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Obituaries Ext. Dial 3100 465-8100, Fay Allender Fay M. Allender, 50, Indiana, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at her home. The daughter of Peter and Grace Stuby Innocenti, she was born 17,1949, in Indiana.

Mrs. Allender was a member of the Christian Missionary Alliance Church of Indiana, where she was active in the Gideon Auxiliary and Home Fellowship groups. She was a graduate of Penns Manor High School and the Clearfield Hospital School of Nursing. She enjoyed painting and landscapes. She was employed as a registered nurse for 20 years.

Surviving are her husband, Edgar whom she married Aug. 4, 1990; two daughters, Christy and Aryn Hawk, both of Indiana; a stepson, Dan Allender, Eden, N.C.; four stepdaughters: Kathy Allender, Derry; Karen Allmendinger, Indiana; Kristine Marshall, Creekside; and Kimberly Aikins, Indiana; her mother, Indiana; 11 grandchildren; one brother, Peter Innocenti, Ohio; and one sister, Joy Berringer, Indiana. She was preceded in death by her' father. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today at the BowserMinich Funeral Home, Indiana.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Christian Missionary Alliance Church with Pastor William Murphy officiating. Inter'ment will be Oakland Cemetery, Indiana. are Memorial contributions may, be made to the Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Ben Franklin and roads, Indiana, PA 15701; Gideons International, P.O. Box 63, Indiana, PA 15701; or the Foundation, 119 Professional Center, 1265 Wayne Ave.

Suite 303, Indiana, PA 15701. 3 B. Laird Calhoun B. Laird Calhoun, 83, of Dayton RD 1, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at the Butler Memorial Hospital in Butler.

He was born April 24, 1916, in Smicksburg, Indiana County, the son of Samuel Steele Calhoun and Fannie Bell Calhoun. He was the owner-operator of Calhoun's Grocery and Appliance Store in Dayton from 1953 until 1972 and was employed by Marion Center School District in the maintenance department from 1972 until his retirement in 1982. He was a member of the Dayton 'Glade Run Presbyterian Church; the Community Bible Church in Sagamore; the John W. Jenks Masonic Lodge of Punxsutawney; the Coudersport Consistory and the Odd Fellows Lodge of Rochester Mills. Es Surviving are 'his wife, Twila Allshouse Calhoun, whom he married on Jan.

25, 1945; two daughters, Barbara and husband, Dale Hutchison, Butler, and Donna and her husband, Bruce Manecke, Indiana; and four granddaughters, Dawn Hutchison, of Maryland; Traci Hutchison, Butler; and Jamie Manecke and Lisa Manecke, of Indiana. He was preceded in death by his a brother, Robert Calhoun, and a sister, Catherine Calhoun. Friends will be received today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 until 8:30 p.m., the time of funeral services. The Rev.

Dr. Donald Rising of the Glade Run Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Garth Tobin of the Community Bible Church of Sagamore will co-officiate. Interment will be in the Smicksburg Methodist Cemetery in West Mahoning Township. 4 The Bauer-Bly Funeral Home in Dayton is in charge of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be 'made to the charity of one's choice. Robert Libengood Robert O. Libengood, 84, Strangford, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at Latrobe Hospital. The son of Robert O.

and Julia Mae Barclay Davis Libengood, he was born May 12, 1915, in Strangford. He was retired from Telephone Utilities of Pennsylvania. He worknd. as a mechanic at Chestnut Ridge Golf Course for many years. He is survived by two daughters, Elaine Weaver, Union Springs, N.Y., and Mrs.

Erik (Lora Lynn) Swanson, Omaha, three sons: Robert O. Libengood Ill and his wife, Blairsville; W. Edgar Libengood and his wife, Virginia, Lakeworth, and Kerry A. Libengood, Strangford; six sisters: Helen Mankamyer, Bridgeville; Nancy Jane and Alice Bennett, both of Blairsville; Clara Jean Cornell, Marienville; Ora Mae Blystone, Black Lick, and Elva McBurney, IndiCana; two brothers, Paul Libengood, Lick, and Marion "Pete" Libengood, O'Leary, Ohio; seven grandchildren and three greatgrandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Helen M.

