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Medical center announces plans to renovate By G. KERRY WEBSTER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — Mount Nittany Medical Center has been serving the health care needs of Centre Region residents since 1972, and at this week’s meeting of the Centre County Board of Commissioners, hospital brass announced $20 million in campus renovations to even better meet those needs. “We are growing in many facets and we want to be able to keep up with everything that’s going on at the hospital,” said Steve Brown, MNMC’s president and CEO. “These projects will be paid through the Hospital Authority, and there will be no additional charge to the county. These project are in our five-year plan and now is the time to get them taken care of.” According to Rich Wisniewski, former CFO and vice president of MNMC, five projects are on the agenda, including: The construction of a two-story parking garage on the side of a current parking lot. The project will increase the number of parking spaces by 300.

The replacement of boilers. Four boilers are currently used at the facility, and, according to Wisniewski, the hospital is using two boilers that were originally installed when the facility was constructed in 1972. He said although the boilers have been well-maintained, replacing the old boilers will give MNMC a more sufficient way of heating the buildings and the water used within. The purchase of a linear accelerator for treatment of cancer patients. The expansion of the cardiovascular suite. The suite was originally constructed in 2000, and since has seen a drastic increase in patients seeking cardiovascular services. Improvements to the ground floor. Wisniewski said particular attention needs to be paid to the kitchen area, which has not been updated or improved since the building’s construction. He said the kitchen was originally designed to serve between 60 and 90 meals per day; however, recent counts show between 160 and 190 meals prepared and served each day. “I think all our facilities are in good

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PLENTIFUL PARKING: This is an artist’s rendering of what the renovated parking garage will look like at the Mount Nittany Medical Center. The garage would be used for employee parking. shape and up-to-date; however, there are still things we have to do to keep things improving,” said Brown. “All these projects are based on growth and the need in the community. We’re now drawing patients

THON 2016 raises nearly $10 million By JANE MIENTKIEWICZ correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

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BACK HOME AGAIN: Joe Battista has returned to State College following a short stint with the Buffalo Sabres and Terry Pegula. Battista has started his own business, PRAGMATIC Passion, LLC.

STATE COLLEGE — Bright colors, crazy outfits, music, squirt guns, laughter, dancing — and tears — the final four hours had it all. The Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Dance Marathon ended Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. when, after 46 hours on their feet dancing for the cure, student volunteer dancers finally sat down. The Bryce Jordan Center, home to THON for 10 years, was filled with students wearing every color shirt, socks, tutus, bandanas and even capes, holding the letters of their organization names and dancing to cel-

ebrate the event. Despite the lack of sleep and the physical strain, the enthusiasm was present even past the end of the 46 hours. “Every dancer, I’m so inspired by, because it’s all like a mental game,” said Christina Quaglia, 21, a junior majoring in nursing. “I think, like, I knew that going in, but I didn’t realize how much you just have to push through it and remember, like, why you’re doing it.” Quaglia danced for Apollo, one of the special interest organizations participating in THON. THON, Page 6

Battista pursuing a new passion By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — It’s hard to miss Joe Battista. He’s one of the most recognizable faces in State College. And if you think you’ve seen him around town recently, chances are that you have. After 26 years with Penn State, he left for a “dream job” with Terry Pegula and the Buffalo Sabres. However, after a couple of years with the Sabres, he stepped down as vice president of hockey Battista, Page 4 Opinion ............................ 7 Health & Wellness ............ 8

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Fasta to open two locations on May 13 By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com

PLEASANT GAP — After a Christmas Eve fire closed its doors, Fasta & Ravioli Co. is reopening its Pleasant Gap location, as well as opening a new Harrisburg location. While there was no one inside Fasta when the fire broke out shortly after 2 a.m. on Dec. 24, the damage left what the fire department predicted to be three to six months of renovations. “The fire caused a lot of damage to the front of the house, but the larger implications is the smoke damage,” Fasta owner Bob Ricketts told the Gazette in December. “Virtually everything in the store is covered in smoke.” With the abatement phase of construction, where contractors remove smoke particles, wrapping up, Ricketts said renovations should stay closer to a three-month timeline. Fasta will celebrate the grand reopening of its Pleasant Gap store at 157 W. College Ave., and its brand new store in Harrisburg in the Broad Street Market located at 1233 N. Third St. on Friday, May 13, with a free pasta day. Ricketts said that Fasta participated in the Hershey’s Farmers Market located just outside Harrisburg and was well received. He said opening a store in Harrisburg is a logical progression from a growth standpoint. “This shop will be a conduit for our wholesale in Carlisle, Harrisburg and Fasta, Page 4

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SPOONFUL OF SUGAR: “Mary Poppins” will be presented at Penns Valley Area High School on March 4 and 5 in the school’s auditorium. Gazette correspondent Sam Stitzer previews the spring musical. Page 10

SUCCESS STORY: State College Area High School graduate Chloe Alpert has made a name for herself by selling a successful line of soaps and spa products. The most amazing part of the story? Alpert is just 24. Page 14

FUN WITH FOOD: There are plenty of excuses to eat during the month of February, including Fat Tuesday, Valentine’s Day and the like. Our own Blonde Cucina shares some of her favorite recipes for this time of the year. Page 10

MAKING MEMORIES: Photo booths have become extremely popular at weddings. Gazette columnist Connie Cousins spoke with the owners of Wink! Photo Booths about their unique success story. Page 17

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Police are investigating a report involving fraudulent purchases made via credit card in Walker Township at noon on Jan. 12. Authorities reported the arrest of a 42-year-old Coburn woman on charges of driving under the influence following a routine traffic stop on Coburn Road, near Pine Creek Road, in Penn Township at 12:50 a.m. on Feb. 4. She was not named by police. No injuries were reported in a singlevehicle crash that occurred along Interstate 99 in Benner Township at 5:49 a.m. on Feb. 14. Police said William Peters, of Mount Carmel, was traveling southbound in a 1994 Jeep, when the vehicle caught fire. Peters noticed flames emitting from the rear of his vehicle and pulled onto the right shoulder, where the vehicle became fully engulfed in flames.

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Authorities reported someone stole multiple rolls of No. 6, No. 8 and No. 12 gauge copper wire from a job trailer at 110 Benner Circle, Benner Township sometime between 5:15 p.m. Feb. 19 and 6:30 a.m. Feb. 20. Those responsible also stole Milwaukee power tools. The total amount stolen is estimated at several thousands of dollars. The trailer is owned by Strouse Electric of Howard. Patti Ann Harpster, of Bellefonte, reported to police someone loosened the lug nuts on all four wheel of her vehicle while it was parked along Jacksonville Road in Marion Township sometime Feb. 20. Police are continuing to investigate.

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Police are continuing to investigate the escape of two male juveniles from the Zerby Gap Family Works in Gregg Township. Police said a 15-year-old Spring Mills boy and a 14-year-old Spring Mills boy escaped the facility and stole a vehicle. The individuals and vehicle have been since recovered; however, authorities continue to investigate.

Michelle Kunes, of Philipsburg, reported to police someone stole a large amount of prescription medication from her Lochlomond Road, Rush Township, residence, sometime between Feb. 3 and Feb. 4. The victim estimates the value stolen at approximately $500. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police at 342-3370.

Police were called to I-99 in Patton Township at 9:15 a.m. to investigate a single-vehicle crash. Authorities said Tristan Sauvageau of Storrs was southbound, near mile marker 70 in the area of the Grays Woods offramp, and attempting to pass several vehicles at a high rate of speed. Sauvageau lost control of his 2008 BWM 335Xi one the ice-covered roadway, traveled off the left side of the roadway and struck the guiderail, police said. There were no injuries reported. Sauvageau was cited for not driving his vehicle at a safe speed.

Police were called to state Route 350 in Rush Township at noon on Feb. 16 to investigate a single-vehicle crash. Police said Trevor Moore, of Cowansville, was southbound when he drove his 2009 Ford E-350 off the left side of the road and rolled over two twice. Moore suffered minor injuries and was transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center for treatment. He was cited with a traffic violation, police said.

Police reported that a 21-year-old Bellefonte woman was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a routine traffic stop at Weaver Hill Road and North Harrison Road in Spring Township at 9:37 p.m. on Feb. 17.

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police that someone removed four, full 5-gallon gas cans from his camp, located along Back Street in Orviston, Curtin Township, sometime between Feb. 17-20, Police estimate the loss at $90.

The investigation into an assault that occurred at the Centre County Correctional Facility at 4:50 p.m. on Feb. 17 is continuing. According to police, a 31-year-old male inmate was ordered to submit to hand restraints, but refused. As staff attempted to place the suspect in restraints, police said he resisted an became physical. An altercation ensued and the man was eventually restrained; however, three correction staff members suffered minor injuries. Tor McCartney of Howard reported to

At 12:57 a.m. on Feb. 17, police attempted to stop a vehicle for speeding on I-99 when two juveniles attempted to flee from police. Authorities said speeds reached in excess of 100 miles per hour. Authorities said the vehicle crashed into a road sign, but the driver continued operating the vehicle. He steered the vehicle the wrong way onto an exit ramp before the chase continued the wrong way on Atherton Street. The vehicle was eventually stopped on North Atherton and a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old were taken into custody, police said. Police were called to Brother’s Pizza on North Front Street, Philipsburg, at 10:48 p.m. on Feb. 18 to investigate a report of harassment. Police said Jennifer Marissa Litz, of Curwensville, arrived on scene and proceeded to engage in an argument with a 25-year-old Philipsburg man. Police said Litz pushed the man twice. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster

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Police say woman found February declared ‘Career and Technical Education Month’ dead likely overdosed By G. KERRY WEBSTER

By ALEXA LEWIS and CHRIS MORELLI news@centrecountygazette.com

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — Police had few answers regarding the death of the woman found on Valentine’s Day in Ferguson Township, but a week later they think they know how she got there and how she died. The woman, who was found along the 500 block of Plainfield Road in Pine Grove Mills on Feb. 14, has been identified as 35-year-old Corinne Pena of the Philadelphia area. On Feb. 23, Robert Moir, 59, was charged with abuse of a corpse, a seconddegree misdemeanor, court records show. Police said Moir dumped Pena’s body along Plainfield Road after he found her dead a few hours earlier in the bathroom of his Patton Township home. Police said Pena likely died due to a drug overdose. Police said they have also located the car that was used to transport Pena’s body and are searching the vehicle for additional evidence. Moir was arraigned before District Judge Ronald Horner on Feb. 23. According to court records, Moir told

police that he found Pena’s body around 11 p.m. on Feb. 13. He said that he had to force his way into the bathroom because her body was blocking the entrance. An autopsy that Centre County coroner Scott Sayers conducted the day after the woman was found did not yield an immediate cause of death and found no signs of traumatic injury. However, police announced on Feb. 20 that the woman’s death appears to be related to drugs. “Although toxicology results are pending, evidence indicates Corinne died as a result of a drug overdose,” the Feb. 20 press release said. Sayers said that toxicology tests would become available several weeks after the autopsy. In their press release, police reminded people of the Drug Overdose Response Immunity, which was enacted in 2014. The law provides immunity for any person who summons aid for someone believed to be in a medical emergency as a result of a drug overdose. The law requires that the person provide his or her name and remain with the person until emergency responders arrive. Moir’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 23.

State College ranked eighth most fitness-friendly city By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — If you’re a resident of State College, it will likely come as no surprise that the borough has been ranked the eighth most fitness-friendly city in the nation. The ranking was based on a study by SmartAsset and published through the Huffington Post. Cities were awarded an index score based on five categories: percentage of commuters who walk or bike, concentration of fitness professionals, concentration of fitness businesses, fast food ratio and hourly rate for personal trainers.

“Home to Penn State University, State College is a place that loves athletics,” according to the Huffington Post article. “The university has won 46 team national championships during its history, including 12 men’s gymnastics championships and seven women’s volleyball championships. “While not everyone in Happy Valley is a champion gymnast, the city still has a large population of fitness experts,” the article continued. “State College ranked 21st in our study for its concentration of fitness professionals. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 220 fitness trainers and aerobics instructors working in State College.”

