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Administrator Notice Estate of Cynthia Jean Pletcher, A/K/A Cynthia J. Pletcher, late of Martinsburg Borough, Blair County. Letters of Administration on said estate having been granted to the undersigned, all persons indebted thereto are requested to make payment and those having claims against the same will present them without delay. Administrator Matthew J. Pletcher 310 E. Allegheny St. Martinsburg, PA 16662 Attorney Shawn P. Sullivan, Esq. Haberstroh, Sullivan & George, LLP. 113 E. Allegheny Street Martinsburg, PA 16662 Executor Notice Noti... Full story
The William H.Grove Family Reunion was held June 28, 2020 at the Farm Show Building in Williamsburg. The family enjoyed food, fellowship and games. Next year's reunion will be held the last Sunday in June at a picnic pavilion at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park in Martinsburg. Family members of the William H. Grove Family who have not joined the William H. Grove Family Reunion Page on Facebook are asked to send a friend request. In attendance were (from left): Front row: Kelsi Chilcote, Heidi...
Lester M. Long, 97, a Navy veteran, and his wife, Shirley, were at the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association meeting July 16 in Martinsburg. Mr. Long was presented a plaque and a document certifying that an accompanying flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol on April 2, 2020. The flag was flown at the request of Congressman John Joyce for Mr. Long, a World War II veteran who started the DESA Horseshoes Curve Chapter #37 on July 26, 1997. He was voted the first "skipper." Mr. Long's time in the...
Dear August, You are getting old. The crickets are singing away your last full night. Cradled in the lap of summer, your days are too soon gone. Our little grandchildren ran barefoot in all your weeks. If they wore shoes in your few chilly mornings, they were soon kicked aside. Clouds laughed across your sky and the sun blazed from it. In your days, the chattering of purple martins and barn swallows quieted as they took to the sky for migration to a land where heat like yours never goes away....
Do you have a strong interest in gardening? Are you a life-long learner? Do you want to help others and share your gardening enthusiasm and knowledge? Then consider becoming a Penn State Extension Master Gardener. Penn State Extension in Blair County is now accepting applications for the 2020-21 Penn State Master Gardener program. This program consists of a volunteer training course designed to provide experienced home gardeners with information and skills necessary to share their experience and knowledge with others. Weekly classes start Oct....
The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed as of 12 a.m., Sept. 1, that there are 770 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 134,795 All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19. The number of tests administered within the last 7 days between Aug. 25 and Aug. 31 is 163,092 with 4,551 positive cases. There were 22,681 test results reported to the department through 10 p.m., Aug. 31. These results represent the total number of tests administered. There are 7,691 total deaths attributed to COVID-19,...
In the last article we talked about Daniel, but I had also mentioned reading the book of Esther. Well guess what was next on the recommended daily readings? Yep, it was Esther. Now I know that many folks prefer not to read their Bibles for some reason, but you really need to read the whole book of Esther yourself. It is so riveting and action packed that I can't even begin to go over the whole exciting thing in the detail it deserves. In it we meet Hadassah, a.k.a. Esther, an orphan who was...
In response to a rumor that a student at Spring Cove Middle School in Roaring Spring had tested positive to COVID-19 and that the school had to close for a period of time, Spring Cove Superintendent Dr. Betsy Baker reached out to the Herald with the following response: “Now that we are back to school, the district continues to work closely with the Department of Health regarding contract tracing and quarantine recommendations, as we have since we reopened this summer. Families are notified regarding possible exposure and the need to q...
Dan Risbon splits firewood outside his home along Piney Creek Road outside of Williamsburg on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 30. Risbon said he heats his home with oil but supplements it with a steady supply of wood....
Scriptures to Read: Nehemiah 4:7-22 II Thessalonians 3: 6-13 Hebrews 3:9-11 Ephesians 4:25-28 Philippians 2:14-18 St. John 6:26-27 St. Matthew 11:28-30 We celebrate "Labor Day." For many of us it is simply a day off from work. But I think it should be more. I know it is a secular holiday, not a spiritual one. Still, I think we can give it a higher purpose. I am thinking about the work of rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem in the days of Nehemiah the Prophet of God. The first thing I see is there...
Blair and Bedford counties are offering grant programs designed to help local small businesses recover from COVID-19 related problems and losses. County commissioners in both counties voted in late August to create the programs, which require that the business complete an application. Deadlines to apply for both programs are Sept. 11. Information about each program is below. Bedford County On Aug. 28, the Bedford County Board of Commissioners established a new grant program, the Bedford County Governmental COVlD-19 Relief Grant Program....
