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Work could start soon on hotel project Supervisors OK Mountain View plan By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
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THE WHITEHEADS, Tom, Kari and daughter Emily, of Philipsburg, will celebrate Emily’s 12th birthday on May 2.
Treatment that saved Emily Whitehead’s life holds promise for thousands By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
PHILIPSBURG — An experimental procedure that saved the life of a young Philipsburg girl may soon be saving thousands of youthful lives across the world. Emily Whitehead, now weeks away from her 12th birthday, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia when she was just 5 years old in May 2010. After the second relapse, her parents, Tom and Kari Whitehead, were told they were out of options to treat their daughter’s cancer. They did not quit. And, neither did Emily. She underwent a radical new treatment called
T-cell therapy at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. It worked. In April 2012, at the age of 6, Emily began the therapy — which involved collecting a type of white blood cell, known as T-cells, from her body and then introducing the human immunodeficiency virus, which genetically reprogrammed the modified T-cells to recognize and attack cancer cells. The treatment caused Emily to become very sick and she spent the next two weeks in an intensive care unit, that first night beating the odds of survival of 1 in 1,000, according to the doctor in charge. Whitehead, Page 7
BOALSBURG — The Harris Township Board of Supervisors gave unanimous approval April 10 for the Ramada Group to move ahead with plans to add a 100-unit hotel to the Mountain View Country Club and breathe new life into the existing golf course. With just a few environmental clearances yet to get in order, Joe Thomas, general manager of the Ramada Hotel and Conference Center in State College, is confident dirt will fly in May and the new facility will be open and ready by the start of the 2018 football season. “There’s just a few more small things to work out, then the site work can begin,” Thomas told the Gazette after the supervisors gave their OK for the project. “It’s an aggressive timeline, but we’ve been patient to this point. Now, we’re ready to bring a much-needed hotel, conference center and golf resort to Centre County.”
issues, and the commission agreed, as did the supervisors when they cast their votes in favor of the project. Those waiver requests included relieving the group of 29.93 percent of required riparian buffer space because of the layout of the golf course. To remedy this, the group offered to create additional riparian buffer space on another area of the property that will be a benefit to the environment. The group also asked to waive an ordinance requiring new developers to connect into the public sewage system. The main hotel and banquet facility will be serviced through the public system; however, an on-course building is connected to an on-site sewage treatment system. The granted waiver will allow this treatment to continue until the current system needs to be updated or replaced, at which time it will be required to hook into the public collection system. Mountain View, Page 8
LONG ROAD
The supervisors’ decision paved the way to begin a project now more than five years in the making. The Ramada group purchased the property in 2012 from the State College Elks Lodge and kept the golf course and banquet facilities in operation. Since then, the group has been working to get the proper permits, plan designs and paperwork together to present the hotel project to the township. It was not easy. The original plans were submitted to the Harris Township Planning Commission several months ago. Issues with specific aspects of the plan were questioned, including placements of environmental-friendly riparian buffers and an on-site sewage collection system, and reserving an area for the future development of a bicycle path. The group had asked the planning commission to waive these
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THE GOLF COURSE at Mountain View Country Club figures to get a boost from a new 100-room hotel and conference center.
Photographer captures barns, honors through lens By MARK BRACKENBURY editor@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — R. Thomas Berner describes himself as a “print guy” during his years as a journalism professor at Penn State. But Berner has had a lifelong interest in photography, and the digital world has opened up new opportunities for him in retirement. Berner’s work, much of it focused on photographing Pennsylvania barns, earned him top honors — the 2017 “Sweepstakes Award” — from the Pennsylvania Press Club. Berner’s self-published book, “Pennsylvania Quilts Barns,” earned first place in nonfiction and book design categories. The book features photographs by Berner of painted quilt blocks on barns covering a wide swath of Pennsylvania. Inspiration for the book goes back years. Berner and his wife, Paulette, retired from Penn State in
2003 and moved to New Mexico. They sometimes drove across the country to visit their daughter in North Carolina, then made the trek up Interstate 81 to visit Paulette Berner’s mother in Luzerne County. “I kept admiring these barns,” Berner said. When the Berners decided to move back to Pennsylvania in 2010, they lived for a time with his mother-in-law in Hazleton and commuted along I-80 as they looked for a home in Centre County, taking in more fascinating barns along the way. Wanting to do something with this interest, but realizing “there are a million barn books on Amazon,” Berner wondered what he could do that was unique. That led to his book “Pennsylvania Barn Stories,” which features photos and text on barns that have an interesting story behind them.
CENTRE COUNTY SPOTLIGHT
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THE QUILT BLOCK from a barn in Juniata County is reflected in a nearby pond in this photo from R. Thomas Berner’s “Pennsylvania Quilt Barns.” Police Blotter .................... 2 Opinion ............................ 9
Health & Wellness .......... 10 Community .................... 14
Spring Golf ..................... 20 Sports .............................. 23
Easter Services ............... 30 Family Matters ............... 32
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Around & In Town ......... 33 What’s Happening ......... 35
Puzzles ............................ 36 Business .......................... 37
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Police reported a Beech Creek man was arrested for driving under the influence following a traffic stop along North Eagle Valley Road in Liberty Township on March 12. ❑❑❑ Authorities reported a Johnstown woman was found to be in possession of crack cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia following a traffic stop in the 2600 block of Quaker Valley Road in East St. Clair Township on March 27. ❑❑❑ A juvenile struck a man with a thrown stone at Zerby Gap Family Works in Gregg Township at 6:40 p.m. April 3. No further information was provided. ❑❑❑ Police are investigating a reported vehicle theft at a Hublersburg Road location in Walker Township between April 4 and May 5. A 38-year-old Bellefonte woman reported her 2010 Black Kia Rio was missing. Several leads are being investigated and anyone with information is asked to contact police. ❑❑❑ A set of bleachers was damaged at the Howard Area Youth Little League baseball field between 8 p.m. April 5 and 3:30 p.m. April 6. Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ No injuries were reported in a two-vehicle crash on East Park Avenue in College Township at 7:37 a.m. April 6. Police said Stephanie Brooks, of Altoona, was attempting to turn left onto state Route 322 from Park Avenue without proper clearance. As she was turning, her 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee was struck by a westbound Ford Focus, driven by John Ellenberger, of Bellefonte.
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STATE POLICE AT PHILIPSBURG Police are investigating a report of corruption of minors involving a 33-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy, both from Osceola Mills. The incident occurred at 2:36 p.m. March 29 at a residence on Ernestville Road, Rush Township. ❑❑❑ Police are investigating a scam involving a 56-year-old Rush Township woman who sent money to South Africa on March 30. ❑❑❑ Authorities reported Todd Keith Woodring, 52, of Port Matilda, pushed a 47-year-old Port Matilda woman during an argument at 6:27 p.m. April 3 at a residence on South Smith Street in Port Matilda. No further information was provided. ❑❑❑ Police were dispatched to Black Moshannon Road and Medical Center Drive in Rush Township at 10:50 a.m. April 10 for a report of an unresponsive woman behind the wheel of a car. Responding troopers determined the 31-year-old Philipsburg woman was in possession of several items of drug paraphernalia and a small amount of marijuana. Charges were filed. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster
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Brooks was cited for not yielding to oncoming traffic. ❑❑❑ Police reported a 23-year-old Howard man was found to be under the influence of drugs while operating a motor vehicle on South Eagle Valley Road in Boggs Township at 5:41 p.m. April 10. Police said he had two minor children with him at the time of the incident.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — Two women have been charged with felonies in connection with the overdose death of Corrine Pena, whose body was found on the side of a road in Ferguson Township in February 2016. One of the women charged is accused of being a regular drug dealer in Centre County. Sabine Graham was arrested April 11 and charged with drug delivery resulting in death, five counts of possession with intent to deliver and five counts of delivery of a controlled substance. She was scheduled to be arraigned at 10 p.m. before District Judge Steven Lachman. Maria Gilligan is charged as an accomplice to drug delivery resulting in death, accomplice to possession with intent and accomplice to delivery of a controlled substance. She had not yet been taken
into custody as of the night of April 11, but police believe she is in the area. Pena’s frozen body was found wrapped in a bed sheet in the early morning hours of Feb. 14, 2016, on the side of Plainfield Road. Robert Moir, of Patton Township, pleaded guilty to abuse of a corpse last year after admitting he dumped Pena on the side of the road after finding she had overdosed in his bathroom. He was not involved with procuring the fentanyl, a powerful synthetic opioid, on which she overdosed. Fentanyl is often mixed with filler by dealers to stretch the product and sold to buyers who think they are purchasing heroin. Pena, 35, of Philadelphia, had been staying with Moir just prior to her death. He told police he had met her in Philadelphia and brought her back to Centre County with him. Overdose, Page 4
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Barracks merger leaves frustration, questions By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
PHILIPSBURG — There has been no “official” word that merging the Philipsburg-based state police with the Rockview-based state police in Benner Township is set in stone; however, local and state officials say the writing is on the wall. “For all intents and purposes, this thing is a go, and we’re not too happy about it. Not all all,” said state Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Rush Township. “I attended that meeting last week and I don’t think I learned anything more than I already knew. I think a lot of people felt that way.” Conklin was one of about 200 concerned citizens and local and state officials who attended a public informational meeting April 6 at the Philipsburg-Osceola Middle School in Chester Hill. Those in attendance included several members of the Pennsylvania State Police, including Maj. Maynard Gray, who took the audience through a Power Point presentation detailing PSP’s proposal for merging the two stations and then combining them into one barracks at the new facility. Gray said the original plan was not to combine the barracks, but instead, to find a suitable location for a new Philipsburg barracks within 2 miles of the current location. He said the state looked at several sites within a 2-mile radius of the present barracks, but was unable to find a suitable location for a new building. He said the state also looked at various places near
Port Matilda to place the barracks, but, again, a suitable location did not exist. That is why, on Feb. 3, it was proposed to combine the barracks into one at a new Benner Township facility, he said. Contrary to popular belief, the proposal was made by the state police and not Gov. Tom Wolf or his administration, Gray said.
‘NO LACK OF COVERAGE’
“This was a decision made by the state police in an effort to be fiscally responsible,” said Gray, who was once stationed at the Philipsburg barracks. “But the important thing for residents to know is there will be no lack of coverage.” If the proposal does move forward, coverage for residents in Philipsburg and Rush Township will not be altered, even though the new barracks would be about 30 miles away, he said. “The way state police cover their particular area is in zones,” said Gray. “At all times, there is at least one trooper patrolling each zone. It’s a practice we are using now, so there will be no difference in coverage. You will not lose any services that you are currently receiving from state police.” The distance issue has been been a topic of debate. Gray said technology in police cruisers has dropped response times tremendously, and due to the zone coverage scheme by PSP, he said response times will parallel the response times of the present policing procedures. Winifred Jones-Wenger, a Philipsburg attorney, said she disagreed with Gray
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RUSH TOWNSHIP resident James Verbeck addresses Pennsylvania State Police Maj. Maynard Gray during an information meeting held April 6 concerning the possible merger of the Philipsburg and Rockview state police barracks. Other speakers wait their turn. concerning the response times, but also said she thinks a move would burden Philipsburg and Rush Township residents who need to visit the barracks for a variety of reasons — from lost-and-found items to questioning in criminal cases. “That’s a very long way for people to travel for something as simple as questioning,” said Jones-Wenger. “This whole plan just doesn’t make any sense.” Gray explained to the audience that the barracks in Philipsburg, however, would not close fully. He said the facility would be used for administrative staff when the merger goes into effect.
‘WHERE ARE THE SAVINGS?’ Those by state Corman, silent on
comments prompted reaction Senate Majority Leader Jake R-Bellefonte, who has been the issue since it started grab-
bing headlines in February. Corman said during a Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County luncheon April 10 that he was “troubled” PSP planned to keep the building open for administrative staff. “Well, if you are going to keep the building open, why not keep the barracks there?” asked Corman. “If the reason of merger is to save money, and there’s still the same amount of troopers and both buildings are still going to be open, then where are the savings at? “That’s where I’m confused, and I think we need to know a lot more about this before it goes any further,” Corman said. Gray said construction of the proposed new facility is scheduled for this spring, with completion in spring of 2018. Barracks, Page 8
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Photographer, from page 1 There is, for example, a photo of a barn in Clearfield County that has American flag painted on it. “It turns out the owner did that after 9/11,” Berner said. “It became a local attraction.” Thinking about a barn in Potter County that he had photographed for “Pennsylvania Barn Stories,” and his wife’s interest in quilting, helped Berner hit on his next idea: a book on quilt barns. Berner spent about a year working on the book, casting a “wide net” and covering most areas of the state. “I probably could not have done it as quickly had it not been for the Internet,” he said of his search for barn quilts. There are five or six barn quilt trails in Pennsylvania. “I found them online and went from there,” he said. Berner is a member of the Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania, and his contacts there helped, as did historical societies and his letters to the editor published in local newspapers. In addition to honors for his book “Pennsylvania Quilt Barns” (available on Amazon), Berner also earned awards from the Pennsylvania Press Club — an affiliate of the National Association of Press Women — for a feature story on barn quilts published in Grit magazine (ironically, he said that because of a miscommunication his photos were not used with the piece), and for a story and photos on barn quilts in the Altoona area published in the Altoona Mirror. While Berner appreciates barns, he acknowledges that he’s no barn expert. Overdose, from page 2 The charges filed against Graham and Gilligan are the result of a recommendation by the First Centre County Grand Jury and an investigation over more than a year by Ferguson Township Police. District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller announced the charges at the Ferguson Township Police Department on the night of April 11. Investigators say Gilligan arranged for Pena to meet with Graham to purchase heroin on the day Pena died. The grand jury also heard testimony from four individuals who said Graham had sold them heroin on multiple occasions and alleged that she regularly brought heroin from the Williamsport area to Centre County. “Through diligent work and tracing back evidence the detective was able to
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“I can’t tell you about how they were built,” he said. Berner’s talents as a photographer go beyond barns. He won three other press club awards for published photographs, including from travels in Utah and Portugal, and for a photo of a class at Juniata College on bad literature published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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‘LIFELONG INTEREST’
As a professor of journalism and American studies at Penn State, where he was on the faculty for 28 years, his work focused on editing, newswriting, reporting and the literature of journalism. But photography has been a “lifelong interest,” going back to black-and-white photos he took in the mid-1950s. He used to have a wet darkroom. That interest in photography “really took off after I retired — digital gave me more control.” Up next are two very different projects. He is photographing interesting churches in Centre County — such as Grace Lutheran Church in State College, with its unique stone architecture. And Berner is about to embark on a project he calls “Anonymous Eyes,” in which he’ll photograph, with permission, only the eyes of his subjects. “I just keep seeing people who have interesting eyes,” he said.
determine who actually gave (Pena) the drugs that poisoned her that night,” Parks Miller said. “That’s a difficult job. ... It’s very difficult to pinpoint specifically who delivers the drugs that end up killing someone.”
DETECTIVE WORK PRAISED
She said the investigation led by Detective Josh Martin found that Graham had been an active drug dealer in the area. “In this case, they were able to determine that one of the two people who gave her the drugs that night was a very active dealer in our community,” Parks Miller said. “I really commend Ferguson Township, Detective Josh Martin and everyone who helped him. This is a major victory and the credit belongs to Ferguson Township.”
Photo by Paulette L. Berner
R. THOMAS BERNER, of Bellefonte, photographs a Pennsylvania quilt barn with assistance from his grandson Luka Specter, of Berkeley, Calif.
According to the grand jury presentment, Gilligan was one of two people to come forward to identify the deceased as Pena and to say she believed Pena was staying with Moir. Gilligan told police she knew Pena from rehab, that they had an occasional romantic relationship and that Pena had recently told her she was coming to the area and staying with Moir. Early in the day on Feb. 13, 2016, she told police, Gilligan and Pena traveled to Lock Haven together. Moir, meanwhile, testified that on that day he dropped Pena off so she could spend time with friends and later picked her up at the North Atherton Street Walmart several hours before her death. Investigators reviewed surveillance video that showed Pena, Gilligan and Graham together that afternoon at Walmart. They parted ways and Pena got
into a vehicle matching the description of Moir’s. Graham allegedly admitted to police that she drove with Pena to Lock Haven where she obtained 22 bags of heroin. She said she gave 14 to Pena and sold the remaining bags to three other people in Centre County, according to the presentment. Graham reportedly said she had no connection to Pena before Gilligan called and asked to sell them heroin. Moir testified to the grand jury that he had met Pena a week before her death in Philadelphia. She told him she was a single mother and addicted to drugs, and that she wanted to go back to the Centre Region and get into rehab. After Moir awoke to find Pena had overdosed in his bathroom, he panicked and drove her body to Plainfield Road.
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Corman: State leaders must think ahead more By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
STATE COLLEGE — For state government to work, leaders must look toward the future. That was the point made by state Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, during the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County luncheon April 10 at Toftrees Golf Resort. “I don’t think we challenge ourselves to look to the future, and we don’t learn from our mistakes,” said Corman. “We have a tendency to solve the problems at the time without looking forward to how those plans will play out in the future.” Corman said in each of the past eight years, the state government has had to deal with budget shortfalls, and he pointed to “legacy items” voted into law by previous legislators, himself included. “One of those areas is the public pension program,” he said. “In the early 2000s, the pensions were 130 percent funded and everything was great. We even did an enhancement. The mistake that was made, was the enhancement was retroactive and included people who served 20 or 30 years before. That put a lot of stress on the system and a lot more liability.” He said the government continued to smoothly guide the pension plan until the 9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001 and the recession that followed in 2002. He said the pensions and economy came to a clash in 2008, creating a “perfect storm.” “In 2006, our contribution to the pension plan was $600 million,” Corman said. “Now it exceeds $3 billion.” The Senate has been attempting to fashion a bill adopting change and reform in state pensions, but Corman noted there has been little movement on the legislation. “What you have is more money coming
out of your pocket that’s not going to be invested in education, that’s not going to be invested in economic development or environmental protection,” he said. “It’s going to be used to maintain the status quo.”
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When the economy started to take a downturn following 9/11, the government should have realized the potential impacts a decade down the road. “We need to change this and start thinking ahead so we can put future legislators in a better position financially,” Corman continued. “We need to put the right work in place now for the future of the commonwealth.” He also made reference to the aging Pennsylvania population, noting the commonwealth ranks third in the nation, behind just Arizona and Florida, as the country’s “oldest state.” He said Pennsylvania was on top of the Medicaid system, even giving residents more benefits than federal guidelines called for. “But, again, we didn’t think ahead,” said Corman. Previous legislators did not take into account that the baby boomer generation was set to retire, he said, bringing a wave of new consumers to the Medicaid program, and with them, $500 million to $600 million in additional expenses each year. “Instead of preparing for it, we just kind of ignored it,” he said. Corman also said the state’s correctional system is contributing to the financial strains, and believes forward thinking in corrections could save the commonwealth millions in the future. “When I became a legislator in the late 1990s, I bought into that ‘tough on crime’ mentality, and it worked,” he said. “The prison population exploded in the state with 1,500 new prisoners each year. We were building a new prison every year,
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STATE SENATE Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, spoke to the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County during a luncheon April 10 at Toftrees Golf Resort. and we had to maintain them. That was costly. The ‘lock them up and throw away the key’ approach was expensive.” Corman said he did not realize how expensive it was until he was elected as the Appropriations Committee chairman. “That’s when I saw how much it was costing taxpayers and I wanted to get them out,” he said. “We set forth reducing prison populations and we were successful. We’re even closing a prison.” Despite the reduction in prisoners, many of whom have shifted to treatment and rehab programs, the costs for maintaining correctional facilities are expensive and recidivism rates continue to stay high, he said.
