Centre County Gazette, April 15, 2015

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Gordon hits the streets at Penn State By MATT BORTNER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s not every day that you see a NASCAR stock car driving down the streets of Penn State University. Your eyes did not deceive you, though — that was Jeff Gordon driving his replica No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS from the Business Building to the Berkey Creamery. Gordon, a four-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion and three-time Daytona 500 winner, appeared at Penn State April 14 to announce Axalta Coating Systems’ partnership with the university. Axalta is a leading global provider of liquid and powder coatings to automotive, industrial, architectural and decorative customers, and it is also one of the main sponsors of Gordon and the No. 24 car. Part of the partnership includes a new paint scheme for Gordon’s car for the Axalta “We Paint Winners” 400 at the Pocono Raceway in Pennsylvania on Sunday, June 7.

The paint scheme was revealed outside the Business Building: The No. 24 car will be coated in Penn State colors, with a blue base and white numbers and lettering. The car also has Penn State’s name adorned on the side and rear. “When I heard they wanted to expand to Penn State I got really excited,” said Gordon. “When I think of NASCAR and the avid fans, it is in the state of Pennsylvania.” More importantly, the partnership is designed to drive awareness for STEM and business education. During race weekend, 100 Penn State students in those fields will get the chance to tour the garages and chat with Axalta executives, as well as Gordon and his team. “I have had a chance to meet many Penn State students over the years,” said Gordon. “I know that there is not only some great engineers and future business leaders, but a lot of students who will take a part in this opportunity.” Gordon, Page 6

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PIT STOP: NASCAR’s Jeff Gordon drove his signature No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet SS through Penn State’s campus on Tuesday. Gordon was on campus to help announce Axalta Coating Systems’ partnership with the university.

Drive-in reborn as flea market Commissioners

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STATE COLLEGE — The Starlite Drive-In has new life. Beginning on Saturday, April 18, the location will be the site of Happy Valley Flea Market. The flea market is the brainchild of co-owners Scott Lang and Jim Forsyth. “It really was Jim’s idea,” Lang said. “He used to go to flea markets when he was young, down around the Harrisburg area. I used to go to them, too. He really wanted to open one in State College. We kept talking about it, then he identified the Starlite property.” The Starlite Drive-In opened in 1949 and closed in 2008. It has been vacant ever since. Lang said that he and Forsyth felt that the drive-in was the perfect location for a flea market. “We found out that we could lease it,” he said. “That really got the ball rolling.” The flea market will be held on Saturdays and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors can arrive at 6 a.m. to set up. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at noon this week. Eventually, a farmer’s market will be held on Fridays. Lang said that the fact that the flea market’s grand opening coincides with Blue-White Weekend was sheer coincidence. Opinion .................................. 7 Health & Wellness .............. 8, 9

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should help, according to Lang. “There are some, but they’re a couple of hours away.” As for the Starlite property, Lang couldn’t envision a better location. “It’s perfect,” he said. “The roads leads right into the property. It’s laid out great, it’s all set up.” According to Lang, the response has been terrific. “All positive,” he said. “We’ve talked to some antique vendors and they’re really excited. Everyone we’ve talked to have been really receptive.”

BELLEFONTE — The Centre County commissioners have weighed in on the Centre County district attorney’s decision to appoint her personal attorney as a special assistant prosecutor — and they are none too happy about it. DA Stacy Parks Miller appointed her attorney Bruce Castor — a former district attorney and current county commissioner in Montgomery County — as a special assistant district attorney last week. According to Castor’s oath of office, he has been appointed to deal specifically with “cases involving efforts to disqualify the District Attorney of Centre CounSTACY PARKS ty and her assistants from prosecuting cases.” MILLER Parks Miller is currently suing Centre County for releasing some of her cellphone records in response to Right-to-Know requests, and is represented by Castor in her litigation against the county. Centre County Commissioner Chris Exarchos says he’s “extremely uncomfortable” with Castor serving two roles for Parks Miller — one of which is for the

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SIGN OF THE TIMES: The once-popular Starlite Drive-In Theatre is home to the new Happy Valley Flea Market, which will be held on weekends at the site through mid-October. “We originally thought we’d open in mid-April and then we realized it was Blue-White Weekend,” Lang explained. “Originally, we thought we’d wait. But with people in from out of town, we thought it might be a good time to have the grand opening.” The Starlite is located at 1100 Benner Pike, not far from Interstate 99. It sits on 17 acres of land, seven of which will be used for the flea market. About 40 vendors have already registered for the grand opening. Lang hopes that those numbers will increase as wordof-mouth spreads. The fact that there’s nothing like this in Centre County

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Front and Centre GROUNDBREAKING: A breakthrough sports drink was recently developed by a Penn State researcher. Dr. Pete’s Recovery Drink is available through the Berkey Creamery. Page 8

FUTURE INVESTORS: The Centre County Entrepreneurship Challenge Competition was held at Innovation Park on April 7. Students from several Centre County schools took part. Page 12

FIGHTING HUNGER: The Bellefonte Area High School Art Club recently hosted an “Empty Bowls� soup dinner to help fight hunger in Centre County. Bellefonte student Matt Feldman covered the event. Page 10

BACKYARD BATTLE: The Bald Eagle Area and Bellefonte High School softball teams faced off in an earlyseason matchup. The Lady Eagles took care of business with a 5-1 victory. Page 18

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STATE COLLEGE — With the arrival of tax deadline day just, State College police have seen a rash of IRS telephone scams. State College Police Lt. Chris Fishel said the scam is a simple one: A con artist calls a random person pretending to be an IRS agent, tells the person he or she owes money to the government, and then gives instructions about where to send the cash. “We’ve gotten over a dozen calls in about this, so there’s probably a good three dozen people who received these calls,� Fishel said. “Taxes are due April 15, and we’ll probably see this happen again next April as well.� According to a State College police news release, scammers sometimes use “caller ID spoofing� to make it appear than an incoming call is from law enforcement or a government agency. Different versions of the scam may also involve threats of arrest, deportation or promises of a large tax refund. Fishel said scam artists may target older residents or international students out of a belief that they will make easier targets. He added that phone and email scams are common year-round, and are based on the

idea that if you keep calling people then at least one person will fall for it. The IRS has also been warning people against this tactic, which is one of the most common tax-related scams. “If someone calls unexpectedly claiming to be from the IRS with aggressive threats if you don’t pay immediately, it’s a scam artist calling,� said IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in a news release. “The first IRS contact with taxpayers is usually through the mail. Taxpayers have rights, and this is not how we do business.� The IRS said there are several tell-tale signs that a phone call from an IRS agent is not legitimate: demanding payment without having sent you a bill in the mail; demanding payment without giving you the opportunity to appeal or question the amount you owe; requiring a specific payment method, often a prepaid debit card; and threatening to contact local police or another law enforcement group to have you arrested for not paying. State College police also point out that you should never give out any personal or financial information over the phone. If you receive an IRS scam call, the IRS recommends contacting the office of the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration at (800) 366-4484 or www.tigta. gov.

Bust nets drugs, handguns By StateCollege.com staff

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STATE COLLEGE — It might be a little harder to acquire hard drugs in State College thanks to a recent major drug bust. On April 10, law enforcement agents with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General arrested two State College residents after a 2-month-long investigation. According to an OAG news release, Rashime Sibert-Bey and Phillip BlenmanEl had been the targets of multiple controlled purchases of heroin and cocaine since February. OAG agents — along with officers from the State College, Patton Township and Ferguson Township police departments — executed search warrants on both men’s homes, which led to their arrests. Blenman-El, 40, allegedly possessed 4 ounces of cocaine, 4 grams of heroin, more than $3,000 cash and multiple pieces of drug-packaging paraphernalia. He faces multiple counts of possession, possession with intent to deliver and criminal use of a Appointment, from page 1

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county, and one of which is against the county. “Whether there’s a direct conflict here or not, in my book this doesn’t pass the smell test,� Exarchos said at the Centre County commissioners meeting on April 14. Castor previously told StateCollege. com that state law permits district attorneys to appoint special assistants to deal with specific tasks as needed. He also said he doesn’t view his two roles as a conflict of interest, noting that ADAs often have private practices in addition to their public work. He also said it’s misleading to try to compare civil litigation to criminal cases, calling them “apples and oranges.� Commissioner Steve Dershem said the commissioners have consulted with their attorneys about their concerns, but declined to share any details of that conversation.