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BELLEFONTE — A handful of students from the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology attended the Feb. 22 meeting of the Centre County Board of Commissioners as county leaders proclaimed February as “Career and Technical Education Month” in Centre County. Attending were traditional students Nathan Wert (Bellefonte Area High School, studying HVAC), Kierra Benner (Bellefonte Area High School, studying dental assistance) and Charlee Harris (Bald Eagle Area High School, studying horticulture), as well as adult student Domoniece Homan, who is studying in the medical assistance program. The students were accompanied to the meeting by Mary Ann Volders, vice president of secondary education at CPI. “I want to thank all of you for coming and I’m glad to see you are interested in your local government,” said Chairman Commissioner Michael Pipe. “CPI has been a great educational facility for us here in Centre County, but it serves many more people than just our residents. The school is getting students from all over the Centre Region. We’re lucky to have such facilities available here close to us.” CPI is located on 32 acres, adjacent to Exit 80 of the Interstate 99 extension near

Pleasant Gap. The school was founded in 1969 and built to meet the career and technical needs of high school students in Bald Eagle Area, Bellefonte Area, Penns Valley Area and State College school districts. In addition, more than 1,300 adult learners annually receive training to upgrade their current skills, learn new skills or make career changes. In other business, the commissioners: Announced the appointment of Darlene Hoy to the housing authority and Carol Little to the Aging Advisory Board. Approved a contract renewal between the county and Community Help Centre to provide information and referral services on a 24/7 basis to residents of Centre County. The contract total is $70,000. Four items were approved to be moved to the consent agenda for action at the next meeting. They are: A contract between the county and Stenograph to provide software support for three court reporting programs at a cost of $1,857. A contract between the county and Smart Horizons to provide maintenance support for APCO MEDS/9-1-1 Advisor Software at a cost of $3,600. A contract addendum between the county and Brockerhoff House Corporation to allow for money to provide additional representative payee services for mental health service recipients.

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PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA The following are true and correct copies of joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania proposing two amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Consistent with the procedures prescribed by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution, the General Assembly first proposed the amendments during the 2013 session and approved them for a second time during the 2015 session of the legislature. As required by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution and statutory law, the Secretary of the Commonwealth has caused the proposed amendments to be published here. Pursuant to law, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will submit the proposed amendments to the electors of Pennsylvania in the form of two ballot questions at the General Primary to be held on April 26, 2016. If a ballot question is approved by a majority of electors voting on it, the corresponding amendment becomes part of the Constitution. Those parts of the joint resolutions that appear in bold print are the words of the Constitution that are proposed by the General Assembly for addition or deletion. If an amendment were approved, the words underlined would be added to the Constitution and the words in brackets (e.g., [Constitution]) would be deleted. The unbolded words would remain unchanged in the Constitution. Following the proposed amendments is the text of the questions that will be placed on the ballot. Below each question is a “Plain English Statement” prepared by the Office of Attorney General, and published as required by law, indicating the purpose, limitations and effects of the ballot question upon the people of this Commonwealth. Anyone who needs help reading this advertisement or who needs the text of the proposed amendments in an alternative format may call or write the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Room 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-5280, ra-BCEL@pa.gov. Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of the Commonwealth JOINT RESOLUTION 2015-1

JOINT RESOLUTION 2015-2

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16(b) of Article V be amended to read: § 16. Compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of [70] 75 years. Former and retired justices, judges and justices of the peace shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. Except as provided by law, no salary, retirement benefit or other compensation, present or deferred, shall be paid to any justice, judge or justice of the peace who, under section 18 or under Article VI, is suspended, removed or barred from holding judicial office for conviction of a felony or misconduct in office or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly. ——————

Proposing integrated amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, eliminating the Traffic Court of Philadelphia. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following integrated amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with Article XI: (1) That section 1 of Article V be amended to read: § 1. Unified judicial system. The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial system consisting of the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, the Commonwealth Court, courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal [and traffic] courts in the City of Philadelphia, such other courts as may be provided by law and justices of the peace. All courts and justices of the peace and their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system. (2) That the heading and subsection (c) of section 6 of Article V be amended to read: § 6. Community courts; Philadelphia Municipal Court [and Traffic Court]. *** (c) In the City of Philadelphia there shall be a municipal court [and a traffic court]. The number of judges and the jurisdiction [of each] shall be as provided by law. [These courts] This court shall exist so long as a community court has not been established or in the event one has been discontinued under this section. (3) That subsection (d) of section 10 of Article V be amended to read: § 10. Judicial administration. *** (d) The Chief Justice and president judges of all courts with seven or less judges shall be the justice or judge longest in continuous service on their respective courts; and in the event of his resignation from this position the justice or judge next longest in continuous service shall be the Chief Justice or president judge. The president judges of all other courts shall be selected for five-year terms by the members of their respective courts[, except that the president judge of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia shall be appointed by the Governor]. A Chief Justice or president judge may resign such position and remain a member of the court. In the event of a tie vote for office of president judge in a court which elects its president judge, the Supreme Court shall appoint as president judge one of the judges receiving the highest number of votes. *** (4) That subsection (b) of section 12 of Article V be amended to read: § 12. Qualifications of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) [ Judges of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia and justices] Justices of the peace shall be members of the bar of the Supreme Court or shall complete a course of training and instruction in the duties of their respective offices and pass an examination prior to assuming office. Such courses and examinations shall be as provided by law. (5) That subsection (a) of section 15 of Article V be amended to read: § 15. Tenure of justices, judges and justices of the peace. (a) The regular term of office of justices and judges shall be ten years and the regular term of office for judges of the municipal court [and traffic court] in the City of Philadelphia and of justices of the peace shall be six years. The tenure of any justice or judge shall not be affected by changes in judicial districts or by reduction in the number of judges. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments under section 1 of this resolution to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth as a single ballot question at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly. ——————

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years, instead of the current requirement that they be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70? Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. Justices of the peace are currently referred to as magisterial district judges. If the ballot question were to be approved, justices, judges and magisterial district judges would be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years rather than the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. This amendment to the mandatory retirement age would be applicable to all judges and justices in the Commonwealth, including the justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, judges of the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, county courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal courts in the City of Philadelphia, and magisterial district judges. The ballot question is limited in that it would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution related to the qualification, election, tenure, or compensation of the justices, judges or magisterial district judges. The effect of the ballot question would be to allow all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to remain in office until the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. This would permit all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to serve an additional five years beyond the current required retirement age.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2 ABOLITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA TRAFFIC COURT Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to abolish the Philadelphia Traffic Court? Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia. Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides for the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia as part of the unified judicial system. If the ballot question were to be approved, the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia would be abolished by removing all references to the Traffic Court and the judges of the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia from the Pennsylvania Constitution. Legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions performed by the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. As a result, violations of the Vehicle Code previously adjudicated by the Traffic Court are presently being adjudicated by the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The proposed amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution. This ballot question is limited to whether the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia should be abolished. The ballot question would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution beyond the removal of all references to the Traffic Court and its judges. The effect of the ballot question would be to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia. As discussed above, legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions of the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. This amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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and just giving them everything that they deserve,â&#x20AC;? said Kerstyn Auman, 21, a junior and member of the Tapestry and Theta Chi organizations. The connection to the families brings home the cause and the reason that all the hard work is for. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everything about THON changed once I met (my Four Diamonds family) and was able to get closer with them and see it on a firsthand basis,â&#x20AC;? said Rudnitzky. One event in the final four hours is Family Hour, which occurs at 1 p.m. on the Sunday of THON weekend. During that hour, families affected by pediatric cancer speak about their experiences and videos are shown that honor those fighting and those who have lost the battle. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You really get to see full circle,â&#x20AC;? said Brad Simmons, 22, a mathematics major who danced for Sigma Pi fraternity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;THON is the most selfless thing that Penn State students can do in their college career.â&#x20AC;? The effort these students put out is summed up in the popular phrase â&#x20AC;&#x153;FTKâ&#x20AC;? or â&#x20AC;&#x153;For the Kids.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;I absolutely love seeing the smiles on the kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; faces and just seeing them happy,â&#x20AC;? said Auman. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just amazing.â&#x20AC;? For Qualgia, who is studying at the Penn State Hershey campus this year as part of her major requirements, the connection with the Four Diamonds children and families extends beyond THON weekend. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This semester Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m in my pediatrics and maternity clinical, so yeah, we work with some of the Four Diamonds kids. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really cool. It all kind of comes together,â&#x20AC;? she said. With the music, activities, bright colors, crazy clothes and synchronized dances, THON provides an environment in which

Many students attested that a good mental state can overpower the physical difficulty of dancing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A positive attitude took me very, very far this weekend,â&#x20AC;? said Coley Rudnitzky, 22, a senior who danced for the Kinesiology Club. For the dancers, being able to be on the floor dancing and spending time with the Four Diamonds children makes all of those hours worth it. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just love, sometimes when the kids are down on the floor, you just get lost in a moment,â&#x20AC;? said Rudnitzky. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Just playing with them â&#x20AC;&#x201D; whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water gun fights or we were throwing like, millions of beach balls at each other â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and you, like, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even remember that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been on your feet for whoever knows how long, you havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t slept in who knows how long, cause in that moment youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just having so much fun and making an impact on a child that, like, you kind of just forget the pain.â&#x20AC;? THON is all about fun, dancing and support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love watching everyone do the line dance in unison or just cheering with my org(anization), like pointing up to them and watching them dance back,â&#x20AC;? said Quaglia. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I just love the atmosphere.â&#x20AC;? The students give their time and effort each year in order to provide a happy experience for the children as a relief from the stresses and pains of cancer treatment. Any portion of medical bills for the children not covered by insurance are 100 percent covered by the Four Diamonds Fund. This year, THON raised nearly $10 million for pediatric cancer treatment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what THON is really about, is just, like, helping these families

FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 2, 2016

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

THE BRYCE JORDAN CENTER was a sea of neon during THON 2016. The 46-hour dance marathon raised nearly $10 million for the fight against pediatric cancer.

started their own THON,â&#x20AC;? said Stephen Strackhouse, 22, who danced with the Penn State Finance Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s real exciting to me where people come to me and say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oh my gosh, you guys do a full 46 hours, we do one thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like, 12,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? he said. For many students, THON is something that only grows in importance to those involved. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve become more attached to the cause year after year because I see how successful it is and how it continues to grow more and more kids get involved and the connection expands,â&#x20AC;? said Simmons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It thrives more and more with each coming year.â&#x20AC;?

the difficulties of fighting cancer are set aside in favor of fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It means everything,â&#x20AC;? said Kiara LaBoy, a Four Diamonds mother. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I love the support (the dancers) give my daughters. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re great role models for them; theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like big sisters to them. I love what they do here.â&#x20AC;? This is the sixth THON LaBoy has celebrated with her two daughters. Her daughter Kaylahni was diagnosed with a brain tumor when she was 4 months old, but has been in remission for six years. The effect of THON continues to grow as well. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I know of friends through internships that donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t go to Penn State that have now

For Kaylyn Rosado, it was a very special THON By GEENA GOOZDICH correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Bryce Jordan Center was home to more than 15,000 students as Penn Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2016 Dance Marathon came to a close Feb. 21. Since THON first paired with the Four Diamonds Fund 39 years ago, Penn State students have raised more than $127 million to benefit the organization, which focuses on battling pediatric cancer through research and supporting affected families. More than 700 dancers stood on the floor of the BJC during this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s THON. One of those dancers had something a little extra to accomplish, in addition to standing for 46 hours â&#x20AC;&#x201D; she would also perform live on the main stage in front of thousands of her peers. Kaylyn Rosado, a junior kinesiology major, who was representing the special interest organization Common, had already been awake and on her feet for 23 hours at the time of her performance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Even after standing with no sleep for over 20 hours, the excitement of performing made me forget about being tired or having sore feet,â&#x20AC;? said Rosado. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was one of the most incredible feelings to have 15,000 people sing back to me.â&#x20AC;?

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She sang four songs with her makeshift band, November 50, made up of keyboardist Brian Hoyson, guitarist John Hittie and cellist Mike Klucke. The cheering audience danced as she sang â&#x20AC;&#x153;Heroesâ&#x20AC;? by Alesso and clapped along as she performed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Move Alongâ&#x20AC;? by the All-American Rejects. But the most memorable of the set was Coldplayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fix You,â&#x20AC;? which Rosado said was by far her favorite song. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We played this as our last song to bring all the love in the room together,â&#x20AC;? and it did just that. Emotion filled the air as what felt like the entire crowd at the BJC was singing along with Rosado and her band. Rosado, who battled cancer her senior year of high school, knows more than anyone just what life is like for these kids. And more than anyone, she knows they could use a weekend of pure fun. The floor of THON is filled with kids, dancers and volunteers running around and doing just that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; being carefree and having fun. Rosado described the floor as being filled with â&#x20AC;&#x153;squirt guns, bubbles and piggy back rides,â&#x20AC;? and she described THON as â&#x20AC;&#x153;a safe place for parents to let go of the worry they carry and even, if just for a moment, kids are allowed to be kids.â&#x20AC;? Standing for 46 hours is no walk in the park. All of the dancers were encouraged to prepare heavily for the weekend. Rosado said she â&#x20AC;&#x153;went to the gym about every day and did resistance training as well as cardio.â&#x20AC;? She said she cut out junk food and caffeine in order to allow her body to cleanse itself and so that she would not rely on either vice. She said mentally, however, when things got tough during the long weekend, she just focused on what she was dancing for. When Rosado talks about THON, she is passionate about the event, about finding a cure for pediatric can-

GEENA GOOZDICH/For the Gazette

KAYLYN ROSADO made the most of her opportunity to perform at THON. The cancer survivor was representing the special interest organization, Common.

