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Savings

Year to date savings: $3,255

H: 73 L: 50

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Controlled burn set for Monday

PENFIELD -- The Moshannon State Forest and the Pennsylvania Game Commission are conducting a joint prescribed ire on state forest lands and the adjacent state game lands 103 on Monday.

Approximately 345 acres have been prepared for this operation, the larger portion on the Moshannon State Forest and the remainder on Game Lands 103. A detailed plan has been written by experienced ire staff and both local and out-of-state personnel will be assembling to conduct the actual burning operation.

Changes that have occurred to the forest in the proposed area since the logging era of the late 1800s have

See Controlled, A4

Obituaries

Page A2 ? Jacqueline Schoch, 85 ? Frances Nairn, 81 ? Yvonne Fye, 79 ? Helen Skarbek, 93 ? Kathleen Reinard, 89 ? Richard Lange, 73

INDEX

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Classified ............................... D1 Crossword ............................ C5 Entertainment .................... C6 Finance .................................. D1 Food ....................................... C1 Health/Fitness ..................... C4 Lottery ................................... A8 Opinion ................................. A6 Outdoors .............................. B5 Public Notices ..................... D2 Scoreboard .......................... B4 Socials .................................... C3 Sports ..................................... B1

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SERVING CLARION, CLEARFIELD, ELK, FOREST AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES

MAY 3, 2015

Area police offer tips to avoid scams

By Evanne Gareis

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CLARION -- Whether it is fake phone calls from the IRS, supposed family members asking for money or a letter announcing the win of a major lottery, scammers are constantly looking to bilk hundreds or even thousands of dollars out of unsuspecting victims.

Reports of these and similar scams are not just making national news, but are appearing in local communities in the Tri-County Area on a daily basis.

While more unreported incidents might have occurred, DuBois Police Chief Ronald LaRotonda said that his department has received 33 scam reports since the beginning of

While more unreported incidents might have oc-

curred, DuBois Police Chief Ronald LaRotonda said

that his department has received 33 scam reports since

the beginning of the year.

the year. "We get them all the time," LaRo-

tonda said of the reports. "There are hundreds of different scams out there, and we've dealt with most."

According to LaRotonda, new scams are concocted every day, but the one making the most headlines as of late involves a phone call from a supposed IRS agent. During the phone conversation, the fake agent informs the call recipient their tax forms were not completed correctly

and that money is owed to the IRS. The caller goes on to say that the money must be paid in full or an arrest warrant will be issued against the taxpayer.

"It's tax season so the IRS is big this time of year," he said.

Agreeing with LaRotonda's assessment, police chiefs in Clarion and Brookville have also received reports from citizens claiming to have received similar calls.

Brookville Police Chief Jason

Brown explained that through extensive coaching and rehearsing, scammers can seem very convincing and persistent in their roles, but citizens should be leery about believing someone claiming to be from the federal organization over the phone.

"Usually, the IRS won't call individuals on the phone," Brown said. "They typically send letters in the mail because they have to have a written paper trail for everything."

Clarion Borough Police Chief Mark Hall further advised citizens that the IRS employs a specialized criminal division of federal law enforcement oficers who are responsible for collecting owed money for

See Scams, A4

Is `Polish Festival' really no more?

Rev. Fr. Daniel Kresinski, of the St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church of DuBois, works at his desk. The church's annual Saint Michael's Festival or "Polish Festival" has been cancelled for this year. (Photo by Tim Pleacher)

Volunteers in the basement of St. Michael Catholic Church in DuBois prepare some of the more than 1,300 pounds of cabbage Tuesday to make 4,500 stuffed cabbages for this weekend's Polish Festival at the church. They also used 900 pounds of cabbage to make haluski (cabbage and noodles) and made more than 12,000 perogies. (CE File Photo)

From left Rudy Marusiak, Jim Vallely and Virgil Foradori prepare cabbage Monday in the garage at St. Michael's Church in DuBois for Labor Day weekend's Polish Festival. To make the heads of 600 pounds of cabbage ready to pull apart to be stuffed, a 1.5 inch drill bit was used the remove the end core. (CE Photo)

No annual festival in 2015;

talk of something different

or a renewal after a hiatus

By Tim Pleacher

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DuBOIS -- The festival committee of the St. Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church of DuBois has decided not to hold its annual festival this year. The annual celebration has been held during the Labor Day weekend for decades, and is often referred to as the "Polish Festival." It has been a traditional event and mainstay of DuBois culture for many years.

"I'm very sad that we are not having the St. Michael's festival this year. I can remember being at the `Parish Picnic' on Labor Day back in 1968 when it was held at Hand Park, which was off of 219 as you go south toward Punxsutawney. Even back then the "old timers" had memories of being at the picnic themselves. So, even if you use 1968 as a starting point, that would make the St. Michael's/Polish festival at least 47 years old. But like I said, some have memories of being at a picnic well before that." So says Robert "Bob" Patton of DuBois, who along with his wife, Sheila, has chaired the festival on nine occasions.

"It's a shame we won't have it to look forward to this year. For me it's like being part of the past, and it was very meaningful," Patton said. "Father Dymski was largely re-

See Festival, A5

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