The Altoona-Blair County Airport, Martinsburg, is one of two airports that serve the people of Pennsylvania’s 13th Congressional District that has been awarded Federal Aviation Administration Airport Improvement Program grants. The Altoona-Blair County Airport will receive $1,411,352, while the Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, will receive $5,159,843. The two grants total $6,571,195. As the aviation industry faces unprecedented challenges, these FAA Airport Improvement Program grants include funding authorized b...
Justin Davis adds some shrubs to the landscaping in the back yard of his home along East Christiana in Martinsburg on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 30....
DEATH RECORD BLATTENBERGER – Kenneth R., 77, Martinsburg BURNS – E. Gregory “Gregg,” 72, Roaring Spring BUTLER – Chester E. “Chett,” 77, Martinsburg HINISH – Dean S., 85, Martinsburg MARTIN – Kailey Nicole, infant, Martinsburg YINGLING – Leanor C., 101, Hollidaysburg...
KENNETH R. BLATTENBERGER Martinsburg Kenneth R. Blattenberger, 77, Martinsburg, passed away unexpectedly Sunday morning, Aug. 30, 2020, at his residence. He was born Feb. 15, 1943, in Roaring Spring, son of the late Benjamin F. and Florence M. (Keith) Blattenberger. On Oct. 10, 1964, he married Janet E. Teeter at the Woodbury Church of God. Surviving are his beloved wife of 55 years; many nieces, nephews and cousins that he dearly loved; two sisters-in-law: Lois R. Steward of Roaring Spring and...
CHESTER E. 'CHET' BUTLER Martinsburg Chester E. "Chet" Butler, 77, of Martinsburg, passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, surrounded by his family, after a courageous battle with a recent illness. He was born June 11, 1943, in Roaring Spring, the son of the late Melvin E. and Rosie (Frederick) Butler. On Aug. 13, 1966, he married Shirley J. Decker. He is survived by his wife of 54 years; five children: Jennifer Balliet (Chuck), Cory, Jason (Jen), Erin Focht (Rick) and Kerri Carder (Fred); 11...
LEANOR C. YINGLING Hollidaysburg Leanor Yingling, 101, of Hollidaysburg, passed away Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, at the Presbyterian Village at Hollidaysburg. She was born Jan. 27, 1919, in Martinsburg, daughter of the late Ross A. and Daisy (Beegle) Detwiler. She married Homer T. Yingling on March 13, 1943, in Winchester, Va. He preceded her in death June 7, 2008, after 65 years of marriage. Surviving are two daughters: Janice D. Frazzini and husband, Thomas, of Export, and Bonnie K. Diehl of...
E. GREGORY 'GREGG' BURNS Roaring Spring E. Gregory "Gregg" Burns, 72, of Roaring Spring, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020, at Conemaugh Nason Medical Center, Roaring Spring, after complications from heart surgery. He was born March 12, 1948, in Altoona, the son of the late Mearle and Rosemarie (Greible) Burns. He married Kitty A. Boyer on Aug. 7, 1971, in Altoona. He is survived by his wife; two children: Mike Burns and wife Lisa of Inwood, W.Va., and Patty Braithwaite and...
Blair County recently was awarded $11 million in CARES funding to impact those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Williamsburg residents began to ask themselves – “Why not us?” For resident Dave Cadle, the impact that the COVID-19 grant money could have on Williamsburg could be “substantial.” Cadle, along with other residents, recently discussed on how Williamsburg could use the grant money. Cadle said some of the ideas included better cell-phone service, and (just like the rest of Blair County) better broadband service. Better cell phone ser...
DEAN S. HINISH Martinsburg Dean S. Hinish, 85, of Martinsburg, passed away Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 25, 2020, at Homewood at Martinsburg, following a lengthy illness. He was born March 29, 1935, in Curryville, son of the late Wilmer E. and Martha R. (Rhodes) Hinish. On June 7, 1958, he married Mary Lou Keller at St. Matthew Evangelical Lutheran Church, Martinsburg. Surviving are his beloved wife of 62 years; a daughter, Suzanne L. Good (Don) of Elizabethtown; a son, Stephen D. Hinish of...
