Yesteryear-Foot of Ten Allegheny #2 School
The first grade class in Duncansville’s Foot of Ten Allegheny #2 Elementary School in 1962-63 were (from left): front row — Mike McConnell, Cindy Detrick, Bobby Walker, Kathy McCladden, Melvin Boose, Darla Miller, Scott Emiegh and Vaughn Brubaker; middle row — Mrs. Wogan, Mark ...
Cancer patient’s cats inspire push for pets in hospice
WARSAW, Poland — When Ewa Lutka-Krawczyk was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, her first thought was for Gaja, a shelter dog she took in three years ago. She asked her doctor to assure her she would live a few more years so the deeply attached Gaja “wouldn’t be left behind.” But the prognosis was grim, and this month the 70-year-old was admitted to the palliative ward of a Warsaw hospital. Left at home with Lutka-Krawczyk’s husband, Gaja was barely eating. “She is waiting for me,” Lutka-Krawczyk said from her bed, where she rested with a draining tube attached to her ...
Publisher’s Weekly US best sellers
Hardcover Fiction 1. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) 2. “Whistler” by Ann Patchett (Harper) 3. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) 4. “Our Perfect Storm” by Carley Fortune (Berkley) 5. “Rocket’s Red Glare” by Patterson/Eversmann (Little, Brown) 6. “Choke Point” by Brad Thor (Atria) 7. “Harvest Season” by Brynne Weaver (Slowburn) 8. “A Parade of Horribles” by Matt Dinniman (Ace) 9. “The Raven at the Ash Door” by K.A. Linde (Red Tower) 10. “This Inevitable Ruin” by Matt Dinniman (Ace) 11. ...
Portage barn fire
Volunteer fire companies from Blair and Cambria counties battled a barn fire Thursday at Majestic World Lodge & Retreat at 679 Memory Lane, east of Portage. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
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