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Penn State has filed a countersuit against former president Graham Spanier, claiming he breached his employment contract and fiduciary duties and misled the university about the extent of his knowledge of the child sexual abuse investigation of Jerry Sandusky. /Page 4
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Slab Cabin Run gets funding boost Municipalities, authority OK $1.16M for conservation initiative By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
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KATIE NURMI, who was once homeless herself, is a volunteer and works part-time as assistant site manager for the Out of the Cold shelter program. Here, she is at the shelter at the State College Presbyterian Church.
Shelter thrives on ‘a lotta love’ By MARK BRACKENBURY
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STATE COLLEGE — Katie Nurmi knows what it’s like to be homeless. As a graduate student, Nurmi said she traveled to France for a teaching fellowship, but had not found a place to stay in advance. For six weeks, she was homeless. “It was rough,” she said, noting that she stayed outside, crashed in people’s apartments and for a while lived in an unheated and unfurnished apartment. Now she volunteers and works part-time as
assistant site manager with Out of the Cold, a coalition of 14 Centre County faith congregations that take turns hosting a homeless shelter from mid-October through April. Thirteen of the congregations open their doors to help house and feed the county’s homeless overnight on two-week rotations, with a 14th church lending people to support the effort. Maintaining the program involves “a lotta love,” Nurmi said. “I stay with it basically because it’s the right thing to do.” Shelter, Page 6
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — Several pieces of a conservation puzzle are now in place as ClearWater Conservancy gathered up municipal funding to not only protect one of Centre County’s most picturesque views, but also protect a crucial water source for the greater State College area. Four municipalities and the State College Borough Water Authority ponied up $1.16 million in contributions over the past week to assist with the $2.75 million project, which would effectively preserve the developmental rights on the Meyer Dairy property along South Atherton Street in College Township, allow the Meyer family to purchase the neighboring Everhart farm and protect a valuable drinking water source in the neighboring Harter-Thomas Wellfields, which provides the greater State College area with most of its drinking water. “Our goal was to raise $1.2 million from the municipalities and we’re going to do that,” said Deb Nardone, executive director of ClearWater Conservancy. She noted that College Township committed $125,000, Ferguson Township $150,000 and Harris Township $20,000. In addition, the State College Borough Water Authority committed $750,000 to the project,
and added an additional $50,000 as a challenge to other municipalities that commit more. She said State College Borough was asked to commit $100,000 to the project, but at a meeting Dec. 19 pledged $110,000, thus drawing an additional $10,000 from the SCBWA. “The commitment by the local municipalities for the Slab Cabin Run Initiative shows how important they feel protecting local water sources is,” said Nardone, noting the name of the project was given because of Slab Cabin Run, which flows through both the Meyer and Everhart properties. Nardone said funding from Patton, Benner and Halfmoon townships is pending; however, she believes these municipalities will commit the requested funds. Despite the commitment by the municipal organizations, Nardone said only about half of the necessary funds have been raised. “We’re still in need of about $865,000,” said Nardone. She said the group has raised a little more than $100,000 in private funds, but noted more fundraising is necessary. “We know there are people and companies in the local community that realize the importance of protecting local drinking water,” said Nardone. Slab Cabin Run, Page 8
Act of kindness inspires nationwide effort
15 years after first Jared Box in State College, project helping children across country By MARK BRACKENBURY editor@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — For Cindy Kolarik, joy means that “every day I get to see the kindness of people trying to do the right thing.” Kolarik is director of the Jared Box Project, which started in State College in 2001 as a “one time thing” to deliver small gift boxes of toys and other fun items to children at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville. Fifteen years later the project is in all 50 states, and more than 250,000 Jared Boxes — likely far more — have been delivered to children at hospitals across the nation. Police Blotter .................... 2 Opinion ............................ 9
“It’s just incredible how far and wide it is,” Kolarik said. All that thanks to the inspiration provided by a young Our Lady of Victory School pupil, the dedication of volunteers and the power of a web site and social media. Jared McMullen, a boy with an “outgoing, fun-loving personality,” was diagnosed with an incurable brainstem tumor at age 5 in 1999. Jared brought backpacks of toys and games to his appointments at Geisinger, shared them with other children and invited them to play games. Jared died in November 2000, but not before inspiring those who knew him. Jared Box, Page 3
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YOUTHS IN THE Our Lady of Victory religious education program recently made 108 Jared Boxes for the children at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Jared Boxes are filled with games, toys and activities for children in hospitals.
Community .................... 14 Holiday Greetings .......... 19
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Front and Centre TRANSITION MODE: The State College High School girls’ basketball team is in a state of transition in 2016-17, but new head coach Chris Leazier is optimistic about this season on the hardwood. Page 23
STUFFED STOCKINGS: Some American troops overseas will receive fully stuffed stockings this holiday season thanks to the students at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy in Boalsburg. Page 12 GINGERBREAD VILLAGE: Dec. 19 was a busy building day for students at Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School. Students worked in groups all day to decorate gingerbread houses to form a confectionary village. Page 17
LIBRARIES EXHIBIT: The Penn State University Libraries’ exhibit “100 Years of Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” is on display in the Diversity Studies Room of Central Pattee Library. Page 34
CORRECTIONS A column Dec. 15, “Advice on winning the holiday weight battle,” misspelled the last name of Dr. Laura Newhouser of Geisinger Gray’s Woods. A story Dec. 8, “Schreyer athletes face special challenges,” incorrectly reported the number of varsity athletes enrolled in Schreyer Honors College. There are two or three dozen.
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Authorities reported someone cut a hole in a metal fence at the edge of a state Fish and Boat Commission property near the Rock Road entrance in Benner Township between Nov. 15 and Dec. 15. Police believe those responsible entered the property for purposes of hunting. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Police reported the arrest of 25-year-old Joshua McCool, who was allegedly found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia at 8:14 p.m. Nov. 23 at the intersection of East Main and Pine streets in Millheim Borough. ❑❑❑ Police reported a 28-year-old man and a 25-year-old woman were charged with harassment following a domestic dispute on Jacksonville Road, Marion Township, at 8:28 a.m. Dec. 6. ❑❑❑ A SCI Rockview inmate was found to be in possession of suspected suboxone following a cell search at 9:55 a.m. Dec. 9. ❑❑❑ No injuries were reported in a singlevehicle crash that occurred at 12:38 p.m. Dec. 11 along Interstate 80 in Snow Shoe Township. Police said Kevin Steinman, of Sylvania, was westbound when a deer ran onto the roadway. Steinman was unable to avoid the deer and struck it with his 2016 Chevrolet Colorado, causing heavy frontend damage. ❑❑❑ Police were called to Interstate 99 in College Township at 8:08 a.m. Dec. 12 to investigate a single-vehicle crash. Police said Miranda Tressler, of DuBois, was southbound and negotiating a right curve when she lost control of her 2009 Honda Civic. The vehicle struck the cement barrier on the west side of the road and came to rest on the west shoulder. Police said she was cited for not driving at a safe speed. ❑❑❑ A Howard man reported to police someone stole 16 collector baseball cards and a wedding band set from his Walnut Street, Howard Borough, residence between midnight and 8:30 a.m. Dec. 12. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ No injuries were reported in a single-
STATE POLICE AT PHILIPSBURG Police received a report of a deceased woman at a residence along Elderberry Lane in Huston Township at 9:16 a.m. Nov. 17. Police said the woman died of natural causes. ❑❑❑ A 46-year-old Port Matilda man reported his Social Security number and bank account were compromised between Nov. 12 and Dec. 12. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Police reported a 26-year-old man was found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia at Centre and Railroad streets in Rush Township at 2:10 a.m. Dec. 7. ❑❑❑ Police reported a 53-year-old Philipsburg man and a 38-year-old Philipsburg woman were cited for harassment following a physical domestic disturbance that occurred at a Water Street, Philipsburg Borough, residence at 5:50 a.m. Dec. 10. ❑❑❑ Norman Bell Jr., 32, of Osceola Mills, was cited for retail theft after police said he stole a pack of cigarette tubes from Puff Super Value on Front Street, Philipsburg, at 4 p.m. Dec. 16. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster
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Boalsburg Cub Scouts make 25 Jared Boxes By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — Members of Boalsburg Cub Scout Pack 380 assembled Jared Boxes during the pack’s Dec. 12 meeting held at Mount Nittany Middle School. Cubmaster Marvin Sanders led 19 Cubs through the process of filling the boxes, which were marked by age and gender for recipients from infants to teenagers. Each Scout filled his box with 10 items, including a hand-written greeting card. Special guest for the evening was Cindy Kolarik, director of the Jared Box Program. Kolarik addressed the boys, reading several thank-you notes from grateful parents of local children who had received Jared Boxes in hospitals. “The box made the scary situation a lot easier to handle,” read one of the notes. “I brought a couple of those (notes) so you guys get the feel for
how much your boxes are appreciated,” Kolarik said to the Cubs. “Toys in a box maybe doesn’t seem like that big of a deal, but when you’re in a hospital, and you’re nervous and scared and so are your parents, for someone to give you this out of the blue, thinking and caring about you, is the ultimate random act of kindness.” Two of the Cub Scouts shared their experiences of being admitted to Mount Nittany Medical Center and receiving Jared Boxes. “This community has done an outstanding job of keeping Mount Nittany supplied, and you should be very proud of that,” said Kolarik. She thanked Pack 380 for their longtime participation in the program. “I think you guys should be very proud to be a part of keeping this project going,” she said. “Never underestimate the little kind acts you do,” she told the Cubs. “They really do make a huge difference.”
Jared Box, from page 1 “He loved to play Old Maid and Uno and he had a contagious laugh,” Kolarik said. “What always impressed me — he was looking for other kids who looked sad” to try to lift their spirits. “When he passed away there was a sense that we needed to do something to honor him and to help the kids (at Our Lady of Victory) experiencing the loss of a friend,” she said. “We should try to do what he tried to do — lift other kids’ spirits in the hospital.”
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When the first Jared Boxes were delivered to Geisinger, Kolarik said she was “shocked” by the strong response. “It seemed like a simple idea but no one was really doing it.” A newspaper article about the effort prompted calls from other groups such as Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts that wanted to get involved. Volunteers developed brochures and labels for the boxes, and the project continued to grow largely via word of mouth and additional news coverage. But the development of a website, www.thejaredbox. com, a few years later took the project nationwide. The website, Kolarik said, is essentially a “one stop shop” where people can learn about the project, print labels, get lists of recommended toys and find a directory of hospitals in all states. Facebook (The Jared Box Project) is also a key outreach tool, she said. “I’m on there every day.” Volunteers have reported delivering more than 250,000 Jared Boxes, but Kolarik said it’s likely “so much more than that” because people can go to the website and may never contact the organization. The effort received a boost recently when the national service organization Alpha Phi Omega and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars both chose it as a service project. Kolarik said she has also been working to link the Cleveland Clinic with service groups interested in delivering Jared Boxes. “They had gotten some in the past and wanted to know how to get more,” she said.
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Locally, Kolarik said she works with groups to keep
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Mount Nittany Medical Center supplied with Jared Boxes all year. And students at Our Lady of Victory School, who started it all 15 years ago, still make about 200 Jared Boxes a year for Geisinger. Representatives from the Janet Weis Children’s Hospital (Geisinger) in Danville come to the school and pick up the boxes, Kolarik said. Now the religious education program of the church is involved as well, recently making 108 Jared Boxes filled with games, toys and activities given to Mount Nittany Medical Center. They were to be delivered to children in the emergency room, cancer care center, patient rooms the outpatient surgical center and to Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Kolarik said. Meredith Thompson, director of volunteer resources, Mount Nittany Health, said that Mount Nittany Medical Center annually receives 400 to 500 Jared Boxes. “Our young patients find these boxes to be a wonderful and fun distraction during a hospital visit,” Thompson said. “We also use these boxes for any children that may be here waiting during a loved one’s surgery or hospital stay.” She added, “Often a child will receive a Jared Box during a visit to the medical center and will, in turn, pay it forward by making boxes of their own. It’s their special way to keep spreading the goodness that comes from such a kind gesture.” Recently, Jennifer Chapman, the mother of a Jared Box recipient at Mount Nittany, shared her appreciation on Facebook: “A special thank you to the Jared Box Project! My daughter had tubes put in both ears this morning. She was scared and was starting to get upset as we undressed her and put on her special panda ‘dress,’ but she calmed down right away as she played with all the toys that were inside her Jared Box. I have followed your Facebook page for awhile as my nieces have received boxes before, but also because my Alma mater is Our Lady of Victory School and my daughter and I attend OLV church weekly. Thank you again for all the volunteers and their generosity!” The Penn State Lady Lions basketball team joins the effort Saturday, Feb. 11, as fans are encouraged to bring a toy to the home game against Purdue. Tickets can be purchased at a discount by visiting www.gopsusports.com/ jaredbox and using the promo code JAREDBOX.
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Penn State files countersuit against Spanier By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has filed a countersuit against former president Graham Spanier, claiming he breached his employment contract and fiduciary duties and misled the university about the extent of his knowledge about the child sexual abuse investigation of Jerry Sandusky. The university made the filing Dec. 19, along with its response to Spanier’s amended complaint in his own breach of contract suit against Penn State. The university wants back the money and benefits it has paid Spanier since a 2011 separation agreement, as well as legal fees and interest. Spanier was forced out as president in November 2011 following the charges against Sandusky and against former administrators Gary Schultz and Tim Curley for their alleged handling and testimony about the 2001 incident reported by former football assistant Mike McQueary of seeing Sandusky with a boy in a locker room shower. Sandusky was convicted on 45 counts of child sexual abuse and is serving a 30- to 60-year sentence. He is currently appealing. McQueary has been awarded more than $12 million in his lawsuit against Penn State for its treatment of him after he was revealed as the witness in the 2001 incident.
