Centre County Gazette, October 20, 2016

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The Penns Valley community turned out in force last weekend to rally around two families that suffered tragic losses this year, raising thousands of dollars that will be placed in trust funds for four boys./Page 13

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A courthouse Princess Yellow Lab offers comfort to victims during tough times

By MARK BRACKENBURY editor@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — There is movement that may lead to new life for the dormant former Autoport motel and restaurant property on South Atherton Street. Plans are in motion for a subdivision and lot consolidation involving a 2.75-acre portion of the Autoport property and about 1.5 acres of vacant land owned by the adjacent New Covenant Baptist Church. The subdivision of a portion of the church land requires planning commission review and borough council approval to move forward. No plans have been an-

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — For the last seven years, a four-footed furry friend has been comforting children and adult victims alike at the Centre County Courthouse. Soon, however, the 11 1/2-yearold courthouse dog known as Princess will retire. “Of course we’re going to miss her,” said Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller, who noted she began her first term as district attorney at about the same time the yellow lab arrived for duty. “Everyone in the courthouse will. She’s been part of this family so long now, it’s going to be odd not having her around. She means so much to so many.” Princess was originally trained to be a service dog to help children with disabilities. She got her instruction at the Cambridge Springs women’s state correctional facility and was assigned to a young boy with disabilities. In just a short time, the boy developed allergies to Princess, and they had to cease their connection. Soon thereafter, Princess was diagnosed with a minor medical condition that required her to

Plan may signal new life for Autoport land nounced for the consolidated land which will be acquired by the owners of the Autoport property. “Obviously, the property owners are going to want to do something with this property at some point,” Pat Ward, of UniTec Consulting Engineers, told the planning commission last month. Ward added, “At the time of development there will be a lot of detail to go into. Until a plan is proposed, it’s a simple subdivision.” The Autoport, at 1405 S. Atherton St., was Pennsylvania’s oldest motel. It closed in December 2015 after financial struggles, Autoport, Page 6

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PRINCESS, the Centre County Courthouse dog, will soon retire as a victim advocate with the Centre County District Attorney Office and Victim/Witness Office. Pictured, from left, are handler and victim advocate Faith Schindler, Princess and Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. consume one pill a day, which disqualified her from service dog duty. That’s what brought Princess to Centre County. “We learned quickly upon her arrival that she had two sets of skills,” said Faith Schindler, Princess’ handler and a victim advocate with the county’s vic-

tim/witness program. “She was trained as a service dog, so she can do things like open doors and carry things around, but we also learned she was very comforting around people, particularly victims of crimes, especially children.” Princess, Page 6

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A SUBDIVISION and land consolidation plan involving the former Autoport motel and restaurant at 1405 S. Atherton St. may mean new life for the property.

Farmers coping with drought as disaster declared By VINCENT CORSO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

As we near the end of the growing season and head toward winter, many Centre County farms are still dealing with the effects of a hot, dry summer that left the county in a drought. The U.S. Department of Agriculture last week declared Centre County a drought disaster area because of the losses that farmers sustained from the extreme drought conditions. The declaration allows farmers to receive different types of federal aid depending on the type of losses that they suffered, said Daniel Smeal, the county executive director of the Pennsylvania Farm Service Agency in Mill Hall. “Some are saying these are the worst drought conditions in the county since the ’80s, some say 2012 was just as bad,” said VINCENT CORSO/For the Gazette Smeal. “But either way it has been a long BARRIE MOSER and his daughter Kimberly Chriswell sell their produce at the State College farmers time since we’ve had one like this.” market. The peppers are in, but not of the quality that Moser says he likes, due to the extreme Many of the summer rains were spotty and only hit small pockets of the county, drought this summer. Police Blotter .................... 2 Opinion ............................ 9

Health and Wellness ...... 10 Education ....................... 12

Community .................... 13 Gazette Gameday ........... 19

Sports .............................. 22 Hunting & Guns ............. 28

so there is around a 60 percent drop in production for some, said Smeal. The northern parts of the county were hit the hardest, Smeal said, but there were other parts also hit hard. A very dry June and July had a negative effect on corn and other field crops, said Greg Roth, a professor of agronomy at Penn State. “The drought and high temperatures came at a time of year when corn needs extra moisture and so it was particularly devastating,” said Roth. It was a long summer for JR Rossman in Penns Valley. Each day since early August he has been hauling 50 gallons of water on a tractor across his family’s dairy farm because the spring he typically uses stopped flowing. Luckily the farm has a well that serves the milking cows, and they are able to haul the water from that part of the farm to the other cattle. It is only the second time that Rossman can remember the spring drying Drought, Page 8

Weddings Showcase ...... 31 Around & In Town ......... 32

Puzzles ............................ 36 Business .......................... 37


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Front and Centre FLU SHOT MYTHS: Protecting yourself from the flu is easy: Get a flu shot, doctors say. But it doesn’t always seem so simple. Read more from two area experts as they dispel some common myths about influenza and flu shots. Page 10

CRUNCH TIME: As the high school football season heads into week 9, Centre County teams face some pivotal matchups. State College-Harrisburg tops the slate, but Bellefonte, BEA, Penns Valley and St. Joseph’s all have key games. Page 22

TOUGH ASSIGNMENT: Penn State’s 4-2 football squad, coming off a bye week and riding a two-game winning streak, faces the undefeated Ohio State Buckeyes Saturday night at Beaver Stadium. It will be the annual white-out game. Page 19

NEED TO KNOW: Chronic Wasting Disease should be a serious concern to area hunters. It is almost a given that the disease will continue to expand and impact Pennsylvania’s deer herd. Mark Nale takes a look at what hunters need to know. Page 28

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A 59-year-old Potter Township woman reported to police someone gained access to her personal credentials and obtained access to her credit cards. Those responsible then made purchases totaling $80,000. ❑❑❑ Police reported someone using a highcaliber rifle shot and killed a registered black angus cow along Boyds Lane in Curtain Township sometime between 9 p.m. Sept. 9 and 10 a.m. Sept. 10. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Police reported Toby Allen Shook, 20, of Bellefonte, was arrested for allegedly being in possession of drug paraphernalia at the intersection of West College Avenue and Breons Lane in Benner Township at 3:24 p.m. Sept. 16. ❑❑❑ Marianne T. Brezenger, 60, of Bellefonte, was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence of alcohol following a routine traffic stop along the 600 block of Pleasantview Boulevard in Spring Township at 5:18 p.m. Sept. 25. ❑❑❑ Minor injuries were reported in a single-vehicle crash that occurred at 1:58 p.m. Oct. 8 on Forest Avenue in Walker Township. Police said Corey Strouse, of Bellefonte, was southbound and negotiating a slight left curve in the roadway. His 2011 Chevrolet Silverado traveled off the right side of the roadway and when Strouse attempted to regain control, he over-compensated. The vehicle traveled across the roadway and struck a rock well. The vehicle then traveled about 100 feet before hitting the embankment. Strouse was cited for not driving on roadways laned for traffic. ❑❑❑ Police reported 27-year-old Jason Mundie was cited for harassment after he allegedly tackled an 18-year-old man to the ground and attempted to strike him at

10 a.m. Oct. 10 at a residence on Meadows Drive in Potter Township. The victim suffered minor injuries. ❑❑❑ A Howard man reported someone removed several extension cords from his lawn and also cut electrical cords on two inflatable Halloween decorations. The incidents occurred Oct. 11 and police are continuing to investigate.

PHILIPSBURG STATE POLICE Police reported numerous video games and a controller were stolen from a Sunnyside Hollow Road, Worth Township, residence at around 3 p.m. Aug. 15. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ A cigarette display at the Dollar General on Front Street in Philipsburg was damaged at 3:20 p.m. Sept. 19. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Police reported a 45-year-old Philipsburg man pushed a 32-year-old Philipsburg man three times at a residence on South Front Street, Philipsburg, at 5 p.m. Sept. 29. ❑❑❑ A 62-year-old Sandy Ridge man reported to police that someone broke into a trailer on Moshannon Street in Philipsburg and removed tools sometime between Oct. 2 and 7. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Albert Tapia, 24, of Bellefonte, was cited for harassment after allegedly threatening a 25-year-old Philipsburg man at Lykens Market in Port Matilda at 5 p.m. Oct. 6. ❑❑❑ Police reported Brianna L. Grove, 25, of Winburne, was arrested for public drunkenness after allegedly causing a disturbance at the Philipsburg American Legion at 1:06 a.m Oct. 16. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster

Bellefonte man gets 10-20 years in sex predator case By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — A 28-year-old Bellefonte man was sentenced to serve 10-20 years at a state correctional facility following a hearing to determine if he was deemed a sexually violent predator. Centre County Judge Jonathan D. Grine sentenced Michael L. McCool Jr. on Oct. 13 in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas. According to the Spring Township Police Department, the charges stem from an April 17, 2013, incident near the Interstate 99 bridge. Upon arrival, officers said

they observed three individuals arguing, including McCool, the victim’s mother and her boyfriend. Police said the victim’s mother learned McCool was communicating with her 13-year-old daughter through Facebook using the name “Dave Beam.” The mother used this information to set up a meeting with McCool at the bridge, knowing he was registered under Megan’s Law for prior sex offenses, police said. McCool admitted to authorities that he initiated conversations with the then12-year-old girl through the internet even Predator, Page 6


OCTOBER 20-26, 2016

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County commissioners OK numerous contracts By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — Routine business dominated the Oct. 18 meeting of the Centre County board of commissioners. During the meeting, the commissioners: ■ Approved a contract between the county and David M. Maines Associates for Temple Court roof repairs. The contract total is $11,699. ■ Approved a liquid fuels application in the amount of $20,000 for tar and chipping of township Route 312 in Worth Township. ■ Approved a contract addendum between the county and Crossroads Counseling to allow money to provide additional drug and alcohol outpatient services in the amount of $5,557 increasing the maximum from $128,144 to $133,701. ■ Approved a contract between the county and Bethany Christian Services of Western Pennsylvania to provide foster care services to dependent/delinquent use. The contract total is $6,000. ■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Cornell Abraxas to provide residential services to dependent/ delinquent youth. The contract total is $186,820.

■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Children’s Center for Treatment and Education to provide shelter/foster/residential services to dependent/delinquent youth. The contract total is $3,000. ■ Approved the purchase of equipment between the county and CDW-Government for offsite redundancy of data, programs, files and server backups for disaster recovery and equipment failure purposes. The contract total is $32,171.19. ■ Approved a proposal for replacement of the WEBIA (Web Information Access) system between the county and RBA/MIS. The replacement system will provide a number of improvements and necessary security and technical updates over the existing system, which has been in operation for 12 years. The contract total is $96,900. ■ Approved a lease agreement between the county and Pitney Bowes for lease/ rental of a postage machine. The lease total is $347.29 monthly. ■ Approved a Renewal of Maintenance Contract between the county and Pitney Bowes for a letter folder. The contract total is $554.04. ■ Approved an Intergovernmental Housing Agreement between the county and Crawford County to house tenant inmates at a rate of $65 per day.

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Sprucetown Methodist plans fall bazaar SPRING MILLS — The Sprucetown Methodist Church will hold its annual fall bazaar from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, in the lower level of the church building, located on Upper Georges Valley Road. The bazaar will feature home-baked

pies, bread and cookies, as well as soups, sandwiches and many handmade craft items. There will also be a flea market featuring items for sale. All the food and merchandise is donated by church members.

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UNITED NATIONS DAY

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THE CENTRE COUNTY board of commissioners officially proclaimed Monday, Oct. 24, as United Nations Day in Centre County. Robert Lumley-Sapanski, president of the Centre County UN Association, visited the commissioners this week to talk about the upcoming United Nations Day Dinner. The event will be held from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center on South Atherton Street in State College. Richard Alley, the Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, is the speaker. For tickets, contact Lumley-Sapanski at rxl4@psu. edu. Pictured, from left, are Commissioner Steve Dershem, Lumley-Sapanski, Commissioner Mark Higgins and Commissioner Michael Pipe.

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Builders program aims to give back to community The Builders Association of Central Pennsylvania has announced a new initiative, #builderworks, that seeks to benefit the Centre County community. On Oct. 15, the first #builderworks project took place. Members of the Builders Association built a fence to protect the Pollinator Garden at Millbrook Marsh. The BACP worked closely with Centre Region Parks and Recreation to coordinate the project. The next #builderworks project, scheduled for late November, will be installing a kitchen at the new senior center in the Nittany Mall. Community members may make a request through the #builderworks pro-

gram by visiting www.centralpabuilders. com. Perhaps a neighbor needs a ramp, or maybe a nonprofit organization needs some remodeling done in their location — the opportunities are endless and BACP members are eager to get involved. Requests will be reviewed on a quarterly basis. The BACP has a long and rich history of serving the building industry of Centre County since its founding in 1957. Through #builderworks, the members of the BACP hope to give back to the community that they’ve helped to build over the past 60 years. For more information, visit www.centralpabuilders.com or call (814) 231-8813.

Two sexual assaults reported By statecollege.com staff UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Police on Monday received two reports of sexual assaults. According to a Timely Warning issued by the university, both assaults were reported through online submissions. One was reported to have occurred on

Sept. 18 in an unknown residence hall in the East Halls complex. No information was available on whether the suspect was known to the alleged victim. The second was reported to have occurred sometime between Saturday and Sunday. The alleged victim reported that they had been sexually assaulted by a person known to them in an unknown location. Submitted photo

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Testimony: McQueary was placed on leave for his own safety By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com

BELLEFONTE — What were Penn State’s motivations for placing Mike McQueary on administrative leave, and did a statement from former university president Graham Spanier defame the former Penn State football assistant? Those questions were at the heart of the testimony in McQueary’s lawsuit against Penn State on Oct. 18, the second day of the trial. Jurors heard from former Penn State general counsel Cynthia Baldwin, former vice president for university relations Bill Mahon and former assistant athletic director Mark Sherburne, who briefly served as acting AD. Baldwin testified that she was first approached by President Rodney Erickson, who became president after Spanier was removed in November 2011, about placing McQueary on administrative leave. She said Erickson was concerned about McQueary’s safety. She said she had received calls from Penn State Police and the athletic department that they had received death threats against McQueary. The calls occured after he was identified as being the unnamed graduate assistant in the grand jury presentment against Jerry Sandusky who, in 2001, witnessed Sandusky sexually abusing a boy in a locker room shower. McQueary reported the incident to Joe Paterno, who in turn reported it to athletic director Tim Curley and senior vice president Gary Schultz. They later met with McQueary. Curley and Schultz, who were charged in connection with an alleged concealment of Sandusky’s activities, dispute that McQueary told them he had witnessed something sexual in nature. They, along with Spanier, are still awaiting trial on failure to report and child endangerment charges. Baldwin has played a central role in the criminal cases against the three administrators. Perjury, conspiracy and obstruction charges were dismissed after the state Superior Court ruled Baldwin’s own testimony would be inadmissible in their prosecution and that the three men thought she was representing them individually, not the university, when they testified before the investigating grand jury. Baldwin said the university received “violent reports about what people were going to do,” to McQueary and others after Sandusky and the administrators were charged. She said, for McQueary’s safety, the decision was made to keep him from coaching in Penn State’s remaining games for the 2011 season and to place him on

paid administrative leave. University police told her and Erickson that they didn’t’ believe adequate security could be provided to protect McQueary. Mahon also testified about an email to university administrators briefing them on threats received by university phone operators, in particular a bomb threat for the Penn State-Nebraska game on Nov. 12, 2011. Baldwin said that after McQueary was kept from coaching in the Penn State-Nebraska game, Sherburne, who served as acting athletic director for just over a week, informed McQueary he had been placed on administrative leave, reading from a script prepared by Baldwin at Sherburne’s request. Sherburne testified he was not involved in making the decision. He said that in scheduling the meeting, McQueary “may have asked” if he should have an attorney with him and Sherburne relayed what he was told by Baldwin that McQueary would not be asked to sign anything. McQueary was told he would receive full pay and benefits during that time and that his future status had not been determined. At the meeting, McQueary told Baldwin, “I want the university to know I didn’t do anything wrong and I really want to coach here,” she testified. She said she wrote the contract for new head coach Bill O’Brien in January 2012 and it was clear O’Brien intended to replace the existing staff with his own assistant coaches. McQueary has argued that he was the only staff member not given a chance to interview with O’Brien. Baldwin testified about a severance clause McQueary and others received in 2008, which provided for salary for 18 months should the assistants lose their positions if a new head coach was hired. McQueary’s contract expired June 30, 2012, and Baldwin said she was unsure if McQueary received the severance payments because she left the general counsel position shortly after. In opening arguments Oct. 17, Penn State attorney Nancy Conrad said he did receive the severance payments. McQueary, a wide receivers coach from 2004-2011, is suing Penn State for $4 million in lost wages and other damages, as well as defamation and misrepresentation, on claims that Penn State retaliated against him for cooperating with prosecutors in the investigation of Sandusky. Mahon, the university’s chief spokesman in 2011, testified about the statement issued by Spanier, as well as media coverage of the charges against Sandusky and

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FORMER PENN STATE University assistant football coach Mike McQueary, center, leaves the Centre County Courthouse Annex in Bellefonte on Oct. 17. the Penn State administrators and threats received by the university. McQueary attorney Elliot Strokoff’s questioning centered on the wide dissemination of the statement, in which Spanier expressed support for Curley and Schultz and called the charges against them “groundless.” Strokoff noted the statement was posted on the university’s main website, shared with media and possibly sent on the university’s email newswire. McQueary is arguing that the statement defamed him by implying that it was the administrators, and not McQueary, who were truthful about the 2001 incident. Mahon said the statement was Spanier’s opinion and that Mahon’s input involved suggesting the addition of the first paragraph expressing concern for Sandusky’s victims, alleged at the time. “It was not my job to make a statement like this,” Mahon said. “It was written as the opinion of the president.” Both Mahon and Baldwin said McQueary was not mentioned or referenced in discussions about the statement. Baldwin, who was in the meeting along with then-board chair Steve Garban when the statement was discussed, testified that Spanier’s statements of support were based on the former president’s experience of knowing and working with the two men over 16 years. Mahon added that he agreed with public information director Lisa Powers that the later addition of statements of inno-

Perjury charge against former Penn State AD Curley officially dismissed

New hearing ordered in Sandusky appeal By GEOFF RUSHTON

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HARRISBURG — The specially presiding judge in the criminal case against three former Penn State administrators has officially dismissed a felony charge of perjury against former athletic director Tim Curley. Perjury charges against former president Graham Spanier and vice president Gary Schultz were quashed earlier this year, as well as conspiracy and obstruction against all three, leaving misdemeanor charges of failure to report suspected child abuse and child endangerment. After the court denied the state’s petition to reinstate the quashed charges, then-Solicitor General Bruce Castor said the attorney general’s office would drop the perjury charge against Curley as well. The charge, however, remained on the table until Oct. 12, when Attorney General Bruce Beemer and deputies Laura Ann Ditka and Patrick J. Schulte filed a motion stating that they did not wish to pursue the count. The filing stated that it was clear the Superior Court “also intended to quash the perjury charge” against Curley. On Oct. 13, Judge John Boccabella, who took over the case in July, granted the motion and dismissed the charge. When Jerry Sandusky was charged with child sexual abuse in November 2011, Curley and Schultz were charged with perjury related to their testimony before the investigating grand jury in the case, as well as child endangerment and failure to report for what prosecutors claimed was their handling of earlier reports about Sandusky and possible abuse. Spanier was charged the following year on similar grounds and at the same time Curley and Schultz had the obstruction and conspiracy charges added. Pennsylvania Superior Court quashed some of those charges after attorneys for the former Penn State officials successfully argued that former university counsel Cynthia Baldwin’s own grand jury testimony violated their attorney-client privilege, and that she did not explain to

cence by the attorneys for the two administrators was “out of character” for the university, but that Spanier instructed them to do so. Baldwin, meanwhile, testified that Spanier’s statement of support had been shared in advance with the administrators’ attorneys, Caroline Roberto and Tom Farrell. Spanier made similar statements of support at athletic department staff meetings the Monday following the charges, and according to Sherburne, said he expected Curley would return to his role as athletic director. Conrad, meanwhile, largely focused on media coverage Mahon’s office monitored. She cited media reports around the same day as Spanier’s Nov. 5 statement that did not mention McQueary by name. She then exhibited media accounts from subsequent days, after McQueary had been reported as the unnamed graduate assistant. One was headlined “McQueary deserves jail time,” while a Washington Post article said McQueary could have put an end to Sandusky’s abuse in 2001. Penn State is seeking to show that Spanier’s statement did not reference McQueary and was not defamatory, and further claim that it was McQueary’s own actions and perceived responsibility that have harmed his reputation. Oct. 19 testimony came after Gazette press time.

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FORMER PENN STATE athletic director Tim Curley, left, one of three former high-ranking Penn State administrators charged over their handling of abuse complaints about Jerry Sandusky, leaves the Dauphin County Courthouse on Oct. 13 in Harrisburg.

them that she was representing the university and not them individually when each testified before the grand jury investigating Sandusky. Prosecutors continue to argue that a conspiracy charge against Curley and Schultz survived the Superior Court’s quashal because it relates to the remaining charge of child endangerment. The state says the alleged conspiracy was ongoing from the time former football assistant Mike McQueary told the men in 2001 that he had seen Sandusky abusing a boy in a locker room shower until Curley and Schultz were charged in November 2011. Attorneys for the former Penn State officials say the alleged incident is focused solely on 2001 and past the statute of limitations, and that there is no evidence they conspired over the ensuing decade.

