Event to be held on Saturday HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Tiger Pride Commit-tee and the Hollidaysburg Area School District will host the third annual Tiger Pride Day from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Tiger Stadium. This event celebrates the progress on the “Restore the Roar” project, ...

WISE Women of Blair County is seeking applications for scholarship assistance. One or more scholarships will be awarded up to a total of $10,000. The deadline for applications is 4 p.m. Sept. 29. Completed applications must be emailed to wisewomenofblaircounty@yahoo.com or mailed to WISE ...

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SPRING TERM Altoona — Ethan Patrick Blackie, Emily Lynn Blanchard, Holly Ann Boyles, Dylan Samuel Bradley, Kiera Lynn Brumbaugh, Morgan Paige Chathams, Edyn Louise Convery, Kyler Lindy Gonzales, Delaney Marie Hallinan, Jessica Marie Harris, Maxwell ...

Student receives YTI President’s Award Alesha Shields, a 22-year-old Altoona native, is the recipient of this year’s President’s Award from YTI Career Institute-Altoona as part of this May’s graduating class. Shields graduated from Altoona Area High School in 2013 and briefly ...

South Hills raises money for two AEDs for school Members of the Health Careers Club at South Hills School of Business & Technology, Altoona, recently raised $1,750.00 for the purchase of an automated external defibrillator (AED) for their Altoona facility. South Hills School’s ...

Courtesy photo The Cesare Battisti Club held its 11th annual scholarship banquet on May 22 it the club’s Tuscany Room. Doug West was the guest speaker. There were 19 scholarship winners, each receiving $1,000. To date, the Cesare Battisti has awarded more than $173,500 to children of club ...

LORETTO — The Margaret H. Dunn Environ-mental Community Service Award has been established at Saint Francis University by the Center for Watershed Research & Service. The award honors the graduating senior that best exemplifies the spirit of selfless environmental community service. ...

YTI CAREER INSTITUTE, ALTOONA Business administration — Haley A. McMahon, Cresson; Casey L. Pierce, Altoona; Scott A. Stasik, Cresson. Computer systems technician — Lori A. Delk, Altoona; Dylan M. McKee, East Freedom; Kayla A. Mickey, New Paris; Brendan L. Weyandt, Claysburg. Criminal ...

FLINTON — Thanks to the efforts of new board member, Bill Morrison, and executive director, Richard W. Snyder II, the Glendale Education Foundation has a newly published website: www.gsdfoundation.org. The new site allows for a better breakdown in pages with content arranged for Foundation: ...

CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Bedford County — James Horne, Bedford; Caitlyn Williams, Everett; Logan Harden, Hyndman. Blair County — Hannah Crawford, Altoona; Melanie Deibler, Altoona; Brett George, Altoona; James Metzgar, Altoona; Devan Smith, Altoona; Marinda Smith, Altoona; ...

EBENSBURG — Marisa Matlin and Windber and Amanda Venesky of Ebensburg were among 133 4-H members from across the state who met in Harrisburg recently for the annual Pennsylvania 4-H Capital Days program, a citizenship-awareness and civic-engagement educational program . Participants learned ...

ST. VINCENT COLLEGE, Latrobe SPRING TERM Altoona — Hannah Carey, Lauren Donley, Emily Frederick. Bedford — Alyssa Turkovich. Carrolltown — Breanna Tomiczek. Claysburg — Esther Love. Cresson — Kayla Uveges. DuBois — Arianna Martino. Duncansville — Braden Lishinsky, ...

Anthony Young Anthony Young graduated in May from the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton with a doctorate in medicine. Young is a 2005 graduate of Altoona Area High School and a 2009 graduate of the University of Pittsburgh. He and his wife, the former Weatherly ...

The Kenneth and Joanne Rothrock Fund has been established as part of the Altoona Area School District Foundation. The $50,000 Named Endowment was established by the Rothrock family to honor their service to the Altoona Area School District and to provide ongoing funding for opportunities to ...

LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY SPRING SEMESTER Bedford County — Kelsey I. Koontz, Bedford; Zachary T. Packer, New Paris; Alexis J. Weicht, Everett. Blair County — Connor J. Brandt, Altoona; Lynnea R. Burr, Bellwood; Devin T. Burr, Bellwood; Mariah A. Cardoza, Altoona; Courtney T. Chamberlain, ...

Penn College honors graduates WILLIAMSPORT — Pennsylvania College of Technology has presented student achievement awards to its spring graduates. Three commencement ceremonies were held May 12 and 13 at the Community Arts Center. Penn College is a special mission affiliate of Penn State ...

CRESSON — Mount Aloysius College hosted the Women Involved in Scholarship and Empowerment (WISE) Women of Blair County Empowerment event. The seventh annual Pathways to Empowerment took place at The Casino at Lakemont in Altoona. Mount Aloysius College faculty and staff members presented ...

CLEARFIELD — A new scholarship fund has been established with the Clearfield County Charitable Foundation to honor Marsha Novey. Novey, a 1982 Clearfield High School graduate, was “an amazing athlete,” according to her brother, Marty. She was a member of the swim and the cross country ...

GLENDALE JUNIOR/ SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, FLINTON FOURTH MARKING PERIOD PRINCIPAL’S HONORS 12TH GRADE — Nicholas Becher, Conner Cann, Ethan Garcia, Keneisha Gustafson, Alexis Haigh, Bradon Hughes, Brittany Keith, Ellie Leyo, Briana Maines, Amber Matier, Cierra Oshell, Wayne Pusey, Cassidy ...

Girl walking to help fight addiction Ava Whisker, 10, of Everett has done a project for her birthday every year for the past five years. This year, she has chosen to help Krista Knapp of the NEWS (News Everyone Wants to Share) Worthy Network to develop a transition house for women fighting ...