graders to get information about the St. Bonaventure University Dual Enrollment Program. This program is where students can take/earn college courses while in high school and apply those credits to most colleges, giving students a head start.
A follow-up meeting is planned for parents at Sheffield Area Middle High on Thursday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. in the library. If you need more information, contact the high school guidance office.
Sheffield Hospitality
Center
Come for lunch, it will be the best $3 you can spend with friends and a nutritional homemade meal served at noon on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays buffet.
For the week of April 22, Monday’s menu pea soup or vegetable soup with ‘gingerbread’ for dessert. Thursday offers hamburger gravy on mashed potatoes, vegetable, beverage and birthday cake for all those May birthdays, come celebrate yours with a chance to win a fresh flower arrangement from Presents & Posies. Friday’s buffet features grilled chicken patty with all the fixin’s with brownies for dessert. For all lunches we need a 24-hour reservation by calling 968-5667.
Thank you for those who supported us for our chicken and biscuit dinner, we could not have had such a successful fundraiser without your support.
Trips: We continue to have our Seneca Allegany Casino trips the second Tuesday of each month, to sign up to try your luck call 968-5667 for your reservations. We are taking reservations right up till May 1 for the New York City trip May 3-6, if you would like to go call now, Price $579. Our boat trip this July 26 is on the “Gateway Clipper” in Pittsburgh for a river ride and entertainment with songs of the Andrew Sisters. After we will stop at the ‘Rivers Casino’ to try your luck before heading home.
The fall trip Sept. 15-21 is Branson, Mo., with all the shows and entertainment packed into one vacation. Call for a brochure. Plan now to visit Hawaii in November 2014, the brochures are here, we fly out of Buffalo for a trip of a lifetime. What destination is on your ‘Bucket List”? Give us a call and we will plan it.
‘School To Watch”
Recognition
SAMSHS faculty received the official designation plaque during the PA Middle Level Educators Conference in Penn State for the School To Watch designation. On Friday, the school celebrates this designation. The mission of the Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn Schools is “Schools to Watch Program is to assist Pennsylvania middle grades schools build capacity and recognize schools achieving academic excellence, based on the rigorous 37 criteria established by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform.
Sheffield Elementary
School
This week, third-grade students read an excerpt of Beverly Cleary’s “Ramona Quimby: Age 8”. In this part of the story, Ramona is given an assignment to present a book report to her class. Ramona wants to be unique in her presentation, and she chooses to present her book in the form of a commercial she watched while she was home sick. She creates cat masks because the book is about a cat, and secretly asks two friends to join her in her presentation. Needless to say, Ramona becomes flustered during her presentation and blurts out a crazy line from a pizza commercial! Not only did the students enjoy Ramona’s silly book report, but they loved making their own cat masks as well.
6TH Annual Trout
and Stream Expo
This year the 6th Annual Trout & Clean Streams Expo will be held at the Sheffield Lions Club, 4 S. Main St., on Saturday, April 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There will be a learning center demonstration, watershed displays, door prizes, Chinese auction, food and gift card raffles all day long. For $7 you can get a BBQ pork dinner with two sides provided by the Shaw House.
This event is sponsored by Cornplanter Chapter Trout Unlimited and benefits local watershed Morrison Run, Trout in the Classroom, and other educational/conservation projects.
Indoor Garage Sale
and Chinese Auction
The Indoor Garage Sale and Chinese Auction will be taking place at the St. Paul Center in Saybrook from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 20. This is a great way to clean up your house for spring or to purchase something good for your home. All prizes for the auction are donated by parishioners and there are over 50 prizes. Lunch is available by the Knights of Columbus.
There are spaces available; if you would like to have a table call 968-5915.
Coming Events:
TODAY 6th Annual Trout Unlimited at Lion’s Den from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
TODAY St. Anthony’s Indoor Garage Sale and Chinese Auction
April 26 Arbor Day Celebration at Memorial Park sponsored by Sheffield Township
April 26 Global Youth Service Day at SAMSHS (Student Councils will be cleaning in Sheffield and Clarendon communities)
April 26-27 Clarendon Trinity UMC Rummage Sale
April 27 Sheffield Girls Softball Extravaganza Scavenger Hunt
April 27 SVFD Spring Auction
May 4 Sheffield Rotary/Kane Community Hospital Multi-phasic Blood screening
May 18 Sheffield Sports Boosters Golf Scramble
May 18-19 Warren County Fire Police PA Convention
June 1 Sheffield Rotary Golf Scramble
June 15 Sheffield Days
June 22 Spring Clean up
July 17-20 Sheffield Fireman’s Festival
Oct 11-13 8th Annual Johnny Appleseed Festival
Oct 19 SVFD Fall Auction doors open at noon
Dec 14 SVFD Christmas Auction doors open at noon
Sheffield Area News in Brief
Sheffield Township
The Sheffield Township Supervisors met on April 1 for their regularly scheduled meeting.