Jerry Sandusky will get another hearing as he continues to pursue a new trial. Specially presiding Judge John Cleland on Oct. 17 scheduled a hearing for Friday, Nov. 4, to take the testimony of a man who claimed to be Victim 2, the boy Mike McQueary saw in a locker room shower with Sandusky. Sandusky is seeking to have his 2012 conviction of 45 counts related to child sexual abuse overturned and receive a new trial under the Post-Conviction Relief Act, claiming that he received ineffective counsel prior to and during his trial. Among the claims made by his attorneys Al Lindsay and Andrew Salemme is that both Sandusky’s trial attorneys and prosecutors did know the identity of Victim 2, who was unidentified at trial. In closing arguments at the trial, lead prosecutor Joe McGettigan said that some of Sandusky’s victims were “known only to God.” Victim 8 also was not identified. But Sandusky claims that his attorney, Joe Amendola, failed in not objecting to the statement because a man had come forward and identified himself as Victim 2. Amendola testified at a hearing this summer that the man had spoken to his investigator and said he was never abused by Sandusky. Amendola was surprised, then, when he learned that the man hired attorney Andrew Shubin and was claiming Sandusky did abuse him. Prosecutors and investigators for the state, meanwhile, testified that they had interviewed the man and did not believe him to be Victim 2. They cited multiple reasons, including his story changing after hiring a civil attorney, his certainty of the date of the incident that turned out to be wrong and his inability to draw a diagram of the locker room where the abuse occurred. Sandusky, Page 7


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Millheim, Potters Mills targeted for water, sewer project funding By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — Millheim Borough and Potters Mills are being targeted to receive Community Development Block Grant funding for large upcoming projects in their communities. Matt Milliron, a senior planner with Centre County, stood before the board of commissioners Oct. 18 to recommend they give support to his office’s suggestion for the recipients of the $288,814 in funding available. “We received a lot of requests for this funding, but based on our criteria, we feel these are the best places for this money,” said Milliron. He said the planning and development office looks at a number of different items to determine which projects are best suited for CDBG money. These include how many people benefit from the project, health and safety concerns, how ready the community is to get started on the project and what kind of funds have been raised so far. According to Milliron, $206,830 of the available funding would be awarded to Millheim Borough for a water transmission main line replacement. “We felt this project was good because, well, it benefits the entire community,” said Milliron. He said borough officials have been working on a plan to replace the main,

which carries water from the reservoir to the water filtration plant. He said the pipe is about 100 years old and is physically exposed in several places. The expected $2.2 million project is expected to take about eight years to complete. “(Millheim Borough officials) are chasing money for this project, and they are probably going to have to phase it out,” said Milliron. “This isn’t something that could be done in a year.” The planning department recommended Potters Mills receive $30,000 of the CDBG funding for sewer laterals for low- to moderate-income homeowners. “We think we would be able to do about 25 to 30 households with this money,” Milliron said. The laterals connect homes to the community’s sewage system, which recently was deemed unfit by the state Department of Environmental Protection. As a result, the DEP required the community to map out and implement an Act 537 program to create a new sewage system for the community. “There aren’t a lot of homes in Potters Mills, but there are a lot of ‘wild cat’ discharges pumping raw sewage directly into the environment,” said Milliron. “This is leaking into private wells and causing contamination. It’s a project that definitely has to happen.” Funding, Page 7

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OCTOBER 20-26, 2016 Immediately after the pleas were entered, Grine ordered McCool to be evaluated by the Pennsylvania Sexual Offenders Board to determine if he met the criteria to be classified as a sexually violent predator. The hearing was held prior to the sentencing and after hearing testimony from Corrine Scheuneman, a member of the Sexual Offenders Assessment Board, Grine determined McCool to be a sexually violent predator. He is now required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. As part of McCool’s 10- to 20-year sentence, he is also prohibited from being in the sole company or supervision of minors. “This case demanded a significant sentence and lifetime monitoring because not only did this defendant re-victimize real children by downloading child pornography, he also attempted to live out his own heinous fantasies by luring a minor female away from her family to engage in prohibited sexual acts,” said Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. own about 1.37 acres on which its building sits. A zone change has not been proposed. Without a zone change, future development would be limited to uses permitted in those existing zones. Ward said in July that the transfer of property from the church to South Atherton Real Estate 1 was not conditioned on a zone change. The current proposal involves only the northern end of the Autoport property — the portion on which the main building sits. The plan submitted to the planning commission this summer also included the southern portion of the Autoport land, but that lot has been removed from the proposal. The proposal is expected to come back before the commission Wednesday, Nov. 2. The commission makes a recommendation to the borough council based on whether the proposal meets the appropriate ordinance. Planning officials indicated that the proposed subdivision appeared to meet ordinance requirements. Facing potential foreclosure, the Autoport appeared in October 2014 on the reality television show “Hotel Impossible,” a show that attempts to assist struggling hotels. But with the business facing a sheriff’s sale, its former owners, Greg and Lynda Mussi, filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code in April 2015. “She definitely knows who has the treats, and she finds her way there,” said Schindler. “She can open doors, too, so no one is really safe when they are eating lunch.” Princess is a regular attendant of weekly preliminary hearings at the courthouse. “We bring her just to have her in the courtroom. Her being there transforms the entire room,” Parks Miller said. “Many times, this is the first time a victim of a crime is seeing the person who committed that crime. It’s a hard thing to go through. But, with Princess being there, she automatically gives that calming effect. She’s been a very valuable tool for Centre County.” And, her duties and service has caught the attention of other counties. “She’s the first of her kind on the East Coast, and now others are looking to follow suit,” said Parks Miller. “The Montgomery County DA recently came up to see how our program works and Clinton County is also looking to start a program. “She has definitely inspired other counties to look into the advantages of having this type of dog in their courthouse too.” Schindler said Princess will continue her duties for the next few months before she retires. There’s already a plan for the county to employ the use of another service dog from the Cochranville-based Canine Partners For Life organization. “We’re looking to get another yellow lab,” said Parks Miller. “That’s what kind of dog is recommended for this type of work. Small children seem to be more fearful of dark-colored dogs over lighter ones.” “The people here are going to miss her always soothing presence,” said Schindler, who provides Princess her non-working life home. “We’ll bring her back to visit from time to time, and I’m sure as soon as she gets through those doors, she’ll think she’s working again.”


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Tim Kaine to visit State College By PATRICK CINES statecollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — Democratic Party vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine will pay a visit to State College on Friday, Oct. 21. Kaine’s visit marks the second highprofile Democratic Party member to visit the area following Chelsea Clinton‘s appearance in September. Kaine will outline Clinton’s plans to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, combat climate change, improve sustainable sources of energy, make public colleges and universities tuition free and reform the criminal justice system. Funding, from page 6 Miliron said, like in Millheim’s situation, community leaders are currently seeking funding for the project. The planning department will now post the recommendations on the county’s web site and will inform all involved parties as well. Milliron said $51,984, or 18 percent, of the $288,814 in funding would be used to administer the projects. The commissioners were in agreement with both projects and said they would pass a resolution during an October meeting making the funding allocations official.

“I am very excited to hear the vice presidential nominee, Tim Kaine, will be visiting Penn State this week,” said Johnna Purcell, president of Penn State Students for Hillary. “I think the event will give students a great opportunity to hear more about the future that a Clinton-Kaine presidency would offer them. “I highly encourage all students to come out and engage with this election by hearing Tim Kaine speak.” The details for the afternoon event were still to be determined. Attendees are asked to RSVP on the Hillary Clinton campaign website, www. hillaryclinton.com/events.

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Is digital distraction causing road deaths? By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette An estimate released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration shows that traffic fatalities were up 9.5 percent in the second quarter of this year over the same period last year. Per vehicle-mile traveled, the increase was 6.5 percent. A total of 9,600 people died on our country’s roads in April, May and June, the agency estimates. “It is too soon,” the NHTSA warns, to identify causes. But we can always look for ways to make our roads safer. After all, 35,092 people died on the roads in 2015, and America’s drivers are on track to kill even more people this year. Among the activities that clearly make driving more dangerous is texting. Inputting text on a smartphone’s touch screen requires taking eyes and thoughts off the road for a prolonged period. Anything done on a touchscreen is distracting, but texting is especially so. Yet in 2014, according to the NHTSA, 2.2 percent of drivers who were observed stopped at signs or lights in passenger cars without government or commercial markings were manipulating handheld devices. That’s better, of course, than using them while your car is moving. But one has to wonder how many of these drivers put their foot on the gas without taking their hand off their phone. The CEO of the National Safety Council, a nonprofit group, said 46 states ban texting while driving. But if banning a dangerous driving behavior were enough to eliminate it, drunken driving would have been solved long ago. Reducing texting while driving poses a challenge for lawmakers, law enforcement and innovators — and not every idea for reducing it would be worth pursuing. Perfect safety is impossible, and attempts to achieve it could take away too much freedom and undermine common sense. People may need to use their GPS apps when they’re stopped at lights; a law-enforcement officer may not be able to tell at a distance whether you’re checking your route or your texts. The best solution is cultural, not legal: Use sense and take care. Choose the phone or the wheel. You cannot have both. Teach that to your children. Before you touch the gas, put down your phone. It could save your life. Or the life of a loved one. Or the life of that pedestrian you didn’t see.

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Democrats’ hypocrisy comes into focus As Hillary Clinton made clear during the second presidential debate with Donald Trump, Democrats view the federal judiciary as a tool of the executive branch, a means of achieving political objectives that are not achievable with legislative actions. She did not mention the U.S. Constitution as the bedrock for America’s rule of law, but she stated her intention, if elected, to appoint judges inclined to reverse one controversial Supreme Court decision (Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission) and preserve another one (Roe v. Wade). That remarkable admission should not surprise anybody. Democrats’ strategy for staffing federal courts with liberal ideologues has been apparent for many decades. Franklin Roosevelt tried unsuccessfully to expand the U.S. Supreme Court with judges who would support his agenda. The same mindset is apparent from actions taken during administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama. During Bush’s second term, Dem-

ocrats in the Senate, then a majority, refused to confirm Bush nominees to fill four vacancies on the Fourth Circuit Court. After Obama was elected, they confirmed his nominees for those vacant seats and three additional vacancies that occurred before Republicans took control of the Senate in 2014. Democrats’ actions with the D.C. Circuit Court were even more calculating. The number of judgeships on that court had been reduced from 12 to 11 by an act of Congress during the G.W. Bush administration because of that court’s relatively light work load. The court at that time was “balanced” with four Democrat appointees and four Republican appointees, so three vacancies that existed in 2013 should not have been of concern to anybody. But the D.C. Circuit Court has special status because it handles many cases concerning federal regulatory agencies, whose actions invariably reflect the interests of any president. Democrats decided they would prefer to have that court dominated by Democrat appointees. Obama nominated three individuals to fill

the vacancies. The Republican minority in the Senate opposed all of them on the grounds that they were unnecessary. Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid suspended the filibuster rule — an extraordinary action, the so-called nuclear option — that had allowed Republicans to block votes on them. The nominees were narrowly confirmed with votes of 51-44, 55-43 and 56-38. Those Democrat actions with the Fourth Circuit and D.C. Circuit Courts were a manifestation of naked political power. Now Democrat politicians and their supporters in the news media are reminded that what goes around, comes around. They are harshly criticizing Republicans in the Senate for their refusal to hold hearings and schedule a vote on Merrick Garland, Obama’s nominee to replace deceased Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. Their hypocrisy comes into focus with their skullduggery during the past decade as context. Phil Edmunds Boalsburg

Vote for candidates who will work for us

Vote for candidates who will work for us in Washington In the 5th Congressional District, we are fortunate to have at the top of the ballot three excellent candidates who also happen to be women: Kerith Strano Taylor, Katie McGinty and Hillary Clinton. All three are dynamic, proven leaders with well thought out policy proposals. Their opponents are the three T’s: Thompson, Toomey and Trump. Glenn Thompson and Pat Toomey have been stalwarts of the obstructionist Republican-led Congress, which boasts of its top priority being

opposition to our president. They put the dictates of party over the needs of our nation. In eight years, the only bill Thompson has authored to become law designates a post office to honor a war hero. Toomey has held to the hypocritical party line of unprecedented refusal to grant a hearing to Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland. So far, neither Thompson nor Toomey has disavowed Donald Trump, even with the latest evidence of his profound unfitness for office. Trump’s words and actions demeaning women must be condemned.

He exaggerates our problems and blames them on immigrants and Muslims, thereby inciting racial hatred, xenophobia and religious intolerance. He cannot to be trusted to tell the truth and must not be trusted with the command of our great nation and its military. We have stark choices on the Nov. 8 ballot. We can reward inaction and condone hatred, or we can vote for candidates — Kerith, Katie and Hillary — who will go to Washington to work for us. Susan B. Smith State College

Clinton deserves your vote in November Clinton has devoted her life to help and lift up people I am pleading with all readers and voters in our country to very seriously consider what is at stake in this election. We have heard, more or less, from both presidential candidates what they “promise” to do once elected. One of these candidates, however, stands out with his hateful, biased and extremely dangerous rhetoric. Some of us voters still remember when that same kind of rhetoric was used by Hitler and his henchmen in their rise to power. Some of us still

remember how that kind of speech resulted in brutality, hate, murder, destruction and a terrible war. Many Americans gave their lives by fighting in that war to save humanity from further evil. Many of us are pleading today that we will not repeat that terrible history. Please vote for a candidate who reaches out compassionately, talking about understanding and solving problems together, who cares about our safety and stands for family values, women and children. She is strong to stand up against bullies,

liars and hate mongers. Hillary Clinton is the candidate who personifies those qualities of leadership. She has devoted her life to help and lift up people, not to exploit and deceive them. Please weigh carefully the merits of both candidates when making your choice. Having done my best to get a fair measure of both these candidates, I urge you to join me in voting for Hillary Clinton. Ursula Allison Boalsburg

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Don’t fall for flu-shot myths

FRANKLIN BERKEY

Each year, more than 36,000 people in the U.S. die from the flu. The flu hits fast and hard. You may feel perfectly fine in the morning, but a few hours later you spike a fever, your body aches miserably and you just want to lie down and hibernate. You end up missing a week or more of work or school — and then others in your family get sick. Protecting yourself and your family from the flu is easy: get a flu shot. Do it now, before you’re exposed to influenza by someone else who may not yet be showing symptoms. Don’t let common flu-shot myths prevent you from protecting your health. Myth: The flu is just a bad cold. Dr. Franklin Berkey, Fact: If you get the associate program flu, you could be sick director, and Dr. Jonathan Ashley for one to two weeks are part of the Penn with high fever, chills, State Health Family vomiting and muscle and Community aches. Influenza is a Medicine Residency virus, so antibiotics Program at Mount do not fight it. This Nittany Medical puts you at risk for Center and the more serious compliPenn State Medical cations, such as bacGroup. terial pneumonia. Myth: Only the elderly need flu shots. Fact: Almost everyone should get a flu shot.

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The vaccine is appropriate for people age 6 months and older. It’s safe for pregnant women and for people with existing medical conditions, such as asthma, heart disease or diabetes. If you have a history of Guillain-Barré syndrome, you should discuss the flu vaccine with your doctor to decide if it is appropriate for you. By getting a flu shot, you not only protect yourself, but other high-risk people who cannot be vaccinated. Myth: The influenza vaccine can give you the flu. Fact: You cannot get the flu from a flu shot. Modern flu vaccines contain either inactivated influenza virus or no virus at all. You might experience minor soreness, redness, tenderness or swelling in your arm at the injection site for one or two days. It is important to note that the vaccine takes a couple of weeks to become effective, so you can still contract the flu if you are exposed to the flu right before or after you are vaccinated. If you have a fever, you should hold off on getting the vaccine until your fever has passed. Myth: If you are allergic to eggs, you can’t get a flu shot. Fact: Most people with egg allergies can be vaccinated against the flu. If your reaction to eggs has been limited to hives, you can get the regular flu shot appropriate for your age. If your egg reaction was more severe, you can still be vaccinated against the flu, but you should get your shot in a medical setting. Myth: If you received the flu shot last year, you don’t need one this year. Fact: You need a flu shot every year. Each year’s vaccine protects you from the virus strains researchers predict will be most prevalent that year. Last year’s flu shot might not protect you from this year’s most common strains. Even if exactly the same strains are covered, the antibodies that your body developed following last year’s vaccination diminish over time,

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DOCTORS RECOMMEND getting a flu shot before you are exposed to influenza. so they do not protect you this year. The 2016-17 vaccine is provided only via injection; nasal spray is not available. Myth: It’s too late to get a flu shot this year. Fact: Now is the perfect time to be vaccinated. In Centre County, flu season can last into April. Local doctors often see a late surge in influenza cases after Penn State students return from spring break travels that exposed them to large groups of people, particularly in airplanes and on cruise ships.

Myth: You need a medical appointment to get a flu shot. Fact: Getting a flu shot is fast and easy. In most cases, you don’t need an appointment. You can get vaccinated at a drugstore, community event, walk-in clinic operated by your medical or insurance provider — and yes, at your health care provider’s office. In many cases, health insurance covers flu shots with no deductible or co-pay, and some clinics offer free vaccinations to the uninsured. All providers offer the same vaccine, which differs only on the age of the recipient.

Thomas joins physician group Healthsouth receives national award STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health recently announced the addition of Dr. Nini Thomas to Mount Nittany Physician Group Endocrinology. “I am excited to join Mount Nittany Physician Group and be part of a much larger vision of positively impacting the area I have called home for seven years,” said Thomas. Thomas received her graduate degree from California State University Fresno, and her medical degree from Government Medical College Kottayam in Kerala, India. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Canton Medical Education Foundation in Ohio and her endocrinology residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

Thomas is a member of the Endocrine Society, American Thyroid Association and American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists. Before joining Mount Nittany Physician Group, she worked as a hospitalist at Mount Nittany Medical Center NINI THOMAS for seven years. “I enjoy listening to the stories, dreams, challenges, determination and tenacity of my patients,” said Thomas. “I am honored to be a part — be it small or large — of their lives.”

PLEASANT GAP — HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital received the National Presidents’ Circle Award during HealthSouth’s annual meeting and awards banquet held Sept. 16 in Miami. HealthSouth Nittany Valley is one of only 14 hospitals in HealthSouth’s nationwide network of 122 inpatient rehabilitation hospitals to receive the prestigious award. This distinction recognizes the hospital’s outstanding performance in develop-

ment of clinical programs, quality of patient care services, employee retention and overall operational excellence. “Our team at HealthSouth Nittany Valley works hard to provide exceptional outcomes and a positive rehabilitation experience for our patients,” said Susan Hartman, CEO of HealthSouth Nittany Valley. “This award is a reflection of their dedication and teamwork, and our biggest reward comes from helping our patients reach their optimal levels of independence.”

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Lack of resources affects mammogram rates By KRISTIE AUMAN-BAUER Penn State Live

UNIVERSITY PARK — Almost 70 percent of women in the U.S. over the age of 40 get mammograms at least every other year, but minority and foreign-born women report lower rates even though they are at an increased risk for developing advanced breast cancer. Routine mammograms are important to reduce breast cancer mortality, particularly for those women who may be at increased risk. Penn State researchers Reni Elewonibi, graduate student in health policy and administration and demography, and Patricia Miranda, assistant professor of health policy and administration and demography, along with Amy Thierry, a Penn State alumnus and current post-doctoral fellow at Duke University, recently published their findings about mammography disparities in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. “The U.S. Prevention Services Task Force guidelines recommend that women who are between the ages of 50 and 74 and have average risk for breast cancer should receive a mammogram every two years. However, there are many women who aren’t adhering to these guidelines, and we wanted to find out why,” said Elewonibi. The researchers looked at a sample of over 23,000 women age 30 or older taken from the National Health Interview Survey, a cross-sectional household interview survey which is conducted yearly by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as a way to monitor the health of the nation.

They also looked at data from the Cancer Control Supplement, part of the NHIS administered every five years to measure knowledge, attitudes and practices of cancer-related behaviors. They found that Mexicans, Asians and foreign-born women had significantly lower rates of screening compared to white women. Their findings also show that, after controlling for breast cancer risk, these disparities are mostly due to lower socioeconomic status and limited access to health care resources, as well as citizenship issues for foreign-born women. “We knew socioeconomic status plays a huge role, as does health care access, but accounting for risk made the findings more valid,” Elewonibi said. The researchers were surprised to find Asian women had lower screening rates even after accounting for these issues. “Asian women who had a higher socioeconomic status and access to health care still had lower rates of screenings compared to white women with similar status and access,” said Elewonibi. “This means other factors possibly related to ethnicity or culture may account for lower breast cancer screening rates.” Elewonibi has long been interested in understudied populations, such as Appalachian, minority and foreign-born women, and how social and cultural environments influence their health and health behaviors. As a second-year graduate student, Elewonibi was awarded a Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Training Fellowship, which sparked her research into breast cancer

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ROUTINE MAMMOGRAMS are important to reduce breast cancer mortality, health experts say. screenings and mortality rates in populations at risk. In the future, Elewonibi would like to look into physician recommendations for mammograms, and how they come about making those recommendations. “I would also like to understand how underscreened women who are at a high risk for developing breast cancer view their risk, and if family needs or competing health issues play a role in their decision to get

screened,” Elewonibi said. “More attention to these groups of women is needed, because often they face a poorer prognosis and increased risk of morality due to limited health care options. Only then can we move toward effective strategies to reduce these disparities.” Elewonibi is also a graduate student in the Population Research Institute, part of the Social Science Research Institute at Penn State.

Mount Nittany earns heart and stroke association honors STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Medical Center was recently honored by the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association with the Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Stroke Care Award and the Get with the Guidelines Gold Plus Heart Failure Award. Mount Nittany Medical Center is the first hospital in the region to receive this recognition. “So much work goes into putting processes in place

that lead to excellent work and great patient outcomes,” said Courtney Sneath, director of quality at Mount Nittany Medical Center. “These awards acknowledge that our hospital delivers consistent, high-quality care. Our staff has worked incredibly hard to achieve this award, and everyone is extremely proud to be recognized.” To receive the honor, hospitals must submit data for stroke care to a national database. Approximately 25 different metrics are measured around scientific care and treatment that is consistently being administered to be aligned with current best practice. An organization must perform at 85 percent or greater for each metric and must sustain that performance for two years in order to receive

the Get with the Guidelines gold recognition. The Medical Center was first recognized as a Primary Stroke Center in 2014 and received Get with the Guidelines Silver Plus recognition in 2015. The Gold Plus Award recognizes consistent levels of exceptional performance for at least 24 consecutive months. “This award shows that we are right there with the best hospitals in the nation,” said Susan Maynard, stroke coordinator at Mount Nittany Medical Center. “It shows a commitment to excellence from everyone involved and is proof that you can receive excellent care, right here at home.” For more information, visit www.mountnittany.org/ stroke.

