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Thomas H. Strum D.D.S., 87, of Roaring Spring, passed away Sunday morning, July 17, 2022, at the Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg, following complications from a fall. He was born April 30, 1935, in Spangler, son of the late Dr. Clifton H. “Peck” and Juliet V. (Johnson) Strum. He was twice married, first to Patricia A. Veil, who preceded him in death July 8, 2008, and then on Dec. 19, 1993, he married Carol A. (Burket) Pheasant in Roaring Spring. He is survived by his beloved wife, Car...
Betty Louise (Hyre) Bowser went Home to be with her Lord and Savior July 15, 2022. She was 91. She was a resident of Cross Keys Village Brethren Home Community in New Oxford. Betty was born in Hyndman, February 18, 1931, to the late Guy E. and Mabel Hyre and was the oldest of three children. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Harold L. Bowser of Cross Keys Village Brethren Home Community; sister Jean Egolf of Bedford; children: Mark and Jeanne Bowser of Edgewater, Md., Cindy and Bill Fawcett of Harrisonburg, Va., Beth and Keith Hollenberg of...
ARC Federal Credit Union is bringing financial literacy education to over 2,940 students and residents in Blair and Cambria counties. Students at eight schools and the surrounding community have free access to Banzai, an award-winning online program and content library that allows users to practice real-world finance from the safety of their home or classroom using any internet-enabled device. At a time when a solid foundation of practical financial knowledge is critical, these resources will make a huge impact on users. “Thank you so much for...
Round Room, LLC., the nation’s largest Verizon Authorized Retailer, announces that its TCC and Wireless Zone stores are donating 140,000 backpacks full of school supplies in the upcoming milestone tenth annual School Rocks Backpack Giveaway. In its ten years of occurrence, the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway has provided more than 1.2 million backpacks full of school supplies to children across the U.S. as they prepare for their upcoming school years. On Sunday, July 31, between 1-4 p.m. local time, more than 1,200 TCC and Wireless Zone n...
The Descendants of the Civil War Veterans will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m., on July 27, 2022 at the Bellwood Public Library. The guest speaker will be Dr. Ferro from State College and he will speak about Abraham Lincoln. Visitors are encouraged to attend to share moments of our historic past....
More than $17.5 million – the most in commonwealth history – has been awarded to support the community-service work of 26 AmeriCorps programs. PennSERVE, housed within the Department of Labor & Industry, is Pennsylvania’s grantmaking partner of AmeriCorps, the leading federal agency for national service and volunteerism. As the state’s service commission, PennSERVE develops and implements state-specific national service programs consistent with the Wolf Administration’s commitment to connecting individuals and organizations through service and...
The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced today that troopers seized $18.6 million worth of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, methamphetamines, and other illicit drugs in the second quarter of 2022. During the second quarter, troopers seized nearly 170 pounds of cocaine, 308 pounds of methamphetamines, 138 pounds of fentanyl, and over 46,000 pills of assorted narcotics. This is a decrease from the first quarter drug seizure, which had a total value of $23,160,277....
6 Blair County Household Hazardous Waste Collection Event is set for Friday, July 29, from noon to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, July 30, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Jaffa Shrine. Pre-registration is required. Please go to www.ircenvironment.org for more information. There is no cost to register. Tickets are not required to enter the event, so please save a tree, and don’t worry about printing them. There will be a base charge of $15 per vehicle with an additional charge of $0.50/lb. for all paints, payable at the event via cash or check only. O...
Rainy weather could not keep Williamsburg residents from enjoying a day of dairy education and free ice cream. Mill Hill Farms, LLC held its fourth annual Sundae Funday July 17 from 5 until 8 p.m. The event is the farm's way to celebrate the dairy industry with the Williamsburg community. Amanda Biddle, one of the owners of Mill Hill, said that each year seems to grow in popularity. Even with the rain, the turnout was large. "I'm a little bummed by the weather, but it is not deterring anyone...
