Centre County Gazette, Feb. 19, 2015

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Williams looks to the future

Bus wraps here to stay By BRITTANY SVOBODA bsvoboda@centrecountygazette.com

By CHRIS MORELLI

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UNIVERSITY PARK — For a guy nearing retirement, Penn State Alumni Association executive director Roger Williams certainly doesn’t look any less busy. His office on the second floor of the Hintz Family Alumni Center is bustling with activity on a frigid Friday afternoon. He’s got mounds of paperwork on his desk. The bookshelves are filled to the max. No packing has begun. But Williams insists that it’s no ruse — he still plans on retiring on Tuesday, June 30. “I’m going to be 66 in May, so I’m of that age,” Williams said during a recent interview in his office. “I’ve been in this job for 12 years. I came here in June of 2003. It’s been a long tenure, relatively speaking … and a very good one.” For Williams, the last dozen years have gone by quickly, he said. During that time, the alumni association has seen unprecedented growth. During Williams’ tenure as executive director, the alumni association grew by 27,759 members, nearly hitting 175,000 total dues-paying members in 2014, making it the largest such alumni association in the world. Williams saw increases of $2.9 million in revenue from 2004 to 2014, a 33 percent increase from the $8.6 million total a decade ago. Williams is certainly proud of the growth. “The alumni association is in good shape. Our membership continues to grow substantially over the years. We’ve put a number of new programs in place and our financial underpinnings are healthy. I think we’re striving to position ourselves so we can carry on our mission,” Williams said.

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IT’S HERE: THON will take place this weekend at the Bryce Jordan Center. Last year, a recordbreaking $13.34 million was raised.

Dancers set to begin 46-hour marathon By ALEXA LEWIS

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UNIVERSITY PARK — The Bryce Jordan Center, at the corner of University Drive and Curtin Road, will host the annual 46hour IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, or THON, beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 20. The event brings children and families of the Four Diamonds Fund, volunteers and others together after months of fundraising efforts. According to THON.org, the mission of the dance marathon is “to conquer pediatric cancer by providing emotional and financial support to the children, families, researchers and staff of the Four Diamonds Fund.”

THON weekend continues until 4 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 22. “For spectators, THON weekend is an experience that you not only see, but feel immediately as soon as you walk into the BJC,” said Aly Young, THON’s public relations director. Spectators can use the Gate A entrance of the Bryce Jordan Center, Young said. No identification is needed to gain entry into the Bryce Jordan Center and the event is free to attend. Once inside the BJC, spectators can stand and watch performances that take place on the main stage throughout the weekend, Young said. Events will include a pep rally, fashion shows, family

For the Benner family, THON is a celebration of life By CHRIS MORELLI

BELLEFONTE — To say that the Benner family is excited for THON weekend would be quite the understatement. According to Tiffany Benner, it’s the highlight of their year. “Every year the kids get really excited and can’t wait to spend time in the BJC with the THON organization and all the other kids,” Benner said. “You kind of forget all that we’ve gone through. It’s one weekend a year where you try to forget everything that has happened. We’re ready. We’re excited. It’s just a good time to let the kids be kids and enjoy the weekend.” Benner’s son, Noah, is 10 years old. In 2012, he began having migraine-like headaches that caused severe pain. He was diagnosed with choroid plexus papilloma and had a mass on the right side of his brain. He’s had tumors removed from his brain three times. It’s been a long, arduous road for the Benner family. CHRIS MORELLI/The Gazette

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INSIDE Lions Pride has undertaken an initiative to benefit the annual fundraiser. Page 5

Education .......................... 8 Community .................. 9-12

Mature Lifestyles ....... 13-20 Sports .......................... 21-23

STATE COLLEGE — By popular demand, the giant, moving advertisements on CATA buses will become a permanent staple in the Centre region. For the past year, area residents have been treated to the exterior wrap advertisements on select buses as part of a trail for a new revenue source for the Centre Area Transport Authority. About a year into the 17-month trial period, CATA’s board of directors has decided to place the exterior wrap advertisements on 12 buses as a permanent part of the company’s ad program. The decision came at a special meeting on Feb. 10. “Everything is going well and this will be a great source of revenue for us,” said Jacqueline Sheader, CATA public relations manager. Sheader said it costs about $30,000 for a one-year exterior wrap advertisement on a bus. From that, CATA takes home half the profit, with the other half going to the advertising contractor who works with companies interested in purchasing the wraps. The current trial period will end Sunday, May 31. If all 12 buses are contracted for at least a one-year advertisement, CATA could have an extra $180,000 to work with next year. During the trial period, CATA made a little more than $30,000 off the four wrapped buses, and Sheader said at least two of the advertisers are interested in signing another contract.

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LEAVING A LEGACY: Roger Williams, executive director of the Penn State Alumni Association, recently announced his retirement. His last day on the job will be June 30.

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SUPPORT TEAM: Noah Benner, of Bellefonte, center, poses with Penn State football players Donovan Smith (76) and Jesse James (18) following a practice in 2014. Benner is a Four Diamonds child who has had three brain surgeries. Community Profile ......... 24 Arts & Entertainment .25, 26

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THAT’S A WRAP: The advertisements that are wrapped around CATA buses will remain, according to Jacqueline Sheader, CATA public relations manager.

As part of the decision to make the trial wrap ads a regular thing, CATA reached out to local municipalities for feedback. Sheader said that for the most part, the new advertising option has garnered a lot of support. Concerns the municipalities had, however, included ensuring the buses maintained CATA branding, the number of buses that could be wrapped and the loss of 50 percent of the profit. “Right now we have the (CATA) logos on the buses,” Sheader said. “We’re going to continue to make sure we do that.” She also said that the number of buses that can be wrapped in the next year will be 12, about 17 percent of CATA’s fleet. “We may not sell that many and that’s fine,” Shearer said. “What we’ll do is reevaluate it next year.” CATA is also reassessing the sale and servicing of the advertising program, and is seeking proposals from new companies to handle it, Sheader said. While it’s common that the company who coordinates advertising like this takes 50 percent of the profits, she said that the split might change with the new proposals. Bus wrap, Page 6

What’s Happening ..... 26, 27 Puzzles ............................. 28

Business ...................... 29, 30 Classifieds ........................ 31

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Front and Centre MODERN HISTORY: A historic building in Centre Hall has a new look and a new tenant. The space along Pennsylvania Avenue now houses the Family Life of Penns Valley Church. Page 9

TURN THE PAIGE: State College Area High School field hockey standout Paige Meily is ready for the next phase of her athletic career as she signs to play at the University of Pennsylvania. Page 21

50 IN 50: The Big Brothers Big Sisters program of Centre County is trying to sign up 50 bigs in 50 days. YSB’s Denise McCann shares what the program means to the youth of the area. Page 11

ECLECTIC AVENUE: The irreverent play “Avenue Q” runs through Saturday, Feb. 28, at Penn State’s Playhouse Theatre. The Gazette’s Harry Zimbler previews the puppet-filled spectacle. Page 25

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Officers pay tribute to fallen comrade By MICHAEL MARTIN GARETT StateCollege.com

BELLEFONTE — A sorrowful winter wind blew through the air on Feb. 13 as family, friends and fellow officers paid their final respects to State College Police Officer Robert Bradley. Hundreds of people turned out for funeral services at the First Baptist Church in Bellefonte. Inside the church, Bradley’s casket was draped with an American flag. Bradley, a 19-year veteran of the force, died unexpectedly while on duty on Feb. 9. Pastor Greg Shipe reminded the crowd it was a day of both mourning and celebration. “This is not saying goodbye. This is just saying, ‘We’ll see you later,’ because you have the same savior that Bob has,” Shipe said. “To think, ‘I will see him again in Heaven,’ what hope that brings, what a comfort that is.” Shipe read from the very Bible that had been given to Bradley by his father, the same Bible that rested on his bedside in life. With that book, Shipe reminded the crowd that body may be little more than dust, but the soul lives on. But the sense of the loss that comes with death also lives on through the years, lingering in the memories of those still living. Mike Wiggin, a police officer from Latimore Township near Gettysburg, knows the pain that comes with losing a fellow officer. Though he never knew Bradley, he attended the service as a show of solidarity with the Bradley family and the State College Police Department. Wiggin said something as simple as a patch, a badge, a desk in the department will always serve as a reminder of the loss suffered. But while that pain may linger, so will the joy that lives in memories. Kim Weigand, executive director of a support network for families who have lost an officer, also did not know Bradley. She

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OFFICERS PAY TRIBUTE to Robert Bradley during services at First Baptist Church in Bellefonte.

said she attended to help show the family that they are not alone, as her own son also died in the line of duty. “It’s as if your family portrait has fallen and shattered into a thousand pieces, but you can never put it back together again, because one of the pieces is missing,” Weigand said. Family members and friends shared stories from Bradley’s life, prompting both tears and laughter from the audience: The time he got in trouble for throwing a snowball at a school bus, the time he played soccer on the roof of a supermarket with his cousins, the time he drove to the Pittsburgh Airport just to show his newborn daughter to his sister for a few minutes before she boarded a plane. Bob Bradley Sr. also spoke, and thanked the gathered multitudes for honoring the life of his son. He admitted he hadn’t seriously studied the Bible in many years, but said he’d been reflecting on Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. One passage in particular stood out to him: “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted.” “And you boys in blue, Jesus had you in mind those thousands of years ago,” Bradley said. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they are children of God. And my Bobby was a child of God.”

Intense winter weather causing problems for construction crews By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — Matt Eger, of Leonard S. Fiore Construction, was bundled up and shivering on Feb. 16 as he helped unload a shipment of rebar into the Fraser Centre construction site. He said that, under normal circumstances, he and his coworkers wouldn’t have even been outside working that day due to the extremely cold temperatures. According to an AccuWeather forecast, temperatures on Feb. 16 fell below zero, with wind chills making the outside feel as cold as minus-23 degrees. “We’ve been working on this project since October, and the cold has been more and more of a nuisance,” Eger said. “You’ve got to dress warm and layer up, and you take breaks every 15 minutes or so to try and warm up.” He says his crew was only working on Feb. 16 because they had a rebar shipment. When temperatures drop below 15 degrees, much of the heavy equipment needed to work on the project refuses to start.

Fortunately, Eger said, they could plug their forklift into a “block heater” to keep it moving in the intense cold while they unloaded the rebar. Unfortunately, the forklift was the only thing that was warmed by a heater, while Eger and his coworkers were literally left out in the cold. “None of our equipment wants to cooperate when it’s this cold out,” Eger said. “But at least we’ll probably be shut down for the rest of the week.” Mark Whitfield, State College borough public works director, said that most of the borough’s staff wasn’t working on Feb. 16 because of the Presidents Day holiday — but, the cold sure didn’t have the day off. “The cold is playing havoc with the elevators in the Pugh garage,” Whitfield said in an email. “We had to install portable heaters in the hydraulic rooms for the elevators.” The cold has also been causing problems for refuse collection. Whitfield said that recent snowstorms have essentially “buried” things like discarded Christmas trees and other bulk collection items beneath a layer of snow.

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Temple Court project moving forward By BRITTANY SVOBODA bsvoboda@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — After months of construction, phase one of the Temple Court Building project is wrapping up and phase two will soon begin, according to the Centre County board of commissioners. At its Feb. 17 meeting, the board approved a contract with Caliber Contracting Services Inc. to complete the general construction of phase two of the Temple Court Building project. The board awarded the contract to Caliber during a meeting in late December last year. The company is based out of Carnegie and bid $3.1 million, the lowest out of nine proposals the county received. Bids went as high as $3.9 million. Phase two of the project will include renovating the first and second floors of the building to house the county’s probation office and the third and fourth floors for the district attorney’s office. In its proposal, Caliber estimated that the project would take 240 calendar days, or eight months. The board outlines in the contract that the work must be completed 240 days from commencement of the project. Commissioner Chris Exarchos said that while completing the project in eight months is the goal, he would rather Caliber focus on doing a quality job rather than speeding to get it done. Phase one was projected to be complet-

ed by the end of the 2014, but has stretched into this year due to weather. County administrator Tim Boyde said phase two work can begin 10 days after phase one ends, which is expected to be Friday, Feb. 27. Work on the Temple Court Building is just one of five projects slated to take place in downtown Bellefonte this construction season. On the site neighboring the Temple Court Building and throughout downtown Bellefonte, Progress Development Group will turn several historic properties — the Garman Theatre, Hotel Do-De and the Cadillac Building — into affordable housing units. The Waterfront Improvement project along Spring Creek between West High and West Lamb streets is also expected to begin this spring. The borough’s Lamb Street Drainage Improvement Project will repair the street’s storm sewer system, which was damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and the Department of Transportation also announced its plan to resurface Route 144, which runs through downtown Bellefonte. PennDOT will also reconstruct sidewalk curbs that do not comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Concerns about these projects were raised at a meeting in January. Local and county government officials, as well as community members, discussed the possible parking issues these projects — which will likely involve road closures — will have. They decided to continue dia-

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PHASE ONE of the Temple Court Building Project is wrapping up, according to Centre County commissioners. logue as these projects approach. The board also discussed revisions to the policy and procedures for campaigning for elective office. Commissioner Michael Pipe argued for the official revision to state that county employees must participate in political activity on their own time. He said this issue was first brought to his attention by several county employees who were approached by their superiors to

sign petitions for political office. The policy revision would limit that and the use of county facilities for political purposes. Exarchos, while pulling his own petition ballot out of his coat pocket, said he is sympathetic to the revision request, but that he doesn’t want to create unintended consequences. Temple Court, Page 6

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Depression in adolescents brought to the forefront By BRITTANY SVOBODA bsvoboda@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — The pressures of a changing body and new stressors could lead to depression in children and adolescence and affect their academic and social engagement, as well as development, if left unaddressed. Jeanne Knouse, director of learning enrichment, gifted support and student services with the State College Area School District, said that depression and anxiety rates in the school district are high, with about 40 percent of seniors experiencing those ailments. Dr. Joseph Wiedemer, program director of the Penn State Hershey Family Medicine residency program at Mount Nittany Medical Center, and Peter Rainey, a licensed marriage and family therapist with the program, discussed what depression is, how it can be recognized and how to help adolescents experiencing it with area parents on Feb. 17 at Mount Nittany Middle School. The discussion was part of the Straight Talk Series, educational programs designed to help parents and caregivers recognize, understand and deal with problems that could develop during an adolescent’s developmental years. “We really believe in the education events so parents are aware of what’s out there today, what children are faced with and how we can help them through the tough transitional times in life,” said Marisa Vicere Brown, president and founder of the Jana Marie Foundation, an organization that sponsors the series. “The more parents are educated and the more they know, the more we can offer support to the youth in our community and really support them in everything that they’re doing,” she said. Wiedemer said that people still to talk about depression as something that “someone needs to snap out of,” but that he’s finding it’s less common, especially when it comes to recognizing it in children. The more depression is discussed as a serious issue, the better it can be treated

and lives can be saved, he said. Depression, Rainey said, is commonly defined as a “mental disorder.” The term “disorder” is often used because many think it’s not entirely due to biological reasons, and therefore isn’t an “illness.” And the term “mental,” he said, is used because it has been thought for years that it was an issue with the brain. This is not wholly true, Rainey said, because the mind and body are always connected. Depression has been often attributed to low serotonin levels, which is considered by researchers as a chemical responsible for maintaining mood balance. Rainey noted, however, that when given medication to improve serotonin levels in the brain, it is believed to cause other chemical production and cell growth in the brain, which helps alleviate depression. Genetic factors, such as a certain number of short and long genes, are also thought to be a cause of depression, Wiedemer said. “We can’t really say why it’s one (ail) or another, but we can say it’s more than one factor,” Rainey said. During adolescence, children’s bodies are constantly changing and their brains are still developing. Children and teenagers will go through moods, Rainey said, but it’s patterns of moods that last for significant periods of time that should be flagged. When meeting with a health care professional to diagnose or dismiss depression, Rainey said clinicians will ask about changes in a person’s biological, social, psychological and emotional, and spiritual and moral aspects of their life. “Any of them that are affected can be the beginning for depression or a mental disorder,” Wiedemer said. If an adolescent has a sad mood and loss of interest in things they previously enjoyed, Rainey said that will spike his concern levels for possible depression if the mood lasts for the better part of two weeks. At that point, he said, it’s time to seek treatment. It is often thought that a depressed person is someone who has pessimistic

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PETER RAINEY, left, and Dr. Joseph Wiedemer of the Penn State Hershey Family Medicine residency program discuss depression in children and adolescents with area parents. thoughts. Rainey said that a person who suffers this has developed a “pattern of thinking” where negative pathways are fired together, leaving little to no room for positive ones. These pathways, he said, aren’t permanent and can be undone. This is usually done through treatment, or a combination of treatment, and can include medication, therapy and exercise. Both Rainey and Wiedemer stressed that treatment should be approached as a team effort. Even if the child doesn’t want their parent or guardian in therapy sessions with them, the counselor will still discuss what’s happening during sessions to ensure everyone knows what’s going on and to do what’s best for the patient. Bringing the family on board for treatment is important, Rainey said. A family member, close friend or teacher will usually be one of the first to notice a change in an adolescent’s behavior because of the amount of the time they spend together. This is also a reason why it’s helpful if a child has the same primary care physician for a number of years, Wiedemer said. If this physician suspects depression or that something else is going on, he or she will often collaborate with a therapist or specialist to examine the child’s behavior and decide on a plan of action and treatment, if necessary. Wiedemer said a physician and therapist will work closely together during a pa-

tient’s treatment and that he and Rainey are implementing this in their program with other residents. And it’s important, Rainey said, that if parents have questions about treatment or any other aspect of their child’s care, they shouldn’t hesitate to ask the doctor or counselor. He also noted that coping with and recovering from depression isn’t a quick fix and that it takes on average 12 therapy sessions for breakthroughs and behavior changes to happen. If left untreated, depression can have serious consequences, like suicide. The end goal, Wiedemer said, is to prevent suicide among all those who are depressed. Rainey said that if a patient discusses their intention to commit suicide with him, he will ask those who are close to the patient about a family history of suicide and identify the things that they could use to hurt themselves and get them out of their reach. He also said he that he’ll ask about where they might go to commit the act and make a plan if the patient goes there. The next Straight Talk Event will take place at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, at Mount Nittany Middle School. Dr. Rachel Love, a specialist in early childhood development, will discuss spirited and strongwilled children. For more information, visit www. janamariefoundation.org.

