Summer Golf Scrambles Begin at Laurel Run Golf Course in Sigel

Another season of weekly golf scrambles have begun at the Laurel Run Golf Course in Sigel, PA. This year there will be two scrambles per week now through the end of fall, one on Wednesdays and one on Sundays. Everyone is invited to attend these events. Last year both men and women golfers participated and their ages ranged from 10 through 80+ years old. Modest prize money is awarded each week.

Groups of friends can request to be paired together, or you can enter the scramble by yourself and be paired up with a group.

The Laurel Run Golf Course has opened a few new greens since last summer, and a few have been made much larger. The course itself has gotten longer as well. There are still plenty of par 3 holes that are short enough for everyone, but not there are more holes that will require that most golfers use their drivers, including a par 5.

Every Sunday at 4:00 PM starting April 25, 2010 and Wednesday at 5:00 PM starting April 28, 2010.

Golfers 70 and older get a 1 handicap with a maximum deduction of 2 per group.

Everyone is invited. Players include beginners, high handicappers and even a few good golfers, but you do not have to be a low handicapper to enjoy the event. All you need is enough confidence in yourself to do your best. No one asks any more than that.

Scramble Golf: $10.00
Prize money contribution: $4.00
Riding Cart for two golfers: $5.00 each
Summary of Fees: Scramble golf only $10.00; Scramble Golf with Gas Cart
$15.00

DEAL! Buy five (5) advance rounds and save 20%!

Location

Traveling West on I80 from DuBois, State College, etc., get off at exit 78. Rt. 36 North for about 7 miles. Make aleft at Oakdale Avenue. You will see Thomas's Music Studio on the right at Oakdale and St. Dominic's Church sign at the corner. Take Oakdale to the end and make a right turn. Laurel Run is on the left. If you miss Oakdale, go straight on Route 36 toward the blinking light, make a left at the light at Truman's Market and a left on Route 949. Laurel Run is on the right about 1.5 miles.

Traveling East on I80 from the Clairon area, get off at Corsica and turn right on Rt. 949 North for about 9 miles. You will come to a stop sign. Make a left to continue on 949. Laurel Run is on your left.

Historic Brookville: Brookville PA Native Nathan Smith +2 After First Round at Masters

Historic Brookville: Brookville PA Native Nathan Smith +2 After First Round at Masters

Brookville PA Native Nathan Smith +2 After First Round at Masters

After the first round of play at the Masters in Augusta, Georgia, Brookville, PA native Nathan Smith is currently tied for 51st place with a two over par score. There are still a good number of players in the field left to finish at this time, so by the end of the day his placement may change for the better or worse.

Smith's second trip to the Masters started with a round of 74 that included five birdies and seven bogies. Currently Smith is just one shot back of the world's number 2 ranked player Steve Stricker. For anyone who's interested in keeping up with Smith's golf game, there are scores and stats on the Masters website, as well as a couple of highlight videos of Smith putting.

Brookville Bilo (Tops) Grocery Store to Close

The Tops Friendly Market grocery store (formerly Bilo) in Brookville, PA is closing. Workers put up large banners across the front of the supermarket this morning announcing the closure and associated sales. Everything is apparently on sale from between 10% and 30% off at this time.

Reports are that Shop N Save will be opening a store in that location.

Brookville Teacher Accused of Ethical & Sexual Abuse Charges

Brookville teacher Karin D. Hetrick, 42, has been charged with numerous crimes stemming from an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 15 year old student at Brookville Area High School. A total of 70 occurrences of intimate touching and kissing between the teacher and the student in numerous locations, including the high school itself.

Hetrick has resigned.

Students at Brookville High School were encouraged by the administration to come forward if they had ever had any similar type of inappropriate relationship with the teacher. Local parents have been in an uproar over the incident and an angry posting on Facebook led some parents including Mike Wiggin to suggest the teacher needs to be executed, "I am a firm believer in capital punishment for child preditors[sic]. Enough said."

From Wikipedia, concerning the age of consent in PA:

The age of consent in Pennsylvania is 16 years of age for statutory sexual assault and 18 years for corruption of minors.