Who doesn't love ice cream? If you are anything like myself, I can never turn down the sweet treat on a hot day. But what I love most about ice cream – other than its multitude of flavors – is that ice cream is made with real, fresh, and nutritious milk. America's love for ice cream goes far beyond all the bizarre flavors being produced today. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan made his love for ice cream official when he declared the month of July to be National Ice Cream Month. Now, I think tha...
Williamsburg residents have to be excited for the influx of new businesses coming to our town, and there is now another one to celebrate. Tom and Sarah Dean are bringing their car detailing business to Williamsburg. "It's just something that I am beyond proud of," Sarah said. How the business started is one of their favorite parts of their story. "We started this business from a dream that was expedited by necessity," Sarah said. It was a dream of Tom's to own and run a car detailing shop....
Ricky Lee Concert The Williamsburg Lions Club, the Lions of District 14L and River Valley Custom Apparel will present an evening with Ricky Lee, happening this Saturday from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Riverside Park. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. Ricky Lee is a Nashville Recording Artist from Altoona. He performs country music covers along with his own songs. Family Movie Night The Mines and Royer United Methodist Churches will be having another Family Movie Night at their church basement (Royer Methodist) on Friday, July 29, from 7 to...
Williamsburg Municipal Authority Treasurer David Myers announced during last Tuesday evening’s meeting that the audit report was ready for authority members to inspect. Myers said there were “no findings” in the 2021 Audit. The 2021 audit and report were accepted. An update was given about the Christian Missionary Alliance Church and its water issues for members who have been absent. Woodbury is designating the CMA Church as a center for emergencies (natural disasters, floods) and were to take this to the Blair County Hazardous Mitig...
As with the other townships, Williamsburg Borough and the Williamsburg School District, Woodbury Township Supervisors discussed LERTA at its Thursday, July 7, meeting. LERTA, Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance, is a tax program created in PA authorizing local municipalities and townships to give a tax break for new construction. The program seeks to draw new residents and businesses to the area. Woodbury announced that the Farm Show Building would hold the LERTA informational meeting on July 18. Full coverage of that meeting will be...
Deerin Davis, an employee at McDonald's of Roaring Spring, 908 East Main Street, recently received a $2,500 McDonald's Scholarship Award. A Penn State Altoona student majoring in accounting, Davis was selected for the scholarship based on her academic success, community involvement and job performance. Davis joined the McDonald's restaurant team in 2020 and currently serves as a crew trainer. "Deerin exemplifies the qualities of a true leader," said McDonald's Director of Operations Jim Roman....
Wilmer Stultz was just three years old when Wilbur and Orville Wright made their first controlled flight south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, yet in a few short years he would develop a fascination for aviation putting him on a notable path for himself and his hometown of Williamsburg. This month 93 years ago, residents of Blair County and the northern Morrisons Cove community of Williamsburg turned out en mass to celebrate this country boy who regularly rubbed shoulders with the likes of Commander Richard Byrd, famous for his flight to the...
The PA Department of Education announced that the Office of Commonwealth Libraries (OCL) is now accepting applications for its 2023 Keystone Grants for Public Library Facilities program. The Keystone grant program provides funds to sponsoring municipalities for up to 50 percent of eligible project costs to plan, acquire, construct, or rehabilitate public libraries as outlined in the program’s guidelines. Examples of fundable projects include, but are not limited to, ADA upgrades, a new roof, replacement windows, energy-efficient upgrades to H...
Pennsylvania’s first probable human cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in 2022 have been detected in Berks, Lancaster, Luzerne, and Philadelphia counties. The specimens will be forwarded to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for confirmatory testing. The departments of Health and Environmental Protection strongly recommend that all residents minimize their exposure to mosquitoes. “Detecting the first human case serves as a reminder for Pennsylvanians to take the proper precautions when they are outside or near areas where mos...
Saturday, July 16, was a great day for biking in the Cove....