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A RECENT BUST netted drugs, guns and weapons, according to the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General. communications facility. The OAG says that Sibert-Bey had 10 grams of cocaine, more than $1,000 cash and several automatic handguns. According to the OAG, Sibert-Bey will face the same array of charges facing Blenman-El, as well as additional charges because he is a previously convicted felon. Castor also previously told StateCollege. com that he can petition the Centre County salary board,which includes the county commissioners, to be compensated for his work as a specially appointed ADA. Dershem said the commissioners have not yet received a petition to pay for Castor’s services with the DA’s office. Exarchos also said that Castor’s appointment is “totally different from the county’s employment process,� meaning the salary board may not be obligated to pay Castor if he isn’t technically a county employee. Exarchos said that the commissioners were not notified beforehand of Parks Miller’s decision to appoint Castor and had no input in that process, though he says she is within her rights to appoint a special ADA. “Ms. Parks Miller is an independent elected official who doesn’t answer to us,� Exarchos said. “She was elected by the voters of this county, and she needs to answer to the voters.�

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Residents divided on proposal for taller buildings StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — State College is sharply divided about a proposal that would allow taller residential buildings in the 500 block of East College Avenue. A public forum on the proposed “Collegiate Housing Overlay� held at the April 13 State College borough council meeting featured a lively mix of criticism and support, though the scales seemed to tip in favor of the opposition. The proposed overlay has been a topic of discussion at various State College boards and commissions since last summer, when developer Jeff Haas first brought his idea to borough council. At the recent council meeting, Haas described his vision for a new zoning amendment that would encourage “ecofriendly, attractive, high-quality buildings� at a “main gateway to downtown.� According to borough planning director Ed LeClear, the zoning amendment would require buildings on the 500 block of East College Avenue to have ground floor commercial space. Buildings could be up to nine stories tall at 102 feet, as opposed to the current zoning that caps buildings at seven stories and 65 feet. Incentives built into the ordinance would encourage developers to use sustainable building materials and practices and include graduate student and professional housing. Borough resident Peg Hambrick was the first to fire off some harsh words for the proposed ordinance, calling it a “patchwork quilt amendment� that doesn’t plan well for the future of State College. Hambrick said she’d rather see the borough planning commission spend its time on the “long overdue� comprehensive zoning update instead of focusing on one or two blocks at a time. She also raised concerns that there aren’t enough economic opportunities to support the kind of professional housing that the borough council has been pushing for. “If we really want to attract young professionals, we need economic development first so that there are job op-

portunities here,� Hambrick said. Janet Engeman — who is running for a council seat — also voiced concerns, saying the borough is in desperate need of a comprehensive look at zoning. She also wants to see a traffic impact study for the kind of developments allowed under the overlay proposal. Planning commission chairman Michael Roeckel — who spoke in favor of the amendment as a borough resident — pointed out that the comprehensive zoning rewrite is a lengthy, multi-year process that hasn’t even begun. “If the rewrite was something that was going to be done soon, it would make sense to wait,� Roeckel said. “But this is going to take years to finish. Do we not want to do anything until then?� Pat Vernon, another familiar face at council meetings, also voiced support for the proposed overlay. He said the State College government is clearly in need of increased revenues, as evidenced by the tax increase passed by borough council a few months back. Vernon sees the proposed overlay as a way to expand the borough’s tax base while also preventing “student suburban sprawl.� “If you need more tax revenues, your properties can only go up,� Vernon said. “Vibrant downtowns make vibrant communities.� Borough council will debate the collegiate housing overlay on Monday, May 4, at which point the council may choose to pass, vote down or delay making a decision about the proposal. Borough planner Megan Tuttle also briefed the borough council about the possibilities for the former Verizon Building at 224 S. Allen St. Tuttle said that the Discovery Space children’s museum first approached the borough about moving into the 10,000-square-foot space, which kicked off the borough’s effort to figure out the building’s future. The Discovery Space has requested the space for either free or at a discounted rental rate to allow it to expand the museum and programming options. Penn State, which currently rents the building for office space, has also asked the borough to consider a new proposal.

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Tuttle said Penn State wants to use the space to house its new “InnovatePSU� initiative, which would be a community resource to support startups and entrepreneurship. According to Tuttle, borough staffers have also discussed a “public-private partnership� inside the former Verizon Building which could theoretically include the Discovery Space, a commercial entity and/or residential housing. A community organization called Third Revolution has also expressed interest in the space as a potential entrepreneurial center for students and business leaders. Council members seemed torn about the different proposals, recognizing that each one could be beneficial to downtown State College. “Can we do it all?� council member Evan Myers said. “Everything that’s been proposed seems to bring a lot of value.� The borough council will return to the conversation about the Discovery Space on May 4, when council members may make a decision on the building.

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Federated Investors bullish on the stock market Duessel reports to CBICC members on the state of Wall Street

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STATE COLLEGE — The United States stock market is in the midst of a long-term bull market, one that started in 2009 and is likely to continue for years to come, according to Linda A. Duessel, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager for Federated Investments. Duessel spoke to a meeting of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County at Celebration Hall on April 9. The talk was sponsored by First National Bank. Duessel’s address, “Climbing the Wall of Worry,” focused on the growth the nation can expect from Wall Street during the next few years. “We are bullish on the stock market,” Duessel said. “Both in the short and long term. We are probably in a long-term secular market that will last for 10 to 17 years.” As the chief investment officer for Federated Investments, Duessel is responsible for monitoring the state of the overall economy and, most notably, the health of the stock market as revealed in Standard & Poor’s 500 index. “While there has been no progress this year on a year-to-date basis, we are a far cry from where we bottomed out in the throes of the great recession,” said Duessel. “The market is a reflection of what we can expect over the next six months.

“Since 2008, we have lost a whole generation of investors. Clearly, my fellow American investors are worried. There are a lot of things going wrong out there. But corporate profits are at a historic high and that’s why we are bullish on stocks.” Duessel suspects that many investors are waiting for something bad to happen, making them reluctant to get in the market. “But, we see no evidence of a recession on the rise in this country,” she said. In fact, she believes that the S&P 500 will continue to rise next year. Small businesses have been in a really bad mood lately, but they shouldn’t be, Duessel said. Markets love easy money and there is easy money available. “All roads lead back to job (growth),” she said. While Duessel is bullish on stocks, she does not feel the bond market is going to expand any time soon. In her position with Federated, she monitors global activities carefully, looking to see any trends or developments that will impact the market. China’s economy is slowing dramatically. “We will be watching it closely,” said Duessel. “Three-fourths of the world is an economic expansion, and that is good news. However, our recovery has been so mild, many don’t know we’re in one.” Still, access to money is the easiest it has been in history, according to Duessel.

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LINDA A. DUESSEL, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager for Federated Investments, recently spoke to a meeting of the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County. There is record high cash on corporate balance sheets. That seems to indicate continued growth. “Do we have three to five years of recovery ahead of us? We think so,” she said. There is pent-up demand to spend money on the part of American consumers

as long as job growth continues. Who’s right? The bulls or the bears? No one knows with absolute certainty. For that reason, Duessel urges everyone to look to their financial advisers. “You need your financial adviser now more than ever,” she said.

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Penn State Relay for Life passes $1 million mark By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — THON may be the preeminent student-run cancer fundraising event, but Penn State Relay for Life is doing its part in the fight against the disease, too. The 24-hour relay walk, which took place on the university’s outdoor track, raised nearly $104,000 over the April 11 and 12 weekend. That pushed the relay’s fundraising total past the $1 million mark overall. It was an emotional and successful weekend for the organization, with teams of relayers taking part in the walk-a-thon which began Saturday afternoon and continued through Sunday afternoon. Relay for Life lives by the motto that it’s fighting for more birthdays. That message rings true for Elizabeth Barron, a Penn State senior who was diagnosed with cancer three years ago. “One of the things that totally upset and devastated me was that I was missing my very first THON,� she said. “Since I couldn’t physically be there, I wore my shirt out of the hospital the day after my surgery. During the next week, I received the best news of my life. All 36 lymph nodes taken out of my neck came back clean with no evidence of cancer. I felt like I was winning the battle against the hateful enemy.�

Barron attended her third Relay for Life as a cancer survivor this weekend. At her first Relay, she met Kaitlyn Sukovich, a fellow student and survivor. They have since become best friends through their studies at Penn State. “At the time, we walked the survivors lap together and saw each other throughout the weekend,� Barron said. “We ended up having class together last spring and I joined her Relay for Life team. Last year, we were lucky enough to add another survivor to our group: Colin Grube. These two have inspired me so much throughout the past few years and I’m so grateful to them for that.� Striking another emotional note, Lynn and Butch Brewer discussed the death of their son, Troy, who lost a battle with cancer when he was 16-years-old. “Troy’s life was the typical all-American young boy, who loved to be outside and around people,� his mother said. “He spent his days riding bikes, playing football, baseball, paintball, video games. If there was a creek or a mud puddle, he was in it.� That all changed when he was diagnosed with cancer, fighting the disease for two years before passing away. Lynn Brewer feels that Troy’s memory lives on, sharing a story of a sign she believes came from her son. “We were sitting out back of our house and were greeted by a yellow-and-black

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THE PENN STATE Relay for Life raised $103,743.34 over the weekend. The walk took place on Penn State’s outdoor track. butterfly. It came so close to each of us, like right into our faces, and fluttered around us and fluttered around our yard,� she said. “Every year since then, we always see black-and-yellow butterflies no matter where we go. We know that’s a sign from him because he loved the Steelers.� Emotions ran high on Saturday night during the luminaria ceremony. The track was lined with paper bags, each bearing a message or name in honor of someone’s battle with cancer. As the sun went down, candles within

the bags were lit, illuminating a radiant circle around the track as all relayers took a lap, holding glow sticks to represent the people they walked for. Penn State football head coach James Franklin’s visited the track on Sunday afternoon just hours before the six-figure fundraising total was revealed. As the 2015 Penn State Relay for Life comes to an end, the organization begins fundraising for the next year, hoping to celebrate more birthdays and survivors in 2016.