“We need to do more thinking about this issue and what we can do moving forward,” said Corman. “If we don’t do anything, and just keep doing what we’re doing in corrections, I fear it’s really going to hurt us down the road.” The Pennsylvania budget has been associated with the word “deficit” in each of the past eight years, and Corman said it will continue as long as state officials are not looking ahead. “This is the choice we have before us,” said Corman. “We can’t think about today, we need to think about tomorrow and put things in place that have longterm benefits for those who come after us.”
Barron questions future of Greek life after new violations By ELISSA HILL StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Though Penn State allowed fraternities and sororities to host one social event involving alcohol this semester — Parents Weekend — more than 10 percent violated new regulations imposed last month, according to a letter from university President Eric Barron published on his blog, Digging Deeper. To the university’s knowledge, nine of 82 Greek organizations violated at least one rule over the weekend. Sigma Alpha Mu violated nearly every regulation and now “faces decisions” by the university, according to the post. Specific consequences are not outlined in the blog post, but could be severe, as administrators have made it clear they are serious about the new regulations. Sigma
Alpha Mu was the only organization mentioned by name in the post. “The drinking was excessive and was not restricted to beer and wine. There was no third-party licensed server. The party was open to anyone and people with no formal association roamed freely in and out with access to handles of liquor. Those roaming in and out included some who were underage,” Barron wrote. “Even some parents were visibly intoxicated.” Barron said administrators have noticed signs these new regulations might not be able to change the culture surrounding Greek life because students will just “go underground” to continue the condemned behaviors. The new regulations were imposed as part of Penn State’s promise to reform the Greek community following the death of student Timothy Piazza from traumat-
CCRRA to collect household hazardous waste By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
STATE COLLEGE — In 2016, the Centre County Refuse and Recycling Authority collected more than 50,000 pounds of hazardous household waste during its annual collection event, and, this year, the organization is hoping for even more. “We want to get rid of this stuff in a safe and environmentally friendly manner so we hold this event each year, and it truly has been successful,” said Amy Schirf, education coordination for CCRRA. “It’s been definitely successful in years past and we’re hoping for a good collection event again this year.” Items will be collected at the CCRRA site, at 253 Transfer Road off Route 26 near the Nittany Mall, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday, April 28, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 29. Schirf said items that will be collected include insecticides, weed killers, pool chemicals, cleaners, poisons, corrosives, flammables, oil-based paints, CFL bulbs, fluorescent tubes and most other hazardous chemicals from households only. She said the organization will not ac-
cept latex paint, used motor oil and antifreeze, medications or alkaline batteries. She noted, however, that dried latex paint can be tossed out in the normal trash, used motor oil and antifreeze can be disposed of at local vehicle repair shops, several medicine drop boxes are placed throughout the county for disposal of unused or unwanted medication, and alkaline batteries can be disposed of at retail locations where batteries are sold. In addition to collecting hazardous waste, the authority will also collect consumer electronics, she said. “Something new this year is that we’re partnering with Weis Markets and the Central PA Food Bank,” said Schirf. “Anyone who brings a non-perishable, non-outdated food item for donation will receive a limited edition Earth Day tote bag.” Last year, 700 to 1,000 cars brought items to the collection event, and according to Schirf, 40,000 to 70,000 pounds of material are collected annually during the effort. CCRRA, Page 6
ic injuries he sustained falling down the steps during bid acceptance at Beta Theta Pi fraternity. Results of the criminal investigation have not been released yet, but police say alcohol and hazing may have been involved. Barron’s post confirms Piazza was forced to consume dangerous amounts of alcohol in a hazing ritual. “After the new rules were announced, an email from an IFC leader was sent to chapters using a derogatory term to describe women, while encouraging members to have the alcohol upstairs and not have it on the main floor where it risks having checkers discover a violation,” he wrote. If these behaviors and violations do not change, Barron predicts “many empty houses and then the end of Greek life at Penn State.”
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Parks Miller formally announces re-election bid Special to the Gazette BELLEFONTE — District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller formally announced her bid for re-election April 11, saying she is seeking to continue the reform that she has brought to the office during her seven-year tenure. Parks Miller faces a challenge from trial lawyer Bernie Cantorna in the May 16 Democratic primary. “Serving as Centre County District Attorney has been an incredible privilege and honor,” Parks Miller said in a press release. “I am seeking another term to continue to uphold the law, protect our community and stand up for victims of crime, especially the most vulnerable members of our community. While I am proud of the reform we have achieved, with the changing face of crime, there is always new work to be done.” The press release from Parks Miller’s campaign said her office has focused on elevating prosecutions of child abuse, sexual assault, other violent crime and animal cruelty to the highest standards. “Crime is constantly changing and new threats to our quality of living emerge every year,” she said in the release. “This work is never done. I have so much more to give.” After taking office in 2009, Parks Miller implemented a smart prosecution model, differentiating between violent and predatory criminals who threaten the community from first-time offenders who deserved a second chance,
according to the release. This permitted more time to be focused on holding dangerous criminals accountable, the release said. Victims’ rights are a key focus of the office, according to the release. “We will not allow people to be preyed upon in Centre County,” she said. Upon taking office, Parks Miller worked with agencies to establish new countywide protocols for child abuse cases, homicide by vehicle cases and the handling of sexual assault cases. Parks Miller was a founding member of the Centre County Children’s Advocacy Center (now serving multiple counties’ children.) This center focuses on the mental health of a child who is victimized by a predator. The center has revamped child abuse prosecutions, strengthening the cases for prosecution and reducing trauma to the child victim as much possible. Parks Miller continues working to combat the growing opiate drug problem, the release said. “My office is tough on those who come to our community to poison our residents for profit,” she said, adding that “we must treat the addicts, we must reduce demand and we must separate dealers from users to fight the problem.” The release noted that Parks Miller worked to install drop boxes in municipal police departments so that unused opiods could be deposited in these boxes rather than be put on the street and back into “commerce.” “I want to continue to build on the progress that we
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have made in this office,” she said. “It has been my honor to serve the people of Centre County as their DA. My number one priority as your DA has been and always will be to ensure justice is done, our community is safe and the law is followed.”
FOP, Goreham endorse Penns Valley, CPI student designs incubator brochure Cantorna for district attorney Special to the Gazette
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BELLEFONTE — Prospective tenants for the SpringBoard business incubator in Bellefonte may be able to point to a high school senior’s work for their inspiration to locate in the historic community. At the April 11 meeting of the Centre County Board of Commissioners, it was announced that Penns Valley senior and CPI student Abigail DuVall was the winner of the SpringBoard Bellefonte Incubator Design Contest. Her brochure design topped 32 other submissions from fellow CPI students, as well as pupils from South Hills School of Business and Technology. DuVall, who will attend Penn College, earned a $500 check from the county for winning the contest. “It’s a great design that incorporates everything we wanted in the brochure,” said Commissioner Mark Higgins, who has spearheaded business incubator projects in both Philipsburg and Bellefonte. “There are a few things we need to tighten up with it, but we couldn’t have asked for a better job. There were a lot of really good submissions, and it was tough picking the winner. We think, though, this design has all the elements we want.” According to Higgins, the brochure will be used to market the coming small business incubator space to prospective businesses and entrepreneurs. “There are 150 companies that get started in Centre County each year,” said Higgins. “Adding a sixth business incubator here in the county with SpringBoard is going to open up even more opportunities to entrepreneurs looking for a place to start.” When Higgins was elected as a county commissioner, he vowed to open new small business incubators in Philipsburg and Bellefonte, to supplement the already four existing Centre County business incubators. The Philipsburg incubator opened several months ago, and Higgins said the Bellefonte facility will be opening “soon.” “I can’t give an official opening date yet as we still need to take care of the occupancy permit,” said Higgins. “But, it will be soon.” The Philipsburg incubator, which is housed at Dixon.com on Front Street, gained its first tenant late in 2016 when
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ABIGAIL DUVALL a senior at Penns Valley High School and a student at CPI, is the winner of the SpringBoard Bellefonte Business Incubator Brochure Design Contest.
David Roscoe and his ITT consulting firm Jade A. Consulting located to the facility. During the meeting, Higgins announced a second start-up — Fire Pit Barbeque — has taken occupancy in the incubator. Fire Pit Barbecue produces several varieties of barbecue sauces and has hopes of smoking meats and vegetables once the business “takes off,” he said. “It’s exciting to have our second tenant in Philipsburg,” said Higgins. “I understand they want to eventually open their own retail establishment, but we’re happy they are getting their start here with us.” In other business, the commissioners: ■ Approved a STOP Grant coordinator consultant contract with Dawn McKee. The total cost is not to exceed $4,900. ■ Approved a contract addendum between Centre County 911 and Tyler Technologies for the 2015 Mobile Component of Computer Aided Dispatch contract, effective Nov. 17, 2015, with the New World Systems. ■ Authorized the allocation of Act 13 “At Risk Local Bridge” funds for two projects — township Route 468 Rodgers Road Bridge in Walker Township, $12,164, and TR 810 Gum Stump Road Bridge, Boggs Township, $25,000. These funds will be placed on the Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s Transportation Improvement Plan for disbursement. ■ Announced Centre County government offices will be closed Friday, April 14, for spring break.
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Trial lawyer Bernie Cantorna has picked up two high-profile endorsements in his bid for Centre County district attorney, his campaign announced. The endorsements come from Bald Eagle Lodge No. 51 of the Fraternal Order of Police and State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham, the campaign said in press releases. Cantorna is running against incumbent Stacy Parks Miller for the Democratic nomination in the May 16 primary election. “Law enforcement professionals work closely with the district attorney,” James Ott, president of the FOP lodge, said in a press release. “It is important that the voting public educate themselves on the candidates so that the right person is selected for the position. “Officers have a vested interest in wanting the DA to work with them cooperatively and carefully to achieve justice,” Cantorna said. “If elected, I will be proud to have law enforcement officers across the county as my partners in creating a fairer justice system in Centre County.” Cantorna noted in the release that “I
have worked with them for 18 years on the other side of cases. Knowing I have earned their respect is important to me.” Bald Eagle FOP Lodge membership includes all police departments in Centre County as well BERNIE as parts of Blair and CANTORNA Clearfield counties. Ott said the endorsement of Cantorna came after a majority vote of attending members at the lodge’s March meeting. Goreham endorsed Cantorna at a Women for Bernie event at the New Leaf Initiative, State College Municipal Building, on the evening of April 11. She described him as “a humble man, full of compassion, and integrity. He’s just what we need in Centre County,” according to the campaign’s Facebook page. Cantorna, a partner in the law firm of Bryant and Cantorna in State College and Millheim, has practiced law for 27 years, including 18 in Centre County.
Penn State names new police chief By LEXI SHIMKONIS StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Keith Morris, the current chief of the Allentown Police Department, was named Penn State’s new police chief April 6. Michael Lowery has served in an interim role as University Police chief since January 2016. Morris, a 1995 Penn State alumnus, has spent the last 20 years on Allentown’s police force. “I am truly honored to have been afforded this opportunity, as I have Penn State to thank for where I am today and have always wanted to be able to give back to the University,” Morris said in a press release. “Penn State is a world-class institution, and the police department is well known for its professionalism, so I am excited about being a member of the Penn State team. I look forward to continuing the professional service that defines Penn State University Police and employing a
department-wide community policing philosophy, as well as establishing solid relationships with the faculty, staff, students and community stakeholders.” Morris, who will officially assume the position on April 20, has served as AllenKEITH MORRIS town’s chief for 18 months, leaving the city with its own renewed search for a chief. Penn State began its search for a new police chief when Tyrone Parham left the university in December 2015 after five years as chief and 25 years with the department to serve as chief and vice chancellor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Lowery will move to a new role as director of operations for University Police and Public Safety.
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CCRRA, from page 5 “Last year, we gathered up 7 miles of fluorescent light bulbs, if they were laid end to end,” she said. Schirf also said the authority will take unused or non-working appliances at the transfer station. “You might as well just bring everything you have that day,” she said, “and we’ll unload it for you.”
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Whitehead, from page 1 After her treatment, Emily slipped into a coma, which was reversed by yet another experimental procedure — the introduction of an arthritis medicine called tocilizumab. Slowly, she recovered, and a few weeks later, the family, her doctors and, most importantly, Emily, realized she was cancer free.
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“The nurses couldn’t believe it. The doctors couldn’t believe it. I don’t think anyone believed it,” Tom said. “But, we did. My wife and I believed it all along. We never gave up. We believed.” “We believe” caught on as a motto in the Philipsburg-Osceola community, as residents threw unrelenting support toward Emily from diagnosis through treatment and recovery. Purple ribbons, representing Emily’s favorite color, were displayed in support of the fighting little girl. They could be found wrapped around utility poles, displayed as vehicle decals and worn as rubber bracelets around the wrists of an entire community. When “THIS WAS truly a miracle she returned home that came from a lot of from her successful treatment, the P-O hope, a lot of support and community wela lot of prayers.” comed her back with a parade. Tom Whitehead The experimental therapy worked. She didn’t need to undergo any further chemotherapy. She didn’t need to suffer through radiation treatments. Her procedure just may change the face of how the medical community handles pediatric cancer. On May 2, the Four Diamonds girl turns 12 years old, and just a little more than a week after that, Emily will head to the doctor’s office for her “milestone” checkup — five years of being cancer free. “Emily is doing great and we all count our blessings every day that she’s here with us,” said her father, Tom. “This was truly a miracle that came from a lot of hope, a lot of support and a lot of prayers. We think Emily was a gift to us from God, and she was put here to go through what she did so others don’t have to suffer like she did. She is a miracle and she’s continuing to pass that miracle on.” Since Emily’s treatment five years ago, technology has advanced the procedure, which has now treated 200 pediatric patients in the United States. Doctors said the procedure has around a 90 percent success rate with an initial remission, and 55 to 60 percent of patients that underwent the treatment are now past one year of being cancer free.
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Sometime in the next several months, the Whiteheads will travel to Washington, D.C., for U.S. Food and Drug Administration hearings to help get Emily’s treatment approved. Novartis, a Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company, is attempting to bring the therapy to public market. The FDA has already accepted the company’s Biologics License Application filing and granted priority review for the therapy in relapsed and refractory pediatric and young adult patients with B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. “We’re very excited to be a part of this as it is on track to become the fastest FDA-approved pediatric cancer treatment to ever come to market,” Tom Whitehead said. “To think that just a few years ago, we were worried if we were going to have a daughter. Now, she’s become an inspiration for people to fight against their cancer, and she has proved that it can be defeated. And, because of her, others are beating it too. “During that hearing in Washington, D.C., there is a time slot for public comments and that is when I plan on speaking on Emily’s treatment and the impact it has had on our lives and so many others who came after Emily.” If the therapy receives FDA approval, Tom Whitehead said it could save the lives of thousands of children across the world. He said the therapy has worked to treat cancers such as the type of leukemia Emily was afflicted with, as well as other blood-related cancers. Ongoing research
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on the procedure may uncover other cancers it can also overtake. “There’s still a lot of research to be done,” he said. “The applications of this procedure could be even further reaching, and they may discover that it will be the basis for an overall cure for cancer. We can only hope.”
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In 2015, the Whiteheads officially established the Emily Whitehead Foundation, a nonprofit organization with a mission of raising awareness for pediatric cancer, as well as for raising funds to help grow the cancer-fighting T-cells. “It’s a very, very expensive procedure,” Tom said. “Even now, it’s all still new and this kind of work and technology costs a lot of money. We want to help as many people as we can, so of course, that means we need to help raise a lot of money. Every little bit helps.” The foundation also serves as a home base for the knowledge the Whitehead family has gained along the way. It has also created some important friendships. “We are an open door kind of foundation,” Tom said. “If someone has questions about T-cells, or the therapy or the recovery, or whatever, we want them to reach out to us. We want to talk about and share our experiences and help people fighting for their lives. That’s what we hope for to help save lives.” In its first year, the foundation raised more than $100,000, which was donated to grow more T-cells for cancer patients. In 2016, the foundation doubled its efforts and raised more than $200,000.
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LADY GAGA asked young cancer survivor Emily Whitehead to join her on stage during a recent performance. Lady Gaga was touched by Emily’s miraculous story. Recently, the Emily Whitehead Foundation was nominated by a California woman for the Patient Advocacy Award at the Life Sciences PA Annual Dinner. The foundation drew the nomination after the woman became cancer free because of the Whitehead family’s bravery, allowing their only daughter to undergo the experimental procedure. The foundation didn’t win the award; however, Tom said the organization was proud to be standing on stage alongside some “heavy hitters” in the medical community — Merck and Jefferson Health. “Although we didn’t win the award, we still were able to get up and spread awareness of our cause to some pretty big people in the medical community,” he said. “Sure our foundation wants to raise money, but it also wants to educate people about pediatric cancer so we can learn more about it, and find other ways to help fight it.”
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EMILY WHITEHEAD and her family have met several celebrities while traveling the country raising awareness for pediatric cancer. Pictured are the Whiteheads, Tom, Kari and daughter Emily, with actor Bradley Cooper. “We’re hoping to raise even more money this year,” Tom said. “We’d like to get to the point where we not only help with growing cells, but also with expenses families have with treatments, like going to and from appointments, accommodations and things like that. They have enough to worry about and shouldn’t have to be stressed over these kinds of things.” The foundation generates funding through donations, as well as the annual Tee Off for T-cells Golf Tournament, which will be held at the Philipsburg Elks Lodge and Country Club on Friday, July 14. A new event has been added to the foundation’s calendar with the inaugural Emily Whitehead Foundation Believe Ball, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28, at Valley Forge Casino Resort in King of Prussia. The event will bring together the children, families, physicians, researchers and others working to advance immunotherapy cancer research. Tom said it will be an evening of powerful stories, inspiration and hope. Closed Good Friday
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The Whiteheads continue to keep a busy schedule. Emily continues her studies at the Philipsburg-Osceola Middle School as a sixth-grader, while Tom is busy working as a lineman with PENELEC. Kari Whitehead works in research at Penn State University. “We’re never sitting still for very long,” Tom said. Tom and Kari, and sometimes Emily, travel the country speaking at events and advocating research for pediatric cancers. Their travels have taken them from the White House to sporting events all across the United States, and their many photographs with cancer patients and their families are a tribute to the hope the family has spread. Currently, a documentary film is being made about the Whiteheads’ journey and another silver screen producer has expressed interest in creating a docudrama about their experiences. “It’s all just so amazing where we are in our lives now,” Tom said. “We’re very fortunate to have Emily. She is going to be 12 years old in a few weeks and her life has been a miracle.”
