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After more than 70 years, a local soldier who lost his life in the Korean War is coming home and will be laid to rest on Friday, Nov. 4. According to The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, (DPAA), U.S. Army Cpl. David N. Defibaugh, an 18-year-old from Duncansville, went missing in action on July 20, 1950, when his unit, C Company, 3rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 24th Infantry Division, was forced to retreat from the vicinity of Taejon, South Korea. Because of ongoing fighting, Defibaugh's body co...
Two weeks ago, I alluded to the duties of a prophet being challenging because he was asked to do whatever God wanted him to do. Sometimes those things were bizarre. But there were regular things as well. A prophet had to deal with people. Often they were hard-headed and even more frequently hard-hearted. So, when the prophet was commissioned to call people to repent they resisted. Scripture tells us there are pleasures in sin for a season. Even when that season is over, people frankly want to...
On Oct. 20, 14 members and friends of Martinsburg Mennonite Church traveled to Chambersburg to Cumberland Valley Relief Center. The center, sponsored by the Peace Churches of Cumberland Valley, works with the Mennonite Central Committee to provide hunger relief and material aid in the name of Christ. Volunteers weave rugs, quilt, sew patches for comforters, cube tallow for soap, wrap bars of soap, do meat canning, make newborn kits, make sewing kits, health kits, and many other services. Twice...
I do not like to lose. From an early age, I have been competitive. Whether it is a board game or athletic competition my goal is always to win. Sometimes I will join in some sort of game and someone will declare that we are just playing for fun and that there is no need to keep score. I am always appalled at that. What is the point of a game if the purpose is not to determine a winner? I suppose there were a few times when my sons were especially young that I let them win. That was rare and...
The Blair County Board of Elections hereby notifies the voters in the Nov. 8, 2022, election that there is a misprint in the header when a ballot is printed from the Express Vote machine. The Express Vote machine is utilized in each precinct to assist those with disabilities in marking their ballots. The top line of the header mistakenly reads "BLAIR COUNTY, PENNSLVANIA/PHILALPHI" when printed, when it should read "BLAIR COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA/PENNSYLVANIA." This typographical error has no bearing on the processing or counting of...
