Wedding Bathgate/Royer
Liza Marie Bathgate and Cameron Ward Royer, both of Pleasant Gap, were married June 8, 2002, at Whip-Poor-Whil Lodge in Spring Mills with the Rev. Kevin Locker, of Pleasant Gap, officiating.
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Wedding Burega/Vanish
Amanda Burega and Brian Vanish, both of Waterford, Mich., were married Aug. 17, 2002, at Marrara's Mountain Lodge in Port Matilda with the Rev. McCoy, of Janesville, officiating.
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Wedding Haas/Wunder
Tricia Lynne Haas, of Howard, and Erik Alden Wunder, of Linden, were married Aug. 17, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church in Williamsport with the Rev. Dennis L. Otto officiating.
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Engagement Hill/Bartholomew
Randy and Hollie Hill, of Orviston, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sheena Marie, of Orviston, to Scott Edward Bartholomew, of Lock Haven, a son of Linn and Patricia Bartholomew, of Sheffield.
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Engagement Daigle/Crandall
James Daigle, of Campton, N.H., and Barbara Daigle, of Shillington, announce the engagement of their daughter Shawna Lyn, of Rochester, N.Y., to David James Crandall, of Rochester, N.Y., a son of Ron and Sally Crandall, of State College.
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Engagement Gardner/Hile
Raymond and Cheryl Gardner, of Bellefonte, announce the engagement of their daughter, Amber Rae, of Spring Mills, to Michael Lee Hile, of Spring Mills, a son of Gary and Connie Hile, of Centre Hall.
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Military Achievers
Pvt. Hugh B. Sprague III, U.S. Army Reserves, has completed his advance training at Fort Lee, Va. Sprague is a 2002 graduate of Bald Eagle Area High School and attends Lock Haven University where, with the Army Reserve College Program, he plans to earn his teaching degree. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis E. Emel, of Howard Township.
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Thank yous
We cannot express enough "thank yous" for all the prayers, flowers, money, cards and food that was sent and to everyone who helped at the community center. It was comforting knowing that our daughter touched so many lives. Your kindness was greatly appreciated and will always be remembered at a time of our deepest loss of Carrie E. Hurd.
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ThankYou
State College Area Interfaith Mission held its fifth annual fall fund-raiser at the Toftrees Resort. This fund-raiser was successful thanks to the generous donations to the silent auction by the following businesses:
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Calendar
Bridge game: A duplicate bridge game will be held at 10 a.m. at SEM ECON Bridge Studio, 1377 Ridgemaster Drive, State College. Call 867-3055 for information.
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Counting calories adds up over the holidays
All calories are not created equal. After years of painstaking research into the phenomenon of seasonal weight gain and loss, and careful study of the holiday eating habits of perpetually thin friends and relatives, I have come to the conclusion that much of what weight-loss "experts" would have us believe about the relationship between caloric intake/expenditure and the resulting weight loss or gain is, in fact, hooey.
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Photographer Mike Frazier honors Pleasant Gap firefighters with exhibit
Mike Frazier had a simple idea. He wanted to put a face on the Pleasant Gap Fire Department. He wound up with nearly two dozen. This fall, as a tribute, Frazier took portraits of 22 of the department's volunteer firefighters. He and State College photographer Tony Rader posed each in his station uniform, without the helmets and jackets that sometimes cloak them in anonymity on emergency calls.
( By Chris Rosenblum, crosenbl@centredailiy.com, 12/10/2002 03:01 AM EST)