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March 23, 2008

Anonymous The Tribune-Democrat Sun Mar 23, 2008, 11:33 PM EDT

Clintons schedule campaign stops

Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., and her husband, former President Clinton, plan several campaign stops in the region this week.

Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear at 8 p.m. today at a rally in Uniontown at the Penn State-Fayette, Eberly Campus, Community Center Building.

She also is scheduled to attend a town hall meeting on the economy at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Greensburg at the Pitt-Greensburg Chambers Hall Gym.

On Thursday, former President Clinton is scheduled to appear at State College. Details of that visit have not been finalized.

3 Somerset hit-and-runs under investigation

SOMERSET – Borough police are investigating three hit-and-run incidents.

In one instance, a motorist apparently hit a telephone pole at the intersection of East Church Street and South Kimberly Avenue on an undetermined date. The force of the collision heavily damaged the pole 6 to 7 feet up.

In another case, borough police are looking for someone who crashed into a trailer. A witness told police that he was working on his truck at Bowman’s Truckstop on Laurel Crest Road when he heard a loud bang shortly around 12:15 a.m. March 13 and saw a Fed-Ex truck with a double trailer leaving the area.

Also, borough police have charged a Somerset woman with drunken driving in a hit-and-run incident where a car struck an occupied Somerset residence and sheared a natural gas meter.

Somerset Volunteer Fire Department shut off the natural gas flow at the home along Louther Street after the crash around 5:11 p.m. March 7.

Suspect Melody Holbrook of Somerset was arrested and refused to submit to chemical testing, police said. She has been charged with drunken driving, recklessly endangering another person, criminal mischief, damage to attended property and other charges before District Judge Arthur Cook in Somerset.

Lifestyle improvement course slated

The HOPE program, a six-week lifestyle improvement course for those diagnosed with osteoporosis and osteopenia or for those who are at risk of acquiring these conditions, is accepting participants for its next session. The classes are held from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays beginning Tuesday at the John P. Murtha Neuroscience and Pain Institute, 1450 Scalp Ave., Community Room, Suite 2400.

Developed by preventative health experts at Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield, the HOPE program incorporates several components of healthy living including nutrition education, cooking demonstrations, strength training, medication options and stress management.

Studies show that by improving exercise and nutrition behaviors, participants significantly increased their strength, flexibility, balance and consumption of calcium and vitamin D.

To enroll in the HOPE program or for more information call 269-5232.

Catholic pupils raise funds for St. Jude’s

Pupils at Cathedral Catholic Academy in Upper Yoder Township recently raised $3,800 for St. Jude Children’s Research by participating in a Math-A-Thon.

Students gathered sponsors who donated money for each math problem the children completed, school officials said.

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