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Children from across the Centre Region will grab their Easter baskets and look for eggs this weekend. There are plenty of egg hunts throughout Centre County, and the Gazette’s holiday guide will help you find the nearest one./Pages 20, 21

April 17-23, 2014

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Fans flock to annual scrimmage By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — On a picture-perfect Saturday afternoon in Happy Valley, the Blue and White faithful descended on Beaver Stadium for the annual Blue-White Game. Conditions were perfect. Temperatures climbed into the mid-70s by kickoff and not a drop of rain fell from the sky. It was a far cry from last year’s game, when chilly temperatures kept attendance under 30,000. On Saturday, however, more than 70,000 fans poured through the Beaver Stadium gates to get a sneak peek at the 2014 Nittany Lions and first-year head coach James Franklin. “I can’t imagine a better way to spend the day,” said Penn State fan Bill Doverspike, who was tailgating just outside the stadium gates. “It’s the complete package. You’ve got food, drink, friends and Penn State football. What’s better? I can’t think of anything.” Those who showed up on Saturday would have a hard time arguing with Doverspike. Despite some rain on Friday, the RVs began rolling into town that afternoon. The lots filled up shortly thereafter. Before the game on Saturday, the tailgaters were out in force, perfecting their fall routines. The aromas of charcoal and propane filled the air as fans grilled hamburgers, hot dogs, hot sausage and steak. At Chuck Perrone’s tailgate, there was a little bit of everything. He started the day with some breakfast fare. By the time kickoff rolled around, however, he was grilling barbecue chicken and ribs. TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

Blue-White, Page 5

OUT IN FORCE: Penn State fans wait for the coaches and players to get off the blue buses just outside the Beaver Stadium gates on Saturday for the annual Blue-White Game. The spring scrimmage drew more than 70,000 fans.

INSIDE: Game recap. Page 22

Photographer develops unique business

State High heads to science bowl

By CHRIS MORELLI

By MARJORIE S. MILLER

editor@centrecountygazette.com

mmiller@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Kimberly Intorre has a passion for photography. Throughout her life, the State College native has captured just about every type of event through her lens. She’s done everything from portraits to birthdays and weddings. She hopes that her latest venture, Our Valued Treasures, will meet a need in the Centre County market. You see, Our Valued Treasures specializes in funeral photography. Intorre explained how she came up with the concept. “A friend of mine, her husband had just passed away and she had seen my photography,” she said. “She requested that I do his viewing, funeral and celebration of life. It was just something that I never thought I would do until that moment. When she asked, I felt honored.” She realizes that funeral photography is still somewhat taboo. “Six months ago, I was talking to my family about it. It’s not something that you do. When I did it, I really didn’t have any hesitation. It was interesting because it felt like a

at photos and generally comforting one another. The first time Intorre took photos at a funeral was somewhat surreal, she said. “It takes a very special person. You have to take yourself out of the event. You have

STATE COLLEGE — The first time since 2011, State College Area High School’s Science Bowl team will head to the National Science Bowl later this month in Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, the NSB is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science and mathematics. Middle and high school student teams from diverse backgrounds are comprised of four students, one alternate and a teacher who serves as an advisor and coach. The teams face off in a fastpaced question-and-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines including biology, chemistry, Earth science, physics, energy and math, according to the NSB website. “I hope that we win,” State High

Photographer, Page 6

Science bowl, Page 6

Opinion ............................. 7 Health & Wellness .......... 8, 9

KIMBERLY INTORRE/For the Gazette

VALUED TREASURES: State College native Kimberly Intorre has launched a new business, Our Valued Treasures, which specializes in funeral photography. Above is a picture of a snow-covered memorial. calling … like someone had a better plan for me,” Intorre said. For the record, Intorre doesn’t take photographs of the deceased, unless it’s requested. Instead, the images consist of those who stopped at the service and the environment of the day. The brochure for Our Valued Treasures features family members looking

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Front and Centre CLOSING THE GAP: For students of Penn State’s World Campus, feeling like part of an organization can be tough. However, online clubs have helped alleviate some of those difficulties. Page 10

GONE FISHIN’: Creeks and streams in the Centre Region were filled with fishermen as trout season began on April 12. Anglers descended on the waters in hopes of reeling in a prize catch. Page 16

THERE’S HOPE: There was an overflow crowd as the Penns Valley HOPE Fund held its annual Gala for HOPE at the site of the former Henry and Company Barn in Potters Mills on April 12. Page 12

BLUE DOMINATES: Under a sunsplashed sky, the Penn State football team took the field for the first BlueWhite Game under new Penn State head coach James Franklin. Page 22

CORRECTION POLICY

The Centre County Gazette corrects errors as soon as they are brought to our attention. Please contact us at editor@centrecountygazette.com to report a correction.

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Two men stabbed at State College apartment building By STEVE BAUER

call his female friend. Police said that’s when three men came out of the residence armed with what appeared to be knives. As the victims turned and tried to run down the stairs the three suspects allegedly stabbed and slashed at them. Brandon Frick was charged with aggravated assault, making terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering, according to reports. Police said Frick is a 21-year-old student at Penn State Altoona. He was taken to the Centre County Correctional Facility on $10,000 bail. William Stranburg was charged with making terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering. According to police, Stranburg is a 21-year-old Penn State student. He was set free on $2,000 bail. Robert Donaldson, 22, was charged with making terroristic threats, possession of an instrument of crime and recklessly endangering. Donaldson, who police said is also a Penn State student, was released on $2,000 bail. All three suspects are scheduled for preliminary hearings on April 16.

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State Legislature sends child protection bills to governor By JENNIFER MILLER StateCollege.com

HARRISBURG — A wave of new legislation designed to protect children from abuse is coming out of Harrisburg. The General Assembly drafted the package of new laws in response to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed into law three bills that make significant changes to Pennsylvania’s child protection laws. “The bills I am signing into law ... are another step forward in the fight to end child abuse.” Corbett said last week. “Today, Pennsylvania says, ‘no more’ to child abuse.” Senate Bill 24 creates a statewide database for protective services and allows for electronic reporting to facilitate mandatory reporting of child abuse. The law requires reports of suspected child abuse to be submitted electronically or by phone to the Department of Public Welfare. The information in the database would only be used for investigations or background checks such as those for employees. House Bill 89 terminates the

Drug Abuse Resistance Education Fund, supported by the sale of DARE license plates, and directs any further balance of that account to the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to award grants to children’s advocacy centers during fiscal year 2013-14. House Bill 316 establishes the Child Advocacy Center Advisory Committee, which will approve and distribute grants to child advocacy centers and multidisciplinary investigative teams. The Centre County Child Advocacy Center through Mount Nittany Health recently opened its doors in Bellefonte. The center offers a child-friendly, streamlined approach to interviewing children who have made allegations of abuse or have witnessed other crimes. The intent is to create an investigative system that minimizes trauma for the child by reducing the number of times authorities interview the child, all in a child-appropriate environment. “At Mount Nittany Health, we are pleased that the state is making significant improvements to the laws to protect children,” says Kristina Taylor-Porter, director of the Centre County Children’s Advocacy Center. “The

new laws clearly make a direct financial impact to Children’s Advocacy Centers, but beyond the funding, the laws recognize Children’s Advocacy Centers as a crucial part in the investigation of child abuse as well as the intervention and healing for the child in cases of abuse. With these laws, the State is taking substantial steps to serve children better.” This week, Corbett is expected to sign these bills into law: House Bill 436: This bill adds definitions, outlines and streamlines reporting procedures for mandated reporters while expanding the list of those who are required to report suspected child abuse. The bill also requires the posting of signs in certain business establishments to provide information on where to make a report of suspected child abuse. Senate Bill 21: This bill clarifies the definition of mandated reporter to include anyone who comes in contact with a child, or is directly responsible for the care, supervision, guidance, or training of a child as a mandatory reporter. The bill outlines the reporting process for mandatory reporters, including immediate report-

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GOV. TOM CORBETT recently signed into law three bills that make significant changes to Pennsylvania’s child protection laws. ing to the Department of Public Welfare by phone, with a written or electronic report filed within 48 hours. The bill outlines what must be included in the report as well as what is maintained as privileged communication. The bill also allows for limited exemption for sexual assault counselors at rape crisis centers. House Bill 431: This bill requires the Department of State licensing boards to ensure reporters are properly trained on

how to recognize and report suspected child abuse. In 2012, a jury convicted former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky on 45 counts of child sexual abuse related to boys he met through his charity, The Second Mile. He is serving a 30 to 60 year sentence in state prison. Meanwhile, three former Penn State administrators are awaiting trial for allegedly attempting to cover up the scandal.

Court seeks to examine Penn State-NCAA agreement By MARK SCOLFORO

implications without conducting a hearing on the disputed factual issues,” Covey wrote. State Sen. Jake Corman, a Republican who represents the State College area and the prime sponsor of the law aimed at restricting where the fine money goes, said April 9 that he planned to meet with lawyers to discuss amending his lawsuit to make a wider challenge to the legality of the consent decree. “We’ve always had concerns about it, the way the NCAA acted, and so now the court is seeing this as well,” Corman said. State Treasurer Rob McCord, a Democrat running for governor and the other plaintiff in the case, released a statement saying he was pleased with the decision. “It vindicates our view that the treasurer has an important custodial role in receiving the NCAA’s penalty money,” McCord said. In an emailed statement, NCAA Chief Legal Officer Donald Remy said the ruling “is entirely without basis.” “The NCAA will continue to vigorously

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HARRISBURG — A state court has said it needed more information to examine whether Penn State and the NCAA acted legally when they entered into an agreement that imposed a $60 million fine and other penalties over the Jerry Sandusky molestation scandal. Commonwealth Court ordered that Penn State be made a party to a lawsuit filed by a state senator and the state treasurer against the NCAA. The suit seeks to enforce a 2013 state law requiring the NCAA fine to be spent on fighting child abuse in Pennsylvania. The punishment affected athletes and others involved in the football program, people “who had excelled in their jobs through hard work, practice, commitment, teamwork, sportsmanship, excellence and perseverance,” wrote Judge Anne E. Covey for the majority. “This court will not make a legal determination which has such far reaching

defend the consent decree, an agreement with Penn State that both the NCAA and Penn State continue to support,” Remy said. A Penn State spokesman declined to comment. Sandusky, who retired after spending decades at Penn State as an assistant to former head coach Joe Paterno, was convicted in 2012 of 45 counts of child sexual abuse and is serving a 30- to 60-year state prison sentence. The state Supreme Court last week said it would not hear his direct appeal, but other legal avenues remain open as he seeks to have his conviction overturned. Along with the $60 million fine, the deal between Penn State and the NCAA imposed a four-year ban on postseason play by the football team, temporarily reduced

football scholarships and invalidated 112 wins from the later years of Paterno’s career. In a lone dissent, Judge Dan Pellegrini said he shared the majority’s concerns about how the consent decree was entered into. “Essentially, the majority spontaneously came up with (a) new cause of action, inferred from paragraphs in various defenses pled by the NCAA,” Pellegrini said. “Because we must only address the matters before us ... I respectfully dissent from that portion of the majority opinion.” The court also denied Corman and McCord’s request for judgment at the current stage of proceedings and said the disputed state law did not constitute impermissible “special legislation” aimed only at a narrow class of people.

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Penn State exceeds $2 billion fundraising goal By MARK SCOLFORO The Associated Press

HARRISBURG — Penn State announced Saturday it blew past the $2 billion goal in a seven-year fundraising campaign that has expanded student scholarships, brought a big-time hockey program to campus and built a new children’s hospital in Hershey. The university’s “For the Future” effort has generated nearly $2.2 billion with more than two months left in the campaign and despite what has been a rough economy and the negative attention brought by the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal. “This is something that our donors get very passionate about, helping our students,” said Peter Tombros, a biotech and pharmaceutical executive who chaired the campaign. “It’s been very important to our history, and it was very important in this campaign.” More than 600,000 people contributed, which the university believes may be a record. The money has funded more than 91,000 new individual scholarships and awards for nearly 45,000 students. Total pledges for undergraduate scholarships, the top priority, amounted to $519 million. “Approximately one-third of our student body are firstgeneration students,” said Rod Kirsch, Penn State’s vice president for development and alumni relations. “Penn State is really a ticket for a better experience and a better life for these students.” The school added $783 million in donations and pledges to increase its endowment. The campaign included $65 million to build the new children’s hospital and $102 million to build a new arena and establish a Division I hockey program. It also raised more than $175 million to endow faculty positions and programs and more than $175 million for the school’s various campuses outside the flagship at University Park. Penn State brought about 1,300 people to campus in recent days to celebrate the end of the effort that began in 2007. “The key distinction of this campaign is that we really tried to link the power of philanthropy to the student expe-

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THE “FOR THE FUTURE” campaign raised $2.158 billion at Penn State. rience,” Kirsch said. When the campaign started, its honorary chair was Joe Paterno, the school’s legendary head football coach who died in early 2012. Paterno died a few months after the arrests of Sandusky along with two school administrators, accused of a criminal cover-up of complaints about the former assistant football coach. Sandusky is currently serving a prison sentence for child sexual abuse, while the administrators await trial. Kirsch said Paterno’s widow Sue served on a couple of fundraising committees during the campaign, and the Paternos have made a number of substantial donations. Nearly 13,000 faculty and staff contributed about $61 million, and the former and current members of the board

of trustees kicked in more than $110 million. On Friday, outgoing Penn State President Rodney Erickson and his wife Sheri added $1 million, which is earmarked for the school’s arboretum and to support early career faculty. The school’s previous fundraising push, “A Grand Destiny,” which ran from 1996 to 2003, raised $1.4 billion from 320,000 donors. Kirsch said another campaign will follow, but the details will have to be determined by the trustees and incoming school president Eric Barron. “While all of us who worked on the campaign feel very good about it and proud of the accomplishment, the real winners here are our current and future Penn State students,” Kirsch said.

Organizers set annual walk for suicide awareness By MORGAN HILL

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STATE COLLEGE — The eighth annual Out of the Darkness community walk will take place at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at Sidney Friedman Park in State College. More than 1,000 people are expected to participate in the event. Sponsored by the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, the walk’s purpose is to bring together those affected by suicide loss for a common purpose. All proceeds benefit suicide prevention efforts. According to the AFSP, a person dies every 13.7 minutes by suicide in the United States, making it the third leading cause of death for some age groups. Officials say the funding for research regarding suicide does not come close to matching the number of people affected. “Bringing public awareness to this issue, decreasing stigma around asking for help and utilizing the funds to help our community is what this walk is about,” said Brenda Fry, co-chair for the Central PA Chapter of AFSP. Two local women who lost a loved one to suicide originally founded the walk. When the women reached out to AFSP because there were no local services, support groups or resources, the walk began to take form and has grown ever since. “The first seven walks raised over $350,000 for research, awareness and community prevention,” said Fry. “We are hoping to raise $80,000 this year. “We want our outreach to grow with each walk so that this true public health issue can be brought out of the darkness. Every life is important,” she said. Check-in time is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. To register for the event visit www.outofthedarkness. org and click on the link for the Centre County event. Participants may also register on the day of the event. Registration is free, but donations are welcome and encouraged.

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What: Eighth annual Out of the Darkness Community Walk When: 1 p.m. Sunday, April 27 Where: Sidney Friedman Park, State College Cost: None; donations are welcome More information: www.outofthedarkness.org

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PENN STATE quarterback Christian Hackenberg heads toward the player tables for the annual autograph session at Beaver Stadium. The popular feature returned after a brief hiatus in 2013. AMY ANSARI/The Gazette

A NEW CVS will be built at the site of the former Blockbuster Video along South Atherton Street in State College.

CVS Pharmacy relocating By JENNIFER MILLER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — A new CVS Pharmacy will be built in State College, which means the closure of another local location. The new CVS will be constructed at the former site of a Blockbuster store at the corner of North Atherton Street and West Cherry Lane, according to CVS Spokesman Mike DeAngelis. Crews are demolishing the old Block-

buster building this week. The company will be relocating its current store in the Highland Center shopping plaza to the new site, which is slated to open in October. “Our new location will be more convenient and accessible to our State College customers,� said DeAngelis. The company has made some recent changes in the State College area. CVS closed its location in the Nittany Mall and opened a new location on South Atherton Street.

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Blue-White, from page 1 “During the season, we try to have something different every single week,� Perrone explained. “A lot depends on the weather. If it’s rainy or snowy, we might not make a lot of food. But today is perfect, so we went all out.� Perrone, who resides in Carlisle, shares season tickets with his brother-in-law. On Saturday, the entire family was in attendance. “It’s always fun,� Perrone said of the annual spring game. “You get to check out the team and it’s free. I think it gets everyone excited for fall.� At the 2013 game — which drew 28,000 fans — stadium security changed its bag policy in the wake of the Boston Marathon bombing attack, which occurred April 15. A year later, the bag ban is still in effect, but most fans were aware as they headed for stadium gates. Security personnel reported no problems on Saturday. The departure of former coach Bill O’Brien — now the head coach of the

NFL’s Houston Texans — meant the return of the ever-popular autograph session. O’Brien put the autograph session on hiatus in 2013 so the day could be treated more like a regular practice day. “I’m glad it’s back,� said Jon Eberhardt, of Altoona, who said he was a lifelong Nittany Lions fan. “It’s a chance to meet the guys up close, talk to them, shake their hand and get an autograph. I really like it.� Inside the stadium, Franklin made his first official run through the Beaver Stadium tunnel, leading the blue, white and grey jerseys onto the green grass as the team’s new leader. The crowd gave Franklin a standing ovation. He yelled “We are!� — and the crowd responded with “Penn State!� On the field, the Blue squad — which was stacked with starters — dominated the White, 37-0. Even though many of the 72,000 headed for the exits early, Franklin was impressed with the turnout. “Great crowd, unbelievable support from this community,� he said. “I’m not surprised one bit.�

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to take your emotions out of it. I felt that my lens was helping me. I was a lens away from everything. I was viewing it through my lens, but I was distant,” she said. Our Valued Treasures features three different types of packages. The first includes the funeral service only and a mini softbound photo book. The basic service includes the viewing, funeral, graveside services same day and a mini softbound book. The two-day service includes the viewing, funeral, graveside services, the celebration of life meal and a hardbound book. Intorre will also photograph funerals outside of Centre County. She realizes that funeral photography is not for everyone. However, she feels that there’s enough interest in Centre County to make a go of it. “It’s still new, it’s still a startup. I’ve been taking my brochures around to different churches, hospice programs, funeral directors. It’s a mixed bag right now because it’s so new. It’s been more positive than negative,” Intorre said. Intorre said that she blends into the background during the services while she takes photos. “I’m not in people’s faces. I’m back away from the crowd. If there are multiple rooms, I’ll go to the other rooms and stand back and take pictures from behind,” she said. Still, it can catch those paying their final respects off guard. “I really only had a handful of people come up to me and asked me why I was there. I told them I was requested by the spouse, that she wanted to remember who came, who sent flowers, things like that. It was to help her

Science Bowl team advisor James Bleil said. “We are pretty much trying to go over the areas that we are weakest in … hopefully re-familiarizing ourselves with some of the material we may have forgotten. I hope that the students enjoy the experience and get to see and feel rewarded for all of the hard work they have put in.” To earn a spot at the NSB, State High’s team won the New Jersey regional portion of the competition on Feb. 22. “In order to qualify for nationals, the team must come in first place in regionals,” Bleil said. “The last time this occurred for State High was 2011.” The regional competition consisted of a one-day double elimination tournament, he said. Teams, made up of four people plus an alternate, were asked questions and had to buzz in to answer. The game was played in halves and a substitution could be made at the halfway point. There were eight minutes in each half. Bleil said there are usually around 32 high school teams involved in nationals. The national competition, slated for April 24 through 28, will be the same as the regional competition, he said, but with some extracurricular activities and the ability to play with some engineering-type of problems thrown in. “The competition will be more challenging because of the teams involved, as well as the expectation that the questions become more difficult as the competition progresses,” he said. State High’s Science Bowl team, which has been competing for the past seven years and concentrates on competition preparation, focuses on refreshing and relearning materials students have covered in their science classes, as well as learning new material, Bleil said. “The dynamic of the group is such that many of the older students mentor the younger students,” he said. “That helps them to understand the material to a higher degree.” The team, which meets from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Mondays, is open to all grades. For more information visit www.scasd. org. The DOE created the NSB in 1991 to encourage students to excel in mathematics and science and to pursue careers in these fields. Approximately 240,000 students have participated in the NSB throughout its 24 year history, and it is one of the nation’s largest science competitions. For more information visit www.science.energy.gov.

KIMBERLY INTORRE/For the Gazette

OUR VALUED TREASURES is the brainchild of photographer Kimberly Intorre. The start up business specializes in funeral photography. Pictured, above, is an example of her work. grieve. At the celebration of life meal, I had people come up and ask how they could see the pictures. It really was a positive thing,” Intorre said. Intorre’s business model is unique. Photography isn’t just a hobby, but a passion, she said.

“I’ve been doing this for 30 years,” she said. “I’ve always had a love for photography.” For more information about Our Valued Treasures, contact Intorre at (814) 238-3706 or email ourvaluedtreasures@gmail.com.

