Kenn Staub

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Correspondent at Courier Express

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Summer Fest weekend starts Friday in Clarion

3 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

CLARION – The first of Clarion’s three Summer Fest weekends starts tomorrow (Friday, June 6) and runs through Saturday, June 7. Focusing on “The Big Outdoors,” the celebration will have something for everybody, featuring a mix of shopping, outdoor activities, music, art and athletics. “When you’re raised around places, you don’t realize how special they are,” observed Nancy Hanna, creator and executive producer of Summer Fest.
Women's hiking series to begin at Cook Forest

3 weeks ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

COOKSBURG – A free, four-part women’s Sunday hiking series is slated to begin this weekend (June 8) in Cook Forest State Park and then continue monthly through the summer. Each hike begins at 5 p.m. and lasts up to two hours. Hikes are open to all women aged 14-and-up, though anyone younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Dogs on leashes are also welcome. This Sunday’s hike traverses Mohawk Trail, with participants asked to meet at the Cook Forest Ridge Camp Pavilion.
Smail’s three-run blast propels the Bobcats

3 weeks ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

IRWIN -- Derek Smail smacked a three-run, opposite field homer in the top of the fifth inning to propel the Clarion Bobcats to a 3-2 victory over the WPIAL champion Serra Catholic Eagles in a first-round PIAA 1A playoff game contested at Norwin High School in North Huntingdon on Monday (June 2). Smail’s home run served as redemption for the big righty, who just the half inning prior had issued two consecutive four-pitch, bases loaded walks, handing Serra Catholic a 2-0 lead.
Innovation Playground offers hands-on learning fun

1 month ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

CLARION – Riverview Intermediate Unit 6 (RIU6), in conjunction with three other northwestern Pennsylvania intermediate units, hosted its fourth annual Innovation Playground at the Clarion County YMCA last Friday, May 16. The event gave children and their families the opportunity to participate in a variety of hands-on learning activities emphasizing art, “making” (taking things apart and putting them back together), the outdoors, science, technology and advocacy.
Brookville outlasts the Wildcats in playoff opener

1 month ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

The Raiders hold off a late Central Clarion rally to secure a 2-1 win in the District 9 Class 2A softball quarterfinalsCLARION TWP. -- Central Clarion battled for seven innings but ultimately fell to Brookville 2-1 in the quarterfinals of the District 9 2A playoffs at the Clarion-Limestone Sports Complex on Tuesday (May 20).
Racing returns to Knox Raceway this weekend

1 month ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

ELK TWP. -- Racing returns to the Knox Raceway on Sunday with a program featuring the FAST Winged 410 Sprint Car Series and RUSH Sprint Car Series (non-wing), as well as mini stocks and ATV/UTV races (May 25). Other shows are scheduled for Saturday, June 21 (a demolition derby and 100-lap enduro), as well as Sunday, July 13 and Sunday, Sept. 14 when programs similar to this weekend’s are on the books.
Strong pitching and defense lead Clarion to win

1 month ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

PAINT TWP. -- Clarion shut out Grove City 3-0 last Wednesday (May 14) at Clarion County Park to finish the regular season with a 13-5 record. Bobcats’ pitchers Ethan Rex and Dylan Smail were stifling, combining to throw a three-hitter. Rex, the starter, worked the first three innings, giving up a hit, walking one, and striking out four. He received credit for the win. Smail came on in the fourth, finishing out the game. He allowed two hits, beaned one, and fanned nine in four innings.
WOMEN TODAY: Owner of popular Rimersburg restaurant says it's all about the people

1 month ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

RIMERSBURG – St. Patrick’s Day 2014 was decidedly unlucky for Linda Himes — that was the day the Korner Restaurant, the popular Sligo restaurant she co-owned with late husband Bill, was reduced to rubble by fire. Rather than throw in the towel, letting 12 years of ownership go by the wayside, Linda and Bill shook off the setback and within a matter of months reopened a new version of the Korner Restaurant on Lawsonham Road in Rimersburg, where it has since become a community fixture.
WOMEN TODAY: Clarion attorney is right where she wants to be

1 month ago | thecourierexpress.com | Kenn Staub

CLARION – One might say that attorney Cassandra Munsee came by her interest in the law naturally, something passed down from her father. “I decided pretty early on that I wanted to be an attorney. My dad was a state trooper and had been for as long as I can remember,” she said of her father, Rex Munsee, former state trooper and retired sheriff of Clarion County. “He would often talk about his cases.
Keystone walks it off against C-L

1 month ago | theclarionnews.com | Kenn Staub

Stewart singled home the winning runs in Keystone’s 4-3 win over the LionsKNOX -- Keystone’s Kord Stewart ripped a two-out single in the bottom of the seventh scoring Isaac Weckerly and Drew Keth to give the Panthers a 4-3 walk-off victory against visiting Clarion-Limestone on Monday (May 12). The win snapped the Panthers’ 11-game losing streak that dated back to early April. “Oh man, I’m just really proud of them today. This is great,” said Keystone manager Justin Bifano.