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The Council rendered a decision. The letter summing up that decision is written. It isn't mailed or simply sent. It is hand-carried by people who were party to the Council. We have four named: Paul and Barnabas, Judas and Silas. Barnabas and Paul were under assignment by the Church of Syrian Antioch. They had completed and reported on their first missionary journey and considered this church as their home church. Judas, also known as Barsabbas, and Silas were leaders in the Jerusalem Church. The...
The Central Pennsylvania Bible Conference will conduct the 2019 Spring Session on Saturday, April 27, & Sunday, April 28, at The Faith Baptist Church, Altoona. The special guest for this session will be Dr. Don Wyrtzen, internationally known musician and statesman, son of Dr. Jack Wyrtzen, the founder of Word of Life Ministries in Schroon Lake, New York. Don has traveled the world as a preacher, a singer and a teacher and has been used of God to teach people how worship in music form the biblical basis. Wyrtzen has become recognized as one of t...
The Women’s Guild of St. John’s Reformed Church in Loysburg will hold its annual Discarded Treasure Sale on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, in the church basement and pavilion. A wide variety of lightly used items will be offered for sale, along with baked goods and homemade dog treats. Hours will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. “One person’s discard is often another person’s treasure,” Peggy Ritchey, co-chairman said. The other co-chairman is Mava Cottle, who said the sale will be held rain or shine. Proc...
Pete and Carol Imler of Roaring Spring will host a prayer breakfast in honor of National Day of Prayer at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2. Gospel singer Tom Smith of Everett will provide music and prayer for people, the country and the world. Attendees may bring a friend and a dish to share. Those who plan to attend are asked to contact Carol Imler at (814) 505-9067 or Pete Imler at (814) 934-3192. The Imlers live at 1271 Spang St. Extension (on the road behind Spring Plaza...
A prayer event for the 68th annual National Day of Prayer will be held at noon on Thursday, May 2, at the Blair County Courthouse patio, 423 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg. The theme this year is “Love One Another.” State Rep. James Gregory will be the keynote speaker for the event. In case of inclement weather, the event will be held at the First United Methodist Church, 801 Allegheny St., Hollidaysburg....
The Martinsburg Grace Brethren Church Kids Club recently raised money and donated five new "skate mates" to Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, Martinsburg. The skate mates are used to help prevent beginner roller skaters from falling. Each skate mate costs about $50 to make and assemble, Chuck Gojmerac, executive director at Memorial Park, said. With this donation, the total number of skate mates that Memorial Park has available during public skating and private parties increases to...
AgChoice Farm Credit distributed a record $32.6 million in cash patronage to eligible customer-owners this month, according to the company. Local customer-owners of its Martinsburg branch received $3.5 million of that total. Patronage has been an integral part of the cooperative’s business model for 20 years. The model allows AgChoice to build capital, share profits and lower the overall cost of borrowing to customer-owners. Cash payouts to customer-owners since 1999, including this year, total $312.6 million. This year’s patronage program retu...
The American Red Cross is looking to install 2,850 free smoke alarms and make close to 1,200 homes safer during nine area “Sound the Alarm” events being held between April 27 and May 12 in communities throughout its 50-county footprint. These “Sound the Alarm” events are part of a nationwide initiative aimed at reducing the number of home fire related deaths and injuries. The area’s “Sound the Alarm” event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Hollidaysburg Church of the Brethren, 1028 Penn St. State Sen. Judy War...
A packed Catharine Township building Thursday evening, April 18, was apparently due to a mysterious letter that many township residents received. A letter, placed on doors of residents, urged residents to attend that evening’s township meeting and voice concerns over a number of issues including: snow plowing, street sweeping, and road maintenance. Residents responded. “Atrocious” was one of the words used to describe snow plowing as residents confronted the township roadmaster and the supervisors on this issue and many others. Super...
This weather sure has me feeling like summer even though it’s still spring. Something my family loves to eat in the summer is salsa – and I thought let’s start one of my favorite seasons a little early this year and have two tasty new recipes to add to your salsa collection. Fresh Mango Salsa Ingredients: 3 ripe mangos, diced 1 medium red bell pepper, chopped 1/2 cup chopped red onion 1/4 cup packed fresh cilantro leaves 1 jalapeno, seeded and minced 1 large lime, juiced 1/4 tsp salt to taste Directions: In a serving bowl, combine the prepa...
Boardmember Amy Hileman’s letter of resignation was accepted during the Tuesday evening, April 16, regular Williamsburg Community School Board meeting. Hileman, a resident of Woodbury Township, was commended for her years of service to the board. Hileman applied for a position within the district, which means that she has to resign her seat on the school board. Any Woodbury Township residents interested in serving on the board are encouraged to attend a school board meeting and interview with the board. Superintendent Lisa Murgas praised the Wi...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny cheaper this week at $3.036 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. On the week, prices increased as much as nine cents in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region. Statewide, the average price for gasoline across Pennsylvania is a penny more expensive this week at $2.98. After last week’s more than three-million-barrel decline, regional gasoline stocks dropped by another one million barrels this week, as reported by the Energy Information Adm...
