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Monday, July 6 — Howard Area Lions Food Bank distribution, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the former Beech Creek Elementary School. Bring a sturdy box and any empty egg cartons you have. — Blood Drive, 1-6 p.m., at Tri County N/C Church, Main St., Mill Hall. — Dunnstown Fire Company offers a Cash Bingo every Monday night at the fire station at 119 Woodward Ave., Lock Haven. Bingo starts at 6 p.m. and all proceeds help to support the fire company’s needs. Tuesday, July 7 — Milesburg Food Bank is open from 1-3 p.m. at the Milesburg Presbyterian Church. — Covenant Cafe ...

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Good Day and Happy Anniversary to Kathy and Frank Harpster, of Bellefonte, celebrating 46 years! Quote of the Day “Laughter is a sunbeam of the soul.” — Thomas Mann Word of the Day Imbroglio — noun — a scandal; a painful or embarrassing misunderstanding. Helping Hands Helping Hands will NOT be open on Wednesday, July 15, from 6-7:30 p.m., at the United Evangelical Lutheran Church, behind Kentucky Fried Chicken, in Lock Haven. Helping Hands provides free cleaning supplies and personal hygiene items to low income families and seniors in the Lock Haven and ...

Adam L. Waltz Memorial Scholarships awarded to area students

LOGANTON — The Adam L. Waltz Memorial Scholarship fund was started last year in memory of Adam for his love of wrestling, football and other sports that he was involved in during his high school and college careers. Wrestling was his passion and he was a state wrestling champ out of Bald Eagle Nittany High School (BEN) and he was a National Champ out of Lock Haven Teachers College (now Commonwealth University-Lock Haven). He was also featured in Sports Illustrated. His family wanted to do something to honor his legacy and help high school seniors by offering scholarships to one ...

Howard Happenings

CURTIN VILLAGE EVENT Celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday on Sunday afternoon, July 12, from 1-4 p.m., at Eagle Iron Works and Curtin Village, 251 Curtin Road, Howard. Initiated, researched and presented by volunteers, “Echoes of the Revolution on Eagle Iron Plantation” celebrates the stories of five Revolutionary War soldiers who settled on or near Eagle Iron Plantation after the war and left enduring legacies in this region. Those five soldiers were Philip Barnhart (1758–1843), Lawrence Bathurst, Jr. (1757–1845), Richard Gunsalus (1756–1838), John Holt ...