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Bellwood library plans Jan. events

The Bellwood-Antis Public Library has announced its activities for January. n Kids ages 5 and up are invited to join in an evening of Lego freestyling from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22. No sign ups are needed, but we ask that a grown-up stay in the library while children build. n Have you ever thought about publishing a novel, but weren’t sure how to get started? Self-publishing is easier than ever, and local author Dustin Hess will show you how at a free program at noon Saturday, Jan. 10. n Release the wiggles at Toddler Tuesday, a special toddler sized, toddler friendly ...

Roaring Spring Community Library schedules programs

Roaring Spring Community Library has announced its schedule for January. Library hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday , 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. The library is closed on Fridays and will be closed Jabn. 17, 18 and 19 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. For more information, email info @roaringspringlibrary.org or call 814-224-2994. January programs include: 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays –– Magical Make Believe Storytime with Miss Cortney & Friends. 5 p.m. Wednesdays –– PopUp Evening Pantry. Everyone is ...

Special guest speaker

Courtesy photo At the Oct. 28 meeting of the Central Pennsylvania Council of Republican Women, Scott Pressler, founder of Early Vote Action, spoke to more than 200 attendees in the Altoona Grand Hotel ballroom. Shown are members of the Pressler planning committee. They are (from left): Sonya ...

‘Shake Our Canz’

Courtesy photo Fit N Fun House, 3000 Seventh Ave., second floor, rear, Altoona, will hold its annual “Shake Our CanZ & GoodZ for Canned GoodZ #14” charity event from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 14. Asking minimum donations of $10 canned goods/nonperishable items or $10 cash. If unable to ...

In the news on this date: January 9

Local history 50 years ago: The Altoona Area Public Library theater was showing three movies that Saturday: “Dracula,” “Abbott and Costello Meet the Monsters” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy.” 25 years ago: Crystal Marie, 14, a student at Keith Junior High School, was to sing at the Pennsylvania Farm Show for the third year in a row. She had already been singing professionally for half her life. 10 years ago: Sunoco Logistics, building a 300-mile liquid natural gas pipeline across Pennsylvania called the Mariner East 2 Pipeline, was to hold a public meeting at the ...

Yesteryear-Driver’s ed

Back in the days of 1955, driver education instructor Archie Umstead teaches students how to install tire chains on a car so they could travel on the snow-covered roads. The photo was submitted by Leonard Alwine of Altoona from his collection of vintage photos. Readers are encouraged to send ...