Long-term school directors are being honored across the state by the Pennsylvania School Board Association at local school board meeting. School directors are recognized for years of service ranging from 8 to 52 years.

Robert McGinnis, a member of the Allegheny-Clarion Valley School Board, received recognition for 24 years of services. He was presented a plaque adding him to the PSBA "Honor Roll of School Board Service".

Keystone wrestlers traveled to Erie on January 17th for a two-day tournament at North East High School. Two of the Panthers placed in their weight classes, one of whom made it to the consolation finals.

Chad Rogers (145) went 5-1, and earned 3rd place. Tyler Beal (220) finished the tournament in sixth place after reaching the semi-finals.

Evan Slater of A-C Valley (160) went 2-2 for the Panthers, one match short of placing in his class.

Please return your finished trivia to The Progress News by Friday, January 31, 2014 by 2:00 PM. In the event of a tie, we will use the tie breaker question (No. 13) and if tied after that we will randomly pick a winner.  You may mail your entry to: The Progress News, P.O. Box A, Emlenton, PA 16373.  Winner will be announced in next week's Progress News.

Keystone SMILES AmeriCorps MLK Day of Service Signature Project took place, January 17, 18, and 20, 2014. Over this three day period, a total of 61 AmeriCorps members from our 12 county service region joined 18 staff and 7 community volunteers in Clarion, PA for SMILES MLK Service Project. The overall service hour total for the three days was 1,014.

Immaculate Conception School teachers Deb Marchand and Nadine Babington took their second and third grade students to visit the Clarion Free Library on Monday, January 20, 2014, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Diversity Day Program led by Dr. Brenda Sanders Dede.

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Turn on the radio or television just before or after the new year and promises of weight-loss fills the airwaves. Jenny Craig, Weight-Watchers, Nutri-System immediately bombard us with a decision of spending a lot of money and losing weight.

DUBOIS, Pa. – Keystone and St. Marys are the co-champions of the 2014 District 9 Competitive Cheer championships held Saturday at DuBois High School.

The Lady Panthers and Lady Dutch tied for first place, Elk County Catholic was third.

Nine of the 12 teams qualified for the state championships. Also qualifying were Redbank Valley in fourth place, Karns City in fifth place, Curwensville in sixth place, DuBois in seventh place, Punxsutawney in eighth and A-C Valley in ninth place.

SHANE PATRICK HARVEY, age 15, of Troop 30 Oakland Township, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout on September 25, 2013. An Eagle Scout Court of Honor was held on November 17, 2013 at Trinity Lutheran Church, Butler, where he is a member.

Shane is the son of Cheryl (VanDyke) Harvey of Chicora and Keith Harvey of Chicora. He is the grandson of Rosie VanDyke and the late William B. VanDyke of Butler, formerly of Freeport and Dorothea Harvey and the late Harold G. Harvey of Sarver.

Jan. 22, 2014 will be the 100th birthday for Eleanor Dotterer, McReynolds, Taylor.

Eleanor is the mother of four children, Skip McReynolds and wife Vivian, Eleanor Henneman and husband Jim, Duane McReynolds and wife Martha, and daughter Joyce Antons. She has 8 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren, 2 great great grandchildren and 3 step grandchildren.

They will be celebrating her birthday at Duane's home. If you would like to extend wishes, send cards to:

Congratulations to the A-C Valley Varsity Cheerleading Squad & Coaches for qualifying to compete at the 2nd Annual State Competitive Spirit & Cheer Championship to be held at the Giant Arena in Hershey, PA on January 24th & 25th. This is the 2nd year, consecutively, they have participated.