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During the public comment section of the June 2024 Spring Cove School District Board of Directors meeting, former board president Brian Gahagan asked why board member Misti Fisher was never present at the meetings and only attending by phone, while she was at other school functions. The number of times a board member could attend meetings electronically instead of in person was a topic of heated discussion at the Monday, August 12, meeting of the Spring Cove School Board. The number of times a board member can miss a voting meeting in person...
Taylor Township Supervisors passed a motion to approve the preliminary budget for 2025 which includes a .600 millage increase. The township needs an increase to assist the fire company in their purchase of a new vehicle. The proposed millage increase means a home worth $400,000 would pay $130 more in taxes per year. The fire company would get $45,000 per year. The township has not seen a tax hike since 2010. The Friendship Volunteer Fire Company reported their main rescue truck is out for repair and they have borrowed a truck from Saxton...
Central High School's Kate Dunn and Zoe Grill teamed up to win the District 6 2A Doubles Tournament winning the second straight title for the Lady Scarlet Dragons. They represented the district at the state tournament in Hershey on November 1 and 2 where the fell in a tough 3 set match to Masterman's Rena Liu and Sophia Piastaras in the class 2A first round of state play 7-6,3-6, 6-2. Dunn and Grill were doubles partners all of last season. Coach Shaun Coppersmith said ,"they got comfortable...
The Central Lady Scarlet Dragons had an outstanding regular season, playing a very difficult schedule finishing the regular season with an 11-4-1 record with some great games against Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference champs Bedford and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy. The Dragons, however, dropped a disappointing 1-0 game against Juniata in the 2A District 6 quarterfinal playoff game. Central coach Randy Trexler said after the game, “We lost 0-1, Juniata caught us in the third minute of the game o...
Crabtree, Rohrbaugh & Associates, school architects, did a facility study update for the board and the public in attendance at the October Regular School Board of Directors meeting for the Spring Cove School District. Joseph Crabtree and Larry Levato revealed that Spring Cove has seen an 11% decline in student population over the last decade and meets Pa. Dept. of Education guidelines for space. The secondary level only has a 76% utilization rate and Spring Cove Elementary a 79% rate. The biggest focus of districts are 1) Safety and security...
Gemma, a Golden Retriever from MEJIMO Kennels in Woodbury Township, won the most elaborate costume at Fogels Training Center Dog Halloween party. She is dressed in her pink Flamingo costume. Gemma is owned by Robyn Mills....
Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker announced that the Pa. Dept. of Education has changed the Spring Cove School District ceiling on taxes for the 2025-26 school year. The base Act 1 Index for 2025-26 has been calculated by the Pa. Dept. of Education ( PDE ) to be 4.0%. The Index for school districts, like Spring Cove, with a market value/personal income aid ratio greater than 0.4 has been adjusted for next year. Spring Cove School District’s Adjusted Act 1 Index for 2025-26 is 5.4% now, meaning that the district will be allowed, by the state, to ra...
Northern Bedford County School District Superintendent Todd Beatty addressed hoax calls regarding school shootings during his report. Beatty said two years ago, he reported about hoax school shooting calls. Last year, schools dealt with “swatting” emails about multiple bomb threats, he said. “This year started again with hoax texts and emails. Sadly, this seems to be the new norm,” Beatty said. “As a reminder, the FBI has communicated that, generally, remaining in the building is the most appropriate move with a bomb threat because of less like...
It was announced at the Claysburg-Kimmel School District Board of Directors October meeting that the district would have no money coming back to the district for overpayment from the Altoona Career and Technology Center. Current numbers in the CTC have put the facility over capacity. There was only a 65% acceptance rate for students in programs this year. The CTC is in urgent need of more space but the building is currently landlocked. The Claysburg-Kimmel Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) is holding a large Basket Bingo fundraiser for...