Lebanon County Judge Robert Eby, who is specially presiding in the Spanier-Penn State case, tossed most of Spanier’s claims against Penn State in October, but Spanier was allowed to file an amended complaint. Spanier claims Penn State violated a nondisparagement clause in his separation agreement, failed to reimburse him for legal fees and other expenses, and failed to provide administrative support once he moved to a faculty position. The separation agreement provided Spanier with 18 months’ salary, a $1.2 million retirement plan equivalency payment, a $700,000 payment during a one-year sabbatical, five years as a tenured faculty member at a salary of $600,000 a year and contributions to a retirement annuity. It also included the non-disparagement clause. “In connection with the negotiation of the separation agreement in November 2011, Dr. Spanier did not disclose the full state of his knowledge of allegations and investigations involving Sandusky, nor were those facts otherwise known to the university at that time,” Penn State’s filing stated. “To the contrary, Dr. Spanier used his knowledge of those matters to the university’s detriment and his own advantage in negotiating the terms of his separation.” Penn State attorneys pointed to emails discovered in 2012 during Louis Freeh’s university-commissioned investigation that indicated Spanier was aware of the
2001 incident, as well as a 1998 complaint about Sandusky that was investigated by police but which prosecutors declined to pursue. Spanier testified at the McQueary trial that he did not recall ever having seen an email about the 1998 complaint. He was copied at the end of a string of emails that said the matter had been resolved and Spanier said he was traveling overseas when the email was sent. The 2001 emails showed agreement among Spanier, Schultz and Curley to report the incident to leadership of Sandusky’s Second Mile charity and confront Sandusky, but not to take the matter to law enforcement or child welfare authorities. All three contend they were never told McQueary had witnessed anything sexual. Spanier was charged in 2012 and, along with Curley and Schultz, awaits trial on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and failure to report suspected child abuse. Felony charges of perjury, conspiracy and obstruction were quashed earlier this year. The university said Spanier breached his 2010 employment agreement which required that he “act with the utmost good faith, loyalty and devotion to the interests of the university and at all times and under all circumstances to disclose to Penn State all facts material to the university’s decision-making.” Spanier, the school said, was obliged before and during the negotiation of his
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PENN STATE claims in a lawsuit that former President Graham Spanier, breached his employment contract and fiduciary duties and misled the university about the extent of his knowledge about the child sexual abuse investigation of Jerry Sandusky. separation agreement to disclose everything he knew about the investigation into Sandusky. Penn State would not have entered into the agreement had it known that Spanier had not fully disclosed all he knew, the filing states. Spanier, Page 5
Conservation grants to fund ADA, park work By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
Some community conservation grant money is coming to Centre County. State Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte, recently announced Bellefonte Borough and Ferguson Township were recipients of the grants. Bellefonte was awarded $55,000 and Ferguson Township will re-
ceive $52,200. Both municipalities will use the funding to construct and improve accessibility in public areas for people with disabilities, as well as other update projects. Brown Township in Mifflin County was also awarded grant money for improvements related to the Americans with Disabilities Act. “I am always pleased to bring tax dollars
back to Centre and Mifflin counties,” said Benninghoff. “These projects will benefit all residents of the district by encouraging tourism and continuing to improve the quality of life in our communities.” The grants came through the Community Conservation Partnerships Program and are administered by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources. According to Ferguson Township manager Mark Kunkle, the $55,000 awarded to the community will be used for rehabilitation of the Louis E. Silvi Baseball Complex off Airport Road. “This money is, for the most part, going to be used for ADA improvement at the
fields,” said Kunkle. “Right now there is marginal ADA accessibility and this money will be used for improved access for disabled people, and there will be changes made to the concession area and the picnic area.” In addition, grant money will be used for the construction of an access drive, construction of sidewalks, landscaping, project signage and other related site improvements. “We’re happy we received this grant and it will definitely be put to good use,” Kunkle said. “The township has been pretty successful getting these kinds of grants Grants, Page 6
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SCASD elementary students give back for the holidays By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
STATE COLLEGE — Elementary school students of the State College Area School District have been busy this holiday season. Recently, students at Gray’s Woods Elementary School and Houserville Elementary School took time from their busy schedules to count money, pack food bags and even hold a charity auction, all with the thoughts of others on their minds. “I just really enjoy doing things for other people, especially people who really need it,” said Maverick Muchmore, a second-grader at Gray’s Woods Elementary, while taking a break from counting money that will be used for meat vouchers for less fortunate families in the Philipsburg area this holiday season. “I just hope I can do it again next year, too.” Maverick was one of several students of teacher Erin DiPerna who helped count money and pack collected food donations into bags for distribution through the Philipsburg Area Food Bank. “This is the third year we are doing this and I think it makes for a good lesson for these young minds,” said DiPerna, as she bounced to and from the money counting room and food packing room on Dec. 15. “The kids have a great time knowing they are helping someone out. It’s an important lesson to teach at a young age.” Claire Slocum was busy stuffing food
into paper bags. She struggled to fit in all the gravy, potatoes, stuffing and other holiday meal fixings. “Whoever is getting this bag is sure going to be happy,” she said. “It’s full to the top.” On Dec. 16, the money and food donations were delivered to Robin Knepp, director of the Philipsburg Food Bank. “Their (the students) efforts are going to make a huge difference,” said Knepp. “We have 50 or 60 families we need to get food to this year, and it’s a relief for us knowing they are taken care of and we don’t need to worry about it.” Knepp said she applauds the school district’s efforts to teach valuable lessons to the children at such an impressionable time in their lives. “This is something they are going to remember and carry through the rest of their lives,” said Knepp. Also Dec. 16, the halls at Houserville Elementary School were bustling with activity for the annual Arts and Craft Caring Fair. At this special event, nearly 50 fifthgrade students constructed crafts for the purpose of selling the items to raise money for charity. Lemont and Houserville students can “shop” for the perfect Christmas gifts amongst the crafts. Students who produced a non-perishable canned good earned space to sell at the market, and these food and non-perishable items were donated to the State College Food Bank for local distribution.
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GRAY’S WOODS Elementary School second-grader Zach Costlow sorts through some currency as he prepares donation envelopes for the Philipsburg Food Bank.
State College passes budget No tax increase in Ferguson Township budget for ninth year that holds line on taxes By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — State College Borough Council on Dec. 19 unanimously adopted the borough’s 2017 budget, which includes no real estate tax increase. Total expenditures in the budget after inter-fund transfers are $48,594,329. With no increase, the borough’s real estate tax rate remains 16.40 mills. The borough had raised the rate by 2 mills in the 2016 budget. Penalty and discount rates remain the same. Millage rates also stay unchanged for the ninth year for properties in the Downtown State College Improvement District. An estimated $331,571 will be generated from assessments of 386 properties within the district to support services provided by DSCID. Council also approved the University Area Joint Authority’s 3.7 percent increase in the sewer tapping fee for new lines. The borough’s portion of the fee remains unchanged. The total residential tapping fee, including the borough and UAJA portions, changes from $7,404 to $7,583. The general fund is balanced with recurring revenues of $27,627,810, an allocation of $331 from the unreserved fund balance and an allocation of $271,761 from insurance reserves against $27,628,141 in expenditures. The allocation from insurance reserves will smooth the borough’s health insurance premium increase for 2017. Health care costs for the borough are expected to rise 14.2 percent in 2017. The budget allocates $1.56 million for the borough’s share of the Centre Region Council of Government’s 2017 budget and $132,428 for the Centre Area Transportation Authority. Seventeen capital improvement projects totaling $6.4 million are funded in the 2017 budget, including $1.15 million for Spanier, from page 4 “At no time prior to entering the separation agreement did Dr. Spanier provide the university with the information described in the 2012 discovered emails or the full state of his knowledge about the 1998 and 2001 incidents,” university attorneys wrote. “Penn State would have terminated Dr. Spanier on different terms had it been aware of the information Dr. Spanier failed to disclose to it.” Because of his alleged breach of contractual and fiduciary duties and failure to disclose pertinent information, Penn State
street reconstruction and $1.9 million for Pugh Street Garage improvements. The borough’s budget performed well in 2016, with general fund revenue exceeding expenditures by about $3 million. Dwight Miller, financial services manager, said personnel expenses were down $565,106 from 2015. “The majority of that has to do with the vacancies we had in the police department and corresponding benefits related to those vacancies,” Miller said. “We saved a considerable amount in personnel costs, not because we wanted to but because of the vacancies and retirements in the police department.”
AFSCME CONTRACT
Council ratified a four-year collective bargaining agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees District Council 83, Local 1203, for public works union employees, effective Sunday, Jan. 1. The agreement includes 2.75 percent pay increases for 2017 and 2018 and 2.5 percent increases for 2019 and 2020.
SCASD ZONING
A public hearing was scheduled for Monday, Feb. 6, to review a proposed zoning amendment related to the State College Area School District’s plans to make renovations and additions at Corl Street Elementary and Radio Park Elementary, both of which are located in the borough and zoned R-2. The design teams for the school projects identified several challenges in the zoning ordinance to complete construction. The district is asking for amendments to address four issues: reducing the front yard setback from 40 to 30 feet, increasing building coverage from 20 to 30 percent, decreasing open space from 50 to 45 percent, and exempting the Radio Park property from the Flood Plain Conservation District.
said “it would be unjust and inequitable,” for Spanier to retain any of the benefits he has received under his 2010 employment agreement and 2011 separation agreement. Spanier’s lawyer Tom Clare told the Associated Press that the university countersuit is “a last-ditch effort by Penn State to escape liability for its multiple clear breaches” of contract. He added that it is “outrageous” that Penn State “would treat one of its longest-serving presidents this way, and we look forward to showing how ridiculous these claims are as the case progresses.”
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FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — Ferguson Township’s board of supervisors has voted unanimously to adopt the 2017 operating budget, which includes no tax increase for the ninth consecutive year. Total expenditures of government funds in the budget are about $17 million, with projected revenues at about $14 million. “Steady growth in the township has enabled a sufficient revenue stream. Combined with managing expenses wisely, (it) has allowed the township to maintain a healthy fund balance strengthening the financial stability of the township,” township manager Mark Kunkle said in the budget overview. The expenditure budget for all funds including pensions and trust funds is about $20 million and total revenues are projected at about $17.5 million. The difference will be covered by existing fund balances which are projected to have a year-end balance of about $20 million.
Among the capital projects budgeted for 2017 are the selection of an architect and design completion for a new public works building to be bid in 2018, streetscape improvements along West College Avenue from Corl Street to Buckhout Street at the Ferguson Township/State College line, and construction of turn lanes at the Valley Vista Drive/Bachman Lane intersection. The township has budgeted $80,000 for the purchase of 2 acres of land in anticipation of the need for a new fire station. Several parks improvement project also are on schedule for 2017, including completion of the master plan for Tudek Park, with installation of two basketball courts, completing sidewalk connections, paving the remainder of the parking lot and installing landscaping. They also include improvements for the Louis E. Silvi Baseball Complex. Other initiatives budgeted for 2017 include the implementation of a new police records management system, installation of a traffic signal monitoring system and projects to promote sustainability.
Man gets probation for dumping woman’s body on roadside By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com
BELLEFONTE — A Patton Township man was sentenced Dec. 20 to two years of probation and ordered to perform one day of community service for dumping a woman’s body on the side of a road in Ferguson Township after she died of a drug overdose. Robert Moir, 60, pleaded guilty in August to one count of abuse of a corpse, a second-degree misdemeanor. He was charged after the body of Corinne Pena, 35, of Philadelphia, was found on the side of Plainfield Road just after 3 a.m. Feb. 14. The Centre County Coroner’s office determined that Pena had died of a drug overdose. An investigation by Ferguson
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Township Police found that Pena had been staying with Moir in the days leading up to her death. Moir admitted to police that he discovered Pena had died in his bathroom. He wrapped her in a bed sheet, put her in the backseat of his car and drove her to Pine Grove Mills, where he placed her body in a location he hoped it would be found. A passerby spotted Pena’s body and notified police. He told police that he also wrote an anonymous letter the coroner’s office suggesting Pena’s identity, according to the Centre County District Attorney’s Office. Moir was ordered to pay the costs of prosecution, but did not receive any fines. He was sentenced by Centre County President Judge Thomas Kistler.
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
Pennepacker set to retire as State High AD By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
STATE COLLEGE — A familiar face in State College area athletic circles is hanging it up. Peggy Pennepacker, State College Area High School’s athletic director, announced recently that she would retire at the conclusion of the school year, effectively putting in six years as head of athletics in State College. “It just comes to a point in your career when you know it’s just time,” Pennepacker said. “And, it got to that point for me. I just know it’s time.” Pennepacker spent her entire 36-year career as an educator. She earned her bachelor’s degree in health and physical education from Lock Haven University and earned a master’s degree in sports and athletic administration from West Chester University. She also attended the University of Scranton during summers while substitute teaching to earn her principal’s certificate. “I just could never get enough education,” she said. “I enjoyed learning and
making myself a better professional.” She has come a long way since her days of substitute teaching, and it was those early days that shaped her athletic administration career. “My first real job was as a health and physical education teacher with Blue Mountain High School in Schuylkill County,” she said. “Back then, if you were a health and physical education teacher, you coached. That’s what you did. I was actually hired there as the swimming coach, and I loved it.” That initial foray into coaching spawned a love for teaching kids not only in the classroom, but also in the gymnasium, on the field and in the swimming pool. “I’ve had my hand in about everything as far as sports goes,” she said. “I’ve coached softball, basketball, volleyball, even some tennis. To be honest, there really isn’t a sport I haven’t had my hand in at some point in my career.” In 1999, Pennepacker left Blue Mountain High School to take a full-time athletic director position at a school near her hometown in Montgomery County. There, she spent five years before re-
Four county players named to football all-state team
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Four Centre County football players have been named to the Pennsylvania Football Writers All-State team. Three State College High football players, along with a player from Bald Eagle Area High, were honored. State High linebacker Pete Haffner, wide receiver Noah Woods and offensive lineman Will Swope were named to the Class 6A team. Shelter, from page 1 The shelter is currently housed at State College Presbyterian Church on Beaver Avenue, where it will be over Christmas. The shelter had been serving 14 to 18 people in recent days, said the Rev. Michael Ozaki, associate pastor of the church. “During Christmas, people generally have more family willing to take them in for a short period of time,” Ozaki said. He said, for guests who will be at the shelter on Christmas Day, the Out of the Cold board has been working with member congregations to provide gifts. In addition, the church hosts a free community dinner from 3 to 6 p.m. on Christmas, and shelter guests will be invited to that.
VOLUNTEERS MAKE DIFFERENCE
The Out of the Cold shelter effort thrives on the work of volunteers, a minimum of 20 for every congregation that hosts the shelter, said the Rev. Monica Ouellette, pastor of St. John’s United Church of Christ in Boalsburg. Ouellette was part of the committee that organized the effort in 2011, and now is president of Out of the Cold’s board of directors. The effort began with four congregations serving 27 guests, Ouellette said. Last year, the 14 participating congregations
To volunteer: Visit the Out of the Cold website, www.ootc3.org, or call Ouellette at (814) 466-7162. To donate: Send checks to OOTC3, in care of St. John’s United Church of Christ, Box 88, Boalsburg, PA, 16827.
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BEA defensive lineman Rilee Bechdel was named to the Class 4A team. Haffner, Woods and Swope helped lead the Little Lions to a 10-2 record and the MidPenn Conference championship. State High fell to Williamsport in the 6-A playoffs. BEA finished 3-7 on the season. Photos by Todd Judd
turning to Blue Mountain, where she was hired as assistant principal and athletic director. “I spent two more years there before leaving for Twin Valley High School in Berks County,” she said. “I was only there a year before I took PEGGY a job as an assistant PENNEPACKER principal and athletic director in Susquehanna Township in Harrisburg.” She said that was her final position before taking the job as athletic director in State College. “I knew I wanted to do athletics fulltime, so I applied here,” she said. “I knew when I was hired I was going to finish my career here. I’m forever thankful and grateful for the time I’ve spent here in State College.” Pennepacker said she hopes she made a difference in the past six years, even if the difference is small. “What we do in education is about peoGrants, from page 4 and we’re fortunate to get this one.” Kunkle said visitors to the park should not expect to see the improvements in place for the start of the diamond sport season. “We probably won’t get going on this until the fall,” he said. “The area has to be studied then the projects need to be designed to certain specifications. And, we’ll need to get all the approvals and permits necessary for the work. It will take some time to get through all that.” The upgrades will piggyback upgrades made at the park earlier this year. These improvements included new field lighting, expanded fencing to meet league baseball standards and the construction of a new warning track. Bellefonte Borough will receive $55,000 for the rehabilitation and further development of Talleyrand Park, said borough assistant manager Don Holderman. “I’m extremely excited we received this grant,” said Holderman. “With the pledges from the Talleyrand Park Committee, our borough and about $7,000 of in-kind money, as well as this grant money, we’re going to be able to tackle three very important projects in the park. It’s one of the most utilized parks in the area, and we want to preserve it the best we can. This is going to be a
ple,” she said. “Being able to work with the wonderful coaches and the student athletes was truly a pleasure. But what’s rewarding the most is watching these student athletes grow as people. I’ve been fortunate to see that happen throughout my entire career.” Greg Wilson, SCASD boys’ golf coach, said in an email to the Gazette that he was “very surprised to hear that she is stepping down. I had a great working relationship with Peg. I believe she always had the student/athlete’s best interest in mind when making decisions. She was very supportive and encouraging in my pursuit of a head coaching position. She was a great supporter of the golf program and I will miss working with her. I wish her well in whatever she decides to pursue.” Pennepacker said she will complete the school year, and upon retirement, continue to be involved in local athletics. “It’s something I’ll just never get away from fully,” she said. “I’ll be here to help the district transition in the new athletic director because this job isn’t easy. State College Area School District is an important place to me, and I’d want to see only the best come for it.” great help.” Holderman said a large portion of the funding will be used for erosion control and bank stabilization along Spring Creek. “Erosion is already affecting the stream’s banks and we want to get it under control,” Holderman said. “The timing of this couldn’t be better. By the time we get through all the paperwork and those kinds of things, the weather will be nice enough to do the work.” The grant will also cover the costs of dismantling the current pergola and the construction of a new one. “The pergola is a very important part of Talleyrand Park,” he said. “The current one is made of wood and deteriorating and we need to get rid of it. We’re looking to replace it with a wrought iron structure ... something that will have more longevity.” Other money will be directed to an ADA-compliant entrance walkway and ramp to gain entry to the park, landscaping, project signage and other related site improvements. The CCPP program provides financial and technical assistance to local governments, river and trail organizations, land trusts and other nonprofits for planning, acquisition and development of park, recreation conservation and greenway projects. The program is funded with state and federal dollars.
served 95 guests. Cots, blankets and supplies move from congregation to congregation. Volunteers receive 90 minutes of training based on a manual the organization developed on how to check in guests, shelter rules and dealing with issues that arise. Ozaki said that while many volunteers get involved because they want to be supportive of their church, “they stay involved because they realize that the assumptions they might have had about a lot of homeless people weren’t true. You can help create a community.”
