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Van Zandt VA Medical Center to hold emergency exercise

The Van Zandt VA Medical Center will conduct an emergency preparedness exercise from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, which means patients and visitors may hear exercise-related sounds and announcements and may see more than the usual numbers of police and emergency vehicles — along with exercise participants wearing identification vests, volunteers pretending to be patients and signs reading “Exercise in Progress,” according to a hospital news release. No one should be alarmed, and there will be no danger, according to the news release. The exercise will be confined to specific ...

Altoona High School Class of 1964 set to meet

The Altoona High School Class of 1964 will meet for lunch at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Main Street Grille, 400 Main St., Bellwood. Call or text Sue @ 814-935-7774 or Evelyn @ 814-931-5962 to RSVP. The group meets the third Thursday of the month for lunch.

Bellwood girls basketball team hosting fundraiser

Pink plastic flamingos are flying around Bellwood this September. In place of their regular fundraising events, the Lady Blue Devils girls basketball team is hosting a “Flamingo Flock” fund­raiser where players set up a flock of plastic flamingos on someone’s front lawn. Donors ...

Shirley’s Cookies CEO honored for business excellence

CLAYSBURG — Patty Shaw had a simple goal in life. “I was going to be a secretary,” Shaw said. “I married Bryan Shaw, my goal in life was to be a secretary, (and) that’s what I was going to do.” Shaw well exceeded her goal. Today, she is CEO of Shirley’s Cookies in Claysburg ...

Business owners, civic groups discuss skill games deadline

BEDFORD — With less than 30 days remaining for state legislators to come up with a plan to regulate “skill game” devices, small business owners and civic organization officials are worried. During an informational session Thursday evening at the Moose Lodge in Bedford, representatives ...

Pups’ pool party: Memorial Pool hosts annual Doggy Dip

MARTINSBURG — It smelled a lot like wet dogs, which only made sense as Morrisons Cove Memorial Park wrapped up the summer swim season Saturday with a pup party for a bunch of good boys (and girls). The annual Doggy Dip held at Hershberger Memorial Pool draws about 50 sociable pups each ...