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The ‘real’ Colbert follows Letterman By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

When David Letterman announced that 2015 would be his final year hosting his long-running CBS late-night television show, it signaled not just the end of Stupid Pet Tricks and the other bits that his fans have come to love. It meant the end of an era. With Letterman’s coming retirement and Jay Leno exiting his perch at NBC’s “The Tonight Show” earlier this year, there’s little doubt that late-night TV is in the throes of a realignment of viewer tastes. Jimmy Fallon inherited Leno’s coveted slot on NBC and has continued his predecessor’s dominance in the ratings. Now every network wants a versatile performer in that hour. CBS announced Thursday that it would replace Letterman with Comedy Central’s bombastic faux conservative, Stephen Colbert of “The Colbert Report.” Like Fallon, Colbert is a natural performer who will bring fresh energy and possibility to a show that has grown stale. Colbert will also abandon the popular character he’s played for nearly a decade when he takes over next year, so late-night viewers will finally meet the “real” Stephen Colbert. Conservative radio talker Rush Limbaugh is fuming that a “fake” conservative will get the prestigious spot instead of a real right-of-center comedian like Greg Gutfield or Dennis Miller. Limbaugh was so angry at the choice of Colbert that he called it an “attack on the heartland.” Rightwingers on social media have also been harsh. But if Limbaugh & Co. are looking for true diversity, they’ve missed the boat. When is someone other than a white male going to be fit to hire for 11:30? Tina Fey. Julia Louis-Dreyfus. Now that would be real late-night choice.

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Email privacy laws In education, children’s should be updated LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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When we think about what we treasure most about living in Happy Valley, what tops the list? Our emphasis on education factors into decisions for many to move, work and raise families here. State College area schools particularly are attractive for their longstanding commitment to educational excellence for every child. The climate of the schools, the support from parents and the community, and the rich opportunities offered in State College Area School District schools set them apart. State College schools opened my eyes to what an education for a young person could be like, from the moment I first stepped into the schools in 2003 as a teacher. I interviewed all across the state, toting my only suit for hourslong trips, excited and enthusiastic about creating my own classroom, following in my mother’s footsteps. From the very first moment that I met representatives from State College Area School District, I sensed their sparkle, the something extra special that I knew I wanted to be part of: excellence. Knowing that my children someday could have that “something extra, something more” that I witnessed in the classrooms each day inspired my husband and I to work toward raising our future family there. So, as young professionals starting out, we invested in our first home, a fixer-upper in an outlying area. Our plan was to scrimp, save and improve this home, so that in several years’ time, we could sell and move to State College in time for our children, too, to be part of the educational community in SCASD, a community that prides itself on supporting every child, every day. We’re proud to have seen our plan come to fruition; now a family of four, we’re thankful and optimistic that our children will be able to thrive in our SCASD schools. To be honest, though, we’re nervous. We’re worried about the choices we made: Will our community realize the important consequences that come with the approaching referendum? Will we collectively understand the weight of our votes? Children and their education must come before political heels in “debates,” before dialogue that focuses on blame and past mistakes. Professionally, the approach to conflict resolution I’ve learned is to get focused on and rally around a shared goal in order to move forward in a productive way. I suggest our shared goal is to maintain and preserve educational excellence in our community. How are each of us working toward that goal? The SCASD board is providing the community with information and forums for input about the high school project. Students have spoken up, advocating for increased safety and an improved, modern learning environment. A group of concerned citizens called “Friends of State High” has spearheaded a campaign to rally grass-roots support for the high school project. The Facebook page “The State of State High” features photos and testimonials about the day to day reality of the failing facilities. Will the efforts of school officials, students and community members be enough? What will be the potential ramifications of referendum failure on SCASD schools and the community? The impact will likely be far-reaching, as it is no secret that resources for schools, including ours, are limited and not likely to increase substantially anytime soon. The cost of doing nothing will be significant, an arguably wasteful sum spent on maintaining outdated facilities. Will the schools continue to offer the breadth and depth of programming opportunities that have drawn so many of us to bring our families here? Will class sizes creep up and up, and choices for students and families pare down? Will the attractive spirit of our community continue to shine through its public schools, or will referendum failure cement the divisiveness over this issue, leading to further obstacles? One of the challenges of working in public education is the continual struggle to thrive despite conditions that seem to work against progress. In the toughest of times, I phone my mother, whose advice is clear and consistent. What do we do when the stakes are high, the way is difficult, and success is not guaranteed? “Whatever it takes,” she advises, without a moment’s hesitance. Let’s be willing, come May, to show our public schools how much they’re worth to us all, and most importantly, to our children. Mary Lou Manhart, State College

The Philadelphia Inquirer After a litany of startling revelations about the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of email and more, most Americans will be surprised that their electronic communications are in some ways more vulnerable to snooping by garden-variety government officials. A woefully outdated law allows agencies ranging from local district attorneys’ offices to the IRS to pore over the contents of emails without seeking court approval. The law governing email access dates back to the primordial age of the technology, in 1986, when the few who used it had to download messages onto their gigantic home or office computers. While that made the legislation forward-looking in the era of neon and leg warmers, lawmakers could not have anticipated email’s evolution into a ubiquitous form of interpersonal communication largely stored by third parties such as Google and Microsoft. So the law leaves email kept by providers for more than 180 days — unusual then but standard today — subject to searches without a warrant. That means law enforcement and regulatory agencies can subpoena email from providers without demonstrating probable cause to a judge or notifying users. Some major agencies and email providers have said their policy is to require a warrant for such searches anyway. But the Securities and Exchange Commission is actively opposing efforts to prevent warrantless access. And it’s difficult to know how often state and local authorities take advantage of weak email protections. Fortunately, in spite of the SEC’s rearguard campaign, a bill that would bring email privacy into the 21st century is gaining momentum in the House. With a broad coalition of supporters ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to Americans for Tax Reform, the Email Privacy Act has 200 co-sponsors from both sides of the aisle. Congress and President Obama have failed to balance Americans’ privacy rights with the national security imperatives said to be served by the NSA’s dragnet. Protecting email from unwarranted searches by civil and criminal authorities should be easy by comparison. Acid-washed jeans may have made an unlikely comeback, but this legal artifact of the ’80s should be consigned to history.

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Foxdale Village achieves five-star rating

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STATE COLLEGE — Foxdale Village has recently been recognized in U.S. News and World Report as among the best nursing homes of 2014. At the top of the Pennsylvania nursing homes list are those with a rating of five stars from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for their overall performance in health inspections, nurse staffing and quality of medical care. About 25 percent of all nursing homes in Pennsylvania earned an overall fivestar rating, with Foxdale Village being the only five-star nursing facility in Centre County. “We are very proud to receive this recognition. We commend our entire team of

nursing, dining, social service, therapeutic recreation and environmental services staff in contributing to our reputation for quality health care,� said Joy Bodnar, Foxdale’s director of health care services. Foxdale has 46 skilled nursing beds in Anthony House for short- and long-term care, including rehab and two dementia care neighborhoods. It is designed to meet the needs of those who require round-theclock assistance. All accommodations are private and individuals do not need to be residents of Foxdale to access this care. For more information, visit www.medi care.gov/nursinghomecompare/search. html or www.foxdalevillage.org.

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THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA Institute of Science and Technology recently held a graduation ceremony at Centre Crest in Bellefonte for its nurse aide training program. The nine graduates are now working at Centre Crest as nurse aides. Pictured, front row, from left, are Anna Clayton, Tynnia Garrett, Emily Koon and Christina Secrest. Back row, from left, are Naomi Williams, CPI instructor, Susan Bratton, Leigh Baney, Wendy Sligar, Ashley Sligar and Brandy Woosely.

Researchers identify a gene that causes excessive androgen production HERSHEY — Researchers from Penn State College of Medicine and Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine have found that a specific protein is increased in theca cells, the source of excess male sex hormones, or androgens, that characterizes polycystic ovary syndrome. The results of the study will be published in an upcoming issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America as the journal cover article. The paper will be available in this week’s online Early Edition. PCOS is a common disease affecting 7 percent of reproductive-aged women worldwide. Symptoms of PCOS include increased male sex hormone levels, which cause hirsutism and acne; infertility due to the failure to ovulate; and enlarged ovaries with follicle cysts. In addition, obesity and diabetes are often associated with PCOS. “There is a consensus that theca cells of ovarian follicles are the primary source of excess androgens that characterizes PCOS,� said Dr. Jan M. McAllister, lead author of the study and professor of pathology and obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State College of Medicine. Studies conducted over the past decade have built a convincing argument that genetic factors contribute to PCOS. However, despite advances in genetic technologies, few if any PCOS susceptibility genes have been validated. The current study found that an alternative product of the DENND1A gene, DENND1A.V2, is increased in PCOS theca cells. McAllister noted, “Prior to our studies, there was no pathophysiological link be-

tween DENND1A to reproduction or ovarian function. Our observations suggest that DENND1A is involved in a signaling cascade that subsequently results in increased androgen production.� The study showed that raising DENND1A.V2 in normal theca cells increases the expression of genes that lead to elevated androgen production. It also found that silencing DENND1A.V2 in PCOS theca cells reverts them to a normal phenotype. “Our findings establish that increased DENND1A.V2 expression is sufficient to promote a PCOS phenotype in human theca cells,� said Dr. Jerome F. Strauss, senior author of the study and dean of the VCU School of Medicine. “This information can inform development of diagnostic tests for PCOS based on measurements of DENND1A.V2, and may one day lead to novel therapeutic interventions, including drugs or antibodies that neutralize the action of DENND1A.V2.� This is one of the first published studies following an informal agreement signed by the two universities to work closely together on health research with the common goal of moving important findings from the lab to the clinic and community more efficiently. The memorandum of understanding signed by Penn State and VCU in fall 2013 is built around the National Institutes of Health’s Clinical and Translational Science Award. The two institutions are among 62 academic research centers in the nation to receive CTSAs, which are intended to spur collaboration around scientific health discoveries.

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LEWISTOWN — The Family Place at Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital will offer a two-day Safe Sitter class for girls and boys ages 11 to 13 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, June 12, and Friday, June 13, in the hospital’s sixth-floor classroom. The cost is $60 and includes a student manual and backpack with babysitting supplies. The Safe Sitter program is a medically accurate instructional series that teaches

young adolescents how to handle emergencies when caring for younger children. All medical information is taught by a professional. During the course, students get handson practice in basic life-saving techniques including CPR and choking remedies for infants and children so they are prepared to act in an emergency. Registration is required by Friday, May 30, by calling (717) 242-7110.

A SURVIVOR’S TALE

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LAST YEAR, Joella Bobak suffered a cardiac arrest. Thanks to the efforts of her husband, Peter, EMS personnel, and a new device called the Impella 2.5 heart pump at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center, she is alive today. Now, she shares her story with others to help them better understand the signs and symptoms of a heart attack and the importance of early CPR to save a life. She recently visited with CPI students in the afternoon medical science program. Medical science, practical nursing and other CPI students raised $566 for the American Heart Association during Heart Health Awareness Month in February. Joella and Peter Bobak are pictured with with CPI medical science students and Mark Keller, an instructor in the medical science program.

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Distance doesn’t deter students from forming clubs UNIVERSITY PARK — Joining organizations is part of the quintessential college experience. But what if you’re one of the growing number of students going to school online? Ray Vasquez, a Penn State World Campus student from Dallas, who lives more than 1,000 miles from University Park, started the World Campus Technology Club this year as a way to get more involved in college activities and collaborate with other students. “I wanted to help people network and gather around a specific interest,� said Vasquez, who turns 27 in April. Vasquez has a full-time job as a training manager for a Dallas security firm in addition to taking classes toward dual bachelor’s degrees in information sciences and technology, and security and risk analysis. More than 5 million students took at least one online course last year, according to the U.S. Education Department. Schedules, work and family commitments and geographic separation make it more challenging for online students to connect with other students, said Terah Richardson, a World Campus academic adviser and staff adviser for the technol-

ogy club. Online clubs let students socialize in a fun, informal way that’s different from their in-class interactions, she said. World Campus also has a psychology club with more than 200 members and a chapter of the Blue and White Society, the student arm of Penn State’s alumni organization. “Our students want to be connected to Penn State, even at a distance,� Richardson said. So far, Technology Club members are interacting on social media, but Vasquez expects them to “meet� online using technology such as Google hangouts, Adobe Connect and Elluminate Web conferencing. The club is helping promote a talk focused on online students as part of the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology’s Start-up Week in April. Even before the new club had a working website and social media presence, more than a dozen students from around the country had joined the new group. “We’re all just really excited,� Vasquez said. Students are more likely to persevere in their studies when they feel involved with

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WORLD CAMPUS students like Ray Vasquez, shown here during a visit to University Park in December, can get connected to the university by joining online groups through the World Campus Technology Club. Vasquez is the founder of the club. their school, Richardson said. “The more students become involved and feel a connection with Penn State, the more likely

Penn State names chief academic officer for online programs

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Outreach and Online Education announced on April 3 the establishment of a new leadership position to oversee the academic unit within the World Campus. Renata S. Engel, associate dean for academic programs and professor in Penn State’s College of Engineering, will assume the role of associate vice provost for online programs in June. Engel will help advance new online undergraduate and graduate offerings, including non-credit programs and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), to students across the country and around the world. Engel joins an outstanding team of World Campus administrative leaders and will have specific responsibilities for the World Campus academic unit, including all online programs, academic advising and faculty development. She will report to Craig Weidemann, vice president for outreach and vice provost for online education. “Renata brings a wealth of talent, leadership and institutional knowledge to this important academic position,� Weidemann said. “The continued development of outstanding online programs, embedded within Penn State’s Submitted photo

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colleges and campuses, will play a critical role in the attraction of new students and advancing teaching innovations.� Engel will work closely with Penn State’s academic leaders to increase online enrollments, especially in the World Campus. In 2013, Penn State made a major investment toward the goal of enrolling 45,000 online students through RENATA S. ENGEL the World Campus within the next decade. “Penn State has a long and strong history of educating learners at a distance,� Engel said. “I look forward to joining the online education team to further the reputation of excellence that has been established.� Engel has been a Penn State faculty member since 1990. She earned a bachelor’s degree in engineering science from Penn State and a doctoral degree in engineering mechanics from the University of South Florida.

State College student selected to National High School Honors Orchestra STATE COLLEGE — Raina Arnett, a State College Area High School junior, was recently selected to the National High School Honors Orchestra and performed in a national showcase in Louisville, Ky., in March. The American String Teachers Association organizes the orchestra biennially to showcase the most talented young musicians in 11th and 12th grades from orchestras in each state. Arnett, a violinist, was the only student from

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Applications being accepted for scholarships to study Arabic at Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK — Scholarships are now available for area high school students and Pennsylvania college students who plan to study the Arabic language this summer at The Language Institute of Penn State. In the intensive, four-week STARTALK Arabic Academy program, which meets Monday through Friday from June 12 to July 9, students can complete the equivalent of a full semester’s study of Arabic and receive four academic credits for Penn State’s Arabic 001 course. Morning classes are enhanced by activities including an afternoon immersion session and email or video partnerships with students in Morocco who speak Arabic and are learning English. Interested students should submit their applications soon in order to be considered for 15 to 20 scholarships. Application forms and further information are available at www.outreach.psu.edu/languageinstitute/. A federal grant received by Penn State’s Department of Comparative Literature, in the School of Languages and Literatures, will provide scholarship funding for high

school students who live near Penn State’s University Park campus and for students attending Penn State and other Pennsylvania colleges and universities. The scholarships will pay for up to 90 percent of in-state tuition fees at the university. In addition, other scholarships are available for high school students who wish to study Turkish, Chinese or Russian this summer at The Language Institute at Penn State. Caroline D. Eckhardt, director of the School of Languages and Literatures, explained that STARTALK (“Start Talking�) is a national initiative that supports creative and engaging summer experiences for students, with the goal of expanding critical language skills. In addition to this summer program for high school and college students, Penn State’s STARTALK Arabic Academy includes a professional seminar for teachers. “Knowledge of a critical language such as Arabic can be a great asset on college, graduate school and job applications, and invaluable in exploring career interests and broadening your horizons,� Eckhardt said.

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KELSEY PARK, a 2012 graduate of the CPI culinary arts program and Bellefonte Area High School, returned to CPI to share her cake-decorating expertise with Shavonne Hart, an adult culinary arts student and winner of the SkillsUSA District 7 commercial baking competition. Hart will represent CPI in a state-level competition in Hershey in April. Park demonstrated various decorating techniques and shared practical tips with Hart. Park is pursuing a dual major at Penn College in baking/pastry arts and hotel/restaurant management. This summer, she will intern at the Penn State Bakery Department with mentor Heather Luse.

Students of the Month Banquet set BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Elks Lodge No. 1094 will host its Students of the Month Banquet at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at the Bellefonte Elks Club. The event recognizes students from

both the Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Area high schools. Debbie Shelow is in charge of the program. For more information, call (814) 355-2828 or email djs12@psu.edu.

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ONE CPI STUDENT came away from the 2014 Pennsylvania Farm Show with two first-place blue ribbons. Taylor Shook, horticulture and landscape construction student, won first-place in the hanging basket/foliage category and first place in the miniature landscape design/hand- or computer-drawn landscape blueprint category. Shook is a sophomore at Penns Valley Area High School and the second of two sisters to enroll at CPI.

Honor roll announced STATE COLLEGE — Levent Kaya, CEOCAO of Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School in State College, has announced that 25 students have achieved honor roll or high honor roll distinction in grades six through eight for the second marking period. As a no-tuition public school, YSCP is the largest charter school in the area with about 280 students enrolled in kindergarten to eighth grade. All students learn Chinese and Spanish in addition to core curriculum classes. More information is available at www. yscp.org.

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HOPE Fund holds annual gala fundraiser By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

POTTERS MILLS — The Penns Valley HOPE Fund had its annual Gala for HOPE at the former Henry and Company Barn in Potters Mills on April 12. The event was an evening of dancing and savoring culinary treats by caterer Bobbie Dash for the benefit of the Penns Valley HOPE Fund. The Elk Creek Café & Alehouse in Millheim donated several brews of beer for patrons to sample and enjoy. Wines from the Seven Mountains Winery were also available. Music for the gala was provided by the Jay Vonada Trio. Heather Luse of Delectable Delights in Centre Hall donated cupcakes for the patrons. The use of the barn was donated by its owner, Binky Lush. The restored barn provided a backdrop of rustic elegance for the event. There was also a silent auction of goods and services donated by local businesses that was held as an additional fundraiser. Gala organizer Eva Gerhart said that about 130 reservations were made for the event. She thanked the corporate sponsors for the gala, whose donations allowed all of the proceeds to be used by the HOPE Fund to help families in the Penns Valley area. She also thanked those who helped to organize the gala. HOPE Fund board member Dan Gensimore thanked the citizens of Penns Val-

ley for their support of the charity, and speaking of the HOPE Fund’s beginnings in 2008. It was formed by three couples from Grace United Methodist Church in Centre Hall. “We had no idea what we were getting into or how it was going to go,” said Gensimore. “It started to grow pretty quick and we became nervous about how this thing was ever going to be sustained.” Gensimore now has confidence in the charity’s future. “As I look around this room and see how the board of directors has grown, I feel secure about the future of the HOPE Fund,” he said. “The people of Penns Valley have taken over ownership of the HOPE Fund and it has grown by leaps and bounds.” Board member T.J. Coursen addressed the crowd, noting that the charity had just reached a milestone of having dispersed $300,000 to the community since its inception in 2008. “Since 2008, we’ve been able to help over 180 families in our valley, which is a pretty phenomenal number,” said Coursen. “It’s because of you that this has been successful.” He noted that many people whose families were helped by the charity are now “paying it forward” by organizing fundraisers for it. Gensimore took the microphone again and detailed the experiences of several recipients of the HOPE Fund’s aid. He mentioned how the charity paid rent

ATTENDEES SOCIALIZE during the recent Gala for HOPE in Potters Mills. and electric bills for a woman who lost her job because of a severe illness, and how the HOPE Fund helped to set up a man in an apartment in Millheim after he had been living in his car. HOPE Fund recipient Shane Royer

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spoke, telling how it helped him pay his mortgage when he was recovering from cancer surgery. For more information on the HOPE Fund, visit www.pennsvalleyhopefund. com.

Centre Hall Scouts receive Eagle Scout awards By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — In a Court of Honor at St. Luke Lutheran Church in Centre Hall on April 5, four Boy Scouts from Centre Hall Troop 20 received their Eagle Scout awards at a ceremony attended by an audience of more than 100 family members, friends, Boy Scouts, leaders and local dignitaries. The recipients were Joshua Getz, Andrew Long, Angelo Nicosia and Zachary Smith. Assistant Scoutmaster Sal Nicosia said that the Eagle award means many things to many people. “From my perspective, it’s about perseverance. It’s about guys who started something years ago, and continued,” said Nicosia. “I challenged them (Troop 20 members) all to make 2013 the year of the Eagle for Troop 20, and now we’ve got four of them, and another six working.” He praised the boys’ leadership skills and their ability to get things done. Scoutmaster Jeff Breon presented the Eagle awards to the Scouts. The new Eagles each addressed the crowd, recounting their experiences in the program and sharing many humorous stories of camping trips and other activities. They thanked their parents, leaders and fellow Scouts for their support through the years. Elected officials attending the ceremony were Rep. Glenn Thompson; State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff; Centre County commissioners Steve Dershem, Chris Exarchos, and Michael Pipe; Centre County Sheriff Denny Nau; and District Justice Tom Jordan. Nate Summers, of the Centre Hall Lions Club, Gary Way of Centre Hall

American Legion Post 779, Walter Mayes of the Potters Mills VFW Post 9575, Becky Evans of Elks Lodge 1600, and Jack Oakes of the Nittany Leathernecks also attended the ceremony. All the above dignitaries spoke to the crowd praising the boys’ achievements, and presented them with numerous certificates and accolades. Thompson noted the significance of the Eagle Scout ranking. “You will always be an Eagle Scout from this point forward for the rest of your life,” said Thompson. “As an Eagle Scout, your job is to make a difference.” Benninghoff reinforced Thompson’s point. “Sen. Corman and I are often asked what we are doing to make the community better. The best in this room are going to do a whole lot more about that than we can do in the government system,” he said. Exarchos congratulated the Scouts’ parents on their efforts in raising the boys. “All three of us (commissioners) serve on the Centre County Prison Board, and we see what happens when a young man takes the wrong road,” said Exarchos. “And that’s why it’s so rewarding for us to come here today and see what happens when young men are brought up and have these kinds of achievements.” He also congratulated all the volunteers in the Scouting program for their efforts. Part of the Eagle Scout requirements is the completion of a project involving service to the community. Getz’s project was to plan, supervise and build a retaining wall to include raised flowerbeds at the Sprucetown United Methodist Church. Long supervised and performed the work of repairing and realigning tomb-

5K to take place at DelGrosso’s TIPTON — A 5K race will kick off the start of Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger’s Celebration Weekend at 8:30 a.m., on Saturday, May 31, at DelGrosso’s Amusement Park. Celebration Weekend is a culmination of an entire year’s effort of fundraising for Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger. Live TV and radio broadcasts and live events are held as a way to recognize donors, volunteers and Miracle Kids, who have benefited from donations. The proceeds raised from the 5k will benefit the Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger.

