Mount Aloysius College News

It has been a prominent fixture in the community for 156 years, and there's no sign of it slowing down.

Sister Mary Ann Dillon is a giver. She is "deeply passionate to people's needs" and knows "the gifts of many are greater than the gifts of any one," Sister Carol Gallagher said of her longtime friend.

By TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM What was it like celebrating Christmas in 11th century England? One way to find out is to attend the 39th annual Madrigal Christmas Feast, featuring food, drink and a festive spirit.

Janet Miller was concerned that her family doctor ran out of seasonal flu vaccine before she could bring in her 84-year-old father, Earl Miller of Lilly.

A college fair Tuesday night had area high school students asking all the usual questions, but admissions counselors said finances are a little more important than before the economy tanked.

Monsignor Patrick V. Fleming, pastor of Our Lady of Victory Church for 32 years, from 1961 to 1993, died over the weekend in Florida.

With the national unemployment rate near 10 percent, career services departments at area colleges are working harder than ever to help their students find jobs.

Editor's note: This is the first in a series of four stories on each of the businesses being inducted this year into the Blair County Business Hall of Fame.

BY RUTHRICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Parishioners at St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church, 211 Powell Ave., Cresson, have been celebrating the church's 100th anniversary for the past year.

Sister Mary Ann Dillon, who has been president of Mount Aloysius College for 12 years, will be stepping down in June.

"Questions? Don't worry, we have answers." That reassurance is found on the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Web site right after an apology for what is becoming for many a financially inconvenient truth.

By Amanda Clegg, aclegg@altoonamirror.com, Article Photos Penn State Altoona freshman T.J. Von Mechow is the second child in his family to attend college, but it's about the sixth time his mother, Susan, has had to endure the financial aid process.

A Portage Township resident who held the distinction of being one of the youngest school board members in the region and one of the youngest in the state is stepping down from that post.

On the night that a new graduating class said goodbye to Warwick High School, several past graduates were putting the finishing touches on their own celebration of old school friends and their hometown of Lititz.

BY TOM LAVIS TLAVIS@TRIBDEM.COM This year's recipients of the Prince Gallitzin Cross Awards have been announced by the Most Rev.

The recent illness and passing of her grandmother helped Sara Shaulis decide how she planned to spend her future.

BY RUTH RICE RRICE@TRIBDEM.COM Summer camps at area colleges and learning centers will keep kids active and interested until school begins again.

By Amanda Clegg, aclegg@altoonamirror.com, Article Photos College graduates may have to work to find a job.