Courtesy photo Mackenzie Miller (left), vice president of the Northern Cambria Middle School Student Council, and Kayla Boring (right), president of the Student Council, present a $2,538.25 check to Erin Bougher, Northern Cambria HelpFull Hands founder/coordinator. The check represents the proceeds from the Nov. 30 Empty Bowls Soup Dinner and will help fund weekend meals for 31 Northern Cambria Elementary School students in need.

Center employees to meet for lunch

Former employees of the Altoona, Cresson and Ebensburg Centers will meet for a “Dutch Treat” (pay for your own) lunch at 1 p.m. Jan. 24 at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House, 110 Patchway Road, Duncansville.

Guests also welcome. Reservations are not necessary, but would be helpful by contacting Marlene McClelland at 736-8318.

‘Ancestry Library Edition’ to be explained

ROARING SPRING — A free class featuring “Ancestry Library Edition” will be offered from 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at Roaring Spring Community Library.

Instructor Elin Woods will help participants discover their own personal history.

This class will cover the types of content viewers will find, such as images from the U.S. Census from 1790, and the functionality of the site that will help individuals complete their family’s narrative story.

“Ancestry Library Edition” offers billions of records to help people discover more about their genealogy.

This website is available in the library for free from any computer with your library card number.

The class is intended for teens and adults. Participants may take their own laptop or follow along. Seating is limited. Call the library at 224-2994 for more information and to reserve your space today.

UPMC offers reduced-cost screenings

EVERETT — UPMC is offering health screenings that consist of a series of 28 tests, including cholesterol and triglyceride levels.

The tests will be held from 7 to 10 a.m., Saturday at UPMC Bedford Memorial cafeteria on the ground floor, 10455 Lincoln Highway, Everett; and 7 to 10 a.m. Feb. 10 at Torres’ Family Medicine, UPMC, 220 W. Main St., Everett.

Results are available the next day and can be sent to primary care physicians.

For accurate results, patients must fast for 12 hours and not drink alcohol for 24 hours prior to screening.

The cost for the blood screening is $25. Additional tests/fees are as follows: urine microalbumin testing for kidney function in people with diabetes, $5; urinalysis, $3; TSH to check thyroid function, $5; A1C to test for diabetic compliance, $5; and PSA for prostate cancer, $10.

Test results can be sent directly to the patient for $3.

Payment can be made by cash or check only. Testing fees cannot be submitted for insurance reimbursement.

Registration is not required. For more information or to ask specific questions about the screenings, contact the hospital laboratory at 623-3506.

‘Understanding Addiction’ set Feb. 28

Blair Drug and Alcohol Partnerships is providing a free 1.5-hour training on “Understanding Addiction” at 1 p.m. Feb. 28 at 3001 Fairway Drive, Suite D., Altoona.

The training is open to the public. If interested, call 381-0921.

Professor to speak on outreach

HUNTINGDON — Henry Thurston-Griswold, professor of Spanish at Juniata College, will speak about his involvement in the educational mission of Asturias Academy, a private, nonprofit school in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Neff Lecture Hall in the von Liebig Center for Science.

The lecture is free and open to the public. Juniata’s Bookend Lecture Series offers monthly lectures during the academic year from faculty at the college.