Articles from the November 14, 2019 edition
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PennDOT Offers Online Resources for Winter Storms
With the winter season approaching, the commonwealth is reminding residents of the online resources available to help deal with winter storms. To help the public prepare for the season and share information about winter services, PennDOT offers...
By Update: Suspect Package Found at Airport Contained No Explosives
A suspicious package discovered at the Blair County Airport contained no explosives, according to State Police. Emergency personnel were called to the airport at around 7 a.m. after the packages were discovered on airports second floor. After a TSA...
JAMES A. MORGAN
James A. Morgan, 94, of Everett, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at UPMC Bedford Memorial Hospital. A funeral was held Monday, Nov. 11, in the Chapel at Akers Funeral Home, ww...
Frantic Phone Call Leads to Search; Roaring Spring Man Taken Into Custody
A Roaring Spring man has been apprehended in Indiana County in connection with a missing, endangered persons investigation of his daughter-in-law and her two children. Edgar Lee Decker Jr., 56, was ta...
Spreading A Winter Safety Message
Central High School art students recently participated in PennDOT's annual Paint the Plow contest. This year's theme is, "Dont Rush in Ice and Slush." The students who worked on the plow are (from...
Herald Visits the Grand Canyon
Dr. Rodney Claycomb of New Zealand and Robert and Eileen Claycomb of Lafayettesville recently visited with family Lee and Stella Royer of Henderson, Nev., formerly of Martinsburg. They spent a day...
Holiday Lights on the Lake at Lakemont Park to Open Friday, Nov. 15
The 23rd annual Holiday Lights on the Lake at Lakemont Park is set to open on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Lakemont Park will be lit up with a 51-acre, drive-through tour of thousands of holiday lights and animations. Holiday Lights on the Lake is open...
DCNR Offering Free Regional Playground Grant Workshops
In advance of the 2020 grant opening, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will be offering free, in-person grant workshops at six locations across Pennsylvania in November, DCNR Secretary Cindy Adam Dunn announced Oct. 28. The...
Panthers Fall in District 5 Class 1A Title Game; Finish 8-4
Northern Bedford got off to a good start and led 10-0 at halftime but could not hold on in a 28-23 loss to Tussey Mountain for the District 5 Class 1A Championship last Friday night, Nov. 8, at Tiger...
Saltsburg Ends C-K's Season
The 2019 high school football season for the Claysburg-Kimmel Bulldogs came to an end Saturday, Nov. 9. At fourth-seeded Saltsburg for a District 6 Class 1A quarterfinal game, the fifth-seeded Bulldogs were dealt a 39-14 setback. While Saltsburg...
Hunters Harvest 89 Elk in 1 Week
Ninety-eight hunters took part in Pennsylvania’s 2019 one-week general elk hunt, which closed Nov. 9. Most left elk country with a trophy. Eighty-nine elk were taken by hunters during the season. And for those licensed to hunt antlered elk, also...
The Sportsman's Corner
Not long ago, I wrote that the passage of a bill allowing Sunday hunting was unlikely. I am now eating crow about that column. On Oct. 30, SB 147 was passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representative...
Basketball Clinic at Park
Morrisons Cove Memorial Park kicked off the winter sports season with its second annual Youth Basketball Clinic & League on Thursday, Nov. 7. In the park's inaugural season last year, 72 kids...
Closing In On Record-Breaking Bear Season in Pa.
Through an early archery bear season in selected Wildlife Management Units (WMUs), two new October firearms bear seasons and the first week of a two-week statewide archery bear season, Pennsylvania hunters took a preliminary harvest of 1,540 bears....
Old Order Mennonite Memoirs
Thankfulness is not a seasonal dress, (writes Elizabeth Lathrop Powers,) To wear awhile and then pack away; It is a garment meant for daily wear, Not just to decorate the holiday. Its colors will not...
Halloween Fun
The Freedom Township Volunteer Fire Company was visited by masked strangers looking for candy on Halloween night. Firefighter Shannon Robertson gladly handed over the goodies to mask-wearing brothers...