PSU trustees sue alumni association over ballot access By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Four members of the Penn State board of trustees are now suing the Penn State Alumni Association. Alumni-elected trustees Anthony Lubrano, Ted Brown, Bill Oldsey and Alice Pope filed a lawsuit against the PSAA on April 14. The four trustees allege the PSAA violated its own bylaws by keeping them off the ballot for the upcoming May elections to PSAA’s 86-member governing body, known as alumni council. “With heavy hearts but with moral certainty we take this action,� the trustees said in a prepared statement. They ask the court to force the PSAA to put their names on the ballot, which they claim would also force the organization to follow its bylaws. In their civil complaint, the four trustees claim they communicated their interest in running for alumni council last year. In response, the PSAA reportedly informed them that all they had to do to get on the ballot was to submit a nomination form by October. Though each trustee submitted a nomination form, they were all rejected by the PSAA’s nominating committee in January. The trustees claim that this decision is

already a violation of the PSAA’s bylaws because “there is no justification for PSAA to refuse to place any of the Plaintiffs’ names on the ballot� — but they say there’s another layer to the story. The trustees go on to allege that PSAA ANTHONY purposefully did not LUBRANO inform them that they could also get on the ballot by gathering signatures from alumni, which they say is a “deliberate non-disclosure� of information they were obligated to share. The PSAA has previously put out a statement explaining its rationale for excluding some alumni from this year’s alumni council elections. Some alumni were kept off the ballot because of ongoing lawsuits against the university, but the four trustees were disallowed precisely because they are sitting university trustees. The PSAA felt that having trustees on the board could “compromise the Alumni Association’s independence and autonomy from the university� and that trustees would have “the potential to exert disproportionate influence on the Alumni Association’s governance process.�

“What do the leaders of the PSAA fear?� the trustees say in their statement. “In the end, this matter can be resolved quickly by placing our names on the ballot and allowing the nearly 180,000 members of the PSAA to choose for themselves who they want to represent them on Council.� This isn’t the first lawsuit the PSAA has seen over this year’s alumni council elections.

Alumni James Smith has also sued the organization for being excluded from the ballot. In response to the lawsuit, the PSAA relented and put Smith’s name on the ballot — but Smith’s lawsuit is still ongoing, and he also claims that the organization violated its bylaws. PSAA representatives did not immediately return requests for comment.

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School board talks tax increase By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — For property owners within the State College Area School District’s territory, taxes will likely see a sizable increase for the coming year. The majority of the expected 5.49 percent increase in real estate tax, which the school board discussed at a meeting on April 13, will pay the referendum tax on the high school renovation project. The district needs to pay $85 million in debt service on borrowed funds for that project. The board originally projected a 6.09 percent tax increase in the budget, but business administrator Randy Brown said that a successful bond sale helped decrease that number to 5.49. “The bond sale produced a lower interest rate than we expected,” Brown said, “so the tax increase will be less than our preliminary budget projected it to be.”

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The average district taxpayer — with an assessed property value of $71,686 — will pay $2,988 in real estate tax under the budget. That’s $156 more than last year. Brown also announced that the district still dedicates less of its budget to financing — a category that includes things like construction projects — than comparable districts. “It’s a surprise, but it’s a pleasant surprise,” said board member Scott Fozard. While the vast majority of the district’s funding is from local revenue, which mostly comes from the real estate tax, the district is hoping for some additional money from the state this year to lessen the burden of a proposed budget that includes $136,157,000 in spending. Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed state budget would bring $826,000 in additional state funding to State College. Brown said that $326,000 would have limitations on how it can be spent, while the other $500,000 is a partial return of charter school funding that ended under former Gov. Tom Corbett. The proposed state funding is not included in the current district budget for the 2015-2016 budgetary year, as the board will wait until the state legislators end negotiations and pass a final budget to factor it in. While the board was largely pleased with Brown’s presentation, which came just two weeks before the final budget proposal which is due on April 27, board member Jim Pawelczyk had concerns. “Our expenditures planned for this budget are about $4 million more than what we were planning for 18 months ago,” he said. “There’s a couple really big growth areas like salaries, and professional services, and purchase services growing far more than we anticipated. I’m looking at that and seeing that our budget planning isn’t working very well at all, and that’s a concern to me.” The board is scheduled to vote on a final budget on Monday, May 4.

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STEVE JONES, the voice of the Nittany Lions, left, introduces NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon at the Berkey Creamery. At right is Penn State President Eric Barron. Gordon, from page 1

Gordon stressed the importance of having top-of-theline engineers and researchers in the sport. He believes it can be the difference between winning and losing. “I don’t think many people really have an understanding of how in-depth we get into science technology, and the engineering side of it,” said Gordon. Olga Vinogradova, a junior studying chemical engineering, was given the chance to ride in the car with Gordon to the Creamery. There, a large crowd, accompanied by the Blue Band, cheerleaders and the Nittany Lion, welcomed them. Vinogradova, who also will be in attendance at the race, is excited for the opportunity. “I am very interested to see, in particular with NASCAR technology, what type of challenges engineers face to get a car moving, and what type of teamwork and leadership skills are needed,” said Vinogradova. This is not a new venture for Axalta. The same was done for Texas A&M at Texas Motor Speedway last year. Charlie Shaver, chairman and CEO of Axalta, graduated from that school with a degree in engineering. He expressed that Penn State was, no doubt, the next place they were headed. He also feels that it is important for students to know more about this growing field. “It has always been a driving force of mine to work with the community and students to recruit the brightest people and get them excited to do what we are doing,” said Shaver. Gordon embraced the large gathering of students and fans, thanking them and leading a “We Are” chant of his own. “I am expecting the Penn State students to cheer us to victory at Pocono,” said Gordon.

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They don’t mean me, right? criminal law to table etiquette, we My Grandma Verna was among use rules to make the world an easier the kindest people I have known in place to live. my life. There are some people who don’t She would give up her last meal or believe the rules apply to them. the last of the few dollars she had if I watched it happen last week. Inshe thought someone else needed it. ternship deadline. She used to stock her purse with Every semester, there are those candy for us and never minded when students who show up in the hours or we played dress up with her shoes or days after the deadline has jewelry. passed who become outShe also never met a rule raged when they learn it’s she couldn’t break. She blatoo late. “Does this mean tantly ignored most traffic I can’t go on internship?” and parking signs. She disThat’s right. The rules apply regarded deadlines. We were to you too. able to do things at her house We use rules so that peothat we were not allowed to ple are treated fairly. do at home. I’ve been trying to keep I remember sitting in up with what is going on in the car in many a No Parkthe Centre County courting zone while she ran into house but admit that I’m a store or office for “just a losing track of the comminute.” The tales of Grandplaints, the lawsuits and ma driving her station wagon who is being accused of across a farm field to pick up what. Emails and text meswhat she thought was her Patty Kleban, sages. Judges, district attorrunaway collie (which actu- who writes for StateCollege.com, neys and county commisally turned out to be a cow) is an instructor sioners. Freedom of Inforor of the time she talked a at Penn State, mation. Alleged forgeries. cop into stopping a parade mother of three Questions about who has to let her through are leg- and a community the power and the authority end in our family. I remem- volunteer. She is a ber watching “I Love Lucy” Penn State alumna to raise questions and make decisions. reruns and thinking “that’s who lives with her family in Patton It appears that there are Grandma Verna.” a lot of people in the courtWith a smile and a wink, Township. Her views and opinions house who believe “They her standard line was “They do not necessarily don’t mean me.” reflect those of Penn don’t mean me.” We’ve almost come to Why do we need rules State. accept that people in power anyway? We humans use don’t have to play by the same rule rules to keep ourselves safe, to help book as the rest of us. us interact with each other and to Take Hillary Clinton. The person set standards for our conduct. Some who was our country’s chief foreign rules are formal. Others are informal affairs official doesn’t follow the rules or implied. All rules are influenced by on public access to her information current culture and evolve based on and communication, going so far as what is happening around us. From

to admit she wiped her private server clean, and people just accept it or worse — plan to vote for her? What other rules has she believed or will she believe don’t apply to her? Franklin D. Roosevelt said, “Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.” It has been suggested that people who believe “they don’t mean me” rate pretty high on the narcissism scale. History is, of course, full of innovators, inventors, entrepreneurs and activists who intentionally broke the rules to bring about change. By pointing out that a rule is discriminatory or unfair or no longer makes sense in our evolving world, the “they don’t mean me” people have sometimes forced us to look at things in a new way. However, when the rules-aremade-to-be-broken folks do so for self-serving or selfish reasons or to cover up unethical or illegal behaviors, we need to remind them that breaking the rules can and does have consequences. Understanding that my grandmother grew up during the depression and spent much of her life doing without, she likely learned to cope and meet her needs by not following the rules. As a Grandma, not following rules meant she was a lot of fun. I was in the car when she stopped the parade and watched her explain to the cop that one of us had been hurt and we were on the way to the hospital (true story). It was pretty impressive. Like the Santa Claus and Easter Bunny moments of our childhood, it was a disappointment when I learned that the rules actually did apply to Grandma too.