KAILEY NICOLE MARTIN Martinsburg Kailey Nicole Martin, age 14 hours, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. She was the beloved daughter of Jonathan and Kristine Martin of Martinsburg. Kailey is also survived by loving grandparents Timothy and Lydia Weaver of Martinsburg and Larry and Erla Martin of Williamsburg; and may loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Our Tiny Rosebud The Master Gardener from Heaven above, Planted a seed in the Garden of Love. And from it there grew a Rosebud small, That never had time to open at all. To be...
The following area students have been named to the spring 2020 dean’s list at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Students achieve dean’s list status when they are full-time (12 or more credits) with a grade point average of 3.25 or higher. Claysburg: Peyton Anthony Swope, B.S. in Management/Supply Chain Management Duncansville: Abigail G. Barroner, B.S.Ed. in Middle Level Education Grades 4-8/Mathematics; Caitlyn Jo Boggs, B.A. in Art/Studio; Marissa Renee Dubrow, B.S.Ed. in Early Childhood Education; Chloe Lynn Dumm, B.S. in Interior Des...
The Williamsburg Pharmacy should be opening soon. Owner Dr. Tyler Ruby said the pharmacy will be opening in the middle of September....
What started as a simple traffic stop has landed a Sproul man in jail awaiting a preliminary hearing on several charges. According to the police report, at approximately 11:15 p.m., Aug. 16, a Greenfield Township police officer observed a motorcycle being operated by David Lee Baird II, 47 of Sproul, without rear lighting traveling in the area of Dunning's Highway and Sycamore Lane. Once the siren was activated, the officer could hear the motorcycle accelerating. The officer contacted 911 to...
According to Freedom Township police, at approximately 8:56 p.m., Aug. 29, a 2005 Lincoln Aviator driven by Jessica Weyant, 35 of Claysburg, was stopped in the parking lot at 310 Travelers Road near Freedom Junction. Patrolman Tyler Grigg identified the driver as Weyant, and being familiar with Weyant requested back up from Chief Sharkey and Lt. Clowson. When asked if the vehicle could be searched, Weyant stated that she knew her ex-boyfriend was engaged in some drug activity but she was...
The Catharine Township supervisors met on Thursday, Aug. 27, for a special meeting to open bids for the Overlook Drive. Over the last few months at the meetings, residents of Overlook Drive have been wondering when their road will be able to be fixed, saying it was one “of those worst roads” in Catharine Township. The supervisors, on Aug. 20 said they were planning to use the remaining liquid fuels funding ($50,000) to pave the road. Two sealed bids were opened during a special township meeting – one from Glenn O. Hawbaker, Inc., State Colle...
It’s Natalie’s birthday week – well, my birthday isn’t until Sept. 8, but those that know me know that my birthday is one big occasion! I decided to incorporate one of my favorite foods – Oreo cookies! Oreo Cheesecake Cookies Ingredients: 1 – 8 oz. package cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup salted butter, room temperature 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1 cup flour 15 Oreo cookies, coarsely crushed Directions: In a stand mixer, mix the cream cheese and butter together on medium speed for one minute until smooth. Add in the sugar and vanilla, mi...
A goal of $43,000 has been set for this year’s Martinsburg Area Community Fund Drive. This year’s goal is the same as the two previous years. The 2020 fund drive will support 15 charitable agencies that do work in the Martinsburg area. The Martinsburg Community Guidance Council recently held its annual budget meeting. Officers for the 2020 campaign were elected, and funding requests from the participating agencies were reviewed. The 15 agencies are Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, Martinsburg Supervised Recreation, Martinsburg Community Lib...
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) and the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) are reminding motorists to travel responsibly ahead of the Labor Day holiday. During the 2019 Labor Day holiday enforcement period, troopers made 610 DUI arrests and investigated 45 crashes in which alcohol was a factor. According to PennDOT data, in 2019 there were 2,995 crashes resulting in 46 fatalities statewide over the holiday week beginning Friday, Aug. 30, and running through Sunday, Sept. 8. Of the total fatalities, 19 were alcohol-related...
The Morrisons Cove 1st Credit Union, Roaring Spring, is planning to hold a virtual meeting at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19. Persons interested in attending are asked to call the credit union office at 224-2744 for more details about the annual meeting....
