Sam Stitzer
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Penns Valley Thespians to present ‘Sound of Music’
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SPRING MILLS — “The Sound of Music” will be heard in Spring Mills when the Penns Valley High School Thespians perform the classic musical at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 10, and Saturday, March 11, in the school auditorium. The musical is being directed by Penns Valley band director Darris DeRemer. Phil Stattel directs the…
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Centre Hall Cub Scouts learn about lizards during Blue and Gold banquet
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CENTRE HALL — Cub Scout Pack 20 of Centre Hall held its annual Blue and Gold Banquet on Feb. 18 in the Centre Hall Lions Club building. The 50 Scouts and others in attendance honored the pack’s leaders, volunteers and community supporters. Cubmaster Jesse Weaver presented a brief history of the beginning of the…
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Penns Valley center tailored to seniors’ needs
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MADISONBURG — The Penns Valley Senior Center “can be anything the seniors want it to be,” said its manager, Paula Snyder. The senior center is located at 102 Leisure Lane in Madisonburg and is operated by the Centre County Aging Office. It is open to anyone over age 60. Funding comes from the Aging…
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Centre Hall Cub Scouts go racing at Pinewood Derby
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CENTRE HALL — St. Luke Lutheran Church was the site of Cub Scout Pack 20’s Feb. 4 Pinewood Derby. The traditional racing event dates back to 1960 in Centre Hall. There were 17 cars competing for honors this year. Between rounds of racing, a lunch break was taken by Scouts and a crowd of…
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Technology competition comes to Penns Valley
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SPRING MILLS —About 400 middle and high school technology education students from more than 20 central Pennsylvania schools competed Feb. 4 in the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association’s regional conference at Penns Valley High School. The students competed in about 60 different technology and leadership categories, including agriculture and biotechnology, communications, structural design, photographic technology,…
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Penns Valley welcomes scholars to Academic Decathlon competition
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SPRING MILLS — Penns Valley High School recently hosted eight schools from five central Pennsylvania counties for a district Academic Decathlon. The event, held Feb. 3, tested students in 10 different categories: science, music, mathematics, language and literature, art, speech, interview, economics, social science and history. The competition consisted of seven 50-question multiple…
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Scout camp in Potter Township hosts 46th Klondike Derby
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POTTER TOWNSHIP — The Juniata Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America hosted its 46th annual Klondike Derby at the Seven Mountains Scout Camp in Potter Township on Jan, 28. This event is a competition between Boy Scout patrols pulling dog sleds to several stations located around the campgrounds. Each station presents a…
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Penns Valley woman retires after nearly 5 decades in banking
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OLD FORT — When Linda Brown accepted a job as a teller for Peoples National Bank in June 1969, she had no idea she would still be employed there 47 years later. On Jan. 25, Brown worked her last day at what is now First National Bank’s Old Fort branch, encouraged by a steady stream…
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Penns Valley honors undefeated ’60s wrestling teams
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SPRING MILLS — Back in the 1960s, Penns Valley High School had two undefeated wrestling teams. The 1963 and 1966 teams both racked up 11-0 records under head coach Joe Hammaker. On Jan. 18, 11 members of these undefeated teams and Hammaker were honored at a match against Huntingdon. Herb Bierly, Max Dinges, Ed…
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Centre Hall Poet Shared Mosaic of Rural Life
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There aren’t many people in Centre Hall who remember Harvey Flink, but those who do remember him fondly. He was a published poet whose life spanned just 48 years. He made his home in Centre Hall, and he might be called the poet laureate of the village.