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Juniata homecoming to be held Sept. 30

Homecoming activities at Juniata High School will take place during halftime of the Juniata Huntingdon football game on Sept. 30 at Dietrick Field.The homecoming queen candidates were selected by various extracurricular clubs at Juniata High School to represent academics, the arts, athletics, career and technical student organizations, and service organizations as well as a senior class representative.Senior candidates selected were Lauren Hart, Diana Kauffman, Lilly Brown, Sarah Goshorn, Julie Swartz, Brenna Strawser; escorts, Sean Fitzgerald, Nathan Henry, Tyler Bryner, Bailey ...

Reunions

Editor's note: A list of upcoming reunions is published weekly on the Entertainment page. Missing classmate requests are published once and repeated only if updated. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Living section. The deadline for submitting notices is one week before publication. Submit reunion notices to Jane Cannon Mort at The Sentinel; email jmort@lewistownsentinel.com, or call 248-6741, ext. 115The 74th annual Edward S. and Amelia M. Wagner reunion will be held at noon ...

‘Possibility and promise’

LEWISTOWN - Larry Schardt, or "Rock and Roll Larry" as he is known throughout the Juniata Valley and beyond, is an avid writer; he writes nearly every day."I love to write and to share my writing," he said.Schardt is an author, speaker and the creator of The Success That Rocks series. He encourages people to live with passion, lead with excellence and explore the world with a sense of wonder.Schardt also teaches at the Pennsylvania State University. He loves socializing, walking, reading, music (especially rock and roll) and the outdoors.When Schardt walks in to a room, it's hard not to ...

Indian warriors spy on central Pa. fort, scalp unwary soldier drinking at spring

During the French and Indian War, two young Pennsylvania soldiers with a taste for fresh plums unwittingly set the stage for an incident that left a third soldier dead at a place in central Pennsylvania known ever since as the Bloody Spring.A state historical marker has long stood next to the spring, making the site easy to find. The spring water still comes off a hillside overlooking the Susquehanna River floodplain on which the Pennsylvania Provincial Regiment erected Fort Augusta during the summer of 1756. The site is within present-day Sunbury, but 260 years ago, it was deep in a ...

Reunions

Editor's note: A list of upcoming reunions is published weekly on the Entertainment page. Missing classmate requests are published once and repeated only if updated. Brief reports of reunions and class reunion photos with the people identified in the order in which they appear are accepted for publication in the Living section. The deadline for submitting notices is one week before publication. Submit reunion notices to Jane Cannon Mort at The Sentinel; email jmort@lewistownsentinel.com, or call 248-6741, ext. 115A reunion for anyone who ever worked in the Polyester Department of ...

Event to be held on Sept. 3

BURNHAM - Burnham Community Day will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 3 on North Beech Street in Burnham.Breakfast will be served from 7 to 10 a.m., and lunch from noon to 2 p.m. at the New Life Church on Beech Street. A pancake breakfast is $3; pancakes with eggs and sausage is $4. For lunch, barbecue chicken is $4; barbecue chicken with baked beans, macaroni salad and roll is $6.The 5K Adult Grace Run/Walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. from the circle on Fifth Avenue. For more information, call 242-1481.From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a Car and Bike Show, including the All ...