Central Scarlet Dragon juniors Leah Hazenstab and Carli Hart led the way for a shutout of the Tyrone Lady Eagles in girls’ soccer action. Hart assisted on Hazenstab’s opening goal and Hazenstab got the assist on Hart’s second half insurance goal. Seniors Danielle Heltzel , Paiton Campbell, and sophomore Julia Bowser led the Lady Dragon defense in holding Tyrone scoreless. Freshman goalkeeper Kailyn Gahagen got the shutout win with 8 saves on Eagle shots. The Lady Dragons move to 10-3-1 with the win. FINAL SCORE: Central 2, Tyrone 0 Score By Ha...
After battling to a scoreless draw through two halves of soccer, Bishop Guilfoyle Academy’s Andrew Burke put a well-placed shot in the corner of the net giving the Marauders the 1-0 overtime victory over the Central Scarlet Dragon Boys’ squad. Central coach Josh Bridenbaugh stated, “This was the best game of the year so far for us. We controlled the ball well and outshot the opponents for the first time this season.” Even with the overtime effort, the Central Boys’ team still remain looking for their first win of the season as they dropped t...
The Taylor Township Board announced that Dicks Schoolhouse Road and Frederick Road are scheduled for complete pavement during the week of October 16. The board will be making additional public announcements on pavement days and plans. Manager Timothy Laird reported that mowing has been completed for the year, PennDOT has completed line painting, and there was major clean up after a tornado touched down in the township. Several miles of road were closed and there were 13 calls for trees that were down and blocking roads. A thank you will be...
Senior Kira Trexler led the Central Lady Dragon soccer team to a 6-3 win over the Phillipsburg Lady Mounties. Trexler racked up four goals with Carli Hart and Lakkyn Dibert each providing two assists to her. Hart had three assists for the game. Dibert notched two goals of her own on Phillipsburg. Junior Bethany Kensinger had an assist to Dibert while Annabella Hunt, Lily Warlow, and Ashlynn Havens each scored a goal for the Mounties. Sophomore Lilly Harbaugh started the game as goal keeper for the Dragons and received the win. Central jumped ou...
Johnstown’s Jeremy Dietz was unstoppable in the pouring rain in their game against the Central Scarlet Dragon boys’ soccer squad. Dietz rolled for 7 goals as the Trojans downed Central 9-2 in a sloppy game. Central coach Josh Bridenbaugh said it was the second time the Dragons gave up nine goals this season. Greater Johnstown was up 5-0, with all goals accounted for by Dietz until Central got on the scoreboard with an unassisted goal by Logan Hummel. Jacob Heuston notched the final goal of the game for Central. Central remained in search of...
Julia Ritchey of Central High School has been crowned District 6 Class 2A singles champion after beating Central Cambria’s Marley Ratchford in straight sets 6-3,6-2. Ritchey created a big turnaround from last season when she dropped a heartbreaking final match to Ratchford in three sets. “Her biggest turnaround from last year’s loss to Ratchford would have to be her mental game,” Ritchey’s coach Shaun Coppersmith said. “She’s always hit hard and had a good serve. After losing in the title mat...
Central Cambria’s Jonathan Rivera was involved with every goal scored for his team as Central Cambria downed the Central boys’ soccer team 4-1. Rivera scored on two unassisted goals and assisted on his team’s other two goals. Central Dragon coach Josh Bridenbaugh said his team played their best game of the season, and narrowly missed some strong scoring opportunities. He gave his goalkeeper Noah Davis credit for making a number of strong saves during the course of the game. Central played the entire game with only 11 players and were unabl...
Lakkyn Dibert , Kira Trexler, and Leya Hazenstab all scored unassisted goals to lead the Central Lady Dragon soccer team to a 3-0 shutout of the Clearfield Bisons. Freshman goalkeeper Kailyn Gahagan turned in a shutout performance win with four saves. The Dragons scored the lone goal of the first half and then scored two goals in a little over a minute in the second half to seal the win. Central lady booters moved to 6-2-1 on the season. FINAL SCORE Central 3, Clearfield 0 Score By Halves Central 1 2--3 Clearfield 0 0--0 1st Half: C-Trexler...