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Bad apples keep turning up at IRS By The Orange County Register If you are fired for poor performance or doing something unethical, possibly illegal, what do you think the chances are of getting hired again by the same employer? Such a scenario is practically unthinkable in the private sector, but apparently is fairly common in government. According to a report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, of the 7,168 employees rehired by the Internal Revenue Service from Jan. 1, 2010, to Sept. 30, 2013, 824 (11.5 percent) had prior employment issues. Some were rather serious issues, including several cases of fraud. There were “141 former employees with prior substantiated tax issues, including five who the IRS had found had willfully failed to file their federal tax returns,” the report revealed. “Other substantiated issues from previous IRS employment included unauthorized access to taxpayer information, leave abuse, falsification of official forms, unacceptable performance, misuse of IRS property and off-duty misconduct.” One employee had “Do Not Rehire” written in his file because he had been absent without leave for a total of 312 hours — about two months of collecting a paycheck for no work. A number of the bad employees were repeat offenders. In fact, nearly 20 percent those with prior conduct or performance issues had new conduct or performance issues, including unauthorized access to tax account information or tax noncompliance. “These individuals got fired for a reason,” Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., wrote in a column for the Daily Caller. “The practice of routinely giving these bad apples a second chance is an insult to every hardworking or job-seeking person in this country. We must end it.” To that end, Burr has introduced S.2439, the Ensuring Integrity in the IRS Workforce Act of 2016, which would prohibit the agency from rehiring previously fired employees. It is sad that such a commonsense measure is needed, and it should be expanded to the entire government. It is already next to impossible to fire a government employee, even for cause. Rehiring the worst of the worst and rewarding their past misdeeds is a double slap in the face to taxpayers.

By Los Angeles Times The United States has for 86 years banned the import of goods produced using forced labor — unless, as the Tariff Act of 1930 put it, the goods “are not mined, produced, or manufactured in such quantities in the United States as to meet the consumptive demands of the United States.” That’s right, you read it correctly: The nation stands against importing goods made by slave labor unless we really want them. That repugnant loophole is about to get closed, and the ramifications could be significant. President Obama is expected this week to sign the recently passed Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015, which would do away with the exemption. This is no symbolic step.

Forced labor fuels $51 billion a year in profits in international trade, not including sex trafficking, according to the International Labor Organization, which estimated that more than 14 million people worldwide work “as a result of force, fraud or deception” in homes, factories, mines and farms. The U.S. Department of Labor lists 319 foreign goods that it believes are produced with child labor (usually forced), and 102 goods with forced adult labor, including Brazil nuts from Bolivia, cocoa from West Africa, rice from India and seafood from Thailand. It is the use of forced labor on fishing boats and factory ships based in Southeast Asia that have helped drive this despicable practice into public view. For years, migrant workers there have fallen into the hands of

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of the wordsmith’s art, and write as if we are to be paid by the comma. There were seven of those cute little curlicues in the preceding sentence, the length of which ran to 73 words, which makes it the literary equivalent of a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, each comma a replay review, or a trip to the mound by a catcher, coach or manager, or David Ortiz stepping out of the box to knock imaginary dirt out of his cleats, needlessly tighten his batting gloves, spit into said gloves, and slap his hands together. The long sentence revival fits the ethos of the slow movement — a reaction across an array of human activities to the accelerating pace of modern life that has manifested itself in fast food restaurants, microwaveable dinners, Quick Oats, Minute Rice, Jiffy Pop (or Lube), speed dating (and dialing), instant gratification (or karma), 24-second clocks, hurry-up offenses and, of course 140-character Tweets, all of which phenomena have privileged instantaneousness over quality, complexity, sustainability and depth to such a degree that no one has the patience or the attention span to cook or savor a meal, or read a book or even an in-depth piece of journalism, much less work their way through a 120-word, 15-comma mega-sentence such as this one. Think of the long sentence as a float trip down (not up) a lazy river, one that may lack the thrills (and chills) of a whitewater rafting experience, but that offers the leisure to soak in the sun and the breeze, to commune with the frogs and fishes and waterfowl, above all, to contemplate, an activity essential to mental and spiritual wellbeing that has been hurried to the edge of extinction by our mania for speed and the relentless intrusions of digital technology. Are you worried I’m going to write like this from now on? You needn’t. I won’t.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

App may help autistic children improve communication skills By JENNIFER MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Michelle Therrien, a doctoral student at Penn State, understands the importance of children building relationships at school. She also understands how difficult creating such friendships can be for children with complex communication needs due to a developmental disability, such as autism. That’s why Therrien is working with 3- to 5-year-olds diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, who also have trouble communicating through the spoken word, as part of a study that she hopes will improve children’s ability to make friends with peers who do not have communicative disabilities. “Children with disabilities who have difficulty communicating are at risk for not developing relationships with their peers,” Therrien said. “In school, kids are talking to their friends all of the time and I want these kids to have the same experience. I think building relationships with other peers is an important part of school and childhood as a whole. My goal is to give these children a way to do that.” Over the course of 10 weeks, Therrien plans to study six preschool-aged children with complex communication needs and their interactions with peer partners to see if an iPad and application, Go Talk Now, can help children im-

Free screenings offered STATE COLLEGE — Centre Volunteers in Medicine will host the “Give Kids a Smile and Vision for the Future Day” on Friday, April 15. Centre County children ages 1 through 18 who do not have dental or vision insurance may qualify for free dental care, free vision screenings and free hearing screenings during the one-day event. Pediatric Dental Care, Nittany Eye Associates and Albrecht Audiology, along with area dental professionals and volunteers, will work together to provide comprehensive dental, vision and hearing care. To register, call CVIM at (814) 231-4043 by Friday, April 1.

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prove their communication skills and therefore enhance their abilities to build relationships with their peers. For the study, the participant and peer partner will look at picture books. The children will also have an iPad with the Go Talk Now app displaying the same books. The app will allow the children to communicate thoughts and feelings about the book by touching the screen. For example, the child may touch a part of the screen that identifies a truck and the sound a truck makes. The goal, Therrien said, is for both the participant and peer partner to engage in communication through the iPad app. Ultimately, Therrien hopes the engagement will develop into a friendship or at minimum provide the participant with skills to build friendships with other peers at school. Therrien is still seeking participants for the study. Parents in Central Pennsylvania who believe their child may be a candidate for the study can use the contact information below. For this study, the ASHFoundation recently issued Therrien a student research grant in early childhood language development at the annual American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention in Denver. Therrien is conducting the study as her part of her dissertation under the guidance of Janice Light, the Hintz Family Endowed Chair in Children’s Communicative

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From the expert: Tips for wrinkle care and prevention LASHELLE KUHLMAN

Whether you are in your 20s and just beginning to think about wrinkle prevention, in your 30s and seeing the first signs of wrinkles, or in your 50s and wondering how to reverse time, finding out how to do so is a question I get asked frequently. As we grow older, skin loses its elasticity and tightness. Fortunately, there are ways we can help prevent and limit wrinkles. Here is my advice: Avoid the sun. Sun damage leads to wrinkles, so try to stay out of the sun. If you are going to be in the sun, wear sunscreen. Stop smoking. Smoking interferes with the proLashelle duction of collagen and collagen paves Kuhlman, licensed the way for wrinkles. aesthetician, works Drink lots of water. at Mount Nittany Drinking water is an important part Physician Group of maintaining your health, but as you Reconstructive & get older, your body loses its ability Cosmetic Surgery. to retain as much moisture. This can lead to dehydration, which will make your wrinkles more noticeable, so make sure you’re drinking water.

Get plenty of rest. Aim for seven to eight hours of sleep each night. Sleep gives our skin the chance to repair itself from the day. Use a moisturizer. You should use a moisturizer day and night. Dry skin is less able to repair itself and generate new cells, which can cause the signs of aging to worsen. Hydrating your body both inside and out can improve the look of wrinkles. Use a Retin A product. Retin A works by increasing cell turnover, stimulating collagen, exfoliating and decreasing the appearance of wrinkles. Use a vitamin C topical cream. One of my ultimate favorite products, along with Retin A, vitamin C has so many benefits, including boosting healthy collagen production, which helps wrinkles. And let’s not forget about the medical/spa treatments that can also help prevent and get rid of wrinkles: Botox, fillers, laser resurfacing, chemical peels and microdermabrasion . While genes do play a role in the aging process, the actions you take control many of the processes speed and level of damage. We’re not going to avoid wrinkles, but we can take control. Luckily, there are changes in our life we can make, products we can use and procedures we can do. For more information, call (814) 231-7878.

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IST students earn sixth place in national competition By JENNIFER CIFELLI Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Amid studying for exams and completing coursework to wrap up the fall semester, students from the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State faced off against cyber challengers from around the country to garner a sixth-place finish among 129 teams that took part in the week-long National Cyber League competition finals held in December. “IST Team #2,” as the sixth-place team of students called themselves, was led by security and risk analysis junior George Beatty and included IST undergraduate students Alyssa Stackpole, Katie Dodds, Bobby Hallowell, Will Kacsur, Jackson Houser and Joe Williams, as well as three additional students from other schools. The IST students are all members of the Penn State Competitive Cyber Security Organization, which regularly competes in cyber challenges throughout the school year. Another team of IST students, “IST Team #1,” led by SRA junior Chris Masden and including Matt Frantz, Chris Eckert, CJ Beyer and Kevin Houk, also finished strong, with an impressive score of 5,810

points out of a possible 9,635 points. The competition, which gives students the opportunity to sharpen their cyberanalysis skills, included trivia-like questions, steganography decoding — finding secret messages hidden within non-secret text or data — password cracking, Web exploitation and other daunting cyber challenges. The students were given fabricated data and worked offline to complete each challenge and submit answers to accumulate points. “There are a variety of exercises for the students to work on, which is nice because some students have expertise in one field or domain, and others in other domains,” said Nick Giacobe, research associate and lecturer in the College of IST. “They can work together as a team, learn from each other as they gather knowledge remotely, and pass info back and forth.” Giacobe, one of two advisers for the CCSO, supports the students in a variety of ways, from handling administrative pa-

perwork, to helping students gain access to technology and equipment necessary for their competition, to staging “beat the adviser” practice sessions to help students prepare for competition. In short, Giacobe makes sure his students get the experience they need for cyber competition, but in a safe environment, since some cybersecurity tools might be unsafe for students to use in “real-world” situations. Competitions like the NCL finals are important for students, said Giacobe, because in competition students can’t just say they know how to do an exercise, they must actually complete the tasks, from problem solving, to collaboration with teammates, to execution. “If we think about cyber education, there are three components that we need for success,” said Giacobe, referencing an op-ed article written by Andrew Sears, dean of the College of IST, in The Chronicle of Higher Education. “One is classroom education — but in the classroom we can

only do so much. Two is practical experience — an internship, which is built into their education here at IST. The third component is cyber competition — where, in a short amount of time, students can do so much more than they can achieve in the classroom. The classroom opens up the door to new kinds of learning, but these competitions give hands-on experience that isn’t accessible in any classroom, to give students a well-rounded skill set.” The students of CCSO are not resting on the laurels of their NCL finals success; Giacobe said they are already engaged in a variety of new competitions right now, including the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Challenge regional qualifiers at the end of February, where he hopes the team will continue on to the regional finals in Baltimore. However, Giacobe said, the overall placement is less important than the experience the students get from competing. “Confidence is key; it helps students find their expertise, and when that happens they really amaze themselves,” he said. “I’m excited for our students, all of them. Students get out of these competitions as much as they put into them. Most importantly, they learn a lot about themselves.”

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SOARING HEIGHTS SCHOOL students are celebrating Black History Month with art. Pictured, from left, are Dorothy Wachter, Preston McConaughey, Anthony LeFevre, Josh Shaffer and Caleb Ryland, holding safe house lanterns they created.

Soaring Heights students discover Black History Month through art STATE COLLEGE — Students at Soaring Heights School in State College are learning about Black History Month through art education. Throughout February, students have been exposed to major historical black figures or milestones in black history. They then have been tasked to use their art skills to develop and create a representation to display as a tangible reminder of an important part of American history.

Students are studying the Underground Railroad and its local connections, then making lanterns to display outside their classrooms to represent the indication of safe houses. They also are creating a regimental flag for the Emancipation Proclamation, learning about historical figures such as Langston Hughes, Jesse Owens, Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks, and creating postage stamps of Civil Rights leaders.

