(2020) Lewistown is a borough of 8,338 in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Situated 60 miles northwest of Harrisburg, along the Juniata River, Lewistown was incorporated in 1795. It was named for William "Bill" Lewis, a Quaker and a member of the legislature. Lewis was responsible for the designation of the borough as the county seat of Mifflin County. Located near the geographic center of the state, the area became a hub for traffic moving in every direction. When the Pennsylvania Canal was built, Lewistown boomed as it became a cargo and passenger thoroughfare. The historic Embassy Theater anchors a growing small-business scene, and Lewistown offers a wonderful small-town aesthetic. The area is home to a unique regional holiday: Goose Day. Brought to the Juniata River Valley in the late 1700’s, Goose Day’s arrival is thanks to an early settler from England. Legend has it that if you eat goose on September 29, also known as Saint Michaelmas Day, you will never want for money all the year round. Lewistown hosts a full array of Goose Day festivities.
00:11 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA
00:12 - BURROUGHS'S PAID FOR IN PART BY
00:14 - THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE
00:15 - ASSOCIATION OF BOROUGHS.
00:25 - WELCOME THIS EDITION,
00:26 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA.
00:27 - BOROUGHS I'M CHRIS CAP
00:28 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
00:29 - PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION
00:30 - OF BOROUGHS IN EACH MONTH WE
00:32 - VISIT COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE
00:33 - STATE. HOW THE HISTORY CULTURE
00:35 - IN PROGRESS TAKING PLACE IN
00:37 - TODAY'S WERE LEWISTOWN BOROUGH
00:38 - MIFFLIN COUNTY ONCE KNOWN AS
00:40 - THE CROSSROADS OF THE
00:41 - COMMONWEALTH WU IS HOW IS THE
00:43 - HOPE FOR COMMERCE MOVING EVERY
00:44 - DIRECTION.
00:45 - TODAY LEWIS TOWN IS HOME TO THE
00:47 - PENNSYLVANIA STATE FIRE SCHOOL.
00:48 - THE ONLY SUCH FACILITY IN OUR
00:49 - STATE. SEVERAL BUILDINGS ARE
00:51 - PART OF THE NATIONAL REGISTER
00:52 - OF HISTORIC PLACES WHEN THAT
00:54 - CONNICK EMBASSY THEATER.
00:56 - THIS 1927 MOTION PICTURE AND
00:58 - VAUDEVILLE THEATER REFLECTS THE
01:00 - ARCHITECTURE OF THE 1920'S.
01:02 - WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THIS TOUR.
01:04 - ONE OF PENNSYLVANIA'S MANY
01:05 - GREAT COMMUNITIES.
01:07 - HI I'M THIS ONE COUNTY
01:08 - COMMISSIONER KEVIN CODE ISSUE,
01:10 - I'M EXCITED TO BE
01:11 - PARTICIPATING. THIS QUALITY PCN
01:13 - PRODUCTION ABOUT MY HOMETOWN
01:15 - LEWISTOWN I GUESS YOU COULD SAY
01:16 - I'M A LEWISTOWN LIFE OR A GRIP
01:18 - ON THE EAST END OF LEWISTOWN
01:20 - MY FUTURE WIFE GREW UP IN THE
01:21 - SOUTH AND A MOOSE FOUND
01:22 - UNATTENDED LEWISTOWN HIGH
01:23 - SCHOOL THEN I WENT ON THE BLUES
01:25 - WERE UNIVERSITY BEFORE COMING
01:27 - BACK TO LEWISTOWN TO RAISE
01:29 - A FAMILY. I WORKED IN
01:30 - HARRISBURG NEARLY 30 YEARS, SO
01:32 - IT'S A LOT OF COMMUTING BACK
01:33 - WORKING BETWEEN LEWISTOWN
01:35 - HARRISBURG WELL IT WAS
01:36 - IMPORTANT TO MY WIFE AND I THAT
01:37 - WE RAISE OUR 2 CHILDREN HERE IN
01:39 - LEWISTOWN OUR BEAUTIFUL AREA.
01:42 - I'M HERE AT THE STONE ARCH
01:43 - BRIDGE HISTORIC STONE ARCH
01:44 - BRIDGE WAS BUILT THE EARLY
01:45 - 19TH CENTURY. THIS TIME OF THE
01:47 - REAL HUB FOR TRANSPORTATION THE
01:49 - EARLY ROADS ARE BEING BUILT AT
01:50 - THAT TIME. AND THIS THIS BRIDGE
01:52 - WAS ACTUALLY PART
01:53 - OF THE HARRISBURG PITTSBURGH
01:55 - TURNPIKE NOT TO BE CONFUSED
01:57 - WITH TODAY'S PENNSYLVANIA
01:58 - TURNPIKE THIS BRIDGE IS A SAID
02:00 - WAS BUILT IN 1813. THERE WAS
02:03 - REFURBISHED IN 2006. A LOT OF
02:05 - PEOPLE LIKE TO COME VISIT HERE,
02:06 - WE HAVE WEDDINGS HERE A LOT OF
02:08 - PEOPLE LIKE TO COME AND JUST
02:09 - RELAX, YOU KNOW IT OUT OF
02:11 - PERSONAL SIDE. I WALKED THIS
02:12 - BRIDGE IN MAY 1982 THE
02:14 - EVENING, I PROPOSED TO MY WIFE.
