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50 years ago: Aug. 23, 1974
The Gable's Department Store Junior Fashion Board, comprised of 20 young girls from Altoona, Bishop Guilfoyle and Tyrone high schools and Penn State Altoona, Sherry Stoner of AAHS chairwoman, were to hold a style show and dance at Gable's Parking Garage to benefit the Easter Seals Society.
25 years ago: Aug. 23, 1999
After a number of citizen complaints, Mayor Tom Martin ordered city code officials to do a weed sweep of the city to inform homeowners that weeds growing higher than eight inches was illegal, even between bricks and along the curb and sidewalk. Fines ranged from $50 to $300.
10 years ago: Aug. 23, 2014
School solicitor Dave Andrews said that Altoona Area schools were using a new system called The School Gate Guardian computer kiosk to check if visitors were registered sex offenders. Federal courts had recently ruled in favor of the program.