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‘Mary Poppins’ flies into Penns Valley High School By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — The Penns Valley High School Thespians will present the musical “Mary Poppins” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, in the school’s auditorium. The musical is being directed by Penns Valley band director Darris DeRemer. Phil Stattel directs the pit orchestra, which is composed of both student and adult musicians from the community. Kathy Black serves as costume director, and Nicole Goodman is the show’s choreographer. DeRemer said there are 40 student cast members from grades seven through 12, and a stage crew of 10 members is assisted by Ryan Carty. The group began rehearsing in early January, and were hampered by a few snow days and after-school activity cancellations. “Eight weeks is tight, but the kids are doing really well,” he said. He noted that the choreography includes some tap dancing, which most of the performers have no experience in, but they’re learning quickly. “Mary Poppins” is based on the similarly titled series of children’s books by P. L. Travers and on the 1964 Disney film, and is a fusion of various elements from the two. A Broadway production opened in November 2006, and received seven Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical, and won for Best Scenic Design.

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RAVEN ALTHOUSE, as Mary Poppins, and Keith Griffith, as Bert, are starring in the Penns Valley High School Thespians’ production of the musical “Mary Poppins.”

In the musical, Bert (Keith Griffith), a jack-of-all-trades, invites the audience into the world of the dysfunctional home of the Banks family in London in 1910. The young Banks children, Jane (Ashley Griffith) and Michael (Caleb Done), dismissed as hopelessly spoiled and misbehaved, have sent yet another nanny packing. With a father (David Krum) who works constantly and mother (Virginia Stattel) who is always distracted, Jane and Michael have suffered without strong caretakers in their lives. Then, the magical Mary Poppins (Raven Althouse) flies in on the wind to become the children’s new nanny, bringing a combination of whimsy, magic and disciplined common sense to the children’s lives. Together, they go on memorable and magical adventures, and also learn the importance of a tidy nursery and of taking the medicine they need (with a spoonful of sugar, of course). Mary Poppins’ transforming influence does not stop with the children. Eventually she teaches the grown-ups to open up and realize that “anything can happen if you let it.” The musical contains about 25 songs, several with accompanying choreography. Tickets for the musical are available online from www.showtix4u.com, and will also be available at the door. Cost is $8 for adults, and $4 for students in grades kindergarten through 12th.

Blonde Cucina: February is full of fun food days CIARA SEMACK

Ciara Semack is the owner of The Blonde Bistro in Bellefonte. Her column appears every other week in the Gazette. Contact her at ciara@semack.net.

The month of February has been full of fun food days, including Fat Tuesday, Valentine’s Day, National Drink Wine Day and National Margarita Day. Excited by the prospects of these many delicious days, I immediately wanted to go into research-anddevelopment mode and push my skills to the limit to see how I could transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Owning a restaurant and doing cooking on a daily basis, I find myself constantly cooking with wine, so

this time I decided to try something different: a great margarita recipe, and I’m not talking about some plain old drink recipe, either. Let’s talk about the basics of cooking with wine and alcohol. Whether it’s wine or liquor, not all the alcohol burns off when you cook with it. There could be as much as 85 percent of the alcohol left or as little as 4 percent. But, the longer you cook items, the less alcohol remains. Using liquor and wine adds flavor to food and helps to reduce the amount of fat you cook with. Also, for all you scientists out there, alcohol helps achieve desired chemical reactions in foods. Beer contains yeast, which leavens breads. Or, in a basic cheese-and-wine fondue, wine is used because it lowers the boiling point of the cheese, which in turn helps prevent curdling. In honor of February’s National Margarita Day, here is a great recipe that has

the bright flavors of a margarita and the freshness of the sea.

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Start to finish: 30 minutes or less Servings: 6 Juice of 3 limes 3 tablespoons olive oil 5 tablespoons tequila 1 tablespoon Grand Mariner Salt and pepper for seasoning 24 jumbo shrimp 12 jumbo scallops 1 medium papaya, peeled and diced 1/2 cup fresh pineapple, diced 1 jalapeno, seeded and diced 1 tablespoon garlic, minced 1 tablespoon white onion, minced Juice of 2 limes 2 tablespoons orange juice 12 water-soaked skewers 3 tablespoons olive oil Salt and pepper to taste

‘Use Your Voice’ event coming to Schlow By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Community members are invited to Centre County Use Your Voice, a free 90-minute event about the barriers that keep people from civic engagement, at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 29, in Schlow Centre Region Library’s Downsbrough Community Room. The event anticipates the Wednesday, March 16, Center for the Performing Arts presentation of the Use Your Voice Tour featuring Americana singer-songwriters Patty Griffin, Sara Watkins and Anaïs Mitchell. The tour, which will visit almost

40 cities throughout the United States, doubles as a voter engagement drive in conjunction with the League of Women Voters. “The largest voting group in the U.S. is single women, and too many are not turning out to vote,” said Griffin. Centre County Use Your Voice will address the problem of being underrepresented and unheard through social networking, a panel discussion, testimonials on the everyday issues single women face and a round table exercise to identify how each person can engage locally in community decision-making. The outcomes of the conversation will be announced from the stage at the concert in Eisenhower Auditorium.

“In the past, many people in this country fought so that we could have the right and privilege to vote,” said State College Area school board member and former president Penni Fishbaine. “Voting honors them, and provides us with the opportunity to do our civic duty and be an active participant in our community.” To RSVP for Center County Use Your Voice and for information about resources for childcare during the event, contact Medora Ebersole at (814) 863-6752 or mde13@ psu.edu. More information about the Use Your Voice concert is available at http://bit. ly/1RsjhDH.

Preheat a grill to medium heat. Add juice of 3 limes, 3 tablespoons olive oil, tequila, Grand Mariner and salt and pepper to a large bowl and stir to combine into marinade. Add the shrimp and scallops and set aside for about 10 minutes. In a second bowl, add papaya, pineapple, jalapeno, garlic, onion, juice of 2 lime and orange juice, mixing together to create salsa. Take shrimp and scallops out of marinade. Begin threading 2 shrimp and 1 scallop on each skewer. Thread a shrimp first with the “U” of the shrimp facing up, then add scallop followed by second shrimp with “U” facing down. Cook skewers on grill for 21⁄2 minutes on each side. After 5 minutes of cooking time, place finished skewers on a plate, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Each person gets 2 skewers served on a bed of spicy, sweet salsa. Serve with plain white rice or pasta, if desired.

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Civil War group to meet book on this subject. He recently joined Penn State’s Department of History as the McGabe Greer Professor in the Civil War Era Center. Prior to joining the staff at Penn State, Kelman was a professor of history at the University of California, Davis. He has taught courses in the Civil War and Reconstruction, the politics of memory, environmental history, Native American History, World War II and America in the 1960s. Kelman’s book, “A Misplaced Massacre,” has won the Bancroft Prize, one of the oldest book prizes in the history profession, as well as the Avery O. Craven Award and the Watson Brown Award. Anyone who is interested in the Civil War or in joining the Central PA Civil War Round Table is invited to attend. For more information, contact Central PA CWRT president Lynn Herman at (814) 861-0770.

STATE COLLEGE — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, in the auditorium of the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 602 Boalsburg Road in Boalsburg. Ari Kelman will speak on “Misplaced Massacre: Struggling Over the Memory of Sand Creek.” The Sand Creek battle/massacre occurred in southeast Colorado on Nov. 29, 1864. It remains one of the most hotly argued events in the American West. Was it a massacre because at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians were killed by Colorado militia? Was it a battle because there were 76 soldier casualties? Were the Indians peaceful and under U.S. Army protection, and did they fly an American flag in the village? Was there a saber charge through the village? These points of contention still raise tempers 151 years after the bloody event. Kelman authored an award-winning SAM STITZER/For the Gazette

DINERS FILLED the social hall of the Sprucetown United Methodist Church for a chicken and waffles dinner to raise money for cancer patient Jonathan Musser.

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SPRING MILLS — The Sprucetown United Methodist Church hosted a chicken and waffles fundarising dinner Feb. 20 for Jonathan Musser, of Spring Mills, who is undergoing treatments for leukemia at the Hershey Medical Center. Musser is a member of Bethany United Methodist Church in Colyer, and serves as janitor for the Sprucetown church. Both churches, as well as Spring Mills United Methodist Church, are under the charge of Pastor Jeff Mugridge. When the Sprucetown congregation

heard of Musser’s illness, they organized the dinner to help him and his family. Church members donated and prepared all the food, which was served to hundreds of diners. According to Mugridge, preparing the meal began on Friday night and continued throughout the day on Saturday. He believes the balmy weather contributed to the great attendance at the meal. “For the middle of February, you couldn’t have had a much better day,” he said. Donations to the Musser family can be mailed to Wanda Hockenberry, P.O. Box 36, Centre Hall, PA 16828.

Central PA Community Action opens up its ‘Prom Closet’ area young men and women would be unable to afford formal wear to attend their proms. The grand opening of this year’s Prom Closet will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Presbyterian Church, 119 N. Second St. in Clearfield. For the grand opening celebration, Central PA Community Action is seeking door prize donations, such as gift certificates for restaurants, florists and salon services, as well as donations of prom attire and financial contributions. To make a donation, or for more information about Central PA Community Action’s 2016 Prom Closet, contact Susan Hawthorne at (814) 404-5688 or shawthorne@cpcaa.net.

CLEARFIELD — Prom season is right around the corner and Central PA Community Action will once again be offering its Prom Closet program to area high school students. This year marks the 12th season for the Central PA Community Action Prom Closet. Over the last 11 seasons, more than 1,000 area high school students have been outfitted for their proms at minimal or no charge. Central PA Community Action offers free prom gowns and accessories and discounted tuxedos, thanks to the generous contributions of formal wear, cleaning services, accessories and cash donations from residents all over Clearfield and Centre counties. Without the Prom Closet, many

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Egg hunt scheduled New Hope church raises food bank funds with indoor yard sale By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — People don’t usually think about yard sales in February here in central Pennsylvania, but the New Hope Lutheran Church in Spring Mills changed that by having an indoor yard sale on Feb. 20. Proceeds from the event went to the church’s food bank program, which provides food to needy people in the area. About 40 vendor tables filled the church social hall and lobby to capacity, and a large crowd of shoppers was seen throughout the five-hour event. Church members also served homemade soup and baked goods during the sale. Dorothy Albright, of Spring Mills, was selling the last 10 items from an alarm clock collection her late husband, Walter, had amassed during their 47-year marriage. The clocks were wind-up mechanical types, some of which her husband had found broken and restored to working condition. “He liked to tinker with them,” said Albright. Renee Holdren came to the sale from Tylersville to sell jewelry and handbags she acquired while representing several different companies. She is also a representative of the Scentsy Company, which offers a variety of home and personal fragrance products. Local historian Jimmy Brown had a display where he presented many old photographs of people and events

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RENEE HOLDREN, of Tylersville, sold jewelry and handbags during the New Hope Lutheran Church indoor yard sale.

‘Christ Lives’ to be presented BELLEFONTE — The Nittany Valley Players will present the passion play “Christ Lives” at 7 p.m. Sunday, March 13, at Zion Community Church, 3261 Zion Road, in Bellefonte. The play portrays the announcement of Christ by John the Baptist, the Last Supper, the betrayal of Judas, the denial of Peter, the Crucifixion and the Resurrection. This is the 38th year the Nittany Valley Players have presented the play in various churches in the area. The cast belongs to 11 different churches in and around the Nittany Valley and several members have been in the play since its first performance. The play is open to all.

