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PML Convention held in State College Borough president discusses State College as ‘model of regional cooperation’ By MARJORIE S. MILLER mmiller@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — The site of the 114th annual Pennsylvania Municipal League Convention last week, The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel hosted, elected and appointed officials from across the state who shared ideas, discussed concerns and attended leadership development sessions centered around “Cultivating Community Cooperation.” Nearly a week after the event, State College Borough Council President Donald M. Hahn spotlights State College and the importance of its many programs and partnerships.

“As you may know, the State College area is a model of regional cooperation statewide,” Hahn said. “State College is blazing trails that others are following. Our programs are models for other regional programs.” Hahn said a variety of community entities and partnerships, and their roles, were discussed during the conference, including Centre Region Council of Governments, which is the umbrella through which the borough and the five Centre region townships support various local programming, planning and enforcement. This includes, among others, the Schlow Library, Centre Region Parks and Recreation, regional planning and transporta-

tion planning, property maintenance and fire protection code enforcement. “The level of regional cooperation in improving and upgrading Schlow Library, Welch and Park Forest Pools and Hess Field was truly amazing,” he said. The convention, held June 25 through 28, was attended by State Auditor General Eugene DePasquale, State Treasurer Rob McCord, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, and PML President Richard P. Vilello Jr., who is mayor of Lock Haven, among other officials. Hahn also cited the success of the Centre Area Transportation Authority, which he said “provides excellent mass transit service to every Centre Region municipali-

ty and Bellefonte, replying primarily on natural gas.” With an average daily ridership of 17,000, CATA is the third largest local mass transit provider in the state, behind Philadelphia and Allegheny County, he said. Also noted, Hahn said, was Centre Network, which provides television coverage of local government meetings for every Centre Region municipality and Bellefonte; and the State College Borough, which provides police services, finance and tax collection services, health code enforcement services, information technolo-

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Man walking U.S. to benefit woman he never even met By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

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BIG PLANS: The Fraser Centre, located at 201 W. Beaver Ave., will include retail space, a hotel and condominiums. Construction could begin as early as November.

Borough council vote pushes Fraser Centre plans forward By NATHAN PIPENBERG correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — A timetable for construction of a new — but long-discussed — downtown highrise is back on the table, after two votes by State College Borough Council on Monday night. The Fraser Centre, planned for 201 W. Beaver Ave., was first approved by council in 2005, but progress slowed after setbacks arose. Developer Susquehanna Real Estate, ran into problems with plans to include a movie theater in the complex. The financial recession in 2008 dried up investments.

Penn State ultimately opted out of plans to use the complex for office space in 2011. Now, construction on the project, which will instead include retail space, a hotel and condominiums, could begin as early as November — and be completed 22 months later. Debate in council over the years has weighed the economic benefits of a new downtown retail center against the possible effects of a 14-story high-rise on parking and the downtown image. In the past, the property housed local government offices. Current-

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STATE COLLEGE — Drew Blondeaux is walking across the country to raise money for a young woman named Liz Estes. In this day and age, his walk is not unique. There are many individuals who tackle the cross country trek for charity. But make no mistake about it, Blondeaux’s story is special. See, he’s never met Liz. Blondeaux heard Liz’s story and it touched him. At 13, Liz was diagnosed with leukemia. She fought it and beat it. But her battle wasn’t over. At 21, she was diagnosed with stage 4 multiple sclerosis, a degenerative neurological disease. According to Blondeaux, her latest battle is compounded by rising medical costs. “I heard about her story through my uncle, who is a pastor in Oregon,” Blondeaux explained. “I felt like I had to do something.” Blondeaux, 23, decided to trek across the United States. Blondeaux, who hails from Arizona, is walking from Oceanside, Calif., all the way to the Statue of Liberty in New York City — a grand total of 3,600 miles. He began the trek March 24 and

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ON A JOURNEY: Drew Blondeaux of Arizona, left, is walking from Oceanside, Calif., to the Statue of Liberty in New York City. He made a recent stop in State College and stayed the Country Inn and Suites. Pictured with Blondeaux is Nicki Wertz, front office manager of Country Inn and Suites. made a stop in Centre County this week. “I do a lot of miles every day,” he said. “A lot of the people I

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4thFest organizers say Williams will be missed By BRITTANY SVOBODA correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — 4thFest is a daylong patriotic celebration in State College each year on the Fourth of July that brings families together with a variety of festivities, including a parade and — of course — fireworks. However, one key element will be missing from this year’s firework show: State College native Bob Williams, who volunteered his time for 20 years to engineering the annual pyrotechnics display as field manager. After a sudden illness, Williams passed away at age 74 in Sarasota, Fla. on June 9, where he and his wife, Heather, curOpinion .............................. 7 Health & Wellness ......... 8, 9

rently lived. “He was our righthand man,” 4thFest Polytechnics Chief Gary Mayhew said. “His ideas were always well-received. He wasn’t the youngest, but he fulfilled all necessary roles.” Mayhew and BOB WILLIAMS Williams worked together during each of Williams’ 20 years on the fireworks display in Centre County. Mayhew said Williams was the “jack of all trades” when it came to