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Jordan Center. Donation stations are located at each gate of the BJC, according to Lauren Burke, THON’s donor and alumni relations director. Spectators may be denied immediate entry in the event that the BJC reaches its capacity, which has occurred in previous years. In 2014, THON raised a record-breaking $13.34 million. The fundraising totals for 2015 will be announced at the end of the 46th hour of THON.

speeches and the fundraising total reveal for THON 2015. Outside food and beverages, as well briefcases, large purses and backpacks, are not permitted inside the BJC. Food and beverages are available for purchase at the BJC concession stands throughout the weekend. Supporters can continue to make donations throughout THON weekend online at thon.org/donate or in person at the Bryce

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Water damage closes Schlow Library By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — For at least the foreseeable future, the Schlow Centre Region Library will have a smaller selection of books to choose from. Library spokesperson Susanna Paul said more than 1,500 books were damaged beyond repair after a pipe burst in the early morning hours of Feb. 16, causing extensive water damage to one side of the library. The library is currently closed as staff members and professional cleaners work to mop up the damage. The destroyed books were mostly from the biography section, but numerous educational children’s toys, audio books and young adult fiction titles also had to be thrown out. She said it’s too early to tell when the entire library will be up and running. Overdue fees will not accrue during the time that the library is closed, though Paul said library patrons can still return books to any of the various drop-off locations. “I’m just glad it wasn’t worse,” said library director

Lions Pride store aids THON fundraiser By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — The Nittany Lion was able to put smiles on the faces of sick children while also promoting a fundraiser for THON. The Lion took a trip down to the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital to help celebrate its second birthday on Feb. 17, providing young patients at the medical center with some wintry gear in the form of Nittany Lion knit hats. “We would like to thank Penn State Hershey Association of Faculty and Friends, the hospital’s Child Life Program and Lions Pride of State College for their generosity in helping the Lion provide the birthday hats for our young patients,” the hospital said. The hats were donated by Lions Pride, a Penn State merchandise store located at 112 E. College Ave. The store is in the tail end of a “4 Weeks 4 THON” promotion that aims to raise money for the fight against pediatric cancer. The store is donating 20 percent of every purchase made to THON for both online and in-store sales. The store is also selling shirts that read “We Are All About That Cure” as part of the promotion, with all proceeds from the $15 shirt going to THON. If you make a purchase of $75 or more, the shirt is free. This is one of many fundraising efforts for THON on the part of local businesses, but it isn’t often that you get to see the end result of those efforts come to life in the smiles of children at Penn State Hershey. The THON fundraiser’s big weekend kicks off on Friday, Feb. 20, at the Bryce Jordan Center. THON is the largest student-run philanthropic effort in the world and has donated more than $100 million to the Four Diamonds Fund, a charity that directly supports about 600 children with cancer every year.

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Cathi Alloway. “It looked dreadful when I got here this morning, but our staff has been working hard and we were able to prevent it from being any worse.” Alloway said the fire alarm went off when the pipe froze and burst overnight. She got a call about the situation at about 3:30 a.m., and she and other library staffers were on scene doing damage control within the hour. Paul said the library’s carpets were soaked and there is some minor damage to sections of drywall, but there is no extensive structural damage. Maintenance crews were on scene through Feb. 16, working to fix the pipe and stop a small but persistent leak on the second floor. Service Master employees also set up dehumidifiers and fans to speed up the drying-out process.

Alloway said the library is insured, which should cover the costs of any structural damage. She is not sure if the insurance will cover the cost of the books and other materials damaged by the water. “We immediately took note of every title that had to be disposed of, and our intention is to replace the parts of our collection that were impacted,” Paul said. Alloway asked that anyone interested in supporting the Schlow Library consider making a donation through the library website. She said community support will be important when it comes time to replace the parts of the library’s collection that were lost. “It was very heartening to see the way our staff came together to respond to this, but it’s still quite a mess to contend with,” Paul said.

Benner, from page 1 CPP can be deadly. When it’s not, it can cause intense headaches, nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, optic nerve swelling, visual disturbances and even blindness, according to the National Institutes of Health. Noah is a student at Marion-Walker Elementary School in Bellefonte. He is also a Four Diamonds child. According to Tiffany, through all of the surgeries, all of the trips to Hershey, the family has been amazed at what Four Diamonds has been able to provide. “People always ask me, ‘Does the money really go to the kids?’ I tell them that I’ve never paid a hospital bill from Hershey. Not one cent. Ever. The new children’s hospital has so much in it … so much for the children to do. It’s amazing,” she said. With the three surgeries behind him, Noah will spend a great deal of time at THON this weekend. While the family won’t be there for the entire 46 hours — they do need some sleep, after all — they will be there for good portions of the event, which gets bigger and better every year. “We will probably be there for at least half of it,” Benner said. “We usually go Friday evening and we are there late. On Saturday, Noah will go and spend about three hours with the football team. That was his wish this year. We’ll take the kids back to the hotel and let them relax for a little bit. We hope to take the kids to the pep rally (Saturday). Saturday is a really busy day. Sunday, the plan will be to get up there and definitely be there for the final few hours.” For the Benner family — Tiffany’s husband, Craig, and 5-year-old daughter, Sydney — the hardest part of this ordeal has been watching Noah go through surgery time and time again. The unknown is frightening, she said. She had a hard time putting that fear into words. “The hardest part? The hardest part for us is not knowing,” she said. “The surgery in September … was that the last? Is the tumor going to come back? We’re not able to see the future. Noah has come to grasps with everything he has been through. He understands it. He knows that he is a very lucky child. We had the best possible outcome that anyone could ask for. But the biggest thing for us is not knowing what could happen in the future.” Because of that, Benner said that she and her family have begun to treasure each and every day more and more. Whether it’s a school assembly or a family vacation to Walt Disney World, the little moments become increasingly special. “It has changed the way we live. Things have been put into perspective for us. We spend all summer traveling. We go to amusement parks; anything that comes up, we do it. We don’t know if we’re ever going to get that chance again. Our whole perspective has changed,” Benner said. For the Benner family, life — precious as is it — continue to roll along. Not every weekend is THON or a vacation.

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The wrap advertising option started as a way for CATA to make up money that was lost at the federal and state funding levels. The organization gets half of their funding from federal, state and local government and the other half from fare boxes, bus passes and other bus services. Sheader said CATA annually reevaluates its budget and decided it was time to incorporate a new funding model. “Three years ago, we were in a tight financial situation,” Sheader said. “But at that point, we couldn’t wait anymore. We needed some additional funding.” Advertising on the tails of the buses was added soon after. That advertising is expected to net about $54,000 for CATA this year. Sheader said most of the authority’s 71bus fleet has the tail ads. While it might not seem that a few thousand dollars could affect CATA’s operating budget, which is at $15 million for the 2014-15 fiscal year, Sheader noted that without this extra revenue, it could mean significant service changes, such as increases in ride fare or cutting down on the number of routes. While ridership going into the 2014-15 fiscal year was expected to remain stable, CATA’s ride fare already increased last July from $1.50 to $1.75 to help generate extra revenue.

On paper, the numbers are impressive. Williams’ dynamic personality is a big part of that. However, that doesn’t mean change can’t be good. With that in mind, Williams believes it’s time to go. “What really drove me to do this is that I just don’t want to go on and on forever. It’s not fair to the organization. You get to a point where it becomes time for the organization to refresh itself through new leadership at the top. I think this is a good time for new leadership to come in,” Williams said. For Williams, it’s been a long and winding road — but Happy Valley has always been home. He holds several degrees from Penn State — a bachelor’s degree in history, a master’s in journalism and a doctorate in higher education. He first entered the world of education in 1978 as a writer for Penn State’s Department of Public Information. He rose through the ranks at Penn State at the start of his career, serving as the executive director of university relations from 1986 to 1995 before moving on to what he believed were greener pastures. He worked at two other universities — the University of Arkansas and Georgetown University — before eventually finishing his career right where he started, when he became the head of the alumni association in 2003. The alumni association has always been near and dear to his heart. Over the past dozen years, Williams has watched it grow and expand. There’s plenty to be proud of — and Williams is. “We’ve been able to grow membership, which is very important. It’s probably been my top priority because it’s such a sign of organizational health. At the Penn State Alumni Association, we’re special because we are the largest dues-paying alumni association. That is our continuing gift to the university … that kind of stature is used by everybody at Penn State,” Williams said. “It’s used in the recruitment of students, it’s used in the recruitment of faculty, it’s used in the recruitment of student-athletes. You name it, it’s a real badge of distinction and pride for

Temple Court, from page 3 “It’s common sense not to ask employees to sign a petition,” he said. Commissioner Steve Dershem was not as in favor of the revisions. Both he and Exarchos asked how elected officials who don’t report to the county would be held accountable. “We need to have a broader conversation about political activity,” Dershem said. He was also skeptical about limiting the use of county facilities for campaign purposes, stating that political activities are often held in spaces like the Courthouse Annex.

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U.S. Ebola response proved to be success By The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that the United States would remove most of the troops it sent to West Africa to help fight the Ebola epidemic marked a successful response to what could have been a global tragedy. Although more than 9,200 people died from among the 23,000 cases identified since the disease surfaced in Guinea in December 2013, the spread and number of deaths could have been far, far greater. Ebola, which first turned up in an outbreak in what is now the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, is highly contagious and, until attacked systematically this time, almost always fatal. France tackled it in Guinea, the United Kingdom in Sierra Leone and the United States in Liberia. Some 2,800 U.S. forces were there at the peak and so far $939 million has been spent on giving treatment, seeking prevention and finding a cure. Many activities launched will have long-term potential, including medical infrastructure put in place as well as research. The U.S. troop level has already been reduced by 1,500, with all but 100 expected to be out by April 30. Obama made very clear that this is not the end of the battle. Containment has been achieved, but eradication of the disease is probably an unrealistic goal. In the past, Ebola has disappeared, only to return in major outbreaks in 1976, 1995 and, of course, last year. The means by which it is transmitted lie deep in customs, including funeral ceremonies and other social mores. The U.S. response this time was relatively quick, major and commendable. The impulse was largely humanitarian, although fear also had to play a part, given the deadly threat the disease presents. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency

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found myself stopping on a show I returned from a week of travel called “My Fab Fat Life.” The show and airplanes and came down with follows a 30-year-old woman who the flu. lives with her parents and seems to I don’t know if it was airplane air have no source of income other than or conference air conditioning or just occasionally teaching what she calls a my resistance being down because “big girl dance class.” She reportedly my schedule of eating, sleeping and weighs 380 pounds due to some horexercise was off due to the travel. monal disorder. The flu successfully knocked me The show follows the woman off my feet for a few days. and her friends, her efforts My takeaway from days to date, her frustrations on the couch, sipping ginger with living at home and the ale and flipping from chanmany issues, both physical nel to channel, is that our and emotional, that come country is in serious trouble. from being morbidly obese. How did I come to that asThroughout the story line, sessment? By reviewing what we jump to her sitting in a the public permits and enchair as she narrates and ofcourages on cable television. fers her perspective on what Aside from the usual dayjust happened and how she time talk shows, children’s felt about it. She shows us programming, 24-hour news plucking the hairs from her and situation comedies, chin (a symptom she shares there is a whole bunch of inis related to her hormonal tentional intrusion and paydisorder) as well as paying per-voyeurism on television. Patty Kleban, her best friend to massage As I flipped through the who writes for her feet. channels, there were op- StateCollege.com, One episode featured her tions to watch big people, is an instructor making the decision to buy really big people, little peo- at Penn State, a bikini and then running ple, people who hoard their mother of three on the beach in said bikini things, and people who and a community as she tells her best friend have ruined their lives with volunteer. She is a Penn State alumna that she has no issue with addiction. There are shows who lives with her her size. In another, she about people preparing family in Patton becomes angry and tearful for doomsday, others who Township. Her were “naked and afraid” or views and opinions when she receives the news that she is developing sympsome who were just naked do not necessarily and dating. There are shows reflect those of Penn toms of diabetes and other serious health issues. The about men with a handful of State. ambiguity of the show is that while wives, families with more kids than claiming she is fat and “fabulous,” it a football team, young football playis clear that she is very unhappy. ers and one infamous single mom, Advertisers and television netjust barely making it through with works believe that we will be enterher eight kids and 10,000-square-foot tained by this. As long as we keep home (undoubtedly purchased with watching, we prove them right. the money she made from being faEntertainment value aside, do we mous). objectify people and their issues — Are we so starved for entertaintreat them as something non-human ment that producers and directors by following them around with a have to resort to stepping behind the camera, scripting their every move closed door of someone else’s life to and then putting it on cable TV? keep us tuning in? Does it dehumanize and desensiThrough the lens of a fever, I

By The Dallas Morning News Once again, the world is shocked by another mass atrocity committed by jihadis using flames, bullets and swords to force their warped interpretation of Islam on others. Islamic State loyalists in Libya released a video of fighters lining up 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians along a Mediterranean beach and simultaneously beheading them. Unlike in conventional wars, where each side fights to degrade and demoralize the enemy into negotiating peace terms, the Islamic State fighters offer no room for discussion. It’s their way or death. The execution videos they post online are intended to horrify as many people as possible — Muslims and nonbelievers. In America, we enjoy an ocean’s breadth of safety and the most powerful military in the world to protect us, yet the horror still prompts gut

reactions of outrage. For Muslims in the Arab world and western Asia, the margin of safety is razor thin. Leaders in countries where Islamic State activity is growing — including Pakistan, Jordan, Egypt and those in the Arabian Peninsula — can no longer deny the threat at their doorsteps. The choices have rarely been this stark. Those leaders must summon the courage and muster the popular support required to confront the jihadis militarily, or the Islamic State will bring the battle to them. Egypt’s military-dominated government, which has harshly stifled free speech and conducted mass arrests to curtail even moderate Islamic sentiment, responded to the Copts’ beheadings with a wave of airstrikes on suspected Islamic State bases in Libya. Jordan responded with airstrikes this month after the Islamic State executed a captured Jordanian air force

pilot by burning him alive inside a cage. Going for the occasional big bang of airstrikes is no substitute for the unrelenting, sustained ground-force confrontation that must occur if the Islamic State’s expansion is to be halted, especially in war-torn countries like Syria, Iraq and Libya. Egypt’s leader, Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, has correctly called for an international response to the Islamic State’s expansion. That response, however, must include a joint Arab infantry strike force as its dominant component. If Arab leaders cannot summon the courage today to confront this enemy directly, their current problems are likely to seem trivial compared to the ones they’ll face in the not-too-distant future. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency

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tize us to real issues and the people who face issues like weight, ability and disability, addiction, and just plain narcissism to put them in front of a camera? I used to think not. I remember when the show “Little People, Big World” first aired on cable TV. The show featured parents Matt and Amy Roloff, both identified as “little people” and their children — three of whom were typical height and one who was also a little person. At first, the show seemed like an exercise in advocacy about how people with disabilities can and do live normal, productive lives. Their house was messy, their relationships both loving and conflicted. and they seemed “normal” despite the challenges of living in a world that is full of barriers. Unfortunately, like all “reality” television shows, it soon devolved into scripted special events and tableaux created for our entertainment. When we watch shows like “Intervention” and “My 600 lb. Life,” do we see the characters as something less than human and as a source of amusement and/or horror? Do we watch to make ourselves feel better and to reassure ourselves that “I would never let my life get that out of control.” What does watching these “real people” do for us? More importantly, what does it do to them? As my husband always points out, “how many cameras are in the room to get all of those different angles?” The answer is enough to keep us watching. I have thankfully recovered from the flu and am back to work and off the couch. I’ve given the remote back to my family and have resumed reading and writing for fun in my nonwork hours. As soon as the weather breaks, I will get outside with the dogs and to start working on the landscaping. Prognosis from a week with the flu? No more reality TV. It can make you sick.