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MOUNT NITTANY Medical Center was recently honored by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Pictured, from left, are Courtney Sneath, quality director, Mount Nittany Medical Center; Gail Miller, vice president, quality, Mount Nittany Health; Tawny Jackson, American Heart Association; and Susan Maynard, stroke coordinator, Mount Nittany Medical Center.

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Community, school support vital to gender-diverse youth By SHIRLEY WOIKA, JESSICA DIRSMITH and SUSAN MARSHALL Both advocacy and awareness of gender diversity have increased dramatically in the past few years. According to the American Psychological Association, no systematic epidemiological studies on the prevalence of gender identity or diversity in youth have been published. However, it is estimated that transgender youth may be as prevalent as 0.5 percent of the population (approximately one in every 200 children and adolescents). Youth presenting as gender-diverse are estimated to be more prevalent (potentially as much as five to 15 in every 100 children or adolescents). It is important that parents, educators and community members be aware of definitions and local and national supports, and that systems level legal guidance for these children and adolescents.

IMPORTANT DEFINITIONS

Sex is assigned at birth and refers to one’s biological status as either male or female. It is associated primarily with physical attributes such as chromosomes, hormones and anatomy. Gender consists of the socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that are considered appropriate for males and females. Gender variant or gender nonconforming individuals do not conform to traditional gender expectations. Gender identity is a person’s internal sense of being male, female or something else. Gender expression is the way an individual communicates gender identity to others through behavior, clothing, hairstyle, voice or body characteristics. Transgender individuals are people whose gender identity or gender expression differs from their typically associated, biologically assigned birth sex.

SUPPORTING CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS

Nondiscriminatory practices in the school and community settings are imperative to supporting the health and wellbeing of our children and youth identifying as transgender or gender diverse. Similar to their gender-conforming peers, transgender individuals present with a variety of strengths and needs. But, unlike their

gender-conforming peers, youth identifying as transgender are at strikingly higher risk of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. As such, they are more at risk for posttraumatic stress disorder as a result of these traumas. According to a 2010 study, young adults who identify as gender diverse with low family acceptance are more at risk for depressive symptoms, substance abuse and suicidal ideation and attempts. Additionally, a 2009 study found that nearly half of all transgender students have missed at least one day of school in the past month at the time of the study because they felt unsafe attending.

CREATING SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS

The National Association of School Psychologists reports that despite the life challenges they often face, many transgender youth are resilient. One factor contributing to resiliency is perception of acceptance by family and school systems. In fact, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth reported higher levels of acceptance and better overall physical and mental health outcomes when they believed that they were accepted by their families and schools.

LEGAL GUIDANCE FOR SYSTEMS

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights released a “Dear Colleague” letter on May 13 that summarized a school’s obligations under Title IX regarding transgender students. The letter explained how the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Department of Justice determine if a school is complying with these obligations. Title IX basically says that schools cannot discriminate on the basis of sex as a condition of receiving federal funds. The letter reads: “The Departments treat a student’s gender identity as the student’s sex for purposes of Title IX and its implementing regulations.” Schools must treat a student in a manner consistent with the student’s gender identity, even when others raise objections or concerns. As stated in the letter, “the desire to accommodate others’ discomfort cannot justify a policy that singles out and disadvantages a particular class of students.”

No documentation reflecting the gender identity of the student is required. Students do not need a medical diagnosis or to be involved in any type of treatment in order to be treated in a manner consistent with their gender identity. This letter has given rise to much controversy. Although lawmakers agree that Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, they do not agree that gender identity is included in the reference to sex. Numerous legal cases have been filed related to this issue arguing that the federal government has overstepped its bounds and that the letter does not carry the weight of law and that notice and comment rules were violated. In August, a Texas judge awarded a temporary injunction to Texas and several other states involved in a case that prohibited the federal government from enforcing its interpretation of gender identity as it relates to Title IX discrimination in schools. At the moment, the legal obligations of school districts in relation to transgender students’ rights are being debated.

LOCAL SUPPORTS

The LGBTA+ Alliance within the State College Area School District has been in existence for 15 years. The mission of the alliance is to promote full acceptance of all students, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. The club focuses on a comprehensive range of public awareness activities, education, social action and advocacy, such as participation in several annual activities such as PRIDE week, National Day of Silence and LGBT awareness training at the State College Community Help Center. The club also conducts educational presentations at many other various community, educational and professional settings. The existence of the LGBTA+ Alliance at the high school level allows students to unravel the many life lessons about diversity, acceptance, open communication, dealing with conflict and the ways education can be used to promote social change and social justice. Being able to live one’s life authentically is a challenge to all of us, and lessons learned in this club will enable students to

use these skills forever in their interactions with others. Additional local supports include the Centre LGBTQA Support Network, which provides activities for LGBT youth and adults and offers a $1,000 scholarship for a senior at State High who is highly involved in LGBTQ activities. One of the activities this group sponsors is Friday Night Live at Webster’s. This is an LGBTQA welcoming evening on the last Friday of the month. The organization PFLAG (formerly known as Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) offers support to families, allies and people who are LGBTQ. The organization has existed for more than 35 years and changed its name to PFLAG in 2014 with a vision that all people be respected and valued inclusive of their sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression. There are 11 PFLAG Chapters in Pennsylvania. Information about the Central Pennsylvania Chapter, as well as numerous print resources, can be found at www. pflagcentralpa.org.

NATIONAL RESOURCES

Some resources are also available to assist schools. The Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network has a model district policy on transgender and gender nonconforming students located at www.glsen.org/content/transgender-model-policy-updated-2016. The document “Examples of Policies and Emerging Practices for Supporting Transgender Students” can be found at www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/oese/ oshs/emergingpractices.pdf. Additionally, the Dignity for All project, created by the Pennsylvania Youth Congress in May 2016, provides resources to Pennsylvania schools at http://dignityforall.payouth congress.org. Dr. Shirley Woika has more than 20 years’ experience in Pennsylvania schools and now serves as the director of clinical training in Penn State’s Program in School Psychology. Dr. Jessica Dirsmith is a school psychologist for the SCASD and also teaches in the School Psychology Program at Penn State. Susan Marshall is head counselor at State College High School, has 30 years of experience as a school counselor and serves as co-adviser of the State High LGBTA+ Alliance club.

Panel to discuss ‘First Amendment and Diversity and Inclusion’ Penn State Live UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State will host a panel discussion, “The First Amendment and Diversity and Inclusion,” from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, in Freeman Auditorium of the HUB-Robeson Center. The event is free and open to the public. The First Amendment guarantees freedoms concerning religion, speech, assembly and the press. The panelists will discuss possible issues, conflicts and challenges that may be raised in the context of diversity and inclusion, and how to navigate these challenges, at a public university such as Penn State. Over the past year, the fight over free speech and ex-

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ON OCT. 27, Penn State will host an event on the First Amendment and its intersection with diversity and inclusion, with panelists Carla D. Pratt, Stephen F. Ross, Victor C. Romero and Robert D. Richards. pression has taken center stage on campuses across the U.S. Protests of controversial speakers, bans on offensive books and dedicated zones for student activism have become common occurrences. Hosted by Penn State President Eric J. Barron and vice provost for educational equity Marcus Whitehurst, the panel discussion is part of “All In at Penn State: A Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion,” an ongoing, university-wide initiative that brings students, faculty and staff together to show their commitment to cultivating a diverse and inclusive environment. Panelists include: ■ Carla D. Pratt, associate dean for academic affairs and educational equity, and Nancy J. LaMont Faculty Scholar

and professor of law ■ Stephen F. Ross, professor of law and Lewis H. Vovakis Distinguished Faculty Scholar ■ Victor C. Romero, associate dean of academic affairs, professor of law and Maureen B. Cavanaugh Distinguished Faculty Scholar ■ Robert D. Richards, John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies Stephen S. Dunham, Penn State vice president and general counsel, will moderate the discussion. The event is sponsored by the Office of the President, the Office of Educational Equity, the College of Communications, Penn State Dickinson Law, Penn State Law and the Paul Robeson Cultural Center.

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Penns Valley raffle helps families touched by tragedy By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — Earlier this year, the Penns Valley community suffered the tragic loss of two of its citizens. On Jan. 4, Brian K. Fleck, 49, of Spring Mills, died suddenly. He was employed by the Centre Hall Farm Store, and was a 4-H leader in Penns Valley. On June 6, William “Scott” Smiles, 47, of Centre Hall, was killed in an automobile accident. He was an entomologist at Penn State University. Each man left behind two sons: Garrett and Trevor Fleck and Jared and Evan Smiles. Upon hearing of these tragic deaths, some Penns Valley residents sprang into action to organize a fundraising event to benefit the Fleck and Smiles boys. On Oct. 15, a fundraising raffle was held at American Legion Post No. 779 in Old Fort. A huge circus-type tent was erected on the grounds, housing many tables filled with hundreds of donated raffle and silent auction items, rows of tables and chairs and a cafeteria-style food line, serving up plenty of pulled pork, hot sausage, casseroles, soups and homemade desserts, all donated by local businesses and individuals. Raffle items donated by local businesses included a variety of guns, cash, a fishing trip at Raystown Lake, locally raised meat, flowers for a year from Woodring’s Floral

Gardens, a Husqvarna leaf blower, a Stihl chainsaw, a 2,000-pound utility winch, a $250 gift certificate to Lykens Market or LMR Tires, a round of golf for four at Mountain View Country Club, a dinner for two at P.J. Harrigan’s, local handcrafted quilts, two Pittsburgh Penguin hockey tickets and many other items. A silent auction featured baskets of wine, coffee, baking items, decorative autumn items, candles, a watch set, gift cards, liquor, PSU ice hockey tickets and more. “This has been in the works since June,” said Dan Smith, one of the event organizers. He credited the Lake family, of Centre Hall, for kicking off the organizing of the event. The fundraiser began at 3 p.m., filling the tent with supporters, and creating a food line that stretched nearly the full 100foot length of the tent. At 4 p.m. it was announced that 3,500 tickets at $20 each had been sold for the event, and people continued to pour into the tent in a great show of support for the Fleck and Smiles families. Centre Hall resident Barbara Wilkins was not surprised by the large turnout. “This is typical Penns Valley,” she said. “When someone here needs help, people respond to help them.” It was reported that nearly $100,000 was raised, and would be placed in trust funds for both sets of boys.

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ATTENDEES LOOK OVER raffle items during the Smiles-Fleck fundraising raffle at American Legion Post No. 779 in Old Fort.

Riding, parking improvements eyed for county ATV trail Special to the Gazette SNOW SHOE — Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn joined state Rep. Mike Hanna, D-Lock Haven, in announcing riding and parking improvements designed to heighten ATV enthusiasts’ enjoyment of the Bloody Skillet ATV Trail near Snow Shoe. “Working in cooperation with Rep. Hanna, DCNR is moving to offer more riding miles on the existing Bloody Skillet Trail,” Dunn said at an event at the Snow Shoe Township Building on Oct. 14. “In addition, our Bureau of Forestry hopes to offer trail riders expanded parking and access, and will be taking a hard look at the feasibility of linking this trail with the nearby Whiskey Springs Trail.” Hanna hailed the expansion possibilities. “I have long been a supporter of ATV enthusiasts and believe it is time that the riding trails throughout our re-

gion receive the enhancements they so desperately need,” he said. “After years of championing development efforts of ATV trails and riding opportunities in our state forests, I am pleased that DCNR is reviewing and considering expansion possibilities.” One of 11 designated state forestland ATV riding trails, Bloody Skillet offers 38 miles of summer and winter trails to riders. It is off Route 144, about 19 miles north of the Snow Shoe exit of U.S. Route 80. Pointing to the recent reopening of the nearby Whiskey Springs ATV Trail in Clinton County after extensive mine Experienced McQuaide Blasko Attorneys FREE CONSULTATIONS: Personal Injury, Social Security, Workers’ Compensation and Veterans Benefits law. Call 814-238-4926 day/night. GET RESULTS. State College Office: 811 University Drive ATTORNEYS AT LAW State College, PA 16801 www.mcquaideblasko.com We Accept Food Stamps, EBT, or SNAP Benefits 206 W High St. Bellefonte 814-548-6281

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Dinner features glimpse of Penns Cave history By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — The Penns Valley Historical Museum held a history dinner meeting on Oct. 13 at the New Hope Lutheran Church on Route 45, west of Spring Mills. The guest speaker for the evening was LeDon Young, a Centre Hall attorney and historian, who gave a presentation on the history and legend of Penns Cave. During her presentation, Young portrayed a reporter from the Centre Reporter newspaper, which existed in Penns Valley from 1827 to 1940. She interviewed key figures in the cave’s history, who were portrayed by dinner attendees. They were fitted with periodcorrect hats, beards or wigs and spouted dialogue supplied by Young. According to Young, Penns Cave was formed by acidic rainwater slowly dissolving large amounts of underground limestone over eons of time. The dissolving continues to this day, presenting as stalagmites and stalactites on the cave floor and roof. The cave was known by Native Americans long before any European settlers discovered it. Young recounted the legend of Penns Cave, which involved a young Frenchman named Malachi Boyer in the early 1700s. Boyer had made friends with a Seneca chief named Okocho, who had seven sons and one beautiful daughter named NitaNee. Boyer and Nita-Nee fell in

love, but the chief would not permit them to marry. They attempted to elope to eastern Pennsylvania settlements, but were caught by Okocho’s sons and were returned to the chief. Okocho ordered his sons to cast Boyer into the waterfilled cave and not to let him escape. For a week, Boyer searched unsuccessfully for another exit, and finally died in the cave. Okocho’s sons weighted his body with stones and cast it into the deepest water in the cave. Legend has it that on quiet summer nights, Boyer’s voice can still be heard in the cave, calling “Nita-Nee, Nita-Nee.� Nita-Nee has been honored, with her name altered to Nittany, giving names to Nittany Mountain, Nittany Valley and the Nittany Lions of Penn State University. Young told of how the cave and surrounding property has gone through several owners and many changes over the years. In 1884, tracks of the Lewisburg & Tyrone branch of the Pennsylvania Railroad were laid, reaching Centre Hall. This opened the door for tourists to ride trains to the town, then to be transported to the cave by buggy or stagecoach, greatly increasing the popularity of Penns Cave. In 1908, brothers Henry and Robert Campbell purchased the cave property. Robert, an engineer, blasted out the rear of the cave, leading into a pond, which allowed boats to navigate through the cave, then turn around on the pond and travel back through the cave to the front entrance. He also installed

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SHOWN HERE are the players for LeDon Young’s history of Penns Cave presentation at the Penns Valley Historical Museum history dinner. Pictured, front row, from left, are Paula Smith, Jimmy Brown, Young, Kay Gray and Donna Miller. Back row, from left, are Jeff Frazier, Bud Harris, Ralph Gray, George Stover and Wes Miller. a hydroelectric generator, powered by water running out of the pond, which powered electric lights in the cave and supplied power to the farm on the property. With the advent of the automobile, Campbell also installed billboards along many roads in the state to advertise the cave. In 1994, a wildlife park was

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Avid Gardener: Helping houseplants survive winter months LORA GAUSS

“Green fingers are the extension of a verdant heart.” — Russell Page

It is not easy to have a green thumb, but many fall gardeners certainly qualify. This time of year they are extremely busy because fall is a time when there is much to do. Among other things, they have to Avid gardener winterize their exLora Gauss lives in tensive gardens, Philipsburg. Email take cuttings as well her at community@ centrecountygazette. as divide favorite plants to make new com. ones, dry herbs, can and freeze vegetable and fruit crops, plant spring bulbs and maintain a variety of houseplants, all while providing advice and support to others with similar interests. I’m the first to admit that I am a relative newcomer to much of this, but I am attempting to add new gardening skills each year. As the weather grows colder and things begin to move inside, maintenance of my small collection of houseplants seems like an area ripe for me to enhance. It’s also an area in which I’ve been doing some reading lately. Keeping houseplants not only improves the beauty and livability of a home, but the plants provide another advantage as well. I was surprised to learn that certain houseplants can help with absorbing the indoor air pollutants like formaldehyde, benzene and trichloroethylene that are caused by everyday living. These pollutants come from such things as cigarette smoke, dry cleaned items, new carpeting, fresh paint, synthetic fibers and plastics, paper products, furniture and household cleaners. With little fresh air entering the home in winter, there can be a pollution buildup. Research done by NASA, according to Penn State Extension, found that some types of plants can remove the largest percentage of home air pollutants. These plants include spider plants, philodendron, peace lily, golden pothos and snake

plants. Others that also do the job are English ivy, bamboo palm, ribbon plant, chrysanthemum and types of dracaena. Indoor plants have certain requirements in order to flourish. They all need proper light, temperature, water, humidity, ventilation, fertilization and soil. And most of all, they must be able to thrive in the specific conditions of their location in a home. Light is a very important consideration, with varying plants needing high, medium or low light. The direction in which a window of the house faces affects the light intensity a plant will get. If the window faces south (known as its exposure), it will provide the most intense light (and be the warmest); an eastern or western exposure receives 40 percent less than the southern exposure; the northern exposure receives only 20 percent of the light of a southern exposure (and is the coolest). Other things that affect the light are the plant’s distance from the window, types of window treatments, shade from outside trees or buildings, weather, light or dark coloring in the room and even the cleanliness of the glass. If a plant gets spindly, it may be getting too little direct light. If its leaves are becoming pale or sunburned, it may be getting too much direct light. Water is also critical to houseplant health, and over- or under-watering is responsible for lots of discarded plants. The truth is that some plants require more water than others, so it’s a good idea to make that a determination before purchasing any plant. How often will it need to be watered? Also, houseplants in a home do not necessarily have to be watered at the same time. To test a plant to see if it needs to be watered, a rule of thumb is to stick an index finger about 2 inches into the soil; if it is barely moist, the plant needs water. A second test is to check its weight, since dry potting soil will weigh less. Water the soil until the water runs out the hole in the bottom of the pot to be sure the roots are watered, but do not let the pot sit in the water. Empty the tray to prevent mineral build-up. Most foliage houseplants do well with temperatures from 70 to 80 degrees dur-

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THIS SNAKE PLANT can help remove pollutants from the air. ing the day and 60 to 68 degrees at night. Interestingly, flowering houseplants prefer a cooler nighttime temperature of 50 to 60 degrees. If temperatures are too high or low plants may stop growing, become spindly and drop leaves. Plants, in general, need at least six hours of daytime temperatures. Just as our skins become dry during the winter months, so can plants react adversely to low humidity. Ways to combat this are to add a humidifier to the house heating system or group plants together. Misting the leaves may not really be effective. Ventilation also can affect an indoor plant, so it is wise to keep plants away from drafts and heat registers. Fertilization is easier in the winter months. It will not usually be needed till March since there is reduced growth. Finally, the soil or potting medium should be considered. Indoor plants are generally grown in potting mix which is artificial, meaning that it does not contain mineral soil. The reasons for that are so that the soil is consistent from batch to batch, lacking in pests and diseases and lighter in weight. This type of soil lets the roots breathe, but still holds some water and nutrients. It is the bagged potting soil with which we are all familiar. It is recommended to repot an existing houseplant in the spring. This allows its roots opportunity to grow into the newly

added potting mix. However, I have also done this in the fall with no apparent ill effects. Here are some additional conditions and guidelines: ■ Dead or shabby leaves Pinch off and discard; they could lead to fungal disease ■ Smooth leaves with dust Wipe the tops and undersides with a soft cloth. Leaf shine products are not recommended to be put on both sides of leaves because they can clog the stomata (pores). ■ Growing toward a window Give the plant a quarter turn every time it is watered. ■ Pests such as white fuzz (mealybugs), tiny brown raised areas on stems (scale) or webs and red dots (spider mites) First segregate the plant from others, then dab away mealybugs with a cotton swab soaked in rubbing alcohol, cut off any stems with scale and give a cold shower to plants with spider mites. ■ Decline in appearance Plants that are indoors may not look robust by the end of the winter, but often bounce back once outside. It is prudent to wait. Hopefully, this information on houseplant requirements will get me to a new level of success in my houseplant care. I feel my thumb getting a tiny bit greener already.

