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Bald Eagle Rifle League week one results

Mill Hall (0-1) vs Strouse Electric (1-0) Mill Hall Shooters Jim Baney 97-4 Holly Baney 96-4 Jeff Koch 94-5 Andy Kotzur 90-2 Barry Johnson 87-2 Keith Bittner 84-1 Dale Johnson 78-0 Tom Hamberger 79-1 Team Score: 705-20 Strouse Electric Shooters Adam Yarnell 97-4 Mike Novosel, Jr. 96-5 Kevin Novosel 96-3 Andy Klaus 95-5 Steve Yarnell 95-1 Gib Moyer 93-3 Roy Vonada 92-3 Sam McCartney 90-2 Team Score: 754-26 Avis (0-1) vs. Ridge Crest Home Sales (1-0) Avis Shooters Blake Meixel 100-8 Chad Marshall 100-7 Nate ...

In the Parks

Various local parks will offer programs that folks may be interested in attending. All children must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. The programs may be modified or cancelled in the event of severe weather or community guidelines. Pumpkin Carving Contest HOWARD — Bald Eagle State Park is running a pumpkin carving contest that you can enter! Starting today, and ending Tuesday, Oct. 28, send a picture of your pumpkin to the park’s Facebook messenger and the carved pumpkin photo will be posted on the Bald Eagle State Park’s Facebook page. Voting for the best ...

Wild mushroom harvesters in Mid-Atlantic region collect fungi, build community

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Foragers have been harvesting wild mushrooms in what is now Pennsylvania and the rest of the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region for centuries, but the extent and specifics of the practice in the region has not been formally studied. New research conducted by ethnobiologists — scientists who study the relationships between people and their environments — at Penn State revealed that harvesters collect a surprisingly wide variety of wild mushroom species in the region, primarily for food and medicinal purposes. In addition to foraging varied fungi, the researchers found ...

In the Parks

Various local parks will offer programs that folks may be interested in attending. All children must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. The programs may be modified or cancelled in the event of severe weather or community guidelines. Fall Foliage Hike WOODWARD — Join the park naturalist at Poe Paddy State Park on Saturday, Oct 18, at 10 a.m., for a four-mile hike up Poe Paddy Drive to see the spectacle of changing leaves and fall colors from two beautiful views that the park has to offer. There will be a short break and a story at Ingleby View, before descending ...

Pheasant season kicks off soon in Commonwealth

Break out the brush pants, your favorite shotgun and, of course, a fluorescent orange hat and vest. Pennsylvania’s pheasant season is winging its way closer. Saturday, Oct. 11, marks the start of the junior pheasant season, and the statewide season follows close behind, opening on ...

In the parks

Various local parks will offer programs that folks may be interested in attending. All children must be accompanied by an adult in order to participate. The programs may be modified or cancelled in the event of severe weather or community guidelines. The Big Sit HOWARD — Compete in The Big Sit at Bald Eagle State Park on Sunday, Oct. 12, from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The Big Sit is a semi-competitive birding event, coordinated by the New Haven Bird Club, that enlists teams from all over the world to spend a day logging the most species they can from a 17 ft.-diameter circle. Bald Eagle ...