The Central Ladys' tennis team came up big in their last regular season match and senior night. Seniors Julia Ritchey and Brooklyn Coppersmith shined in their singles matches, both winning without surrendering a game. Abby Smith got her first career start. Central did not give up a game in singles play and only a total of four for the entire match. Kate Dunn also won her singles match for the Dragons without giving up a game. Zoe Grill-Breslyn Beech and Taryn Walters-Abby Smith took both...
Central Lady Dragon soccer captain Kira Trexler led her team with two goals against Bald Eagle to a 4-3 win in a back and forth battle. Central midfielder Carli Hart scored an unassisted goal to put the Dragons up one. The Lady Eagles were awarded a penalty kick just before halftime, but Central freshman goalie Kailyn Gahagan blocked the shot with a diving save. Bald Eagle scored 57:34 into the contest to knot the game up at 3, but senior captain Lakkyn Dibert scored the game winner with an assist by Hart. Central midfielder Bethany Kensinger...
Huntingdon racked up the first four goals of the game on their way to downing the Central Scarlet Dragon boys’ soccer team 7-2. The Bearcats Andrew Wilson notched two unassisted goals as did Central’s Jacob Heuston who accounted for all Dragon scoring. Central coach, Josh Bridenbaugh, said the Dragons were limited in their scoring opportunities but did capitalize by scoring on 2 of 3 shots they had in the game. Central goalkeeper Noah Davis, peppered with shots throughout the game, still was able to record 15 saves. The Dragons are still in...
The highlight of the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors’ regular monthly meeting was the board’s decision to pass the new policy of attendance at meetings by electronic communications as opposed to in-person meeting attendance. The policy in the first reading, stated that a board member cannot miss more than three voting meetings and remain on the board. Also, notice of meeting absence must be given three days before a meeting so it can be determined whether there will be a quorum to be able to hold the meeting. Medical documentatio...
Alexys Tomlinson, a freshman at Claysburg Kimmel, will become the first swimmer ever to represent the district in competitive meets. The board of directors approved the decision at their September meeting. Claysburg has never had a formal swim team. Tomlinson will swim for the district and wear the school swimsuit and cap. Her mother, Tiffany Tomlinson, was approved by the board to serve as a volunteer swim coach for independent swimmers. The suit should be in the $50-$80 range and cap $20. Tomlinson’s current swim times would qualify her f...
The Central Lady Dragon tennis team shut out the Richland Rams 5-0 without surrendering a game. The perfect performance was led by Julie Ritchey at the #1 singles spot and Hailey Fries got her first start of her career playing in the #2 doubles spot. Central garnered their seventh victory of the tennis season. Results-Singles: Julia Ritchey-C def. Mallory Carbough -R 6-0,6-0; Kate Dunn-C def. Caitlyn Rasa-R 6-0,6-0; Zoe Grill-C def. Taylor Stape-R 6-0,6-0 Doubles-Brooklyn Coppersmith-Breslyn Beech-C def. Malia Lesto-Kylie Deesum-R 6-0,6-0;...
The Central Lady Dragons downed Everett in scholastic tennis by a 5-0 count. The Dragons surrendered only two games in five matches against the Warriors, gaining their eighth victory of the season. Central’s next match was Senior Day on Monday, September 16 at home against Clearfield. Clearfield was the last home match of the regular tennis season. The Dragons were scheduled for a doubleheader against the undefeated Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers on Tuesday, September 17. The match on Thursday, September 19 at Central Cambria marks the last r...
