Aaronsburg News

“Nothing they do surprises me anymore”

Since Karl Leitzel's brothers joined him in pursuing art on a more serious level, the tone of their Friday family dinners changed. There's a lot less criticism these days, he said.

The three brothers recently decided to have a joint art show, a first for the trio. They hung their pieces in Millheim's Elk Creek CafA© and Aleworks, where they will be displayed until May 4. A 'Meet the Artists' event will take place Sunday.

None of the brothers received formal art training, but artistic expression was part of life growing up in Aaronsburg. Both of the boys' parents were talented at drawing and painting, and Tina, the wife of middle brother, Warren, remembers him as 'the artistic one' in high school. Read more

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A storm that brought up to 3 inches of snow and sleet to the county also resulted in some slick roads, leading to a crash that knocked out power Friday evening to 150 residences of western Ferguson Township.

No one was injured when a driver lost control of a vehicle on an icy state Route 45, between Tadpole Road and Deibler Road, west of Pine Grove Mills.

The vehicle struck a utility pole, bringing the pole and wires down across the roadway and knocking out power to about 150 households. Read more

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First-through sixth-graders living or attending school in Centre County can enter a book of their own creation in the Centre County Library system's 23rd annual Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest at any ... via Centre Daily Times

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“Hopefully this will work and be popular, and we'll organize more themes for people to actually get hands-on experience with the collections”

It's finally okay to admit it. For the first time since your Sesame Street days, you can 'fess up to totally digging the programming on PBS. via Philadelphia Weekly

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“But we will be able to do more for our local community now.”

The Schlow Centre Region Library, a busy downtown hub with a growing circulation and modern facility, has been asked by the state to do more. via Centre Daily Times

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“We have these beautiful grapes on our property every year, and we just let them drop off and die”

Tony Degliomini and his wife, Julie, have been eying up the vines in their yard.

Jim Stitzer doesn't look at his flowering crab apple tree the same way.

And Bruce Teeple's research for a book on Centre County bootlegging is sidetracking into a full-blown hobby.

These are just a few of the many local residents learning to make wine. And amid their successes and failures at the hobby is something else that binds them: They've turned to Darrell Furfaro for help.

Teaching the trade Read more

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This year we parked on one of the back roads above and behind the town and walked down past the cemetery to the road that runs past the library and the pottery studio. via Centre Daily Times

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“It's really a neighborly, home-spun affair”

AARONSBURG -- Shoppers looking for bargains in arts and crafts with a genuine homemade feel can find great buys at the 2007 Dutch Fall Festival in Aaronsburg.

The festival, sponsored by the Aaronsburg Civic Club, will wrap up at 5 p.m. today.

The festival features booths and tents set up throughout the town with many items --from potholders and quilts to jewelry and antiques -- for sale.

The festival began as a way to bring the community together, said Ned Irish, civic club member and owner of the Aaronsburg Inn. Read more

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“That rich, wonderful area of Penns Valley is sometimes not on the map as much”

Aaronsburg residents will celebrate their Pennsylvania Dutch heritage with food, crafts and music this weekend at the 32nd annual Dutch Fall Festival.

The festival, which will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, is a celebration of Pennsylvania Dutch food, crafts and history. A variety of art, craft, food and antique vendors will be present. On display will be various exhibits featuring military artifacts, vintage women's clothing, early farm and home tools, and vintage signs from local businesses of the past. Read more

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A state police fire marshal has been unable to determine how a fire started that destroyed three barns in Centre County. via PhillyBurbs.com

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