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Women’s Corner State High grad has created two successful businesses By JEN FABIANO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Chloe Alpert, a State High graduate, launched her second startup company, SAVONBOX, in December 2015. SAVONBOX is an online shop where customers can purchase luxury bath and spa products, without paying the luxury price, according to Alpert. In 2014, she was one of the youngest female founders to go through 500 Startups as the Founder & CEO of Teaman & Company, a 3-D printed jewelry production startup. She was also listed on Women 2.0 Founders to Watch shortlist and featured CHLOE ALPERT in two startup books, “The Niche Movement” and “Branding Funnel.” Alpert’s entrepreneurial spirit stems back to the age of 5, when she would create and sell paw-print stickers at Penn State football games. Alpert, 24, who was born and raised in State College, attended Penn State for one year before moving to London and finishing her education. During her time at Penn State, Alpert was the graphic design man-

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FORMER STATE COLLEGE resident Chloe Alpert has created the company SAVONBOX, which features luxury soaps and bath products. ager for the Penn State Dance Marathon. She was majoring in design communication and mineralogy. “The degrees I chose to earn were to hone in on my specific interests for my companies,” said Alpert. The idea for a luxury soap business reaches back to age 5 when Alpert received a soap-making kit. She and her mother both had sensitive skin and were unable to use most store bought soaps due to the

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Penn State Commission for Women to hold annual awards luncheon By JEN FABIANO

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UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Commission for Women will hold its 10th annual awards luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday, April 8, in Presidents Hall at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. The featured speaker for this year’s luncheon is Sandy Barbour, Penn State director of athletics. Barbour is Penn State’s first female director of athletics and only the third in the Big Ten Conference to lead a combined men and women’s athletic department. The Penn State Commission for Women is an advisory group to Penn State President Eric Barron on the status of women at Penn State. The commission has been advocating for women’s equity and raise concerns, as well as recommending solutions to the president, since its establishment in 1981. The recommendations cover topics such as workplace climate, professional development, salary eq-

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Photo booths make special occasions even better CONNIE COUSINS

STATE COLLEGE — It has been about 10 years since photo booths started to show up at weddings and other events. Once popular at carnivals and in movie lobbies and arcades, photo booth have made great strides with digital photography advances, which make it it possible to produce on-demand photo strips in seconds. The photos are popuConnie Cousins lar additions to guest covers a wide books at weddings or variety of events in other celebrations. Centre County for Wink! Photo Booths the Centre County is the brainchild and Gazette. Email her business of Brandon at ccous67@gmail. and Alyssa Marsh, of com. State College. They are both Penn State alumni and, because of their love of vintage photo booths, they decided to expand the offerings available by the local wedding and special events industry. Brandon’s degree in engineering, coupled with Alyssa’s creativity, caused their idea to come to fruition. Alyssa holds a bachelor’s degree in media studies and has found that helpful in designing the booths they use. “I took photography courses while at Penn State,” said Alyssa. “We worked together to build the photo booths that you can rent for weddings, birthdays, corporate parties and just about any other special occasion you can think of. We like to have fun and do things differently. “We tried to build a photo booth for our own wedding in 2009, but couldn’t finish it in time,” added Alyssa. She and Brandon remained convinced that they could offer the public a different, personal experience and continued their plans. They built a

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Trophy hunters

PSU captures National Dual Meet Championship with win vs. Oklahoma State By ANDY ELDER For the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — If the Penn State wrestling team keeps accumulating hardware at this rate, the university might need to add a wing to Rec Hall to house it all. The No. 1 Nittany Lions added another trophy to its season-long haul Feb. 21, winning the inaugural NWCA National Dual Championship Series title in front of 6,575 fans in a sold-out Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions (16-0) won six of 10 bouts to beat No. 3 Oklahoma State, 29-18. Penn State had already won the Southern Scuffle crown, as well as a share of the Big Ten regular-season championship it shared with Iowa. “I think overall we wrestled pretty good. I think that’s a good team, a solid team, obviously,” Penn State coach Cael Sanderson said. “When you’re wrestling for the dual championship, you’re going to wrestle a good team. You go up and down the lineup and we wrestled pretty well.” Oklahoma State had to deal with less-than-ideal travel arrangements and the sudden death of the father of two of their wrestlers on Feb. 20. The Cowboys flew in two Lear jets and arrived in State College just an hour and a half before weigh-ins. Cowboy coach John Smith, though, said his depleted lineup was the problem. His son, promising 157-pounder Joe Smith, was left behind in Stillwater with an injury. And, starting 174-pounder Chandler Rogers, whose father, Bill, died, stayed behind, too. Penn State recognized the elder Rogers with a moment of silence

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE’S Jason Nolf pinned Oklahoma State’s Ryan Blees at 157 pounds during the Feb. 21 Dual Meet Championship Series title bout at Rec Hall. before the match. “We kind of knew that with the lineup we were bringing, it was going to be really tough. If you can’t bring your best lineup, you’re immediately working from behind,” he said. “I’m a little disappointed in the pins. We should do a better job, regardless of who’s out there. Getting pinned is a pride issue. We gave three up? It’s been a long time since we’ve given three pins up.” Penn State got pins from Nico Megaludis (125), Jason Nolf (157) and Morgan McIntosh (197). Bo

Nickal (174) won by technical fall and Jordan Conaway (133) and Zain Retherford (149) won by decision. The match featured six of the nation’s 10 top-ranked wrestlers — four for the Nittany Lions and two for the Cowboys — but Penn State erased any potential drama with a lightning-quick start. The Nittany Lions roared out to an 18-3 lead by intermission, winning two matches by fall and earning another two wins by decision. At 125, No. 4 Nico Megaludis led No. 6 Eddie Klimara 4-1 in the

second period. He was in on another takedown, trying to come out the backdoor, when he sat in, trapping Klimara’s shoulders on the mat for a neutral-position fall at the 3:58 mark. It provided a nice bookend to his career, as he started his Rec Hall career with a pin, too. “I don’t like to show emotion, but I guess I did a little bit. It’s Rec Hall, man, my last match. It’s pretty cool. I haven’t been the biggest pinner in the world. My first match here my freshman year against Bloomsburg I pinned the kid and then to go out

like this, that was special,” Megaludis said. No. 5 Jordan Conaway used three takedowns, an escape and riding-time point for 2:03 in advantage in an 8-4 win over Gary Wayne Harding at 133 to end his Rec Hall career. “It’s been awesome,” Conaway said. “I wasn’t a huge recruit. I walked on, so it was definitely cool to be part of this program.” Oklahoma State broke through with a win at 141. Topranked Cowboy Dean Heil was tied with Jimmy Gulibon, 2-2, through two periods but scored a flurry of points — two takedowns, two escapes and a ridingtime point — in the third for a 9-5 decision. At 149, No. 1 Zain Retherford was held at arm’s length most of the match by No. 12 Anthony Collica. Retherford did just enough — a takedown, escape and riding-time point — for a 4-1 decision. An anticipated showdown at 157 between Penn State’s top-ranked Jason Nolf and No. 8 Smith, never materialized. Instead, Nolf rolled up 10 takedowns on his way to a 21-8 lead before catching Ryan Blees in a standing near cradle, taking him to his back and planting him there for a fall in 6:32. Oklahoma State won three of the final five bouts but the die had been cast. No. 1 165-pounder Alex Dieringer, the two-time defending NCAA champion, rolled up a 17-2 technical fall over Geno Morelli. Nolan Boyd won by injury default over Matt McCutcheon at 184 after Mc Trophy, Page 20

State High boys and girls ready for finals By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — The State College girls’ and boys’ basketball teams may have taken slightly different routes, but they both arrived at the same place: the District 6 Class AAAA Basketball Finals at Mt. Aloysius College on Saturday, Feb. 27. At stake for both teams will be a berth in the 2016 PIAA State Basketball Tournament, but since only one team goes from each bracket, Saturday’s games are all-ornothing for both Little Lion teams. The Lady Little Lions come into this game as the No. 1 seeded team in District 6 and ranked as the No. 5 quad-A team in the state. They lost only three games out of 22 for the season, and they lost just one game to a team not named Cumberland Valley. That loss came at Harrisburg on Jan. 5, 45-42, but State College righted that indiscretion with a 55-40 blowout of the Lady Cougars at home on Jan. 29. Cumberland Valley was another matter. The two-time state champs came into State College on Dec. 15 and handed the Lions their first loss of the season, 50-34. A month later in Mechanicsburg, CV steadily pulled away for a 42-30 win. That was it. Since that second Cumberland Valley game, the Little Lions have won nine straight and are coming off a stretch where they’ve beaten their last five opponents by an average of 27 points. Now, no matter what happens in the D6 semi-final, SC will take on a team that it already knows very well. That opponent will either be No. 3 seeded Mifflin County (9-11) or No. 2 seeded Altoona (14-7). State College saw Mifflin twice this season in Mid-Penn Conference play, winning both in very competitive games.

The Little Lions also played Altoona twice, both early and late. SC opened the season with two wins in the Altoona TipOff Tournament, the second of which was a 36-34 win over the Lions. Then on Feb. 4, Altoona came into State College and caught a very hot State College team playing at the top of its game. State College won going away, 69-54. Despite the 4-0 record against both teams, Altoona and Mifflin both still can challenge SC. Mifflin can get very hot from outside the arc, and Altoona can physically match up inside and cause problems. Not to mention the fact that beating a good team three times is not easy. Of course, State College’s senior-dominated team has been here before. Led by the 27 points per game from All-State forward Kyla Irwin, SC has valuable playoff experience and should be able to concentrate on the task at hand. The situation for the State College boys is somewhat different. After getting off to a dismal start to the season that put even getting to the playoffs in question — SC was 3-8 at one point — SC turned it around big time. The Little Lions finished by winning 9 of their last 11 games and four of their last five. SC climbed back to claim a 12-10 final record (8-6 in the Mid-Penn) which was enough to take the No. 1 seed in District 6. Yet only one team goes to the state tournament in the boys’ bracket as well, which means Saturday’s game is also a win-orgo-home. The Little Lions will face the winner of the matchup between No. 2 Central Mountain (13-9) and No. 3 Altoona (10-12). State College played Altoona twice during the regular season and split the two games. Altoona won early, 52-50 at State College, and then the Little Lions returned

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THE STATE COLLEGE Area High School girls’ basketball team will play for the District 6 Class AAAA crown on Feb. 27 at Mount Aloysius College. the favor with a 46-43 win at Altoona on Feb. 5. The rubber match, if it happens, will no doubt be a down-to-the-wire affair similar to the first two meetings. SC did not see Central Mountain. The Wildcats’ 13 wins included victories over Selinsgrove (twice), Mifflinburg (twice), Jersey Shore (twice), DuBois (66-50) and Milton (77-60). Central Mountain did face Altoona in the final game of the season on Feb. 18, and Altoona held on for a 49-38 win at home. CM averages 63 points per game and is led by senior guard Alex Garbrick (13.5 ppg) and junior Kyle Everhart (13.7). But

even though the Wildcats are the higher seed, at first glance it seems they would have to play extremely well to avenge that earlier loss to Altoona. In any case, State College comes into the championship playing solid basketball. The Lions are led by 6-foot-5 swingmen Tommy Sekunda (15.6) and Drew Friberg (17.2). Both players can go in or out and were the keys to the State College revival during the season. A win for the Little Lions would complete the circle for this season, but it will likely have to come in the final minutes of the game — if not the final seconds.

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Season ends for Red Raiders By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

HOLLIDAYSBURG — It didn’t take long for defending District 6 AAA basketball champion Somerset to take the measure of the Bellefonte Red Raiders. Playing against the Raiders in the first round of the 2016 tournament on Feb. 22, Somerset planned to stifle the young Raider ball handlers with a hard full-court press and force early turnovers. It worked to perfection. The Eagles ran out to a 19-5 first-quarter lead and never looked back on the way to a 59-45 victory. By halftime, Somerset’s lead grew to 17 points, 33-16, but to their credit, the Raiders never stopped playing. Bellefonte hung with the Eagles through an even second half and actually outscored Somerset’s (mostly) substitutes 16-10 in the fourth quarter. The Raiders placed just one player in double figures, junior Tyler Kreger, but all told, eight different Bellefonte players scored in the game. Bellefonte’s season is now over, with the Raiders finishTIM WEIGHT/Gazette file photo

BELLEFONTE AREA High School’s Kellen Moss, shown here earlier this season, was one of several seniors who saw their season come to an end on Feb. 22.

ing at 6-17 for the year. The 19-5 Eagles will now take on Johnstown in the D6 semifinals. The fact that the Raiders were even entered in the playoffs raised some eyebrows. At 6-16, and the lowest seed in the AAA tournament, there was slim hope that Bellefonte would get further than one game. Yet, even so, Raider coach Darren Hazel saw that there would also be advantages for his players to get playoff experience. He said that even though Bellefonte won just six times, his team was competitive in many others and showed steady improvement during the season. And there is no substitute for playoff experience, especially the kind the players got playing one of the favorites for the D6 title. Hazel hopes, of course, that all of this will pay dividends in the future. There are very solid arguments on both sides of the argument about who should or shouldn’t qualify for the playoffs. As it stands now, if a team wants to enter, it can no matter what its record is. That all aside, there is one thing for sure: The boys who came out to play basketball for Bellefonte High School got to play more basketball.

