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Good Day and Happy 27th Anniversary to Charles and Sabrina Zimmerman, of Salona, on Saturday! Happy Birthday On Saturday: David Weaver, of Marsh Creek; Tina Dickey, of Mill Hall! On Sunday: Gary Geyer, of Beech Creek! Happy Anniversary to Jerry and Karen Gardner, of Bellefonte, on Sunday! Word of the Day Hornswoggle — verb — To trick or deceive. Quote of the Day “Anybody who doesn’t know what soap tastes like never washed a dog.” — Franklin P. Jones Blood Drive A Red Cross Blood Drive will be held on Aug. 18 from 1-6 p.m. at the Porter Township ...

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End of Summer Bash LOCK HAVEN — Holy Spirit Parish invites the community to its End of Summer Bash on Saturday, Aug. 15, from 4 to 9 p.m., at St. Agnes, 3 E. Walnut St., Lock Haven. The evening will feature food, local vendors, family-friendly activities and Bingo from 6-9 p.m. Admission is free, and everyone is welcome. Vendor spaces are still available. Anyone interested in participating as a vendor or seeking additional information may contact the Holy Spirit Parish office at 570-748-4594. Bring your family and friends and join us for a fun evening as we celebrate the end of ...

‘We can’t wait any longer’: Latest Pa. budget lacks home health nurse funding increase

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Like many other 6-year-old girls, Scarlotte Sell’s excited to start first grade and laughs easily. She loves digging outside for worms and bugs to feed her pet turtle, Carlos, and running in the yard with her dog, Rocky. Scarlotte also has an extremely rare genetic disorder — one of three children in the world with her gene mutation — and requires round-the-clock care to check her gastrostomy tube and catheter. But getting medically trained caretakers when her dad, Brandon Sell, is away from their Adams County home hasn’t always been easy. “Hanover is just not a saturated ...

Trump’s vaccine plan would require millions of individual shots last used decades ago

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Public health experts have been quick to condemn an executive order from President Donald Trump aimed at upending childhood vaccinations in the U.S., but the biggest obstacles may be the unprecedented financial and logistical challenges it would impose on parents, health providers and drugmakers. Monday’s announcement by the Republican president calls for separating combination shots — including the measles, mumps and rubella, or MMR, vaccine — into separate injections. Appointments for that and other vaccinations should be spaced out whenever possible, the ...