Registration is $15 and available online at www.events.geisinger.org. Day-of-registration will begin at 7 a.m. and is $20. Preregistered runners will receive a Tshirt. T-shirts will be available for day-of-registrants, while supplies last. Awards will be distributed to top overall male and female winners and top finishers in each of the following age groups: 14 and under; 15-19; 20-29; 30-39; 40-49; 50-59; and 60 and up. For more information, contact Vanessa Houser at (800) 451-5437 or vkhouser@ geisinger.edu.

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BOY SCOUT Troop 20 members Joshua Getz, Andrew Long, Angelo Nicosia and Zachary Smith recently received their Eagle Scout awards. stones that had fallen over or sunk beyond recognition in an old section of the Lutheran and Reformed Cemetery in Centre Hall. Nicosia’s project was directing other Scouts in the building and installing of a solar-powered water heater for sick and injured horses at the shelter operated by Pets Come First, a local nonprofit organization. Smith designed, planned and directed the landscaping of the United Methodist

parsonage in Rebersburg. This project required the use of heavy equipment and took more than 250 hours to complete. All four of the new Eagle Scouts plan post-high school education and careers. The Court of Honor concluded with a benediction by Pastor Scott Klimke of St. Luke Lutheran Church, followed by a reception for attendees in the church social hall.

Curbside recycling rule being enforced STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority reminds all residents that all paper recycled curbside must be bagged or bundled or it will not be taken. Plastic or paper bags are acceptable for bagging and string or twine work for bundling. Loose paper can blow out of recycling bins and recycling trucks. Bagging paper keeps it dry and helps improve the effi-

ciency of recycling collections. Bag or bundle all newspapers together, separate from all other paper — mixed office paper, paperboard, magazines, catalogs, phone books and junk mail — that also should be bagged or bundled together. For more information, call (814) 2387005 or email aschirf@centrecountyrecycles.org.

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Boalsburg to honor three women behind historic event BOALSBURG — In 2014, the Harris Township community will be marking the 150th anniversary of the first decoration of graves of the Civil War veterans by three Boalsburg village women. As part of this celebration, the Boalsburg Heritage Museum is holding a fundraiser that focuses on the three women who were responsible for this event, Elizabeth Myers, Emma Hunter and Sophie Keller. The audience will get an in-depth look into the lives of these ladies. This presentation, “A War, Three Women and a Tradition,” will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 218 N. Church St. in Boalsburg. The recent re-discovery of Civil War era letters from a Boalsburg family sparked new research by local residents Cathy Horner, Susan Evans, Bob Hazelton and Nancy Taylor. This group looked into the lives of the women who are credited with having started a community-wide Memorial Day. They uncovered facts, photos and family correspondence that help to fill in the blanks associated with this local event. Their book, “A War, Three Women and a Tradition: The History of Boalsburg in the Civil War,” will be available for sale, along

with other Civil War literature such as “Shadows of War,” a historical story of Boalsburg in 1862 written for middle school students by Janice McElhoe. The Ladies of Battery B Civil War Reenactors will be present in authentic period dress of the 1860s. After the main presentation, Battery B will lead all interested attendees across the street to the Boalsburg Cemetery. The Daughters of Union Veterans will be starting the new local Tent No. 62, Catherine Wilson Curtin, and have volunteered to identify all 51 Civil War veterans’ gravesides with easily visible markers noting the regiment and name of the veteran. Maps and lists of names of the veterans will be handed out. The DUV and Ladies of Battery B will help visitors find the names and gravesites of family and friends. Students from Gretchen Seaver Lee String Studio will provide music. They will be playing 18th- and 19th-century tunes to set the stage for a walk back into Boalsburg’s history. Tickets are $10 per person to benefit the Boalsburg Heritage Museum and can be purchased either at the door or prior to the event by calling (814) 466-3035. For more information, visit the Boalsburg Heritage Museum Facebook page.

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ON MAY 3, maps and lists will be handed out at the military cemetery in Boalsburg so those attending ceremonies can easily find loved ones buried there.

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State College Framing Gallery to host ‘The Nature of Art’ STATE COLLEGE — Four Pennsylvania artists have combined their talents to portray “The Nature of Art” at the State College Framing Company and Gallery, 160 Rolling Ridge Drive in State College. The four — Jill Cardell, Kathleen G. Chovit, Elizabeth Hay and Cheri Anderton-Yarnell — work in different mediums, but share a love of nature and its bounty. The show begins Friday, May 2, at which there will be an opening reception from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and runs through Saturday, May 31. Cardell, a botanical artist from Bellefonte, has been painting for more than 25 years, but recently graduated from the Society of Botanical Artists Program in London. Cardell traveled back and forth to London for two and a half years to complete the studies at what is known as the premier botanical artist training Connie Cousins facility in the world. covers a wide variety of events in “My work there has affected my Centre County for style, focus and motivation,” said the Centre County Cardell. Gazette. Email her Her earlier work as a wall covering at ccous67@gmail. designer and muralist honed skills that com. all come into play when she paints. Cardell paints from real flowers, most of which she plucks from her own garden. “I like to paint using a single flower usually,” she said. Her medium is watercolor on hot pressed watercolor paper. “I love to capture the detail of every petal, stamen, pistil, stem and leaf of every flower I paint. The sheer complexity and grace of each flower is such a gift to this world. My hope is that my paintings will inspire people to slow down and take note of the beauty around them,” said Cardell in her press materials. Chovit began as a figurative painter, but the beauty of the environment called to her. She has answered that call by capturing many of the scenes that she observes while hiking the fields and roads of Centre County. She paints fertile fields and dramatic skies in the State College area. Chovit lives near Bellefonte. “I have painted since I was a child,” said Chovit. “One of nine children, I was taken to a Carnegie program for children as long as it could be managed and it opened my mind to art. Art was encouraged, but so were other occupations, and I have a degree in marketing and an MBA in finance and marketing. My painting lessons have come through self-directed seminars.” Chovit’s artist statement said, “I strive to move beyond typical representation. I use a painting knife to create thick, vigorous strokes of oil paint.” Chovit shared during a recent interview that much of her artwork leaves things for the viewer to finish and imagine. She said there is often only the suggestion of a corn stock or a tree in the strokes of her brush. For 17 years, Chovit has sought to show people the beauty of nature in her landscapes.

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“CHASING THE CLOUDS AWAY” is one of several works that will be on display for “The Nature of Art.” The exhibit begins on Friday, May 2, at the State College Framing Company and Gallery, located at 160 Rolling Ridge Drive in State College. Hay is an artisan jeweler. She lives in Bellefonte in a Victorian home from 1891, which she has restored with her husband. As a master gardener of 18 years, she has been inspired in her work by her gardens. Hay holds a degree in English from the University of Virginia. She worked for Saks Fifth Avenue and later had a tech writing position for several years. Needing an outlet for her artistic side, Hay began designing jewelry using her garden blossoms and leaves as models. The medium she starts with is precious-metal clay, which molds like clay, but, after firing, results in .999 fine silver. “I make the roses piece by piece,” Hay related. “I don’t use a mold.” She uses semi-precious stones and gems and the designs evolve as the colors and natural markings suggest images to her. For example, fall colors may lead to the addition of autumn leaves made of silver to set off the stone. Her designs are recognized and sought by women desiring handcrafted jewelry reflecting the joys of nature. Recently, her love of texture and color has led Hay to work in wool fibers. “I actually start with long strands and layering three or four tiers. By using soapy water, the wool strands adhere and lock together into a strong wool fabric,” she said. The process is called “woving.” These wool pieces can be used as table runners or in other ways. Anderton-Yarnell is a ceramic artist living in Franklin, Pa. With more than 35 years of experience, she was a major force for the group of potters that worked out of Potters Mills for years. She has relocated to a blueberry farm to

help look after elderly parents, but she is still active around the Centre County area. Her wheel-thrown porcelain and stoneware vessels incorporate botanical and animal elements. Some surface designs are created using vintage crocheted pieces. In Anderton-Yarnell’s artist statement, she stated, “Clay has been a consuming passion throughout my life, beginning in the mud play of childhood. Today my work is both a reflection of my concern for our planet and fellow earthlings, as well as a celebration of earth and of my spiritual path.” At her home now, she hears frogs nightly in spring and summer. She weaves their images into her clay work in much the same way she utilized humpback whales 20 years ago. “This year, I am presenting an “On the Edge” limited edition series which features imperiled and endangered species,” said Anderton-Yarnell. Her artist’s statement included the following: “For 35 years I have approached each work day with the same delight I find in the night sky and the sounds of frogs on my pond. From the playful to the more profound, I intend each vessel to evoke a sense of the beauty and peril of our world.” Gallery manager Jeffrey Muthersbaugh said that the goal of the show is to offer a large array of high quality, nature-inspired art for collectors at all price levels. He invites the public to come and share in this artistic celebration of spring. For information, contact Muthersbaugh at The State College Framing Company at (814) 234-7336.

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PORT MATILDA — The Circle of Hope-Special Abilities Connection group meeting will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 25, at Halfmoon Christian Fellowship Church, 1776 Halfmoon Valley Road. During the meeting, concerns about the aspects of raising a child with special needs will be discussed, including treatments, education, advocacy and legal issues, and behavior. For more information, contact Angie LaVanish at (814) 386-1826 or alavanish@live.com

STATE COLLEGE — Centre Region Parks and Rec will hold its 56th annual Easter Egg Hunt at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Orchard Park in State College. Children up to age 9 will be able to participate and hunt for more than 6,000 Easter eggs stuffed with candy. Arrive early for a meet and greet with the Easter Bunny. For more information about the Easter egg hunt, contact recreation supervisor Beth Lee at (814) 231-3071 or visit www.crpr.org.

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Newman receives promotion BELLEFONTE — Dr. Wade Newman of Bellefonte Family Dentistry was recently promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard 193rd Medical Group. Newman is also the chief dental officer of that same division. Newman, of Bellefonte Family Dentistry, holds a bachelor’s degree from Penn State and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from West Virginia University. He has been honored with numerous professional awards from organizations including the American Society of Dentistry for Children, the Organization of Teachers

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ART GOVER, left, and Lysle Sherwin helped Cub Scout Pack 20 of Centre Hall plant live stakes, which will grow into shade trees used to protect stream water from summer heat.

Cub Scouts help with stream bank program By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — Members of Cub Scout Pack 20 of Centre Hall participated in a tree planting project sponsored by the Penns Valley Conservation Association on April 12. The project site was an area along Muddy Creek on land owned by Jerry and Carol Myers along Harter Road, which is located between Upper and Lower Georges Valley roads near Spring Mills. Youth Forest Initiative Coordinator Lysle Sherwin said that summer water temperatures in that area of the creek often exceed the stress threshold of native trout. “These temperatures will kill fish,” said Sherwin. “They will either move or die.” To remedy this situation, trees are being planted on either side of small streams to form a buffer of 100 feet for best results. The shade of the trees helps to keep water temperatures from climbing too high in summer, and the tree roots help limit stream bank erosion during high water conditions. He noted that just over a mile upstream where existing trees shade the creek, the water temperatures never exceed the stress level of the aquatic organisms. Sherwin said the temperature data was collected on the hottest days of summer using submersible, programmable digital thermometers. A memory chip in the thermometers stores data which it collects at program-

mable intervals over a 72-hour time period. Sherwin said that shrubs are planted close to the stream banks first because they will provide some shade until the trees grow tall enough to produce significant shade. Tree species being planted include aspen, alder, American wild plum, viburnum and dogwood. Jim Flanagen, environmental education coordinator for the PVCA, spoke about the organization’s STrEAM internship program at Penns Valley High School. According to Flanagen, this program offers hands-on experience in the natural sciences for students who volunteer for five to 10 hours a month, and help with PVCA’s environmentally oriented projects. The students also help with Community Day programming, and can attend environmental workshops. Cub Scout leader Art Gover led five Scouts to a field drainage channel to plant live stakes, which look like just sticks, but will sprout branches within a year, and eventually become trees. The boys pushed the stakes, spaced about 3 feet apart into the wet soil, with guidance from Gover and Sherwin. Gover explained the use of conical plastic shelters which are placed over the stakes. “The deer love to eat the buds on these little trees,” said Gover. “We use these shelters to protect the buds.” As the trees grow taller than the 18-inch cones, they are replaced with 4-foot-high ventilated fiberglass tubes.

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Penns Valley streams busy on opening day By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — Some of the best trout fishing waters in the country are located in rural Penns Valley. The opening day of trout season on April 12 drew a large crowd to the banks of Sinking Creek and Penns Creek, stretching from Potter Township to Coburn. Vehicles were parked along the roads at every turn, and anglers lined the stream banks. The warm, sunny weather was perfect for fishing and picnicking, with numerous canopies, lawn chairs and barbecue grills set up for the anglers and their families to enjoy. Branden Swartz of Centre Hall was fishing on Sinking Creek, along with some friends and family. He had recently returned from four years of military duty, including a year in Afghanistan. “I’m just glad to be back here fishing,� said Swartz. His friend John Bubb, of Spring Mills, showed off a beautiful 24-inch rainbow trout, which he had just caught in Sinking Creek. Just west of Spring Mills, Matt Sharer and his son Luke, of Centre Hall, fished Sinking Creek with friend Dean Zettle. Luke Sharer netted a nice trout reeled in by Zettle, while Matt Sharer fished a few yards away. On the western edge of Coburn, a group of anglers sat on the bank of Penns Creek, while a group of family members and friends sat behind them, supplying plenty of “coaching.� “We’re enjoying the day,� said one of the friends. Taking advantage of the crowds in Spring Mills, Grace United Church of Christ, located next to Penns Creek, provided its Fisherman’s Brunch. Church members served up plenty of eggs, sausage and even barbecued chicken to hungry anglers for several hours. Parishoner Mike Arthur said this was the second year for the brunch, and that the church hall was crowded with customers. Proceeds from the brunch benefit the church’s mission projects.

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Schlow launches ‘Pennsylvania One Book, Every Child’ effort STATE COLLEGE — To celebrate the ninth annual “Pennsylvania One Book, Every Child� literacy initiative, Schlow Centre Region Library will offer two events to engage children and give them the opportunity to develop reading skills while learning about other facets of the world. This year’s “Pennsylvania One Book, Every Child� selection is “Stripes of All Types� by award-winning author and illustrator Susan Stockdale. Through appealing rhymes and bold, beautiful illustrations, Stockdale shows how stripes benefit animals from around the globe in their natural habitats. Schlow’s April Book Club is designed to get children in the reading spirit. Children up to age 12 can set a goal for the number of books they want to read

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Rediscovering Happy Valley: Mount Nittany Night CENTRE HALL — For a minute, I felt like Joe Paterno. There’s an old story about how Paterno felt uncomfortable when he arrived at a Brown fraternity party wearing a white sweater during his college days. Everyone at the party deemed his attire uncool, and Paterno was quoted as saying he remembered that moment for the rest of his life. For the briefest of moments, that’s how I felt when I arrived at the Mount Nittany Vineyard and Winery a few weeks ago, during Mount Nittany Night, a celebration of the Mount Nittany Conservancy’s fundraising efforts. Granted, everyone at Mount Nittany was as cordial and polite as imaginable, but I still felt a little out of place since I didn’t immediately see anyone I knew. That quickly changed. As I introduced myself to Thomas Shakely, a Nittany Valley Society board member who wrote a book on Mount Nittany, another board memJohn Patishnock ber, Chris Buchignani, yelled out my is a Centre County name. Suddenly, I was surrounded by native, and his people I knew, and I enjoyed myself so stories on how much that the night quickly evaporathe’s reconnecting ed and the event seemed to end almost to the area will be showcased in as soon as I got there. “Rediscovering I recently connected with the NitHappy Valley,� a tany Valley Society, a local, non-profit column that will organization that has a mission of culrun every other tivating appreciation for the history, week in The Centre customs and spirit of the Nittany ValCounty Gazette. ley, Penn State and the surrounding communities. The Nittany Valley Society and Mount Nittany Conservancy aren’t formally connected in any way, but it’s not surprising to see members of both groups at the same event, considering they’re all interested in preserving our area’s heritage. Jeff Deitrich, who sits on the board of directors of the Mount Nittany Conservancy, and I talked formally for a few minutes, then we shared a longer informal conversation about the happenings of the group. There’s something inherently noble about people who are genuine in their personal and professional pursuits. Deitrich and Mount Nittany Conservancy’s president, John Hook, who I also met and talked with, both fit this description. So does Robert Frick, another board member. Frick, who I also talked with for a few minutes, spoke briefly to the crowd, introducing a podcast on Mount Nittany that Katie O’Toole, a professor at Penn State, and Patty Satalia,

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Ferguson Twp. plans coffee and conversation event STATE COLLEGE — Ferguson Township’s next Coffee and Conversation event will be held from 8 to 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Giant Foods, 255 Northland Center in State College. The event will take place at the Giant Food’s eatery, located on the right hand side immediately after entering the building. Mark Kunkle, Ferguson Township manager, and David Pribulka, assistant township manager, are scheduled to be on hand at the event. The township’s Coffee and Conversation series provides informal opportunities for residents and township personnel to discuss concerns, as well as events and happenings impacting our community. Previous Coffee and Conversation events addressed topics such as green space, recycling, area construction, parks and water quality issues. For more information, contact Pribulka at (814) 2384651.

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MOUNT NITTANY CONSERVANCY board member Bob Frick with creators of the Mount Nittany podcast, Patty Satalia and Katie O’Toole. a producer at Penn State Public Broadcasting produced. I’m very familiar with both of their careers, so I’m sure it’s a high-quality, engaging piece. It’s important to keep Mount Nittany in the social conversation that envelops the area, Deitrich hinted. That was the motivation for the podcast and for Mount Nittany Night. Over the years, I’ve morphed from a gregarious, social person into someone who’s almost always reserved. Usually, I’m content to keep to myself and focus on my writing. But I’m glad I decided to attend the fundraiser and meet a few Mount Nittany Conservancy board members, and also re-connect with O’Toole and Satalia. As Deitrich and I were wrapping up our talk, he said that

Training set for April 29 PORT MATILDA — Stewards of Children, a preventiontraining program for adults on how to recognize and react to child sexual abuse, will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at Halfmoon Christian Fellowship Church, 1776 Halfmoon Valley Road. The program is designed for organizations that serve youth and for individuals concerned for the safety of children. Stewards of Children is also the only nationallydistributed, evidence-based program proven to increase knowledge, improve attitudes and change child protective behaviors. For more information about Stewards of Children, contact Cameron Frantz at cfrantz@ymcaofcentrecounty.org.

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Egg hunt planned

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BELLEFONTE — The Fifth annual Bellefonte Community Easter Egg Hunt will take place at 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 19, at Talleyrand Park. All children of the community are invited to participate. The Easter egg hunt will be divided in to age groups, and the children will be searching for 10,000 candy-filled plastic eggs donated by the local clubs and fire companies. Prizes will be donated by local merchants and other organizations. For additional information, questions, to make donations, or to volunteer, contact Mary McMurtrie at marym9109@yahoo.com or (814) 574-3240.

Big Spring Festival set BELLEFONTE — This year’s Big Spring Festival will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 18, at Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte. The celebration, which takes place the third weekend in May, celebrates the area’s bountiful supply of water with entertainment, water sports, crafts, fish stocking of Spring Creek, and other events and activities. For more information, visit www.visitbellefonte.com.

Pancake Day scheduled BELLEFONTE — The annual Bellefonte Kiwanis Pancake Day is set for Tuesday, April 22, at Lambert Hall in Bellefonte. Pancakes will be available for lunch and dinner. Lunch runs from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., while dinner is from 4 to 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at the door. Submitted photo

THE STATE COLLEGE Elks Lodge’s chartered organization, Cub Scout Pack No. 82, recently conducted its annual Pinewood Derby. Pictured, from left, are winners Max Plummer, first place; Johnny Lonsdale, second place; Brendan Locke, third place; and Jake Levan, fourth place.

