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Teen Center
Regular Hours:
Coal Country Youth Center open
to area teens in grades 6-12, Fridays and Saturdays
from 6-10,
at 1102 Maple Avenue
in the former Christ the King Church basement, Maple
Street.
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Last modified March 24,
2013
Easter
Weekend Raffle NORTHERN
CAMBRIA -- Hope Fire Company will be holding an Easter
Weekend (Gun) Raffle on Saturday, March 30
from 6:30 pm to 10:00 pm. Doors open at 5:30. Food
& refreshments available. Photo ID required. Must
be 21 to enter. 10 guns or cash are available to win,
tickets can be purchased for $5, need not be present
at the raffle to win. For more information, contact
the fire
company.
Northern
Cambria Diamond Twirlers to hold registrations Girls
and boys ages 4-18 interested in twirling baton, or
flag can now register for our summer season! The cost
is $35 for new baton twirlers (and includes their
baton) and $40 for new flag twirlers and will include
flag pole and flag. Interested parties can call Summer
Davis at 814-418-7599, or message her on the group's Facebook
page. (While you are there, make sure to "Like"
them to keep up-to-date on all they are doing!)
Registration will remain open until April 1. This
season will begin in mid April. Be sure to join! They
can't wait to see some new smiling faces!! Summer will
be SO FUN!
Pirates-Curve
Exhibition game details
CURVE, PA -- With the highly-anticipated Pirates-Curve
Exhibition game just over a week away, the Altoona
Curve would like to make the general public aware of
the following information for game day. Gate Times:
Gates for the Pirates-Curve game will open to Curve
season-ticket holders only beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Those tickets that were given to season-ticket holders
have a special sticker on the back. Please do
not remove this stickeras it will help determine who
is a season-ticket holder that is allowed to enter at
11:30. Gates for the general public will open at
noon. Parking Lots: The VIP Parking Lot is available
only to season-ticket holders. Parking for the
general public will be available in the parking
garage, the lot at Galactic Ice and the lots down Park
Avenue at Lakemont Park. Parking for the general
public in those lots will cost $3. All lots will
open at 7 a.m. No tailgating is permitted per
local ordinance. Ticket Information: The Curve
encourage fans to pick up their tickets prior to March
30 to help decrease congestion at the box office on
game day. The box office at Peoples Natural Gas
Field will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. the remainder
of this business week as well as next
Monday-Friday. The box office will also be
open on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The
box office will open at 8 a.m. on March 30. Tickets
for the Pirates-Curve Exhibition will not be mailed
and must be picked up prior to game day or the day of
the game. Food/Drink Policy: Per Eastern League rules,
no outside food or drink will be permitted inside
Peoples Natural Gas Field. National Anthem:
Pennsylvania native and American rock musician Donnie
Iris will sing the national anthem prior to the
Pirates-Curve Exhibition. Please see the
attached release for more on Iris. Pictures are
available upon request from the Curve Media Relations
Department. Miracle League of Blair County
Participation: Children from the Miracle League of
Blair County will participate in an on-field ceremony
with both teams prior to the game. Both the
Pittsburgh Pirates and Altoona Curve are heavily
involved with their respective Miracle League chapters
and both wanted to extend this opportunity to the
players on this year’s Miracle League teams in Blair
County.
"Twinkie Day in Curve, PA" set for June 26
CURVE, PA -- Now that the long national nightmare
appears to be over, the people of Curve, Pa.
will celebrate in a big way. With news that
buyers have been found for Hostess - the makers of
Twinkies – the Altoona Curve will celebrate with a day
in the iconic snack cake’s honor. “Twinkie Day
in Curve, PA” will be held on Wednesday, June 26 when
the Curve take on the New Britain Rock Cats, affiliate
of – you guessed it – the Twins.
Among the plans for the noon game, the Curve will hand
out a package of Twinkies to the first 500 fans that
enter Peoples Natural Gas Field. Twinkies will
also be featured at concession stands that day where
fans can choose to either deep fry or chocolate dip
the tasty pastry – because sometimes
crème-filled angel food cake is not
enough. The Curve will also shoot Twinkies into
the crowd between selected innings, just in case some
have not had their fill.
