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1 llr 9 Who's in the news There is good news today in ine inaiana oazette Now that's a jumbo jet Airbus unveiled the world's largest passenger plane today in France, with room for 555 passengers. Page 5 Dragons stung Josh Mills added four points in Marion Center's win over Purchase Line Monday. Page 11 about these area people: Ronald Bcvlin, Anna M. Fiechuk and Gregory M. Muich, iulianna M.

and Jeffery S. Gerhard, Phillip Lichtenfels, Mattliew Neal, ZaneMack. i i Forecast Chance of snow tonight; low 14. TUESDAY i JANUARY 18, 2005 Vol. 101 No.

146 20 page 2 section Snow likely Wednesday, high 30. www.indianagazette.com Widdowson's Jewelry closing Store closing after 77 years in downtown at 704 Philadelphia St. utt has been an exciting business, and I am going to miss our many fine customers." Widdowson has worked in the store since 1967, when he returned to Indiana after graduating from Bowman Technical School as a watchmaker in Clearwater. Fla. He has owned the store since 1988, when he bought it from his cousin Harold, better known as "Hal," who died in October of last vear.

Hal's father, Wilbur Widdowson, opened the first store in 1928 on South Seventh Street began managing the store's gift shop, "The Right Side," when it opened in 1985. Signs on the store windows advertise a huge sale, with savings on everything in the jewelry store and gift shop until the store closes. The building is owned by Ray Stankiewicz, who also owns the adjoining business, "The 700 Shop." "We are selling everything, the jewelry, watches, gifts, display cases and cabinets," Barry Widdowson said. "We will be closed Continued on page 10 and moved it to the current location in 1930. Hal, who worked in the store from 1948 until 1989, became the owner in 1973 when Wilbur died.

"It has always been a mom-and-pop business," Barry Wid-. dowson said. "My father, Morris, worked in the store from 1938 to the day of his death in 1996." Barry's wife, Peggy, has worked in the store since 1988 and their son Kevin has worked there full-time for nine years. For the first 25 years, Barry Widdowson repaired watches and sold jewelry, he said. He By JOHN COMO Gazette Staff Writer Widdowson's Jewelry Store is closing after 77 years in Indiana.

"I am selling out and retiring because 1 want to be able to pur-'sue other things," Barry Widdow-son, 62, said Monday in the store Widdowson's Jewelry opened in 1928 on South Seventh Street. (Gazette photo by Tom Peel) v. -aawTPi Deep freeze anticipated I to hang around Proposal to merge schools opposed By STEPHANIE BERNAT Gazette Staff Writer SALTSBURG Much to the dismay of many Saltsburg parents and students, the rBlairsviue-Satsburg School' District board of directors has begun closer examination of a specific Didir-Ocii plan to consoli date the Saltsburg and Blairsville high School District Boosters get behind baseball program. Page 10 Temperatures were below zero early this morning and many area school districts started classes on a two-hour delay so students would not have to be out in the bitter cold. National Weather Service's forecast for Indiana calls for scattered snow and a high of 15 degrees today.

morning will also be very cold, with wind-chill readings as low as 4 below. Temperatures are expected to reach a high around 30 degrees. Snow is likely, according to the weather service, and accumulation, could range from 1 to 3 inches. I The warmer' weather will be shortlived, however, and wind chills could drop to as low as 5 below by Friday. Anthony Sico, an emergency room doctor at the Indiana Regional Medical Center, recommended people stay indoors as much as possible.

If they must go outside, they should 'dress in layers and make sure fingers and toes are well covered. CeCe Mackey, from, the Indiana County Humane Society, strongly advised that pets be allowed in the house light of the frigid temperatures. "In this kind of weather, they should be inside, at least in the garage. You have to watch they don't get frostbite." If it is not possible to let the animal inside, owners should provide a well- made shelter lined with straw, Mackey sAid. Owners should also make sure the pet's water supply does not freeze.

Mary Ann Slater schools. The plan most recently discussed rec Core Alfman, 1 3, son of Michael and Cindy Allman of Indiana, spent his day off Monday snow boarding at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Student Cooperative Association's College Lodge. Gazette photo by Thomas Slusser) INSIDE ommends closing the Saltsburg Elementary School and using the current Saltsburg MiddleHigh School as the new Saltsburg Elementary School. All students in kindergarten through sixth grade would continue attending schools in their home areas, while all students in seventh through 12th grades would be bused to a modified Blairsville complex, which noiv houses the elementary and middlehigh schools. According to district Superintendent H.