Penn State show. A pride of Nittany Lions gathered Cheers of “We Are, Penn State” at supper club 54 Below in Manhatrang out as the show got going. As tan to celebrate the tremendous suceach performer was introduced, cess of the university’s musical theeach shared an anecdote about his ater program. The show, titled “The or her time at Penn State. AttendGreat Blue and White Way,” featured ing the revue were several members about a dozen Penn State musical of the Penn State faculty theater graduates who are havand former PSU president ing successful careers on the Graham Spanier. It was Broadway stage. Spanier’s commitment to The revue was produced by the school of theater that Michael Karns, a Nittany Lion helped launch the music who is carving out a career in theater program. the music theater business. Many of the perform“I believe that Penn State’s ers are currently appearSchool of Theatre is one of ing on Broadway. the most prolific programs in Caroline Bowman, the nation,” Karns said. “Percurrently starring on formers from Penn State are Broadway as Elphaba in working both on and offstage “Wicked,” gave a memothroughout the entertainment rable performance of “I industry. I wanted a chance to Dreamed a Dream” from showcase some of the talent “Les Miserables.” from Penn State for the New Harry Zimbler is a freelance writer Marcus Paul James, York City community.” has been seen in “MoKarns decided to hold the who resides in Pennsylvania town,” “Rent” and “In the show in the popular 54 Below Furnace. He Heights” on Broadway nightclub in the heart of New is a frequent Alan Wiggins, who has York’s theater district. 54 contributor to The been seen in “The Lion Below hosts some of the top Gazette. King,” is currently appearperformers on Broadway in a ing in the popular “Beautiful: The relaxed, intimate setting. LuminarCarole King Musical” on Broadway. ies like Patti Lupone frequently hold Natalie Weiss not only gave a sencourt at the club. In fact, Lupone sational performance, her stories had a show opening the day after the

about Penn State were priceless. Natalie has Broadway and national tour credits plus an international following from her YouTube performance videos and web series, “Breaking Down the Riffs.” Other performers, also Penn State alumni, included Gilbert Bailey (“Book of Mormon”); Rachel Fairbanks (“First Wives Club”); Jeremy Greenbaum, Jim Hogan, Paul Jordan Jansen, Katie Murray, Lexi Rhoades, Sam Sefarian and Laurie Veldheer (“Newsies”); and Ryan Vona (“Once”). All the musicians and the technical crew were Penn State graduates, as was the director, Amy Anders Corcoran. Several of the performers premiered songs they had written, and Gilbert Bailey performed a song from the musical he has written. The evening was a resounding success. The staff members at 54 Below, who are used to great performances, were visibly impressed with the Penn State performers. The maitre d’ was overheard speaking to one of the servers. “I wonder if other schools could pull this off?” The response? “If they could, they would.” Penn State did, proving once again, that there is more to the university than football.

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Put a woman on the $20 bill PSU grads take Broadway by storm By Newsday

Why not a woman? Why not now? No. This isn’t about Hillary Clinton’s run for president. It’s about money. Currency really, and a push to get the image of a woman on some of it. Women on 20s, an advocacy group, wants a woman on the $20 bill by the year 2020 — 100 years after the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gave women the vote. It may be now or never. Paper currency is old school. Its days may be numbered. The field for the honor has been narrowed from 100 to the final four — trailblazing first lady Eleanor Roosevelt, abolitionist Harriet Tubman, civil rights icon Rosa Parks and Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected chief of a native nation in modern times. To vote, visit the group’s website, womenon20s.org/vote. Please, no Kim Kardasian write-ins. But why boot Andrew Jackson off the $20? He was the seventh president of the United States. And his pitch then as champion for ordinary people resonates today. But he was a fierce opponent of the central banking system and favored gold and silver coin over paper currency. Think of it as freeing Jackson rather than banishing him. The president or treasury secretary can make this happen. So can Congress. Somebody should, and sooner rather than later. It wouldn’t be the first female face on our currency. Martha Washington’s portrait appeared on a $1 silver certificate in 1886 and 1891. But that was so long ago, and for so short a time, it hardly counts. Suffragist Susan B. Anthony and Indian guide Sacagawea, who accompanied the Lewis and Clark expedition, have made it onto dollar coins. But when was the last time you actually used a dollar coin? So the race is on to see which comes first: A woman in the White House or on the $20 bill.

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Sports drink developed at Center for Food Innovation UNIVERSITY PARK — A breakthrough sports recovery drink developed by a Penn State researcher, produced by the Penn State Berkey Creamery and tested by Penn State football players is now available. Dr. Pete’s Recovery Drink, a chocolate milk infused with an innovative research-based protein formula, is now available for sale at Café Laura in the Mateer Building and in the near future will be available at Berkey Creamery. The drink is named after Pete Bordi, associate professor of hospitality management and director of the Center for Food Innovation, who developed a protein formula designed to expedite muscle recovery after workouts and prevent soft tissue injuries among athletes. Bordi and his team had one goal in mind: minimize soreness and injuries among student-athletes through a great-tasting product. “These kids work out so hard and so intensely that there was a concern about soreness, building muscle and preventing injuries,” Bordi said. “It’s about recovery, building muscle and future injury prevention.”

THE SCIENCE

Bordi worked with DuPont Nutrition and Health to analyze research and develop a formula for a new sports drink that included high-quality proteins. Most protein drinks on the market include one type of protein that disseminates into the body in a short period of time. However, Bordi’s research led him to develop a formula that includes three different types of protein: whey, soy and casein, which disseminate into the body gradually over about six hours. “A lot of products only use one protein. We wanted to make the best possible fresh product fortified with the proteins that are needed,” Bordi said. “Slow disbursement of protein helps ensure muscles recover from a workout and reduces the chance of soreness and injury.” The formula was developed based on research articles, including “Protein Blend Ingestion Following Resistance Exercise Promotes Human Muscle Protein Synthesis,” published in 2013 by The Journal of Nutrition. In the article, lead investigator Paul Reidy concluded that a combination of high-quality whey, soy and casein proteins “offer a unique advantage for muscle growth” compared to the use of only whey protein.

THE PRODUCTION

Once Bordi finalized a protein formula, he teamed up with Tom Palchak, manager of the Penn State Berkey Creamery. Both agreed to develop a high-quality chocolate milk infused with the protein formula. After all, the Berkey Creamery’s chocolate milk is the business’ best-selling beverage. “Once that product went from theory into actuality,

what I did was work to develop the pasteurization and the standardization of the product and determine how to blend it and incorporate all of the ingredients,” Palchak said. “We turned it into a drinkable product that tasted good and would stay fresh in a cooler for several weeks.” Palchak created nutritional and ingredients labeling to ensure athletes understand what they are consuming. He also worked to ensure compliance for food safety, bacterial content and packaging. Initial feedback from student-athletes has been positive. “They do not notice a difference between Dr. Pete’s Recovery Drink and our traditional chocolate milk, which is great because our chocolate milk is by far our bestseller,” Palchak said. “It’s nice to know they find it to be a goodtasting drink to consume without the medicinal or chalky characteristics that are sometimes associated with sports drinks.” Dr. Pete’s Recovery Drink is sold in 16-ounce bottles. It is made with 2 percent milk and other all-natural ingredients. It features 34 grams of protein, which is roughly four times the amount of protein found in traditional chocolate milk. One serving is 450 calories. “We would never have been able to do this at another university,” Bordi said. “Not many universities have a creamery that can produce at the levels we need. The creamery was vital in this. Without the creamery this wouldn’t have been possible.” The drink is part of Bordi’s ACLR8 RECOV (Accelerate Recovery) product line venture with Franco Harris, a former Nittany Lion and Pittsburgh Steeler. It is also available in strawberry flavor. Other products, including a chocolate-peanut butter protein bar, will be released in June. The drink is designated as a PA Preferred product by the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture because it was manufactured in Pennsylvania through a licensed milk processing plant and uses Pennsylvania dairy products.

THE STUDENT-ATHLETES

Over the last few years, Bordi and Palchak have worked with the Nittany Lions football program to successfully create the protein drink for student-athletes. Tim Bream, director of athletic training services and head football athletic trainer, and Chuck Losey, assistant director of performance enhancement for the football team, provided feedback regarding athlete’s needs. “It’s been a work in progress to get the formula correct, where you had the right amount of protein and the right amount of calories while in compliance with the NCAA regulations,” Bream said. “It’s got everything in it that athletes need for recovery.” Bream and Losey helped ensure the drink met NCAA requirements. The NCAA sets guidelines to ensure that any

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DR. PETE’S RECOVERY DRINK is named after Pete Bordi, director of the Center for Food Innovation, and infused with a unique protein formula. recovery agent administered by a school is not deemed a “muscle-building” agent, according to Losey. A certain carbohydrate-protein ratio must be met under this particular bylaw. The drink meets NCAA guidelines as the amount of protein is less than 30 percent of the entire beverage. “We also had a lot of dialogue about the protein blend used in the drink,” Losey said. “Not all protein is created equal and we wanted to ensure that our guys were getting the very best and pure form.” The enhanced milk is beneficial to athletes because it provides sugar and calories to replace what athletes burn during their workouts as well as protein to help muscles and other soft tissue recover. “The original purpose was to create a recovery drink to aid our student-athletes in recovering faster between physical activities,” Losey said. “By supplying the guys with the right combination of carbohydrates, protein and fats, especially immediately following strenuous activity, we can ensure the body is receiving the proper nutrients to restore energy supplies and repair damaged tissue.” Drink, Page 9

Friedman, Poole join board of Children’s Advocacy Center STATE COLLEGE — The Children’s Advocacy Center of Centre County, Mount Nittany Health, recently announced the appointment of two new governing board members. Charlene Friedman, a longtime resident of Centre County, is chief financial officer for Friedman Real Estate Group. Friedman has more than 40 years of experience in leadership, business, and child development and psychology. Holding an undergraduate degree in education from Seton Hall University, and having completed post-graduate work at the University of Oregon and The Pennsylvania State University, she has served in leadership roles with Smart Start–Centre County, Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County and the State College Area Food Bank.

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ics and Religious Affairs, director of student activities and acting director of student unions. Poole earned a bachelor’s degree in religion and philosophy from Roberts Wesleyan College, a master of divinity degree in theology and ethics from Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Crozer Theological Seminary, and a doctorate from Penn State in religious studies. He is an ordained minister of the Presbyterian Church, THOMAS POOLE a Fellow of the Society for Values in Higher Education, and a member of several other national professional organizations. Tom and his wife, Anne Ard, reside in State College. “I am honored to have been asked to serve on the Children’s Advocacy Center board,” said Poole. “This relatively new organization has quickly proven to be a valuable asset to Centre County and beyond. I look forward to helping the board and the Children’s Advocacy Center professional staff advance these important services to our youth.”