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producing the show, which included choreographing, selecting music and engineering everything. “He did it all, and he did it with style,” Mayhew said. “He understood the logistics of putting on a crowd-pleasing show.” Williams worked in education for 38 years, his wife said, and became involved with the annual Fourth of July fireworks show in State College through Dan Barker, a family friend. The event was taken over by Central Pennsylvania July 4 Inc. in 2001. 4thFest is a family-oriented celebration that takes place each Fourth of July on the East campus of Penn State. Even when the two moved to Florida 14 years ago, Heather said she and her husArts & Entertainment 23, 24 What’s Happening .... 25, 26

band returned to Pennsylvania for the Fourth of July every year. The one year they spent the holiday in Florida, Heather said her husband told her that would be last time they did that. Although he was not always physically in Centre County year-round to help the other 4thFest volunteers, Williams was still very much involved in planning, Mayhew said, and would coordinate efforts with those in Pennsylvania regularly throughout the year. Heather said her husband’s death was sudden, and that he was really looking forward to being on the field this year.

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HONORING AMERICA: This year’s Central PA 4thFest will again celebrate the county’s best with its “America’s Got Heroes” parade. Find out who is being honored. Page 17

BIKER’S DELIGHT: The Nittany Mountain Biking Association has been on a mission to improve the Rothrock Trail Forest system. They’ve accomplished quite a bit in just two years. Page 13

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BELLEFONTE — Senior Judge John B. Leete, from Potter County, will preside over the Paterno family’s case against the NCAA. He will hear the case in Centre County. Leete was assigned to the case on June 27 by Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ronald Castille, nearly a month after Centre County District Judge Thomas Kistler filed the request. All Centre County judges recused themselves from the case. In May, the Paterno family, along with 20 other plaintiffs, sued the NCAA for breach of contract, civil conspiracy, defamation and commercial disparage-

ment. Participants in the suit include former Penn State football players and coaches, and members of the Penn State faculty and the board of trustees. In June, more than 300 former football players threw their support behind the lawsuit. It’s been nearly a year since the NCAA penalized Penn State with what NCAA President Mark Emmert calls “unprecedented sanctions” in the aftermath of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The sanctions include a $60 million fine, a four-year postseason football ban, a significant loss of football scholarships and all wins vacated between 1998-2011 under former coach Joe Paterno. No court date has been set yet in the case.

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Corbett signs $28.4B Pa. budget Spanier asks court to modify bail as bigger agenda hits roadblock By LAURA NICHOLS

By MARC LEVY Associated Press

HARRISBURG — The main Pennsylvania state budget bill became law with Gov. Tom Corbett’s signature on Sunday night, as he acknowledged that the wider agenda he had sought with it of overhauling public employee pension systems, privatizing wine and liquor sales and increasing transportation funding has stalled until the fall. Still, Corbett, a Republican, did not express disappointment. Instead, he sought to highlight the progress that had happened in a Legislature controlled by GOP allies on complicated legislation that was heavily lobbied by a wide variety of interest groups. “So I can’t be disappointed. I have to thank the people (in the Legislature) for what they did and I certainly encourage them when they get back in the fall,” Corbett told reporters shortly after the signing the bill at 10:15 p.m. in his reception room flanked by House Republicans, but no senators or Democratic lawmakers. “Let’s get it done. ... It’s the end of the first quarter. We’ve got three more quarters to go.” The budget bill passed and Corbett acknowledged defeat, if just for a little while, on his wider agenda after a solid week of daily, private meetings with top Republican lawmakers, while he stayed largely out of view and lawmakers met in voting sessions. A 111-92 House vote along party lines on the budget bill followed the more bipartisan Senate approval of the $28.4 billion spending plan, a 2.6 percent increase over the 201213 budget approved last year. The 2013-14 fiscal year begins Monday. The budget plan would increase spending by $719 million, largely for health care for the poor, social services, public employee pensions, prisons and public schools. It also cuts business taxes by about $300 million and does not increase the state’s personal income or sales taxes. Corbett said that “by spending with restraint, investing with care and keeping faith in the free-market system, we can continue that momentum toward prosperity.” The spending bill is $65 million less than what Corbett proposed in February, and assumes retirement and pension costs will be substantially lower than what Corbett had projected. Democrats had sought, unsuccessfully, to free up even more money for schools, job training and other programs by erasing business tax cuts and counting on savings by ap-

proving a federally funded expansion of Medicaid eligibility. “While I still believe in government and the great things we can accomplish when we work together, what I have seen this week is government at its worst,” Sen. LeAnna Washington, D-Philadelphia, said during her floor remarks. “Instead of investing in quality education, vital health and human services, and great family-sustaining jobs, we’ve been spending the week waiting for backroom deals to be cut.” Corbett outlined a three-part agenda in January and February — increased transportation funding, privatized wine and liquor sales and changes in public employee pension systems. But his pensions proposal made little headway in the state Legislature and a showdown between the House and Senate sank efforts on liquor and transportation legislation before lawmakers’ summer break. In a statement Sunday evening, Corbett asked the Senate and the House to immediately send the Senate’s wine and liquor bill to his desk. However, the House Republican majority was unable to muster enough votes to pass an approximately $2 billion transportation bill it wrote, in large part because conservatives opposed its increase in a wholesale fuel tax and Democrats viewed it as inadequate, particularly for mass transit systems. Meanwhile, the Senate’s Republican majority refused to approve a private wine and liquor sales bill without a commitment from House GOP leaders to send it to Corbett’s desk unchanged and approve the Senate’s biggest priority, a $2.5 billion transportation funding bill the chamber approved 45-5 earlier in June. “Simply to send the (liquor) bill to the House with no assurance that it would go the governor’s desk seems like a meaningless exercise,” Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, said Sunday evening. “The other (concern) is the House does have a transportation bill that was sent to them that 45 members of the Senate are very concerned about and we’d like to see action on that bill.” In another sign of trouble, Pileggi said the House Republican transportation bill lacked support in the Senate. “We don’t think it’s sufficient revenue,” Pileggi said. “We think the bare minimum is what was in” the Senate plan.