Horrell Libengood, in 11994; a brother, Blaine Libengood, and two sisters, Florence Dodson and Ethel Libengood. Friends will be received at the F. Ferguson Funeral Home today from 7-9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A funeral service will be held at the funeral home at 1 p.m.

Wednesday with Pastor Stephen Herr officiating. Interment will be made in Blairsville Cemetery. The Indiana Gazette Monday, October 11, 1999 Page 19 ca 3 A DEMOCRATIC BANQUET U.S. Rep. Ron Klink of Westmoreland County, standing at right, was the keynote speaker Saturday at the Indiana County Democratic Committee banquet at the Best Western University Inn in White Township.

He has begun campaigning for election to the U.S. Senate in 2000. Candidates at the banquet included, seated from left to right, Patricia Evanko and Margaret Bratton, who are seeking re-election in November as county auditors; Debra Frederick Faloon, the party's candidate for county of courts; and Carol Hanna, candidate for judge of the county Court of Common Pleas. Standing, left to right, U.S. Rep.

John P. Murtha of Johnstown, state Sen. Patrick J. Stapleton, and county Commissioners Bernie Smith and James McQuown, who are seeking re-election. (Gazette photo by James W.

Harris) Punxs'y driver uninjured when vehicle hits house CLOE A Punxsutawney man escaped injury at 8:30 p.m. Sunday when his car struck a house on Route 36, state police in Punxsutawney report. Iron J. Johnston, 37, of Punxsutawney was driving south when his car slid off the highway and hit the guardrail. It, then slid broadside across the lawn of Lawrence Couch, hit his house and overturned.

SPRING CHURCH A Spring Church motorist was injured at 12:55 p.m. Sunday in a one-vehicle accident in South 1 Bend Township. Sok Yol Chang, 44, was ejected from the van he was driving after it hit an embankment on Route 56, state police in Kittanning reported. The van rolled onto its roof. Chang was taken by ambulance to Indiana Hospital, where a hospital spokeswoman listed him i in fair condition this morning.

COMMODORE A Commodore woman was injured at 10:25 a.m. Sunday morning in a two-car accident on Route 286 in Green Township. Mary A. Whitney, 62, was treated and released at Indiana Hospital after a car driven by Daniel Luzier, 20, collided with hers at the entrance to the Calvary Baptist Church, according to state police from Indiana. SHELOCTA Two vehicles collided at 1:05 p.m.

Sunday on Route 422, slightly injuring one driver, state police in Indiana report. Piano recital slated for Tuesday at lUP A faculty member at Indiana University of Pennsylvania will perform a free piano recital Tuesday. The performance by James Staples will begin at 8 p.m. in Gorell Recital Hall, on the second floor of. Sutton Hall.

The program for the recital includes works by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, J.S. Bach and others. Staples, a frequent recitalist in the Indiana area, has also appeared with orchestras in Fredonia and Rochester, N.Y., as well as in Tallahassee and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. He has also participated in chamber recitals in virtually every state in the Northeast, as well as in Colorado as a faculty member of the Rocky Ridge Music Center.

He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in performance from Florida State University and a doctorate in performance from the Eastman School of Music. Since 1988, Staples has pursued a lifelong interest in music composition, turning first to pieces for his own instrument and then to works for chamber groups, His works for piano solo include a sonata and four suites, among others. He has also composed a piano trio, three duos for clarinet and bassoon, a suite for tuba and works for choral and wind ensembles. His most recent composition, "God With Us," is scheduled to be performed later this month by the IUP Chorale. IUP News Service Hospital notes INDIANA Bernice Jean Delancey, 378 BlyBirth Oct.