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Student will take on Pirates beat in MLB.com internship UNIVERSITY PARK — He’s already been across most of the United States to watch baseball, visiting 25 of 30 ballparks used by Major League Baseball teams on regular trips with his family. This summer, one Penn State student plans to make one of those facilities his second home. Senior John McGonigal earned a spot in the highly competitive summer internship program conducted by MLB.com, and he’ll focus on the Pittsburgh Pirates while working at PNC Park. McGonigal, of Aston, was the 23rd Penn State student selected to participate in the internship program in the past eight years. Interns who participate in the program work as associate reporters and produce daily stories and videos about their assigned teams. Each intern is required to work for a minimum of 10 weeks, and they may have the opportunity to stay throughout the season and into the playoffs. “It’s a great opportunity,� said McGo-

nigal, who will begin his internship Tuesday, May 19, 10 days after he’s scheduled to graduate from the university with a degree in journalism and minors in business and history. “It’s a wonderful internship program, I’ve heard so many JOHN MCGONIGAL good things about the program from other Penn State students, and baseball is probably my favorite sport. It’s just exciting in so many ways.� Those who made the selections were excited about McGonigal as well. More than 350 students applied to the program by submitting cover letters, resumes and writing samples. McGonigal and other Penn State candidates also met with the

MLB.com program director, Bill Hill, for an on-campus interview. After interviews across the county, the top 70 candidates were asked for additional samples and completed writing tests. The MLB.com opportunity adds to McGonigal’s growing list of experience. He’s the sports editor of The Daily Collegian and has written for the Philadelphia Daily News, Bleacher Report and The Daily Collegian, covering seven different sports — football, men’s basketball, baseball, men’s soccer, softball, women’s gymnastics and women’s rugby — during his undergraduate career. In addition, McGonigal covered the 2014 Little League World Series for the Associated Press and previously completed an internship with Comcast SportsNet in Philadelphia. Although the internship might prevent any ballpark trips this summer with his family — father, John, mother, Lisa, brother, Joseph (a freshman at Penn State), and

Trautmann to present honors thesis at conference By LYNN DRAFALL Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Music education major Erin Trautmann has been selected to present her honors thesis, “Pennsylvania Elementary Band Directors’ Methods for Student Instrument Selection,� in April at the Eastern Division conference of the National Association for Music Education in Providence, R.I. Only 10 percent of the total research submissions are invited for formal presentation, and the population includes university faculty, graduate students and pub-

sister, Katelyn, once visited California and the Grand Canyon around a West Coast road trip for the Philadelphia Phillies — McGonigal anticipates all that comes with the opportunity. “It’s everything from trying to find an apartment to starting a career,� McGonigal said. “It’s just exciting, and I can’t wait to start.� McGonigal is a member of the John Curley Center for Sports Journalism, housed in the College of Communications. The Curley Center, created in 2003, explores issues and trends in sports journalism through instruction, outreach, programming and research. The center’s undergraduate curricular emphasis includes courses in sports writing, sports broadcasting, sports information, sports media and society, and sports and public policy, which is cross-listed with the Penn State Dickinson School of Law.

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lic school teachers from across the nation. Trautmann’s project was also selected to be presented as a poster at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association conference in March. Her research is supervised by faculty member Linda Thornton. Trautmann will graduate in May. She is currently completing her student teaching in elementary general music and elementary/middle school band in the Perkiomen Valley School District. Trautmann is the daughter of Scott and Jenifer Trautmann, of Macungie. After graduation, she plans to pursue a public school teaching position.

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Historic building gets renovation and new tenants By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — A historic building in Centre Hall has recently received a major renovation and a new tenant. The two-story brown brick building at 219 N. Pennsylvania Ave. was constructed in 1912 to be the printing plant for the Centre Reporter newspaper. This publication began in Aaronsburg in 1827, moved to Centre Hall in 1868 and continued to publish until Feb. 29, 1940. The building then was the location of the First National Bank of Centre Hall, which later became Northwest Bank, until 2012, when the bank moved to a new facility in Old Fort. The building was designed by architect Anna Wagner Keichline, a Bellefonte native who became the first female architect to be registered in the state. She earned a degree in architecture from Cornell University, and her first design was for a schoolhouse in Milesburg. Keichline also designed several buildings in Bellefonte, including the Plaza Theater, the Cadillac Garage and Apartments, the Harvey Apartments and some private homes. In 2012, the building was purchased by Bob Steiger and his wife, who operate the neighboring Steigers’ Americana store. The Steigers had the building’s interior extensively remodeled and fitted with modern metal-framed windows, the design of which retains the elegant style of the original early 20th-century architecture. “Those old windows were in bad shape,” said Bob Steiger. “We didn’t want them leaking water into the building, so

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THE NORTHWEST BANK building in Centre Hall as it previously looked, left, and after its renovations. we replaced them. We wanted to keep the old feel of the building.” The second story of the building contains two apartments which Steiger rents out. According to Steiger, citing a Centre Hall history book, an addition was added to the rear of the building to house the vault when the bank purchased the building. The addition’s walls were 18-inches thick, and were supposedly reinforced with sections of railroad rails. Steiger planned to add a rear entrance in the addition, but decided against it when he learned of the walls’ strength and thickness. In December, the 130-member congregation of the Family Life of Penns Val-

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FIRST-GRADE STUDENTS wear hats decorated with 100 items to mark the 100th day of school.

ley Church agreed to rent the first floor of the building for their worship services and other activities. The former bank lobby has been converted to a sanctuary, and a room on the north side serves as an overflow area and gathering room, equipped with tables, chairs, sofas and a live television feed of worship services. A room in one of the second floor apartments serves as Pastor K.R. Mele’s office. Mele is grateful to the Steigers for his church’s new location. Previously, the congregation had been meeting in the Penns Valley Intermediate School. “It’s a blessing to have a place where we don’t have to set up, tear down, pack things in a trailer and

haul it away every weekend,” he said. In April 2014, Mele and his friend Harold Morgan pedaled for 3,178 miles on a bicycle trip from Santa Monica, Calif., to St. Augustine, Fla., as a fundraiser for a new church building, among other projects. The church plans to break ground in May for a new building on the church’s property in Gregg Township at the intersection of Route 192 and Ridge Road. He is not sure if the church will keep the Centre Hall location when they move into the new facility. “Maybe we’ll keep this as a community outreach center. I’m not sure how the Lord’s going to use it,” said Mele.

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STUDENTS AT Houserville Elementary learned about butterflies and bees from master gardeners.

Centre Hall students Houserville Elementary celebrate 100th day of school plants pollinator garden By SAM STITZER

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CENTRE HALL — On Feb. 13, students at Centre Hall Elementary School celebrated the 100th day of the school year by engaging in numerous activities all focused on the number 100. Marking the 100th day of school is a long standing tradition at this school. “This is a celebration day for the kids,” said paraeducator Sheila Lieb. Teacher Vickie Fultz’s first-grade students made hats from newspaper that they wore to school on the 100th day. The hats were decorated by the students in many creative ways, all with 100 items, including pieces of candy, stickers, pennies, cotton balls and more. The students made a list of what they thought were 100 great things about school. The list included things such as math, art, reading, pizza parties, books, music, jumping rope, friends and Fridays. Students in Heather Bird’s class wrote about what they would be like if they were 100 years old.

“I will have a lot of wrinkles and warts, and two teeth missing. My hair will have a wig. My activities would be to go on long car rides,” wrote a student named Taylor. “If I was 100 years old, all I would do is sit on the couch. If I had to work, I would only work on the computer,” wrote a classmate. Another exercise for the kids was to write what they would do with $100. “If I had one hundred dollars, I would spend my money on cats and snakes. I would play with the cats. I would let the snakes slither up my sleeve,” wrote one student. Another noted he would spend the money on an XBox 360 video game console and a Minecraft video game. The students also drew pictures of themselves at 100 years of age, and several dressed as 100-year-olds for the day, donning thick glasses, shawls or suspenders, and walking with canes. In Heather Michael’s math class, students wrote their names as many times as they could in 100 seconds, and then they had 100 seconds to do as many jumping jacks as possible. One student did 126.

HOUSERVILLE — It was frigid on Feb. 13, but you didn’t notice that inside Houserville Elementary when I visited third-grade students who were talking and learning about butterflies and bees. Being in their classroom invoked thoughts of spring. Master gardeners from the Pennsylvania State University Extension, including Pam Ford, Martha Moss, Laura Kemper, Nancy Forsythe and Fran Nuhfer, conductConnie Cousins ed the program. covers a wide Ford explained the variety of events in project and engaged Centre County for the children in a disthe Centre County cussion about butterGazette. Email her flies and how they find at ccous67@gmail. flowers by smelling com.

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with their antennae. She also told the students about what plants would be attractive to butterflies and led the day’s project, which was to make a container in which to grow native plants that would be attractive to pollinators. Pollinators include thousands of bees, wasps and butterflies, as well as hummingbirds and bats. All these work to take care of the 80 percent of all flowering plants that must rely on pollinators for survival. A problem in the world today is the constant construction that takes away the fields, which are the growing areas for milkweed and other pollinators. The attentive children also learned about the overuse of pesticides that has destroyed the pollinator plants. The master gardeners taught the children about the necessity of having plants that attract bees and butterflies. Houserville Elementary School, last fall, established a satellite garden of the Houserville, Page 12

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Centre County man was a model aviation pioneer Those who know me also know that one of my passions is the building and flying of radio-controlled model airplanes. I began this hobby in 1972, and joined the State College Radio Control Club in 1981. It was in that club that I met one of the hobby’s true pioneers, Bill Brown, who passed away in 2003 at the age of 91. Brown was born on May 30, 1911, to upper-middle-class parents, as his father was a respected mechanical engineer. As the first son in the family, he became the fourth generation to have the name William Likens Brown. Brown’s father made sure that he had a good understanding of mechanics as a child. In first grade, one of Brown’s classmates had a rubber-powered model airplane, which fascinated him. Sam Stitzer covers Later, his dad bought him a book tiPenns Valley for tled “Model Flying Machines.” At age the Centre County Gazette. Email him seven, Brown tried to make his first at pennsvalley@ model from the book, but it did not fly. centrecounty Years later, he made another one from gazette.com. the same plan. This time, it did fly. He and his Philadelphia neighborhood flying buddy, Maxwell

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The next year, Brown and Bassett Bassett, built and flew many rubbershowed up at the New York’s Roosevelt powered models, including some that Field for the 1933 National ChampionBassett had designed. ships with several different models and In the 1920s, Brown built a 3-foot engines. They swept first place in all span Jenny biplane model. Later, he three powered contests. The judges fihad a dream that his model had a tiny nally woke up and made new rules for working engine in it, just like the origgas models. inal Jenny. This started him thinking Brown and his father formed Brown about building a model airplane engine. Junior Motors, and began manufacturHis dad had a twin-cylinder outing and selling the engines in 1934. The board motor that fascinated Brown. He Brown Junior engine was an immediate figured out how it worked, and evensuccess, even at $21.50. It was the first tually used it as a basis for his model practical gasoline-powered model airengine. In 1926, he started drawing up craft engine ever made. In the first two sketches for the model engine. For sevyears of business, Brown’s company eral years, he kept thinking and drawing sold 5,000 engines. The company made up his ideas. In high school, Brown finally started Submitted photo gas engines until 1940. Brown later turned his attention to fabricating parts for his engine while, in THE BROWN JUNIOR .60 engine, with making tiny engines powered by comhis words, “just monkeying around.” All pressed carbon dioxide gas. These enthe work on it was done in his father’s its ignition coil, batteries and integral gines displaced just .005 cubic inches, machine shop, including the spark fuel tank. and could fly small (12- to about 20plug, which was made just like big airinch wingspans) stick and tissue planes that were normally craft plugs, with a built-up mica insulator. rubber-powered. He formed a company called Campus Brown carried the parts of his engine around in a briefIndustries, which manufactured the engines. case. One day in shop class, he showed it to some of the After graduating from Frankford High School in Philastudents, who asked him to run it, so he did. The instructor delphia in 1932, Brown studied mechanical engineering at investigated the noise because he thought something had the Pennsylvania State College, now Penn State University, flown off the wood lathe. When he discovered it was Brown for the next two years. He was working on a mechanical running a little gas engine for other students, Brown was engineering degree. He liked the Centre County area, and thrown out of class. so he moved Campus Industries to Pine Grove Mills, and As soon as Brown had an engine ready, Bassett had a resided in State College. model plane designed and built for it. With Brown’s engine Brown was a member of the State College Radio Control at full power, the plane struggled into the air, but never got Club and, for many years, donated one of his engines and over 4 feet off the ground. It needed more power, so Brown started all over again, but this time he doubled the size to charging cartridges as a prize in that club’s annual Delta 0.60 cubic inches, and made the first Brown Model A. Dart indoor contest held for youngsters up to 16 years of He and Bassett put the new engine in the same plane age. His flying demonstrations were a well-received highand this time it leaped off the ground, did a couple of light of those events. He was passionate about the field of loops, went over a house and landed in some bushes. model aviation and encouraged young people to develop Bassett experimented and practiced all summer long and an interest in it. started getting better results with the new model design. Brown received numerous awards and accolades for In 1932, Brown and Bassett took their model, named his work. Several of his early engines are included in the “Miss Philadelphia,” to the National Championships in collections of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Atlantic City and entered it in the powered-models class. Museum in Washington, D.C., and the Deutsches Museum In that class, in order to encourage contestants to be inin Munich, Germany. He was elected to the Academy of novative, any power source could be used. Almost all conModel Aeronautics Model Aviation Hall of Fame in 1974, testants used rubber power, and a few used compressed the Free Flight Hall of Fame of the National Free Flight Soair with limited success. Miss Philadelphia came in fourth. ciety in 1979, and the Society of Antique Modelers Hall of Some perceptive people realized they had witnessed the Fame in 1990. He was known and recognized internationdawn of a new era that day. To others, including the rule ally for his achievements. makers, Brown’s engine was just a passing fancy that Not bad for a kid “just monkeying around” in his dad’s would create little further interest. machine shop.

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CENTRE HALL — If your child has ever wanted to give Boy Scouts a try, now is his chance. Boys ages 6 to 10 are invited to “Test Drive the Cub Scouts” at the Pinewood Derby on Saturday, Feb. 21, beginning at 11 a.m. at St. Luke’s Church in Centre Hall. Those interested do not need to build a pinewood derby car to participate. There will be ready-made cars available for use. Concessions will be available at the church. For more information, call (814) 364-1793.

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Borough Police Department is collecting unused, unwanted or expired medication in order to keep these items out of the hands of children and other individuals, as well as keeping them out of the environment. There is no need to remove the labels or take the items out of the packaging, as the items will be destroyed by incineration. Liquids and/or over-the-counter medications are also accepted. If you bring in liquids, please see the office assistant, as these are placed in a separate container to avoid spills. Drop-off hours are from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Mondays through Fridays, at the Bellefonte Police Department, 236 W. Lamb St. in Bellefonte.

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Big Brothers Big Sisters has goal in mind By DENISE MCCANN Special to the Gazette

STATE COLLEGE — The Big Brothers Big Sisters Program operates under the simple premise that one caring adult can have a significant positive impact on the life of a child. This premise can have profound and lasting effects for children, and for the community. BBBS has research to back up its effectiveness. The program helps increase protective factors for children in Centre County, while also decreasing risk factors. And, we know that mitigating these risk factors, while also increasing protective factors, is what keeps kids out of trouble and helps them succeed. Big Brothers Big Sisters recently launched its second annual “50 in 50� campaign. BBBS wants to recruit 50 new big brothers or big sisters in 50 days. And, BBBS need your help. Research tells us that when implemented appropriately, mentoring works. Studies show that youth matched with a “big� were 46 percent less likely to begin using illegal drugs, 52 percent less likely to skip school and 27 percent less likely to use alcohol. Additionally, local statistics show that 71 percent of youth in the program developed a more positive attitude towards school and 80 percent achieved higher grades in math and reading. But, proof goes beyond the research. Proof is seen in the face of a child when

he greets his big brother after school, in a conversation had with a teacher who notes positive behavior changes in a student who is matched with a big, in the parent who tells BBBS that her child is no longer getting in trouble since joining the program, or in the college acceptance letter received by a young person who never before would have dreamed of going to college. Take the story of Andy. Andy’s mother is blind and his father is suffering from a chronic illness and is wheelchair-bound. Andy’s older sister is failing all her classes and is constantly getting in trouble at home and in school. Andy, although well-behaved in school, also struggles with his grades. Andy was matched with a big brother, Matt, and during the first two months, slowly began opening up to his big brother. Changes were noticed in Andy’s self-confidence, and his school attendance improved greatly. Four months after the pair was first matched, Andy’s teacher came to us, reporting that he was getting Bs in every class. She also told us that he speaks frequently of his big brother and it’s clear that a positive connection has been made. Mentoring has been recognized as one of the most promising ways to reach youth and help them achieve their full potential. Most people can’t name the past five presidents of the United States, the World

Woman’s Club funds early literacy technology at Schlow Library STATE COLLEGE — Schlow Centre Region Library has announced that the State College Woman’s Club has donated $2,000 to help advance early literacy in the community. Anita Ditz, head of the Children’s Department, said that the money will be used to purchase iPads and educational apps. “Today’s children are surrounded by technology at every turn,� said Ditz. “Schlow is committed to identifying responsible, educational applications of current technology and teaching today’s

parents about these resources. Rather than eschew technology completely, we can harness its power and use it for the common good.� The iPads will be used for demonstrations during Schlow’s very popular story times and will be available for parents to test out, too. “We are grateful to the Woman’s Club for their generous and visionary support,� Ditz said. “By working together to enhance literacy in our community, we can ensure that every child arrives at kindergarten ready and excited to learn.�

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THE BIG BROTHERS Big Sisters program in Centre County is aiming to sign up 50 bigs in 50 days.