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Barracks, from page 3 The land was purchased by, and the building will be constructed by, Hudson Companies of Hermitage, Pa. Gray explained the company won the bid, which was advertised by the state’s Department of General Services. Conklin told the Gazette that he was disturbed with how the entire process played out, including putting the property and the building construction up for bid and how decisions were made “behind closed doors.” “They said they couldn’t find a suitable location for a new facility,” said Conklin. “I don’t believe that at all. All they had to do was come to me and we could have found a place for it. I know we can. But instead, they kept me, and it seems like everyone else that should have been a part of it, out of the loop. “They knew I would have fought this tooth and nail, and I’m continuing to do that. I just hope we’re not to the point where it’s a done deal. But, unfortunately, I think it is.” Centre County Commissioner Steve Dershem echoed Conklin’s remarks following the April 11 Centre County Board of Commissioners meeting. He, too, said he was disappointed in the way the state handled the entire situation. “I feel for the people on that side of the mountain,” said Dershem. “They have a legitimate argument there concerning police coverage. We were never brought in and asked our opinion about the project, but instead, it seemed like they (PSP) just came in and said we’re going to do this without consulting anyone that it truly affects. “I truly feel bad for the people up there and that they have to deal with something like this.” The meeting was organized by longtime Philipsburg resident Nancy Snyder, who said she was disappointed with the way the evening went. “I feel like I wasted my time,” Snyder told the Gazette. “I feel this was a done deal before we even walked into that meeting. The state police were there to just humor us. It disgusts me that it happened like this, but what can we do now? It seems like the decision has already been made.” There have been no further public meetings set for this matter; however, Conklin, Corman and Dershem said
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PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE representative Joe Coval addressed the audience of an informational meeting organized by Philipsburg resident Nancy Snyder, standing in the background, about combining the forces of the Rockview and Philipsburg state police barracks under one roof at a new facility to be built in Benner Township. Coval said Philipsburgbased state police troopers “do not” want to transfer to a new barracks, stating they “are happy where they are.”
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they will continue to ask the proper questions at the local, state and federal levels concerning the proposed merger. “We’re not going to give up on this,” said Conklin. “We can’t.”
The plan will bring a 100-room addition that would be constructed directly onto the existing facility. The Wyndham Garden Hotel would also provide state-of-the-art dining and conference facilities, as well as indoor and outdoor swimming pools and panoramic mountain views of Mount Nittany on one side and Tussey Mountain on the other. Thomas said guest rooms would cost visitors between $105 and $135 per night. “Each of our guest rooms will offer a spectacular view of the mountains surrounding us,” said Thomas in a previous interview. “And, we feel we’ll have them at very, very competitive prices.” Thomas said all the work, and the wait, has been worth it. “Things are finally where we need them to be,” he said. “We’re right on schedule, and, it won’t take long once the construction starts. We’re looking to open by Sept. 1, 2018.”
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Opioid prescriptions help to fuel the crisis By The Dallas Morning News President Donald Trump held a “listening session” about opioids and drug abuse at the White House recently. The gathering included former addicts, parents of children who had overdosed, top federal officials and others. Trump vowed to make drug treatment more widely available — a worthwhile goal with bipartisan appeal. He also spoke of strengthening law enforcement and dismantling drug cartels. But there is a cheaper, low-risk tactic for curbing some opioid misuse that was neglected: changing doctors’ prescribing habits and better educating patients. A recent study found that for every 48 patients who receive an opioid prescription in the emergency room, one will likely become a long-term user. A more cautious approach to prescribing could save lives. Across the United States, health care professionals wrote 249 million prescriptions for opioid pain medicines in 2013. In 2015, about 22,000 Americans died after overdosing on some form of opioid drug, legal or illicit, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those deaths, 15,000 were attributed to prescription opioid overdoses. There is no medical explanation for the rise in opioid use. Sales of prescription opioids nearly quadrupled from 1999 to 2014, even though Americans don’t report having more pain now. Prescribing rates vary widely among states, even though health conditions don’t. The federal government — along with some states and professional associations — has produced extensive prescribing guidelines. Opioid medications are not the preferred option for managing chronic pain; doctors and patients should try other approaches first and carefully weigh risks before starting prescription opioids. For acute pain, such as after surgery, doctors should prescribe the lowest possible dose of opioid for the shortest duration. Pharmacists, patients and lawmakers have an important role. And the public can help, too. How do most people who misuse prescription pain medications get them? One large study showed that about half obtained them free from friends or relatives. So, if you have pain pills left over from surgery or dental work, drop them in the toilet. Really. These medications are so dangerous when misused that the FDA recommends flushing them down the sink or the toilet if you can’t find an official drug take-back event. That will keep everybody in your home — you and your friends, relatives, kids and pets — safe.
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Faculty could use a safe space too labus is “loophole proof” or we are One of the more recent college goners. “Wait if I was sick and didn’t controversies has been the demand call you in advance but asked but by some students for safe spaces on my mother gives me a note, will that campus. The term used to refer to be excused and can I make up that areas where marginalized groups in-class assignment?” “Did you read could go to openly discuss their exthe attendance policy?” The answer periences. Now these designated is usually no. spaces are being requested by stuI say, “It’s all outlined in dents so that if they feel in the syllabus.” Depending on danger of viewpoints that my response, there will be make them uncomfortline of students at the door able, they can go somewith that and similar exwhere that they feel safe. cuses. Other times, we look After a particularly bad for the “I’m going over your week in a really tough sehead” threat which means I mester, I’m requesting have to explain myself and safe spaces for faculty my decisions up the food members too. I think we chain until someone either need a space where facsupports me or I become too ulty members can go to weak to carry on and I crumvoice our concerns, exple in exhaustion. press our frustrations and After the syllabus, there feel safe from the treatare the actual course assignment that we sometimes Patty Kleban, ments. Every detail, every receive from students who writes for question, every process, — and by the parents of StateCollege.com, every expectation must be those students. is an instructor outlined (sometimes in two Qualifier: Most stu- at Penn State, or three places) so that when dents are wonderful mother of three the grades are turned back to young people who are and a community a student, you have covered eager to learn and who volunteer. She is a your proverbial back side. embrace both education Penn State alumna who lives with her “This doesn’t actually say and individual account- family in Patton it was due on this day” and ability on the way to Township. Her “I didn’t think you actually earning their degrees in views and opinions meant to use sub-headings college. Usually the par- do not necessarily ents of those students are reflect those of Penn and specific margins on the paper,” even though both the ones who thank us at State. were spelled out in writing commencement. and on the course website and I covThe majority of students don’t ered it in class. make me want to crawl into my of“I deserve a better grade than fice and close the door, with a “safe this” and “My father wants to talk to space” sign on the door. To the othyou about this paper” are becoming ers I say, please don’t come in if you increasingly more common. are going to be rude or disrespectful. At this point in the semester, It starts with the course syllabus. I’m looking for my blankie and my At the beginning of each course, we thumb and starting to crawl under have to spell out each and every demy desk. tail of each and every assignment, I recently heard from two sepacourse policy, opportunity for rerate families who thought my inforsources outside of the classroom and mation and decision related to their general university rules (e.g., please child was incorrect. One told me, don’t eat during class). Some call it “This is emphatically not a commuthe syllabus minutiae. My syllabus nication issue with father and daughfor a 100 level introduction to the ter,” when he learned his daughter major course is about seven pages was not graduating as he expected. long and spells out everything from Even though we had it documented how I will calculate grades to my atfrom two years ago that she would tendance policy. need another semester, it was clearly When students raise issues about a “dropped ball” on our end. (She the class, we are to direct them back later admitted to me in private that to the syllabus. Hopefully, that syl-
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she was afraid to tell him). Another parent angrily told me that “I’m paying for your services” when I explained that his son missed an important opportunity with a recruiter because he slept through the scheduled conference call. He’s paying for my services? If I have to take many calls like that, I’m going to ask him for a raise. In both situations, I happily passed on my department head’s email address and assured them he would love to hear from them. Last Friday, ironically only a week after I received a faculty appreciation award from the College of Health and Human Development Society, an incident with a student escalated to the point that I had to flag my boss down (who just happen to be walking by). The student was angry — threatening posture, not leaving when I asked him to. All because he didn’t think he earned the grade I that had assigned and wouldn’t take no for an answer. Thankfully, my boss was able to cool him down. I could not have ever imagined speaking to a teacher or instructor the way that student spoke to me last week. Sadly, the parental calls, the angry and entitled student and the kid who waits until the last minute (or doesn’t do the work at all) and realizes the consequences are becoming more common. The student who becomes angry with a faculty member (or who shares their anger with mom and dad who then call the faculty member) is becoming more common than it was even 10 years ago. Even better? We have the pleasure of having those same students complete a student rating of teaching evaluation (SRTEs) at the end of the semester and those scores are directly linked to our annual evaluations. College is supposed to be hard. It is not a guarantee. Faculty members work hard to set up fair and objective assignments that prepare students for jobs or grad school after college. Sometimes the process of following directions or due dates or including sub-headings are part of the learning objectives. Safe spaces for students? Faculty are soon going to need a space on campus to feel safe, too.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Experts: Water beats sports drinks for kids Penn State News HERSHEY — Many people associate playing sports with drinking sports drinks — in some cases because it’s what they see the professionals do. Problem is, most recreational athletes don’t play at an intensity or for a duration that would require their hydration to come with extra sugar and salt. “Sports drinks can replenish some of what you lost during exercise, but you really need to be exercising for more than 45 minutes to an hour before you would consider that,” said Dr. Matthew Silvis, director of primary care sports medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. “Many of our kids are not doing enough to warrant it.” In a nation with an epidemic of childhood obesity, having kids chug sports drinks loaded with extra sugar as they exercise is not recommended. “Kids and adolescents really should not be using these drinks,” said Dr. Katie Gloyer, a primary care sports medicine physician at Penn
State Medical Group in State College. “Water is the best method of hydration.” Young people who sip on sports drinks as a regular drink without physical activity also run the risk of weight gain and tooth decay from the added sugar. And then there are energy drinks, which some professional athletes use to boost performance and gain a competitive edge by providing them with caffeine and other stimulants to increase focus and prolong their attention span. Gloyer said she doesn’t even recommend those to the adult, professional athletes on teams she works with: “It’s better to improve your skills and conditioning, practice more and focus on better nutrition rather than look to these products.” For children and adolescents, energy drinks can be downright dangerous. The beverages, which are not regulated, can contain several servings of harmful products in one container and easily exceed the amount of caffeine and other stimulants that are considered to be safe. That can elevate blood pressure
and cause cardiac problems such as palpitations and arrhythmias, not to mention giving the user headaches, an upset stomach and a general jittery or nervous feeling. “You don’t want to feel those symptoms when you’re participating in a sport,” Gloyer said. Silvis said the focus really should be on water and making sure kids are properly hydrated during exercise. “If they are playing 30- or 45-minute halves, they should have a water break and maybe add fresh orange slices or a granola bar to add a bit of sugar and/or protein at an appropriate level,” he suggested. For post-workout recovery, plain old chocolate milk works just as well — if not better — than the fancy recovery drinks now on the market. Whole or low fat, it doesn’t matter. “Chocolate milk has the perfect combination of fat, proteins and carbohydrates that you want to get back into your system,” Silvis said. Of course, if the goal of exercise is weight loss, Silvis said water still reigns king: “Otherwise you can end up drinking more calories than you burned while exercising.”
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Aphasia may not solely be language disorder By JENNIFER MILLER Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Aphasia, a language disorder commonly diagnosed in stroke patients, may not be solely a language issue as traditionally believed, according to a Penn State study. The study adds to a growing body of research highlighting other cognitive functions affected by aphasia, and indicates that the consequences of brain damage in aphasia patients may be more extensive than originally thought. “The findings are significant because they can influence how patients with aphasia are treated to ensure a more complete recovery,” said Chaleece Sandberg, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders at Penn State and principal investigator of the study. “Aphasia is considered to be strictly a language deficit, but as a field we are starting to embrace the notion that language is not distinct from other functions, and that it is really integrated with many other functions,” Sandberg said.
The findings appeared in the February edition of Frontiers in Human Neuroscience. Aphasia is a communication disorder caused by damage to parts of the brain that control language, according to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. The most common cause of aphasia is stroke. Patients diagnosed with aphasia can have difficulty speaking and understanding spoken words as well as difficulty reading and writing. Sandberg’s study of adults with aphasia compared to same-age healthy adults indicates that issues may extend beyond language portions of the brain and therefore require additional intervention programs to ensure patients’ full recovery. Specifically, Sandberg studied resting-state fMRI data, meaning subjects were awake, but not performing any task. “Regions involved in hearing, vision, motor processing, attention and executive functions like organization and planning — even when at rest — are still all highly connected and talking to each other, forming distinct net-
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Tests can help quantify moral intuitions, empathy By MATT SWAYNE Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — When people scan the latest political headlines or watch a video from a war-ravaged land, they tend to feel snap ethical or moral responses first and reason through them later. Now a team of psychologists have developed new tests and mathematical models that help to capture and quantify those snap moral and empathetic judgments. In a series of studies that looked at people’s intuitive moral judgments and empathic responses, the researchers found that certain situations could trigger instant moral and empathetic assessments, even when they were directed to counteract those feelings. “The studies were really sparked by this big picture question: How do people morally react to the world around them?” said Daryl Cameron, who directs the Empathy and Moral Psychology Laboratory as an assistant professor of psychology and a research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, Penn State. “Although many theories focus on reasoning as an important part of moral life, within psychology in the past two decades, a lot of new theories have been developed that point to the central importance of intuitive reactions in our moral lives.” Cameron added that although much work remains, these measures for intuitive moral judgment and empathy could lead to tests to help criminologists and psychologists better understand pathological behavior. Cameron’s laboratory is currently extending the tasks to understand moral intuitions and empathy for pain in clinical and incarcerated populations. “In the case of criminal psychopaths, these are people who can tell you exactly what is morally right and wrong, but they often appear to lack these emotional intuitions that sustain ethically appropriate behavior,” said Cameron. “So, perhaps in the future, we can find a way to capture these immediate gut reactions and that could, in turn, help us learn how to predict who is going to behave in moral situations.” Victoria Spring, a graduate student in psychology who works with Cameron and a co-author on the empathy paper, said that the new test of empathy avoids self-report, which may be influenced by outside sources. “How do you know someone is feeling empathy? You could just ask them but they might be motivated to respond in a certain way because of what they think the researcher or society expects them to say,” said Spring. “Implicit measures, such as the pain identification task, let us measure empathy in a way that is inexpensive, quick and doesn’t rely on self-report.”
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The researchers, who released their findings on the study on moral judgment in a recent issue of Cognition, created an implicit task that measures moral judgment without self-report, called the moral categorization task. They recruited 444 people to take part in the study. As part of the task, participants see two words — a prime and a target — that flashed on a computer screen in quick succession. The first word, or prime, appeared for about 100 milliseconds — about as long as a blink of an eye — followed by a second word, or target word. The participant is asked to disregard the prime and
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make a moral judgment on whether the target word is wrong or neutral, or somewhere in between, in under a second. Morally wrong terms included “genocide,” “stealing” and “torture,” among others. “Whistling,” “leisure” and “passage” were among the morally neutral terms. “In the experiment, you’re being told to respond as fast as possible and not to respond to that first word,” said Cameron. “What we see, reliably across all the experiments, is that people show a priming effect. The moral content of that first word biases your judgment about the morality of the second word. So, if you see the word, ‘murder’ flash up really quickly, even though you’re told to ignore it, you’re then much more likely to mistakenly judge the target word — for example, ‘baking’ — as morally wrong. That affective intuition you have that a word is wrong bleeds over and you make a mistake in judgment.” The team found that automatic moral intuitions, as captured by the mathematical model, were reduced for people who rated higher on psychopathy and increased
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Outdoor enthusiasts often overlook skin protection Nearly half of all Americans participate in at least one outdoor activity each year, according to statistics from the Outdoor Foundation. And while many of those exercising outdoors take necessary precautions to reduce their risk for injury, they are not always as dedicated to skin protection. “It’s ironic that protecting exposed skin is overlooked by so many outdoor enthusiasts otherwise committed to their health and wellness,” said Brevard, Fla.-based dermatologist Dr. Richard C. Kirkpatrick.
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Mosquito bites are not just a nuisance; they are associated with dengue fever and the Zika, West Nile and Chikungunya viruses. Ward off itch, discomfort and more serious threats by avoiding standing water whenever possible, and dressing in loose long sleeves and pants. Use a DEET-free repellent, which can repel mosquitoes for up to eight hours. Look for one that also offers SPF sun protection, so you can pack light when you’re on the move.
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One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime, and men ages 15 to 39 are 55 percent more likely to die of melanoma than women in the same age group. A recent survey by Bullfrog Sunscreen found that while 85 percent of male outdoor sports enthusiasts ages 18 to 54 claim their prime motivation for engaging in outdoor sports is “health and wellness,” two in 10 respondents do not use sunscreen at all. Of the remaining 80 percent who said they do use sunscreen, 56 percent use it only occasionally. Those spending time outdoors should wear a hat and apply a broad-spectrum sunscreen 15 minutes before going outside, and then reapply at least every two hours or after swimming, sweating and immediately after towel drying. A breathable, sweat-resistant formula is ideal for tennis, golf and other land sports, while an advanced water-resistant formula should be used for swimming and other water sports. While the warmer months are a great time for all your favorite outdoor activities, from hiking to swimming to
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Poll: Young people say government should pay for health care By LAURIE KELLMAN and EMILY SWANSON Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Most young Americans want any health care overhaul under President Donald Trump to look a lot like the Affordable Care Act signed into law by his predecessor, President Barack Obama. But there’s one big exception: A majority of young Americans dislike “Obamacare’s” requirement that all Americans buy insurance or pay a fine. A GenForward poll says a majority of people ages 18 to 30 think the federal government should be responsible for making sure Americans have health insurance. It suggests most young Americans won’t be content with a law offering “access” to coverage, as Trump and Republicans in Congress proposed in doomed legislation they dropped March 24. Conducted Feb. 16 through March 6, before the collapse of the GOP bill, the poll shows that 63 percent of young Americans approve of the Obama-era health care law. It did not measure reactions to the Republican proposal. The most popular element of the law is allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ insurance until age 26, which is favored by 75 percent of 18- to 30-year-olds. It’s not just that they personally benefit — an Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll conducted in January found that provision was equally popular among all adults. That proposal was included in the failed GOP overhaul. But the Republican plan also contained provisions that most young Americans — the racially diverse electorate of the future — do not support, according to the poll. Two-thirds of young people agree with a smaller majority of Americans overall that the government should make sure people have health care coverage. And they understand that will cost more: Sixty-three percent want the government to increase spending to help people afford insurance. Those feelings cut across racial lines and include most whites, who formed the
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Spring Mills hosts annual memorial race By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
SPRING MILLS — About 50 people competed in the eighth annual Rodney Myers Memorial Run Around Egg Hill on April 9. The event is held in memory of Rodney Myers, a Penns Valley High School wrestler and an avid runner who often trained in the Spring Mills and Egg Hill areas. Myers passed away in 2005, and the race was established to honor his memory. Proceeds from this event are used to support the Penns Valley High School track and field and cross-country teams. According to race organizer Jodi Butler, about 50 male and female athletes, ranging in age from pre-teens to senior citizens, competed as individuals in six age groups. There were also relay classes for team participation. Butler, who is Myers’ daughter, noted that her daughter, 13-year-old Jadyn Butler, was running her first race that day. At 2:30 p.m., runners gathered at the starting line on Sinking Creek Road, just west of Spring Mills. The starting gun, a Civil War-era cannon, was fired by Jimmy Brown, from Hampton’s Battery F Civil War reenactment group. It produced a loud
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ABOUT 50 RUNNERS leave the starting line in Spring Mills for the eighth annual Rodney Myers Memorial Run Around Egg Hill on April 9. boom and a cloud of smoke, to begin the race. The race course took the runners on a 10-mile loop beginning on Sinking Creek Road in Spring Mills, then proceeding through the town to Upper Georges Valley Road, westward to Egg Hill
Road, past the historic Egg Hill Church, and then back to Sinking Creek Road to the finish line at the Old Gregg School Community Center. Butler said the race follows the exact route Myers used for marathon training. Fundraising raffles were held
in the Old Gregg School gymnasium. The top prizes were a Cannondale Quick 8 mountain bike, valued at $440 and donated by The Bicycle Shop in State College, and a three-month family membership to the Penns Valley YMCA. T-shirts also were sold.