Speaking of filling, the Curve will have a one-day,
counter-fitness initiative entitled “Eat :60” for the
June 26 game. The initiative will involve
Johnstown native, Brian “Yellow Cake” Subich, who is a
world-ranked competitor in Major League Eating
(formerly known as the International Federation of
Competitive Eaters). Subich will attempt to set
a world record in a 60-second Twinkie-eating challenge
innings. It will be the perfect primer for the
July 4 Hot Dog Eating Competition on Coney Island, the
following week.
“We’re just thrilled Twinkies will be back on the
shelf this summer,” said Curve General Manager Rob
Egan. “It’s an occasion that needs to be
celebrated and we’re pulling out all of the stops to
make sure ‘Twinkie Day in Curve, PA’ will turn
health-consciousness on its head for a few
hours. Everyone needs – or at least wants - a
package of Twinkies now and then.”
In keeping with the theme, the Curve are offering free
admission to any twins who would like to attend that
day. Identical twins will be believed by
sight. Fraternal twins may be asked to produce
identification that they are kin born on the same day,
as no one should try to take advantage of anything but
gluttony on “Twinkie Day”. All members of the
Minnesota Twins’ organization – including the Rock
Cats – will be allowed in for free, as well.
For those that choose not to participate in all things
Twinkie, there’s still good news. To celebrate
one of the other products of the prospective new
Twinkies’ brand owners, Metropoulos & Co., the
Curve will be offering specials on Pabst Blue Ribbon
‘man cans’ that day. The 24-ounce PBR beverage
has helped bring back the once-struggling brand into
what is now a “hipster favorite”.
The Curve are issuing a caveat to all of this.
If Twinkies don’t make it back to shelves in time for
the June 26 game, they will not be able to execute
some of their plans. However, the team is
working on contingency plans.
“We understand it will be a pretty big effort to get
these back into production and distribution by this
summer as they’ve stated is their goal,” said
Egan. “So, we’re thinking about unveiling a new,
one-day brand called “Kekua Cakes”, but we don’t know
if that will become reality.”
Centennial History Book
second printing available
NORTHERN
CAMBRIA -- The Barnesboro Centennial History Book,
originally published in 1994, has been reprinted. If you
missed out on the original run, you're in luck! The
second printing is now available. The original printing
of 2,000 copies in 1994 sold out in 1996. The
Susquehanna Historical Society of Northern Cambria
decided last year to use funds they have saved to have a
reprint of the book done.
-- A limited number of books have been reprinted and
have been divided and donated to the Northern Cambria
Public Library and Hope Fire Company of Northern Cambria
as a long-term fundraiser for those organizations. 100%
of the proceeds from book sales will stay with
these two non-profit groups.
-- The books are $40.00 each if picked up and $40.00
each plus $6.00 shipping and handling if ordered by
mail.
-- You may choose which non-profit you wish to support.
If you wish to support the fire company, order from Hope
Fire Company, PO Box 1217, Northern Cambria, PA 15714 or
pick up your copy at Charlson's Furniture (on behalf of
the Fire Company). If you would like to support the
library, pick up or order your book from Northern
Cambria Public Library, 1030 Philadelphia Avenue,
Northern Cambria, PA. -- Books are beautiful hardbound
books with old photos and history of Barnesboro with
sections on businesses, churches, people influential to
our town and more. Will make a great addition to your
bookshelf, or a great gift.
Welcome! We'd
like to welcome DJ 3 Alarm Blaze to our online
community! Links can be found on our Local Links page.
Be sure to visit them to see all they have to offer.
Please excuse
our dust, we're remodeling
-- We're be working on updating our site a bit. We had
a computer upgrade that requires us to upgrade some of
our software, so we need to change the program we use
to maintain this site. So, we will be learning a new
program and things may not work as they should. Please
let us know if you run in to something that does not
work correctly so that we can get it up and running.
What do you think of the changes we've made so far?
Thanks!!
Thank You!
-- We recently had a donation to the website from a
man from out of state with family in the area. We
contacted him to thank him and ask if he had any
suggestions for the site. He visits the site
periodically and thought the site was good, but that
the font was small and some of the links didn't work.