Permitted professionals hired by those wishing to address nuisance-wildlife problems now have the authority to pick up and dispose of road-killed deer. The Pennsylvania Board of Game Commissioners adopted a measure that allows nuisance wildlife control operators, who already are regulated by the Game Commission, to offer road-killed deer pick-up from roadways and private property. Each year, the Game Commission receives thousands of calls from the public concerning deer carcasses along roadways and on private property. The agency often will...
The city of Altoona and the Blair County Pickleball Club will dedicate the new pickleball courts at Garfield Park at 4 p.m. Saturday, July 23. Officials from the city, the Central Blair Recreation Commission and the BCPC will commemorate the transformation of two aging tennis courts into a pickleball-only facility that now features a six-court complex, the largest in Central Pennsylvania. The local pickleball club raised more than $90,000 from 50-plus donors to fund the project. Pat Dandrea...
Three boys from the Cove are slated to represent their hometown at the 23rd annual Junior Gold National Bowling Tournament. Colby Gojmerac (11), Jack Hetrick (11) and Cort Hetrick (15) will attend the tournament that spans 8 days from July 15 to the 23. The tournament, which takes place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is divided into four divisions including a U12 division, which Jack Hetrick and Gojmerac will be competing in, and a U15 division, which Cort Hetrick will be competing in. Along with...
Several weeks ago I fell for a couple of computer scams, both in one afternoon. One involved an email from what I believed was a reputable antivirus company telling me that it was automatically going to deduct $289.00 from my checking account to renew protection unless I called its number. Before I made the call, I asked Donna if this was our antivirus protector. "Noooo, Rich. That's a scam. Delete the email." The other popped up when I was investigating the weather and clicked on an...
Dalton Metzger and Jerry Brumbaugh finished at 9th place at the Major League Fishing High School Nationals. The competition, which started on June 22, lasted three days, and portions were televised. Brumbaugh and Metzger finished 9th out of 236 boats that competed at Pickwick Lake in Alabama. Despite the feat, the win is a little bittersweet for Brumbaugh, who was looking to repeat after winning last year. "Obviously now that I've won, ninth place isn't as big of an accomplishment for me,"...
Summer is in full swing here at the Cove, but for Ron Ebert and the rest of his committee members and volunteers, these few months leading into October are crunch time. Ebert is the chair of the committee, but just like everyone else he is a volunteer. “You can call me the president, but that’s just a name,” Ebert said. “Me and the rest of the volunteers really do everything. We are all working towards the same goal.” Ebert and the rest of the volunteers have been working extra hard this year now that the festival has garnered national attentio...
The Northern Bedford FBLA performed very well at the 2022 National Leadership Conference held in Chicago. Six members and their advisor traveled to Chicago to compete in events and sightsee the city's different highlights, such as Wrigley Field, the Magnificent Mile, Navy Pier, Oak Street Beach, 360 Chicago, and more. For the competition, NBC had two national placewinners. The American Enterprise Project (AEP) team, consisting Jacob Sensenig, Alexandrea Griffith, and Matthew Hall, placed...
Valley Rural Electric Cooperative recently awarded 15 $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors as well as students already enrolled in post-secondary institutions for the 2022-23 academic year. The co-op’s Brighter Future Scholarship Program was established in 2010 to assist eligible students who are cooperative members or their dependents. To date, Valley has conferred nearly $255,000 in scholarship funds. Selection criteria include academic achievement, school activities and community service. The money to finance this initiative comes f...
The annual fundraising event to benefit the Claysburg Area Public Library will be held on Oct. 15, 2022, at the East Freedom Firehall in East Freedom. This will be the 10th annual benefit dinner. This event features a silent auction and a basket raffle. In addition, door prizes are awarded throughout the evening. The library is currently accepting donations of baskets, silent auction items, gift cards, monetary donations, or anything else participants would care to contribute. No item is too large or small. All contributors will be recognized...