Race results were tallied by the Dave Eggler, of the Nittany Valley Running Club. Winners and their times were: ■ First overall male, Geno Arthur, 22, Spring Mills, 56:33 ■ First overall female, Brianna Bair, 37, State College, 1:16:14 ■ Male, 20-29, Matthew Groves, 29, State College, 58:09 ■ Male, 30-39, Norb Baier, 30, Port Matilda,1:06:12 ■ Male, 40-49, Shundai Li, 43, Boalsburg, 1:03:15 ■ Male, 50-59, Patrick Singletary, 51, State College, 1:01:57 ■ Male, 60 and up, Tom Cali, 62, Woodward, 1:12:01 ■ Female, 19 and under, Anna Beaver, 16, Lemont, 1:36:51 ■ Female, 20-29, Rachel Nye, 20, Union City, 1:22:17 ■ Female, 30-39, Alexandria Housel, 36, Port Matilda, 1:23:07 ■ Female, 40-49, Sarah Farrant, 44, Boalsburg, 1:27:34 ■ Female, 50-59, Lynda Federinko, 53, Spring Mills, 1:26:51 ■ Overall team, male, Tall-nSmall, Bob Myers and Colin Davies, 1:11:14 ■ Female team, What The Hill, Jadyn Butler and Kelsey Hull, Grace Bressler, 1:32:21 ■ Mixed team, Annie Hall, Annie Klodd and Marvin Hall, 1:38:48 ■ Family, Team Krager, Deborah Battaglia and Charles Krager, 1:21:42
Take me out to the (very) old ball game By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
JACKSON TOWNSHIP — This time of year brings on an American rite of spring — the opening of baseball season, when teams from Little League, high school, college and the pros take to the field to delight fans of the national pastime. The game’s long and colorful history goes back at least to the early 1800s, and some say even the late 1700s. It is believed by historians that American baseball evolved from an English game known variously as base, base ball or rounders. And, yes, “base ball” was two words in the game’s early years. There is a group of folks who are keeping the history and customs of the game’s early years alive by hosting a vintage baseball game each year at Greenwood Furnace State Park in Huntingdon County. It’s a pickup game for anyone who wants to play, and the game is played by rules from circa 1868. This year’s game, held on April 8, was hosted and promoted by students of Penn State’s Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management events planning class.
Greenwood Furnace cultural educator Paul Fagley acted as judge (umpire) for the games, clad in 1860s garb, including a long black coat and an Abe Lincoln-like stovepipe hat. “We play by the rules and customs of the late 1860s, just before the first professional teams,” he said. “One big difference people notice is that the vintage game plays faster and more dynamically than today’s game. It was the live ball era, as the ball was in play almost all the time.” The ball itself was different too — a bit larger, softer and stitched differently than modern baseballs. The rules and terminology of vintage baseball are interesting, and some border on the bizarre by today’s standards. The hurler (pitcher) threw underhand pitches to the striker (batter) from his mound just 45 feet from home plate — 15 feet, 6 inches, less than today. The object was not to strike the batter out, but rather to deliver pitches that could easily be hit, thereby focusing the game on base running and fielding. Three strikes still got you out at the old ball game, but there Ball game, Page 16
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A “STRIKER,” or batter, steps up to home plate during a vintage baseball game played using 1868 rules at Greenwood Furnace State Park.
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Panel to address property tax reform Special to the Gazette
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“THE MISSSPELT YUTH,” with Pam Short, Mark Hayes and Martha Butler, took first place in the 18th annual Ron and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee on April 5.
STATE COLLEGE — Whether you own property or not, a bill scheduled to come up during this year’s legislative session will affect you, according to the American Association of University Women. A discussion about eliminating school property taxes is poised to take center stage in the Pennsylvania legislature. Senate Bill 76 proposes to eliminate property tax, increase sales and personal income taxes, and shift responsibility of school funding from local districts to the state. The AAUW State College Branch is sponsoring an informational panel discussion Saturday, April 29, to help the public learn more about issues involved with the proposed legislation. “AAUW is committed to sharing information about any issue that affects our education system and the youth in our local communities,” Mary Dupuis, co-chair of AAUW’s Public Policy Committee, said in a press release. Moderated by State College Area School District board member David Hutchinson, the panel will discuss Senate
Bill 76 and its possible effects on school districts, as well as state and local residents and businesses. Panelists will be Sue Spicka, Education Voters of Pennsylvania; Sean Crampsie, Pennsylvania School Boards Association; state Rep. Kerry Benninghoff, R-Bellefonte; and state Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Rush Township. The event will be held at the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau, 800 E. Park Ave., State College. The visitor center parking lot entrance is on Porter Road. Refreshments will be available at 9 a.m.; the panel discussion will start at 9:30 a.m. No reservations are required; the event is free and open to the public. “We encourage community members to attend this panel and take part in public discourse about a shift not only in tax sources for education, but also in oversight of school district funding,” Dupuis said. The American Association of University Women State College Branch is part of a nationwide network of about 1,000 branches that are dedicated to advancing equity for women and girls. For more information, visit www.aauwstatecollege. org.
Event to raise funds for PSU military students Special to the Gazette
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WORDSMITH KATIE O’TOOLE, left, consults with Amy Wilson, Mid-State Literacy Council executive director, during the 18th annual Ron and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee.
L-A-O-D-I-C-E-A-N winning word at spelling bee Special to the Gazette STATE COLLEGE — Mid-State Literacy Council supporters came together on April 5 for the 18th annual Ron and Mary Maxwell Community Spelling Bee, hosted by Foxdale Village. The bee raised funds for basic literacy and English language instruction programs offered by the council. Sponsored by local companies, spellers included 19 three-person teams, the highest number of teams participating to date. Spellers were provided with words by wordsmith Martha Kolln, and the three final teams made their way to a seventh round. Taking top honors at the bee was “The Missspelt Yuth” team, sponsored by Mass Mutual and the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County. The team included Pam Short, Mark Hayes and Martha Butler. The winning word was L-A-O-D-I-C-E-A-N, which means “lukewarm or indifferent, especially in religion, as were the early Christians of Laodicea.” Second-place finishers were “The Comm-Oddities,” sponsored by Galen Dreibelbis, and including Russell Frank, Mary Gage and Cindy Simmons. In third place were “The Three Spellateers,” sponsored by Hamilton Square Shopping Center, in memory of Donna Litke. The team included Hillary Appleman, Jen Delozier and Ed Strause. For more information, visit www.mid-stateliteracycouncil.org.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State Outreach and Online Education will host an event to raise funds for the Penn State World Campus Veterans Education and Advancement Fund from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday, April 30, at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center. The VEAF was created by Al Matyasovsky, retired program manager for the Penn State Physical Plant and best known for the Trash to Treasure program, and his wife, Sharon, to benefit active members of the United States military, veterans and immediate family members who are enrolled in classes through Penn State World Campus. Staff Sgt. Kevin J. Zedek said earning a degree was always his goal, but had been difficult throughout his U.S. Army career — especially after the events of Sept. 11, 2001. He said the operational tempo allowed little time for a personal life or education. “When I was assigned as an Army instructor, I began looking for a school to attend and Penn State had always been a dream of mine — learning online made it possible,” Zedek said in a press release. “After applying to Penn State World Campus, my adviser suggested I submit an application for a military scholarship. The money has helped me.” While serving in the U.S. Army, Sgt. 1st Class Jayson D. Price said he was reassigned and had to move twice while enrolled through Penn State World Campus. He was able to continue his studies online and earn an associate degree in information sciences and technology and is working on a bachelor’s degree in security risk analysis. “Earning degrees has helped me to advance my military career as a security manager and open new military positions,” Price said. “The military scholarship has assisted me by supporting the needs and requirements for each course I have completed, including the purchase of a desktop computer specifically designed for online education.” Matyasovsky said he and his wife started the VEAF with $20,000 in honor of their parents.
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“Both of our fathers are veterans and our mothers taught us about family and community responsibilities,” Matyasovsky said. “The fundraiser is about bringing the community together to support members of the military, both active duty and veterans, who have put themselves in harm’s way to preserve our way of life and to recognize the value of an education and a degree from Penn State.” The inaugural fundraising event will feature several speakers, including Penn State director of athletics Sandy Barbour and Sue Paterno, and Steve Jones as the emcee. There will be performances by the Penn State Glee Club and the Penn State School of Theatre. Tickets are $50 per person. To register for the event, contact Suzie Hassinger at (814) 863-8790 or outreachdevelopment@outreach.psu.edu. To donate to the Penn State World Campus VEAF, visit www.giveto.psu.edu/veaf.
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GREENWOOD FURNACE cultural educator Paul Fagley, dressed in 1860s clothing, served as “judge,” what is now known as the umpire, for a vintage baseball game in the park. Ball game, from page 14
were no called strikes. The striker had to actually swing at balls in the strike zone and miss, and foul balls were not considered strikes. Overrunning first base was not permitted. When a high fly ball, called a skyscraper, was hit, the fielders could catch it either on the fly or on the first bounce for an out. If the ball was caught on the bounce, runners could still advance until they were tagged out. Catches were made bare-handed, as mitts had not yet been invented. Ground balls were called daisy cutters, and a low fly ball was a daisy fly. The shortstop was called a roaming infielder. Scoring a run was called an ace, and after a striker stepped on home plate, which was made of cast iron, he had to ring a bell a few feet away, and yell “Tally me an ace!” He could still be tagged out between home plate and the bell. Runners didn’t get hurt sliding into the iron plate because sliding was not allowed. Arguing with the judge was called chafing, but the judge’s decisions were final. Games in those days were not limited to nine innings. The game ended when one team scored 21 aces. “The teams got so good at fielding that games sometimes went on for days,” said Fagley. The Greenwood Furnace game went on for about four innings, as most of the runners scored many aces, cheered on by a small crowd of spectators. Fagley commented on the huge appeal of baseball at all levels over its long history. “The game was so simple to play,” he said. “All you needed to play was a ball, a bat and an open field.” The old ball game was quite different 150 years ago, but its descendent, modern baseball, still retains its mass appeal to today’s citizens, bringing to mind the words of singer John Fogerty: “Oh, put me in, Coach — I’m ready to play today.”
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Parent programs increase student readiness for kindergarten By MARY ELLEN MILLER Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Kindergarten teachers report that of the 32 million children living in poverty or low-income homes in the United States, nearly half lack strong social-emotional skills and are not “ready to succeed in school,” according to the latest research brief released by the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center at Penn State and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. “Because children begin learning at home long before they enter a classroom, parents play a critical role in supporting early childhood learning and school readiness,” said Karen Bierman, Evan Pugh professor of psychology and human development and family studies and co-author of the report. “But, parents living in poverty, despite their love and devotion to their children, often don’t have the resources and support systems available to help them adequately prepare preschoolers for the social, emotion and academic demands of school.” Social-emotional skills include the ability to manage emotions, set and achieve goals, feel and show empathy for others, establish and maintain positive relationships, and make responsible decisions. The development of these skills in preschool combines with academic preparation to set the stage for school success. The second of a 10-part series on social and emotional learning, “Parent Engagement Practices Improve Outcomes for Preschool Children” provides strong evidence that parent engagement programs during the preschool years have the potential to close the school readiness gap and promote optimal development for all children. Parent engagement is the effort made by a parent, caregiver or family member to promote their child’s social-emotional, cognitive and physical development in partnership with schools, child-care programs and communities. The brief synthesizes a growing base of rigorous intervention studies with low-income parents and outlines the need to intensify strategic efforts to reduce disparities and improve outcomes for all children. It provides evidence of “what works” and support for the implementation of parent engagement programs and practices for educators, policymakers and other community leaders. Evidence-based parent engagement programs pro-
mote positive parenting practices that build strong parent-child relationships, provide parents with home learning activities and effective teaching strategies, encourage strong parent-teacher partnerships, and emphasize the importance of child nutrition and physical health. “We want all parents to have the opportunity to increase a child’s capacity for learning during the preschool years by building early attention, memory and problem-solving skills,” said Bierman. “When children are ready for kindergarten with strong language, thinking and self-management skills, it sets the stage for success in elementary school and beyond.”
Bass concert to pay tribute to Penn State professor Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — Current and alumni members of the School of Music’s double bass studio will present a concert in tribute to the Penn State career of distinguished professor Robert Nairn at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 15, in Esber Recital Hall. The bassists will be assisted by collaborative pianist Cecilia Sakong. Admission is free. Nairn teaches double bass, excerpt classes and bass ensembles, coaches chamber music and directs the University’s Baroque Ensemble. A native of Australia, he received his bachelor’s degree from the Canberra School of Music and a postgraduate diploma from the Berlin Musikhochschule, courtesy of a two-year DAAD German government scholarship. He has lived and worked in Germany, England, Australia and the United States. A specialist in historical performance, Nairn has served as principal bassist with Boston’s Handel and Haydn Society since 2003, and as principal of the Boston Early Music Festival. He has performed with Concerto Caledonia, the Aulos Ensemble, Rebel, the Washington Bach Consort, the English Baroque Soloists, Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. He also has performed regularly for eight years in London as a member of Florilegium.
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Student-run Cafe Laura gets rave review Penn State News
wonderful opportunity for our members to have a great lunch while also seeing the future of our industry at work and seeing what a terrific laboratory Cafe Laura is for young people to learn the business.” While serving such a large number of guests in a short period of time can be challenging for restaurant workers, Longstreet was impressed with students’ performance. “I was very pleased at how well students did in getting people through the line,” said Longstreet, who is also a member of the school’s Industry Advisory Board. Members also appreciated the menu selection, which included Mediterranean chicken, portabella ciabatta sandwiches, spicy lamb gyros, fried chicken wraps, pizza, minestrone soup and salads.
UNIVERSITY PARK — The Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association offered a rave review for Penn State hospitality management students who hosted a luncheon for the organization at Cafe Laura, the School of Hospitality Management’s “living lab” in Mateer Building. As part of the course “Food Production and Service Management,” students prepared and served lunch to roughly 100 PRLA members who were attending PRLA’s spring conference at the Nittany Lion Inn in April. “Cafe Laura was truly one of the highlights of the conference because the growth of young people into our business is vitally important,” said John Longstreet, president and CEO of PRLA. “This was a
“The quality of the foods, not only the made-to-order-salads, but also the hot foods and the pizza, got rave reviews from our members,” Longstreet said. “We attend banquet luncheons all of the time, so for our members to get a chance to experience Cafe Laura truly added a dimension to the conference that is going to be very memorable.” Longstreet also praised Donna Quadri-Felitti, Marvin Ashner Director of the School of Hospitality Management, and instructors J.P. Ranjeva and George Ruth for making the event a success.
While the event was unique, hospitality management students handle daily lunch operations for the on-campus restaurant. “Event planning and execution is part of our students’ curriculum,” Ranjeva said. “The PRLA experience was a good test of their planning, organization and teamwork skills. At the same time, organizing this private event was not that different from what the students do every week when catering to more than 140 clients for lunch at Cafe Laura.” Café Laura, Page 18
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STUDENTS PREPARE lunch in Cafe Laura for members of the Pennsylvania Restaurant and Lodging Association.
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BELLEFONTE ELKS Lodge No. 1094 recently installed officers for lodge year 2017-18. Pictured, front row, from left, are tiler Becky Rock, esquire J.P Gardner, exalted ruler Christopher Shuey, inner guard Janice Watson and trustee Richard Mulfinger. Back row, from left, are treasurer Steph Heverly, secretary Ed Evock and chaplain Jack Zimmerman. Café Laura, from page 17 Steve Rutkowski, who served as one of the restaurant managers for the event, appreciated the opportunity to host PRLA members. “It makes me feel good to know that I served leaders in the restaurant and lodging industry,” Rutkowski said. “People are the greatest asset to the hospitality
ST. JOSEPH’S students spent a day cleaning and organizing at the State College Food Bank. Pictured, from left, are Anna Griggs, Bella Bassett, Anna Henderson, Jordan Dawson, Ryan Peachey, Nathaniel Mellott, Leo Bomboy and Adam Kurtz.
industry, and their leadership is important to the overall service of others. I am very appreciative of this one-time experience.” Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, a Republican from Centre County, offered remarks at the luncheon. A Penn State alumnus, Corman said the PRLA event marked his first visit to Cafe Laura.
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ALYSSA SHARRAR, left, and Kaela Meyer, helped with spring cleanup outside at the Boal Mansion during the Salt & Light service project.
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BOALSBURG — On April 4, more than 160 students, faculty and volunteers from St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy spent the day volunteering for 11 nonprofit organizations in Centre County. The Salt & Light Serve-a-Thon was a school-wide event with the purpose of raising beneficial funds for St. Joe’s in a meaningful way, by serving others, according to a press release from the school. “Salt & Light provided students with the opportunity to put servant leadership into practice, applying what they have learned in the classroom and chapel in a practical, meaningful way,” said St. Joseph’s dean of students Malissa Martin, who organized the event for the school. “It also helped our students identify areas of need in our community and showed them how they can make a difference, for now and in the future.”
