March 2017
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Church dinner fundraiser boosts Penns Valley YMCA
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SPRING MILLS — A ham loaf dinner was served at New Hope Lutheran Church on March 25 as a fundraiser for the Penns Valley YMCA. Church member Sharon Horner noticed that several YMCA staffers also attend the New Hope church, which has been serving community dinners on the second Saturday of nearly every month,…
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The Avid Gardener: April is time for cleanup, change
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Finally, the dreary sameness of winter is giving way to the most welcome burst of color called spring. Bulbs like daffodils, tulips and alliums are beginning to peek through the soil’s crust at my house, delayed by the late March arrival of cold and snow in Philipsburg and the rest of the area. …
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Blonde Cucina: Recipe hits on many of 2017’s new food trends
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When it comes to food, just as in fashion, there always are predicted trends that, throughout the seasons, we see come to life. Along with those new red hot trends are others that we see slipping away. Sadly, quinoa, vegan and vegetarian-type dishes, food trucks and grass-fed beef, to name a few, are not…
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Centre Hall Elementary School hosts family literacy night
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CENTRE HALL — The Centre Hall Elementary School hosted a family literacy night March 21 to promote at-home family reading habits. The event featured a fairy tale theme, with several stations around the building set up with readings and games based on familiar fairy tales. Students were issued cards that were punched as they…
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Centre County ‘Raising Readers’ kicks off with book drive
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The Centre County United Way Partner Network wants to give all kids in Centre County the chance to enter school with the skills they need to experience success as they progress through graduation and beyond. To that end, the Partner Network launched the ‘Raising Readers’ program with a March 27 book drive. The Partner…
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BEA, P-O get set to renew softball rivalry
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One of the nicest things about the beginning of a new softball season is that it’s never a very long wait before Philipsburg-Osceola and Bald Eagle Area get together. The two teams, without fail, are always at or near the top of the Mountain League and District 6, and in recent years they have…
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BEA baseball looks to smooth bumps, build on 2016
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WINGATE — The Bald Eagle Area baseball team’s first outing of the 2017 season, against Penns Valley on March 27, was a definitive example of the kinds of things that can happen in early-season high school baseball. Twenty total runs, 17 hits, 29 walks, eight errors and 29 runners left on base. The game…
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Penn State Announces New Fraternity and Sorority Restrictions; Beta Theta Pi Ban Made Permanent
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Enough is enough. That was the message from Penn State Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims on Thursday as the university announced new restrictions for fraternities and sororities and made permanent the ban on Beta Theta Pi fraternity at the school in the wake of a student death last month
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Penn State Football: Barkley Gets Workout In With Cowboys Quarterback Dak Prescott
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Penn State running back Saquon Barkley isn’t in the NFL just yet (give him time though) but that doesn’t means he hasn’t caught a glimpse of what it takes to compete at the next level. Specifically, a trip to Orlando this offseason with teammates Marcus Allen, DaeSean Hamilton and Mark Allen that resulted in…
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Shoring up pitching, defense priorities for Penns Valley
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SPRING MILLS — The young 2017 baseball season has not been very kind so far to the Penns Valley Rams. It seems to be all about timing. In PV’s first outing against Juniata on March 24, the Rams’ hitters struggled with just four hits, and they fell 5-0. Against Bald Eagle Area…