Event to benefit watershed conservation

MILLHEIM — The Penns Valley Conservation Association will hold its fourth annual Riversongs event from 3 to 6 p.m. on Sunday, April 27, at the Elk Creek Café in Millheim. Attendees will be treated to live music, craft beers and fine foods, and an opportunity to support Penns Valley’s local watershed organization by making the suggested donation of $10 at the door. Proceeds will assist with PVCA’s work on four farms, the restoration of Muddy Creek, and the exceptional Environmental Education provided in the classroom and in the field in the Upper Penns Creek Watershed. Two bands will perform at Riversongs this year, with a guest appearance from Millheim’s own community choir, the Up Texas Chapel. Lux Bridge will headline, hailing from the Susquehanna Valley and playing high energy Celtic music. Band members include Kathryn Brosky on fiddle, Carl Kirby on acoustic bass, guitar, and mandolin, and percussionist Jake Kline. The Poe Valley Troubadours will also perform at Riversongs, bringing a mix of Americana, roots, bluegrass, gospel and more with them. The band is made up of Steve Crawford and Jeremy Tosten on guitar, Steve Buckalew on fiddle, Mark Prave on upright bass, and Cory Neidig on banjo. Proceeds raised through donations and a 50/50 drawing will benefit PVCA’s continued work in the watershed. The 50/50 drawing will take place near the end of the event and participants need to be in attendance to win. As is tradition, the annual PVCA Stream Cleanup will Clip & Save

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JOHN ROCKEY, pictured with his wife, Gwen, recently was elected exalted ruler of Bellefonte Elks Lodge No. 1094 for Lodge Year 2014-15.

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EcoWater is conveniently located on East College Avenue next to the Lemont Sheetz. suggests a point-of-entry system. This treatment is more expensive, Grupp said, but is the better option if you want to filter water throughout multiple faucets. There are many equipment options to treat your city or well water concerns. Those who have a refrigerator with a builtin water filter should be wary of the filtration system it comes with, Grupp said. These refrigerator filters are designed to remove chlorine and should only be used on city water or where chlorine is added to the drinking water, otherwise the threat of bacteria growing in the filter system increases. In addition to residential areas, EcoWater Systems has installed commercial water treatment at local school districts and restaurants as well as Penn State and hotels.

EcoWater Systems provides warranties on all their equipment and will make repairs as needed, Grupp said. He also states that proper maintenance of water treatment equipment is important and recommends that filters be replaced annually. If you’re thinking about water treatment, stop in to the company’s showroom (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday) to look at their equipment display and discuss your options with a sales representative. While visiting their office, you may bring in a water sample for a free water analysis and receive treatment suggestions if needed. For more information about how EcoWater Systems can help with your water problems, call (814) 231-0543 or visit www.ecowater systems.com.

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Centre County Easter Sunday services Bald Eagle Valley Community United Methodist Church 111 Runnville Road, Bellefonte Holy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7 and 9 a.m.

First Baptist Church of Bellefonte 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 a.m. sunrise service at Talleyrand Park; 10 a.m. service at the church

Bellefonte First Presbyterian Church 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:15 a.m.

Family Life of Penns Valley 3596 Penns Valley Road, Suite D, Spring Mills Good Friday: Noon at the corner of Route 192 and Ridge Road in Centre Hall Easter Sunday: 7 a.m. sunrise service at the corner of Route 192 and Ridge Road in Centre Hall; 10:30 a.m. service at the Penns Valley Intermediate School, 4528 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills

Christ Community Church 200 Ellis Place, State College Good Friday: Noon, 1 p.m. Saturday service: 6 p.m. Easter Sunday: 9 and 11 a.m. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 842 W. Whitehall Road, State College Easter Sunday: 9 a.m., 1 p.m. Coleville Wesleyan Church 326 Lower Coleville Road, Bellefonte Easter Sunday: 6 and 10 a.m.

First Church of Christ, Scientist 617 E. Hamilton Ave., State College Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m. Freedom Life 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg Good Friday: 6:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10 a.m. Gatesburg Lutheran Church 1925 Gatesburg Road, Warriors Mark Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8:45 a.m.

Faith United Church of Christ 300 E. College Ave., State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: Noon Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Faith Baptist Church 647 Valley Vista Drive, State College Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 and 10:15 a.m., 6 p.m. Fellowship Bible Church 642 Lower Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7 and 9:30 a.m.

Grace Lutheran Church 205 S. Garner St., State College Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:30, 8, 9 and 10:30 a.m., 6 p.m. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 851 N. Science Park Road, State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8 and 10:30 a.m.

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Grace Baptist Church 3596 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills Easter Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m. Halfmoon Christian Fellowship Church 1776 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 and 9 a.m. Holy Trinity Orthodox Church 119 S. Sparks St., State College Holy Friday: 4 p.m. Saturday Paschal Vigil: 11:30 p.m. Keystone Church & Ministries 1224 N. Atherton St., State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10 a.m. Living Hope Alliance Church 321 E. Howard St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 6 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 a.m. sunrise service at Talleyrand Park; 10 a.m. service at the church Milesburg Presbyterian Church 487 Sierra Lane, State College Maundy Thursday: 6 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:15 a.m. Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church 1500 E. Branch Road, State College Holy Thursday: 1 and 7 p.m. Good Friday: 1 and 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:30, 8:30 and 11 a.m. New Hope Lutheran Church 119 Cobblestone Court, Spring Mills Maundy Thursday: 6:30 p.m. Good Friday: 6:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:45 and 10:30 a.m. Our Lady of Victory 820 Westerly Parkway, State College Holy Thursday: 9 a.m., 7:30 p.m. Food Friday: Noon, 1 and 7:30 p.m. Holy Saturday: 8:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 and 9:30 a.m., noon Park Forest Baptist Church 3030 Carnegie Drive, State College Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m.

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Pine Grove Presbyterian Church 277 W. Pine Grove Mills Road Pine Grove Mills, PA 16868 Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m. Pine Hall Lutheran Church 1760 W. College Ave., State College Maundy Thursday: 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:30 and 10:45 a.m.

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Pleasant Gap Fire Company 475 Robinson Lane, Pleasant Gap Egg hunt at 10 a.m., sponsored by the Pleasant Gap Lioness Club

Runville United Methodist Charge 1216 Runville Road, Bellefonte Good Friday: Noon at Trinity UMC; 7 p.m. at Yarnell UMC, 808 Yarnell Road, Bellefonte Easter Sunrise service: 6:20 a.m. at Devils Elbow Road, Bellefonte Easter Sunday: 8 and 11 a.m. at Runville UMC; 9 a.m. at Pleasant Valley UMC, 1106 Fairview Road, Howard; 10 a.m. at Yarnell UMC, 808 Yarnell Road, Bellefonte

State College Alliance Church 1221 W. Whitehall Road, State College Egg hunt at 10 a.m. State College Elks Club 100 Elks Road, Boalsburg Egg hunt at 2 p.m.

Spring Creek Presbyterian Church 151 Mary St., Lemont Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m.

Bellefonte Community Egg Hunt Tallyrand Park, Bellefonte Egg hunt at 2 p.m.

St. James United Methodist Church 501 Main St., Coburn Easter Sunday: 9:30 a.m. St. John Lutheran Church 216 McAllister St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 6 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:30 and 9:30 a.m. St. John Union Church 296 Ridge Road, Spring Mills Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 9 a.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church 120 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7:30 p.m. Holy Saturday: 8 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:45, 8 and 10 a.m. St. John’s United Church of Christ 145 W. Linn St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m. St. Luke Evangelical Lutheran Church 301 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Saturday service: 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7 and 10:30 a.m. St. Paul Lutheran Church 277 W. Pine Grove Mills Road, Pine Grove Mills Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. at Pine Grove Presbyterian Church, 150 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m. St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 250 E. College Ave., State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m. Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 6:30, 8, 9:15 and 10:45 a.m.

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WITH EASTER SUNDAY approaching, there are many church services to choose from in the Centre Region. State College Alliance Church 1221 W. Whitehall Road, State College Good Friday: 7 p.m. Easter Sunday: 9 and 10:30 a.m.

University Baptist & Brethren Church 411 S. Burrowes St., University Park Maundy Thursday: 6 p.m. Easter Sunday: 9:30 a.m.

State College Assembly of God 2201 University Drive Ext., State College Easter Sunday: 10 a.m.

Upper Spruce Creek Presbyterian Church 2620 Spruce Creek Road, Pennsylvania Furnace Maundy Thursday: 7:15 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7:30 a.m. at Greysville Cemetery; 10:30 a.m.

State College Christian Church 234 Easterly Parkway, State College Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m. State College Evangelical Free Church 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College Good Friday: 6 p.m. Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m. State College Presbyterian Church 132 W. Beaver Ave., State College Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m. Good Friday: 7:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8, 9 and 11:15 a.m. Trinity Lutheran Church 2221 N. Oak Lane, State College Maundy Thursday: Noon and 7 p.m. Good Friday: Noon and 7 p.m. Saturday service: 5 p.m. Easter Sunday: 8:15 and 10:45 a.m.

Zion Lutheran Church 305 N. Church St., Boalsburg Good Friday: 7 p.m. Encounters Saturday: 5:30 p.m. Easter Sunday: 7 and 10:15 a.m.

Centre Region Parks and Recreation Orchard Park, State College Egg hunt at 2 p.m.

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Christ Community Church 200 Ellis Place, State College Egg hunts at 9 and 11 a.m. Faith United Church of Christ 300 E. College Ave., State College Egg hunt at noon St. James United Methodist Church 501 Main St., Coburn Egg hunt at 10:30 a.m. State College Christian Church 234 Easterly Parkway, State College Egg hunt at 9:30 a.m. Trinity United Methodist Church 90 Trinity Lane, Woodward Egg hunt at 7:30 a.m.

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— Compiled by Brittany Svoboda

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Blue Afternoon

In annual spring scrimmage, Blue dominates White By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — If the fans who made it to their seats in time for the kickoff of Saturday’s Blue-White game blinked, they missed Bill Belton. If they blinked twice, they missed Christian Hackenberg. They never saw Zach Zwinak at all. What they did see was a rough cut of the Penn State football team that first-year head coach James Franklin hopes to put on the field against Central Florida next August in Dublin. Before then, though, there’s much to do. “We got a lot of work done this spring,” Franklin said. “I think everyone can tell, we still have a long way to go, but our focus every single day is on getting better from now until our first game against Central Florida. If we do that, get better every day — academically, athletically, socially and spiritually — then we’ll be in great shape by the time the season gets going, I truly believe that. “This staff has a track record of doing that, getting better every single day and getting better all season. These players are committed and I’m excited. I think we obviously have a lot of work to do in a lot of different areas, we have to get better, myself included. “The coaches, the players, the trainers, the managers, all of us that are in this thing together, we have to get better. I like where we’re going. I couldn’t be more excited to be here. I couldn’t be more proud to be the head football coach at Penn State.” For the record, the final score was Blue 37, White 0. Sophomore running back Cole Chiappialle scored on first-half runs of 1 and 33 yards and Sam Ficken added a field goal as the Blue took a commanding 17-0 halftime lead. Just minutes into the third quarter, linebacker Matt Baney, a former State College Area High School star, intercepted an Austin Whipple pass and returned it 34 yards down the left sideline for a touchdown and a 23-0 Blue lead. On its next possession, Blue scored on

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE freshman quarterback Michael O’Connor was impressive in his Nittany Lion debut. He certainly made the case to be Christian Hackenberg’s backup. the longest play of the day — a 56-yard reverse pass — from Eugene Lewis to Matt Zanellato and then Akeel Lynch wrapped up the scoring with a short run as time was running out. The Blue team of course had most of the returning players from last season on its roster, which partially explains the onesided score, but that was not primarily what this game was about. It was about giving the players — experienced and otherwise — another chance to show what they can do and giving us an early look at the 2014 Nittany Lions. With that in mind, there nonetheless were some definite highlights and things to look forward to in the fall: Cole Chiappialle — Franklin mentioned the walk-on back during last week’s press conference as a player who was having a very good spring, and Chiappialle didn’t disappoint on Saturday. He scored twice in the first half and ran effectively

all afternoon (he finished with 63 yards rushing). “He’s (Chiappialle) got great vision,” Franklin said. “He’s got great toughness and balance. I think that there’s a role for him in the football program. He needs to be a huge contributor on special teams. I think he’s got a similar style to Zach Zwinak in the way he runs. So I’m excited for him and I’m proud of him. He’s a guy who has come in here and worked extremely hard.” Michael O’Connor — Hackenberg left the game after three series, and O’Connor finished up as the Blue quarterback. He was up and down in his first game action, but the talent and arm strength is there. “I think for a freshman, O’Connor is doing some really nice things,” Franklin said. “I think he has a pretty good mind when it comes to the game. It comes natural to him. There’s a lot of areas, from a fundamental standpoint, that we have to

work on. A lot of things you’re looking at with young quarterbacks are do they panic or not? He’s not a guy that panics.” The defense and pass coverage — The coaches acknowledged that the defense is ahead of the offense, especially with the more experienced players on the Blue Team (the White Team was held to negative yards rushing). But there seemed to be an extra emphasis on the secondary and pass coverage, an area that was a concern for the 2013 team. “It’s an ‘in your face’ kind of style defense that’s going to challenge every throw,” defensive coordinator Bob Shoop said. “That’s who we are. I think Adrian Amos has as unique of a skill set as I’ve ever been around. If he makes the commitment to do it, he could be the best defensive back or safety in all of college football next year. Ryan Keiser is an extremely great player with a great story. And Jesse (Della Valle) is a guy who’s played every position, too. To see Trevor Williams get an interception was good today. Jordan Lucas, we know he’s going to play well.” The wildcat — How much Penn State uses the wildcat in the regular season remains to be seen, but the Lions used it quite a bit in the Blue-White game. With four solid running backs, all with different styles, it could become a significant weapon in the offense. Award winners — Four Nittany Lions were recognized for their spring practice efforts at halftime. Junior defensive tackle Anthony Zettel was presented the Jim O’Hora Award, as the redshirt junior switched from defensive end to defensive tackle during the spring. Redshirt sophomore Brian Gaia won the Red Worrell Award. Junior defensive end Deion Barnes was selected as the recipient of the Frank Patrick Memorial Award. Franklin and his staff added a fourth award, Coaches Special Team Award, which was given to kicker Sam Ficken. Little Lions — Linebacker Matt Baney was not the only former State College Little Lion on the field. Running back Jack Haffner and OL Evan Galimberti also saw significant playing time in the game.

Five Blue-White game performances you might have missed By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Blue-White Game is always a bit of a gamble when it comes to the product on the field. Not that players aren’t trying or that they aren’t putting forward an effort to impress the fans, but pitting mixed units against each other is always going to give you mixed results. So with the band playing, the sun shining, and friends and family sitting with you, there is a chance you missed a play or two. Add in a running clock and no video boards to watch replays on, and Saturday afternoon may have felt like it ended before it ever really began. What did you miss? The big plays were obvious, but here are five performances you might have overlooked this past weekend:

1. CHRIS GULLA

Being a punter is a thankless job. You don’t play much, and when you do it’s very rarely someone else’s fault if it goes poorly. Gulla stood tall during his punting debut, though, with 12 kicks going 470 yards at an average of 39 yards per kick. His 50-yard bomb was a sign of even higher potential and the 39-yard average was only .2 yards short of Alex Butterworth’s average last season. Gulla might want to add some hang time and distance to his kicks, but he avoided any shanks and wasn’t a noticeable step down from Butterworth. Not being worse than you predecessor might be an odd measurement, but Gulla proved to have the tools needed to succeed and build on moving forward.

2. RYAN KEISER

Keiser has had his fair share of critics, but he once again silenced them with a performance that included three tackles, one forced fumble and one interception returned 19 yards. Penn State returns a good amount of talent in the defensive backfield and Keiser proved that he won over Bill O’Brien’s appreciation and respect for good reason last year. He might not be the flashiest defensive back in the conference, but Keiser continued to show that he’s as hard working and capable as anyone out there.

3. DA’QUAN DAVIS

Davis found himself out of the mix at times last season, but has reportedly had a strong spring to put himself back into the rotation. This showed on Saturday as he racked up a game high four solo tackles and a pass deflection. Davis made several big tackles early in the game and his deflection came on a great play breaking up a bubble screen as he reacted nicely to the read. Penn State has a solid stable of corners already, but Davis showed that his stock and talent is on its way up after a rocky 2013 season.

4. CJ OLANIYAN

It shouldn’t be a surprise that Olaniyan had an impressive game, but making a game high five total tackles, 2.5 sacks and three tackles for a loss is a good sign for Penn State. Olaniyan had a strong final third of a season in 2013 and, if he is able to pick up from where he left off, could go a long way towards getting Deion Barnes back to where he was two years ago. If Barnes and Olaniyan are able to work well

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PUNTER CHRIS GULLA had a solid afternoon at the Blue-White Game. He showed first-year head coach James Franklin he’s capable of doing the job. at opposite ends of the defensive line, Penn State could be building a special defensive front this season.

5. KYLE CARTER

Carter has been a known asset on Penn State’s offense for a while now, but, after coming off of injury last year and then almost getting seriously injured again in the first game of the season, never fully hit his stride. Four catches in a spring game won’t

make headlines, but Carter getting into the groove early is a good sign for Penn State. This could become even more true if the offensive line struggles to keep defenders out of the backfield, as the tight end is often an easy outlet for a hurried quarterback. Carter’s performance on Saturday wasn’t as important as it was seeing him making plays again and being a part of the plans like he was so frequently his freshman year.

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Hardwood Memories

Sara Frazier recalls playing days at Lock Haven University By JOHN DIXON sports@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — The Lock Haven University women’s basketball team recently recognized past players and coaches in recognition of 70 years of the sport at the school. A social was held after a game with Kutztown and among those attending the event were past members of the Lock Haven women’s basketball team, the head and assistant coaches and the Eagles’ head football coach. One of the players recognized was Sara (nee Zubler) Frazier of Centre Hall. She played on the first women’s basketball team when it was formed in 1944 — 70 years ago — and was elected captain of that team. “The women’s basketball program at Lock Haven was formed due to the lack of men to play basketball,� explained Frazier. “Remember, this was 1944 and the second World War had taken a lot of young men off to war so that’s how the program got started. The one difference, we played all of our games in the afternoon so we didn’t get a very big crowd for our games. But that’s how women’s basketball started at Lock Haven.� Dr. James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 while Senda Berenson at Smith College organized women’s basketball in 1892. Adapting to Naismith’s rules to emphasize cooperation, the women’s games were played with three zones and six players on each team. Only in women’s basketball, there were special rules — a player could hold the ball for three seconds and only dribble three times before passing the ball. In the first days of women’s basketball the female players would post guards at the doors and windows of various gym-

nasiums to keep the men from watching them. Now, even though women’s basketball receives wide exposure, many women would love to see men interested enough in their game to climb a ladder and watch through a window. The minor differences between women’s and men’s basketball today are, in the women’s game, the ball is smaller, the 3-point line is closer and the game is not played above the rim. “When we played in those early years, there were six on a team and basically it was half-court basketball,� explained Frazier. “There were two guards, two forwards and two centers and you could only dribble three times and only certain players could cross mid-court. “There were no locker rooms for the women in the early days,� said Frazier. “We actually dressed in the school’s coal room and would have to run from there to the gymnasium.� Frazier, now 90, was born and raised in Spring Mills and attended Greg Township School, where there was only one sport for girls to participate in. “The only thing a girl could participate in was softball, or become a cheerleader or a majorette,� said Frazier. “So, when I got to Lock Haven, I then played basketball and it was there that I made a life-changing decision.� Her time on the hardwood made her switch gears as far as her major was concerned. “From playing basketball, I switched my major from elementary education to physical education,� Frazier said. “It was Dr. Parsons at Lock Haven that recommend that I switch from elementary to physical education. My father was on the local school board for over 20 years and he asked me, ‘Do you mean there will be a school board somewhere that will allow

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FORMER LOCK HAVEN University women’s basketball player Sara Frazier recently returned to the hardwood at LHU to be honored. She was captain of the first team there, which was formed in 1944. someone to teach girls to play sports?’ My father thought I would really have a tough time finding a job.� Frazier got her first opportunity when she was a senior and preparing to graduate from Lock Haven. “The superintendent at Lock Haven was about to start a girls’ basketball program in Wellsboro and thought that I had the ability to start the program.� Frazier went on to teach physical education and health for the Penns Valley Area School District from 1952 through 1980. A

pioneer in girls’ sports at the high school level, she coached basketball, softball and cheerleading. “I coached three girls’ sports at Penns Valley,� explained Frazier. “And we had to do with what we had. The boys’ teams always got new equipment while the girls received the leftovers. In those days, girls’ programs were not well received by the males.� Frazier raised four children during her coaching career and has been married to her husband, Kenneth, for 66 years.

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Philipsburg-Osceola grinds out 3-2 win at BEA By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

MILESBURG — This game was worth the wait. Bald Eagle Area and Philipsburg-Osceola tried twice before to play their first meeting of the season, but rain washed them out both times. On Monday afternoon, on the third try, they finally succeeded, but not without 30-mph gusts of wind and a torrential downpour that caused an hour-long delay. Yet, despite it all, the teams produced a memorable, maybe classic, game that the Lady Mounties barely survived with an exciting 3-2 win. Things were not settled until P-O pitcher Morgan Williamson, with two outs in the bottom of the seventh and the tying and winning runs on base, struck out designated hitter Morgan Peters to finally end the marathon and keep her team unbeaten at 6-0. “We talk about mental toughness all year,” P-O coach Jim Gonder said, “and I’m sure they (BEA) do too. That’s one of those games where you have to forget about the weather and forget about the situations and just play ball. Easier said than done sometimes.” Bald Eagle struck first in the game. With one out in the first, Haley Giedroc walked, stole second, and then scored on a line-drive double to right center by Marissa Tobias. That run held up for three innings as both pitchers, Williamson and BEA’s MaKennah Dyke, pitched trouble-free softball. But in the P-O fourth with one out, Abby Showers walked, and then Megan Bainey hit a flair into shallow right field for a single. Showers never stopped running and ended up on third base while Bainey went to second on right fielder Tylor Yarrison’s throw. Maggie Peck followed with a long double to right-center, scoring Showers and Bainey and giving P-O its first lead, 2-1. The game was not official yet, and with ominous clouds approaching from the west, Williamson was able to get through the bottom of the inning without any damage. The teams were able to make it through another halfinning — a scoreless top of the fifth — before the skies opened and play was suspended. After a tense one-hour delay (can they continue or not?), the rain mostly stopped, the infield was raked and play was resumed. And BEA immediately went to work. Dallis Dillon walked to open the fifth, but she was out trying to steal on the next pitch. Dyke reached on a error, and then Mikaylee Smith ripped a double to the fence in left field that put runners on second and third with one out. Williamson was up to it, though. She got two consecutive ground outs to end the inning and preserve the P-O lead. “Pressure pitching,” Gonder said. “She made the best

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Road races filling up spring and summer calendar Whether you feel like a dog jog with your furry friend or going all out for a marathon, there are plenty of reasons to lace up your sneakers this spring and summer. The Centre Region offers a multitude of running races, cycling tours and triathlons for all ages and abilities.

