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Sentencings from Clinton County

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LOCK HAVEN — The information in sentencings is obtained from public record. It is the policy of The Express that this information will not be withheld from publication. — Darryl Wayne McDermit, Jr., charged with evading arrest or detention on foot and possession of drug paraphernalia, sentenced 1 to 2 years in a State Correctional Institution with 116 days credited and placed on probation for 1 year. — Fatima Ivette Reinoso, charged with attempted prostitution, must complete 75 hours of community service for a period of 6 months.

Old Photo Album: Lock Haven Salvation Army Board, mid-1940s

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EXPRESS FILE PHOTO The Salvation Army Board, celebrating the burning of its mortgage on the building at 119 E. Church St., was razed to make way for a new citadel in Lock Haven, was photographed in mid-1940s. Front row, from left, are Major Ward Nicholson, Mervin Burkett, chairman of the ...

Finding Faith: From pessimism to optimism, lessons from Psalm 73

Religion

What makes the difference between pessimism and optimism? If you think about it, the actual facts are the same, so it’s not the facts. Rather the difference is where you, the observer, are focusing. Is it the negative facts, or the positive facts? We find this phenomenon in the 73rd Psalm, a psalm of Asaph. Historically speaking, it is likely that Asaph lived through a period of cultural degradation, and this shows in this, his first psalm in the Hebrew Psalter. After Solomon’s dedication of the Temple, Asaph saw Israel’s “golden age” turn into something quite apart from what ...