02:16 - COME AND VISIT US HERE IN THE
02:17 - FAMILY OF FRIENDLY PEOPLE
02:19 - THERE'S LOTS OF OUTDOOR
02:20 - ACTIVITIES VISIT THE JUDEA
02:21 - RIVER VALLEY VISITORS BUREAU
02:23 - WEB SITE COME AND SEE US WE'LL
02:25 - HAVE A GOOD TIME.
02:27 - HELLO MY NAME IS DEBRA BARR
02:29 - GO AND I HAVE A TREMENDOUS
02:30 - HONOR OF BEING THE MAN NUMBER
02:32 - OF LEWISTOWN AND SERVING THE
02:34 - MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE HIT A
02:36 - FINE FINE THAT RESIDE HERE IN
02:38 - THE TOWN. IF YOU'RE NOT
02:40 - FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA
02:42 - WE'RE LOCATED 60 MILES WEST
02:45 - OF HARRISBURG IN 30 MILES EAST
02:48 - OF A STATE COLLEGE WHERE
02:49 - PENN STATE, A UNIVERSITY IS
02:51 - THIS IS AN AREA WHERE ACTUALLY
02:55 - CENTRALLY LOCATED IN
02:56 - THE STATE. SO THERE'S A LOT OF
02:59 - HUSTLE BUSTLE GOING TO HAVE
03:01 - 3.22. WANT TO TELL YOU A LOT
03:04 - WE HAVE A LOT OF STORIES TO
03:06 - TELL YOU ABOUT OUR AREA.
03:09 - AND BACK AND A
03:11 - AND THE TIMELINE THAT THE
03:12 - SUPPOSED CAME TO A TO THE LIST
03:14 - TOWN AREA
03:14 - NOTHING COUNTY. WE HAD LOT OF
03:17 - INDIAN RESERVATIONS AND THERE
03:19 - ARE LOTS OF TIMES WHEN WE'RE
03:20 - DOING CONSTRUCTION THAT WE DO
03:22 - COME ACROSS TO ARE THE TO
03:25 - DEFINITELY CHANGE OUR PLANS
03:27 - AS FAR AS THE CONSTRUCTION
03:28 - BECAUSE WE DO WANT TO HONOR
03:29 - THEM IT ALSO IN THE DAY.
03:34 - WHEN
03:35 - PRESIDENT LINCOLN WAS A
03:37 - SOMETHING A HELP FOR THE
03:39 - CIVIL WAR. THEY DID CALL FOR
03:42 - THE LOGAN CARD WHICH WAS THE
03:43 - FIRST CAR TO ASSIST IN THAT
03:46 - THAT CONFLICT.
03:48 - THE STORIES THAT WE HAVE TO
03:49 - TELL WE LOVE FOR YOU TO COME
03:51 - AND SEE OUR AREA.
03:53 - THE BUILDING THAT I'M ACTUALLY
03:54 - STANDING IN RIGHT NOW THIS IS
03:56 - THE HISTORIC COURTHOUSE.
03:58 - AND THIS IS THE COURTROOM AND I
04:01 - KNOW MYSELF I'VE BEEN HERE,
04:02 - HUNDREDS 100'S OF TIMES AND
04:04 - EVERY TIME I ENTER THIS THIS
04:05 - ROOM I THINK FOR IF THESE WALLS
04:07 - COULD TALK THE STORIES THAT
04:09 - THEY WOULD TELL
04:10 - WE HAVE LOTS OF STORIES TO TELL
04:12 - SO WE HOPE THAT YOU COME AND
04:13 - VISIT US AND I'M SURE ONCE YOU
04:16 - YOU LOOK AROUND AND SEE WHAT WE
04:17 - HAVE HERE.
04:18 - YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I'M SO PROUD
04:20 - TO CALL LIST HOW MY HOMETOWN.
04:23 - HELLO I'M KEN STOTT FOUNDER
04:25 - AND CEO OF IN-HOME SERVICES,
04:26 - THE CENTRAL P A WHERE STATE
04:28 - LICENSED HOME CARE AGENCY.
04:30 - AND WE CONSIDER IT A PRIVILEGE
04:32 - TO HELP OUR SENIOR CITIZENS IN
04:34 - THEIR HOMES IN MIFFLIN GENIE
04:37 - OUT OF CENTER SNYDER AND
04:39 - HUNTINGTON COUNTIES WE'RE
04:41 - LOCATED ON THE 3RD FLOOR OF
04:42 - THIS BUILDING BEHIND MONTGOMERY
04:44 - WARD BUILDING A BUILDING
04:46 - WITH HISTORY, IM BEAUTIFUL
04:48 - ARCHITECTURE. WE'RE HERE IN
04:51 - DOWNTOWN LEWISTOWN BECAUSE I
04:53 - LOVE THIS TOWN AND ALSO
04:56 - I WANTED TO FOLLOW IN MY
04:57 - GRANDFATHER'S FOOTSTEPS WHO WAS
04:59 - A BUSINESS OWNER IN
05:01 - THIS TOWN. IT JUST HAPPENS THAT
05:03 - THIS TOWN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF
05:04 - THE GEOGRAPHIC AREA THE 5
05:06 - COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC AREA THAT WE
05:07 - SERVE. THE REASON I LOVE
05:10 - THIS TOWN IS WHEN I LOOK OUT MY
05:12 - WINDOW WHERE I WALK THROUGH
05:13 - THIS TOWN. I SEE A BEAUTIFUL
05:16 - SQUARE. THAT HONORS
05:19 - OUR VETERANS. I SEE
05:20 - BEAUTIFUL MOUNTAINS THAT'S
05:22 - AROUND THIS TOWN.
