2011 Fleetwood High School Holiday Craft Show This Saturday!

This year’s Fleetwood High School Holiday Craft Show will be held on Saturday, November 19^th from 9am to 3pm.  There will be approximately 115 vendors!

There will be a concession stand, pictures with Santa, a silent auction, gift wrapping, and a raffle to benefit Friend, Inc.  Individuals that bring a canned good item will receive a free raffle ticket. 

Weaver’s Hardware in Fleetwood has donated an $800 Penn State grill to be raffled off.  The cost of this raffle will be $5.00 per ticket or 3 tickets for $12.00  All proceeds will be donated to Friend, Inc. in Kutztown.

Don’t miss it!!

Fleetwood Area High School

803 N. Richmond Street

Fleetwood, PA 19522

Phone: 610-944-7656  

Moody’s Investors Service Reviewing Penn State Bond Rating For Possible Downgrade

More bad news for Happy Valley!

Due to the charges against Jerry Sandusky, a major credit agency is reviewing Penn State’s Aa1 bond rating for a possible downgrade.  Moody’s Investors Service stated on Friday they have put Penn State’s bond rating under review due to the damage of the university’s reputation by the child sexual abuse scandal.

Moody’s will assess things like lawsuits brought against the university, enrollment decline, loss of donations and any change in the university’s status with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Needless to say, this action could negatively impact Penn State and the university’s ability to recover from the scandal.  Penn State is a major employer in Pennsylvania.  According to Wikipedia,”The university is now the largest in Pennsylvania, and in 2003, it was credited with having the second-largest impact on the state economy of any organization, generating an economic effect of over $17 billion on a budget of $2.5 billion.”

Penn State Child Abuse Scandal Fallout Continues

The fallout at Penn State continues.

In addition to Jerry Sandusky, JoePa, Tim Curley, Gary Schultz, Mike McQueary and Graham Spanier, you can add Second Mile charity CEO Jack Raykovitz to the growing cast of characters.  Mr. Raykovitz resigned Sunday after 28 years at the helm.  So far all the victims were boys in the Second Mile program.  Second Mile has retained Philadelphia law firm Archer & Greiner as its counsel.

Mike McQueary, on paid administrative leave, is apparently consulting with the Harrisburg law firm of Strokoff and Cowden, who specialize in employment law.  McQueary received death threats and is reportedly in hiding.  

McQueary is being handled differently than the others because he is a witness in the case and he also may fall under Pennsylvania’s whistleblower law.  The law includes protection for the whistleblower against firing, demotion or punishment.  McQueary’s status under this law is still being determined.