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Mural effort symbolizes community togetherness By SAMI HULINGS
Parking meters benefit THON
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By MARJORIE S. MILLER The Centre County Gazette
STATE COLLEGE — After months of extensive planning, fundraising and painting, “Colors of Music,” a community art mural on Garner Street, was unveiled April 29. A portion of the street was closed down to showcase the 44-foot-long mural that more than 400 locals artists, ages 3 to 74, helped to create. Local musicians, arts and crafts and face painting entertained the crowd of more than 200 from 2 p.m. until the time of the reveal at 4. The mural was created in part by Penn State art education graduate student Natalia Pilato as her master’s thesis. Pilato had previously worked on other community art projects and believed the natural progression of her work lead to teaching others how to do what she does.
The students made luminaries, most of which were colored in purple — Austin’s favorite color. Pleasant Gap principal Tammie Burnaford stood on a bench with a bullhorn and talked to
STATE COLLEGE — They may be eye-catching, but the bright, colorful parking meters seen around town lately are not just for show. No need to think twice about dropping coins into these gleaming depositories: 100 percent of the collections will go to Penn State’s THON 2013. Headed by the Borough of State College Parking Department, these THON parking meters were painted in early February by families of the Penn State Hershey Four Diamonds Fund, the sole beneficiary of THON. Then they were posted by the State College Borough Public Works Department at various locations, including the parking garages at Pugh and Fraser streets, Sidney Freidman Park and in front of Moyer Jewelers at College Avenue and Allen Street. Two more meters are expected to go up at locations inside Rotelli restaurant on Calder Way and in Dix Honda on West College Avenue, according to Charles DeBow, State College Borough parking manager. The project was actually DeBow’s idea. During his travels at the Denver International Airport, DeBow saw a red parking meter in the middle of the airport, he said. He later discovered it was used to collect money for the homeless, and that these types of meters were posted all over the city. “I immediately just thought of THON,” he said. DeBow brought the idea to State College, he said, and soon after hosted four or five families at a special party to paint meters. Tables were set up with paint and glitter, DeBow said, and Rotelli donated pizza and soda.
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IN REMEMBRANCE: Students and staff at Pleasant Gap Elementary School gather outside the school for a tree dedication ceremony to honor fellow classmate Austin Stitzer, who died at age 9 in 2011. The ceremony was held on the same day as the school’s mini Relay for Life.
School remembers beloved classmate By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
SAMI HULINGS/For The Gazette
PAINT THE TOWN: A new mural was unveiled in downtown State College on April 29. “I thought I should teach a class to artists and art students to help them realize there are other things they can do with being an artist and art educator,” she said. State College resident Kate Branford said she believes Pilato’s need to share her love of community-based art with State College was a wonderful way to bring area residents together. “It’s always just fun to be part of the community. All these events bring the community together. The people that have been a part of our community for a long time have a lot to give back in an artistic way and that is exciting to share,” she said. Pilato began planning for the mural in October through Community Arts Collective. Starting in January, she and her 14 stu-
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PLEASANT GAP — Students in Paula Hendershot’s third-grade class entered the room, hung up their coats and began their school day. But last Friday was no ordinary day at Pleasant Gap Elementary. As the students made their lunch choices for the day, Hailey Williams spoke softly. “I brought peanut butter and jelly today,” Hailey said. “Because that’s what Austin liked.” “That’s very nice, Hailey,” Hendershot replied. Hailey wasn’t the only one who would munch on peanut butter and jelly, the favorite lunch of Austin Stitzer, who died at age 9 last September of a brain tumor. On this special day, it was the sandwich of choice. Hendershot was Austin’s teacher. “He taught me more than I ever thought a child could teach an adult,” said Hendershot. “He went through a lot last year, but he always fought. He never gave up. And through it all, he was always smiling, always giggling. His giggle really brightened your day. He was a special little boy.” As a tribute to their classmate, the entire Pleasant Gap student body gathered outside the school on April 27 for a tree dedication ceremony. Most students wore purple. Some sobbed. Just outside the main entrance to the school, a dogwood was planted. In front of the tree is a plaque with a poem on it.
Health & Wellness ............ 8 Education ................... 9, 10
Lifestyles ................... 11-15 Centre Spread ........... 16, 17
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FAVORITE SNACK: Breanna Praskovich eating peanut butter and jelly for lunch in memory of former classmate, Austin Stitzer.
Sports ........................ 18-21 Arts & Entertainment 22, 24
What’s Happening ......... 23 Group Meetings ............. 26
Business .................... 27-29 Classified ........................ 31
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Front and Centre NATURAL APPROACH: Find out why the lowly weed may have health benefits. Page 8 EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE: Students at Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten helped raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association — and learned about disabilities at the same time. Page 9
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IN HARMONY: The Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus will celebrate it’s 50th anniversary with a show May 5th at State College Area High School. Page 22
ANIMAL ATTRACTION: Diane Kerley and Donna Herrmann explained the Hundred Cat Foundation’s Rockview cats program during the fourth annual Dog Jog 5K Run/Walk at the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall on April 28. Page 11
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Drug charges filed An investigation by state police into a heroin distribution ring operating in State College resulted in drug charges against a Johnstown man. Jamel Michael Felder, 27, was arrested in Philipsburg on April 30. He was charged with delivery and possession of a controlled substance, according to reports. According to state police, the investigation of the drug ring began in December 2011. At that time, state police discovered that heroin was being transported to Centre and Cambria counties from New Jersey, according to a news release. Between Dec. 14, 2011, and Jan. 14 of this year, police reported that they made four controlled buys of heroin from Felder in the State College area, ranging in quantity from 1 to 121 grams. According to the news release, the purchases were made in sporting goods stores, restaurants and department stores. Felder was arrested on Jan. 18 for parole violations, police said. On April 30, he was charged with four counts of delivery of a controlled substance, four counts of possession with intent to distribute, four counts of possession of a controlled substance and four counts of criminal use of communications facilities. Felder’s bail was set at $40,000 by District Judge Leslie Dutchcot. In lieu of bail, Felder remains imprisoned at State Correctional Institute at Houtzdale. His preliminary hearing has been set for Wednesday.
Prisoner found dead BELLEFONTE (AP) — A man who was just 16 when he murdered a robbery victim in Pittsburgh died April 26 in a state prison in central Pennsylvania. Officials at the State Correctional InstitutionRockview said John Carter, 32, was found unresponsive after jamming magazines into a sliding door to barricade himself in his cell. He was pronounced dead a Mount Nittany Medical Center. Prison spokesman Jeffrey Rackovan said Monday that an autopsy was inconclusive, so investigators are waiting for toxicology tests on the body. Carter and another teen robbed George Kirkland in October 1995, fatally shooting him with a sawed-off shotgun. Carter was sentenced to life in prison in November 1996 following his conviction on charges of second-degree murder, robbery and crim-
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STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH State College Borough Police are investigating the theft and subsequent fraudulent use of a debit/credit card. The card was stolen at the Lion’s Den, 118 S. Garner St., on Thursday between 9 and 11 p.m, police said. The suspect depicted in images at http://statecollegepa.us/index.aspx?nid= 1843 used the card at multiple places, including the Walmart, 1665 N. Atherton St., police said. Police ask that anyone who can identify the suspect male in the images above or has any information pertaining to this incident contact State College Police at (814) 234-7150 or submit an anonymous tip through the web at http://statecollegepa.us/i ndex.aspx?NID=589.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP Ferguson Township police are investigating a report of sexual assault that took place on April 27. According to police chief Diane Conrad, the reported assault was between a man and a girl, who were acquaintances, at a residence in the vicinity of West Beaver Avenue. According to the report, alcohol was a factor. ❏❏❏ A Ferguson Township woman was recently charged with child abuse
and has been placed in jail. According to Ferguson Township police, Lesa M. Harriott, 35, is facing child abuse allegations for the second time in 10 months. Centre County Children and Youth Services first reported the abuse. Police said that a child had a “large bruise” on his face as a result of being slapped. Harriott claimed the boy fell into a coffee table, resulting in the bruise. Harriott’s bail has been set at $25,000. She was charged in July after she struck a teenager with a slat from a wooden bed. She pleaded down to a summary count of disorderly conduct and paid a $25 fine.
SPRING TOWNSHIP A Spring Township man has been accused of groping a woman on April 30 on Murry Lane as she was waiting for a ride home from work. Juan Flores-Ramirez, 23, charged with indecent assault. He was arraigned on May 1 by District Judge Carmine Prestia. In addition to the indecent assault charge, he was cited with harassment and public drunkenness, police said. Shortly after 11 p.m., police received a 911 call. Police went to Murry Lane, where they found Flores. He told them that he doesn’t speak English. — Compiled by Gazette staff and StateCollege.com
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Lawmakers return to budget wrangling By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG — State lawmakers on Monday returned to Harrisburg, where they will spend the coming weeks finalizing a budget and weighing how to lessen Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed spending cuts with money left over from improving tax collections. Top Republican lawmakers attended a meeting at the governor’s official residence on Monday evening as they kicked off the final two months of the spring legislative session and the state’s fiscal year after three weeks away for primary elections. The good news was the state’s tax collections in April beat the amount projected by Corbett and could help state government exceed the shortfall projection in his overall budget plan by several hundred million dollars, legislative staff said. But there is a long line of advocates working against proposed program cuts who are vying for lawmakers’ attention. Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi, R-Delaware, said Monday that spending more money on higher education, prekindergarten programs, agricultural programs and county-administered social services has broad support among his caucus members, but it’s also important to ensure that the state doesn’t promise more now than it can afford in future years. “We don’t want to increase spending this year in a way that’s not sustainable,” Pileggi said. Meanwhile, advocates for the poor are protesting cuts that the state expects to tally about $320 million by eliminating about $200 a month in cash for temporarily unemployed and disabled adults and by requiring them to work 100 hours a month to maintain a state-paid medical benefit. Michael Froehlich, a staff lawyer for Community Legal Services in Philadelphia, said eliminating the temporary cash assis-
tance for about 68,000 people will ensure that some of them end up in homeless shelters, which are also slated to get a big cut in state aid. It also makes little sense to require these same disabled people to work 100 hours a month to maintain their medical benefit, he said. “Hopefully we can educate legislators about this so they can see you can’t just overnight eliminate (the only source of income for) somebody who is unable to work ... and expect that you won’t see them turning to more expensive social services,” Froehlich said. Schools, social services and nursing homes are also in line for cuts under Corbett’s proposed budget. Counties, which administer a wide range of social services from care for the mentally ill to the homeless to neglected and abused children, would have to do so with 20 percent, or $168 million, less. Public schools would lose a $100 million grant program, while Penn State, Temple, Pitt and Pennsylvania’s 14 State System of Higher Education universities would lose 25 percent, or $230 million. Nursing homes that treat the poor are fighting a cut of 4 percent, or $46 million, which actually would reach $102 million when the loss of federal Medicaid matching funds is included, an industry lobbying association said. There are lots of smaller proposed cuts that are getting attention, too. One is Corbett’s proposed elimination of the $3.3 million school nutrition incentive program that a nonprofit group of retired military members named Mission: Readiness wants restored to encourage higher nutritional standards in schools and combat rising youth obesity rates. In February, Corbett proposed a holdthe-line budget of $27.1 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1 and projected a $719 million shortfall expected in the current fiscal year.
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Mural, from page 1 dents worked on community fundraising, outreach, presentations and readings. To complete the project, Pilato said she demanded a lot of her students; many devoted countless hours to the project, much more than she expected. After asking area adults and children to explain how they visualized music, Pilato and Elody Gyekis, the artist in residence at the Green Drake Gallery in Millheim, spent 140 hours creating the mural template by combining the answers they received with local students’ art creations. “It is different in that way from our other murals because Elody Gyekis and myself designed the mural using some of these students’ art in the mural itself,” Pilato said. One of Pilato’s students, junior art education and ceramics BFA Samantha Bachman worked throughout the semester on community outreach and mural touch-up. After community members would come and fill in the “paint-by-number” mural, she worked to make sure lines were crisp and smooth. But for Bachman, the greatest part of the mural creation was that it brought so many different community members together. “It’s so many people that you may never even see, but they are
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LOCAL ARTISTS came together to create the mural on Garner St., which was unveiled to the public April 29.
all coming together and joining. Even with the painting of the mural, it just makes everyone feel like they’re involved and taking a step towards making the community a brighter place,” she said. Bachman and Pilato’s 13 other students will each complete an artistic reflection, which will be on display at the State College Municipal Building throughout the end of May. The opening reception will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 3. Before the tarps were finally dropped to reveal the completed mural, Pilato, along with others from the State College community gave brief speeches pertaining to the mural and community art. Mayor Elizabeth Goreham spoke to the crowd about how the creation of “Colors of Music” engendered a sense of community. “A lot of students and community members connect to each other and our area. That’s the real purpose of the mural and the beauty of it. Art in itself really enhances civilization. We forget that too quickly,” Goreham said. “Here is the evidence of that art that will bring people downtown and inspire us. Our town is wonderful, in part, because of the passion for it, as evidence by the people who worked on this mural.”
Penn State donates $2.6M to children’s hospital By LAURA NICHOLS StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital has received a big boost — from the football program. On Wednesday, Penn State announced it has donated $1.1 million to its new Center for Protection of Children, which is based in the hospital. A previous donation of $1.5 million was made in December to the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape. Penn State’s overall Big Ten bowl distribution and contribution to child abuse prevention adds up to $2,616,184. Penn State officials pledged their support after former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was charged with 52 counts
of child sexual abuse in November. His trial is scheduled for June 5. “Our bowl revenue came in higher than expected, which is tremendous news, so we were able to provide the additional funding,” Penn State president Rodney Erickson said. “We expect that the center will become a national leader in clinical care, research, education and direction of policy related to child abuse and neglect.” More funding means the center can move more quickly to establish itself. Dr. Andrea Taroli, director for the center, and one of about 240 board-certified child abuse pediatricians nationwide, said Penn State Hershey compiled an “ambitious agenda” for the center. The additional funding means the center can more quickly establish its team of
clinicians, scientists, legal scholars and educators, all of whom are focused on progressing detection, treatment, and prevention of child abuse, Taroli said. Penn State officials said focus is especially keen in areas that include the creation of a foster child primary care clinic, data collection system development, and educational programs for professionals, teachers and the general public. It also will include the creation of several, multidisciplinary courses for medical students, opportunities for research into diagnosis and treatment of child abuse, advocacy and policy recommendations, trauma-focused psychological therapy, a medical-legal partnership with Penn State Law, and the creation of a Child Abuse Pediatrics fellowship.
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Special Olympics seeks volunteers By LAURA NICHOLS StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Special Olympics’ biggest event in the state is fast approaching and help is needed. The annual Summer Games of the Special Olympics kicks off June 7 and runs through June 9. For three days, more than 2,500 Special Olympians and coaches will meet at University Park to compete in many athletic games. Currently, volunteers are being recruited and they are needed to help with set-up and the pregame activities. “The Special Olympics Pennsylvania Summer Games could not happen without thousands of local volunteers who pitch in each year to manage the Olympic Village, time events, plan award ceremonies and guide athletes,” said Jeff Smith, from Penn State outreach and a Special Olympics volunteer. “The volunteer need is
great, and I am constantly amazed by the support of the Penn State and Centre Region community each year in supporting this wonderful event.” Athletes will compete for three days in events such as swimming, basketball, bowling, horse-riding, golfing, gymnastics, softball and tennis. Events are held around the University Park campus and in the Centre Region. Volunteers are needed from June 4-9 to serve in roles that include being a competition officials, as bowling lane monitors, athlete escorts, assistants for athlete evaluators and award presenters. Safety and security operations staff also are needed and qualifications mandate that safety and security operations staff volunteers must be at least 18 years old and are able to keep calm and provide accurate information in the event of an emergency, medical or otherwise. Any groups who want to volunteer can contact Smith at jjs27@psu.edu.
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District wants Sandusky subpoena dropped By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG — A central Pennsylvania school district on Monday asked the judge overseeing Jerry Sandusky’s child sex-abuse case to throw out a defense subpoena seeking information that pertains to an alleged victim of the former Penn State assistant football coach. The motion by Lock Haven-based Keystone Central School District argued that the subpoena was not lawful and asked Judge John Cleland to either invalidate it or issue a protective order. The dispute concerns the young man described as “Victim 1” in court records. A grand jury report issued in November said Victim 1 had testified that he was molested repeatedly, allegations Sandusky has denied.
Sandusky’s lawyers sent a subpoena to the district superintendent seeking numerous school records about the man, including IQ test results, discipline records, grade reports, attendance records and certain investigative records, among other things. “Because the defendant has failed to articulate a foundation as to the reasonableness, materiality and justiciability of his subpoena, it is not lawfully issued and therefore any corresponding request for educational records should be denied and/or quashed,” wrote David I. Lindsay, the school district’s lawyer. Messages seeking comment from Sandusky’s attorneys were not immediately returned. Cleland has issued a gag order that greatly restricts what prosecutors and defense lawyers may say about the Sandusky case.
The school district’s motion said communications between a student and guidance counselor, or with a licensed psychologist or psychiatrist, are confidential under state law, and that federal law governs disclosure of educational records. Lindsay said in a phone interview Monday that the wording of the protective order would be up to Cleland but he wanted it to “protect the privacy rights of the child.” On Friday, the state attorney general’s office said in a court filing that the defense team was improperly issuing subpoenas and using them for a fishing expedition. Prosecutors also objected to the defense including the names of alleged victims on the subpoenas. Earlier Monday, Cleland issued an order giving Sandusky’s lawyers until Thursday morning to respond. The judge said he
would either rule based on the record or schedule oral argument in the matter. Sandusky, 68, faces trial in June on charges he sexually abused 10 boys over a 15-year period, including violent sexual attacks inside Penn State football facilities. Sandusky, confined to his home until trial on 52 criminal counts, has repeatedly denied the allegations. Slade McLaughlin, a Philadelphia lawyer who represents Victim 1, said he supports the legal efforts by the district and state prosecutors regarding the subpoena, and will be joining the motions. “I perceive this as being out of the ordinary, and totally improper,” McLaughlin said in an email. “Discovery in criminal cases is generally very limited in scope. That’s why you never hear about issues like this arising in criminal cases. It doesn’t happen.”
Besides alumni, other Penn State trustee seats also up By GENARO C. ARMAS Associated Press
STATE COLLEGE — While the campaign for three alumni-elected seats on the Penn State board has dominated the spotlight at the university, the terms of six other board members also expire this year. In most years, the board’s makeup would barely register with most of Penn State’s alumni — more than a half-million strong across the country — let alone the general public. But the board’s actions have come under scrutiny since child sexual abuse charges were filed in November against retired assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. Watchdog groups in particular are upset by the trustees’ ouster of the late Joe Paterno as head coach and what they feel is a lack of independence in the school’s internal investigation into the scandal following Sandusky’s arrest. Board of Trustee members have said they are acting in the best interest of the university.
Sandusky has maintained his innocence while awaiting trial, which is scheduled to start in June. While alumni will elect three board members, delegates from state agricultural groups will elect two trustees, the governor will appoint another two, and a panel of current board members will select another pair. The two agricultural trustees are elected May 3 in State College. That same day, online voting ends for the three alumni-elected seats, which has drawn an unprecedented 86 candidates. The school said this week that a record 27,000 ballots have already been cast, about 3,000 more than the previous record in 1990, and twice as many as the turnout last year. The terms of gubernatorial appointees — insurance executive Alvin Clemens and Philadelphia Deputy Mayor Michael DiBerardinis — expire this year. Both were appointed before Gov. Tom Corbett won election in 2010. Trustees appointed by the governor
Lasch family speaks out By LAURA NICHOLS StateCollege.com
Connie Smukler, the daughter of Louis and Mildred Lasch, said the football building named for her late parents at Penn State has “lost its shine” as a direct result of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. In an interview with The Altoona Mirror published on April 29, she said the family is “heartbroken” over the child sex abuse charges against Sandusky, which cost former coach Joe Paterno his job Nov. 9. “The (Lasch) building is wonderful and to be used for wonderful things, but with this alleged incident, it’s lost its pristine,” Smukler said.
