PA Cleanways has planned their second Allegheny River Scavenger Hunt. The
event will be held Saturday August 27th, beginning at 8 a.m. at Boyers
Crossing below Port Allegany. Participants must have a canoe and be 16 years
or older. Everyone in the canoe must wear a life jacket. All participants
will be entered in a drawing and the winner will receive $50, a free one
year membership to PA Cleanways of McKean County and a PA Cleanways t-shirt.
Pre-registration is required by August 22nd, however there is no fee to
participate.

The King and Queen of this year's Otto-Eldred Old Home Days have been
crowned. Dorothy Shoff and Dick Kerr will preside over this weekend's
festivities, which will run from Friday through Sunday and will include a
fireworks display at dusk Saturday evening.

The Downstate Attorney hired by Timothy Williams to get him a new trial says
a breakdown in the system in McKean County has stalled out the case. Sam
Stretton says the transcripts from the testimony a year ago have not been
completed and sent out to the attorneys in the case.

Williams filed a post conviction relief petition, claiming that there may be
new evidence that could warrant a new trial.

Several people testified that they overheard Becky Lucrezi Olson say she was
the shooter in the 1999 shooting death of Police officer Steve Jerman.

A plane went down yesterday at the Bradford airport. Lafayette Township Fire
Chief Don Folwer says no one was injured when the planes landing gear
failed. No injuries were reported, and no fire occurred in the crash. Fire
and EMS crews were called out, but sent back home within ten minutes.

A Bradford man will spend a year in jail for impersonating a police officer.
40-year-old David Hallock pulled over a car on January 17 after he was cut
off in traffic. Hallock told the other driver he was a police officer. He
then became unruly and attacked Officer Todd McClain, and kicked out a
window in the patrol car.

DA John Pavlock says Hallock's behavior was bizarre and scary.

A Smethport man will spend one to five years in state prison for ripping off
a purse from an 87-year-old woman.
27-year-old Michael Yonkofsky was given credit for 137 days of time served.
DA John Pavlock says the man had admitted the man took the purse while high
in an attempt to get more drugs.

An Olean woman appeared before Judge John Yoder Thursday. 30-year-old
Christa Conner will serve 66 days to a year in prison concurrent with a New
York State Sentence for stealing two computers from Walmart with another
person. The NY charges are for conspiracy to steal the computers.

A Rixford teen was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and a year of
probation. Cody Robertson appeared for his sentencing in court on disorderly
conduct charges. Robertson made threats that he would cause harm to the Otto
Eldred High School. He escaped the making terroristic threats charges by
pleading guilty to disorderly conduct.

Two men were arrested and charged with statutory sexual assault. 21-year-old
Travis Fay and 20 year old Dustin Morris are charged with statutory sexual
assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, ad furnishing
alcohol to minors. The incident allegedly occurred on Northern Potter road
in Bingham township., The two are accused of having sexual relations with a
14 year old girl in August of last year.

Port Allegany High School has a new assistant principal. Port Allegany
Alumnus Sharon Daniels was hired at Monday's School Board meeting.
Daniels recently served as a teacher at Coudersport High School.
Several Board appointments were made at the meeting as well.

State Police in Kane report they apprehended a fugitive from justice
Wednesday morning. 34-year-old Naomi Goff of Smethport was wanted as a
fugitive from justice out of West Virginia, where she faces child
concealment charges.

She was located on Route 46 in Smethport at her residence, and taken into
custody, in lieu of 10 thousand dollars bail.

She's currently awaiting an extradition to West Virginina. The child was
turned over to the father.

The Panty Bandit was sentenced in NY State Supreme Court Monday. 41-year-old
David Dudas will spend ten years in prison for stealing women's underwear
during eight burglaries.

Dudas will also pay back more than 37 hundred dollars to make restitution
for the stolen undies.

Editor's Note:
That's some pricey panties!

Cameron County Criminal Court has ground to a halt as District Attorney
Edwin Tompkins recovers from a heart surgery last week. Tompkins had a
pacemaker installed after being diagnosed with late stage Lyme disease.
Court proceedings were postponed indefinitely last week while Tompkins
decides whether or not the county should find a replacement DA. He's served
the county in the post for close to 20 years.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) prevented a
Bradford High teacher from finding her daughter after she was seriously
injured in a diving accident. 18-year-old Kelsey App broke three vertebrae
after striking a cliff while diving into the water in Liberty Township last
week.