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STATE COLLEGE — Former Penn State President Graham Spanier has asked a judge, once again, to modify the terms of his bail. Spanier’s bail has been modified twice before; once this past December and a second time in February. Now, he wants to be allowed to travel internationally. Spanier’s attorneys have also asked a judge scrap a provision that requires Spanier to submit a travel itinerary before he is granted permission to travel out-of-state. Spanier was banned from traveling outside of the continental United States last November when he was arrested for his role in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. He was arraigned on $125,000 unsecured bail and originally was banned from leaving Pennsylvania altogether. A judge GRAHAM SPANIER in Harrisburg ordered Spanier to turn over his passport. In December, Judge William Wenner amended Spanier’s bail for the first time, allowing him to travel within the continental U.S., but only if he told the court five business days ahead of time. Wenner upheld the ban on Spanier’s international travel in that same order. Spanier’s bail was modified again in February. At that time, a judge gave Spanier permission to contact members of the Penn State Board of Trustees. Spanier’s attorneys want the international travel restriction lifted, saying he is not a flight risk and has complied with everything the court has asked of him, according to a motion released Monday. “There is now no legitimate justification for limiting Dr. Spanier’s domestic travel and prohibiting his international travel,” Spanier’s attorneys wrote. “Such unnecessary terms violate the Excessive Bail Clause of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions and should be stricken.” Spanier, along with former Penn State administrators Tim Curley and Gary Schultz, faces charges that include perjury, obstruction of justice and child endangerment for allegedly covering up reports of Sandusky’s abuse. The men want the case against them dismissed. Sandusky, 69, was convicted on 45 of 48 counts of child sexual abuse last year and is serving a 30-60 year sentence in a maximum security prison.

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■ Does not increase the sales tax or personal income tax. ■ Cuts business taxes by more than an estimated $300 million. ■ Extends life of capital stock and franchise tax for two years past its scheduled expiration on Dec. 31. The rate would drop from 0.89 mills in 2013 to 0.67 mills in 2014 and to 0.45 mills in 2014. ■ Increases the cap on losses businesses can write off from $3 million in 2013 to $4 million in 2014 and $5 million in 2015.

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■ Pays an additional $160 million for public school employees’ pension costs, but saves $49 million by school employees’ Social Security payments. ■ Does not include Gov. Tom Corbett’s plan to overhaul the state’s biggest public employee pensions and it does not reflect any changes he proposed.

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RE-ENACTORS DEMONSTRATE Pickett’s Charge during ongoing activities commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg on Sunday.

‘War’ ends as park service holds Gettysburg ceremony By GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press

GETTYSBURG — Sweat soaking their wool uniforms, the Union and Confederate soldiers met near the stone wall to exchange handshakes, pleasantries and even a few jokes. On this warm, sticky Sunday afternoon, both North and South went home happy after the Battle of Gettysburg. Thousands of history buffs recreated the Confederate Army’s ill-fated Pickett’s Charge to end the first of two

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massive re-enactments held in honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War’s pivotal conflict. But the events to remember the battle that took place July 1-3, 1863, are far from over. The National Park Service took the spotlight Sunday night with its commemoration ceremony, just about 100 yards from the actual point in the battlefield where Pickett’s Charge was rebuffed. “Tonight, we’re here to honor the dead; to recognize their courage and heroism; and to mark this major event in American history,” Park Service director Jonathan Jarvis told a crowd of several thousand that assembled at dusk, facing a stage set against the picturesque backdrop of the fields and hills where the fierce fighting took place. “But I would suggest we’re also here to reaffirm the principles that demanded such terrible sacrifices in the summer of 1863,” Jarvis continued. “The ‘new birth of freedom’ President (Abraham) Lincoln spoke of was not a finite event .... It was part of a process that continued long after the Civil War and which, today, requires our constant vigilance.” Up to 10,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died at Gettysburg, considered the war’s turning point. Earlier Sunday, Union re-enactor William Hincks was awed by the chance to take part in the re-creation of the crucial battle. “This has been unbelievable. The scale of it and the intensity those men must have gone through,” Hincks, 40, of East Hampton, Conn., said. “It’s intense without flying lead.” More than 200,000 visitors were expected to swarm the south-central Pennsylvania town of roughly 7,500 residents over the 10-day milestone anniversary period ending July 7. Organizers said things were going smoothly so far. A different group is holding a second re-enactment, described by local organizers as even larger in scale, set to begin on Independence Day. Re-enactments are held on private properties, miles from the actual battlefield. In between, the Park Service hosts most of the spotlight events on the actual anniversary days of the encounter, including popular battlefield historical tours led by rangers. “We expect to be ramping up as we head into July 1,” said Carl Whitehill, spokesman for the Gettysburg Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The re-enactment at the end of the week is expected to be the big, big event.” Yet another opportunity to see Pickett’s Charge — the famous attack named after Gen. George Pickett, the Vir-

