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FROM THE OFFICE OF THE BLAIR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS The Blair County Board of Elections would like the public to be aware of new procedures for the November 3 General Election. It is important that every citizen have the information necessary to make sure their vote counts. General Changes: No Straight Party Option - As a result of Act 77 of 2019, the Legislature eliminated straight party voting, so voters no longer have a shortcut option to vote straight party. If Voters wish to vote for all one party candidates for all offices, they must vote...
Lisa Schaefer Executive Director County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania For the past several months, counties have been pleading with the General Assembly and administration to change the state’s election laws that would allow counties to begin pre-canvassing absentee and mail-in ballots before Election Day. As there are now no more legislative session days scheduled before November 3, it appears these pleas will go unanswered for this election, depriving counties of valuable time to take care of manual tasks that would have helped u...
The Roaring Spring Borough is moving Trick or Treat from Thursday to Saturday Oct. 31, from 4 to 6 p.m....
Meeting The North Woodbury Township Board of Supervisors have changed the time of their Thursday, November 5, 2020 meeting from 6 p.m. in the evening to 10 a.m. Thursday morning. The Board will meet by telephonic means. Thank you North Woodbury Township Sharon L. Brower Secretary/Treasurer Special Meeting The Roaring Spring Borough Council will be holding a Special Meeting on Monday, November 9, 2020 at 5:30 p.m. to work on the 2021 budget and for general purposes prior to the regular monthly meeting, which will begin at 6 p.m. The meeting... Full story
We, as voters in a Pennsylvania county located between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, have immense power: the power to decide the next president of the United States of America. Pennsylvania is poised to be the state that decides the 2020 presidential election. And Pennsylvania will be decided by turnout for Trump in the rural communities like the Cove. President Trump won the state in 2016 because we overwhelmingly backed him. And we backed him because he vowed to (and has) stood up to coastal political elites. So vote. And vote Trump. And urge...
Editor's Note: It has long been the Herald’s policy that when a person or a person’s views are criticized in the Herald’s pages, the person who was the subject of the criticism gets a fair chance to respond. Normally, this response would be published the week after the critical letter. However, the timing of the receipt of Mr. Metzgar’s letter does not allow a week for the response, as the Nov. 3 election will occur before the Herald’s next edition. The Herald believes that it is important to let Mr. Metzgar speak but also to allow Capt. Wen...
This book was written several years ago but remains relevant today. It is a fiction novel asking, "What if Iran had a nuclear warhead?" The book opens with the 1979 overthrow of the U.S. embassy in Iran through a student uprising. Charlie Harper and his wife, Clair, were workers at the U.S. embassy. Charlie worked for the CIA and Clair served as the embassy deputy economic attaché. Fortunately, they were still at home when it happened, but how long before that students searched the embassy...
To the Editor: I was so glad to read Dr. Barry England’s article in last week’s Herald on what he is voting for, and I couldn’t agree with him more. If you haven’t had a chance to read his article, please do so as soon as possible. The article reflects similarities from a letter I recently read from Dr. James C Dobson, Ph.D., in which Dr. Dobson says, “This vote has awesome implications for future generations and the nation we love. It is about our Constitution and the immutable, God-given rights it protects. .. That is why the notion of...
Herald of Oct. 24, 1895 The last brick was laid on the 100-foot annex to the blank book factory. Prof. Hanawalt organized a literary society at Roaring Spring High School. The Bucktail Regiment of Pennsylvania was to hold a reunion in Huntingdon on Oct. 29. This famous regiment fought the Louisiana Tigers, flower of the rebel army, at the Bloody Angle, Gettysburg. Sgt. A.E. Shimer of Gaysport and William M. McManus of Eldorado were the only surviving members of the regiment who reside in Blair County. Sallie C. Dutt, formerly of Martinsburg,...
Herald of Oct. 29, 1970 A break in the 79-day-old strike at the Roaring Spring paper mill appeared imminent at press time Wednesday. Employees were scheduled to vote on a company pension proposal that could settle the labor dispute. The 58th anniversary of the Agricultural Extension Service in Blair County is being celebrated this year, and special attention will be given to the constructive work and activities of youth. The young men charged for stealing a crate of eggs with the intent of throwing them at certain homes in Martinsburg pled guil...
