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Region Page Monday, September 19, 2005 The Indiana Gazette OBITUARIES Jesse L. Kough, 93, of Spring Church died Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005, at Alle-Kiski Medical Center, Natrona Heights. Born Oct. 27, 1911, in Plum Creek Township, Armstrong County, he was the son of Jacob Harrison and Clarissa (McCullough) Kough.

He lived in Kiski Township most of his life and was employed by Apollo Steel as a laborer, retiring in 1985. Mr. Kough was a member of the Mount Union Lutheran Church in Elderton. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Martha (Cribbs) Kough of Spring Church; a daughter, Lois Jamison and husband Gene of Florida; two sons, James Kough and wife Dianna of Creekside and Russell Kough and wife Donna of Greensburg; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a brother, Clair Kough and wife Ruth of Shelocta. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by five brothers: John, Clyde, Clark, Lester and Jay Kough; and four sisters, Edna, Goldie, Freda and Mildred.

Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the Curran-Shaffer Funeral Home and Crematory Apollo, where services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Joyce Dix-Weirs officiating. Burial will be in the Mount Union Church Cemetery in Elderton.

www.curranfuneralhome.com Jesse Kough Anna B. Gabella, 73, of Homer City, died Friday at Country Living Personal Care Home, Blairsville. She was the daughter of David and Anna (Kolich) Biconik. Mrs. Gabella was born Sept.

25, 1931 in Luciusboro. She was a member of St. Louis Roman Catholic Church in Lucernmines and worked at Robertshaw Controls in Indiana for many years. Mrs. Gabella is survived by five sisters: Madeline Nymick of Homer City; Helen Smicklo of Toms River, N.J.; Mary Robertson of Graceton; Florence Biconik of Greensburg; and Barbara Hayduk of Dixonville; and by many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Hugo, in May; and four brothers; David, John, Mike and Mark Biconik; and an infant sister, Helen. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at the C. Frederick Bowser Funeral Home in Homer City. A Blessing Service will precede the Funeral Mass at 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday at the funeral home, and a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Louis Roman Catholic Church with the Rev. Msgr. Larry Kiniry as celebrant.

Interment will follow in the St. Louis Church Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to VNA Hospice Foundation, 850 Hospital Road, Suite 3000, Indiana, Pa. 15701. Anna Gabella Janet Helen Fontaine, 62, of Indiana, passed away peacefully Friday, Sept.

16, 2005, at her home. She was born June 1, 1943, in Woonsocket, R.I. Since 1989, she was an esteemed full professor in the Department of Counseling at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she served as director of the Moorhead State University (MN) Counseling Center. Dr.

Fontaine had also worked as a counseling center psychologist at Colorado State University and the University of Northern Colorado (UNC). At UNC, she as appointed director of the career development and testing center. Having received her doctorate from the University of Hawaii, teaching on U.S. Military bases in West Berlin and England, she developed an interest in multicultural counseling and diversity issues and fostering safe school environments. She is survived by her sister, Barbara Viveiros of Atlanta, a niece, Toni Lynne Downs of Louisville, a nephew, Glenn of Atlanta, as well as her devoted partner of 9 years, Carol Townsend and their beloved companion, Cody.

Janet was preceded in death by her father and her mother who died in January 2005. A memorial service is being planned for the weekend of Oct. 1, 2005, on the IUP campus. Details will be announced at a later date. The John A.

Lefdahl Funeral Home, Indiana, is in charge of arrangements. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the hospice program of the Indiana VNA, 850 Hospital Road, Indiana, PA 15701. Janet Fontaine DEFIBRILLATORGRANTRECEIVED TERI ENCISO THE HOMER CITY United Methodist Church received a $1,900 grant from the Bork Family Fund through the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies. The grant was used to purchase an automated external defibrillator and to train church personnel in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of the AED. From left are, Joseph Stains, pastor of the Homer City United Methodist Church; Barb Reinard, member of the church and team leader for the Vision In Planning team, which sponsored the AED project; Robin Strachan from the Community Foundation of the Alleghenies, representing the Bork family; and Randy Thomas, Ambulance Service, who assisted in the purchase of the AED and will help with ongoing quality control.

BRIEFS Marching band festival Wednesday RURAL VALLEY The fifth annual Armstrong County Marching Band Festival will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the West Shamokin Junior-Senior High School football stadium, along Route 85, outside of Rural Valley. All seven high school bands from Armstrong County will participate in this public showcase: Apollo-Ridge, Elderton, Freeport Area, Ford City, Kittanning, Leechburg Area and West Shamokin. Each school will perform its half-time show, and all seven bands will combine at the end of the festival to perform two selections. Tickets are $3 at the gate.