Robert Mencer, diere is no timeline to vote on this plan, and under the direction of the school board, other consolidation plans will be considered. "The board is continuing to investigate," board President Paul Bell said. In October, seven plans for district consolidation were put to the board, Mencer said. Hie board then chose one to investigate. No costs have been confirmed for die consolidation plan under discussion, as many variables continue to be evaluated, such as extracurricular activities, trans-' portation (busing), projected enrollment, staffing and scheduling.

While some in attendance at Monday's regular school board meeting supported the board's actions moving forward with plans for district consolidation, for the majority, tlie topic of consolidation is not sit-ting well. Nearly 100 Saltsburg parents, students and residents turned out, Most of those who. spoke voiced objection' to any plan to remove the Saltsburg MiddleHigh School and its students from Saltsburg. Even Saltsburg resident Michelle Dunlap, who applauded the board's efforts to consolidate, especially considering the "current financial and overcrowding problems" at the schools, urged the board to hold off Continued on page 10 'Apprentice' star takes on a more serious role Deaths Obituaries on page 4 BUCHANAN, Joseph 83, Latrobe NUPP, Sara M-. 8B, Indiana TENEROWICZ, toscpti 73, Northern Cambria Teddy Insurance rates up Personnel at Purchase Line School District are preparing for rising health-care costs next school year.

Page 4 Protectingthe polls To protect voters during the Jan. 30 election, Iraqi officials are sealing the country's borders, imposing a curfew and restricting travel. PageS Scouting skills Boy Scouts created catapults, learned first aid, built fires, practiced orienteering and battled time-traveling hooligans at the recent Klondike Derby at Camp. Seph Mack in Penn Run. "I love my past.

I love my present. I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer." Colette, French author (1873-1954) Index By KELSEY VOLKMANN Gazette Staff Writer The self-described of "The Apprentice" took on a role more serious than a part in a hit realityTV show Monday. In honor of Martin Luther King Ir. Day. Omarosa Manigault Stallworth asked a poignant question: "What will you do with your dash?" When one of Stalhvorth's idols, Shirley -Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress and the first black person to run for president, passed away this year, the funeral's pastor said the "smallest inscription on your headstone is the dash between your birth and death." "What will my dash symbolize when I pass ori?" Stallworth asked during her presentation on "The Legacy of MUG The Emerging New Civil Rights Leadership" in the HUB'S Ohio Room at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

Stallworth, 30, visited IUP with the hopes that students would learn that community service doesnt have to be elaborate, she said, maybe just "taking out the trash for a neighbor" and that as America's youth, they are the nation's future leaders. "Be the change that you want to see in the world," Stallworth said, quoting Mahatma Gandhi, a spiritual leader whose lessons Dr. King took to heart. "Everyone has to make the decision to effect change." As for Stallworth, she said didn't pay much attention to visiting speakers, such as herself, until she saw the Rev. Jesse Jackson when she was 14.

But die biggest turning point in her life, Stallworth said, came seven years earlier. Page 8 18 16 8 Classifieds Dear Ab by Entertainment-Family This nwnpapar it ptfnwd on ncydabla paper. Pteaaa By the numbers JuJy 1, 1966 When the BUnsviUe and Saltsburg school districts merged. Fre Number of buildings the district. Blairsville Elementary, kinder-, garten through grade five 534 students and 39 teachers.

Blairsville Middle School, grades su through eight 313 students and 30 teachers. r. i Blairsville Senior High, grades rune through 12 390 students and 32 'v Salts burn Elementary, kinder Lottery numbers -Today in History Sports Stocks 4 17 6 Viewpoint 9 2006 Indiana Printing and Publishing Co Indiana, Pa. Omarosa Manigovh Stalfworfh was at HJP Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

(Gazette photo by Thomas Slusser) when her father was violently murdered. Her home life changed forever. Her mom took on three jobs and as the youngest, Sulhrorth often had to fend for herself while living in the projects of Youngstown, Ohio, she said. She did everything she could to get out of her dangerous neighborhood, away from the cousins who harassed her for getting an education and a brother who is to this day still mixed up in a gang. "I was into all sports since I was Continued on page 10 garten through grade sec 451 stu-: Salt Box Herbs, Applied Kinesiology Class (Muscle Response Testing Class) Saturday, January 29th, Register Now, 724-639-9607.

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