Herald of Oct. 29, 1920 The post-war period of twenty five years ago must have been pretty tough going for the publishers of The Herald. There was but little local news in the paper. An announcement explained that the linotype operator was ill, and the Herald folks had to depend mostly on plate matter, items already in type, to get out the week’s paper. The latter part of the previous week a fire in the theatre district of New York City resulted in a loss of half a million dollars, with a number of people being injured. A large advertisement d...
Herald of Oct. 26, 1995 Kenneth Weaver of Martinsburg, long-time owner of Martinsburg Milling Co., was honored by the Blair County Chamber of Commerce with the 1995 ACE Award at the annual farm-city dinner Oct. 19. Weaver was recognized for his nearly 40 years of service to Blair County agriculture and the community. Volunteers with the Martinsburg Booster Association erected a “Welcome to Martinsburg” sign at the west end of the borough. Dr. Stephen P. Schon donated the site for the sign near his office. Booster members were also con...
Herald of Nov. 1, 1945 Glenn S. Leidy, local Frigidaire dealer at Martinsburg, announced today that he had received his first new postwar model and that refigerators have now been released for sale to the public. Pfc. James L. Wriight, 24, Woodbury soldier who wears three battle scars on his body, is now a civilian, having received an honorable discharge from the service. He arrived home last week. Last week the housewives of Blair and Bedford counties were given the surprise of their life when the McGee Dairy presented the modern handi square...
Herald of Oct. 28, 2010 The Northern Bedford football team is only one win away from making the record books, being the first undefeated and untied team in school history since 1975, being a great team. Charles Terrana was approved as deputy emergency management coordinator for North Woodbury Township in the absence of the EMC, Hollidaysburg Police Chief Jeffrey Ketner. Rich Nicodemus of Martinsburg took the No. 1 spot for Pennsylvania on Sept. 24 at The Bass Federation’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Tournament, a three-day event held on the S...
President Donald J. Trump spoke for a little over an hour at the Altoona-Blair County Airport on Monday, Oct. 26, just hours before the United States Senate confirmed the president's third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump's visit to Martinsburg...
The varsity football game vs. Glendale Area scheduled for tomorrow at Claysburg-Kimmel, 10-30-2020, has been cancelled....
We at the Herald were not sure how many U.S. presidents have visited Morrisons Cove, and like many residents, we were curious. Unfortunately, the Herald's archives are not digitized and can only be searched manually, by checking old files or by paging through past editions of the Herald. While we're still looking (and will publish any results that we find), we took a shortcut by asking Herald Publisher Emeritus David Snyder. Mr. Snyder's response included the following: I'm pretty sure that Gera...
Advertisers and those submitting materials to the Herald are reminded that there are early deadlines in effect for the Herald's Nov. 12 edition. All advertising, including classified ads, must be in the Herald office before 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. The deadline for obituaries and news and opinion submissions is 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 6. Any submissions arriving after those deadlines cannot be included in the Nov. 12 edition of the Herald due to printing deadlines. Those with questions are asked to call the Herald office at 793-2144 from 8 a.m....
Herald readers are reminded that Daylight Saving Time ends on Nov. 1 at 2 a.m. Turn your clock back one hour before you to go to bed on Saturday, Oct. 31. According to timeanddate.com, Nov 1, 2020, Daylight Saving Time ends, meaning that when local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, 2:00:00 a.m., clocks are turned backward one hour to Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, 1:00:00 a.m. local standard time instead. Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour earlier on Nov. 1, 2020, than the day...
Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar reminded Pennsylvanians that Oct. 27 was the deadline to apply for a mail or absentee ballot for the Nov. 3 election. Voters can still vote in person on Nov. 3 at the voter's assigned polling place. But voters who requested and received a mail ballot but who have not yet returned it are "strongly encouraged" to immediately hand-deliver their voted ballot to their county election office. "If you haven't already, voters with mail ballots shou...
The football teams from Morrisons Cove experienced postseason action last weekend, Oct. 23-24. Those three teams – Northern Bedford, Central and Williamsburg – all survived and will be back on the gridiron this weekend. Northern Bedford (6-1) and Central (7-0) will appear in the District 5 1A and District 6 Class 3A championship games Friday and Saturday, respectively, against league rivals, while Williamsburg (4-3) will appear in the District 6 Class 1A quarterfinals Friday. Cla...