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Series MVP or the last Nobel Peace Prize winner. But each of us can name that one person who helped us over that hurdle, that person who believed in us and helped us envision the person we were capable of becoming. Our program needs caring adults

Denise McCann is a division director for the Centre County Youth Service Bureau.

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STATE COLLEGE — Schlow Centre Region Library recently announced that it is one of the host sites for the Volunteers Income Tax Assistance program, which runs through Monday, April 13, of this year. VITA offers free tax help to low-tomoderate-income individuals and families (generally, those making $53,000 and below). The program features IRS-certified preparers who can provide assistance to people filing basic tax returns.

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AT THE RECENT Blue and Gold Banquet of Pack 35, held at the Knights of Columbus on Feb. 8, four Webelos received the Arrow of Light, the highest award earned in Cub Scouts. All four Scouts have chosen to join Troop 370 in Bellefonte, which meets on Wednesday evenings at St. John’s Lutheran Church. Pictured, from left, are Pack 35 Cubmaster Mary Cronin, Ty Cronin, Jacob Fritz, Sam Voltz, Michael Henry, Troop 370 Scoutmaster Todd Holden and Mitchell Holden.

‘You’ll Be in My Heart’ concert to benefit Jared Box Project STATE COLLEGE — Central Pennsylvania Youth Orchestra, a division of the Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania, will perform its annual winter concert, “You’ll Be in My Heart,” at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21, at The State Theatre in downtown State College. The concert will feature dancers from PASCP performing ballet excerpts both prior to the concert and during part of the concert, sharing the stage with the orchestra. “You’ll Be in My Heart” features a partnership with The Jared Box Project and Mount Nittany Health. PASCP is committed to helping families and youth facing hardship and health challenges by preparing 300 Jared Boxes to be donated to Mount Nittany Medical Center. Mount Nittany Health is sponsoring families who will be able to attend the concert at no cost. The Jared Box Project was founded in 2001 by the children at Our Lady of Victory School in State College to honor their classmate and friend who battled cancer with courage and faith. A Jared Box is a shoebox-sized plastic bin filled with small gifts, toys, cards and games. Each box contains items selected for a specific age and gender. The boxes are delivered to hospitals and are given to children to provide a diversion as they receive chemotherapy and other medical treatments. Since its inception, the Jared Box Project has delivered boxes to children in 44 states. This is the second year PASCP has partnered with the Jared Box Project. Tickets to the concert are $10 for adults and $5 for stu-

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THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA YOUTH ORCHESTRA will help with the Jared Box Project during its winter concert. dents and children. Tickets are available through The State Theatre Box Office by calling (814) 272-0606. For more information, contact Sarah Kopac at (814) 234-4961 or skopac@pascp.org. Houserville, from page 9 Snetsinger Butterfly Garden at Tom Tudek Memorial Park. Ford, master gardener project chair of the Snetsinger Butterfly Garden, is in charge of coordinating habitat stewardship and educational outreach activity. She also serves as satellite garden captain for Houserville Elementary School. The Penn State Extension master gardener volunteers associated with the Snetsinger garden partner with area school and community groups to provide mentoring and assistance with developing pollinator-friendly gardens. SBG volunteers provide educational programming, design and planting guidance for new gardens that reflect its mission. SBG currently has 25 satellite gardens and 12 schools that participate in the program, Ford said. The list of participants can be found at www.snetsingerbutterflygarden.org/sbg-satellite-gardens.html. For their pollinator project, the students at Houserville first filled milk jugs that had been cut in half with nutrientrich soil. Then they carefully planted seeds, in this case purple coneflower and milkweed. The tops of the jugs were replaced and the fifth graders were charged with carefully taping them, creating a milk jug “greenhouse,” and carrying them outside to the pollinator garden. The seeds need moisture and the open

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STATE COLLEGE — Schlow Centre Region Library recently announced that it is one of the host sites for the Volunteers Income Tax Assistance program, which runs through Monday, April 13, of this year. VITA offers free tax help to low-to-moderate-income individuals and families (generally, those making $53,000 and below). The program features IRS-certified preparers who can provide assistance to people filing basic tax returns. VITA help is available at Schlow Library between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Appointments are required and can be made by calling (814) 355-6816. VITA appointments are available at five different locations throughout Centre County, including Bellefonte’s Church of the Good Shepherd and the Moshannon Valley YMCA. For more information about VITA, call the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at (814) 355-6816. top, with the cap removed, will allow snow in to provide that moisture. The seeds need the cold, also. When the seed coat weakens, the seeds will begin to germinate as the weather warms. Butterflies like to land before feeding, so they need flat clusters such the coneflowers, but they also need places to lay eggs. They like the milkweeds for that, as well as asters, thistle, violets, black-eyed susans and other flowers. Fifth-grade teacher Linda Andrews was the force behind coordinating the project for the whole building and there were additional third- and fourth-grade classes that planted seeds later in the day. Librarian Mardi Frye was helpful with my questions during the class, and it was she who organized everything. Classes taking part were Mark Smeal’s third-graders, Stuart Leitzell’s third-graders, Steve Garbrick’s fourth-graders, Michele Allen’s fourth-graders and Lynn Darlington’s fourth-graders, as well as the “Pollinator Ambassadors” from Rebecca Lorantas’, Gretchen Fetterolf’s and Linda Andrews’ fifth-grade classes. The “ambassadors” took on the responsibility of assisting the master gardeners as they worked with the younger students. How interesting it will be for the students to see their seedlings in the spring, and know that by sowing their habitat garden, they have helped bees and butterflies to thrive.

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STATE COLLEGE — Grace Lutheran Church in downtown State College invites the community to a unique ecumenical Lenten event on Wednesday, April 1. The evening will include a display of Central European paintings from the Renaissance period, illuminated manuscript reproductions, icons by a local icon painter, Stations of the Cross projections with meditative readings, an art and book exhibit, hymn singing, live music by local musicians and liturgical dance. A Renaissance-themed pig roast, which is open to the public, will provide a social centerpiece around which multiple meditative events take place. There is no fee for the event, although donations are welcome to defray costs. Mary Kay Laplante, a local icon writer, or painter, who has studied with a Russian master in Binghamton, N.Y., will begin the program at 4:30 p.m. in the sanctuary with the talk “Icons: Companions in Prayer.” The scriptural foundation of icons, their two-dimensional nature, and ideas, as well as meditations to assist in prayer, will be discussed. Following the pig roast and fellowship meal — complete with an “illuminated” cake for dessert — visitors can view the exhibits. They also can see the digital art projections while listening to hymns played on the harp by candlelight, spend prayer time with the icons in the sanctuary, or meditate on the Stations of the Cross while reflective music is played on classical guitar, along with spoken prose meditations. A highlight of the evening is 32 high-resolution digital projections of museum catalog-quality Passion paintings obtained from museums in Central Europe and the United States. Following the open exhibits, Passion music on the pipe organ will draw guests to the sanctuary for the closing event, Lenten hymn singing and liturgical dance. The program will end around 8:15 p.m. For details, or if you plan to bring a group, contact Grace Lutheran Church at (814) 238-2478 or Laurel Sanders at lsanders@glcpa.org.

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Senior Center offers free health-promoting program By ALEXA LEWIS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Senior Resource Center, located in the First Presbyterian Church at 203 N. Spring St., is looking for at least 10 people to join its Aging Mastery Program, an eight-week behavior-changing program designed to encourage aging well and cultivate healthy lifestyles. “We want to have a health impact on older adults,� said Vickey Confer, the center’s manager. “And, we are trying to give them the tools that they need to be able to do that.� The Aging Mastery Program helps participants develop sustainable, healthy behaviors that contribute to longevity, according to the National Council on Aging, which designed the program for nationwide scaling. Some of the topics included in the program are physical activity, medication management, preventive benefits, healthy eating and planning for the future. The program is free and open to anyone in the community who is 50 years and older. An orientation, along with the first session, will feature a presentation about physical activity and will take place on Tuesday, March 3, at 9:30 a.m. at the Bellefonte Senior Resource Center. After the first class, the program will run for another seven weeks every Tuesday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. There will also be a follow-up session. On the first day, the senior center will give each participant a personal pedometer and a course packet outlining each weekly module. Throughout the program, the center will provide the group with other take-home items including an exercise video and a tracking log. Through a reward system, the program encourages participants to utilize and track their healthy habits. “It’s a concise, eight-week class, where they can get a lot of information on lots of topics in one consolidated class,� Confer said. Registration is open through Monday, March 16, but the center encourages people to join before March 3 and attend all eight sessions. To earn a certificate and com-

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plete the program, participants must attend at least six of the sessions, Confer said. Limited, first-come-first-serve parking is available in the church parking lot. Street parking is also available. Center County Transportation Services will provide free transportation for participants to and from the center who live in Pleasant Gap, Zion, Bellefonte and Howard boroughs. Those 60 years and older are encouraged to also join the Bellefonte Adventure Club, which offers mostly free outdoor activities to active, independent individuals. “We are trying to get people more active and enjoying the wonderful things we have in Centre County,� said Confer. Activities include bird watching and guided bird tours at local and interstate locations, as well as fishing workshops. Confer said the Adventure Club is already planning a fall bus trip to observe bird migration at the Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in New York. Starting in April, the club will take Saturday hikes, with the first scheduled at Bald Eagle State Park. While transportation is not provided, carpooling is often coordinated. In June, the Adventure Club also will begin offering kayaking for beginners at $5 per outing. The Bellefonte Senior Resource Center offers a variety

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Local gyms provide varied options for senior workouts The Gazette has looked into several ways of staying fit — including swimming, yoga and exercise programs — in its Senior Living pages. Searching for new ideas in fitness for seniors, I explored some of the newer gyms and fitness clubs. The goal — to see if seniors could master the workouts featured at each and if the clubs welcomed seniors. Kinetik Fitness, located at 2301 Commercial Blvd. in State College, was founded by Scott Ludwig. Scott’s wife, Chanel Ludwig, is co-owner and runs the facility. Open for seven years and having won “Best Health Club” five times, Kinetik has a good handle on what is needed to keep clients challenged and interested. “You can train here Connie Cousins five days a week for covers a wide six months and never variety of events in repeat the exact same Centre County for workout,” said Chanel the Centre County Ludwig. Gazette. Email her Certified and at ccous67@gmail. trained coaches offer com. coed group coaching six times a day for 50 minutes, which includes at five to seven minute warm-up and a three to four minute cool-down. The workout is part cardio and part strength training. One 30-minute express class is given at 12:15 p.m. for those on a lunchtime workout schedule, but does not include warm-up or cool-down. The participants are encouraged to do so on their own. According to its website, Kinetik Fitness programs are designed to burn fat and tone muscle as quickly and safely as possible. All fitness levels are catered to. Asking it you are fit enough for working out in a gym is not the question one should

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ask, but rather, “How do I get help in moving more easily and safely?” Kinetik has members ranging in age from their 20s up to one member who is in his 80s. Kinetik also has an off-site program that it manages at English Meadows, a home many seniors located at 3291 Shellers Bend, State College. The sister facility to Kinetik is the new Thrive facility that opened in June 2014 at 2290 E. College Ave., State College. It has more of a traditional gym feel and smaller group size. Your goals may involve hitting a golf ball farther, gaining a stronger back or working on getting healthy knees. If these are more your issues, you may find what you need at Thrive. Thrive’s adult functional training is done with a trainer and four or five in a group. Clients are screened in seven different movements to see where their issues may be with decreased movement or function. Then ,the trainer can set up an individualized program for each person. You can be doing your routine of exercises next to someone who is working on his or her own agenda. The beauty of this approach is that the trainer is right there to assist if needed. Maintaining strength, flexibility and remaining injury-free as you age are desired outcomes. At Thrive, according to Scott Ludwig, “Let’s see how you move and as you become more able to move, other problems may clear as well. We want to see you moving better and then you can start to burn more calories, if that is your goal.” Thrive also offers sports performance training for middle and high school students. Clint and Jenn Frazier own Anytime Fitness, which opened on Dec. 16 at 2351 Commercial Blvd., State College. Jenn Frazier said they take “Silver Sneakers” memberships, which many insurance plans offer. “On your first visit, a trainer works with you for a free hour to check your flexibility and fitness level,” she said. “It’s about the members with us. We interact with them

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Urinary incontinence not Maintain healthy bones just a normal part of aging Urinary incontinence — the involuntary loss of urine — is experienced by millions of women worldwide. While many may believe that incontinence is only linked to older adults, in truth, women of all ages can experience UI. Many women feel this is a normal part of aging and accept these bothersome symptoms when there are actually many options to consider. The most common types of UI are stress incontinence and urge incontinence. In some women, both types of incontinence are experienced, which is referred to as mixed incontinence. Stress incontinence occurs when an activity such as coughing, running, sneezing, laughing or heavy lifting puts stress on the bladder. Michelle Black is a When the bladcertified registered der and pelvic floor nurse practitioner muscles that regulate for the Mount the flow of urine lose Nittany Physician strength, women may Group. involuntarily lose anywhere from a few drops to a large amount of urine. The most common reasons for stress incontinence include childbirth, obesity and age. Urge incontinence is described as involuntary leaking when women get the sudden, intense urge to go to the bath-

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room. Urge incontinence can be caused by a number of underlying health concerns such as a urinary tract infection, stroke, Alzheimer’s and more. However, if there is no known cause for urge incontinence, it’s simply known as overactive bladder. UI can begin as only a few drops of urine, but if the pelvic floor muscles are not strengthened through Kegel exercises or other means, incontinence can grow over time causing more frequent and larger involuntary losses of urine. There are a few options for treating UI that do not require surgery. Kegel exercises are typically suggested as the first option for women with incontinence. However, some women find that they are not certain if they’re performing the exercises correctly. Another option is pelvic floor physical therapy, in which a therapist essentially guides women through strengthening exercises. While this can be a good option, it does require taking time out of the day for appointments. One of the newer non-surgical options is a device called InTone. InTone is an FDA-approved non-surgical solution to help stop bladder leakage. It is the first device of its kind designed for both stress and urge incontinence. The InTone is a device that women use at home for 14 or 26 weeks (depending upon the diagnosis) to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. To learn more about the non-surgical options available for female urinary incontinence, speak with your health care provider today.

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Healthful eating a big part of aging well In 2011, the U.S. Department of Agriculture completely changed what was previously known as the food pyramid to what is now known as “Choose My Plate,” in order to make healthful eating much easier. The food pyramid had a one-size-fits-all guide to it when, in reality, people need different serving sizes and nutrition needs and emphasized the wrong food items. For example, grains were the most prominent foods on the food pyramid, which Americans already over-consumed. Grains are an important part of the human diet, but only whole grains, and Sarah Weber not in large quantiis a PSU senior ties. Good grains can majoring in journalism and include foods such as an intern for The brown rice, quinoa, Centre County rolled oats and even Gazette. Email her plain popcorn. Many at correspondent@ companies try to centrecounty pass off foods labeled gazette.com. “whole wheat” or “gluten-free” as healthier, but that’s not always the case unless it says 100 percent whole wheat. Hidden sugars are all over those foods, too — just look at the ingredients. Watch out for words like fructose, glucose and sucrose. Our country as a whole needs to focus on eating more fruits and vegetables — only about 30 percent of Americans get the recommended daily intake of two servings of fruit and at least three servings of vegetables. These can be tricky, too, because more than the recommended amount of fruit

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As people age, exercise becomes even more important By SARAH WEBER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com.