05:24 - I SEE BEAUTIFUL MURALS PAINTED
05:26 - BY DWIGHT BIGELOW. I SEE
05:28 - BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE IN OUR
05:31 - OLDER BUILDINGS THAT TRULY MAKE
05:34 - UP THIS TOWN. I ALSO
05:36 - TRULY APPRECIATE THE
05:38 - ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT THAT
05:39 - EXISTS IN THIS TOWN. AND I LOVE
05:42 - THE MOM AND POP BUSINESSES THAT
05:44 - MAKE UP THIS TOWN.
05:45 - ONE OF THOSE BUSINESSES BEING
05:46 - BEHIND THE SNOWFLAKES ON THE
05:48 - SQUARE. A UNIQUE STORE WITH A
05:50 - CHRISTMAS THEME. 12 MONTHS A
05:52 - YEAR, A TRULY FEEL GOOD STORE
05:55 - IN THE WINDOW. YOU SEE OUR
05:57 - GOOSE HONORING
05:59 - SEPTEMBER 20 NIGHT WHICH IS TO
06:01 - STAY A LOCAL EVENT THAT IS
06:04 - TREASURED BY ALL OF US HERE.
06:09 - I TRULY RESPECT THE CARING
06:11 - LEADERSHIP. THAT EXISTS HERE.
06:14 - MAYOR BARR GO EXEMPT FEIS A
06:17 - CARING ATTITUDE AND A DESIRE
06:19 - FOR THIS AREA TO BE THE VERY
06:21 - BEST. ALSO THE
06:23 - VISITORS BUREAU, THE CHAMBER OF
06:25 - COMMERCE.
06:31 - WE INVITE YOU TO COME SEE US
06:34 - AND ENJOY OUR GOOD NATURE.
06:37 - I KNOW I AM VERY PROUD TO BE A
06:39 - PART OF THIS TOWN.
06:42 - HI I'M JOHNNY LANDIS I'M THE
06:43 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
06:44 - JUNIOR AT A RIVER VALLEY
06:45 - VISITORS BUREAU WE'RE STANDING
06:47 - HERE IN THE MIDDLE OF DOWNTOWN
06:48 - LOUISANA MONUMENT SQUARE IN
06:50 - FRONT OF THE MOVIE HISTORY
06:51 - MURAL THAT WAS CREATED BY
06:53 - DWIGHT KIRKLAND AND IT SHOWS
06:55 - SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MOVIE
06:57 - HISTORY FROM DAYS
06:58 - GONE BY JOCKEY BE IS STANDING
07:00 - IN A
07:01 - COWBOY COSTUME JOCKEY BE WAS A
07:04 - PHARMACIST LOCATED JUST ABOUT A
07:05 - BLOCK AND A HALF FROM HERE HUGE
07:07 - HUGE MOVIE BUFF.
07:08 - HE CREATED HIS OWN CONCOCTION
07:09 - IS ON SODA POP THAT HE CALLED
07:11 - WITH THOUGH IT WAS NAMED FOR
07:13 - THE MIDDLE OF THE NAME
07:14 - LEWISTOWN AND HE WOULD PRESENT
07:16 - THE MOVIE STARS THAT WILL COME
07:17 - THROUGH HERE.
07:19 - PROMOTING THE MOVIES HE WOULD
07:20 - PRESENT THEM EACH WITH THE CASE
07:21 - OF LIST THOUGH USUALLY DRESSED
07:23 - LIKE A COWBOY. THE
07:24 - WOMAN'S FACE RIGHT BESIDE HIM
07:26 - IS JEAN ACKER JEANNE IS AS
07:28 - CLOSE AS THE COUNTY. THE
07:30 - BOROUGH OF LEWISTOWN GETS
07:32 - TO HOLLYWOOD. G THOSE THE STORY
07:34 - GOES IS JEAN WAS MARRIED TO
07:36 - RUDOLPH VALENTINO FOR
07:37 - JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS AND IF
07:39 - I'M NOT MISTAKING, MISTAKEN SHE
07:41 - AND RUDY STILL HOLD THE RECORD
07:44 - FOR THE SHORTEST HOLLYWOOD
07:45 - MARRIAGE. THE GROUP OF MEN IN
07:47 - THE UNIFORMS THAT IS THE FIRST
07:49 - GROUP OF USHER'S THAT WORKED AT
07:51 - THE EMBASSY THEATER
07:52 - EMBASSY THEATERS ARE ONE OF OUR
07:54 - WONDERFUL HISTORIC BUILDINGS
07:55 - HERE THAT WE'RE WORKING
07:56 - TO PRESERVE AND NOT AT THE VERY
07:58 - END YOU MAY RECOGNIZE HIM, BUT
08:00 - A LOT OF YOUNGER KIDS STILL
08:01 - THAT IS ROY ROGERS AND HIS
08:03 - HORSE TRIGGER. AND THERE ARE SO
08:05 - OUR MOVIE HERO BECAUSE
08:07 - THE STORY GOES THAT ROY AND
08:09 - TRIGGER ACTUALLY MADE AN
08:10 - APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE AT THE
08:12 - EMBASSY THEATER THE CRUSHING
08:14 - NEWS IS WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT
08:16 - JUST WEEKS AFTER THEY HAD TORN
08:18 - THE ORIGINAL STAGE OUT
08:19 - FOR THE RENOVATION AND THAT
08:21 - STORY WAS THAT THERE WERE
08:22 - FOOTPRINTS ON THOSE
08:23 - FLOORBOARDS. GONE FOREVER, BUT
08:25 - WE HAVE THE STORY WE PROMOTE THE
08:27 - ENTIRE COUNTY. BUT AS AS A BORN
08:30 - AND FOR OF LEWISTOWN THEY
08:33 - DON'T. I LOVE OUR DOWNTOWN AREA
08:35 - I LIVE IN
08:36 - DOWNTOWN LEWISTOWN AND WE'RE
08:39 - SENDING PEOPLE TO
08:40 - DIFFERENT LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN
08:42 - EASY WALKING DISTANCE ON NICE
08:44 - SIDEWALKS IN BEAUTIFUL
08:45 - NEIGHBORHOODS OF ONE OF THE
08:47 - ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLACES,
08:48 - ESPECIALLY ON A BEAUTIFUL DAY
08:49 - LIKE THIS IS THE RAW FROM ALL
08:52 - WALKING TRAIL WHICH IS RIGHT
08:53 - ALONG OUR JOURNEY AT A RIVER.