Reluctantly I placed my book aside to come back to America where I usually live. Sometimes, with the aid of the written word, I travel. When my sister-in-law gave me a book titled "In the Land of the Blue Burqas," I was instantly held captive by the gentle story telling of a woman who lived for more than five years in Afghanistan. Using a protective pseudonym, Kate McCord's adept pen and amazing ability with metaphors took me to a land of small, mud-brick houses behind the standard twelve-foot...
A Martinsburg man is accused by police of raping a 15-year-old girl in Somerset County. Pennsylvania State Police, Somerset, were called at approximately 1:30 a.m., Oct. 18, to investigate a report of the rape of a 15-year-old Somerset girl. The 15-year-old victim alleged that Chadrick R. Magee, 36, of Martinsburg, raped her in the basement of her parents' home while they were upstairs. The victim stated that she went with her family to a haunted house and that her father's co-worker, Magee,...
Central, Claysburg-Kimmel and Northern Bedford submitted their Homecoming king and queen photos to the Morrisons Cove Herald....
To the Editor: Fellow community members, we’ve seen some lengthy rants the last couple weeks that have insulted us, given us misleading information, then tried to scare us into voting for Donald Trump. This is exactly the kind of offensive rhetoric that the president has inspired. Even if we ignore (and how can we?) the racism, dishonesty, corruption, adultery, tax cheating, mistreatment of immigrant children, and his willful mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic has cost countless Americans their lives and livelihoods, the discord and i...
To the Editor: Capt. James E. Wentz, thank you for your service to our country. Your appointment with history article dated Oct. 22 in the Herald intrigued me by your endorsement of Joe Biden for president. Of course, that’s your right, we can vote for whomever. But the name “Lincoln Project” is, I guess, named for Abe Lincoln. I don’t think Abe would go for open borders, packing the court and abortion, to name a few Democrats’ wishes. Comparing Joe Biden to Abe Lincoln is an insult. Abe is considered the highest I.Q. president ever. Sorry, th...
– WEEKLY UPDATE – As of 12 p.m. 10/27/2020 Area Counties Cases / Death / Rate* Bedford: 325 / 6 / 12.5 Blair: 1,150 / 27 / 22.0 Cambria: 922 / 7 / 5.3 Centre: 3,931 / 16 / 9.8 Clearfield: 371 / 7 / 8.8 Fulton: 73 / 4 / 27.5 Huntingdon: 865 / 15 / 33.2 Somerset: 341 / 3 / 4.1 *Rate is number of deaths per 100,000 population. Sixty-six (66) counties have reported COVID-19 deaths. Pennsylvania 198,446 cases 8,696 deaths United States 8,693,278 cases 225,522 deaths Worldwide 43,616,133 cases 1,161,127 deaths Update: Oct. 27, 2020 The Pen...
The federal United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Oct. 14 that the Blair County Airport Authority has been awarded a $316,000 Community Facilities (CF) loan. The loan will be used to construct three facilities which will provide 19 T-hangars for the Blair County Airport Authority. T hangars are rented out for the storage of private aircraft. Additional funds were added due to higher construction costs than originally estimated. The project was originally funded in fiscal 2018. The current hangars at the Martinsburg airport...
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s fourth annual Remembrance Service Honoring Children Who Have Died will take place at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov, 2, both at the church, 1230 Eighth Ave., Altoona, and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/stlukesepiscopalaltoona). Due to COVID-19, those who attend in person will need to adhere to safety guidelines. For more information, call 942-1372, or go to https://stlukesaltoona.diocpa.org/digital_faith/events/318440....
ACTUALIZACIÓN SEMANAL Hasta las 12:00 p.m., 27 de octubre, 2020 Condados cercanos Casos/Número de muertes/Índice de muerte* Bedford: 325 / 6 / 12.5 Blair: 1,150 / 27 / 22.0 Cambria: 922 / 7 / 5.3 Centre: 3,931 / 16 / 9.8 Clearfield: 371 / 7 / 8.8 Fulton: 73 / 4 / 27.5 Huntingdon: 865 / 15 / 33.2 Somerset: 341 / 3 / 4.1 *El índice de muerte es el número de muertes por 100,000 personas. Sesenta y seis (66) condados de Pensilvania han reportado muertes de COVID-19. Pensilvania 198,446 casos 8,696 muertes Estados Unidos 8,693,278 casos 225,522 muer...
It has been a beautiful fall. The trees on the mountains have held their colors much longer than usual, giving us more time to visually soak it in. We needed that. Organic beauty is soothing and refreshing. The trace of fog that lingers at the very bottom of the mountain in the morning adds a mystique and dream-like quality. Pumpkins, gourds and mums decorate porches. We're working at picking our field of Indian corn. Every ear holds a surprise. Will it be red, variegated orange, purple, blue, o...