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Penn State Hershey explains clinical research needs HERSHEY — Clinical research studies are the reason medical care has improved leaps and bounds in the past few decades. Without these carefully designed tests for new drugs, procedures or devices, treatments for diseases would not progress. These studies should be viewed as opportunities, although some people may view them negatively. “We need to change the view from researching on people to providing opportunities for people to participate in research,� said Dr. Neal Thomas, associate dean of clinical research at Penn State College of Medicine. “Clinical research is necessary to advance medical care and is all about trying to further discoveries to find the best cure for a particular disease.� Here is what the public should know about clinical studies: ■Volunteers do not have to have a specific disease. “You don’t have to be sick to be in a clinical research study,� said Terry Novchich, director of Penn State Hershey’s Clinical Trials Office. “We look for healthy volunteers for various studies depending on where we are in the development stage of that drug.� For example, a new drug may be given to healthy volunteers before it’s given to individuals who have that particular disease to test their reactions, or someone healthy could be studied to compare to someone with a disease. ■Clinical studies offer crucial access for patients to cutting-edge research. In addition to providing scientists with information, clinical research studies often allow patients at academic medical centers such as Penn State Hershey access to new and developing therapies that are not otherwise available. “A small percentage of the patients in the United States are treated at places like Penn State Hershey,� Thomas said. “A lot of things that we do here are not offered

at places that are not academic and don’t have an active clinical research program.� ■Not all studies are the same. Sometimes studies involve a medication, but others involve a device or new therapy. Some may be merely observational. “We do a lot of research here where the patient never receives anything,� Thomas said. “They either just give information or they give samples of tissue or blood that allow scientists to help discover why things happen and then try to target therapies to that specific reason.� A lot of the research studies conducted at the college are not trials at all, but studies that lead to discovery. ■There’s a reason for the experiments. People may fear they or their loved one will be “experimented on.� Novchich and Thomas often hear potential study participants or their parents say they don’t want to be a “guinea pig.� “Part of our job is to explain that it’s not experimenting on someone just to experiment. It really is trying to find the best possible treatment for their specific disease,� Thomas said. At a teaching hospital, each case is looked at as a learning opportunity to advance treatment and care for the next patient. “A lot of people say even if this won’t help my child, if it could help the next generation of children that come through with this problem, then it’s worth it,� Thomas said. ■Safety of participants is paramount. According to Novchich, an independent institutional review board ensures human subject protection during all studies. Patients always must consent to being part of a study, a process that is monitored locally by the Penn State Hershey IRB and overseen by federal regulations. The potential risks and the benefits are

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When athletes work out, their muscles lose glycogen, which is essentially a sugar, Bream said. The new drink helps replenish glycogen in the muscles. “This is not only about protein, but also proper carbohydrates to prevent their muscle tissue from tearing down,� Bream said. “Student-athletes working at such an intense level cannot keep enough stored in their bodies to keep it at a high level. Their bodies are essentially furnaces, so they need the sugar.� Beyond a superior recovery aid, Losey said the drink also serves as a quality snack between meals and activities. “We all know that the everyday demands of a student-athlete are very taxing. On top of going to class every day, our young men put in multiple hours in the weight room, film room, study hall and more,� Losey said. “That being said, as much as we preach proper nutrition, the time isn’t always there for an athlete to make the most health conscious choice. Dr. Pete’s Protein Drink is a convenient way for an athlete to receive proper nutrients while on the go.� Through the development process, football players tasted the protein-infused chocolate milk and offered feedback to

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“They can be assured that the research is being done to answer an important scientific question and not being done just because we want to do research,� Thomas said. “The overarching goal is to improve the care of the patients that we treat, whether that’s the individual patient who is recruited for the research study or future patients with the same disease process.�

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MEMBERS OF THE Bellefonte Area High School Art Club teamed with the school’s cafeteria workers to create Bellefonte’s first-ever “Empty Bowls” event.

Bellefonte High art club fights hunger with pottery By MATTHEW FELDMAN Special to the Gazette

BELLEFONTE — What started as a roundtable discussion at the beginning of the school year became one of the most successful philanthropic art events Bellefonte has seen in a long time. Created to benefit the Centre County Food Bank and held at Bellefonte Area High School on March 27, the Empty Bowls soup dinner run by the Bellefonte Area High School Art Club raised more than $2,800 for charity in a single night. “We just started with a small kernel of an idea. We knew we wanted a charity event, and it made sense to do it for the food bank,” said Art Club adviser and teacher Heather Fry. Fry and the Art Club students began planning the event in late September. They knew that other schools had held similar events, and the club wanted to bring an event to Bellefonte that would benefit the food bank. The group started by setting a goal of how many people they needed to attend the dinner.

For Fry and her students, 200 people seemed like a good number. After the number was chosen, the Art Club began working hard to produce bowls. Given that a bowl must be “thrown,” or spun on a wheel and crafted, then fired in a kiln, glazed and fired again, the process took months. After six months, the club and Fry had crafted all of the bowls they needed. According to Art Club member and senior Tyler Rudloff, 219 bowls were made and most of them were distributed to the public on the night of the dinner. Barbara Eckley, director of food services at Bellefonte, volunteered her time to help coordinate the delivery, production and service of the soup. “My role was to coordinate the food aspect of this event. I worked with Ms. Fry to see what donations were coming in, and to understand how much we needed to serve the 200 people. Lunch staff also donated all of the desserts,” Eckley said. Other lunch staff volunteers included Barb Young, Lori Bartley, Donna Rowles and Beth Perryman. Young’s son, Mat-

thew, and Rowles’ son, Kyle, also came out to help. The day of the dinner, Fry and the other volunteers began setting up by putting large black sheets of paper and crayons on each table. The tables also included student-crafted pottery centerpieces. By the time the night of the event arrived, the club had already sorted out all of the details and was ready to get down to business. The doors of the cafeteria opened at 5 p.m, and for two hours straight a steady stream of people flowed through the lines and sat down at the freshly set tables. The structure of the event was simple: Patrons walked in, grabbed empty ceramic bowls of their choice, and filled them with soup. There were five soups to choose from, as well as a large variety of breads and desserts. Local restaurants and businesses donated food, as well as items to raffle off during the evening. By 6:30 p.m., the cafeteria was full, with more than 200 people enjoying the Empty Bowls event with full bowls of delicious and warming soup.

Bald Eagle Area offers Camp Invention WINGATE — In partnership with the National Inventors Hall of Fame, the Bald Eagle Area School District recently announced that it will offer the nationally acclaimed Camp Invention program to children entering grades one through six. The four-day summer camp will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, July 13, through Thursday, July 16, at the

Wingate Elementary School, 751 S. Eagle Valley Road. Students who attend schools in surrounding school districts in Centre, Clearfield and Clinton counties are welcome to register for the camp. Activities will explore connections between science, technology, engineering and innovation. Children will work together to seek solutions to real-world problems, turn ordinary into extraordinary and sharpen critical 21stcentury learning skills while rotating through several fascinating modules, such as creating physical video game models in 3-D. Local educators will facilitate program modules and enthusiastic high school and college students will serve as leadership interns, ensuring that one staff member is in place for every eight children. Register at www.campinvention.org on or before Tuesday, May 12, to receive $15 off the base price of $220. For more information, contact Tracy Boone, BEA director of curriculum and instruction, at (814) 355-2900 or tracy.boone@beasd.net.

Volunteer lunch staff members were on site to help out with the occasion, as well as students and Art Club volunteers who assisted in serving, cleaning silverware, and distributing drinks and desserts. Volunteer Lori Bartley spoke very highly of the event. “I think it was a fabulous idea to do this. I hope they do it again,” Bartley said. Rudloff agreed. He can’t wait to see where this dinner goes in the future. “It’s really cool to get the artwork out there in the community, and it benefits a good cause. Ms. Fry brought this idea to the school, and I think it will stay for a long time,” he said. The money will be used to buy new items for the food bank, as stock starts running low after the holidays. The spring and summer months are scarce times at the food bank, and, according to Fry, it only seemed right to help out those in need. Many can turn clay into bowls, but only a select few can turn that clay into cold, hard cash — more than $2,800 in cash, all benefitting Centre County citizens in need.

Reading program comes to Schlow STATE COLLEGE — Schlow Library is pleased to announce its April book club is “Race Into Reading,” a children’s reading incentive program. Timed to coincide with One Book, Every Young Child, a statewide initiative highlighting the importance of early literacy development, Schlow’s incentive program will reward young readers with a copy of this year’s One Book, Every Young Child selection, Greg Pizzoli’s “Number One Sam.” Children up to age 12 can register for the April book club and set their own reading goals, with a minimum of 15 picture books for young children and four chapter books for older children. Between now and Thursday, April 30, registered children who complete their reading goal will receive a free copy of “Number One Sam.” For more information, visit www.schlowlibrary.org/ children.

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CPI adds practical nurse pre-testing dates PLEASANT GAP — The Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology has added additional pre-entrance testing dates for the adult practical nursing program. “We still have several adult student positions available for our practical nursing program that begins this fall,” said program coordinator Jane Irwin. “In order to provide more convenience for prospective adult students, we have added additional pre-testing dates for the program.” Irwin pointed out that the demand for licensed practical nurses has never been greater, and CPI’s practical nursing program is known around the state as a premier training program. For more information, call (814) 359-2582 or visit www. cpi.edu.

