LEWISTOWN – An agenda item for the Sept. 27 business meeting of the Mifflin County School District Board of Directors unleashed a small firestorm from a group of concerned residents. On the agenda is the hiring of spring sports coaching positions, including current baseball coach Bernie Howard. During Thursday’s committee of the whole meeting, Lewistown resident Neal Shawver presented the board with a petition asking the board to reconsider retaining Howard as the baseball coach at MCHS for a number of reasons. At that point, Board President Terry Styers stopped Shawver, telling him ...