She was flown to Altoona Hospital.

Her mother, Spanish Teacher Patricia App was unable to find out for sure
about her daughters condition, or even a definitive answer on where her
18-year-old daughter was taken for treatment.

Officials at Altoona hospital were prohibited from telling Mrs. App if her
daughter was being taken there, Medics and emergency responders cannot
release information on the scene either, without permission from the
accident victim.

Mrs. App says her daughter was not paralyzed in the incident, but she will
need to wear a back brace while the broken vertebrae healed.

An investigation has been launched into the theft of a 500-dollar generator
from a storage shed on Fessedden Road in Roulette. Danielle Parrish says
someone stole the generator in the first part of June. Police continue to
investigate.

A Potter county beef farmer was awarded the 2005 Potter County Service to
Agriculture Award last week. Ken Comstock is a surveyor, who operates a
650-acre beef farm, chairs the Potter County Conservation district, and
teaches seminars on surveying.

Editor's Note:
Ken Comstock is an upright man. I've known him since I was young, and he and
his wife deserve awards for just being who they are. Good For You Ken!

Rep. Martin Causer (R-Turtlepoint) will offer free information on a variety
of state programs and services during the Potter County Fair.

"The fair is a great place where people of all ages come together to
celebrate agriculture and the important role it plays in our community,"
Causer said. "I look forward to being a part of it again this year."

Causer will have a table set up at the fair from Monday, Aug. 1, through
Friday, Aug. 5. The table will include state maps, as well as brochures and
booklets on state programs and services.

The table will be staffed from 4-9 p.m. each night.

"One of my primary goals is to make sure the people of the 67th Legislative
District have access to their state government. Taking my office to the fair
is just one way to do that," Causer said.

In addition, Causer holds monthly outreach office hours in communities
throughout the district. He also operates two district offices at 78 Main
Street, 1st floor, in Bradford, and 2 Allegany Avenue in Coudersport. The
offices are open from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and close
for lunch from noon to 1 p.m.

A Bradford man was killed after a lightning strike at a ranch in Bradford
Township. 49-year-old Gerald Passley ventured out into a lightning Storm
early Monday morning to locate his missing horses.

When Passley did not return to the barn, witnesses told police they found
Passley lying in a pasture.
McKean County Coroner Mike Cahill confirmed the cause of death was
electrocution by Lightning.

The McKean-Potter chapter of the American Red Cross will hold a basic first
aid course, an adult CPR course and an infant and child CPR course on three
separate Wednesdays in August. Each class will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 at
their chapterhouse on Congress Street. The first aid course will be
Wednesday August 10th, the Adult CPR course August 17th and the Child and
Infant CPR course on August 24th. Registration and payment for those
interested in the course must be received no later than August 8th. For more
information call 368-6197.

An Austin man received minor injuries in an accident last week in Potter
County. Walter Cheplic was traveling south on State Route 872 when he
swerved to miss a deer and struck an embankment. Cheplic was taken to
Charles Cole Hospital for evaluation. His 89 Ford Ranger received minor
damage in the accident.

Coudersport-based State Police are investigating a theft of services
incident in Sweden Township. Between June 29th and July 15th, someone
altered an electric meter owned by Tri-County Rural electric cooperative and
stole electricity. The amount of electric used is unknown at this time.

State troopers from the Kane and Ridgway stations have announced they will
increase patrols throughout McKean and Elk counties in order to identify and
arrest impaired drivers. The patrols are a part of an ongoing effort to
reduce the number of DUI crashes and violations on Pennsylvania highways.

The York Daily Record featured an article this week about a suspected
mountain lion attack in Coudersport. The article does not give the name of a
Coudersport resident who found his dog mangled with bite marks, and
surrounded by what appeared to be mountain lion tracks.
The dog owner told the reporter that he saw a big cat, about 5 feet long
within a few weeks.
The Pennsylvania game commission denies that there are any mountain lions in
Pennsylvania.
The dog owner says the game commission laughed off his suspicion that a
mountain lion killed his dog.

A Port Allegany Brush fire caused the destruction of a home belonging to
Gary Hults. Deputy Fire Chief Jim Rankin says when trucks showed up Sunday
afternoon, the building was already engulfed.

State Police say a 20-inch mongoose freestyle bicycle was stolen from a
Second Street Yard in Roulette. Rebecca Sena reported the theft of the
silver bike with flame decals and foot pegs.