Trick or Treat at the Village
The Village at Morrisons Cove, Martinsburg, came alive with more than 100 giggling children dressed in Halloween costumes on Saturday, Nov. 2. The residents lined up in the hall in chairs and...
Not Your Typical Church Lady
It's been a wild and wacky life. I've had the opportunity to work at many different places doing many different things. One thing that I've learned is that each job requires specific knowledge...
Thought for the Week
Scriptures to Read: Acts 21:27-31 St. John 16:1-7 St. John 16:8-15 Romans 9:1-5 Romans 9:6-13 St. Luke 23:13-18 Acts 7:51-59 The plan to absolve Paul of false accusations backfired. His Nazarite vow b...
Flintstones at Trunk or Treat
Vicksburg Grace Brethren Church on Reservoir Road, Hollidaysburg, held its trunk or treat on Saturday, Nov. 2 in the church parking lot. This year's event was outstanding with many persons...
Cove Chorus to Perform Christmas Concert
“The Best Christmas Ever,” under the direction of Tom Kunkle, will be the theme of the annual Cove Community Choir’s Christmas concert. It will be presented at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at the Spring Cove Middle...
Cove Theater to Perform 'Christmas Pageant' in Dec.
The Cove Community Theater, Loysburg, is busy preparing a performance for the 2019 Christmas season. There are 22 cast members in this year’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.” The play, which will also include dinner at each of...
Imlers to Host Singles Group At RS Home
All Christian Singles are invited to a Thanksgiving dinner and a time of music and praise at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, at Pete and Carol Imler’s barn in Roaring Spring. Gospel singer Tom Smith of Everett and Pastor Rod Donaldson of Saxton will be...
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENTS
Andrew Burkholder and Jolene Nolt (Zimmerman) Reiff of Woodbury are the parents of a son, Tristan Eric Reiff, who was born at 10:13 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2019, at home. The infant weighed 8 pounds,...
Steeles Celebrates 70 Years of Marriage
Don and Sara Jane Steele of Hopewell celebrated 70 years of marriage at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, 2019, at the fire hall of the Southern Cove Fire Company in New Enterprise. A homemade turkey dinner...
Beaches Celebrate 60th Wedding Anniversary
James "Jim" and Naomi Ruth (Sheterom) Beach of Graystone Court, Roaring Spring, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. In honor of this milestone, their daughters held a...
The Village Closet Celebrating 30 Years
The Village Closet, a local family owned resale shop and country store, opened its doors on Nov. 15, 1989, in McKee, next to Cove Business Systems. One year later, the business moved to Towne’s Edge Exchange, Martinsburg, its current location....
Claysburg to Hold Sixth Annual 'Christmas in the Park' Saturday, Nov. 23
Claysburg’s sixth annual “Christmas in the Park” will be held Saturday, Nov. 23. The Christmas parade, starting at 3 p.m. that Saturday, will begin the festivities. The parade starts at the Claysburg American Legion and proceeds to the...
Annual 'Warming Our Youth' to Benefit Hollidaysburg Students
Each year, dozens of students are not dressed properly for the winter season at no fault of their own, nor the parents. Understand, Hollidaysburg does have those stubborn ones who will wear shorts and hoodies all year round. During the Christmas...
Hot Load of Insulation
A trailer loaded with insulation caught fire at Champion Home Builders in Claysburg on Thursday morning, Nov. 7. Fire crews from Claysburg, Freedom Township, Blue Knob and Imler responded. The fire...
Pa. National Guard Members Eligible for New PA GI Bill Can Now Apply
Pennsylvania National Guard (PNG) members eligible for the new Pennsylvania GI Bill, or Military Family Education Program, can now apply for the program and family members can use the benefit during the 2020-21 academic semesters. Under the PA GI Bil...
Public Notices
Budget Notice is hereby given that the 2020 proposed budget for Woodbury Township, Blair County, Pennsylvania, is available for public inspection from November 08 to December 05, 2019, at the Woodbury Township Municipal Building, 6385 Clover Creek...