Northern Bedford County School District Superintendent Todd Beatty reported on cyber school finance reform at the Board of School Directors meeting last Monday. “After the dust has settled, what started as high hopes for cyber finance reform in Harrisburg has fizzled for Northern Bedford County,” he said. “The latest bill signed into law provides multiple formulas to determine if a district receives any relief on special education tuition. Unfortunately, it is of no benefit to NBC School District.” Beatty said the start of school this year wa...
The final reading for the new proposed policy for attendance at meetings via electronic communications brought a great deal of disagreement and discussion to the Spring Cove School District School Board Committee of the Whole meeting. The policy said there would be no last minute notice of attendance through electronic communications and a member could have no more than three meetings done virtually. Board member Kevin Smith said the proper chain of command was not followed. “Limiting electronic communications at meetings is a violation of t...
The Northern Bedford Lady Panther soccer squad scored on a penalty kick by Alyssa Yeatts with only four minutes remaining to secure a 2-1 victory over Berlin Brothers Valley. The two teams battled to a scoreless first half with neither team able to find the net. Nearly 58 minutes into the match Hailey Troy notched the first goal for NBC breaking the scoreless tie but Berlin Brothers came back to tie the game with about seven minutes remaining in the game. Alyssa Yeatts finally sealed the victory with a penalty kick for Northern Bedford giving...
Penn Cambria boys’ soccer team notched four goals in each half to shut out the Central Dragon boys 8-0. Central coach Caleb Stern said following the game, “This was a tough loss with too many mistakes to recover from. Noah , our goalkeeper, had 35 saves because we played on a small field, but they just ended up being too much in the end.” Nicholas Marshall notched a hat trick for Penn Cambria while Elijah Chyr racked up two unassisted goals. Evan Connacher garnered a goal and assist for the Panthers. The Central Dragons are still searc...
The Central Lady Dragon girls’ soccer team downed the Penn Cambria Panthers 8-1, racing off to a 7-0 lead in the first half of play. Central’s Kira Trexler notched four goals and Bethany Kensinger racked up two assists on Trexler’s goals. Lakkyn Dibert also garnered two goals for Central and Lady Dragon captain Paiton Cambell also chipped in with a goal. Other players adding assists for Central included Maddie Benton and Carlie Hart. During the first half the Dragons scored four goals in a period of slightly over five minutes taking contr...
Archrivals Central Lady Dragons and Bedford Bison engaged in a back and forth girls soccer match that ended in a 5-5 tie. Bedford struck first with the first two goals of the game and were up 3-2 at halftime, however, the Central Lady Dragons came out after half, scoring the next three goals going up 5-3. Bedford rallied notching two goals in four minutes with less than ten minutes left to play to tie the game. Alyssa Leydig came up with a hat trick for Bedford, scoring her final goal at 75:01 to tie the game. Carli Hart led Central scoring...
The Central Dragon girls’ tennis team swept all three singles matches and both doubles over the Huntingdon Bearcats to record a 5-0 victory on Monday. Zoe Grill got her first start in singles for Central and Gabby Decker got her first varsity start earning a victory in the #2 doubles slot for the Lady Dragons. Central surrendered only three games in singles play and dropped only five games in doubles action. Match results:Julia Ritchey -C def.Rachel Boone -H 6-0,6-0 ;Kate Dunn-C def. Maycee Fox-H 6-0,6-0; Zoe Grill-C def. Chloe Gutshall-H 6...
The Northern Bedford County girls’ soccer team notched three goals in the first three minutes of play and cruised on to an 8-1 win over the Tussey Mountain Titan girls. “Our girls were ready to play,” Panther Coach Marcus Yeatts said. “They played with great energy in the first half and did a great job pressing and winning the ball. Our team defense was solid, only giving up one shot in the first half. Our attacking players were really dangerous. They were flying to the ball and then were very unselfish in possession to create chances. We need...