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Nonprofit organizations that benefited from students’ service hours included: Boal Mansion, Centre Peace, Centre Region Parks and Recreation, Housing Transitions, State College Meals on Wheels, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, Mount Nittany Conservancy, OLV Preschool, Schlow Centre Region Library, St. Vincent de Paul and State College Food Bank. “I left feeling more positive and focused on the important things in life,” said St. Joseph’s senior Anna Henderson, who spent the day cleaning and organizing at the State College Food Bank. “It felt amazing giving back to the community.” “Our organization is fueled by the hard work of volunteers, and the students from St. Joe’s contributed valuable time to help us strengthen operations to serve hungry families in our community,” said Carol Pioli, executive director of the State College Food Bank.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTRY CLUB www.mtviewcountryclub.com Pro: Jack Brennan, fifth season Course superintendent: Dave Williams, 18th season Driving range: Yes Practice putting green: Yes Short game practice green: Yes Holes: 18 Par: 71 Yardage: White tees 6,017; blue tees 6,280 Rating/slope: 69.7/127
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NITTANY COUNTRY CLUB www.nittanycc.net Pro: Scott Frey, eighth season Course superintendent: Jim Dobson Driving range: Yes Practice putting green: Yes Short game practice green: Yes Holes: Nine Par: 72 Yardage: 6,014 Rating/slope: 69.2/116 Fairways: Rye grass Greens: Bent grass/poa annua Sand bunkers: 21 Architect: Originally founded in 1895 as the Nittany Rod and Gun Club, it is the fifth-oldest golf club in Pennsylvania and the 79th oldest in the United States. Tee times: No (private) Fees: Various memberships for singles, families, youth golfers and non-resident members, who must reside more than 75 miles from the club and not reside in a county contiguous with Centre County, are available. Contact pro shop for prices. Phone: (814) 383-2611 Address: 110 Country Club Drive, Mingoville Hours: Pro shop, 8 a.m. to dusk (seasonal)
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Course superintendent: Rick Pagett, 11th season Driving range: Yes Practice putting green: Yes Short game practice green: Yes Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 7,228 Rating/slope: 72/128 Fairways: Bluegrass Greens: Bent grass Sand bunkers: 30-plus Architect: James G. Harrison Tee times: Yes Fees: Public — Monday-Thursday, $33 for 18 holes, $24 for nine holes; Friday-Sunday, $47 for 18 holes, $24 for nine holes. PSU staff/student/alumni — Monday-Thursday, $31 for 18 holes, $22 for nine holes; Friday-Sunday, $43 for 18 holes, $22 for nine holes. Cart rental per person — $18 for 18 holes, $10 for nine holes. Phone: (814) 865-4653 Address: 1523 W. College Ave., State College Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. White Course Pro: Joe Hughes, 17th season Driving range: Yes Practice putting green: Yes Short game practice green: Yes Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: 6,344 Rating/slope: 70.5/115 Fairways: Bluegrass Greens: Bent grass Sand bunkers: 40 Architect: Willie Park Jr. Tee times: Yes Fees: Public — Monday-Thursday, $28 for 18 holes, $21 for nine holes; Friday-Sunday, $37 for 18 holes; $21 for nine holes. PSU staff/alumni — MondayThursday, $26 for 18 holes, $19 for nine holes; Friday-Sunday, $34 for 18 holes, $19 for nine holes. PSU students — Monday-Thursday, $20 for 18 holes, $18 for nine holes; Friday-Sunday, $28 for 18 holes; $18 for nine holes. Cart rental per person — $18 for 18 holes, $10 for nine holes. Phone: (814) 865-4653 Address: 1523 W. College Ave., State College Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
SKYTOP MOUNTAIN GOLF CLUB www.skytopgolf.com Head golf professional: Jeremy Crawford, second season Course superintendent: Mike Stine, sixth season Driving range: Yes Practice putting green: Yes Short game practice green: Yes Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: Red, 4,593; green, 5,113; white, 5,809; blue, 6,467; black, 7,001 Rating/slope: 69.0/137 Fairways: Bent grass Greens: Bent grass Sand bunkers: 32 Tee times: Recommended Fees: Contact pro shop for golf specials/options. Individual golf memberships, $250-$950. Weekday peak, $21; weekend peak, $26. Cart fees — $17 for 18 holes; $10 for nine holes. Golf boards — $22 for 18 holes; $16 for nine holes. Phone: (814) 692-4249 Address: 350 Skytop Mountain Road, Port Matilda Hours: Monday-Friday, open 7:30 a.m.; weekends, open 7 a.m.
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Short game practice green: No Holes: 18 Par: 72 Yardage: Green, 4,499; red, 5,320; gold, 5,665; white, 6,378; blue, 6,756; black, 7,107 Rating/slope: Red, 72.2/125; gold, 69.3/129; white, 71.7/137, blue, 73.4/139, black, 74.8/140 Fairways: Creeping bent grass Greens: A4 bent grass Sand bunkers: 63 Architect: Edmund Ault Tee times: Recommended. Book 30 days in advance; book online for best rate. Fees: Full memberships, individual golf dues and additional family (spouse and children 21 and under), limited membership and senior golf dues. Contact pro shop. Phone: (814) 238-7600 Address: 1 Country Club Lane, State College Hours: Pro shop opens daily 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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Lawn & Garden
APRIL 13-19, 2017
The Avid Gardener: Adding to the spring palette LORA GAUSS
“All gardening is landscape painting.” — Alexander Pope
Not all artwork is meant for public display. I own a beach-inspired painting of grasses that hangs discretely in my garden shed, created during a paint-and-sip event with friends. A glass of merlot may have decreased any social Avid gardener awkwardness, but Lora Gauss lives in it certainly did not Philipsburg. Email make me Georgia her at community@ centrecountygazette. O’Keefe. To me, gardening com. is a different story. No matter what level of expertise a gardener may have, with tenacity and patience there are always small victories that add to competence and boost confidence. Cumulative knowledge helps so much, and it is with that in mind that I share a variety of gardening-related tips to add to your palette. They can be found in more detail on a site called SavvyGardening. com where, according to its four highly accomplished authors, “fresh gardening voices come together to revel in the charms and fascinations of the horticulture world.” The four contributors are Amy Andrychowicz, a writer and blogger; Jessica Walliser, a horticulturist, author and bug lover (also a Penn State graduate); Niki Jabbour, an award-winning author and edibles expert; and Tara Nolan, a garden
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According to Nolan, certain flowers can be planted to attract beneficial insects that will, in turn, help control bad insect populations (for example, ladybugs can control aphid infestations), rather than using pesticides. This idea was brought home after Nolan toured the Jardin le Tournesol, Quebec City’s largest and oldest community garden in Canada. There, she saw veggie gardens outlined with marigolds, which she says help to deter whiteflies and keep nasty nematodes away from crops such as broccoli and cabbage. Other plant assistants she advocates are garlic, to fend off Japanese beetles and aphids, and dill and borage around tomatoes to repel hornworms. Orange nasturtiums also help protect squash and cucumbers. Adding the following plants also helps in this regard, as well as to attract pollinators: milkweed, bachelor’s buttons, anise hyssop, lemon balm, coreopsis and amaranth.
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SPORTS
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State High boys aim to get offense untracked By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
scores were the turning point in the game. After a closely played period with HH holding a 1-0 lead, Scott Eberle roped in a 15yard shot from the left wing with 33 seconds left to give the Trojans a 2-0 lead. Twenty-six seconds later, Mark Sickler drove into the middle of the SC defense and scored Hershey’s third goal from pointblank range. It was a play that seemed to drain the confidence out of the Little Lion team.
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STATE COLLEGE — Coming into the April 10 meeting with Mid-Penn rival Hershey, the State College boys’ lacrosse team was well aware of the Trojan’s ability to put the ball into the goal. What the young Little Lions were perhaps less prepared for was Hershey’s ferocious play on the defensive end of the field. The Trojans scored two goals in the final 33 seconds of the first period, took a five-goal lead by halftime, and then steadily pulled away in an 11-0 conference victory over State College. And all the while, they turned away every rally and every shot the State College offense was able to generate. The SC team is now 3-4 and will next visit North Allegheny on Saturday, April 15, and Chambersburg on Tuesday, April 18. The next home game is against Palmyra on Thursday, April 20. Hershey’s late first-period
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STATE HIGH’S Ryan Franks (5) and teammates found little room to operate against Hershey’s defense April 10.
“We were doing fine defensively and were generating some shots,” State College coach Jeff King said. “One hit the pipe and should have been a goal, and then the complexion of the game changes. With a young team that we have — at times we have three ninth-graders on the field — they’ve got to figure that out as we go. Did they get game experience? Yes. Did it leave a bad taste in their mouth? Yes.” State High, Page 24
MEDLAR MATCHUP
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PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA teammates Payton Guelich, left, and Carter Fischer will continue their golf careers together at Penn State-Altoona.
P-O golf stars headed to PSU-Altoona By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
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THE BELLEFONTE and State High baseball teams squared off at Medlar Field on April 8, with the Red Raiders edging the Little Lions 7-6. It was a triumphant return for the Raiders to Medlar, the scene of their PIAA state championship win last spring. The Lions’ Christian Friberg (21), top photo, takes a pitch in front of Bellefonte catcher Colton Burd. The Red Raiders enjoyed the view from the dugout.
PHILIPSBURG — Philipsburg-Osceola golfers Carter Fischer and Payton Guelich are graduating and moving on this spring, but they will be teammates again in 2017. Moving up is actually a better description, because the two highly successful four-year Mountie lettermen have both signed on to play collegiate golf at Penn State Altoona. They will be the first Philipsburg-Osceola golfers to play college-level golf for more than 30 years. The last two were Michael Czap (1985), who played at Clarion, and Rob Harpster (1986), who played at Penn State. And with a list of accomplishments
long enough to almost fill a page, the two will also be sorely missed by the P-O team. “Those guys were the meat and potatoes of our golf team last year,” P-O coach Jordan Albright said. “Payton was our best ball striker last year. His swing was the most fundamentally sound in terms of an analysis part of things. “Carter’s strengths were his overall short game. He and Payton were both very long off the tee; they could hit it a country mile. But when it came down to scoring, it was Carter’s short game.” Both Fischer and Guelich were fouryear starters for P-O. Fischer was a Mountain League All Star in 2014, 2015 and P-O golf, Page 29
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Bellefonte softball at 5-1 after busy week By ZACH SEYKO sports@centrecountygazette.com
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THE LITTLE LIONS’ Greg Manno (35) takes off down the field against Hershey on April 10. State High, from page 23 The State College offense actually started very quickly. Brady Dorner, Connor McDonough and Matt Kunes all had early shots on goal but each was denied by Hershey goalie Jacob Fahnestock. At the 10:20 mark, Hershey’s Warren Zeiders scored the game’s first goal from the left side to give HH a 1-0 lead. Dorner responded almost immediately with a shot, which was denied, and then the teams battled evenly until Eberle’s goal gave all the momentum to Hershey. “What we tried to work on is staying within ourselves and not forcing it,” Hershey coach John Schein said. “Be patient, and don’t force the ball. Every defense will get tired after a while, and it will come to you eventually.” Hershey quickly blunted any State College plans to come back in the second quarter. Adam Paymer had a good chance in the first minute, which was saved by SC goalie Mike Hraba, but then Nick Rizzo came right back with a goal at the 9:25 mark that made it 4-0. Nate Wilson was next, again within the last minute of the quarter, after taking a perfect pass from Sickler to give Hershey a
5-0 lead going into the locker rooms. “They (Hershey) are talented,” King said, “but our offense didn’t help us any. We didn’t move the ball. Our guys didn’t move the ball and we didn’t move off the ball.” The woes continued for SC into the second half. Goals in the third quarter by Frankie Collins and Sickler made it 7-0, and then Hershey added four more in the final frame to set the final score at 11-0. All told for Hershey, Sickler scored three goals and had two assists, while Collins, Zeiders and Eberle each scored two. State College did manage to get off 16 shots — eight on goal — but they all were turned away by the Hershey defenders. “We have to find a way to get some movement on offense and get some goals from our midfielders,” King said. “With three games a week so far, we haven’t had much time to actually get things installed, but we have some time to teach now. “I mean, they (Hershey) are a good team. Nothing to be said, but I don’t think that score is indicative. We come out and we get some goals, it’s a whole different game. We have some talent out here; it’s just young.”
BELLEFONTE — Down 3-1 in the bottom of the fifth on April 10, Bellefonte Area High School softball was in a tough spot after struggling at the plate early on and surrendering a home run to Huntingdon first baseman Clare Alexander. Led by starting pitcher Tara Baney, Bellefonte battled its way through a twoout rally and completed a 7-4 comeback win over the Bearcats with a six-run fifth inning. Baney, a senior, logged a complete game and finished the afternoon with eight strikeouts. Bellefonte now stands at 5-1 on the season, after a busy week that also included wins over Tyrone and Juniata and a loss to Conemaugh Valley. “There is no question that Tara is the leader of our team,” Bellefonte head coach Fred Caldwell said. “She is the one that keeps the girls together and keeps their heads in the game.” It was a pitchers’ duel out of the gate, as Baney and her counterpart Amanda Norris dealt three scoreless innings. After jumping out to a 2-1 lead in the fourth with the help of some Bellefonte miscues, Alexander poured it on with a towering, no-doubter homerun over the center-field fence, ultimately silencing the Bellefonte dugout. While the home run was a huge blow, Baney was able to stay composed in the circle and rally her teammates to stage an impressive comeback. “Never give up when you’re behind be-
cause you can always come back. Just tell yourself to settle down,” Baney said. “I have my great team behind me. They’re all skilled in everything that they do, and their energy fuels my energy, too.” The tides turned in the bottom of the fifth when shortstop Alexis Wetzler reached base on a fielder’s choice. Baney drew a walk, giving the Lady Red Raiders two base runners, but with two outs. Third baseman Rianna Trexler finally got to Norris and hit a sharp grounder right back up the middle to score Wetzler, cutting the Bearcat lead to 3-2. In the next at-bat, center fielder Angela Capparelle blooped a single onto the edge of the right field grass, allowing Baney to score after a throwing error by Huntingdon. With the game tied, the Raider bench was rowdy, as momentum was on their side. Back-to-back RBI singles to center field from designated player Jaelyn Smith and first baseman Lissi Przybys extended Bellefonte’s lead to 7-3. Caldwell was pleased with his lineup’s production because of the team’s ability to create offense anywhere in the order. “A lot of our production came from our younger players,” Caldwell said. “They did a great job today.” Huntingdon would not go down quietly, posting another run in the top of the sixth to pull within three. But Baney was too dominant for the Bearcats, striking out the first two hitters in the seventh and ending the game on 1-3 putout with quick reactions after the ball was hit right back to her.
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With Reid out, happy returns in question By MIKE POORMAN StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — John Reid, the cornerback, is going to be sidelined for quite a while with a knee injury. So is John Reid the punt returner. That would be the same John Reid who was far and away Penn State’s leading punt returner in 2016. Was. Of Penn State’s 30 punt returns last season, Reid had 22 of them — averaging 7.5 yards per return, ranking 39th in the country, with a best of 59 yards. Only the departed Gregg Garrity Jr., with four for 32 yards, also had more than one punt return in 2016. The injury suffered in spring practice explains why Reid was not with the group of five that was fielding punts from Blake Gillikin and Danny Pasquariello at the end of Penn State’s practice April 5. That quintet included redshirt juniors DeAndre Thompkins, Josh McPhearson and Mark Allen, as well as newly minted first-semester freshmen Lamont Wade and K.J. Hamler. Thompkins was Penn State’s primary punt returner in 2015, with 23 returns for an average of 7.7 yards and a long of 58 yards. But he also lost four fumbles that season. He had only lone punt return in 2016, for 2 yards. Allen had five returns in 2015, none in 2016. So, it looks like the job is up for grabs. Again.
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At the start of spring drills, Penn State head coach James Franklin was excited by the return game potential of McPhearson, Penn State’s 2016 scout team special teams player of the year. Speedy and effervescent, he is the brother of cornerback Zech McPhearson. He’s battled back quickly from knee surgery and could catch on. “Josh is moving from wide receiver to running back, and I would add that we’re really looking at him being a return specialist,” Franklin said in early March. “That’s one of the reasons for moving him to running back; the ball security and things like that. We are really hoping Josh can factor in and compete as a kick returner and a punt returner. He’s a dynamic guy when he gets the ball in his hands, so we’re going to give him an opportunity there.” With Reid out, opportunity abounds. And with Reid out, the Nittany Lions’ seemingly endless search for a consistent — and consistently successful — punt returner continues. Reid and the reliably tough Jesse Della Valle (35 returns for an 8.1-yard average in 2013-14) notwithstanding, that search has been ongoing since Derrick Williams left Penn State after the 2008 season. Williams was the last Nittany Lion to return a punt for a touchdown. We are talking bona fide punt returns taken to the house. (So, the blocked punts recovered in the end zone for a touchdown by Michael Yancich vs. Ohio State in Beaver Stadium in 2012, and by Jaime Van Fleet vs. Indiana at FedEx Field in 2010, don’t count.)
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JOHN REID, Penn State’s top punt returner in 2016, suffered a knee injury in spring practice. The Nittany Lions must find another answer at a position that has given them trouble for years. A WILL, A WAY
Williams’ last score came in the seventh game of the 2008 season, on Oct. 11 in Beaver Stadium, when he returned a punt by Wisconsin’s Brad Nortman 63 yards for a touchdown in Penn State’s 48-7 victory over the Badgers. It was his fifth kick return for a TD at Penn State — three punts, two kickoffs — and the most by a Joe Paterno-coached player. Since then, there has been a PR-for-TD drought at PSU. It’s been eight and a half seasons, 109 games and 244 returns — fair catches, corner kicks and wave-offs are non-counters — since the Nittany Lions’ special teams
last scored on a punt return. In this case, special may be a misnomer. Not that it’s easy, even for Williams. Here’s how the four Wisconsin punts went before Williams went 63 yards for that score in 2008: 1. Williams fumbled the punt, recovered it and lost 2 yards. 2. Downed by the Badgers at the PSU 15, no attempt at a return. 3. Williams fair catch. 4. Williams fair catch. Reid, Page 26
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34 AND COUNTING ...
Filling Williams’ shoes hasn’t been easy, either. From Drew Astorino to Graham Zug and everyone in between (including Jordan Norwood, whose 61-yard punt return for Denver against Carolina is a Super Bowl record), 34 Nittany Lions have been credited with a punt return. The list includes a Van and a Von. Two Browns, one White and a Golden. A Lynch and a Lynn (but no linchpin). But no big stars, Moye or less. Specifically, the return men have been: Astorino, Brad Bars, Cam Brown, Justin Brown, Curtis Cothran, Andrew Dailey, Della Valle, Koa Farmer, Garrity, Malik Golden, Grant Haley, Gerald Hodges, Mike Hull, Juwan Johnson, Shawney Kersey, Evan Lewis, Akeel Lynch, D’Anton Lynn, Derek Moye, Norwood, Amani Oruwariye, Brandon Polk, Chaz Powell (who returned two kickoffs for TDs, in the 2010 and ‘11 season openers), Reid, Evan Royster, Anthony Scirrotto, Nick Scott, Devon Smith, DeAndre Thompkins, Van Fleet, Von Walker, Nyeem Wartman-White, Yancich and Zug. So, how tough is it to return a punt, anyway? In 2016, of the 128 FBS football teams, 56 different players on 46 teams returned a punt for a TD. Four Big Ten teams did it last season — Michigan and Maryland both with two, Iowa and Rutgers each with one. Maryland has had six punt returns for TDs over the past three seasons. The national leaders in 2016? Alabama and Texas A&M, both with four. Franklin is no novice to the punt return game. In three years at Vandy, his teams returned two punts and one kickoff for touchdowns, and also scored on a blocked
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punt. The Commodores averaged 6.3 yards (2011), 10.5 yards (2012) and 3.8 yards (2013) per punt return under Franklin. During the past three seasons under Franklin, Penn State has averaged 6.8 yards (2014), 7.1 yards (2015) and 6.5 yards (2016) per punt return. The Nittany Lions were ranked No. 94 nationally, while Reid was No. 39 among individuals. Earlier in the spring, Franklin added Phil Galiano to his staff as a defensive consultant. Galiano was the special teams coach at Rutgers in 2015. In that season, the Scarlet Knights returned one punt and three kickoffs for touchdowns — all in the person of Janarion Grant. Galiano also spent two seasons as special teams coordinator with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In those two seasons, the Bucs did not return a kick or punt for a TD. They did average 9.0 and 11.2 yards per punt return, and 20.3 and 23.9 yards per kick return.