Exercise can mean so many things to so many different people that it can be hard to talk about it in a straight and narrow, concrete way. When people decide to start exercising, it’s typically to get in better shape and to feel better from the inside out. But with elite gyms and super in-shape people all over them, exercising can be extremely intimidating and even more confusing. What do I do? Where do I do it? Am I doing this right? Gym anxiety is a normalcy that even extremely fit people experience when going to the gym, so don’t let that discourage you from doing something that will make you feel better all around, especially as you start getting older. Research shows that once a person hits around 50, they should be more concerned about their fitness than ever before. Not only does exercise help you lose body fat, but it boosts your mood because of endorphins released during exercise. It also gives you energy, reduces your chances of getting an illness or chronic diseases, improves sleep and is good for your brain. No one is ever too old to start exercising, even if he or she has never done it before. As with any beginner at any age, adaptation can take a little while and must be something gradual that you work into. The most important element to senior fitness is frequency — something that is continuous every single week for multiple days — whatever that means for each individual. If a person can sustain exercising only twice a week, then go twice a week and work your way to three days then four and so on. This could take months, but don’t be discouraged. Within just a month, you’ll notice how much better you feel and look already. The key to exercising is to have fun and find something you love to do. The first thing an older person needs to start doing is working up cardiovascular strength, otherwise known as cardio. This gets the heart and body used to exercise before other, more intense workouts come along. The Center for Disease Control recommends walking briskly for at least two hours and 30 minutes per week, or 30 minutes per day, five days a week. Exercise, Page 19

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A winter wonderland may be your heart’s biggest hazard STATE COLLEGE — Winter’s brisk temperatures are more than an inconvenience — cold weather can also be a threat to

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WINTER WEATHER can be problematic for seniors. Cold weather causes the arteries to tighten, slowing blood flow and reducing the amount of oxygen that reaches the heart. Exercise, from page 18

Weight training is equally important and should be incorporated at least two days a week, even if you begin with just a 2-pound dumbbell. If you have bad joints, consider exercising in pools. This is easier on joints and can sometimes make working out harder because of the pressure and resistance of the water. There are even pool weights you can use.

your body, particularly your heart’s health. In recognition of American Heart Month, a Geisinger expert warns residents about winter’s weather-related heart hazards. “Exposure to cold weather causes the arteries to tighten, slowing blood flow and reducing the amount of oxygen that reaches the heart,� said Dr. Michael Lesko, cardiologist at Geisinger-Gray’s Woods. “Regardless of your age or health, it’s always wise to exercise caution when exerting yourself in the cold.� According to Lesko, those with chronic health conditions are at the greatest risk in cold weather. “Cold air causes an immediate increase in blood pressure and increased heart rate, which aggravates chronic health conditions such as hypertension, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disease,� he said. “Cold weather greatly heightens the risk of heart attack for those with health conditions.� To avoid putting extra stress on your heart in the cold, he recommends monitoring your physical activity level. “Shoveling snow is a winter activity that is familiar to all,� said Lesko. “Shoveling is particularly hazardous because it requires such high physical demand and oftentimes the body hasn’t had a chance to properly warm up. Shoveling can be extremely dangerous for those who don’t exercise regularly.� In addition to shoveling, physical exercise is hard on the heart during the winter, especially if you’ve been in an exercise lull.

The most important thing is to make this a habit and keep your motivation up. You can do this by taking photos every few weeks to show your progress, looking up YouTube videos of other athletes your age, or even writing your workout down for the week ahead. Short-term goals, something that can be achieved within a few weeks, are also extremely helpful to keep motivation up. Once you start reaching your goals and feeling better, you’ll get addicted to the good endorphins flowing through you.

Your body’s response to exercise, which is a rise in blood pressure and heart rate, is easily exaggerated when you’re not conditioned. “Before going out into the cold, warm up your muscles for 10 minutes with light exercise,� said Lesko. To avoid over-working your heart, wrap a scarf loosely around your nose and mouth so the cold air is warmed before entering the lungs. If you spend more than an hour in the cold, especially during exercise, wear a face mask lined with moisture-wicking material. “When it’s cold, blood flow is concen-

trated in the body’s core making the heart work harder to pump blood to the extremities,� Lesko said. “Always remember to wear gloves and warm footwear to ease the burden on your heart and keep you protected from frostbite.� By dressing appropriately, conditioning before entering the cold and listening to your body, strain on the heart can be minimized while activity in the outdoors can be fully enjoyed. “Take a moment to think about your heart’s health before stepping outside this winter,� he said. “A few simple precautions can spare you from serious consequences.�

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Seniors need restful sleep to maintain health By HARRY ZIMBLER For the Gazette

As we grow older, many of us deal with sleep problems, which, in some cases, can be serious threats to our good health. Some of the challenges facing us as we age include sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome and muscle cramps. While some of those maladies are a nuisance, sleep apnea, if left untreated, can be life threatening. Here in Centre County, both Mount Nittany Medical Center and Geisinger Medical Center offer sleep medicine services. Mount Nittany’s Neuroscience Center houses a state-of-the art sleep laboratory. If you didn’t know any better, you’d think it was a nice hotel room. Signs of obstructive apnea include jolting out of sleep because you’ve stopped breathing. Snoring and other noises made

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yourself 20 minutes. If you’re not able to sleep, go to another room do something that relaxes you. Staring at the clock won’t help. You’d be surprised at how slowly time will pass. Rather than watching the clock, go do something relaxing and try again later. ■Take advantage of natural light. The body and mind respond to natural light. ■Maintain a sleep schedule. It helps a great deal to be consistent, retiring to bed at roughly the same time each day. We should also get up at roughly the same time each morning. Naps are helpful, but only if they occur earlier in the day, before 5 p.m. Keep the naps short. ■Exercise, but do it at least a few hours before retiring to bed. ■Evening meals should be light and not be the types of foods that cause indigestion. ■Be cautious about your liquid intake.

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State High field hockey star Meily heads to Penn By TREY COCHRAN correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Few high school students are granted the opportunity to attend an Ivy League school, while even fewer get to attend an Ivy League school on a scholarship. State College High School senior Paige Meily will be doing both next fall when she attends the University of Pennsylvania on a field hockey scholarship. Meily started at center midfield her senior season with the Little Lions and was a crucial part of the team that came one goal short of winning the District 6 title game. Co-captain Meily collected 16 goals and eight assists under first-year head coach Chelsea Cummins. “When you get down to the Xs and Os of hockey, she is very smart,” said Cummins. “You can tell she’s a great player; she’s smart in the classroom and smart on the field.” Cummins, an alumna of Ohio University’s Division I field hockey team, strongly believes her first-ever team captain will be successful at the collegiate level. “I think she will be great, if she just sticks to what she knows and sticks to what she’s been doing,” said Cummins. “She needs to continue to always look to improve and always look to learn from as many people as she can.” Meily recently returned from her official visit to Penn. “It was nice to be able to hang out with the current players and also the other incoming (freshman) so we could all get to know each other,” she said. On her trip, the Mid-Penn Conference All-Star got together with the other recruits and the current team for ice skating, dinner and hanging out. “The campus is unique because its so pretty, but all set in a city,” said Meily. The 215-year-old school is positioned in the heart of Philadelphia. Quakers head coach Colleen Fink played a large part in the 17-year-old’s decision. “I think it was mainly Coach Fink’s honesty about her interest in me and how the program runs at UPenn,” said Meily. The young fifth-year coach has improved the team greatly and in the past three years has a 30-21 record, which is

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STATE COLLEGE Area High School field hockey standout Paige Meily, left, has received a scholarship to play at The University of Pennsylvania. a drastic improvement from her first two years, when the team was 7-27. “She (Fink) also did comment on the opportunity of attending an Ivy League university over any other university,” said Meily, who has played for the State College Blue Lions Field Hockey Club for five years. Meily, a high honor roll student, was initially recruited by and interested in Lafayette College before the Quakers stepped in.

“The academics played a huge role in my decision on UPenn,” Meily said. “It was impossible for me to pass up the opportunity to get an education from such a good school and also be able to play field hockey.” However, she was admittedly not always as interested in field hockey. “My sister has really played a huge role. She was the reason, at first, I didn’t want to play field hockey, but in the end she was the reason I did want to play,” said Meily.

“I wasn’t sure I wanted to be compared to her, but after watching her play many games and tournaments I realized how interested I was in playing.” Meily’s sister, Taylor Meily, is currently a freshman at the University of Delaware, where she plays field hockey for the Blue Hens. “She taught me a lot of skills and pushed me to work harder because of the sister competition, but it’s made me a better player.”

West Branch ends Bald Eagle Area’s season By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

TYRONE — In the end, the No. 2 seeded West Branch Warriors restored some aspect of balance in the world of District 6 Class AA tournament basketball. To do it, the Warriors prevailed over No. 15 Bald Eagle Area, 74-72, in an epic nail-biter that wasn’t decided until the final two seconds of playing time. After No. 1 seed Tyrone fell to No. 16 Penn Cambria and No. 3 Penns Valley was beaten by No. 14 Bishop McCort, West Branch was on notice that being a high seed meant little in this tournament. West Branch would have to be on its game — and it was after raining in 13 3-pointers for the night — but BEA nevertheless fought back from multiple double-digit deficits throughout the game. The Eagles were right there in the final minute — down by two points, with the ball, and with a chance to tie or win outright. It was suddenly not out of the question that the top three AA teams would be gone after the first round. But the Warrior defense rose to the occasion and turned away three BEA attempts. First, a shot by center Jason Jones. Then another one by Jones. And finally, after an out-of-bounds play with six seconds remaining, senior guard Brandon Gettig’s jumper bounced off the back of the rim and into the hands of West Branch’s Austin Krise as time ran out. West Branch survived and will advance. “Actually, we got that to the right guy,” Bald Eagle coach Bill Butterworth said about the final play. “Brandon (Gettig) was wide open and he got the nice dribble drive. Nine chances out of 10, that’s going in the hole. He’s that kind of player. “We got the shot we wanted. We kicked ourselves around there the first times — should we go for the win? Should we go for the tie? We finally said let’s see what presents itself and that’s the shot we wanted — as long as it was open. We got the shot. Unfortunately, it didn’t go.” Earlier in the night — in fact all night — there were a lot of shots that did go for both teams. West Branch, hitting an incredible 11 3-point-

ers in the first half (including six by forward Kody Trude), built big leads in both the first and second quarters. Yet the Warriors had to settle for just a 42-36 lead at the break after threes by Jones and Gettig cut into a 12-point West Branch lead. “We just starting finding Trude a little bit more (in the second half),” Butterworth said. “We went to a box-and-one and came out in the second half with a triangle-and-two, just trying to confuse them. And make them work. “In the first half, he (Trude) was basically standing there wide open and we were forgetting about him.” The pattern of the game held true in the second half. In the third quarter, a jumper by Trude, who finished with 28 points, gave West Branch a 53-45 lead at the four-minute mark. BEA rallied again, tying it at the end of the quarter on three pointer by Jones (25 points). In the fourth quarter, baskets by Krise, Trude and center Trendon Ferguson gave West Branch another nine-point lead, 70-61. But baskets by Gettig, Jones and A.J. Onder sparked yet another Eagle comeback, this time an 11-4 run to make the score 74-72 with just more than one minute left. After Trude missed the front end of a one-andone, BEA took over with 57 seconds remaining. The Eagles had three good chances, but it wasn’t to be. “We have a solid group of kids who don’t get shook,” Butterworth said. “They weren’t even rattled when we got down by 10. They just kept at it, kept at it, and it was like they had ice in their veins. They didn’t get shook up; they kept playing. “I’m proud of my kids. This is the way it went for us all year, but you couldn’t get a better bunch of guys. They busted their butts all night long.” The teams combined for an astounding 26 3-pointers — 13 each — with Trude leading with seven by himself and 28 total points. Austin Krise followed with 21 points, and Skyler Krise added 13. Jones led BEA with 25, Gettig scored 19 and Trey Butterworth added 13. West Branch now advances to the second round to face No. 10 Ligonier Valley at a site and time yet to be announced.

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BALD EAGLE AREA’S Brandon Gettig puts up a shot during the Feb. 17 playoff game with West Branch. The Warriors won the game, 74-72.

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Area mat teams gear up for District 6 tourney Garrett Rigg sealed the match with a 5-3 decision at 120. As good as BEA was in its win over Shikellamy, the Eagles sputtered against the Bulldogs with a mere two decisions, a fall and a forfeit, suffering a 49-18 setback. The Bulldogs managed to create five falls, a major decision and two overtime wins, while also picking up a forfeit. BEA started in a 12-0 hole before Rigg posted an 11-6 decision at 120. Koleno followed with a forfeit win at 126. Following a Bulldogs’ win, Michael Kachik recorded a fall in 3:08 at 138 to tie the dual meet at 15-15. Unfortunately for the Eagles, the Bulldogs would end the meet winning seven of the last eight bouts, with Jarrett Shreffler picking up BEA’s final win a 14-7 decision at 170.

You can tell spring isn’t that far away as the Centre Coumty wrestling teams gear up for the looming District 6 wrestling tournament being held at the Altoona High School Field House. Class AA, which features Penns Valley and St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy, already wrestled, and those results are listed below. Class AAA teams Bald Eagle Area, Bellefonte, Philipsburg-Osceola and State College battle on Saturday, Feb. 21. Here’s a look at the past week’s action.

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The Eagles tuned up for the Class AAA districts by grappling against Shikellamy and Jersey Shore, coming away with a 32-26 win over the Braves while losing 49-18 to the Bulldogs. In the match with the Shikellamy, BEA managed to win eight of the 13 contested matches as the Eagles had a forfeit at 106. BEA started with wins in the first two bouts at 126 and 132 where Seth Koleno recorded a fall in 5:15 and Cody Bainey followed with a 16-1 technical fall in six minutes for an 11-0 start. The Braves and Eagles would exchange wins over the next six bouts, with BEA winning at 145 with Clint McCaslin posting a 7-6 decision. Colton Comly recorded an 8-6 decision at 160 and Chase Meyers, 182, posted a 3-1 decision that gave the Eagles a 20-10 lead. At 195, Mitchell Taylor followed with a first-period fall in 1:54 and Benjamin Byetheway recorded a 7-2 decision for a 29-10 lead. Shikellamy won the next three weights to get within striking range at 29-26, but

The Red Raiders took the week off from dual meet competition to prepare for the District 6 Class AAA championships this weekend.

John Dixon covers high school wrestling for the Centre County Gazette. Email him at sports@ centrecounty gazette.com.

PENNS VALLEY

In the District 6 Class AA tourney, the Rams had five place winners, including one champion in Corey Hazel at 182, who will all advance to the Southwest Class AA Regional Championships, being held Friday, Feb. 27, and Saturday, Feb. 28, at Canon McMillan High School in Canonsburg. Also placing for Penns Valley, which finished fourth as a team with 134.5 points to champion Huntingdon’s 175 points, was Curtis Decker, 126, second; Andrew Hurd, 152, third; and Darren Yearick, 106, fourth. Top-seeded Hazel only needed three wins to capture his second straight district crown, receiving a bye in his first bout followed by a fall in 0:13. Hazel reached the finals with a 4-3 win over Taylor Foster, of Juniata, and won the title with a 6-3 win over Scott Carbaugh, of Southern Huntingdon. With the win, Hazel became the Rams’ all-time wins leader with 111 victories.

Decker, at 126, rolled into the finals as the No. 2 seed with a fall in :55 in the quarterfinals, a 19-2 technical fall in 6:00, and a fall in 3:18 to reach the title bout where he lost to 7-0 to top-seeded Triston Law, of Forest Hills. At 152, Andrew Hurd, another No. 2 seed, received a bye, then won 4-0 and 12-6 before dropping a 13-3 setback to Dominic Farabaugh in the semifinals. He battled through the wrestlebacks with a fall in :58, and then posted a 2-0 win over Bryce Biddle, of Huntingdon, for third place. At 106, Yearick entered the tournament as a No. 9 seed and finished fourth with an 8-2 setback to Cambria Heights’ topseeded Hunter Campbell, who was upset in the quarterfinals. No. 7 seed Jared Hurd lost in the quarterfinals, but managed to battle back in the consolations for a fourth-place finish. Following an opening fall, he lost to No. 2 Jake Boozel, of Mount Union, in the quarterfinals. He also received a forfeit, then posted a 9-3 win over Challen Cornetto, of Marion Center, and No. 4 Ethan Kennedy, of Central, 6-3 before falling to Richard Gilson, of Juniata, 3-0 in the third-place match.

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The Mounties made the 60-mile trek to Loysburg worthwhile, downing Northern Bedford, 45-31, prior to battling in the upcoming Class AAA District 6 Tournament. P-O started the match with a pair of falls to set the pace as Levi Hughes, 132, recorded a fall in 5:46 and Dakota Weitoish followed with another fall in 2:57 for the quick start. Following two Panthers’ wins that made the team score 12-9, the Mounties and Panthers exchanged falls, with P-O’s Nick Patrick generating a quick fall in 1:40. After the Northern Bedford fall, the Mounties ran off four straight wins, which included three forfeits, to grab an insurmountable 42-15 lead. Picking up forfeit wins for P-O was Joe Bickle, 182, Noah Quick, 195, and Eddie

Voyzey, 285, while Micah Sidorick, 220, recorded a fall in 4:33. The Mounties’ final win came at 120 when Bryce Bennett posted an 8-2 decision.

