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Pharmacy Technician Synclaire Anderson vaccinates Joe Freed with the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 on Saturday, April 24 at The Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. PHOTO PROVIDED
Damage to equipment at the Tiger Den playground is pictured above. CHRIS MORELLI/THE EXPRESS
Rachelle Edmiston of Pleasant Gap, at right, is a Native American who graduated from Bellefonte Area High School. She said that she has never been offended by the Red Raider mascot or logo. In fact, she has Native American tattoos on her forearm and wrist. CHRIS MORELLI/THE EXPRESS
Parker Goodrow, a junior at Bellefonte Area High School, and Jennifer Palmer of Bellefonte show their support for the Red Raider nickname on Saturday at the Centre County Courthouse.
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Bellefonte residents came out in force on Saturday to show their support for the Red Raider nickname at the Centre County Courthouse.
BELLEFONTE With a critical school board vote looming on Tuesday, the Bellefonte community came together one more time in what appears to be a last-gasp effort to save the Red Raider nickname.
On Saturday afternoon, around 50 supporters rallied outside the Centre County Courthouse. There were current students, parents, residents, alumni and taxpayers in attendance. They wore T-shirts and sweatshirts with the words “Bellefonte Red Raiders” on them. Some wore Red Raider masks. There were plenty of signs both homemade and professionally printed in the crowd. Those who drove by on Bellefonte’s “Diamond” honked horns and gave the crowd a “thumbs up” out of their car windows.