GROWING CONCERN
The problem of homeless has grown through the years, Ouellette said, because of economic conditions and the price of housing in Centre County. Having a job and a car does not mean someone can afford a home. “Housing is expensive and a lot of jobs pay minimum wage,” she said. Between the two it can be “hard to live in the State College area.” Ozaki said the guests the shelter houses vary widely. Where there are some who come back regularly each year, many others “have landed on a rough time” and need a shelter until they can get back on their feet, he said. The shelter even sees some Penn State students who temporarily find themselves without a home, he said. Out of the Cold and the region’s other shelters, Housing Transitions, the Women’s Resource Center and the Youth Service Bureau, work together to coordinate space, Ouellette said. The Out of the Cold shelter is open seven nights a week from 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. During the day, some guests will go to
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THE STATE COLLEGE Presbyterian Church on Beaver Avenue is hosting the Out of the Cold shelter during Christmas week. Hearts for the Homeless on South Fraser Street, she said. Hearts for the Homeless provides supportive programs to homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless. Out of the Cold shelter guests get a hot meal prepared by volunteers, breakfast and something to take with them for lunch. Much of the food comes from the State College Food Bank, Ouellette said. Because the shelter rotates, transportation is important. The organization provides bus tokens and taxis to help guests reach the shelter. “The bill can be expensive,” Ouelette
said, noting that donations from the congregations and the community pay for that. Participating congregations are Calvary Church, Christian Church, Faith United Church of Christ, Good Shepherd Catholic Church, Grace Lutheran Church, St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, St. John’s United Church of Christ, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, State College Assembly of God, State College Presbyterian Church, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, Unity Church of Jesus Christ, University Baptist and Brethren Church and University Mennonite Church.
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
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Sheetz gets approval for Colonnade Boulevard store By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
PATTON TOWNSHIP — The State College area will soon welcome its seventh Sheetz store. On Dec. 14, the Patton Township board of supervisors unanimously gave the goahead to the multi-million dollar corporation to build a 5,953-square-foot building along Colonnade Boulevard, adjacent to the Cracker Barrel restaurant. The project was previously approved by the township’s planning commission. The project design includes five fueling pumps and 45 parking spaces, as well as sidewalks for pedestrian traffic. There will also be seating inside for 30 customers. “We know that the Colonnade at State College is a large destination in the Centre Region. The primary access is in the Waddle Road interchange,” said Brent Brubaker, Sheetz’s engineering and permits manager. “We feel that this location provides a convenient location for our current customers, as well as the potential to serve new customers.” Brubaker summed up concerns previously raised by the planning commission about the project.
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“There will be a lot of good maneuverability on this site,” he said. “And, there’s good pedestrian connections throughout the site. We put an emphasis on making this site very pedestrian- and trafficfriendly.” Traffic flow was the prime concern, as the area rated a “Level E” on Patton Township’s standardized scale to record traf-
fic data. For the project to meet township standards, the rating must score a “Level D.” Also, the project did not meet state Department of Transportation standards to install a traffic signal at the site. Brubaker said Sheetz has requested a waiver for the light and asked township supervisors to waive the traffic restraints. “We re-counted the traffic by Cracker Barrel ourselves and we feel a traffic signal there is warranted,” he said. “It will make traffic run much smoother.” The planning commission also heard from CATA, which suggested Sheetz install lighting at a nearby bus shelter; however, Brubaker said the shelter is located a distance from the store property and was confident there was no connecting conduit to the shelter. He said Sheetz would discuss other lighting possibilities with CATA and the planning commission to resolve the issue. Brubaker also discussed pump safety measures incorporated into the plans. He said a series of drains are installed at the service stations. “This will protect against any fuel spills or other kinds of spills,” he said. “And, it’s designed to drain away from the existing storm water drainage system.” Brubaker said all the necessary paperwork has been filed for the proper permitting and said construction is expected to begin Monday, March 27, with a grand opening tentatively scheduled for August. Meanwhile, work continues at the North Atherton Street location. Recently, the former Sheetz building was razed to make room for a new facility, which, according to Brubaker, should be open by April.
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THE CHAMBER of Business and Industry of Centre County presented its 2016 Impact Award to Dr. Joel N. Myers, founder, president and chairman of AccuWeather Inc. Pictured, from left, are Jennifer Myers, CBICC vice president of economic development; Mark Morath, president, Hospitality Asset Management Co.; Myers; and Vern Squier, CBICC president and CEO.
Businesses, leaders honored at CBICC awards By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com
BOALSBURG — Nearly 250 business and community leaders gathered Dec. 15 at Mountain View Country Club as the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County celebrated its 2016 Excellence in Business Awards. State College Borough manager Tom Fountaine was honored as the Centre County Economic Development Champion. “He’s proven to be a leader in the community,” CBICC president and CEO Vern Squier said in a video announcing the award. “(He is) a teammate and partner and works so well with others. We’re very excited to have Tom Fountaine acknowledged as the honoree this evening.” The night’s other award winners were: ■ Joel Myers, founder, president and
chairman of AccuWeather, received the Impact Award, which is “presented to a local company/individual that is a recognized leader in the business world making significant contributions within their field and positively affecting the local community and beyond,” according to CBICC. ■ Goodco Mechanical received the Small Business of the Year Award. ■ AccuWeather was named Technology Company of the Year. ■ West Arete was named Visionary Company of the Year. ■ DiamondBack Truck Covers was named Entrepreneur of the Year. ■ John Bonislawski, president and CEO of Homeland Manufacturing Services, was named Business Leader of the Year. ■ A. Christian Baum, co-founder of New Leaf, was named Young Professional of the Year.
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
County hires new administrator By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
BELLEFONTE — The county has added a new hire to its ranks. On Dec. 20, the Centre County board of commissioners introduced Margaret N. Gray as the new county administrator and chief clerk for Centre County government, effective Monday, Feb. 6. “I am honored to serve as Centre County’s next administrator,” Gray said. “Centre County has a rich and longstanding history of serving the citizens of Centre County across all 35 municipalities and I look forward to working with the commissioners, elected officials, staff and community to advance Centre County’s programs and services.” According to Commissioner Steven Dershem, Gray was chosen from a pool of about 30 candidates. “You’ve already done a lot of things we already do here,” Dershem said. “You bring a package that will be very valuable to the citizens of Centre County. We’re glad you are on board with us.” According to Chairman Commissioner Michael Pipe, Gray comes to Centre County government with an extensive background in public administration at the local and state levels, and most recently, served as Penn State University’s director of local government and community relations. Prior to relocating to Centre County, she served as an area director for the Massachusetts Department of Developmental Services and held state budgeting positions with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s superior court and the New Jersey State Governor’s Office of the Budget. She has held executive leadership positions with statewide trade associations, including the Managed Care Association of Pennsylvania and the Pennsylvania Association of Autism and Intellectual Disabilities. Her portfolio includes extensive experience as a state government relations director representing Fortune 500 companies and not-for-profit organizations before the Pennsylvania Gen-
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Denial of obesity a real health risk By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette There has never been a higher percentage of overweight Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But there has rarely been a lower percentage of Americans who actually believe they are overweight. The CDC found that 70.4 percent of Americans are overweight or obese. Those levels are determined by a person’s body mass index. A person who is 5 feet, 9 inches would be overweight at 170 pounds, which is a BMI of 25. Obesity is set at a BMI of 30, or 200 pounds for a person who is 5 feet, 9 inches. The CDC study is disturbing, but the truly puzzling numbers were supplied in a recent Gallup poll that revealed only 36 percent of Americans believe they are overweight. That is the lowest figure since 1990, with the exception of the 34 percent charted in 2012. By comparison, in 1990, 56 percent of citizens were overweight and 48 percent believed that they were. Yale University’s Nicholas Christakis, a physician and sociologist, told The Washington Post that as the nation grows more obese, Americans seem to be resetting their beliefs — and understanding — of what a healthy weight is. “As a person’s social contacts gain weight, it seems to change the person’s idea about what an acceptable body size is,” Christakis said. “This may result in him or herself gaining weight, or, even if it does not, it makes the person more accepting of other people’s weight gain.” The revised perception does nothing to alter the reality of the chronic and acute conditions linked to obesity, including heart disease, high blood pressure, diabetes and some cancers. The CDC projects that 1 in 3 Americans will have diabetes by 2050 if trends continue. No one wants to hear that he or she needs to lose a few pounds. But worse words would be: You have diabetes. Or: You have heart disease. If a person can’t look in the mirror and see that there is a problem, then the loving or helpful thing that a family member or doctor can do is point out what should be obvious.
We take pleasure in answering thus prominently the communication below, expressing at the same time our great gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of The Sun: Dear Editor— I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, “If you see it in The Sun, it’s so.” Please tell me the truth, is there a Santa Claus? Virginia O’Hanlon 115 West Ninety Fifth Street
Virginia, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are little. In this great universe of ours, man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect as compared with the boundless world
win is being a bad winner. In the athletic arena, we call it Sending hate mail or threatening being a good sport. It means enteremails to the members of the Elecing a competition with the idea that toral College (after someone made you may win — or you may lose. It their names and personal addresses means trying your hardest but being available) is not being a good winner gracious regardless of which side of or loser. the win or loss that you come out on I actually heard over the weekend in the end. about wedding plans that Being a good sport had to change after a young means accepting responsiwoman who agreed to be bility for your efforts and for a bridesmaid decided that the win or loss. It means not the bride’s politics were blaming the other team, or on the wrong side and she the rules, or the officiating, could not be “a party” to for your team or you indithat difference. vidually coming up short. It Get a grip people. means being gracious when I was flipping news you win. channels last week and It seems as if since the frankly could not believe election on Nov. 8, there are what I was hearing. From a lot of people in the United incredibly disrespectStates who have forgotten ful comments about the about being a good sport. President-elect to people I fully understand that a who seem to have lost their presidential election’s ram- Patty Kleban, memories about how they ifications for policy, people who writes for reacted when their “side” and for our collective fu- StateCollege.com, lost four or eight years ago, ture are greater than that is an instructor I was disheartened. of a sporting competition. at Penn State, There are so many However, our reactions to mother of three and a community counterattacks going on, our wins and losses in any volunteer. She is a I can’t keep track of them. situation show our charac- Penn State alumna Recounts. Electoral colter. who lives with her lege regulations and people There sure seems to be a family in Patton going against those regulalot of people out there who Township. Her tions. The conflicting inforhave forgotten not only views and opinions mation on how, when and how to be a good sport — a do not necessarily good loser — but who also reflect those of Penn if Russia was involved and who knew about it. Outrage have forgotten their man- State. at cabinet and administraners. There seems to be tive positions that has denigrated almost as many who have forgotten to the personal level. The election that just because your “team” won is rigged before anyone cast a vote. this time doesn’t mean that it will Now that side won and the other side happen next time. is now saying the election was rigged. Tearing down lamp posts after a
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nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world. You tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived could tear apart. Only faith, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, Virginia, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! He lives and lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay 10 times 10,000 years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood. “Is There a Santa Claus?” reprinted from the Sept. 21, 1897, edition of The New York Sun.
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The icing on the cake was a taped message from of a bunch of entertainers offering their opinions. Why we listen to entertainers never seems to make sense to me. We seem to be at war with our fellow Americans. I won. You lost. Your side won. My side lost. Finger pointing and accusations. If we saw this behavior on a youth sports field, most of us would be looking for a time-out chair and doling out consequences for rude and unsportsmanlike behavior. Sadly, many of the people who seem to be having the hardest time with the election results have likely witnessed the unsportsmanlike conduct of coaches, parents and other adults and have “learned” how to act when they lose. They have learned to act with disrespect and disregard for others. On the other side, I watched a few of the televised “Thank You Tour” speeches given by our presidentelect. The idea of going to the people to thank them for their support, on paper, seemed like a good one. Rubbing the wins in the faces of those who lost doesn’t seem like it’s doing much to move us forward. Auditoriums full of sore winners aren’t helping much either. We’ve all been on the side of winning and it feels great. We know the frustration and disappointment that losing brings and it’s uncomfortable. When the stakes are high, those feelings become more intense and more exaggerated. As we process the election, let’s remember our manners. And, let’s remember no one likes a sore loser — or a sore winner.
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about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus! It would be as dreary as if there were no Virginias. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The external light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished. Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies. You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if you did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children
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DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
HEALTH & WELLNESS
Study offers insight on causes of overeating By MARJORIE S. MILLER Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Viewing large portions of highcalorie food activates reward and sensory processing areas in children’s brains, according to a Penn State study. Using functional magnetic resonance imaging to examine children’s brains, researchers in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State reported for the first time that calorie content and portion size activate different brain regions in children. While high-calorie foods, such as chocolate candies and pizza, activated an assortment of brain regions involved with taste and sensory processing, food portion size — independent of calorie content — activated brain regions involved with attention and self-control. These findings are significant because they add to a growing platform of research that aims to further understand and predict future eating behavior and potential causes of overeating by investigating brain responsiveness to food cues. “Our original motivation for this work was to understand why people overeat when given large portions of food,” said senior author Kathleen L. Keller, Mark T. Greenberg Early Career Professor for Children’s Health and Development. “Our results confirmed previous findings that food calorie content activates brain regions involved with taste, reward and sensory processing. Additionally, for the first time, we show that food portion size activates brain regions implicated in self-control.” Previously, researchers had looked at select parts of these children’s brains. “There had been a lack of research regarding what happens in the brain when viewing different sized portions of food,” said the study’s lead author, Laural English, a doctoral student in Keller’s lab. “We previously tested a limited number of defined brain regions implicated in reward processing and decision making from this same group of children. However, we realized that there may be other brain regions that respond to food portion size and calorie content not previously tested in this previous approach. This study used a whole-brain approach to address that gap in knowledge.” The researchers published their results in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in November. High-energy-dense foods have more calories per bite, and may be higher in sugar and fat. Low-energy-dense foods have fewer calories per bite, and are diluted by water and fiber, such as fruits and vegetables.
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THE FINDINGS of a study by Penn State researchers are significant because they add to a growing platform of research that aims to further understand and predict future eating behavior and potential causes of overeating by investigating brain responsiveness to food cues. Subjects included 36 children of healthy weights who viewed food images differing in portion size and calorie density. Children were ages 7 to 10; half were girls and half boys. They were tested after a two-hour fast. Researchers took added steps to ensure the comfort among children during the fMRI scan, such as performing the “wiggle dance” prior to entering the scanner to help keep the children calm and still. A total of 180 images of foods varying by portion size and calorie density were created and presented for this study. High-energy-dense foods were presented along with low-energy-dense foods. All foods were shown in large portion and small portion sizes. As a control, participants also viewed non-food images, such as furniture. Although the results of this study did not demonstrate a correlation between brain activity and actual eating behavior, the researchers said they do show connections between brain regions and certain appetite traits that are associated with the development of obesity.
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English and Keller worked with co-authors S. Nicole Fearnbach, Barbara Rolls and Jennifer S. Savage in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State; Stephen J. Wilson in the Department of Psychology at Penn State; and Jennifer O. Fisher in the Department of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Temple University. “Further investigation is needed,” English and Keller said. “But these findings may help researchers develop improved strategies to help some children moderate their intake when presented with ‘supersize’ portions.” This study was supported by the Penn State Social Sciences Research Institute, National Center of Research Resources and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. The doctoral training of the first author was supported by the United States Department of Agriculture Childhood Obesity Prevention Training. Imaging was conducted at the Penn State Social, Life, and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center 3T MRI Facility.