Teenagers aged 13, 14 and 15 may or may not be able to legally engage in sexual activity with partners who are less than 4 years older. Such partners could not be prosecuted under statutory rape laws, but may be liable for other offenses, even when the sexual activity is consensual.^[29]

Under Pennsylvania law, a defendant is strictly liable for the offense of rape, a felony of the first degree, when the complainant is 12 or younger. Pennsylvania has enacted several other strict liability sexual offenses when the complainant is under 16, but 13 years old or older.

§ 3122.1. Statutory sexual assault.

Except as provided in section 3121 (relating to rape), a person commits a felony of the second degree when that person engages in sexual intercourse with a complainant under the age of 16 years and that person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and the person are not married to each other.

§ 3125 Aggravated indecent assault

(7) the complainant is less than 13 years of age; or (8) the complainant is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and the person are not married to each other. (b) Aggravated indecent assault of a child.--A person commits aggravated indecent assault of a child when the person violates subsection (a)(1), (2), (3), (4), (5) or (6) and the complainant is less than 13 years of age.

§ 3123 Involuntary deviate sexual intercourse

(7) who is less than 16 years of age and the person is four or more years older than the complainant and the complainant and person are not married to each other.

When the alleged victim is 16 or older and less than 18 years of age, and the alleged offender is over the age of 18, the Commonwealth may charge the offense of corruption of minors or unlawful contact with a minor, even if the activity was consensual:

§ 6301 Corruption of minors.

(a) Offense defined.-- (1) Whoever, being of the age of 18 years and upwards, by any act corrupts or tends to corrupt the morals of any minor less than 18 years of age, or who aids, abets, entices or encourages any such minor in the commission of any crime, or who knowingly assists or encourages such minor in violating his or her parole or any order of court, commits a misdemeanor of the first degree.

The crime of corruption of minors is usually a crime that accompanies another "more serious" crime such as statutory rape or involuntary deviate sexual intercourse or accompanies some drug or alcohol use, possession or sale. Tending to corrupt like contributing to delinquency is a broad term involving conduct toward a child in an unlimited variety of ways which tends to produce or to encourage or to continue conduct of the child which would amount to delinquent conduct."^[30]

The question of whether consensual intercourse with a minor 16 years or older tends to corrupt the morals of that minor is a jury question to be decided by the "common sense of the community."^[31]

§ 6318. Unlawful contact with minor.

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he is intentionally in contact with a minor, or a law enforcement officer acting in the performance of his duties who has assumed the identity of a minor, for the purpose of engaging in an activity prohibited under any of the following, and either the person initiating the contact or the person being contacted is within this Commonwealth: (1) Any of the offenses enumerated in Chapter 31 (relating to sexual offenses). (2) Open lewdness as defined in section 5901 (relating to open lewdness). (3) Prostitution as defined in section 5902 (relating to prostitution and related offenses). (4) Obscene and other sexual materials and performances as defined in section 5903 (relating to obscene and other sexual materials and performances). (5) Sexual abuse of children as defined in section 6312 (relating to sexual abuse of children). (6) Sexual exploitation of children as defined in section 6320 (relating to sexual exploitation of children).

Easter Egg Hunts Scheduled in Brookville, PA

The Easter bunny will be busy in Brookville over the next couple of weeks with at least four Easter egg hunts scheduled. The first hunt is schedules at the Brookville Alliance Church on March 27th. Then on April 3rd there will be a hunt at the Hickory Grove Elementary School at 11:00. On April 3rd there will be two hunts, one at the Church of the Nazarene at 11:30 and the other at Mama Doe's restaurant and the Shiloh Resort in Sigel/Cook Forest from 2:00 - 4:00.

Hazen Flea Market Schedule for 2010

Summer's approaching quickly and that means that the Hazen Flea Market, just north of Brookville, PA, will be starting once again for the season. The first market is the weekend of May 1st and 2nd. The flea market opens at dawn and usually goes until just before supper time.

The flea market is located at the grounds of the Warsaw Township Volunteer Fire Department in the middle of Hazen, right on Route 28, six miles north of Brookville, PA. The flea market is held each month from May through October on the weekend of the first Sunday of each month.

2010 Hazen Flea Market Schedule Dates:

May - 1,2

June - 5,6

July - 3,4

August - July 31, August 1

September - 4,5

October - 2,3

For those interested in becoming vendors.... You will need your sales tax info and you can show up on Friday or Saturday morning to set up. Booth spots are $15 per spot per day. Multiple spots are available if needed.