Beginning Sept. 8, the Roaring Spring Community Library will offer some new and exciting virtual programming. You can tune in on our Facebook page and also on our YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/user/roaringspringlibrary to take part in the fun. Monday through Thursday at 10:30 a.m., Miss Pauline and Miss Cortney will transport you to far aways places during Magical Make Believe Storytime. Have you ever wanted to visit the Lorax forest? See Cat in the Hat? Take a trip to Where the Wild Things Are? Drop in on Old McDonald at his farm? Be...
The Herald’s Opinion Page is where members of the Cove community are invited to speak up about issues of concern to them and the community at large. Shorter opinions are published as Letters to the Editor. Longer opinions are published as Guest Commentaries or Other Voices. To get your voice heard, send your typed opinion to the Herald at 113 N. Market St., Martinsburg, Pa. 16662 or to news@mcheraldonline.com. Thank you!...
“A young man sittin' on the witness stand The man with the book says “Raise your hand” “Repeat after me, I solemnly swear” The man looked down at his long hair And although the young man solemnly swore Nobody seems to hear anymore And it didn't really matter if the truth was there It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair And the lonely voice of youth cries “What is truth?” A few months ago in this column, I mentioned that I was feeling a little nostalgic for the music of my youth and had been digging through my library of LP...
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is 11 cents higher this week at $2.584 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. This week’s avg. prices Western Pennsylvania Average – $2.584 Average price during the week of Aug. 24, 2020 – $2.471 Average price during the week of Sept. 3, 2019 – $2.750 The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas: $2.579 Altoona $2.589 Beaver $2.598 Bradford $2.599 Brookville $2.585 Butler $2.576 Clarion $2.542 DuBois $2.587 Erie $2.574 Greensburg $2.599 In...
To the Editor: Recently a group from the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement passed through Bedford County on their way to Washington, D.C., and allegedly trespassed on property in Schellsburg where one of the group was shot. The man later went to the family and tried to make reconciliation. It was a good gesture but the sincerity of it is in doubt. Some questions need answering before we can truly determine if it was sincere or just a propaganda move. First, why is this peaceful man even associated with a group such as BLM if he was not int...
A group of therapy dogs visited residents and staff at Homewood Martinsburg recently. Following the social distancing guidelines, the visits took place through windows at the various buildings at Homewood. Nineteen dogs and their owners/handlers walked through the facility making their way from window to window to warm hearts by touching "nose to finger" with the residents. Many of the dogs were completing their testing criteria during the visit. Afterwards, the dogs were treated to free ice cre...
Herald of Aug. 29, 1895 The Blair County Agricultural Society announced that there would be horse races for farmers and bicycle races for boys 15 and under at the county fair. The horse races were to pay a purse of $35 for trot or pace mile heats, divided into $20, $10 and $5 for first, second and third. The bicycle races were to be half mile to five miles and pay prizes of $3 for first and $2 for second. There were to be no entry fees. Prof. J.B. Brumbaugh of Clover Creek preached the harvest home sermon for the German Baptists at New...
Herald of Sept. 3, 1920 Robert R. Love, a former slave, died at his home two miles west of Woodbury, on Aug. 24, at the age of 103 years. He was born in slavery at Culpepper Court House, Va., his master being J.B. Carter. He was twice married, his second wife being Miss Anna Lyons. She with three children to the union survived. Burial was made in the Keagy cemetery near Woodbury. The Morrisons Cove Vocational High school was to open for the term on Monday. Prof. C.A. Byers, brother of the late Prof. Edward E. Byers, was to be in charge. A...
Herald of Sept. 6, 1945 After having been in operation for nearly four weeks, the Blue Mountain cannery at Martinsburg was to close this Thursday evening or night. It was said that all the available corn would be worked up by the closing time later in the day. Lieut. H. Marguerite Tussey of the Army Nurse corps has arrived in the States from the European war theatre, and is expected home later in the week. The thunder storm which passed over the central section of the Cove Thursday evening last was the summer’s worst storm and was the cause o...
Herald of Sept. 3, 1970 The Martinsburg Planning Commission has gone on record as opposing plans for the new post office. Morrisons Cove mourns the loss of another of its young men, John S. Bailey, 20 of S. Market St., Martinsburg, was fatally injured in an automobile accident on the Curryville Road last Thursday. Youngsters who held a backyard carnival at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jay Butler, East Sharpsburg, netted $153 toward the Muscular Dystrophy Fund. Room 1 at the Benson Primary School, Martinsburg, will no longer be known as “Miss J...