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The Wolves sent three grapplers to districts and, unfortunately, none advanced to the regional tournament. At 106, freshman Joey Wheeler fell by fall in :38 in his opening match. Dropping into the consolations, Wheeler was eliminated by a technical fall. Freshman Max Wortman, 113, dropped a tough 5-3 match in the opening round and in the consolations was pinned in 1:45 to end his season. Junior Austin Emel, 145, recorded a fall in 1:23 over Seth Benson, of Southern Huntingdon, in his opening match, but was stopped by Travis Templeton, of Forest Hills, 13-9. Dropping into the consolations, Emel’s journey ended with a fall in 3:58 by Jordan Quarello, of Central.

STATE COLLEGE

The Little Lions did not play gracious hosts when they recently welcomed DuBois into the Westerly Parkway gymnasium and thumped the Beavers, 54-13. State College won the first seven bouts, including two forfeits, to build a 33-0 lead, while DuBois was limited to a trio of wins. Starting at 106, Adam Stover recorded a 5-3 decision; Jabob Pammer followed with a fall in 0:53 at 113; Trey Millward, 120, picked up a 6-1 decision; Kyle Catral posted a pin in 1:30 at 126; at 132, Lucas Jennerman won by a 9-3 decision; and Ian Barr, 138, and Dalton Barger, 145, picked up forfeit wins that ended the run. Following a Beavers’ win, the Little Lions won another pair for a 42-3 lead. At 160, Jonathan Sponsler won a tough 3-2 battle and William Roeshot followed with a fall in 1:34 at 170. After DuBois posted a major decision, State College’s Cory Dreibelbis responded with a fall in 4:37 and Jack Vandevort closed the meet with a forfeit win at 285.

Penns Valley girls win, boys lose as district playoffs begin By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH

Penns Valley girls faced off against No. 11 Philipsburg-Osceola in a game of Mountain League rivals. On Feb. 17, the No. 15 Bald Eagle Area boys joined the action against No. 2 West Branch at Tyrone Middle School. In AAAA, both the State College boys and girls are awaiting the final rankings, which will be determined later this week. Either or both teams could be playing as early as Saturday, Feb. 21. For the Penns Valley teams, there was both good and bad in the first round at Huntingdon. The good was the Lady Rams’ (13-9)

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HUNTINGDON — The high school basketball playoffs are upon us again. District 6 tournament play started on Feb. 16, and the qualifiers will be advancing to the PIAA state tournament early in March. County teams are in action in both the AA and AAAA boys and girls pairings. On Feb. 16, No. 3 seed Penns Valley boys were matched up against No. 14 Bishop McCort in the first round held at Huntingdon High School. Also that night at Huntingdon, No. 6

performance against Philipsburg-Osceola. Led by Karli Ripka’s 17 points, Mackenzie Ironside’s 15 and Bethany Miller’s 12, Penns Valley outlasted the Mounties (715), 59-41, to advance to the second round against No. 3 Tyrone. The Rams raced out to double-digit leads in both halves only to see P-O rally and get back into the game. The Lady Mounties’ guards, Haylee Hayward, Abby Showers, Cheyanne Bone and Cheyanne Cowfer, kept P-O competitive, but Ripka and Ironside led an 18-6 run down the stretch to take the victory. The bad for Penns Valley was Bishop

McCort’s surprising 40-34 victory over the Rams. Coming into the game at 17-4 after a standout season, PV chose the wrong night to go cold. Their 34 points was the low for the season. McCort’s pesky zone defense bottled up the Rams’ 6-foot-7 center Zach Engle inside and forced Penns Valley to score from the outside. But the usually consistent strokes of Logan Johnson, Logan Pearce and Sean Beamesderfer all went awry at the same time. Playoffs, Page 23

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Penn State softball squad looks for improvement By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — It didn’t take long for secondyear Penn State softball coach Amanda Lehotak to begin seeing positive change in the attitudes of her players. Surprisingly, it wasn’t after the Nittany Lions took out Arkansas, LIU Brooklyn and Georgia Tech in their first three games of the season in Boca Raton that she noticed it. It was after the loss to Kansas. “I think this weekend,� she said at Media Day on Feb. 10, “beating a very good Arkansas team, a good Georgia Tech team and very solid LIU program, kind of turned on the light switch a little bit and they believed. “I think last year’s team, after we lost, they were happy and they wanted to eat and they were excited. This year’s team, the bus ride was really quiet, they didn’t really want to eat and they were crabby, so that means they care and I think that’s exactly where we need them to be. “They were a little mad and I saw a couple of them this morning and they were already talking about the (next) weekend. So just the competitiveness and the focus is already better than from a year ago and I think that will pay great dividends.� “Competitiveness� seems to be the key word going into 2015 for Lehotak and her team. After a 14-35 season in 2014, the Lions return a tested nucleus of experienced players with the addition of a highly touted recruiting class. A group, Lehotak hopes, that will find losing so distasteful that it will do as little of it as possible. The immediate goal is, Lehotak said, just to get better. “We are young in a lot of spots and we are still learning our system. My expectations are because of what they

showed in the fall and their work ethic in January, as well as how they played this weekend; I don’t see why we don’t win 20-plus games. “We have to stay healthy, when I say that, and we had a big part of our offense go down this weekend with an injury, but really this team’s success will not come as a surprise to me and I keep telling them that. When you are trying to change a mindset of a program that has not won in a while and none of these athletes have been to the postseason, they need to believe.� As with any softball team, Penn State’s success will depend heavily on its pitching. Senior fastballer Marissa Dieschler will lead a staff that includes junior Christy Von Pusch, sophomore Marlaina Laubach and freshman Jessica Cummings. Dieschler has been pitching for PSU since the 2012 season, and so far this season she has gotten off to a strong start. She started five games and has a 2-1 record and a 4.50 ERA. Cummings has started four games and Von Pusch one so far. Laubach, from Northhampton, has pitched four times in relief and has yet to give up an earned run. Outfielder Lexi Knief is the offensive leader of the team. Knief led PSU as a sophomore in batting, slugging, runs, hits and doubles and was named to the All-Big Ten second team. Knief is off to another good start, hitting .389, but she has only appeared in six out of 10 games so far due to an injury. Alicia Walker (.333), Macy Jones (.310), Alyssa VanDerveer (.267) and Kristina Brackpool (.259) will have to pick up the slack in Kneif’s absence. Brackpool, a sophomore from California, leads the team with three homers and eight RBIs in 10 games. After the 3-2 start in Boca, Penn State also went 3-2 in

the Aggie Classic at Texas A&M. Penn State will next play three games at Mississippi State beginning on Saturday, Feb. 21, and then travel to Orlando for five games in the Citrus Classic beginning on Friday, Feb. 27. Penn State will also travel to California for the Capital Classic beginning on Thursday, March 12, before returning home for their first game at University Park on Wednesday, March 18, against Pitt. “It’s a really tough schedule,� Lehotak said, “and I like it because I am a little old school in the fact that I want to play the best of the best.� Whatever success this team eventually achieves down the road, Lehotek has already seen basic improvements in its approach and focus. How much success the players can have, she says, depends on how much they believe. “What I like is that we are a team this year,� she said. “They really play for one another, they have each other’s back, they know their role a lot better than they have in the past and they are starting to understand who they are and what they can do for the team, versus who they are and who they want to be, which is a big difference. “What I don’t like about the team right now is we can be great and they don’t believe that. I never had a team that I have to prove everything to; I have to prove the fact that we have to be good. “But, after this weekend and after they saw some things that we did, just hearing them talk this morning, one of them actually came into the office and said, ‘Coach, you were right!’ So, belief is going to be their biggest challenge. “If we can maintain our grit and have unyielding courage no matter what is being thrown at us, then I think we’ll be very successful.�

Chambers fined for comments following last-second loss By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach Pat Chambers didn’t leave any room for interpretation regarding how he felt about a late game call that turned the tide in Maryland’s favor on Feb. 14. The game was decided by three points, but it could have gone Penn State’s way had just one or two calls done the same. A 76-73 loss to No. 19 Maryland is far from a moral victory. The moment in question? Penn State’s Jordan Dickerson getting called for an illegal screen while seemingly being dragged to the ground. If the play had happened in the mix of several players, that would have been one thing. But it didn’t, it happened right there for everyone to see. Right in front of the referee. And still, the call went against Penn State. Chambers hadn’t seen the TV replay by the time he made it to the media room. Maybe a good thing for everyone in attendance as the replay did little but make the call look even worse. “That is the worst call that I’ve ever seen in my entire life,� Chambers said. “They’re pulling Jordan Dickerson down. First of all, time and score. He’s too young, he doesn’t have a feel for the game, he shouldn’t call that foul. That’s one. “Two is, he back cut. He went down the middle. He didn’t even use the screen and he got pulled down and they called a foul on him? It makes no sense. And if I didn’t complain, Newbill would have never gotten to the foul line because Trimble gets there 12 times and he’s a freshman and he’s on the road. It’s a joke. It’s a joke the way we’re officiated. It’s disappointing. And there was an elbow that they didn’t want to call that they should have called, that normally gets called against us. Frustrating, disappointing.

But, we gotta take the refs out of the game, and we didn’t.� In many ways, Chambers’ rant was as much a culmination of unfortunate calls, bad bounces and last second losses as it was the singular moment. It was a tipping point where enough had finally become enough. Penn State was on the short end of the officiating stick, but it’s hard to imagine it being such a bone of contention if late game calls against Penn State hadn’t become the theme of the season. Sometimes, that’s just how it works, but sometimes it just looks like the world is out to get you. Bad call or not, Penn State had its chance to pull off the upset. A first half of solid offensive play and controlled defensive work gave the Nittany Lions a 34-33 halftime lead. Geno Thorpe led the way with a 12-point first half. D.J. Newbill poured in nine of his own. It was all Maryland, though, to open the final 20 minutes. A 20-5 run turned a close game into a 13-point Maryland lead with 14:13 to go. If the game had run its course as an easy Maryland win, a bad call may not have bothered Chambers as much as it did. But Penn State didn’t fold and didn’t give in. A 20-5 run by Penn State eventually tied the game at 60-60 with 8:57 to play. Penn State had been on the ropes and found a way to punch back. The upset watch was still on. So, with 1:50 to play and Maryland up two points, a controversial call cuts so much deeper for a Penn State team that has lost so many games by such small margins. The Nittany Lions did things well and still found themselves having to overcome even more long odds. Maryland scored on the ensuing possession to go up four. From there, it was fouls and baskets for both teams, a cat-andmouse game for the final few moments. Down two yet again, a Newbill turnover with 24 seconds to play seemingly sealed the deal. Maryland would go up four, and a Newbill three cut the Terrapin lead to just a single point with 15 seconds to play. Two free throws made

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PENN STATE men’s basketball head coach Patrick Chambers blasted the Big Ten officials following a Feb. 14 loss to Maryland.

it a three-point margin, but Newbill couldn’t get his long three to fall in the final seconds. It is true that Penn State could have won against Maryland bad call or not, but for Chambers that wasn’t the point. With six losses by six or fewer points, bad calls pile up and magnify the “what if� factor. If nothing else, sooner or later, the bad calls have to go your way. And so far, they haven’t. On Feb. 17, the Big Ten issued a public reprimand Chambers for his comments. In addition, the conference said it has fined Penn State $10,000, the standard amount for such a violation. The rule in question is Big Ten Conference Agreement 10.01, which states in part that: “The Big Ten Conference expects all contests involving a member institution to be conducted without compromise to any fundamental element of sportsmanship. Such fundamental elements include integrity of the competition, civility toward all, and respect, particularly toward opponents and officials.�

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February 19-25, 2015

COMMUNITY PROFILE Hamlet of Julian is known nationally, internationally By HARRY ZIMBLER For the Gazette

JULIAN — The peaceful hamlet of Julian, Pa., is a sleepy part of Centre County just off Alternate Route 220. Julian sits about halfway between Altoona and Lock Haven and if you’re not paying close attention, you’re past it in a flash. Julian’s size doesn’t tell the whole story about this interesting place. Here, you’ll find a professional pottery that sells its products throughout the United States; a “gliderport� where glider pilots have begun their record-breaking flights; and the Julian Woods Community, which offers a unique lifestyle. Grandville Hollow Pottery has been a part of Julian since 1989. “We came here from California, Pennsylvania, because the building was perfect for our business,� said co-owner Dan Harvey. Grandville Hollow creates familiar blue and gray pottery on a stoneware body. Most of the company’s pottery is stamped with the name of a town or organization. Personalization of the pottery is done one letter at a time, according to co-owner Lori Harvey. During the past few years, the company has shipped personalized pottery to about 5,000 gift shops, flower shops, resort towns and tourist areas. A majority of Grandville Hollow sales

occur in New England and as far south as the Carolinas. The process begins with a ball of clay and each piece is hand thrown and decorated by a staff of five artisans. When things get busy, the Harveys have local potters who they call to help out. The company also has a retail shop, and the Harveys hope to expand that operation this year. “I love creating things people can use,� said Dan Harvey. Just down the road, right off Alternate 220, is the Ridge Soaring Gliderport. Owned by Knauff and Grove Inc., the gliderport is world renowned for its ridge, thermal and wave soaring. It has served as the starting place for numerous worldrecord powerless flights. Co-owner Thomas Knauff set five world records and more than 50 national records that started in Julian. Co-owner Doris Grove set three world records for women and was the first woman to fly a glider more than 1,000 kilometers. A variety of services are available at the facility, including glider rides, glider instruction and motor glider instruction. Julian is also home to the Fellowship for Intentional Community, or the Julian Woods Community. The idea behind the community is to nurture connections and cooperation among communitarians and their friends. These intentional communities have

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JULIAN HAS several places to worship, including Christ United Methodist Church, located at 1200 Allegheny St.

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Arts & Entertainment

Visit ‘Avenue Q’ for an adult take on puppet theater By HARRY ZIMBLER For the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Forget about “Sesame Street.” Can you tell me how to get to “Avenue Q”? Penn State Center Stage will present the Tony Award-winning musical through Saturday, Feb. 28, at the Playhouse Theatre on campus. The show has been described as savvy, sassy and eminently likable. The New York Times review stated that “Avenue Q” is a “breakthrough musical.” No doubt the reviewer was referring to the use of hand-held puppets that are brought to life by actors. The show was written by Jeff Witty, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx. Courtney Young, a graduate student in the School of Theatre’s directing program, has wanted to direct the show since she first saw it performed on Broadway. “I love the show’s combination of very adult material with puppets,” Young said. “The show makes a nod to Sesame Street,” she added, though it was clearly not created for children. “The puppets are a challenging element,” Young said. And, it is the puppets who tell the story. To help with that, she was able to have a workshop with

members of the New York company of the show. “I suppose I am still learning what makes this production unique,” Young said. “It’s funny, irreverent, but with a lot of heart. There are real struggles, real problems.” Young came to Penn State to pursue a degree in directing from Susan Shulman, a member of the Penn State faculty who has had great success in New York theater. “I was lucky to work in New York as a performer and as an associate director. I wanted to learn the craft of directing here at Penn State,” Young said. With the frigid weather settling on Happy Valley, Young suggests that audiences can escape the brutal cold by coming to see “Avenue Q.” “Audiences can immerse themselves in our world for a couple of hours,” she said. “I am thrilled to be directing ‘Avenue Q’ for Penn State Center Stage,” said Young. “I saw the original Broadway production and was blown away by the show’s inventiveness, irreverence and humor. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to direct a show that tells the story of finding one’s purpose in life with such candor, humor and heart. I am very excited that Penn State is bringing this incredible show to the community.”

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IXCHEL CUELLAR, a junior in Penn State’s School of Musical Theatre, rehearses a song with her puppet, “Lucy,” for the Penn State Centre Stage production of “Avenue Q” opening Feb. 18 at the Penn State’s Playhouse Theatre.

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THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED group The Chieftains returns to Penn State for the first time since 2007.

The Chieftains and friends bring Irish music, dance to Eisenhower UNIVERSITY PARK — The Chieftains, the world’s preeminent traditional Celtic band, returns to Eisenhower Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, as part of its annual North American tour leading to St. Patrick’s Day. John Pilatzke (harp, dance), Triona Marshall (harp, keyboard), Cara Butler (dance), Tim Edey (guitar), Alyth McCormack (vocals, dance), Martin Murray (banjo, mandolin) and Tara Breen (fiddle, saxophone) accompany The Chieftains in concert at the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. The Nittany Valley Children’s Choir, directed by Lou Ann Shafer, also joins the band to perform “Shenandoah” and “Long Journey Home (Anthem),” two songs from The Chieftains’ 1998 Grammy Award-winning album “Long Journey Home.” Paddy Moloney, the uillean pipes player who started the Dublin band in 1962 and serves as its music director, embodies The Chieftains’ inclusive creative spirit. Kevin Conneff (bodhrán, vocals) and Matt Molloy (flute) complete the band. Audiences adore the group, which last appeared at Eisenhower in 2007, for its exhilarating musicianship and collaborations with varied artists. The band has recorded more than 40 albums and performed with a “who’s who” of musicians, includ-

ing Van Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Mick Jagger, Bonnie Raitt, Elvis Costello, Sting, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss, James Galway, Diana Krall and Los Lobos. “The Chieftains have always aimed high,” wrote a Boston Globe critic. “From the start, they sought to bring traditional Irish music out of the pubs and into theaters and opera houses around the world. They’ve done that with style.” The band’s newest album, “Voice of Ages,” features collaborations with a new generation of kindred spirits. The recording, produced by Moloney and T Bone Burnett, includes songs with Bon Iver, The Decemberists, The Civil Wars, Pistol Annies, Carolina Chocolate Drops and Punch Brothers. Buy tickets online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.