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THE PARK FOREST Middle School MATHCOUNTS team finished first at the Pennsylvania MATHCOUNTS competition, which was held March 27 and 28 in Harrisburg. Pictured, from left, are coach Susan Owens, coach Rebekah Sjoberg, captain Aaron Li, Baron Cao, William Huan and Jack Piazza.

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CLEARFIELD — Lock Haven University’s Clearfield Campus will host an open house from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 25, at the campus on 201 University Drive. Representatives from faculty, admissions and financial aid will be on hand. The open house begins with an overview of LHU Clearfield degree options. Visitors will then move to the “Academic Arena,” where one-on-one meetings with faculty and staff will be held. For those interested in nursing, there will be a separate focused session. Check-in begins at 8:45 a.m. Registration is required and can be done online at www.lhup.edu/clearfield/ admissions/open_house.html, or by calling (814) 7683402.

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SPRING IS in the air and the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology Open House is just around the corner. Students in the horticulture and landscape construction program are shown sprucing up plantings in front of the school with fresh mulch and a seasonal pruning.

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Tech Center hosts entrepreneurship competition By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Centre County Entrepreneurship Challenge competition was held in the Technology Center at Innovation Park on April 7. This competition was sponsored statewide by Economics Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization that helps young people develop sensible economic ways of thinking along with financial decision-making skills. During the competition, teams of high school students worked to formulate plans for potential businesses. Their plans are evaluated by a panel of judges, and the top five plans at the regional level are submitted to a statewide competition. The Centre County event is jointly sponsored by S&T Bank, Videon Central, Lion Country Kia and ProAct Ltd. Eight student teams representing the Bald Eagle, State College and Central Mountain school districts and Grace Prep High School presented their business plans to a panel of judges in a format resembling the popular “Shark Tank” television show. The judges were Jennifer Cadman, a personal banker at S&T Bank, and Ryan Felty, vice president and chief financial officer of Economics Pennsylvania. As the student teams presented their business plans, they fielded questions from the judges regarding items such as startup and manufacturing costs, the market for their product or service, the competition in the chosen market, sales techniques and other factors essential to running

a successful business. The businesses planned by the students covered a wide variety of genres. A Bald Eagle Area team presented Spectrum Paint and Design, a firm specializing in interior paint and decor. Another Bald Eagle team created Snap-N-Sit portable aluminum bleachers, which seat eight people for events such as Little League baseball games, soccer games, etc. A Grace Prep team showed Bellissima, a combination nail, hair, tattoo and piercing salon. A State College team created Reptilia, which would sell reptiles as pets, and provide advice to owners regarding care of the animals. The Central Mountain High School team presented CooliPaks, which are solar-powered thermoelectric beverage coolers which attach to backpacks, and a Mount Nittany Middle School team proposed the Little Lion Snack Shack, which would sell snack items to students in their school. The judges praised all the teams’ creative plans, which were judged on practicality, completeness and their probability of success in the real world of business. The first-place winner was a team from Bald Eagle High School, showing a plan for a business called Pleasure Hill Dairy, which would market a line of goat’s milk soaps. Team member Emily Trigg, who raises goats for a hobby, was credited with inspiring the idea. Bald Eagle, led by teacher and adviser Diane Lucas, sent three teams to the competition. Lucas

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STUDENTS LISTEN as a Bald Eagle High School team presents its plan for Spectrum Paint and Design during the Centre County Entrepreneurship Challenge competition. was impressed by all her students’ cooperation and independence. “These kids were great,” she said. “They didn’t require much help at all.” Don McCandless, director of business development for the Ben Franklin Transformation Business Services Network in State College, and Dan Leri, Innovation Park director, took the students on a tour of the Technology Center, visiting several startup companies headquartered there. Employees of the

startups addressed the students regarding the personal sacrifices required when starting a company, noting the financial investment and long hours that are typically necessary to get a company established. Carolyn Shirk, the event’s organizer and a vice president of Economics Pennsylvania, closed the competition, thanking all the participants, teachers and sponsors. She praised the work of the teachers assisting and guiding the students. “You need to ap-

preciate and understand what kind of teachers you have,” she said to the students. Winning teams up to fifth place each received cash and gift card prizes and will advance to the statewide competition in May. Additionally, the first-place Bald Eagle Area team received a ride back to school in a chauffeured limousine. For more information on the Entrepreneurship Challenge program, contact Shirk at (570) 9755149.

Bellefonte DAR rededicates plaque honoring founder By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — On April 11, the Bellefonte chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution held a rededication of a plaque that was set 77 years ago in the yard behind the Centre County Library and Historical Museum in Bellefonte. The plaque honors Caroline Watson Chamberlin Furst, who founded the Bellefonte DAR chapter in 1895. The bronze plaque, which was gradually sinking into the yard, was elevated and mounted on stone to improve its visibility and longevity. The rededication ceremony was held in the community room of the First Presbyterian Church on Spring Street in Bellefonte, with district-level DAR officials, descendants of the Furst family, Bellefonte DAR members and friends attending. Bellefonte DAR regent Carol Corman welcomed everyone to the ceremony and introduced DAR Northern Central District director Kathleen Shafer, who addressed the group. “Rededication sounds like such a positive word,” she said. “It’s like rebirth, refresh, and it seems appropriate to have a rededication on a beautiful spring day.” Sue Kellerman, Bellefonte DAR historian, spoke of the founding of the DAR national organization and of the Bellefonte chapter. Kellerman said that, in 1890, the Sons

of the American Revolution organization decided at its national conference to exclude women from its membership. Many women were outraged by this exclusion, and Mary Smith Lockwood wrote a fiery response, which was printed in the Washington Post a few days later. Lockwood’s letter brought immediate response, and within two months the Daughters of the American Revolution was organized, led by Lockwood and three other co-founders. In April 1895, Caroline Furst joined the Lock Haven chapter of the DAR, and was soon asked by the DAR state regent to form a chapter in Bellefonte. On May 2, 1895, Furst was appointed regent of the new Bellefonte DAR chapter. Kellerman noted that Furst was an active member of the Presbyterian Church in Bellefonte, and served for many years in the women’s auxiliary of the Centre County Hospital, as well as being a leader in other civic, religious and social activities. Her husband, Judge Austin O. Furst, of Bellefonte, was a prominent citizen who was chosen by the community to speak at Gov. Andrew Curtin’s funeral in 1894. Austin Furst’s portrait currently hangs in the Centre County courthouse. “Caroline embodied our organization’s mission of service to the community,” said Bellefonte DAR chaplain Cheri Banks. She noted that the Bellefonte chapter has approximately 100 members.

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BELLEFONTE DAR regent Carol Corman made the official rededication of the plaque honoring chapter founder Caroline Furst. Corman made the official rededication of the plaque honoring Caroline Furst. “We meet today to honor and pay loving tribute to Caroline Watson Chamberlin Furst. Her dedication to the historical, education and patriotic objectives of our society have inspired all of us in our

daily work for God, home and country,” she said. “A tangible tribute to her service is this plaque, approved by the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, and a tangible tribute to Caroline Furst is our commitment to continue her pursuit of excellence in all endeavors.”

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Breakfast to be held

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STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Democrats will hold their annual spring breakfast at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, at The Ramada Inn and Conference Center. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. All Democratic candidates for Supreme Court, Commonwealth Court and Superior Court will attend the breakfast, as will all commissioners and row office candidates. “Centre County Democrats are honored to host one of the few events where voters will have the opportunity to meet all of statewide judicial candidates,� said Greg Stewart, CCDC chair. Ticket prices are $30, $50 and $100 and are available at www.centrecountydems.com. Reservations are required and the deadline is Saturday, April 18. For more information, contact Carol White at (814) 2380315 or whitecone@msn.com.

Spaghetti dinner planned SNOW SHOE — The Snow Shoe Rails to Trails Spaghetti Dinner Ride and Central Mountain ATV Dice Run will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 25, at the Moshannon Community Center. Cost of the dinner is $8 and includes spaghetti with salad, dessert and beverage. Meals will be served until they are gone. Takeout is available and the public is invited. There also will be SSRT clothing, raffles and door prizes available. For more information, visit www.ssrt.org.

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Shops celebrate joint second anniversary By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

REBERSBURG — On April 11, the Forefathers Book Store and Main Street Yarn celebrated their joint second anniversary at the former First National Bank building at 121 E. Main St in Rebersburg. The stores are owned and operated by Keith Bierly and his wife, Kim, who reside in Centre Hall. They bought the former bank building in 2012, and opened the stores on April 11, 2013. Keith Bierly was raised in Rebersburg, just a few houses away from the bookstore. He served as a Centre County commissioner for 16 years and as a district justice for 12 years, and now spends time as a political consultant and storekeeper. He has a love for politics, history and books. “We now have 30,000 books and about 10,000 more in storage,” said Bierly. His inventory includes biographies of all 44 U.S. presidents, many first ladies, senate leaders, Supreme Court justices and American historical figures. The biographies also include acclaimed sports figures and coaches, journalists, movie stars, musicians, scientists, novelists, religious leaders, Native Americans and other familiar names in American history and culture. The building retains some of its former banking trappings. Sales are rung up at the former tellers’ windows, and the bank vault, with its door chained open and still containing safety deposit boxes, is filled with books. Bierly said the store now includes a “bargain basement” on the lower level, which includes many children’s books, 19th-century novels and others, with some available for as little as $2. Kim Bierly said she maintains a diversified stock of yarns and has added much yarn to the store, nearly doubling her stock since Main Street Yarn’s opening two years ago. She prefers to buy most of her stock from small, women-owned companies that feature high-quality, handdyed yarns. A knitter since childhood, Kim Bierly hosts meetings of the Penns Valley Area Knitters Club on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month. “It’s called the Penns Valley Knitters, but we have members from all around the county,” she said.

