The Republican-Herald is encouraging area hunters to submit photos of their deer or bear harvests for display in an online gallery.
Hunters are asked to visit The Republican-Herald's webpage at www.republicanherald.com and click on the "Hunting Photo Submission" link on the left-hand side of the homepage.
The official name of the new gallery is republicanherald.com/contests/2013/huntingphotos.
READING - Three members of the Philadelphia Phillies will join new Phillies manager Ryne Sandberg on the team's Winter Tour stops in Allentown and Reading.
Third baseman Cody Asche, infielder-outfielder Darin Ruf and pitcher Jonathan Pettibone will join Sandberg at the Phillies Winter Banquet at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Reading on Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 6:30 p.m.
The event, which benefits Baseballtown Charities, features a dinner, silent auction and raffles. In addition, the 2014 "King of Baseballtown" will be crowned.
Two nights later, the same quartet and Phillies play-by-play broadcaster Scott Franzke will be featured guests at the Phillies Winter Banquet presented by The Air Products Foundation, Lehigh Valley Health Network and Service Electric Cable TV & Communications at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, at the Sands Events Center in Bethlehem.
Additional players and Phillies personnel will added to both events in the coming weeks.
For the Reading event, seating and table reservations are available by calling (610) 370-BALL, by visiting Fightins.com or by stopping by the Fightins' ticket office at FirstEnergy Stadium. Individual reservations cost $65 per adult and $25 per child ages 14 or under. The children's price includes a meal of chicken fingers and fries while adults will be served a banquet-style meal.
For the Bethlehem event, tickets cost $85 per person or $775 for a table for 10. Championship tables, which allow patrons to attend a pre-event reception, are also available. Seat and table reservations are available by calling (610) 841-PIGS (7447).
UNIVERSITY PARK - Former junior college quarterback Tyler Ferguson is on the move again.
Ferguson, who enrolled at Penn State in January after a year at College of the Sequoias, has been granted his release from the Penn State football team, the university confirmed Wednesday.
He will seek a transfer. Ferguson could not be reached and calls to his home in Bakersfield, Calif., were not returned.
Ferguson joined the Nittany Lions with hopes of winning the starting quarterback job but was beaten out by true freshman Christian Hackenberg in training camp.
Ferguson saw limited action during his short time at Penn State and played in just four games. He saw his most extended playing time against Ohio State, completing seven of 11 passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.