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SEPTEMBER BAILEY BRUMBAUGH Parents: Joy and Josh Brumbaugh School Honors/Accomplishments: NHS 3 years; current secretary School Activities: Yearbook, Spanish Club, Student Council. PA Math League, Aevidum, Fellowship Club Community Activities: Volunteer with WHS face paint, Williamsburg Little League concession stand, and Williamsburg Full Gospel Tabernacle. Plans after Graduation: Attend Penn State Altoona and get a degree in elementary education OCTOBER JUSTIN BRUBAKER Parents: Shawn and...
As the temperatures turn decidedly cooler and Old Man Winter rears his head signaling he is taking over, the thoughts of a retired dairy farmer living in Southern Morrisons Cove turn to his younger days and oddly enough, to honey bees. For many years, Ray Grubb of Salemville Road traveled out of the cold and into the sunny environs of Florida with these buzzing insects, so heavily depended upon to pollinate much of the fruits and vegetables grown in this country. The ride south was usually a...
The Cambria-Clearfield-Blair County Beekeepers will meet in Cambria County on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 2 p.m. at the old extension office: 499 Manor Drive, Ebensburg. This is the Christmas social, so bring a dish to share and a small gift for bee bingo. No fee is charged, and those interested need not be a beekeeper to attend. For more infoamtion, call (814) 472-7637 or email pigeonflyr@verizon.net....
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced that students are invited to participate in the sixth annual PennDOT Innovations Challenge, which encourages students to use their problem-solving, creative and strategic-thinking abilities to solve real-world transportation challenges in a competition among their peers. The Innovations Challenge is open to all students in grades 9-12, regardless of their school’s learning model. For this year’s challenge, students are asked to develop ideas to help address the shortage of com...
Shown are the top three employers in each Pa. county. This data is from the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry. Blair's top three employers are UPMC Altoona, Sheetz, and the state government. Bedford's top three are the Walmart Association, Recreational Equipment, and New Enterprise Stone & Lime Company....
Cooler weather and shorter days mean more deer are now gracing Pennsylvania’s roadways. The number of deer-vehicle collisions increases during October and peaks in November and December. To reduce inconvenience, costs, and potential danger, AAA East Central cautions motorists to be especially vigilant on the road in animal-prone areas. “More collisions between vehicles and deer occur now than any other time of the year,” says Jonathon King, vice president of Insurance sales, AAA East Central. “One of our top claims as winter approaches is for...
"Rich, you're a creature of habit. You never want to do anything differently," Donna often tells me. Well, maybe, but there were some changes in the "tools" I used for fly-fishing and for turkey hunting this past year. Last winter I bought two fly rods. One was a used rod to replace one I had returned to a fisherman who had sold it to me. This was going to be my big-water rod. The other was an expensive, new split-bamboo fly rod that was to take the place of an old small-stream rod that...
After making an appearance last year and leaving in utter defeat to the eventual state champion, the Central Valley Warriors, the Central Scarlet Dragons will now make their return to the state semi-finals once again for their next bout against the Belle Vernon Leopards. Now one of the four remaining teams in the state, the Dragons knocked off the Grove City Eagles, an opponent from the year prior, in the previous week. A 35-7 decimation of the Eagles on their home field puts the Dragons on an...
District Court Administrator Nicole Smith and Jury Coordinator Sally Padula announced that Blair County is adopting a new jury system that will provide greater convenience for people summoned for jury duty. A new jury summons form will appear in Blair County mailboxes the week of Dec. 12, 2022. Prospective jurors will be asked to complete a juror information questionnaire at https://jury.blairco.org. Upon completion, they will receive an email confirmation and attachments with additional informa...
If you are looking for employment and want an interview without all the hassle, the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has the perfect opportunity for you, and it is convenient and easy. Starting Wednesday, Nov. 30, the DMVA will offer walk-in interviews every Wednesday at all six of its veterans homes throughout the commonwealth. Dubbed “Walk-In Wednesdays,” the hiring events provide the public a convenient way to explore employment opportunities and possibly receive a job offer on the spot. “The DMVA understands that searc...
On Nov. 19 and 20, Cove Community Chorus performed once again at Spring Cove Middle School Auditorium. "Sing! Salute! Celebrate!" was the title of the program under the direction of Sue Stoudnour. Stoudnour graduated from Central High School in 1964. Stoudnour said, "It's great to be back with the chorus. Tom Kunkle had invited me to direct this group in 2018 for the spring concert. Kunkle has resigned and when asked for this year, I committed with much joy and expectation." In 2012, Roaring...
The Pennsylvania Association of Public Employee Retirement Systems (PAPERS) has awarded Blair County Commissioner Bruce Erb designation as a Certified Public Retirement Plan Professional. Certification requires an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of a plan fiduciary, developing effective and prudent fiduciary decision making strategies, and implementing best practices for managing and overseeing the county's retirement plan. Erb has served as chairman of the Blair County...
Bedford State Police have charged a Claysburg woman with multiple counts of cruelty to animals after police said four horses in her care suffered neglect. Katlyn P. Weyant, 20, is facing felony counts of aggravated cruelty to animals and torture, along with misdemeanor counts of neglect of animals, and cruelty to animals after police were called to a Kimmel Township home in early October to investigate a report of neglected horses. According to police, troopers found two horses on the property and that one appeared to have an eye injury from...
"Oh What a Wonderful Story" (an interactive play) was written and directed by Anthony Rumberger, a local young man from Martinsburg and member of Memorial Church. It will be held at Memorial Church of the Brethren, 210 North Wall Street, Martinsburg at 7 p.m. this coming Saturday, Dec. 3. Hors d'oeuvre will be served starting at 6:30 p.m. The play is not really a "play" per se, but a re-enactment of the wonderful birth of Christ. The story begins with the narrator recounting the unusual circumst...
The Blair Concert Chorale will perform the second concert of the 2022-2023 season on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022, at 7:30 p.m. at the First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 14th Street and 12th Avenue, Altoona. “The Power…a concert of Lessons & Carols” encompasses many genres of seasonal music. Highlighting the concert is a version of the nine Lessons & Carols traditionally performed by King’s College Choir, Cambridge, each Christmas Eve and broadcast on the BBC. In Lessons and Carols, a reading precedes each of the sung responses, telling the story o...
With winter weather here, local fire officials are urging people to take care when it comes to heating their homes. Randy Acker, chief of the Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company, said regardless of what method you use to heat your home, they all come with a potential for danger if proper precautions are not taken. The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) says that heating equipment is the second leading cause of home fires and the third leading cause of home fire deaths and is responsible...
Central is hoping the fourth time is the charm. Entering this season, the Scarlet Dragons had ventured as far as the PIAA semifinals since Dave Baker became football coach, losing in that round to Aliquippa, Beaver Falls and, last year, to Central Valley. "That was a tough loss for us," Dragon all-state quarterback Jeff Hoenstine said. "I think that made a lot of our players hungrier and more motivated to get back there and do more." The only thing standing in the way of Central and its first...
Armed with a sealed search warrant, a team of state police investigators and a K-9 unit descended on home on the 1300 block of Henrietta Road, North Woodbury Township, on Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 29, and began digging into the ground. According to State Police Spokesman Trooper Christopher Fox, police were looking for infant remains related to an investigation of alleged sexual assault. Fox said the alleged assaults occurred years ago and anyone involved in the allegations no longer lives there. No remains were reported found. State Police have...