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CUSTOMERS EXAMINE knitting patterns at Main Street Yarn in Rebersburg during its second anniversary on April 11.

Rummage, bake sale set Chicken dinner planned PINE GROVE MILLS — There will be an indoor rummage and bake sale fundraiser for the American Cancer Society from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 18, at the Lion’s Club Building, 424 W. Pine Grove Road in Pine Grove Mills. Donated items include housewares, Longaberger baskets, books, garden supplies, tools and more. Homemade baked goods, soup and sandwiches also will be available for purchase.

BELLEFONTE — A barbecue chicken dinner will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at the Bellefonte Elks in downtown Bellefonte. Cost is $7 and includes a half chicken, macaroni salad, baked beans and a roll. Proceeds benefit the Bald Eagle Area Lady Eagles youth basketball program. For more information, contact Kurt Wellar at (814) 4046555.

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Pancake day scheduled BELLEFONTE — The 58th annual Bellefonte Kiwanis Pancake Day will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, at Undine’s Lambert Hall on Blanchard Street in Bellefonte. Cost is $7. Children 8 and younger eat for free. The all-you-can-eat event benefits kids’ projects.

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Charter school presents young rock bands in concert By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — How many rock bands do you know that are made up of fifth to eighth graders? If you attended the Centre Learning Community Charter School’s “Future Legends of Rock” concert on April 10, you would have heard four of them. The concert was part of a rock band course taught at the school by CLC teachers Matt Price and Tom Wible. The course met once a week for an hour, and students were coached on playing guitar, bass and drums, as well as on vocals. “We ask that students who are interested in doing rock band class either take lessons or have previous experience,” said Price. “We try to treat it (class time) like a real band rehearsal — you come in, you tune up. It’s not individual practice time; it’s band practice, so come prepared.” Price said the school has been offering the rock band course for five years. Students can use their own instruments or participate in a rent-to-own program administered by Wible. Price said the idea for course originated when he was teaching at a rock band camp sponsored by the Robert M. Sides Company in State College. “The idea sort of stemmed from that, because one of my private lesson students was going to school here, and he wanted to do his final eighth grade project on drumming and drum set history. That led me to meeting Kathy Morrow, and she was the one who got us in here,” he said. “It started as just giving lessons, then we did one rock band class, then two, and it just took off from there.” The student bands play an eclectic mix of covers of contemporary rock songs, mixed with some classic numbers from the 1980s and as far back as the 1960s. Songs by Coldplay, Green Day, the Ramones, Jefferson Airplane and the Beatles were heard by the concert audi-

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ABOUT 100 PEOPLE attended the “Future Legends of Rock” concert at the Centre Learning Community Charter School in State College. ence. Wible, a skilled guitarist, joined in with one of the bands for a rousing rendition of the Beatles’ classic “Come Together,” which had the audience singing along. Each band received plenty of applause and cheers from the audience

for their performances. Wible was impressed by the students’ musical enthusiasm. “The kids have a lot of enthusiasm, and a show like this really solidifies it,” he said.

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Annual Blue-White Game marks end of spring practice By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — If it’s April, and if there are thousands of RVs and tailgaters surrounding Beaver Stadium, it must mean that it’s again time for the annual Blue-White football game at Penn State. It is always a big weekend with all kinds of activities and sports — football-related or not — going on all over the campus and downtown. It is also always a bit difficult to gauge the actual importance of the game and how it relates to what we are going to see on the field in the fall. It is, after all, just a scrimmage with all kinds of special rules and conditions built in that the coaches will use to assess how much progress the team has made. We are likely not going to see much, tactically or otherwise, that we haven’t see before. Yet this is head coach James Franklin’s second BlueWhite Game, and there is a certain amount of expectation and anticipation about it that calls back to Penn State’s performance in the Pinstripe Bowl. There’s no doubt that the program is on the rebound. Scholarships are back, depth is beginning to return and Franklin’s recruits are starting to filter in. So the game will be closely watched for signs of how far along the team is and how much farther along it is likely to be when the season starts at Temple. With that in mind, here’s rundown of some of the players and positions to look for on the field on April 18. ■ Offensive line Franklin has said that the offensive line this spring has made “dramatic progress,” but there is still a lot of work to do. The line will actually be two deep with scholarship players for the first time in two years. As of right now, the starters will likely be Andrew Nelson at right tackle, Brian Gaia at right guard, Angelo Mangiro at center, Brandan Mahon at left guard and transfer Paris Palmer at left tackle. The competition for the left tackle spot is intense, with red-shirt freshman Sterling Jenkins and Palmer neck-andneck. Junior Wendy Laurent is also in the running at center, with Chance Sorrell, Brendan Brosnan, Noah Beh and Chasz Wright the redshirt freshmen to watch. State College High graduate Evan Galimberti and Tom Devenney are sophomores in the mix. ■ Linebacker Mike Hull will be more than difficult to replace at middle linebacker, but Penn State has a plan and it doesn’t involve just one guy. “I don’t think one person is going to replace Mike Hull,” Franklin said. “It’s going to be a combination of players.” Nyeem Wartman looks like he will move in from outside linebacker, with Brandon Bell and Jason Cabinda playing on the outside. Word is, also, that senior Ben Kline, who was out all of last season with a knee injury, has had a very strong spring, and Troy Reeder and Gary Wooten are also in the conversation.

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Who plays where at linebacker and how much will be closely watched. ■ Running back Junior Akeel Lynch returns as the starter, and there are three redshirt freshmen who will be vying for playing time behind him — Mark Allen, Nick Scott and Johnathan Thomas. The three have complementary styles, and it will be of interest to see how they are used in the game. ■ Quarterback Penn State lists four quarterbacks on its roster, with Trace McSorley, Tommy Stevens and Billy Fessler backing up Christian Hackenberg. How much Hackenberg will play is unknown (probably not much), and with McSorley and Stevens both listed as dual threats, we could see lots of movement out of the quarterback position. ■ Defensive line This is one of the strengths of the team. Anthony Zettle, Austin Johnson, Parker Cothren, Antoine White, Joe Holmes and Tarow Barney are listed as tackles, and Carl Nassib, Evan Schwan, Garrett Sickels, Curtis Cothran and Torrence Brown are defensive ends. Look for many different combinations here. ■ Defensive back Yet another strength of the team. Adrian Amos is off to the NFL, but there is a wealth of young, experienced players returning. Jordan Lucas moves back to safety for 2015 to replace Ryan Keiser, and senior Trevor Williams will lead a strong group of cornerbacks. Fifteen d-backs are on the roster. ■ Wide receiver Matt Zanellato, Eugene Lewis, DaeSean Hamilton,

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DeAndre Thompkins, Saeed Blaknall and Chris Goodwin headline the returnees to a position that had its ups and downs last season. The plan is for the quarterbacks to have more time to throw, so we could immediately see Penn State run deeper, more aggressive pass routes (with more separation) in the Blue-White Game. ■ Tight ends Franklin emphasized the importance of the tight end position at his opening press conference, especially in run and pass blocking. Adam Breneman returns from an injury, and he will join Kyle Carter, Brent Wilkerson, Tom Pancoast and Mike Gesicki coming back from last season. ■ Kicking game As a new wrinkle this year, the field goal teams will take the field before the game and perform from different locations and distances in front of the crowd. The same will happen at halftime with the punters, a position that Franklin said has not shown as much improvement has he would like. Replacing Sam Ficken is a priority, but there are no scholarship players among the kickers, so Penn State will have to choose from its group of walk-ons. They will all have a chance to show what they can do in front of a live audience. ■ Start time Another change for this year is the starting time for the game. Unlike previous years, when the game began a 1 p.m., this year’s game will begin at 4 p.m. Admission is free.

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■ Beaver Stadium parking lots open, 8 a.m. ■ Men’s golf hosts Rutherford Invitational, 8 a.m. ■ Athletics equipment sale, Pegula Ice Arena, Gate A, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. ■ Blue-White Family Fun Zone; Holuba Hall, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

■ Totino’s Fan Festival, Curtin Road, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. ■ Team bus arrival, Curtin and Porter roads, 12:45 p.m. ■ Beaver Stadium Gates A and B open, 1 p.m. ■ Player autograph session, 1:15-2 p.m. ■ All Beaver Stadium gates open, 2:30 p.m. ■ Blue-White Game presented by AAA, 4 p.m.