The Northern Bedford Boys’ soccer squad moved to 2-0 on the season with a dominant win on the road over Forbes Road High School. The Panthers downed the Cardinals 8-1 with a strong five-goal second half. Dhylan Miller led the way with two goals and an assist, while Max Gochnour and Alex Kochara each notched two goals. D’Angelo Wojick notched a goal and two assists with Weston Hart adding a goal and an assist. Ben Steele, playing in his first start as a goalie, allowed only one goal. Coach Dan Oberman felt the team may have started a little slo...
Dr. Brian Helsel, Claysburg-Kimmel School District superintendent, announced at the monthly Board of Directors meeting that the district had been awarded a $20,000 grant for developing future educators. The two-year grant will focus on getting teachers to become special educators. The grant will also pay for an advisor. The purchase of a drone is also being considered. The Intermediate Unit is coming in to support the district with curriculum. There will be a data team with the Intermediate Unit. Mental health awareness initiatives will be the...
By Thomas Schmitt It was revealed at the Northern Bedford County School District August Board of Directors meeting that the district had a computer security incident in which they were the target of a cyber breach and ransomware infection by a highly sophisticated cyber-criminal group. The district believes the threat came through a virtual private network. The school installed a new state-of-the-art firewall, reconfigured servers, and recreated user accounts, and all staff and student passwords were reset. The district security budget was...
During Citizens recognition time at the Taylor Township Supervisors meeting, Dave Aiello asked if the new nuisance ordinance would include fireworks, which he had a great deal of trouble with this year. He also asked how the township could enforce the ordinance. The supervisors said they could now fine for violations of the ordinance for things such as parties, etc. An earlier fireworks ordinance had been done away with because it was inefficient. They cannot get a police force as they would need to double township taxes to do this. A solar...
The number of times a board member could attend board meetings by electronic communications instead of in person attendance was a heated topic of discussion at the Monday, August 12 meeting of the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors. The motion to limit the number of times a board member can attend a board meeting electronically passed in first reading by a 5-4 vote with board members Kevin Smith, Andrea Moses, Misti Fisher, and Gretchen Bettwy opposing the idea while John Biddle, Linda Smith, Amy Acker-Knisely, Chuck Gojmerac, and...
Spring Cove School District Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker reviewed what the 2024-25 approved state budget would mean to the district during her report at the board of directors regular meeting. There was an increase of $140,375 (or 1.6%) in their Basic Education Funding. Dr. Baker stated given inflation, unfunded mandates, the increase is still overall a setback and translates to less state support for the district and a need to rely on local effort to maintain status quo. She said in comparison, their basic educational funding in the last...
The township reported purchase of several major pieces of property for North Woodbury Township at their Regular July 12 meeting held at the township municipal building. A 26,000 watt Generac generator has been purchased by the township with installation scheduled for August 12. The township purchased the generator at a cost of $9,646 and chose the Generac model because of stronger warranty offered. There were originally two bids given to the township for purchasing generators, but at the May meeting the supervisors opted for the Generac model....
One of the biggest topics of discussion at the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors Regular meeting for July was the live streaming of board meetings. Most of the board expressed that it would be an excellent means of bringing the meeting to those who could not attend the meetings in person. The issue with setting up livestreaming is the prohibitive cost. Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker said the district would be looking at a cost of at least $100,000 as the district has no in-house information technology department and it would have...
During the Taylor Township July Supervisors’ meeting, it was determined by township engineer Greg Geishauser that revised plans must be made to the septic area of Thomas Wareham Trucking in order to get township approval. The stormwater issue must be addressed, Geishauser said, before going any further. There can be no breaking of ground prior to township approval. Geishauser proposed waiting until next month’s board meeting before taking any action, although builders may be ready to move forward now.There must also be approval from the Dep...
The Northern Bedford County School District Board of Directors approved a 3.65% property tax increase for the 2024/25 school year representing a hike of .34 of a mill. This will represent a $45 annual tax increase for the average household. The only dissenting vote opposing the budget came from board member Ralph Scott. The General Fund Budget for 2024/25 will have revenues of $15,692,251 and expenditures of $16,482,065 with a deficit of $789,814. The local revenue from real estate tax of $3,289,204 is anticipated at 94 percent collection...