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Saying goodbye to a special Nittany Lions’ senior class JIM MEINECKE

UNIVERSITY PARK — Tommy Olczyk’s final weekend at Pegula Ice Arena brought some mixed results. After Penn State drubbed Ohio State 6-1 on Feb. 19, they were outplayed for much of the following day during Senior Day before ultimately falling to the Buckeyes, 7-4. An emotional senior class presentation prior to the Nittany Lions’ contest on Feb. 20 saw the Penn State faithful say goodbye to eight seniors, including captain David Glen, redshirt senior Olczyk, redshirt senior Eric Scheid, Kenny Brooks, Curtis Loik, Luke Juha, Matthew Skoff and Connor Varley. Even though Penn State won in Jim Meinecke convincing fashion the night prior, covers Penn State coach Guy Gadowsky was worried hockey for the about the Senior Day contest. “There’s Centre County a lot going on, so I hope we can Gazette. Email maintain our focus,” Gadowsky said. him at sports@ centrecountygazette. “THON means a lot to the guys. It’s something they value and take a lot of com. pride in, and I know that’s something on their minds too … it will be interesting to see how well they can keep their focus.” Almost prophetic from the coach, as Penn State found themselves down 3-0 early in the Feb. 20 game. After mounting an impressive comeback, Penn State took a 4-3 lead before ultimately letting in four unanswered goals to end the game. It was not the result any of the seniors wanted. It effectively ended any chance Penn State had at a Big Ten championship. It also hurt their chances of an at-large NCAA bid. After a bye week this weekend, the Nittany Lions finish their regular season on the road at Wisconsin for two games Friday, March 4, and Saturday, March 5, and then a huge series with the Michigan Wolverines in Ann Arbor on Friday, March 11, and Saturday, March 12. Beating Wisconsin in both games and winning at least one of the games against Michigan will do wonders for Penn State’s postseason chances. The Feb. 20 result against the Buckeyes aside, this senior class has plenty to be proud of and was vital to the program’s rapid rise. To put it in perspective, this class has the last player link, in Olczyk, to the university’s club team, the Penn State Icers. Captain Glen arrived on the scene with Casey Bailey and immediately provided a jolt to the program. Scheid committed to Penn State after playing his freshman season with Alaska-Anchorage. Loik, Brooks and Varley have provided leadership and a steadying presence fans would expect from veterans on the team. Skoff has had some huge saves and great games during his tenure. Juha Trophy, from page 18 Cutcheon twice had his injured knee tweaked. And, at 285, No. 5 Austin Marsden majored Jan Johnson, 18-6. Johnson was subbing for Nick Nevills who went 4-0 and won the U.S. Collegiate Open Title in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Penn State’s final two wins came at 174 and 197. Topranked Bo Nickal won by a 17-2 technical fall at 174 over Cowboy backup 157-pounder Hestin Lamons. And, at 197, top-ranked Morgan McIntosh locked up a near cradle on Andrew Marsden and recorded a fall in 1:59. McIntosh admitted he was angry after seeing McCutcheon have his injured knee torqued twice. “I don’t get angry very easily, but that happened and I was so mad. I was like, ‘I’ve got to wrestle,’” McIntosh said. “He’s one of my best buds and I hate to see him get hurt

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A WELL-REGARDED senior class, led by Tommy Olczyk, played its final game at Pegula Ice Arena on Feb. 20. The Nittany Lions lost to Ohio State, 7-4, after beating them Feb. 19. has really come into his own and even finds himself in the discussion for the Hobey Baker Award, which is awarded to college hockey’s best player. In just one recruiting cycle for Gadowsky, the program finds itself on the cusp of a postseason bid. This group has helped to post a 29-19-6 record all-time at Pegula Ice Arena. It also was instrumental in beating a top-four opponent last season in UMass-Lowell. That’s just a small snapshot of what this group has helped to accomplish in just four short years. Maybe most importantly, this group took a chance on Penn State when everything was new and the future was so uncertain. Gadowsky did not mince words when talking about how important this class was to the program. “(They’ve meant) close to everything,” Gadowsky said. “When (this class) was recruited, a lot of the ones that were recruited that said ‘no,’ they said ‘no’ because the feed-

back was Penn State is great, but we don’t want to lose for four years. These guys, they were the opposite.” So, while the outcome was certainly not the way these seniors wanted to end their time at Pegula Ice Arena, they have plenty to be excited about. They were absolutely instrumental in bringing the program to national prominence so quickly. While the game did not go as planned on Feb. 20, the final send-off for Olczyk was storybook. After the postgame Penn State Alma Mater with the fans, some of the student section stayed to salute these seniors. Olczyk was the last one on the ice. He saluted the student section, and then started to skate away. He didn’t get very far before he turned one last time to point to the student section and tap his chest. One last gesture of how much the students meant to him. Of course, they gave the former captain one final standing ovation. A proper send-off indeed.

like that, but at the same time you have to take care of your business. I was so mad and a couple guys came up to me and said, ‘Go get this kid’ in not-so-nice words.” Penn State now has two weeks to prepare for the Big Ten Championships on Saturday, March 5, and Sunday, March 6, at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. “This is a big deal to us,” Sanderson said. “We want to win the dual championship, but it’s more about getting ready as move forward from here.”

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West Branch drops Penns Valley in OT By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

TYRONE — District 6 Class AA basketball powers and neighbors Penns Valley and West Branch somehow bypassed each other for much too long a time. The two teams, with a combined record of 39-5 in 2015-16, don’t play in the regular season and missed each other last year because of an early upset loss by Penns Valley in the first round of the playoffs. There were no upsets this year. The Rams and the Warriors finally collided in the D6, AA semifinals on Feb. 23 at Tyrone High School, and they staged an epic game that was worth the wait and more. There were enough twists, turns, surprises, mistakes, comebacks and sparkling plays to excite even the most hardened high-school basketball fan. There was also a last-second, desperation 3-point jump shot that swished through the net as the horn sounded to send the game into overtime. That happened when West Branch senior Kody Trude, double-teamed and almost hopelessly stymied as the clock ticked off the final seconds, somehow managed to get off an awkward shot from just outside the arc. All net. The shot tied the game at 44 and set off wild celebrations by West Branch fans. Its momentum carried West Branch into the extra period as well. From there, Trude and fellow senior Austin Krise led a 10-0 run in overtime to lock up a 54-44 win over the Rams as West Branch advanced to the AA finals. For Penns Valley, which led by as many as 11 points midway through the fourth quarter, the loss was swift and shocking, but the Rams are not done. PV will now take on Tyrone tonight to determine the No. 3 and No. 4 seeds from District 6, and both teams will advance into the PIAA state tournament. “The kid (Trude) made a shot,” Penns Valley coach Terry Glunt said, “but I knew coming into the game one thing that I saw on tape that at the end of a quarter, he (Trude) was phenomenal and I talked to my players about that, too. “I thought we played well — the last couple minutes, we’d like to have them back — but you have to give them credit. They are a really good team.” After three contentious quarters in

which neither team could build a lead of more than four points, Penns Valley began to open some light midway through the fourth quarter. When 6-foot-7 Penns Valley center Zach Engle (10 points) and forward Ben Alexander (16) scored back-to-back layups, the Rams took their biggest lead of the game, 38-27, with five minutes to play. It was here that Trude and Krise, as they had so many times before, took over the game for West Branch. Krise hit two consecutive 3-pointers within 25 seconds to pull WB to within 38-33. The Rams’ Andrew Tobias made it 4033, but then three free throws by Trude, a basket by Alexander and then another free throw by WB’s Trenton Ferguson put the score at 42-37 with just under two minutes to play. “There were a lot of emotions,” Krise said, “about whoever wanted it more, and we definitely showed we wanted it. We were in this position before and I think that helped.” Krise and Trude, who combined to score 41 of the Warriors’ 54 points, each scored again to inch West Branch to within a point, 42-41, with just under a minute to play. But PV’s Logan Pierce picked up a loose ball in the lane and took it in for a 44-41 Ram lead with 10 seconds to play. One more chance for West Branch, and Penns Valley was ready for both Trude and Krise. Neither could get a good look until Trude, double-teamed at the top of the key and with the game ending, lofted a halfturnaround jump shot that was spot-on all the way. The ball went through as the horn sounded. It was not surprising that the excitement following that shot carried over into the overtime for West Branch. It was also not surprising that Trude and Krise scored eight of the Warriors’ 10 overtime points that sent West Branch to the win. “We were down seven or nine points there, and I didn’t change it up,” West Branch coach Danny Clark said. “We stayed with what we did. We could have gone to more fouls and everything, but we stayed with the game play. In the end, it worked. “I mean, that 3-pointer to tie it, all the momentum swung with us. Penns Valley had a great game plan and it was a great

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Penns Valley girls upset by Marion Center By JOE BACCAMAZZI correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

TYRONE — Progress has been the key in coach Karen McCaffrey’s second stint with Penns Valley’s girls’ basketball program. That progress was evident on Feb. 23, when the Rams showed exactly why the growth they made this year should keep them in the discussion for a district championship for seasons to come. Unfortunately, McCaffrey’s team also proved its still has much to learn. Despite harassing the opposing offense for nearly four quarters, third-seeded Penns Valley came up just short in an upset loss, 34-33, to No. 7 Marion Center in a District 6 Class AA semifinal-round playoff game at a packed Tyrone Area High School. “Penns Valley, that’s probably one of the best defensive teams we have played all season,” Marion Center coach Julie Horner said. “Their defense is just phenomenal. Their help defense, we get by them and their help defense is there, their rotation on defense. They are just a phenomenal defensive team, and I think that got in our heads a little bit. We just needed to settle down and just have patience. “We just couldn’t get into any kind of rhythm. Just all around, all five of them, even the girls coming off the bench, they’re very quick.” Marion Center (19-6), which topped No. 2 Tyrone on Feb. 19 to advance and clinched a state tournament berth with a semifinal win, will play top-seeded Bishop McCort at Altoona Fieldhouse on Friday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m. Penns Valley (19-5), which defeated sixth-seeded Central Martinsburg in the quarterfinals after a first-round bye, will play No. 4 Central Cambria in the consolation game Thursday, Feb. 25, at a location and time yet to be determined. Because only the top three teams in the AA bracket

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advance to the state tournament, the Rams need to win to move on. The Rams struck first with a pair of free throws from junior forward/center Maci Ilgen and mounted an 8-1 run to start the game, but Marion Center closed the gap, 9-7, to end the first quarter. The Stingers evened the score at 11-all midway through the second before Ilgen scored five to help build a 19-16 halftime lead. Penns Valley smothered Marion Center’s typically methodical offense and wreaked havoc on junior point guard Mia Oterson, forcing 19 first-half turnovers. “Our last two playoff games, we have handled the ball really well,” Horner said. “I don’t know if it was a big-time game, a little bit more pressure from the crowd. Because in our first two playoff games, we made so many good decisions and we took care of the ball. Tonight, I think the jitters got to them a little bit there in the first half, and it was just our own mistakes, just trying to force things.” Following the break and a two-point jumper by Oterson, both teams struggled to create any separation offensively, and after Rams senior forward Mackenzie Ironside scored five points with a pair of baskets, Penns Valley was held scoreless for the final four minutes of the third quarter. Marion Center 6-1 freshman center Jacalyn Fetsko, who appeared to be a matchup problem for the Rams down low, scored four to cut the deficit to just two, 24-22, entering the fourth period. “She was tough,” McCaffrey said. “We have Maci, who’s working hard at the offensive end and working hard at the defensive end also. But their whole team, they didn’t give up. A lot of credit to them.” “Her size, she gets position down there,” Horner said. “She just seems to have a lot of confidence, and we have confidence in her. And that’s why we’re feeding her the ball. She knows what she has to do. She’s played a lot of ball games, and I keep say-

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THE 2015-16 Bellefonte Junior High girls’ basketball teams finished the season with outstanding records. The “A” team went 16-4 in the regular season, including 13-1 in the Mountain League. The “B” team went 19-1 in the regular season, including 14-0 in the Mountain League. Both teams won the Bald Eagle Holiday Tournament. Pictured, front row, from left, are manager Elle MacAfee, Chelsea Robson, Cierra Smith, Annalee Caprio, Madelyn TIce, Gayte Fetters, Hanna Lauck, Sara Tressler, Mallorie Smith, Madison Steiner and manager Paige Shivery. Back row, from left, are assistant junior high coach Nick Downs, Samantha Shaw, Hannah Elmer, Taylor Kerr, Alexis Rogers, Mia Johnson, Phoebe Rowland, Madilyn Dreese, Lia Miner, Selah Brown and head coach Tom Urban. Missing from photo: Brynn Miller and managers Molly McKee and Eva Helms.

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ing freshman, but I don’t even consider her a freshman anymore, with as many games and minutes that’s she’s played. It was just another big game for her.” Scoring became an even greater struggle from there, and other than one free throw by each team, neither offense made a shot in the next four minutes. Oterson forged a 25-all tie with two free throws with 3:59 remaining. Prior to that, Marion Center had gone just 3-for-12 from the foul line in the second half. The two teams exchanged five lead changes over the next three minutes, and following two missed Ilgen free throws and an intentional foul, Oterson gave the Stingers a two-point lead, 33-31, with 16 seconds to go. Ilgen made up for her two errant shots by again tying the game with two of two foul shots with seven seconds remaining, but she then made perhaps her biggest mistake of the night, fouling Marion Center senior guard/forward Hanna Beer after the inbound pass. “We were saying, ‘Don’t foul. Don’t foul,’” McCaffrey said. “And she thought it was a foul situation. We said, ‘Just back up a little bit, just lightly pressure, but we cannot foul.’ And if I had to do it over again, I’d pull everybody back. Then again, you give them that much time to get down the floor then also.” Beer missed her first shot, but with a championship berth just a point away, she drained her second, and Ilgen missed her last-chance game-winning contested layup as time expired. Penns Valley outshot Marion Center from the field, 10-8, but the Stingers went 17-for-31 on free throw attempts, while the Rams made 11 of 18. “I thought defensively we played pretty well,” McCaffrey said. “I was surprised that they shot 31 foul shots to our 18 when both teams are playing this aggressive on the

floor. I thought there were a couple times that we went strong and didn’t quite get the call.” Oterson and Fetsko, who had a teamhigh 12 points in Marion Center’s quarterfinal win, led the Stingers with 10 points apiece. Ilgen, who scored a game-best 13, took the defeat harder than many, but she won’t be receiving any blame. “I said, ‘We’re not even in this game without Maci Ilgen,’ because she’s taking it so hard,” McCaffrey said. “We’re not even here in the semis without her, so No. 1, it’s not one play that decides the entire game. No. 2, we have to brush it off. It’s a tough loss. We’re going to have to brush it off, we have to come into practice tomorrow, we have to get ready to play on Thursday. I told them I was proud of their effort.” In just her second year with the program after coaching for 16 and taking a four-year hiatus, McCaffrey has the Rams back on the winning track. After going just 13-10 last season, Penns Valley won the Mountain Conference, split a two-game series with perennial playoff contender and rival Tyrone, and had won 10 straight games prior to Tuesday’s letdown. The Rams lost in the quarterfinals in their last two playoff appearances, 2014 and ’10. “Winning the league this year was a goal of ours, getting to the state tournament is a goal and still possible,” McCaffrey said. “So yes, it’s been a much improved year for us.” Penns Valley’s remarkable recent improvement should have fans and the program excited about what the future may hold, and though the Rams won’t be contending for a championship this year, their season is not yet over. And with a win tonight, McCaffrey can return Penns Valley to state tournament once more.