Penn State student interns tapped to work on documentary Special to the Gazette STATE COLLEGE — BlueWhiteTV of State College has been chosen to play a production role in a film for the Public Art Academy’s 49/53 & Beyond Project in Orlando, Fla. “PULSE” is a documentary film that chronicles efforts to heal a city and a nation following the Pulse Nightclub murders in Orlando on June 12. Executive producer Eric Porterfield, who manages the production internship program for BWTV, announced that six student interns have been selected to work directly on the project. “We are obviously thrilled to be working on this film with some of the most talented filmmakers in the country,” said Porterfield. “For our student interns to have this opportunity reflects on their commitment to their craft. It’s really incredible.” Penn State students from all current undergraduate classes are represented as members of the film crew. They will spend time in Orlando during the winter break working on the film. Mike Hendrickson, BWTV’s CEO, called the opportunity once-in-a-lifetime. “Our interns will not only have the chance to work on a world-class film, but will interface with personnel from Disney and students from central Florida’s finest film schools. It’s precisely the kind of experience they need to be better prepared for the enormous competition currently represented by the ever-changing media industry.” Students will not be simply running errands or watching from the sidelines, but will be filming, editing, assisting

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Reconnecting with the past through virtual reality By RACHEL GARMAN Penn State Live

UNIVERSITY PARK — There’s no question that Old Main stands as one of the most iconic landmarks at Penn State’s University Park campus. In fact, it can be difficult to even imagine the campus landscape without the building’s lofty bell tower and eight limestone columns. But the recognizable look of today’s Old Main is far from the original structure, which was built in 1863, torn down in 1929 and rebuilt in 1931 as the landmark that stands today. In an effort to more clearly visualize these previous iterations of campus, a cross-disciplinary group of researchers is using virtual reality and 3-D modeling technology as a time machine to travel back to the early days of Penn State. Through these immersive technologies, the Historic Campus Modeling Project aims to enhance Penn Staters’ sense of place and university history. According to project lead Alexander Klippel — an associate professor of geography and the Gosnell Senior Faculty Scholar and Fellow at the Stuckeman Center for Design Computing — the idea for the historic campus model arose out of ongoing efforts to create and update University Park campus maps. “While the Department of Geography was creating twodimensional campus maps, our group started wondering ‘What if we create the campus map in 3-D?’” Klippel said. “Then we realized we could take that one step further through virtual reality.” Bringing the past to life Before the group could begin modeling and preparing the 3-D historic buildings for virtual reality, Klippel and his team had to first find their source material. “University Libraries provided us with digitized fire insurance maps from 1922 as well as a large collection of historic building images,” Klippel said. “So we’ve been using these resources to model buildings that, to some extent, don’t exist anymore.” A few notable historic buildings the team has modeled include the former Women’s Building (which stood close to the location of Burrowes Building), the original Old Main building and a former version of Old Botany Building

complete with an attached greenhouse. “It’s just amazing how drastically campus has changed over the last 100 years,” Klippel said. “With this virtual reality technology, people can go back in time and experience campus as it once was.” To recreate these circa 1920s buildings, the team uses SketchUp, a 3-D modeling software, to create detailed and accurate historic models. After modeling, the group turns to Unity — a game development software for virtual reality — as well as the HTC Vive virtual reality system. Thanks to the HTC Vive’s multiple in-room motion sensors, users can physically walk around the group’s testing space to control their virtual tour around the historic campus. “By adding this ability to move your body around objects and change the perspective by walking around the room, it creates a more immersive and intense experience that isn’t achievable by any other medium,” Klippel said. Shaping the present and future Although the project is still undergoing preparations for broader use, the team hopes that in the near future it can be used to educate users on campus’ past while providing context to its present and future. “There’s a historical perspective that to understand the present you have to first understand the past, but it can be really hard to imagine it,” said Mark Simpson, a geography doctoral candidate working on the project. “So being able to see what was here before in virtual reality is really helpful.” For Klippel, one of the greatest benefits of virtual reality is its ability to illustrate these environmental changes beyond the constraints of human imagination. “I think our imagination is limited when it comes to trying to visualize things that are no longer there,” Klippel said. “So while imagining how campus looked without the Millennium Science Complex is almost impossible nowadays, virtual reality is a way to bring these past environments back to life.” According to Mahda Bagher, a project lead and doctoral candidate in geography, recreating these past environments not only illustrates the changes that have occurred on campus, it lets alumni and current students connect with the Penn State of yesteryear.

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USING ARCHIVE PHOTOS from University Libraries, a research group created 3-D virtual models of many University Park buildings. This is a photograph of Old Main, circa 1910, from the Penn State University Archives, Special Collections Library. “University alumni always talk about their experiences on campus, but the experience for current students is completely different,” Bagher said. “So this virtual environment gives us an opportunity to see how campus has changed over the years while letting alumni reconnect with their past.” And although we may never be able to walk the halls of campus buildings that have come and gone, Klippel and his team hope to share a little slice of Penn State’s history with all those who have (and still do) call the campus home. “It’s these immersive environments that allow people to experience a place in a way that images, videos and text have a hard time doing,” Klippel said. “Hopefully, through this process, we can inspire others to learn more about the rich history of the campus around them.”

AAUW announces centennial gift for Penn State Forum STATE COLLEGE — In recognition of its 100th anniversary, AAUW State College has established the AAUW State College Centennial Speaker endowment at Penn State. The $100,000 endowment will help underwrite the costs of bringing speakers who have made significant contributions to women’s equity to the Penn State Forum Distinguished Speakers Series. Connie Wheeler, chair of the AAUW State College Centennial Gift Committee, said the branch “wanted a gift that would meet AAUW’s mission to advance equity for women and girls, bridge town and gown, and exist in perpetuity.” Committee member Sally Kalin added that AAUW’s focus on equity is broad, and includes, but is not limited to, educational, socio-economic, health and legal equity, both domestically and internationally. The endowment and selection of speakers will be managed by the Penn State Forum, which sponsors a series of speakers/luncheons throughout the year that attracts several hundred attendees.

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AT THEIR Oct. 16 Centennial Gala, AAUW State College awarded $100,000 to the Penn State Forum to help underwrite the cost of bringing speakers who promote women’s equity to the forum’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Pictured, from left, are Connie Wheeler, AAUW State College Centennial Gift chair; Sally Kalin, AAUW State College finance vice president; Lori Bechtel-Wherry, Penn State Forum chair; Blannie Bowen, Penn State Forum administrative head; and Billie Willits, AAUW State College co-president. “On behalf of the forum, I express our appreciation to the AAUW for their historic gift,” said Forum chair Lori Bechtel-Wherry, chancellor at Penn State Altoona. “Their generosity supports our continued focus on the ongoing challenges regarding women’s equity. While we have made significant progress in this regard, our work continues.” AAUW State College Centennial Speakers will maximize

their reach by engaging with the university and local community through additional talks and seminars. From its first meeting in 1916 on the Penn State campus, AAUW State College has had a deep and long history with Penn State that includes advocating for better curricula and facilities for women students, influencing the founding of Penn State’s educational TV and radio stations, assisting in the efforts to admit women to the Hershey Medical School, and contributing thousands of

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ATV, from page 13 Specifically, as proposed, Bloody Skillet will offer: ■ An addition of three miles of trail within the exiting Bloody Skillet trail system ■ The opening of a parking lot at Bloody Skillet in conjunction with an additional 1.2 miles of trail along a former rail road grade from Orviston west to the existing connector trail ■ The commissioning of a feasibility study to examine connector trail corridors between the Bloody Skillet trail system and the town of Renovo, as well as from Renovo to the Whiskey Springs ATV trail system The study also would look at the safety and sustainability of the same two ATV trails and provide suggestions for improvement, as well as offer a series of public and stakeholder meetings to explain and gather local input regarding the connector proposals. As of the end of the summer, ATV active registrations were just short of 166,000. Riders are invited to legally travel on 11 designated ATV trails on state forestland across the state, which offer 267 miles. For more information, visit www.dcnr.state.pa.us/ forestry/recreation/atv/atvplacestoride. Submitted photo

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Traveling east from Centre Hall along Route 192, one encounters the small villages of Madisonburg and Rebersburg. Both are located in Miles Township in Brush Valley, flanked by Mount Nittany on the north and Brush Mountain on the south, and are part of the Penns Valley School District. Both towns are surrounded by farmlands. The rich limestone soil and the source of water from Elk Creek on the southern side of the valley made this area desirable for settlers looking for good farmland. Conrad Reber, one of the early settlers, took advantage of the influx of people into the valley and laid out Rebersburg, named after himself, in 1809. He built his town next to two churches, a tavern and a few other established structures. As the town grew, more residences and commercial structures spread out along the road. Further additions were made to the east in 1871 and 1877 and a large section was added to the west in 1891. Picturesque Rebersburg features many two-story homes with large porches in Victorian-style architecture. With a population of 494, the town is mostly residential with a few businesses, including a small grocery store, a garage and a book store/yarn shop. Forefathers Book Store and Main Street Yarn occupy the former First National Bank building at 121 E. Main St. The stores are owned and operated by former Centre County commissioner and retired district magistrate Keith Bierly and his wife, Kim. The book store contains mroe than 30,000 volumes, according to Keith Bierly. Bierly was raised in Rebersburg, just a few houses away from the bookstore. His family has lived in Rebersburg for generations, reaching back to 1790. He fondly remembers his childhood in Rebersburg. “The way the town was laid out, with streets perpendicular to the main street, you always knew where you were,” he said. Bierly said he spent much time playing sports with his friends, and the quiet, secure atmosphere of those times remains today. On Aug. 25, 1862, in Rebersburg, 72 young men from the Brush Valley area were mustered into Company A of the 148th Regiment of the Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. On its 150th anniversary in 2012, this event was reenacted in the town where a monument stands marking the original mustering. It ran concurrent with the Miles Township Volunteer Fire Company’s annual carnival. Rebersburg is also home to the Miles Township Elementary School. Madisonburg, incorporated in 1830, lies 4 miles west of Rebersburg, at the intersection of Routes 192 and 445. Except for a few buildings along Route 192, the village sits along Madisonburg Pike, perpendicular to Mount Nittany. Like Rebersburg, Madisonburg is mostly residential, housing 178 residents, with few businesses. The town’s most notable business is Fisher’s Shoe and Saddle Shop, located at 201 Madisonburg Pike. Fisher’s products include a diverse line of shoes, work boots, waders, wallets, hats, saddles, horse halters, blankets, riding helmets, bridle hardware and many other equine needs, as well as leather motorcycle riding gear and saddlebags.

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Powerhouse Buckeyes present major test for resurgent Lions By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State and Ohio State football teams spent a long time — a very long time — avoiding each other. In fact, before Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1993, the two giant schools that are just 315 miles apart faced each other just eight times, six of which were in Columbus and one in the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. And between 1964 until Penn State’s entrance into the conference, the two met for just three regular-season games in 29 years. The first Big Ten meeting between them was on Oct. 30, 1993, at Ohio State. In that game, it was the No. 3 Buckeyes against the No. 12 Lions, and OSU played up to its ranking with a 24-6 win. The game, and OSU’s win, was a precursor of what would become the dominant pattern between the two schools in most years since. Of the 22 games they have played in the conference after that day, Ohio State has won 15 (with one win vacated) and Penn State has won just seven. The last win for Penn State came in 2011, a 20-14 victory in Columbus, and since then the Buckeyes have won four in a row. In each of those four games, OSU was ranked in the top 15 in the country and was playing against unranked Penn State. Now, on the doorstep of the 2016 game on Saturday, Oct. 22, at Beaver Stadium, the situation has changed little. It will be the undefeated, No. 2 Buckeyes against unranked and 4-2 Penn State. The Buckeyes will again be double-digit favorites, and Penn State will again be fighting uphill to match the offensive and defensive speed and athleticism of OSU. On paper, the Buckeyes have everything going for them. Ohio State essentially cruised through its season leading up to the titanic showdown on Oct. 15 at No. 7 Wisconsin. The Buckeyes dismissed some teams outright, like in the combined 135-0 blowouts of Bowling Green and Rutgers. They went to Norman and took out Big 12 power Oklahoma, 45-24, and then were grounded a

bit in a very competitive 38-17 win over Indiana. Against Wisconsin, OSU was pushed to the limit but survived in typical Buckeyes style. J.T. Barrett threaded a 7-yard touchdown pass to Noah Brown in overtime, and then the defense made a goal-line, fourth-down sack of Badger quarterback Alex Hornibrook to seal the 30-23 win. Barrett had 318 yards of total offense for the day, and he broke Braxton Miller’s record at Ohio State for career touchdowns with 89. His offensive total gave him 7,114 yards for his career, and he also passed the 5,000-yard mark for career passing with 5,033. “I’m very proud of our guys,” Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer said after the game, “ a n d when I say that I mean like really proud. “We did not play well in certain areas but man did they play hard, and to be down at least 10 points, we could have been down worse if our defense gave up too many plays but they tightened up and set themselves up for field goals. That, to me, was a big part of the game, once we got in the red zone we kind of tightened things up a little bit. “Offensively, a long way to go. J.T. Barrett was not outstanding but he’s one of the toughest cats I’ve ever been around and he’s a guy that I know who I want behind center in that kind of environment.” Under Meyer, Ohio State has a 20-0 record in road games, the longest active streak in the nation. The Buckeyes are also 7-0 in overtime games under Meyer. Barrett has help, of course, even though he throws and runs for an average of 273 yards every game and has accounted for 22 touchdowns himself. Running back Mike Weber averages 102

yards per game and has scored four touchdowns, a n d Barrett has four receivers

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE’S passing game has been clicking well of late. Wide receiver Chris Godwin (12) has 23 catches for 325 yards and two touchdowns on the season.

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with over 100 yards receiving. Junior Sam Curtis leads that group with 29 catches for 403 yards and three scores, and Curtis also has 472 yards running and another three touchdowns. Defensively, OSU has 15 sacks for 121 yards in losses, three fumble recoveries, and 11 interceptions. In all, with the combined offense led by Barrett and the aggressive defense, the Buckeyes are outscoring their opponents by 37 points per game. For Penn State, a team on a two-game winning streak, the challenges are numerous and imposing in this game. Nevertheless, the Nittany Lions have been on an upswing since the second half of the Minnesota game Oct. 1. They came back against the Gophers to win in overtime, and then played their overall best game in a 38-14 slam dunk against Maryland Oct. 8. Both Minnesota and Maryland were undefeated coming into Beaver Stadium. Any talk about the Nittany Lions has to start with running back Saquon Barkley and quarterback Trace McSorley. Against Maryland, the two complemented each other perfectly and combined for 283 yards rushing. The threat of McSorley running himself has begun to free up some space for Barkley, and the sophomore has taken full advantage of the extra room. McSorley has also begun to get comfortable in offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead’s passing attack. McSorley has now completed 58 percent of his passes for 1,436 yards and eight touchdowns, an average of just under 240 yards per game. His four top receivers — Chris Godwin, Mike Gesicki, DeAndre Thompkins and DaeSean Hamilton — have combined for 1,134 of those yards and six of the touchdowns. Of more concern for Penn State will likely be its defense. After losing three down linemen to the pros and then suffering injury after injury to its linebackers, the Lion defense has given up an average of 381 total yards and 208 rushing yards per game. In the 49-10 loss at Michigan, the low point of the season, the D surrendered 515 yards of total offense and 326 yards running. In contrast, Penn State totaled less than 200 yards in the game. Things have improved since then for the Lions. Challenge, Page 20

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Penn State roster

1 Campbell, Christian 2 Allen, Marcus 2 Stevens, Tommy 3 Thompkins, DeAndre 4 Scott, Nick 5 Hamilton, DaeSean 5 Wartman-White, Nyeem 6 Golden, Malik 6 Robinson, Andre 7 Farmer, Koa 7 Zembiec, Jake 8 Allen, Mark 9 McSorely, Trace 9 Miller, Jarvis 10 Polk, Brandon 11 Bell, Brandon 11 Charles, Irvin 12 Godwin, Chris 12 Smith, Jordan 13 Blacknall, Saeed 14 McPhearson, Zech 15 Haley, Grant 15 Shuster, Michael 16 Fessler, Billy 16 Petrishen, John 17 Taylor, Garrett 18 Holland, Jonathan 19 Brown, Torrence 19 Garrity, Gregg 20 Thomas, Johnathan 21 Oruwariye, Amani 23 Monroe, Ayron 24 Sanders, Miles 25 Walker, Von 26 Barkley, Saquon 27 Johnson, T.J. 28 Apke, Troy 29 Reid, John 30 Givens, Kevin 31 Brown, Cameron 32 Paye, Irvine 33 Cooper, Jake 34 Simmons, Shane 36 Johnson, Jan 37 Alston, Kyle 37 Gulla, Chris 38 Davis, Desi 39 Di Leo, Frank 29 McPhearson, Josh 40 Cabinda, Jason 40 Eury, Nick 41 Cothren, Parker 41 Ladonis, Zach 42 Jordan, Ellison 43 Bowen, Manny 44 Toney, Shaka 44 Yazujian, Tyler 45 Dumond, Joe 46 Castagna, Colin 47 Blair, Will 47 Smith, Brandon 48 Miller, Shareef 49 Joseph, Daniel 51 Gellerstedt, Alex 51 Vranic, Jason 52 Bates, Ryan 52 Cothran, Curtis 53 Dowrey, Derek 54 Windsor, Robert 55 Laurent, Wendy 55 Shelton, Antonio 56 Chavis, Tyrell 57 Gonzalez, Steven 58 Sorrell, Chance 59 Nelson, Andrew 60 Beh, Noah 62 Menet, Michael 64 Simpson, Zach 66 McGovern, Connor 68 Kelly, Hunter 69 De Boef, Adam 70 Mahon, Brendan 71 Fries, Will 72 Gaia, Brian 73 Palmer, Paris 75 Brosnan, Brendan 76 Jenkins, Sterling 77 Wright, Chasz 78 Devenney, Tom 79 Shuman, Charlie 80 Dalton, Danny 82 Shoop, Tyler 83 Bowers, Nick 84 Johnson, Juwan 85 Lutz, Isaac 86 Hodgens, Cody 87 Darien, Dae’Lun 88 Gesicki, Mike 89 Pancoast, Tom 90 Barbir, Alex 90 Sickels, Garrett 91 Monk, Ryan 92 Pasquariello, Daniel 93 Gillikin, Blake 93 White, Antonie 94 Schwan, Evan 95 Davis, Tyler 96 Iyke, Immanuel 96 Vasey, Kyle 97 Buccholz, Ryan 97 Cox, Nick 98 Wombacker, Jordan 99 Julius, Joey 99 Thrift, Brenon

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KENT STATE Sept. 3 Beaver Stadium Result: (W) 33-13 Attendance: 94,378

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at Pitt Sept. 10 Heinz Field Pittsburgh Result: (L) 42-39 Attendance: 69,983

TEMPLE Sept. 17 Beaver Stadium Result: (W) 34-27 Attendance: 100,420

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at Michigan Sept. 24 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Mich. Result: (L) 49-10 Attendance: 110,319

MINNESOTA Oct. 1 Beaver Stadium Result: (W) 29-26 Attendance: 95,332

MARYLAND Oct. 8 Beaver Stadium Result: (W) 38-14 Attendance: 100,778

Good, bad and ugly: Lions should be rested, prepared after break It may have been a bye week for the Penn State football team, but there is still some good, bad, and yes, even ugly news to talk about: ■ The good — The bye week came this year exactly half way through the season, and it found the Penn State team on the rebound after a big loss at Michigan. The Nits won their last two against Minnesota and Maryland and are recharging for the second half of the season. In addition, this off week is a chance for some of the PSU injured players to get back into playing shape. Nyeem Wartman-White and Andrew Nelson are out for the season, but no such announcement has been made for the other missing players. Here’s hoping that at least some of them will be ready to go Saturday, Oct. 22. ■ The bad — Is there ever really a good time to play Ohio State? The Buckeyes will come into Beaver Stadium with an unblemished record and ranked No. 2 in the country. They are thought of as perhaps the only team that can contend with Alabama, and they are outscoring their opponents by 27 points every time out. Penn State is among the youngest teams in a Power-5 conference, and it is still hurting from a rash of injuries. It sure sounds bad, even though OSU just came out of a knock-down battle at Wisconsin and Penn State should be well rested and prepared. ■ The ugly — The odds are in the double-digits against the Lions and creeping up. It started at PSU getting 18, went up to 20, and then was hovering around 19. This would be a big upset, indeed.

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE’S Evan Schwan and Brandon Smith (47) bring down Maryland quarterback Tyrrell Pigrome (3) during the Lions’ 38-14 win Oct. 8. Challenge, from page 19

How much they have improved and how well PSU can stack up against a legitimate national-title contender are questions that will soon be answered. The White-Out game is set for an 8 p.m. kickoff.

The bye week should help with getting injured players back, and the overall tenor of the players and coaches is much more positive.

— Pat Rothdeutsch

PENN STATE

OHIO STATE

Overall: 4-2 Big Ten: 2-0 Home: 4-0 Away: 0-2 Coach: James Franklin, third season Record at Penn State: 18-14 Overall record: 42-29 vs. Ohio State: 0-2

Overall: 6-0 Big Ten: 3-0 Home: 4-0 Away: 2-0 Coach: Urban Meyer, fifth season Record with Ohio State: 56-4 Overall record: 160-27 vs. Penn State: 5-0

Team leaders

Team leaders

RUSHING Saquon Barkley: 117-647 (5.0, 8 TD) Trace McSorley: 67-314 (2.8, 3 TD)

RUSHING Mike Weber: 94-614 (6.5, 4 TD) J.T. Barrett: 91-473 (4.8, 6 TD)

PASSING Trace McSorley: 103-177, 1,436 yards, 8 TD, 3 INT

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PASSING J.T. Barrett: 96-152, 1207 yards, 16 TD, 4 INT

RECEIVING Chris Godwin: 23-325 (14.1, 2 TD) Mike Gesicki: 23-277 (12.0, 2 TD) DeAndre Thompkins: 18-328 (18.2, 1 TD)

RECEIVING Curtis Samuel: 29-403 (13.9, 3 TD) Dontre Wilson: 16-232 (14.5, 4 TD) Noah Brown: 16-213 (13.3, 6 TD)

SCORING Saquon Barkley: 54 points (9 TD) Tyler Davis: 49 points (10 FG, 19 PAT)

SCORING Tyler Durbin: 62 points (8 FG, 38 PAT) (3) Three players tied with 36 points

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IOWA Nov. 5 Beaver Stadium Time: 7:30 p.m. TV: TBA

Depth charts PSU

9 2

OFFENSE QUARTERBACK Trace McSorley, 6-0, 205, Jr. Tommy Stevens, 6-4, 218, So.

