Mom bites caseworker, police say
SUNBURY — A 19-year-old Coal Township mother was jailed in lieu of $30,000 for allegedly punching and biting a Northumberland County Children and Youth Services caseworker.
Michelle Levengood, of 35 S. Fifth Street, Coal Township, was meeting with her infant child and a foster parent at the county agency’s office at 322 N. Second St. when caseworker Rebecca Horst ended the visit.
An apparently angry Levengood lashed out at Horst, hitting her in the cheek and biting her forearm, court records filed by Sunbury police said.
She was arraigned by District Judge Robert J. Bolton on charges of aggravated assault, simple assault, disorderly conduct and harassment and sent to the county jail in lieu of $30,000 bail.
Train open house is Saturday
DANVILLE — New trains and a guitarist playing Christmas music will highlight the fifth annual open house of the year-round Saturday Trains program from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Christ Memorial Episcopal Church, Pine and East Market streets.
The guitarist, Mark Tomeo, of Riverside, will perform between noon and 1. The event also will include free coffee, holiday treats and rare videos of steam engines operating on the local Pennsylvania Railroad line in the 1930s and 1940s.
New this Christmas is a 1947 Lionel “bullet” locomotive donated by Danville train collector Jim Kalmanson and his brother Steve, of West Allis, Wis.
Dale Walker, another Danville train collector, will show a classic Standard Gauge model train from the early 20th century.
Book fair set for Friday
LEWISBURG — RiverWoods Senior Living Community will hold a book fair in the hallway near Marlow Hall from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.
It will feature hundreds of new books and holiday gift items. Proceeds will benefit the Activities Fund at the nursing care center.
Citrus ready for pickup
COAL TOWNSHIP — Citrus orders taken by Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School Performing Arts will be available after school on Thursday.
A few cases of items will be available for sale. Volunteers are needed to assist customers after school. Call 850-1309 for information.
Relief group in compliance
HARRISBURG — An audit has determined the Bannerville Volunteer Firefighter Relief Association, Snyder County, to be in compliance with laws and regulations, according to state Auditor General Jack Wagner.
The report covered Jan. 1, 2006, to Dec. 31, 2008.
“We commend the relief association management in this Snyder County VFRA for complying with all applicable state laws, contracts, bylaws and administrative procedures,” Wagner said.
Healthy bones talk is today
SUNBURY — “Healthy Bones and Healthy Breathing” will be presented by Dr. Nalan Reibschied at 11:30 a.m. today in the ground-floor conference room at Sunbury Community Hospital.
The presentation is sponsored by the Sunbury Chapter of Senior Circle.
Reibschied will discuss falls in the elderly and how to prevent them and keep healthy bones. She also will address chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
She is a family practitioner at the Shamokin Dam Family Medical Center. For information or to make a reservation to attend, call the Senior Circle office at 286-3339.
