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June 23, 2020
McKean County to receive more than $350K in natural gas impact fees By JOEL WHETZEL HARRISBURG — McKean County is set to receive $358,244.98 in impact fees from natural gas producers, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced Wednesday. In addition, the county received $34,606.99 in Marcellus Legacy Fund disbursements. This is the ninth year that the PUC has distributed impact funds, with more than $1.9 billion distributed statewide during that span. This year, various counties and municipalities across the state received $109,180,326 in total, while the Marcellus Legacy Fund will receive $72,186,900. The Legacy Fund provides financial support for environmental, highway, water and sewer projects, rehabilitation of greenways and other projects. State agencies will receive $18,397,250. This year’s total of roughly $200,364,500 is about $42.6 million lower than last year. According to the PUC, this is primarily due to the lowering average price of natural gas, which was $2.63 per MMBtu in 2019 compared to $3.09 per MMBtu in 2018. In addition, the fee schedule gradually decreases in its amount over the life of a well. The full schedule can be found at: http:// www.puc.state.pa.us/ filing_resources/ issues_laws_regulations/act_13_impact_ fee_.aspx. McKean County’s total dropped from last year’s disbursement of $460,073.26. The county has received $3,027,043.35 since the fees were implemented nine years ago. Municipalities in the area were also on the receiving end of the impact fees. Sergeant Township received the highest amount this year, with $177,462.91 in total funds, while Norwich Township received $169,723.52, the second highest total. Annin Township received $11,243.46,
down from the $13,048.06 it received a year ago. Bradford City, meanwhile, received the third highest total with $39,867.67. That’s down from the $46,037.70 it received last year. Bradford Township received $35,722.31, a decrease from $42,126.83 last year. Ceres Township received $12,885.24 a year ago, but only $11,117.68 this year, while Corydon Township is down to $3,344.03 from $3,819.80. Eldred Borough received $1,846.64 this year, down from the $2,146.42 it received last year, while Eldred Township is down to $6,614.65 from $7,599.20. Foster Township received $25,441.83 this year compared to $29,497.77 in 2019. Hamilton Township took in $5,103.06 in impact fees this year, compared to $5,924.02 in 2019. Hamlin Township, meanwhile, is down to $13,314.26 from 2019’s total of $16,364.34. Kane Borough collected $18,178.51 compared to 2019’s $21,122.34, while Keating Township drew in $25,347.03 versus last year’s $29,186.10. Lafayette Township received $13,761.15, down from the $15,581.85 from last year, while Lewis Run Borough received $3,095.10, which is not far off the $3,614.13 from 2019. Liberty Township collected $20,704.20 compared to 2019’s total of $23,992.14, while Mount Jewett Borough decreased from $5,991.67 to $5,150.15. Otto Township’s total is down to $10,727.07 from 2019’s total of $12,446.32, while Port Allegany Borough decreased from $5,875.67 to $5,064.32. Smethport Borough collected $4,363.56 compared to last year’s $5,006.90. Finally, Wetmore Township received $29,686.43 in 2020, down from last year’s total of $35,989.02.
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Pam Fischer photo Seniors Howie Stuckey and Cailey Barnett have been named the Port Allegany Male and Female Athlete of the Year for the 2019-20 school year.
Port Allegany names Barnett, Stucky as top athletes
PORT ALLEGANY, Pa. — Cailey Barnett and Howie Stuckey have been named the Port Allegany Athletes of the Year, the school announced earlier this week. Both seniors, Barnett was presented with the David Lacher Memorial Award as the 2020 Female Athlete of the Year while Stuckey earned the Thomas Taylor Memorial Award as the Male Athlete of the Year. A five-sport athlete, Stuckey had excelled in soccer, basketball, baseball and track and field while kicking and punting for the football team before also becoming a standout wide receiver last fall. In baseball, Stuckey was a two-time Northern Allegheny League all-star and the 2019 Big 30 Player of the Year. A three-year letter-winner and captain, he finished with a
career .524 batting average and 134 strikeouts in 70 innings pitched. In soccer, Stuckey finished third on the school’s career scoring list (63 list) while guiding Port Allegany to a District 9 championship in 2016 and a runner-up finish in both 2017 and ‘18 and twice being named to the UAVSL and Big 30 all-star teams. In basketball, Stuckey was a four-year letterwinner and twoyear captain. He finished with 1,622 points and was a threetime North Tier League all-star and two-time District 9 all-star. In football, he was named to the D-9 Small School North all-star team in his lone year at a skilled position. In track, he was a district qualifier and a three-year letterman. Stuckey, who plans to continue his athletic career with the Division I St. Bonaventure baseball team, finished with 15 letters
and would have set the school record in that category had the baseball and track and field season not been canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. A three-sport athlete, Barnett excelled in soccer, basketball and softball. Barnett was a four-year soccer player, serving as captain for two of those years while being named a UAVSL all-star. In basketball, she was a threetime North Tier League all-star and a captain her senior year. A 1,000-point scorer, she was also chosen to play in the Big 30 Senior Classic, the D-9 AllStar Game and the Pennsylvania-Maryland All-Star Game. In softball, she was a three-year player and named to the North Tier League all-star team. Barnett, who finished with 11 varsity letters, plans on continuing her basketball career at Pitt-Bradford.
Dush appears to be GOP nominee for state Senate seat
By JOEL WHETZEL
In the Republican primary for the 25th District seat in the Pennsylvania Senate, Cris Dush appears well on his way to victory, leading Dr. Jim Brown and Herm Suplizio with 22,673 votes compared to Suplizio’s 12,212 and Brown’s 3,782. The 25th District consists of Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Jefferson, McKean, Potter and Tioga counties, as well as a part of Clearfield. Dush won all but Cameron and Clearfield, where Suplizio won. Suplizio’s victory in Cameron was by 14 votes, 341-327. Dush’s strongest performance came in his home county of Jefferson, where he garnered
7,238 votes compared to Suplizio’s 1,156 and Brown’s 413. Democrat Margie Brown of St. Marys ran unopposed and picked up 13,976 votes. The 25th District’s seat is being vacated by Joe Scarnati, R-Brockway, who serves as President Pro Tempore in the senate but opted against running for re-election. In the race for the 75th District seat in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Michael Armanini holds a thin lead over Lisa LeBrasca Becker in the GOP Primary, according to unofficial results from the Department of State. As of Tuesday morning, Armanini led Becker in the total vote
count 4,584 to 4,303, with Michael Clement a distant third with 1,350 votes. The 75th District consists of Elk County and a portion of Clearfield County. The seat is being vacated by Representative Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, who announced he would not be seeking re-election. Elk County voted heavily in favor of Armanini, as he carried 2,927 — roughly 64% — of the 4,571 votes tallied in the race. Becker collected 1,352 votes in Elk County, while Clement garnered 292. There were 19 write-in votes. Conversely, Clearfield County’s voters in the 75th District swayed heavily for Becker, who received 2,951 votes there compared
to Armanini’s 1,657. Clement garnered 1,058 in Clearfield County, and there were 16 write-in votes. On the Democratic end, Ryan Grimm, of St. Marys, ran unopposed and picked up 4,815 votes between the two counties, 2,815 in Elk and 2,000 in Clearfield. Officials from both the Clearfield and Elk County boards of elections told The Era that they are not receiving any more mail-in ballots, which were due on June 2, and that these numbers are final. Results become official once those boards certify the votes. Both races will be decided in the general election this fall, set for Nov. 3.