There will be concessions, 5050 raffle tickets, programs and T-shirts. Free Senior Expo set for Thursday State Rep. Dave Reed, R-Indiana, and state Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, will host a Senior Expo from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thursday at the Oak Place Community Center, 1055 Oak Indiana. Admission is free and refreshments will be provided. Health and medical personnel will attend and answer questions. Other exhibitors will provide information on insurance, fire safety, financial planning, fraud protection, government services, personal safety and more. For more information, call (724) 465-0220 or (724) 3570151.

Pumpkin Festival set for Saturday RURAL VALLEY The Rural Valley Pumpkin Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday atRural Valley Community Park along Route 85. Featured entertainment includes face painting, clowns, painting real or ceramic pumpkins, crafts, Country Keyboard and That Guy with the Birds. Admission is free.

If weather permits, pony rides will be offered from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and train rides will be available from noon to 3 p.m. A car cruise will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Folk songwriter to perform Saturday The First Unitarian Universal- ist Church will present folk Judith Avers in concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at 285 Twolick Drive. Tickets are $10 at the door. Food and refreshments will be available. For more information, call (724) 463-1318.

DEATHSELSEWHERE By The Associated Press PALM DESERT, Calif. John Bromfield, the athletic actor best known for playing a Western lawman in the 1950s television series Sheriff of and died Sunday of kidney failure, said his longtime friend Laurie Savage. He was 83. Bromfield, who had lived in Lake Havasu City, acted for just 12 years, appearing in 20 films in which he played mostly young gunslingers and soldiers. He hit his peak portraying lawman Frank Morgan from 1956 to 1960 in the two television series.

His film credits include Cimarron (1952), Black (1954), (1956), and (1956). Soon after ended in 1960, Bromfield quit acting to produce sports shows and to fish. Bromfield married and divorced actress Corinne Calvet and actress and dancer Larri Thomas. He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Mary. John Bromfield NEW YORK Stanley Burnshaw, a publisher and literary critic who edited the works of his friend Robert Frost, died Friday in Vineyard.

He was 99. His wife, Susan Copen Oken, confirmed his death. Burnshaw, whose literary career spanned more than seven decades, also won critical acclaim for his own poems and books. Five of his poems were published in 1927 in American Caravan: A Yearbook of American His first book, Spire and His was published in 1933, and he published his final book, a poetry anthology, in 2002. Burnshaw published and edited work by Frost and wrote a biography of him that was published in 1986.

He also famously feuded with the poet Wallace Stevens, whom he described in a review as man who, having lost his footing, now scrambles to stand up and keep his Stevens returned the favor with a poem titled Burnshaw and the Burnshaw worked in advertising for a steel mill after graduating from the University of Pittsburgh in 1925. In 1927, he traveled to France to study before returning to the U.S. to earn a degree from Cornell. Unable to find a teaching job, he became an editor at The New Masses, a Communist weekly. Although never a member of the Communist Party, he wrote a book of leftist poems and a play that explored the effects of technology distorted by greed.

Stanley Burnshaw Continuing education classes to start IUP News Service Indiana University of School of Continuing Academy of Living and Learning program will offer a diverse mixture of programs to the community this fall. A one-time-only fee of $40 will allow participants to take as many classes in the series as desired. For more information or to register by phone with a credit card, persons may call the IUP School of Continuing Education at (724) 357-2227 or (800) 6407421. MEN COOK MORE Than Macaroni and Dr. Robert Raemore, culinary chef and local dentist, will present a program for men and their to help participants learn how to tackle stovetop cooking from 5 to 7 p.m.

Thursday. There will be a small charge for food, depending on enrollment. HEALTH CARE FOR Dr. Jerry Pickering, Allegheny Arboretum board president and retired biology faculty, will guide this class on the health care of the trees, shrubs and vines on the IUP campus. The class will be held from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sept. 27 and will include a walking tour at IUP and discussion of the mission, goals and objectives of the Allegheny Arboretum, a group of IUP and Indiana community members who are working toward preserving the campus environment and ultimately creating a campuswide arboretum. COMPUTER COURSES: Lloyd Onyett, an assistant dean in the IUP Department of Education and Educational Technology will present three workshops: the (Sept. 28), Use of (Oct. 5) and (Oct.

12). Each class will run from 3 to 4:30 p.m. AS PART OF YOUR Susanne Weiland, a 25- year experienced gardener, will discuss the proper placement and propagation of bulbs from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Oct. 3.