Po's Peek at the Past By Dave Potchak
Throughout our lives, we meet all kinds of people; and that fact alone makes life interesting. After all, the world would be a pretty boring place if all of us were identical in what we think, say,...
Books to Borrow Claysburg Area Public Library Recommends
God intends for us to be overcomers. And, he gives us the means to overcome. Dr. Jeremiah uses the armor of God from Ephesians 6 to explain how God equips us to overcome in this life. He also uses...
Speed Cameras are for Revenue, Not Safety
To the Editor: In reference to the story “Automated Work Zone Speed Enforcement Pilot To Be Implemented in Pa.,” on Page B-7 of the Nov. 7, 2019, edition of the Herald, speed cameras in work zones are for revenue. If not, then why do we not do th...
125 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 8, 1894 The November election resulted in a Republican voter landslide. Blair County gave General Hastings, the winner for Governor of Pennsylvania, a 44,147 vote plurality. The Republicans of Martinsburg and surrounding areas had a...
100 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 14, 1919 The big celebration of the anniversary of Armistice day, by the people of Morrisons Cove, staged to take place at Roaring Spring, was a great success. Between eight and ten thousand people were present in spite of unfavorable...
75 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 16, 1944 Corporal George Landis Rodkey, 26, of Piney Creek, was killed in action in France on Oct. 25. Word of his death was received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard W. Rodkey on Wednesday of this week. Two Cove brothers had a...
50 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 13, 1969 Central High School’s fire-breathing Scarlet Dragons soared to their first undefeated-untied season in the ten-year history of the school with a 31-6 victory over Chief Logan at Lewistown. Jubilant Central fans returned to...
25 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 10, 1994 The borough of Roaring Spring and Martinsburg are considering the implementation of a recycling program. Both towns are served by some of the same haulers. If some are licensed to collect recyclables in Roaring Spring, they...
10 Years Ago
Herald of Nov. 12 2009 Roaring Spring Borough boosted real estate taxes by two mills with the possibility it could drop by 4 1/2 mills by January. The end result of the move would be a $20,000 gain to balance the borough’s 2010 general fund...
Leaf Collection Underway
The annual tradition of leaf collection at Morrisons Cove Memorial Park has started in earnest last week. As the borough's orange dump truck is no longer available, board volunteers constructed a new...
Fire Strikes Martinsburg Laundry; Owners Plan to Re-Open 'Soon'
Fire struck the Martinsburg laundromat Sunday night, causing significant damage to the laundry area and displacing a family from the second-floor apartment. No one was injured in the fire. The family...
Chamber Honors Mocks with ACE Award at Annual Dinner
Approximately 200 people attended the Blair County Chamber of Commerce and Farm-City Committee's annual Farm-City dinner Nov. 6 at the Freedom Township Fire Hall, East Freedom. The event started with...
Spring Cove Concerned about Internet Termination Fee; Honors District Retirees
By THOMAS SCHMITT For the Herald The Tuesday, Nov. 12, Spring Cove School District School Board and Committee of the Whole Meeting was highlighted by a lengthy discussion on the district entering into a three-year contract with Comcast for internet...
Roaring Spring Borough to Hold Public Hearing on Alcohol Ordinance
Roaring Spring Borough Council will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday Nov. 20, to give citizens a chance to have their voices heard regarding the proposed alcohol ordinance. The hearing will take place at the borough building at 5:15 p.m, and...
Thank you.
As many of you know, Karen and I suffered a loss on Sunday, Nov. 10, when the Martinsburg laundromat caught fire. The damage to the property was significant but no one was hurt. As I stood there on th...
Herald Office Now offering CBD Products and Consultations on Use
The Herald is now selling CBD products and offering consultations on the appropriate use of the products, according to Publisher Allan J. Bassler The CBD products are available at the Herald office at 113 North Market St., across the street from the...
Voters Made Changes in Blair County
In last week’s Blair County election, more than 23,000 voters embraced changes in county and local government. Of the 76,085 total registered voters in Blair County, 31 percent cast a ballot on Nov. 4, based on the unofficial county election...