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tual runner-up Carnell Andrews, 3-2. But he responded with a pin and a forfeit win over Ligonier Valley’s returning champion and state qualifier Dalton Clark, who suffered a rib injury against fellow returning state qualifier Andrews. “I think he respected Andrews too much in the semis,” Brinker said, “and he wrestled a little too conservative in that match.” Hurd dropped a 6-2 decision to Central Cambria eventual runner-up Tom Opdenhoff in the semis, but he earned two decisions, including a 3-1 win over West Branch’s Derek Yingling for third. “Hurd wrestled well,” Brinker said. “He had a good tournament. He was sick all week, and we didn’t know what we’d get from him at the tournament. He was still sick at the tournament, so getting third was really nice.” Cain was pinned by Huntingdon’s returning state runner-up Jacob Oliver in the semis, and Oliver was beaten by Westmont Hilltop’s Anthony Walters, 3-1, in the finals. Cain followed with a pin in the consolation semifinals, but he dropped an 8-1 decision to Juniata Valley’s Brent Troutman in the third-place bout. “Cain did really well to get out of districts,” Brinker said. “For a three-year wrestler, that’s great for him.”

His 13-4 win over Moshannon Valley’s Joe Ball, who upset Johnstown’s secondseeded Sebastian Kekich in the quarterfinals, put him in the finals. Yearick scored first with a takedown in the first period, and he added to his lead with an escape and takedown in the second period for a 5-0 lead. Powers scored a late reversal in the third period to avoid the shutout, but it was Yearick’s day. “For what he has been through, I thought he wrestled great,” St. Joseph’s coach Pat Flynn said. “He has not wrestled in over five weeks due to injury. He only had three practices to get ready for districts. I am very proud of him. “It is special to get a regional qualifier, but that is not his goal. He wants to be on top of the podium in Hershey. He will have 10 days to train, get his conditioning back and hopefully get a chance to go to Hershey.” Decker, Hurd and Cain all reached the semifinals before losing those bouts. The Rams finished in 10th place in the 26-team tournament with 101.5 points. Huntingdon won its third straight team title by 40.5 points over Mount Union, 226185.5. Decker lost to Westmont Hilltop’s even-

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Use Your Voice Tour comes to Eisenhower UNIVERSITY PARK — In anticipation of this year’s presidential election, Grammywinning singer-songwriter Patty Griffin will team with Americana recording artists Sara Watkins and Anaïs Mitchell for the Use Your Voice Tour 2016. The three will perform together at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, in Eisenhower Auditorium. Election Day is months away, but Griffin wants the tour to inspire people — especially women — to participate in November’s general election. To help achieve that, she sought a partnership with the League of Women Voters, whose mission is to urge participation among all voters, regardless of political affiliation. “I am hoping with this tour to bang the drum about our democracy, about our communities and even about our neighbors down the street,” she said. Griffin has recorded 10 albums. Her 2010 release “Downtown Church” won a Grammy for best traditional gospel album, and 2015’s “Servant of Love” earned a

Grammy nomination for best folk album. While recognized as a gifted singer, she’s also penned songs for a variety of performers, including Emmylou Harris, Joan Baez, The Dixie Chicks and Bette Midler. She also has performed with Dierks Bentley, Mavis Staples and Robert Plant. Watkins made her debut, at age 8, with the Grammy-winning progressive bluegrass band Nickel Creek. The multi-instrumentalist recorded two solo albums during the band’s 2007-14 hiatus. A third is scheduled for release this year. Widely praised for her fiddling, Watkins has appeared on the Nerdist podcast and on Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion.” She and her brother Sean, also a founding member of Nickel Creek, work with a rotating variety of musicians and actors in the Los Angeles-based Watkins Family Hour. She played fiddle and percussion for The Decemberists during the band’s 2011 tour and has collaborated with John Mayer, Sarah Jarosz, Aoife

O’Donovan and others. Often described the “Queen of Modern Folk,” Mitchell won the new folk award at the 2003 Kerrville Folk Festival with a sound and style that has drawn comparisons to Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Shawn Colvin and Ani DiFranco. Mitchell debuted her folk opera “Hadestown” in 2006, staged it in 2007 and saw it resurrected by the New York Theatre Workshop for its 2015-16 season. In 2010, Mitchell released “Hadestown” on DiFranco’s label Righteous Babe Records. She also has supported tours for Richard Thompson, Bon Iver, Punch Brothers and Josh Ritter. Tickets for the Center for the Performing Arts presentation may be purchased 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.),

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Time to audition for ‘Happy Valley’s Got Talent’ By KRISTIN CONSORTI

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STATE COLLEGE — Are you a skilled musician? Can you sing like an angel? Do you make a crowd laugh with your hilarious comedic lines? If so, you’re in luck, because auditions for the sixth annual Happy Valley’s Got Talent will be taking place beginning Saturday, Feb. 27. Tides, a support program for grieving children, is behind the regional talent show. The nonprofit hopes to raise more than $50,000 through the event to benefit its programs. According to the organization’s website, Tides’ mission is to provide safe and nurturing peer support programming for children, teens and their families who have experienced death of a loved one. Tides also raises awareness of the needs of grieving children in the Centre Region and surrounding communities. Tides provides referral services, adult telephone support and educational resources for families, schools and profes-

sionals in the community who work with children. Dancers, vocalists, comedians and others are invited to audition from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, and from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Indigo on West College Avenue in State College. Separate auditions will be held for pianists and dancers from 4:40 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at The State Theatre. Performers at the auditions will be placed into one of three age groups: 10- to 14-year-olds, 15- to 20-year-olds and 21 and older. Four acts in in each of the three categories will advance to the finals, set for Saturday, April 2, and compete for cash prizes ranging from $50 to $250. Tides prefers all performers apply online prior to the audition dates, but inperson registration will be accepted at the auditions. There is no fee to participate. Audition information and registration forms are available at www.tidesprogram. org, or by contacting the show’s producer, Jerry Sawyer, at jvs3@psu.edu. Sue Paterno and State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham are among this year’s

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‘HAPPY VALLEY’S GOT TALENT’ will once again be searching for the best and brightest stars in Centre County. judges. Serving as emcees are local comedian Fred Metzger and Jerry Valeri, of Big Froggy 101. “The audition judges have a tough job

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University Drive, State College. Visit www.liferecoverystatecollege.com. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets 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) 2348775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 every Monday night at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free

car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS What’s Happening, Page 27

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SCENES FROM THE SUMMER YOUTH FAIR Summer was on the minds of the many Centre County families who attended the Summer Youth Fair on Feb. 20 at Mount Nittany Middle School. The fair was sponsored by State College Area School Districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Community Education Department and headed by Shannon Messick, community education coordinator. PHOTOS BY AMY ANSARI

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AROUND & IN TOWN ANOTHER MAGICAL THON WEEKEND

THON took over the Bryce Jordan Center for 46 hours Feb. 19 through Feb. 21. The Penn State football team got the place jumping and head coach James Franklin introduced Bellefonteâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Noah Benner to the raucous crowd. The dancers kept things moving amid a sea of neon. Nearly $10 million was raised for the Four Diamonds Fund. PHOTOS BY HEATHER WEIKEL AND TIM WEIGHT

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or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org. Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@ yahoogroups.com. Community meal — A free hot meal is from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www.life recoverystatecollege.com.

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Children’s activity — There will be a preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays throughout February and March at the Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout February and March at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Toddler story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays. Family story time will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Book Babies will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays. And, a preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout February and March at the Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. “Mother Goose on the Loose,” a baby story time group, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. There will also be elementary-level activities from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Performance — Penn State Center Stage will present the musical “110 in the Shade” at 7:30 p.m. through Friday, Feb. 26, and at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at the Playhouse Theatre, Penn State School of Theatre, University Park. Visit www.theatre.psu.edu. Performance — The Mount Nittany Middle School Drama Club will present “Shrek: The Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, and Saturday, Feb. 27, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Visit www.scasd.org. Exhibit — “Print Gallery” will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280. Exhibit — “Dinor Bleu: The Vanishing American Diner” will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280. Exhibit — “Coded Language” will be on display through Thursday, March 3, at the HUB-Robeson Galleries, HUBRobeson Center, University Park. Call (814) 865-2563. Exhibit — “Consciously Surreal: Photography, the Uncanny, and the Body” will be on display through Sunday,

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May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672. Exhibit — “From Dada to Dali: Surrealist Works on Paper” will be on display through Sunday, May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672.

UPCOMING THURSDAY, FEB. 25

Concert — Metropolitan Opera principal trumpet player David Krauss will perform from 9 to 10 a.m. at Esber Recital Hall, University Park. Visit www.music.psu.edu. Fundraiser — A “Rock the ‘80s” concert will be held from 7 to 10 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Proceeds will benefit the Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org. Concert — Blues musician Richard Sleigh will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net. Concert — GlobalFEST on the Road’s “Creole Carnival,” featuring music from Brazil, Haiti and Jamaica, will be held at 7:30 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. Visit www.cpa.psu.edu/events.

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be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Concert — The Penn State Philharmonic Orchestra will perform from 4 to 6 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, Eisenhower Road, University Park. Visit www.cpa.psu.edu/ events. Community meal — A spaghetti dinner will be served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at New Hope United Methodist Church, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. Call (814) 359-9818.

MONDAY, FEB. 29

Meeting — The Bellefonte Area High School Class of 1948 will meet for lunch at noon at Bonfatto’s, 1211 Zion Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 353-3330. Meeting — A public discussion of the book “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy” will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Visit www.centrecountyreads.org. Lecture — “I Love You Once a Year: Double Taking and Trouble Making” will be presented by Penn State professor of art education and African-American studies B. Stephen Carpenter II from 7 to 8 p.m. at The Attic Room at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

Workshop — “Energize Your Business’ Social Media, Advanced” will be held from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Technology Center, Suite 119, 200 Innovation Blvd., State College. Visit www.sbdc.psu.edu. Community meal — A Lenten dinner will be served from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd, 867 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit www.good shepherd-sc.org. Movie — “A Winter’s Tale” will be shown at 7 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

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Event — The Central PA Community Action Prom Closet will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Presbyterian Church of Clearfield, 119 N. Second St., Clearfield. Donations are currently being accepted. Call (814) 404-5688. Class — “ESL Resources: Gadgets for Grown-ups” will be held from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Registration is necessary. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s activity — “World Stories Alive” will be held at 11 a.m. at Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. This week’s theme is Hindi. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s activity — Saturday Stories Alive will be held from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s activity — “Elementary Explorers” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. This week’s country is Turkey. Visit www. schlowlibrary.org. Community meal — A chicken and waffles dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. at Mount Nittany United Methodist Church, 1500 E. Branch Road, Lemont. Visit www. mtnittanyumc.org or call (814) 237-3549. Concert — Ted McCloskey and the Hi-Fis will perform at 8 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.