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“It’s lost its shine. I don’t know if that will come back. Now it will be the alleged incident that will forever be recalled and not the beauty of the building.” Her parents were both instrumental in establishing Penn State football’s booster club in 1959 and donated the initial $1.7million, following Louis’ death in 1995, toward construction of the 89,000square foot facility on Penn State’s campus. The total cost of the Lasch Building, which was completed in 2000, was $14.7 million, according to the newspaper. Louis and Mildred Lasch were close friends of Joe and Sue Paterno. He died Jan. 22 from compli-
cations of lung cancer. Andy Smukler, son of Connie and grandson of Mildred and Louis Lasch, said it hurts to see the family name tainted. “If you Google-search my grandfather’s name, you get pedophilia,” he said. “I want people to know who my grandfather was because he was great for the football program, and he loved the football program. “But I’m not happy that for the first time people are associating the name Lasch with Penn State football, and they are learning it this way.” Added Connie Smukler: “There is no closure. And there won’t be any closure.”
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serve until their successors have been nominated and confirmed by the state Senate. Corbett wasn’t ready to announce his nominations, the governor’s spokesman, Kevin Harley, said this week. Business trustees are selected by the board-member panel. A Penn State spokesman said the nomination process for those seats was still open. The two trustees representing business and industry whose terms expire this year are Edward R. Hintz Jr., president of Hintz Capital Management Inc., and Kenneth Frazier, president and CEO of drug company Merck. Hintz did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press seeking comment. Frazier, through a spokesperson, declined comment this week. His future with the board may be of particular interest since he heads the trustee committee that appointed former FBI director Louis Freeh to handle the internal investigation into the scandal.
With his term expiring this year, fruit and vegetable farmer Barron Hetherington opted against running again, following his appointment in May 2011 as a special adviser to Corbett for agriculture. The other agricultural incumbent, Pennsylvania Farm Bureau president Carl Shaffer, is seeking re-election. Four other candidates are also running. The Pennsylvania State Grange’s executive committee has endorsed candidates Paul Semmel and Shaffer, said Grange master Carl Meiss. The Grange and the Farm Bureau, two of the largest agriculture-related organizations in the state, typically endorse candidates backed by the other group. “The decisions made by the Board of the Trustees in the Sandusky scandal were not the primary focus in choosing and endorsing trustees,” Meiss said. “As an organization, we focus on the duties of the board” and issues including agriculture research and extension, and farmland preservation.
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Classmate, from page 1 the students about Austin’s wonderful life. She read the poem “Little Footprints,” which was inscribed on the stone. “How very softly you tiptoed into our world, almost silently, only a moment you stayed. But what an imprint your footsteps have left upon our hearts,” she read. The stone was donated by the Pleasant Gap Lions Club. Following the ceremony, she became emotional as she talked about how hard it was to lose a student. “You can’t even describe what a special day this is. Right now, it’s hard to fight tears,” Burnaford said. “It’s such a small community and such a small school. But it’s a caring, loving school. It was extremely tough last year when we lost Austin. This is very bittersweet.” The ceremony coincided with the school’s mini Relay for Life, which was held later in the day. “This day means a lot,” Hendershot said. “I lost my mom to cancer eight years ago. At times, it brought back a lot of memories. Last year, the school was just amazing. The donations, the support … I cannot say enough about the way the students have responded.” Meters, from page 1 “I just let the kids paint them however they wanted,” he said. “(I) said to the kids, ‘Have at it.’” DeBow said the meters are not something people will overlook. They are brightly colored and are covered in glitter and jewels. DeBow said he hopes to collect $2,000 to $3,000 between now and next year’s THON. Money from the meters will be gathered by the parking department along with regular meter collections about once a week, DeBow said, and right before THON 2013, a check will be made out to the event for the total amount of money raised. Businesses interested in displaying a meter may contact DeBow at (814) 278-4700. THON, Penn State’s IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, will be held Feb. 15 through 17 next year at Penn State’s Bryce Jordan Center. Since 1977, the event has raised more than $88 million for the Four Diamonds Fund, according to THON’s website. The largest student-run philanthropy in the world, THON has more than 15,000 student volunteers
The mini Relay for Life raised nearly $1,000 for the American Cancer Society. On Friday, the school cafeteria featured the “Stitzer Special” — peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which Austin ate every day. “You really have to love peanut butter and jelly to eat it every day,” Burnaford said with a smile. When Austin could no longer attend classes at the school, Hendershot would teach him via Skype. She also made several trips to Hershey to deliver homework, homemade food donated by those in the community and cards that students would make for Austin. “That was a real learning experience. The Skyping experience was great for me and for the kids. I still remember the first day the kids could Skype with him. They were so excited to see him and be able to talk to him. We did a lot of science lessons through Skype. Then, when I went down to Hershey, I would take down those actual materials, those rocks or those minerals so he would have those tools. It was like he was still in the classroom and a part of it all,” Hendershot said. Certainly, Austin was there in spirit during the ceremony on Friday.
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His mother, Wendy Dobson, was among those watching the ceremony. Also there was his twin brother, Christian, and his older brother, Bruce. Dobson pulled out her iPhone and flipped through photos of Austin. Some photos were of happier times, at home with his cat. Other photos were taken in the hospital while he was receiving treatment. There was one constant in every photo — an ear-to-ear smile. “He always smiled,” Dobson said. “He smiled every day, even on the bad days. He never complained.” Dobson clutched flowers and choked back tears as she spoke about her son. Around her neck was a silver medallion that featured one of Austin’s fingerprints. Like the medallion, the tree in the front of the school will be a constant reminder of her son. “I can’t believe the school would do something like this. It means so much to me and my family,” Dobson said. “I think it’s awesome that they did this in memory of him. I can come back and see the tree grow even when my kids are out of this school. I know that his tree will always be here.”
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Viewing Harrisburg: Geist will be missed in House By PETER JACKSON Associated Press
HARRISBURG — The defeat of state House Transportation Committee Chairman Richard Geist in the recent primary election was the biggest development in months for Pennsylvania’s stalled debate over highway and bridge repairs. Geist, a 34-year House veteran from Altoona who has chaired the committee since 1994, lost the Republican nod in his district Tuesday in a narrow upset by a Penn State-Altoona professor running his first campaign. Not that it advanced the discussion, but it was something new to talk about for the business leaders, lobbyists and legislators who for years have pressed — unsuccessfully — for a substantial increase in funding to repair the deteriorating state transportation system. Geist “has been an incredible champion,” said David Patti, president and chief executive of the Pennsylvania Business Council. “He has provided leadership, he has been outspoken — not afraid to urge the Corbett administration to move farther and faster.” “Rick has been a stalwart on this issue for a generation,” said Robert Latham, director of Associated Pennsylvania Constructors, which speaks for 430 companies that employ 50,000 to 75,000 workers in highway and bridge construction. Still, progress has been slow, the time for action to be taken in 2012 is running out and Gov. Tom Corbett and lawmakers — both Democrats and Republicans — are pointing fingers about who’s to blame for the problem. Statistics from the Pennsylvania
Department of Transportation are sobering. Pennsylvania will spend $5.6 billion, including federal funds, on highways, bridges and mass transit in the fiscal year ending June 30, according to PennDOT. Yet more than 4,800 of the 25,000 state bridges — about one in five — are considered structurally deficient, including 625 that have posted weight limits, and 56 spans have been closed as unsafe. Of the 40,000 miles of state-maintained highways, more than 9,000 miles need repaving or more substantial work, PennDOT says. The GOP governor said in his February budget speech that the transportation issue is “too large” to be tackled as part of the annual state budget negotiations that preoccupy lawmakers during May and June. He promised to work with lawmakers, but has yet to take positions on the $2.5 billion grab bag of higher taxes, fees and other steps his own special advisory panel recommended last summer. At the same time, legislators are likely to be reluctant to support higher taxes in a year in which most of them are seeking re-election. “It’s easy for legislators to stand up and hold a news conference about this. It’s another thing for them to deliver votes,” said Corbett spokesman Kevin Harley. “The governor will be engaged ... but he needs to have legislative partners.” Geist said the governor needs to lead the way to a consensus. “The only guy who can bring us all together in one room with an agreedto package is the chief executive office of the state,” he said. “The General Assembly’s flag is not flying over PennDOT. His is.”
From Gazette staff reports
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BELLEFONTE — To learn how conservation programs should be structured and revised in the 2012 Farm Bill, U.S. Rep. Glenn “GT” Thompson held a hearing April 26 with members of the agricultural community. This is the second of eight hearings at the subcommittee level to gather input from national agricultural leaders and stakeholders before the House Agriculture Committee begins drafting the 2012 Farm Bill reauthorization. Witnesses testified to the importance of conservation programs in assisting producers and
While consumers may dislike the prospect of paying higher taxes and fees, business advocates say they already are paying extra when they buy goods delivered by trucks that are forced to take long detours because of roadwork or bridges that no longer can safely carry their weight. “Really, the question is whether the governor and the leaders will get together and say, ‘Now is the time.’” said Latham. “I just think it’s inertia at this point.” One potential bright spot for transportation funding advocates is a House-passed bill to authorize partnerships between the public and private sectors on transportation projects. Under the bill, which is pending in the Senate and supported by Corbett, public entities would retain ownership while private concerns would build, operate or provide funding for the work. Supporters say it would help create jobs, although critics say it would erode the authority of elected officials and do little to relieve the funding crunch in the short term. It’s “a step in the right direction, but that’s not going to do anything for years,” said Jim Runk, president of the Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association. Patti of the Harrisburg-based business council predicted that the public-private partnership bill may be among several minor measures that are passed this year, but was doubtful that there would be any breakthrough. “I think we’ll tinker around the edges and set things up for next year,” he said. “All progress is good.” Peter Jackson is the Capitol correspondent for The Associated Press in Harrisburg. He can be reached at pjackson@ap.org.
land-owners with voluntary conservation initiatives, while also acknowledging the difficult budget circumstances for reauthorizing Farm Bill programs. Witnesses also made recommendations for consolidating or modifying programs. The House Agriculture Committee began the informationgathering process for the next farm bill two years ago. Since then, it has conducted 11 audit hearings and four nationwide field hearings to examine ways to improve agriculture programs for farmers and increase efficiency. For more information visit thompson. house.gov.
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NATO tone deaf on nukes By MARTIN SCHRAM While the world fixates on the latest gasbagging and saber-rattling from globally sanctioned but ever-defiant North Korea and Iran, we are focusing today on another escalating nuclear-age crisis — one that never had to be. Make no mistake. We don’t u n d e re s t i m a t e the potential for evildoing by the world’s self-actualizing bad guys: Pyongyang’s Kim Jong Un, who recently vowed “special actions” against South Korea; or Tehran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose government just anMartin Schram writes political nounced it is analysis for Scripps building a copy of Howard News Serv- a captured U.S. ice. Email him at spy drone. martin.schram@ But we are gmail.com looking behind the scenes at a less strident but potentially more probable crisis: Russia’s vow to answer NATO’s planned Europe-based missile shield with new rockets on its European borders. After years of on-again, off-again diplomatic dealings with Moscow, NATO plans to announce its first missile-defense deployment steps in its May 20-21 summit in Chicago. The first step will reportedly include sta-
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tioning radar facilities in Turkey and on U.S. Navy vessels in Spain. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has warned that if that happens, Russia will station missiles near the borders of Lithuania and Poland unless it receives legal and binding guarantees that the missile shield won’t be directed against Russia. NATO officials have said a formal, legally binding assurance can’t be provided to Russia because NATO nations’ legislatures were unlikely to approve such an internationally binding measure. NATO has emphasized that its shield is a defense against missiles that might someday be launched by Iran or others in the Middle East. Meanwhile, U.S. experts analyzing the latest plans for NATO’s shield have sounded at least two warning calls. The first came in a study done last year by a Pentagon advisory panel. The U.S. Defense Science Board warned that the radar planned for the new NATO system needed to have greater range to be effective. The U.S. Missile Defense Agency rejected that analysis. Perhaps more importantly, a report by the Government Accountability Office, a respected nonpartisan analysis arm of Congress, warned in 2011 that in the rush to deploy the project, the interceptor missiles had not been properly tested. “DOD is at risk of incurring schedule slips, decreased performance and increased cost,” the GAO reported. Defense officials said they generally concurred and were working to remedy the testing problem.
Russia’s concerns about the Europe-based missile shield were as predictable as an eastern sunrise. Yet U.S. administrations failed to lay the groundwork for handling the missiledefense project in a way that could have made it a win-win for all participants. Experts, including former Sen. Sam Nunn, D-Ga., have long warned that Russia’s radar facilities were in need of major improvement. Nunn made a compelling case that improving Russia’s ability to properly detect an incoming threat — and avoid false warnings — was of the highest interests to Europe and the United States, as well as Russia. A classic reminder of this occurred after the fall of the Soviet Union. On Jan. 25, 1995, during the regime of President Boris Yeltsin, Russian radar officials detected what they believed was a missile launch from off the coast of Norway, where U.S. submarines were known to be. It seemed to be headed toward Russia. Kremlin officials had just 15 minutes to decide whether this was an incoming attack and whether to launch missiles to retaliate. They didn’t believe the U.S. would launch a one-rocket attack, so they didn’t push the button. The threatening “rocket” turned out to be a launch of a Norwegian weather balloon. That is why the planned NATO missile shield needed to be approached from the outset as a combined NATO-Russian effort. It represented, and still represents, an opportunity to help Russia improve its radar capabilities, an effort that can help safeguard us all.
Consider the family when voting in Nov. How can we span rich-poor divide?
Women value families. The family is one of the strongest values held by American women. The coming election in November presents a clear choice on family values, and women will be wise to look closely at what the two parties are proposing and the family values they represent. Mitt Romney has indicated his support for cutting funds for women’s cancer screening and child health care; for education support from head start to higher education student loans; for WIC, which helps support poor women and children; for child care that allows women to work; for job training programs; for the elderly by ending Social Security as we know it. While the Republicans say “You’re on your own” in these difficult times, the Democrats oppose all these cuts and will not abandon the American family. Women are concerned about their families and families across the nation. We have taken on great responsibilities as caregivers in our society. While we must be concerned about our own health and success, we also worry about children and about our aging population. The Republican budget proposal, supported by Romney, forsakes family support in favor of tax cuts for the rich. Women who do not want to see our nation turn its back on the family should carefully consider the positions taken by the vying parties. I believe that re-electing President Obama and putting in place a Democratic Congress will be a patriotic vote in support of American family values. Marilyn Keat State College
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What is the best way to create economic opportunity? The November election is set: Mitt Romney will challenge Barack Obama for the presidency. The economy is likely to be the main issue, for several reasons. First, unemployment remains high. Second, there’s a growing concern about income inequality which is also the topic of a new book by New Republic columnist Timothy Noah, “The Great Divergence: America’s Growing Inequality Crisis and What We Can Do About It.” What’s wrong with the economy? How can we fix it? Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk debate the issue.
JOEL MATHIS America’s economy works very well for the people at the top. Over the last 30 years, our richest citizens have seen their incomes explode beyond belief. The same has not been true for the middle class and poor, whose incomes have stagnated during that time. When we’re talking about “economic opportunity,” then, we’re really talking about how to lift Joel Mathis, the vast majority joelmmathis@ of Americans gmail.com, is a who have been writer in Philadelphia. left behind. So the best thing we can do is empower Americans to help themselves so that they can adapt to globalization, advances in technology and other factors that keep the economy in a state of constant flux. There are two ways we can empower those Americans.
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First, education. Noah, in his book, offers two ways to improve access to education. One is to “universalize” preschool to give young children a running start. The other is to impose price controls on colleges and universities, so that every young adult can afford the education they need to compete in a global economy. “American colleges,” Noah writes, “are starting to price themselves out of the market for middle- and low-income families.” That trend must be reversed. Second: It is time to revive unions. Yes, anti-union sentiment seems to be at an all-time high but the truth is that the last 30 years of stagnating incomes has coincided with the decline of union strength in America. “Businesses treat their least powerful employees as poorly as they can get away with, end of story,” Noah writes. The ability of workers to band together for collective bargaining purposes is probably vital to raising their wages. Republicans talk a lot about “job creators,” but those job creators frankly haven’t done much for us lately. Giving Americans the education and power to help themselves offers the best possibilities for economic advancement.
BEN BOYCHUK Demonizing business and flogging the successful might narrow the gap between rich and poor, but in the long run it won’t revive America’s flagging fortunes. For Noah and others on the left side of the political spectrum, the answer to the very real problem of economic inequality is the flipside of Ronald Reagan’s famous 1981 dictum: In the present crisis, liberals say, government is the solution to our problem. Noah’s first prescription in his book is to “soak the rich.” Because tax rates are at historic lows, he argues the top 3 percent of income earners
— families earning roughly $250,000 or more per year — “can afford” to have the top marginal tax rate return to Clinton-era levels. I asked Noah what he would do with the additional revenue at a time when the federal budget deficit tops $1.4 trillion and the national debt now exceeds $15 trillion (to say nothing of tens of trillions in unfunded entitlements). Closing the deficit and paying down the debt would be a swell start, he said. In fact, we could confiscate 100 percent of the richest 1 percent’s wealth and still remain trillions in the red. In another blast from the failed past, Noah suggests imposing price controls on college tuition. True, he admits, “price controls are a clumsy policy instrument with a checkered history”— in fact, price controls al- Ben Boychuk, ways lead to bboychuk@cityhigher prices and journal.org, is associate editor of scarcity. But City Journal. maybe we can overcome the law of supply and demand just this once. We do need serious tax reform in the United States. And college costs are too high. But instead of merely soaking the rich, we need to broaden the base and encourage new investment here at home. We need marketdriven alternatives to four-year colleges, such as technical schools. But diminishing the standard of living of one despised class won’t raise the quality of life of everyone else. Reagan was right. In the present crisis, government remains the problem.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Don’t pull that weed Easter Seals open house You’d think after making it through our schizophrenic winter and an unseasonably warm spring, we’d be grateful for any growing thing we would see popping up in our yards and gardens. But oh, no. We are only a couple of weeks into spring and have recently dealt with the threats of winter storms for Pennsylvania, and what are we doing? We are already complaining about weeds. Who decided what a weed is anyway? Lawn services have descended on our neighborhood like Julie A. Wilczynski special forces teams, is a Traditional Naturopath, Coun- decked out in protecselor of Natural tive suits and breathHealth, Certified ing gear, armed with Nutritional Conthe latest high-tech sultant, Certified herbicide squirters. Personal Trainer And who is the formiand Yoga and Pidable enemy they are lates instructor searching for? Bin from Butler. Email her JulieAW@zoom- Laden’s successor? An anthrax terrorist? No, internet.net something far more insidious. The dandelion. We are all too familiar with the dandelion. We can identify this flower in its yellow or white and fluffy form from near or far. Why do people hate the humble dandelion so much? It is one of the first flowers of spring. The dandelion doesn’t sting or bite. It doesn’t even smell bad. The scientific name for “dandelion,” Taraxacum officinale, is said to come from the Greek word “taraxos,” meaning “disorder.” Yeah, I know what you’re thinking — even the
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Greeks understood what a mess dandelions make out of a nice lawn. But it also comes from the Greek word “akos,” meaning “remedy.” That’s right. Since ancient times, dandelions were known as remedies for all kinds of medical disorders. The sunny little flowers are still used as folk treatment for skin diseases such as eczema and psoriasis. They can lower blood pressure and serve as an effective diuretic. But the reason dandelions were brought to this country was to feed honey bees. Now I bet you’re already sorry you’ve treated dandelions so badly. Dandelion leaf greens may be eaten raw in salads or steamed. Dandelion greens are very high in potassium and vitamins A and C. The dandelion leaf is effective for bladder and kidney infections and in treating hepatitis. Clinical tests have shown dandelion leaf to be as effective a diuretic as any drug. If we were to stop spraying and mowing our lawns, we might find all sorts of wildflowers taking up residence there. Wild violets would start springing up. So would Dutchman’s breeches, spiderwort, lady slippers, prairie smoke and day lilies. While they’re not as big and lush as tulips, but bladder campion are beautiful little wildflowers that bloom for almost two months. And they’re good to eat. After the electrical grid goes down, just try eating some of your grass. Even though wild flowers like dandelions are hardy, edible and valuable as medicine, they are considered “bad” flowers. And cultivated flowers like iris and daffodils are “good” flowers, even though the only thing they are really good for is to look at. Personally, I’m just as glad this same standard doesn’t apply to people. Don’t pull that weed — unless you’re going to eat it.