The Claysburg-Kimmel School District learned Friday morning, Oct. 23, that an adult associated with its elementary school tested positive for COVID-19. Upon learning this information, school officials “acted swiftly and according to the district’s approved Health and Safety Plan,” Darren J. McLaurin, district superintendent, said. The adult was last in the building Monday Oct. 19. McLaurin said the school district immediately contacted the Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) and will continue to follow its guidance. “Those individ...
Three first cousins on the Northern Bedford County High School football team will lead the Panthers into Friday's District 5 Class 1A title game against arch-rival Tussey Mountain. Pictured above are (from left): senior running backs Cadin Ebersole and Dalton Smith and senior quarterback Thad Leidy. Cadin is the son of Corey and Jen Ebersole; Dalton is the son of Keith and Penny Smith; and Thad is the son of Johnny and Kassi Leidy. The three seniors are grandchildren of John and Patricia Leidy...
Scriptures to Read: St. Matthew 25: 31-40 St. Matthew 25: 41-46 St. Mark 12:13-17 Romans 12:1-20 Romans 13:1-7 Daniel 3:12-18 & 28 Daniel 4:19-27 This is projected to be my last "Thought" before national Election Day. I hope you are planning and prepared to vote. Why would I continue to use the title "Attack?" Partly because I believe Satan and his fallen-host are on the attack against our nation. Of course the attack is against us as individuals most. But we cannot doubt we fall under the...
Is it a good approach to buy land now and later build a home on the property? Our team answers that common question and offers advice if a property purchase is in your future. Many people ask the question if they should buy land now to build their home later, or if they should just wait and do both at once. What guidance do you give potential borrowers when they ask you this question? It’s really up to the potential borrower about what works best for them – either buying the land now and building in the future, or doing both at once. There are...
Northern Bedford started slow but roared in the second half to thwart any thoughts of a Conemaugh Township upset in the District 5 semifinals Oct. 23 at Panther Community Stadium. NB advances to the championship game Friday night, Oct. 30, versus Tussey Mountain via a 35-14 semifinal win. Northern started strong with two Dalton Smith touchdown runs in the first 13 minutes of the game to take an early 14-0 lead. Township stunned the Panthers with a 54-yard Tanner Shirley to Ethan Black pass late...
The moment a person is diagnosed with cancer can elicit a variety of emotions. Fear of what's to come is a common reaction to such a diagnosis, and some people may feel alone upon learning they have cancer. But no cancer patient should face their diagnosis and treatment alone. In fact, a strong support network can be vital to patients' recoveries. According to Weill Cornell Medicine, recent changes in the healthcare industry have shifted the burden of care from the hospital to the home. That...
The Central Dragons are one win away from their first District 6 football championship since 2016. Top-seeded Central earned a spot in Saturday's District 6 Class 3A championship game with a 25-7 victory over fourth-seeded Westmont Hilltop on Oct. 24 at Hollidaysburg's Tiger Stadium. The win kept Central's unbeaten season alive at 7-0. Westmont Hilltop fell to 2-4 overall. Following a scoreless first quarter, Central lit the scoreboard first when junior Parker Gregg scored on a 35-yard run with...
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn has announced that Pennsylvanians are being asked to nominate their favorite trail for the 2021 Trail of the Year. The designation is coordinated by the Pennsylvania Trails Advisory Committee to elevate public awareness of the thousands of miles of trails available for public enjoyment in Pennsylvania. The advisory committee is charged with implementing the recommendations of the Pennsylvania Trails Strategic Plan to develop a statewide land and water trail...
The Central High School boys’ cross country team placed fifth in the six-team field at the Mountain League Cross Country Championships on Oct. 21 at Penns Valley. Central finished with 117 points, finishing behind champion Penns Valley (22), Bellefonte (58), Tyrone (68) and Clearfield (101). Philipsburg-Osceola was last with 151 points. Tyler Biesinger led CHS with an 18th-place finish (20:08). Cayden Wright was 21st (20:44), Michael James placed 24th (21:18), Ethan Dilling came in 26th place (21:52), Walker Eckenrode took 29th place (22...