So, while we are upgrading and doing some housekeeping
around here, we are using Richard's comments to try to
improve. For starters, bigger fonts!! (I was thinking
it was a bit small too. When I first started this
site, monitor resolutions were lower, so the font size
seemed bigger. I really need to keep up.) Thanks for
your donation and comments Richard!! I'll get to
double checking those links as well.
Seeking
band alumni
Were you part of the Northern Cambria Band, color
guard or majorettes? An alumni database is being
compiled to keep members up to date on alumni
activities and events. If you were part of this alumni
and would like to be added to the database, please
contact us here at the website and let us know. We
will forward your information to the group. Please
send your Position/Instrument/Year, name, address,
phone, email, and Facebook or other social networking
page address to NCBandAlumni @ NorthernCambria.com. We
will post updates here, as well as our Facebook page
as we learn more. There is also a Northern Cambria
Band/Colorguard page on Facebook as well. Be sure to
stop by and "Like" us both.
Borough
seeks donors for veterans park beautification
project EBENSBURG -- The Veterans Park next to the
former jail will soon be refurbished thanks to a joint
undertaking of Cambria County, Ebensburg Borough,
American Legion #363, and VFW Post #4963. The project
is to be completed by the end of summer and maintained
by Ebensburg Borough.
-- The project involves refurbishing the tarnished
bronze name plaques around the base of the granite
obelisk, erecting a new US flag pole surrounded by the
five flags of the branches of military service, new
trees and landscaping, and installation of new lights
throughout the park.
-- As part of the refurbishing of Veterans Park, ten
new benches will be purchased. The benches are six
feet wide with cast iron side supports. The wooden Pau
Lope slats are resistant to rotting and splintering.
These are very nice benches that will compliment the
new park and be frequently used by the community,
said Borough Manager Dan Penatzer.
-- The Borough is seeking donors for the ten benches.
A 12 x 3 bronze plaque will be attached to the
bench identifying the donor or who the bench was
dedicated to or purchased in memory of. We hope that
donors will consider acquiring a bench displaying
their business name, dedicating a bench to a life-long
borough resident, or honoring one who served in the
military, said Penatzer.
-- The cost of each bench, including the bronze
plaque, is $1,000. The donation is tax-deductible.
There are only ten benches to be purchased, so they
will be offered on a first come basis. Cambria Care
Center has already purchased two of the benches. Those
wishing to purchase one of the new benches for
Veterans Park should contact the borough office at
472-8780.
You've
asked for it, we've got it... sort
of...WEBCAMS! NORTHERN
CAMBRIA -- Through the years, we
have had requests here at NorthernCambria.com for
webcams. People in the area want to see what is going
on, as well as people that have moved from the area.
We always wanted to be able to provide webcams, but
have not been able to do so. That has changed...
-- We're partnering with the folks at My NC Cam to
bring you a view of town. Through both websites, we
hope to give our residents and those that have moved
away a chance to see what has changed, or stayed the
same.
-- NorthernCambria.com and MyNCWebcam.com are both
websites from individuals that wanted to contribute in
some way to give back to the communities they grew up
in. We hope that we are accomplishing that goal.
Between the two sites, we aim to bring you the
information and connections you are looking for. Don't
see something that might interest you? Ask us! One of
us may already have it, or would consider working on
it.
Spread
the Word! Let us know about your group or
organization!
We can help you promote your events and activities!!
We've partnered with MyNCCam to bring you
live views of town:
Click HERE for larger view
and MORE CAMERAS
of Northern Cambria, PA
at the My NC Cam website!
Looking for other
community webcams? Check these out: NC Cam
#1 - NC Library NC Cam #2 - Party Time
Express NC Cam #3 - Lester
Street Colver Cam - Reese Ave.
NORTHERN
CAMBRIA -- The Barnesboro Centennial History Book,
originally published in 1994, has been reprinted. If you
missed out on the original run, you're in luck! The
second printing is now available. The original printing
of 2,000 copies in 1994 sold out in 1996. The
Susquehanna Historical Society of Northern Cambria
decided last year to use funds they have saved to have a
reprint of the book done.