08:55 - JUNIOR RIVERS, ONE OF THE
08:56 - BIGGEST TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
08:58 - THAT WE HAVE ITS VOLUME IS
09:00 - CONTROLLED
09:00 - BY THE RAY'S TOWN DAM WHICH
09:02 - ISN'T TOO FAR AWAY FROM HERE,
09:04 - BUT IT KEEPS IT AT A NICE
09:05 - STEADY PACE, IT'S NICE WARM
09:07 - RIVER AND KAYAKING CANOEING AND
09:09 - EVEN TO BEING GOES ON THERE
09:10 - NOT TO MENTION FISHING SOME
09:12 - SERIOUS BASS FISHING HAPPENS
09:13 - IN THERE. THE LOW-DOWN TRAIN
09:15 - STATION IS ALSO A HISTORIC
09:17 - BUILDING THAT WE HIGHLIGHT IT
09:18 - IS THE OLDEST
09:20 - THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD
09:21 - STATION THAT IS STILL STANDING
09:23 - WE HAVE A GROUP OF MEN IN THERE
09:24 - THAT ARE ARCHIVING ALL KINDS OF
09:26 - INFORMATION ABOUT THE
09:27 - PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. BUT
09:29 - MOSTLY WE HAVE LOTS OF FOLKS
09:30 - THAT JUST GO OVER LOVE TO WATCH
09:32 - THE TRAINS COMING GO.
09:34 - THE VISITORS BUREAU IS ALSO A
09:35 - CHAMPION OF TO STAY THAT'S A
09:37 - LOCAL HOLIDAY THAT WE ACTUALLY
09:38 - SPREAD FROM MIFFLIN COUNTY TO
09:40 - DO THE COUNTY.
09:41 - BUT RIGHT HERE IN THE BOROUGH
09:42 - OF LEWISTOWN WE HAVE SEVERAL
09:43 - RESTAURANTS AND STORES
09:46 - LOCATIONS THAT ARE OFFERING
09:48 - SPECIAL EVENTS AND DISCOUNTS
09:50 - AND JUST REALLY FUN THINGS TO
09:51 - DO TO HIGHLIGHT THIS CRAZY
09:54 - WACKY. WE'RE PROUD TO CALL OF
09:58 - DOES HAVE ROOTS WAY BACK WHEN
10:00 - IN A IN A A CATHOLIC HOLIDAY
10:03 - CALLED SAINT MICHAEL MISTAKE
10:04 - AND THROUGH THE GENERATIONS IT
10:06 - HAS BECOME KNOWN AS CREW.
10:07 - STAY. SO WE HAVE IT HERE CAME
10:09 - OVER WITH SOME ENGLISH SETTLERS
10:10 - AND NOW WE'VE GRABBED A HOLD OF
10:12 - IT THE SHORT STORY IS IF YOU
10:14 - WEEK USE ON SEPTEMBER 29TH, YOU
10:16 - WON'T WANT FOR MONEY IN THE
10:17 - COMING YEAR. THE BIGGER STORY
10:19 - IS THAT AS A COMMUNITY WE'RE
10:21 - ALL BUILDING TO MAKE THIS THING
10:22 - AND EVEN BIGGER. HOLIDAY
10:24 - EVENT THAT. WILL HOPEFULLY TOP
10:26 - PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE
10:27 - EASTERN COAST.
10:29 - THANK YOU FOR COMING TO WBUR OF
10:30 - LEWISTOWN TODAY AND YOU'RE
10:32 - WELCOME TO STOP BY ANYTIME COME
10:33 - SEE US IN THE OLD COURTHOUSE.
10:36 - MY NAME'S DAVE CLEMENS ON THE
10:37 - CHIEF POLICE IN LEWISTOWN
10:38 - POLICE DEPARTMENT.
10:40 - A DEPARTMENT WAS FORMED IN
10:42 - 2011 AS FAR AS OF THIS TIME
10:43 - POLICE DEPARTMENT WE HAVE 11
10:46 - FULL-TIME OFFICER.
10:48 - 3 PART-TIME OFFICERS TO
10:49 - EXECUTIVE OFFICER. THE
10:51 - ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT AND
10:52 - MYSELF.
10:54 - AND WE OFFER A 247 COVERAGE TO
10:57 - THE BOROUGH.
