Thursday, March 28, 2013
oddly enough
Charges: Pa. man bagged deer in Walmart lot
BLAIRSVILLE, Pa.
They say you can get almost anything at Walmart. But the Pennsylvania Game Commission says one deer hunter took it too far.
Forty-year-old Arcangelo Bianco Jr. is charged with reckless endangerment and hunting-law violations for purportedly shooting across a highway to kill a 10-point buck he spotted in a Walmart parking lot in November.
Defense attorney Jason Huska declined to comment Wednesday on the specific allegations but says his client denies wrongdoing. Bianco faces a preliminary hearing May 1 on charges reported by the Indiana Gazette.
Wildlife Conservation Officer Jack Lucas says Bianco fired several shots in the parking lot then retrieved the deer from the side of the highway opposite the store, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh.
Bipartisan helper costs man local Pa. ballot spot
SOMERSET, Pa.
So much for bipartisanship.
The Somerset County Elections Board won’t let a Democrat run for auditor in a southwestern Pennsylvania township because the man who circulated the candidate’s nominating petition was a Republican.
Michael Sayler needed the signatures of 10 fellow Democrats to get on the May primary ballot. And he got them — but they were collected by Township Supervisor James Yoder, a Republican.
The elections board tells the (Somerset) Daily American that state law requires the person who gathers the signatures to be from the candidate’s party.
Yoder says he was just trying to help and has also gathered signatures for Kelly Hoffman, the township’s Republican candidate for auditor.
Yoder says he just wanted to make sure the township had candidates from both parties — and he’s encouraging township residents to cast write-in votes for Sayler.
Game streaming live at Phillies’ minor-league park
ALLENTOWN, Pa.
Talk about streaming media: The Philadelphia Phillies’ top minor-league affiliate is set to debut what it calls a “urinal gaming system” at its ballpark in Allentown.
The Lehigh Valley IronPigs tapped a British company to install the system in men’s restrooms at Coca-Cola Park.
It consists of a video display mounted above each urinal. When a fan approaches, the video console will sense his presence and switch into gaming mode. The guy aims left or right to control the play on the screen.
The team said Tuesday that Coca-Cola Park will be the first sports venue in the world to feature the gaming system. It’ll be ready by opening day next week.
IronPigs General Manager Kurt Landes says he didn’t want to flush away a golden opportunity to entertain fans.
Associated Press