ginia-born U.S. military officer who went on to become one of the most recognizable names of the Confederate military. The Confederate commander, Gen. Robert E. Lee decided to use Pickett’s men to lead the assault on Union lines on July 3, 1863. On Sunday, across an open stretch of grass as wide as two football fields, Confederate re-enactors gathered in orderly lines and marched on federal counterparts as thousands of spectators snapped pictures and took video. “I got total, complete chills when I saw the Rebel line approaching,” said Jackie Ulloa, 47, of Atlanta, who cheered on a friend taking part in the re-enactment. “It was one of the most amazing things I’ve ever seen.” That Confederate soldier who played “dead” but sneaked an iPhone out of his pocket to snap a picture? Not realistic. For rookie re-enactor Hincks, Pickett’s Charge was a chance to follow in the footsteps of his great, great grandfather, Congressional Medal of Honor winner William Bliss Hincks. Fighting for a unit from Connecticut, Hincks’ ancestor grabbed the colors of a Tennessee infantry unit during the “high-water mark” of battle, which was also the northernmost advance by Confederates on Union soil. In a bit of cooperation unseen during the actual war, the Connecticut group contacted the Confederate re-enactors portraying the Tennessee soldiers to play out the scene again with Hincks grabbing the flag. Kierran Broatch, 30, of Milford, Conn., also raced out with Hincks for the flag — just like his great-great-grandfather, John C. Broatch, did 150 years ago. A proud Hincks has his great-great-grandfather’s sabre, too. It’s highly unusual for a first-time re-enactor to be granted such a key role. “It’s history, you want to understand your family and your past,” Hincks said when asked why took part this week. Months of preparation later, Sandy Andrews, 55, of Hagerstown, Md., pronounced the scene a smashing success. He heads the group portraying the Tennessee unit. “It worked to perfection,” he said. “To be on the field with two descendants of the original men, you don’t get more special than that. On this day, on this field.” Historian and author Doris Kearns Goodwin delivered the keynote address. Her best-selling novel “Team of Rivals” in part inspired last year’s Oscar-winning film “Lincoln.”

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Wanted: New presidents at PSU, OSU and Mich. By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Wanted: chief executive to oversee a multibillion-dollar enterprise that employs thousands, educates tens of thousands, pushes cutting-edge research and medical care, and fields national-caliber sports teams that are often a headline or two away from controversy. Must be skilled at fundraising and political tightrope walking and have an appreciation for funny-looking mascots. Working 24/7 is expected; ability to walk on water is a plus. “The joke is frequently told in these searches that you’re looking for God on a good day,” said Tom Poole, vice president of administration at Penn State and executive secretary of the university’s search for a new president. At Penn State, Rodney Erickson will leave in a year, triggering a search for a successor who, on top of the regular responsibilities of running such a big university, must also deal with the ongoing aftermath of the sex abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Erickson took over in 2011 after former university President Graham Spanier was forced out. In Ann Arbor, University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announced in April that she would step down in July 2014. Ohio State President Gordon Gee retires Monday after his sec-

ond stint as OSU president for a total of 15 years in Columbus. He announced his retirement last month just days after The Associated Press first reported on remarks he’d made months earlier jabbing Roman Catholics and Notre Dame and demeaning the academic integrity of Southeastern Conference schools. The Ohio State provost has been tapped as interim president. Details of a search for Gee’s replacement haven’t been announced. Any of the responsibilities of a modern research university president would be enough for one person — whether it’s building strong academic programs for undergraduates or running a university hospital system. The combined duties can seem staggering. Penn State, with a $4.3 billion annual budget, has a total of about 85,000 students, including undergrad, graduate and professionals, spread over 24 campuses, including its online school, World Campus. The University of Michigan Health System alone has more than 26,000 faculty and staff, 120 clinics and offices throughout Michigan and northern Ohio, and $490 million in research funding. Ohio State, with a $5.2 billion budget and more than 63,000 students, has 168 undergraduate majors, 93 doctoral programs and seven professional programs, including the medical,

law and pharmacy schools. It also has nearly 500,000 alumni worldwide, many of them with strong opinions. When considering candidates, it helps to brainstorm about the skills a new leader should bring to the job, even if the results seem far-fetched at times, said Molly Corbett Broad, president of the American Council on Education. “Talking about what in the ideal world the next president could be and do, you get a long list that you think amounts to ‘walks on water,’” said Broad, former president of the University of North Carolina. “But it’s a process that helps you formulate in your mind, among all these important potentials, which ones are absolutely essential,” she said. Seeking candidates for such demanding jobs is one thing. But who would want the job, given the hours and the stress? Penn State, for example, is wrapping up a $2 billion fundraising campaign, an effort high on the list of presidential priorities. Campus meetings start early and athletic events go late. Weekends off are exceedingly rare. Presidents are often required to sit on corporate boards, meaning extra time and travel. Nevertheless, there’s no dearth of candidates for such jobs, largely because “they’re wonderful institutions,” said Hunter Rawlings, president of the Association of American Univer-