9, 1999 stone Road, Creekside; Ty Evan Julie Ann Hoover and Andrew Lit- George, 2853 Cameron Road, Homer tle, Loretto, girl. City; Devon Michael Hazlett, Cherry Admissions Oct. 9 Tree. Donald Berkebile, 2695 West Pike PUNXSUTAWNEY Road, Indiana; Vernetta P. Cameron, Birth Oct.

9, 1999 Rossiter RD Howard H. Carr, 158 Tressa Marie and John Matthews, South Stewart Blairsville; Joan Punxsutawney, boy. Georgine Colananni, 1387 Church Admission Oct. 9 Indiana; Edna Isabelle Darnley, Mildred Josephine Meckley, Punx101 Columbia Homer City; sutawney. Francis Michael Kwisnek, 150 Stone Discharges Oct.

9 Ridge Road, Blairsville; Ali K. Messer, Sheri Lee Ward and baby, Punx5783 Newport Road, Clarksburg; sutawney. Mary Ann Varescak, Pavelkos Per- Admission Oct. 10 sonal Care Home, Cherry Tree. Lelia May Shugars, Punxsutawney.

Discharges Oct. 9 LATROBE Mary Angelo and baby, 162 Mead- Admissions Oct. 9 owood Road, Indiana; James Earl El-. Lloyd Carney, Keeper of the Flame, liott, 55 Keystone Indiana; Clair Blairsville. L.

Kelly, 1006 Elder Northern Discharges Oct. 9 Cambria; Eric A. Shabbick, Hell- Richard M. Kralik, Saltsburg RD wood; Keila Henderson and baby, Eva R. Whited, Cherry Tree.

14986 Route 259 Highway, New Florence; Marni Lewis and baby, 1751 Admission Oct. 10 Steele Road, Marion Center; Pamela None reported. Passmore and baby, Punxsutawney Discharge Oct. 10 RD 5. Admissions Oct.

10 None reported. Kristy Nichole: Fulmer, Arcadia; MINERS Joseph E. McKendrick, McIntyre; Al- Admission Oct. 9 bert D. Pittman, Cherry Tree RD None reported.

James Scott Repinski, 269 Old Discharge Oct. 9 William Penn Blairsville; Paul None reported. Raymond. Shank, 5330 Ferguson Admission Oct. 10 Road, Indiana; Gladys M.

Shearer, Margaret McKee, Westover. Beacon Manor, Indiana. Discharge Oct. 10 Discharges Oct. 10 Ruth Murphy, Hastings.

3 'Blair Witch' filmmakers due at IUP Beulah Hill Beulah Shuster Hill, 99, Greensburg, formerly of Indiana, died Oct. 9, 1999, at Greensburg Home of the Redstone Highlands. The daughter of Josiah Franklin and Katherine Elizabeth Shaw Shuster, she was born Dec. 5, 1899, in Delmont. Mrs.

Hill lived most of her life in the Indiana and Greensburg areas. She was a member of Calvary Presbyterian Church, Indiana, where she had been active as a deacon, Sunday-school teacher and president of the Senior Women's Missionary Society. She was a graduate of Indiana Normal School and received a bachelor's degree in business education from Indiana State Teacher's College. She taught in the Westmoreland County school system for 24 years, including at Jeannette High School and Delmont School. She was active in public-service and social activities.

She was president of the New Century Club, regent of the Indiana County Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a charter member of the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Women's Club. She was a delegate to the National Conference of the Federation of Women's Clubs, and a four-time delegate to the DAR Continental Congress. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Jeanette Chapter 69, for more than 50 years, and a member of the Jeanette Court 25 of the Order of the Amaranth, where she was a postroyal patron and chaplain. Mrs. Hill was a life member of the Indiana Hospital Auxiliary and an honor initiate and adviser of the Gamma Epsilon chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority at Indiana University of Pennsylvania for more than 35 years.

