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  • County Hall Corner: State Award to JPO Chief Ed Robbins

    County Hall Corner: State Award to JPO Chief Ed Robbins0

    Larry Stout

    For almost 70 years, the Juvenile Court Judges’ Commission of Pennsylvania has been responsible for establishing standards that are used in the juvenile court system in the Commonwealth. They have been a flagship to the rest of the nation in this area. Besides setting parameters for best practices, they also seek to highlight those who

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  • County Hall Corner: Budget News and Blues0

    Larry Stout

    Everyone who works with finances has to operate with a budget. Even in our personal finances, we know that we have to plan correctly to prevent “too much month at the end of the money.” This is true with government entities as well, as they have to plan a budget and show concretely where the

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  • County Hall Corner: Surprise!0

    Larry Stout

    Surprise! That word could either express intense happiness or insufferable disappointment. It is a universal emotion, as virtually everyone is happy with a good surprise and unhappy with a bad one. Reflecting on 2020 and especially in response to the COVID virus, I have had three big surprises, two quite unhappy and one rather happy.

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  • This Week’s LION: Eileen Ebner – Administrative Manager Extraordinaire0

    Larry Stout

    It is not uncommon for folks to envy government employees because of their security and benefits, but what these people are not aware of is the amount of responsibility that comes from working in government, even at a county level. It is far more than a job — it is a responsibility that impacts thousands

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  • County Hall Corner: History over Hysteria1

    Larry Stout

    Are these historic times? It is amazing how much our society has changed through 2020. Of course, much of this comes from the continual uncertainty of the COVID virus. I recently read one account by a world-renowned author noting the fear and poor leadership associated with the spread of the deadly virus. It was entitled,

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  • County Hall Corner: Team Lycoming County vs. COVID-190

    Larry Stout

    In the United States, sports reflect life. When I lived abroad, I often had to help the interpreters who would be translating for the Americans who would visit because they inadvertently used so many sports metaphors and did not realize it. Those not familiar with the game of baseball have no idea what is meant

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  • 9/11 Memorial Coalition Ride Cancelled0

    Press Release

    It is with extreme regret that the 9/11 Memorial Coalition must announce that the 2020, 9/11 Memorial Motorcycle Ride is officially CANCELLED. Governor Wolf, and PennDOT, placed a new requirement on the Coalition, to be issued the permit for the Ride, that is simply “unobtainable.” We have exhausted every possible way to meet these new

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  • County Hall Corner: Stepping in the Leadership0

    Larry Stout

    The Lycoming County Commissioners met on Tuesday, August 11th and announced they were not holding public meetings for the next two weeks to participate in County Commissioners of Pennsylvania training sessions. This particular meeting had a very long agenda of four pages, whereas a typical agenda would be about two pages. Much of the actions

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  • County Hall Corner: Our World After COVID0

    Larry Stout

    In my lifetime, I have seen our country go through race riots, campus riots, assassinations, foreign wars, presidential impeachments, inflation, recession, epidemics, bank failures, stock market crashes, technology explosions, terrorist attacks, etc., etc., etc. And amazingly, after these crises came, they also went, and life went on. It is helpful to keep this in mind

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  • This Week’s LION: Scammer Stoppers0

    Larry Stout

    Sheriff Mark Lusk announced at the Lycoming County Commissioners Meeting on Tuesday, August 4th, to bring attention to a recent rise in an ongoing racket that has plagued our area — phone scammers. These professional deceivers call individuals at home, at work, or on their personal cell phones, and introduce themselves, saying, “I am with

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  • County Hall Corner: Simple Civility0

    Larry Stout

    After the past Lycoming County Commissioner Meetings in July, I was tempted to ask Jim Webb Jr. for hazardous duty pay. The temperature of the meeting room has certainly been steadily rising, and not just due to the weather. Since we now live in a time that forgets how to practice simple civility, I wish

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  • CWD Areas Expand – More than 200 additional whitetails have tested positive in the past year0

    Press Release

    The battle to control chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Pennsylvania is expanding into new areas.  The Pennsylvania Game Commission maintains three Disease Management Areas across the state to control CWD. They are geographic regions featuring special rules for hunters and the general public meant to slow the disease’s spread while increasing chances of detecting it.

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  • County Hall Corner: Staying Positive in a Negative World0

    Larry Stout

    There is an axiom in journalism that says, “if it bleeds, it leads.” I complained about this to one of my English professors in college, and he rebutted that covering a plane crash is news, one that lands safely is not. But given the amount of turmoil over the past four to five months, I

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  • County Hall Corner: A Whale of a Problem0

    Larry Stout

    This year is the 50th anniversary of what stands out as one of the more bizarre events in American history. It is best described as the “Exploding Whale” story. In November of 1970, a 45-foot, eight-ton whale washed up on a beach off the coastal city of Florence, Oregon. For this community of 9,000 or

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  • County Hall Corner: Ed Robbins – Juvenile Probation Champion0

    Larry Stout

    On July 10th, Lycoming County Government will be losing yet another one its exceptional department heads. The county commissioners should be commended for their ability to find excellent replacements for these departing chiefs, but they will need to find someone with really big shoes to fill those of retiring Juvenile Probation Department Director Ed Robbins.

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  • County Hall Corner: 50 Shades of Green0

    Larry Stout

    The euphoria of finally transitioning to the “Green” phase of the social/economic restrictions mandated by Governor Tom Wolf has been somewhat tempered by the reality that “Green” does not exactly mean “Go.” At the Monday, June 8th county press conference, government officials and community leaders strained to put the best light on the continual constraints

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