10:59 - SO WE'RE WE HAVE OFFICERS ON
11:00 - DUTY AT ALL TIMES ONE OF THE
11:01 - MAIN EVENTS WE SPONSOR
11:03 - EVERY YEAR. IS THE NATIONAL
11:05 - NIGHT OUT EVENT NATIONAL NIGHT
11:07 - OUT IS SOMETHING THAT WE HOST
11:08 - THEIR YEARS, THE
11:09 - POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALSO
11:11 - INVOLVES A LOT OF THE EMERGENCY
11:14 - AGENCIES AND FOREIGN IN THE US
11:16 - THAT ALL ALONG TEAR
11:17 - ORGANIZATIONS IN DIFFERENT.
11:20 - OTHER SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS IN
11:21 - THE WORLD.
11:23 - THAT A CHANCE FOR THE COMMUNITY
11:24 - TO COME TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE
11:26 - ORGANIZATIONS AND WITH THE
11:27 - POLICE AND YOU KNOW TO ME
11:29 - OWN UNDER DIFFERENT
11:30 - CIRCUMSTANCES, A MORE RELAXED
11:32 - ATMOSPHERE. IT'S VERY FAMILY
11:34 - ORIENTED. SO THESE ARE VERY
11:36 - WELL ATTENDED EVENT.
11:38 - ANOTHER EVENT THAT WE HOST IS
11:41 - OCCURS OR VENT THAT
11:42 - USUALLY IN DECEMBER OF EVERY
11:44 - YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS. AND WE
11:46 - QUOTE FOOD FOR THE LOCAL FOOD
11:47 - BANKS. AND A TO Z
11:50 - VERY SUCCESSFUL. THE COMMUNITY
11:52 - IS VERY GENEROUS AND SUPPORTIVE
11:54 - OF THAT EVENT AS WELL.
11:56 - ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANT
11:57 - TO MENTION IS WE HAVE A DRUG
11:59 - TAKE BACK PROGRAM WHERE WE
12:00 - HAVE THAT THE DEPOSITORY HERE
12:02 - IN OUR LAW THE THAT ANY TIME
12:04 - THE OFFICES OPEN ANYONE CAN
12:06 - COME IN AND AND DISPOSE OF
12:08 - UNWANTED MEDICATIONS. I KNOW
12:10 - IT'S BEEN A BIG ISSUE THE
12:11 - OPIOID CRISIS AND
12:12 - SO FORTH. THANK YOU FOR GIVING
12:15 - US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW YOU
12:16 - SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING
12:18 - AND A FUREVER IN
12:19 - THE AREA. THE FEEL FREE TO
12:22 - CAUSE ANY TIME.
12:25 - I'M BEING A SHADE.
12:26 - PRESIDENT OF LEWISTOWN
12:27 - BOROUGH COUNCIL WELCOME TO OUR
12:29 - COUNCIL CHAMBERS. I'D LIKE TO
12:31 - WELCOME YOU TO LOSE TOWN.
12:33 - WE ARE NESTLED IN THE HEART OF
12:34 - P A.
12:35 - WE'RE STEEPED IN HISTORY AND
12:37 - TRADITION.
12:38 - FROM OUR LOGAN GUARD MONUMENT
12:40 - RIGHT DOWNTOWN
12:42 - WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FIRST 5
12:43 - MILITIA THAT ANSWER PRESIDENT
12:44 - LINCOLN'S CALL FOR DEFENDING
12:46 - OUR UNION TO OUR GENERAL MCCOY
12:49 - MUSEUM WHICH HOUSES ARE
12:50 - HISTORICAL VALUES TO MIFFLIN
12:53 - COUNTY. OUR TRADITIONS IN
12:56 - LEWISTOWN INCLUDE
12:58 - TO STAY. THE LEE COUNTY KICK
12:59 - CONNECTION. LIBERTY FEST AND
13:02 - THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS WE HAVE
13:04 - SOMETHING TO OFFER EVERYONE
13:06 - LOOKING FOR FUN FAMILY
13:08 - ACTIVITIES, WE HAVE THOSE 2
13:10 - ENJOY OUR FIRST FRIDAY EVENTS
13:12 - EVERY MONTH WE'RE ADDING NEW
13:14 - BUSINESSES AND FUN THINGS TO
13:16 - DO. WE'RE
13:17 - OFFERING MUSIC. FOOD SPECIALS
13:20 - PARTICIPATORY EVENTS YOU CAN
13:22 - MAKE YOUR OWN T SHIRT ENJOY
13:24 - MAKING YOUR OWN PIECE OF
13:25 - POTTERY WE HAVE EVERYTHING YOU
13:28 - NEED TO DO. IF THAT'S
13:30 - NOT ENOUGH, COME TAKE A SELFIE
13:32 - WITH THEIR SOON TO BE WOWED
13:33 - THESE PROJECT TO SOLIDIFY YOUR
13:35 - BELIEF IN TO STAY TILL. WHAT
13:37 - ARE YOU WAITING FOR
13:38 - COME VISIT IMAGINE THE
13:40 - POSSIBILITIES WITH OPTIMISM,
13:42 - WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING
13:43 - YOU.
13:45 - STATE SENATOR JAKE CORMAN.
13:47 - I HAD THE HONOR OF SERVING AS
13:48 - MAJORITY LEADER IN THE STATE
13:49 - SENATE BUT IN IRAN OF THE
13:50 - MATTER IS I GET TO REPRESENT
13:52 - THE COUNTY HERE LEWISTOWN
13:53 - PENNSYLVANIA WERE VISITING TO
13:55 - THAT. LOSE TOP OF THE DAY IS
13:57 - NAMED AFTER WILLIAM LEWIS A
13:58 - QUAKER AND A MEMBER OF THE
14:00 - LEGISLATURE TOYS, THE GOOD
14:01 - NEWS, HERSELF AND FOR
14:04 - THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF NAME
14:05 - AFTER SOMEONE WHO SERVED IN THE
14:07 - LEGISLATURE. LU STOUT IS A
14:09 - WONDERFUL PLACE ALONG THE
14:10 - JUNIOR RIVER. WHERE HERE IS HER
14:12 - MOMENT IN THE MCCOY HOUSE.