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On April 5, in light of the presence of the youthful and mostly untested — other than Thompkins — punt returners snagging fly balls, I asked Franklin how much he trusts freshmen returning punts. His response, in two parts, resulted in a three-minute and 29-second clinic on the art and science of the PR game. Punt returning, Franklin said, comprises three special skills: ■ Making things happen “You have guys that are dynamic with the ball in their hands. That usually is something that you either have or you don’t. You can either have that as a freshman or as a senior — you’re just a dynamic guy, you’re the guy that when you touch the ball everybody in the stadium is excited to see what you’re going to do.” ■ Making good decisions “The ball is kicked short and it’s in traffic: Do you drive
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up in there and catch the ball,, or do you drive up in there and get everybody away from the ball so it doesn’t hit the ground and go off of the back of someone’s legs? When to fair catch, when not to when you’re backed up into your own territory and you’re catching the ball inside the 10yard line or out.” ■ Making yourself heard “That’s like screaming out to get the guys away from a short punt, all those types of things. So that’s where the experience really counts.” According to Franklin, a punt returner needs to be the best of all worlds. “You can have a dynamic guy, but he better be a great decision-maker as well, because if you fumble a punt, that’s been a huge swing of field position. We’re good with it, but they have to show us that they’re going to consistently catch the ball and that they’re going to make great decisions and be able to communicate. And that’s usually the hard thing. “If you look at most high-school returners, especially with punt returns, they very rarely ever catch the ball in the air. It’s not usually punted very well and it bounces and they’ve still got space. Returning punts in high school and returning punts in college are two completely different things.” Another part of the punt-returning conundrum is how you know if someone is good at it, since Penn State — like most teams — rarely goes live, 11-on-11 in practicing punt returns. There’s too much of a chance of injury (ironic, huh, since Reid is now hurt). As Franklin put it, “... If you’re going to go live with your quarterback and go live with your punt returner (in practice), I just don’t know if the risk-reward there makes enough sense. ... It’s a hard thing to do because you usually don’t go live special teams very much. “That’s the other thing that I probably didn’t mention: It takes a special guy to stand there when 21 guys are running at you and you’ve got to look up and find a ball and that the guys are going to block for you and trust that no one is going to cheap shot you. That takes a special guy.” No hitting and miss. Franklin asked, “How do you rep that in practice when they know (that) they’re probably never going to get hit in practice? As much as we possibly can, (we) do punt return drills where it’s full unit. The other issues you have are you mix and match. .... It’s no different than teachers, where it’s ‘part, part, whole.’ “So, we’re trying to break it down and do some coverage drills where it’s not all 11 or all 21 guys out there. It’s maybe eight guys and he still has to be able to catch the ball, and those (coverage) guys have to break down and tag off and things like that.” But, having said all that, the bottom line for Franklin is that finding a great punt returner is still a crap shoot. “I hate to say it,” Franklin admitted, “but it’s almost like you don’t really know until that first game.”
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For Gesicki and Lions, time for next step By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Mike Gesicki addressed the media over an in-and-out conference call connection April 11, but the message was crystal clear: The senior is back to finish what he started. “There were a few aspects that played into me coming back. One, first and foremost, was the guys that we had coming back for another year,” Gesicki said. “We have a bunch of guys back that are veteran guys, we’re an older team now and we have a chance for success that we’ve been shooting for, for a few years now. “I didn’t want to see that opportunity pass by. There are some big steps to improve my game and make my game better, as well.” It’s an honest answer for the Penn State tight end who has seen just about everything during his time in State College. After a career year in 2016, it was undoubtedly tempting to see what the NFL had to offer, but for all of his improvements Gesicki knows that he isn’t a finished product just yet.
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The improvements are small but meaningful — increased speed and yards after catch, breaking tackles, becoming a better blocker. Little things, but the difference between great and elite. In many respects, that’s the same challenge that faces Penn State as a team. The Nittany Lions were not far off from beating USC and were, perhaps, a healthy Brandon Bell away from doing so. Earlier in the season, Penn State was simply not the same team and nearly beat Pitt in spite of that. Against Michigan, it’s hard to imagine a path to victory, but playing by and large without any meaningful names at linebacker made that game largely a forgone conclusion. So, in 2017, Penn State — like Gesicki — doesn’t have to do much different, just improve in the details. For the New Jersey native it might even be as simple as staying at the same weight all year long. “There was a lot going on to help improve my strength,” Gesicki said of his winter workouts. “There was a time during the season when I dropped down. I started the season at 252 (pounds), then I’d drop
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P-O baseball hits bumps after quick start By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
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PHILIPSBURG — The Philipsburg-Osceola baseball team’s fast start has suddenly hit some speed bumps. After breaking out 3-0 to begin the season, the Mounties suffered their first setback April 10 in a 10-5 loss at Mountain League rival Central. The next day, P-O was looking to pick up a win and quickly put the Central loss behind it when Tyrone came into Philipsburg for another league contest. Trouble was, the Golden Eagles were not very cooperative. Playing what head coach Kevin Soellner said was its best overall game of the season, Tyrone scored three seventh-inning insurance runs and left Philipsburg with a convincing 7-2 victory. Catcher Cory Lehman had four hits and drove in two runs for the Eagles, while pitcher Micah Womer, in his first outing of the season, threw a complete game seven-hitter and came away with the win. “That was our best performance with staying in the game,� Soellner said. “We’ve given away a lot of outs in the last couple games with our fielding, but it was our best today. That was Micah’s first pitching of the season and it was big. He’s a sophomore and he was great. “We kind of squared up with the ball and we found some holes in the last inning there, and that was obviously Lehman’s best game. He’s a sophomore also. It was nice. Our baseball IQ is not where it needs to be, but we’ll get there.�
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TREY SHAW drove in Philipsburg-Osceola’s only two runs April 11, as the Mounties fell 7-2 to Tyrone. Tyrone had P-O scrambling from behind for most of the day. The Eagles scored the first run of the game in the top of the second inning when Brett Robison knocked in Lehman with an RBI double for a 1-0 lead.
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The Mounties had their only scoring rally — and plated their only runs — in the bottom of the third. Landon McDonald was hit by a pitch, Logan Williamson singled, and then, with the bases loaded and one out, Trey Shaw doubled to left-center field to score two runs. It was P-O’s only lead of the day, and it was short-lived. In the top of the fourth, Tyrone scored three runs after a double by third baseman Kevin Lehner, an RBI single by Lehman, a single by Hunter Jackson, and an RBI groundout by Womer. The third run scored on a first-and-third steal play, with Jackson scoring ahead of the throw by P-O’s Josh Earnest. The Mounties put three runners on base in their half of the fourth inning, but two fielder’s choice grounders and a fly-out to center ended the threat without a run. After that, Womer retired nine of the last 10 batters he faced to close out his first win. “I thought we hit the ball well,� Philipsburg coach Doug Sankey said. “Micah (Martin) hit one in the gap, Logan (Williamson), Landon (McDonald), but that’s just the way it is. Their center fielder is a heck of a player. He’s got a lot of speed, and they just backed him up toward the warning track and he just ran them down. We just didn’t
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PAT ROTHDEUTSCH/For the Gazette
P-O’S CARTER FISCHER was a Mountain League All Star in 2014, 2015 and 2016, and he won the Mountain League Championship in 2015. P-O golf, from page 23
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DAVID GOODWIN departs Penn State with career records in points (128), assists (84) and games played (147).
Penn State hockey finishes No. 8 in polls By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State hockey’s historic season will add one more notable moment to its long list, as the Nittany Lions finished No.8 in both major polls, up three spots from No. 11 weeks earlier in the USCHO.com and USA Today rankings. The Nittany Lions ended the 2016-17 campaign with a 25-12-2 record and a Big Ten Tournament title, as well as a firstround victory over Union in the NCAA tournament. Penn State fell 6-3 to eventuGesicki, from page 27 down to 240; I’d get sick sometimes, so trying to build my weight up. I got it up to about 258 pounds (this winter), which was big for me, and I was able to run and jump and do everything at a high level.” For the team, it could be as simple as
al national champion Denver in the second round. Of the teams ranked in the final polls, Penn State is second highest in the Big Ten coming just behind Minnesota (No. 7) and ahead of Ohio State (No. 14) and Wisconsin (No. 17). Future Big Ten member Notre Dame finished the year at No. 5 after a Frozen Four appearance. Penn State broke or tied 65 program records, including most wins (25), points (425), goals (160), goals per game (4.10), assists (265), shots (1,719) and shots per game (44.1) in a season. third- down conversions. The Nittany Lions ranked 118th nationally in that category. Penn State and Gesicki both enter the summer hoping to take the next step, and for both it will come down to the little things. And, if they do that, the B1G things will take care of themselves.
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2016, and he won the Mountain League Championship in 2015. He also was the runner-up in the DuBois Invitational in 2015, the 2015 sectionals runner-up, and was a 2015 state qualifier. In 2016, he won the sectionals championship and was a bronze medal winner in the D-6 championships. In 2016, he averaged an impressive 77.8 strokes per round. Guelich wasn’t far behind, and in 2016 he won the Wildcat Invitational and was the runner-up in the Happy Valley Invitational. He averaged 78.6 strokes per round.
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“I played pretty well most of the year,” Guelich said. “I won at the Wildcat and was second at the State College Invitational. In the post-season I played well at districts and made it to the regionals. I think it started off pretty well, but I think toward the end I could have played better.” For Fischer, as it is for most top-level performers, there was always room for improvement. “I didn’t really post the numbers I was looking for toward the end of the season and going into regionals. I played fairly well toward the mid-term and on, so I’m pretty proud of what we’ve been able to accomplish.” Individual records aside, the two led the P-O team to some pretty impressive additions to its resume. The Mounties were Mountain League champions in 2015 and 2016, District 6 champions in 2016 and a PIAA State Championship qualifier in 2016 (they finished sixth). In 2016, the team also won the Wildcat Invitational, Happy Valley Invitational, DuBois Invitational and the sectional championships. “It was the last go-around, and you want to make it the best,” Fischer said about the 2016 season. “I don’t think we could have played any better than in our last home match, when we shot 298. Payton shot 68, and I shot 69. It was incredi-
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P-O’S PAYTON GUELICH won the Wildcat Invitational and was the runner-up in the Happy Valley Invitational in 2016. ble. It was our Senior Night, so it was definitely cool to shoot 3 under par between the two of us.” Now it is off to Penn State-Altoona, where they will be teammates again. “I wanted to stay local,” Fischer said. “I had a couple different offers, but the ultimate goal was to stay local to where I was far enough but not far enough. (Altoona coach) Tom Koehle and my dad have been friends since way back when, so it was something I was comfortable making a decision for. Payton and I both liked the campus, and it will be nice for the both of us.” Guelich and Fischer are aiming high off the course as well. Guelich will major in either industrial engineering or business and Fischer will go into business and finance management. “It (P-O golf) was a beautiful experience to have,” Fischer said. “A lot of laughs, maybe a couple tears, but it was definitely something I am proud of being a part of.”
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CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
600 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall Good Friday cantata: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday children’s school: 9 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday breakfast and service: 9:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., April 16 Easter egg hunt: Noon, April 16
851 Science Park Road, State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., April 16 Free Easter Sunday breakfast: 9:15 a.m., April 16
COYLER COMMUNITY CHURCH
3596 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills Resurrection Sunday: 9 a.m., April 16
GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH
105 Coyler Road, Centre Hall Easter sunrise service: 7 a.m., April 16
EMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH 206 S. Burrowes St., State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 6 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 9 a.m., April 16
FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH 647 Valley Vista Drive, State College Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 7 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., April 16
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter sunrise service: 7:30 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 10:00 a.m., April 16
GRACE LUTHERAN CHURCH FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday meal and communion: 6:15 p.m., April 13, at Milesburg Presbyterian Church Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter celebration service: 11 a.m., April 16
FREEDOM LIFE CHURCH 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg Good Friday: 6 p.m., April 14 Bellefonte Easter egg hunt: 1 p.m., April 15 Easter Sunday: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., April 16
GATESBURG LUTHERAN CHURCH 1924 W. Gatesburg Road, Warriors Mark Easter Sunday: 8:45 a.m., April 16
GOOD SHEPHERD CATHOLIC CHURCH 867 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda Holy Thursday liturgy: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 2 p.m., April 14 Easter vigil: 8:30 p.m., April 15 Easter Sunday: 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., April 16
Join us for Holy Week April 12 “Faith Proclaimed through Song” – 4 pm Guest Speakers; 5:15 pm Meal; 6:15 pm Guest Speakers; 7:05 pm Brass Chorales; 7:30 pm Free Concert April 13 Maundy Thursday Service 7:30 pm April 14 Good Friday (Tenebrae) Service 7:30 pm April 16 Sunrise Worship with Holy Communion 6:30 am Easter Breakfast 7:30 am Worship with Holy Communion 8 am Festival Worship with Holy Communion 9 am Festival Worship with Holy Communion 10:30 am Casual, Alternative Worship w/Holy Communion 6 pm
The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County
205 S. Garner St., State College Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7:30 p.m., April 14 Easter sunrise service: 6:30 a.m., April 16
GRAYS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 5687 Buffalo Run Road, Port Matilda Easter sunrise service and breakfast: 7 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 9 a.m., April 16
HOWARD UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 144 W. Main St., Howard Easter Sunday: 10 a.m., April 16
MOUNT PLEASANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Hoover Lane, Port Matilda Easter Sunday: 10:15 a.m., April 16
OAKWOOD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 1865 Waddle Drive, State College Traditional Easter service: 8:30 a.m., April 11 Contemporary Easter service: 11:15 a.m., April 11 Traditional Easter service: 8:30 a.m., April 16 Contemporary Easter service: 11:15 a.m., April 16
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PARK FOREST VILLAGE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
STATE COLLEGE EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
1833 Park Forest Ave., State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter sunrise service and breakfast: 7 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 9:15 a.m., April 16
1243 Blue Course Drive, State College Easter potluck brunch: 9:30 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m., April 16
PINE HALL LUTHERAN CHURCH
ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH 120 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 7:30 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7:30 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 7:45 a.m., April 16
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN CHURCH
1760 W. College Ave., State College Easter sunrise service: 6:30 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m., April 16
216 N. McAllister St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 6:30 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7:30 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 6:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., April 16
PLEASANT GAP UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 179 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter sunrise service at St. Mark Lutheran: 6:15 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 8:15 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., April 16
PORT MATILDA UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST CATHOLIC CHURCH 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte Holy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 1 p.m. and 7 p.m., April 14 Holy Saturday: 8:30 p.m., April 15 Easter Sunday: 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m., April 16
ST. JOHN’S UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST 145 W. Linn St., Bellefonte Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m., April 16
207 S. Main St., Port Matilda Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 8:45 a.m., April 16
ST. LUKE LUTHERAN CHURCH
RESURRECTION ORTHODOX PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
301 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall Easter Sunday: 7 a.m. and 10:30 a.m., April 16
2280 Commercial Blvd., State College Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., April 16
ST. MARK LUTHERAN CHURCH
Foster and Fraser streets, State College Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: Noon, April 14 Easter vigil: 8 p.m., April 15 Easter Sunday: 8 a.m., April 16
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday community worship: Noon, April 14 Easter Sunday: 9:30 a.m., April 16
TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH Trinity Lane, Woodward Easter sunrise service and breakfast: 6:30 a.m., April 16
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST FELLOWSHIP OF CENTRE COUNTY 780 Waupelani Drive Extension, State College Easter Sunday: 10 a.m., April 16
ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH
277 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills Maundy Thursday: 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 10:45 a.m. and 7 p.m., April 14 Holy Saturday: 8:30 p.m., April 15 Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m., April 16
501 Main St., Coburn Easter Sunday: 9:15 a.m., April 16 Easter egg hunt: 10 a.m., April 16
104 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m., April 16
116 S. Spring St., Bellefonte Easter Sunday at Bellefonte Middle School: 10 a.m., April 16
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN CHURCH
ST. JAMES UNITED METHODIST
TRINITY UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
WATERMARKE CHURCH
850 Snydertown Road, Howard Easter sunrise service: 6:30 a.m., April 16 Easter breakfast: 8 a.m., April 16 Easter Sunday: 9 a.m., April 16
ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
2221 N. Oak Lane, State College Maundy Thursday: Noon and 7 p.m., April 13 Good Friday: 7 p.m., April 14 Easter Sunday: 8:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., April 16
105 Old Boalsburg Road, Boalsburg Easter Sunday: 10:15 a.m., April 16
ST. PAUL’S UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 250 E. College Ave., State College Easter sunrise service: 6:30 a.m., April 16 Traditional Easter service: 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m., April 16 Contemporary Easter service: 10:45 a.m., April 16
SPRING CREEK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Mary and Mulberry streets, Lemont Easter Sunday: 10:45 a.m., April 16
Holy Week and Easter at St. Andrew’s Maundy Thursday 7:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Washing of Feet, and Stripping Altar (childcare available upon request)
Good Friday Noon Good Friday Liturgy (childcare available upon request) 3:00 p.m. Stations of the Cross for Children and All Ages 7:00 p.m. Movie: The Greatest Story Ever Told (Refreshments at 6:30 p.m.)
Great Vigil of Easter with Reception following 8:00 p.m. Saturday (childcare available upon request)
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Student services, not arms, key to school safety By JESSICA DIRSMITH, MEGAN HUTCHINSON and MEGAN RUNION School safety is of utmost importance to parents, educators and to the community as a whole. In fact, bullying and cyber-bullying prevention efforts, school climate initiatives, bias and discrimination prevention and trauma-informed care are common topics of conversation in the realm of education at the local, state and national levels. These are all factors that contribute to a school climate where all students feel welcomed, supported and safe, both physically and emotionally. Talking about school safety without mentioning school shootings is difficult. Although even one school homicide is too many, an event that affects an average of 8.58 schools out of 119,000 means that the average school can expect a student-perpetrated homicide about once every 13,870 years, according to Dewey Cornell, a leading school violence researcher. Creating and sustaining a welcoming and safe school environment is a common focus of many district strategic plans across Pennsylvania. Effective plans address violence in all forms, from confronting cyber-bullying to responding to a physical threat. Focusing on prevention and allocating resources appropriately and strategically is a starting point within the context of our current local and national educational climate.
PREVENTION
Unfortunately, some of the more commonly utilized security measures in our schools, including zero-tolerance discipline and student profiling, have little support from the research field. Alternatively, initiatives that are oriented around systematic prevention and intervention through problem-solving approaches hold promise for creating positive and safe school cultures and climates that decrease the likelihood of violence in
schools. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified four key components to target for youth violence prevention: ■ Educating and involving parents and families ■ Home visiting ■ Mentoring ■ Teaching and reinforcing social and conflict resolution skills In schools, practices that are in place throughout an entire school building or district that establish behavioral expectations and focus on behavioral education are becoming common practice in Pennsylvania and across the country. Parents and educators alike are encouraged to ask if their schools are implementing schoolwide positive behavioral interventions and support to improve emotional and behavioral outcomes for students. Parents and educators can find more information at the state website www. papbs.org.
this model of training, which focuses on specific sequences of activities when responding to a crisis: ■ Prevent and prepare for psychological trauma. ■ Reaffirm physical health and perceptions of safety. ■ Evaluate risk of trauma. ■ Provide interventions. ■ Respond to psychological needs. ■ Examine the effectiveness of the crisis response plan. This model is one example of a framework that focuses on prevention, evaluation of risk, coordinating resources, and interventions and evaluation. These major tenants are considered best practices in keeping our students safe in schools. To adequately respond to the needs of students in our schools when it comes to both physical and psychological safety, increasing and sustaining the number of mental health professionals is of the utmost importance. It is especially important to maintain supports for students at high risk of initial or repeated violence, which requires an increase of trained support professionals including school counselors, social workers, school psychologists and resource officers. School efforts also can be maintained through partnerships with communities and families when all stakeholders are working toward building a public health infrastructure for youth violence prevention.
