Sam Stitzer

Penns Valley High School held its annual commencement on Friday, June 3, at the school stadium. A large crowd of families and friends watched and cheered as 84 members of the Class of 2016 received their diplomas in the district’s traditional graduation ceremony.

Memorial Day is a day set aside to honor the fallen veterans of America’s numerous military conflicts. Services are held in cemeteries throughout the land, where the graves of fallen soldiers, sailors and pilots receive bouquets of fresh flowers and clean, new American flags.

Boalsburg honored Memorial Day with a host of activities this year, including a World War II bivouac erected on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum.

Rockets were flying in Boalsburg on May 19, but NASA was not involved. Instead, it was 20 members of Boalsburg Cub Scout Pack 380 competing in a Space Derby in the Boalsburg Lions Club building.

Five Cub Scouts from Cub Scout Pack 20 in Centre Hall gathered at the Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery on West Church Street in Centre Hall on May 18 to replaced aging and worn American flags on the graves of U.S. armed services veterans buried in the cemetery.

The Stock Market Game is a national competition which teaches high school students the basics of the stock market. It is an interactive simulation where critical thinking, decision making, cooperation, research, investing and communication are required in order to succeed.

Timothy Breon and Tyler Eberly, members of Boy Scout Troop 20 in Centre Hall, were awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a Court of Honor held at St. Luke Lutheran Church on May 7.

The Old Gregg School Community Center in Spring Mills was the site of the grand opening of the Penns Valley Food Centre on May 1. According to Molly Kunkel, executive director of Centre Foundation, the Food Centres project was created as a network of nonprofit food hubs.

Dogs and their owners hit the road running April 30 during the eighth annual Dog Jog 5K Run/Walk. It was a fundraiser for Pets Come First — a no-kill shelter in Potter Township that finds homes for 400 pets each year.

The Parent-Teacher Organization of the Penns Valley Intermediate School hosted its annual Spring Carnival fundraiser in the school gymnasium April 22.