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LEWISTOWN An incident that occurred Thursday morning prompted administrators at Mifflin County School District to be proactive in preventing student and staff injuries.
Chief Operations Officer Vance Varner described to the district’s board of directors, during its regular voting meeting, an incident that occurred on a school bus in which an elementary student was taken to the hospital after a fire extinguisher was accidentally engaged and emptied.
After emergency crews arrived on scene, they found the pin of the fire extinguisher had wiggled loose and that the extinguisher did not have a plastic retaining strap to hold the pin in place.
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The Mifflin County Commissioners issued a proclamation Thursday recognizing the Mifflin County Library in observance of National Library Week. Accepting the proclamation were, from left, Mifflin County Library Board of Directors President Chris Wagner, board member Mary Ann Stratton and library executive director Susan Miriello from Commissioners Mark Sunderland, Kevin Kodish and Robert Postal.
LEWISTOWN The Mifflin County Commissioners on Thursday recognized the Mifflin County Library with a proclamation in observance of National Library Week.
During their regular meeting, Commissioner Kevin Kodish read the proclamation, in which the commissioners lauded the library for the service it provides and calling upon residents to visit the library and use its resources.
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LEWISTOWN Mifflin County Junior and High Schools will host a virtual registration night beginning at 6 p.m. March 2.
Mifflin County School District’s Chief Academic Officer Kevin O’Donnell explained to the district’s board of directors during its meeting held via Zoom call on Thursday, that students in grades 8 to 11 will be able to access registration night online through the school district’s web page, www.mcsdk12.org
O’Donnell announced that kindergarten registration was also underway. Parents with a child who will be 5 by Sept. 1 can register through the district’s website.
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LEWISTOWN – A grant program aimed at providing much-needed financial help to the hospitality industry that has been hit hard by COVID-19 is soon coming to Mifflin County.
The Mifflin County Commissioners on Thursday approved a contract for CHRP (which stands for COVID-19 Hospitality Relief Program) after hearing from county planning director Mark Colussy about the program and the speed with which it has come into being.
“For how important this is to get the money in the hands of the hospitality industry, which is specifically for hospitality businesses, lodging and restaurants, I was very impressed with how the state was able to fast-forward all of this as well as the commissioners to have this moving forward,” Colussy said.