KEYSTONE CLIPS Will cruisers add sponsors?

Sharon Councilman George Gulla voted for a plan to buy police cruisers and other vehicles with the aid of sponsors but he's not sure the idea of having advertising on police cars is a good idea.
City council voted this week to apply for a grant from Government Acquisitions Inc., a private organization that offers to help municipalities get vehicles by finding sponsors to help pay for them.
One catch is that the sponsors' names must appear somewhere on the vehicle. Gulla said he could see some problems when a traffic case goes to court and the defendant says, "I'm not gonna stop for a Domino's Pizza wagon."
Getting help for college
Children of Pennsylvania police officers, firefighters, rescue or ambulance squad members, corrections facility employees or National Guard members who died in the line of duty after Jan. 1, 1976, are eligible for special financial aid for college, said state Rep. Frank LaGrotta of Ellwood City, D-10th.
The program is meant to recognize and honor people who lost their lives protecting the citizens of Pennsylvania. It provides children with a waiver of tuition, fees and room and board charges at state schools.
To qualify, a child must be a resident of Pennsylvania, be 25 or younger at the time of application to the program, have already applied for available scholarships and state or federal grants and be enrolled full-time at a state-owned institution or Pennsylvania community college.
For an application, call (800) 692-7392.
The recent bad weather prompted the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to offer some safe driving tips.
Although some of the tips are common items like using headlights in poor light conditions and avoiding standing water, some carry beyond just storm situations and are a good reminder of how motorists should behave at intersections controlled by traffic lights.
If a traffic-control signal isn't working or isn't working properly, motorists should stop as if they had a stop sign, the state said. If the light is stuck or flashing on yellow or green, motorists can proceed with caution, but if it is stuck flashing on red or is completely unlit, it should be obeyed exactly as a stop sign, the state said.
XCONTRIBUTORS: Harold Gwin and Laure Cioffi, Vindicator Pa. staff.