The Oregon Rare Books Initiative was begun three or four years ago. By a couple of colleagues here at oregon. Its aim is to increase the use of the rare book and special Collections Archives among faculty and students and in the classroom here at the university of oregon. The initiative was founded in 2013. Colleagues, including myself, have been upstairs in the vault where these rare books are stored, along with librarians, including bruce tabb wlorks have helped us to find , who have helped us to find books we did not know we owned. The been a rediscovery of some of the amazing rare and collectible books that have been here often since the early 19th century, and were using them in our research and classes in a way that we hadnt for several decades. When we invite a visiting scholar to come give a talk here, we encourage that person to consult in our collection upstairs and find some of the rare books that he or she has worked on and that are of interest in that field. Books specialt
For now reporting live in manayunk, Annie Mccormick channel6 action news. Back to you. The storm hit the Lehigh Valley the hardest with some parts seeing whiteout conditions. Residents will likely be clearing out this morning. Bob brooks filed this report. Reporter the plow trucks, snowblowers and good Old Fashioned shovels. Even though its dark and a lot colder now theyre still working to clear away the winter storm. Youre still working. We got a long night to go yet. Reporter how much more you got to do. I dont know, i probably got another five places to do yet. Reporter youre not going to stop pretty much. We cant. Reporter a lot of people were busy in bethlehem trying to clear things out before the snow started to freeze. For kitty they meant her car, her method kicking it. Can you show us that kicking the snow and loosening it up here. Yeah. Reporter one of those, hm . It worked. Loosen it up. Reporter down on third street ronnie continued clearing sidewalks but he says its too la
New overnight firefighters had to battle both burning and icy conditions in the citys mantua section. Lets start you off with weather and traffic. Meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. And weve got just a little bit of a snow shower on storm tracker6 live double scan skirting the border between bucks and montgomery counties and theres another trail of it down through Burlington County. Light nuisance stuff. Slow it down if you see sit. Couple issues today. A wind advisory is up until 8 oclock in the southern half of the region. Winds are going to be strong everywhere but the big issue down here is that especially near the i95 corridor we got a lot of sleet and freezing rain yesterday. Its still on the wires and branches. Theres a concern that those trees and wires might continue to fall today. In the northern half of the region its a Winter Weather advisory. Again, weve got snow showers possible up here this afternoon that could also come down to the south but the big issue her
Well have a look at how the cleanup is going around the region. Students in that philadelphia Public Schools heading back to school today and on time. Archdiocesan schools and many suburban districts are delayed. You can see those scrolling on your screen and on 6abc. Com. And this is new. Overnight firefighters had to battle both burning and icy conditions in the citys mantua section. As for the weather out there david and karen, you know what they said about the ides of march. Light stuff popping through Trenton Browns mills and a little bit towards the west of new hope much this isnt together to last much longer but i wanted you to see what that look like. Wind advisory in the southern roughly half of the region until 8 oclock. The big concern is with 45 Miles Per Hour gusts possible later today anywhere in these counties where you saw ice yesterday, could see some Power Outages with icy tree branches and wires being drawn down. Remember theyre real heavy because of the ice thats ac
The scene and theyre worried about the flames returning here. You can see the damage it did overnight and started at 2 30 a. M. And heres the breaking news over the last 20 minutes. The cal fire crews, they have removed a roman candle they found and believe that it was a candle that started the fire. Theres no other obvious signs here. They kept calling for back up and brought in nearby crews to rush out here and able to corral the fire from spreading down the hill to nearby homes. No injuries here and nobody had been evacuated or even shelter inplace. It was massive because of the hillside so dry that it burned all of the acres here and jumped a drive way excuse me, road way here and continued down the hillside. The hot spots are still a concern, so they will have crews out here monitoring it. The cause i have just learned a roman candle possibly. We want to talk about weather and traffic here. Lets check with you dave, first. Okay lets check with the winds here. In the south bay, the