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An integral part of comprehensive school safety plans are crisis response plans. Many schools are beginning to implement threat assessment policies and procedures that help to hold schools accountable for the identification and assessment of potential threats or risks to students and/or staff. Crisis response plans can include coordination with the local police force, practice drills and dissemination of information to staff and families. Locally, school staff are trained by police officers to use a common approach to responding to a threat in schools: evacuate, escape and evade. Additionally, some school crisis response teams are trained in approaches such as “PREPaRE.” The National Association of School Psychologists provides
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Despite what we know to be effective, there remains a significant gap between best practice and what is currently being implemented and thought to be effective by important stakeholders in reducing school violence. In fact, in February, state Sen. Don White, R-Indiana, introduced Senate Bill 383 giving school boards the authority to permit trained educators the right to carry firearms in schools. There is no evidence that arming school personnel improves school safety. Research supports that educators bringing weapons to schools would likely decrease school safety. A 2015 study found that target shooting accuracy amongst police officers is 75 to 88 percent at 3 to 15 feet, only 28 to 38 percent accurate at 18 to 45 feet, and less than 15 percent accurate at 60 or more feet away. Additionally, other studies note that when placed in a stressful situation, accuracy rates drop dramatically. Even if educators were to complete similar training as police officers as White has proposed, it remains likely that their accuracy would be consistent with, if not less precise, than that of trained law enforcers. The Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania continuously provides opportunities for additional training on best practices in school safety. These training sessions generally are geared toward educators, but are open to the public as well. The ASPP recently wrote to White urging him to steer his efforts in another direction.
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How to go about reducing school violence is an emotionally and politically charged issue, precisely because it is one in which most can find common ground at a fundamental level. Although we agree that violence in our communities and schools has an extremely negative impact on our children and society as a whole, we cannot be reactionary in our approach to keeping children safe. Our funding, allocation of resources and focus should be influenced by trained mental health professionals and the research on school violence that has been conducted since the tragedy at Columbine. Summaries of the research on keeping schools safe exist and are authored by more than 183 professional organizations and 200 scholars. Arming educators is absent from the summary of recommended practices, which is signed by the National Association of School Resource Officers. Funding needs to be directed to school-based mental health services as well as to community and school-based mental health personnel who can implement comprehensive mental and behavioral health supports and interventions. It is recommended that school-community partnerships are created and maintained to enhance safety for students outside of schools, where most youth violence occurs. Also, communication systems within the school district and with community responders should be reviewed and tested on a regular basis. As community members, ask questions and become familiar with best practices in school safety, school violence prevention and mental health services for children and adolescents so that you can be a well-informed advocate for children. Megan Hutchinson is a school psychologist with the State College Area School District. Megan Runion is a graduate student in the school psychology program at Penn State. Jessica Dirsmith is a school psychologist for the SCASD and teaches for the school psychology program at Penn State.
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ASPP’s letter stated: “We strongly support and advocate for any efforts that promote school and pupil safety. We ask that you adequately fund school-based mental health services and authorize additional funding to increase community and school-based mental health personnel who can implement comprehensive mental and behavioral health supports and interventions.” Additional staff will allow schools to more adequately promote mental wellness, crisis prevention, crisis intervention and crisis response, and provide early intervention services for at-risk children and youth. Pennsylvania’s schools already employ school psychologists who, with lower psychologist-to-pupil ratios, may more adequately support mental and behavioral health and contribute to creating school environments that promote school safety and learning. The ASPP also has formed an opposition statement to White’s bill, stating, “Our organization’s Executive Board has voted unanimously to oppose SB383. It is anticipated that other state mental health professional organizations will be following suit.”
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Discussion, tour to focus on Pulitzer Prize Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State University Libraries will present a “Learn at Lunch” panel discussion on the Pulitzer Prize at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 17, in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, on the University Park campus. Five panelists will focus the hour-long discussion on the prestigious Pulitzer Prize, its centennial celebration and the exhibit “100 Years of the Pulitzer: Celebrating Our Humanity.” Following the discussion, the panelists will guide a tour of the exhibit in the Diversity Studies Room, located on the second floor of Pattee Library. The “Learn at Lunch” talk and docent tour are free and open to the public; walk-in guests are welcome. All of the panelists are affiliated with the University Libraries and include: Jeff Knapp, Larry and Ellen Foster communications librarian; Jose Guerrero, diversity resident librarian; Alia Gant, diversity resident librarian; Pembroke Childs, information resources and services support specialist; and Nonny Schlotzhauer, acting head, Social Sciences Library. The docent tour following the discussion will provide a review of the “100 Years of the Pulitzer” exhibit materials, which include more than 50 Pulitzer-winning display items. The exhibit showcases a range of Pulitzer recipients, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama for the Broadway hit “Hamilton,” and lesser-known works and authors. Laura Elizabeth Richards and Maude Howe Elliott, who were jointly awarded a 1917 Pulitzer for their biography of their mother, Julia Ward Howe — abolitionist, suffragist and writer of “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” — are among the early winners the exhibit highlights. Knapp, who first initiated the University Libraries’ involvement in the Pulitzer centennial celebration, helped curate the University Libraries’ “100 Years of the Pulitzer: Celebrating Our Humanity” exhibit and solely curated the “100 Years of the Pulitzer: Celebrating a Pennsylvania Journalist” exhibit. For the “Learn at Lunch” presentation, Knapp will talk about the history of this prestigious award for journalism and the arts, as well as provide a brief overview of Joseph Pulitzer, the Hungarian-American newspaper magnate who founded the prize. In 2012, panelist Schlotzhauer served as a jurist for the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction and will share his experience on the Pulitzer selection process and how the nominating juries and Pulitzer Prize board determines winners. The Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction was first awarded in 1962, and is one of seven awarded in the areas of letters, drama and music. Guerrero, another curator of the “100 Years of the Pulitzer: Celebrating Our Humanity” exhibit, will shed
light on Pulitzer Prize winners who have been historically excluded from prize consideration. Jazz musician Duke Ellington was passed over for a special Pulitzer award in 1965 due to the terms of the music award at that particular time. Ellington was finally honored posthumously with a special citation for his life’s work. Childs curated the libraries’ Music Media Center companion exhibit, “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Musicality,” which highlights Pulitzer winners for music and award-winning scores and recordings in the libraries’ collections. She will expand on her process of selecting materials that showcase Pulitzer winners who have significantly impacted American art and culture and championed the cause of social equality and democracy. Gant, who also served as a curator for the “100 Years of the Pulitzer: Celebrating Our Humanity” exhibit, will focus her portion of the Pulitzer discussion on an overview of Omeka, an open-source web-publishing platform. Gant will share her thoughts and best practices on using Omeka to manage web content, collections information and archival digital records. “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Humanity” is available for viewing through Wednesday, Aug. 30, and the complementary exhibit, “100 Years of the Pulitzers: Celebrating Our Musicality,” will be on display through Sunday, May 7. Operating hours for Pattee Library vary
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AROUND & IN TOWN Doan to perform ‘Drifting,’ There’s a bit more to ‘Boss a new play in development Baby’ than you might think By STEPHANIE SWINDLE
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UNIVERSITY PARK — “I could no longer stop anything. Not the vehicle she had been driving, nor her slow, endless leave-taking as we watched her body fold in on itself. We were drifting,” described Bill Doan, professor of theater and ADRI embedded researcher, about “Drifting.” “Drifting,” a solo performance co-created by Doan and Andrew Belser, director of the Arts and Design Research Incubator, will preview at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20, in the Pavilion Theatre. The play is based on Doan’s experience coming to terms with his sister’s traumatic brain injury and death, in his art and life. Doan originally debuted a different version of the play in September 2015 at the Dixon Place Theatre in New York City and the Penn State Hershey Medical Center that served as a springboard for discussions about the ethics surrounding end-of-life decisions. The new iteration revisits the life of Doan’s sister and the role that time plays in what and how one remembers. “This version of the play is more about her life than her condition,” explained Doan, who has removed the hospital bed and other actors from the stage, creating a space with Doan, his sister’s voice (voiced by the actress Megan Pickrell, who played his sister in the first version), and a screen that features a montage of home movie footage from childhood, drawings from Doan’s developing graphic novel of the story and archival cinematic footage.
Good news, everyone: “The Boss Baby” isn’t as bad as the advertising makes it seem. Frankly, it would be hard to be that bad. I was expecting 97 minutes of painful, lowbrow baby jokes mixed with tired corporate stereotypes left over from the ’80s. Some people thought the movie might be redeemed with political satire, since Alec Baldwin voices the Boss Baby and he has recently taken to playing America’s most iconic boss, but this movie was completed long before any Trump jokes could be worked in. No, the movie has to rely on other ideas to redeem itself, and a few of them actually succeed. A few. Seven-year-old Tim Templeton (Miles Bakshi) lives an idyllic life with his parents (Lisa Kudrow and Jimmy Kimmel), but his world gets turned upside down with the arrival of his little brother, the otherwise-unnamed Boss Baby. Immediately, something seems off about the newborn. Some of it is just baby stuff that Tim has to learn to accept, but some of it is strange even by baby standards. He arrives unaccompanied in a taxi, he keeps the family awake all night, he wears a suit (fortunately the necktie is just a fabrication, more on that later), he takes the parents’ attention away from Tim and he’s a spy from a corporation that supplies all the babies in the world. There’s a surprisingly intricate plot to this movie, but basically the Boss Baby is an adult with the body of a baby who was sent to Earth to stop evil puppy manufacturer Francis Francis (Steve Buscemi) from unleashing the world’s cutest puppy to the masses. Supposedly, adults will love the puppy more than babies, and this will lead to the depletion of the human race. Boss Baby doesn’t have much luck recruiting other
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WILLIAM J. DOAN, Penn State professor of theater, will preview “Drifting” at 5:30 p.m. April 20 in the Pavilion Theatre. Doan will perform the new version, still in development, in advance of his premiere in New York City on Thursday, May 18, at the Royal Family Performing Arts Space. Doan will begin a three-year term as director of the Penn State School of Theatre on Saturday, July 1. The Arts & Design Research Incubator provides support for high-impact arts and design research projects. All events are free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://adri. psu.edu or call (814) 863-5126. Connect with the ADRI at www.facebook.com/ PennStateADRI.
babies for the mission, but Tim is willing, provided Boss Baby goes back to BabyCorp afterward and lets him have his parents all to himself again. Adventure, hijinks, bonding and life lessons ensue. Almost everything that happens in the movie is ridiculous, and the reason is that it’s a story being told by an adult version of Tim (Tobey Maguire). It’s established that Tim has an overactive imagination, hence the obvious embellishment. But the movie makes you think that it’s taking one approach to the narrative when it’s actually taking another, and I liked the first one more. The “real” version negates the whole story and it basically means that all the growing and learning that Tim does throughout the movie doesn’t count. But at least it means that the parents didn’t do frightfully irresponsible things like give the baby a necktie (I never could get past that detail). I was really dreading the humor of “The Boss Baby,” and make no mistake, there are a lot of dumb gross-out gags. But about five minutes in, I laughed at something. And then again at 10 minutes. And then maybe at a creative action sequence around the 15- to 20-minute mark. The movie’s strength is that it goes for so many types of gags and at such frequency that something is bound to work. If you can enjoy the baby humor, that’s great, but there’s also wordplay, pratfalls, deadpan, jokes for adults that will go over kids’ heads and, when all else fails, Elvis. There’s a little something for everybody in “The Boss Baby,” but I have to emphasize “a little.” This movie probably isn’t worth seeking out if you have no interest in it. ★★ out of five. “The Boss Baby” is rated PG for some mild rude humor. Its running time is 97 minutes. Contact Bob Garver at rrg251@nyu.edu.
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novels. With the new books, Anne Hillerman develops the character Bernardino Manuelito into a full law enforcement officer. Hillerman, who is based in Santa Fe, N.M., has recently published her third ANNE HILLERMAN novel, “Song of the Lion.” She also has published eight nonfiction books about the Southwest.
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AROUND & IN TOWN WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, ATTN: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Book workshop — AAUW’s Used Book Workshop is open 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 176 Technology Drive in Boalsburg Technology Park, through March 18. During workshop hours, book donations may be made directly to the “AAUW Deliveries” door; blue donation bins are available at the driveway entrance for days the workshop is not open. Visit www.aauwstatecollege.org/booksale/ location.htm or call (814) 466-6041. Children’s activity — Literacy-enriching activities for toddlers featuring books and music are held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A story time featuring songs, rhymes, finger plays and crafts for kids ages 2 to 5 is held 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Performance — Visitors are welcome to view the Nittany Knights practice at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Support group — The Bellefonte chapter of the Compassionate Friends Support Group, for bereaved families and friends following the death of a child, holds a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 353-4526 or mherb162@gmail.com. Children’s activity — Children can improve reading skills by reading with Faolin, a trained therapy dog, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Register for 20-minute sessions by calling (814) 355-1516 or visiting the library. Support group — A drug and alcohol support meeting for families struggling with loved ones’ addictions is held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Watermarke Church, 116 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 571-1240. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www. statecollegesunriserotary.org. Children’s activity — “Book Babies,” featuring interactive singing, reading and movement for babies 1 and younger, meets at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A pre-K story time featuring developmentally appropriate stories, songs and rhymes is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A story time featuring related activities and interaction with peers for preschool-aged
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children is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Meetings — The Nittany Baptist Church holds master’s clubs for children ages 3 to 11 and small groups for teens and adults at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, 3939 S. Atherton St, State College. Visit www. nittanybaptist.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. Healing circle — A healing circle will be held from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 111 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Contact Beth Whitman at beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com or (814) 883-0957. Meeting — The Nittany Mineralogical Society meets at 6:45 p.m. for a social hour and 7:45 p.m. for the main program the third Wednesday of each month, except June, July and December, in Penn State’s Earth and Engineering Science Building. All are welcome to attend; parents must supervise minors. Visit www.nittanymineral.org. Thrift shop — The State College Woman’s Club Thrift Shop will be having “Open Thursdays” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 902 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 238-2322. Meeting — The Hooks and Needles Club for knitters meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A Lego club exploring block play and other activities that address topics in science, technology, engineering, art and math is held at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe, 208 W. Foster Ave., State College. Children’s activity — Activities and presentations for children in grades kindergarten through sixth are held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The State College Toastmasters meet from 6 to 8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Mission Critical Partners, 690 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit www.statecollegetoastmasters.toastmasters clubs.org. Meeting — PARSE meets at noon on the third Thursday of each month, except for June, July and August, at Hoss’s, 1459 N. Atherton St., State College. Meeting — Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at Freedom Life Church,113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Registration is not required and individuals are welcome to join at any time. Email restorationCR@freedomlife.tv or call (814)5711240. Pet adoption — Nittany Beagle Rescue holds an adoption event from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 692-4369. Pet adoption — A kitten and cat adoption event is held from 2 to 8:30 p.m. every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 238-4758. Community sing — Rise Up Singing, a community singing group, meets from 4 to 6 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the State College Friends Meeting, 611 E. Prospect St., State College.
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Adult program — Free financial planning reviews are being offered by Trinity Wealth Group from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays in April and May at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 574-3209. Exhibition — “Unraveling the Threads of History,” featuring examples of 19th-century samplers from Centre County and afar, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, through Sept. 24, at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave. Visit www.centrehistory.org.
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Support group — A diabetes support group led by a certified diabetes educator will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. in Conference Rooms 1 and 2, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College.
FRIDAY, APRIL 14
Children’s activity — An egg hunt will be held at 9:30 a.m. in the community garden behind the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children should bring their own baskets or bags. After the hunt, the library community room will show the movie “Sing” at 11 a.m.
SATURDAY, APRIL 15
Children’s activity — A yoga class geared toward elementary-aged children, featuring stories, games, breath work, relaxation techniques, a craft and yoga postures, will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. No yoga experience necessary and all materials will be provided. Register at the circulation desk or call (814) 355-1516.
MONDAY, APRIL 17
Support group — A cancer survivors support group will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Pink Zone Resource Center, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. All persons touched by cancer are welcome for this open discussion. Call (814) 238-6220. Movie — “Singin’ In the Rain,” part of the Monday Movie Series, will be shown at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. General admission is $5, with a $1.50 ticketing fee. Call (814) 2720606 or visit www.thestatetheatre.org. Activity — Knit Wits, a social group open to those who are beginners or experienced with crocheting and knitting, will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg.
TUESDAY, APRIL 18
Presentation — “A Joint Venture,” a presentation on hip or knee replacement, will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. in Conference Room 1, 2 or 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Val Coakley at vcoakley@mountnittany.org or (814) 278-4810 Family activity — Family fun night, 5:30-7 p.m., Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Features many types and levels of games and activities for families.
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Children’s activity — A “block party” for babies and toddlers accompanied by adults will be held from 11 a.m. to noon at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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MVEDP obtains site for new commerce park By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com
PHILIPSBURG — The Moshannon Valley Economic Development Partnership now owns the former Philipsburg Area Hospital property located in Rush Township, officials announced recently. The partnership closed on the acquisition March 27, said Rusty Christoff, president of the partnership. “We purchased the property from the state’s taxpayers for the appraised price of $150,000,” Christoff said. “The staff worked closely with officials of the Pennsylvania Department of General Services to get the deal closed. The official name of the site is now the Philipsburg Area Commerce Park.” “Ever since we first learned three years ago that there might be an opportunity to buy the property, the partnership wanted to add the site to our inventory of readyto-go sites,” said Stan LaFuria, executive director of the partnership. LaFuria credited the work of state Sen. Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, and Alan Walker, former secretary of the state Department of Community and Economic Development. They were able to get the Department of General Services to budget the money for the demolition of the hospital buildings, he said. Once the buildings were down and the site cleared, it was state Rep. Scott Conklin, D-State College, who steered the
project through General Services, LaFuria said. According to LaFuria, the partnership has taken on a $117,395 loan, with a 15year term, through the Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority for the purchase of the property. “The attractiveness of the state loan funding is the patience that they allow with the repayment,” he said. “No payment is due for two years, and then for years three through five, only interest is owed each month. This program gives the local economic development organization some time to find a buyer for the land in the Commerce Park.” The Philipsburg Area Commerce Park is 14.79 acres. A buyer can purchase a 1-acre lot or the entire site. The site is served by all infrastructure, including natural gas. Rush Township has zoned the site commercial/office. The site continues to have the Keystone Opportunity Zone designation, which offers added incentive for buyers interested in the site. “The partnership still has four lots remaining to sell in our Moshannon Valley Regional Business Park,” said LaFuria. “Those four lots total only 11 acres, so we knew that we needed to start looking for other properties. Without sites, it is much more difficult to assist existing businesses with their projects and to attract outside business to the area. “We are very fortunate at the partnership to have two multi-tenant buildings,
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THE MOSHANNON VALLEY Economic Development Partnership closed March 27 on the purchase of the former Philipsburg Area Hospital property in Rush Township. a business park site, a revolving loan fund program, and now the new Philipsburg Area Commerce Park that we can use to
Fasta & Ravioli Co. donates to libraries By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
Fasta & Ravioli Co. founder Bob Ricketts is the son of a professor and a teacher and learned at an early age how important reading is to education. Supporting literacy efforts has been a part of the company’s involvement in the local community since Fasta & Ravioli Co. was founded by Ricketts, a Penn State graduate, in 2009. Continuing that support, the company is partnering with Schlow Centre Region Library and Centre County Library, as well as the Dauphin County Library System, for National Library Week, which started April 9 and runs through Saturday, April 15. The company will donate $1 for each pound of fresh pasta sold, with the proceeds from each retail location going to its nearest library. “Everyone has a local library, so giving to libraries is a way to give to everyone,” Ricketts said.
