Sam Stitzer

MILLHEIM — Ralph Gray, a retired math teacher turned author from Millheim, has released his newest book, “The Wizard of Centre Hall: The Life and Times of Vernon H. Garbrick.” The book chronicles the history of Garbrick and his family, who manufactured amusement rides in their Centre Hall factory for more than 40…

If someone asks you what the Fourth of July is all about, you might respond with tales of the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and men with names such as Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Hamilton.

Centre Hall is well known for the Grange Fair, which packs the town with thousands of people every August. But, running a close second for filling the town with people is the Town Wide Yard Sale Days event, held each year on the last full weekend in June.

The 28th Historic Bellefonte Cruise has come and gone. Thousands of spectators admired the many show cars and their powerful engines, but one group of cars that received admiring looks had no engines at all.

The Penns Valley Kiwanis Club hosted its seventh annual Mud Volleyball Tournament, a fundraiser for the Kiwanis Club, on June 18 on the grounds of the Old Fort American Legion Post No. 779.

WSOV, the Sounds of the Valleys, a low-power FM community radio station for Penns Valley, recently hosted a block party fundraiser.

At the Nittany Antique Machinery Association’s recent spring show, hundreds of shining examples of restored antique tractors gleamed in John Deere green, Farmall red and Minneapolis-Moline orange.

On June 11, Muddy Paws Marsh near Spring Mills hosted the sixth annual Frog Festival, sponsored by the Penns Valley Conservation Association and Penn State Master Gardeners.

Students at the Miles Township Elementary School in Rebersburg gathered for an awards assembly in the school’s all-purpose room on the morning of June 2 for the presentation of the fifth annual Roger A. Bierly Memorial Scholarship Awards.