Mount Nittany going tobacco free in Sept. From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — On Sept. 4, Mount Nittany Health System is going tobacco free. This means no tobacco use of any kind will be permitted — inside or outside — at any Mount Nittany Health System location. “At Mount Nittany, we are committed to providing the healthiest, safest environment for our patients, employees and guests. Establishing all of our facilities as tobaccofree squarely supports that commitment,” said Gail A. Miller, RN, MS, CPHQ, vice president for quality at Mount Nittany. Tobacco is the number one cause of death and disease in the United
States. This includes exposure from secondhand tobacco smoke. According to the US Surgeon General, there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. Moreover, all tobacco use (including smokeless tobacco use) in and around hospitals poses health and safety risks for patients, employees and visitors. “There are over 7,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, of which 70 are known to cause cancer. Exposure to secondhand smoke, which contains these chemicals, presents a risk for cardiovascular problems and lung cancer,” said James Gerardo, MD, PhD, cardiology,
Mount Nittany Physician Group. “Mount Nittany’s decision to go tobacco free is a tangible expression of our ongoing commitment to healthy living,” said Jeffrey A. Ratner, MD, senior vice president of medical affairs at Mount Nittany. “Prohibiting tobacco use provides responsible protection for our patients and guests. In addition, completely removing tobacco from our facilities will help those who are trying to quit by eliminating triggers for tobacco usage.” Mount Nittany is asking for community support in the tobacco-free initiative as it moves toward Sept. 4. To learn more, please visit mountnittany.org.
Cancer Society offers rides From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Each day people with cancer need rides to treatment. They may not feel well enough to drive themselves or may not have friends or family that can help. They are left asking themselves, “How am I going to get to treatment?” The American Cancer Society is there to help through its “Road to Recovery” program. “Road to Recovery” provides cancer
patients with free rides to and from their treatments and related medical appointments. Trained volunteer drivers provide the rides using their own personal vehicles or American Cancer Society vehicles. “‘Road to Recovery’ drivers helped me beat cancer by making sure I got to the treatments that saved my life,” said John, a cancer patient. To arrange a ride, please call (800) 2272345 as soon as you know you need a ride.
From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania will host an open house for its new Silvi Sensory Integration Center from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 3 at its location on 383 Rolling Ridge Dr. in State College. The grand opening will feature guided tours of the center, which offers up-to-date technology and therapies. Easter Seals Central Pennsylvania is a
non-profit organization with the mission to provide services to ensure all people with disabilities have equal opportunity to live, learn, work and play. More than 2,600 children and adults in the central region of Pennsylvania are served by ESCPA. The organization has offices in State College, Altoona, Chambersburg, Mechanicsburg, Waysnesboro and York. For more information visit www.eastersealscentralpa.org.
Add kidneys to list of things that can be recycled By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer
CHICAGO — It turns out you can recycle just about anything these days — even kidneys and other organs donated for transplants. Recently in Chicago, in what is believed to be the first documented case of its kind in the U.S., a transplanted kidney that was failing was removed from a patient while he was still alive and given to somebody else. There have been other cases since the 1980s of transplant organs being used more than once, but they were rare and involved instances in which the first recipient died. Typically when transplanted organs fail in living patients, doctors throw them away. But with more than 73,000 people awaiting transplants nationwide, some specialists say doctors should consider trying to reuse more organs to ease the severe shortage. “The need for kidney transplantation doesn’t match our capacity,” said Dr. Lorenzo Gallon, a Northwestern University transplant specialist who oversaw the kidney recycling operation in Chicago. “People die on dialysis” while awaiting kidneys. That was the possible fate awaiting two strangers. A research letter describing the unusual case was published in Thursday’s New England Journal of Medicine. The donated kidney lasted just two weeks in the first patient, a 27-year-old Illinois man. The same disease that ruined his kidneys started to damage the new kidney, given to him by his sister. He was getting sicker, and doctors needed to act fast if they were going to save the organ. With permission from the man and his sister, they removed it last July and retransplanted it into a 67year-old Indiana man. The Illinois man is back on dialysis and will probably get another transplant eventually. Still, reusing a transplanted organ can be tricky — and riskier — because surgeons have to deal with scar tissue that typically forms around an organ as the body heals from the operation.
Also, Wayne Shelton, a bioethicist at Albany Medical College in New York, said the practice may raise ethical questions. He said doctors need to make sure patients who are offered reused parts understand all the risks and are not made to feel coerced into accepting such organs. And because these cases are so rare, there is little data on how patients with recycled parts fare, Shelton noted. Dr. Jonathan Bromberg, director of transplantation at the University of Maryland Medical Center, praised the Northwestern doctors but said organ recycling is unlikely to become commonplace because it would be rare for an already transplanted organ to be healthy enough to be reused. In Boston in 2009, a man died shortly after a getting a new heart, and the organ was in good enough shape to be transplanted into someone else. A 2005 medical journal report detailed three U.S. cases involving donor livers reused after the initial recipients died, and said they were among 11 similar cases between 1987 and 2005. Medical literature also includes reports from the 1990s about a kidney retransplant in Spain and a heart retransplant in Switzerland. In the Chicago case, Ray Fearing of Arlington Heights, Ill., received a new kidney that was later reused by Erwin Gomez of Valparaiso, Ind., a surgeon familiar with the medical complexities involved. Joel Newman, a spokesman for the United Network for Organ Sharing, said previous retransplants in the U.S. “have occurred when the original recipient has died soon after a transplant but the organ is still able to function. To our knowledge, this is the first publicly reported instance where a kidney has been removed from a living person due to the risk of organ failure and retransplanted.” Fearing had a disease that caused scarring that prevented the kidneys from filtering waste from blood. He had to quit his industrial machinery job and went on dialysis a year ago. His sister donated a kidney last June in what
was “probably the happiest moment of my life,” Fearing said. The worst, he said, was a few days later, when doctors told him the kidney was damaged and had to be removed. Gallon, medical director of Northwestern’s kidney transplant program, thought the kidney could be reused in somebody else if it was removed quickly, before it became irreversibly damaged. Gallon needed Fearing’s permission, and also asked the young man’s sister, Cera Fearing. Fearing said he was heartbroken and reluctant to abandon an organ that had been his only hope for a normal life. But he decided it was the only option that made sense. His sister, too, was crushed but said she didn’t hesitate when told her kidney might help someone else. “I just assumed it’s damaged, it’s garbage,” she said. “The fact that they were able to give it to someone that somehow was able to benefit from it was great.” Gomez was selected because he was a good match. But Gallon said doctors also thought Gomez’s medical background would help him understand the complexities. Gomez said he had never heard of reusing transplant organs, and he worried about taking what seemed like damaged goods. But he agreed after the Northwestern team explained the risks and possible benefits. The removal and retransplant operations took place July 1. Within two days, the transplanted kidney had regained function. Gallon said he is convinced the damage is reversed. Gomez is taking anti-rejection drugs and is off dialysis. “I finally feel normal,” he said. Fearing is back on dialysis and said he is doing OK. Gallon said it is not uncommon for patients with Fearing’s disease to go through more than one transplanted kidney, and he expects Fearing will eventually get another one. Despite his own misfortune, Fearing said he is “extremely happy about being a part of this medical breakthrough” that might end up helping others.
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Penns Valley gets solar education materials From Gazette staff reports SPRING MILLS — Penns Valley’s seventh and eight graders recently received new solar education materials. The solar energy education materials are for Michael Stitzer’s seventh and eighth grade students. These materials include solar panels, which students assemble into cars, and model homes they make themselves.
Students will be able to measure and record the energy solar panels produce. They can experiment with different light sources and positioning to determine maximum energy gain, while detecting the effect that heat has on solar panel efficiency. “Learning about solar energy introduces our students to tomorrow’s energy sources,” said Stitzer. “Our solar energy was generally limited to our advanced students. Now, all of our students can have fun learning about practical uses for
clean, renewable solar energy.” The solar teaching aids and student kits were provided by the Penns Valley Conservation Association. Mary Carol Frier, interim education coordinator for the association, helped to procure the solar education materials from Kelvin Educational for the Penns Valley School District. “PVCA feels privileged to participate in education for our students’ present and future energy solutions,” she said.
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TEACHERS MICHAEL STITZER, Jacqui Wagner and Mary Carol Frier look over the new solar education materials for the Penns Valley seventh and eighth grades.
CLOSE UP of the Solar Education materials provided by the Penns Valley Conservation Association. Kelvin Educational is the vendor. This kit includes experiments students run with solarpowered cars and houses.
Grace Lutheran fundraiser benefits MDA initiatives Disability awareness helps students learn to respond to challenges By LAUREL SANDERS For The Gazette
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DR. ROBERT ATNIP, professor of surgery and radiology at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, presented the latest findings in vascular research at a special Sonographer’s Symposium held at South Hills School of Business and Technology.
South Hills hosts first-ever Sonographer’s Symposium From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — South Hills School of Business and Technology’s Diagnostic Medical Sonography program drew 145 sonographers from across the state April 14 at its first-ever Sonographer’s Symposium. Sonography professionals and researchers from Johns Hopkins University, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center presented lectures at the conference, and exhibitors from Philips, GE Healthcare,
Siemens and Sound Technology demonstrated high-tech ultrasound equipment. Sonography is increasingly used in detection and treatment of abdominal, gynecological, cardiac and vascular disease. It is a diagnostic medical imaging modality that uses high frequency sound waves to produce visual images of organs, tissues or blood flow inside the body, without the use of ionizing radiation. South Hills School in State College has operated a sonography program for 16 years. For more information visit www.southhills.edu.
STATE COLLEGE — In the first full week of spring, 130 students at Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten sprang into action during their sixth Hop-A-Thon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. The Hop-A-Thon was the culmination of a week-long Disability Awareness Week organized and run by Carol Lebold, kindergarten teacher and special events planner at the school. During the week, students learned about numerous disabilities and discovered how people learn to enjoy life despite the difficulties they face daily. Students were exposed to a variety of sensory and physical challenges that helped them understand what life is like for others. Kindergarten children helped their teacher to open doors, reach files and supplies, and more as she struggled to manage in a wheelchair. Students of all ages were asked to identify sounds without any visual queues; paint with a Q-tip in their mouths; navigate a circle of children standing arm
to arm with their eyes closed; and experience other environmental challenges. Schoolwide assemblies, classroom discussions and special projects helped students learn that all children, despite their challenges and limitations, are very similar. Their exposure to others’ everyday challenges motivated even the youngest children to hop vigorously to help others whom they will never meet. Energetic hoppers and pledges from their families and friends resulted in the children collectively doing 28,234 hops and raising $2,394.60 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Funds will go toward wheelchair purchases and will help students with muscular dystrophy to afford summer camps. In six years, Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten has raised $14,694 to help people with disabilities. Laurel Sanders is the executive director of Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten at 205 S. Garner St. in downtown State College. She can be reached at lsanders@glcpa.org or (814) 238-8110.
GRACE LUTHERAN students held a Hop-A-Thon in an effort to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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THE STUDENTS at Wingate Elementary got a little taste of paradise recently, as the food service staff transformed the cafeteria into a tropical vacation destination. It is not uncommon for the staff to decorate and dress up for each holiday or celebration at school. Pictured, from left, are Nancy Letterman, Vicki Bradley and Wendy Catherman. Not pictured: Holly Shuey and Marlene Cox.
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Bellefonte student picked for leadership seminar From Gazette staff reports BELLEFONTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Bellefonte resident Madison Kauffman has been selected to join 245 leaders representing high schools from throughout central and northeast Pennsylvania at the Central Pennsylvania Hugh Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brian Youth Leadership Seminar from May 17 to 20 at Millersville University. Representing Bellefonte Area High School, Kauffman is the daughter of Sue and Chad Kauffman. For the past 54 years, HOBY Leadership Seminars have brought together select groups of high school sophomores to interact with groups of distinguished leaders in business, government and education to discuss present and future issues in a learning environment. For more information visit www.hoby.org or www.centralpahoby.org.
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Over $3 million donated to honor liberal arts dean From Gazette staff reports
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THE STATE COLLEGE ELKS Youth Activities Committee recently donated 30 music stands to the music department at Park Forest Middle School. This is part of the Elks â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music Makes Kids Smarterâ&#x20AC;? program. A total of 30 stands and a storage cart were purchased for the music department to be used by the middle school band and orchestra. Pictured are members of the Park Forest Middle School music program under the direction of Paul Rayius.
SECOND ANNUAL KEPLER â&#x20AC;&#x153;SPRINTâ&#x20AC;? TRIATHLON SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012 SWIMMING, BIKING, RUNNING YMCA OF CENTRE COUNTY IS PROUD TO PRESENT ITS SECOND ANNUAL SPRINT TRIATHLON. Join us as we support our local community in offering a new twist to your triathlon experience. A SINGLE loop will consist of a 200-yard pool swim followed immediately by a 6 mile out and back, rolling bike ride. Following the bike you will transition to a 2 mile out and back run. If you are participating in a DOUBLE, then DIWHU žQLVKLQJ WKH žUVW ORRS \RX ZLOO LPPHGLDWHO\ WUDQVLWLRQ IURP WKH UXQ EDFN LQWR WKH SRRO IRU D VHFRQG trip through the entire course. Participants will start the race in assigned heats that will be assigned the day of, according to your estimated swim time. In addition, a water station will be offered near the bike/ run transition. Signage, and bright markers will line the course as well as volunteers who will be located at critical turns and turn-around locations. TIME:
Single Loop Start 8:30 AM Double Loop Start--- Immediately Following Last Heat of Singles
WHERE:
Kepler Pool @ Governors Park, Bellefonte PA
SINGLE LOOP: Starts at 8:30 AM Racers will go through the course 1 time. DOUBLE LOOP: Starts immediately following the last heat of singles. (Participants will race through the course 2 times. After you complete the run, you will swim, bike and run through the course again.) COST:
Individual (SINGLE LOOP 200 Yard Swim, 6 Mile Bike, 2 Mile Run) $40 until June 1 $50 after June 1 Individual (DOUBLE LOOP, 200 Yard Swim, 6 Mile Bike, 2 Mile Run, Repeat It Again!) $50 until June 1 $60 after June 1 Relays (Teams of 3: DOUBLE LOOP ONLY) $65 per team until June 1 $80 per team after June 1
Pre-register at any YMCA OF CENTRE COUNTY Branch. For more information contact josh at jcone@ymcaofcentrecounty.org
YMCA OF CENTRE COUNTY BELLEFONTE BRANCH 125 West High Street Bellefonte, PA 16823 (814) 355-5551
MOSHANNON VALLEY BRANCH P.O. Box 426, 113 North 14th Street Philipsburg, PA 16866 (814) 342-0889
www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org
STATE COLLEGE BRANCH 677 W. Whitehall Road State College, PA 16801 (814) 237-7717
UNIVERSITY PARK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Penn State president Rodney Erickson has announced that nearly 280 alumni, friends, administrators, faculty and staff have made commitments totaling more than $3 million to honor Susan Welch, dean of the College of the Liberal Arts, for her 20 years of leadership in the college. More than 80 percent of the commitments are targeted to graduate education, one of the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top fundraising priorities in the current university-wide fundraising effort, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students. Penn State alumnus Gene Chaiken led the initiative to honor Welch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife, Roz, and I have been active volunteers and lead donors to the SUSAN WELCH college for many years and have seen Susanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work first hand. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so thankful for the many donors that made a gift to this project â&#x20AC;&#x201D; to the best of my knowledge, no college at Penn State had ever raised more than $100,000 in honor of a dean,â&#x20AC;? Chaiken said. Welch is the longest active dean on the University Park campus and longest sitting female dean in the history of Penn State. She arrived at Penn State in 1991 from the University of Nebraska with the charge to
lead the College of the Liberal Arts to national excellence and leadership. Over two decades, Welch has worked closely with university administrators, academic heads and senior faculty to develop and implement effective strategic plans and to focus key resources on programs with great potential. As a result, many of the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s core programs have risen to the top 10 in their fields, including a number one ranking for the anthropology department. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For more than two decades, Susan has had a transformative impact on countless teaching and research programs, and her leadership has brought national recognition to Penn State students, faculty, and the entire University,â&#x20AC;? Erickson said. One of the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s top goals has been to raise funds for graduate education as part of the quest for national prominence. Liberal Arts graduate students play a central role in delivering a world-class education to Penn State undergraduate students and in collaborating with top faculty in teaching and research innovations. The $3 million in commitments is in addition to a $5 million gift that Doug and Julie Rock made in 2010 to endow the deanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chair in the College of the Liberal Arts, which they also named in honor of Welch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Beyond being a great leader and scholar, Susan has been a committed friend to many of us and has deeply involved everyone in the collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success in attaining national leadership,â&#x20AC;? Chaiken said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;On behalf of our fellow alumni and friends, we are thrilled to help create a fitting legacy.â&#x20AC;?
Planting Pinwheels
Sat, April 28, 10 a.m.
Little Garden Folks
Sat, May 26, 10 a.m.
Dirt Detectives
Sat, June 23, 10 a.m.
Buzzing Bees
Sat, July 28, 10 a.m.
Great Escapes
Sat, Aug 18, 10 a.m.
Talking Trees
Sat, Sept 22, 10 a.m.
Pumpkin Pals
Sat, Oct 27, 10 a.m.
The garden is located at 203 North Allegheny Street. Call 355-4174 for more information. Kids of all ages and their favorite adults are welcome. THE BELLEFONTE COMMUNITY CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GARDEN IS A PARTNERSHIP OF THE CENTRE COUNTY LIBRARY, THE PENN STATE MASTER G ARDENERS OF C ENTRE COUNTY AND THE BELLEFONTE GARDEN CLUB, A PART OF THE NONPROFIT HISTORIC BELLEFONTE, INC.
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Fourth annual Dog Jog held at Grange Fairgrounds By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — Pets Come First, a non-profit, all-volunteer organization which runs the SPCA Centre Hall Shelter, held its fourth annual Dog Jog 5K Run/Walk at the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall on April 28. This is a rather unusual running event, since it allows the participating runners to take their dogs with them on the run. There was also a 1.5K walk for those who are a bit smaller, older or slower — dogs or people. Prizes from local businesses and organizations were awarded to the top finishers in each category. According to Dar Bellissimo of Pets Come First, 170 people were pre-registered (93 walkers and 77 runners), with 126 dogs running. The final tally of runners, with walk-ins, was 116. The event has grown larger each year since its inception. After everyone was registered, the runners — both dog and human — were all lined up on the pavement on the Grange Fair midway. On a signal from Deb Warner of PCF, they were off and running. The course made a 5 kilometer (3.1 miles) serpentine loop around the fairgrounds, returning to the finish line near the exhibit buildings. It wasn’t long until runners began crossing the finish line, with the human runners seemingly more exhausted than the dogs. Both dogs and people helped themselves to water and snacks after the run, with one dog climbing into a kiddie pool filled with water for the ultimate cool down. The 1.5K (just under a mile) walk then began, moving up the fair midway and following a loop around the grounds. In addition to the running events, an exhibit building was filled with animal-themed organizations and businesses. Several animal rescue groups were present with displays and knowledgeable representatives informing the public about their activities. Danielle Ardire and Kathleen Magulick represented the Centre County Memorial Park, noting that the park has had a pet cemetery since 1992. They offer other options, such
SAM STITZER/For The Gazette
GARY SHETLER, of Clearfield, and his 2-year-old Great Dane, Potter, took part in their first Dog Jog race.
AMY HILE poses with her dog Snickers, a 3-year-old Puggle.
as cremation and markers for backyard burials of deceased pets. Donna Herrmann and Diane Kerley were there representing the Hundred Cat Foundation, so named because they rescued 100 cats from a house near Egg Hill in 2005. Their organization has found homes for many cats in the
last seven years, and is now involved in a program to find barn homes for a large number of feral cars living on the grounds of the Rockview Prison. Many vendors of pet-related merchandise and foods were present, and a silent auction of generously donated items was conducted as well.