Riders pedal to raise funds By DREW BALIS StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — Jean Bemis strapped on her helmet and hopped aboard her bicycle seat early Saturday morning outside Fairbrook United Methodist Church ready to race for charity. The 79-year-old woman from State College was set to participate in the fifth annual cycling event that works to raise money for Centre Volunteers in Medicine. “Anything I can do to help,” says Bemis. “It’s just a beautiful day out and a great event.” Riders have the option of embarking on either a 60-, 30-, or eight-mile course that begins and ends at the church. The 60-mile course reaches Tyrone and takes most riders three to four hours to complete said event coordinator Roger Greene. A lot of the riders are drawn by the chance to ride with a group in addition to helping CVIM. Most participants came from either Bellefonte, Boalsburg or State College, but Michael Greeley made the trip from Huntingdon. “I really enjoy riding with large groups,” Greeley said. “You get to talk to a lot of people and might even make a few friends.” Boalsburg resident Larry High has biked the 30mile course in every race since it began in 2009. “I think CVIM is the best charity in the county,” he said. “I love to ride my bike, so this is a great way

for me to support a good cause, and I got my wife involved a couple years ago too.” “It’s just a great bike ride with a beautiful course. I really enjoy doing it every year.” Greene was inspired to start the event after he rode a bike from Bellefonte to Boston in 2008 as part of a Boston Marathon group. Greene said many participants get creative to generate funds and sponsors. “Watching people go about it is pretty cool to see,” he said. “One popular way is people donate a dollar for each mile someone does. I know one guy who said if people pledged more than $2,000, he’d shave his head.” Sue Forster, the marketing and events coordinator for CVIM, said they hope to hit the $50,000 mark. With 140 riders, she believes the goal is attainable. CVIM works to provide medical and dental services for those in Centre County who do not have health insurance. Charity and volunteer events like this make it possible. Before Greene lines everyone up at the starting line and gives some final instructions, High is asked if he has a favorite memory since he started participating. “One year there was a ton of rain. I just got absolutely poured on. It will be fun either way, but I’m hoping to avoid that today,” he says with a smile.

sities, which represents 62 leading public and private research universities in the U.S. and Canada, including Michigan, Ohio State and Penn State. “Highly regarded globally, they have, as you know, international student bodies, international faculties, their influence extends throughout the world, and so it’s no wonder that you have a lot very talented people who have a desire to head those institutions in spite of the difficulties,” Rawlings said. No wonder, either, given the compensation for such work. Spanier, Gee and Coleman all made the Chronicle of Higher Education’s list of the top 10 highest compensated public college leaders. Spanier topped the list, at $2.9 million for the 201112 school year before his departure. Gee ranked No. 3 at $1.9 million and Coleman was No. 6 at $900,000. Coming up with a short list of candidates is usually turned over to executive search firms. Ohio State hired Chicago-based Heidrick & Struggles when it started the search in 2006 that ended with Gee. Penn State hired executive search firm Isaacson, Miller, with offices in Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., to look for Erickson’s replacement. In Michigan, the search will be made easier — at least for the university — by the state’s Sunshine laws, which shield the names of applicants for the University of Michigan job from the

public. Penn State is also confident it can shield candidate names under Pennsylvania law. “You’re simply going to have fewer candidates, certainly fewer sitting president candidates, if the search is a public search,” said Peter McPherson, president of the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities and the former Michigan State University president. “That isn’t what campuses would prefer to do, but it is a problem if you don’t do it that way.” Then there’s the matter of cleaning up messes. At Penn State, Erickson was criticized in the wake of the Sandusky scandal for handling talks with the NCAA over the severe sanctions on the football program, which included scholarship reductions, a four-year bowl ban and a $60 million fine. At Ohio State, Gee left under the shadow of a warning from trustees in March that any more offensive comments — he referred to “those damn Catholics” at a December meeting of the university’s Athletic Council — could lead to his dismissal. Concerns about walking into such situations are outweighed by the lure of these top jobs, Rawlings said. “When you’ve had some difficulties, that really gives the new person a chance to start afresh with her or his own agenda,” Rawlings said. “And that’s often seen by candidates as an opportunity.”

Wall collapse closes part of Fraser Street By LAURA NICHOLS StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — The toll recent flash flooding continues to mount. A section of Fraser Street is now closed to all traffic because of problems with the renovation work at Memorial Field. A wall that was supposed to be torn down as part of the reconstruction project collapsed suddenly as the area flooded. And that means the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will have to redesign the festival route. The collapsed wall was originally built in the 1930s, said Ed Poprik, director of physical plant at the State College Area School District. “Representatives of the arts festival met on site to review the situation. It was determined that the safest path forward was to close Fraser Street until the area could be

stabilized and/or the new wall constructed,” Poprik said. “Rick Bryant from the Arts Festival is determining what the new festival route will be.” In April, the State College Area School Board of Directors approved the renovations at Memorial Field, and it is expected to be completed by the beginning of State High’s football season. Construction crews began making renovations by replacing the bleachers, wall and fencing along the entire west side of the stadium, which runs along Fraser Street. “It’s a challenge to us,” Bryant said, “But we’ll muddle through. I hope the weather improves.” The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts runs from July 11-14, and festival organizers have been working tirelessly to get ready. “We try to plan well enough that we don’t work around the clock, but it’s busy in our office, I’ll say that,” Bryant said.

