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St. Jude Triduum mass scheduled

St. Mark’s Catholic Church, 416 Sixth Ave., Altoona, will hold its annual St. Jude Triduum with Mass at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, the first day of the Triduum. The second day of the Triduum will be Monday, Oct. 27, with Mass at 5:30 p.m., and the third day of the Triduum will be Tuesday, Oct. 28, with Mass at 5:30 p.m. Father Nelson Javier, T.O.R., will be celebrant and homilist at the masses. Triduum prayers will be prayed at each Mass followed by Veneration of the Relic of St. Jude. St. Jude is the Patron of Hopeless Cases. Trunk or treat events offered — St. John the ...

In the news on this date: October 23

Local history 50 years ago: Oct. 23, 1975 The Altoona Area High School team, Linda Rickens and Shelley Stoltenburg co-captains and Kerry Jo Ruffner advisor, won the 10th annual Jaffa Shrine Cheerleading Contest. Roosevelt, Cheryl Cassidy, Renee Schiefer and Leisha Hawk co-captains, won the junior high division. 25 years ago: Oct. 23, 2000 The Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants donated 52 tickets to a Curve baseball game to Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Blair County. About 100 members of both groups attended together for a ...

Cresson Lions to hold pancake breakfast

The Cresson Area Lions Club will hold a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Cresson American Legion on Ashcroft Avenue. Tickets for all-you-can-eat pancakes are $8 per person. Dine-in and take-outs are available. A basket raffle to benefit the Cresson Public Library also will be held during the event.

Advice spurs peanut allergy drop

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world. Peanut allergies began to decline in the U.S. after guidance first issued in ...

In the news on this date: Oct. 21

Local history 50 years ago: 1975 The Friends of the Altoona Library group, Mrs. Robert Parks chairwoman, were sponsoring a bus trip to Washington, D.C. to see actress Katherine Hepburn in a play called “A Matter of Gravity,” followed by lunch at the Smithsonian Institute. The bus was to leave from the Family Host Cafeteria parking lot. 25 years ago: 2000 The Altoona City Water Authority was cracking down on about 5,000 city homes that had roof drains illegally connected to the sanitary sewer system due to pressure to do so from the state Department of Environmental Protection ...

In the news on this date: October 20

Local history 50 years ago: 1975 More than 200 Cub Scouts from the Tuckahoe District held a “Fun in the Fall” competition at the Frankstown Armory. Cub Scouts from first place winner Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Pack 49, Tom Hite and Kevin Longenecker, won top honors. 25 years ago: 2000 Altoona Area High School signed an agreement with Pepsi Cola that raised enough money to purchase the $33,000 message board on 17th Street and also the scoreboard at the Mansion Park Baseball Field. The school also received about $16,000 a year from the soda machines. 10 years ago: 2015 The ...