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Linden Loop event will support historic Rock Hill School project By KAREN DABNEY For The Gazette
LINDEN HALL — The fifth annual Linden Loop on Sunday, May 6, offers bicyclists, walkers and runners the opportunity to enjoy a scenic 5-mile course while raising funds for the restoration and preservation of the historic Rock Hill School. Bicyclists may choose an optional 28-mile supported bike ride. Free tours of the school will be offered from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The certified 5-mile course is a loop around Brush Valley, Rock Hill and Linden Hall Roads near Boalsburg. Starting times are 11:30 p.m. for registration, 12:30 p.m. for 28-mile ride, 1 p.m. for the fivemile family bike ride, 1:30 p.m. for the walk, and 2 p.m. for the run, with an awards presentation at 3 p.m. Proceeds from the event benefit the Rock Hill School, which was built in 1893, and secured its place in history as the one-room school where William G. Waring, one of Penn State University’s founders, taught in the 1840s. Waring was also the great-grandfather of Fred Waring, the band leader for the Pennsylvanians. After the school closed in June 1937, the building served as an unofficial community center and a storage area, then fell into disrepair and neglect. In 2005, after hearing that someone might buy the property and tear down the school, Linden
Hall residents Len Rockey and Ron Kriedler decided to intervene. “Ron and I had to pay $100,000 for the one and a quarter-acre corner lot in the historic district of Linden Hall,” Rockey said. Rockey and Kreidler recruited other concerned citizens and formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit, the Rock Hill School at Linden Hall Association. “The school was in atrocious condition,” said Dave Guss, assistant treasurer of the association. “It was almost but not quite beyond repair. What saved it was the tin roof.” Rockey, the association’s president, said the group cleared away the brush and trees obscuring the building. They removed extensive debris and wildlife from the interior, including four wheelbarrow loads of walnuts from the coal room alone, and an angry mother raccoon and her offspring. Amish workers helped them lift the building and repair the damaged foundation. The association replaced a section of wall damaged by a leak, and painstakingly disassembled, repaired and reassembled the historic windows and doors. The new tin roof was patterned after the roof in a photograph from the early 1900s. They replaced the crumbling wainscoting and painted the building. The restoration project won a 2010 Historic Preservation Award from the Centre County Historical Society.
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CENTRE COUNTY commissioners Steve Dershem, Chris Exarchos and Michael Pipe honored volunteers.
Volunteers honored By PAT PARK For The Gazette
KAREN DABNEY/For The Gazette
LEN ROCKEY, left, president of the Rock Hill School at Linden Hall Association, and Ron Kriedler, secretary prepare for the Linden Loop. “All the renovations were done according to Centre Region code,” said Rockey. “We went through all the procedures and inspections, and we worked with an architect who directed us according to what we could and couldn’t do, while respecting the school’s historic integrity.” He said the building is handicapped accessible, and much of the major work is now complete. Kreidler, the association’s secretary, said they have raised $180,000 from donations and grants, including two $10,000 grants obtained through Rep. Kerry Benninghoff and Sen. Jake Corman. Rockey said they are working to become recognized as a bicycle rest stop because the school is on the Pennsylvania Route G of the Governor’s Bicycle
Routes. With the encouragement of Harris Township, the association will soon complete the process of classifying the school as a community center. “This will allow us to have weddings, birthday parties, just about anything. The great thing is you’re rewarded every time someone uses it. It really supports and reinforces the significance of the community.” The Linden Loop registration fee of $20, or $10 per additional family member, will be waived for each participant who raises a donation of $50 or more. All donations are tax deductible. To register online, visit http://bit.ly/LindenLoop2012. For more information, contact Jill Swanson, jsjillann@aol. com or call (814) 466-2805.
UNIVERSITY PARK — The 27th annual RSVP Volunteer Recognition luncheon was held at The Penn Stater Conference Center on April 27. Over 1,300 retired senior men and women contributed 69,000 hours of community help this past year. At least 130 different groups are involved with such things as helping with tax forms, providing transportation for veterans to doctor appointments, aiding the Toys for Tots program, manning 13 food banks, helping with flu shots, monitoring our local streams, writing letters for the Pen Pal Program and other programs. RSVP director Brian Querry welcomed everyone with the Abraham Lincoln quote: “When I do good, I feel good.” Jane Taylor, Office of Aging director, gave her thanks to all of the volunteers present and suggested that more help could be used. Centre County commissioners Steve Dershem,
Chris Exarchos and Michael Pipe added their thanks. Chairperson Dershem stated that this event was the most awe-striking event that the commissioners attend. The invocation before the meal was given by Robert Kidder. Volunteers celebrating from five to 25 years of service were recognized. Each received a pin and the applause of the audience. Receiving special recognition for achieving aver 500 hours of service for the year 2011 were: Patricia Breger, Sally McCartney, Kathryn Sprout, Mimi Edwards, Joyce McKay, Shirley Stump, Chester Fulton, Donna Shawley, Faith Whitman, Joyce Kerr, Boyd Spicer, Lou Wian, Shirley Leopold and Patricia Wian. Keeping the room entertained and the afternoon moving along were Masters of Ceremony Babs Bengtson and Kevin Conaway from WPSU. If you are interested in helping with any of the various RSVP programs, contact their office at (814) 355-6816.
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Penn State Student United Way wins award From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Centre County United Way recently announced that the Penn State Student United Way has won the 2012 Innovation Award, given by United Way Worldwide, for their work with the Trash to Treasure Winter Sale. Student United Ways are campus-based organizations led by students on more than 60 campuses across the United States. The Penn State group was the first student United Way to form in 2002. United Way Worldwide developed the awards program to draw attention to the collective efforts of every Student United Way across the country and to highlight: outstanding individual leadership; excep-
tional Student United Way organizations; savvy social media skills; and successful program efforts focused on community impact. Prizes include national level recognition, mini-grants and scholarships, Live United gear, volunteer opportunities with United Way Worldwide and more. Brian Gallagher, president and CEO of United Way Worldwide will present Student United Way Awards on May 2 in Nashville, Tenn., at the United Way Community Leaders Conference with more than 1,800 representatives from the United Way network present. The Innovation Award recognizes a student-run, signature event that impacts the community. The Penn State Student Unit-
ed Way are being honored for their Winter Trash to Treasure Sale which is held in East Halls on the Penn State campus. Donations from students leaving the area after the fall semester are resold to the local community at a discounted price during the February event. For this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sale SUW volunteers contributed over 125 hours to sort and price the donations and manage operations on sale day which raises $4,000-5,000 annually for the Centre County United Way. The winter sale redirects tons of materials away from the landfills and into the hands of people who can use them while supporting the Centre County United Way Partner Agencies. Tammy Gentzel, executive director of
the Centre County United Way, wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t surprised that the Penn State Student United Way was chosen for this prestigious award. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Penn State Student United Way has been innovative from the start. They are the first student group to form in the country and they have continued to develop new ways to support our community. Their work with the Trash to Treasure Winter Sale is consistently outstanding,â&#x20AC;? Gentzel said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are proud of our partnership with these young community leaders.â&#x20AC;? If you are a student interested in joining the Penn State Student United Way please contact Megan Evans at megan@ccunitedway.org.
PAWS ADOPT-A-PET Queenie, a long-haired and front-declawed brown tabby female, seeks a new castle with loving human family members to call her own. Queenie is not a fan of other felines, but loves food. She prefers to eat off the floor than from her bowl and will sit up and beg when a treat is dangled a little above her head. Queenie is also a master of tricks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she will lie with her fluffy belly up seemingly asking to be petted, and then will play-
fully swat the hand that reaches in. Visit http://www.centrecountypaws.org/cats/ to read more about Queenie or stop by PAWS (1401 Trout Road, State College) to meet her in person. Queenie is happy to report that the adoption fee for her and all cats aged one year or older at PAWS has been reduced to only $5 for the entire month of May. We are hoping that the reduction of the adoption
fee to $5 will get some of the cats that have been with us for some time finally into their forever homes. In addition, when one cat leaves PAWS that opens up room for another cat.
Zumba-thon set for May 12 From Gazette staff reports
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STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; A Zumba-thon will be held to raise money for multiple sclerosis from 10:30 a.m. to noon on May 12 in the ballroom at Toftrees Golf Resort & Conference Center, located on 1 County Club Lane in State College.
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The charity event, presented by Angelaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Avengers MS team, will feature a variety of vendors and prizes. Doors open at 9 a.m. for shopping, and there is an entry fee. For more information contact event organizer Lynne Marshall at (814) 360-1824 or lebulkie@comcast.net.
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Madison, War of 1812 featured at DAR meeting By JUDY BLACK AND CHERI BANKS For The Gazette
BELLEFONTE — Dr. Greg Ferro was invited to address the Bellefonte Chapter of the DAR at its monthly meeting in April to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 by teaching about the president at that time, James Madison. Ferro is a retired teacher and presents many courses for adults, including “Knowing Your Presidents.” Bellefonte Chapter of the DAR chaplain Cheri Banks recited the fourth stanza of the Star Spangled Banner as the invocation. Vice regent Carol Corman led the Pledge of Allegiance, and Diane Hogg led reciting the preamble to the Constitution of the United States. Members plan on being present at the Naturalization Ceremony at the Centre County Courthouse on May 11. Ferro’s presentation explained that James Madison was born into a wealthy Virginia plantation family and grew up in the family home, Montpelier. His early education was from a tutor at a nearby plantation. He then went to what is now Princeton University. A brilliant man, he was proficient in Latin, Greek and Hebrew. His greatest service to his country was as the principle writer of the United States Constitution, and as author, along with John Jay and Alexander Hamilton, of the Federalist papers, written to promote ratification of the Constitution. As Jefferson’s Secretary of State, Madison facilitated the Louisiana Purchase. America declared war on Great Britain 200 years ago, in 1812, partly because Britain was kidnapping American merchant seaman and forcing them to serve in the Royal Navy. Also, Britain’s war with France was causing trade restrictions on the United States, and Britain was supporting the western Indian tribes against the United States. Some Americans even considered attempting to annex Canada as a U.S. colony. However, many Americans thought the
war against England was reckless and unnecessary, and they blamed President Madison for causing it. As a result, Madison was an unpopular president and largely unappreciated for his great contributions to his country. In June of 1812, President Madison recommended that Congress declare war on England to redress our various grievances, and both houses of Congress voted to proceed to war. The Royal Navy blockaded ports on the Atlantic coast and in 1814, took Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor. Francis Scott Key, a lawyer and amateur poet, wrote a poem about the battle that would be set to music as the Star Spangled Banner, our national anthem. This British victory led to the fall of Washington D.C. and the burning of the city, including the White House. The First Lady, Dolly Madison, famously rescued several national treasures, including George Washington’s portrait by Gilbert Stuart. By 1814, both sides were ready to end the war and sent representatives to Ghent to negotiate a peace. This was accomplished on Dec. 24, 1814. One month later, the most famous American victory took place in New Orleans. Col. Andrew Jackson, with no way of knowing the war was over, thoroughly routed British troops, sending them scurrying. Skirmishes continued until May of 1815, an interesting commentary on communications. In this day of cell phones and computers, it is hard to consider that it took six months for all of the troops to know that the War of 1812 had ended. Ferro is an animated speaker. The audience thoroughly enjoyed his speech. In front of the courthouse in Bellefonte, a Soldiers’ Monument was erected in 1906. The monument has a panel that lists the soldiers from Centre County who fought in the War of 1812. The panel is right below the Revolutionary War panel on the end of the monument. Dr. Constans Curtin, who is on the War of 1812 list, was a surgeon to the drafted militia from Centre County. He
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SOLDIERS FROM Centre County are remembered at a memorial outside the Centre County Courthouse in Bellefonte. was the brother of Roland, whose son was Governor Curtin. DAR member Judy Black has an ancestor John Evans Watts who served in Carson’s Regiment of the Mississippi Militia. DAR member Cheri Banks always heard a Miles’ family story about saving the Declaration of Independence from a burning Washington D.C. The story was published in State Magazine in May of 1997 (issue No. 405). DAR patriot Col. Samuel Miles’ grandson Samuel Miles McKean’s father-in-law Josias King, worked in the Executive Office in Washington D.C. Josias, John Graham and Stephen Pleasanton took coarse linen and made bags to carry the original Declaration of Independence and the Constitu-
tion out of the path of the advancing British. The documents ended up in a house in Leesburg, Va. During the War of 1812, Centre County iron was taken by wagon train to Erie, for use in the construction of the ships used by Commodore Perry, according to the Centre County Heritage, spring 1976 volume. Make sure you stop by the Soldiers’ Monument in Bellefonte and read the soldiers names and ponder their sacrifice 200 years ago. If you see your ancestors name on the Revolutionary War plaque, we would like to hear from you by contacting regent Dolores Ritter at dolly814@aol.com. Visit the Bellefonte DAR website at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~pabc dar/.
From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association recently announced that Ryan Walsh, assistant athletic director at State College Area School District, has been recognized as a certified athletic administrator. To earn this distinction, Walsh demonstrated the highest level of knowledge and expertise in the field of interscholastic athletic administration. The voluntary certification process included a thorough evaluation of the candidate’s educational background, experience and professional contributions, as well as a rigorous, comprehensive written examination. Walsh is one of an elite group of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism. “I have had the opportunity to work with and learn from two of the best athletic administrators you will find anywhere; Ron
Pavlechko and Peg Pennepacker. They both exemplify what it means to be a professional and have motivated me to strive for that level of professionalism. The certification process allowed me to continue my professional development in order to better serve all of the SCASD student-athletes,” Walsh said. “The ability to gain insight and advice from fellow athletic directors on current issues in interscholastic athletics is the advantage of the program. The ideas and skills that I have learned over the course of the program I have been able to apply directly in my everyday tasks as the assistant athletics director. ” The NIAAA is a national professional organization consisting of all 50 state athletic administrator associations and more than 7,600 individual members. It is dedicated to promoting the professional growth of high school athletic administrators and preserving the educational nature of interscholastic athletics and the place of these programs in the school program.
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Community spelling bee raises Clitherow wins funding to help with literacy efforts Barbash Award From Gazette staff reports
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STATE COLLEGE — For the 14th year, the Ron and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee was a success. A total of 16 teams of “spellers” participated in the annual fundraiser benefiting Mid-State Literacy Council. The event raised over $8,300. The Bee took place on April 18 and was hosted by Foxdale Village. Wordmaster Kathleen O’Toole started the evening by referring to Judge Carmine Prestia as “doing time” and calling Judge Leslie Dutchcot the “hanging judge.” The hilarity continued with the Voices of Central PA, the winning team sponsored by McLanahan’s Drug Store Management holding up signs during their turn to spell such as “WE R SPEL URZ” and “TAINT UH WERD.” Teams and sponsors return year after year to support this event and some newcomers this year have already signed up their team for next year.
STATE COLLEGE — C-NET, Centre County’s Government and Education Access Network, presented Mike Clitherow with the 2012 Robert W. Barbash Award at the annual C-NET Volunteer Recognition Celebration on April 22. Clitherow, a C-NET board member and current president of the C-NET Board of Directors, represented the CentreConnect steering committee. He joined the board of directors in 2002, and was elected board president in 2004. The Barbash award is presented annually to individuals in recognition of outstanding leadership and contributions in support of C-NET. The award is named for Robert W. Barbash, an original member of the Cable Television Task Force, which was first organized in 1985. For more information visit www.cnet1.org. Submitted photo
WINNERS OF THE 14th annual Ron and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee were, from left: Michael Casper, John Dickison and Eston Martz. Team Voices of Central PA was sponsored by McLanahan’s Drug Store management.
A closer look at Howard Grange Special to The Gazette HOWARD — Howard Grange No. 297 was formed on July 7, 1874, when a group of 24 interested citizens from Boggs and Howard Townships held their first meeting at the Pletcher Schoolhouse in Howard Township. State Master Leonard Rhone officiated over the installation of officers, and James Antes was installed as the first master. The official charter was received in January 1875 and for the next 79 years the Grange meetings were held in a rented hall. On May 25, 1939, Juvenile Grange No. 255 was chartered with 19 members. It has since disbanded. In September 1954, the members
of Howard Grange purchased the former Sheffield Milk Plant near Howard and began renovations to make it into a Grange Hall. After a few years of hard work and many fund raising activities, the members held an official mortgage-burning ceremony on Feb. 7, 1957. However, the Grange Hall lasted only until 1965, when the federal government took the property as part of the Blanchard Dam project; today known as the Foster Joseph Sayers Dam and Bald Eagle State Park. The last meeting held in the hall was on Nov. 9, 1965 with Howard Grange hosting the Centre County Pomona Grange. At that time, the Grangers moved
their meetings to the IOOF Hall, above the Howard Post Office. They met there until 1974, when they moved to the Howard Fire Hall, where they continue to meet. Members of Howard Grange support Pomona, State and National Grange programs and serve on the Centre County Grange Fair Committee. They take part in local activities, make donations to various community organizations, and respond to Grange appeals. Howard Grange meets at 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at the Howard Fire Hall. For more information, call (814) 625-2132.
Frank wins volunteer award at CCCHS recognition dinner From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Council for Human Services (CCCHS) held its 40th annual Rose Cologne Volunteer Recognition dinner on April 26 at The Penn Stater. With over 400 people in attendance, 40 local volunteers from the area’s health and human service agencies were honored for their dedication and service to the community. The Ann Graybill Cook Volunteer of Distinction Award, which honors the memory of the late Ann Cook, was presented to Brent Frank in recognition of his 18 years of involvement with CCCHS. Frank has served on the council’s board of eirectors and executive committees as well as the member-
ship, nominations and seed grant committees. He places a high standard on giving back to the community. He has worked tirelessly with CCCHS and many faithbased organizations to improve the quality of life in the Centre Region. A co-worker of Frank’s from MidPenn Legal Services used these words to describe him: “If you’re very lucky sometimes on life’s journey you meet someone unexpected. Brent has a great commitment to our community and volunteerism and through quiet leadership and inspiration he encourages others to give of their time and talents.” “The council would not be where it is today without the dedication of Brent Frank,” said council president Brenda Oyler Kim.
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THE RANK OF Eagle Scout was recently awarded to Andrew William Huff at a court of honor in State College. He is a member of Troop 40 of the Nittany Mountain District, chartered by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, State College First Ward. Huff is pictured with John Kriner of the B.P.O. Elks Lodge 1600. For his Eagle service project, Huff led a crew that built a new nature trail for the ClearWater Conservancy through the forested area of their Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor in Stormstown.
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BRENT FRANK was honored at the Rose Cologne Volunteer Recognition dinner, which was held on April 26.
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Where the buffalo roam: E&L Supplies adds new attraction SPRING MILLS — E&L Supplies located in Spring Mills on state Route 45 opened in 2009. The store is run by Julie Smith and offers everything from landscaping and home and garden supplies to pet food, farm supplies, bird seed and dog grooming services. When she asked a pet food supplier to carry their products in her store, Smith was told she was a “little girl with a big dream.” Three years later, Smith runs a successful business and has turned another big dream into reality. Smith, along with her partner Herb Grove, owner of Brush Mountain Transport, also run a farm complete with cows, a donkey, a zebra named Zahara, a Great Dane, and Amy Debach-Conapproximately 30 fer is a photograbuffalo. The bufpher and picture falo are their framing profession- newest and al. She can be biggest focus. reached via email Smith surat mosd14@yahoo. rounded herself com or through her with animals Web site at throughout her www.amyruth photography.com. life. Smith grew up on a farm in the Penns Valley area where she was active in 4-H and FFA where she cared for horses, goats and cattle to name a few. Smith had some changes in her life which lead to the opening of the store. When she opened the store, she wasn’t exactly sure what she was going to carry as far as products were concerned. “I let the customers tell me what they wanted to see in the store and went from there,” she said. Her passion for animals grew and in September, Smith brought home a zebra. It takes a zebra about five years to completely mature and they are herd animals which ultimately means they don’t do well alone, so Smith and Grove have a donkey to keep Zahara company in her pen. “Zahara is a different way to pro-
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THE BUFFALO calf in the E&L herd will be raised for meat. mote E&L Supplies,” Grove said. Zahara now attends events around the area such as the “Wild about Animals” event at the Ag Arena to promote the store and the understanding of zebras. After Smith said she was going to get a zebra, Grove jokingly replied, “Fine I’ll get buffalo then.” This joke stemmed into their newest passion. Grove explained that there are 27 females — 18 who are currently bred — one bull named Buzz and a calf. Grove and Smith obtained the first eight cows from a man in Raystown in October 2011. Shortly after, they purchased three more, and then brought in the rest of the buffalo from Ohio. Smith and Grove want the buffalo to be raised and fed as naturally as possible. This is why they only eat grass, hay, and occasionally grain, to keep them from roaming. The current stock will be kept as breeder cows and any calves born hereafter will be raised for meat. Smith hopes to bottle feed and raise one new calf to be calm so it can be taken to different events, just as Zahara, the zebra does. “Buffalo are a new trend,” Grove explained. “Their meat is lean and contains little marbleized fat.” In fact, bison meat is very similar in taste to beef but, a bit sweeter. In a blind taste test, most can’t tell the difference. Buffalo meat is a heart healthy choice for those who want to enjoy
the full flavor of red meat, without the high fat content of beef. It is high in protein, vitamins, and minerals, and doesn’t contain antibiotics, hormones, or growth additives. Buffalo meat is growing in popularity and can now be seen on more restaurant menus retail meat cases. Smith explained how E&L Supplies and the farm go hand-in-hand. “The store feeds the animals at the farm, and the trucking business (Brush Mountain Transport) helps when hauling animals or fixing equipment. Everything goes hand-inhand,” he said. Smith said that it’s too early to tell if the buffalo were a good investment. “If it makes Herb happy, it was a great investment,” she joked. Smith said that a lot of people have already shown interest in buffalo meat for burgers or steaks. According to Smith, the business is a lot of hard work. However, she loves what she does. “(We own) a profitable business that brings enjoyment,” she said. “How many people can say they come home after a bad day and watch the buffalo roam?” For more information on purchasing buffalo calves, meat by the half, or general questions about the process or E&L Supplies, contact Julie Smith at (814) 422-0370. In the future, Smith hopes to bring freezers into E&L Supplies, so the bison meat can purchased right there.