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PML Convention, from page 1 gy services, and other local government services to nearby municipalities. “As a model of expertise and innovation, our police, public works, planning, finance and other departments are a tremendous resource for knowledge, information and experience to other local governments, not only in Centre County, but also throughout the commonwealth,” he said. Kahn continued: “The path we take as we struggle through the issues which we face as a region serves as the road map for other regions to survive their own urban-suburban conflicts on the pathway to regional cooperation, across a state where core communities are suffering from the effects of suburban flight and are left with inadequate tax bases with which to provide their citizens, their workers, and their visitors. …” Hahn said College, Ferguson, Halfmoon, Harris and Patton townships have been allies in cultivating community cooperation by helping to make the State College area synonymous with professionalism in local government and regional cooperation in the commonwealth. “The Downtown Improvement District,” additionally, “has been our ally in cultivating community cooperation by being an excellent employment center, an excellent educational center, and for being the rock upon which State

Walking, from page 1 talked to took eight months to a year. I’m trying to do it within four months. I’ve been focusing on one goal for 24 hours a day. It’s pretty tough.” With about 300 miles to go until he reaches Lady Liberty, he spent a couple of nights at the Country Inn and Suites along East College Avenue. Nicki Wertz, front office manager at the hotel, made sure that Blondeaux’s room was complimentary. “There aren’t always opportunities to do this sort of thing … random acts of kindness,” Wertz said. “When we have those opportunities, we’ll take them. He’s a young kid and a war veteran. That should be close to anyone’s heart.” Blondeaux served in United States Navy. He did two tours in Afghanistan. Therefore, walking across the country didn’t seem like too daunting of a task. It turned out to be a little more challenging than he expected.

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College was founded. “In turn, State College has been a great place for Penn State students to learn, a great place for Penn State professors, administrators and staff to live, work (and) raise their families, and a great place to which Penn State alumni return,” Hahn said. The convention was hosted in conjunction with Orchard Park’s playground build day on June 25, which drew hundreds of area volunteers. The playground, which was designed by area youth in April, was coordinated by PML and the Borough of State College, led by the non-profit KaBOOM!, and supported by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Highmark Blue Shield, Centre Region Parks and Recreation, Shipley Energy, The PFM Group, and M&T Bank. “Thanks to our partners and local sponsors, the State College community is fortunate to be getting a great new playground designed by kids and built by helping hands from across the commonwealth. Our local elected officials are dedicated to making their communities a better place for years to come. This playground is a prime example of our commitment to make State College a great place to live for this generation and the next,” State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham said in a press release by the PML. For more information on the PML visit www.pamunicipalleague.org. “I really didn’t do any research,” Blondeaux said with a laugh. “I started out in boots and the soles of my feet basically turned into two big blisters. I slipped and tore one blister. I tried to hop on one foot and tore that one. I also got attacked by a badger in Utah.” Still, the thought of Liz has kept Blondeaux going. Pretty amazing when you consider that he’s only spoken to her on the phone once. They do, however, trade text messages. “I’m trying to raise money for Liz,” he said. “We’ve sold about 500 shirts and raised about $3,000. Someone donated a $6,000 wheelchair.” Blondeaux said his stop in Centre County has been memorable. “Pennsylvania in general has been the most welcoming state I’ve been in, by far,” he said. For more information about Blondeaux’s walk, visit www.walkforliz.com or search “Walk For Liz” on Facebook.

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Fraser Centre, from page 1 ly, it is a parking lot, though about half of the lot is fenced in and sits empty. At the meeting, council voted to approve some changes to zoning policy, and decided to vote on other changes to the project’s building permit at its July 15 meeting. The approved changes include construction allowances that will give the developer, Susquehanna Real Estate, more leeway with its blueprints. “It’s a matter of finding the right balance,” said Jack Kay, the company’s CEO. “We need the wiggle room.” One provision among the new zoning changes is an increase in the maximum height the building could reach, now 155 feet instead of 145. Another would allow for the use of about 100 parking spaces nearby, on streets and in the Fraser and Beaver garages. The changes were approved nearly unanimously, with Council President Don Hahn casting the only dissenting vote. Hahn said that the increase in building height was a red flag to him. But Kay said that the increased height was necessary to allow construction of two levels of parking below the building. Council’s decision on July 15 to approve the new building permit is the final vote before construction on the project could begin. The completed building would have 144 hotel rooms, and 22 condominiums, which would not be student rentals. The lower levels of the building would be retail space. At the meeting, the borough’s director of public works, Mark Whitfield, gave a report on the effects of last week’s storm. Whitfield said the storm dumped more than 3 inches of rain on State College last Thursday, the most in a day since June 1996. Floodwaters on Fraser Street caused the western retaining wall of Memorial Field to crumble. Whitfield said the extensive damage will leave the street closed to traffic between Nittany and Foster avenues until August. Next week, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts will be rerouted around the closed section of the road.

