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Submitted photo Shown is the back of an ambulance used in training students in the EMT program at the Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology. LEWISTOWN The need for emergency medical technicians is at a critical point on both a local and a national level. Local emergency agencies like Fame EMS in Lewistown are regularly looking to fill volunteer and career EMT positions, says Troy Long, paramedic at Fame, who is also the program coordinator and EMT instructor at The Mifflin County Academy of Science and Technology. “There is a severe shortage of EMTs and paramedics so we are well headed down the highway of a real EMS disaster in a few years,” he said. “The volunteer organizations are just like the career organizations. They can’t get enough manpower. They can’t hire enough EMTs or paramedics.” ....
Janice I. Seager, 65, of Belleville, passed away Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Born Aug. 25, 1955 in Johnstown, she was a daughter of the late Owen Hershberger and Beulah (Eash) Hershberger of Johnstown. On March 25, 1978, she married Bob L. Seager. Mr. Seager resides at their home in Belleville. Surviving also are her sons, Shawn R. Seager of Baltimore, MD and Cody W. Seager of Mifflin County, her siblings, Joan Sala; Dave Hershberger & wife Sarah; Dwight Hershberger & wife Jo; Joyce Horner & husband Jack; and Dennis Hershberger & wife Lorraine as well as a number of “adopted” kids & special nieces & nephews. Jan did clerical work at the hospital in Johnstown following her graduation from high school. She then became a transportation aide in the radiology department at Lewistown Hospital, and following a layoff from there, she went to work with Lewis Line doing installation and servicing. Jan also was employed in home health care for a ....