PCNTV
Sign In Home Live Politics History 250th Sports Search Shop Donate Subscribe

ADVERTISEMENT
Lewistown Borough, Exploring Pennsylvania Boroughs

(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.

Caption Text Below:    

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.


Related Video
Mural City Cellars PCN Tours

Mural City Cellars, PCN Tours

Elizabethtown Exploring PA Boroughs

Elizabethtown, Exploring PA Boroughs

PAs Declaration of Independence

PA's Declaration of Independence