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A gas explosion leveled a building on the grounds of a central Pennsylvania steel plant. A7
Another winPatrick Chambers cred-
its his Penn State basket-ball team with staying the course — getting three straight Big Ten wins after a six-game losing streak. B1
Three killedA 79-year-old woman
attempting to maneu-ver in a Florida parking lot backed into a group of people Sunday, killing three people and injuring four others. B6
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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2014
Punxsutawney Phil is held by handler John Griffiths after emerging from his burrow Sunday on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney. Phil saw his shad-ow and forecast six more weeks of winter weath-er. This year’s Groundhog Day celebration marks a winter that has brought extreme cold to stretches of the United States wholly unaccus-tomed to it, as well as a snow and ice storm that para-lyzed Atlanta and other Southern cities. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PUNXSUTAWNEY (AP) — Emerging from his lair on Super Bowl Sunday, groundhog Punx-sutawney Phil couldn’t predict the winner of the big game but his han-dlers said he was sure of his weath-er forecast: There will be six more weeks of winter.
Winter storm watchAs if on cue, the National Weath-
er Service in Pittsburgh issued a winter storm watch for Tuesday
evening through Wednesday morn-ing for the western third of Pennsyl-vania, including Jefferson County, where Phil lives.
The watch is part of a chain of advisories stretching from eastern Nebraska into New England for 6 or more inches of snow and the possi-bility of a glaze of ice.
More advisories and updates are expected later today.
The NWS in State College issued a storm watch for its region, includ-ing Clearfield and Elk counties that will be in effect from Tuesday eve-ning through Wednesday evening for heavy snow.
Local forecast details, A 2Arrests, citationsPunxsutawney-based state police
and officers from the Liqour Control
Enforcement Bureau carried out traffic and crowd control duties dur-ing Punxsutawney’s annual festival.
State police issued 22 traffic ci-tations and one written warnings, made three arrests for public drunk-enness, one drug arrest, one under-age drinking arrest and four DUI arrests.
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Groundhog predicts more winter
Preschoolers at DuBois Central Catholic use the sensory skills as they move their hands through shaving cream. They were discover-ing texture as well as finding they could write their names and cre-ate a winter scene. From left are Ava Marshall, Kendahl Hoare and Aliza Wolfgang. (Photo courtesy DuBois Central Catholic)
By A.J. Sylvis
DuBOIS — Treasure Lake Property Owners Association di-rectors were updated on the new back gate security system, Lakev-iew Lodge parking lot lighting and numerous other projects at their January meeting.
A report distributed at the meeting said the Lakeview Lodge parking project is slightly behind schedule as a result of a delay on the delivery of materials, but com-pletion is expected shortly.
The back gate access system is scheduled to be in full operation to-day. The process of distributing the new gate cards to property owners has been going well, it was noted.
Matt Hasselback is working with a timber consultant marking boundaries near section 21 for a possible timber contract.
The Gold Course tree removal project is underway on holes 1, 10 and 13.
The conversion from propane to natural gas at the POA build-ing has been completed. Eight of
Project updates at Treasure Lake meeting
By Elaine Haskins
DuBOIS — Courtney Kunselman has been inspired by her father’s ser-vice to the United States – enough to want to follow in his footsteps.
Kunselman, 18, has taken another step toward that path, when she re-ceived word recently that U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., received an appoint-ment to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs., Colo., for admission to the class of 2018. Toomey selected Kunselman as his principal nominee.
“I am proud to announce the ap-pointment of Courtney Kunselman to the U.S. Air Force Academy,” Toomey said in a press release. “The selection process for the military academies is very competitive and appointees must demonstrate the highest caliber of aca-demic success, leadership skills and character. Courtney embodies these qualities, and I wish her nothing but the best.”
Kunselman, who is the daughter of Brenda and Scott Kunselman of Du-Bois, is an AP scholar at DuBois Area Senior High School and ranks first in her class of 297. She is a member of the Physics Club and is the captain of her varsity soccer and track and field teams. She also is a mentor for Big Brothers/Big Sisters.
Kunselman said she became drawn to the Air Force Academy as early as the seventh grade.
“It really solidified my freshman year in high school that that’s where I wanted to go,” she said. “My dad went to West Point and I saw the character that it gave him and what kind of per-son he is and the kind of leader he is. I saw that he was able to serve his coun-try and to use his abilities in that way. I just thought it was a really cool route and I wanted to try.”
Scott Kun-selman, an en-gineer at GAI Consultants Inc., DuBois, is a 1984 gradu-ate of DAHS and was also top in his class. He served four years active duty and four years in the Ready Reserve, Brenda said. He served in the first Gulf War in the ar-mored tank di-vision.
“Her family is very proud of her and know she is facing a great challenge, but we are confident she will be success-ful,” Scott said of Courtney’s appoint-ment.
As soon as Courtney realized what she wanted to achieve, she started working diligently toward those goals and academic success, her mom said.
“She knew what she had to do or what was her best chance to get in so she really started working hard,” Brenda said.
“I knew that it was extremely com-petitive academically,” Courtney said.
Even though her father went to West Point, Courtney decided to take a dif-ferent route and apply to the Air Force Academy after visiting it last March.
“I just fell in love with it. I loved Colorado. I loved the facility,” Court-ney said. “Every cadet that I talked to there said, ‘Once you are there, they
DuBois teen receives appointment to Air Force Academy
U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-PA, has announced the appointment of Courtney Kunselman of DuBois to the U.S. Air Force Academy, in Colorado Springs, Col., for admission to the class of 2018. (Photo by Paul A. Wilson)
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