14:14 - WAY TO THE COURTHOUSE WHICH IS
14:16 - NAMED AFTER MAJOR GENERAL FRANK
14:17 - ROSS MCCOY. WHICH HOUSES THE
14:19 - MIFFLIN COUNTY HISTORICAL
14:21 - SOCIETY. I'M A BIG FAN
14:23 - OF BOROUGHS I GREW UP A NUMBER
14:24 - ABOUT 5 PER OVER IN CENTER
14:26 - COUNTY. BOROUGHS ARE THE
14:27 - LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY
14:28 - THERE ARE HOME BASE WHERE
14:30 - YOU'RE FROM A DIFFERENT
14:30 - TOWNSHIP HERE
14:31 - OR THERE. YEAH THE DAY YOU'RE
14:32 - FROM THIS BOROUGH AND WE SAY
14:34 - WE'RE FROM VERY COUNTED BECAUSE
14:35 - THEY WERE FROM GRAHAM BILL
14:36 - PASSED IN THE FRONT THAT WAS
14:37 - THEY WERE FROM LOUISE. LU STOUT
14:39 - IS A CENTERPIECE OF
14:40 - OUR COMMUNITY. US THAT'S WHY
14:41 - IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE
14:42 - SUPPORT OUR BOROUGHS THAT
14:43 - THEY BECOME CENTERPIECE FOR ARE
14:46 - GATHERING CENTERPIECE FOR JOBS.
14:48 - THIS IS WHY I WAS SO STRONG THE
14:50 - SUPPORT OF ALL MY YEARS OF THIS
14:52 - COMMUNITY BECAUSE OF WHAT IT
14:53 - BRINGS A THE TO THE TO THE
14:55 - AREA. SO
14:57 - IS IMPORTANT WE ALL DO THAT
14:58 - IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALL STEP
15:00 - UP AND DO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE
15:02 - THE GIRLS LOVE STRUGGLES.
15:03 - AS ITS SORTIES OR TO GROW INTO
15:05 - THAT TOWNSHIPS TO OUT
15:07 - THAT DIRECTION. IT'S SO
15:09 - IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE WHERE
15:10 - OUR HOME BASES AND LEWIS DOWN
15:12 - AND TAKE THERE IS THE GREAT
15:13 - COMMUNITY. I'VE HAD THE HONOR
15:14 - OF REPRESENTING. AFTER THE LAST
15:16 - 20 YEARS.
15:17 - SO. MAKE A TRIP AND COME TO
15:19 - LEWISTOWN PENNSYLVANIA. I THINK
15:21 - YOU ENJOY IT.
15:24 - I'M JIM WHO'VE WORKED.
15:26 - EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOWN TO
15:27 - THE LOWEST OUT
15:28 - AND WE'RE STANDING RIGHT IN
15:29 - DOWNTOWN THAT WAS FOUND ON
15:31 - MONUMENT SQUARE. WE HAVE A
15:33 - GREAT NUMBER OF THINGS ARE
15:34 - HAPPENING WITHIN
15:35 - THE COMMUNITY AS A PART OF WHAT
15:37 - WE CALL THE KEYSTONE
15:38 - COMMUNITIES DESIGNATION THIS
15:40 - DESIGNATION ALLOWS US TO BRING
15:42 - IN NOT JUST THE BOROUGH, BUT
15:44 - ALSO NEIGHBORING TOWNSHIPS VERY
15:45 - IN GRANVILLE AND IT HAS
15:47 - PROVIDED A NUMBER OF GREAT
15:49 - INCENTIVES THAT ARE I'M REALLY
15:52 - TAKING HOLD WITHIN THE
15:53 - COMMUNITY. WE HAVE FACADE
15:55 - IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS WE
15:58 - MONUMENT SQUARE 3 WEST MONUMENT
15:59 - SQUARE. WE HAVE THE WARNER
16:01 - WILSON BUILDING. WE HAVE A
16:04 - HISTORIC
16:05 - PLAQUE PROGRAM. WE RECOGNIZE
16:08 - ABOUT 30 BUILDINGS WITHIN THE
16:09 - DOWNTOWN OR GREATER COMMUNITY.
16:13 - SO IT'S GREAT TO BRING IN THOSE
16:15 - TRADITIONS AND ALSO A WELCOME.
16:19 - THE NEW FOLKS WHO HAVE REALLY
16:21 - MADE A DIFFERENCE. WITHIN
16:23 - THE COMMUNITY. IT ONLY HAPPENS
16:25 - WITH VOLUNTEERS
16:26 - AND YOU'VE HEARD A NUMBER OF
16:28 - VOLUNTEERS WITH ADOPT A PLAN OR
16:31 - PROGRAM. PEOPLE THAT ARE
16:35 - INTEREST IN THE EMBASSY
16:36 - THEATER. PEOPLE THAT HAVE
16:38 - WORKED ON THE RIVERWALK PEOPLE
16:39 - THAT HAVE WORKED WITHIN
16:41 - THE FOUNTAIN. I'M JUST A WHOLE
16:43 - NUMBER
16:44 - OF PROJECTS. ONE GREAT THING
16:46 - ABOUT THE KEYSTONE COMMUNITY
16:47 - DESIGNATION IS WERE ALSO ABLE
16:49 - TO ASSIST LARGER BUSINESSES.
