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Celebration Villa plans events

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Celebration Villa of Altoona, 170 Red Fox Drive, Duncansville, is offering several events this month that are open to the community. An Alzheimer’s and Dementia Support Group will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 11. It is presented by the Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania and meets on the second Thursday of each month. A backyard barbecue open house will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 20. Entertainment will be provided by Phil McCauley. An Alzheimer’s Association fundraiser basket bingo will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 24. Participants can ...

Across the area

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Military Food Share set for Monday The Duncansville VFW 8724 will hold a Military Food Share on Monday, June 8, beginning at 11 a.m. This is for all active military, veterans and widows or widowers of veterans living in Blair County. A military ID, DD214 or VA card and photo ID are required. Enter from Dunnings Highway/Newry Lane and line up on Turek Drive. Food shares are held on the second Monday of each month. Nursing alumni to meet Monday The Altoona/Mercy Schools of Nursing Alumni Association will hold the regular general meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, June 8, at Perkins ...

Yesteryear-Cathedral cornerstone

Community

This postcard shows the laying of the cornerstone for the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in Altoona. The photo was posted on Facebook by Terence Campbell. Ground for the present cathedral was broken on Sept. 17, 1924, and the cornerstone was laid on May 30, 1926. That date was the 25th ...

Rachel Maddow takes on DOJ’s 150-year saga in her new book

Books

NEW YORK — After writing bestsellers about the military, the oil and gas industry and the state of democracy, Rachel Maddow is now working on a history of the Justice Department. Crown, a division of Penguin Random House, announced Monday that “Department of Fate” will be published Nov. 10, one week after this year’s midterm elections, and offer “both a diagnosis and a prescription for the American institution.” “As goes DOJ, so goes the republic,” the liberal author, podcaster and MS Now host said in a statement issued through Crown. According to Crown, Maddow ...

‘Join hands against hunger’

Community

Courtesy photo Chris Fuska (left), director and pastor of the American Rescue Workers, Hollidaysburg, accepts a monetary donation from Dennis Greiner, president of the William Penn Association, Branch 800, Altoona. The gift was given as part of WPA’s “Join Hands Against Hunger” project. ...

Honor roll-Bedford County Technical Center

School Notes

BEDFORD COUNTY TECHNICAL CENTER FOURTH MARKING PERIOD Agriscience High honors –– Autumn Berry, Lynsy Cook-Fichtner, Olivia Dietrich, Trynity Folmer, Madisyn Kipp, Cameryn Naugle, Elleigh Pittman, Emma Pittman, Emma Vance, Layne Whitfield. Honor roll –– Abbigale Bryant, Trent Cessna, Sadie Eshelman, Lisabeth Helsel, Bridget Mills, Edward Ollman, McKynlea Price, Jayden Rhodes, Aspen Rippeon, Theodore Rose, Brooklyn Snyder, Madison Torbet-Clapper, Riley Vent, Amira Wullschleger. Automotive Technology High honors –– Nathaniel Allison, Daniel Chamberlain, Job Hagen. Honor ...