What: Eighth annual Bunny Blitz 5K Trail Run When: 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 19 Where: Harpster Ball Field in Pennsylvania Furnace Why: Benefits the YMCA of Centre County and the Northern Blair County Recreation Center For more information: Visit www.bunnyblitz.com. What: 2014 Hard Core Mudd Run When: 7:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 Where: Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science & Technology in Bellefonte Why: Benefits the Children’s Miracle Network For more information: Visit www.hardcoremuddrun.com/ events/pa-mudd-run.html What: Sixth annual Pets Come First Dog Jog When: 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 26 Where: Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall For more information: Visit www.petscomefirst.net/dog-jog What: Ironmaster’s Challenge 15K, 25K and 50K Trail Races When: 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 27 Where: Furnace Stack Pavilion in Pine Grove Furnace State Park, 1220 Pine Grove Road, Gardners For more information: Visit www.ironmasterchallenge.com What: The 2014 Spring 74 Bike Ride hosted by The Bestwick Foundation (36 or 74 miles) When: 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 27 Why: Benefits The Bestwick Foundation For more information: Visit www.bestwickfoundation.org What: JDRF Type 1 Trot 5K When: 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 3 Where: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Why: Held in conjunction with the State College Walk to Cure Diabetes to raise money to help find a cure for Type 1 diabetes. For more information: Visit www.jdrf.org/centralpa What: Seventh annual Linden Loop Run/Walk/Bike When: 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 4 For more information: Visit http://rockhillschoolatlindenhall. blogspot.com What: Tussey Teaser #3: Beidleheimer Sidewinder 10K When: 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 10 Where: Whipple Dam State Park For more information: Email info@tusseymountainback.com What: Third annual End of the Mountain 5K When: 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 Where: Lemont For more information: Visit www.lemontvillage.org What: Clinton County Veterans Affairs Inaugural Armed Forces Day Run When: 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 Where: Bald Eagle State Park in Howard For more information: Visit www.active.com What: Second annual Marion Walker PTO 5K Run and 1K Walk/ Run/Stroll When: 9 a.m. on Saturday, May 17 Where: Walker Township Park Pavilion For more information: Visit www.basd.net What: Celebration 5K to kick off Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger’s Celebration Weekend When: 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 31 Where: DelGrosso’s Amusement Park in Tipton Why: Benefits the Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger For more information: Contact Vanessa Houser at (800) 4515437 or email vhouser@geisinger.edu

What: Tussey Teaser #4: Treaster Kettle Test Your Mettle 10.6 Miler When: 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, June 1 Where: Colyer Lake parking lot For more information: Visit http://tusseymountainback.com/ tussey_teasers.html What: Fourth annual YMCA of Centre County Sprint and Supersprint Triathalon When: 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 14 Where: Governor’s Park in Bellefonte For more information: Visit www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org What: Third annual “There’s No Place Like Home” 5K and 10K When: 8 a.m. on Saturday, June 21 Where: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park Why: Benefits the House of Care For more information: Visit www.houseofcare.org. What: Sixth annual Cycling for Care Bike Ride (8.3, 30 or 61 miles) When: Saturday, June 28 Where: Fairbrook United Methodist Church in Pennsylvania Furnace Why: Benefits Centre Volunteers in Medicine For more information: Email Sue Forster at sforster@cvim.net or visit www.cvim.net What: Firecracker 4K as part of Central PA 4th Fest When: Friday, July 4 For more information: Visit www.4thfest.org. What: Sixth Annual Hartman Group Happy Valley Sprint Triathalon When: 7 a.m. on Sunday, July 6 For more information: Visit www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org. What: Sue Crowe Memorial 39th Annual Arts Festival 5K, 10K and 10-Mile Races and Kids Races When: 8:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 13 For more information: Visit www.nvrun.com What: Second annual Flutopia 5K When: 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 26 Where: Tudek Park in State College For more information: Visit www.nvrun.com What: FarmFest 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run/Walk When: 9 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2 Where: Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall Why: Benefits FarmFest Children’s Learning Area For more information: Visit http://farmfest.paorganic.org/5k What: PASA’s Bike Fresh–Centre County (25, 50 or 75 miles) When: From 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 3 Where: Millheim For more information: Visit www.pasafarming.org

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April 17-23, 2014

As spring practices end, Wildcat could help offense evaluation is key By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

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UNIVERSITY PARK — With 15 practices in the book, Penn State coach James Franklin and his staff will have the summer to digest and analyze what their team has to offer and what it has left to work on. It’s not rocket science, but it’s an important part of the process. As Franklin has said a handful of times before, he doesn’t set goals for his team at this juncture, it’s simply a matter of process. The next step in that process: evaluation. “What we’ll do is on Monday, we will come in as a staff. We will grade the tape in detail. We’ll watch it as a staff as well, so we will grade as position coaches and then we will watch it offense and defense and then I will get a chance to watch it with the coordinators,” Franklin said on Saturday following the Blue White game. “Then the coaches will go through and they will do an evaluation of each player and that evaluation is them on the field.” From there the evaluations go to the classroom and the very structure and areas of emphasis that the coaching staff and program members are responsible for. It’s the constant optimization of the process. It’s never too fine tuned and it can always be perfected. “The academic counselors have evaluated what (players) have done academically. The staff, everyone, has input.” Franklin said. “Then, I will sit down and go through each area of responsibility, areas that they need to improve, and I’m going to give them my feedback as well — things that I want them to work on, where we’re going, and goals for the offseason.”

After that, it’s a three-week-long period of individual meetings, exit interviews of sorts that will help establish where each player is heading into the summer. What they can work on, what they’re doing well at, all of the little things that keep coach and player on the same page moving into the next stage of the process. “So I’ll meet with every single player on the team,” Franklin said. “It might take two weeks; it might take three weeks, whatever it is. But we will schedule them from six in the morning until 11 at night. About a 20-minute meeting with each kid.” That kind of thing is crucial for Penn State as the program enters yet another year of scholarship restrictions and NCAA sanctions. Being able to get the most out of everyone in the program is not only necessary, but mandatory to keep the program afloat amid unusual obstacles. To follow all of that? Keeping the recruiting momentum going, as Penn State currently boasts the best recruiting class in the nation according to multiple recruiting outlets. That means plenty of trips across the state and across the region as Franklin and his staff look to continue to “dominate.” “And then obviously the coaches will be on the road,” Franklin said. “So after that Monday, we will start having coaches hit the road. Obviously we are going to hit the state really hard, because as you guys know, we are going to dominate the state. “And then after that, we are going to work on dominating the states and getting out wherever we have to go first regionally, then nationally, so that we can find as many really, really good football players and people and students that can come here and make a positive impact on this community and this program.”

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Giving the defense something to think about. That is in many ways the offensive coordinator’s biggest job, making the defense think, gamble and guess at what is coming next — all while scheming up the best way to optimize talent on the offensive side of the ball. While Penn State’s annual Blue-White Game was — like many spring games — far from a showcase of offensive firepower, there was one little wrinkle that showed up on Saturday afternoon inside Beaver Stadium. The wildcat. A direct snap offense that cuts out the middle man (the quarterback) and snaps the ball directly to a receiver or running back in the shotgun formation. It’s not flashy, but it gets the ball into the hands of a playmaker. On the surface the wildcat may appear to be a gimmick. The defense can usually rule out a passing play and it becomes a matter of figuring out which direction the runner is going. But for a Penn State team that is thin at many positions on the offensive side of the ball, it gives opposing defenses one more thing to worry about. You may not have an abundance of weapons to work with, but simply giving the defense one more possibility to prepare for can be an advantage in itself. Disguise your weakness and make it an asset. Football is all about getting the ball in the hands of your best players and letting them make plays. An effective wildcat offense sprinkled into a more traditional playbook can give a defense a lot more to chew on before and during the game. “Anytime you’ve got to respect guys being able to do multiple things it puts a little pressure on the defense,” offensive coordinator John Donovan said following the game. “So now that it’s out there and they know that he can do that, now they can’t be as fast to react to other things they might see.” Penn State ran direct snap plays more than a half dozen times throughout Saturday’s scrimmage with various levels of success.

Receivers and running backs both got the ball in various formations. It’s something Donovan has worked with before, but how much it will be a part of Penn State’s offense in the upcoming season remains to be seen. “We did it down at Vandy, and we had some good success with it and we’ve done a lot more with it than what you saw today with it from there, so that’s just a little showing and we’ll kind of go from there. Each year the team is different and your personnel is different so you know it’s something that we’ve always done and we’ll probably still do it some, but where it goes from here is yet to be determined.” Ultimately the wildcat solves a few issues for Penn State — keeping Christian Hackenberg off the ground, and getting the ball into the hands of talented players. Every play that gains yards and keeps Hackenberg healthy is a small victory for all involved. “We talk about protecting the quarterback and protecting the ball. Those are two things that we talk about all the time. You have to do whatever you have to do to keep him upright and that’s always going to be a goal of ours,” Donovan said. With 15 practices in the books, Donovan has a good feeling about who those talented players are. It’s a learning process as coach and player get to know each other but with an emphasis on “process,” as the development of a team does not end with the conclusion of training camp. “I think we have a really good base after these 15 practices and being with them every day and understanding what we can and cannot do and what we can put on the field,” Donovan said. “We’re different from year to year and you’re different from spring to summer and into the fall. So you get back with a good offseason program and see who has developed and who has retained information and as the season goes along you start to figure out who you’re going to be and do whatever you’ve got to do to win games” And as far as Geno Lewis throwing a 56-yard touchdown to Matt Zanellato on a double-reverse? “He’s going to want more touches,” Donovan said smiling. “He should quit while he’s ahead.”

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PSU climbs to top spot in recruiting rankings By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — There can only be one. And right now, that one is Penn State. Following the commitment of Adam McLean on Saturday morning, James Franklin and his staff finally hit the top spot, with the Nittany Lions’ 2015 recruiting class currently ranked the best in the nation by Scout.com, Rivals. com and 247sports.com. McLean is a defensive tackle out of Gaithersburg, Md., who had offers from more than 30 different schools before finally choosing Penn State. Franklin and company aren’t simply out in front because of early commitments, either. The 2015 recruiting class is already 12 players deep with eight of those commitments coming from prospects rated at the four-star level. Penn State has yet to land a five-star commitment this recruiting cycle, but, according to Rivals.com, of the Top 10 recruiting class so far, only three different programs have landed a five-star commitment. Moving forward, the goal for Franklin and his staff will be to keep the class together as an entire season sits between now and Signing Day. So while the verbal commitments keep rolling in, Franklin will focus on making sure everyone is on the same page over the next several months. There is no reason to think the class won’t stay in one piece, but in the ever-changing world of recruiting anything is possible. Penn State hosted 50-100 recruits at the annual BlueWhite Game this weekend, including Sterling Jenkins, a four-star offensive tackle from Pittsburgh. Jenkins currently is down to either Penn State or Ohio State for his college destination.

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PSU hoops adds transfer Foster to team By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Pat Chambers and his staff bounced back from the transfer of freshman guard Graham Woodward with the addition of junior college transfer guard Devin Foster this weekend. Foster committed to Penn State following his visit this past weekend during the annual Blue White Game and could be seen on the sideline with Chambers prior to the game. The addition of Foster to the roster is particularly important since it gives Penn State an experienced pure point guard after the departure of Tim Frazier following his fifth and final year at Penn State.

While the Nittany Lions will return a number of guards for the 2014 season, Foster is the best suited for the point. Senior guard DJ Newbill’s natural position is on the wing. Penn State will add two more freshman guards this season in addition to the return of John Johnson and Geno Thorpe. Incoming freshman guard Shep Garner may see some minutes at the point, but the exact rotation is far from set at this time. While at Vincennes (Indiana), Foster was an efficient point man while also shooting a solid 40 percent clip from beyond the arc. Penn State has a single scholarship remaining for the upcoming season. Chambers and his assistants will continue to evaluate their options, but with the addition of Foster the biggest need of the offseason has been filled.

State High hardballers look to take next step By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

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THE STATE COLLEGE Area High School baseball team returns seven letter winners for the 2014 season. Pictured, from left, are Nick Raquet, Calvin Sichler, Kenny Craig, Alec Lose, Derrick Van Horn and Jon Bergman. Missing from photo: Caleb Walls.

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STATE COLLEGE — Melanie Collins is quickly earning a reputation as one of the hardest working sports reporters in the business. Collins, born and raised in State College, has become a fixture in the sports world, covering everything from NBA AllStar games to Super Bowls and the Olympic Games. Just back from Sochi, Collins talked with StateCollege.com about her career and her hometown roots. “Sochi was interesting. Let me just start by saying I’ve never been happier to be back home on U.S. soil,” she said, laughing. “Sochi was a really great experience and I was just happy to be a part of it.” Collins was assigned to cover a number of Olympic sports including hockey, figure skating and curling. You may remember reports saying construction work on the Olympic Village wasn’t quite done when the Winter Games got underway. “I was in a hotel that was actually right by the media center,” she recalled. “It was actually finished and, for the most part, quite nice. Most of our crew were staying in accommodations that weren’t nearly as nice. “They were missing door knobs and light bulbs and shower curtains and had brown water. It was very much kind of survival over there,” she said, laughing again. While the accommodations may have been lacking, the Olympic competition made up for it. “The events were amazing. I made it a point of getting to all of the hockey games. I’m a huge hockey fan. I didn’t have a ticket to the USA-Russia game and I snuck my way into the arena. I’m not going to say how. I ended up sneaking in and making myself a seat in the rink for that game. I wasn’t going to miss it.” Collins got an early start in broadcasting while attending Penn State.

By going to college close to home Collins says she enjoyed the best of both worlds. “What was really nice is that I was away from home, I lived downtown, but I was able to still drive home on Sunday night and have my Mom cook me dinner and help me with my laundry,” she said. Her college days are filled with warm memories. “Going to football games and tailgating, celebrating birthdays — I go through my old college pictures, I have probably 15,000 pictures from college, which is ridiculous, but I refuse to get delete of any of them because they’re so fun to revisit.” Collins’ says her family still lives in State College and have always been a positive force. “They believed in me from day one, with everything that I wanted to do. They have always encouraged me to take calculated risks in life. If there’s something that you want, go for it and they’ve always said, ‘If it doesn’t work out or if something happens, we’ll always be here, you can always come home.’” In her sophomore year Collins got a bartending job and a co-worker asked if she would like to get some on-camera experience working at AccuWeather. “And, of course, I said yes,” she said. “I had always been told to get any kind of experience in front of a camera that you can.” At AccuWeather Collins says she learned to stand in front of a green screen while broadcasting daily and weekly weather forecasts for over 150 U.S. cities. That was followed by an internship with WPSU-TV at Penn State. “I started as the girl who collected stats for the guys there — mostly Penn State football stats and some basketball,” she remembered. “Then they gave me the opportunity to have my own show with Steve Jones and that was called ‘Let’s Talk Sports Nittany Lions Fans.’ I’ll never forget it. Steve Jones was one of my favorite people I ever worked with. He was so positive and

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so encouraging and so funny. That was my first experience in sports broadcasting. “I got a lot of experience while I was in college. I worked for WPSU-TV until graduation. I covered Penn State football for them and Penn State basketball and baseball and volleyball. That was invaluable for me. That was the best experience I could possibly have gotten. They gave me so much freedom and they really let me do a lot of things that you couldn’t have done with any other sports network.” Collins took an internship with the Big Ten Network during her senior year. “I pulled cable for the sideline reporters, and I hung out in the production truck and just kind of saw how things were done,” Collins said. Once she graduated Collins put together a resume tape and started sending it out to networks and TV stations. “I must have sent out 50 different tapes and I heard back from two people,” she said. Luckily, the Big Ten Network wanted to hire Collins as the Penn State beat reporter that fall. “That was my first real on-air gig postcollege and I was so lucky and so thankful for them to give me that opportunity so quickly,” she said. But that was just the start. “It’s been interesting. I’ve been a lot of different places in the last six years since I graduated,” said Collins. “That fall after I was done covering Penn State football for the Big Ten Network I was immediately offered a job with NBA-TV, Turner Broadcasting in Atlanta. That December I moved down to Atlanta and worked for NBA-TV for a year.” She spent that year working on the dotcom side of things and calling game highlights. “That was the most challenging thing I think I’ve ever done because I was a female calling highlights of NBA games and I worked with this guy named Kyle Montgomery who was so good at calling highlights, especially for the NBA. I learned a ton from him but I felt so inadequate for the first two months. I felt like, ‘Oh God, they were going to fire me.’” They didn’t. Collins says she was assigned to cover the NBA All-Star game, doing court side interviews. “I got the first interview with Kobe Bryant after the game, which I ended up getting into a lot of trouble for because the game was on another network,” she says with her infectious laugh. “But I didn’t know better. ... That was the first moment in my career where I was like ‘Wow, I’m really where I want to be.’” Over the next couple of years Collins was seemingly everywhere, appearing on the Big Ten Network, Total College Sports and working her way through the alphabet with sports outlets such as MLB.com, PGA. com, PGATour.com, NASCAR.com, MLB. com, E! News Now, CSN Bay Area, NBC Sports Network, and OMG Insider on CBS. Collin’s says her most embarrassing

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PENN STATE graduate Melanie Collins has made a name for herself as a sports broadcaster. She recently traveled to Russia to cover the Winter Olympics and is a member of the Yahoo Sports crew. moment came while she was co-hosting an awards show in Miami. Collins wore an elegant dress but admits it was not “secure.” She said, “I called a woman up to give her an award and she hugged me and her bracelet got caught on my strap and pulled the strap off and I was exposed to a crowd of about 500 people.” Collins told the audience she was giving Janet Jackson tips on how to handle wardrobe malfunctions. These days Collins is working for Yahoo Sports in San Jose, Calif. “I’ve gotten to do some amazing things. ... I’m going to be covering the World Cup in Brazil this summer. I’m at the Super Bowl. I have a fantasy football show here. It’s been really great. They’ve given me a lot of amazing opportunity. They’ve allowed me to go to all the big sporting events and really kind of broaden my knowledge because I’m covering every sport that’s out there.” Collins has also signed up to co-host “Big Break” on the Golf Channel. That’s a reality competition show that gives aspiring pro golfers a chance to hit the tour. Despite her hectic schedule and a lot of travel, Collins loves coming home to State College and tries to get back at least three or four times a year. But there’s always another adventure out there somewhere. Eventually, Collins hopes to have her own show on a major network. “I’m a huge, huge, hockey fan,” she said. “It’s a dream of mine to cover the NHL. I’d love to have my own hockey show.”

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NITTANY GYMNASTICS had several athletes qualify for regionals. These gymnasts have advanced from the Pennsylvania state meet to compete at the USAG Region 7 gymnastics meet with Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Virginia and West Virginia. Pictured, front row, from left, are Kira Hoy, Kyra Levi, Alli Hester and Emma Karas. Back row, from left, are Lily Plute, Annika Bjalme, Zoe Rankin, Katie McGraw, Hannah Straub and Jayda Wadsworth.

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Penn State, Ohio State set for primetime clash By BEN JONES

in the past 10 seasons (2005, ‘07, ‘08, ‘12, ‘13, ‘14). For Penn State fans it will mark a memorable five-game stretch that will feature four games at Beaver Stadium. The only road contest over that span will take place in Ann Arbor — Michigan’s first ever Big Ten night game. That Oct. 11 contest is set for a 7 p.m. kickoff and will air on ESPN or ESPN2. Penn State will then have a bye week to prepare for the Buckeyes and the first Big Ten meeting between head coaches Urban Meyer and James Franklin. Penn State will be playing at least one regular season night game for the 15th consecutive season.