Surviving are one daughter, Virginia Cornett, Fresno, two daughters-in-law, Marjorie Hill, State College, and Betty Hill, one niece, Rebecca Jane Kistier Frank; six grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; one grandnephew; and one grandniece. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, G. Gardner Hill, in 1982; two sons, George and James Hill; one brother, Clarence Shuster; and one sister, Rebecca Kistler. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at RobinsonLytle's, Indiana, where the Order of Amaranth, Jeanette Court 25, will conduct a at 8 p.m.

A funeral service will be held at the home at 11. a.m. Wednesday with Dr. David A. Hill officiating.

Interment will Oakland Cemetery, indiana. Memorial contributions may be made to Redstone Highlands, 6 Center Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601, or to Calvary Presbyterian Church, 695 School Indiana, PA 15701. Katherine Mollura Katherine Loretta Mollura, 83, Clearfield, died Sunday, Oct. 10, 1999, at her home. The daughter of John and Mary DeMetro, she was born April 12, 1916, in Coy, Indiana Mrs.

Mollura was a homemaker and for many years was employed as a waitress and a cook at the former Miller's Restaurant and Ritz Grill, Clearfield, and the Clearfield-Curwensville Country Club. She was' also a food service worker at the Clearfield Hospital and was later assistant manager at the former Keystone Discount Drug Store, Clearfield. She was a member of St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield. She is survived by her husband, Mollura, whom she married Dec.

26, 1936, at St. Francis Catholic Church, Clearfield; four children: Mona Kay Croyle and her husband, Harry, West Valley City, Utah; Dennis Mollura and his wife, Rosemary, Reston, and Gloria Ann Grove and her husband, Phillip, Monroeville, and Daniel Mollura, Clearfield; 10 grandchildren: Kathy Buller; Robert Croyle; Michael Croyle; Tracy Erickson; Andrew MolJura; Lisa Howard; Amy Mateer; Kristin Lersch; Danelle Evans and Paul Mollura and 11 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by eight sisters and brothers: Anita Peters and Alice Trimble, Big Run; John DeMetro, Wanda Procopio and Rosemarie DeMetro, all of Lake City, Fred DeMetro and Peter DeMetro, both of Homer City, and Walter DeMetro, Fayetteville, N.C. She was preceded in death by her parents and a sister, Nathaline Mackowicz. Friends will be received at the Bennett and Houser Funeral Home, Clearfield, Tuesday from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m.

and Wednesday from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. A Christian Vigil Service: will be held Tuesday evening at the funeral home, and a Mass of Christian Burial will be said Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the St. Francis Catholic Church in Clearfield.

The Rev. Dennis C. Hadbert will be the celebrant. Interment will be made in Calvary Cemetery, Clearfield. Funerals ALLENDER, Fay 11 a.m., Christian Missionary Alliance Church, Indiana (Bowser-Minich Funeral Home, Indiana) IUP News Service Two filmmakers involved in "The Blair Witch Project" will speak and take questions Oct.

19 at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's Fisher Auditorium. The Ideas Issues presentation with Eduardo Sanchez, co-director and co-writer of the film, and producer Gregg Hale, will begin at 8 p.m. The fictional film portrayed three high-school students shooting a documentary of a local legend in Maryland's Black Hills Forest. The students disappeared, and a 'year later only their terrifying experiences, shot on 16 mm film, along with the sound recordings were found. "The Blair Witch Project" caused a national sensation because it was a low-budget independent film that went on to make millions at the box office.

The filmmakers said their goal of portraying extreme realism was reached through "method filmmakFilmed in real time over the course of eight days, the actors were worn down both mentally and physically in order to invoke primal human reactions: disorientation, panic, fear of being lost forever, hunger, and horror at the thought of never getting out alive. Sanchez was born in Cuba and has lived in Spain, Florida and Washington, D.C. He studied television at Montgomery, College bachelor's in Maryland and film his degree in from the University of Central Florida, where he met the co-director and producers of "The Blair Witch Project." Sanchez is currently finishing his sixth screenplay and is developing several projects at Haxan Films. Hale is the founder of the 8-yearold Brouhaha Film and Video Showcase and for the film "Third Shifters." He also earned his bachelor's degree in motion-picture technology from the University of Central Florida. Hale is also developing projects at Haxan Films.