Easter Egg Hunt Rescheduled The Easter Egg Hunt hosted by the Lions Club and the Ladies Civic Club originally set for last Saturday, April 20, has been rescheduled for Saturday, April 27, at 2 p.m. at the practice football field. The event had to be rescheduled because of rain...
The new Hollidaysburg Area High School (HAHS) Planetarium became a time machine on Thursday, April 18, catapulting a captivated audience 4,000 years back in time. Guided by Fred Marshak, planetarium volunteer assistant, astronomy and astrology fans watched as the April sky shifted to what earthlings would have seen in 1983 B.C. Marshak, a retired HAHS Astronomy teacher, in this first live show in the new planetarium, demonstrated how different the placement was of well-recognized constellations...
Everett photographer Della Watters, owner of WattersWorks & Co., was recently awarded Best Wedding Image Maker for 2019 with the Pennsylvania Professional Photographers of America. In addition, Watters was also awarded the 2019 Fuji Masterpiece Best Wedding print and the PPA of PA 2019 Award for Best Artist print. She earned six blue ribbons and entry into Club 320, an elite designation for photographers who have scored at least four images earning merits. The annual print competition was...
At the April meeting of the North Woodbury Township Board of Supervisors, 2019 bids for two paving and seal coat projects were opened and read aloud. The proposed paving projects are 760 feet of S. Nicodemus St. from the juncture at Central High Road; 1,577 feet of Millerstown Road from State Route 164; and 528 feet from Old Henrietta Road from State Route 2001. This was awarded to the lowest bidder, New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co. Seal coating projects are scheduled for Hoover Drive from State Route 164, Weyandt Road to Auction Road, Claybank...
Woodbury Borough Council met on Monday, April 1. Expenditures for March were $26,756. Upcoming expenditures for April are $2,661, which include a donation to Home Nursing for $150 and the Bedford County Library for $200. Welcome signs for the borough are an ongoing project. There is an interested party that would like to tear down the Kauffman house, which was an old hotel house, depending on fees being waived for past-due sewage and water bills. This will take some research and communication before anything is final. The community yard sale...
The Northern Bedford County School District Music Department will present its annual High School Spring Concert at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 28, at the high school auditorium. The concert will feature the high school concert band and marching band under the direction of Jerry Berry and the high school chorus and high school select choir under the direction of Brett Keith. The program will showcase repertoire of traditional spirituals, musically and historically diverse concert band selections, camp meeting songs and NBC marching band encores....
PennDOT on April 18 announced that prime contractor HRI Inc., of State College, was scheduled to switch traffic on Tuesday, April 23, on the Hopewell Bridge Replacement Project in Hopewell Borough, Bedford County. On Tuesday, the contractor was scheduled to set temporary concrete barrier to switch traffic to the opposite side of PA 26 and would re-set the temporary traffic signals. Throughout the rest of the week there will be flagging with delays while overhead utilities are removed. Delays will be likely; motorists are advised to allow extra...
Morrisons Cove Memorial Park held its annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 20. An estimated crowd of more than 400 children took place in this annual tradition. Inside the plastic eggs, children found candy and free coupons for Dragon's Den Pizza, Martinsburg Pizza, Fox's Pizza, Subway of Martinsburg, Ritchey's Ice Cream and Texas Roadhouse. The children were separated into three age groups: pre K, kindergarten through second grade and grades 3-5 with staggered start times of noon, 12:20...
Katrina Pope announced to her current Intermunicipal Relations Committee employers on Tuesday, April 23, that she would be leaving her position as education and enforcement coordinator, effective May 18. This news came just weeks after the same group received John Frederick's resignation as executive director. While Blair County's recycling organization, the IRC, was grappling with a change in leadership, coincidentally the Borough of Hollidaysburg simultaneously decided to replace its Main Stre...
Owen Black, 2, of Williamsburg, is the son of Corey and Nichole Black. Here, he shows off the fish he caught with his brother Austin and his father last Saturday during Youth Mentoring Day in the Cove....
Editor's Note: This story featuring Peggy Miller of Claysburg initially appeared in the July 26, 2018, edition of the Morrisons Cove Herald. This is a follow-up story to "A Mother's Grief," which appeared on the Herald's website on April 11, 2019. Peggy Miller is fighting to get a portion of the HIPPA law changed that will allow families to have input into the treatment of adult family members suffering from addiction. Peggy Miller of Claysburg did everything she could to save her two...