16:52 - WE ASSISTED.
16:54 - MANY PAPER. IT'S A COMPANY THAT
16:56 - STARTED IN 2008 WITH
16:58 - 3 EMPLOYEES. IT NOW EMPLOYS A
17:01 - 168 WE WORKED WITH A SHY
17:04 - BEAR BREWING. IN DERRY TOWNSHIP
17:07 - IT'S A START UP THEY'VE BEEN IN
17:08 - OPERATION NOW ABOUT 18 MONTHS.
17:11 - BUT IT'S JUST A GREAT
17:12 - WAY THAT WE CAN PROVIDE
17:14 - TAX CREDITS FOR COMPANIES THAT
17:16 - ARE LOOKING AT LOCATING WITHIN
17:18 - THIS GREAT AREA. THE RARE
17:20 - LORDSTOWN AREA. FOR
17:23 - MORE INFORMATION ABOUT DOWNTOWN
17:25 - WILLISTON AND ALL THE GREAT
17:26 - THINGS ARE HAPPENING HERE.
17:28 - VISIT DOWNTOWN LEWISTOWN DOT
17:30 - COM. THANKS FOR JOINING US.
17:33 - WELCOME TO LIST HOW MY NAME
17:35 - IS MICHELLE FETTER I AM THE
17:37 - OWNER OF LOUIS TOM PREP WORKS
17:38 - IN HERE WITH ME TODAY IS CABLES
17:40 - UP. SHE IS THE OWNER OF THE
17:42 - SQUARE CAFE AND BAKERY AND
17:44 - WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE ALL HER
17:46 - AMAZING BAKED GOODS
17:47 - HERE IN DOWNTOWN LOSE TOWN,
17:48 - INCLUDING THE BEST BRISKET IN
17:50 - TOWN AND ALSO BESIDE ME HERE AT
17:53 - THEIR SAVAGE MONTH IS LYLAN
17:55 - RYAN CHERRY OF EAST AND COFFEE
17:56 - COMPANY WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE
17:58 - THEIR POSITIVE PROXIMITY HERE
18:00 - IN OUR SMALL TOWN WITH THE BEST
18:02 - COFFEE YOU CAN POSSIBLY GET.
18:04 - HERE I LOSE TOWN.
18:06 - SO MANY THINGS ARE HAPPENING
18:07 - REALLY ARE REVITALIZING AND
18:10 - WE'RE WELCOMING. IT'S SO EASY
18:12 - TO GET INVOLVED.
18:13 - IT'S SO EASY TO JUMP ON BOARD
18:15 - ARE MAKING IT HAPPEN HERE.
18:17 - WE OPENED OUR BUSINESSES HERE
18:19 - IN DOWNTOWN LIST OUT BECAUSE
18:21 - WE BELIEVE IN LIST TOWN BECAUSE
18:23 - WE ARE LOUIS TOWN. WE LOVE
18:25 - THE PEOPLE WE LOVE EVERYTHING
18:27 - ABOUT THE BOROUGH WE LOVE ALL
18:29 - THE NATURE WE LOVE EVERYTHING
18:31 - THAT'S HAPPENING. AND OF COURSE
18:33 - WE HAVE A GREAT TEAM, A SMALL
18:35 - BUSINESSES HERE IN DOWNTOWN
18:36 - LEWISTOWN SO COME TO LOSE TOWN.
18:39 - IN A PRESS
18:40 - GETS SANDWICH 5 T SHIRT ENJOY
18:43 - OUR BEAUTIFUL TOWN. WELCOME TO
18:44 - LIST TOWN.
18:47 - HELLO MY NAME'S RHONDA MOORE.
18:49 - AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE
18:50 - JUNIOR RIVER VALLEY CHAMBER OF
18:52 - COMMERCE. I'M A LIFELONG
18:55 - RESIDENT OF LEWISTOWN AND I
18:57 - LIVE AND WORK IN THE BOROUGH.
19:00 - JAIME'S THE EMBASSY THEATER.
19:02 - IT'S A HISTORIC THEATER WITH A
19:04 - LONG AND RICH HISTORY. AND I'M
19:06 - EXCITED TO SAY THERE'S HAD
19:07 - GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE
19:10 - AREA YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS THAT
19:11 - ARE EXCITED TO JOIN IN THE
19:13 - RESTORATION EFFORT WE HAVE MANY
19:16 - EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING
19:17 - WITHIN THE BOROUGH.
19:18 - BOTH ECONOMICALLY AND
19:20 - CULTURALLY.
19:22 - IT WAS INTERESTING I JUST HAD A
19:23 - VISITOR FROM OUTSIDE THE AREA
19:25 - YESTERDAY WHO SAID WHERE CAN I
19:26 - GO AND GET SOME CHOCOLATE IT
19:28 - JUST SO HAPPENS WE HAVE A
19:29 - FANTASTIC PLACE THE LOCALLY
19:32 - WHERE YOU CAN GET HANDED
19:33 - CHOCOLATE ASHERS CHOCOLATE
19:35 - WHICH IS BANNED. LOUIS TIMBER
19:37 - STAPLE FOR
19:38 - MANY YEARS. WE HAD SEVERAL
19:40 - OTHER EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING
19:42 - IN THE AREA. ONE OF WHICH IS A
19:44 - BUS SHELTER PROJECT, THE
19:45 - CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DECIDED
19:47 - IF THERE WAS NO BUS SHELTER FOR
19:49 - OUR VISITORS AND OUR RESIDENTS
19:51 - TO LEAVE TO USE THE BUS SYSTEM.