UNIVERSITY PARK — In Steve Sherrill’s new novel, “Joy, PA,” the reader finds the Augenbaugh family living in a broken and decaying town where the last vestiges of country-club wealth run up against the terrible realities of working-class poverty. Abigail, a fervent believer in the apocalyptic teachings of a radio preacher, is desperate to save her son from Judgment Day as she readies herself for the Rapture — due to arrive in just a few days. Her husband, Burns, has moved to the basement to live out his days in a medicated stupor, unable to cope with memories of his service in Iraq. Caught between the suffering of his mother and father, 10-yearold Willie fights the inherited demons that have savaged his parents’ tenuous Submitted photo grasp on reality. The somber drama sur- STEVE SHERRILL’S latest rounding the Augenbaughs novel will be published this plays out with a piercing month by LSU Press. and commanding lyrical beauty. Both transfixing and disconcerting, Sherrill’s empathetic portrait of alienation elicits hope and sympathy amidst shattered but no-lessdignified lives. Sherrill, associate professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State, is the author of “The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break,” “Visits From the Drowned Girl” and “The Locktender’s House.” His collection of poems, “Ersatz Anatomy,” was published in 2010. For more information about Sherill’s new novel, visit http://lsupress.org/books/detail/joy-pa/.

ON DISPLAY LINNA MUSCHLITZ is showing her RAKU wall sculptures at Nittany Valley Chiropractic, located at 611 University Drive in State College. The office is open 9 a.m. until 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. The sculptures will be on display through the Submitted photo end of February.

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February 19-25, 2015

Penn Staters lending talents to inaugural Thaw Festival STATE COLLEGE — In the dead of winter, relief is on the way — a chance to come in from the cold for a full slate of entertainment. The inaugural Thaw Festival kicks off Wednesday, Feb. 25, when the College Town Film Festival begins at The State Theatre in downtown State College and concludes Sunday, March 1, with TEDxPSU at Penn State’s Schwab Auditorium. Now in it’s third year in State College, the free College Town Film Festival boasts 11 feature-length films and 30 short films, Wednesday, Feb. 25, to Saturday, Feb. 28, as well as discussions with filmmakers and workshops. “The mission of the festival is twofold,” said festival president Matt Jordan, associate professor in the Department of Film/ Video and Media Studies. “It is designed to promote independent films to a demographic that is not going to see them, and to use the unique advantages of a college town — lots of smart and curious faculty and students — to create conversations surrounding the films with the people who made them. “We believe that literacy in visual storytelling is essential for students to know, and that the more they can understand how films are made by watching them and talking to the people who make them, the better advantage they will have in the future.” Two of the Feb. 25 features are the works of Penn State alumni. John Fiege directed “Above All Else,” a documentary exploring the controversy surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline project in east Texas that will be screened at 3:30 p.m.,

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and Alan Blanco wrote “Manos Sucias,” a drama produced by Spike Lee looking at two drug traffickers in Columbia, which will be shown at 7:30 p.m. Films will be shown throughout the day at The State Theatre, as well as in the Penn State Downtown Theatre, 26 Hosler Building and the HUB-Robeson Center Auditorium on campus. Other films include “In an Ideal World,” a documentary following three prisoners over seven years in California, at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, in 26 Hosler; “Poverty Inc.,” a look at the multi-billion dollar industry of non-governmental organizations, state and multilateral agencies, and for-profit aid contractors, at 10 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 27, in The State Theatre; and “Carry the Tune,” an exploration of how high school music students can continue their musical education into college and adulthood, at 2:30 p.m. on Feb. 28 in The State Theatre. “Unafraid,” a documentary exploring the struggles and triumphs of four rape survivors in New York City, will be shown at 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at The State Theatre. A question-and-answer session with husband and wife filmmakers Eddie and Karin Venegas will follow. The screening will be in support of the work by Penn State’s Task Force on Sexual Assault. Happy Valley Communications, a student-run promotional firm, is adding marketing muscle with a social media campaign, giveaways and promotions. About 10 students are lending expertise and more may be mobilized to help with efforts during the festival. “The film festival is an incredible way to bring together the Penn State community in a fun, positive and healthy fashion,” said senior Melissa Conrad, director of consulting. “Happy Valley Communications couldn’t be more excited to work on the event for a second consecutive year and help to make it the best it can be for students and county residents alike.” The film festival is sponsored by Penn State Student Affairs, the Borough of State

College, the College of Communications, the Department of Film/Video and Media Studies, the College of the Liberal Arts, the Department of Geography and the Center for Global Studies. The Penn State Performing Arts Council will bring free musical, theatrical and comedic performances to the Thaw Festival. A newly formed student organization, the council promotes the works of students in the performing arts, according to the council’s president, junior John Connolly. “It is going to give community members the chance to showcase their vibrancy and how varied their interests are,” he said. “This festival is going to be infusing different types of art from all across the performing and visual art spectrum, and everyone’s interest can be found somewhere in the events that are happening.” On Feb. 28, the council will present a show geared toward children at 2 p.m. in Schlow Centre Region Library and a Student Showcase featuring performances by four Penn State organizations at 3 p.m. in Grace Lutheran Church. Also that day, Penn State Downtown Theater will feature three shows each by contortionist Jonathan Burns and comedic juggler Michael Rosman, and State College Presbyterian Church will host a performance by Pure Cane Sugar at 7:30 p.m., as well as performances by other local acts

in the afternoon and evening. Sounds, a local nonprofit specializing in alcohol-free music events, will host bands featuring Penn State and State College Area High School students from 2 to 11 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building’s Community Room. Comedian Ron G will perform at 9 p.m. at the State Theatre with Penn State’s Full Ammo improv troupe as the opener. All the performances are free. Also, a 5K will be held on campus at 9 a.m. on Feb. 28 with proceeds benefiting the Penn State Student Farm Initiative, a plan to develop a sustainable food systems minor and student-centered farm for experiential learning. The race starts at the Information Sciences Technology Building’s bridge at North Burrowes Street and finishes at the HUB-Robeson Center. Registration is $10. For more information, contact (814) 863-0461 or promotinghealth@psu.edu. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, TEDxPSU will present 16 speakers from Penn State and beyond, delivering motivating talks on the 2015 theme of “Press Play.” Speakers include Penn State football coach James Franklin and Sister Jeannine Gramick, an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights. The free event is modeled after the TED, or Technology, Entertainment and Design, conferences that have spawned multiple viral videos of thought-provoking talks.

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.

UPCOMING

Fundraiser — The Pregnancy Resource Clinic will host a fundraiser banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 17, at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, 215 Innovation Blvd., State College. Reservations must be made by Friday, March 6, by calling (814) 234- 7341 or visiting www. scprc.com. Event — “The Price is Right!” will be at the Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, at 127 Bryce Jordan Center, University Park. For ticket information, call (800) 745-3000 or visit www. ticketmaster.com.

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 the website at www.centrecounty library.org for days and times. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775, or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Safety Checks — Mount Nittany Health will sponsor free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at their 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. Exhibit — The works of Susan Graham will be on display through Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — The works of jewelry artist Brittany Hoestetler Chiles will be on dis-

play through Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Visit www.bellefontemuseum. org. Exhibit — “Landscapes of Central Pennsylvania” will be on display through Sunday, Feb. 22, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 North Allegheny Street, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — Raku wall sculptures by Linna Muschlitz will be on display through the end of February at Nittany Chiropractic, 611 University Drive, State College. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Mondays through Fridays. Exhibit — “Flower Fantasies”, an exhibit of photographs by Karen A. Deutsch, will be on display from Sunday, March 1, through Tuesday, March 31, in the State Theatre Lobby, 130 W. College Ave., State College. The artist will present on First Friday, between 7 to 9 p.m. For more information, contact hawkalleystudio.com. Exhibit — The HUB-Robeson Galleries will be hosting “THEM: Images of Separation,” sponsored by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center, through Sunday, March 1, at the HUB Gallery, 241 HUB-Robeson Center, State College. Call (814) 865-0775 or visit www.studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/ artgalleries. Contest — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum is hosting a “Young Author & Illustrators” contest. Completed entries are due on or before Monday, March 30. Stop by any library branch to pick up a brochure and guidelines, or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Exhibit — “Jazz Riffs: Breaking Boundaries and Crossing Borders,” will be on display through Sunday, April 12, in the Diversity Studies Room, 203 Pattee Library, on the campus of Penn State. Exhibit — “Hidden Mother,” curated by Laura Larson, will be on display through Sunday, April 26, at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Several parts of the exhibition will be shown Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. What’s Happening, Page 27

February 19-25, 2015 What’s Happening, from page 26 Call (814) 865-7672 or visit www.palmer museum.psu.edu.

THURSDAY, FEB. 19

Meeting — Mount Nittany Chapter of PARSE will host a meeting at noon at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House, 1450 N. Atherton St., State College. For more information, contact Pat Hubler at (814) 466-8712. Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3 to 5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventures” from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace. org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Luncheon — The Howard United Methodist Church will host a soup sale luncheon from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 144 W. Main St., Howard. For more information, call Patti Long at (814) 625-2182, or Helen Meyer at (814) 625-2722. Knitting Club — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host “Hooks & Needles,” an adult knitting club, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Thank You, Mr. President.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Comic Club — Schlow Centre Region Library will host a comic club for high school students from 3:30 to 5 p.m. in the Musser Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s Program — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host its Lego club from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Support Group — Mount Nittany Health will host a family medicine seminar, “Improving Patient Perception of Care Through Effective Communication,” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Jessica Bird at jbird@mountnittany.org or (814) 234-6738. Program — Join the community-wide program to promote reading and literacy during “Bellefonte Reads” from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bellefonte Area High School, 830 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Family Program — Holt Memorial Library will host “It’s Elementary,” a series of activities and presentations for elementary school students and their families, at 6 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Tonight’s theme is “Book Bingo.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Program — The free “Heir & Parents Hospital Tour for Expectant Parents” will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. at Mount Nittany Health, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Dianne Barden at (814) 231-3132. Presentation — The Project Management Institute Keystone Chapter will sponsor a meeting with Sam Seltzer of Leonard S. Fiore, who will present “The Penn State Arboretum Children’s Garden Project,” at 7 p.m. at Mission Critical Partners, 690 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit www.pmi-keystone.org to register. Films — Watch the 2015 Oscar-nominated short films at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org for tickets and a complete list of films.

FRIDAY, FEB. 20

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Film — “Finding Kind,” co-sponsored with CAPS, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. in the Freeman Auditorium at 117 John Bill Freeman Auditorium, University Park. For more information, visit www.findingkind. indieflix.com/movie. Films — Watch the 2015 Oscar nominated short films at 7:30 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College.

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SATURDAY, FEB. 21

Workshop — Schlow Centre Region Library will host a Young Writers Workshop at 10 a.m. in the Downsbrough Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Adult Program — “Gadgets for Grownups” will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Musser Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. This week’s focus will be on iCloud basics. Call (814) 235-7816 to register. Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library presents “Saturday Stories Alive” at 11 a.m. in the Children’s Activity Room at 211 S. Allen St., State College. The event will be a half hour of stories, fingerplays and hand-on activities. Visit www. schlowlibrary.org. Children’s Activity — The Go Club, for children ages 12 and up, will meet to do arts and crafts and play games from 1:30 to 5 p.m. in the Sun Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, State College. Visit www. schlowlibrary.org. Activity — A chess club for all ages will meet to do arts and crafts and play games from 2 to 4 p.m. at Schlow Centre Region Library, State College. Visit www.schlow library.org. Children’s Activity — Schlow Centre Region Library will host a Lego Club for grades one through six, from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Children’s Department, 211 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call (814) 235-7817. Dinner — The State College Family of YMCA will host a spaghetti dinner from 2 to 6:30 p.m. at 677 W. Whitehall Road, State College. For more information, call Jamie Sanfilippo at (814) 237-7717, or contact jsanfilippo@ymcaocc.org. Games — Snow Shoe EMS will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 492 W. Sycamore St., Snow Shoe. Doors open at 5 p.m.

SUNDAY, FEB. 22

Event — Schlow Centre Region Library will host the author of “Madam President” at 2:30 p.m. in the Downsbrough Community Room, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org.

MONDANY, FEB. 23

Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have toddler story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “I Like Me!” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — The Centre Hall Branch Library will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Today’s theme is “Snuggle Up.” Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Dinner — The Bald Eagle Valley Community United Methodist Church will have a ham and chicken pot pie and soup and bread dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. at 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte. All food will be homemade; proceeds will benefit the building fund. Call (814) 353-8870. Bingo — Holt Memorial Library will host “Book Bingo” from 6 to 7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. This activity is for adults and participants can win new and gently used books. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Class — Attend a creative art and journaling class at 6 p.m. at Kalina’s Studio in Indigo Wren’s Nest Wellness Center, 111 S. Spring St., Suite 8, Bellefonte. Create mixed-media art while honing your creative writing, painting and other artistic skills. Bingo — The State College Knights of Columbus will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 850 Stratford Drive, State College.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24

Event — The Small Business Development Center at Penn State will host a “Cash Flow” event, co-sponsored by SPEFCU, from 9 to 11:30 a.m. in Room 243, 200 Technology Center, University Park. For more information, visit http://sbdc.psu. edu/seminars/. Seniors Hiking Group — Enjoy a moderate hike in the great outdoors at 9 a.m. at various locations in and around State College. The hikes are free except for car pool donations. To register, call (814) 231-3076 or visit www.crpr.org.

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Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main St., Howard. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have a toddler story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Discussion — Join Connie Schulz, State College Area School District family outreach specialist, to meet other parents and share ideas from noon to 1:30 p.m. at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary. org for weekly discussion topics. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host a program for home-schooled students in grades one through five from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. This month’s theme is “Read Across America.” Call (814) 3642580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will take place from 4:30 to 5 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@ comcast.net. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have a family story time from 6:30 to 7 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667.

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25

Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have baby book time from 9:30 to 10 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Book themes will vary throughout February. Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Program — Children ages 6 months to 2 can explore science through books and movement during “Baby Explorers” from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “I Like Me!” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “AmeriHealth Dental Health Presentation/Story Time.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State Col-

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lege. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Book Club — Join the afternoon book club at 2 p.m. in the Sun Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. The book to be discussed this month is “Beautiful Ruins” by Jess Walter. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time from 2 to 2:30 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Toothy Tales.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host its Lego club from 3 to 3:30 p.m. and 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Call (814) 3642580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Class — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host an “EBay I: The Ins and Outs of Selling on eBay” class with Kelly Garthwaith from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www.southhills. edu. Story Time — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host a “Homesteading 101- Let’s Get Started!” class with Dan Pytel from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www.southhills. edu. Class — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host an “Introduction to Reiki” class with Beth Whitman from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www. southhills.edu. Class — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host a “Master the Art of Dating: Building an Online Dating Profile” class with Leonard DeCarmine from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www. southhills.edu. Class — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host a “Sports Performance Optimization” class with Sherrie Borden from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www.southhills.edu. Class — South Hills School of Business & Technology will host a “Sauced!” class with Ciara Semack from 6 to 9 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (888) 282-7427. To register, visit www.southhills. edu. Zumba — New Hope United Methodist Church will sponsor a free Zumba class at 6 p.m. at the church, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. Call Amanda at (814) 321-4528. Group Meeting — Celebrate Recovery will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 200 Ellis Place, State College. The group uses the “Eight Recovery Principles” with a 12-step approach to help members cope with life’s troubles. For more information, visit www.cccsc.org or call (814) 234-0711.

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Hospitality industry leaders visit Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State School of Hospitality Management welcomed two national leaders in the hospitality industry as the spring 2015 Walter J. Conti Visiting Professors. Katherine Lugar, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, and Dawn Sweeney, president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association, visited the school in February to interact with students and faculty members. The school recognized Lugar and Sweeney during a reception and industry presentation, “Critical Issues in Hospitality,” Feb. 9 at the Nittany Lion Inn at Penn State University Park. “Both of these important organizations have evolved significantly in recent years as these progressive chief executives have realigned their organizational priorities, and they are concerned with many of the same issues related to such things as labor and government,” said John O’Neill, director of the School of Hospitality Management. “As these two associations will represent the interests of and provide services to most of our students after they graduate from Penn State, it’s vital for our students to become familiar with them and their activities while here at Penn State. Through these associations, our students will have the opportunity to become leaders who will shape the course of the hospitality industry for years to come.” Sweeney and Lugar interacted with students over multiple days through classroom presentations and roundtable discussions offering students career advice. Specifically, Sweeney outlined key qualities the restaurant industry is seeking in new managers, such as the ability to work at a macro level while also paying attention to details; passion for excellent service; and eagerness to continually learn. Critical skills, she said, include: interpersonal communication, conflict resolution, emotional intelligence, leadership and compassion. “I think success, in large part, depends on knowing who you are and being true to who you are,” Sweeney said.

