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Registration for the 2008 football season will be held on June 17th, 18th and 19th  at the Joshua House on 10th Street, in Tyrone. Registration times will be from 6 – 7:30 pm. Registration fees will be $ 30.00 for one child, $ 40.00 for two children and must be paid at the time of registration.
Registration requirements are as follows:
Pee Wee Football
Must be 7 years old as of 9/1/2008
Must not be 10 years old as of 9/1/2008
Must weigh less than 130 lbs at tryouts, which will be held in August.  Players over 130 lbs., may elect to play youth football.
Youth Football
Must not be 14 as of 9/1/2008 or be entering the 8th grade.
There is no weight limit for Youth.
Due to insurance purposes, there will be absolutely no exceptions to these requirements.
If there are any questions, please contact Tom Getz at 684-7232 or Stephanie Snyder at 684-5911.

Access Device Fraud
State police reported that between the dates of January 2007 and May 2008 an unknown and unauthorized individual used a credit card on numerous occasions owned by Traci Lynne Mickey of Warriors Mark. Police said that losses totaled $680.
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Harassment
On June 5, state police stated that Caleb Mattern, 29, Tyrone and Jeremy Wike, 25, Bellwood got into a fight in the parking lot of Veneziales Restaurant in Antis Twp. Both individuals were cited at District Magistrate Fred B. Miller’s office.
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Theft from a Motor Vehicle
State police reported on June 5 that an unknown actor smashed the forward windshield and all side windows on a vehicle owned by Douglas E. Peterson, 38, Tyrone. The actor also removed a stereo face plate from the interior of the vehicle. The incident occurred along Grazierville Road in Antis Twp. An estimated loss is pending. Any person with information on this crime is asked to contact Hollidaysburg State Police.
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Thrown from motorcycle
On June 9, state police reported a crash along SR 453 in Snyder Twp. when Jeremy R. Myers, 21, Tyrone was traveling south along SR 453, north of Tyrone Borough on a motorcycle. Myers lost control of the motorcycle while rounding a curve, then struck the roadway and was thrown an unknown distance. Myers was taken to Altoona Hospital for injuries by way of Tyrone EMS. Myers will be cited for Driving Too Fast for Conditions and Operating a Motorcycle Without a Valid License. Myers was also not the owner of the motorcycle, so the owner will be cited for permitting him to operate the motorcycle.
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Fleeing and Eluding/DUI
Altoona Police reported on June 10 that they observed a vehicle fail to stop coming out of an alley onto 7th Street in Altoona. The vehicle traveled over a concrete median and made several more traffic violations. Officers activated emergency lights and sirens on their cruiser, but the vehicle continued to travel east on Chestnut Avenue at a high rate of speed. The vehicle finally pulled over at 25th Avenue and Juniata Gap Road after a short pursuit. Police found that the driver was Tina Stehley of Bellwood. Stehley was taken into custody for Fleeing and Eluding, Driving Under the Influence, Reckless Driving, and numerous other traffic violations. She was arraigned by District Magistrate Moran.
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Careless Driving
On June 10, state police reported an accident along I-99 in Antis Twp., 295 feet south of Exit 41. Ronald C. Shoenberger, Jr., 25, Tyrone was traveling north on I-99 at an apparent high rate of speed as he approached a traveling vehicle ahead of him driven by Barbara A. Calderwood, 71, Bellwood. Shoenberger’s vehicle struck the rear of Calderwood’s vehicle and lifted it into the air for approximately 75 feet before Calderwood’s vehicle came back down on the roadway. Calderwood and her vehicle were then pushed off the roadway into the median. Shoenberger continued north on I-99 for approximately 700 feet before coming to rest along the northbound lanes on the shoulder. Calderwood’s vehicle crossed the median strip and came out onto the southbound lane of travel approximately 200 feet north of the impact.
According to police, this crash occurred in the construction zone on I-99. Calderwood was apparently traveling at the reduced speed posted and Shoenberger ignored the warning signs. Shoenberger was not wearing a seat belt and suffered moderate injuries. Calderwood was belted and also suffered moderate injuries. Both drivers were transported to the Altoona Hospital Trauma Unit via Bellwood Ambulance Company.

Herbert C. F. Werner, 79, of 1559 Valley View Blvd., Altoona, died Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 6:34 p.m. at Altoona Regional Health System-Altoona Hospital Campus.
He was born January 24, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois a son of Herman and Elizabeth (Steiner) Werner. He was remarried to Virgie Werner on June 2, 2008.
Surviving are his wife, a daughter Brenda Werner of Tyrone, 3 sons, Terry of Altoona, Kenneth of Tyrone, Curtis of Dillsburg, 6 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by 2 sons, Mark and Wayne and a sister Anne Zimmerman.
Mr. Werner retired in 1992 as mailroom department manager for the Altoona Mirror. He began his career as Sports Editor of the Tyrone Daily Herald serving from 1947-1958. He then served as Sports Editor for the Altoona Mirror from 1958- 1980 and later as Executive Sports Editor for three years. He continued writing periodic golfing and bowling columns for the Altoona Mirror until the present. Recently he was employed at Thompson Pharmacy as a delivery driver.
He was a 33 year veteran of the Pennsylvania National Guard retiring in 1989 as Brigadier General. He had served as an Adjutant General for the Pennsylvania National Guard in Philadelphia.
He was a member of the Tyrone Elks, Sinking Valley Country Club, Golf Writers Association of America and the Tyrone Golden Eagle Monogram Club. He was a 1947 graduate of Amundson High School, Chicago.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 10 a.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone with Pastor Barry Neal officiating. Interment will follow at Eastlawn Cemetery. Friends will be received at the Feller Memorial Home, 817 W. 15th St., Tyrone on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and on Saturday at the church from 9 a.m. until the time of services.
Memorial gifts may be made to the Herbert Werner Memorial Fund, c/o Tyrone Golden Eagle Monogram Club. P.O. Box 12, Tyrone, Pa. 16686.

St Matthew’s will be having their Bible School June 23 to 27 from 9 a.m. to noon.
This year’s theme is “Power Lab” – Discovering Jesus’ Miraculous Power.
Call the church office at 684-1480; Nicole Swope at 632-5433 or Denise Kreckel 684-2898 to register or sign up as a volunteer.

Vacation Bible school will be held Sunday, June 22 to Thursday, June 26 from 6:15 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. nightly at the Good Shepherd United Methodist Church, 1650 Clay Ave, Tyrone.
This year’s theme is Friendship Trek – Jesus, Our Forever Friend.
In five days kids explore how friends reach out, friends love, friends give, friends care, and friends share.
Come join in for an amazing hike through the Bible to meet Jesus, our forever friend. Anyone with questions can call the church office at 684-2472.