The Claysburg-Kimmel School District Board of Directors approved a property tax hike of 7.7% for the 2024-25 school year. This increase represents the maximum allowed under the Act 1 Index. The increase represents approximately $80/year to the average homeowner and will generate about $321,740 in revenue. Greenfield Township will have a 9.76 millage rate while Kimmel Township will be at a 11.71 millage rate. The board also approved the General Fund Budget of $14.7 million. The budget still represents a deficit of $362,196 with approximate...
The Spring Cove School District Board of Directors, by a 7-2 margin, raised the real estate tax rate by 3.6% with a final rate of 11.6556 mills on the assessed dollar value of all real property taxable for school purposes in the district. The school district was allowed to raise real estate taxes to the maximum of 7.2% under the Act 1 index. Board members John Biddle, Chuck Gojmerac, Linda Smith, Troy Wright, Amy Acker-Knisely, Andrea Moses, and Gretchen Bettwy voted in favor of the tax hike while Kevin Smith and Misti Fisher, by phone, voted...
The Spring Cove School District Board of Directors June Committee of the Whole meeting brought up several speakers during Recognition of Visitors who brought forth serious issues and questions to certain board members that they felt were problematic and need to be addressed. Brian Gahagan, former school board of directors president, questioned board member Kevin Smith and those who ran with him for election to the school board on their lack of transparency. He questioned why those who ran with him as a group were no longer supporting him as a...
Friendship Volunteer Fire Co. treasurer Rodney Claycomb announced, at the June Taylor Township Supervisors meeting, that the fire company was in full pursuit of raising funds to purchase a $1 million Rescue Truck. Claycomb said they pulled $19,000 out of checking to go into a CD for the truck fund. The fire company wants to put $50,000/year back each year for the new truck fund. They have a grant application in now for money to purchase the truck. He said the problem is that in order to be a strong candidate for grant awards a fire company...
The Monday, May 20 regular meeting of the Spring Cove School District Board of Directors was highlighted by a number of personnel changes. The resignation of Holly Boyles, Spring Cove Middle School assistant principal was accepted effective June 28. Boyles will be leaving to take over as elementary principal at Claysburg Kimmel School District. The resignation of Mathew Moushlian, Spring Cove Middle School English teacher was also accepted effective at the end of the 2023/24 school year. The motion to hire Bobbi King to fill the 260 day positio...
After considering three bids for a new tractor and considerable discussion about cost, a decision was made to purchase a John Deere 5-1 series tractor from West Central Supply at a cost of $98,105 at the May North Woodbury Township regular meeting. West Central Supply, however, gave the township $45,000 for the old tractor for a net cost of $53,105. West Central Supply agreed to provide a loaner in case of a break down and also offered an extended warranty on the tractor. The John Deere had $10,000 to $11,000 of options on it and weighed 2,100...
Spring Cove School District Business Manager, Steven Foor, gave a complete presentation on the 2024-25 proposed preliminary budget during the May 13 regular meeting of the Board of Directors. Foor stated cyber charter schools were the biggest financial challenge faced by the district. It will cost over $1 million to fund them for the upcoming year. The rise in cost is 95% in cyber charter schools over five years ago. There is a 3.3% increase in budgeted expenditures for next year with cyber charter school cost accounting for 1% of that .927...
Northern Bedford County School District Superintendent Todd Beatty stated that while the district is looking at a 3.65% tax increase with a millage of 9.62% Northern Bedford still has the lowest millage rate but the highest median income of any district in the county. A preliminary budget for 2024/25 with revenues of $15,706,835 and expenditures of $16,480,332 leaving a deficit of -$773,497 was approved by the school board. This represents a difference of $40,000 from last year’s budget. Beatty said the 3.65% tax increase was half of the a...