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Oxygen can wake up dormant bacteria for antibiotic attacks By A’NDREA ELYSE MESSER Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Bacterial resistance does not come just through adaptation to antibiotics; sometimes, the bacteria simply go to sleep. An international team of researchers is looking at compounds that attack bacteria’s ability to go dormant and have found the first oxygen-sensitive toxin antitoxin system. “Antibiotics can only kill bacteria when they are actively growing and dividing,” said Thomas K. Wood, professor of chemical engineering and holder of the Biotechnology Endowed Chair, Penn State. “But, environmental stress factors often turn on a bacterial mechanism that creates a toxin that makes the cell dormant and therefore antibiotic resistant.” Bacteria that form biofilms are often difficult to kill. They can react to environmental signals and produce a toxin that makes the cells go dormant. Antibiotics cannot target dormant cells. One type of bacterium that does this lives in the gastrointestinal track. Bile, secreted by the liver and stored in the gall bladder, when released into the GI track can kill bacteria. In the presence of bile, these bacteria produce a protein that is a self-toxin and the bacteria go dormant. When the bile is gone, the bacteria produce another protein that destroys the inhibitor protein and the bacteria come alive. These toxin antitoxin systems are inherent in bacteria and serve to protect them against a variety of external, environmental insults. Wood and his colleagues characterized the first toxin antitoxin system in a biofilm. They reported in Nature Communications that this system also is the first known to be oxygen-dependent. The characterization was done at the molecular and atomic level by researchers at the Biomolecular NMR Laboratory at the University of Barcelona, Spain. They found that the E. coli antitoxin’s structure had channels that are just large enough for oxygen to pass through. The toxin in this system is Hha and the antitoxin is TomB. However, unlike other toxin antitoxin pairs where the toxin makes the cell dormant and the antitoxin inactivates the toxin by binding, this system needs oxygen in the presence of the antitoxin to oxidize the toxin and wake up the bacteria. “If we understand the toxin antitoxin systems at a molecular or atomic level, we can make better antimicrobials,” said Wood. “I would argue that the toxin antitoxin systems are fundamental to the physiology of all bacteria. We hope this will give us insight into how they survive the antibiotics.” Free-swimming bacteria are usually easily targeted by antibodies or antibiotics, but bacteria that form biofilms are harder to kill. In tuberculosis, the bacteria have as many as 88 different toxin options to
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AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM of researchers is looking at compounds that attack bacteria’s ability to go dormant. react to environmental stresses. According to Wood, this is one of the reasons that TB patients need to stay on antibiotics for months or years to clear the body of all the bacteria. Biofilms are involved in 80 percent of human infections and are one of the strongest contributors to the pressing antibiotic resistance problem. The researchers found that 10 percent oxygen is sufficient to wake up the bacteria, but in a biofilm, the problem becomes accessibility. The bacteria on the edges of the film can be easily exposed to oxygen, but those further inside the film might not come into contact with the oxygen. The channels that form in the E. coli biofilm allow the oxygen to penetrate into the biofilm, awaken the bacteria, break up the biofilm and disperse it. The researchers suggest that this type of toxin, one that is oxygen-dependent, could become the target for antibacterial treatments to inhibit the formation of biofilms. Also working on this project at Penn State were W.C. Soo, postdoctoral fellow, and Thammajun L. Wood, research associate in chemical engineering. Other researchers scientists at the Biomolecular NMR Laboratory, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry Department, University of Barcelona; the Swedish NMR Centre, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg; and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Barcelona. The Army Research Laboratory, Spanish MINECO, EC FP7 BioNMR project supported this work.
WINNERS OF this year’s Mount Nittany Medical Center staff awards are, top row, from left, Tracy Graham and Stephen Tingley and, bottom row, from left, David Johnson, Susan Chase and Nathaniel Pozniak.
Mount Nittany Medical Center presents staff awards STATE COLLEGE — The medical staff of Mount Nittany Medical Center recognized a number of staff members Dec. 14 with the seventh annual presentation of the Patient C.A.R.E. Awards and the Allied Healthcare Professional Excellence Award. Patient C.A.R.E. Awards were presented to: ■ Nurse Tracy Graham, third floor medical/surgical, clinical award ■ Dr. Stephen Tingley, chief medical
information officer, information services, administration award ■ Dr. David Johnson, oncology pharmacy services coordinator, pharmacy, research award ■ Nurse Susan Chase, women’s and children’s services, education award ■ Physician assistant Nathaniel Pozniak, of Martin & Suhey Orthopedics, was presented the Allied Healthcare Professional Excellence Award.
Lab receives accreditation STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Medical Center’s echocardiography lab has been granted a three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission, according to a press release. Accreditation by the IAC means that Mount Nittany Medical Center has undergone a thorough review of its operational and technical components. The IAC accreditation is a “seal of approval” granted only to those facilities that are found to be providing quality patient care, in compliance with national standards, through a comprehensive application process including detailed case study review. Early detection of life-threatening cardiovascular diseases and conditions is possible through the use of echocardiography procedures performed within hos-
pitals, outpatient centers and physicians’ offices. While these tests are helpful, there are many facets that contribute to an accurate diagnosis based on echocardiography testing. Sonographers certified by the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography administer echocardiography and stress tests using ultrasound equipment in a fully digital lab for clear, immediate results. IAC accreditation is widely respected within the medical community, as illustrated by the support of the national medical societies related to echocardiography, which include physicians and sonographers. Echocardiography accreditation is required in some states and regions by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and by some private insurers.
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St. Joseph’s students fill stockings for troops Special to the Gazette BOALSBURG — Students at St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy recently filled 148 stockings to be sent to American troops overseas. The school’s Service Club coordinated the effort. According to Shelly Mato, a teacher at St. Joe’s who is the faculty adviser for the Service Club, every student at the school participated in the project in some manner. “Students brought in donations and then more than 60 students helped stuff the stockings. All of the Service Club, plus the Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Robotics Club, stuffed the stockings,” Mato said in a press release. The Stockings for the Troops effort was part of a larger project organized by Military Family Ministries. Sophomore Anna Aiello was the student in charge of the enterprise. “It made me feel complete because I did a good deed,” Aiello said. “Who doesn’t want to receive a stocking filled with goodies?” Junior Matt Bonislawski’s family donated several large boxes for the service
project. In addition, many teachers at the school contributed the funds necessary to ship the stockings; the total cost was around $400. The stockings were filled with various items, from candy to toothpaste to playing cards. Junior Leo Bomboy was one of the students who helped fill them. “By giving gifts to our troops without asking anything in return,” Bomboy said, “it really does exemplify the spirit of Christmas.” According to Mato, Stockings for the Troops is an example of St. Joe’s focus on service. “Having a club dedicated to that makes a lot of sense,” she said. “We use our gifts to serve others and, through that service, live lives informed by faith.” The stockings activity is just one of many service projects this academic year at St. Joe’s. Students also decorated a tree that will be given to a needy family and organized a coat drive. There’s also an ongoing effort to help dig a well in Africa as part of the Thirst Project. “We are not only showing our commitment to our community,” Mato said, “but to our world as well.”
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STUDENTS AT St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy prepare to fill stockings to be sent to U.S. military members. Pictured, from left, are Jordan Dawson, Amanda Mohamed, Veronica Emigh, Anna Henderson and Shannon Saclyn.
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SCASD joins with mothers’ group to offer Preschool Fair STATE COLLEGE — The State College Area School District and Mothers and More of State College, a support organization for mothers, once again are sponsoring the annual Preschool Fair, an opportunity for parents to explore preschool options. The free fair will take place from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 7, at Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive. Last year, representatives from more than 20 local preschools answered questions from families considering the first step in their children’s formal education. “The Preschool Fair is an excellent opportunity for receiving valuable information regarding the many different preschool choices in the area,” co-organizer Nicola Rusca said. “It can be overwhelming to decide on the various options. This fair offers one-stop shopping, to meet representatives from preschools providing play- or faith-based learning, full- or part-time hours, to suit each child and family’s different needs.” District representatives also will be on hand to explain kindergarten registration. Soccer Shots, The Makery, Bricks 4 Kidz, Musikgarten and other groups will offer activities and demonstrations for children.
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STUDENTS FROM various programs at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology worked on their résumés during a “senior workshop.” The workshops also help students prepare cover and thank-you letters, requests for recommendations and applications, all of which become part of the students’ personal portfolios. The workshops were started based on feedback to CPI from business and industry representatives.
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New kitchen gives students fresh take on lunch By VINCENT CORSO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — The students at the Nittany Valley Christian School received an early gift this December. The school put in a new kitchen, allowing it to provide healthy, homemade lunches right on the premises. For the 125 students who attend the school, the new lunches are a bit different than the lunches they used to receive from State College Area School District, and “lunch lady” Colette Moriarity makes sure of it. “There was nothing wrong with the lunches before, but they would come from another school on a van, and it was a lot of processed food,” said Moriarity. “So, we wanted a way to make good, healthy, locally sourced food from scratch right here.” The new kitchen cost $40,000, and the money was raised through an auction and private donations to the school, said principal Nancy Eberly. The school, which has
students in kindergarten through eighth grade, is located on Whitehall Road. It shares a building with the State College Alliance Church, but serves children from many different denominations. Eberly said the kitchen allows the school to treat lunch as the important part of the day that it is. “We see this an investment in our students, in their health, by giving them a healthy lunch and teaching them about maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We want them to be healthy, to eat healthy, and we want to provide food that the children and parents can feel good about.” The kitchen also allows the school to be as environmentally friendly as possible, which is a focus for the school, said Eberly. The kitchen uses local farms for products, and recycles and composts as much as possible. “We try to teach that it is important to take care of all that God has given us,” said Eberly. So far, the students seem to be liking the
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COLETTE MORIARITY serves students at Nittany Christian School from the newly installed kitchen.
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THE NUMBER of students getting lunch from Nittany Valley Christian School has jumped from around 25 to 80 since the opening of a new kitchen.
change, as the number of students receiving lunch at the school has jumped from around 25 to 80. “The lunch is really good,” said sixthgrader Jannae Hass. “We get to have different things and everything is fresh.” The breakfast burritos, soup with rolls and macaroni and cheese are some of the meals that students have enjoyed the most so far, with many excited to try new things in the future. The work in the kitchen is a labor of
love and caring, as Moriarity, a mother of two students in the school, typically works with parent volunteers to prepare the lunches. Some days, even Eberly lends a hand. Moriarity said she is happy to be part of a school that does great work for its students, and she knows how important a good lunch can be. “Food is love,” said Moriarity, “so every day we try to fill their bellies with good nutritious food to show that we care.”
Elks Club event gives toys, food, clothes to needy By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — The State College Elks Club conducted its annual Christmas charity event — handing out food, clothes and toys to 260 area families in need — Dec. 17 at the former Hills Plaza shopping center near Boalsburg. The Elks worked with the Toys for Tots program and the State College Food Bank. Each participating family received enough food from the State College Food Bank to make a complete turkey dinner. Also included with the Elks’ distribution was a “necessities basket,” featuring cleaning and hygiene products. Organizer Brenda Kephart said that much of the clothing to be distributed was purchased from local stores, including Sears, which gave the Elks substantial discounts and also donated nearly 400 children’s clothing items. “Every year, we’ve had so much used stuff, so we got grants from the Elks national organization and we were able to buy brand new items,” Kephart said. Items also were donated by individuals. Kephart noted that some of the items were given to the Penns Valley Christmas of HOPE, which is affiliated with the Penns Valley HOPE Fund charity, and some was sent to the Philipsburg area for distribution.
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Kephart said the program purchased 12 new bicycles for the first time this year, to be given to teenagers. “This will give some 17- to 18-year-olds the ability to get back and forth to part-time jobs,” she said. The night before the event, bags of toys collected by the Toys for Tots organization were delivered by members of the Boalsburg Fire Company to the 5,000-square-foot plaza facility. A cadre of volunteers, including Pennsylvania dairy princess Halee Wasson, of State College, began the monumental task of sorting the toys according to age and gender. When finished, rows of folding tables were piled high with toys of all kinds, awaiting the arrival of families the next day. Kephart was enthusiastic about the Elks’ charity program, which has been going on for 40 years. “The nice thing is that the clients get so much stuff — they get a full meal, toys, necessities baskets and the option to get new coats, gloves, hats and shoes,” she said. “It’s getting bigger and bigger every year.”
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Centre LifeLink ambulances now have ‘Buddy Packs’ Special to the Gazette
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LAUNCHBOX’S third graduating class poses for a group shot with chief accelerator Lee Erickson, front row, far right, and manager Jason Huber, back row, far left, during a matriculation ceremony Dec. 7.
Recent accelerator grads offer mix of new ideas
STATE COLLEGE — Happy Valley LaunchBox recently hosted a community event for five startups graduating from its accelerator program in downtown State College. The graduates are among 20 companies that have gone through the business startup accelerator since it opened in February. “Throughout the 10 weeks, the teams pushed themselves out of their comfort zone, spoke with between 80 and 100 potential customers and applied lean startup principles to build a sustainable business — some even made their first sale,” said Lee Erickson, chief amplifier at Happy Valley Launchbox, in a press release. “Each team learned a lot about starting a business, but more importantly, they applied what they learned. I’m excited to see what they do next.” The recent graduates include: ■ Musical Minds, the first wellness-based music recommendation engine to find music that helps you focus, relax, get motivated and feel great. The concept also features brainwave-sensing headphones. ■ Rain Reality, a custom augmented and virtual reality application that enables educational institutions to bring innovative technologies to student learning. ■ Stockd, a food delivery service bringing the taste of mom’s home-cooking to college students. ■ Visionese, a virtual tour company that combines 360-degree panoramic and aerial drone photography to deliver next-generation experiences for remote users. ■ What’s Poppin’, a personalized events platform that helps college students explore and discover interesting, inspiring and engaging events around campus. Ben Sparango, cofounder of Stockd, said LaunchBox prepared him for a product launch next year. “My experience at LaunchBox has been great. The resources and connections made through Jason, Ben and Lee were invaluable. My immediate plans for the future are to take what I learned and develop a launch plan over winter break to bring Stockd to life in January,” he said. For Elaine Demopolis, cofounder of Rain Reality, the inspiration she felt going through the program was the most important aspect. “LaunchBox’s space and resources made an immeasurable impact on Rain Reality, but what really inspires me every day is their motto, ‘Don’t quit your daydream.’ “Work doesn’t feel like work when you have a vision. We are excited to partner with Penn State World Campus to build a virtual reality educational module for online nursing students,” she said.
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HsiaoTing Ko, cofounder of Visionese, found that customer discovery was vital to positioning his business. “We benefit a lot from the boot camp. In the beginning, we were unsure about our market, and now we can confidently define our target market and customers,” he said. “I learned the most from customer discovery. “We assumed what the market wanted, but never did the customer research. That experience is exactly what a startup needs. In the next few months, we are planning to expand our team, and to secure more project opportunities with different markets within State College area, such as Virtual Tours for Penn State University, Downtown State College, hotels and restaurants.” Happy Valley LaunchBox is free, and offers co-working space designed to provide early-stage startups with the support and resources they need to build sustainable and scalable businesses and viable plans for growth. It is open to everyone, including community members and those affiliated with Penn State. Applications for future classes are currently being accepted for spring, summer and fall. For more information, visit www.launchbox.psu.edu.
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STATE COLLEGE — Centre LifeLink ambulances are now equipped with “Buddy Packs,” preassembled backpacks that will be given to children who are patients or witnesses to stressful medical emergencies. The program is provided by the Moshannon Valley Branch of the YMCA and Walmart. Inside each backpack, children will find age-appropriate toys and activities, such as books, coloring books, crayons, stuffed animals and more. In addition to comforting children during traumatic medical events, another goal is to provide comfort in the days that follow. The Moshannon Valley YMCA will maintain a supply of Buddy Packs for Centre LifeLink EMS and other area first responders. The Moshannon Valley YMCA is accepting the following donations to maintain the program: ■ New, Beanie Baby-sized stuffed toys can be donated to the Moshannon Valley YMCA all year long. ■ Monetary contributions can be donated to the project at any time. Make checks payable to YMCA of Centre County and mark as “Buddy Pack Donation.” Drop off or mail to the Moshannon Valley YMCA at P.O. Box 426, Philipsburg, PA 16866. ■ Specific titles of books, appropriate to the age and situation, have been selected for the Buddy Packs. These include “Sam and Dave Dig a Hole” by Mac Barnett; “Wilfred” by Ryan Higgins; “Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes” by Eric Litwin; “Knuffle Bunny Free: An Unexpected Diversion,” “Let’s Go For a Drive” and “My New Friend Is So Fun!” all by Mo Willems; “A Friend Like You” by Tanja Askani; and “Chicka Chicka Boom Boom” by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault. Books may be dropped off at the member service desk at the Moshannon Valley YMCA. In addition to the Buddy Pack program, Centre LifeLink also participates in the Moshannon Valley food backpack program, providing food to children in need. For more information, contact Centre LifeLink’s marketing manager, Lauren Shurgalla, at lshurgalla@ centrelifelink.com
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DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
Markets hope for the best from a Trump presidency
CHRISTMAS DINNER
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A CHRISTMAS DINNER was held Dec. 11 at Pine Hall Lutheran Church in State College. Rosie Hoy, center, and Karen Bair, right, presented a check for $1,000 to Jeremy Mangan, of the Centre County Youth Service Bureau. Youth from the YSB shelter attended the dinner.