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Arts & Entertainment

Lichtigs named honorary chairs for museum gala By PSU News Service UNIVERSITY PARK — Volunteering has always been a big part of Christine Lichtig’s life. When her sons were growing up, she could frequently be found chaperoning a school field trip or working the concession stand at a sporting event. Like many parents, her volunteer efforts revolved around her children. But in the early 1990s, a chance meeting with Kahren Arbitman, then the director of Penn State’s Palmer Museum of Art, opened Chris Lichtig’s eyes to a new and challenging volunteer position — that of docent at the museum. So began an approximately 20-year tenure as a volunteer museum educator, during which time she taught hundreds of visitors of all ages about the Palmer Museum of Art’s exhibitions and permanent collection. In recognition of Chris’ longtime role as a docent and her support of the museum with her husband, Benson, the couple has been named honorary chairs of the 2014 Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art Gala, a black-tie dinner with silent and live auctions that benefits the museum’s educational programming that will take place on Friday, May 16. “The friendship and support we have received at the museum makes us feel as if we are part of a family of like-minded friends who understand how the creative effort takes many forms,” said Chris. “We are privileged to take advantage of the arts, but understand the need for support.” That support helps fund a bevy of free educational programs, from workshops for both children and adults, to gallery talks, to tours for groups of all sizes. “The museum is free and open to the public,” Chris stressed, noting that tour groups do not have to be affiliated with a school. The volunteer docents who give those tours go through extensive training before hitting the galleries. Chris began her training right before the museum addition and expansion opened in 1993. “I remember Patrick McGrady, (the) Charles V. Hallman curator, gave a captivating introductory lecture in which a whole new vocabulary was being used,” she said. “My educational experiences had been in the sciences. So

I began to take basic art history classes and researching on my own. However, the opening of the museum was an exercise in ‘quick study.’” In addition to studying teaching methods and brushing up on general information on the museum, the docents must educate themselves on the three new exhibitions mounted each semester. “Along my journey at the museum, an interesting story kept recurring with the teachers who were bringing school groups,” remembers Chris. “They often said, ‘Please understand that this may be the first and will likely be the last visit some of these students will make to an art museum.’ Each time I would sit down to prepare, I was always thinking about how to communicate the essence of the offerings in the collection in order to capture imaginations as mine had been years before.” According to her husband, Chris was successful in that quest. “She would come home and comment on her experiences with the kids, and how she engaged them and let them know their opinions mattered.” Chris says she also encouraged the couple’s two sons, one of whom took art history classes in college. “They have both used their education in the arts in their careers,” she noted. For the Lichtigs, the Palmer has become an important part of their lives, not only because of their volunteer and monetary contributions, but because of their commitment to supporting the arts in the community. “The visual and performing arts force me to see the world in a different way than I am used to,” explained Benson. “I have been in business for myself for 38 years, and learned early on that to have any chance of succeeding, you must have a very focused and concentrated approach. … As much as I enjoy it, I realize it is not the only or the best way. I find it freeing and challenging to temporarily step into the world view of a totally different perspective.” As a longtime resident of State College, Chris says she appreciates what the arts — and especially the Palmer Museum — bring to the community. “The efflorescence of the arts at Penn State has ben-

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BENSON AND CHRISTINE LICHTIG are the honorary chairs of the 2014 Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art Gala. efited the entire Centre Region.” The Lichtigs have strong connections to the area. They are both Penn State alumni and have lived in State College since graduating in the early 1970s — Benson with a bachelor’s degree in community development, and Chris with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in speech pathology. Chris’ father, Robert Williams, was a Penn State football player and member of the storied 1947-48 Cotton Bowl team. As an undergraduate, Benson was student government president and the first student appointed to the board of trustees. He was also a member of the Lion’s Paw Senior Society and was serving on the board of directors of the Lion’s Paw Alumni Society when the organization donated the well-known paws for the entrance to the museum. The Lichtigs have both volunteered for many organizations in the community. Although Chris is no longer a docent, she still serves on the Palmer’s advisory board, as well as Penn State’s Public Art Committee and the Center for the Performing Arts’ Community Advisory Council. She has also

served on the boards of the Friends of the Palmer and Friends of Schlow Centre Region Library. Benson is currently on the boards of Housing Transitions Inc., Centre County Housing and Land Trust and Congregation Brit Shalom. He formerly served on the boards of Leadership Centre County and the Mount Nittany Conservancy. They hope their involvement with the Palmer will inspire others to support the museum, or to simply take advantage of it. “Being part of the life of the museum provides a lively discourse on the ways we view the images from the past and present, as well as the future,” says Chris. “Museums are facing major art funding cuts, and we are fortunate to have the Palmer Museum continue its free and open to all access policy.” The 2014 Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art Gala, “Black and White Masquerade Ball,” will take place from 6:30 p.m. to midnight on Friday, May 16, at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. For more information, call the museum at (814) 863-9182.

Penn State to host free screening of ‘Growing Cities’ documentary SINGERS FROM across the Centre Region will take part in the Centre Sings fundraiser. Auditions are scheduled for Saturday, April 16.

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Auditions coming up for ‘Centre Sings’ Interfaith Human Services will sponsor Centre Sings, a fundraising vocal competition for performers of all ages and types of music. Auditions will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. in Spring Mills and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Pleasant Gap on Saturday, April 16. The top contenders will move to a semifinal competition at 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 109 McAllister St., State College. The grand finale concert will take place at 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, at St. Paul’s. “Centre Sings is a great opportu-

nity to showcase local talent, connect the county through the auditions, and engage our community to support a continually growing number of families who are facing hardships,” said Ruth Donahue, executive director of Interfaith Human Services. For more than 46 years, Interfaith Human Services has served low-income families of Centre County. The nonprofit group is a collection of 29 congregations, all located in Centre County. Interfaith Human Services provides financial assistance for basic needs, operates the Centre County

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UNIVERSITY PARK — The public is invited to attend a free screening of “Growing Cities,” a documentary that examines urban agriculture as a way to revitalize cities and provide local food to its residents. The event is being held by Penn State’s Sustainability Institute and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and Environment at 6:30 p.m. on Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22. Following the film screening, a panel of Penn State and local experts will join the filmmaker and producer, Dan Susman, to discuss the film and the topics of urban agriculture and sustainable food supplies for a growing world population. Susman’s passion for city farming originated when he worked on an urban farm in Portland, Ore. “Growing Cities,” which has garnered numerous awards at film festivals around the country, takes place during a road trip across the U.S. in which the filmmakers interview men and women who are raising food on rooftops and vacant city lots, in beehives and greenhouses, and in backyard chicken coops. “Urban farming has remarkable power on so many levels — it connects people to healthy foods, strengthens communities, creates jobs, revitalizes blighted areas and much more. That’s why this story is so compelling,” Susman said. The event will take place in 121 Sparks Building. Seating is limited and available on a first-come basis. More information on the event is available at http://earthday.psu. edu, and a trailer of the documentary is available at www. growingcitiesmovie.com.

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Picture this: Senior sketching future on artistic endeavors By JULIA KERN Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Ellie Skrzat, a senior in the Schreyer Honors College, is an experienced storyteller — but she tells stories in ways you might not expect. Give Skrzat the story of Joe Paterno’s life and she’ll create a colorful portrait with pastels that gets hundreds of “likes” on Facebook. Give her one word at the start of an improv show, and within minutes, she’ll produce a monologue that will leave an audience in fits of laughter. Skrzat, a fine arts major in the College of Arts and Architecture, has concentrations in drawing and painting — skills she has used to produce illustrations for local and national news sites including Onward State and Slate. “Illustrating is the perfect combination of the right and left parts of my brain,” Skrzat said. “Not only are you showing that you understand how to paint and render an image, but also that you can comprehend a text and give some kind of commentary on it.” Ghislaine Fremaux, an assistant visiting professor of art at Penn State, has become familiar with Skrzat’s work in her capacity as Skrzat’s thesis adviser. “Ellie’s art is clearly influenced by the camaraderie that’s so present in her own life,” Fremaux said. “She loves, appreciates and marvels at people. There cannot be portraiture of such high order without that. Her art is informed by her wit, her intelligence and articulateness. That seems to have conditioned her articulate handling of paint to match — frank, astute, keenly attentive and descriptive but never verbose.” Being articulate also comes in handy in Skrzat’s role as president of Penn State’s Full Ammo Improv Troupe, which she has been a member of since her freshman year. Full Ammo’s shows — which happen twice a month — begin when an audience member gives the troupe a word. That word prompts one troupe member’s opening monologue. After that, the group takes the theme and runs with it for an hour of improv. “As it is with illustrating, with improv you start with a story and have the chance to make it your own,” Skrzat said. “It’s all about listening to the people who you’re on stage with and responding to what they’re doing.” For her honors thesis, Skrzat is combining her passion for painting and performance. She has created an exhibit of animated still lifes of food. The animations, reminiscent of food representation in 1990’s pop culture, are projected onto table surfaces in the gallery. “I want the show to elicit an emotional response from the audience,” Skrzat wrote in her thesis proposal. “My thesis explores the value of food in millennial culture and addresses issues concerning the contortion of something that we need for survival into a fetishized, emotionally

charged object. My research traces the representation of food throughout history and is an attempt to uncover the origins of psychological issues about food. “My goal is to create a surreal experience, filled with brightly colored, constantly moving plates of food. I want the viewer to be confronted by a strange confluence between visual stimulation and appetite stimulation. I want the show to elicit an emotional response from the audience while the pieces themselves remain fun and light. I want to better understand how my generation is attracted to food and how pop culture distorts that attraction.” The result of all of the painting and the development of the show’s theme is, Skrzat says, just as difficult and timeconsuming as the research projects some of her friends have undertaken. For big projects like this one, Skrzat plugs in her headphones and gets to work in her on-campus studio. “The moments leading up to putting paint on canvas, I sometimes wonder if I even remember what to do,” Skrzat said. “About a minute into the process, though, I get in the zone. Every brush stroke is a problem in some way, and you become obsessed with continuously fixing the problems until you have an image that you’re happy with. When it comes to my art, I’m my own worst critic, and it can be challenging to deal with that pressure of wanting to get it just right.” But Skrzat also knows how and when to work quickly. When she sketched the drawing of Joe Paterno, it took her less than an hour. “My friend who also worked for Onward State called to tell me that Joe Paterno was dying and urged me to go draw something right away,” Skrzat said. “I ran home from the dining hall and drew it in half an hour.” Skrzat ended up selling the drawing and donating all proceeds — $1,075 — to the Penn State Dance Marathon. Last summer, Skrzat continued on her path of combining journalism and art. She had internships in New York City for two well-known national blogs, Slate.com and xojane.com. At Slate, a daily national news and culture magazine, Skrzat was able to produce a few illustrations in addition to her day-to-day photo editing tasks. For a series about skyjackers — the people who hijacked nearly 160 American flights in the 1960s and 1970s — Skrzat was tasked with finding photos to accompany the stories about each skyjacker. When it was proving difficult to find the rights to certain photos, Skrzat quickly sketched one of the skyjackers and brought the drawing into her editor’s office. A few editorial decisions later, those sketches — and the stories they went with — ended up on Slate’s homepage. “Through Schreyer, I learned that any bit of initiative is enough to get you noticed by people who will appreciate it, and that’s exactly what I did at Slate,” Skrzat said. “I had an

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ELLIE SKRZAT, a senior in the Schreyer Honors College, plans to pursue a career as an illustrator after she graduates in May with a degree in fine arts from the College of Arts and Architecture. idea, and I seized an opportunity to share it.” After graduating, Skrzat hopes to work at a publication like Slate or xojane.com with the eventual goal of doing freelance illustrations. Though fewer journalism publications are hiring these days, Skrzat said she thinks there will always be a need for illustrators. “Illustrations provide something that photos don’t because, while they’re technically journalism, they have more of an artistic voice,” Skrzat said. “I think there will always be a place for illustrations.” And while harnessing her creativity isn’t always easy, Skrzat is confident in her ability to continue to come up with new ways to tell a story — no matter what the medium. “When I was just getting started, I didn’t think I could rely on myself to constantly generate ideas about how to interpret certain things, whether that’s events or people or images,” Skrzat said. “But I learned to be confident in my ability to consistently be creative. It’s not a skill that’s just going to go away.” To see more of Skrzat’s work and see animations from her thesis exhibit, visit www.ellieskrzat.com.

The Playhouse at McConnellstown announces 2014 season MCCONNELLSTOWN — Each spring welcomes favorable weather, a rebirth of natural beauty and the return of local community theater. The Playhouse at McConnellstown recently announced its 2014 season, an all-star line up of comedic productions. The season will open in April with Noel Coward’s “Blithe Spirit.” The comical play focuses on novelist Charles Condomine, who invites an eccentric medium to his house to conduct a séance, hoping to gather information for his next book. The mystical experience backfires when he is haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Elvira. The spirit of the deceased attempts to disrupt Charles’s marriage to his second wife, Ruth, who cannot see or hear the ghost. As the unworldly and worldly personalities of Elvira and Ruth clash, the clairvoyant attempts to undo her mistake. Performances are at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, as well as Thursday through Saturday, May 1-3. There is also a 2:30 p.m. matinee on Sunday, May 4. “Be My Baby,” written by Ken Ludwig, is set for June. Scotsman John and uptight English woman Maude, both in their 50s, are unexpectedly thrown together in the journey of a lifetime when his ward marries her niece. When the young couple decides to adopt a baby, the older couple must travel 6,000 miles to California to pick up the child and bring her safely back to Scotland. John and Maude despise each other, but when they are stranded in San Francisco for several weeks, they are expected to jointly care for the infant and learn some startling lessons about life and love along the way. The show will take the stage at 8 p.m. Friday and Satur-

Green Drake to feature work of local artists MILLHEIM — The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will host a show featuring the work of Margaux Wolszczan and Simon Leach through Saturday, May 31. The gallery and arts center is located on 101 W. Main St. in Millheim. The show features paintings by Wolszczan and pottery by Leach. Wolszczan is the owner of the Fraser Street Gallery in State College. She studied art in France and Poland, as well as in the United States. Leach is a third generation potter who is well known in his native England, as well as locally and internationally. For more information, visit www.greendrakegallery. com.

day, June 13 and 4, and again Thursday through Saturday, June 19-21. There will be 2:30 p.m. matinees on two Sundays, June 15 and 22. Opening in August is Charles Morey’s “Laughing Stock.” The play is a backstage farce and a genuinely affectionate look into the world of theatre. Follow the summer repertory theater company through auditions, rehearsals and productions in their leaky barn. From backstage and out front, watch performances of the eclectic season of Dracula, Charlie’s Aunt and Hamlet. Veteran actors and directors try to meld with new-age theatre majors and raw interns, as misplaced cues, wrong entrances and shaky speeches bring unexpected humor to classic plays. A shared love of the stage brings everyone together for the final curtain call in this comedy. “Laughing Stock” will take the stage at 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9, and Friday through Sunday, Aug. 14-16. There will be 2:30 p.m. matinees on two Sundays, Aug. 10 and 17. The second Ken Ludwig piece, “The Game’s Afoot,” will take the stage in October. It is December 1936, and Broadway actor William Gillette, admired for his role as Sherlock Holmes, is shot during a performance. Several weeks later at Christmas, he invites the cast to his Connecticut mansion, but murder strikes his snowbound home. Gillette puts his Sherlock skills to the test in an attempt

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Thursday, April 17, through Wednesday, April 23 ALLEN STREET GRILL, 100 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 231-4745 Thursday, April 17 Bill Filer, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Friday, April 18 Bill Filer, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday, April 19 Bill Filer, 10:30 p.m.-1 a.m. AMERICAN ALE HOUSE, 821 CRICKLEWOOD DRIVE, STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-9701
 Thursday, April 17 Domenick Swentosky, 8-11 p.m. Friday, April 18 Tommy Wareham, 6-8 p.m. and 9 p.m.-midnight Saturday, April 19 Tommy Wareham, 8 p.m.-midnight Sunday, April 20 Ted and Molly, 8-10 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Scott Mangene, 8-10:30 p.m. THE ARENA BAR & GRILL, 1521 MARTIN ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-8833 Thursday, April 17 Strait and Miller, 9 p.m. Friday, April 18 Big Bear Chase Me, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Hitchcock, 10:30 p.m. BAR BLEU, 112 S. GARNER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-0374 Thursday, April 17 Velveeta, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 18 Lowjack, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Ted McCloskey and The Hi Fi’s, 10:30 p.m. BILL PICKLE’S TAP ROOM, 106 S. ALLEN ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 272-1172 Friday, April 18 Bill Filer, 5-7 p.m. THE BREWERY, 233 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-2892 Wednesday, April 23 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. CAFE 210 WEST, 210 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-3449 Thursday, April 17 Public Domain, 10:30 p.m. CHUMLEY’S, 108 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 238-4446 Thursday, April 17 Kelly Countermine and guests, 8-11 p.m. Sunday, April 20 Harold Taddy’s open mic and variety showcase, 8 p.m. CLEM’S ROADSIDE BAR & GRILL/TOAST, 1405 S. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-7666 Thursday, April 17 Kate and Natalie, 9 p.m. (Toast) Friday, April 18 Tim Farley, 9 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Chris Rattie, 9 p.m. Monday, April 21 Open mic with Harold Taddy, 9 p.m. ELK CREEK CAFÉ AND ALEWORKS, 100 W. MAIN ST., MILLHEIM, (814) 349-8850 Thursday, April 17 Troubadour Third Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 The Hello Strangers, 8 p.m. THE GAMBLE MILL, 160 DUNLAP ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 355-7764 Friday, April 18 Jmac and Junior, 6-8 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Mama Corn, 7-9 p.m. Sunday, April 20 Jay Vonada, 2-4 p.m. GOVERNORS PUB, 211 W. HIGH ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 353-1008 Thursday, April 17 JT Blues, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Biscuit Jam, 6:30 p.m. HOME D PIZZERIA/ROBIN HOOD BREWING CO., 1820 S. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-7777 Friday, April 18 Chris Good, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 Outpost Echo, 7-10 p.m. INDIGO, 112 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 234-1031 Friday, April 18 DJ Keigo and Nammo, 9 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, April 19 DJ Kid A.V., 9 p.m.-2 a.m. INFERNO BRICK OVEN & BAR, 340 E. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-5718 Thursday, April 17 DJ Kid A.V., 10 p.m. Friday, April 18 DJ Kyle Anthony, 10 p.m. Saturday, April 19 DJ Ca$hous, 10 p.m. OTTO’S PUB & BREWERY, 2286 N. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 867-OTTO Friday, April 18 Miss Melanie and The Valley Rats, 9-11 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Monica Brindle, 9-11 p.m. Sunday, April 20 Tableside magic with Ben Salinas, 5:30-7:30 p.m. THE PHYRST, 111 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 238-1406 Thursday, April 17 Lowjack, 8 p.m., Maxwell Strait, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday, April 18 Dominic and Noah, 8-10 p.m. Ted and the Hi-Fi’s, 10:30 pm-2 a.m. Saturday, April 19 Lowjack, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Wednesday, April 23 Go Go Gadget, 10:30 p.m. THE RATHSKELLER, 108 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-3858 Friday, April 18 Mr. Hand, 10:30 p.m. THE SALOON, 101 HEISTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 234-0845 Thursday, April 17 My Hero Zero, 10 p.m. Friday, April 18 John and Adam, 8-10 p.m., Velveeta, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Velveeta, 4 p.m., Mike Stockdale, 8 p.m., Mr. Hand, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 Shake Shake Shake, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 His Boy Elroy, 10:30 p.m. ZENO’S PUB, 100 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-4350 Thursday, April 17 Nightcrawlers, 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 18 AAA Blues Band, 7 p.m., Spider Kelly, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, April 19 Harold Taddy, 8 p.m., Pure Cane Sugar, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 Natalie Berrena, 10 p.m. Wednesday, April 23 The Cave Tones, 11 p.m. ZOLA NEW WORLD BISTRO, 324 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-8474 Friday, April 18 Organ Trio West, 9 p.m.-midnight Z BAR AND THE DELI RESTAURANT, 113 HIESTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-5710 Sunday, April 20 Jay Vonada Jazz Trio, noon-2 p.m. — Compiled by Marjorie S. Miller Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details. The Centre County Gazette is committed to providing readers with a complete list of upcoming live entertainment in Centre County. If your establishment provides live entertainment and would like to have it listed free in the Gazette, email listings to mmiller@centre countygazette.com.

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College Town Film Festival runs through April 19 STATE COLLEGE — The second annual College Town Film Festival, an event that shows a variety of independent films, will take place through Saturday, April 19, at The State Theatre and on the Penn State campus. The traveling festival will feature several independent films to engage students and community members with panelist discussions, a seminar and script reading. Films will be shown individually, which is important because it allows people attending the festival the chance to see everything, said CTFF president and Penn State associate professor of film/video and media studies, Dr. Matt Jordan. “Each film will have a panel and discussion afterward to engage the community in conversation,” Jordan said. “This will allow people to see films that aren’t made with $100 million in special effects.” CTFF will also travel to Ohio University and the University of California, Santa Cruz. Jordan said CTFF targets small college towns that have a connection with a local theater community, such as Penn State and The State Theatre. The films selected, Jordan said, are chosen based on feedback that CTFF gets

through www.withoutabox.com. Different films are selected for the different universities visited, based on campus sponsorship and current topics in the area. One of the featured films is “First Light,” which will be shown at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 17, at The State Theatre. This film is about a couple living in London who are in denial about their drug addiction and their journey to self-awareness. A notable festival event is a seminar that will take place at The State Theater at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 18. Panelists James Denton, Cameron Fife, Penn State alumnus Rane Jameson and Marta Milans will address questions focusing on the business of acting and versatile approaches actors utilize when they pursue a professional acting career. Julian Doyle, editor of the Monty Python film series, will also give several lectures at The State Theatre and at Penn State throughout the weekend. CTFF films and lectures are free for students with their Penn State ID and $5 for community members. For the complete program guide, visit www.collegetownfilmfestival.com.

State Theatre to hold screening STATE COLLEGE — The State Theatre will host a screening of the film “Kids for Cash” at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 25. Community leaders, experts and featured family members will be on hand to discuss what is happening with children, schools and the law. The film asks the question — are we helping kids get back on track or simply ensuring failure? The panel discussion includes Centre County Judge Bradley P. Lunsford, attorney Emily Keller, “Kids for Cash” producer and director Robert May, and former Penn State assistant football coach Jay Pater-

no, who is now the executive director of Nets4Nets. “Kids for Cash” exposes a shocking American secret: As a nation, we arrest hundreds of thousands of youth for minor offenses each year, believing we are teaching them much-needed lessons. But what lessons are they learning? The film has been called a “must see” for anyone who has a kid, was a kid or loves a kid. Find out what Pennsylvania is doing and what still needs to be done. For more information about the film, call (814) 272-0606.

