DuBOIS — The Moth-ers’ & Fathers’ Association of DuBois Central Catholic will host the school‘s annual Family Advent Celebration at 1 p.m. Sunday in the au-ditorium.

The afternoon event be-gins with Christmas choral and instrumental selections by secondary students, fol-lowed by the Middle School Drama Club’s performance of For Unto Y’All, directed by DCC teacher Jodi Stew-art. The performance is choreographed by Central junior, Maria Ginther, who was assisted by Madeline Robison, a senior. Pianist Michael Zaffuto, a sopho-more, is the accompanist for the play.

According to Stewart, this Christmas play is lively, with singing and dancing by the cast of 19 middle school students.

Set in the Mid-West-ern United States, with a

unique twist to the biblical account of the birth of Jesus, the play’s message remains loud and clear: Jesus is the reason for the season.

Cast members and their roles are the following: Doc, Anne Latuska; Joseph, Cameron Stom; Mary, Sa-mantha Harris; Gabriel, Courteney DeHaven; Slim, Makenzie Park; Jim, Andre Hanes; Clem, Eriq Dona-hue; Gracie, Becca Liddle; Helen McClane, Ashley Mayes; Frieda Bennefield, Abi Zeitler; Sarah Watson, Carolyn Sette; Lila Lawson, Raquel Salada; and the bar-tender, Bradley Huey.

Also playing the roles of the Buzbee Brothers will be Eriq Donahue, Andre Hanes, and Bradley Huey. The angels will be Emma Cooper, Lillian Lee, Ari-anna Mazzoni, Alex Ochs, Lindsey Reiter, and Sydney Spencer.

A holiday social, hosted by the parents’ association, will conclude the festivities in the school’s cafeteria.

Every family attending is asked to bring a tray of holi-day treats to share.

Punch will be provided by the Mothers’ & Fathers’ Association.

Everyone is welcome. There is no admission

charge.

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BROOKVILLE — With the ar-rival of the new year, customers of the Brookville Municipal Author-ity will be seeing changes in their monthly bills, including a 5 percent increase in their water rates.

At its monthly meeting, the au-thority reviewed the proposed 2014 budgets for the water and sewer de-partments.

The water department’s budget shows anticipated income of $1.643 million and expenditures of $1.093, leaving a balance of approximately $550,000. Authority member Da-vid Love explained that the pay-ment on the Pennvest loan which was acquired to build the new wa-ter plant is in excess of $50,000 per month. “We must generate enough cash flow to make that payment,” he said.

The rate increase will affect all

water customers; there will not be an increase in sewer rates. The new rate will be implemented with the January readings, which will appear in the February bills.

The sewer department’s budget projects $1.216 million in revenue, with $1.483 million in expenses, showing a deficit of $267,000. “The deficit balance is primarily because of the carry over of payment for RBC repairs at the sewage plant,”

Brookville water customers will see increase in monthly bills

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2013

Taylor Wells of the Gateway Humane Society, Falls Creek, plays with Dallas, a three-year-old Golden Retriever mix, at the society’s kennels. Kennel supervisor Linda Peterson said the kennel can house 32 dogs and is currently at full capacity and also has 20 cats. The non-profit shelter is a no-kill facility; animals are provided for until they are adopted. All animals for adoption have been spayed or neutered. (Photo by Paul A. Wilson)

CLEARFIELD — Lawrence Township police are investigating a report of an armed robbery that oc-curred around 11 p.m. Wednesday.

Police said the incident occurred at the Kwik Fill store located at 1322 South Second St., Lawrence Town-ship.

According to police, the clerk was in the back of the store and when he returned to the front of the store he found a man behind the counter at the cash register.

The clerk hit the robber with a mop and the robber struck the clerk with a closed fist or a weapon, knocking the clerk to the floor. The robber than told the clerk to stay on the floor and not look at him. The robber then went out the front door.

Police were able to follow the rob-

ber’s tracks in the snow to a vehicle which was used to leave the scene.

The robber is described as approx-imately 6 feet tall with a thin build and was wearing a red- or orange-colored coat and a black ski mask.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the police at 765-1647.

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CLEARFIELD — Demolition will resume Friday at Colonial Courtyard at Clearfield, a senior living facility de-stroyed by fire in June.

The first phase of the demolition, which included the removal of part of the building to confirm the integrity of the slab base, was finished in October. The slab had to be tested before demoli-tion could be completed.

“We are excited as we prepare for this next important stage in the demo-lition and eventual rebuilding of Colo-nial Courtyard at Clearfield,” said Rick Irwin, president of IntegraCare, which owns Colonial Courtyard at Clearfield.

“As we have stated throughout the demolition and rebuilding process, when considering rebuilding, we are taking into account the needs of our residents prior to the fire as well as the current and future resident needs,” Irwin said. “We anticipate the design to include many modern amenities, while still pos-sessing a warm and homelike feel.”

Lami Grubb Architects will prepare architectural design for the new struc-ture. The Pittsburgh firm worked with Wexford-based IntegraCare on a num-ber of state-of-the-art senior living proj-ects.

Irwin anticipates the new building will be similar in size to the original. The new design will include a front porch area so that residents may relax outdoors.

Sixty residents were relocated after the fire June 25. Some of those moved into IntegraCare Senior Living com-munities such as Colonial Courtyard at Tyrone and Colonial Courtyard at Bed-ford.

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The Middle School Drama Club of DuBois Central Catholic will present “For Unto Y’All” as part of the school’s Family Advent celebration at 1 p.m. Sunday. Cast members include, seated from left, Cameron Stom, Raquel Salada and Abi Zeitler. In row two are: Becca Liddle, Eriq Donahue, Andre Hanes and Lindsey Reiter. Row three includes: Jodi Stewart, Arianna Maz-zoni, Makenzie Park and Emma Cooper. In row four are: Lillian Lee, Ashley Mayes, Carolyn Sette and Anne Latuska. Missing from the photo are: Samantha Harris, Courteney DeHaven, Bradley Huey, Alex Ochs and Sydney Spencer. (Photo courtesy DCC)

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