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THE BELLEFONTE Elks Lodge recently held a spaghetti dinner for the Bellefonte High School cheerleaders. Debbie Markle Shelow, front row, center, of the Elks, is pictured with the cheerleaders.
It has been more than a month since the surprise results of the presidential election, and since Election Day the S&P 500 is up 3 percent, with many sectors gaining traction based on planned policies. President-elect Donald Trump may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but so far the U.S. stock market is hoping for and expecting the best. Judy Loy is While the recovery a registered since 2008 has been investment tepid, things have adviser and CEO been improving for at Nestlerode & the U.S. Our Federal Loy Investment Reserve is anticipated Advisors in State to continue increasCollege. She can be reached at jloy@ ing our interest rates. nestlerode.com. The unemployment rate hit 4.9 percent, partially through employment but also because of a declining participation rate (fewer people wanting to find work). Wages are finally on the rise, with an increase of 2.8 percent, and job creation is outpacing new entries to the labor force. In short, Trump is inheriting a fairly healthy economy from President Barack Obama. According to long-term technical analysis, we are at the beginning of a long-term U.S. bull market. To put that in perspective, the last bull market ended with the 2000 crash of the tech bubble. While there can be short-term and intermediate downturns during a long bullmarket (for instance, in the middle of the last bull market, Black Monday 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 22 percent in one day), the overall trend is favorable to hold on or invest more. The good news is that if history repeats itself, it looks like this secular bull market started in 2014 and still has a long way to go until it fizzles. So, what does Trump bring to the table that could help or hurt this recovery? The main industries benefiting so far are financials, industrials and health care. Since the election they have moved up significantly. Financials were facing major headwinds with heavy regulation and low interest rates in a Democratic presidency. With Trump indicating a willingness to decrease regulation, many banks are breath-
ing a sigh of relief and investors are putting money on the chances that margins will improve with less regulatory burden. In addition, many Trump plans are inflationary, which means interest rates will rise and financials are the biggest beneficiaries of higher interest rates. Industrials are moving up on the promise of infrastructure spending and expected pro-manufacturing stance. Health care is down year-to-date, but made a marked move up post-election. Hillary Clinton indicated a desire for a reduction in prescription drug prices if her candidacy was successful. Given Trump’s win and his desire to repeal or change portions of the Affordable Care Act, biotech and pharmaceuticals look to be in a better position under the Republican president. Trump also has boasted other progrowth policies, which include corporate tax cuts. Currently, the United States has the highest corporate tax rate — 38.9 percent — of any of the 35 developed nations and third highest in the world. The trend in most developed nations is lower, and Trump indicated during his campaign that 15 percent was his target, which would put us at the lowest rate with Ireland. Chances are, Trump will not be able to put that large a dent in the tax rate, but it will most likely go lower. Most agree that 20 percent would be a sweet spot. Corporate tax cuts could easily add 5 to 7 percent to profits annually going forward, which is a positive for the markets. The downside of Trump’s plan is his trade policies. Starting a global trade war would be disadvantageous for all nations and could derail our economy. Companies that import and export — a majority of the S&P 500 — could face tariffs. Small caps (those companies with market capitalizations of under $2 billion), are benefiting from the incoming administration’s pro-business strategies, their limited international trade exposure and decreasing regulation. The reality is, the move forward under a Trump administration and Republican presidency will be a change, but how much and in what direction is still to be determined by actions. No sectors or regulation changes are guaranteed, so cool heads and diversification are still key to winning in the investment markets. Editor’s note: Nothing in this article should be interpreted as a promise or guarantee of earnings or investment results nor a recommendation for the purchase or sale of any security or sector.
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Davises celebrate 50 years BELLEFONTE — Thurman Earl and Carolyn J. (Decker) Davis recently celebrated 50 years of marriage. They were married Nov. 25, 1966, at the Believers in Christ Church on Centre Hall Mountain by the Rev. Leroy Fetterolf and the Rev. David Hertzler. They have two children, Colleen Perryman and husband, Steve, and Timothy Davis and wife, Ann. They also have seven
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Thurman Davis retired in 2003 from Penn State Police Services after 36 years. Carolyn Davis retired in 2004 from her job as a photo license technician for PennDOT. The couple was honored with a reception and dinner planned by their daughter and granddaughter at the Teamsters Union Hall in State College.
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Centre Hall students make gingerbread village By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — The gymnasium of the Centre Hall-Potter Elementary School looked like an aerial view of a housing development. Rows and rows of houses, adorned with brightly colored Christmas decorations and pine trees in their front yards, filled the space. The houses were made of gingerbread, and were decorated by the students in prekindergarten through fourth grade, who gathered Dec. 19 to work on the sugary creations. Groups of students took turns decorating their creations in 30- to 45-minute shifts throughout the school day. Decorations included favorite candies — Hershey’s Kisses, licorice, M&Ms, candy canes, pretzel sticks, gumdrops, bubble gum and Life Savers — as well as plenty of green and white icing. School staff members and Parent-Teacher Group volunteers helped guide the students as they created their masterpieces. The gingerbread house project was started five years ago by Keith and Heather Luse, of Centre Hall, who operate Delec-
table Delights, a cake-, cookie- and pastrymaking business. The Luses made gingerbread houses with their oldest daughter, Isabella, then decided to extend the project to include the entire elementary school. The Parent-Teacher Group supplied the 300 gingerbread house kits. The Luses donated nearly 500 pounds of green and white icing, and a group of parents spent more than three hours assembling and mounting the houses on plywood bases. Heather Luse said the Parent-Teacher Group and individual donations fund the decoration items, which her husband buys throughout the year at post-holiday sales, overstock and surplus sales and other venues. The students’ creativity was shown with imaginative decorating schemes at all grade levels. Some houses showed roofs shingled with shredded wheat, candies or pretzel sticks, while front yards sported green-iced Christmas trees made from inverted ice cream cones. Licorice chimneys were on display, as well as some lollipop light poles. The houses were on display after school, then taken home that evening to be enjoyed with family members and friends.
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Holiday greeting video features driver Eric Barron By LEXI SHIMKONIS statecollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s time for what’s becoming a tradition in the Penn State community — the university’s annual holiday greeting video. The 2016 edition features President Eric Barron picking students up in University Park and around the commonwealth in his own version of an Uber and driving them home for winter break. “I thought you guys had such a great year that I should help out and help you get home,”
Barron says after picking up the first student. From there, he goes on to pick up not only a van full of students, but also members of the Penn State Blue Band and the a cappella groups, and even the Nittany Lion. The crew hums along to the alma mater and breaks out a cowbell, which Barron keeps readily available in his glove compartment. At one point, Barron yells out the window, “We are!” and when students reply “Penn State,” he tells his passengers, “I never get tired of that.” To watch the video, visit YouTube and search for “Penn State holiday greeting 2016.”
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A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clarke Moore Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads. And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter’s nap. When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter. Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash. Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below. When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer. With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St Nick. More rapid than eagles his coursers they came, And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name! “Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen! On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen! To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall! Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!”
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Leazier wants Lions to embrace opportunity By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The State College High girls’ basketball team will be in major transition mode in 2016-17. Anytime a team loses 27 points, 13 rebounds, three assists and three steals through graduation, it is a major hit and difficult to replace under the best of circumstances. Throw in the fact that those totals came from just one of four graduating Little Lions seniors — along with the retirement of the long-time head coach of the program — and it paints a clear picture of what new head coach Chris Leazier faced when he took over the program. Those numbers were put up by All Mid-Penn and All-State forward Kyla Irwin, who moved on and is now a member of the University of Connecticut Huskies. The other three senior starters — Jessie Orndorff, Casey Witter and Abby Allen — were no slouches themselves and, along with Irwin, formed the core of a 20-4 team that finished second in the Mid-Penn, won the District 6 championship and advanced into the PIAA State Tournament. Then, shortly after the conclusion of the 2015-16 season, 23-year head coach Bethany Irwin, Kyla’s mother, retired from coaching, but not without a good idea about who she thought she might turn her program over to. “I have a 23-year background in coaching,” Leazier said, “and when coach (Bethany) Irwin decided to retire, she contacted me and asked if I had an interest in coaching and suggested that I apply. “I have experience coaching from youth leagues to the NBA development leagues and everything in between. “In college, I coached at Dartmouth in the Ivy League with the men for two years and the women for five. I was the head coach at St. Anselm for two years,
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THE STATE COLLEGE HIGH girls’ basketball team. Pictured, front row, from left, are Lauren Mobley, Kristen Nodell, Gracie Pilato, Taylor Love, Kayla Hawbaker, Desiree Wilson and Ellie Strauss. Middle row, from left, are Kelsey Love, Anna Neal, Abby LaPorta, Emilee Engle, Tori Lenze, Joanna Everhart, Elizabeth Czekaj, Addy Orndorff, Jess Lingenfelter, Lexi Risha and Isabelle Leazier. Back row, from left, are assistant coach Jamie Brennan, Rylie Gregg, Nydia Wilson, Addy Wasikonis, Olivia De La Nuez, Selena Mann, Maya Bokunewicz, Emily Hall, Caitlin Brannon, assistant coach Allie Mock and head coach Chris Leazier. and then later the head coach of Vermont Technical College men for three years. “I’m kind of a lifer.” And the next part of that basketball life will be spent coaching the Little Lions.
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Leazier was, of course, well aware of the people who left the team and the job ahead of him — he has a daughter in the program — but for him the vacancies are less of a problem than they are an opportunity. “This is the real thing for our team this year,” he said. “When you lose four starters and arguably the best player in program history and somebody who’s
coached the team for 23 years and so on, do you see that as opportunity, or do you see that as a problem? “I think whether our team will grow and progress through the season will depend entirely on them seeing that as an opportunity.” There are experienced players returning for the Little Lions this year. “We have three seniors who I expect to be in the first unit,” Leazier said. “The first is Kayla Hawbaker, who is a returning point guard and starter from last year. The second is Taylor Love, who will be at the center spot for us but who didn’t play as a junior last season because of an injury.
The third is Ellie Strauss, who is also a senior and a starting forward. “Taylor Love is 6-foot-1, and sophomore Selena Mann is 6-0, and junior Elizabeth Czekaj is 5-11, those are our centers, and Ellie Strauss is 5-9, so we have decent size. What I’m most excited about more than our size is our mobility. Even our centers move fairly well, so we need to take advantage of that.”
DEFENSE FIRST
As far as the kind of game the ’16-’17 Lions will play — with the need to account for all that lost scoring — Lezier thinks that it will have to start with the defense.
“(Our style) will have to develop as the season goes on and as I learn more about our players,” he said, “but we like to play with a pace offensively. “Of course, you can’t really play with pace and in transition unless you have a good defensive team. So we’d like to develop a defensive mentality. With this group we’ll have to mix and combine what we are doing to try to keep teams off balance. “And if we can’t get into transition, we’ll set up our offenses and look for the first available good shot.” Leazier knows that the team will require patience, but he also Lions, Page 25
Penns Valley girls work to build on last year’s success By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
PHILIPSBURG — The spirit was back for the Penns Valley girls’ basketball team in its 73-38 victory Dec. 19 at PhilipsburgOsceola. After a success-filled 19-6 campaign in 2015-16, the Lady Rams so far had been searching for the elusive formula that carried them to the brink of last year’s District 6 title. They lost only two players from that team, albeit very good ones, in point guard Karli Ripka and high-scoring Makenzie Ironside, and they have 10 experienced players returning for the new season. Even so, PV was struggling, and that’s why the big win over the Lady Mounties was so encouraging for the Rams players and head coach Karen McCaffrey. “I thought that tonight was the first time that we truly looked like a team,” McCaffrey said. Penns Valley took control of the game in the second quarter, despite P-O guard Halle Herrington‘s 17-first half points, and moved out to a 36-21 halftime lead. The Rams extended that to 59-32 midway through the second half and then cruised home from there for their third victory of the season. “We’ve never not worked hard, we work hard all the time,” McCaffrey added, “but tonight we saw the benefit of that hard work. “I’ve got seven letter winners back this year and four other players on my bench.
That’s the benefit we have this year. We are a little deeper and our goal is to run.” P-O likes to run as well, and both teams showed off their speed in a wild, 36-point first quarter. The Rams came out ahead, 19-17, but Herrington already scored 13 points and had the full attention of the PV defense. “Number one, she (Herrington) is a heck of a player,” McCaffrey said. “She truly is. She is so quick and has some great moves, and her step-back three … we practiced against it, but we don’t have the speed in practice to actually do it. “So we had to see her a little bit, and then we did a better job of switching and getting out on her.” Herrington would get 11 more points in the game — she finished with 24 — but with her slowing down, the Rams offense began to pick up. Rams forward Maci Ilgen and guard Isabella Culver led a big 17-4 second quarter that put PV in a 15-point lead going into the break. Ilgen (18 points), Culver (15) and the Rams didn’t let up in the third quarter. PV pushed its lead up to 27 points, 59-32, by the time the final quarter began. “It’s all a team effort,” Ilgen said. “It just to me felt like we meshed better tonight. The last couple of games, I mean, it was the beginning of the season and we were a little rusty. But we started to get into the flow of it and that’s what we needed.” The Rams finished out the game 14-6 in the final quarter and moved to 3-1 for the season. Philipsburg fell to 1-2. Paige Kubalak scored nine points for
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PENNS VALLEY’S Hannah Montminy (40) passes as she is guarded by Philipsburg-Osceola’s Halle Herrington in the Lady Rams’ 73-38 victory Dec. 19 at P-O. PV, and Emma Butler, Dayna Brown and Hannah Montminy all added eight points. For P-O, Loryn Hughes scored six, and Lacey Potter, Madison Lucas, Kyleigh Kennedy and Hannah Wildman all chipped in with two. “We have Central coming up,” McCaf-
frey said looking ahead to the game Dec. 21, after Gazette press time. “And that will be a good test of where we stand because Tyrone and Central just played to a 1-point game. “We’ll see then if we are among the Mountain League top teams.”
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DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
BEA boys look to bounce back from 0-4 start By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
WINGATE — The Bald Eagle Area boys’ basketball team came into its game against Central with an 0-3 record and struggling with consistency and inexperience. The last thing the Eagles needed was to go cold against the traditionally tough Scarlet Dragons. Yet that’s exactly what happened in Central’s 61-38 win Dec. 20 at BEA. The two teams battled through an even
first quarter, but then the lid fell on the basket for the Eagles. The Dragons outscored BEA 31-13 in the middle quarters and then eased out for their third win in four tries. BEA fell to 0-4, but it was not without its chances to hang with Central. Time and again, layups or open jumpers bounced out, and the Eagles’ numerous turnovers and mistakes only compounded their problems. “We had trouble with their zone,” BEA head coach Bill Butterworth said. “We had
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BELLEFONTE AREA High School wrestlers defeated Shikellamy, 38-29, on Dec. 20 to improve to 2-0 on the season. Above, the Red Raiders Keegan Rothrock makes a move in his win at 132 pounds.
two players around the ball, but other than that nobody was getting to the right spots. We had the shooter out there, but with nobody else moving, it’s hard to score. “We took some bad shots and had I don’t know how many turnovers — against a 2-3 zone. Can’t do that against a zone.” After Central took a 13-12 lead going into the second quarter, the Dragons slowly pulled away. Tied at 19 four minutes into the quarter, forwards Jacob Muthler (18 points), Josh McKnight (13) and Kyle Dodson (12) spurred a 11-1 run that put the Dragons ahead 30-20 at the break. BEA’s drought continued into the second half, and another run by Central — this time 14-2 — essentially put the game away as the fourth period began. “Our second and third quarters were ice cold,” Butterworth said, “and they got a few breakdowns against our press and got a few layups and pulled away there. “A 2-3 zone, you dribble at it, not away from it. We seemed to be going east and west instead of getting to the basket, making them collapse and making good, hard passes. “If you’re going to lob passes, you’re going to struggle against zone defenses. A good team like that, that moves well, a lob pass, they’ll be there before you catch it.” There were some bright spots for BEA. Junior guard Jordan Jones nailed four 3-pointers and scored 20 for the Eagles, and 6-foot-8 junior center Mark Eminhizer chipped in with eight points. “Jones has been our mainstay offensively all four games,” Butterworth said, “and he’s been in double digits all four. Tonight, our big guy, Mark (Eminhizer) showed up. He finally showed a little bit of what he can do.” But that was essentially it for BEA. Andrew Bucha hit a 3 and scored five points, but no one else had more than two points for the night.