RUNNING BACK 26 Saquon Barkley, 5-11, 223, So. 6 Andre Robinson, 5-9, 216, So. 8 Mark Allen, 5-6, 181, Jr. WIDE RECEIVER-X 12 Chris Godwin, 6-1, 205, Jr. 84 Juwan Johnson, 6-4, 213, So. WIDE RECEIVER-Z 3 DeAndre Thompkins, 5-11, 190, So. 11 Irvin Charles, 6-4, 219, Fr. WIDE RECEIVER-H 5 DaeSean Hamilton, 6-1, 205, Sr./Jr. 13 Saeed Blacknall, 6-3, 212, Jr. TIGHT END 88 Mike Gesicki, 6-6, 252, Jr. 89 Tom Pancoast, 6-3, 235, Sr. LEFT TACKLE 73 Paris Palmer, 6-7, 304, Sr. 70 Brendan Mahon, 6-4, 320, Sr. LEFT GUARD 52 Ryan Bates, 6-4, 305, So. 62 Michael Menet, 6-4, 296, Fr. CENTER 72 Brian Gaia, 6-3, 295, Sr. 55 Wendy Laurent, 6-2, 297, Sr. RIGHT GUARD 66 Connor McGovern, 6-5, 310, Fr. 53 Derek Dowrey, 6-3, 323, Sr. RIGHT TACKLE 70 Brendan Mahon, 6-4, 320, Sr. 77 Chasz Wright, 6-7, 343, So

94 19 90 48

DEFENSE DEFENSIVE END Evan Schwan, 6-6, 263, Sr. Torrence Brown, 6-3, 257, Jr. Garrett Sickels, 6-4, 260, Sr. Shareef Miller, 6-5, 255, Fr.

41 52 30 54

DEFENSIVE TACKLE Parker Cothren, 6-4, 290, Sr. Curtis Cothran, 6-5, 285, Jr. Kevin Givens, 6-1, 275, So. Robert Windsor, 6-4, 305, So.

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER 43 Manny Bowen, 6-1, 220, So. 7 Koa Farmer, 6-1, 222, So. WILL LINEBACKER 31 Cameron Brown, 6-5, 215, Fr. 43 Manny Bowen, 6-1, 220, So. MIDDLE LINEBACKER 47 Brandon Smith, 6-0, 228, Jr. 33 Jake Cooper, 6-1, 230, So. CORNERBACK 15 Grant Haley, 5-9, 185, Jr. 29 John Reid, 5-10, 191, So. 12 Jordan Smith, 5-10, 185, Sr. 1 Christian Campbell, 6-1, 194, Jr. FREE SAFETY 2 Marcus Allen, 6-2, 202, Jr. 28 Troy Apke, 6-1, 206, Jr. 6 4

STRONG SAFETY Malik Golden 6-0, 205, Sr. Nick Scott, 5-11, 200, So.

SPECIAL TEAMS PUNTER 93 Blake Gillikin, 6-2, 182, Fr. 92 Daniel Pasquariello, 6-1, 197, Jr. PLACEKICKER 95 Tyler Davis, 5-11, 180, Sr. 99 Joey Julius, 5-10, 258, Jr. LONG SNAPPER 44 Tyler Yazujian, 5-11, 235, Sr. 41 Zach Ladonis, 6-2, 236, Sr.

OHIO STATE

OFFENSE QUARTERBACK 16 J.T. Barrett, 6-2, 222, Jr. 10 Joe Burrow, 6-3, 218, Fr. LEFT TACKLE 74 Jamarco Jones, 6-5, 310, Jr. 75 Evan Lisle, 6-6, 308, Jr.

LEFT GUARD 73 Michael Jordan, 6-7, 310, Fr. 69 Matthew Burrell, 6-4, 305, Fr. CENTER 65 Patt Elflein, 6-3, 300, Sr. 79 Brady Taylor, 6-5, 300, So. RIGHT GUARD 54 Billy Price, 6-4, 315 Jr. 75 Evan Lisle, 6-6, 308, Jr. RIGHT TACKLE 59 Isaiah Prince, 6-7, 310, So. 76 Branden Bowen, 6-7, 315, Fr. TIGHT END 85 Marcus Baugh, 6-5, 255, Jr. 88 A.J. Alexander, 6-2, 254, Fr. RUNNING BACK 25 Mike Weber, 5-10, 212, Fr. 4 Curtis Samuel, 5-11, 197, Jr. 4 2

H-BACK Curtis Samuel, 5-11, 197, Jr. Dontre Wilson, 5-10, 195, Sr.

WIDE RECEIVER-X 80 Noah Brown, 6-2, 218, So. 21 Parris Campbell, 6-1, 208, So. WIDE RECEIVER-Z 83 Terry McLaurin, 6-0, 204, So. 82 James Clark, 5-10, 186, Jr. 5 1

WIDE RECEIVER Corey Smith, 6-1, 190, Sr. Johnnie Dixon, 5-11, 198, So.

DEFENSE DEFENSIVE END 6 Sam Hubbard, 6-5, 266, So. 11 Jayln Holmes, 6-5, 274, Jr. 59 Tyquan Lewis, 6-4, 266, Jr. 13 Rashod Berry, 6-4, 252, Fr. 86 53 77 67

DEFENSIVE TACKLE Dre’Mont Jones, 6-3, 280, Fr. Davon Hamilton, 6-4, 297, Fr. Michael Hill, 6-3, 305, Jr. Robert Landers, 6-1, 285, Fr.

SAM LINEBACKER 35 Chris Worley, 6-2, 228, Jr. 17 Jerome Baker, 6-1, 225, So. MIDDLE LINEBACKER 5 Raekwoa McMillan, 6-2, 243, Jr. 38 Craig Fada, 6-1, 225, Sr. WILL LINEBACKER 33 Dante Booker, 6-3, 236, Jr. 17 Jerome Baker, 6-1, 225, So. 8 3 2 12

CORNERBACK Gareon Conley, 6-0, 195, Jr. Damon Arnette, 6-0, 195, Fr. Marshon Lattimore, 6-0, 192, So. Denzel Ward, 5-10, 185, So.

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SAFETY Malik Hooker, 6-2, 205, So. Erick Smith, 6-0, 203, Jr. Damon Webb, 5-10, 195, Jr. ordan Fuller, 6-2, 205, Fr.

SPECIALISTS PLACEKICKER 92 Tyler Durbin, 6-3, 201, Sr. 96 Sean Nuernberger, 6-1, 227, Jr. PUNTER 95 Cameron Johnston, 5-11, 198, Sr. 91 Drue Chrisman, 6-3, 200, Fr. LONG SNAPPER 49 Liam McCullough, 6-2, 210, Fr. 44 Aaron Mawhirter, 6-1, 220, Sr.

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at Indiana Nov. 12 Memorial Stadium Bloomington, Ind. Time: TBA TV: TBA

at Rutgers Nov. 19 High Point Solutions Stadium Piscataway, N.J. Time: 8 p.m. TV: Big Ten Network

MICHIGAN STATE Nov. 26 Beaver Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA

BIG TEN STANDINGS CONFERENCE East Michigan Ohio State Penn State Maryland Indiana Michigan St. Rutgers

W-L 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 0-3 0-4

% 1.000 1.000 .667 .333 .333 .000 .000

W-L 6-0 6-0 4-2 4-2 3-3 2-4 2-5

% 1.000 1.000 .667 .667 .500 .333 .286

West Nebraska Iowa Northwestern Minnesota Wisconsin Purdue Illinois

W-L 3-0 3-1 2-1 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2

% 1.000 .750 .667 .333 .333 .333 .333

W-L 6-0 5-2 3-3 4-2 4-2 3-3 2-4

% 1.000 .714 .500 .667 .667 .500 .333

BIG TEN SCHEDULE LAST WEEK’S GAMES Minnesota 31, Maryland 10 Iowa 49, Purdue 35 Illinois 24, Rutgers 7 Nebraska 27, Indiana 22 Northwestern 54, Michigan State 40 Ohio State 30, Wisconsin 23 THIS WEEK’S GAMES Wisconsin at Iowa Rutgers at Minnesota Indiana at Northwestern Illinois at Michigan Purdue at Nebraska Michigan State at Maryland Ohio State at Penn State

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County teams face pivotal games in Week 9 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH

don, Tyrone and Clearfield. Nevertheless, breaking that streak against the Bulldogs will be no easy task. BEA did not score against either Central or Clearfield, but the Eagles offense is still averaging 24 points per game. BEA will be aiming to regain some of that offensive firepower that it displayed early in the season. Also, with just two games left (the last game is at Bellefonte), BEA has a chance to even its record and get a higher seed in the AAA playoffs.

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It’s getting late in the season, and consequently there are some pivotal games in store for Centre County teams in Week 9. On center stage will be the Harrisburg at State College matchup, but look out for important games for BEA, Bellefonte, Penns Valley and SJCA. Here’s the lineup; all games are Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m.:

BEA (3-5) AT JERSEY SHORE (5-3)

Jersey Shore’s only encounter with a Centre County team came in Week 1 when the Bulldogs escaped with a 33-28 win at Bellefonte. Since then, Jersey Shore has gone 4-3 overall and 2-3 in the tough Heartland Conference. The Bulldogs have solid wins against Troy (52-7), Lewisburg (38-21), Shikellamy (19-13) and Shamokin (28-7), but they’ve lost to the three league powers of Mifflinburg, Selinsgrove and Montoursville. Jersey Shore relies heavily on the arm of junior quarterback Elijah Shemory. The 6-foot-1, 185 pounder has completed 48 percent of his passes and averages over 210 yards per game and has

CHESTNUT RIDGE (5-3) AT BELLEFONTE (4-4)

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BALD EAGLE Area High School will be looking to end a four-game losing streak when quarterback Tanner Kresovich (1) leads the Bald Eagles against Jersey Shore on Oct. 21. thrown for 18 touchdowns. Shemory’s two favorite targets are senior Todd Sanford and junior Hunter Franz. Against Bellefonte, Sanford caught 16 passes for 225 yards and four touchdowns.

On the ground, the Bulldogs run for just under 140 yards per game with junior Jarett Guthrie leading the team with 80 yards per game. Jersey Shore has won its last two games, and it will be looking

to stay sharp here as it goes into the final two games on its conference schedule. BEA is on a four-game losing streak, but those four games have been against some of the best teams around: Central, Hunting-

This matchup has grown in importance for Bellefonte in recent weeks, especially in light of the Raiders loss to Central on Oct. 14. A victory here for Bellefonte, and one against BEA in the season’s final game, would put it at 6-4 overall and a solid 6-2 in the Mountain League — good at least for third place. Chestnut Ridge comes in on a two-game winning streak, including a 41-26 win over Penns Valley on Oct. 14. The Lions can score points and have averaged Week 9, Page 25

Bellefonte looks to rebound from Hoenstine, Central By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — It’s not a reference to the coming Halloween season to say that Central’s Alex Hoenstine had a monster game in Bellefonte on Oct. 14. No, this was more about how Hoenstine singlehandedly accounted for 307 total yards of offense and five touchdowns in the Dragons’ 40-0 victory over the Red Raiders at Rogers Stadium. Hoenstine’s hand was in everything from start to finish. He fired up his sluggish teammates early in the second quarter, ran and passed them to a 21-point lead by halftime, and then kept digging as Central rumbled to its seventh victory of the season against only one loss. Hoenstine’s numbers were impressive — even for him. The 6-foot-2, 186-pound senior ran the ball 24 times for 218 yards and three touchdowns as a running back, completed four passes for 61 yards and a touchdown at quarterback, and caught two passes for 28 yards and another score when he split out as a receiver. It was all Hoenstine until running back Trystan Detwiler capped the scoring for Central with a 60-yard run midway through the fourth quarter. “He (Hoenstine) is a great player,” Central coach David Baker said. “We have other good players too, but he’s a great player no doubt.” Both teams began with sluggish starts in the game, but Hoenstine got the Dragons moving on their second possession. After a 16-play, 74-yard drive, Hoenstine took it in from the six for a 7-0 Central lead with just over a minute to play in the first quarter. Hoenstine was directly involved, run-

ning or passing, in 12 of those 16 plays. Five minutes later, he capped another long Dragon drive with a 7-yard pass to Austin Garner for a two-score Central lead. The play came on a fourth-and-goal from the 7-yard line, and Hoenstine’s pass perfectly led Garner into the right corner of the end zone. Ahead now 14-0, the Dragons forced Bellefonte into another three-and-out and another punt — the Raiders managed just seven yards and no first downs in the first half — and then set off on their third consecutive drive of over 60 yards. Hoenstine’s 24-yard run touchdown run finished that one off and put Central in control at 21-0. “Once we started blocking them without holding, we ran straight at them and that was the key I think,” Baker said. “And without a doubt our defense played really good. “I don’t know what to say about that, but they just could not block us and they had trouble passing when we put some pressure on. It was a good game by our defense without a doubt.” The second half was more of the same for the Dragons. They scored the first two times they had the ball after halftime, on runs of 75 and 4 yards by Hoenstine, and took a commanding 34-0 lead. To its credit, Bellefonte also began to move the ball after the break. Quarterback Chase Gardner threw for 74 yards, all in the second half, and C.J. Funk, Nick Catalano, Logan Simpson and Colton Burd combined for 100 yards on the ground. But it was all too late, and with just under five minutes to play, Detwiler’s run put the game under the mercy rule. “They (Central) have a lot of athletes and they put those athletes on the field,”

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

CENTRAL’S ALEX HOENSTINE did it all in his team’s 40-0 win over Bellefonte on Oct. 14. Bellefonte head coach Shannon Manning said. “(Hoenstine) is the icing on the cake, but there is a lot of cake underneath that icing. That’s not a one-man band, I’ll tell you that. “It was disappointing that it was 40-0, but we will be back next week and we will look very different. Those (the Bellefonte players) are tough kids and they all went out on that field and they all competed. I don’t question our effort or our attempt to compete.” Bellefonte finished the game with 185 yards of offense, almost all of which came in the second half. Gardner and Tyler Kreger combined for 104 of those yards

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Voight-Shelley excels for State College girls’ golf team JOHN DIXON

State College posted a team score of 796 over runner-up Hollidaysburg to win the Girls’ District 6 AAA title on Oct. 11 at Summit Country Club in Cresson. The AAA field was led by State College’s freshman Alex VoightShelley, with a 36-hole score of 167 to win the district title by 22 strokes over runner-up Alexis Anastos, of Central Mountain, who carded a 189. Other local scores had State College teammates Kaylee Richards (third) and Maddie Czekaj (fourth) posting 207s decided by a card-off. Bellefonte’s Cassandra Vogel shot a 219 and the Lady Little Lions saw Kristen Nodell post a 223 and Jamie John Dixon covers Bachman post a 226. golf for The Centre At the PIAA West Regional, held County Gazette. Oct. 13 at DuBois’ Treasure Lake Golf Email him at Resort, State College lost 365-394 to sports@centre Erie McDowell. countygazette.com. Erie McDowell’s Clair Orr posted the low score on the day with a 79, while Voight-Shelley paced the Little Lions effort with an 87. State College’s other scores were Richards with 99, Nodell with 101 and Czekaj with 107.

RESULTS ANNOUNCED FOR PIAA DISTRICT VI GIRLS AA

Lauren Stevens, of Central Cambria, posted a two-day total of 187 to win the Girls’ District 6 Class AA title at Sum-

mit Country Club. With the win, Stevens qualified for the PIAA West Regional Championship. Joining Stevens at the PIAA West Regional at Tom’s Run Golf Course at Chestnut Ridge Golf Resort in Blairsville on Oct. 17 were Lauren Michina, of Penn Cambria, shooting a 193; Halle Herrington, of Philipsburg-Osceola, carding a 198; and Sara Klinchock of Ligonier Valley, posting a 201. Locally, St. Joseph’s Sophia Mochan and Anna Aiello posted two-day scores of 217 and 231. Philipsburg-Osceola’s Lacey Potter carded a 36-hole score of 238, Julia Burns posted a two-day score of 240 and McKenzie Podliski shot a 254. As a team, the Lady Mounties came in third with a score of 930.

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Paced by Carter Fischer’s round of 75, the PhilipsburgOsceola boys’ golf team defeated Rockwood 345 to 367 in the District 5-6 Class AA Sub-Regional held at the Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown. With the win, the Mounties advance to the PIAA Championships, scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York. The P-O golfers who contributed to the win were Payton Guelich, with 82; Tyler Singer, with 87; and Jared Anderson with 101.

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It took six years, but Doug Goss and Bo Sankey captured another title in the Philipsburg Elks Lodge Country 2016 Club Fall Classic, winning by two strokes with a net division better-ball score of 63.

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The Mountain View Country recently held its two-man scramble format for its 2016 Fall Open. Taking home first place in the gross men’s division was the duo of Mike and Tom Sgriccia, posting a round of 65. Second place was Glenn Sekunda and Steve Kirby, shooting a 66. Third place was the team of Jeremy Crawford and Corey Moser, with a round of 68, while fourth place was a tie by the teams of Bob Horner and Dan Swanson and Gary McManus and Tom Bruce, posting 69s. Winning the men’s net portion of the event with a round of 61 was the team of Matt Dougherty and Jim Pringle, followed by two teams with a score of 62: Nick Argiro and Daryl Early and Drew Smalley and Josh Fuller. Four teams tied for fourth, shooting a score of 63: Stan and Darren Figart, Casey Wimmer and Gary Bartley, Scott Merrill and Gary Bagshaw and Tyler Hughes and Joe Thomas. The winners of the women’s gross division, posting a round of 77, was the team of Kathy Knechtel and Suzii Owens. Second, with an 81, was the tandem of Donna Merrill and Dee Bagshaw. Golf, Page 25

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Week 9, from page 22 almost 35 points per game since their 3-0 loss to BEA. Chestnut Ridge features a balanced attack, gaining 160 yards in the air and 140 yards on the ground each game. And if Bellefonte is tired of seeing a do-it-all star like Central’s Alex Hoenstine, the Raiders better be ready for another one in CR’s Logan Hauk. Hauk leads the Lions in passing and rushing. He’s thrown for 1,102 yards and 11 touchdowns at quarterback and has a 60 percent completion rate. Against Musselman earlier in the season he was 17 for 28, 225 yards and four touchdowns, and against P-O he completed all nine of his throws for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Hauk has also run for 500 yards and two touchdowns, including a 137-yard effort against Mountain Ridge on Oct. 14. CR has two other runners who are over 100 yards for the season as well and a whopping six receivers with at least 100 yards and 10 receptions. Bellefonte had a difficult time against Central, but there hasn’t been a Central opponent this season that hasn’t. After the Central game, Bellefonte coach Shannon Manning said that the program has progressed beyond moral victories, and the Raiders will be out in this one to show that’s true.

TYRONE (4-4) AT PENNS VALLEY (2-6)

Tyrone has had an unusually up-and-down season, and at 4-4, the final two games against Penns Valley and Chestnut Ridge can give the Golden Eagles some impetus entering the postseason. Tyrone runs a balanced offense led by quarterback Denver Light. The junior has had injury problems and missed time midseason (most notably in a loss to Bellefonte), but he still completed 58 passes from 966 yards and 11 touchdowns. Brandon Loose (701 yards on 141 carries) is the top rusher, and Parker Mitchell (25 catches, 466 yards, 6 TDs) is the top receiver. Penns Valley has been hurt of late with turnovers. Most recently, the Rams lost three fumbles in the first half in a 41-26 loss to Chestnut Ridge. PV outgained Chestnut Ridge by almost 100 yards (358 to 261) and quarterback Andrew Tobias threw for 219 yards on 20 completions. But CR used the Penns Valley mistakes

to build a 28-7 halftime lead that the Rams could not make up. At 2-6 now, the Rams would like nothing better than to upset the Eagles’ plans and win their third game. It will, however, be anything but an easy task.

P-O (0-8) AT CLEARFIELD (7-1)

Clearfield has already clinched a tie for the Mountain League championship and needs a win here to seal it up alone. In years past this was an intense rivalry, but with P-O rebuilding from the ground up under new coach Mike Mann, Clearfield has a huge advantage in this game. P-O will be looking for improvements against a quality opponent, but the Bison are on a mission and won’t be caught unprepared.

HARRISBURG (5-2) AT STATE COLLEGE (7-0)

State College fans hoping for a break in the Mid-Penn Colonial schedule will not find it this week. The Harrisburg Cougars will be in town, and they are just one game out of first place in the conference. Their two losses came at the hands of Harrisburg Bishop McDevitt (28-12) and Central Dauphin (13-11), but in between those games Harrisburg ran off five straight convincing wins. In many ways this is a typical Harrisburg team — lots of offense and lots of points — except for one thing: this team plays lock-down defense. McDevitt scored 28, but no one else has scored more than 13, and the Cougars have two shutouts. Central Dauphin managed just one touchdown and won the game on a field goal in the fourth quarter. State College has gotten to 7-0 and just finished a stretch of wins over Carlisle, Cumberland Valley and C.D. East. The Little Lions have been doing it on both sides of the ball. The defense in that run — led by All-Conference linebacker Pete Haffner — gave up just 10 points per game, while the offense has been averaging over 30. Look for the same cast to show up for SC — Tyler Snyder and Drew Friberg at quarterback, Tristen Lyons and Haffner in the backfield and Noah Woods and Brandon Clark out at receiver. And, of course, that very tough defensive group. Harrisburg has a chance here to step up into the upper tier of the conference and into a tie for first place. So the

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NATIVITY BVM (1-7) AT SJCA (2-4)

Nativity BVM is out of Pottsville, and is 1-7 so far this season. BVM beat Columbia-Montour Vo-Tech, 35-28, in Week 3 for its only win. Most of its losses have not been close except for the 15-12 loss on Oct. 14 to Upper Dauphin. St. Joe’s, on the other hand, is coming off its second win of the season, a 21-18 victory over that same ColumbiaMontour team, and is showing improvement. Even though SJCA was heavily outgained in that game, a kickoff return by Jake Stormer late in the fourth quarter gave the Wolves the win. With a chance to go to 3-4 and perhaps even its record (or better) by the end of the regular season, look for SJCA to exert its best effort. This game is set kickoff at Bishop Guilfoyle High School on Friday, Oct. 21.

