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Editor’s Note: This column was published in the Feb. 24 edition of the Herald. The version published was incomplete due to a filing error. Nancy and I camped at Shawnee State Park one week last fall and chatted with “neighbor” campers about the local area. The conversation turned to Everett because one of the campers was from there. I asked how the town got its name. The resident didn’t know. In fact, she didn’t know it was once called Bloody Run, after a battle between Native Americans and early settlers. We had a second, similar conversat...
That March 16, 1969, my father passed away. I was shaken. He was strong and big. He could do anything. A blood clot caused a pulmonary embolism that struck him down in his sleep while he was only 50 years old. Deep vein thrombosis (DVT) was the cause. Six of his seven siblings developed DVTs. It runs in the family. I had basketball scholarship offers from Millersburg, Shippensburg, Bucknell Colleges; they are all universities now. Tom Beach went down to Elizabethtown College to tryout for their team. Coach Batzel drove him down and invited me...
The Bedford County Business Hall of Fame induction will take place tomorrow, March 4. “We have been giving a Hall of Fame Award since 1998,” said Kellie Goodman Shaffer, president and CEO of the Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. “It has traditionally been given at the Chamber’s Annual Dinner, which is held in the fall.” She continued on to say that there are a lot of businesses that have been given the award. The annual dinner has grown, and the Chamber allocates about 16 awards every year. The Hall of Fame Award is one. “This is an importan...
Due to anticipated inclement weather on Thursday, Feb. 24, Rep. Jim Gregory’s (R-Blair) free seminar on Pennsylvania’s concealed-carry permitting process and firearms laws has been rescheduled for March 31, 2022, from 6 to 8 p.m. The event will be held at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, 201 S. Walnut St., Martinsburg. RSVPs are required, as capacity is limited....
Introduction to Articles and Statement of Claim The Spring Cove Education Association (SCEA) would like to bring you updates of some of the many positive events that are taking place within our school district with which teachers are involved. In order to do so, we would like to sponsor this periodic article in The Morrison’s Cove Herald in order to help you to be aware of these positive events. This column is sponsored by the SCEA. Kate Muthler, math teacher at Central High School, has a knack for noticing interesting mathematical i...
Conemaugh Health System announced Tuesday that visitor restrictions have been lifted across several facilities due to the decreased spread of COVID-19 throughout the region. Visitors are welcome to again join patients at hospitals, outpatient centers, and physician offices. “We are encouraged by the positive trends in our region and pleased to welcome visitors back with no restrictions for the first time since this pandemic began,” said Elizabeth Dunmore, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Conemaugh Health System. “Patients need family members and l...
Martinsburg Volunteer Fire Company showed off the new addition to the fire hall with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 26, at noon. Some of the participants were State Rep. Jim Gregory (R-Blair), Mayor Richard Brantner and Fire Chief Randy Acker. Tours were given by Acker to show the new updates of three truck bays, a lounge area and a chief's office. There is now space to clean used equipment after returning from a call to assure everything is in top working condition for the next...
The principal of Claysburg-Kimmel Elementary School is facing DUI-related charges after police said he caused an accident that left two people with serious injuries. Matthew W. Hall, 40, was arraigned on Feb. 22 by Hollidaysburg Magisterial District Judge Paula Aigner, on a felony charge of aggravated assault by vehicle while intoxicated along with misdemeanor counts of driving under the influence with a high rate of alcohol content. According to the charges filed by State Police at Hollidaysburg, Hall was driving along West Loop Road,...
Anyone who has driven through Roaring Spring at around 3 p.m. on a weekday knows how congested it can get, with traffic sometimes backing up as far as McKee. A traffic safety study by PennDOT of the Route 36 corridor from I-99, Exit 23, to Cross Cove Road, identified areas that could be improved to relieve traffic congestion and reduce the number of accidents. The study identified the intersection at Routes 36 and 164 as the area that contributes the most to the daily bottleneck and will be the...
After Spring Cove School District Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker announced that COVID-19 cases continue to trend downward in the school district, with five straight days without a school COVID case, the district board of directors voted unanimously to amend the district’s current Health and Safety Plan. The plan will now allow school-based “close contacts” to remain in school with a mask for 10 days from the date of last exposure as long as the person is asymptomatic. The plan previously required close contacts to stay home for the first five...
