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Lewistown High School baseball team earned its goose landing

Just the other day, I read in The Sentinel that McVeytown got a new goose in honor of Joseph Trimble Rothrock, the Father of Pennsylvania Forestry. With 2027 on deck, there needs to be another goose landing in McVeytown. Next year will mark the 25th anniversary of the Lewistown High School baseball team winning the AA state championship. The Lewistown baseball championship was the last team title for Mifflin County High School. Why McVeytown? Seven of the nine starters were from McVeytown (The McVeytown Seven). Not only were they from McVeytown, but all seven of the players were of ...

Intuition matters: Listen to the quiet voice

We all have a wide variety of experiences throughout our lives, some filled with joy and laughter, others with sadness and tears, but only a few are truly life-altering. Recently, I experienced one of those moments, and I know I have been forever changed by it. My Friday began like any other until I arrived at my local coffee shop and passed one of my dear morning coffee club regulars heading toward the door much earlier than normal. It took only a matter of seconds to realize he was acting peculiarly. He wore a puzzled expression as we crossed paths, and when I asked him what was ...

Curiosity often leads to new adventures

Sometimes you just need to break away from your regular routine to take a little adventure. It doesn’t have to be elaborate or far away. Sometimes the best escape is a simple day trip to a neighboring county. That was exactly the case for me when I unexpectedly found myself with a free weekend with no obligations keeping me at home. My husband and I decided to head over the mountain toward State College with a stop in Boalsburg at Boal Mansion, a place I had passed hundreds of times but never truly explored. From Route 322, I’d often catch a glimpse of the mansion tucked quietly ...

For non-gamers, ‘Super Mario Galaxy’ is fine — just fine

I didn’t grow up with Mario, Luigi or any of the kingdoms they’ve been leaping through since the 1980s. I’m from the Radio Shack era — the age of soldering kits, TRS-80s, and blinking green cursors — not the Nintendo generation that spent childhood chasing stars and stomping ...

Easter isn’t always picture perfect

What happens when your much-anticipated holiday turns out to be nothing like a Norman Rockwell painting? I can tell you, because my Easter certainly wasn’t picture-perfect. Life had already been moving at a dizzying pace, filled with events and responsibilities far beyond my usual routine. I entered Easter weekend already feeling a step behind. With my children scattered across Pennsylvania, each raising young families of their own, getting everyone together is no small feat. This year, we planned to celebrate on Saturday instead of Sunday, a practical adjustment that still held all ...

Smells and sights of early spring continue in April

by David Thompson Signs of spring were evident well before March 20 when spring officially started. One sign that wasn’t visible was the unmistakable smell of a striped skunk whose mating season was underway. It may have sprayed an attacker with potent musk in self-defense while searching for a mate at night. Rarely seen because of being nocturnal, skunks begin to mate in February. Then and more often in March, their odor spreads across my neighbor’s open field bordered by large oak trees and conifers. Among the trees at the top of a creek’s steep bank are numerous burrows dug ...