The Forestry Earnings were received in the amount of $75,226.79. The treasurer stated that $57,750 had been budgeted, so this was over budget for income for 2013. Timber receipts for Warren County were $849,807.34 with the school district receiving $461,375.19.
Mead Oil Co., Fox & Fox, Inc of Clarion and Shell Exploration & Production Co. will all be drilling in and around Sheffield Township. Chief Madigan is to contact Mr. Dahlengers on Third Mill Street with regards to his neighbors. Liquid Fuels allocation was deposited on April 1 in the amount of $56,261.27 for road repairs in the township for 2013.
May 9 is the mock accident at SAMSHS, the road crew was asked to place bleachers on the blacktop area for this. Arbor Day celebration will take place on April 26 at 11 a.m. at Memorial Park. The fifth grade classes for SES along with their teachers, Jody Baker and Heather Alexander, will be in attendance. Refreshments will be provided by the Sheffield Lions Club and Don Watts will be presenting a program.
The township will be presented with its Tree City USA certification for the 11th year. The township convention in Hershey will be April 21-24 and Supervisor John Labesky and Township Secretary Kristi Kulka will be attending.
Sheffield Area Middle Senior High will be receiving recognition as a “Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn School to Watch” on Friday, April 19 at 1:30 p.m.; all three supervisors along with the secretary will be in attendance.
The City of Warren has issued a new electrical service at D & I Silica at 203 Center St. for the month of February. Chief Madigan will be putting on a program at the schools for bicycle helmet laws and safety. The law states that any bicyclist who is 12 and under is to be wearing a helmet.
DEP has approved the Planning Module for New Land Development for the Sheffield Elementary addition project and so has Al Vanderpoel of E & M Engineers and Surveyors. The supervisors as well have approved this plan and an approval letter will be sent to Brian Almeter of Fahringer, McCarty, Grey, Inc.
The spring road inspection will take place on Saturday, April 6, at 8 a.m. and all three supervisors along with the roadmaster will be driving around the township inspecting the roads and properties. The PennDOT Municipal Representative will be contacted to come to the township to begin the bid process for necessary repairs to be done to the township roads.
Chief Madigan is requesting a traffic study be done by PennDOT for Route 6 in front of the Dollar General Store. Several accidents have occurred in this vicinity and it hoped that the speed will be reduced.
Sports Boosters
Annual Cash Bash
Sheffield Sports Boosters will be having its annual Cash Bash at the Saint Paul Center in Sheffield on Saturday, April 13 from 7 to 10 p.m., doors open at 6:30. Door prizes and pull tickets as well as spins for cash every 10 minutes.
Jeff Leichtenberger has donated a log, bar- high table complete with two bar stools to be raffled off during this cash bash. Tickets are available from any booster at a cost of $5 each or 3 for $10 or stop at the Main Street Artisans Co-op at 29 South Main St., where the table is on display in the front window and get your tickets there as well.
The Main Street Artisans Co-op is open Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Co-op is always looking for more artists to be a part of their mission.
Academic Supporters
Group
The Academic Supporters Group of SAMSHS will be holding a Basketball Game on Thursday, May 2, at 6 p.m. with the freshman and sophomore classes against their parents and then at 7:30 the teachers and staff against the senior and junior classes.
The public is welcome to attend this fundraiser and are also welcome to participate. This event is a fundraiser for the chemistry lab for four graphing calculators at a cost of $200 each. The cost for admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students and seniors. There will be a 3-point contest between games.
Contact Stacy Harkins if you would like to participate at 728-8897. 50/50 tickets, snack and drinks will also be available and the SAMSH Pep Band will be on hand to keep the crowd entertained as well.
Sheffield Alumni
Association
July 19 and 20 are the dates to remember!
Friday, July 19, from 8 to 11 p.m. all alumni are welcome at the Lion’s Den. Snacks are provided and soda is available for sale. It is a BYOB occasion. We have 50/50 drawings and also have a “donation” container to defray expenses.
Saturday, July 20 is dinner at St. Paul’s Center, to be served at 6:30 p.m. at a cost of $17. This dinner is for alumni who graduated at least 40 years ago. We also have 50/50 drawing and a “donation” can to help with our expenses. Reunion years for this year end with 3 and 8.
If you do not get an announcement it is because we do not have your correct address, or if we do not have a post office box number. If you have a corrected address you can send it to the Alumni Association in care of PO Box 686, Sheffield, Pa. 16347-0686 or call Peg Bell at 968-3517 or Carolyn Miller at 968-5424.