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With Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day just around the corner, the staff at The Centre County Gazette thought it would be fun to find out what area students want to say to their moms on this special day. With that in mind, we asked Paula Hendershotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s thirdgrade class at Pleasant Gap Elementary School to send us essays, poems â&#x20AC;&#x201D; basically whatever they wanted to write â&#x20AC;&#x201D; about their moms. We got some great responses. What follows is what their moms mean to them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in their own words, of course. (Editorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s note: Some submissions were edited for length.)
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Dear the best Mom in the world: You are special to me because you take care of me. You feed me, watch me, take to bed. That is why I am giving you a mommy/daughter necklace. You get the mommy part and I get the daughter part. You are the best mom. Love your daughter, Alexia
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Dear Mom, Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re the best Mom in the world. You are special to me because you took good care of me, bought me what I wanted. Paid money to school so I can learn, read, and write. You also solve my problems sometimes. You work and get money for me too. You buy me clothes too and food for us. I always love you!!! From your son, William Dear Mom, You are the best Mom in the world! I love you very much. You are special to me because you take care of me, you always try to do fun stuff with me and Madi. You always try to give us good advice if we need some. You are the best Mom I ever had and I love you very, very much. So much I would do anything for you. Love, Max P.S. I love you so much. P.S. Happy Motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day!
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Dear Mom, Here are some special things about you: You're nice, you're the nicest mom in the whole wide world and you give me almost everything I want. You're the best mom in the world! I love you lots! Love, Maleah
Dear Mom, It's Mother's Day! Another year and 2 months you'll be 42! Just because it's Mother's Day don't expect me to make dinner! Make Dad do it haha! Happy Mother's Day! Sincerely, Hailey
Dear Mommy, You are very special because you make good food, you buy us clothes and you help us with homework. From your daughter, Makaila
Dear Mom, You are a nice Mom. Thank you for my toys. Thank you also for my video games. HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY. Remember I love you. XOXO, Michael
Dear Mom, You are the best Mom ever! I love you sooooooooooooo much! You are the best Mom in the whole wide world. You do so much for me! I love you for that! Happy Mother's Day! Love, Dylan H. Dear Mom, Happy Mother's Day! You are the best Mom in the world. You have always been there for me and you will always be there for me. I LOVE YOU! Love, Sierra Dear Mom, You are pretty. You are nice. Happy Mother's Day! Love, Kaleb Dear Mom, You are the best mom ever. You are nice. When I grow up, I want to be just like you. Thank you for being a great mom. Love, Natasha
Dear Mom, You are a sweet, sweet mom. I like how you let us go play outside. I love you so much. Happy Mother's Day. I love how you got us a puppy and a cat. You love us so much. I hope you have fun outside and pick flowers. Elizabeth Dear Mom, Happy Mother's Day. I love to hang out with you. You have always been there for me and so I thank and love you for that. I hope your Mother's Day is GRAND!!!!! Love your daughter, Mia Dear Cooper, You are my prize possession. A special jewel within my heart. I'll love you 'til the end. You are my LOVED one. Promise me one thing: STAY as you are. Here's a little poem: Mother's Day will be so fun, we'll go outside in the sun and talk about how spring has come! I love you mom. Your son, Calvin
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Dear Mom, You are the best in the world. You are very cool. And very special. And you are the best. You are very special to me! Love you, Riley Dear Mom, You are so special to me because you're nice and you do stuff with me and you're good to me. You're such a great Mom. I love you. From your son, Cameron PAULA HENDERSHOT/For The Gazette
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Eagles sweep series with Raiders By TIM WEIGHT For The Gazette
BELLEFONTE — For the Bellefonte and Bald Eagle Area baseball teams, it was a rerun of sorts. BEA swept the regular-season series with a 6-3 win at Bellefonte on April 25. The Bald Eagles won the first meeting between the teams, 4-1, earlier this spring. In the most recent meeting, BEA pitcher Jon Romine did a good job mixing his pitches. He allowed just three runs on four hits while striking out seven to get the win for the Eagles. The Eagles jumped out to a 3-0 lead in this one. In the top of the third, Cole Long led off with a double. Bryce Green singled and Bryan Green walked, loading the bases. Jeff Koleno plated a run with a field-
er’s choice and Logan Reese singled in a run to make it 2-0. Ryan Dyke reached base on an error and Koleno scored on the play to push BEA’s lead to 3-0. BEA added a run in the sixth and two in the seventh to make it 6-0. In the bottom of the seventh, Bellefonte was able to chip away at the deficit. Dylan Moerschbacher reached on a single and Seth Weaver got on base via error. Ethan White then singled, plating Moersbacher to make it 6-1. With two outs, Brandon Shuey singled to score a pair of runs, making it 6-3. Nate Cleaver relieved Romine and struck out Nate Corrigan to end the rally. Romine got the win to improve to 3-1. Bellefonte’s Taylor Smith pitched seven innings, allowed six runs and 10 hits. He struck out four and walked one in the loss.
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BELLEFONTE’S HANNAH COOPER eyes up the next Lady Eagle batter.
Lady Raiders rout Lady Eagles, 13-2 By TIM WEIGHT For The Gazette
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BALD EAGLE Area High School pitcher Jon Romine delivers a pitch during a game against Bellefonte last week. The Eagles won 6-3.
MILESBURG — The Lady Raiders made it look easy. Vanessa Cooper went 4-for-4 with a home run, a double and three RBIs as Bellefonte routed its rival, Bald Eagle Area, 13-2, on April 25. The Cooper sisters brought their A game. With Hannah Cooper pitching and Vanessa behind the plate, the Lady Raiders looked unstoppable. Bellefonte scored 13 runs on 16 hits. Six of those hits went for extra bases. Chrissy Tressler also had a big day, going 2-for-4 with four RBI. Two of those RBIs came on a home run to center field. Bellefonte came out red hot in the game
and jumped on BEA for an early 3-0 lead. After BEA got on the scoreboard, Bellefonte answered with three more runs in the third. Tressler had a two-run double during the frame. With a comfortable 6-1 lead, Hannah Cooper kept the Lady Eagles off balance. They failed to chip away at the huge deficit. Cooper finished the day with six strikeouts and no walks. She gave up just three hits. “We just couldn’t get a break with the right hit at the right time,” Bald Eagle Area coach Kayleen Sidisky said. Up 6-1, Bellefonte tacked on two more runs in the fourth inning to make it 8-1. BEA got a run back in the bottom of the fourth to make it 8-2. However, Bellefonte got all kinds of insurance in the sixth, scoring five times to set the final at 13-2.
Second-round pick Still has a lot to prove As the clock ticked by on the opening night of the 2012 NFL Draft, Penn State’s Devon Still sat in the green room at Radio City Music Hall and waited and waited and waited. You get the idea. When all 32 selections were complete, Still was still playing the waiting game. On Friday night, Still was back in the green room waiting to hear his name again. Finally, Still’s name was called by the Cincinnati Bengals. He was the 53rd overall selection in the draft. Still was the 25th player to exit the green room. “I’m just happy to have an opportunity to play in the NFL,” Still told the NFL Network. “I’m just ready to go to work for the team that invested in me.” Still — the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year — was projected in some early mock drafts as a first-round pick. But as 2012 rolled on, the stock began Chris Morelli is the to drop for the 6-foot-5, 303-pound editor of the Centre Still. County Gazette. He Why? That’s a great question. He can be reached at editor@centre had some health concerns late in the countygazette.com 2011 season, including a turf toe injury that nagged him even into the TicketCity Bowl against Texas A&M. Over the course of Penn State’s final three games, Still registered just two tackles.
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At Penn State, Still got off to a rough start. In 2007, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament. After recovering from the torn ACL, his 2008 season went off-track when he sustained a broken ankle just two games into the year. When Still was introduced to the Cincinnati media, the injury questions were brought up early and often. To his credit, Still didn’t shy away from the questions. “It’s fair, because everyone has their own opinion,” Still said. “After my sophomore year, I improved each year. I wouldn’t say I didn’t use my talent until my senior year — it’s more that I didn’t have the opportunity to learn the college game as other players did.” In addition to the questions about his injuries, there were rumblings that Still took plays off at Penn State. However, the questions about a shaky work ethic didn’t stop Marvin Lewis and the Bengals from pulling the trigger in the second round. “He’s another young guy with an opportunity to come in here and solidify our front,” Lewis said. “He’s had games where he’s basically just taken over the football game. Now, the challenge is obviously can he do it at this level?” Despite the injuries and the off-the-field turmoil that wreaked havoc on the Nittany Lions’ final four games, Still finished the year with a career-high 55 tackles. He was second on the team with 4½ sacks. He racked up 17 tackles for loss, good for fourth in the Big Ten. Although he was selected as the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, he was not the first player from the conference selected in the draft. That honor went to Michigan State’s Jerel Worthy. A snub like that tends to put a chip on someone’s shoul-
der. No doubt that Still will carry that chip into the 2012 NFL season. A total of 30 teams passed on Still. One of those teams was the Pittsburgh Steelers. Despite meeting with coach Mike Tomlin at Penn State’s pro day, Still apparently didn’t impress enough to earn a spot on the Steelers’ draft board. Still grew up a fan of the Steelers. His father was such a big fan that he brought baby Devon home from the DEVON STILL hospital in a Steelers outfit in July 1989. “My dad grew me up into a Steelers fan,” Still said. “Now I have the opportunity to try to wreak havoc on my favorite team. Yes, it is very ironic.” Lewis also has Pittsburgh ties. He went to Fort Cherry High School and was the Steelers linebackers coach before moving on to bigger and better things. Knowing that Still grew up a Steelers’ fan, he secured No. 75 — the number of Hall of Famer “Mean” Joe Greene. The jersey, however, will be in black and orange instead of black and gold. According to Still, his love of the black and gold ended when the Bengals took him. “This is a business,” he said. “It’s my job to help my team any way I can to win a game no matter who we play.” No doubt the chip on Still’s shoulder will get even bigger before the Bengals meet the Steelers on Oct. 21 in prime time.
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Practices â&#x2013; 2010 Pro to Pro article in PGA Magazine (May). While having been at several major golfing facilities in his brief career, Palen feels he brings a lot to the membership at the Elks Club. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am an experienced PGA Professional that directs an entire golf operation,â&#x20AC;? explained Palen. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This includes but not limited to the following: running the day-to-day golf operation, generating golfer development programs that engage all segments of golfers, successful tournament program, merchandising, lessons, collaboration with department heads to ensure flawless execution of events, budget implementation and management, and motivating staff to deliver customer service to our customers that exceed expectations.â&#x20AC;? The future of the State College Elks Lodge and Country Club appears to be on the right track with the announcement recently of Ramada Inn being involved. The details have yet to be finalized on several factors according to a facility spokesperson. The club will be facing major transactions in regards to the future of the lodge that will benefit the entire Centre Region. The Elks Lodge has opened its membership to the general public. For additional information regarding memberships, contact the lodge at (814) 466-7231. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I feel itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a win-win situation for all involved,â&#x20AC;? said Elks golf committee chairman Bill Fleckstein on the future direction of the lodge and golf club. Palen was born and raised just outside of Boston, in Concord, Mass. He and wife Kristin have a son, Jayce. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The future is very bright at State College Elks Country Club,â&#x20AC;? Palen said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ownership has changed and we are now under new management. Our membership is now open to non-Elks and the public is welcome seven days a week. So hopefully people will come out to the Elks Club and enjoy the finest playing surfaces in Happy Valley with a comfortable pace of play.â&#x20AC;? The Elks Country Clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s scenic golf course overlooks Mt. Nittany and Happy Valley providing both beginners and experienced golfers with a marvelous golfing experience. At a length of 6,358-yards, par-71 from the blue tee and 6,162-yards, par-71 from the white tees and 4,811-yards, par-70 from the red tees, the course features plush fairways and some of the finest greens in the area. The headwaters of Spring Creek wind through both the front and back nines, coming into play on five holes. The course is open from April through November and is widely recognized as a favorite golf destination for Elks members and those visiting State College. Memberships are available
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The Glass Eye: On paper Steelersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; draft looks good Another week of many topics, so once more we turn to the bullet points: â&#x2013; The Steelers had what appears at first glance to be a very fine draft. Guard David DeCastro should make a huge impact as a rookie â&#x20AC;&#x201D; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been compared favorably to Alan Faneca â&#x20AC;&#x201D; but the key pick in this draft will be their secondrounder, tackle Mike Adams. No one questions the talent, but he dropped into the second round due to a positive marijuana test. Dave Glass is a The Steelers believe columnist for The that was a fluke â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Centre County Adams reportedly Gazette. Email drove down to apoloDave at buggygize to the Steelers racer@verizon.net. personally â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and if they are correct, the offensive line could go from a relative weakness to a strength immediately. â&#x2013; There are two keys to successful
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drafting in my opinion â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nailing firstround picks of course (early busts can cripple a team), but just as important is hitting the occasional late-round steal. Look around the NHL, NFL and MLB and you will see many players taken late who became stars. In the NFL Hines Ward, Jared Allen, Arian Foster and Tom Brady stand out as recent examples. Pittsburghâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft will get an â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? grade if Adams and DeCastro live up to their billing. But if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve found even one additional starter with their other seven picks, this could be an exceptional draft. â&#x2013; In Philly, the Eagles correctly prioritized upgrading their front seven on defense â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they held three picks in the top 59, and they acquired two defensive linemen and an inside linebacker. Fletcher Cox should become the disruptive force the Eagles love to have on the interior D-line, and Mychael Kendricks might be able to step in right away at inside linebacker. Andy Reid took Arizona quarterback Nick Foles on the third round, and he becomes the heir apparent to Michael Vick down the road. â&#x2013; Elsewhere in the NFL: I hope Andrew Luck can take a beating, because heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in for
a very long season in Indy. Keep in mind that Peyton Manning also endured a very rough rookie season, so try to withhold judgment until the front office puts more talent around him. â&#x20AC;Ś Robert Griffin III better be the second coming of Joe Montana or Dan Marino considering the price Washington paid to get him. St. Louis made a great deal there, the kind of deal that can re-energize a franchise for years if they capitalize on the acquired picks. â&#x20AC;Ś Cleveland taking a running back and a 28year-old rookie quarterback really surprised me. Apparently they think they are very close to competing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I think both picks were questionable at best. â&#x2013; Moving on to the NHL: I said before the playoffs started that I thought Washington would have beaten the Rangers had they met in Round 1, and nothing I saw in that round changed my mind â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the Rangers struggled mightily with the plucky Senators, while the Caps knocked off the defending champs with some fantastic defense and goaltending. I expect Capsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; rookie goalie Braden Holtby to give up a few more goals than he did against Boston, but I also expect Alex Ovechkin to get hot and carry the Caps for a couple of games. â&#x2013; New Jersey is an ideal matchup for
the Flyers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they are not nearly as physical or skilled as Pittsburgh, they get no scoring from their defense and not much from their bottom-six forwards, and Martin Brodeur is simply not the goalie he was even four years ago. The Flyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; weaknesses in goal and in their own end are unlikely to be consistently exploited by the Devils â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Philly is too inconsistent to sweep the Devils, but a Flyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; win in five or six games seems almost inevitable. In fact, while I know anything is possible in the NHL playoffs, with the Bruins, Penguins, Canucks and Red Wings gone, the Flyers have to be considered prohibitive favorites to win the Stanley Cup at this point. â&#x2013; Out west, I expected the Blues-Kings series to be a low-scoring affair. Apparently the Kings didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get the memo, as they have torched the stingy Blues for eight goals on the road, taking a commanding 20 series lead. With the Bluesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best goalie, Jaroslav Halak, out for the rest of the series, I expect the Kings to close St. Louis out in six games or less. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be on vacation next week, but in two weeks we will preview the NHL Conference Finals. A look back at baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first several weeks is in the works as well.
Bellefonte softball squad edges Mifflin County in pitchersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; duel Cooper does it all in 1-0 victory By TIM WEIGHT For The Gazette
BELLEFONTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; For most of the season, Hannah Cooper has been a star catcher for the Lady Raider softball team. She has pitched in â&#x20AC;&#x201D; throwing strikes from the mound when needed. On April 27 at Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Leary Field, Cooper turned in another phenomenal effort on the mound. She got into trouble just once. Mifflin County got two runners on in the form of Jordan Myers, who walked and Kale Hunter, who singled. But Cooper settled back in and struck out the side. She got the win as the Lady Raiders scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone run for a 1-0 victory. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was a great battle with a talented Mifflin County squad,â&#x20AC;? said Bellefonte coach Gregg Kohlhepp. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We felt like it was a good test for us at this time of year.â&#x20AC;? The game was scoreless until the top of the sixth inning. Alicia Allen â&#x20AC;&#x201D; pinch-running for Cooper â&#x20AC;&#x201D; scored the gameâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lone run.
Cooper was also the star at the plate, going 2 for 3 with a pair of doubles. Her double in the fifth inning proved to be the difference in the game. Mifflin County sophomore Shelby Lyter also pitched well in the losing effort. She finished the afternoon with six strikeouts and allowed just four Bellefonte hits. According to Kohlhepp, the win will help the Lady TIM WEIGHT/For The Gazette Raiders grow as a LADY RAIDER Erica Devinney makes the out at first base team. as Mifflin Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Macie Lucas hustles down the line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have to understand the control proach, from the field, on the mound, and communication that is needed in at the plate and on the basepaths. It pressure situations, and this was an was truly a team-building win, top to excellent game for that,â&#x20AC;? Kohlhepp bottom.â&#x20AC;? said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our players had the right ap-
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1979 State High team reunites for fallen teammate From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The 1979 State College Area High School baseball team didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a good reason to get together for a reunion. After all, the team did win State Highâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first and only PIAA baseball championship 33 years ago. But, when they decided to turn it into a fundraiser to honor a fallen teammate, it became extra special. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This reunion turned into something much bigger than any of us could have anticipated,â&#x20AC;? said Mike Sullivan, after the 1979 team took on a group of recent alumni at Community Field Saturday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think many of us might even say this was more satisfying than our fateful day back in 1979.â&#x20AC;? The event raised more than $24,000 for the Bob Perks Fund. Perks, who was a sophomore on the 1979 team, passed away after a long battle with cancer in 2005. Soon after his death, Perkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s widow, Doreen, started the fund to provide financial assistance to families stricken with cancer.
â&#x20AC;&#x153;To present Doreen with a check for nearly $25,000 in Bobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honor was a special moment,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Then to acknowledge Bobâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, is hard to put into words.â&#x20AC;? Retired head coach Ken Barto and 16 members of the team reunited for the game. They included Sullivan, Mark Bernlohr, Ron Faris, Doug Fasick, Bill Ferrara, Dave Hall, George McMurtry, Chris Palazarri, C.J. Sichler, Tim Sweitzer, Doug Wagner, Mike Weakland, Dave Weakland, Perry Wilson, Bob Zonts and Pete Zucco. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was great to see these guys again,â&#x20AC;? Barto said following the game. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I hope we do it again next year.â&#x20AC;? For the record, the 1979 team lost the seven-inning game, 8-4, but that mattered little to Sullivan and his teammates. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As much as coach Barto assembled this team based on talent, he also chose character and commitment,â&#x20AC;? Sullivan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As I look at each of these guys 33 years later and what they did today was nothing short of something special.â&#x20AC;?