High School Sports Schedule Oct. 20-26 BALD EAGLE AREA

Boys’ soccer — Oct. 20, at Penns Valley Football — Oct. 21, at Jersey Shore Girls’ soccer — Oct. 20, Bellefonte Volleyball — Oct. 20, at Penns Valley; Oct. 25, Tyrone

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Football — Oct. 21, Chestnut Ridge Girls’ soccer — Oct. 20, at BEA Volleyball — Oct. 26, at Central

PENNS VALLEY

Boys’ soccer — Oct. 20, BEA Football — Oct. 21, Tyrone Girls’ soccer — Oct. 20, Tyrone; Oct. 22, at Tyrone Volleyball — Oct. 25, Clearfield

PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA

Boys’ soccer — Oct. 20, at Hollidaysburg Football — Oct. 21, at Clearfield Girls’ soccer — Oct. 20, Clearfield Volleyball — Oct. 20, at Bellefonte; Oct. 22, at BEA Tournament; Oct. 25, at Huntingdon

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Samantha Chavanic Last week: 8-4 Overall: 63-26

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BELLEFONTE — If one of your shots bounces off both goal posts before finally going in, it’s a definite sign you’re having a very good day. That happened to Central forward Hannah Johnston in the Lady Dragons’ wild 7-5 girls’ soccer victory over Bellefonte on Oct. 18. Johnston scored Central’s fifth goal of the day when, after picking up a loose ball to the right of the net, she fired a shot past diving Bellftonte goalie Gabbie Pighetti. The ball bounced back off the left goal post, caught some spin, hit the right post and bounced in for a Dragons 5-3 lead in the 58th minute. There were other good signs for Johnston as well. The goal was her third of the day and her third consecutive goal in the second half. After Bellefonte came out hot and netted the first three scores of the day in the opening minutes of the first half, Central methodically crept back to within a goal by halftime, 3-2. After the break, Johnston’s first goal tied the game in the 49th minute at 3-3, and just one minute later, her second goal off a pass by Ashley Negley gave the Dragons their first lead. Then the two-poster in the 58th minute made it 5-3 and sent the unbeaten Mountain League champs on their way to the win. “That (the comeback) just showed a lot of the character and determination we have on this team,” Central coach Brian Campbell said. “I was nervous when we went down by two, but they (the players) didn’t hang their heads and they knew they could come back. They’ve been doing that for the last two years.” Bellefonte began the game with designs of handing Central its first league loss of the season (the Dragons are 16-1 overall). The Lady Raiders got early goals from freshman Mallorie Smith in the 11th minute, Bree McDaniel in the 14th and then Carolyn Seibel in the 23rd to take a 3-0 lead. For most teams, coming back from three goals down is a daunting task, but the experienced Central players have seen this before. “I think we were lethargic today,” Campbell said, “and it took a shot in the arm from those three goals to wake us up.” Central began to turn itself around less than a minute after Seibel’s goal. Forward Tori Longenecker took a pass down the right

side from Kristin Laird scored the Dragons’ first goal from just outside the box. Then, in the 27th minute, Negley made a steal in her own end, beat a defender out front and scored past Pighetti to draw Central to within one at halftime, 3-2. In the second half, Johnston took over. “They (Central) have a 20-some undefeated streak in the league,” Bellefonte coach Stacey Miller said, “and we know coming in that this would be like a playoff game and we would have to give it our best. “We showed up the first half, but it was unfortunate that we had some errors that cause some goals and made things flip-flop.” Central actually extended its lead to 6-3 after a goal by Alana Padulla (from Johnston), but Bellefonte kept playing. Smith brought the Raiders back to 6-4 with a goal in the 67th minute, but after 10 minutes of even play, Central’s Olivia Smith put the game away with a goal off of a giveand-go from Laird to make it 7-4 with just three minutes left. Smith then completed her hat trick in the last minute with a goal that set the final scored at 7-5. “It puts a smile on your face to see five goals on the board,” Miller added, “and we kept fighting. That’s one takeaway from this game. If you’re going to go into playoffs, you have to fight the whole time. So I was glad to see that they didn’t give up.”

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

OCTOBER 20-26, 2016

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Chronic wasting disease is currently an inconvenience to some area hunters, and maybe only an afterthought to others. Like it or not, CWD is a serious concern. Understanding what is at stake, knowing the rules and following them should be on every deer hunter’s agenda this fall. Chronic wasting disease is an always fatal, prion-caused Retired biology neurological conditeacher Mark tion that kills cerNale writes about vids — elk, deer and hunting, fishing moose. CWD is transand other natural mitted by direct anpursuits. He is the imal-to-animal conformer president of tact through urine, the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers saliva and feces. The Association. prions — bits of misEmail him at folded protein that markangler@aol. have the ability to com. spread by making other proteins misfold — are known to stay active in the soil for more than 10 years. The disease attacks the brain and spinal cord of the deer, much like mad cow disease in cattle. It is similar to CreutzfeldtJacob disease in humans, although CWD is not known to be transmissible to people. Beginning with its discovery in a captive mule deer in Colorado in 1967, CWD has spread to more than 20 states and two Canadian provinces. This includes Ohio, New York, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

The rules could affect you. Last November, my brother Frank harvested a beautiful nine-point buck on state game lands in northern Blair County. He had it processed at Gummos in Halfmoon Township. This fall, that game land became part of an expanded disease management area. If he hunts there, it will be illegal for him to have his deer processed in Centre County.

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No one knows how chronic wasting disease will play out in Pennsylvania, but it is almost a given that the disease will continue to expand across the state. It is in the best interest of our deer herd, wildlife lovers and deer hunters to contain that spread or have it happen as slowly as possible. We know how CWD has progressed in Wyoming — it encompasses the entire state and it has greatly reduced the state’s deer population. The results of a five-year study in Wyoming were released last summer. The study’s authors noted that CWD had likely caused a population of mule deer in their study area to decrease by 50 percent in just about a decade. Sharp declines began occurring shortly after CWD was discovered there. The authors predicted that, by 2056, mule deer will be virtually extinct in their study area in Wyoming. Pennsylvania has three disease management areas that have special regulations to help contain the disease. DMA 1 is in Adams and York counties, where CWD was first discovered in captive deer. Chronic wasting disease has not shown up in the wild herd there. DMA 2 is in Bedford, Blair, Cambria,

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KECA’s elk tag raffle winner harvests bull elk BENEZETTE — The Keystone Elk Country Alliance’s 2016 elk tag raffle winner, selected at a public drawing held at the 2016 Elk Expo on Aug. 21, was Steve Unis, of Ulster. According to the Pennsylvania Game Commission, Unis’ name was selected from 10,354 tickets purchased for an opportunity to hunt a world-class bull elk in the Keystone State. He harvested an 8 x 10 Pennsylvania bull elk the morning of Sept. 26 on public land in the mountains of the Moshannon State Forest. The bull has been unofficially green scored at 426 and 5/8 inches. “When I received the call from Rawley Cogan, president and CEO of KECA, and Matt Hough, executive director of the PA Game Commission, informing me that I was the lucky winner, all I could think of was that someone was fooling with me. I questioned Rawley if this was for real,” Unis said. “KECA’s elk tag raffle, a conservation license provided by the Pennsylvania Game Commission, is unique in that it includes a shoulder mount, a six-day fully guided hunt, including meals and lodging donated by Elk County Outfitters, and filming of the hunt for the popular national TV show ‘TomBob Outdoors: Friends in Wild Places’, and 100 percent of the proceeds stay right here in Pennsylvania’s Elk Country,” said Cogan. “This year’s Elk Tag Raffle generated $190,325, the most ever raised in the three years the raffle has been in existence,” said Cogan. The revenue will be used for the construction of KECA’s outdoor classroom; conservation education programs, including distance learning; habitat enhancement projects on public and private lands; and permanent land protection. Unis’ hunt began in early September when scouting trips were planned and bulls were located. “With the warm weather in early September I was anxious to begin hunting, but I wanted to also make the best of this great opportunity, so I waited for the best hunting conditions, until cooler weather and the rut turned on,” said Unis. That opportunity came on Sept. 26 when Elk County Outfitters guide Don Campbell and Brad Clinton, executive producer of TomBob Outdoors, headed to the Moshannon State Forest with Unis. “As we left the truck very early that morning bulls were bugling all around us. We decided to work in from the thick white pine and oak timber and try to determine the herd bull’s location using the wind and cover to our benefit,” said Unis. “We slowly worked in tight to the herd, but we did spook a few cows and satellite bulls as we made our way closer. We spent about two hours maneuvering around the cows trying not to blow out the entire herd. If the elk did bark at us, Don would quickly get on his cow call and try to calm the herd so we didn’t spook them. “The three of us worked like a well-seasoned team as we moved like one through the woods. I was initially concerned about having a camera crew along, but once I met Brad and we hunted a day my concerns were put to rest. Brad is a seasoned woodsman, hunter and cameraman with 30 years’ experience filming hunts all across the country. We worked very well together.

“We had finally made our way in very tight to what we thought was the herd bull, although we had several bulls in close that appeared to be the herd bull but the cover was so thick we could not see him. Don used his cow call and when the bull responded he was very close — less than 100 yards and appeared to be coming in. Then Brad said that he saw the bull’s antlers above the white pine and then I was really thinking this was about to happen. “The bull stopped and rubbed a sapling in a small depression, then came on a string right at us. I was whispering to Brad and Don: Is this the right bull? They weren’t sure either. Here he comes — is it the right bull? It was so thick and hard to see no one was sure. Then the bull walked through an opening and I saw his massive rack for the first time. I was sure this was the right bull and that this was about to happen. “As the bull got within 50 yards he turned almost broadside and I made a good shot as the bull ran only 40 yards and piled up,” said Unis. I really did not see him go down because of the thick cover, but Brad assured me that he was down.” The Elk Conservation Raffle was made possible by the passage of House Bill 2169, legislation authored by state Rep. Matt Gabler, R-DuBois, and signed into law by former Gov. Tom Corbett on July 10, 2014. “This legislation creates outstanding opportunities in Pennsylvania’s Elk Range,” Gabler said. “I applaud KECA and the PGC for their great work in generating much needed funding to support Pennsylvania’s Elk Country. I am certain this initiative will continue to provide great support for educational and habitat programs in Pennsylvania’s Elk Country, which I am proud to call home.” Last year, more than 350,000 guests, mostly from the eastern seaboard, visited the Elk Center to observe elk and to learn more about one of Pennsylvania’s most watchable wildlife. KECA is a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit wildlife conservation organization that operates the Elk Country Visitor Center in partnership with Pennsylvania’s Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. “I am thankful to KECA and the PGC for providing this opportunity to me,” Unis said. “I am proof that this is real, that this can happen to you, but you have to participate to win. The money generated from the raffle is in good hands, administered by KECA, so even if you don’t win the hunt, you are still a winner because your dollars provide funding to continue the important educational and habitat projects KECA and the PGC complete. This could definitely happen to you next year.” The Unis hunt will be aired on “TomBob Outdoors: Friends in Wild Places” according to the show’s Clinton. “I have filmed quite a few hunts over my 30 years in the business, but this footage is some of the best I have ever shot,” he said. “I knew after our first meeting that Steve Unis was a hardcore hunter and that we had an opportunity to really document a great hunt and hunter.” The Pennsylvania Game Commission manages the elk population and its habitat. The elk population is estimated to be 1,000 to 1,100 animals.

PENNSYLVANIA IS home to the largest herd of elk in the Northeast. “We are very proud of the fact that Pennsylvania is home to the largest herd of elk in the Northeast,” said Game Commission executive director R. Matthew Hough. “This accomplishment was only made possible through the diligent work of committed individuals from both within the PGC and the private organizations that partner with us in conservation. I am thankful to the Legislature for passing House Bill 2169, as awarding an elk tag to KECA provides us with the opportunity to celebrate our

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

OCTOBER 20-26, 2016

Game Commission outlines rules for hunters HARRISBURG — It’s prime time for hunting in Pennsylvania. Five awaited openers recently occurred, including the first day of the regular squirrel and rabbit hunting seasons, the opening day of the one-week muzzleloader season for antlerless deer and the first day of the seasons for ruffed grouse and woodcock. The first day of duck season in southern portions of Pennsylvania also started. These openers lead the way for the Saturday, Oct. 22, opening day of the pheasant season, as well as the opening days for foxes and other species. Several big-game seasons lie just beyond. All of this means hunters will become a more common sight throughout the commonwealth. Statewide, hunters are reminded that hunting with a firearm is not permitted within 150 yards of any occupied structure, school, farm building or playground, unless prior permission is obtained from the building’s occupants or property owners. This perimeter is known as a “safety zone,” and possessing a loaded firearm within a safety zone is considered hunting and a violation of the law. Trapping furbearers, and chasing or disturbing wildlife, also are prohibited within a safety zone, unless permission is given. A similar law applies to hunters using bows or crossbows, but the safety-zone perimeter is smaller in most circumstances. Archers and hunters using crossbows must remain at least 50 yards from any occupied structure or farm building unless they receive permission from the building occupants or property owners to hunt at closer distances. The safety zone around schools and playgrounds remains 150 yards for archers. Hunters also are reminded that fluorescent orange requirements vary depending on the species being hunted. Illustrations depicting the requirements that apply in different seasons can be found in the 2016-17 Pennsylvania Hunting and Trapping Digest issued to hunters at the time they purchase hunting licenses. The digest also is available online at the Game Commission’s website. Each hunter taking part in the early muzzleloader season for antlerless deer needs to wear a minimum of 250 square inches of fluorescent orange on the head, chest and back, combined. The orange each hunter wears must be visible from all directions (360 degrees) and must be worn at all times while hunting. This requirement applies to hunters who participate simultaneously in the muzzleloader and archery deer seasons. During the one-week early muzzleloader season, properly licensed hunters are permitted to carry both a muzzleloader and a bow or crossbow. A hunter would need both archery and muzzleloader stamps, plus a general hunting and an appropriate antlerless deer license, Deer Management Assistance Program permit or Disease Management Area 2 permit. While hunters who are taking part strictly in the archery season are required during the early muzzleloader overlap to wear 250 square inches of fluorescent orange while moving, they are permitted to remove their orange once settled into a stationary position. Archery hunters who remove orange clothing are required to post 100 square inches of orange within 15 feet of their locations, and the posted orange must be visible from all directions. Archery hunters who are simultaneously participating in the early muzzleloader season, however, must follow the orange requirements for early muzzleloader. To participate in the early muzzleloader season, a hunter must have a valid Pennsylvania general hunting license,

a muzzleloader stamp and valid antlerless deer license, DMAP permit or DMA 2 permit. Antlerless deer licenses in Pennsylvania are valid only within the Wildlife Management Unit for which they are issued. Likewise, DMAP permits are issued for certain properties and are valid only on those properties. Maps showing the boundaries of WMUs are available in the digest. Hunters during the early muzzleloader season may use in-line, percussion and flintlock muzzleloaders, and sporting arms may be equipped with scopes, peep-sights and other lawful sighting devices. The one-week early muzzleloader season includes a three-day overlap with a special firearms season for antlerless deer. During that season, which runs from Thursday, Oct. 20, to Saturday, Oct. 22, junior hunters (ages 12 to 16), senior hunters (ages 65 and older), mentored youth (hunters who are younger than 12, but who obtain a permit to hunt), mentored adults (hunters 18 or older who obtain a permit to hunt), hunters who are on active military duty and certain disabled hunters are able to use a variety of sporting arms to harvest antlerless deer. Permitted sporting arms include manually operated centerfire rifles, handguns and shotguns; .44-caliber or larger muzzleloading long guns; .50-caliber or larger muzzleloading handguns; long, recurve or compound bows; and crossbows. To take part in the special firearms season, hunters must meet participation criteria and possess a general hunting license and valid antlerless deer license, DMAP permit or DMA 2 permit. Hunters also must wear a minimum of 250 square inches of fluorescent orange at all times. Each mentored youth or mentored adult hunter taking part in the special firearms season must possess a valid permit, and the mentor who accompanies a mentored youth or mentored adult afield must possess a valid antlerless deer license, DMAP permit or DMA 2 permit. The antlerless deer license or permit can be transferred upon harvest by a mentored youth or mentored adult, and each mentored youth or mentored adult hunter may receive only one antlerless deer license and one DMAP permit by transfer during a license year. For a more detailed look at the regulations pertaining to these and other seasons, or to view hunting season start and end dates, as well as bag limits, visit the Game Commission’s website. There’s a lot of hunting in store. “There’s no better time of year to get out and enjoy the Pennsylvania outdoors, and there’s no better way to spend a fall day than by going hunting,” said Game Commission executive director R. Matthew Hough. “In the coming weeks, seasons will continue to open and hunters will continue to share in the bounty of Pennsylvania’s wild game. But all who have the chance to spend even one gorgeous autumn day afield can consider themselves lucky.”

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Robyn Graboski, who runs Centre Wildlife Care in Port Matilda, is still allowed to take in orphaned fawns from places outside of DMAs, but that might soon change. The northern boundary of DMA 2 is just 16 miles from Centre Wildlife. Any additional expansion of DMA 2 could make it illegal for that facility to rehabilitate deer. “Last spring, we took care of 13 fawns that were released back into the wild,” Graboski shared. “One fawn was brought to us after it was found stranded in a stream near Altoona. “Unfortunately, that one had to be returned because it came from a disease management area. If DMA 2 is moved farther north, we will not be allowed to take any deer unless the Game Commission changes the rules.” These rules are important. Graboski understands and follows the rules, but some hunters ignore them. According to Wayne Laroche, director of the Game Commission’s Bureau of Wildlife Management, his agency is actively enforcing the rules. “During the past two years, over 175 people have been issued citations for violating CWD management rules,” Laroche said. “Offenses included the importation of high-risk cervid parts from CWD areas in other states, feeding deer in a DMA and transporting deer from a CWD area.” The PGC understands the social and economic benefits that deer and elk provide the people of Pennsylvania and how that could be negatively impacted by CWD. According to Laroche, the rate of infection in wild deer in DMA 2 is less than 2 percent. If hunters follow the rules and the agency’s management practices in that area work, he hopes to keep it at that rate or even lower it. Only time will tell of our success at controlling CWD. You can contribute to the program’s success by adhering to the DMA regulations and applying for a special DMA deer harvest permit, if any are available.

Hundreds of thousands of people travel into Pennsylvania’s elk range each year just for a chance to see a few of these majestic animals. Thousands of hunters apply each summer for a chance to hunt elk in the Keystone State — a process that helps to keep the population in check, lessens human/elk conflicts and provides a 100-animal sample for CWD monitoring.

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Four rules are in effect for each DMA: ■ It is illegal to remove a harvested deer or high-risk parts of deer from any DMA. Harvested deer must be processed within the DMA and only the meat, hide and antlers can be taken home from the butcher. ■ The use of any deer urine-based attractants in any outdoor setting is forbidden in the DMAs. ■ It is illegal to feed wild deer or elk in a DMA. ■ Deer or fawns from any DMA are not allowed to be rehabilitated.

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While hunting in October often offers pleasant days afield, the warm weather also presents challenges for successful deer hunters in assuring harvests result in highquality venison. Especially in warm weather, harvested deer should be field dressed quickly, then taken from the field and cooled down as soon as possible. While hanging a deer carcass in a shady area might be fine in cooler temperatures, if the air temperature is above 50 degrees, hunters should refrigerate the carcass as soon as possible. Information on warm-weather venison care, as well as instructions on deer processing and other tips, are available on the white-tailed deer page on the Game Commission’s website, www.pgc.pa.gov.

REPORTING HARVESTS

Hunters must report deer harvests, and they are encouraged to do so soon after their successful hunts, so they don’t forget. There are three ways to report harvests. Harvests can be reported online at the Game Commission’s website by clicking on the “Report a Harvest” button on the homepage. Reports also can be phoned in to (855) 724-8681, or mailed in using the harvest report cards that are inserted in the digest hunters receive when they purchase a license. Hunters who call should have their hunting license numbers handy, as well as additional information that’s required to be reported.

MISTAKE KILLS

Hunters participating in the early muzzleloader season or the special firearms season to begin Thursday, Oct. 20,, only may harvest antlerless deer. Any hunter in any season who, by accident or mistake, kills an illegal deer is required to deliver the carcass — entrails removed — within 24 hours to any Game Commission officer in the county where the deer was killed. A written statement must be provided to the officer, explaining when, where and how the accident or mistake occurred. The deer must be tagged with the appropriate deer harvest tag.

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As it has traditionally, the two-week firearms season for deer will open statewide on the Monday following Thanksgiving. The statewide season this year runs from Monday, Nov. 28, to Saturday, Dec. 10. Hunters in different parts of the state are required to observe different rules regarding the number of points an antlered deer must have and when during the season hunters may harvest antlerless deer. For more information, visit the Game Commission’s website.

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The Nittany Weddings Showcase — Centre County’s only fall wedding show — and the Something Old, Something New Resale — State College’s first wedding consignment sale — are combining to bring a wonderful opportunity to the area. For those with a wedding in their future, this show will provide a venue to meet some of the area’s top wedding professionals, win some great prizes and experience an enjoyable day. The showcase runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and the resale event runs from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, at the Toftrees Resort. “The grand prize is a $1,000 gift Connie Cousins certificate toward their wedding,” covers a wide said Karen Stoner, owner of Nittany variety of events in Weddings Showcase. “There will be Centre County for a cake dive at 1:45 p.m. to end the the Centre County showcase. Five lucky participants will Gazette. Email her have a chance to win a $200 gift card at ccous67@gmail. to Confer’s Jewelers. The Something com. Old, Something New Resale will provide an opportunity for couples to pick up some wedding items for deep discounts.” Stoner said that this is the fifth year for her show — the only fall bridal show. “Weddings can be so overwhelming,” she said. “This show is smaller and I’ve tried to make it a lighter, fun-filled atmosphere. The contests and, of course, the cake dive at the end is a great finale.” Stoner is a classical-trained ballerina who studied with the Hartford Ballet and with modern dance companies such as Pilobolus and the Martha Graham Company. After performing in some of the top artistic venues on the East Coast and having a short career in State College, an injury forced her into early retirement. Working and dealing with her own injury, she discovered the benefits of massage therapy and struck out on another career path. She is a licensed massage therapist, certified prenatal massage therapist, certified fertility massage therapist and certified infant massage therapist/instructor. She teaches at the Central Pennsylvania Dance Workshop and choreographs for the Fraser Street Dancers and various other groups around Central Pennsylvania. And, she still finds time to help couples coordinate their wedding plans.

