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Kathrine Muller has been an Altoona resident for most of her life.  She is a graduate of Bishop Guilfoyle High School and holds degrees from West Virginia University and St. Francis University. She spent most of her career as an early childhood educator working locally, state-wide and nationally.  She continues to teach early childhood coursework for the Keystone STARS System through Penn State University.

Currently she works in Blair County doing school and community Drug & Alcohol Prevention and has been part of the Student Assistance Program as a team member and trainer. 

First registering as an Independent at the age of 18, she became a Democrat in 1986.  She became active with the Blair Democratic Party in the Spring of 2006 as a Committee Precinct Representative and then as a member of the Blair County Federation of Democratic Women.   

She has served the Altoona community in different volunteer capacities.  She was a volunteer, Board Member and President of High Hopes Therapeutic Riding Program from 2001 until December 2007 and continues to advise the more recently merged program, Dreams Go On Therapeutic Riding Program. 

She is a past President and Board member of the Allegheny Ballet Company, serving as Chairperson when the Company hosted the Northeast Regional Ballet Conference in the early 90’s. 

She is the President of Parkview Residents Association and is a current Board Member of the Commonwealth Prevention Alliance. She is also a member of Friends of the Altoona Library and the Blair County Historical Association. 

As a member of the Blair Countians for Drug Free Communities, she serves as Chairperson of the Education Committee.  Her involvement with this group has helped her to develop connections with many of the agencies that provide services to kids and families in Blair County.  It has increased her knowledge of the positive programming and prevention activities that occur locally, and at the same time keeps her informed of the many challenges that we face in the area of substance abuse, violence and crime. 

As a candidate for Altoona City Council she hopes to bring her years of experience and her commitment to our community to help develop the policies needed to meet the challenges that our city faces. She would like to find ways to spend tax revenue more effectively and investigate various grant opportunities to continue to improve the city of Altoona and build toward a stronger future for all of our residents. 

Kathrine Muller:

Resourceful, Responsible, Relevant

Your candidate for Altoona City Council 

As a Council member she will make decisions to: 

-Spend effectively

-Benefit the common good, not special interests

-Make the city more eco-friendly

-Encourage community pride and investment

-Create an atmosphere where business owners and employees can thrive

-Support pro-active strategies to reduce crime, violence, and substance abuse.

Make Altoona safer and healthier for it’s citizens of all ages.

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