Preschool Registration
Registration is taking place now for preschool at the Sheffield United Methodist Church in Sheffield for the 2013-2014 school year. Children must be 3 years old and potty trained by Sept. 1. Preschool will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday from 9 to11:30 a.m.. For more information, contact Angel Weiser at 968-4245.
Clarendon Trinity
UMC
The Trinity Women of the Clarendon Trinity United Methodist Church will be sponsoring a Spring Rummage Sale on Friday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, April 27 from 9 a.m. to noon at the church. Stop down and support these ladies.
Bowling Tournament
The Jack V. Barner Memorial Scholarship Bowling Tournament wrapped up on Saturday, March 30 with the following winners: High Junior Female, Cheyenne Wheetley with a score of 700; High Junior Male, Jake Gorton with a score of 679; High Male, Bryan Olsen with a score of 877; and High Female, Michelle Barner with a score of 739.
Team standings were as follows: first place Team Gorton with a score of 3,632, second place Team J. Hanson with a score of 3,625, third place Team Summers with a score of 3,504, fourth place Team Madigan with a score of 3,495, and fifth place Team M. Barr with a score of 3,492.
Indoor Garage Sale
and Chinese Auction
The Indoor Garage Sale and Chinese Auction will be taking place at the St. Paul Center in Saybrook from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 20. This is a great way to clean up your house for spring or to purchase something good for your home.
All prizes for the auction are donated by parishioners and there are over 50 prizes. Lunch is available by the Knights of Columbus.
There are spaces available; if you would like to have a table call 968-5915.
Sheffield VFD
Spring Auction
Saturday, April 27 is the Spring Auction sponsored by Sheffield Volunteer Fire Department. Doors open at noon and auction starts at 1 p.m. There will be yard ornaments, tools, snack foods, shirts and many more brand new items.
This benefits the Sheffield Fireman’s Festival being held July 17-20. Come and support the fire department.
Scavenger Hunt
The Sheffield girls softball team will be hosting a scavenger hunt on Saturday, April 27. Pre-register by April 19. Cost is $10 per team member with teams consisting of 4, 5, or 6 people.
Starting at the Sheffield High School at 1 p.m., teams will be sent on the hunt.
Teams will be given the following: a list of pictures they need to take, a list of items they need to bring across the finish line with them, and clues and puzzle they need to solve to unlock secret locations.
Teams have a total of six hours to complete as much (or all) of the hunt as they can.
Award ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Sheffield Lion’s Den. Awards will be given for: Best Team Name, Best Team Time, Most Team Points.
Following the awards, there will be an after-party with snacks, beverages and music.
Interested? Get a team together, help out the softball team and enjoy an afternoon of fun!
Sheffield Hospitality
Center
Monday: chicken tenders and tater tots, with Texas sheet cake for dessert.
Thursday: spaghetti with meat sauce for dessert; try Rosa Maria salad.
Friday: luncheon buffet will be ham loaf and scalloped potatoes with Jell-O for dessert. Fridays are buffet days where you can fix your own plate and go back for refills.
Lunches are a donation of $4 under 60 years and $3 over 60 years of age.
As we start out our “spring trips” you may sign up for our Mystery lunches where the bus will pick you up at your door and take you somewhere in Warren County for lunch on your own.
Our next day out is shopping in Erie for the day, you will again be picked up at your door, all rides are charged 25-cents fare each time you step on the bus. These trips must be signed up 24 hours in advance as well as lunches for your reservation.
This is your last chance to book our trip to New York City, May 3-6. Your tour includes sights of Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Wall Street, Central Park and much more. You will have the opportunity to witness the new “911 Memorial” and go inside for a visit. Of course, time for shopping at some of the best that the Big Apple has to offer. On the way home we will visit the “Flight 93 Memorial” All this with meals for $579. Call now for a brochure, 968-5667.
Our Day Trip, April 13, offers Mt. Jewett’s Heritage Memorial, Kinzua Bridge overlook, on for some shopping at Olde Schoolhouse Village Shoppes. Lunch will be at Sprague’s Maple Farm, where they make their own maple syrup, this will be on your own. Last stop will be in Eldred to visit the WWII Museum, all this for $35.
Coming Events:
April 6: Music Booster’s Corn Hole Tournament registration at 11 a.m. at SAMSHS
April 13: Sports Booster’s Annual Cash Bash at St. Paul Center from 7 to 10 p.m.
April 13: SVFD Annual Soup and Sub Sale 9 a.m. until sold out.
April 20: 6th Annual Trout Unlimited at Lion’s Den from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
April 20: St. Anthony’s Indoor Garage Sale and Chinese Auction
April 26: Arbor Day Celebration at Memorial Park sponsored by Sheffield Township
April 26-27: Clarendon Trinity UMC Rummage Sale
April 27: Sheffield Girls Softball Extravaganza Scavenger Hunt