SUNDAY, FEB. 28

Workshop — A “Raw Brass With Crystal Inlay Bracelet” class will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at The Makery, 209 W. Calder Way, State College. Visit www.themakerypa.com. Children’s activity — “Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!” will

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Event — The Centre County Memorial Park Cemetery will have its annual spring clean-up from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 1032 Benner Pike, State College. Call (814) 237-4108. Workshop — “A Joint Venture” will be held from 11 a.m. to noon at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 East Park Ave., State College. Call (814) 278-4810, or email vcoakley@mountnittany.org. Meeting — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. at The Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. All are welcome. Call (814) 861-0770. Open house — An open house for volunteers will be held from noon to 2 p.m. and from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at St. Vincent de Paul Thrift Store, 526 Westerly Parkway, State College. Call (814) 867-3131 Lecture — “Commence Fire, Check Fire, Cease Fire: Friendly Fire Incidents in the U.S. Navy During World War II” will be presented by retired Penn State Emeritus Assistant Dean and former naval line officer Robert Baldwin at 7:30 p.m. at The Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. Call (814) 466-6263. Concert — Americana band Los Lobos will perform from 8 to 9 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org. — Compiled by Samantha Bastress

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New edition of cartography design book released By ANGELA ROGERS Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Cynthia A. Brewer, head of Penn State’s Department of Geography, has released a new edition of “Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users.” Published by Esri Press, the book guides mapmakers through the process of designing visually pleasing and easily understandable maps. The second edition covers the basics of good cartography, including layout design; publishing and sharing maps; legends, scale and projections; colors and labeling; and customizing symbols. In this edition, Brewer has added a chapter on working with base maps and adds guidance on mapping multiple variables together. She devotes a section to her ColorBrewer application, an online color selection tool that any mapmaker can use. ColorBrewer is now part of the new Esri ArcGIS Pro application. “With this second edition, new mapmakers can learn the basics of good symbols and labels, and experienced mappers are invited to think systematically about mapping two data distributions together and anchoring that complexity with background location information,” Brewer said. What’s changed in cartography since the first edition came out 10 years ago? Three main things, according to Brewer: the rise of user-contributed information, continual updating and user expectations for a dynamic interface. “In general, the rise of user-contributed or volunteered geographic information means that databases and other map resources are continually changing,” Brewer said. “A map now provides the best available information versus the authoritative-and-fixed information. Users expect

that, and any mapping platform developer must also anticipate that demand. “Users also expect to be able to move seamlessly from large scale to small scale, zooming in or out. Each of those scale views has to be designed. Mapmakers must decide what to show and what to hide at each level, and design rules need to apply to this ever-changing context” As a professor of geography, Brewer teaches introductory cartography and map design courses and advises graduate students researching cartography. “Every fall, I revisit my course content and rework it to better reflect the software and tools students use,” she said. “My work with the U.S. Geological Survey on The National Map over the last eight years has influenced my approach to landscape representation and automation, as well. But I continue to question page layout and custom placement topics. “Visual design is one of the main areas where all of the many mapping platforms, like Google, Bing, ArcGIS, OpenStreetMap, CartoDB, Mapbox and others, compete. It’s why you choose one over another. It’s a big part of capturing your loyalty to the platform. Going beyond basic navigation with more data-intensive mapping, that attention to design makes you able to see the patterns in the content — the message in the data,” Brewer said. Several students contributed to the second edition. “The students created new graphics and reworked old graphics for the new edition. They drafted new written sections and did a good job hunting down data and factchecking,” Brewer said. “Elaine Guidero worked on typography and labeling. Bill Limpisathian updated the census data examples and prepared graphics included in the new basemaps chapter. Paulo Raposo selected basemap sites, collected the

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THE SECOND EDITION of “Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users” was written by Cynthia Brewer, head of Penn State’s Department of Geography. data and improved the projections section. Aaron Dennis prepared thematic maps to illustrate topics in earlier sections, created the new multivariate examples, and also conducted the research for the new section on intellectual property,” Brewer said. “We had a great group from the Peter R. Gould Center for Geography Education and Outreach working on this project, and we were funded through my E. Willard Miller and Ruby S. Miller Endowed Professorship.” A video about the book is available at www.esriurl.com/ designingbettermaps. “Designing Better Maps: A Guide for GIS Users” is available in print or as an e-book.

Penn State hosts three-day NOBE national conference By PAMELA KREWSON WERTZ Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State student chapter of the National Organization for Business and Engineering hosted more than 80 participants from eight universities — as well as industry members — for the recent 2016 NOBE National Conference at the Nittany Lion Inn. Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Penn State, the conference featured speakers from both academia and industry who addressed some of the many opportunities and overlap in workplace skills that exist for students interested in the business and engineering sectors. The three-day conference also featured a case competition, in which a total of $2,000 in prize money was awarded to the first-, second-, third- and fourth-place teams. The schools participating in the conference were Drexel University, McGill University (Canada), Penn State Behrend, Penn State, University of Illinois, University of Min-

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NOBE, from page 29 the collaboration of systems thinking. The case focused on online apartment rental site Airbnb, which is exploring mechanisms to facilitate trust between guests and hosts following widely publicized complaints of destructive guests. According to the study, which was published in 2011, “Flexible online reputation systems can collect and share information with ease, but Airbnb must decide which information guests and hosts should have to provide and how much flexibility each should have in selecting whom to do business with. A full-featured system could provide all the information users have been requesting, but would it be too complicated for routine use?” Ten intercollegiate teams of four students were asked to leverage their talents and individual experiences in order to develop the most innovative and compelling solution to the panel of 10 judges. “We incorporated a case competition to drive the intellectual collaboration between business and engineering mindsets,” said Mohammad AlZayed, president of the Penn State NOBE chapter and an industrial engineering student. “The exciting ideas we saw in the competition sets to prove the significance of exposing NOBE’s membership to case competitions, consulting projects and other realworld applications.” After the 60-minute first round, the teams submitted their written reports to the judging panel. The judges identified the top four teams by predetermined criteria and called upon the finalists to present their solutions with a five- to seven-minute pitch, followed by questioning from the judging panel. The winning teams were announced by

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Janis Terpenny, professor and head of the Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and were presented with certificates and awards at the dinner ceremony that evening. The first-place team was comprised of Penn State industrial engineering students Matt DiSanto and Janna Al Nabhani and University of Pittsburgh industrial engineering students Kelsey Metheny and Garret White. Each team member was awarded with $250 and a brass Nittany Lion trophy. Two Penn State industrial engineering students, Sarp Ersoy and Carl Jean-Louis, along with two University of Minnesota students, Steven Cherucheril (industrial and systems engineering) and Omead Sanei (mechanical engineering), took home second-place honors and $150 apiece. Kelsey Schupp (accounting and finance) and Daniel Smith (industrial engineering), of Penn State Behrend, along with Rahul Jairam (chemical engineering) and Sam Schmitz (mechanical engineering), from the University Minnesota, earned third-place honors and $75 each. The fourth-place team members each received $25 and consisted of Penn State industrial engineering students Devayani Borse and Jonathan Tatlow, and Margaret Bien (supply chain management and business) and Justin Traino (industrial engineering) from the University of Pittsburgh. The panel of judges included three Penn State faculty members, two members of the NOBE national office and six industry members from Flashpoint Informatics, GE Transportation, Hess Corporation, PricewaterhouseCoopers and United States Gypsum Corporation.

Deadline approaching for TechCelerator spring boot camp UNIVERSITY PARK — Ben Franklin’s TechCelerator @State College invites area entrepreneurs, graduate students or researchers with tech-based business ideas to participate in its next 10-week boot camp. The weekly sessions run from 3 to 5 p.m. on 10 successive Tuesdays, March 22 through May 24. The program has launched 43 companies that have raised $7 million in startup funding and generated $5 million in revenue. It provides participants with up to $1,000 toward startup costs, plus the opportunity to pitch their business ideas to a panel of entrepreneurs at the completion of the course. The top team will receive $10,000 in seed funding to help launch its business. Business mentoring from Ben Franklin’s Transformation Business Services Network and Penn State’s Small Business Development Center staff will be available at no cost. Upon conclusion of the program, participants can expect to have a viable business model, in addition to a list of networking contacts. The boot camp is free, but space is limited. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 4. For more information, contact Don McCandless at (814) 865-2040 or dlm74@psu.edu.

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.

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Toni Patterino to Michelle R. Fedisson, 141 Haupt Ave., Bellefonte, $159,900. Trevor W. Calabro and Christa J. Calabro to Willard Jackson, 395 E. Howard St., Bellefonte, $169,500. Ricardo Veruete and Ellen Veruete to John C. Curtis and Terry Ann Curtis, 1154 Zion Road, Bellefonte, $230,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Fisherman’s Paradise LP to Graystone Court Bellefonte LLC, 100 Hawknest Way, Bellefonte, $200,000. Fisherman’s Paradise LP to Fisherman’s Paradise LP, Spring Creek Road, Bellefonte, $1. Grove Park Associates Inc. to Parkside Homes LLC, 229 Chicory Ave., Bellefonte, $69,938. Grove Park Assocaites Inc. to Parkside Homes LLC, 240 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $69,938. Megan Heverly and Matthew Catherman to Renee C. Kredell and Carol L. Langston, 1623 Valley View Road, Lemont, $232,500.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Matthew R. Hepfer and Lynn R. Hepfer to Levi M. Prowell and Amanda M. Prowell, 958 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $143,625. Richard E. Newman and Carol L. Newman to Meriah Port and Dustin Coakley, 1221 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $125,500.

Richard E. Newman and Carol L. Newman to Carol L. Newman and Richard E. Newman, 1221 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $1.

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Natalya Podnebennaya estate, Olga Igolnikov, administratix, and Vladimir Podnebennya by agent to Kelly R. Saxton and John M. Saxton, 400 Gerald St., State College, $145,000. Brandall Investments LP to Kevin R. Woods and Mary E. Woods, 285 Jay Lane, Lemont, $264,015. James C. Wambold and Alice E. Wambold to Steven E. Owens and Kelly L. Owens, 136 Randy Lane, State College, $95,000. James E. Freije estate and Marsha M. Freije, executrix, to Marsha M. Freije, 220 Holly Ridge Drive, State College, $1. Brandall Investments LP to John Peterson and Christina Peterson, 225 Jay Lane, State College, $307,853. Richard H. Rider and Vicki J. Rider to Joseph M. Moorhead and Jennifer A. Moorhead, 170 Meadowsweet Drive, State College, $622,000. Timothy L. Homan and Michelle R. Arbitell to Roy Boris Clariana and Sarah Russell Hankins, 172 Scenery Court, State College, $260,000. Larry M. Tremaglio to Larry M. Tremaglio and Kimberly M. Tremaglio, 137 Julian Drive, State College, $1. Ronald L. Wiser, Mark H. Argiro and Karrie D. Argiro to Mark J. Argiro, Karrie D. Argiro and Ronald L. Wiser, 1241 Edward St., $0. Ren-Yu Zhang to Zhichen Qian and Shanshan Wan, 146 Buchanan Ave., State College, $165,000.

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Silas R. Thompson III and Tara Lynne Holden, executrix, to Silas Thane Thompson, 124 Thompson Lane, Philipsburg, $50,000.

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Benjamin L. Catherman to Scott R. Fravel, Walnut Street, Howard, $15,000.

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Paul B. Stoltzfus and Katie B. Stoltzfus to Leroy K. Stoltzfus and Sadie K. Stoltzfus, Shaffertown Road, Madisonburg, $1.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

S&A Homes Inc. to Healy Kimmel Irrevocable Trust, Kenneth Healy, co-trustee, and Tina Kimmel, co-trustee, 163 Honors Lane, State College, $313,521. Sylvia R. Apple to Andrea Rubin Bellicanta and Giovani Sebben Bellicanta, 657 Benjamin Court, State College, $240,400. Saad Mazyad Alkhaldi and Huda H. Alarji to

Emma Jane Confer to Brian Scott Rockwell and Lori Rae Rockwell, 3282 S. Eagle Valley Road, Julian, $1. Brian Scott Rockwell and Lori Rae Rockwell to Brian Scott Rockwell and Lori Rae Rockwell, 3282 S. Eagle Valley Road, Julian, $1.

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Daniel A. Dibble and Jennifer H. Dibbleto Alan E. Eger and Cheryl A. Deger, 360 Hunter Ridge Road, Bellefonte, $260,000. — Compiled by Hailee Miller

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Joanne Marie Feldman to Joanne Feldman Irrevocable Trust, 1140 Smithfield St., State College, $1. Golden Pund LLC to Dianmin Jiang and Shuying Jiang, 800 Stratford Drive, State College, $136,000.

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Berks Homes LLC to Gregory J. Miskinis and Megan A. Altig, 152 Rushcliffe St., State College, $338,441.47. Don K. Vinson to Barbara Slattery and Charles Slattery, 2465 Circleville Road, No. 135, State College, $315,000. Scott A. Gaylor, Junaina W. Gaylor and Junaina W. Manning to Junaina W. Manning, 210 Greenlee Lane, Pennsylvania Furnace, $315,000. Victoria H. Sutton and Victoria L. Smith to Victoria H. Sutton and Victoria L. Smith, 244 Sycamore Drive, State College, $1. Circleville Road Partners LP, Circleville Road Partners A LP, Circleville Road Partners E LP and Circleville Road Partners IV LP to Ferguson Township, 3147 Research Drive, State College, $1.

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Large collectible tins. MFB tin, about 16â&#x20AC;? high, $12; Bachman pretzel tin, about 12â&#x20AC;? high, $5; Johnsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s candy tins, about 7â&#x20AC;? high, $5 each. 814-237-2024. CALLS ONLY, NO EMAIL!

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