Fasta & Ravioli has retail locations at 129 S. Fraser St. in State College and 157 W. College Ave. in Pleasant Gap, and is at the Boalsburg Farmers’ Market every Tuesday. The company also has a location at Broad Street Market in Harrisburg. Previous literacy support efforts have included a partnership with Altrusa of Centre County for a fundraiser benefiting State College Area School District’s Community Education literacy endowment. “Partnering with libraries was a natural evolution of our philanthropy around literacy,” said Jay Meashey, director of marketing. “Libraries reach everyone in the county and they’re a good partner here in Centre County, in Dauphin County where we’ve expanded to and wherever we go in the future. It’s a consistent way to give back to the communities that support us.” In coordination with the library systems, books will be on display at all Fasta & Ravioli Co. locations throughout the month.
help stimulate new private investment in the Philipsburg/Moshannon Valley region.”
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DEED TRANSFERS The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County recorder of deeds, Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information.
RECORDED MARCH 20-24 BELLEFONTE
Carolyn K. Temperine to Etta E. Barnes, 121 E. Burnside St., Bellefonte, $1. Tim Fortney and Teresa Fortney to Timothy L. Fortney and Teresa J. Fortney, 631 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, $1. Whittney Trueax, Whittney Gould and Nathaniel Gould to Bridget N. Collins, 120 W. Logan St., Bellefonte, $129,000.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
Thomas L. Hartsock and Joyce A. Hartsock to Abby Rose Newman, 222 Armagast Road, Bellefonte, $208,000. Jenna L. Micsky to Jennifer Smith and Monica L. Smith, 180 Dorchester Lane, Bellefonte, $212,000. Barbara A. Brinkman, Barbara A. Barr and Steven Glenn Barr to Barbara A. Barr and Steven Glen Barr, 1749 Purdue Mountain Road, Bellefonte, $1.
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
Cynthia J. Burns, by sheriff, and Cynthia A. Burns, by sheriff, to Federal National Mortgage Associates, 1996 Old 220 Road, $2,726.68. George E. Macnamara to George E. Macnamara, Steven A. Macnamara and Chad E. Macnamara, 114 Sunset Acres, Bellefonte, $1.
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
Troy E. Barnyak, Troy Barnyak, Kathy L.
Walizer, Dennis Walizer, Shane Lee Barnyak, Michelle Barnyak, Lance A. Barnyak and Amy Barnyak to Louise E. Barnyak, 172 Hilltop Drive, $1.
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
Eastern Communities LP and Fine Line Homes Inc. to Steven L. Godfrey and Susan R. Hoopsick, 151 Washington Ave., $322,550. Lucille Ripka Irrevocable Trust and Dennis R. Ripka, trustee, to Brian J. Daigle and Emily H. Daigle, 2511 Shawn Circle, State College, $207,000.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Jason G. Wendle and Jeffrey G. Wendle to JGW Associates and JGW Associates LLC, 1337 Linn St., State College, $1. Margaret Kowalski to Margaret Kowalski Revocable Trust and Margaret Kowalski, trustee, 750 Breezewood Drive, State College, $1. Etta E. Barnes to Etta E. Barnes Irrevocable Trust and Carolyn K. Temperine, trustee, $1. Anthony M. Marusiak to Quaid W. Spearing and Tara J. Spearing, 648 Kansa Ave., $184,500. M. Dawn White to Aaron Roan, C. Bristol and Park Center, State College, $575,000.
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP
Michael J. Colombo to Michael J. Colombo and Matthew J. Colombo, 743 Heritage Trail Road, $1.
HARRIS TOWNSHIP
Kevin J. Lloyd to Marilyn Eckley, 136 Old Stone Lane, $799,000. Diane W. Oyler Estate and Gregory K. Oyler, executor, to Matthew J. Leah and Elizabeth G. Leah, 112 Circle Drive, $168,300. Mark D. Mortensen and Deedre Mortensen to Tracie L. Mehalick, 117 Honeysuckle Drive, $1.
HOWARD TOWNSHIP
Sylvia Nyman Estate and Gail Miller, administratrix, to Howard Township, 151 Township Building Road, Howard, $20,000. Howard Township to Howard Township, 151 Township Building Road, Howard, $1. Sylvia E. Nyman Estate and Gail Miller, administratrix, to Sylvia R. Nyman Estate, Township Building Road, $1. James Bradley Babcock and Jacqueline K. Babcock to Brandon M. Johnson and Scott L. Johnson, Old 220 Road, $12,000.
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
Terry W. Alexander, Carol L. Alexander and Carol E. Alexander to Terry W. Alexander, Carol E. Alexander and Clint W. Alexander, 4849 S. Eagle Valley Road, $1.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
Jay A. Bitner and Donna M. Bitner to Brandon Wayne Hanley, 185 Main St., $126,000. Ralph E. Flory and Mary F. Flory to Ralph E. Flory, 110 Bald Eagle Forest Road, $1.
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Donald P. Lynch Jr. to Keith M. Stancu and Stacy M. Stancu, 201 Brynwood Drive, $340,000. Polly H. Rallis Estate, Christos Rallis, co-executor, Paul Rallis, co-executor, and Dennis J. Rallis to Michael C. Farley and Taylor Springer, 2054 Fairwood Lane, State College, $246,500. Muriel Finn, by agent, and Muriel F. Finn, by agent, to Paige Castellanos and Oscar Castellanos, 582 Galen Drive, State College, $162,000.
PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH
Thomas E. Holden and Lisa A. Holden to James D. Bacon, 325 N. 10th St., Philipsburg, $139,900.
POTTER TOWNSHIP
George R. Brown Jr. and Michelle K. Hill Brown to Michelle K. Hill Brown, 117 Deer Brook Lane, $1.
SPRING TOWNSHIP
Marjorie R. Joyner and Herman H. Joyner Jr. to LEDJ LLC, 239 E. College Ave., $130,000. Brian J. Blair to David L. Druckemiller and Sarah B. Druckemiller, Jacksonville Road, $5,000. Donald D. Breon and Delores Breon to Raymond L. Butler and Jona L. Butler, 495 Sunnyside Blvd., $33,000.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Collins O. Airhihenbuwa and Angele M. Kingue to Jude Liu and Zhifang Chen, 806 Stratford Drive, $145,000. Roger C. Montemayor Revocable Trust and Roger C. Montemayor, trustee, to Brian A. Damiani and Janice K. Damiani, 200 Highland Ave., $209,500.
SNOW SHOE BOROUGH
Jean E. Haynes Estate, by sheriff, Elsie Craigo, heir, by sheriff, Nancy Bjerky, heir, by sheriff, and unknown heirs, to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, 301 S. Moshannon Ave., Snow Shoe, $6,911.03.
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
Anthony J. Delgrippo to Brian E. Cowher and Lydia M. Cowher, South Eagle Valley Road, $7,700.
WORTH TOWNSHIP
Citi Financial Servicing LLC to Focus Optical Alignment Inc., 256 Shady Dell Road, $57,000. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster
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$750 2br Small 2-Story House State College Office Space If you are in or starting a business, then this is the place for you. With ready made offices and high speed Internet Access at your fingertips, this space will meet all of your needs. Here is what our facility has to offer: 2000-3000 Square Feet of Prime Office Space to Rent Below Market Office Prices per Foot Experienced and Established Local Employers Convenient Access to Atherton Street and Route 322 Ready to Rent Offices Complete with Utilities and High Speed Internet Access (814) 325-2376
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Modern 1 Bedroom Apartment for rent Near PSU $1,150.00/offer It’s a pleasure offering this unique modern one bedroom Apartment, which is offered fully furnished to a high standard throughout. The lounge is of good size with a spacious and fully equipped kitchen. The bathroom is unique and fully fitted to a high standard. There is ample storage space throughout the whole apartment. The Apartment is situated near the PSU. The property comes with it’s own secured off street Parking. Contact me for more details 408-634-7385
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Private Bedroom Summer 2017 Sublet - $544$544.00 Subletting a private bedroom at Lion’s Crossing for summer 2017. Available May-August with May rent covered by me!
Apartment for Rent Pleasant Gap 2 bedroom duplex, no pets, non-smoking, suitable for one or two people. $600 per month plus electric, cable and trash. Year lease only. Available May 1. Call 814-404-3516 9AM to 8PM
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Bedroom in Copper Beech Townhome available! $540.00 Bedroom is fully furnished and available on May 7. Utilities except electricity is covered and you get your own private bathroom. Parking space is included and CATA bus pass is provided until end of lease. The neighborhood is quiet and convenient! 814-867-2323
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105 NORTH RIDGE STREET, BELLEFONTE, PA — 2 BEDBROOMS (ONE LARGE), 1 BATH, LIVING ROOM, DINING ROOM, KITCHEN, GAS HEAT. BASEMENT WITH LAUNDRY HOOK-UP, VERY SMALL YARD WITH PARKING ADJACENT TO HOUSE. NEAR COURTHOUSE AND CATA BUS STOP — HISTORIC DISTRICT OF BELLEFONTE. RENT:$750 A MONTH. 1 YEAR LEASE WITH REFERENCES. 1 MONTH SECURITY DEPOSIT REQUIRED. 814-571-0328
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New luxury 3 bedroom home for rent $1,650.00 New 2 story 3br/2.5 bath luxury townhouse (end unit) for rent in Boalsburg. Beautiful, new construction end unit with lots of upgrades. 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhouse available in the new Gates development near historic Boalsburg. The Gates is a popular development with easy access to 322 and Route 45 and is only 10 minutes to PSU/Beaver Stadium area. There are CATA bus stops within easy walking distance. This end unit has 9’ ceilings, a full-size kitchen with granite countertops and oversized island, stainless steel appliances, gas fireplace, sunroom with beautiful views of Mt. Nittany, dining area, and outside deck, tray ceiling and huge walk-in closet in master suite, large living room with lots of natural light, and ceiling fans with custom lighting throughout. The unit also features a washer/dryer, attached garage, electric heat pump, central A/C, and a basement for storage. Tenants are responsible for all utilities and snow removal on driveway and sidewalk in front of home. Link for pictures: https://pennstate. craigslist.org/apa/ 6081666315.html 610-823-4746
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No job too small! Spring Cleanup, Lawn Mowing, Mulching, General Landscaping, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing, Power Washing, Driveway Sealing, Deck Stain & Painting
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Graphic Designer Seeks Work Fast, economical, quality work. Flyers, resumes, brochures, ltrhds, bus. cards, labels, ads, forms, certificates, posters, newsltrs, catalogs, book/jacket designs, logos, menus, programs, invitations. CALLS ONLY, NO EMAIL 814-237-2024
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Part-Time Housekeeper • Approx 20hrs/wk • Weekend availability necessary
Apply in person The Stevens Motel 1275 N Atherton St. State College, 16803
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Rooms Starting At $599 $599.00 ROOMS STARTING AT $599 PER MONTH for a Junior Renovated room with a 1 year lease. Other lease terms available on a limited basis. All rates include utilities such as electric, heat, water, sewer, trash and recycling, Wi-Fi, and Cable Television for all resident use. Features a resident dining hall, study lounge, onsite laundry, onsite residential kitchen, outdoor recreation areas, and access to Social Committee Sponsored Events. Close to all downtown nightlife and located on the Cata bus route. For more information and to schedule an appointment contact our General Manager at UCLUBMANAGER@ GMAIL.COM
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Computer Repairs I have over 16 years of experience in repairing desktops, laptops and servers. I can easily remove viruses, spyware, and malware and get your PC back to top form. Please email Mike at mnap11@hotmail.com or call or text 814-883-4855
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The Paw Spaw, LLC Experienced Pet Stylists Full Service Dog & Cat Grooming AKC Safety Certified
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Juniper Village at Brookline Skilled Nursing Facility is currently hiring within our Wellness Department including: Registered Nurse Licensed Practical Nurse Certified Nursing Assistant Juniper’s vision is to change the face of aging America by nurturing the spirit of life in each individual whose life we touch – by encouraging active bodies, engaged minds, and fulfilled spirits. We offer competitive wages and benefits. If interested in joining our team, please apply at careers-junipercommunities.icims.com No phone calls. EOE.
Firewood For Sale $175.00 OAK/MIXED WOOD FOR SALE $175.00 for approx. 1 cord mixed $200.00 for oak $325.00 for full trailer load (app. 2 cords) mixed. $375.00 for full trailer load oak. ANY SIZE CUT ADDITIONAL FEE MAY APPLY 18 INCH STANDARD CALL 814-364-2007
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OAK 45” Round Table $125, solid wood coffee table w/ inlaid zodiac sign design $75, New Cherry framed mirror 37” x 22” $30. Call (814) 470-0712
MULTI Function aluminum tripod for Video or digital cameras, extends to 50 inches, like new, asking $30. (410) 599-6833
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Sunoco Gasoline & Methanol (alcohol) Leaded 110, 112 & 114 octane. 91 octane unleaded. Methanol(alcohol) is first run; not recycled.
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1993 FORD Taurus, sunroof, keyless entry, leather seats, 137,464 orig. miles, is inspected, radio & a/c needs work, $1,200 obo, Call (814) 808-6597 CLASSIFIED helpline: More details equal faster reader response and better results for you. We can help you write a “bestseller” advertisement. Call us today.
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PA CareerLink® Centre County Spring Job Fair At: CPI, 540 N. Harrison Rd., Pleasant Gap, PA Thursday, April 20th, 10 am-2 pm (U.S. Veterans admitted at 9:30 am) Check out our Facebook page pacareerlinkcentrecounty for list of 30+ participating businesses.
Toftrees Golf Resort is currently seeking Full-Time and Part-Time Housekeepers! These are Entry-Level Positions that offer an opportunity for growth and great pay! Great starting wage and a bonus at 30 days and 90 days! Starting rate is $9 $9.50 at 90 days and $10 at one year! $100 at 30 days and $100 at 90 days!
Matt Walk’s Firewood & Lawn Care
Other FT benefits include health (FREE employee option), Low cost dental and vision insurance, PTO, employee meal plan and more!
Seasoned, Barkless, Oak Firewood. Cut to your length, Split, & Delivered. Year round firewood sales. Lawn Care services available to. Call: Matt Walk
Please email your resume to Traci Mannino or Megan McKalips: mmckalips@shanercorp.com Located at Toftrees Golf Resort 1 Country Club Lane State College, PA 16803 814-234-8000
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FULL TIME HEAD COOK OCCASIONAL CULINARY ASSISTANTS The Oaks at Pleasant Gap, part of Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries and a senior community offering a personal care facility and independent living cottages and apartments, is seeking candidates for a full time Head Cook and occasional Culinary Assistants. The Head Cook reviews menus prior to preparation of food; inspects special dietary trays to assure they are correct; processes diet changes and new diets as received from nursing services; and prepares meals in accordance with planned menus. The successful candidate will be able to cook a variety of foods in large quantities; be knowledgeable of dietary procedures as well as related laws, regulations, and guidelines pertaining to hospital and nursing home operations. The Culinary Assistant will provide assistance with all culinary functions as directed by the supervisor. Both positions require a high school diploma or equivalent and the ability to lift, push, pull, and move a minimum of 50 pounds. These are nonsupervisory positions that report to the Culinary Manager. The hours and days of work vary as needed. Visit our career page at www.alsm.org/careers for more information on these great career eoe opportunities or stop by 200 Rachel Drive, Pleasant Gap, PA 16823
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Dining Out Savor a variety of great local dining options!
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Plan a visit to Original Brothers Pizza The Original Brothers Pizza is more than a name. Josie Findley, daughter of Anthony Pistone (one of the brothers who started the first pizza parlor), said, “It is a family story of the American dream built on dedication, determination and a vision. “Looking to make a life for his family, my dad, Anthony Pistone, and his brothers set out to create a dining experience that would offer the authentic Italian traditions that came from his family’s table in Sicily to America. With three locations, the Original Brothers Pizza at Northland Center, Stormstown and Snow Shoe do their best to create just that. “Cherished childhood memories were filled with lively family get-togethers and a table full of home cooked Italian dishes. Our dinners involved a tradition of taking time out to cook together, laugh, chat and just relax among family and friends. Today, we do our best to continue the same beautiful heritage that extends beyond our home.” According to Josie, “Our vision has always been to bring family and friends together around a great meal. We invite you to stop by and get to know us. “Our three locations each offer a beautiful display of old photos telling the legacy of my father’s story and capturing a moment in time. We invite you to ask questions
about our past and sit back and enjoy true NY style pizza. In State College, dine in, take out or call for delivery at our Northland Center location by Giant Foods.” Josie further explained, “The Stormstown location is 6 1/2 miles from Lowes on Route 550. Enjoy a spacious yet quaint dining room with a wood fireplace, perfect for cold winter months. As the weather warms up, feel free to enjoy your meal outside on one of our picnic tables. Sit under a large tree while sipping sun tea or cool off with a scoop of Meyers Dairy ice cream on our front porch. “We make the most of our outdoor area in Stormstown. From spring to early fall you can enjoy entertaining activities such as our annual Easter egg hunt, classic cruise-ins or, occasionally, even outdoor live music.” In describing the Snow Shoe Brothers Pizza Shop, Josie said, “Want to take a scenic drive to the top of Snow Shoe Mountain? You will not be disappointed. Our Snow Shoe shop is located in an early 1900s building with beautiful tongue-and-groove wood walls. This area offers scenic mountain surroundings. “At all of our locations, our goal is to offer you a place to feel at home while enjoying great food with your friends and family. All of our establishments are BYOB and offer free Wi-Fi.
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Family. amily. Friends. Great meals. That’s what we’re all about.
Wings • Soup • Salads • Subs • Pizza • & More!
205 Park Pl, Bellefonte
Limited delivery area and menu. Delivery fee may apply. $10 delivery minimum. Prices do not include driver tip.
the Original BROTHERS PIZZA and Italian Restaurant
“Our family would like to personally invite you to be our guest and come, eat and stay a bit — we don’t mind! We believe that the fondest memories are made when friends and family gather around a table filled with delicious food.”
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THE ORIGINAL BROTHERS PIZZA set out to create a dining experience that would offer the authentic Italian traditions that came from the family’s table in Sicily to America.
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Best New Restaurant | Best Burger | Best French Fries The Field embrases its farm-to-table mentality using the freshest ingredients available inluding local breads, a variety of regional Amish cheeses, and a private blend or sirloin, chuck, brisket, and short rib to create our hand-formed burgers. We offer an extensive selection of craft beers from State College and Central Pennsylvania. Our milkshakes are hand-spun using the legendary ice cream from Penn State’s Berkey Creamery.
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(814) 234-8000 • www.fieldburgers.com Toftrees Golf Resort • 1 Country Club Lane • State College
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814-234-1606 • 814-355-3738 Northland Downtown Stormstown (814) 237-2353 Snow Shoe (814) 692-7570
231 Northland Ctr. (814) 387-6776 1950 Halfmoon Valley Rd State College, 16803 201 W. Olive Street Port Matilda, 16870 Limited Delivery Available Snow Shoe, 16874 Carryout & Dine-In Only Find us on OrderUp
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202 Water Street, Bellefonte • (814) 355-1121 One Traffic Light From Talleyrand Park Monday - Thursday: 11AM to 9PM, Friday - Saturday: 11AM to 10PM, Sunday: 12PM to 8PM
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Text Pizza Mia to 25328 to Join and Get a FREE 4 Pc. Bread or Cinnamon Sticks for joining. FAST and ACCURATE delivery to all of State College & Bellefonte! (Dine in, Pick up or Delivery-$10 minimum)
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