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Greetings, Venusians. Take me to your ATM At any given moment, there are only a handful of humans in space — in the International Space Station and, occasionally, some Chinese astronauts shot into orbit for a short ride. What these astronauts have in common is courage and creditworthiness, even though more than one space pioneer has commented that their spacecraft and everything on it has been built by the lowest bidder. As yet, there are no colonies on the moon or Mars, and, until we figure out how to launch souvenir stands and food trucks, there is nothing to buy. But the American consumer-credit industry, which apparently has more faith in the future of space exploration than NASA does, is already making arrangements for commerce in outer space. The front-runner is eBay’s PayPal, which is working with the Space Dale McFeatters is a Tourism Society and the nonprofit columnist for SETI Institute, which began life as the Scripps-Howard Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence. News Service. The institute never found any, but true believers continue to look and may one day find a planet in the Goldilocks zone (not too hot, not too cold) that has a breathable atmosphere and accepts credit cards. Visionaries think it’s not too early to think about how commerce will work in outer space. Says the Associated Press: “Questions to be answered include how commerce will be regulated and what currency will be used.” The answers: A whole lot better than it is on Earth; and the dollar, of course. We would hate to think that the great human enterprise that is Earth is remembered solely for introducing the concept of late fees to the galaxy. It is probably not too early to think about trademarks: “Sagittarius Express. Don’t leave the galaxy without it.” Nor is it too early to ponder the possibility that our first contact with extraterrestrial life is a bill collector for Citibank seeking to recoup money spent on a high-living visit to the Alpha Centauri system. Use your credit wisely. The bill collector may have developed a taste for earthling flesh, having taken literally his, her — its? — Introduction to Shakespeare course.

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Daredevils’ feats raise questions I watched Nik Wallenda cross Niagara Falls on a tightrope last year — impressive! And recently he walked 1,400 feet on a 2-inch cable stretched across the Little Colorado River Gorge, with 1,500 feet of nothing between him and the river below. The feat was broadcast live by The Discovery Channel into 219 countries. A 10second delay was built into the feed, presumably to provide the channel with time to cut away in case of a mishap. And with high-wire walking — especially without a safety harness — an John M. Crisp ugly mishap is alteaches English at ways a distinct Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, possibility, under Texas. His column the best condiis distributed by tions. In this case, Scripps Howard the winds in the News Service. Email canyon were him at jcrisp@ gusty, and a delmar.edu. 1,400-foot cable, no matter how tightly stretched, tends to bounce and vacillate. Wallenda, a devout Christian, prayed aloud for most of the trip, saying repeatedly, “Thank you, Jesus.” At one dicey moment, he said, “Thank you for calming that cable, God.” Wallenda, a member of a famous circus family, makes his living by risking his life.

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He’s a daredevil and an artist, but he’s also a meticulous technician who tempers the danger by rigorous preparation and training for each performance. No doubt, his audience appreciates the accomplishment of a feat that is difficult well beyond the capacities of ordinary human beings. But let’s be honest: The spectacle is thrilling precisely because death is a possibility. No one would bother to broadcast or watch someone walking 1,400 feet along a cable strung 2 feet above the ground. Which raises a couple of interesting questions: Wallenda is 34 years old. He has an apparently devoted wife and three children, ages 15, 12 and 10. High-wire walking provides an excellent living for them, but one wonders if a man in his position should be performing any feats that have the adjective “death-defying” in front of them or that require Jesus to turn his attention from more productive activities to stabilize a vibrating, windblown cable in a gratuitous stunt that no prudent human being would undertake to begin with. And, second, if Wallenda were to fall to his death — as did his greatgrandfather, Karl, and several other members of his wire-walking family — does his audience bear any moral or ethical responsibility? These questions are probably relevant to the case of Jane Wicker, as well. On June 22, Wicker, 44, was performing as a wing walker at an airshow in Dayton, Ohio. As she sat, untethered, on the left wing of an air-

craft flying upside down close to the ground, her pilot lost control and the two of them crashed hard in a dramatic, fatal fireball. Wicker, the mother of two teenage boys, was planning a wedding for next year. Some considerations: First, maybe human beings’ inclination toward risk and daring is what brought us down out of the trees in the first place and onto the African savannahs. It led us across oceans and to learn to fly. But risking one’s life for the amusement of others is in a different category entirely, especially once children and spouses are involved. Second, the audience that enjoys watching others engage in risky behavior shouldn’t be shielded from its consequences. Some of the spectacular images of Wicker’s aircraft plowing into the ground were “altered to blur graphic content,” and Wallenda’s audience was protected by the 10-second delay. Unwillingness to face up to what happens when things go wrong borders on oblivious hypocrisy. Third, Wallenda might say that his life wouldn’t be complete without high-wire walking. But he shouldn’t depend on the approval of Jesus to keep him safe. Jesus may have walked on water, but nothing is harder to imagine than Jesus walking a highwire to titillate an audience. Nik, use a safety harness. Finally, the adrenaline thrill must have been what originally attracted Wallenda and Wicker to such extraordinary risks. Still, at some point one realizes the biggest thrill of all is just being alive.

Path to violence control begins at home The killings in Chicago are easing up, thanks to special cop programs. That was the good news from The New York Times recently, although then, not many days later, there was another spate of deadly shootings, telling us that even though law enforcement efforts matter, lots of other things matter, too. I am not talking about gun control. Though better background checks would make sense, the crucial facts are that there are some 300 million guns in the nation, very few criminals purchase guns from retail outlets and lessening the flow of some tributaries is not going to Jay Ambrose is a keep people from columnist for Scripps-Howard drowning in that News Service. ocean. In the end, the issue is not gun control, but violence control. At the margins, that means we must have better, though insistently fair and cautious, means of locating and tethering the mentally disturbed who show up in schools or movie theaters to wreak their horror. More fundamentally, it means we must get at the root causes of gang and other criminal killings that take

