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CENTRE HALL RELAY FOR LIFE
CENTRE HALL — For many at the Centre Hall Relay For Life, these 24 hours are full of emotional ups and downs.
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Photo providedOn Centre: Penns ValleyJoshua Smith and other volunteers have shoveled dirt, sprayed grave markers and done their best to give the Brungart Cemetery a makeover.
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Residents used to host Halloween parties in the back of Rebersburg National Bank, which opened in 1920. They changed the name of Jacobsburg to Madisonburg in 1830 to honor the fourth U.S. president. They never struck oil on the 1914 platform set up on Jacob Gephart’s farm, but they did have fun joking about it.
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Craig Houtz
MILLHEIM FIRE COMPANY 100TH ANNIVERSARY
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MILLHEIM — Well, you can’t predict the weather.
CENTRE LIFE
If you have ever had the pleasure of picking berries right from the garden patch, or gathering wild berries from the fence rows or woods, you already know how wonderful fresh berries can be.
Craig Houtz
Organizers of Millheim Fire Company’s 100th anniversary are still seeking volunteers to help set a Guinness World Record on Saturday.
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PENN TOWNSHIP — Despite appeals from community members, the Penns Valley Area school board voted 5-1 Wednesday to send the 2009-2010 Miles Township first-grade class to Penns Valley Area Elementary School this fall.
Craig Houtz
On Centre: Penns Valley
PENN TOWNSHIP — As Garrett Schwier approached the end of his valedictory speech, the Penns Valley Area High School senior found himself uttering words that were not his own.
Craig Houtz
PENNS VALLEY AREA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
The Ceremony: 6:30 p.m. at the football stadium behind the high school in Penn Township
Number of grads: 139Long-distance watcher: Alexandra Erin Coen Strouse’s mother, who serves in the military, is currently stationed in Iraq. She watched the ceremony live via a video feed set up by the district.“Hey, mom,” the graduate said into the microphone after receiving her diploma. “Love you. Miss you.”
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PSU football player Josh Hull feeds students' imaginations
Penn State linebacker Josh Hull read to a group of students on Tuesday at Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School.
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Jim Downes figures he's got enough bamboo — about 600 stalks of Tonkin cane, mostly stored in a Coburn garage — to last him through retirement.
PENN TOWNSHIP — An administration proposal would send 10 kindergarten students at Miles Township Elementary School to Penns Valley Elementary School in the fall.
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Dennis Price left Vietnam in 1972, and the U.S. Navy the next year as an E-4 specialist.
Craig Houtz
The Nittany Antique Machinery Association Inc. of Central PA will hold its 35th annual spring show through today at Penn’s Cave in Centre Hall. Admission is free.
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GREGG TOWNSHIP — Paige Hockenberry, 13, held the rifle up to her eye. She paused for several seconds to control her breathing, then fired.
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