19:53 - SO WE COMBINED
19:55 - OUR EFFORTS WE HAD WONDERFUL
19:57 - SPONSORS AND WE NOW HAVE A
19:58 - SHELTER AND AS PART OF THAT
20:00 - PROGRAM WE ALSO HAVE
20:03 - A LANDSCAPING PROGRAM DONE
20:05 - AROUND THAT THE SHELTER AS WELL
20:07 - AS THE ADOPTIVE PLANTER PROGRAM.
20:10 - LOCAL RESIDENT SARAH BUFFINGTON
20:12 - TOOK IT UPON HERSELF.
20:14 - AND VOLUNTEERS WHO WERE WILLING
20:16 - TO ADOPT.
20:17 - ONE OF OUR MANY PLANTERS IN
20:19 - THE DOWNTOWN WHICH IS
20:20 - BEAUTIFIED THIS TOWN AND
20:22 - MADE IT A WONDERFUL PLACE TO
20:26 - THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER
20:27 - EXCITING THINGS HAPPENING
20:29 - WITHIN OR AROUND ONE OF WHICH
20:31 - IS OUR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.
20:33 - WE HAVE SO MANY IN FACT THAT
20:35 - THE CHAMBER HAS INSTITUTED AN
20:37 - ENTREPRENEURIAL MEAT OUT
20:39 - WE MEET EVERY OTHER MONTH THAT
20:41 - WE HAVE OVER 30 YOUNG
20:42 - ENTREPRENEURS THAT ME AND
20:44 - DISCUSS ISSUES THAT THEY'RE
20:45 - FACING AND ENCOURAGE ONE
20:47 - ANOTHER AS THEIR BUSINESSES
20:49 - GROW AND DEVELOP.
20:51 - WE ALSO ARE SEEING AN INCREASE
20:53 - IN OUR INDUSTRY WITH
20:55 - MORE JOBS. THEN WE HAVE PEOPLE
20:57 - TO FILL THEM. AN EXCITING
20:59 - PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH IT.
21:01 - IT'S BEEN MY PLEASURE TO
21:02 - INTRODUCE YOU TO THIS BOROUGH
21:04 - THAT I LOVE AND CARE ABOUT AND
21:07 - WORK FOR THE LEWISTOWN BUR OUT.
21:10 - HELLO MY NAME IS LIKE SANADY
21:11 - ARM AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF
21:13 - UNITED WAY AMID PLUNGING OUT OF
21:14 - HERE LOWS
21:15 - DOWN PENNSYLVANIA. I HAD BEEN A
21:17 - RESIDENT OF LOS THEM BORROW FOR
21:19 - 18 YEARS AND I GET TO LIVE AND
21:21 - WORK HERE IN LOS TOMORROW.
21:23 - OUR UNITED WAY BUILDING HAS
21:24 - HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WE'VE
21:26 - BEEN IN THIS BUILDING SINCE
21:28 - 1958 HOWEVER, THE BUILDING WAS
21:29 - BUILT IN 1853. WE HAVE MADE
21:32 - SOME MINOR
21:33 - COSMETIC CHANGES. BUT ASIDE
21:35 - FROM THAT WE HAVE KEPT HIS
21:36 - HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE.
21:38 - UNITED WAY AMID PLUNGING AT A
21:39 - SUPPORTS MANY LOCAL PROGRAMS IN
21:41 - 2 COUNTIES IN THAT LUNCHEON,
21:43 - YEAH DUH 7 OUT OF THAT WELL
21:45 - PROGRAMS ARE LOCATED HERE IN
21:46 - THE BOROUGH LOUIS DOWN. AND WE
21:48 - ARE VERY PROUD OF SUPPORTING
21:50 - GREAT COMMUNITY SUCH AS THIS
21:52 - NOT ONLY DO WE SUPPORT LOCAL
21:53 - AGENCIES FINANCIALLY WE ALSO
21:55 - SUPPORT THEM
21:56 - WITH VOLUNTEERISM. THE RECENT
21:59 - 22TH ANNUAL DAY OF CARING WE
22:00 - HAD 430 VOLUNTEERS
22:02 - THAT WERE OUT IN THE
22:03 - COMMUNITIES THROUGH METH LUNGING
22:05 - AT COUNTIES 12 OUT OF THE 36
22:07 - PROJECTS THAT WE RECENTLY WERE
22:11 - IN THE LOWEST
22:11 - NUMBER O THOSE WERE ANYWHERE
22:14 - FROM PAINTING MINOR CARPENTRY
22:16 - WORK.
22:17 - DRY WALL ANYTHING THAT AGENCIES
22:20 - NEEDED AND WE'RE ABLE TO HELP
22:22 - THEM LAST SO HOPEFULLY YOU
22:24 - ENJOY YOUR VISIT AND
22:26 - THEY BORROW AND WE HOPE TO SEE
22:28 - YOU SON.
22:30 - THANK YOU FOR TAKING A TOUR
22:31 - LEWISTOWN BOROUGH PLEASE JOIN
22:32 - US FOR THE NEXT EDITION,
22:33 - EXPLORING PENNSYLVANIA.
22:34 - BOROUGHS WRITER ON PCN.