THE NITTANY WEDDINGS SHOWCASE aims for a fun atmosphere that culminates in a cake dive.

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Asking about the wedding cake dive, I was informed it is a full, five-tiered cake, baked by Heather Luse. Winners from the summer contests, as well as two pulled from those present at the fall show, will have a chance to pounce, dive or by whatever means, get into that cake and retrieve little plastic rings that will produce a winner. The Something Old, Something New business is the brainchild of Lydia Myers, who bought out Rugrat Resale about three and a half years ago from a previous owner. This will be her first year offering the wedding resale in conjunction with the show at Toftrees. “I am excited to do this. Rugrats has everything for children, from all kinds of equipment to maternity clothes and lots and lots of children’s clothes. Something Old, Something New will have consigners bringing in items on Saturday before the sale, which will run on Sunday, Oct. 23, from noon until 5 p.m. The consigners assign the prices. There will be wedding gowns, shoes, decorations, etc. “It should be profitable for all involved. The buyers can save money, the consigners make money and my business will earn a percentage. “The sales proceed just like in a store,” said Myers. “The items have tags which are barcoded and will be scanned for checkout.”

This is a new idea for this area and one that I think is valuable. What do you do with those envelope boxes, little white lights, wishing wells, veils, gowns, shoes and all the rest when your big day is over? Why not pass them on to someone trying to save a little money and still have a beautiful wedding? You can make someone very happy and not have to store it all for years. Couples can register to attend the events at www. nittanyweddingsshowcase.com.

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Rogers’ ‘Gambler’s Last Deal’ tour coming to area Special to the Gazette UNIVERSITY PARK — Grammy Award-winning superstar and Country Music Hall of Fame member Kenny Rogers will bring his “Gambler’s Last Deal Christmas & Hits” Tour to Penn State at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, in Eisenhower Auditorium. Tickets for his 35th annual — and final — holiday-and-hits concert experience currently are on sale. “The Gambler’s Last Deal Christmas & Hits,” with special guest Linda Davis, celebrates Rogers’ 50-plus-year career. The performance will be highlighted by personal stories, vintage photos and video clips, in addition to hit songs and music he hasn’t performed live in years. Tickets cost $79.50 for a premium seat in rows AA through K of the orchestra, $64 for an orchestra seat in rows L through ZZ plus the grand tier, and $47 for seats in the balcony. Tickets are available online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Two additional special ticket packages — including one-of-a-kind memorabilia such as a meet-and-greet laminate, custom poker coin and a limited-edition lithograph — are also available. Special ticket packages start at $180. Rogers has sold more than 120 million albums world-

wide — including “The Gambler” and “Kenny” — since breaking out of rock and jazz into the country-pop genre in the 1980s. Since then, he has charted a record in each of the past seven decades. His 28 Billboard Adult Contemporary top-10 hits rank him fourth-best of all time among men, trailing only Elton John, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley. In addition, his songs have won Rogers multiple Grammy, American Music and country music organization awards. Since the release of his first Christmas album in 1981, Rogers — once voted “Favorite Singer of All Time” by People and USA Today — has toured the country annually to perform his holiday and chart-toppers. Late last year, the singer, actor and record producer announced that this tour would be his last. “The feeling I get performing on the Christmas tour is one of the things I’ll really miss about not being on the road,” he said. “We will be sure to take extra time to cherish some moments on this last go around.” Magic City Productions presents the concert. Tickets for “The Gambler’s Last Deal Christmas and Hits” are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged for tickets to a Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentation. Parking in the Eisenhower Parking Deck is $5 per vehicle for this event. Patrons with Penn State faculty/staff parking permits will not be charged for parking. For more information about the production, and to purchase tickets and VIP ticket packages, visit www.cpa. psu.edu/events/kennyrogers. For group tickets or information, contact Sherren McKenzie at (814) 865-5340 or arts-group-sales@psu.edu.

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KENNY ROGERS will perform in State College on Dec. 17.

Straight No Chaser to perform Nov. 11 at Eisenhower Special to the Gazette UNIVERSITY PARK — Less than a month after concluding “The New Old Fashioned Tour,” a cappella group Straight No Chaser returns to the stage — and to Penn State — with its “I’ll Have Another … 20th Anniversary World Tour.” The group performs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The 10-member vocal ensemble will perform mashups of hit songs by popular artists as well as music from the upcoming release “I’ll Have Another … Christmas Album.” Section 1 and 2 tickets — $49.50 and $39.50 for an adult or youth, and $44.50 and $34.50 for a University Park

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East Pollock Road on Penn State’s, University Park Campus * Complimentary bus shuttle service provided to and from the Schwab Auditorium and the Eisenhower Parking Deck.

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For online tickets go to CentreOrchestra.org or call 814-234-8313.

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STRAIGHT NO CHASER will perform Nov. 11 at Eisenhower Auditorium. student — are available online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). Straight No Chaser formed in 1996 at Indiana University and was comprised of members of The Singing Hoosiers. Ten years later, a 1998 video of the 10 vocalists’ mashup version of “The 12 Days of Christmas” — also featuring touches of “I Have a Little Dreidel” and “Africa” by Toto — found its way to YouTube and now boasts more than 19 million views. The singers have built on their reputation as an extraordinary live act and blend tongue-in-cheek humor with serious vocal chops. A critic for Michigan newspaper company MLive.com wrote of a sold-out 2013 concert at which the singers “struck a comfortable balance of sincerity with winking-

at-the-crowd goofiness. … No one would be demanding a second encore of Straight No Chaser if their musical/ comedic talents did not warrant such affections.” “I’ll Have Another … Christmas Album” is the ensemble’s sixth full-length release and first since 2009’s “Christmas Cheers.” The new collection features a variety of new and old holiday classics (including “Joy to the World” and “Do You Hear What I Hear?”); new versions of holiday hits by popular performers (Bing Crosby’s “Mele Kalikimaka” and, appearing on the exclusive Target release, Stevie Wonder’s “What Christmas Means to Me”); as well as new songs by the group (such as “Feels Like Christmas” featuring country singer and “Dancing with the Stars” contestant Jana Kramer). The album is scheduled for release Friday, Oct. 28. BRE Presents brings the concert to Penn State. Tickets for Straight No Chaser are nonrefundable and may not be exchanged for tickets to a Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State presentation. For more information about the ensemble and the concert, visit http://cpa.psu.edu/events/straight-no-chaser.


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AROUND & IN TOWN State Theatre announces upcoming lineup of shows STATE COLLEGE — The State Theatre has announced its upcoming schedule of performances: ■ Love and Light Productions presents “The Rocky Horror Show” 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27; 7 and 11 p.m., Friday, Oct. 28; 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct.29 This sexy rock musical tell the story of two clean-cut kids, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, who run into car trouble and seek help at the site of light down the road. Little do they know it’s coming from the place where lingerie-clad Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter is in the midst of his maniacal experiments. The musical, set to a live punk rock soundtrack, is for adult audiences only. No one younger than 18 will be admitted. Tickets are $20 for orchestra seats, plus a $2 ticketing fee.

■ “Moto 8” 7 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 3 The dirt bike film series returns with “Moto 8,” once again bringing the greatest riders in the game to the most epic loca-

tions. From the biggest tracks in the world, to going 100-plus mph through the Australian outback, the new movie continues the progression of filmmaking in the twowheel world. It’s the roots of motocross, portrayed in the modern era: wide-open throttles and massive jumps combined with helicopters and 4K cameras. The film stars Dean Wilson, Kris Foster, Tom Parsons, Jessy Nelson, Haiden Deegan, Axell Hodges, Josh Hill, Toby Price, Ivan Ramirez, Cody Webb, Kevin Rookstool, Reagan Sieg, Tim Gajser and more. Tickets are $15 in advance and $18 the day of the show. Children ages 10 and younger get in for free, but must have a ticket. ■ State of the Story: “Into the Wild” 7 p.m., Monday, Nov.14 Members of the Centre Region come together for an evening of storytelling. Ringleaders are Jacki Hunt and Cynthia Berger, with music by Stacy Glen Tibbets. This event will take place in the upstairs Attic area. General admission is $6, with a $1.50 ticketing fee. ■ National Theatre HD Live Broadcast: “No Man’s Land” 7 p.m., Friday, Jan. 20 Following their hit run on Broadway, Ian McKellen (of “Magneto” and “Gandalf” fame) and Patrick Stewart (of “Professor X” and “Captain Picard” fame) return to the West End stage in Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land,” broadcast live to cinemas from Wyndham’s Theatre, London. One summer’s evening, two ageing writers, Hirst and Spooner, meet in a Hampstead pub and continue their drink-

ing into the night at Hirst’s stately house nearby. As the pair become increasingly inebriated, and their stories increasingly unbelievable, the lively conversation soon turns into a revealing power game, further complicated by the return home of two sinister younger men. The show also stars Owen Teale and Damien Molony. The broadcast will be followed by an exclusive question-andanswer session with the cast and director Sean Mathias. This show is sponsored by Webster’s Bookstore and Cafe and Allied Mechanical. Tickets are $10 for general admission, plus a $2.50 ticket fee, or $8, plus a $1.50 ticket fee, for students and seniors. This production contains mature content. Children younger than 18 must be

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accompanied by an adult. ■ “Gimme Shelter”: Strawberry Fields sixth annual benefit concert 7 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 28 For the sixth year in a row, local musicians bring their talent to The State Theatre to benefit Strawberry Fields and The State Theatre. “Gimme Shelter” features local artists playing the music of The Rolling Stones. Performers include Ted and the HiFi’s, The Screaming Ducks, Grain, Pure Cane Sugar and more. Tickets currently are on sale and range in price from $40 to $100, plus a ticketing fee For more information, visit http://thestatetheatre.org/ or call (814) 272-0606.

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Come check out your Penns Valley YMCA! During Community Appreciation Week, try any YMCA classes for FREE. There will be refreshments and giveaways throughout the week, as well as opportunities to win a 3-month membership, personal training session, a month of unlimited classes, and YMCA apparel items. We look forward to seeing you! Hours Of Operation Monday-Thursday: 5:30AM - 9:00PM Friday: 5:30AM - 8:00PM Saturday: 8:00AM - 4:00PM Sunday: 9:00AM - 3:30PM

HALLOWEEN AT THE Y Saturday, October 29th 2:00 – 4:00pm Penns Valley YMCA Program Center Bring your little ones for fun activities, sweet treats, drinks and hot dogs. ALL AGES ARE WELCOME! FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY

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AROUND & IN TOWN

Christmas train rides planned in Bellefonte Bellefonte will host “The Polar Express” train excursions this holiday season, with rides featuring a visit from Santa and his friends Rudolph, Frosty the Snowman, Buddy the Elf and more. The train will depart at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 16; 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 17; and noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18 from the Bellefonte train station, 320 W. High St. The train is fully decorated, and each ride lasts approximately an hour. Passengers should arrive 30 minutes before

their scheduled departure time; blankets are recommended, though the cars are heated. The excursions are sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society. North Shore Railroad donates the locomotives and crew, and Penn Valley Railroad provides the passenger trains and onboard service. The SEDA-COG Joint Rail Authority pays for the special liability insurance policy for excursions. For tickets or more information, visit www.bhrr.org, email info@bellefontetrain. org or call (814) 355-1053.

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COSMIC CARNIVAL Sunday, October 23, 1:00–4:00 p.m. WPSU Studio, Outreach Building in Innovation Park State College, PA • • • • • • •

Meet PBS Kids’ Cat in the Hat and Jet Propulsion. Meet retired astronaut James Pawelczyk. Visit the Juniata College STARLAB Planetarium. Make an astronomically amazing star globe. Create an eerie extraterrestrial headpiece. Explore weird science at activity tables. Bring a non-perishable food item to support local food banks.

The event is FREE!

‘Grateful Ball’ slated for Oct. 20 STATE COLLEGE — The Travelin’ McCourys and The Jeff Austin Band will make a stop on their “The Grateful Ball” tour at 8 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 20, at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. Each act will perform one set, followed by a combined set of only Grateful Dead tunes. The Travelin’ McCourys consider themselves to be “21st-century musical pilgrims and adventurers,” entertaining audiences with live shows that include musicians and

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Enjoy refreshments & music while speaking to artists & experiencing their work. The pieces featured in this exhibit aim to challenge the conventional, push boundaries of scale, pattern and texture, and play with concepts of harmony and dissonance.

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According to Jeff Austin, “When I’m writing a song, it’s not about the hot licks, it’s about the voice and how it can be showcased from song to song.” He draws from varied roots and readily admits to still loving musicals, being fascinated by Madrigal singers and tuning in to a wide range of vocal powerhouses. Admission is $25, plus ticketing fee, for reserved standing orchestra or reserved seating balcony.


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AROUND & IN TOWN WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, ATTN: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.

ONGOING

Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org . Open house — Rhoneymeade Sculpture Garden and Arboretum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October at 177 Rimmey Road, Centre Hall. Visit www.rhoneymeade.org. Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Book workshop — AAUW’s Used Book Workshop is open 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 176 Technology Drive in Boalsburg Technology Park. During workshop hours, book donations may be made directly to the “AAUW Deliveries” door; blue donation bins are available at the driveway entrance for days the workshop is not open. Visit www.aauwstate college.org/booksale/location.htm or call (814) 466-6041. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 2348775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Support group — A drug and alcohol support meeting for families struggling with loved ones’ addictions is held at 6:30 p.m every Tuesday at Watermarke Church, 116 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 571-1240. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org. Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Meeting — The Nittany Baptist Church will be holding Master’s Clubs for children ages 3 to 11 and small groups for teens and adults at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, 3939 S. Atherton St. Visit www.nittanybaptist.org. Healing circle — A healing circle will be held from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 111 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Contact Beth Whitman at beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com or call (814) 883-0957. Thrift shop — The State College Woman’s Club Thrift Shop will be having “Open Thursdays” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 902 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 238-2322. Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe, 208 W. Foster Ave., State College. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www. liferecoverystatecollege.com.

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Support group — HEART Grief and Loss Support Program, for parents who have experienced pregnancy loss,

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stillbirth or infant death, is being held at 6:30 p.m. every Monday through Oct. 24, at CHOICES, 2214 N. Atherton St., Upper Level, State College. Visit info@heartofpa.org. Tours — Tours of Curtin Mansion and Eagle Ironworks will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 29 at Curtin Village, Route 150 between Milesburg and Howard. Seminar — EFree Church will host a seminar on “Scream Free Parenting” from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sundays in October at 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. Lunch and child care will be provided at no cost. Visit www.scefc. org, contact church@scefc.org or call (814) 237-8020. Exhibits — The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St. in Bellefonte, hosts a number of exhibits this month, including “One Farm: Multiple Perspectives,” Windows on the World Gallery; Marisa Eichman, Sieg Gallery; Pat Dolan and Wendy Snetsinger, Tea Room Gallery; Michele Rivera, Community Gallery; Art Heim, Photography Gallery; and Nicole Tucker, Jewelry Gallery, all through Sunday, Oct. 30. Wendy Bechtold, Lisa Beightol, Michele Randall and Jennifer Shuey will be featured in the Print Gallery, through Sunday, Nov. 27, and the new offsite gallery at Cool Beans Coffee and Tea, 141 W. High St. in Bellefonte, is showing the works of Holly Fritchman through Sunday, Oct. 30. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — Vintage Halloween collectibles are on display from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily through the end of October at Apple Hill Antiques, 169 Gerald St., State College. Call (814) 238-2980. Adult program — Being Heard, a writing program for Centre County seniors, meets from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on various Thursdays through Dec. 22 at the Bellefonte Senior Center. Call (814) 355-6720.

THURSDAY, OCT. 20

Class — CentralPA Score will offer a class on “Starting and Growing a Nonprofit” from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Cost for materials and food is $5. Register online at www.schlowlibrary.org. Seminar — The Family Medicine Seminar Series: Five Questions from Abraham Flexner, presented by Dr. Christopher Engeland, will be held from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center’s Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Jessica Bird at jbird@mountnittany.org Class — A parents-to-be orientation will be held from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Dianne Barben at dbarben@mountnittany.org or call (814) 231-3132.

FRIDAY, OCT. 21

Train ride — Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society is hosting two Halloween train rides, with departures at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. from Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte. Visit www.bellefontetrain.org/ticket-window/fall-foliage. Yoga — The acoustic duo Anchor & Arrow and TriYoga teacher Kerri Zelman present yoga, movement and music at 6:30 p.m. at TriYoga Boalsburg, 106 N. Church St., Boalsburg. Visit www.pennsylvaniayoga.com. Event — Penn State Blue & White Society will hold “Ralley in the Valley” at 8 p.m. at Medlar Field, Lubrano Park, State College. This event is an all-sports pep rally where every athletic team is welcomed to participate. Admission is free and open to all.

SATURDAY, OCT. 22 Bazaar — A fall bazaar will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Sprucetown United Methodist Church, 177 Upper Georges Valley Road, Potters Mill. Festival — A pumpkin festival will be held at 9 a.m. at Ways Fruit Farm, 2355 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda. Festival — The Howard Fire Co. Punkin Chunkin Fall Festival will take place at 10 a.m. at Bald Eagle State Park, 149 Main Park Road, Howard. Music — MET Opera HDLive: “Don Giovanni” will be shown at 1 p.m. at the The State Theater, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Sponsored by The State Theater Opera Buffs, Webster’s Bookstore and Café and S&A Homes. Visit http://thestatetheatre.org/metropolitan-opera-hdbroadcast-2016-2017-series.

SUNDAY, OCT. 23

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BELLEFONTE HISTORICAL Railroad Society is hosting Halloween train rides Oct. 21 and foliage rides Oct. 22 and 23. for Life,” at 10:45 a.m. at Bethel Church of Nazarene, 3601 S. Atherton St., State College. Event — WPSU will hold its free Cosmic Carnival for kids at 1 p.m. at 100 Innovation Blvd., State College. Lecture — Lee Stout and Harry West will recount the history of Beaver Stadium and Beaver Field at 2 p.m. at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave., State College. Email info@centrecountyhistory.org or call (814) 2344779.

MONDAY, OCT. 24

Dinner — A ham and chicken pot pie/soup and bread dinner will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bald Eagle Valley Community United Methodist Church, 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 353-8870. Music — Penn State School of Music presents Keith Underwood on flute at 7 p.m. at 110 Music Building I, Room 110, University Park. Email musicevents@psu.edu or call (814) 865-0431. Music — Penn State School of Music presents guest artist Neal Corwell on euphonium at 7:30 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park. Email musicevents@psu.edu or call (814) 865-0431.

TUESDAY, OCT. 25

Lecture — Penn State School of International Affairs professors and former U.S. ambassadors Joseph DeThomas and Dennis Jett will discuss “Ambassadors on Benghazi: Inside the Aftermath” at 7 p.m. at Lewis Katz Building, Room 122, University Park. Call (814) 867-2242. Lecture — Bob Hazelton will deliver a Halloween-appropriate lecture, “The Ghost Town Next Door: The Story of Ebertown,” at 7 p.m. at Pasto Agricultural Museum, 271 W. Pine Grove Road, State College. Visit www.agsci.psu. edu/pasto or call (814) 863-1383. Class — “Monitoring and Analyzing your Cash Position,” offered by The Penn State Small Business Development Center, will be held at 9 a.m. at 243 Technology Center Building, 200 Innovation Blvd., State College. Visit http://sbdc.psu.edu/seminars, call (814) 863-4293 or email sbdc@psu.edu.

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26

Event — The free “Light the Night” event, sponsored by churches in the Nittany Valley Fellowship, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. at Walker Township Park, 816 Nittany Valley Drive, Bellefonte. Horror or scary costumes are discouraged; faces must be visible. — Compiled by Lana Bernhard

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Student finds sweet gig with candy machine business By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Matthew Modricker’s business sense bloomed when he was a high school student in Bellefonte. Instead of picking up a part-time job, Modricker found other ways to earn money. He used Craigslist to buy old video games, then sold them at a markup on Amazon. He also collected antiques — enough that he became friends with the owner of the Great Mish-Mosh on South Allegheny Street, who let him set up a stall in the antique and vintage store to sell his wares. Modricker has long had a unique entrepreneurial spirit. After the end of his freshman year at Penn State in the spring, he decided to become a business owner. He now owns and services candy vending machines located in area businesses. Once again, Craigslist came in handy. “I put an ad up on Craigslist — for whatever reason, vending machines popped into my head,” said Modricker. “... I knew it was passive income, which meant I could earn money sitting here talking to you while I’m not actually at the location of the machine. “I obviously couldn’t do something where I had a storefront because I’m a student and that doesn’t really work out. So a vending machine was a great way to make passive income and had low barriers to entry.