Blue and White Film Festival set UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State students are encouraged to submit their work to the Blue and White Film Festival, hosted by the Penn State Student Film Organization. The annual festival is a showcase of the best student films from the past year. The submission form can be found on the Student Film Organization’s website. All students are eligible to submit films. Students who submit films will have

their work reviewed by a panel of judges, including faculty experts and professional alumni. The students whose films are selected will have their work exhibited at the festival, which will be held at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 26, at The State Theatre. Admission is free for Penn State students, and tickets are available for nonstudents. More information is available on the organization’s Facebook event page.

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A HERO’S LIFE Tuesday, April 22, 2014 • 7:30pm Eisenhower Auditorium Svetlana Rodionova, Piano Daugherty: Red Cape Tango from Metropolis Symphony Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 R. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben [A Hero’s Life], Op. 40 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS may be purchased for any Eisenhower Series concert by visiting or calling the Eisenhower Auditorium Box Office at (800) ARTS-TIX, or (814) 863-0255. Adult tickets: $24.00 each • Seniors(55+) tickets: $20.00 each • Student tickets: $5.00 each.

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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecounty library.org for days and times. Exhibition — “Out of Here,” an exhibition of work by students in special topics courses relating to Judy Chicago, will be on display in Art Alley in the HUB-Robeson Galleries through Sunday, April 27. Visit www.studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/art galleries or call (814) 865-0775. Exhibit — The works of Will Espy, Debbie Petersen and Amalia Shartel will be on display through Wednesday, April 30, in the Tea Room Gallery at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefonte museum.org. Exhibit — British watercolors from the Permanent Collection will be featured at the Palmer Museum of Art through Sunday, May 4. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.palmer museum.psu.edu. Exhibit — The Palmer Museum of Art will feature “Forging Alliances” through Sunday, May 11. This exhibition draws on the Palmer Museum’s collection of postWWII mingei ceramics. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. Exhibit — The Palmer Museum of Art will feature the exhibition “Surveying Judy Chicago: Five Decades” through Sunday, May 11. The exhibit charts Chicago’s remarkable and ongoing career. Museum hours are from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. For more information, visit www.judychicago.arted.psu.edu or www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. Exhibit — “The Art of Adornment” will be on display through Sunday, May 25, in the Windows of the World Gallery at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — Work by Holly Fritchman will be on display through Saturday, May 31, in the Sieg Gallery at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefonte museum.org. Exhibit — Work by Stephen Althouse will be on display through Saturday, May 31, in the Community Gallery at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibition — “Challenge Yourself” by Judy Chicago will be on display through Friday, June 13, in the Paterno Special Collections Library, University Park. Visit www.libraries.psu.edu. Summer Camp Registration — Registration for “Boot Camp for Kids,” scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, will be open until Friday, July 25. This camp will simulate the boot camp experience for boys and girls ages 8 to 13. To register, visit www.pamilmuseum.org or call (814) 466-6263. History/Genealogy — Learn about local history and genealogy with expert researchers at the Historical Museum and Pennsylvania Room, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 5 p.m. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 17

Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 7 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more infor-

mation, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3–5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventures” from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Today’s theme is “Testing Ideas.” Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library will host “Discovery Days,” where children design their own zoo landscape, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Children’s Department, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 235-7817. Craft Class — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host “Hooks & Needles,” an adult craft class, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Event — Centre County Library’s systems and emerging technology librarian will give classes and tips on topics such as Facebook, e-readers, smart phones, tablets and other devices. “Facebook Revisited” will take place from 1 to 2 p.m. and from 5 to 6 p.m., and “Drop-In Gadget Crash Course” will take place from 2 to 3 p.m. and from 6 to 7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 2 to 3 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Spring Holidays.” Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Program — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host its Lego club from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Meeting — Relay for Life of Happy Valley will host its team member meeting at 6 p.m. at the Centre Hall Lions Club, 153 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host a teen night from 6 to 7 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. This month, teens will be able to research some of the latest makeup trends and experiment to see what works for them. Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Family Program — Holt Memorial Library will host “It’s Elementary,” a series of activities and presentations for elementary school students and their families, from 6 to 7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Tonight’s theme is “Blockheads.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Seminar — The Family Medicine Seminar Series presents “Medical Education: Teaching Health Care Providers to Teach” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call (814) 234-6738. Information Session — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host a legal and identity theft information session from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Kenneth Hart from Legal Shields Associates will be the speaker. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Musical — Center for the Performing Arts presents “Bring It On: The Musical” at 7:30 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Performance — Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions jazz ensembles will perform at 8 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, University Park. Visit www.music.psu. edu/performance/inner-and-outerdimensions- =jazz-ensembles.

Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library will host “Discovery Days,” where children can make their own “stripe-tacular” creation, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Children’s Department, 211 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call (814) 235-7817. Farmers’ Market — The Downtown State College Farmers’ Market will take place at 11:30 a.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, visit www. centralpafarmers.com. Performance — The Whiplash Dance Team will perform at 7 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. This student-run team mainly dances to hip-hop numbers and performs at a variety of events throughout the community. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www.thestatetheatre. org. Film — Christ Community Church will show “The Passion” at 7 p.m. at 200 Ellis Place, State College. Visit www.cccsc.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 19

Event — Ferguson Township will have a coffee and conversation event from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Giant Foods, 255 Northland Center, State College. This meeting gives residents the opportunity to meet with township personnel to discuss concerns and happenings in the community. Call (814) 238-4651. Farmers’ Market — The Millheim Farmers’ Market will take place at 10 a.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. For more information, visit www.centralpafarmers.com. Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library presents “Saturday Stories Alive” from 11 to 11:30 a.m. in the Children’s Activity Room at 211 S. Allen St., State College. The event will be a half hour of stories, fingerplays and hands-on activities. Visit www.schlow.org. Family Activity — Holt Memorial Library will host “Saturday STEM” from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. The whole family can participate in fun science experiments. Call (814) 342-

1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Opera — The Metropolitan Opera Live HD presents “Werther” at 1 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. There will be a pre-opera talk at noon with Susan Boardman. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www.thestatetheatre.org. Games — Hone your strategy for the ancient game of “Go” from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in the Sun Room, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 237-6236. Children’s Program — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host a “Teddy Bear Sleepover” from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children can bring a favorite teddy bear or soft friend to enjoy “Monsters Inc.” After the movie, there will be stories and an opportunity to make a special picture frame. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Activity — The Go Club, for children ages 12 and up, will meet to do arts and crafts and play games from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in the Sun Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, State College. Visit www. schlow.org. Exhibit — The “Rite of Spring” exhibition and opening reception will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. at 123 S. Fraser St., State College. Exhibiting artists include William Snyder, Mark Pilato, Nathan Mellott, Maggie Wolszczan and Chuck Fong. Visit www. facebook.com/fraserstgallery. Games — Snow Shoe EMS will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 492 W. Sycamore St., Snow Shoe. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dance — The Turbotville Community Hall Corporation will host a public dance, with food available, from 7 to 10 p.m. at 41 Church St., Turbotville. Funds raised will help restore the building. Call (570) 412-8087. Concert — Dutch DJ and music producer Hardwell will bring his electrohouse sound to the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park, at 7 p.m. Tickets can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com, Bryce What’s Happening, Page 34

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Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 7 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 20

Buffet — The Casino at Lakemont Park will have an Easter Day Buffet from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 300 Lakemont Park Blvd., Altoona. There will be a variety of breakfast and lunch options as well as a kids’ buffet. For more information or to make reservations, visit www.casinostlakrmont. com or call (814) 944-6775.

MONDAY, APRIL 21

Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 9 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Event — Centre County Library’s systems and emerging technology librarian will give classes and tips on topics such as Facebook, e-readers, smart phones, tablets and other devices. “Facebook Revisited” will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. and “Drop-In Gadget Crash Course” will take place from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at 102 Leisure Lane, Madisonburg. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Contest Winners Announcement — The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority will have a press conference to announce the winners of the School Plastic Bag Recycling Challenge at 10:30 a.m. at the CCRRA Maintenance Facility, 253 Transfer Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 238-7005 or email aschirf@centrecounty recycles.org. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have toddler story time from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “Colors.” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Story Time — The Centre Hall Branch Library will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Today’s theme is “Our Earth.” Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 2313076. Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library will host “Discovery Days,” where children can use their creativity to turn “junk” into art, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Children’s Department, 211 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call (814) 235-7817. Children’s Activity — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will offer a coed field hockey program for third through sixth graders from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex, University Park. This event is provided in cooperation with the Penn State Lady Lion Field Hockey team. Call (814) 231-3071 or visit www.crpr. org. Knitting Program — Holt Memorial Library will host “Knit Wits,” for beginner, experienced or intermediate knitters, from 6 to 7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Knitting Club — A knitting club will meet from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Sun Room, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. All skill levels are welcome. Call (814) 237-6236. Bingo — The State College Knights of Columbus will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 850 Stratford Drive, State College. Practice/Performance — The Nittany Knights will perform a capella barbershop songs at 7:15 p.m. at the South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 7777455, visit www.nittanyknights.org or email jimkerhin@ yahoo.com. Film — “The Godfather” will be screened at 7:30 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www.thestatetheatre.org. Performance — Penn State’s Percussion Ensemble I and Mallet Ensemble will perform at 8 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, University Park. Visit www.music.psu.edu.

TUESDAY, APRIL 22

Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the

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The Centre County Gazette Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main St., Howard. Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 9 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have a toddler story time from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Pancake Lunch/Dinner — The Bellefonte Kiwanis annual pancake lunch and dinner will take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 to 7 p.m. at Lambert Hall, Blanchard St., Bellefonte. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have preschool story time from 1:30 to 2 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “Colors.” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host a program for home-schooled students in grades one through five from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. This month’s theme is “Mission Nutrition.” Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Farmers’ Market — The Boalsburg Farmers’ Market will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. in St. John’s United Church of Christ, 218 N. Church St., Boalsburg. Vendor products include greens and root vegetables, meats, dairy items, breads and apples. Book Club — Join the Afternoon Book Discussion Group at 2:30 p.m. in the Sun Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. The book to be discussed this month is “Domestic Violets” by Mathew Norman. Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will take place from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@comcast. net. Class — The “Life With Diabetes” class series will take place from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in Conference Rooms 1 and 2 at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. This series will teach those living with or who know someone living with diabetes how to manage their diagnosis. Call (814) 231-7194 or email hharpster@mount nittany.org to register. Book Club — Join the Evening Book Discussion Group at 6:30 p.m. in the Sun Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. The book to be discussed this month is “And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini. Visit www.schlow.org. Yoga Class — A basics level yoga class will take place from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is intended for those who may have had some prior yoga experience. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@comcast.net. Meeting — The Bellefonte Area School District Board of Directors will have a meeting at 7 p.m. in the cafeteria of the Bellefonte Area Middle School, 100 N. School St., Bellefonte. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 2313076. Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A,106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667. Performance — Nittany Valley Symphony presents “A Hero’s Life” with pianist Svetlana Rodionova at 7:30 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. Visit www.nvs. org. Performance — Penn State’s Percussion Ensemble II will perform at 8 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, University Park. Visit www.music.psu.edu. Performance — The Devil Makes Three will perform at 8:30 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. The energetic band combines bluegrass instrumentation with a rock n’ roll sensibility. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www. thestatetheatre.org.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23

Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have baby book time from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Book themes will vary throughout April. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 9 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “Colors.” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Library Legos.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Children’s Program — Children ages 6 months to 2 years can explore science through books and movement during “Baby Explorers” from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscovery

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THE OSCAR-WINNING film “The Godfather” will hit the big screen at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 21, at The State Theatre in downtown State College. space.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 2313076. Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Meeting — The Patton Township Business Association will meet for lunch from noon to 1 p.m. at the Patton Township Municipal Building, 100 Patton Plaza, State College. Email pankowealthmanagement@gmail.com or call (814) 237-2822. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host its Lego club from 3 to 3:30 p.m. and from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Call (814) 3642580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Activity — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will offer a coed field hockey program for third through sixth graders from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Penn State Field Hockey Complex, University Park. This event is provided in cooperation with the Penn State Lady Lion Field Hockey team. Call (814) 231-3071 or visit www.crpr. org. Zumba — New Hope United Methodist Church will sponsor a free Zumba class at 6 p.m. at the church, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. Call Amanda at (814) 321-4528. Group Meeting — Celebrate Recovery will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 200 Ellis Place, State College. The group uses the “Eight Recovery Principles” with a 12-step approach to help members cope with life’s troubles. For more information, visit www.cccsc.org or call (814) 234-0711. Performance — The Center for the Performing Arts presents the Lionel Loueke Trio at 7:30 p.m. at Schwab Auditorium, University Park. Tickets can be purchased by calling (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Visit www.cpa. psu.edu.

THURSDAY, APRIL 24

Exhibit — Penn State M.F.A. Graduate Thesis Exhibition 9 will take place at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 2340200 or email info@mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3–5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventures” from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Today’s theme is “Testing Ideas.” Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www. mydiscoveryspace.org. Seminar — Research Unplugged will present “Once Upon a Line: A Poetry Reading and Discussion” with Erin Murphy, associate professor of English at Penn State Altoona, at 12:30 p.m. at the Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlow.org. Craft Class — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host “Hooks & Needles,” an adult craft class, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 2 to 3 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Library Legos.” Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Event — Centre County Library’s systems and emerging technology librarian will give a class, “Apps & More Apps,” at 1:30 p.m. and a gadget course at 2:30 p.m. at the Snow Shoe Senior Center, Fourth Street, Snow Shoe. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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GROUP MEETINGS The Gazette will publish the regular meeting dates and times for all Centre County social and service groups, organizations, clubs, etc. that have membership open to the public. To be included in the weekly listing send information by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette. com or mail to: The Centre County Gazette, Attn: Group Meetings, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801. Adult Bible Study and Kids Program, offering practical help from the Bible and a fun and productive time for kids, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Nittany Baptist Church, 430 Mountain Back Road, Spring Mills. Call (814) 360–1601 or visit www.nittany baptist.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Men’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30–7 p.m. Tuesdays. Call (814) 237–5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Women’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30–7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call (814) 237–5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit ccwrc.org. ALIVE Teen Club meets at 6 p.m. Sundays at First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355–5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte.org. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Groups meet the first Friday at 1 p.m. and second Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. of every month in the Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn at Brookline, 1930 Cliffside Drive, State College. Contact Anne at (814) 234–3141 or teadmin@brooklinevillage.com or Janie at (814) 235–2000 or iwpcommrel@brooklinevillage.com for information. AWANA Club meets at 6 p.m. every Sunday at the First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Activities and Bible lessons will be held for children ages 3 through sixth grade. Materials provided. Call (814) 355–5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte.org. Bald Eagle Grange No. 151 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Grange Hall in Runville. Bald Eagle Watershed Association meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Monday at the Milesburg Borough Building, 416 Front St., Milesburg. Visit www.baldeaglewatershed.com. The Bald Eagle Area Class of 1959 meets at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month for dinner. Location changes each month. Call Joyce at (814) 383–4337 or email ljt2342@embarqmail. com. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1960 meets for lunch at 11:30 a.m. the third Thursday of every month at The Bestway Restaurant, 1023 N. Eagle Valley Road, Howard. Call Barb (814) 466–6027. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1962 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Bestway Truckstop Restaurant, Route 150, Milesburg. Call Sandy at (814) 387–4218. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1964 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at the Bestway Restaurant, Route 150, I–80 exit 158, Milesburg. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. on the third Friday of the month at the Bellefonte Moose, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Contact Sue at (814) 625–2132 or bea.1964@ yahoo.com. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1965 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the last Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Bob at (814) 383–2151. Bellefonte High School Class of 1956 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Kay at (814) 359–2738. Bellefonte High School Class 1967 meets for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Sunset West, 521 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The location is subject to change. Call Vic at (814) 360–1948. Bellefonte Elks Lodge meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Bellefonte Encampment No. 72 and Ridgeley Canton No. 8 meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Bellefonte Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the First Presbyterian Church, 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Visit www.facebook.com/bellefontegardenclub or call (814) 355–4427. Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Train Station, Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355–1053 or visit www.bellefontetrain.org. Bellefonte Kiwanis Club meets at noon Tuesdays at the Moose Club, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Jeff Steiner at (814) 3593233 or email teamsteiner@comcast.net. Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call Mary Jane Fisher at (814) 355–5905. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 meets at 8 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 Ladies Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Better Breathers Support Group meets at 2 p.m. the third Thursday every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call James Williamson, respiratory manager, at (814) 359–3421. Better Breathers is affiliated with the American Lung Association. Business Networking International meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College. Members share ideas, contacts and business referrals. Fee is $10 for room and breakfast. Call Kelly Swisher at (814) 280–1656. Boy Scouts of America BSA Troop 66 meets from 7–8 p.m. every Tuesday at Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church, 179 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Email Scoutmaster Bill Weaver at standinten@aol.com. Brain Injury Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Sharon Poorman, nurse manager, at (814) 359–3421. There will be no meetings in January and February. Breast Cancer Support Group meets from 5:30–7 p.m. the first Monday of every month in the ground floor conference rooms, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. If the first Monday of the month is a holiday, the meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month. Call Cheri at (814) 231–7005. The Caregivers Support Group of the Cancer Survivors’ Association meets at 10:30 a.m. the first Monday of the month in Conference Room 6, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Catholic Daughters of the Americas social begins at 6:30 p.m. and meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month at St. John’s Catholic School auditorium, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355–7730 or email jmoest@yahoo.com.

Central Pennsylvania Holistic Wellness Group will meet to share and learn about many methods and techniques to support a holistic, homeopathic and spiritual lifestyle from 6:30–8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883–0957 or visit www.meetup.com/central–pa–holistic– wellnessgroup. The Centre County Down Syndrome Society meets from 7–9 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month in the offices at 111 Sowers St., Suite 504, in State College. Email ccdssociety@gmail. com or visit www.centrecountydownsyndrome.org. The Centre County Green Party meets at 7:15 p.m. on the second Thursday of every month at Webster’s Bookstore Café, 133 E. Beaver Ave., State College. Centre County Real Estate Investment Club meets from 7–9 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at RE/MAX Centre Realty, 1375 Martin St., State College. Call (814) 280–5839, email len@ decarmine.com or visit www.centrecountyreiclub.org. Centre Hall Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month and at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month at Centre Hall Lions Club Building, 153 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Centre Line Riders — ABATE of Pennsylvania, Chapter 18 meets at noon the third Saturday of each month at the Centre Hall American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Centre Pieces Quilt Guild meets from 7–9 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month (March through December) at the Mount Nittany Middle School Cafeteria, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Visit www.centrepiecesguild.org or call (814) 237–6009. Centre Region Model Investment Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at the Mazza Room, South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234–8775 or email cr20mic@aol.com. The Centre Region Wargaming and Miniatures Group will meet each week. Meeting times and place changes each week. Join the website to become active: www.meetup.com/centre–region– wargaming–and–miniatures–group. The Compassionate Friends Group meets from 7–8:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at New Hope, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. TCF is a national nonprofit support organization offering understanding, friendship and hope to families following the death of a child of any age, from any cause. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 574–5997 or email mah10@comcast.net. FHA Center for Weight Management and Nutrition hosts a bariatric surgery support group from 6–7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month in Classroom 4, Lewistown Hospital, 400 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Sessions are moderated by Virginia M. Wray. Call (717) 242–7099 or visit www.myfamilyhealthassociates.com. Girls of Bald Eagle Area High School Class of 1961 meets at 11:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Mt. Valley Diner, 850 S. Eagle Valley Road, Wingate. Call (814) 355–3686. Halfmoon Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Membership is open to Halfmoon Township residents. Contact Barbara Fleischer at (814) 693–0188 or barb.fleischer@ gmail.com, or contact Lori Clayton at (814) 692–8077 or lafc30@ gmail.com. Halfmoon Grange No. 290 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of every month at the Grange Hall in Centennia. Call Diane at (814) 692–4580. Hearing Loss Association of America meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Foxdale, 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College. Learn the latest technology available for hearing loss. Heart Failure Support Group will meet at 4 p.m. the fourth Monday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Traci Curtorillo, nurse manager, at (814) 359–3421. Heritage Museum Board meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Boalsburg Municipal Building, Main Street, Boalsburg. Call Dr. Pete Ferretti at (814) 574–0939 or email par2@ psu.edu. I.O.O.F. Centre Lodge #153 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall, 756 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Junior Rockhounds meets at 5 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in Room 121, Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 867–6263 or visit www.nittany mineral.org. Keystone Guild of the Watchmakers Association of Pa. meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Bull Pen Restaurant, Washington Avenue at First Street, Tyrone. Call George at (814) 238–1668. Ladies Grief Support Group meets at 2 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday at Living Faith Church, 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Call Hazel at (814) 387–4952. Marion Grange 223 meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at the Jacksonville Grange Hall. For more information, call Brenda at (814) 383–2796. The Milesburg Lions Club meets at 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at Milesburg Center across from Uni– Mart. MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, sponsored by New Hope Church, is designed to nurture every mother with children from pregnancy through kindergarten and meets the first and third Thursday of each month at The State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. Child care is provided for each monthly meeting. Visit www.statecollegemops. com. Mount Nittany Health’s Diabetes Network diabetes support group meets from 10:15–11:15 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. Call Carol Clitherow at (814) 231–3076 or visit www.mountnittany.org/diabetes. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at 6 p.m. every third Tuesday at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The support group is affiliated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Harrisburg office. Call Steve Uberti at (814) 359–3421. National Alliance on Mental Illness meets at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday at South Hills School, State College. June is the last meeting of the summer. Meetings resume in September. Call Dave at (814) 238–1983. The Neuropathy Support Group of Central Pennsylvania will meet at 2 p.m. the fourth Sunday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Conference Room 3, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call David Brown at (814) 531–1024. Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus meets at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School, State College. Men who like to sing are welcome. Visit www.nittanyknights.org or call Bill at (814) 355–3557. Nittany Leatherneck Detachment meets from 7:30–9 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elks Club on the second Tuesday of every month, January through October. All Marines and F.M.F. corpsmen are welcome.

Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Old Gregg School, Room 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422–7667. Nittany Mineral Society will hold a social at 6:30 p.m. and meet at 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in Room 116, Auditorium of the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. No meetings in June or July. Call (814) 2371094 visit http://nittanymineral.org or email nittanymineral.org@ gmail.com. Nittany Valley Woodturners meet from 7–9 p.m. every first Thursday in the woodworking shop of State College Area High School, South Building, 650 Westerly Parkway, State College. Email reg@marketvaluesolutions.com or visit www.visitnittany valleywoodturners.org. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets for an early–risers breakfast at 7 a.m. every third Wednesday at The Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7–8:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month in Room 106, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422–8582, email ogsrobin@ gmail.com or visit www.oldgreggschool.org. Parent Support Group for Children with Eating Disorders meets from 7–8 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in Conference Room 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Kristie Kaufman at (814) 466–7921. Penns Valley Grange No. 158 meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of every month in Grange Hall, Railroad Street, Spring Mills. Pleasant Gap Rotary Club meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday at The Oaks, 220 Rachel Drive, Pleasant Gap. Reiki Group will meet from 6:30–8:30 p.m. the first Thursday of the month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883–0957, email beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com or visit www.inspiredholisticwellness.com. RSVP is appreciated. The Romans 12:2 Group meets from 7–8:30 p.m. Mondays at 204 W. High St., Bellefonte. The group is an addictions breakaway program sponsored by Lifegate Baptist Church, and is open to all who are suffering from any form of addiction as well as to family members that may be affected by the addict’s behavior. Call (814) 353–1942. Sacred Harp Singing meets from 7–8:30 a.m. the second and fourth Monday at the University Mennonite Church, 1606 Norma St., State College. Visit www.statecollegesacredharp.com. The Snow Shoe Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and fourth Wednesday of every month at the Moshannon Community Center, Route 144, Snow Shoe. Soroptimist International of Centre County meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton St., State College. Call (814) 234–0658 or email hjlaw11@aol. com. State College Area High School Class of ’65 meets for brunch at 10:30 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Way’s Fruit Market, 2355 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda. State College Downtown Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Elks Lodge meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Mountain View Country Club, 100 Elks Club Road, Boalsburg. State College Lions Club meets at 6:15 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Rotary Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Lounge, 200 W. Park Ave., University Park. State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays at Hotel State College, 106 S. Allen St., State College, above The Corner Room. State College Weavers Guild meets from 7:30–9 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month, September through May. Meetings are held in members’ homes. Refreshments are served at 7 p.m. For meeting location, visit www.state collegeweaversguild.weebly.com or call (814) 234–7344. Support Group for Family & Friends of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors, sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30–7 p.m. Mondays. Call (814) 237– 5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc.org. Stroke Support Group meets at 4 p.m. the last Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. There will be no meeting in August and December. Call Caroline Salva–Romero, speech therapy manager, or Linda Meyer, speech–language pathologist, at (814) 359–3421. The Survivors’ Support Group of the Cancer Survivors’ Association meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Monday of the month in Conference Room 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, will meet at 6:20 p.m. every Tuesday at the American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Weigh–in will be held from 5:30–6:20 p.m. Call Aurelia Confer at (814) 574–1747. TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, PA 473 support group meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room of Windsong Apartments at Brookline, 1950 Cliffside Drive, State College. Call Jane Wettstone at (814) 404–1689. TRIAD, a public safety group for senior citizens, meets each second Thursday in various locations. Call Dick Kustin at (814) 238-2524 or Don Hohner at (908) 902-3122. Trout Unlimited, a nonprofit conservation organization, meets at 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday at Comfort Suites Hotel, 132 Village Drive, State College. Walker Grange #2007 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Walker Township Building, 816 Nittany Valley Drive, Bellefonte. Weight Loss Challenge meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Park Forest Baptist Church, 3030 Carnegie Drive, State College. Membership fee is $35. Contact Darlene Foster at (814) 238–8739 or rdf55@ verizon.net. WiNGs, the Women’s Network Group for women entrepreneurs, has a social from 8–8:30 a.m. and meets from 8:30– 10:30 a.m., the third Wednesday of every month at the Patton Township conference room, 100 Patton Plaza, State College. Email membership@wngs.org or call (814) 360–1063. Women’s Welcome Club of State College meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at Oakwood Presbyterian Church, 1865 Waddle Road, State College. Visit www.womens welcomeclub.org or email wwcmembership@gmail.com. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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LHU inducts two into Business Hall of Fame LOCK HAVEN — Two alumni of Lock Haven University were inducted to the Business Hall of Fame on April 4 at the University’s Durrwachter Alumni Conference Center. The Business Hall of Fame recognizes alumni for their professional success, distinguished service and upstanding character. Lock Haven University inducted John S. Brouse and Donald L. Faulkner, recognizing not only their career successes, but their service and commitment to others in the university or their communities. Brouse, a 1963 alumnus, retired as president and chief executive officer of Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Prior to moving into a presidential role, he served as the chief operating officer at Pennsylvania Blue Shield. Brouse served on national, state and local boards, including the National Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, Allegheny Conference on Business Development and Civic Light Opera. As board chairman, he has led such organizations as the Inter-county Health Plans, United Concordia Companies and Mountain State Blue Cross/Blue Shield. Brouse spoke of three things: “the LHU factor,” “GPS” and self-doubt. When referring to “the LHU factor,” he fondly recalled the intimacy of the university. Dinners were family style with fellow students, and there was unlimited faculty engagement. Regarding the idea of “GPS,” he stated the business is always looking for the GPS, for the silver bullet. He encouraged students to “develop your own GPS, allowing others to help you discover your way.”

He encouraged students to see integrity, dedication, empathy, accountability and loyalty, as possessing those qualities will lead to a path of success. Lastly, Brouse encouraged students to be cautious of the perils of self-doubt and to never be skeptical that they can succeed. Faulkner, a 1967 alumnus, serves as partner in the law firm of Snowiss, Steinberg & Faulkner LLP, specializing in business, real estate, estate and school law. He has presided as president, CEO and chairman of the board of Beech Creek National Bank and board president of the YMCA, as well as board member of numerous organizations including the corporate board of Commonwealth Bank and regional boards for Meridian and Sovereign banks. Faulkner served Lock Haven University and the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education as former chair of the Council of Trustees, and as a member of the Lock Haven University Foundation Board and Alumni Association. As Faulkner looked around a room of fellow businessmen and women, family and friends, he boasted about his education at Lock Haven University. “LHU gave me an excellent education, even though at the time it was a teacher’s college. It had a broad-based foundation, and I was fully prepared to compete with those who attended more ‘prestigious’ colleges.” The Business Hall of Fame celebration began April 3 with a panel discussion with the Hall of Fame inductees at the Hall of Flags in Robinson Hall. A luncheon was held on April 4 at the Durrwachter Alum-

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TWO ALUMNI were recently inducted into Lock Haven University’s Business Hall of Fame. Pictured, from left, are LHU president Michael Fiorentino Jr., inductee Donald Faulkner, inductee John Brouse, junior business student Leslie Lorefice, and department chair Dr. Cori Myers. ni Conference Center where Mark Stern, a 1988 alumnus and program advisory council member, offered remarks. LHU President Michael Fiorentino Jr. presented the inductees with their awards, stating the importance of welcoming back alumni to interact with students and show them the possibilities that awaits. Following the luncheon was an unveil-

ing of the Business Hall of Fame plaques, located on the second floor of Akeley Hall. Each inductee’s plaque highlights reasons why they were chosen for this distinguished honor. For more information on the Lock Haven University Business Hall of Fame, visit http://community.lhup.edu/comp_ sci/halloffame.htm.

Tripwire donates largest gift in College of IST history UNIVERSITY PARK — Tripwire Inc., a leading global provider of risk-based security and compliance management solutions, has announced a gift of a cloudbased risk and analytics cybersecurity service to the Center for Cyber Security, Information Privacy and Trust at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST). The nonexclusive license grant provides a license to Tripwire Benchmark. Penn State has valued the technology at $11.75 million, and it is the single largest contribution the College of IST has received to date. “This very significant gift provides unique opportunities for the College of IST for research, education and outreach,” said David Hall, dean of the College of IST. “Our research in cyber security, big data analytics and discovery, and human-computer interaction match very well with Tripwire’s evolving database and toolkit. We will be able to use this gift in classroom exercises and in the curricula for our undergraduate

security and risk analysis (SRA) major and graduate program in cyber security and information assurance. We are very thankful for Tripwire’s generosity and will display the gift prominently in the IST building’s new laboratory.” Tripwire selected Penn State for this donation to further the education of future cybersecurity leaders, as well as develop a community of experts that share information and analytics unavailable from other sources. The free service will help address the serious economic and national security issues presented by cybersecurity risks. “We’re excited about our partnership with Penn State’s College of IST,” said Rod Murchison, vice president of product management for Tripwire and a Penn State alumnus. “Our goal is to support their renowned security and risk analysis program and help mold the next generation of cybersecurity leaders. In addition, this donation has the potential to have an enduring and

positive impact on today’s cybersecurity professionals by providing the kind of industry analytics necessary to maximize the value of existing security investments.” The growing national focus on information assurance and cybersecurity and a worldwide shortage of information security experts has organizations of every size looking for objective, transparent analytics that can accurately assess risk and maximize the effectiveness of security and compliance investments. The new Penn State service is designed to deliver security performance metrics, scorecards and analytics that help organizations worldwide build risk-based security and compliance management programs based on objective, fact-based metrics; prove that existing security investments and resources are protecting the organization as well as identify areas of weakness that need additional investment; benchmark security performance against internal goals and industry peers; and trend risk-based security performance metrics

over time. The grant also will be used by Penn State for additional cybersecurity research and the development of new metrics. The College of IST is a leader in cybersecurity risk analysis and has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education by the National Security Agency and the Department of Homeland Security. The unique, interdisciplinary security and risk analysis programs at Penn State are designed to teach students how to secure systems, evaluate and measure risk, and ensure proper levels of privacy protection. The free Penn State security analytics cloud service is available today to any organization that would like to measure the effectiveness of their IT security investments. For more information and access to security and risk metrics, scorecards, and benchmarks, visit https://benchmark.ist. psu.edu/.

McGrath named Penn State associate athletic director UNIVERSITY PARK — Dave Joyner, Penn State’s director of athletics, has announced the appointment of Tom McGrath as associate athletic director for business relations and communications. McGrath joins the Nittany Lions with extensive experience in all operational aspects of collegiate and professional sports and the Olympic Games. Among his responsibilities will be the general management of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics’ primary revenuegenerating areas, including marketing, ticketing sales and service, the Nittany Lion Club, licensing, multimedia rights, corporate partnerships and communications. “We are very excited to welcome Tom McGrath to the Penn State and State College communities,” said Joyner. “Tom’s experience in multiple arenas will be a great asset to our communications and business development sectors.

Because of his direct sport responsibilities and interactions with coaches and student-athletes at Colorado, Tom brings a unique perspective and understanding of the traditional, and exciting emerging opportunities, that exist in our daily and long-term operations.” “I am truly honored to join the Penn State community and to be a part of such a great academic institution with tremendous success and recognition in intercollegiate athletics,” McGrath said. “The loyal fan base and long-standing support of this community provides student-athletes in 31 sports with the opportunity to compete at the highest level and receive a world class education. I look forward to working with Dr. Joyner and the talented and dedicated staff in athletics and across the university.” McGrath joins the Nittany Lions after serving as vice president of international business development with Jet Set Sports,

one of the world’s foremost providers of hospitality and ticket packages for the Olympic Games. A graduate of Springfield College, he served as senior associate athletics director at the University of Colorado from 2005 to 2010. TOM MCGRATH While in Boulder, McGrath contracted more than $100 million in long term revenue through new multimedia rights and corporate sponsorships, led CU athletics’ strategic investment in the basketball programs, and played an integral role in Colorado’s transition from the Big 12 Conference to the Pac-12 Conference. Soon after earning his master’s degree at Springfield College, McGrath joined

USA Basketball as associate executive director, where he worked extensively with the NBA on creating the highly successful marketing program for USA Basketball and the 1992 Olympic Dream Team. The Melrose, Mass., native coordinated the men’s basketball programs for the Olympic, Pan American and World University Games from 1978 to1992. McGrath served as vice president-administration with the NBA’s Boston Celtics from 1992 to 1995, overseeing all the franchise’s business and communications operations and serving as a point person on the team’s transition from the Boston Garden to a new facility. He then worked as executive vice president at Host Communications, where he directed the company’s business relationship with the NCAA corporate partner program and rights associated with marketing, radio network, Internet, publishing, events and merchandise licensing.

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The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County Recorder of Deeds, Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information.

RECORDED MARCH 24-28, 2014 BELLEFONTE

Fannie Mae and the Federal National Mortgage Association to Mary Boyle and Andre Fedor, 318 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, $59,000. Brian C. Miller and Janine C. Miller to Donald R. McKenzie Jr. and Joanne E. McKenzie, 502 E. Curtin St., Bellefonte, $326,500. Terri Reese to Aaron P. Ranio and Abigail M. Ranio, 1220 Fairview Drive, Bellefonte, $202,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

David G. Benner and Cathy L. Benner to David G. Benner, 519 Valley View Road, Bellefonte, $1. Chad R. Caprio to Josef C. Miller, 153 Buffalo Run Road, Bellefonte, $159,900.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Amanda L. Gray and Justin A. Gray to Anthony W. Stover and Tabatha R. Gardner, 1159 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $161,000. Steven M. Williams to Joseph J. Williams, Runville Road, Bellefonte, $1.

BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP

Helen L. Probst estate and Darlene K. Fanning executrix to Cody J. Croyle and Britney R. Gambocurta, 150 Hilltop Drive, Karthaus, $133,000. Harvey H. Redcay and Sharon L. Redcay to George S. Trimpey and Tracy A. Trimpey, Sycamore Drive, Karthaus, $9,000.

CENTRE HALL

William W. Baney Jr. to Cortney L. Snyder, 133 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Mark A. Fisher, Amanda J. Mohoney, Amanda J. Fisher and Amanda J. Mahoney to Eric D. Kirsch and Sierra M. Kirsch, 105 E.

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DEED TRANSFERS

Allison St., Centre Hall, $144,000. Ricky L. Hartley and Connie R. Hartley to Omar I. Ahmed and Carol J. Ahmed, 130 Manor Road, Centre Hall, $150,000. Tara D. Palaski to William W. Baney Jr., 133 E. Church St., Centre Hall, $139,900.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Anna C. Lange, 173 Blue Ball Road, Howard, $225,000.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

TOA PA IV LP to John R. Graham and Carol L. Graham, 211 Beacon Circle, Boalsburg, $526,066.44.

HOWARD BOROUGH

Justin B. Jacobson, Gretchen U. Schrock and Gretchen U. Schrock-Jacobson to Kayla R. Bracken, 104 Matthew Circle, State College, $237,000. Sarah A. Metz and Ellen G. Bryant to Joshua L. Wede and Anna Cinzia Squicciarini, 3300 S. Atherton St., State College, $335,000. H. Wesley Reitz and Carol F. Reitz to David W. Spears, Judith L. Spears, James F. Book and Lorraine M. Book, 133 Quincy Ave., State College, $187,750. S&A Homes Inc. to Sheng Liu and Yue Jiao, 157 McCann Drive, State College, $375,079. Michael A. Wolford to VBK Properties LLC, 548 Pike St., State College, $160,000.

Derrel R. Zaccagni and Norma L. Zaccagni to David Esh and Martha Esh, State Route 880, Rebersburg, $19,900.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

MILESBURG BOROUGH

Gary L. Clymer and Gloria A. Clymer to Robert O. Pearce, 117 W. Main St., Howard, $145,000. Aaron P. Ranio and Abby M. Ranio to Gary L. Clymer and Gloria A. Clymer, 125 Lakeview Drive, Howard, $153,000.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

Ashley C. Gardner to Ashley C. Gardner and Pearl J. Gardner, 124 Evergreen Road, Howard, $1.

MILES TOWNSHIP

David J. Dolbin and Carolyn A. Dolbin to David J. Dolbin and Carolyn A. Dolbin, 100 Jakes Lane, Warriors Mark, $1. Barry J. Hollock and Sherry L. Hollock to Barry J. & Sherry L. Hollock Joint Trust, 3222 Shellers Bend, State College, $1. Deborah A. Hyde to Marjorie N. Hall, 343 McBath St., State College, $1. Vanessa A. Kreashko to Kathleen A. Patnode, 14 Penny Lane, Stat College, $195,392. Flavia J. Lucas to Ashwath Kumar C. Puttaswamygowda, 1947 Harvest Circle, State College, $197,000. Mark W. Meredith to Joseph Allen Lecouvre, 750 W. Aaron Drive, Pleasant Gap, $207,000. Gang Ning and Zintian Zheng to Daniel Rivera and Michele Rivera, 624 Devonshire Drive, State College, $300,000. Austin J. Shanfelter and Pamela R. Shanfelter to Meghan R. Shanfelter, 3221 Shellers Bend, State College, $1.

James F. Gingerich to Mary E. Durdines and Ira Gingerich, 1918 Weaver St., State College, $1. Victoria Hewitt to Schuyler James McLaughlin and Vanessa McLaughlin, 318 Amblewood Way, State College, $1. Karen L. Mansfield to Thomas P. Bruce, 2005 Highland Drive, State College, $182,000. Zemin Su and Jing Dong to Nicole L. Scipione, 125 Clemson Court, State College, $276,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

RUSH TOWNSHIP

Lance Scheffler to Steven P. Lange and

Valarie J. Pepple and Gary W. Pepple to Terry L. Baugher and Barbara A. Baugher, 128 Railroad St., Milesburg, $130,000.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

POTTER TOWNSHIP

Robert A. Morris and Phyllis L. Morris to Dwight B. Galt III and Mary Janice Taylor Galt, 187 Hidden Lake Drive, Centre Hall, $595,000. Susan G. Barron and Franklin L. Green to

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SNOW SHOE BOROUGH

Helen Veihdorfer estate, Marilyn Butterworth co-executor and Kerry H. Veihdorfer co-executor to Kerry H. Veihdorfer, 309 E. Olive St., Snow Shoe, $1.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Darlene M. Brown to Darlene M. Nichols, 276 Snow Shoe Mountain Forest Road, Snow Shoe, $1. Dana T. Tumbleson and Mary E. Tumbleson to Ronald E. Repasky Jr., 445 Elm Road, Moshannon, $90,000.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

Michael A. Gates estate and Craig M. Gates executor to Wendell R. Gephart and Barbara K. Simco, 302 Greens Valley Road, Centre Hall, $15,000. Audra J. Kinsely to David T. Waltz and Tara R. Waltz, 161 Yarnell Lane, Pleasant Gap, $154,900.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Debora Cheney to Erina L. MacGeorge, 530 Stony Lane, State College, $335,000. Philip Rischler Hallock estate and Hal Hallock executor to Hal Hallock and Natalie I. Hallock, 201 W. Prospect Ave., State College, $1. Nancy A. Tuana to Nancy A. Tuana and Charles E. Scott, 731 Sunset Road, State College, $1.

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP

Linda Earldley Miller, Linda E. Miller, Linda Ann Miller and William K. Miller to Terry R. Varner and Sondra K. Varner, Richards Road, Port Matilda, $79,900. Violet M. Smith estate, Harry C. Smith co-executor, Janet M. Bronaugh co-executor and Vicki L. Smith c-executor to Janet M. Bronaugh and Harry C. Smith, Goss Road, Port Matilda, $1. Warren L. Walk Jr., Julie M. Walk, Cynthia A. Brockett, Cindy A. Brobst, Kenneth Brockett, Russell D. Walk and Lori L. Walk to Linda Eardley Miller, 199 Wet Hole Road, Port Matilda, $1.

WALKER TOWNSHIP

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Brian D. Stanton and Cassandra J. Stanton, Phoenix Road, Philipsburg, $7,500. Richard W. Kephart Sr., Harry C. Johnson Jr. and Bonnie C. Johnson to Harry C. Johnson Jr. and Bonnie C. Johnson, Ponderosa Drive, Rush, $1. Richard W. Kephart Sr., Harry C. Johnson Jr. and Bonnie C. Johnson to Richard W. Kephart Sr., Ponderosa Drive, Rush, $1. Richard Martin to Katlin M. Zimmerman and Joshua A. Walker, 835 Tyrone Pike, Philipsburg, $105,000.

Pruning • Removal Lot Clearing Firewood Select Cut Logging Storm Damage

Keith A. Miller and Kimberly E. Miller to Audra K. Kinsely, 208 Pebble Lane, Bellefonte, $130,000. Robert O. Pearce, Harvey P. Hanlen and Darla M. Hanlen to Ingram Oil Company Inc., 4185 Nittany Valley Drive, Howard, $113,500. William J. Ritrosky and Chrissy Ritrosky to Jason M. Kraus and Chelsea R. Kraus, 120 Jefferson Circle, Bellefonte, $231,870. Beth A. Simon to Lorrie A. Forsyth, 103 Riverstone Lane, Bellefonte, $131,000. Samuel B. Stoltzfus and Mary E. Stoltzfus to Jonas Z. Esh and Sally S. Esh, Zook Lane, Howard, $120,000.

WORTH TOWNSHIP

Kathy Ann Beck, Tina Korman, Tina Padisak and Stephen Padisak to Kathy Ann Beck, Tina Padisak and Stephen Padisak, 126 E. Mountain Road, Port Matilda, $1. High Pines Camp Inc. to Michael E. Houseknecht and Torie L. Houseknecht, 363 High Pines Lane, Worth, $520,000. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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