AND DECODE Dr. John Dropcho, retired professor in the IUP Department of Art, will use a slide presentation to stimulate discussion about from Monet to Gauguin and painters from Picasso to Grant Wood. The class will run Oct. 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. PLUM AND THE MOVIE Theater: Writing Poems about Objects and A workshop for poetry-makers, dabblers and the will be presented from 4 p.m.

to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 29 and Oct. 6 by Rosaly Roffman, retired professor of English and poet. HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION Along The Conemaugh River Johnstown To The history, culture and recreational opportunities of the Conemaugh River will be presented from 1 to 3 p.m.

Oct. 13 by Jack Maguire, a member of the Saltsburg Historical Society, the Pennsylvania Canal Society and an engineer for the Conemaugh Valley Conservancy. PHOTOGRAPHY: BRAIN OR Dr. Larry Turton, retired IUP special education and clinical services faculty, will go over the components of a camera and how digital cameras can be easy to use from 10 a.m. to noon Oct.

18. VIRUSES AND SPY- Steven Higgins, CEO of Sassafras Forge, will teach this class on worms, viruses, Trojans, spy ware, firewalls, wireless networks, critical updates and training from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Oct. 19 CULTURAL THEMES In Death And Dr. Gordon Thorton, IUP psychology professor, will lead discussion on the role of religious, ethnic and cultural heritage on reactions to death and dying from 3 to 5 p.m.

Oct. 26. EASTERN RELIGIONS COME TO Western Dr. Stuart Chandler, IUP professor of religious studies and curator of the upcoming exhibition at University Museum, will present a program and lead a discussion about the exhibition and eastern religions in western Pennsylvania from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Nov.

3 A Brier Hill Farms owner Diane Neely will discuss the history and value of llamas from 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 4. COLD WAR WORLD: Changing Examine the role of the United States as the only remaining superpower and the changes brought about by the end of the Cold War. The class will be taught by Dr.

Royce Walters, a retired IUP history professor, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 7. Papers filed naming Airhart as school board candidate The Indiana Gazette The Indiana County Democrat Committee filed a petition this morning naming Ron Airhart of Armstrong Township as the candidate for a two-year term on the board of directors of the Indiana Area School District.

Robin Maryai, chief county clerk, said the nominating petition for Airhart was filed by Dianna Rostis, secretary of the democratic committee. Airhart, an international representative of the United Mine Workers of America, had told the Gazette on Saturday about his plans to run for the office. Today was the deadline for the political parties to nominate candidates to run in a special election being held in conjunction with the Nov. 8 general election. On Friday, the Indiana County Republican Committee announced the selection of Robert E.

Werner III of White Township, senior vice president of operations at Bank, as that candidate to fill the unexpired, two-year term of Valeri Lazor on the school board. Lazor resigned from the board Aug. 9 and was replaced by Dr. James Antis, a retired assistant superintendent for the district, who was appointed Aug. 22 by the board to serve until its reorganization meeting in December.

Maryai said the Democratic and Republican committees are responsible for nominating candidates to succeed members who resign from school boards between Feb. 15 and Sept. 8. FUNERAL GABELLA, Anna 10 a.m., St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Lucernemines (C.

Frederick Bowser Funeral Home Inc.) and look-alike owners Does your cousin resemble his cocker spaniel. Does your buddy resemble his bulldog? If so, then we want to know. The Indiana Gazette wants to feature photos of people who resemble their pets in an upcoming Leisure section. Submissions must be received by Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 7 a.m.

E-mail (or mail) a picture and a short paragraph about the pet and its owner to clivengood Entries may also be dropped off at the front desk to Christine attention, or mailed to The Indiana Gazette, 899 Water Indiana, PA 15701. Please include a daytime telephone number for the pet owner. If you want the picture back, please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. If you have any questions, contact Christine Livengood at (724) 465-5555, ext. 265, between 7 a.m.

and 3 p.m. or by email at gazette.net University Square 3, Suite 104 1163 Grant Indiana, PA 15701 1-888-349-6800 www.joyrealty.com Member Board of Realtors 724-349-6900 MAKE THIS HOME YOURS! 20th Florence $126,900 Joyce Overdorff, Broker, Broker Licensed Appraiser Election dates to remember Municipal election deadlines set by the state of Pennsylvania. Today Last day to circulate and file nomination certificates by political parties for the general election. Oct.11 Last day to be eligi- ble to vote in the November general election. Oct.25 Ballots for the general election must be printed.

The county board of elections must begin to distribute absentee ballots..