Champion News

Seven Springs Mountain Resort says cold water, cold air and low humidity is the perfect formula for making snow, so it's starting the process on Friday night.

Interested in the End Times? Come and hear the Rev. Bill Rudge speak about "The Seven Mountain Peaks of Prophecy: Stand as a Champion in the Last Days!" at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at the Critchfield Alliance Church, 471 Jim Mountain Road, Route 653, 2.5 miles outside of Normalville.

Veterans with American Legion 941 and VFW Post 6745, as well as others, were honored Tuesday during a special ceremony held by students at Champion Christian School in Donegal in observance of Veterans Day.

Under sunny skies Monday, the Mountain Watershed Association formally opened the Donegal extension of the Indian Creek Valley Bike/Hike Trail.

Today: is the 285th day of 2009. There are 80 days left in the year. On this date In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived with his expedition in the present-day Bahamas.

Prices from a few of the area's pumpkin sellers: * Pajer Farm, Buffalo Township, Butler County: carving pumpkins, 28 cents per pound; pie pumpkins, $1.50 each * Giant Eagle, New Kensington: carving pumpkins, $3.99 and $5.99 each; pie pumpkins, 89 cents per pound * Schramm Farms and Orchards, Penn Township: carving pumpkins, 39 cents per pound * ...

The last Exit 91 Flea Market for this season will be held 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at Family Fellowship Christian Center on Hellen School Road, Donegal.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Some of the area's fall festivals have come and gone, while others are up and coming.

Sep. 23--There is a "high probability" that Nemacolin Woodlands Resort will apply anew for a casino license if the state gaming law is rewritten to permit table games at resort-style casinos, a resort spokesman says.

Westmoreland County could spend thousands of dollars this year to house juvenile detainees while the county's detention center is being renovated.