The Rev. Dr. Joleen Willis was installed Sunday, Oct. 25, as the Altoona district superintendent of the Susquehanna Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church. The service was livestreamed. Rev. Dr. Willis graduated from Williamsburg High School and Indiana University of Pennsylvania with a degree in music education. She received a Master of Divinity degree from the Church of God Theological Seminary in Cleveland, Tenn., and Doctor of Ministry from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore,...
The Williamsburg High School football team overcame a 1-3 start to advance to the District 6 Class 1A playoffs this year. After winning their last two regular-season games, the Blue Pirates pulled off a first since 1989 – they won a playoff game Oct. 24. WHS lit up the scoreboard with 50 points in a 50-20 victory over Blairsville at Hollidaysburg's Tiger Stadium. The seventh-seeded Blue Pirates improved to 4-3 overall, while the 10th-seeded Bobcats dropped to 2-5. Junior quarterback Lambert Palm...
Xander Brown scored two goals to lead Everett to a 3-1 win over ICC rival Northern Bedford on Oct. 12. Spencer Weaver and Scott Weaver connected on a free kick in the first half for Everett’s second goal. Collin Yeatts scored from a throw-in by Cody Miller to close the gap in the second half. Carson Elbin, Quaid Brady and Caleb Elder each scored goals as host Southern Fulton overcame a 1-0 deficit to knock off Northern Bedford, 3-2, Oct. 14. Drew Childers opened the scoring for Northern Bedford and Reyan Imler pulled a goal back with 15 m...
CHS Girls The Lady Dragons earned a 1-0 victory at Penns Valley on Oct. 19. Alyssa Bartley’s second-half goal, on an assist from Avery Black, lifted CHS to the win. Central earned a second straight shutout Oct. 21, blanking visiting Philipsburg-Osceola, 3-0. Julia Ebersole, Leah Johnston and Ella Garner scored for the Lady Dragons. Avery Black was credited with an assist. NBC Girls The Lady Panthers cruised to a 7-0 victory at Tussey Mountain on Oct. 19. Abby Kline recorded a hat trick in the win. Also scoring for NB were Mariah Hall, Aylisa M...
Like the previous autumn, 2019's fall turkey season was to last only one week in our area (unless you counted the two days prior to the new Saturday opener for rifle deer season). So, I had to try to tag a turkey during the one-week season. Like my friend Scout, I had done my due diligence, scouting for birds a number of times; but the turkeys I'd found vanished a week before the season. Unlike Scout and me, my son, Bob, is not retired and had only limited time to scout prior to the opener, yet...
Our last week of sweet treats until we get ready for one of my favorite meals – Thanksgiving dinner. Here are two sweet candy recipes that you might want to finish out your October with. Buttercreams Filling 1/2 cup butter, softened 3 ounces cream cheese, softened 1-1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 4 cups powdered sugar Coating 1 – 12 oz. package semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 Tbsp. shortening Directions: Combine butter and cream cheese in a bowl. Beat at medium speed until smooth. Add vanilla, continue beating. Beating at low speed, add powdered sug...
President Donald J. Trump spoke for a little over an hour at the Altoona-Blair County Airport on Monday, Oct. 26, just hours before the United States Senate confirmed the president's third nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Senate voted Monday evening to confirm Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, about a week before Election Day and 30 days after she was nominated by President Trump to fill the seat of the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. President Trump's visit to Martinsburg...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny lower this week at $2.521 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This week’s average prices Western Pennsylvania Average – $2.521 Average price during the week of Oct. 19, 2020 – $2.533 Average price during the week of Oct. 28, 2019 – $2.792 The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas: $2.549 Altoona $2.580 Beaver $2.579 Bradford $2.535 Brookville $2.446 Butler $2.481 Clarion $2.528 DuBois $2.574 Erie $2.478 Greensburg $2.599 In...
Angela Detwiler, Hilary Long, Christine Rhoads, Shane Gallagher, Kelly Moushlian and Logan McKee were all granted tenure status during the Williamsburg Community School District’s regular school board meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 20. The school board also allowed the use of a long-term “floating substitute” for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. The potential teacher will be contracted through the hiring firm ESS. Jayme Elvey was appointed as elementary yearbook advisor, at a stipend of $690. Emily Carper was appointed the high school yearb...
Trick-Or-Treat Williamsburg will be participating in the all-Blair County Trick-or-Treat event tonight, Thursday, Oct. 29, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Borough officials urge residents to use hand sanitizer often and socially distance to six feet....