An unoccupied house along East Main Street in Roaring Spring has created a rodent problem for neighbors who say their property values are going down. Two of those neighbors attended this month's borough council meeting to ask for help in getting the property cleaned up. Denny and Ruby Albright live next door to 706 E. Main St. and said their well-kept property has been invaded by rats who have made a home in the overgrown weeds and grass from the neighboring house. To illustrate their point,...
Cove Cause for Cancer is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization through the Central Pennsylvania Community Foundation. Its mission is “to be a strong support to all patients and families on Cancer Journeys, and to help find cures for all types of cancer.” Cove Cause for Cancer began its grassroots effort as the area’s first non-profit organization with the main focus of raising funds to help support local members of our communities who are going through a Cancer Journey and need extra financial support. The support for the patients is gaine...
The Cove Carnival was held last week with events every day....
The Altoona-Blair County Airport is about to embark on a new era of passenger service when Contour Airlines, pending U.S. Department of Transportation approval, takes over as the airport's carrier in October. Contour Airlines, headquartered in Smyrna, Tennessee, was approved by the Altoona-Blair County Airport Authority Board of Directors to enter an Essential Air Service agreement (EAS) with the airport and if approved, is expected to begin service on Oct. 1, taking over for current carrier...
East Main Street, located in front of the former Appvion paper mill in Roaring Spring, will be closed to vehicle traffic during the week as workers replace water and sewer lines. According to Roaring Spring Municipal Authority Chairman Steve Weaver, crews from Excavating Associates of Hyndman, Pa, began work on Monday, July 19, on the approximately $330,000 project. Weaver said the authority is replacing more than 1,100 feet of sewer lines and around 260 feet of water lines from the entrance of...
Following last week’s new state budget passage and the increase in funding to school districts, Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker announced Spring Cove School District would see a $247,204 increase in basic education funding, and a $84,342 increase in special education funding. This increase is what Dr. Baker expected the district would receive. The district did not qualify for level up funding. She also said that there was a difficulty in getting enough bus drivers, paraprofessionals, and all support staff for the upcoming year. During her s...
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When I think of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, I think of more than one or two people, so I’m writing a tribute to five people for Parents’ Day, July 24. I’m one of four children born to Harry and Laura Snyder 80-plus years ago in Loysburg. The home I and my siblings were born into was, at first, a two-story log house, built about 200 years ago. It received several additions, weather-boarding to cover the logs, a dug-out basement (which flooded now and then), porches and many interior improvements over the four generations of Snyders who lived...
Victoria Bergstrom is the sole heir to Bergstrom Hospitality, a worldwide five-star chain of hotel resorts. She had not been to the hotel on Jekyll Island for 18 years. Her mother had fallen from the balcony of their suite and died. Victoria couldn’t bear to go there until now. Her best friend Lisbeth was working on finding out about Victoria’s mother’s death when her body was found in the ocean. Lisbeth must have learned something to endanger her life. Victoria decided to return to Jekyl...
When the undefeated Central High School baseball team won the Pennsylvania 3-A state title last month at State College, part of the Altoona Mirror’s photo coverage showed Shane Metzler celebrating in the team’s dugout. And when the Herald published its fall schedule of local high school sports I closely scanned the list for Central football, looking for a particular name. And there it was: Shane Metzler was listed as the equipment manager for the team. I have followed Shane, 47, through the year...
Herald of July 22, 1897 A record breaking storm hit Martinsburg on Saturday night. Much damage was done. Cellars were flooded, birds were drowned, gardens washed out and trees damaged. While the floodgates were drawn over the village of Martinsburg on Saturday Evening last, the people of their sister borough (Roaring Spring) were happily enjoying a lovely shower, falling so gently that even the sweet and tender flower was not disturbed, only in laughter over the beautiful shower. What strange things do happen. It was a great season for bees....