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Brawl rattles War Memorial Area MMA fighters make a statement From Gazette staff reports JOHNSTOWN — Back in March, several area MMA fighters traveled to Johnstown for a grudge match at the Cambria County War Memorial. It was a special night for Cody Karlheim aka Lenny, who was making his debut as an amateur fighter. Karleim was the first fighter to enter the ring for Team Dignan-Brumbaugh MMA. At 145 pounds, he would be fighting Steve Paugh, who entered the bout with an 0-1 record. Karleim looked extremely comfortable in the ring. He moved cautiously for the first few seconds and then started to do what he does best. By throwing some flurries he put Paugh into a tough situation. He quickly took Paugh to the ground and worked his Jiu Jitsu magic. Karleim attempted an arm bar and gave a few good solid gut punches to ease Paugh’s defense attempt. Karleim realized
that it wasn’t worth wasting his energy when there were so many options in his lengthy list of technical submissions he moved to mount to end an extremely short fight. Karleim proceeded to pull a triangle choke from mount and gradually started to take the air out of Paugh’s lungs. Within a matter of seconds, Paugh tapped and the fight was over. Karleim has put in years of hard work, blood, sweat and tears to be a good fighter. On this night, it showed. The second fighter for Team DignanBrumbaugh MMA was Brandon Pfahler. Pfahler entered the night with a 1-1 record. He was fighting Caleb Houghtaling, who was also making his debut. In the first round, Pfahler spent most of the time playing in what looked like a healthy guard from Houghtaling. In the second round, Pfahler had a series of good takedowns and continued to play around in Houghtaling’s guard and escaped an attempted arm bar. The round ended almost
the same as the first and wound up going the distance. In the third, Pfahler had a good series of combos and takedowns and remained on top until the fight was over. Pfahler took ROB LYNN PHOTOGRAPHY home the second win of the night CODY KARLHEIM was a winner at a recent MMA fight at the Cambria for Team Dignan- County War Memorial in Johnstown. Brumbaugh, winhad attempted an arm bar and a guillotine ning by decision from all three judges. The but could not finish the fight. final score was 30-27. Round two would prove to be too much The last fight of the evening for Team for McMahon. Early in the second round, Dignan-Brumbaugh was between Shawn McMahon gave up his back to Shutt and McMahon (1-1) and Blaine Shutt, who was was forced to tap due to a rear naked making his debut. At 125, both fighters choke. were extremely quick and wiry. Despite the loss, it was a successful McMahon came out confident and agnight for Team Dignan-Brumbaugh. gressive. By the end of the first round he
Country Club holds tourney From Gazette staff reports BELLEFONTE — The 27th annual Memorial Golf Tournament was held on April 28 at Nittany Country Club in Bellefonte. The winning gross score went to the foursome of Ron Benton, Dave Hipple, Greg Kight and Bill Sieg. They had a winning score of 140. In the net division, the winning team was comprised of Ken Lannan, Irv Witonsky, John Kowalchuk and Pat Cowher. They had a net score of 131. Coming in second place was the
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foursome of Bill Luther, Don Richards, Jeff Burris and Ray Andrews. Their score was 132. In the Ladies’ Division, Kay Zinsner, Linda Workman, Betsy Achuff and Nancy Witonsky were first with a score of 135. The Memorial Golf Tournament pays tribute to Don Judy, who was superintendent at Nittany Country Club from 1965 until 1985 and Don Lee, who founded the tournament 23 years ago. Money raised from the tourney goes directly to course upkeep and improvements.
By JOHN DIXON sports@centrecountygazette.com
When it comes to helping others, all of the Centre Region golf courses host memorial golf tournaments to honor a past member or someone within the community that did so much for the area. The tournaments all have the same theme — raising funds for a particular goal. The making of a memorial golf tournament isn’t as hard as one might think. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot of work involved. However, when one does something for a purpose, the work involved is a labor of love. Coming up is the State College Elks Rally for the Cure tournament, which aids in the battle to end the dreaded disease.
RALLY FOR THE CURE AT ELKS COUNTRY CLUB
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CARTER FISCHER, 13, of Bellefonte, caught this 22-inch rainbow trout on April 14 while fishing in Bald Eagle Creek.
Baseballs skills camp scheduled From Gazette staff reports
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3-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM OSKIN, of Howard, caught his first fish opening day of trout season, April 14, at a hatchery run by Mosquito Creek Sportsman’s Club in Sinnamahoning.
BELLEFONTE — “Betterball” is coming to Bellefonte. There will be a four-day baseball skills camp on June 11-14 at the Bellefonte Little League fields. All local registered Little Leaguers ages 9 through 12 are invited to attend. The “Betterball” Day Camp will be held daily from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. All facets of the game will be covered, including a swing video analysis for all campers, by local highly qualified high school baseball coaches. For more information about how to register, costs and other details, email coach Denny Leathers at dennisleathers@yahoo.com or call (814) 355-7492. A camp brochure will be available upon request.
The annual Rally for the Cure Golf Tournament is being held on Sunday, May 6 at the State College Elks Country Club in Boalsburg. The tournament is in need of golfers and volunteers. “The May 6th event is quickly approaching and Brenda (Wagner) and I are making some final arrangements for the Rally for the Cure,” explained co-chairwoman Linda Knepp. “Last year, since the rally was on a Tuesday League evening, we were able to register the day of the tournament in order to play. Since the rally this year is on a Sunday, and not on a day of league play, we need to get a count and amount as soon as possible. If anyone is planning to play in the event, please contact the pro shop at (814) 466-6451 to register. The fee can be paid the day of the tournament. Checks can be made payable to Brenda Wagner. “If we can get a number of interested players in advance of the rally, Aaron (Palen) can get an idea of how much course time to block off for
that day. We also need to give the kitchen an idea of how many meals to plan for that day no later than three days in advance,” she said. The rally format is a fourperson scramble using a 1 p.m. shotgun start. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m. and the $90 per person fee includes green fees/cart, dinner and rally participant fee. There will be prizes on the golf course as well as raffle prizes donated by community businesses and individuals to add to the excitement of the day. “We hope to see you there and don’t forget to call the pro shop to let them know you are planning to play,” exclaimed Knepp. Rally for the Cure is a grassroots program that works to spread awareness about breast health and breast cancer in support of Susan G. Komen. The mission is to empower people to join the fight against breast cancer by educating their friends, family and community on the importance of early detection through volunteer organized golf, tennis and social events. Since 1996, rally has enlisted over 35,000 volunteer ambassadors to champion our cause in their community recruiting over 2 million people to take action in the fight against breast cancer. Rally for the Cure has contributed over $65 million and counting to Susan G. Komen to fund life-saving breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs.
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ‘Happy Valley’s Got Talent’ wows crowd By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The majestic State Theatre in downtown State College was the setting for the second annual “Happy Valley’s Got Talent,” a musical competition that raises money for the Tides Foundation. The show, played to a nearly full house, took place on April 28, and featured 12 musical acts in four age divisions. The performers were finalists from auditions held earlier in the week. Judges for the event were Jeff Brown, Elizabeth Goreham, P.J. Mullen, Sue Paterno and Jordan Toronto. Before the show began, emcee Fred Metzger introduced singers Jessa Blaise and Anele Herbst, and comedian Andy Robb, who warmed up the audience by poking fun at today’s pop music genre. Robb then acknowledged Sue Paterno, explaining that people like her were the reason he chose to live in Happy Valley. Metzger then introduced Leslie Finton, the executive director of Tides, an organization that helps children and youth who are grieving the loss of a loved one. Also introduced was Holly Torbic, Tides’ outreach and development coordinator. Both commented on the efforts of the Tides programs and thanked the audience for coming to the show. Torbic used the word “companioning”
to describe how Tides provides companions for grieving children who sometimes need a sympathetic ear rather than advice. First up onstage was the Future Fame (ages 12-15) group. Fourteen-year-old pianist Lear Du swept first place with an amazing performance of Franz Liszt’s “Un Sopiro” before a stunned and pin-dropsilent audience. Singers Anna Pearl Belinda and Kaylee Corl took second and third places respectively. The Rising Stars (ages 16-20) group was on next, with singer Emily Dennis winning first place, the AVID Dance Productions winning second and the duo of Leia Wasbotten and Matthew Weaver taking third place. The Prime Time (ages 21-39) competition was won by a hip-hop dance trio of Maria Malizia, Shaunte McDougald and Quilan Arnold. A piano/vocal duet by Brett Altman and Brian Cugini took second place and singer Curtis Ishler received the third-place prize. Finally, the Local Legends (ages 40 and over) contestants took the stage after Metzger made funny remarks about them “giving up on their dreams.” Nonetheless, the dream came true for first place winner singer Regina Brannen. Pianist/vocalist Joan Coraor won second place and singer/guitarist Barry Goldstein took third. Prizes in each group were $200 for first place, $100 for second and $50 for third. Between the divisions of performers,
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ALL THE PERFORMERS take a bow at the end of the show. auctioneer Ron Gilligan came onstage and auctioned off some items including a weekend in Newport, RI; sailing and dinner in Annapolis, Md.; tickets and an overnight stay at a Steelers game; a gourmet meal for eight people; a DJ pizza party; and a luxury box suite for a Spikes baseball game. All proceeds from the auction went to the Tides Foundation. The show concluded with an encore performance by drummer Noah Connolly, who won first place in his division last year.
His performance last year secured him a job as drummer for the local band My Hero Zero. His performance this year was equally spectacular and once again brought the house down. After the show, event producer Jerry Sawyer said he was pleased with the show and the large turnout. “I thought it was a great show,” he said. The event’s title sponsor was Pediatric Dental Care and Happy Valley Orthodontics.
Nittany Knights celebrate 50 years with concert By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
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CONCERT PIANIST Cecilia Dunoyer, right, will join clarinetist Anthony Costa and other members of the Pennsylvania Woodwind Quintet at 7 p.m. on May 12 for “Music at the Boal Mansion,” a benefit concert/reception hosted annually.
Dunoyer to perform ‘Music at the Boal Mansion’ From Gazette staff reports BOALSBURG — Cecilia Dunoyer, a French pianist who has performed all over Europe and at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, will join members of Penn State’s Pennsylvania Woodwind Quintet to present a program on May 12 of both traditional and modern classical music at “Music at the Boal Mansion.” The spring benefit concert/reception promises to feed both the body and the soul. Two intermissions will provide champagne and abundant hors d’oeuvres for the guests, as well as a look at the 200-year-old Boal Mansion, home of eight generations of the Boal family including pioneers, a founder of Penn State University and five generations of captains in the U.S. Army. “We recommend our guests come hungry,” said Boal Mansion CEO Christopher Lee, the seventh generation of the Boal family on site and host for the evening. “We’ve set the start time at 7 p.m. because the reception part of the evening really provides a full dinner, from main courses to desserts, while the wonderful sit-down concert promises to provide food for the soul.” “Music at the Boal Mansion,” a Centre County tradition for over 30 years, is presented jointly by the Boal Mansion Museum and the Penn State School of Music.
Guests will enjoy a wide range of music by composers, from Mozart and Beethoven through Maurice Ravel — a specialty of Dunoyer — to Paul Arden Taylor, who was born in 1954. Dunoyer has appeared on NPR Radio’s “Performance Today” and performs an annual concert of music by French composers at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. The French connection comes naturally to the internationally renowned Boal Mansion, whose exhibits include a lock of hair of the French emperor Napoleon, the Admiral’s Desk of the famous explorer Christopher Columbus and two pieces of the True Cross of Jesus. The site includes the Columbus Chapel, a centuries-old Spanish chapel inherited and imported to Boalsburg in 1909 by Mathilde de Lagarde Boal (1871-1952), a descendant of both Columbus and Napoleon. The Boal Mansion Museum is open each year from May 1 to Oct. 31. The event takes place at 7 p.m. on May 12 at the Boal Mansion, 163 Boal Estate Dr. in Boalsburg. Tax-deductible tickets are $75 per person and benefit both historic preservation and Penn State University’s “Music at Penn’s Woods,” taking place in June. For reservations, contact the Boal Mansion Museum at (814) 466-6210 or office@boalmuseum.com. For details, access http://boalmuseum.com.
STATE COLLEGE — The Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus will celebrate 50 years in existence with a show at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5 at State College Area High School’s North Building. The show is entitled “It’s About Time,” and will feature a musical walk through time to visit several different decades — 1930, 1960, 1990 and the present. Emcee Jeff Brown will take the audience on this journey. Many surprises are planned throughout the evening. The Nittany Knights feature over 50 voices singing many of your favorite songs throughout the years in beautiful four part harmony. Helping the Nittany Knights celebrate will be a guest quartet, The Geneva Convention, the Seneca Land District Quartet Competition Winner from central New York. They promise an entertaining and fun show. The Mount Nittany Middle School Melodic Minors, under the direction of Kristen Paschen, will appear again this year. They were an audience favorite last year. The Nittany Knights were first chartered in 1962 with S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A., Inc. (Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America). In 2004, the society renamed the organization to “The Barbershop Harmony Society.” This international, non-profit organi-
zation provides an opportunity for men to gather together to practice this style of a cappella music that they love. In 1964, the Nittany Knights held their first show titled, “First Harmony Festival of Barbershop Quartets.” Today, there are approximately 50 members in the group. Their performances include singing for local churches, retirement homes and at organizational banquets. The chorus also performs at locations such as the Mt. Nittany Medical Center, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and local events such as Memorial Day services and the Bellefonte Victorian Christmas as well as a few “mini shows” at the People’s Choice Festival, Grange Fair and the South Hills School of Business and Technology outdoor summer Sunday evening concerts. In February, they also perform Singing Valentine’s where, for a small fee, a quartet will go to a home, restaurant, business, or other requested location and sing several love songs to someone’s sweetheart. Tickets for the May 5 show are $14 for adults and $7 for students. For groups of 10 or more, adults are $12 and students are $6. Tickets can be purchased from any chorus member, at the door the night of the performance, or at Robert M. Sides Family Music Center, 1801 N. Atherton St., State College. For more information, call Bill Miller at (814) 355-3557.
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THE NITTANY KNIGHTS Barbershop Chorus will perform at the State College Area High School’s North Building beginning at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 5.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to editor@centrecountygazette.com. Please see our website at www.centrecountygazette.com for the complete What’s Happening calendar, including additional future events.
THURSDAY, MAY 3 Nature Program for Small Children — An interactive program designed for children ages 3-5 will explore topics through crafts, stories, short walks and nature games. Dress for the weather. The event is from 10-11:30 a.m. at Bald Eagle State Park, at the Environmental Learning Center, 149 Main Park Road, Howard. Pre-registration required. Call (814) 625-2775. Yard Sale — A multi-family yard sale will be held at 106 Cherry Drive, Bellefonte. Many items including antiques, collectables, Hummels, Goebels and Lladros will be available. Life with Diabetes — A four-day series on managing diabetes from 1-3:30 p.m. May 3, 10, 17 and 24 at 120 Radnor Road, Suite 100, State College. Registration is required. Contact Heather Harpster at hharpster@mountnittany.org, or call (814) 231-7194. Hooks and Needles — Bring your projects to share ideas and tips with others who knit at 1:30 p.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children 5 and younger are available at 2 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Yard Sale/Bake Sale — A town-wide yard sale will be held from 6-8 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main St., Howard. Family STEM Discovery Project — Presenters or activities geared towards the whole family will begin at 6 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Lego Club — Build with Lego bricks begins at 3:30 p.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Needles Night at the Library — Bring your projects to share ideas and tips with others who love being creative at 6 p.m. at East Penns Valley Area Branch Library, 225 E. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-5328 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Community Percussion Circle — Try dozens of percussion instruments from across the globe at 7 p.m. in the upstairs studio, State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Pre-registration is available by calling Carol at (814) 237-8450 or email at carol@hummingbirdwoman.com. Penns Valley High School Art Show — The Annual Art Show hosted by the Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will be on exhibit May 3-27 at Green Drake Gallery, 101-B W. Main St., Millheim. Gallery hours are noon to 8 p.m. Thursdays, noon to 9 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. Call (814) 349-2486 or email at greendrakeart@gmail.com.
FRIDAY MAY 4 Yard Sale — A multi-family yard sale will be held at 106 Cherry Drive, Bellefonte. Many items including antiques, collectables, Hummels, Goebels and Lladros will be available. Yard Sale/Bake Sale — A town-wide yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main St., Howard. Penns Valley High School Art Show Reception — The opening reception for the Annual Art Show hosted by the Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will be from 6-9 p.m. at Green Drake Gallery, 101-B W. Main St., Millheim. Live music and complimentary refreshments will be available. Admission is free. Donation will go to the Penns Valley Area High School art program. Call (814) 349-2486 or email at greendrakeart@gmail.com. Skywatch — View stars, planets and other astronomical wonders through telescopes and binoculars during a Skywatch, presented by the Central Pennsylvania Observers, a local amateur astronomy club, and are co-sponsored by Centre Region Parks and Recreation from 9-10:30 p.m. at Tudek Park, 400 Herman Drive, Ferguson Township. Clouds and weather permitting. We provide the telescopes, but if you have one, feel free to bring it. Call (814) 692-4239.
SATURDAY, MAY 5 Yard Sale — A multi-family yard sale will be held at 106 Cherry Drive, Bellefonte. Many items including antiques, collectables, Hummels, Goebels and Lladros will be available. Yard Sale/Bake Sale — A town-wide yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main St., Howard. Orchid Show — The Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society will hold its 47th annual Orchid Show from 1-8 p.m. at the Snider Agricultural Arena, Park Avenue, University Park. Call Cathy Riemer at (814) 865-4748. Park Forest Community Market — New and used merchandise, yard sale items, antiques, books, crafts and clothing will be for sale rain or shine from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Park Forest United Methodist Church, 1833 Park Forest Ave., State College. Refreshments and free parking available. Call (814) 238-2230 after 6 p.m. Flea Market — Unionville Monthly Flea Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 5, June 9, July 7 and Aug. 4 in Unionville. For sale will be food, yard sale items, plants and
merchandise of any sort. Vendors are needed. Spaces only $10 and will benefit Unionville Park Projects. Call Angie (814) 353-9075. Native Plant Festival — Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Native Plant Society and Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, a Native Plant Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, 3400 Discovery Road, Petersburg. Admission is free. Call (814) 863-2000 or visit www.pawildflower.org. Fun Fair — A day of games, live entertainment, food and silent auction will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State College Friends School, 1900 University Drive, State College. Admission is free. Proceeds help with programming and scholarships at the independent, non-profit school. Call (814) 237-8386 or visit www.scfriends.org. Book Sale — Friends of the Library Book Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. A Toast to Reading — The second annual wine and cheese pairing and silent auction to benefit the Children’s Dyslexia Center, will be held from 2-4:30 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, 1450 S. Atherton St., State College. Fee is $40 for a full meal and wine. Call 234-2105 or visit www.childrensdyslexiacenter.org Gospel Music — Featuring The Covalt Family at 7 p.m. at Madisonburg United Methodist Church, Madisonburg Pike Road, Madisonburg. Admission is free. Orchestra Performance — The Pennsylvania Center Orchestra presents the Magig of Music with a Grande Finale featuring Seymour Lipkin at 7:30 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park. Call (814) 234-8313. Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus — Celebrate 50 years of the Nittany Knights Barabershop Chorus at their annual show at 7:30 p.m. at the State College Area High School North Building, 653 Westerly Parkway, State College. Tickets are $14 for adults and $7 for students. Tickets for group of 10 or more are $12 for adults and $6 for students. Tickets can be purchased from chorus member or at the door the night of the performance. Call Bill at (814) 355-3557 or visit www.nittanyknights.org. Flower Full Moon Watch — Enjoy watching the Flower Full Moon rise above the lake while sitting around a campfire. 8 to 10 p.m Discover interesting facts about the moon and why it is called the Flower Full Moon. Drinks and snacks will be served. Please bring a chair or blanket to sit on. Meet at Boat Launch #2 on West Side Road, Black Moshannon State Park, 4216 Beaver Road, Philipsburg. Cost: $3 per person. Contact the Black Moshannon State Park office at 814-342-5960 or email blackmoshannonee@pa.gov.