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“There wasn’t much capital I needed to start up. I posted an ad and I was just looking at, like, seven machines. But a couple contacted me with an offer for their entire candy machine business.” Frank and Paula Belella, of Houtzdale, who operated the business with their son Jim, talked with Modricker about the business. Modricker also went to Penn State’s Small Business Development Center for assistance. “They were so helpful; they still are. I worked with (SBDC business consultant) Linda Feltman,” he said. “They helped me write a buyer’s agreement and from there I purchased all the assets and (the Belellas) kept the machines in their current locations.” Now, Modricker has 23 machines in operation, plus more that he is looking to get into new locations. About once a month he travels to each location — often with an assist from his father — and services the machines. He takes out the money, fully stocks them, makes any repairs that are needed and keeps up relationships with the businesses that host the machines. He spends time trying to get his machines into new businesses. It’s not always an easy road. Even though he owns the business with existing locations, is fully insured for medical and liability, and has professionally made advertisements, he’s found it tough to crack into new markets. “I don’t know if it was just because I was STATE COLLEGE — The Centre Area Transportation Authority recently welcomed Mark Parfitt to its board of directors as its newly appointed Patton Township representative. Parfitt is the founder of Mark Parfitt Consulting, a management and marketing company based in State College. Prior to launching his own business, he spent nearly a decade in strategic marketing for higher education. His work has been rec-

starting out. ... I don’t think they thought of me as a business owner aside from just being a college kid. That would be my hardest thing,” he said. But it has been a great experience for Modricker, and he’s using it as an opportunity to give back. The former owners had established a childhood cancer foundation that benefited from the candy machines’ proceeds. He looked into continuing that, but both he and the Belellas found the transferring the charity to him to be a difficult process. Instead, Modricker developed a partnership with the United Way, with stickers on each machine noting that a portion of the proceeds go to the organization. “The United Way is the world’s largest nonprofit, so I know the money is going to good use,” he said. “I was thinking of something really broad that people could relate to, and I do really enjoy giving back. Having a sponsorship for a charity also helps you get in the door. It shows it’s for a good use and not just for you to make money. You will be giving back to the community as well.” Once Modricker became interested in pursuing a business career — he’s now a sophomore supply chain management major in Penn State’s Smeal College of Business — owning his own business became his goal. “I got really lucky that I could fulfill that pretty fast. Not many kids in college can

say they own their own small business. It’s helped me out with interviews with some very large companies and was a great talking point.” In the long term, Modricker, who also works part time at Penn State’s Berkey Creamery, wants to open his own storefront business. He’ll continue with the candy machine business for as long as he can, but also sees it as an opportunity for a like-minded student in the future.

ognized as the recipient of multiple industry awards, including a Mark of Excellence award from the American Marketing Association. Parfitt earned an MBA from the State University of New York-Empire State College, a bachelor’s degree in organizational leadership from St. Francis University and an associate degree from South Hills School of Business and Technology. Parfitt was appointed by Patton Town-

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

RECORDED SEPT. 26-30 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH

Philip T. Forte, Kyle Diane Sutton-Forte and Philip T. Forte III to Weichert Workforce Mobility Inc., 1227 Fox Meadow Circle, Bellefonte, $370,000. Weichert Workforce Mobility to Matthew D. Davidson and Terrah Lee Davidson, 1227 Fox Meadow Circle, Bellefonte, $370,000. Kelly L. Tumbleson and Kelly L. Lahr to Megan L. Emanuelson, 542 E. Beaver St., Bellefonte, $175,000. Terry E. Witmer Estate and William M. Lutz, executor, to Randall W. Holderman and Terri M. Holderman, 302 S. Allegheny St., Bellefonte, $60,000. Joann L. Knupp and Richard W. Knupp Sr. to Matthew J. Taylor and Beckie Lea G. Vangorder, 426 E. Logan St., Bellefonte, $235,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Gregory P. Jefferies, Jessica L. Cowan and Jessica C. Jeffries to Matthew A. Freeman and Meredith J. Freeman, 174 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $329,900. Kelly E. Reese and Brandon A. Reese to Kerry D. Viehdorfer and Myranda M. Walker, 823 Valley View Road, Bellefonte, $145,900. Creekside Partners LLC to Berks Homes LLC, 127 Barrington Lane, Bellefonte, $183,600. Willam D. Knisley and Becky Renee Trate to Kyle D. Trate and Megan R. Trate, 127 Barrington Lane, Bellefonte, $150,000. Steven H. Buck, Harleah G. Buck and Philip J. Manning to Heather M. Manning, 153 Teasel Way, Bellefonte, $324,900. Neal F. Proctor and Debra J. Proctor to David Harry Stevenson and Shelia Mae Stevenson, 1648 Purdue Mountain Road, Bellefonte, $195,000. Parkside Homes LLC to Brinton A. Mingle and Brittany A. Mingle, 257 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $321,289. Parkside Homes LLC to John P. Grimes and Debra A. Grimes, 757 Devonshire Drive, State College, $314,982.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Margaret A. Swancer to Margaret A. Swancer and Elaine M. Swancer, 418 Old 220 Road, Milesburg, $1.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Stearns Boal LP to Gem Homebuilders Inc., 135 Pepperberry Lane, State College, $116,700. Mary Margaret Boscaino, James A. Gatto, executor, Sylvia J. Reed and Sylvia J. Gatto to William J. Reviello, Venice M. Reviello, James F. Serino and Catherine T. Serino, 102 Birchtree Court, State College, $167,000. Stearns Boal LP to College Township, 1481 E. College Ave., State College, $1. Lynn L. Straub, Valen T. Straub, Jeremy M. Straub and Lindsey M. Straub to Sean T. Devlin and Naila Basa, 726 Glenn Road, State College, $299,000. Hrach Kervandjian and Adele Kervandjian to Peter Lloyd and Mary M. Lloyd, 222 Haymaker Circle, State College, $577,500. RW Bird Sr. Co-Irta FBO et. al., Manufactures and Traders Trust Company and Roger Bird to Eloise B. Kyper, 3335 E. College Ave., Bellefonte, $225,000. Anne Beattie-Moss Estate and Ralph W. Moss, executor, to Ralph W. Moss and Martha Moss, 107 Spencer Lane, State College, $1. Manoush Sahakian and Manush Sahakian to Manoush Sahakian and Rafigh Danili Sahakian, 128 Limerock Terrance, State College, $1.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

Alejandrina P. Jourdain to Todd J. Hawbaker, 3112 Shellers Bend, State College, $295,000.

Ronald C. Tomashefski and Eva S. Tomashefski to Barbra H. Armen Revocable Trust and Barbra H. Armen Trustee, 3222 Shellers Bend, No. 227, State College, $373,450. S&A Homes Inc., Thomas F. Songer by attorney and Johnson Farm Associates to Tao Liu and Lingting Zhao, 301 Hawknest Road, State College, $304,191. Nancy H. Faris to Christopher M. Faris, 235 Conover Lane, State College, $1. David W. Hanson and Ruth F. Hanson to Robert M. Wild Jr. and Pamela R. Wild, 628 Devonshire Drive, State College, $267,000. W. Bruce Parkhill to W. Bruce Parkhill and Arlene Parkhill, 3221 Shellers Bend, No. 886, State College, $1. William H. Squire, Lisa B. Squire and Kelsey M. Squire to William H. Squire and Lisa B. Squire, 1114 W. Beaver Ave., State College, $1. Ross W. Hopple and Janette M. Hopple to Christopher Wheeler and Tracy Walker, 132 Gala Drive, State College, $217,500. David O. Leavitt and Chelom Leavitt to Charles D. Fuller and Maria Fuller, 2625 Sleepy Hollow Drive, State College, $660,000. Charles D. Fuller Jr. and Pamela J. Fuller to Jennifer R. Emigh, 149 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $225,000. Leonard F. Kowalski and Denise M. Kowalski to Anne F. Klinikowski, 1957 Harvest Circle, State College, $160,000. Philip J. Carlin Estate and Neal C. Carlin, administrator, to Kurt R. Gesell, 757 Devonshire Drive, State College, $170,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Vince M. Smith and Beth A. Smith to David M. Taynor and Pamela S. Taynor, 712 Upper Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills, $225,000.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

Robert Maier Todd, Sarah Marie Todd, Nancy A. Maier and Richard F. Todd Jr. to Robert F. Todd Jr. and Sarah Marie Todd, 260 Ira Lane, State College, $1. Jack N. Gray, Mable Faye Gray and Faye M. Gray to Deborah Ann Weaver, Jack N. Gray Jr. and Joel Edward Gray, 2951 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda, $1.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

Margaret R. Boal and Allen L. Boal to Margaret R. Boal, 1013 Kathryn St., Boalsburg, $1. Rittenhouse Real Estate Ventures Inc. to Christopher J. Henry and Crystal D. Henry, 1708 Shingletown Road, State College, $95,000.

HAINES TOWNSHIP

Donald F. Heggenstaller Jr. and Donnis J. Heggenstaller to Andrew J. Peffer, 115 E. Aaron Square, Aaronsburg, $225,000.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

Arthur P. Staddon and Marcia Robb Staddon to Eric Robb, 628 Devonshire Drive, State College, $1.

MILES TOWNSHIP

Aaron B. Cornman and Lisa R. Cornman to Stephen L. Lapp and Sadie E. Lapp, 726 Glenn Road, State College, $457,500.

MILLHEIM BOROUGH

William G. Socie to Christopher A. McGarvey, 214 Hickory Drive, Philipsburg, $2,500.

SNOW SHOE BOROUGH

Matthew P. Vozniak and Kara A. Vozniak to Ashton M. Farrell and Ryan A. Tressler, 314 W. Olive St., Snow Shoe, $20,000.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Scott A. Fye and Billie Jo Fye to Scott A. Fye, 756 Spruce Road, Clarence, $1.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

John Pennino Estate, Lester Pennino, adminstrator, and Marie A. Schechter to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 1326 Zion Road, Bellefonte, $1. Robert Anderson to Benjamin Shindy, 255 Lower Coleville Road, Bellefonte, $5,000. Joseph M. Powers, Shelby L. Wellar and Joshua M. Powers to Joseph M. Powers and Shelby L. Wellar, 146 Nittany St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Robert E. Resides II and Jessica Resides to Nicole C. Farrington and Clayton J. Quinn, 306 Greens Valley Road, Centre Hall, $168,000. S&A Homes Inc. to Chad W. Morrison and Debra E. Morrison, 222 Haymaker Circle, State College, $272,612. Plus Point Partners to Crossman Enterprises, 1337 Axemann Road, Bellefonte, $23,000. David H. Stevenson and Shelia M. Stevenson to Centre County, 512 Valentine St., Bellefonte, $139,900. Mary C. McMurtrie to Mitchell Andjeski, 264 Lower Coleville Road, Bellefonte, $130,000. Garrett A. Beaver, Heather E. Krug and Heather E. Beaver to Garrett A. Beaver and Heather E. Beaver, 465 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Nathan P. Culmer and Rachel C. Culmer to Mark A. London and Sherry L. London, 133 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $275,000. Devron J. Vongunden and Jennife Vongunden to Nicholas P. Stumpf, 154 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $294,900. Crossman Enterprises LLC to Adam James and Melissa A. James, 1337 Axeman Road, Bellefonte, $139,000.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Micha R. Shepherd to Micha R. Shepherd and Rachel Johnson Shepherd, 1207 S. Allen St., State College, $1. David Faulds and Kimberly Ann Faulds to Gregory R. Kunes and Patricia M.R. Kunes, 131 S. Sparks St., State College, $600,000. Betty Jane Smith by attorney to Brookside Property Holdings LLC, 131 E. Whitehall Road, State College, $135,000. Joseph W. Chester, Karen Chester, Bryan E. Chester and Shannon Chester to Christopher Keith Pullen and Aaron Michael Pullen, 127 S. Gill St., State College, $400,000.

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP

PATTON TOWNSHIP

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. to David H. Fischer, 725 Rattlesnake Pike, Bellefonte, $145,900.

Curtis J. Omiecinski to Curtis J. Omiecinski to Elizabeth M. Laurenzana, 179 Montauk Circle, State College, $1. Louise P. Bitler by agent to James E. Savage and Lori A. Savage, 2006 N. Oak Lane, State College, $168,300. Issac D. Gerg to Issac D. Gerg and Ryanne Nicole Anderson, 120 Forest Glen Circle, State College, $1. Kevin R. Miller to Vickey E. Miller and ZBD10 LLC, 206 Reeder Road, State College, $252,500. Paul M. Anderson and Deborah A. Anderson to Anthony C. Biviano and Garnett L. Biviano, 133 Bolton Ave., State College, $329,900.

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Barbra J. Snider and Carl Allen Beckwith to Carl Allen Beckwith, 10745 S. Eagle Valley Road, Port Matilda, $1.

UNION TOWNSHIP

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Diana D. Coder to Brandon Allen Reese and Kelly Erin Reese, 1110 Blue Spruce Drive, Bellefonte, $205,000. Abramson Family Limited Partnership to Daniel S. King and Ella S. King, 3149 Nittany Valley Drive, Bellefonte, $222,300. Robert L. Cain, Lisa K. Cain and Megan Cain to Ronald L. White, Krista H. White and Rhnae White, 112 Trophy Way, Bellefonte, $1. — Compiled by Lana Bernhard

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RUSH TOWNSHIP

Julie K. Fetterolf to Edward J. Wernert, 248 E. Main St., Millheim, $118,900. Beneficial Consumer Discount Company to David R. Gummo, 168 North St., State College, $40,700.

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3BR- Historical Dist, 2-Story Home Bellefonte

3 BEDROOMS (ONE VERY LARGE), 1 BATH, LARGE LIVING ROOM, LARGE DINING ROOM VERY LARGE KITCHEN, LARGE LAUNDRY ROOM ON FIRST FLOOR BASEMENT WITH 1/2 BATHROOM, SMALL YARD WITH PARKING ADJACENT TO HOUSE NEAR COURTHOUSE HISTORIC DISTRICT $875+UTILITIES ON THE CORNER OF EAST HIGH AND NORTH RIDGE

The Pointe. Building 20. One bedroom with bath, 2nd floor. 2 female roommates, not present most of the time. NEED LEASE TAKE-OVER ASAP. Many amenities included. (pool, volleyball, 24 hr gym, lounge, computers, game room) utilities included 610-506-4407

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INSURANCE INSPECTOR:

Independent contractor to perform & assist insurance underwriting surveys 814-571-0328 in Centre, Clinton & Blair County. MIB develops this information from OTTS AMILTON, NC. on-site inspections • Are you an experienced tax professional? of residential, Are you an experienced tax professional? • Are fora achange? change? commercial Areyou you looking looking for • Are move up? and agricultural Areyou you looking looking totomove up? • Are an independent taxteaming professional Are you an independent taxyou professional considering up with an established firm? properties. considering teaming up with an established firm? Commercial underwriting If your is yes to any of these questions, weyou. want to meet with you.survey If your answeranswer is yes to any of these questions, we want to meet with experience a plus. We are for for income tax withwell wellrounded rounded experience in personal Part time position. Welooking are looking income taxpreparers preparers with experience in personal and small business tax return preparation. A background accounting isA a major plus. QuickBooks experience would be helpful as Resume well. This to: and small business tax returninpreparation. background in accounting is a major position is considered to be full time be seasonal butas wewell. will also applicants who only want part time seasonal or a plus. QuickBooks experience would helpful Thisconsider position is considered m.wagner or weekend work. willconsider also consider a full time year-round applicant experience and to be few full evenings time seasonal but we willWe also applicants who only want part with appropriate @mibinc.com credentials. Aretime you seasonal an experienced tax professional? or a few evenings or weekend work. We will also consider a full time Are you looking forwith a change? year-round applicant appropriate experience and WEcredentials. OFFER Centre Crest is an E q u al Opportu nity E mployer ( M / F/ D / V )

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Special Services

TRUE HANDYMAN SERVICES No job too small!

Spring Cleanup, Lawns Dotts Hamilton, Inc is a rapidly growing tax and accounting practice Mowed, Mulch, General located in Bellefonte Borough. We are in search of highly motivated Landscaping, Electrical, DottsWE Hamilton, Inc is a rapidly growing tax and accounting practice located in Bellefonte Borough. We are in search OFFER self-starters who want to grow with us. of highly motivated self-starters who want to grow with us.

Carpentry, Plumbing, Power Washing, Driveway Sealing, Deck Stain & Painting.

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Or fax it to 814-355-7024 Or just call Ron Dotts or Debbie Hamilton at 814-355-4293 PA104644 Please e-mail your resume to ron@dottshamilton.com or debbie@dottshamilton.com Or fax it to 814-355-7024 Or just call Ron Dotts or Debbie Hamilton at 814-355-4293

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BRASS Chandelier, 6 lights, working cond., asking $25.00 Call (814) 574-6387 COFFEE Table with glass top, beautiful carved base, $100. Phone (814) 574-6387 HONEYWELL Air purifier, air filtration system, works, Asking $20. Call (814) 574-6387

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Sports Equipment For Sale

EXERCISE Bike, digital sears model. Nice condition $80. Call (814) 355-2739

109 The Pointe Bedroom w/Bath - Need Lease Takeover

Household Goods

Miscellaneous For Sale

24 FT WERNER Heavy duty extension ladder, new rope, $125. (814) 237-3298

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Miscellaneous For Sale

BENCH Rest eliminates recoil at range, holds 4 bags of shot or sand, adjustable. $80.00 Call (814) 486-3262 BLOOD pressure monitor, automatic cuff type & digital memory. $30.00 Call (814) 486-3262 HEAVY duty window fan. (must be anchored) $10.00 (814) 486-3262 LARGE Box of wooden picture frames. $30. Call (814) 238-4469

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

PLOW Light, 1 pair with turn signals, Wagner Halogen, excellent condition, asking $90. (814) 422-8720f SIMPLICITY Slow Blower, Excellent condition, 11 HP, 28” clearing width. AC electric starter, manual included. $995. (814) 238-1982 leave message.

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ATV For Sale

4 WHEELER 90 CC Baja motorsport. Electric start. 2007 semi automatic, 4 speed, excellent condition, runs well, garage kept. Asking $600. Call (814) 422-8720 4 WHEELER 90 CC Baja motorsport. Electric start. 2007 semi automatic, 4 speed, excellent condition, runs well, garage kept. Asking $600. Call (814) 422-8720

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Miscellaneous Transportation

JOHN DEERE Snow blower. 38” width model LT. Good Condition. Asking $350. Call (814) 422-8720

FOR I M M E D I A TE SA LE Land and B uilding, zoned commercial, Auto Dealer location with lot for 50 cars, sq ft office newly remodeled, public sewer & water. eady to go Move in ondition Rt. 220 in Wingate across from B EASD Sheet formerly abco Auto Sales Call John Jabco 8 1 for 4 - 2 details 8 0 - 2 8 and 4 7 information: 814-280-2847 (Cell) or 814-548-7050 (Business) all for details and information

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Third Shift Machinist 2 Sound Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of Analogic Corp, and a leading manufacturer of high-quality medical ultrasound transducers, has openings in our Machine Shop at our state-of-the-art facility in State College, PA for a Machinist 2. Responsibilities will include planning, layout, set up and operating manual and computerized machine shop equipment to produce machine parts for production. The ideal candidate will possess a general knowledge of machine shop equipment and practices and the ability to use the tools required to complete machine shop jobs. A minimum of 2 years experience in a machine shop environment is required. This is a third shift position. We offer a competitive salary, outstanding benefits and a flexible, small-company work environment. In return, we are looking for hard-working, flexible and positive-minded individuals who thrive in a competitive environment. STI Is an ISO 13485-certified. If you are interested in applying for either of these positions and want to be part of our efforts to improve the practice of medicine worldwide, please reply with a cover letter, including salary requirements, along with a current resume, to:

Human Resources Sound Technology, Inc. 401 Science Park Road State College, PA 16803 You may also email your resume to hr@sti-ultrasound.com or fax it to Human Resources at (814)234-5033. Sound Technology does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, minority status, age, disability or veteran status.

Demand Planner First Quality Enterprises, Inc. (FQE), founded in 1988, is a global multi-billion dollar privately held company with over 4,200 employees. Its corporate offices are located in Great Neck, New York, with manufacturing facilities and offices in Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, Canada, and China. FQE is a diversified family of companies manufacturing consumer products ranging from Absorbent Hygiene (adult incontinence, feminine care, and baby care), Tissue (bath and towel), and Industrial (non-woven fabrics, print and packaging materials, thermoformed plastics), serving institutional and retail markets throughout the world. FQE focuses on private label and branded product lines. Our core business philosophy is built on a proud culture driven by safety and quality, respect, humility, integrity, customer focus, and teamwork. With leading edge manufacturing technologies and processes and visionary leadership, FQE is positioned to continue significant growth in the coming years. We are seeking an experienced Demand Planner for our First Quality Consumer Products facility located in North Central PA (McElhattan, near the campus of Penn State University). This position will be responsible for the development, maintenance and communication of the demand plan for a diversified portfolio of First Quality customers and products. This person will create the demand plan by incorporating a variety of business intelligence sources such as statistical models, POS information and sales/marketing insights. This position acts as the commercial team’s voice to the manufacturing side of the business and has a tremendous impact on overall business performance. Primary responsibilities include: • Develop and maintain the demand plan at the SKU and customer level. • Review historical trends, maintain statistical models and account of various demand drivers that impact demand plan results. • Work with sales, marketing and customer service to better understand and interpret market factors that will impact the demand plan. • Be proficient at using SAP-APO as the primary forecasting and demand planning tool. • Provide inputs and insights to production planning as part of the organization’s manufacturing plan, inventory strategy and new product introductions. • Develop and maintain phase-in/phase-out profiles in SAP, in support of product transitions and new product introductions. • Develop and maintain KPI reporting that tracks the accuracy of the demand plan and drives improvements in plan performance. • Facilitate effective communication between the manufacturing and commercial sides of the organization. • Schedules and lead meetings with both production and customer service to review schedules and determine priorities as needed. • Support S&OP by supplying multi-year time horizon demand plans, risk and opportunity insights and key metrics needed to support the success of the program. The ideal candidate should possess the following skills: • Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Operations/Supply Chain Management or related field, or a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience. • High analytic acuity. • Experience with ERP systems, preferably SAP. • Strong communication skills both written and verbal. • Ability to interact with all levels of the organization and customers. A demonstrated ability to develop strong working relationships. • Excellent computer skills particularly with Microsoft Excel.

Excellent compensation and benefit package! For immediate and confidential consideration, please visit our website at www.firstquality.com and click on the Careers Tab!

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

OCTOBER 20-26, 2016


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