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BEA’S MARK EMINHIZER (with ball) scored eight points in the Eagles’ 61-38 home loss to Central on Dec. 20.
Still, Butterworth is taking the long view and fighting off any overreaction after just four games. “I sometimes get frustrated, but then I snap back,” he said. “This is a young group of kids, new system, and we have to take it one day at a time. Hopefully, things will start going our way a few times. “I want them to get better, and I tell them I’m a competitor and I don’t like to lose. But I can suffer through it as long as we get better. That’s the main thing, that we want to improve every game. We are 0-4, not 0-11, and it’s not time to panic yet.” BEA will look to bounce back when it travels to Huntingdon on Thursday, Dec. 22.
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P-O STUDENTS TO PLAY ON TWO PHILIPSBURGOSCEOLA student athletes recently signed letters of intent to play baseball in college. Cam Domblisky, center in top photo, signed with Mount Aloysius. Logan Williamson, center in bottom photo, signed with Shippensburg. At table with Domblisky are Deanna and Bill Domblisky. With Williamson are Amy and J.R. Williamson. In back are high school principal Justin Hazelton, baseball coach Doug Sankey and athletic director Bob Mann.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Former Penn State wrestler James “Jim” Vollrath passed away Dec. 16 after a battle with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer that originates in the cells and is difficult to diagnose. Friends and teammates posted tributes on social media, remembering Vollrath and offering support to his family and friends. Vollrath attended Penn State from 2009 to 2014 and wrestled for the team at 157 pounds. He ended his college career with an overall record of 72-24. He attended Council Rock South High School in Bucks County, where he earned All-American honors. Vollrath graduated from Penn State with a degree in kinesiology. Girlfriend Taryn Marino created a GoFundMe page in June to raise money for
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High School Sports Schedule Dec. 22-28 BALD EAGLE AREA
Boys’ basketball — Dec. 22, at Huntingdon Wrestling — Dec. 22, at Central Mountain; Dec. 28, at Manheim Tournament
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Boys’ basketball — Dec. 22, at Central; Dec. 28-29, Winter Jam Tournament Girls’ basketball — Dec. 22, Juniata Valley; Dec. 27, Williamsburg Tournament Wrestling — Dec. 22, P-O
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PENN STATE sophomore Teniya Page (11) drives toward the basket in the Lady Lions’ 70-65 win over American University on Dec. 18 at the Bryce Jordan Center.
Lady Lions improve to 10-2 Special to the Gazette UNIVERSITY PARK — For the third time in the Coquese Washington era and the 14th time in program history, the Penn State women’s basketball team improved to 7-0 at home to start a season with an 80-67 victory over Iona on Dec. 20 at the Bryce Jordan Center. It was the second home win in three days for the Lady Lions, who defeated American University 70-65 on Dec. 18. The Lady Lions (10-2) shot 52.5 percent from the floor in the Iona win for their second-best shooting percentage of the season, while keeping Iona at 39.7 percent shooting from the floor. Penn State pushed its win streak to six games, tying the longest such streak since rattling off a sixcontest win streak that ranged from Jan. 16 to Feb. 2, 2014, according to a release from Penn State. Junior Lindsey Spann took sole possession of the No. 9 spot for career 3-pointers made with 123 for the Lady Lions, leading Penn State with 16 points on the night. Sophomore Teniya Page reached the 700-point plateau with a 3-pointer in the first quarter as she came into the game with 699 career points. She ended the night with 11 points, marking the 11th time in 12 games that she has scored 10 or more points. Page also tacked on her 22nd career game with at least 10 points and five assists as she handed out a team-best six assists. Freshman De’Janae Boykin posted a career-high nine rebounds and 12 points. For the second-straight game Boykin led the Lady Lions on the boards as she tied a team-high six rebounds in her collegiate debut against American.
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The Lady Lions bench outscored the Iona bench 30-9 on the evening with five players contributing to the Penn
Lions, from page 23 sees great potential — especially if the players adopt the right attitudes. “It will be very easy to look at our roster and see that we have a D-1 player missing,” he said, “and easy to look at that and say we aren’t going to be that good. “What I would say is that while it may take us some time to find ourselves, that fits with my objectives as a coach. It’s not to peak on Dec. 13th; the objective is to progress throughout the season to the point where we are playing good basketball at the end.” The Little Lions had started 1-2 heading into their Dec. 21 home game against Chambersburg (after Gazette press time).
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State reserves’ scoring output. The bench also came to life in Penn State’s Dec. 18 win over American, scoring 29 points. Page dropped in 30 points in the 70-65 victory. Boykin made her first career appearance for the Lady Lions after sitting out the first 10 games due to NCAA transfer rules. The freshman forward netted the first points of the game for Penn State with 5:09 left in the first quarter and ended her first appearance donning the Blue and White with 10 points, including a layup that would give Penn State the final lead it needed to secure the win. Boykin also tied a team-best six rebounds and had one assist in 24 minutes of work. Page scored 10 points in the first half, before finishing with 30 points in the contest. In the fourth quarter, Page notched her 20th point of the contest on a free throw to mark her fifth 20-point game of the 2016-17 season and 11th of her career. Finally, Page’s 30-point performance marked the third time the sophomore guard has scored 30-points in a game for the Lady Lions, going an impressive 15-for-17 from the free throw line and 7-for-15 from the floor while adding three rebounds and three assists. The sophomore guard joins Kelly Mazzante as the only two Lady Lions to notch three 30-point games before the end of their sophomore seasons. Sophomore Ashanti Thomas and freshman Jaida Travascio-Green added nine points apiece for the Lady Lions with Thomas going 3-for-4 and Travascio-Green going 4-for-5 from the floor.
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Boys’ basketball — Dec. 26, Huntingdon; Dec. 27, at Trinity
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The Lady Lions will next take the floor Wednesday, Dec. 28, when they open Big Ten Conference play against Indiana at the Bryce Jordan Center at 7 p.m. Coming up, SC will play two games in the annual Kiwanis Holiday Tournament beginning with Burrell on Wednesday, Dec. 28, and then it will get back into the MidPenn schedule Tuesday, Jan. 3, with a visit to defending state champion Cumberland Valley. “It’s high school athletics, and these kids are excited about the season,” Leazier added, “and our job as coaches is to get them the tools to compete and do what any coach has to do. So, we are looking forward to the challenge. It’s a nice group of kids and we are very lucky to be coaching them.”
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DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
Window opening for Penn State football By BEN JONES statecollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — The cyclical nature of college football makes success so often feel like a flash in the pan. Few programs can do what Alabama has done, a robotic domination of the sport without any real bumps in the road, the Tide rolling on through like it always has. For the rest of the natural world, the window for opportunity is only open so wide, for so long and so often. At their best, teams make valiant strikes toward that window and find their way through. At worst, they find themselves a sports equivalent to Sisyphus, pushing the boulder so close to the top of the mountain only to see it roll back down to the bottom. For Penn State, the window appears to be opening now, and for a very simple reason. The team, currently at 11-2 and one of the most explosive in the sport, is going to be nearly the exact same next season. “Everyone is thinking about it, they’re just not saying it,” freshman offensive lineman Ryan Bates said earlier this month. “We have a lot of people coming back; we’re going to be a special team.” How special very much remains to be seen, but things seem to be falling in Penn State’s favor. The Nittany Lions graduate 17 seniors, a handful from both sides of the ball, but Brandon Bell, Evan Schwan, Brian Gaia and Malik Golden are the only real departures when it comes to on-field players Penn State will need to replace. Receivers DaeSean Hamilton and Chris Godwin will both likely weigh their choices. Hamilton is a potential grad transfer and Godwin has a shot at the NFL draft. Tight end Mike Gesicki will also mull over his choices, but even he seems content with the current state of affairs, which is easy to understand considering the season he has had. Everything else is looking a lot like 2016 when 2017 hits.
“Coaches are staying in place, a lot of players are staying in place,” Gesicki said. “Even with seniors that are graduating, all that kind of stuff, for the most part, this team will be staying together and I think that will be awesome. “For this team, especially this offense, we’re only going to improve. We’re only going to start to see more of the continuity with the offense and be more comfortable with all of that. “You don’t want to think too far ahead, but thinking about Year Two with this offense and all that stuff, I think the sky is the limit. “Obviously, there is a bunch of stuff that factors into that, but this team and where it’s going, and especially this offense, that would be a huge factor for me.” Beyond that, there isn’t much change. If anything, player development and recruiting will add more talent than Penn State loses. And, in a college football world so often lacking stability and continuity, that’s a rare thing, especially for a team looking to go 12-2 on the year. “It’s exciting,” linebacker Jason Cabinda said, “to see guys grow up, to see guys mature, to finally have a bunch more juniors and seniors on the team than we’ve really had since I’ve been on the team. “So, it’s definitely exciting because when you have that maturity and you have guy with experience on the team, it just helps all across the board. “That’s what we’re looking to do, win this game, put the icing on the cake on the season and, at the same, use it to propel us forward through the offseason and towards whatever goals we want to meet next year.” Perhaps most importantly, Penn State returns Trace McSorley and Saquon Barkley. The Nittany Lions have somehow gone from a program just trying to survive to a program with two Heisman-level players on the field at the same time. With those two, it’s hard to imagine Penn State’s offense taking a step backward,
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THE WINDOW of future success is opening wide for Penn State’s football team, seen here getting ready to take the field Dec. 3 before the Big Ten Championship Game. especially with how the final third of the season has gone for that unit under Joe Moorhead. Which brings us to another window. It seems more likely than not that Moorhead won’t be at Penn State for an extended period of time. That was a somewhat unspoken implication following his hire. He wants to be a head coach again, and his performance at Penn State already has resulted in a slew of reported interest in his services. Moorhead could very well buck the trend and stay for 15 years, but based on the college football landscape, it seems difficult to assume that he will call State College home beyond the next five years. If nothing else, Penn State and James Franklin may at least internally expect as much.
So, onward they go together toward yet another season. “I think it is different when you’re a younger team,” cornerback Grant Haley said. “You just see the guys you’ve been with since you came in and it goes by fast, I’ll tell you that. Everything you see, even when it’s winter workouts, summer workouts, during the season, you see the guys who have been right there to the left and right of you the last three years and I think that makes it even more special.” So, Penn State sits in a sweet spot, an elite coordinator with an elite team and a fan base that suddenly believes again. What transpires in 2017 is unknown, but it’s clear the window is opening for the Nittany Lions. Now, it’s a matter of what happens next.
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Nittany Lions impressive in win over St. John’s
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By JIM O’CONNELL Associated Press
NEW YORK — Penn State coach Patrick Chambers sounded like a coach who just watched his team play as well as it has all season. “We competed. We played hard. And it’s nice, of course, to make so many threes,” he said. “That always helps.” Shep Garner scored 21 points and was 6 for 9 from 3-point range to lead Penn State to a 92-76 victory over St. John’s on Dec. 18 in the Holiday Festival at Madison Square Garden. “If you’re not nervous coming into this game, to be playing at the Garden, there’s something wrong with you,” Chambers said. “I get butterflies. I get jacked up. I can’t wait to walk on the floor.” The Nittany Lions (7-5 heading into a home match with Morgan State on Dec. 21 after Gazette press time) took control early by closing the first half on a 35-5 run for a 52-29 lead. Garner, who had two threes early in the surge as St. John’s, didn’t have a field goal over the final 9:45, missing 10 shots from the field and committing six turnovers. Garner’s effort from beyond the 3-point arc was part of Penn State shooting 13 for 23 from long range (56.5 percent), well above the 33 percent it was hitting this season. Payton Banks had 17 points and was 5 of 9 on threes for Penn State. Mike Watkins had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Josh Reaves and Tony Carr added 13 points each for the Nittany Lions. “When Mike brings that juice, that energy and passion, he’s protecting the paint and the rim for us,” Chambers said. “He gets us going and gets us out on the break for easy baskets and uncontested shots.” Malik Ellison led the Red Storm with 22 points, while Shamorie Ponds added 12 and Tariq Owens had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
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PENN STATE’S Shep Garner, seen here in a game earlier this season, scored 21 points to lead the Nittany Lions to a 92-76 victory over St. John’s on Dec. 18 at Madison Square Garden. BIG PICTURE
Two of the Nittany Lions’ losses have been to ranked teams — No. 1 Duke and No. 25 Cincinnati. Penn State is the 18th least-experienced team in the nation, but the Nittany Lions seemed like gray beards compared to St. John’s, which is the ninth least-experienced team in the country.
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BALD EAGLE AREA defeated State College 44-28 in wrestling on Dec.15 at BEA. In top photo, Seth Koleno, of Bald Eagle Area (in blue), and Zach Price grapple at 145 pounds in a match won by Koleno. In photo above, State High’s Clayton Leidy battles BEA’s Garrett Giedroc at 106 pounds. Leidy won the contest.
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The Nittany Lions open Big Ten play at home Dec. 27 against Northwestern. The game is at 3 p.m.
PSU lands five-star football recruit By BEN JONES statecollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has landed one of the most coveted recruits in the nation, signing five-star cornerback Lamont Wade on Dec. 17. The Clairton native is rated the third best cornerback in the country, and the 17th best prospect in the 2017 class. Perhaps more importantly, Wade will enroll early with the Nittany Lions in January. NCAA rules allow for five incoming freshman to do so; Penn State has so far announced the official enrollments of Wade, as well as offensive lineman Mike Miranda and linebacker/safety combo Brelin Faison-Walden. Wade comes in at 5-foot-10 and 180
pounds and would join Grant Haley and Marcus Allen in the secondary in 2017 if both NFL-eligible players decide to return for their senior seasons. Penn State’s 2017 recruiting class now sits at 18 players and is 12th best in the nation, according to Scout.com. The Nittany Lions landed the services of cornerback Donovan Johnson just four days prior to Wade’s own commitment. Both join fellow early-April cornerback commit D.J. Brown, along with a host of other defensive players. Wade is the second five-star commit in the past two seasons, with offensive line specialist Michal Menet committing last cycle. The freshman did not play during the 2016 campaign.
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CURTIN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 305 Curtin Village Road, Howard. Christmas Eve: 8 p.m. Christmas Day: 9 a.m.
206 Burrowes St., State College. Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 11 a.m.
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH
AARONSBURG CHARGE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
Christmas Eve: 7 p.m., at St. Peters UCC, 232 W. Aaron Square, Aaronsburg Christmas Day: 10 a.m., at Salem UCC, 4469 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills
206 S. Burrowes St., State College Christmas Eve: 8 p.m Christmas Day: 9 a.m. New Year’s Day: 9 a.m.
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
BALD EAGLE VALLEY COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 6 p.m.
647 Valley Vista Drive, State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:15 a.m. New Year’s Eve: 7 p.m. New Year’s Day: 10:15 a.m.
BETHEL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
FAITH UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
3601 N. Atherton St., State College Christmas Eve: 5 p.m.
300 E. College Ave, State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF BELLEFONTE
200 Ellis Place, State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
CHURCH OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD, CCCU 402 Willowbank St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:30 am.
539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
THE DOORS of State College Presbyterian Church on Beaver Avenue are adorned for the holidays.
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PINE HALL LUTHERAN CHURCH
203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 11 a.m.
CONGREGATION BRIT SHALOM
620 E. Hamilton Ave., State College. Dec. 23 and 24: Shabbat services, 7 p.m. Dec. 30: Shabbat services, 7 p.m.
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205 S. Garner St., State College Christmas Eve: 4:30 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
GRAYS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
BURROWES AND BEAVER 5687 Buffalo Run Road, Port Matilda UNE CHURCH, ALBRIGHT-BETH WORSHIPPING NewAT Year’s Day: 9AM - Service & Communion FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL 826-1352; EMMANUELNALC@GMAIL.COM Christmas Eve: 7:30 p.m. alc.org www.emmanueln Worshipping At Albright-Bethune Church, Burrowes & Beaver
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HOLY TRINITY ORTHODOX CHURCH 119 S. Sparks St., State College Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
MILESBURG UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 301 Turnpike St., Milesburg Christmas Eve: 8 p.m.