SUNDAY, MAY 6 Orchid Show — The Central Pennsylvania Orchid Society will hold its 47th annual Orchid Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Snider Agricultural Arena, Park Avenue, University Park. The show is free and open to the public. Call Cathy Riemer at (814) 865-4748. Bingo — The Bellefonte Area High School 2013 Parent Association Cash Bingo will be held at the Bellefonte High School Cafeteria, 830 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Doors and kitchen will open at 1:30 p.m., early bird games will begin at at 2:30 p.m., regular bingo begins at 3 p.m. Twenty regular games, five special games, jackpot, 50/50 drawing and large selection of auction items will be available. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets will be available at the door or can be purchased in advance by calling Marti at (814) 355-0726. Walk, run or bike — The fifth annual Linden Loop Walk, Run or Bike will benefit the restoration and maintenance of the historic Rock Hill School in Linden Hall. The course consists of a scenic, certified five-mile loop on Brush Valley, Rock Hill and Linden Hall Roads near Boalsburg with a 28-mile bike ride option. Entry fee is $20 and $10 for additional family members. Events begins at 11 a.m. with free tours of the school. Register at http://bit.ly/LindenLoop2012. Call Jill Swanson at (814) 466-2805 or email at jsjillian@aol.com. March for Babies — The March of Dimes’ March for Babies is the nation’s oldest walk fundraiser honoring all babies will begin registration at noon with the walk starting at 1 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, 701 Porter Road, University Park. The family event will include team photos, face painting, games for the kids, radio broadcasts and more. To register call (814) 696-9691 or visit www.marchforbabies.org.
Trap Shoot — The Centre County GOP Trap Shoot will be held from 2-6 p.m. at the Philipsburg Rod and Gun Club, Black Moshannon State Park, off Beaver Road/Route 3032. Bring your own shotgun and shells. Shells will also be available for sale. Fee is $10 per non-shooter and $30 per shooter which includes the registration fee and one 25 bird round. Participants may shoot more than one round. Food and a silent auction will be available. Register and pay onsite. Choral Society Concert — Anton Dvo ák’s Mass in D and Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s Te Deum will be presented by the State College Choral Society at 3 p.m. in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, 205 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, Allen Street,University Park. Admission is $20 for adults and $10 for students. Call (814) 404-9223 for tickets or visit SCChoralSociety.org. Bingo Fundraiser — The Mountain Top Pool Association will have a Vera Bradley and Scentsy bingo fundraiser at 3 p.m. at the Queen of Archangels Social Hall, Church Street, Snow Shoe. Cost is $20 per person. Tickets will be available at the door. Doors open at 2 p.m. Refreshments will be available. Call (814) 880-8382. Eponymous Winetasting — An educational winetasting to benefit Center for Alternatives in Community Justice will be held at 4 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 780 Waupelani Drive Extension, State College. Cost is $35 per person. Call (814) 234-1059.
MONDAY, MAY 7 Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children ages 3 to 6 will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children ages 5 and younger will begin at 10:30 a.m. at East Penns Valley Area Branch Library, 225 E. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-5328 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preserving Your Family History — Learn tips on preserving family photographs, papers and other memorabilia at 2 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Room, Historical Museum, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Fizz Bang Eureka — After-school educational science experiment and activities are available at 3:30 p.m. at East Penns Valley Area Branch Library, 225 E. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-5328 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Support Group — The Mount Nittany Medical Center Breast Cancer Support Group will meet from 5:30-7 p.m. at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Cheri Woll at (814) 231-7005 or email at cwoll@mountnittany.org. ZUMBA Demonstration — Deb Mitchell, a ZUMBA instructor at the YMCA will present a demonstration at 6 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Spring Wellness Series, Part 2 — The Holistic Nutritionist, Angie Wallace, BS, NC will present “Maintaining Wellness: The Holistic Approach” at 6:30 p.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org.
TUESDAY, MAY 8 Mother Goose On the Loose — Children ages 3 and younger and an adult can participate in a musical rhyming adventure through the world of Mother Goose at 10:30 a.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Luncheon — The Women’s Mid-Day Connection Luncheon: Ageless Beauty will host speaker Linda Kristophel of Pittsburgh, with vocal and guitar performed by Gary Brubaker at 11:45 a.m. at the Elk’s Country Club, 100 Elks Road, Boalsburg. For reservations and cancellations, call Margo at (814) 355-7615.
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Clay artist Linna Muschlitz featured at Schlow From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Local artist Linna Muschlitz’s diverse works will be on display in Schlow Centre Region Library’s Betsy Allen Rogers Gallery through May 31. Muschlitz spent her childhood in the woods among majestic oak, maple, larch and hemlock trees, yet only two miles from Penn State. From ages 5 to 15 she attended Penn State’s Saturday Morning Art Classes for Children established by Viktor Lowenfeld, where she relished exposure to varied artistic mediums and instruction from world-class artists. In fourth grade she had her first pottery class, and decided to be a potter when she grew up. After graduating from Penn State with a bachelor’s degree in visual arts-ceramics, she earned a master’s in art education from the University of Oregon, taking pottery classes and workshops in a variety of settings along the way. Submitted photo Travel to exotic and colorful LINNA MUSCHLITZ’S diverse works will be on display places like Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Mexico, Hawaii, in Schlow Centre Region Library’s Betsy Allen Rogers and our own National Parks have Gallery through May 31. been sources of inspiration for both sylvania, and have won awards in all three her clay work and her richly colored silk states. paintings. The exhibit is free and open to the pubMuschlitz’s works have been featured in lic. juried shows in Hawaii, Oregon, and Penn-
‘Trailer Park’ performance brings trash, flash to stage By PAT PARK For The Gazette
BOALSBURG — Boal Barn definitely went “trashy” last week. “The Great American Trailer Park Musical” is responsible for bringing the residents of the Armadillo Acres Trailer Park to our town and with them comes adultery, road kill, strippers, disco, agoraphobia, cut-off jeans and extremely high heels. As the play program says it’s “everything a musical should be.” The characters (and some of them really are characters) are much more important than the plot. The plot is the simple old story of the unhappy husband and the new girl in the trailer park who makes her living as a professional stripper and petty thief. Add a wife who suffers from agoraphobia since her son had been kidnapped, a Magic Marker-sniffing ex-boyfriend, and a Greek chorus, called the Girls, consisting of three self proclaimed “bad-asses.” The action was evenly distributed through the cast, giving each member a chance for some good solo work. Jackie Gianico, Allen Boyd, Rachel Ruhl, Emido M.
Krupa, Sandi Rockwell, Courtney Wozetek, and Lacee McCann were all in excellent voice and had some impressive moves. Rockwell talked about going from playing a nun to playing the manager of a place like the Armadillo Trailer Park. “Great fun,” she said. “The part is trashy and fun.” Krupa said that he is a method actor and joked that he spent two months practicing by sniffing magic markers. This was a funny show, but as the ad states, audience discretion was suggested. The language and subject material wasn’t for everyone. The cast carried it all off well. However, as you may have noted, the term “trashy” does keep being mentioned. One problem the cast encountered was with the sound. Too many lines were lost either because of the sound system or the band being too loud during the musical numbers. Some of us hate to miss good trash talk. STAGE NOTES: Neil Simon’s “Rumors” will be State College Community Theatre’s next production. It will run from May 15 to May 19 and May 22 to May 26 at the Boal Barn.
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Thursday, May 3 through Wednesday, May 9, 2012 AMERICAN ALE HOUSE, 821 CRICKLEWOOD DR., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-9701 Thursday, May 3 Scott Mangene, 8 p.m. to midnight Friday, May 4 Tommy Wareham, 6 to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight Saturday, May 5 Tommy Wareham, 8 p.m. Sunday, May 6 Ted and Molly, 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Tommy Wareham, 7:30 p.m. THE ARENA BAR & GRILL, 1521 MARTIN ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-8833 Friday, May 4 Giants of Science, 10 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Hitchcock, 10 p.m. Sunday, May 6 Karaoke, 9 p.m. THE AUTOPORT, 1405 S. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-7666 Thursday, May 3 Kate and Natalie of Pure Cane Sugar, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 David Wayne and the Rubber Band Man, 8 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Natascha and the Spyboys, 8 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Stressbusters Karaoke, 8 p.m. BAR BLEU & BAR QUE, 112 S. GARNER ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-0374 Thursday, May 3 Royal Benson, 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 Lowjack, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Ted McCloskey & The Hi-Fi’s, 10:30 p.m. THE BREWERY, 233 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-2892 Thursday, May 3 Emily’s Toybox, 10 p.m. Friday, May 4 Brew Devils Saturday, May 5 Lowjack, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6 Karaoke, 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 Acoustic Mo, 10:30 p.m. THE DELI RESTAURANT, 113 HIESTER ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-5710 Sunday, May 6 Jazz Brunch, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. ELK CREEK CAFÉ AND ALEWORKS, 100 W. MAIN ST., MILLHEIM (814) 349-8850 Thursday, May 3 Back Porch Tone Kings, 7:30 p.m. THE GINGERBREAD MAN, 130 HEISTER ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-0361 Thursday, May 3 DJ Cup Cake, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, May 4 DJ Boner, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 5 DJ Cup Cake, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Tuesday, May 8 DJ Boner, 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 9 Team Trivia, 9 to10 p.m.; Karaoke, 11 p.m. to 2 a.m. GOVERNORS PUB, 211 W. HIGH ST., BELLEFONTE Thursday, May 3 JT Blues, 6:30 p.m. INFERNO BRICK OVEN & BAR, 340 E. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-5718 Thursday, May 3 DJ Manik Mike, 10 p.m. Friday, May 4 DJ Fuego, 10 p.m. Saturday, May 5 DJ Cashous, 10 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Jason & Greg Acoustic, 10 p.m. KILDARE’S IRISH PUB, 538 E. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE (814) 272-0038 Thursday, May 3 Table Ten, 10 p.m. Friday, May 4 DJ DB, 10 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Ken Volz, 8 to 10 p.m.; DJ DB, 10 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 Pub Quiz with Bebey, 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Ken Volz, 9 p.m. OTTO’S PUB & BREWERY, 2286 N. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 867-OTTO Thursday, May 3 Acoustic Thursdays with 18 Strings Saturday, May 5 Miss Melanie and The Valley Rats Tuesday, May 8 Trivia, 9 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Acoustic Music, 8 to 10 p.m. THE PHYRST, 111 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE Thursday, May 3 Jason & Dan, 8 p.m., Maxwell Strait, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Friday, May 4 Dom & the Fig, 8 to 10 p.m. Ted and the Hi-Fi’s, 10:30 pm to 2 a.m. Saturday, May 5 Phyrst Phamily Sunday, May 6 2Twenty2, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Monday, May 7 Open Mic Nite, 9 p.m. to midnight; Low Jack Tuesday, May 8 Table Ten, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Wednesday, May 9 The Nightcrawlers, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. PIZZA MIA, 106 N. SPRING ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 355-3738 Friday, May 4 Karaoke, 6 to 9 p.m. THE RATHSKELLER, 108 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-3858 Friday, May 4 Mr. Hand, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Table Ten, 10:30 p.m. THE SALOON, 101 HEISTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 234-0845 Thursday, May 3 My Hero Zero, 10:30 p.m. Friday, May 4 Velveeta, 10:30 p.m. Saturday, May 5 Mr. Hand, 10:30 p.m. Sunday, May 6 Atomic Supersonic, 10:30 p.m. Monday, May 7 Smokin’ Karaoke, 10:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 8 Hot Dog Cart, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 9 Table Ten, 10:30 p.m. ZOLA NEW WORLD BISTRO, 324 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE (814) 237-8487 Friday, May 4 The Jay Vonada Trio, 9 p.m. to midnight — Compiled by Marjorie S. Miller Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details. The Centre County Gazette is committed to providing you with a complete listing of upcoming live entertainment in Centre County. If your establishment provides live entertainment and would like to have your entertainment listed free in The Gazette, just e-mail your entertainment to editor@centrecountygazette.com.
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What’s Happening, from page 23 Adult Book Club — Discuss “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” by Muriel Barbery at 12:30 p.m. East Penns Valley Area Branch Library, 225 E. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-5328 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children ages 3 to 6 will begin at 1:30 p.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children ages 5 and younger will begin at 1:30 p.m. at East Penns Valley Area Branch Library, 225 E. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-5328 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preserving Your Family History — Learn tips on preserving family photo-
graphs, papers and other memorabilia at 6 p.m. in the Pennsylvania Room, Historical Museum, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Support Group — The Parent Support Group for Children with Eating Disorders will meet from 7-8 p.m. at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Dr. Kristie Kaufman at (814) 466-7921. Merrily We Roll Along — Presented by Singing on Stage at 7:30 p.m. in the Friedman Auditorium at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Admission is $15. Information at www.statetickets.com
WEDNESDAY, MAY 9 Book Babies Storytime — Books, music and language building activities to stimulate a child’s brain growth will begin at 9:30 a.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preschool Storytime — Stories and
crafts for children 5 and younger are available at 10:30 a.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Preschool Storytime — Stories and crafts for children ages 3 to 6 will begin at 10:30 a.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Storytime programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Merrily We Roll Along — Presented by Singing on Stage at 7:30 p.m. in the Friedman Auditorium at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Admission is $15. Information at www.statetickets.com. Four Week Writing Workshop — Preserving your Family Stories through Journaling a class taught by Linda Mantz will begin at 1 p.m. at Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit
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www.centrecountylibrary.org. Sign up at library help desk, class size is limited. Fizz Bang Eureka — After-school educational science experiment and activities are available at 3 p.m. at Centre Hall Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Support Group — Fertility Issues and Loss Support Group sponsored by Helping Empty Arms Recover Together is monthly support group for women who have experienced fertility issues or pregnancy loss will meet from 6:30-8 p.m. at Choice, 2214 N. Atherton St., State College. Email at info@heartofcpa.org or visit heartofcpa.org. Lemont Farmers’ Market — The Market will be held from 3-7 p.m in the Coal Sheds, the lower part of the buildings, between the Grain Elevator and the Center for Well Being, Mount Nittany Road, Lemont. Parking is limited, a parcel pickup table will be provided. Call Sue Smith at (814) 238-1288 or email at suesmith22@ juno.com.
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Fun By The Numbers Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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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 editor@centrecountygazette.com or mail to: Group Meetings, c/o editor, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801. Adult Bible Study and Kids Program are 7 p.m. Wednesdays, offering practical help from the Bible and a fun and productive time for kids. Call (814) 360-1601 or visit nittanybaptist.org. ALIVE Teen Club meets Sundays, First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-5678 or www.fbcbellefonte.org. Alzheimerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Support Group meets at 6:30 p.m. every second Tuesday in the Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn, Brookline, 1950 Cliffside Drive, State College. Call Anne Campbell (814) 234-3141 or Janie Provan (814) 2352000. Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans meet at 7:30 p.m. the fourth Thursday every month at I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall, 756 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Antique Truck Club of America, Keystone Chapter meets at 3 p.m. on the third Sunday of July and November at the Milesburg Bestway Travel Center, Route 150, I-80 exit 158. Call (814) 360-4177 or antiquetruckclubofamerica.org. AWANA Club is 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 to sixth grade. Materials provided. Call (814) 355-5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte.org. Bald Eagle Grange #151 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Grange Hall in Runville. Bald Eagle Watershed Association meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday at the Milesburg Borough Building, 416 Front St., Milesburg. Visit www.baldeaglewatershed.com Bald Eagle Area Class of 1962 meets for breakfast 9 a.m. the first Saturday of the month at the Mountain Valley Diner, 805 S. Eagle Valley Road, Wingate. Call Sandy (814) 387-4218. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1964 meets for breakfast 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at the Bestway Restaurant, Rte. 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. Call Sue (814) 6252132 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, Bellefonte Moose, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Bob (814) 383-2151. Bellefonte High School Class of 1956 meets for dinner at 6 p.m. the second Friday of each month, Bellefonte Moose, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Kay (814) 3592738. Bellefonte High School Class 1967 meets for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month, Sunset West, 521 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The location is subject to change. Call Vic (814) 360-1948. Bellefonte Elks Lodge meets 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month, Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Bellefonte Encampment #72 and Ridgeley Canton #8 meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month, Train Station, Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1053 or bellefontetrain.org. Bellefonte Kiwanis Club meets at noon Tuesdays at the Moose Club, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Richard King, (814) 355-9606. Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary Club meets 7:30 a.m. Fri-
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days, Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call Debbie Rowley (814) 880-9453. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 meets 8 p.m. the second Thursday of every month, Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 Ladies Auxiliary meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month, Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Better Breathers Support Group meets 2 p.m. the third Thursday every month, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 359-3421. Business Networking International meets 7 a.m. Thursdays, Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College. Members share ideas, contacts and business referrals. Fee is $10 for room and breakfast. Call Kelly Swisher (814) 280-1656. Boy Scouts of America BSA Troop 66 meets at 7:30 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 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 359-3421. Breast Cancer Support Group meets 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 (814) 231-7005. The Business of Art Workshop meets 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Sozo Institute of the Arts, KeyCentre building, 1224 N. Atherton St., State College. The workshop is free for writers, artists and other creative people. Call Will Snyder at (814) 880-9933 or info@sozoart.org. Cancer Survivorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Association Support Group meeting is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 16 at the United Way Office, 2790 W. College Ave., Ste. 7, State College. This monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s meeting is an open discussion. Call (814) 237-2120 or visit www.cancersurvive.org. Centre County Real Estate Investment Club meets 7 p.m. the third Thursday of every month, 1609 N. Atherton St., State College. Call (814) 280-5839. Centre Hall Lions Club meets 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month and at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month, Centre Hall Lions Club Building, 153 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Centre Region Model Investment Club meets 6:30 p.m. on second Monday of the month, Mazza Room, South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or email cr20mic@ aol.com. The Compassionate Friends Group meets 7 p.m. every second Monday, Bellefonte Middle School, 100 North School St, Bellefonte. The support organization is for families following the death of a child of any age, any cause. Bereaved parents and adult family members welcome. Call Amanda (814) 321-4258 or Peg (814) 355-9829. Circle of Hope, a support group for special-needs children and families, meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Tyrone Public Library, 1000 Pennsylvania Ave., Tyrone. Call Angie (814) 386-1826 or alavanish@ live.com. Diabetes Support Group meets at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Amy Leffard at aleffard@ mountnittany.org or call (814) 231-7095. Grief Support Group meets 6 p.m. every first Wednesday, Centre Crest, 502 E. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call Anne Boal (814) 548-1140. Hearing Loss Association of America meets 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month, Foxdale, 500 E. Marylyn
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Park Ave., State College. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Life with Diabetesâ&#x20AC;? is a four-day education series on managing diabetes for yourself or a loved one. Contact Amy Leffard at aleffard@ mountnittany.org or call (814) 231-7095. The Milesburg Lions Club meets 7 p.m. first Tuesday and the third Wednesday every month, Milesburg Center across from Uni-Mart. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets 6 p.m. every third Tuesday, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The support group is affiliated with the National MS Society. Call (814) 359-3421. Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus meets 7:15 p.m. every Monday, South Hills School, State College. Men who like to sing are welcome. Visit www.nittanyknights. org, or call Bill (814) 355-3557. Nittany Mineral Society meets 6:30 p.m. the third Wednesdays, Room 114 Auditorium of the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 8676263 or visit nittanymineral.org. Nittany Valley Woodturners meet every first Thursday, the woodworking shop, State College Area High School, South Building, 650 Westerly Parkway, State College. Email Reg@MarketValueSolutions. com or visit www.NittanyValleyWoodturners.org. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets for an earlyrisers breakfast at 7 a.m. every third Wednesday, The Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. The Nittany Valley Writers Network Social meets at 5:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month, The Autoport, 1405 S. Atherton St., State College. Parent Support Group for Children with Eating Disorders meets 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Kristie Kaufman (814) 466-7921. Penns Valley Area Class of 1962 committee is planning the 50th class reunion from Penns Valley Area High School for Sept. 29, 2012. Interested class members should contact Ruth Ann Williams, Carol Colestock, Jean Brown, Tom and Lois Runkle, Susan Foster or Carol Billett. Penns Valley Grange #158 meets 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of every month, 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. Sacred Harp Singing meets from 7-8:30 a.m. the second and fourth Mondays 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. on the first and fourth Wednesday of every month, at the Moshannon Community Center, State Route 144, Snow Shoe. State College Downtown Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Damonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Elks Lodge meets 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesdays, State College Elks Country Club, Rte. 322 and 45, Boalsburg. State College Lions Club meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month at Damonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Rotary Club meets 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Lounge, 200 W. Park Ave., University Park. State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays, Hotel State College, 106 S. Allen St., State College, above The Corner Room. Stroke Support Group meets 1 p.m. last Tuesday of every month, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 3593421. TRIAD, a public safety group for senior citizens, meets each second Thursday in various locations. Call Helen Evans, chair, (814) 237-8932. The May 10 meeting is from 10-11 a.m., Centre LifeLink EMS, 125 Puddingtown Road, State College. It is a presentation on polygraphs by detective Chris Weaver. Trout Unlimited, a non-profit conservation organization, meets 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday, Comfort Suites Hotel, 132 Village Drive, State College. The Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Welcome Club of State College meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month, Oakwood Presbyterian Church, 1865 Waddle Road, State College. Call Kathi (814) 466-6641. Zion MOPS and Beyond meets 9:30 a.m. first Thursday of the month and at 7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month, 3261 Zion Road, Bellefonte. The group is for moms with children of all ages. Childcare provided. Meeting are held September through April. Call (814) 383-4161. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Compiled by Gazette staff
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Bellefonte team wins entrepreneurship challenge By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
PLEASANT GAP — The company name is HEED, which stands for High Efficiency Engine Developers. HEED was conceived by Bellefonte Area High School seniors Justin Rohavek and Evan Coller. Their business plan beat out nine other teams of students from five schools to take first place in the Centre County Entrepreneurship Challenge Competition at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology (CPI) in Pleasant Gap on April 25. This local event was originated by Allan Darr, president and CEO of ProAct Ltd., a medical instrument development company. It was organized by Carolyn Shirk, vice president of Economics Pennsylvania. In the program, students from five Centre County schools worked in teams with guidance by teachers, to formulate business plans. The students made oral presentations, along with slide shows to a panel of judges, who fired questions and comments to the team members, then determined first through fifth place awards. These top five plans at the county level will be submitted to a statewide competition on May 18. Cash and savings bond prizes are awarded to the winning teams and teachers at all levels. Business plans were judged based on their completeness, viability, and chance of success. Judges for this contest were four local business leaders: Allan Darr, John Rodgers, Don McCandless and B. Perry Babb. The concept of HEED is to modify auto-
motive engines to allow the injection of pure oxygen into the engine’s intake to provide extremely efficient and complete combustion of fuel, thereby greatly increasing fuel economy. Oxygen would come from a storage tank mounted on the vehicle. Rohavek and Coller calculated that a V-8 powered Ford F-150 pickup truck, rated at 14-22 miles per gallon, could obtain a mileage of over 50 miles per gallon using the HEED system. A cooling system modification would help to disperse the extra heat generated by pure oxygen combustion. They plan to build engines for the automotive industry, as well as to retrofit existing engines. Second place went to Gabrielle Maylock of Penns Valley for her Skye’s Mountain Pies Company. Teams from State College, Bald Eagle Area and a second team from Bellefonte finished in third, fourth and fifth places, respectively. The business plans covered a broad range of ideas, including an Amish transportation company, a bakery, a construction company, a deer farm and preserve, a catering business and re-opening a local drive-in theater with many improvements. CPI cooperative education coordinator Krista Renzo, was proud of the CPI team’s performance. “This was a challenge for the CPI students, since we don’t have a business class here,” she said. As a special prize, the first place winning team from Bellefonte and their advisor, teacher Rebecca Leitzell, were given a ride back to their school in a chauffeured white limousine, hired by Economics Pennsylvania.
