What we're working on: Sept. 25

Here's a look at the stories that are keeping our reporters busy: * Last year, the Geisinger Health System made $154 million. See what profit this year brought. * A suspect tries to intimidate guards who are witnesses against him in an attempted prison break, police charge. * How about some deep-fried sushi? Our reporters throw everything into the vat at the Bloomsburg Fair. * A man shot a family's dog to death from a range of about 15 feet, State Police say. Look for these stories and more in tomorrow's edition of the Press Enterprise.

Man fatally shot family pet

DELAWARE TWP. -- A man shot a family's dog to death just before 2 this morning when he found it outside his house along Route 54, State Police say. Wayne Morris Vanblargan, 69, got within about 15 feet of the German shepherd and fired two rounds from a .22-caliber rifle, fatally wounding the animal, police report. The dog, named Rayne, was a 2-year-old purebred, the pet of a family with four young children, according to police.

Man stricken at fair is still alive

BLOOMSBURG -- A man who suffered an apparent heart attack at the Bloomsburg Fair on Friday isn't dead, but is in critical condition at Geisinger Medical Center, the hospital reports. Fair officials had said that Mike McCullough, 48, couldn't be revived after collapsing near the Himalaya thrill ride Friday evening. But a Geisinger spokesman said that a hospital doctor who happened to be nearby administered CPR and has treated McCullough since he arrived at the Danville hospital. McCullough was listed in critical condition there Tuesday morning.

NRA membership swells at booth

MONDAY, Sept. 23, 1:45 p.m. -- Harry Jacobs at the NRA booth in Freedom Hall says more than 200 people have renewed or signed up for a new NRA membership since Friday's fair preview day. In the 15 years since he began setting up a stand at the fair, Jacobs said he usually signs up or renews 500 members each fair week. "I should be way beyond that this year if the weather holds up." Jacobs, speaking as a private citizen not an NRA spokesman, said the topic of the fair's aborted gun ban has been on people's minds this year.

Man held gun to girlfriend's head, cops say

BLOOMSBURG -- A Danville-area man pointed a loaded handgun at his girlfriend's head early Thursday, town police said. Now Steven M. Sebasovich 45, of 5 Normar Road in Valley Township, faces aggravated assault, harassment and other charges. He was waiting outside with a Taurus 9mm handgun when Heather Mowery returned home to 544 Iron St. about 6 a.m. from a friend's house, charges say. Mowery told police Sebasovich came at her with the gun leveled at her head, threatening to kill her.

Teen suspended for 'forgotten' knife

FOX CHAPEL (AP) -- A western Pennsylvania teenager says he was wrongly suspended from school after he realized he had forgotten about a hunting knife in his pocket at a high school football game and turned it over to a security guard. David Schaffner III, 16, said he was setting up a hunting site in the woods before he was dropped off at the Fox Chapel High School football game last Friday. Schaffner remembered he still had the knife with him when he saw a sign prohibiting weapons at the field, so he approached a security guard and gave him the knife.

Mostly fair weather

BLOOMSBURG -- The Bloomsburg Fair is here and that means rain, at least for one day this weekend. By Sunday, however, the skies will clear up and the temperatures should reach the low 70s through Wednesday. The gates open at 2 p.m. Friday, and that looks like a great day to hit the fair. It's going to be sunny and warm, with a high temperature of 77 degrees. Saturday morning will be cloudy with a chance of showers, and by 2 p.m., thunderstorms will have moved into the area, according to the National Weather Service. Here's the weather forecast through Wednesday:

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