MIFFLINTOWN — One person’s trinket is Freda Durio’s treasure. One year ago, Durio, of Mifflintown, started putting costume jewelry into frames and forming what many have said is unforgettable art. “I saw a picture somewhere of a jewelry tree,” Durio said, and she decided to make ...
Author’s note: The year was 1971; it was a period of growth, and it was a revolution. The 26th Amendment allowed people to vote at 18. Disney World opened for business, and Apollo 14 launched to the moon. It was a busy period in time, when we were advancing as a nation. For as long as I can ...
Author’s note: I chose to write about this because my father has been one of the biggest influences on my athletic career. He accomplished a feat that not many people can say they did back in the 1980s. His story is inspiring to me and hopefully it is to many others. He left a great mark on ...
McALISTERVILLE — One man’s love for discovering his family tree has grown into a potential side business opportunity at his farm. Dan Smith is a high school biology teacher, farmer and now a budding genealogist of sorts. Other than eggs and produce, the farmer is offering the service ...
Author’s note: Back in 1960, a girl named Darla had a big life changing event. She ended up finding out she was pregnant. She moved out to live in an apartment with her boyfriend on little pay. They got married a few months after the baby was born. Then, years down the road she had another ...
(First of three articles) Late December 1776. The temperature is 29 degrees and we’re sitting by a fire — but neither of us are at home. You and I are sitting near the banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania. We recently had one heck of a battle at Long Island where they say 800 ...
Winners of the Mifflin County Garden Club’s annual Christmas Decorating Contest for Lewistown residents are: ≤ Helen Buffington Award for Overall Design: Lisa Knudson, 112 N. Walnut St. ≤ Blue ribbon for Overall Design: Lisa McCullough, Rhoda Shafranich and Ahlea Hornung, 420 ...
Author’s note: My name is Travis Hodge. I am a student at Mifflin County High School. I chose to write about my girlfriend’s stepdad, Steve, because he had an interesting story. The story is told from his point of view and takes place in 1981 in Juniata County. Steve grew up in a very large ...
Author’s note: It’s weird to think that at one time my dad, Chris, went to college and lived in an apartment and did things that soon enough I’ll be doing. That’s why I chose this to write about. I’ll be going to college next fall and the closer I get, the more I realize I have no ...
LEWISTOWN —The story may only be four pages long, but in it, Larry Schardt tells a personal tale of past love that changed his life forever. His story, “Sweet Summer Savior,” is contained in the new “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Best Advice I Ever Heard,” published earlier this ...