200 Ellis Place, State College (814) 234-0711 • www.cccsc.org
3030 Carnegie Drive, State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
1760 W. College Ave., State College Christmas Eve: 9 p.m.
PLEASANT GAP UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 179 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap Christmas Eve: 6:45 p.m., 10:45 p.m. Christmas Day: 9:30 a.m. New Year’s Day: 9:30 a.m.
PORT MATILDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 207 S. Main St., Port Matilda Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
208 W. Foster Ave., State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
120 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 7 p.m., 10:30 p.m., 11 p.m. Christmas Day: 9 a.m.
ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 145 W. Linn St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:30 a.m. Worship, Page 29
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ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
218 N. Church St., Boalsburg Friday, Dec. 23: 6 p.m. (service for people grieving the loss of a loved one or struggling this Christmas season) Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:30 a.m.
ST. MARK EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH
160 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. (music), 7:30 p.m. (service)
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH
277 W. Pine Grove Mills Road, Pine Grove Mills Christmas Eve: 6:45 p.m. (special music), 8 p.m. (worship) Christmas Day: 10:45 a.m.
ST. PAUL’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
250 E. College Ave., State College Christmas Eve: 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m., 11 p.m.
SPRUCETOWN UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 177 Upper Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
STATE COLLEGE ALLIANCE CHURCH
1221 W. Whitehall Road, State College. Christmas Eve: 5 p.m., 7. P.m. & 11 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
Faith United Church of Christ
300 East College Ave., State College • www.faithucc.info • 814-237-3904
CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE “Service of Lessons and Carols” Dec 24 • 7:00pm
First Night Café • Dec 31 • 4:30pm – 7:00pm Chili, Hot Dogs, & Sauerkraut Meal Homemade Desserts + Kid’s Menu
THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE STATE COLLEGE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PCUSA 132 W. Beaver Ave., State College Christmas Eve: 4:30 p.m., 7 p.m., 11 p.m.
STATE COLLEGE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:30 a.m.
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
2221 N. Oak Lane, State College Christmas Eve: 5 p.m., 7:30 p.m., 8 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OF CENTRE HALL 104 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 6 p.m. Christmas Day: 9:30 a.m. New Year’s Day: 9:30 a.m.
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF CENTRE COUNTY 780 Waupelani Drive, State College Christmas Eve: 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 10 a.m.
UNIVERISTY BAPTIST AND BRETHREN CHURCH 411 S. Burrowes St., State College Christmas Eve: 4 p.m. & 7 p.m. Christmas Day: 9:30 a.m.
WATERMARKE CHURCH
Bellefonte Middle School Auditorium 100 N. School St., Bellefonte Christmas Eve: 7 p.m.
WOODYCREST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 219 W. Clearview Ave., State College Christmas Eve: 4 p.m.
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
105 Old Boalsburg Road, Boalsburg Christmas Eve: 7 p.m., 11 p.m. Christmas Day: 10:15 a.m.
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All Ye Faithful Christmas Eve Service 6:00 p.m. Christmas Day Service 11:00 a.m.
ALBRIGHT-BETHUNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 206 South Burrowes Street | State College 814.237.4404 | albrightbethuneumc.org
Celebrate Christmas at St. Andrew’s Christmas Eve
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7 : 00 p.m. F amily S ervice with Y outh C hoir & N ativity P ageant 9 : 3 0 p.m. C horal M usical P relude 10: 00 p.m. H oly C ommunion with A dult C hoir
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Celebrate Christmas Eve With Us at Trinity United Church of Christ 104 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall December 24th Candlelight Communion Service 7pm
Worship with us every Sunday at 10:45am Sunday School at 9:30am Pastor Dave Downer, Minister www.trinitycentrehall.org Facebook: Trinity United Church of Christ 814-364-2120
“A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love— the people of Trinity UCC wish you a blessed Christmas.”
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Join us for Christmas Eve Worship
Children’s Service; Christmas story with live Nativity (including animals); Santa comes to worship the Christ Child Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion; organ, harp, carols, adult choir, soloists Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion; piano, carols and vocal / instrumental solos Candlelight Worship with Holy Communion; organ, harp, adult choir and vocal / instrumental solos
Join us for worship on Christmas Day:
10:00 a.m.
Christmas Worship with Holy Communion and Carols
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH
205 S. Garner Street, State College 814-238-2478 | www.glcpa.org The Reverend P. Stevens Lynn, Senior Pastor The Reverend Scott Schul, Pastor
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
Women’s Corner
Teacher addresses social issues through art
CONNIE COUSINS
When I write for the Women’s Corner of the Gazette, it is always difficult. Not because I don’t have a likely subject, but because there are so many intelligent, active and involved women in this community. Every day, I hear about the accomplishments and the ways these women demonstrate that their hearts beat in tune with their Connie Cousins communities. covers a wide I introduce this variety of events in week Maure IrwinCentre County for Furmanek, who is the Centre County both an artist and Gazette. Email her an art teacher. She at ccous67@gmail. teaches in the State com. College Area School District, both in the high school and in the Delta Program. Irwin-Furmanek graduated from Penn State and holds a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction. She spent 11 years as art education supervisor and instructor at PSU before taking a position with SCASD teaching at several schools. Now at the high school, Irwin-Fur-
manek said, “Each time I have moved in my career, it has seemed right for the time in my life. I have three children, 13, 11 and 7 years of age, and with them in school, I love what I’m doing right now. “Yes, I would like to get back to painting, which is my first love. But, I also have a home studio and have begun to make fused glass jewelry, which is available at the Green Home Goods (in Altoona), The Makery (209 W. Calder Way in State College) and 321 Gallery (in Hollidaysburg).” Irwin-Furmanek said the home studio gives her a creative outlet and a way to show her visual expressions through wearable art. Youth painting and drawing classes also are offered at her studio. As with so many women I have interviewed, Irwin-Furmanek has a social conscience and has always grafted that into her art and her teaching. She became interested in the work that Carol Falke, of State College, is involved with in Rwanda. For World Water Day, her students sold art to raise money for a water filtration system in Rwanda. Other projects that provide a means of connecting with social issues include a huge mural that was prepared for the Easter Seals Foundation. Her State College High School masters studio class is the one that has done the most with social artwork, completing a “postcards for Rwanda” project as outreach.
The masters studio and drawing seminars are for more serious art students who may wish to pursue art careers. The AP studio, Irwin-Furmanek said, is where students work on preparing portfolios to present to the AP Placement Board prior to college entrance. Some of the other classes she teaches are drawing, painting and commercial design. In October, a $2,000 grant helped make a printmaking workshop available. Within the Delta Program, Irwin-Furmanek teaches fifth through eighth grades. This group is participating in a class called “Remix.” “Do you wonder what gives artists their ideas? Well … here is food for thought … no idea is original,” Irwin-Furmanek wrote. “Ideas come from what we see, what we do, what we like and what interests us. Ideas build from other ideas — from other people and our surroundings. In this class, we will explore the idea of ‘remix’ — recreating, rethinking, refreshing, reinventing, remixing existing art and culture to make something new.” The class will explore this idea through drawing, painting, digital art, sculpture and more. As far as future plans, Irwin-Furmanek has a show coming up at The Makery that involves kids. And, the school district’s art show for kindergarten through 12th grade will be held in Penn State’s Robeson Gal-
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STATE COLLEGE Area School District teacher Maure Irwin-Furmanek has a social conscience, and has always included that in both her art and her teaching. lery from Saturday, Jan. 7, through Monday, Jan. 23.
Behring named assistant dean for international programs By EMILY BARTLETT Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Deanna Behring, director of international programs for the College of Agricultural Sciences and affiliate faculty member in the School of International Affairs, has been appointed assistant dean for international programs for the college, effective Tuesday, Jan. 3.
In her role as assistant dean, Behring will help to plan and set priorities for the college and leverage resources to forge deep and lasting partnerships around the world. “My goals are to implement the college’s vision of becoming a leader in global education for our students and to facilitate research that allows our faculty to understand and address the complex challenges
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associated with the global food system and bring opportunities and knowledge back to Pennsylvania,” Behring said. Rick Roush, dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences, noted that the appointment recognizes the accomplishments of the Office of International Programs under Behring and will help to more fully integrate international programming into strategic discussions involving the college’s trifold mission of research, teaching and extension. “Deanna’s work and our college’s international programs are models for creativity and innovation,” Roush said. “Within the international programs research and education field, she is well-recognized and respected and has provided top-level executive leadership for professional associations of international educators. “Whether acting as president of a professional association or meeting with an undergraduate student, Deanna’s interpersonal skills are superb. She is an active
listener and is open to new ideas and co-creating paths forward.” Behring has served as the director of international programs in the College of Agricultural Sciences since 2000. In that time, she has helped to establish and grow an inclusive, broad- DEANNA BEHRING based international program portfolio across disciplines and the college’s missions. Under Behring’s leadership, the Office of International Programs has expanded its staff and offerings, raised more than $75 million for college-wide initiatives and $2 million in endowments, established more than 20 new academic partnerships around the world, and increased Behring, Page 31
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Navy admiral turns to Penn State for degree By MATT CARACAPPA Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Rear Adm. Linda Wackerman knew when she took oversight of a nationwide emergency preparedness program in 2011 that she needed to go back to school to better understand the complexities of homeland security. That’s why she turned to Penn State to help her better serve the nation. “I was running a program for all 50 states and U.S. territories and having to answer the call to the highest levels of the Navy and Department of Defense,” said Wackerman, who has more than 30 years of experience in the Navy in both active duty and reserve capacities. “I thought I better get a good foundation and become Behring, from page 30 enrollment and participation for undergraduate and international students. She spearheaded the implementation of a new dual-title graduate degree program in international agriculture and development and significantly increased enrollment in
the real expert, and take this top degree in the country.” Wackerman graduated Dec. 17 with a master of professional studies in homeland security after completing the 33-credit degree entirely online through Penn State World Campus. She is one of nearly 900 World Campus students who will receive their degrees through the university’s fall commencement ceremony. The Quakertown native said admirals in the reserves are assigned jobs with an active-duty component and perform duties either on a part-time or full-time basis. She has served as the deputy director of capabilities assessment for chief of naval operations since November 2014, deputy naval inspector general in a full-time role since May 2016, and was assigned in
December as deputy commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. 4th Fleet. Wackerman took one class per semester while balancing her military, work and home responsibilities. She works with the Defense Support LINDA of Civil Authority, WACKERMAN which helps organizations respond to natural or man-made emergencies, and is an American Airlines pilot, wife to a retired Navy reserve commander and pilot, and mother to four children.
She said she usually completed her coursework in the morning or during layovers while traveling. “It’s been a crazy balancing act. I have a great husband who keeps it together at home while I’m traveling, and American Airlines is a great employer that recognizes military duty,” Wackerman said. Wackerman, who has served in the Pentagon in various capacities and was the chief of staff for the Washington Navy Yard shooting, said she has been able to apply the knowledge gained from the program to her work. “The program gave me the foundational knowledge needed, a full understanding of homeland security and DSCA, and provided me a network that I can always fall back on and tap into,” Wackerman said.
the college’s undergraduate international agriculture minor. In addition, she has been a leader in establishing the college’s Gender in Agriculture, Energy and Environment Initiative and its Ag2Africa and Ag2Americas signature programs, as well as growing the college’s embedded-course and study-abroad offerings. She also designs and teaches
courses in food security. Prior to arriving at Penn State, Behring spent more than a decade in Washington, D.C., serving as the assistant director for international affairs at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Clinton administration and as an analyst for the Central Intelligence Agency. She also worked on projects for the
Department of Commerce, the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S. Agency for International Development. In addition to her work at Penn State, Behring’s higher-education experience includes teaching economics courses at the University of Colorado Boulder and English classes at Feng Chia University in Taiwan.
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DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
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DANIEL TIGER and his friends learn lessons about life in “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!” The production, based on the Neighborhood of Make-Believe from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” will entertain children at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15.
‘Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!’ heading to Eisenhower Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — The legendary Mister Rogers’ messages about living a neighborly life get a new look with a Center for the Performing Arts-presented production of “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!” Daniel and his friends will sing and dance their way through an afternoon of “grr-ific” lessons at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The live-action production is based on PBS Kids’ award-winning animated series “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.” The series follows the adventures of the offspring of Daniel Striped Tiger, a resident of the Neighborhood of Make Believe from “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood.” Each episode follows the young Daniel while he learns life lessons and navigates social cues, including how to cope with sadness and disappointment, and how to practice thankfulness and cooperation.
Tom and Mary Ellen Litzinger sponsor the presentation. McQuaide Blasko Endowment provides support. WPSU is the media sponsor. Kids Connections, which is free for ticket holders and includes a craft-centered, child-friendly activity provided by WPSU and books provided by Schlow Centre Region Library, takes place in Eisenhower one hour before the show. Due to space and time restrictions, Kids Connections participation is limited. Patrons are welcome to bring a contribution for a book drive aimed at supporting Mid-State Literacy Council’s efforts to improve reading and learning proficiency in children. Titles with reading levels of preschool to sixth grade are preferred. Blue collection buckets are located in the Eisenhower lobby during regular business hour — 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Daniel Tiger, Page 34
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
AROUND & IN TOWN
Libraries exhibit celebrates 100 years of the Pulitzers Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State University Libraries’ new exhibit commemorates the centennial anniversary of the Pulitzer Prize. Featuring Pulitzer-related materials from the University Libraries’ arts and humanities collections, “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” will be on display through Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library. The exhibit is free and open to the public during Pattee Library’s Arts and Humanities Library operating hours. “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” features the works of Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction and nonfiction writers, poets and playwrights who have championed the cause of social equality and democracy and who have significantly impacted American art and culture. Presenting more than 50 Pulitzer-winning display items, the exhibit draws from the libraries’ rich assortment of book titles, as well as multimedia excerpts of Pulitzer Prize-winning plays, musical scores, fiction and poetry readings, and artist interviews. “The University Libraries is the heart of the university, and this exhibit gives us the opportunity to showcase the incredible depth and diversity of our collections,” said Jeff Knapp, Penn State University Libraries’ Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian and the exhibit’s cocurator. The exhibit highlights current Pulitzer recipients, such as Lin-Manuel Miranda, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer in drama for the Broadway hit, “Hamilton,” as well as lesser-known authors, such as Laura Elizabeth Richards and Maude Howe Elliott, who were jointly awarded the 1917 Pulitzer
for their biography of their mother, Julia Ward Howe, abolitionist, suffragist and writer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Visitors to the exhibit can learn about the history and administration of the Pulitzer Prize, discover notable facts about its recipients, and become apprised of Pulitzer Prize controversies and historical milestones. Additionally, visitors have the opportunity to challenge themselves with a Pulitzer quiz, and explore a map of arts and letters winners who have been affiliated with Penn State or Pennsylvania. A companion exhibit, “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating our Musicality,” is located near the entrance to Pattee Library’s Music and Media Center on the second floor of West Pattee Library. It highlights several Pulitzer winners for music and award-winning scores and recordings in the libraries’ collections and will be on display through the spring 2017 semester. The Pulitzer Prize was the brainchild of Hungarian-American newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer, who bequeathed several million dollars to Columbia University to administer the award. In 1917, Columbia University trustees ushered in the start of what is now considered one of the most prestigious national honors. The Pulitzer Prize board receives more than 2,400 submissions annually. From this vast pool, Pulitzer judges select just 14 prize winners in the field of journalism, five total prize winners in letters, and one prize winner each in drama and music. The category winners are honored each spring at Columbia University’s New York City campus. “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” and “100 Years of the Pulit-
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THE PENN STATE University Libraries’ exhibit “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating our Humanity” is on display in the Diversity Studies Room on the second floor of central Pattee Library, on Penn State’s University Park campus, through Aug. 30. zers: Celebrating our Musicality” is curated by the University Libraries’ Knapp; Alia Gant, diversity resident librarian; Jose C. Guerrero, diversity resident librarian; and Pembroke Childs, information resources and services support specialist. The exhibit is part of a Penn State campus-wide commemoration of the Pulitzer Prize centen-
nial, including events sponsored by the College of Communications, the School of Music and the Center for Performing Arts, and supports the spirit of “All In at Penn State: A Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion.” For more information, contact Knapp at (814) 867-6015 or jak47@psu.edu.
