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The Altoona Area Lyme Disease Support Group will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, at the St. Rose of Lima social hall, 5519 Sixth Ave., Altoona. Offered for sale will be socks pre-treated with permethrin. The tick repellent protection lasts through 70 washings. The support group meets on the second Thursday of each month. All are welcome. The support group is the Altoona Region of the PA Lyme Resource Network, www.palyme.org. For more information, contact Amber Altiero at (814) 934-7403 or Lisa Worrell at (814) 329-38...
AlleyRatz Lit'l Dog Daycare, a small dog service business, will open on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in Martinsburg. The location will be at 207 Woodlawn Ave. The four-year-old business, previously operating in Hollidaysburg, specializes in small dog daycare, overnight lodging, grooming and training. The home-based business is insured and is licensed by the USDA. According to owner, Roseanne Conrad, "I have had dogs my entire life and have worked professionally with them for over 43 years," Roseanne...
Erik Whisker, 40, of Everett, announced on Jan. 29 that he will seek the Republican nomination for Bedford County sheriff. Whisker first began working in law enforcement in 1999 when he was hired full-time as a corrections officer at the Bedford County Jail. In, 2000, Whisker transferred to the sheriff's office as a part-time deputy sheriff. On Sept. 11, 2001, Whisker worked as a part-time deputy sheriff for the Somerset County Sheriff's Office working to protect a federal disaster site. In...
Drug Possession Tracy Foor, 43, of Woodbury, was charged by State Police, Bedford, with drug possession. On Dec. 21, police responded to reports of a woman stumbling around a convenience store on Quaker Valley Road, East Saint Clair Township. Police found Foor in her vehicle in the parking lot and found her to be under the influence of a controlled substance and in the possession of methamphetamine and crack cocaine. Charges were filed on Jan. 31. Disorderly Conduct State Police, Bedford, have charged Rodney Bollman, 55, of Imler, with...
The Blair County Genealogical Society, will hold the Society’s monthly meeting at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 21, at the Roller-Hojeth Memorial Library, Hollidaysburg. The guest speaker will be Rebecca Calderwood. She will talk about American Coverlets, Reference Points in History. Calderwood will discuss the rise in popularity of American coverlets in the 1800s and the impact that new inventions had on the weavers and textile products. She will also discuss the corner blocks and motifs such as eagles, roses, houses and other patterns appearing o...
Preparations are being made for Armed Forces Day, May18, at the Van Zandt Medical Center, Altoona. Features will be military vehicles, displays by military and veterans organizations, music, a featured speaker and wreath-laying ceremony. Planning meetings will be held at 5 p.m. on Feb. 11 and 25, March 11 and 25, April 8 and 29 and May 18 in room C126 located on the first-floor physical therapy wing of the VA Medical Center. Any organization wishing to present a wreath should attend any one these meetings or contact Dona Foy at the VA medical...
It happens once every four years. The newly elected (or re-elected) president of the United States of America, with right hand raised, recites the oath of office using the specific language written into the U.S. Constitution by the framers of our government: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” While each president is able to make personal decisions around the eve...