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far more lives a year than the sporadic mass shootings. That means serious focus on fatherless homes. I do not say solutions here are easily found, but I do say it is obvious that we have entered a period of egregious excess in fatherless homes and that out of this comes social dissolution that includes violent crime. The statistics tell us that 72 percent of adolescent murderers come from fatherless homes and that there are strong ties as well with other crimes, poverty, dropping out of school and psychiatric problems. After the gun slaying of a 15-yearold Chicago girl who marched in a band at his inauguration, President Barack Obama gave a speech in that city, saying that nothing “would be more important for us reducing violence than strong, stable families — which means we should do more to promote marriage and encourage fatherhood.” Recently, the Urban Institute, a liberal organization, joined conservative voices saying how destructive to blacks the rise in the number of fatherless homes has been. The organization referred to statesman and scholar Daniel Patrick Moynihan, himself a liberal who thought as powerfully as he cared. He worried in 1965 about the impact of 23 percent of black children living in fatherless homes. Today the figure is 73 percent, but this issue cuts across race lines. The national average is now 41 percent. Answers? I don’t think they reside

in government programs, although governments at all levels must be careful not to reward fatherless homes with easier access to welfare than those with fathers in them. It seems to me one thing we do is look at how we got where we are ideologically, in our popular culture and in other ways, and fight back on behalf of marriage through the smartest, toughest debate and leadership both left and right can manage. Obviously, we recognize along the way that some mothers manage their fatherless homes with extraordinary skill that produces sterling citizens and that there are other factors fostering violence besides this one. That brings us back to Chicago making strides toward fewer shootings with a better police program. Strategic police work, such as sending massive manpower into troubled neighborhoods, can cut down on crime of all kinds and incarceration rates that are the highest in the world. All of us, including the most feverish in the gun-control crowd, should understand, too, that crime is connected to demographics and that, when the percentage of young men began to decline as baby boomers grew older, crime went down. Gun homicides have dropped dramatically since the mid-1990s, the Pew Research Center organization notes, and we should be happy about that even as we seek a society much, much less violent that what we now have.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Protein’s role in spread of colon cancer studied From Gazette staff reports HERSHEY — Understanding how the protein km23-1 is involved in the spread of colon cancer may lead to new treatments for the disease, according to researchers at Penn State College of Medicine. Previous research shows that km23-1 is involved in the movement of cancer cells and in the control of specific proteins at the leading edge of moving cells. Kathleen Mulder, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, who discovered the protein, now says km23-1 is used in the cancer cell’s ability to move out of a tumor in the early stages of invasion. “(The protein) km23-1 may be able to help in this process due to its role in the assembly of large groups of proteins favorable to cancer invasion,” Mulder said. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States. Tumors spreading

to other parts of the body are the greatest threat to a patient’s survival. The researchers limited the amount of km23-1 available in the cells they studied, which allowed them to see how it affects cell behavior. A reduction in km23-1 caused a decrease in the production of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). In healthy cells, TGFbeta helps prevent cancer growth. However, in cancer cells, the protein actually aids in the spread of tumors. Limiting km231 also blocks the activity of proteins previously shown to lead to TGF-beta production. Researchers reported their results in PLOS One. The researchers also found that cells with less km23-1 have reduced amounts of a protein that forms a framework structure associated with the spread of cancer. This scaffolding holds together key factors that help the cancer cells move and invade to

form secondary tumors. Mulder and colleagues say that by decreasing km23-1, colon cancer cells do not spread as much. This also affects several proteins known to make a cancer cell invasive demonstrating that km23-1 is an important potential target for cancer therapies. The researchers also looked at another protein that influences cell survival, migration and invasion, called ERK, which has higher activity in cancer cells. Lowering the levels of km23-1 reduced ERK activation. Decreased ERK activity relates to the production of TGF-beta and cell movement. “If we can block km23-1, we can stop the spread of colon cancer earlier,” Mulder said. “But we would also affect other important functions of the protein. In order to address this issue, we are now trying to find the specific partners of km23-1 that contribute to the invasion of the cancer cells. Then we can design more precise therapeutic agents that target

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COLORECTAL CANCER is the third most common cancer in the United States. Studies are being conducted to understand how the protein km23-1 is involved in the spread of the deadly disease. critical regions of km23-1 rather than eliminating the entire protein.” Researchers used a cell model that represents a unique class of colon cancer that needs further study. This model features cells that move as groups, and not sin-

gularly. “The type of cell movement, or migration, has important implications with respect to the detection of tumor cells in the blood of cancer patients, as well as for the development of new treatments,” Mulder said.

Prevent skin cancer with knowledge, proper sunscreen use From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Skin cancer occurs more often than all other types of cancer combined. There are three common types of skin cancer. The most common type, basal cell carcinoma, will be diagnosed in Americans 2 to 3 million times in 2013. The second is squamous cell carcinoma, which will occur 250,000 to 500,000 times in this country this year. The least common but

most serious type of skin cancer is malignant melanoma. Approximately 80,000 new cases will be identified in the U.S. in 2013, resulting in around 9,000 deaths. “No doubt these are alarming statistics, but skin cancer is preventable,” said Dr. David Shupp, dermatologist at Penn State Hershey Medical Group in State College, Pa. “The overwhelming majority of all types of skin cancer are caused by ultraviolet radiation, invisible rays that are emitted

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