Kara Zukowski, a senior studying hospitality management, hopes to work in the restaurant industry. Zukowski appreciated hearing Sweeney’s story, in part, because Sweeney has had a unique career path, which started with the International Dairy Foods Association. “I also liked how empowering her position is for women because she’s the first female CEO of the National Restaurant Association,” Zukowski said. In her advice to students, Lugar highlighted the importance of having mentors, listening and possessing a strong work ethic. Mentoring students, she said, has been one of the most rewarding parts of her career. “Go to people who are established in every segment of the industry,” Lugar said. “Any good leader is going to want to mentor young people.” Lugar also said it’s important to not only listen, but to ask questions and to put oneself in others’ shoes to see different perspectives. Jingyi Zhang, a senior studying hospitality management, said she enjoyed Lugar’s presentation because it went beyond textbook knowledge and helped open her eyes to options in workforce development and job opportunities. “It broadened my horizon of the hospitality industry,” Zhang said. Olivia Graf, also a senior studying hospitality management, said she is most interested in how the hotel industry is changing when it comes to such topics as minimum wage and costs. Graf said after graduation she plans to pursue a career in private catering. “I want to learn what’s causing the biggest impact (on cost) and how we’ll move forward in the future to adjust to it,” she said. Sweeney and Lugar also shared with students a plethora of industry insight. The restaurant industry is a $709 billion industry in the United States with one in 10 Americans working in the field, Sweeney said. The National Restaurant Association plays a critical role regarding policies and

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KATHERINE LUGAR, president and CEO of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, speaks to hospitality management students at the Nittany Lion Inn during the spring 2015 Walter J. Conti Visiting Professors event. regulations for the industry. The association takes its role seriously, Sweeney said, by taking proactive steps to improve the industry, such as in recent years developing and implementing a plan to make children’s menus healthier. Looking forward, the association plans to tackle sustainability, including food waste and water usage. “We are trying to get ahead of these issues on a macro level,” Sweeney said. Mirroring the industry’s path, the school addresses sustainability in its restaurant-management courses and implements award-winning sustainability measures at the school’s student-run restaurant, Café Laura. The role of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, Lugar said, is to identify where the association is as an industry, and also to make sure it is positioned for

the future. When Lugar entered her position, she found the association was not set up to unify the hotel industry and to allow all governance leaders to come together in decision-making. “We were fragmented,” she said. “To drive change as an industry we’ve got to be aligned. That has been driving my work at the AH&LA.” Lugar implemented a new strategic plan which, over the next three years, will focus on the major areas and challenges faced by the hospitality industry. Some of these target areas include the workforce, and making sure it is positioned for the future; technology and distribution; cyber security; and attracting and maintaining the international traveler market. “The AH&LA is beginning a new and very exciting chapter in our history,” Lugar said.

CBICC holds membership recognition night STATE COLLEGE — Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County members honored three individuals at a Membership Recognition Night event held Jan. 29 at the Mount Nittany Club at Beaver Stadium. Jim Colyer, of Doty & Hench, was named Ambassador of the Year. Ambassadors are the “goodwill” arm of the chamber. John Rodgers, senior vice president of commercial banking at S&T Bank, was named Volunteer of the Year for his service to the chamber’s Loan Review Committee. OJ Johnston, of OJ Johnston Consulting, received the Friend of the Chamber Award for his efforts to help advance the chamber’s mission. Johnston serves on the CBICC board of directors and various special task forces and is an advocate for chamber member companies. “We wanted a special opportunity to thank our membership for their valued support over the past year and recognize those who have gone the extra mile in their enthusiasm for and commitment to the organization’s overall success,” said CBICC president and CEO Vern Squier. The event, which featured entertainment from local favorite Tommy Wareham, was attended by nearly 300 CBICC members. Sponsoring the awards were: Keystone Payroll, Ambassador of the Year; Kish Bank, Volunteer of the Year; and PSECU, Friend of the Chamber. Mount Nittany Health served as presenting sponsor of the event and Graphics & Design served as marketing sponsor.

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

RECORDED JAN. 26- 30, 2015 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH

James G. Baldwin to Andrew J. Youstic and Jennifer L. Youstic, 429 E. Howard St., Bellefonte, $157,900. Bellefonte Mews LP to Bellefonte Mews LP, 110 E. High St., Bellefonte, $1. Lance D. Boone to Troy A. Weston and Melissa M. Hombosky, 318 E. Lamb St., Bellefonte, $159,900. Flagstar Bank to Rita R. Kaldes, 366 E. Lamb St., Bellefonte, $42,500.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Nicholas J. Caputo and Amy Fellin Caputo to Wayne Thompson, 126 Cambridge Lane, Bellefonte. $159,500. Richard D. Thomas and Beryle J. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, Thomas Mountain Road, Pleasant Gap, $1. Richard D. Thomas and Beryle J. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, 201 Thomas Mountain Road, Pleasant Gap, $1. Richard D. Thomas and Beryle J. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, Loop Road, Boalsburg, $1.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Donald L. Fulton estate and Sharon D. Milton executrix to Osker K. Flory and Isabelle J. Mayes, 151 Sunset Acres, Bellefonte, $60,000.

CENTRE HALL BOROUGH

Tera B. Neideigh to Tera B. Johnson, 354 W. Church St., Centre Hall, $1.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Richard P. O’Neil, 162 Apple Court, Boalsburg, $130,000. Judith K. Kilmer and Randy Kilmer to Barry C. Lambert and Christina M. Lambert, 206 Gerald St., State College, $121,500. Garrett J. Tobin to Garrett J. Tobin and Patrick

J. Tobin, 144 Birchtree Court, State College, $1. Carl Volz Jr. and Helen B. Volz to Betty B. Tornatore, 123 Wellington Drive, State College, $245,000.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

Bruce R. Burke and Kym S. Burke to Eduardo O. Basurto and Amy R. Basurto, 1766 Cambridge Drive, State College, $400,000. Evergreen Acres LLC and Ferguson Township to Ferguson Township and Evergreen Acres LLC, $0. Patrick J. Hillard and Kathleen A. Hillard to Daniel E. Ciolkosz and Laurie D. Ciolkosz, 182 Long Lane, Pennsylvania Furnace, $600,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Russell W. Beaton and Bernice A. Beaton to Laron Horner and Leeanna Horner, Decker Valley Road, Spring Mills, $50,000.

HAINES TOWNSHIP

Mark Hesser and Antoinette L. Hesser to Shannon G. Wolfe and Kody A. Orndorf-Ronk, 126 E. Aaron Square, Aaronsburg, $154,900. Grenville K. Strother, Nancy L. Strother and Greenville K. Strother to Scott M. Dennison and Shari K. Edelson, 129 W. Aaron Square, Aaronsburg, $1.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

Benjamin L. Gilberti and Lauren K. Gilberti to Douglas K. Martins and Melissa C. Martins, 12 Pauls Lane, Port Matilda, $205,000.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

DGTWO and DG TWO Group to Carl Volz Jr., Helen B. Volz, Frederick Volz and Maureen C. Volz, 129 W. Pine St., Boalsburg, $269,000. Glenn J. Dry and Elena M. Deluca to Thomas A. Reyburn and Kari J. Reyburn, 125 Pint Tree Ave., Boalsburg, $249,000. Wilbert L. Hinds to John R. Mangan, 823 Brookside Drive, Boalsburg, $152,500. Craig Johnson and Jennifer T. Johnson to Woodrow Wilson Skidgel III and Lourdes Zabaleta Skidgel, 2020 Shingletown Road, State College, $179,000.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

Tommy L. Allen by sheriff and Dawn S. Allen by sheriff to Jersey Shore State Bank, 105 Blue

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Jay Road, Howard, $8,929.49. Samuel K. Esh and Catherine A. Esh to Henry S. Esh and Ariana S. Esh, Brush Valley Road, Rebersburg, $1. Paul William Krape Jr. to William P. Krape, Main St., Rebersburg, $1.

Larry E. Shook, Janet L. Shook, Daniel L. Stover, Donna L. Stover and Shook & Stover Partnership to Shook & Stover Partnership, Daniel L. Stover and Donna L. Stover, 424 Heckman Cemetery Road, Spring Mills, $1. Betty R. Stover to Jesse R. Stover, 160 Tea Hollow Lane, Coburn, $1.

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POTTER TOWNSHIP

MILES TOWNSHIP

Barbara Hall Bagley and David P. Bagley to Todd A. Caris, 311 Front St., Bellefonte, $138,000.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

Benjamin J. Haller and Lindsay M. Haller to Timothy R. Marshall, 615 Devonshire Drive, State College, $252,000. Lynn M. Kipp, Lynn M. Packard and Michael Alden Kipp to Anthony D. Atyeo, 406 Oakwood Ave., State College, $215,000. Edward R. Miller and Cheryl D. Miller to Edward R. Miller, 351 W. Clearview Ave., State College, $1. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2. Gregory LLC I JNT and S&A Homes Inc. to S&A Homes Inc., 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, State College, $62,000. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2. Gregory LLC I JNT and S&A Homes Inc. to S&A Homes Inc., 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, State College, $62,000. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2. Gregory LLC I JNT and S&A Homes Inc. to S&A Homes Inc., 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, State College, $62,000. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2. Gregory LLC I JNT and S&A Homes Inc. to S&A Homes Inc., 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, State College, $72,000. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2. Gregory LLC I JNT and S&A Homes Inc. to S&A Homes Inc., 2121 Old Gatesburg Road, State College, $62,000. Nancy F. Spannuth, Kenneth Burns and Tracy Burns to Kenneth Burns and Tracy Burns, 103 Amblewood Way, State College, $1.

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Ashford Manor Associates to Gary T. McCarthy and Hannah L. McCarthy, 151 Ashford Manor Drive, Centre Hall, $278,000. Ronald K. Grove, Bonnie L. Grove, Donald A. Grove, Teresa Grove, Bonita M. Whitehill and Daniel Whitehill to Harold T. Sampsell, 170 Upper Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills, $68,500. Ann Hege Hughes to Monica Jane Favand Campagna, 110 Hege Lane, Spring Mills, $1. Keith D. Luse trust under will, Keith B. Luse co-trustee and Kaylene R. Luse co-trustee to Mid-Penn Development Group LLC, $205,000. Betty B. Tornatore to James J. Gilhool and Kathleen L. Gilhool, 213 Polecat Road, Centre Hall, $579,000.

RUSH TOWNSHIP

Federal National Mortgage Association and Fannie Mae to Maynard H. Gray and Susan K. Gray, 3044 Port Matilda Highway, Philipsburg, $50,100. Kirsten B. Guelich to Danielle M. Dunsmore and Kenneth M. Dunsmore, 861 Tyrone Pike, Philipsburg, $280,000.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Joshua Cingle to Marlin D. Miller, 572 Clarence Road, Clarence, $120,000. Crystal L. Stasko to Theodore R. Shay and Amber L. Shay, 205 Gorton Road, Moshannon, $93,000.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

Richard W. Bird Sr. estate, Richard W. Bird estate and Susan D. Reese executrix to Richard W. Bird Jr., 701 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap, $1. Richard W. Bird Sr. estate, Richard W. Bird estate, Susan D. Reese & executrix, Richard W. Bird Jr., Roger H. Bird, Sandy L. Packer and Curtis A. Bird to Susan D. Reese, N. Harrison Road, Bellefonte, $1. Koltay Homes Inc. to Donald E. Shuey and Kay M. Shuey, $215,000. Richard J. McNelis and Nancy R. McNelis to William R. Taylor and Susan G. Taylor, 138 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $50,100. Hazel M. Peters and Alice M. Grove to Hazel M. Peters, 121 Confer Drive, Bellefonte, $1. Mary Ohashi Pinkerton and David K. Pinkerton to David K. Pinkerton and Mary Ohashi Pinkerton, $0. Springfield Limited Partnership and Fine Line Homes Inc. to Lance D. Boone and Brittany D. Hosband, Landon Drive, Bellefonte, $267,490. Beryle J. Thomas and Richard D. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Beryle J. Thomas and Richard D. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Richard D. Thomas and Beryle J. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Richard D. Thomas and Beryle J. Thomas to Richard D. Thomas, S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Irvin A. Weaver estate, Elaine Fike co-executor, Daniel Weaver co-executor, Linda Kline coexecutor, Janet G. Weaver-Miller co-executor and Janet Weaver-Miller co-executor to Daniel James Smoyer, 850 Halfmoon St., Bellefonte, $78,000.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Phyllis M. Bierly estate, Phyllis Bierly estate, Cynthia D. Hall per-representative and Cynthia B. Hall per-representative to Cynthia B. Hall, 330 Nimitz Ave., State College, $1. Arne W. Fliflet and Deborah Levin Fliflet to Craig R. Johnson and Jennifer T. Johnson, 1256 S. Garner St., State College, $260,000. Lassie Macdonald to State College Community Land Trust Inc., 1394 University Drive, State College, $135,000. Cheryl D. Miller and Edward R. Miller to Edward R. Miller, 610 W. Beaver Ave., State College, $1. Cheryl D. Miller and Edward R. Miller to Edward R. Miller, 524 N. Burrowes St., State College, $1. Jeffrey E. Peters by sheriff, Janet Marie Frank by sheriff and Janet Foster by sheriff to Thomas R. Knepp and Linda A. Knepp, 1315 Old Boalsburg Road, State College, $9,353.03. Ralph W. Way and Kamilla Way to Sean Spencer, 128 Waypoint Circle, State College, $400,000. Yuri Zarhin and Yuriy G. Zarkhin to Yuriy G. Zarkhin and Tatiana Bandman, 542 Glenn Road, State College, $1.

UNION TOWNSHIP

Allen Bruss by sheriff to Robert C. Taylor, 151 Spotts Road, Julian, $5,141.07.

WALKER TOWNSHIP

Jacob S. Beiler and Katie B. Beiler to Paul W. Esh and Sylvia B. Esh, Nittany Ridge Road, Howard, $1. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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The Board of Education of the Bellefonte Area School District is seeking bids for the following: General Supplies (school and office), Art Supplies, Custodial Supplies, Physical Education Supplies, Health Room Supplies, Athletic Training Supplies, Band & Music Supplies, Lumber and Accessories, Science Supplies and a school van. The bid must conform to the description and specifications requested. Bid documents will not be available until February 20, 2015. Specifications may be obtained by contacting: Judy Ripka - Bid Coordinator Bellefonte Area School District 318 North Allegheny Street Bellefonte, PA 16823-1613 Telephone 814-355-4814 x3012 E-mail Jripka@basd.net Bids will be received in the Business Office until 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the above address. Bids will be opened Friday, March 20, 2015 starting at 9:00 AM. The school district reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids/proposals, and to place orders that are in the best interest of the school district. If you need any additional information, please do not hesitate to contact Judy at 814355-4814 x3012

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ROOM For Rent In Family Home $450.00 Furnished bedroom includes all utilities in Port Matilda home located in a lovely wooded area. 10 Miles to State College. Towels and linens provided. Access to living areas, laundry, kitchen (dishes, pots & pans). Month to month lease; available now Call: (814) 692‑0004

ROOM In Townhouse Fall 2015 Close To Campus Beautiful townhomes available to rent by the room. Furnished and unfurnished options available with prices starting at $533 per month. All units will have new appliances and a washer and dryer. Parking included. 446 Blue Course Drive State College 16803 (814) 235‑1377

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FIREWOOD Cut and Split Seasoned Firewood. 14,15, and 16 inch. Nice and Dry Wood. A level full size truck load. (Aprox. 8’x6’x2’) or small pick up load. (aprox. 5’x4’x2’) Call or Text me any time at 814‑441‑9236.. Will delivery for free within 10 miles.

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CUTE Pomeranian Puppies $150.00 Randy is the one that wants to play all the time. He has a sandy brown soft coat. There is a small white stripe that is in the middle of his forehead. All my puppies have a one year guarantee. My puppies are at my feet and around children. Call (646)439‑6281

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3X WINTER Camo hunt‑ ing coat and 2X camo hunting pants. $80 for all. (814) 360‑2260

ALFRED ANGELO Wedding Dress. Brand New. Never Worn. Size 10. Can be worn with and w/o straps. Corset lacing in back. Veil optional. Asking 650.00 obo. Contact if interested! 717‑994‑8143

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SPINET Piano w/bench, good condition, plays well, apprasied, $700 cash only, Belllefonte Area. Call (814) 383‑4891

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SPORTY BLACK 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE V6 $2,850.00 / offer In good condition. Great looking exterior and leather int.; power sunroof, windows and seats; alloy wheels; and a powerful V6 engine. A great running, reliable, sporty 4 dr sedan. Get a great deal from this private sale! (856) 625‑7332

134 NORWEIGEN ELKHOUND BORDER COLLIE MIX $200 / Offer Looking for a loving home! 8 month old Norweigen Elkhound/Border Collie Mix, house and crate trained, comes with toys, food and crate. Knows basic commands (sit, stay, down and paw). ~35 lbs (215) 359‑5339

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