Tickets for the lecture are $5 and are available at the front desk of the Hadley Union Building, Backstreet Records in the Regency Mall and The Music Box on Philadelphia Street. To charge tickets by phone, call 463-1203. Local briefs Family Center celebrates anniversary The Indiana County Family Center in the Regency Mall will open its doors for public tours Friday from noon until 2 p.m. in celebration of its second anniversary. The center, a project of the Children's Advisory Commission, is home to the Center for Family Life Child Care Information Services, CareNet and United Cerebral Palsy "First Steps." It also provides a location for meetings of local organizations and skill-building workshops for professionals.

Family-service specialists at the center provide home visitation for child development and school readiness through the Family Focus program. They also provide parenting classes, story time, a self-esteem group and kindergarten-readiness workshops. For more information, visit the center or call 463-8788. Senior Friends plan fall festival Lifesteps Senior Friends will hold a fall festival party Monday, Oct. 18, at 5:30 p.m.

at the First Christian Church, 500 Water Indiana. The evening will consist of a covered dish dinner followed by crafts and entertainment. The Senior Friends program matches people over age 55 who have developmental disabilities with other people. The festival is open to current Senior Friends participants and anyone interested in learning more about the program, To make a reservation or for more information, call Lifesteps at 349-1122. The drivers were identified as Robert Dillon, 25, of Shelocta and Nancy Smeltzer, 36, of Smicksburg.

The accident happened at the entrance to Adam's BP Station as Dillon was pulling out, police reported. Smeltzer was treated at the scene for minor injuries. State police said there may have been a witness to the accident and ask that the witness contact them at 357-2888. ELDERTON -Nobody was injured in a two-car accident at 4:30 p.m. Saturday on Route 422 in Plumcreck Township, Armstrong County, according to state police in Kittanning.

The drivers were Vivian Lickert, 74, of Butler, and Charles Lochner, 38, of Shelocta. Ritalin, clothes taken Richard Snyder of Harrisburg told Indiana reported that burglars broke Indiana Borough Police that some- into several storage sheds owned by one pried open the rear sliding win- Allan Hunt of Blairsville at dow on his pickup truck late Friday Storage in Burrell Township on Satnight or early Saturday morning and urday and Sunday. stole a month's supply of Ritalin, $200 in men's 'clothing and $20 in SHELOCTA -David Richardson of groceries while the truck was parked Shelocta told state police from Indiin the 500 block of Washington ana that burglars broke into several Street. storage sheds at his facility along Route 422 in Armstrong Township Thomas Hearn of Shippenville, over the weekend. Clarion County, reported the theft of treated lumber between Sept.

18 and GLEN CAMPBELL According to Oct. 8 from a residence he owns state police from Punxsutawney, along Longs Road in Brushvalley Bobbie Jo Wright, 23, of Glen CampTownship, according to state police bell reported that someone from her removed Ford from Indiana. the taillight assembly Ranger on Saturday or Sunday while BLAIRSVILLE State police from it was parked at her property. New agencies focus on kids Continued from page 13. "One reason the United Way money havior disorders or hearing or visual is just wonderful is because it will problems.

keep ents." the costs down for the parExcited about United Way Booth has already seen what the Both Child Day Care and Head United Way can do for Head Start. Start are excited about becoming During the United Way's Day of United Way member agencies. Caring last month, the flead Start Wegner hopes funding from the building in Homer City had landUnited Way will help children whose scaping done by several volunteers parents otherwise cannot afford from FMC in Homer City. child care on a full-time basis. "I was really encouraged about the "We want to keep the quality of Day of Caring," she said.

"The landchild care up to excellent standards, scaping wouldn't have been done if and at the same time keep the costs it weren't for those guys from FMC down for the parents," she said. or the United Way." 4 (3 if.