Anyone with information is asked to call State Police.

Police in Potter County are investigating a damaged estate in Galeton.
56-year-old Eugene Sosnowy told police that someone poured an unknown
substance in the gas tanks of his lawnmower and truck, damaged his exterior
telephone line and box.

The actors also broke the branches off four of his six fruit trees, shorted
out the wires on his solar panels, and removed to metal property markers.

All total, 850 dollars in damage was reported.

The incident occurred sometime between May 23 and July 2.

Anyone with info is asked to call state police at 814-274-8690

A Lawnmower was stolen from Oswayo Township. State Police say sometime
between July 13 and 15, someone made off with a Rusty Dynamark Riding
Lawnmower owned by 48-year-old Joseph Janderchick of Shinglehouse.

Roulette kids are invited to a free bike rodeo sponsored by the Roulette
Public Library. Mike Hoy and Brandi Kennedy from PennDOT's Highway Safety
Program will give the free bicycle safety program Thursday, July 28 at 10 am
for kids age 4- 14.

The kids will watch a bike safety video, learn about helmet use, and receive
a photo bike drivers license.

Kids will also be able to test their skills on a bike riding skills course.

Somebody made off with 21 dollars in gasoline at Graybill Marina in Kane.
Police were called in to investigate a gas run off at the Marin in Hamilton
Township. Reportedly, someone pumped 8.8 gallons of gas into a blue SUV and
drove off without paying.

A 17-year-old Juvenile is listed as a victim of harassment after an incident
at a swimming hole in Roulette Township. 18-year-old Lawrence Kelley has
been charged with harassment after he harassed, annoyed, and alarmed the
juvenile by subjecting him to unwanted physical contact during an incident
at the swimming hole last Wednesday.

Police in Potter County report that someone stole a Pepsi machine from
Connie's Market in Bingham Township. Unknown suspects reportedly tied a tow
strap around the machine, and then went south along Burt Road for about
three tenths of a mile before leaving the machine and the soda along the
road, fleeing the scene undetected.

A Shinglehouse man was not injured Sunday when he swerved to miss a deer,
and struck a tree. 20-year-old David Georgia's Pontiac Grand Am was disabled
in the Sharon Township Crash.

State Police in Kane are searching for a prisoner missing from the McKean
County Prison since Saturday afternoon.

Mark Mullins was on work release early Saturday morning and failed to
return at the designated time. Mullins was last seen in the Smethport area
on an ATV. He reportedly has contacts in the Emporium area as well as
Florida.

Mullins is a white male, 5' 9" and approximately 150 pounds, has Brown eyes,
blond hair.
Mullins also has a tattoo on his right leg of a skull and crown and a tattoo
on his right shoulder of a clown.

Anyone with more information is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State
Police in Kane.

There's more news on the Adelphia sale. Papers were filed Thursday by public
interest groups, rival satellite companies and cable programmers aimed at
preventing Time Warner and Comcast acquiring Adelphia, or at least to impose
conditions on the purchase. Critics claim the sale would give the two
companies too much power and deprive competitors of programming.

The Kinzua Valley Trail in Westline will be dedicated on Saturday July 30th.
Pa Representative Kathy Rapp will give remarks at the event, which begins at
2 p.m. County and township representatives will also be on hand and two
attendees will be chosen to cut the ribbon. The trail for hiking, biking and
skiing will eventually connect to the Kinzua Bridge State Park, a distance
of 20 miles. Currently, two miles of finished trail and one mile of usable
trail are available for outdoor enthusiasts.

A Shinglehouse man was moderately injured in a DUI crash Thursday afternoon
on State Route 44 in Ceres Township. 32-year old Thomas Austin was traveling
north when he lost control of his vehicle and went across the road, hitting
a hillside twice and a guardrail before coming to a stop. Austin was taken
to Charles Cole Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Gang, we've done it.

This weekend, the site stats jumped over 3100 visitors so far for the month
of July!

That's a goal I've been hoping for, for some time. Those stats are "unique
visitors", not just repeat visits.

That means that in the month of July, over three thousand individual people
came to read the news on the Roulette Rebel.

Thanks!

I guess now is the time to say, if you are interested in advertising with
us, we can offer some great rates. We're one of the most widely read local
news sources around!

-Josh-
hatcherfam@hotmail.com