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FIRST PLACE winners Evan Coller and Justin Rokavec hold their awards with judges Allan Darr, B. Perry Babb, Don McCandless, and John Rodgers. Following the awards presentation, Allan Darr told the students they had the tools to build the businesses of their dreams, but they would need to persevere. He referred to Thomas Edison’s famous quote that “genius is 1 percent inspiration
and 99 percent perspiration.” He did have some parting advice for the participants. “You’re going to run into a brick wall,” he said, “and you’ll have to find a way around that wall.”
Curves fitness centers giving away Workman hired free memberships during May as manager From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The Curves clubs of State College and Bellefonte will give a free 30-day membership to any non-member who visits the club during regular operating hours throughout National Women’s Health Week, May 13-19. This annual awareness week, coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Office on Women’s Health, begins each year on Mother’s Day and brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations and other
groups in an effort to promote women’s health. Curves International has partnered with the OWH to help promote National Women’s Health Week and to provide health and wellness programs and materials to women throughout the country. “Everyone at Curves is excited about our new partnership with this influential government organization,” said Sue Hanna, State College and Bellefonte Curves franchise owner. “This relationship confirms the value that the Curves program offers to women by promoting regular exercise, nutrition guidelines and
community fitness events.” Curves of State College and Bellefonte will host special events during National Women’s Health Week to encourage interested women to check out the club, pick up free health information, ask questions, get a free fitness assessment and take advantage of the “one million free 30-day memberships” offer. Events scheduled for this week include free Zumba classes, blood pressure screening, athletic shoe fitting consults, massage, and undergarment fittings. For more information about these events and Curves in general, call (814) 231-4505.
F.N.B. Wealth Management expands efforts in State College Dangel joins team of financial advisors From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — F.N.B. Wealth Management, a subsidiary of First National Bank of Pennsylvania, has announced the recent hiring of Arthur J. Dangel, Jr. as vice president, financial advisor. In this role, Dangel will provide asset/wealth management, personal and business retirement planning and trust services to clients in Centre, Blair, Clinton and Huntingdon counties. He will report to
Stephen English, managing director, F.N.B. Wealth Management. Dangel has nearly two decades of experience serving the State College market as a financial services professional. Most recently, he served as assistant vice president for Merrill Lynch in State College. He earned a BA and MBA from Penn State University. He maintains an active role in the community, serving with the Centre County United Way as a
chairman for the funds distribution committee, as a board member for the Presbyterian Senior Living Foundation, as a member of the Centre County Natural Gas Task Force Economic Subcommittee, and as a speaker at many events helping students and the general public better understand investment principles. Dangel has lived in State College for more than 30 years with his wife, Tina, and their son, A.J., who is a sophomore at Penn State.
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From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Alexander Building Construction Co. has hired Douglas R. Workman as a project manager. Workman will work out of Alexander’s State College office. Alexander Building Construction Co. is a member of The Butz Family of Companies, consisting of Alvin H. Butz, Inc., Alexander Building Construction Co. and Shoemaker Construction Co. In Workman’s role as project manager, he will serve as the primary point of contact on building construction projects maintaining a clear line of communication between the owner, the design professional, Alexander and the subcontractors. Workman will immediately start work on the Geisinger Grays Woods Phase II expansion project. Workman earned a bachelor of science in civil engineering from Penn State University. He holds the titles of professional engineer and LEED accredited professional building design and construction. Workman brings more than 22 years of professional experience and has worked on more than 20 projects in his career primarily with construction management firms for academic institutions, healthcare clients and government entities. Most recently, Workman served as the business manager on the University of Texas Southwestern
DOUGLAS R. WORKMAN Medical Center at Dallas. This $412 million facility includes more than one million square feet and will house a new 13-story, 460bed teaching hospital. Included in the facility are academic spaces, emergency department and exam rooms, operating rooms, MRI’s, cancer treatment, nuclear medicine, OB/GYN, endoscopy suites, ultrasounds, vascular suites and labs and nutritional services. In addition to his construction experience, Workman is actively involved with The V Foundation and Children’s Hospital, and is a member of the Penn State Alumni Association Golden Lion Society. “We are fortunate to have somebody with Doug’s depth of experience join our team. His background with higher education and healthcare facilities will be a great benefit to our current and future clients,” said Chris Magent, general manager at Alexander Building Construction.
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
MAY 3-9, 2012
DEED TRANSFERS The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County Recorder of Deeds, Joseph Davidson, recorded. 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.
June M. Vonda to Jeffrey Vonda, 71 Pleasant St., Woodstock, VT 05091, $1 June M. Vonda to Jeffrey Vonda, 71 Pleasant St., Woodstock, VT 05091, $1 June M. Vonda to Jeffrey Vonda, 71 Pleasant St., Woodstock, VT 05091, $1
HARRIS TOWNSHIP APRIL 16-20, 2012 BELLEFONTE Michael E. Lyons to Michael E. Lyons and Ashley K. Lyons, 532 E. Logan St., Bellefonte, PA 16823, $1. Charles F. Kuhn to Kevin T. Snook and Christina M. Snook, 761 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $105,000. United States of America to Weis Markets Inc., 1000 Second St., Sunbury, PA 17801-0471, $1.
State College Elks Club Inc. and BRYMAC Inc. to BRYMAC Inc. and State College Elks Inc., 1688 Fieldview Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18017, $0. State College Elks Club Inc. to BRYMAC Inc., 1688 Fieldview Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18017, $2,000,000. Edwin E. Lash and Jo E. Lash to Joseph A. Webber and Jennifer L. Webber, 145 Banner Way, Boalsburg, PA 16827, $550,000.
Michael W. Robinson and Amy L. Burns to AMA Land Development LLC, 804 Old Curtain Road, Milesburg, PA 16853 Jeremiah T. Boone, Mandie K. Kersetter and Mandie K. Boone to Jeremiah T. Boone and Mandie K. Boone, 601 Devils Elbow Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $1.
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP Emile P. Roy IV. to Emile P. Roy IV. and Amber L. Roy, 133 Winchester Court, State College, PA 16801, $1. Peter S. Wykoff and Carmen L. Wykoff to James N. Barshinger and Jody L. Barshinger, 230 Oakwood Drive, State College, PA 16801, $410,000. Gloria J. Leonard to Rodney J. Hendricks, P.O. Box 321, State College, PA 16804, $122,500. BXAL Inc., to BVRE LP, 444 E. Beaver Ave., Suite 560, State College, PA 16801, $1,900,000. Matthew Quinn and Autumn Quinn to Jennifer M. Siani, 1423 Houserville Road, State College, PA 16801, $199,000 Jessica Cowan to Equity Trust Co., 225 Burns Road, Elyria, OH 44035, $140,000.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP Paul E. Grubb Estate and Michael E. Koll executor to Amy G. Koll, 232 S. Nixon Road, State College, PA 16801, $1. Tiara Packer, Davida Packer and Adam Packer to Leslie A. Packer, 2442 Kensington Way, Harrisburg, PA 17112, $1. Shirley R. Keller by A to Gary D. Powers and Karen R. Powers, 1408 Curtin St. State College, PA 16803, $190,000. William G. Loesch Estate and Marian K. Rieg exectrix to Barry Page Confer and Randy Lee Confer, 460 Airport Road, State College, PA 16801, $52,000.
HAINES TOWNSHIP June M. Vonda to Ardell L. Vonda. P.O. Box 74, Woodward, PA 16882, $1.
State College Knights of Columbus 850 Stratford Drive, State College
PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH Audrey N. Good to Rosario Turrigiano and Rosalia Turrigiano, 105 Linwood Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, $1. James Herschel Kephart to Derrick R. Poorman and Euphemia A. Hunter, 301 S. Second St., Philipsburg, PA 16866, $61,000.
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McHale and Joseph P. Stitt, 1130 Haymaker Road, State College, PA 16801, $70,000. Joseph H. Hicks and Sharon R. Hicks to Julie Horney and D. Wayne Osgood, 815 Walnut Spring Lane, State College, PA 16801, $330,000. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to Georgene A. Searfoss and Thomas R. Searfoss, 165 Greenbriar Gap Road, Spring Mills, PA 16875, $55,000.
Merrill W. Beightol Estate, Maude E. Custred co-executrix, Ivy Woomer co-executrix and Darren S. Kotzur to Darren S. Kotzur, 199 Hillcrest St., Howard, PA 16841, $1.
Rita J. Frank to Darren J. Frank, 622 Ash St., Philipsburg, PA 16866, $1. Isabelle W. Byran to Samuel Corrigan, 271 Spike Island Road, Osceola Mills, PA 16666, $1.
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Connie M. Poorman and Lloyd Poorman to Olivia D. Poorman Irrevocable Trust and Lynette K. Harter trustee, 200 Harter Road, Howard, PA 16841, $1. Timothy E. Welch to Welch Irrevocable Grantor Trust and Corinthia C. Brungard trustee, P.O. Box 499, Beech Creek, PA 16822, $1.
Michael L. King BY S, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, 3415 Vision Drive, Columbus, OH 43219, $4,649.37.
SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP Gulf USA Corp. to Larry D. Baumgardner, Todd D. Baumgardner and Timothy D. Baumgardner, 421 Knox Run Road, Lanse, PA 16849, $6,600.
MARION TOWNSHIP Christopher A. Connelly to Kelly C. Hess, 3139 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $ 209,000.
MILESBURG William E. Noll to William E. Noll and Connie L. Noll, 201 Centre St., P.O. Box 578, Milesburg, PA 16853, $1.
MARION TOWNSHIP Jay E. Croyle and Ruth Ann Croyle to Matthew D. Wensel, 150 Terra Vista St., Howard, PA 16841-3707, $ 171,500.
PATTON TOWNSHIP Albert J. Kertis and Christine R. Kertis to Eric T. Wales and Frances E. Wales, 300 Thorndale Road, Port Matilda, PA, $244,000. David B. Perry to Peter L. Chiarkas and Anita M. Chiarkas, 141 Bradford Court, State College, PA 16801, $113,500. Brian J. Douglas and Kathleen Douglas to Adam N. Hughes, 101 Norma Circle, Port Matilda, PA 16870-7018, $129,900.
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SPRING TOWNSHIP Raymond R. Wallander and Holly J. Wallander to Brian J. Douglas and Kathleen R. Douglas, 117 Melaine Lane, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823, $ 143,000. Lynwood E. Kohl Jr. and Jane L. Agnelly executrix to Jane E. Agnelly, 707 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $1. United States Marshal and Christine R. Guthrie BY to Ryan S. Lowe and Mariam F. Lowe, 1375 Martin St., State College, PA 16803, $125,500.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH Donald J. Posey and Connie M. Posey to LEDJ LLC, 3844 Byran Road, Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006, $305,000. Kenneth Lynn Miller and Shelley Rae Miller to Amanda M. Wintersteen and Kyle A. Wintersteen, 458 Gregory Lane, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $218,000. Lloyd H. Heckendorn Jr. to Emily DeAntonio, 805 Stratford Drive #4, State College, PA 16801, $107,000.
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP Allegheny Hunting Club and Sandy Ridge Wind LLC to Sandy Ridge Wind LLC, $0
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Joseph H. Hicks and Sharon R. Hicks to Susan M.
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Fine Line Home Inc., to Jeremy D. Hoy and Molly E. Hoy, 116 Beachbottom Road, Howard, PA 16841, $66,060. Seth Charles Confer and Belinda M. Confer to Andrea H. Boyles, P.O. Box 55, Mingoville, PA 16856, $199,000. Ethan T. Knepp and Casey A. Knepp to Douglas A. Miller Jr. and Amanda L. Kramer, 411 Meadow Lane, Bellefonte, PA 16823, $210,500.
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SCASD introduces Emerich as director of human resources From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; State College Area School District recently announced the hiring of Sandy Emerich as director of human resources. The Board of School Directors approved the appointment of Emerich in the regular board meeting on April 30. Emerich received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from Millersville University and earned her certification in human resources from Penn State University. Emerich is an active member of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials. As of July 1, she will be a new director for PASBO and is a current member for the PASBO human resources committee, serving as a speaker and educator for conferences and workshops, and serves as the human resources liaison for the PASBO education committee. She is also a member of Pennsylvania School Boards Association and Pennsylvania Association of School Personnel Administrators. Emerichâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s career spans a wide va-
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COUNTRY 5 min. from town. This 3 bdrn home sits on 1/2 acre with open living room, dining room, and kitchen. Three car garage. Bellefonte area. Asking $250,000 firm. Ph. 814.222.3331.
FREE Instructional Support Position Available Ponderosa is now accepting applications for all positions. Please apply in person at: 1630 S. Atherton St. Offering competitive wages based on experience. First time applicants welcome.
ASSOCIATE DENTIST Practice dentistry in a beautiful, modern facility in State College that offers EXCELLENT earning potential. Call Steve (570) 337-9986 to learn more about this great opportunity. We guarantee all inquiries will be handled in strict confidence.
INSTALLER Car Stereo installers wanted. Experience required. Flexible hours. Please stop by for an application at: Paul & Tony’s Stereo 1321 S Atherton St. State College PA 16801 (814) 237-8152
Instructional Support Assistant position available immediately at the Central PA Institute of Science and Technology. Experience in an educational setting desired. Current technical knowledge of engines, brakes, electrical systems, preventive maintenance, and basic welding necessary. Excellent organization, communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills required. Associate degree or higher preferred. Send cover letter, resume, PA Standard Application( PDE Website), credentials and current Act 34, 114 and 151 clearances to: JOC Secretary, Central PA Institute of Science and Technology, 540 North Harrison Road, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823. Deadline: March 30, 2012. EOE.
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ACTION ADS Blackhawk Homestead Nursery. Landscape Technician. Experience in pond construction preferred, but will train. Call (814) 364-9668.
YARD WORK $9.00/hour, near PSU. Raking leaves, some digging, etc. Flexible time. (814) 222-5050
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HELP WANTED DISPATCHER for trucking company., Must have experience. Good phone and computer skills. Willing to work in fast paced office. Medical benefits available, plus 401K. Please send resume and probable salary requirements to: P.O. Box 012, Bellefonte, Pa. or fax to 814.000.1111.
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MOVING sale. Thurs, Fri, Sat. 9a,-4pm.7341 Manor Heights, Bellefonte. Toys, tools, antiques, furniture, kitchen appliance, Bayou Fitness Center, lots of book, lawn furniture, dishes, girls clothes, fax machine, Computer desk, CD racks, stereos, fans, heaters, bikes, much more. No early birds
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Total value of all items for sale must be under $2,000 • Must have price of item for sale in ad • Run up to 6 lines for 3 weeks • PRIVATE PARTY ONLY Real Estate, Rentals, Auctions, Financial, Services/Repairs. Garage Sales, Pets, Bulk (firewood, hay, etc.) not eligible. No other discounts or coupons apply.
PARTS PERSON LUBE TECHNICIAN Applications are being accepted for a Parts Person and Lube Technician. Please contact: TravelCenters of America Milesburg, PA (814) 355-7561 ext 128
BIKER BOOTS: Men’s Harley Davidson Biker Boots, size 11 1/2. Excellent condition. Only worn a couple of times. $50. OBO (814) 667-2035
LIVINGROOM FURNITURE: Matching twin sofas (neutral colors) and marble coffee table. From Norwalk. Excellent condition. (814) 3538875 TABLE LAMP: Lamp stands 37” high with shade & measures about 27” across the widest part of the base. $75. (570) 726-4139
PIANO: Free Piano. Nice Tone, Upright. 45” tall. Padded Bench. Light wood. (814) 234-7258
PRINTER: Hewlett Packard PSC 1610 All-In-One printer. Barely used, excellent condition. $10. (814) 7690798
Mad River Canoe: 16-1/2 ft. fiberglass, w/cane seats, 3 paddles and 3 life jackets. 64 lbs. $400 OBO (814) 353-1259
SOLID OAK Ent. Center (38” opening for TV), 2 long narrow side cabinets holds 200 CDs, 2 bottom cab. w/glass doors. $250 814-3551243 5:30-8:30
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Males. Beautiful smokey or frosty gray. First shots & wormed. Soon ready $100. (717) 248-5588 or (717) 250-8179
PISTOL: Ruger 22 revolver. 5-½” barrel, long rifle and magnum cylinders; holster, gun lock, case. Very good condition, $350. (814) 280-6447 SHOTGUN: 12 ga. Remington Premier 11/87 semi-auto. Takes 2-¾”3” shells. Very good condition. $450 Call (814) 280-6447.
AIR CONDITIONERS: 2 Window air conditioners $75 each. AirTemp brand. Cools 1700 sq ft. effectively. (814) 5716421 Burial Crypt for 2 people at beautiful Centre County Memorial Park Mausoleum. Includes 1 Crypt (Tandem – 2 people) – Level 6 – Interior Chapel Please call: (724) 843-4293 OIL PAINTING: By Anna Kepler Fisher. “Old School Amish”/ ”Old Man Reading”. Stretch canvas, original frame. $1200 (814) 234-0814
2006 Holiday Rambler: 30ft Presidential 5th Wheel, 2 slides, king bed, Corian countertops, kitchen & bath, 2 leather recliners. Large cedar lined closet. Many options and accessories. Non Smoker, No Pets. Ex Condition. (607) 8493051
1996 Subaru Outback: All Wheel Drive, 138,518 miles. New Head Gaskets & Radiator. White Exterior, Gray cloth Interior, Automatic. Power windows & Locks. Cruise Control, AC. Current Pa Inspection (814) 303-9772
2006 TOYOTA Sienna: XLE Limited Minivan 4D, V6, 3.3L, AWD, Fully equipped. Mileage 85k, $19,000 OBO (814) 231-1809 or (814) 441-0437
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