A war of words has erupted between five men at the center of the investigation into the disappearance of Ray Gricar, former Centre County district attorney.
Gricar vanished in April 2005. He was last seen in Lewisburg, near the banks of the Susquehanna River.

• Thursday evening, April 14, 2005
Gricar can be seen on surveillance video leaving the Centre County administrative building, wearing blue jeans and a blue fleece jacket. He did not have his laptop computer with him.

If it wasn’t for blood donations, Don Miller would likely be dead, he said.
Miller of Allenwood, and formerly of Milton, learned he was anemic after his wife drove him to the hospital, immediately following their 50th wedding anniversary trip to Hawaii a few years ago. He was tired and weak while on vacation. His wife, Lorraine, said it became difficult for him to walk even a short distance, say less than a block. Doctors told him he could have died on the flight back because of the change in altitude.

I don’t like needles. 
You can’t see the needle, it’s enclosed in its own protective covering until insertion in the vein.

 Legislative leaders toiled Tuesday to keep a budget deal together amid partisan conflicts bubbling under the surface and lobbyists and rank-and-file legislators advocating for their pet projects in the $28.2 billion spending plan.

LEWISBURG — Imagine being just 8-years-old and reeling in a 16-inch small mouth bass.
That’s exactly what happened to Ollie Maul of Selinsgrove during a kid’s fishing clinic sponsored by the Lewisburg Area Recreation Authority (LARA) Monday evening.
Trey Casmir, LARA board member, said the program was funded through a $5,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

HARRISBURG — The fat lady is still warming up her vocal chords, but local Republican lawmakers say the tentative state budget is the best they’ve seen in years.
Sen. John Gordner even said the proposed spending plan is “reasonable and responsible” with respect to the slumping economy.

WATSONTOWN — Need Watsontown Borough Council remind those with potty mouths — there are children around.
At the committee meeting Monday, officials concurred there is a problem with profanity and older kids hanging around the Eighth Street Park, meant specifically for younger children.

SUNBURY — Chuck Erdman, Northumberland County controller, says the county can cut taxes levied for the debt services fund by 2 mills for 2009.
That tax cut represents an average of $35 in savings for homeowners. Taxpayers can calculate their individual tax decrease by multiplying their 2007 tax bill by 9.2 percent.
The tax cut does not pertain to taxes levied by the general fund. Erdman said the commissioners will have to take a “hard look” at the way the county levies taxes for general fund purposes.

LEWISBURG — Montour County District Attorney Robert Buehner Jr. has scheduled a press conference for 2 p.m. today in Lewisburg concerning missing Centre County district attorney Ray Gricar.

HARRISBURG — State lawmakers and Gov. Ed Rendell struck a deal on a new state budget early today, averting possible furloughs of 25,000 state workers and a partial government shutdown amid a slowing economy that has stifled the flow of state revenue.

LEWISBURG — It rained on Lewisburg’s parade, but a good time was still had by all.
Thousands of people lined borough streets on Saturday for the 14th annual Union County Veterans Fourth of July Parade. Despite a torrential five-minute downpour midway through the event, Valley residents remained jammed three and four deep along the parade route. They were too busy soaking in the sights and sounds of Americana to be bothered by the rain shower.