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Chef auction raises $53K for students JOHNSTOWN –– The Pennsylvania Highlands Community College Foundation, in partnership with the 1889 Foundation, held a successful Chef Auction at the Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center, raising more than $53,000 for local students seeking a college education. All of the money that was either brought in or donated will go toward the Supporting Scholars Fund at the college, as well as future scholarships in culinary arts at Penn Highlands. The Supporting Scholars Fund includes three distinct scholarships with multiple awardees each ...

Deans’ lists

PENNSYLVANIA WESTERN UNIVERSITY, California, Pa. — Dean’s list, fall 2022 semester: Charles Legrand, Hastings. PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC, Port Orange, Fla. — Dean’s list, summer term: Stephen Teeters, Huntingdon.

Homecoming-Central

Courtesy photo Central High School, Martinsburg, held its 2023 homecoming festivities the week of Oct. 16-21. Jack Dunn was voted homecoming king, and Delaney Hall was voted homecoming queen. Homecoming committees can email photos of homecoming kings and queens to ...

Junior livestock show held in Martinsburg

MARTINSBURG — The Blair County Junior Livestock Show was held on Aug. 14 and 15 at Morrison Cove Memorial Park. Matt Manbeck, Buchanan, Va., judged the dairy beef, goat, lamb, swine and beef show. Wesley Planthaber, Huntingdon, judged the rabbits. 4-H and FFA scholarship recipients ...

Love of reading

Courtesy photo On Sept. 22, the Lisa Meyers Audet Foundation donated a vending machine full of books to Charles W. Longer Elementary School in Hollidaysburg. The foundation was created to remember and honor Lisa Meyers Audet. Lisa and all of her siblings attended C.W. Longer. The family and ...

Portage students part of butterfly program

PORTAGE –– During the 2022-23 school year, seniors at Portage Area High School planted a butterfly garden to beautify the area around Portage Area Historical Society’s Allegheny Portage Railroad Display. This was also done to make people aware that monarch butterflies are on the ...