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23, through Monday, Jan. 2. For more information, visit the “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live!” website, or call (814) 863-0255.
Fridays — and during the performance. Eisenhower will be closed Friday, Dec.
FROM OUR FAMILY TO YOURS
MERRY
CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
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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 . 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. 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. Performance — The Nittany Knights practice at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, Visitors Welcome. 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org. 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. 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. 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 of-
fice, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Kids’ program — 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.nittany baptist.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 (814) 883-0957. Support group — The Bellefonte chapter of the Compassionate Friends Support Group, which offers understanding, friendship and hope to bereaved families and friends following the death of a child, holds a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Wednesday every month at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 353-4526 or mherb162@gmail.com. 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 Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The State College Toastmasters meet from 6 to 8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Mission Critical Partners, 690 Grays Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit statecollegetoastmasters.toastmastersclubs. org. 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. Pet adoption — Nittany Beagle Rescue holds an adoption event from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 692-4369. Pet adoption — Pet adoptions are held from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. every Saturday at Tractor Supply Co., 965 Benner Pike, State College. Call (814) 867-3337. Pet adoption — A kitten and cat adoption event is held from 2 to 8:30 p.m. every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 238-4758.
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Fundraiser— The State College Kiwanis Club and State College High School will host an annual two-day basketball tournament at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 28, and Thursday, Dec. 29, at the school’s North Building Gym, 653 Westerly Parkway, State College. The event raises funds for children and youth programs in Centre County; tick-
ets will be sold at the door. Call (814) 574-9219 or email mlock1979@gmail.com. Exhibit — World War II Christmas ornaments will be on display through the end of December at Apple Hill Antiques, 169 Gerald St., State College.
THURSDAY, DEC. 22
Kids’ event — “It’s Elementary,” a program for children in grades kindergarten through sixth, will be held from 6 to 7 p.m at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. The theme will be “Block Party.” Call (814) 3421987.
FRIDAY, DEC. 23
Kids’ event — A holiday workshop with pizza will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at Bricks4Kidz, 2790 W. College Ave., State College. There is a fee, and registration is required. Call (814) 574-2211 or email lpelchar@ bricks4kidz.com. Kids’ event — A “No School Movie Day” featuring “The BFG” will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum’s community room, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516. Meeting — A book discussion group, for those who love to read and talk about books, will be held at 1 p.m. at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516.
SUNDAY, DEC. 25
Dinner — The Faith Church in Bellefonte will hold its 20th annual free Community Christmas Day Dinner from 4 to 6 p.m. at the church, 512 Hughes St., Bellefonte. Takeout will be available from 3 to 5 p.m. For those unable to travel, home delivery is available; to order, call (814) 355-3358 by noon Friday, Dec. 23. Call (814) 571-5829 or email charlie. gudeman@bellefontefaith.com.
TUESDAY, DEC. 27
Kids’ event — A “Winter Fun” mini-camp will be held at 9:30 a.m. at Bricks4Kidz, 2790 W. College Ave., State College. There is a fee, and registration is required. Call (814) 574-2211 or email lpelchar@bricks4kidz.com.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28
Kids’ event — A preschool story time, featuring the theme “Happy New Year!”, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987. Kids’ event — A “Brick Afternoon Trekkers” three-hour event will be held at 1 p.m. at Bricks4Kidz, 2790 W. College Ave., State College. There is a fee, and registration is required. Call (814) 574-2211 or email lpelchar@bricks4kidz. com. — Compiled by Lana Bernhard
‘Rogue One’ disappoints, despite top special effects By BOB GARVER Special to the Gazette
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” takes place between Episodes III and IV of the official “Star Wars” series. It answers the question of how Princess Leia came to be in possession of the plans for the Death Star at the beginning of Episode IV. It also answers the question of why the Death Star was built with a convenient “Destroy Entire Death Star” feature. So, it serves to fill in a few blanks. And, yet, “Rogue One” feels like an entirely useless movie. Not only is it hard to get invested in aspects of the story that we know won’t continue, but it quickly becomes apparent that those aspects aren’t worth continuing anyway. Felicity Jones stars as Jyn Erso, the daughter of engineer Gelen Erso (Mads Mikkelsen), who is being forced to work on the Death Star by the evil Director Krennic (Ben Mendelsohn) of the Empire. (When will movie villains realize that it’s a bad idea to have dissenters build their superweapons?) Jyn is recruited by the Rebels to go on a mission to track down her father, who they plan to assassinate. She’s accompanied by Rebel officer Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his wisecracking robot K-2SO (Alan Tudyk). First, she has to track down old family friend Saw Gerrera (Forrest Whitaker). While on his planet, the team adds
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have memorable characters or performances where it needs them. Instead, it relies too much on lazy fan service. One cameo proves to be a powerful presence, but all the others are there just for the sake of being there. It really makes you appreciate “The Force Awakens” and how it came up with interesting and meaningful roles for all of its returning characters. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” was clearly made with a “don’t get too attached to them” attitude toward its original characters, and it backfires badly. I was cheering at the end, not because of an emotional connection, but because I was glad to be done with this insufferable offshoot forever. It’s a shame, too, because the technical aspects of this movie are excellent and deserve a story worthy of them. HH out of five. “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” is rated PG-13 for extended sequences of sci-fi violence and action. Its running time is 134 minutes. Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu.
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Home found for farm-to-table restaurant By GEOFF RUSHTON statecollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — Duke and Monica Gastiger have at last found the site to make a reality of their vision for a local farm-tofork restaurant. The co-owners of The All-American Rathskeller and Spats Cafe announced Dec. 16 that they have purchased Windswept Farm in Patton Township to become the permanent home for RE Farm Cafe. Located off Fillmore Road in Patton Township, near University Park Airport, Windswept Farm was previously a bedand-breakfast and wedding venue owned by Tom Songer. The site includes 57 acres of fields, pastures and woods. The existing
house will be repurposed for the restaurant and the farm will transition to become certified organic. Earlier this year, the Gastigers had initially planned to open RE Farm Cafe at J.L. Farm in Ferguson Township, but decided it was not a viable option. RE Farm will serve local, seasonal food, with fresh ingredients grown on site. The Gastigers seek to have more than just a restaurant, though. RE Farm will serve as a community and educational resource. Plans are for it to be a working lab for the public, students and
farmers, while offering a unique dining experience “Agriforesty, integrative experimental and demonstration agriculture, and constructed wetlands are a few of the exciting components already in the works,” the owners said in a news release. “Strengthening the local food system, celebrating small family farm heritage and identifying ways to diversify and augment farm incomes are just a few of the goals.” The cafe will have an open kitchen with theater-in-the-roundstyle dining, a private dining room and
360-degree views of the surrounding landscape. It is registered with the Living Building Challenge and will be constructed to meet the program’s standards for sustainable and regenerative building design. The Gastigers are planning a 2018 grand opening for RE Farm. The design team includes sustainable architecture consultants 7Group, State College-based PennTerra Engineering, Centre County construction management and design development firm Envinity, conservation planning and wetlands consulting group Biohabitats and other experts in agroforestry and ecology. Penn State professionals are working with RE Farm to provide student opportunities, according to the release.
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 DEC. 5-9 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH
Eric P. Ebeling and Jody M. Ebeling to Eric P. Ebeling, 477 E. Beaver St., Bellefonte, $1. Elizabeth W. Watson to Elizabeth Watson Revocable Trust and Elizabeth Watson, trustee, 207 Alder Court, State College, $1. Jeffrey L. Bird and Bobbi M. Bird to Braden Alan Wickham and Marissa Marie Wickham, 494 Blanchard St., Bellefonte, $172,500. Chad A. Swires and Mia C. Parise to Mia C. Parise, 1043 E. High St.,
Bellefonte, $1.
2185 Wiltree Court, State College, $1.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Grove Park Associates Inc. to Park Side Homes LLC, 118 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $44,562.
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
James J. Nixon, Darlene M. Nixon, Richard L. Swanger and Ginger S. Wanger to James J. Nixon and Darlene M. Nixon, 898 N. Allen St., State College, $1. S&A Homes Inc., Thomas F. Songer by attorney, Robert E. Poole and Don E. Haubert by attorney to Richard L. Swanger and Ginger S. Swanger, 1321 Barnstable Lane, State College, $477,173. R. Howard Skinner and Carol L. Skinner to Kurt P. Kroeker and Lydia E. Kroeker, 115 Cherry Ridge Road, State College, $299,900.
455 Smith Road, Port Matilda, $10,000. Jack E. Orlandi and Colette M. Orlandi to Zuzana Turecky, 102 Centennial Hills Road, Port Matilda, $270,000.
HARRIS TOWNSHIP
Dustin G. Lucas to Dennis W. Fye Jr., 157 Sycamore Drive, Karathaus, $73,000.
Carol A. Kustaborder, Michael E. Kustaborder and Bradley J. Kustaborder to Dennis C. Gates and Lynnann Long, 258 Gate Drive, Millheim, $1.
Curtis H. Walker and Katrina M. Walker to Keith McElhinney and Amanda McElhinney, 121 Roundhill Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1. Michele A. Farrell to Caleb C. Clouse and Kylie L. Clouse, 138 Harris Ave., Boalsburg, $239,500. Jerry L. Burton to MABJLB III LLC, 99 Emma Court, Boalsburg, $1. Thomas C. Strickler and Mark Steven Artz to William Walter Blake and Tammy Marie Blake, 207 Circle Drive, Boalsburg, $230,000. TOA PA IV LP to Richard D. Dieugenio and Janet M. Stafford, 278 Beacon Circle, Boalsburg, $585,966.21
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP
HOWARD BOROUGH
Carmen T. Iuliano and Joan F. Iuliano to Carmen T. Iuliano and Joan F. Iuilano, 161 High View Drive, Bellefonte, $1. Teresa J. Tressler, Teresa J. Cannon, David L. Cannon, Russell Lynn Tressler, Tammy A. Tressler to Heather M. Breon and Zachary R. Prisk, 273 Devils Elbow Road, Bellefonte, $90,000.
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
Jerry L. Burton to MABJLB II LLC,
GREGG TOWNSHIP
Gregory Allen to Donald W. Barger,
Theodora A. Williams by attor-
ney to William R. Davison and Donna M. Davison, 216 Mill St., Howard, $75,000.
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
Matthew P. Hall, Mary A. Hall and Mary A. Stem to Matthew P. Hall and Mary A. Hall, 659 Beaver Road, Julian, $1.
MARION TOWNSHIP
Robert A. Waite to Robert A. Waite and Judy A. Waite, 128 Killdeer Lane, Bellefonte, $1.
MILES TOWNSHIP
William P. Spicher and Lindsey Spicher to John S. Glick and Malinda E. Glick, 111 Broad St., Rebersburg, $37,000.
PATTON TOWNSHIP
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Deed Transfers, from page 37 Roederer, 128 Whisper Ridge Drive, State College, $260,000. Andrew King to Sandra King, 209 Shadow Hawk Lane, State College, $1. S&A Homes Inc. to Jennifer A. Roth, 1734 Woodledge Drive, State College, $360,892. S&A Homes Inc. to Martin Turecky, 1728 Woodledge Drive, State College, $397,843. Michael J. Lee to Decibel Partners LP, 2400 Bernel Road, State College, $1. Hampton N. Shirer to Hampton N. Shirer and Rebecca D. Shirer, 207 Alder Court, State College, $1. Decibel Partners LP to Action 4 Autism-Bernel Road LLC, 2400 Bernel Road, State College, $260,000.
PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH
James G. Walk and Carlene M. Walk to Matthew McGarry and Melva McGarry, 113 N. Eighth St., Philipsburg, $87,000. Bradley E. Peters Jr. to Christina Trust and Wilimington Savings Fund Society, 323 E. Pine St., Philipsburg, $1.
PORT MATILDA BOROUGH
Janet M. Lykens to Christopher L. Lykens, 202 W. Plank Road, Port Matilda, $121,771.
POTTER TOWNSHIP
Jane P. Connoy to Stephen G. Schnur, 105 Lloyd Ave., Spring Mills, $35,000.
RUSH TOWNSHIP
Allen Troy Herrington, John E. Herrington by agent, Thomas E. Herrington, Luahan S. Her-
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SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP
New Covenant Baptisit Church of State College to South Atherton Real Estate I LP, 1405 S. Atherton St., State College. $315,000. New Covenant Baptist Church to New Covenant Baptist Church, 1524 University Drive, State College, $1.
Lori A. Herr and Samuel T. Herr to Dennis Roberts and Maureen Roberts, 744 Clarence Road, Snow Shoe, $10,000.
SPRING TOWNSHIP
Keystone Central Homes LLC to Thomas Heller and Lukas Rhodes, 113 Lee St., Bellefonte, $23,500. Gary G. Wilt and Shirley J. Wilt to Gary G. Wilt II, 127 Norman Ave., Bellefonte, $1. Justin J. Strayer and Caitlin M. Strayer to Tracy J. Banas, 107 Greenbrook Drive, Bellefonte, $159,000. James P. Keddie to Jack Orlandi and Co-
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Joseph Simco and Debra L. Simco to Darrell L. Sharp and Heather N. Sharp, 135 Red Oak Drive, Bellefonte, $380,000. Eric T. Smith to Eric T. Smith and Joyce C. Smith, 150 Ralphs Lane, Bellefonte, $1. — Compiled By Lana Bernhard
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HOUSES FOR SALE
Shareboard A Beautiful Horse! If you have always wanted to own a horse but never had the money or time for the committment you can still make your dream come true through SHAREBOARDING. We have 12 horses at our ranch and all of them are gaited, which means that they are unusually smooth at the jot or “trot” compared to Quarter horses, thoroughbreds and other non-gaited breeds of horses. These horses are so smooth at the trot you can sit to it without bouncing violently. You will enjoy all of the privileges of ownership - visiting the horse whenever you wish, riding whenever you like, and bonding with the horse - but without the tremendous responsibility that goes with ownership. We have four (4) gaited horses for you to choose from for your shareboarding experience: 1) LINCOLN : This handsome man is the black, brown and white horse in the pictures. He is the perfect height at 15.2 hands, and an unusual breed called a Missouri Fox Trotter. Fox Trotters are non-spooky, calm to ride, smooth-gaited and very beautiful. Lincoln can be ridden by any child or adult beginner rider. We have used Lincoln in horse lessons, parade performances and he has covered hundreds of miles of trails. 2) TRINITY: What a stunningly beautiful
Mountain horses are famous (pictured with white blaze). Trinity has been shown competitively in mounted shooting classes, ridden hundreds of miles of trails and is used in lessons for children in our outdoor ring. 3) MONTANA: This beautiful brunette is the daughter of Trinity. A Rocky Mountain mare, only 8 years old and gentle enough for children to ride in the ring or on trails. Montana is one of our steadiest horses, trustworthy for any beginner rider. 4) PHOENIX: Tall, blonde and handsome, Phoenix is a cool 16 hands of Missouri Fox Trotter (like Lincoln). He is a pale blonde coloring (pictured), gentle-natured and so smooth at the trot you could drink hot coffee off his back while he glides. You select from these four (4) horses at our ranch and rent the horse by the month for $250/month. We are a public stables and very family-like and down-to-earth so you will always have people to ride with you. As part of your monthly share-board we will teach you all of the background things you need to know, from understanding horse behavior to riding safely both English and Western. Wildfire Ranch is located in Spring Mills, just 25 minutes from State College. Call Cynthia: 814-422-0534. Visit our website: www.wildfireranch.org
Parts & Accessories For Sale
Utility Trailer
6X12 enclosed Utility trailer, 1 yr old, large, rear, loading ramp style door, small man-door on side, LED lights inside and out. 2995 GVW, used infrequently to move some furniture. 570-212-2518
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Autos For Sale
2013 Hundai Elantra 14,000 Limited Edition, only 75,000 miles. Bought at the end of 2013. Heated seats front and back. Nav system, backup camera, moon roof. Does great on gas. All leather seats. Bought it for almost 25000. Asking for $14,000 814-380-6861
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
DECEMBER 22-28, 2016
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