Herald of Aug. 31, 1995 The Martinsburg Community Guidance Council set a goal of $27,500 for the fall’s Community Fund. The goal was an increase of $100 over last year’s goal – less than one percent. The campaign would benefit 12 charitable agencies. Dr. David B. Smith, former high school principal, was named acting superintendent of the Northern Bedford County School District, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Dr. Lanny F. Ross. Robert K. Sell, formerly assistant high school principal, had been named acting high school princ...
During Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September, the American Red Cross encourages eligible donors to give blood or platelets to support kids, teens and young adults battling cancer, as well as others in need of transfusions. The National Cancer Institute estimates that more than 15,000 children and adolescents in the U.S. are diagnosed with cancer each year. Childhood cancer patients may need blood products on a regular basis during chemotherapy, surgery or treatment for complications. Cancer and cancer treatments can put patients at...
Herald of Sept. 2, 2010 The Central High School Mock Trial Team has been invited to participate in a very “prestigious” and “exclusive” international event – the Empire City Invitational – to be held in New York City. The Northern Bedford-Tussey Mountain golf team outshot Bellwood-Antis by the score of 356-389 Aug. 26. The Altoona Chapter of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry has announced the award of an Abbott Scholarship to Alexis Stahl of Williamsburg. Clayton and Kathy Yeager sold the Yeager’s Carpet building located on th...
Joshua Port, MD, of University Orthopedics Center, was elected to join the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES). Membership in ASES is a privilege and an honor awarded only to experienced orthopedic surgeons who concentrate on shoulder surgery, elbow surgery, and/or sports medicine. Membership is by invitation only, with two accompanying sponsorships from active members of the organization. They also must meet strict academic and clinical requirements as well as demonstrate active involvement in scientific meetings. Dr. Port is the only...
August 26, 2020 The Bedford County Commissioners are pleased to announce we are moving ahead with Bedford County's Broadband Infrastructure Plan. On Tuesday, Aug. 25, the Bedford County Commissioners approved their agreement between Crowsnest Broadband LLC. This project will be funded from their portion of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) that may be used for expenditures to address the COVID-l9 health emergency. In addition, the county has also made funds available through their Bedford County CARES Sma...
The Sept. 10 meeting of the Altoona Area Lyme Disease Support Group has been cancelled. Go to palyme.org to learn how to prevent tick bites and tick-borne diseases. Find “Altoona Area Lyme Disease Support Group” and “PA Lyme Resource Network” on Facebook. For more information about the support group, contact Amber Altiero, RN, regional leader, at (814) 934-7403...
By LISA SCHAEFER Executive Director County Commissioners Association of Pa. This fall’s presidential election is coming up quickly, and during every day leading up to Nov. 3, Pennsylvania’s county leaders and election officials are hard at work preparing to administer an impartial and accurate election. And what’s top of mind for them? Making sure that voters can cast their votes, regardless of what type of ballot they use, and that those votes are accurately counted according to law. In June, Pennsylvania had its first experience with mail-...
The Blair/Bedford Youth and Open Dairy Show was held Aug. 4 at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park, Martinsburg. Joe Stitt of Belleville judged the show, which was held in conjunction with the Blair/Bedford Dairy Show Aug. 3 and 4 at the park. Hard Core Colton Finnish, a Jersey 3-year-old owned by Hard Core Farm, New Enterprise, was named the senior supreme champion of the Open Show. Breeders are Ashley and Kristen Fisher. C-Cove Stanleycup Lakesha, a 5-year-old Holstein owned by Molly Cessna of Bedfor...
Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding recently visited the Scattered Acres Dairy Farm in Reading, one of Pennsylvania’s many dairy farms that had to dump milk as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic’s effect on dairy markets in the commonwealth. On the farm, Secretary Redding revealed that nearly $13.5 million of the $15 million CARES Act-funded Dairy Indemnity Program was still available for farmers to claim in direct relief payments. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the early days, we saw Pennsylvania’s dairy farmers face de...
The Blair County Chamber of Commerce will hold its Breakfast Club at noon Wednesday, Sept. 9, at The Casino at Lakemont Park, Altoona. Ben Cherington, new general manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will be the guest speaker. Cherington was most recently the executive vice president of the Boston Red Sox. There will be a cost to attend the event, which will feature grilled chicken salads. Social distancing will be in effect. To register, call the chamber at (814) 943-8151 or register online, at www.blairchamber.com....