Herald of July 27, 1972 Oil and gas rights to most of the farmland in northern Bedford County and southern Blair County were leased to Amoco Production Co. of Houston. The leases were negotiated over the past few months and were being recorded in the courthouses in Bedford and Hollidaysburg. In Bedford County 687 leases were filed and 350 in Blair County. Mrs. Ruth Crumrine, Mrs. Lorraine Sheeler, Mrs. Joyce Hoover, Mrs. Regina Itle, and Miss Sharon Stewart were hired to fill teaching vacancies in the Spring Cove School district. An average of...
Herald of July 28, 1922 Mrs. Elizabeth J. Fay, Williamsburg’s oldest and most highly esteemed resident, died at her home on Plum Street at the age of 85. Mrs. Fay was the daughter of the late Judge Samuel and Anna Stewart Dean. She was one of the last four remaining grandchildren of John Dean who escaped the Indian massacre of the Matthew Dean Family in Canoe Valley in 1780. Mrs. Fay was also the granddaughter of Judge David Stewart who sat on the bench in Huntingdon county for more than thirty years. While picking huckleberries near Mines, a...
Herald of July 24, 1997 The Martinsburg Business and Professional Women’s Business Club donated $175 to the Martinsburg Community Library. The money would be used to purchase books and videotapes. Chalmer Wineland of Roaring Spring celebrated his 90th birthday with an open house at his residence. He retired from the Pennsylvania Railroad after 46 years, and drove school bus for 26 years. The Blair County Commissioners gave their consent for a police memorial in the new courthouse annex. The project was expected to cost $25,000 and 25% of t...
Herald of July 24, 1947 Joie Chitwood’s Hell Drivers was the opening entertainment for the Bedford County Fair. The Grand Stand Folies of 1947 with “25 beautiful girls from the Roxy Theater in New York City” and other popular vaudeville acts were scheduled to perform as well. Attorney William Hicks, a native of Williamsburg, died at his home in Tyrone. He was born in 1856 and attended the Williamsburg public school, the Williamsburg academy and a private school of mathematics and languages conducted by J. A. Stewart. He studied law under Attor...
Herald of July 26, 2012 Silver Airways of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. contracted to begin service to the Altoona-Blair County Airport on August 1. The previous carrier was Colgan Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp. Pinnacle Airlines filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Directors of the Morrisons Cove Community Fair voted to suspend the fair for the second year in a row. Financial restraints were cited as the reason. Barbara Wilt was given Woodbury Area Community Center’s Distinguished Citizen Award for 2011. Wilt was secretary/treasurer f...
Do you ever think how much courage it takes to be a human being? I have been thinking about babies lately as my great-grandson and his parents moved to Texas, and several friends have had their first great-granddaughters. I was visiting a church at the shore one Sunday when a precious baby was baptized. I remember the pastor saying that we all needed to be more like babies. A baby’s world is inside the arms that hold her. There is a wonderful sense of safety and security. But then she will learn that roses have thorns and that bees sting. T...
We continue with our study of Ezekiel 18 to get a wonderful picture of God. He has denied the use of an unjust proverb. People had been saying God was not fair because He was punishing them for the sins of their ancestors. Rather God said in verse 20, “The soul that sins shall die.” In other words, the person who commits sin shall be punished for the sin he commits. And conversely, the one who lives a good life shall receive blessing/reward. But, now God goes on in verse 21 to offer a hopeful th...
Loie Galbraith, Diane Crouch, Mark Wheland and Johnny Crouch gave the Grace Pointe Community Church of God this facelift by adding paint for the background....
Estate Notice Estate of Kaidon A. Montgomery, Deceased. Late of Altoona City, Blair County, PA. D.O.D. 4/3/20. Letters of Administration on the above Estate have been granted to the undersigned, who request all persons having claims or demands against the estate of the decedent to make known the same and all persons indebted to the decedent to make payment without delay to Mark Montgomery, III, 1104 14th Ave., Altoona, PA 16602 and Tanya McCartney, 701 3rd Ave., 1st Fl., Altoona, PA 16602, Administrators. Or to their Atty.: Jennifer M. Merx, Sk...