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Penn State offers athletes generous stipends By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s cost-of-attendance stipend is set to be one of the largest in the nation, according to a recent study. It has long been known that Penn State athletics would offer scholarship athletes a stipend of up to $4,788 annually. What has been unclear is where that number falls in relation to other athletic programs across the nation. According to a recent report by The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Penn State will hand out the sixth-highest figure in the nation. Penn State will also outpace the rest of the Big Ten conference. The cost-of-attendance stipend is a federally calculated value based on campus size, population and other factors, although universities have a certain amount of flexibility as far as how those figures are reported. Even so, Penn State and the rest of the Division I schools opting into the program have limited control over the annual figure. “The expense side of this is not tricky; cost of attendance, $1.75 million,” Penn State athletic director Sandy Barbour told StateCollege.com in an exclusive interview earlier this year. “Our revenues are grow-

ing, so we have the opportunity to do this. But, as I talked to our coaches, I said we’re going to commit to doing this because I think it’s important; I think it’s one of the success factors. But that means $1.75 million we can’t spend on something else.” Penn State won’t be outspent by any teams in the region. Tennessee ($5,666), Auburn ($5,586), Louisville ($5,202), Mississippi State ($5,126) and Texas Tech ($5,100) are the schools that will be spending more than Penn State. Within the conference, Nittany Lion athletes will receive the largest annual assistance by nearly $500 more than the University of Wisconsin, which comes in second in conference spending at $4,316. Ohio State will hand out roughly $2,602, while Michigan and Michigan State will assist with $2,204 and $1,872 respectively. The cost-of-attendance stipend is one of the first rule changes by the Power Five conferences following their collective autonomy granted by the NCAA. The program is optional for all schools within the nation’s largest five conferences, but is aimed at improving the standard of living for student-athletes who often generate millions in revenue and see very little of that money. In contrast to Penn State, three private colleges have the lowest cost-of-atten-

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ACCORDING TO a recent study, Penn State’s cost-of-attendance stipend is set to be the highest in the Big Ten. dance numbers: Boston College ($1,400), the University of Southern California ($1,580) and Syracuse University ($1,632). Student-athletes at participating

schools will receive a percentage of the stipend relative to their scholarship status. Partial scholarship athletes will receive partial assistance from the university.

Penn State, Rutgers Ability to replace quality game to air in prime time not to be overlooked By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The key to a good football program isn’t so much the ability to build, it’s the ability to reload. Anyone can make a good team every three or four years. The essential ingredient to prolonged success: finding ways to create quality players without having to wait. As Penn State exits spring practice this week, the development of the defensive end position is a small but important transition period. Going from long-time ends Deion Barnes and C.J. Olaniyan, and being able to find players to make an immediate impact, has been a key focus for the past several weeks. And heading into this weekend’s BlueWhite Game, it’s a need that has turned into a strength. “We went into this spring with question marks at d-end, and I don’t have those question marks,” coach James Franklin said. Replacing a total of 77 tackles and nine sacks from last season isn’t the primary concern as much as providing Penn State’s defense with not only a threat, but solid anchors on the edges of the defensive line. With at least four players in the mix for

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the starting roles, finding those anchors shouldn’t be too hard. The candidates? Two new faces and two players with experience under their belts already. Franklin is high on the spring that both former walk-on Carl Nassib and redshirt sophomore Garrett Sickels have had. Both seem favored to start the season at the end position, but two new names might just add some depth in that area as well. “Nassib and Sickles I think are doing really well, playing at a high level, really talented, very dependable,” Franklin said. “I’d say Curtis Cothran and Torrence Brown are exciting, and that doesn’t slight the other guys, but those two guys, for young guys that haven’t played, they are flashing some really exciting things. “Those guys have played with great technique, great fundamentals, they’re playing with really good confidence right now, and I’m excited about our d-ends.” It may not seem like much, two players on a team of more than 100 athletes, but for Penn State to continue to take steps forward, it’s all about the ability to sustain success at a high level. From the sound of it, Penn State won’t be taking a step backward at the defensive end position this year. And anything that isn’t moving backward is a good sign for Penn State.

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State will once again play under the Beaver Stadium lights this season as the Nittany Lions will host Rutgers Saturday, Sept. 19, according to a conference announcement. The game will be the first prime-time event of the conference schedule and one of only six prime-time games of the year for the Big Ten. Last season, Penn State knocked off Rutgers late in regulation to spoil the Scarlet Knights’ Big Ten debut in Piscataway, N.J. Penn State will be playing a prime-time game on the Big Ten Network for the fifth consecutive season, with a 4-1 record in those contests. The Nittany Lions won at Northwestern (2011), Iowa (2012) and Rutgers (2014), and lost at home to the University of Central Florida by a field goal in 2013. It also marks the 16th straight season Penn State has played at least one game during prime time. The Nittany Lions and Scarlet Knights have met 25 times, with the first meeting coming in 1918. Penn State holds a 23-2 lead in the series, with a 13-2 mark in homes games. Penn State opens the season on the road at Temple before playing five straight

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Rolling past a rival

Bald Eagle Area takes care of business at Bellefonte, 5-1 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — The recipe for success the Bald Eagle Area softball team put together in its 5-1 victory over Bellefonte on April 13 was one as tried and true and reliable as any in the sport. It consisted of solid pitching and outstanding defense — with a measure of timely hitting, albeit late in the game, thrown in for good measure. The result was an impressive early-season win in a game between two teams, and two local rivals, that both have lofty aspirations for the 2015 season. BEA pitcher Sidney Shultz pitched a complete game in her first varsity start against Bellefonte. She gave up one run on six hits, struck out two and walked two as she protected a slim two-run lead through six innings before the Eagles finally broke through with three insurance runs in the seventh. She also had the benefit of some major glove work behind her. Shortstop Haley Giedroc denied Bellefonte scoring opportunities three times with dramatic defensive plays. Giedroc threw out two runners at the plate and saved another run with a diving grab of what looked to be a sure RBI hit for the Lady Raiders — all with the Lady Eagles holding a tenuous 2-0 lead. Shultz and Giedroc’s heroics were enough to hold off Bellefonte until the BEA offense was able to put some hits together and score three insurance runs in the seventh inning. “We weren’t hitting,” BEA coach Curt

Heverly said about his team coming into the game, “and we’re not doing the things to drive in runs. And we weren’t for five innings here, we left people on. “Toward the end, we started to hit the way I think we can. Get our pitch and hit line drives, and we were able to put the game out of reach a little bit.” For six innings the game was a pitcher’s duel between Shultz and Bellefonte’s Tara Baney. Both pitchers threw scoreless ball through four innings before BEA broke through to a two-run lead in the top of the fifth on a leadoff double by Dallis Dillon, a hit batter and another double by Marissa Tobias. But Bellefonte threatened immediately in the bottom of the inning. A walk and a two-base error put Jordan Rockey and Angela Capparelle on second and third base with one out. Jess Fishburn then grounded to Giedroc, but instead of taking the sure out at first, Giedroc threw home just in time to get Capparelle for the second out. “She (Capparelle) went off,” Giedroc said, “and I thought, you know, I was just going to throw home try to get her. Might as well go for it. If anything, it will help my team.” Giedroc wasn’t done yet. With runners now on first and third, leadoff hitter Jenna Ault sent a hard grounder up the middle, but Giedroc dove to her left, knocked it down, and was able to flip it second baseman Mikala Smith just in time to get Fishburn for the third out. “Anytime she (Giedroc) gets the ball,” Shultz said, “I’m confident she’s going to make the play.”

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BALD EAGLE AREA’S Sidney Shultz delivers a pitch during the April 13 5-1 win at Bellefonte. It was still just a two-run game, however, and after a scoreless sixth, it was anyone’s game with an inning to play. Dillon led off the BEA seventh with a single, but after two consecutive outs, it looked like she would be stranded. But Logan Fischer, Marissa Tobias, Morgan Nyman and Makenzie Proctor all followed with consecutive singles that put three more runs on the board for the Eagles and balooned their lead to 5-0. Bellefonte sent seven players to the

plate in its seventh, scoring a run on a single by Baney, but Giedroc cut another run down at the plate and Shultz struck out pinch hitter Taylore Maurer with the bases loaded and two outs to end the game. “They (BEA) are very aggressive on the bases,” Bellefonte coach Fred Caldwell said, “and they pushed it every time they got on base. I’m not sure we were as prepared as we needed to be, but you have to tip you hat. BEA made the most of their opportunities.”

Penn State softballers fall to Indiana, 7-4 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The remarkable animation the Penn State softball players had in their bats over the Easter weekend in Wisconsin somehow dissipated before the beginning of Indiana’s three-game visit to University Park on April 11. Penn State scored 39 runs in three games against Wisconsin, including three grand slams — two in one inning — while taking two of the three against the Badgers. The Lady Nits were on a roll, but they couldn’t keep it going against Indiana. After dropping the first two games to the Hoosiers, 8-3 and 5-4, the two teams squared off for the finale on April 12, with Penn State looking to regain some of its form in game three. Only it didn’t happen. Penn State out hit Indiana, but the Hoosiers scored three runs in the second inning, kept chipping away and never trailed in their 7-4 Big Ten win at Beard Field. Penn State had chances, with 11 hits, but the Lions couldn’t come through with the big blows and stranded 11 runners in the loss. The sweep left Penn State with a 21-19 record (4-8 in the conference) and dissatisfied with its performance in the series. “Very disappointed,” Penn State head coach Amanda Lehotak said. “I haven’t been a part of a series where we out hit an opponent two-to-three and

haven’t been able to win a game. “We are averaging 10 to 11 hits a game, but we’re just not getting the timely hits. We’re not getting the two-, four-, five-run inning, which is what you need anymore at this level. “So, disappointed, and I appreciate our kids’ fight, they’re fighters, but this series hurts. It hurts.” After a scoreless first inning on April 12, Indiana (14-28) broke through in the second with three runs against Penn State starter Marissa Diescher. Diescher hurt herself by walking the first three batters in the inning, and, as so often happens, all three of those runners scored — two on RBI singles by CaraMia Tsirigos and Taylor Uden and the third on a sacrifice fly by Rebecca Blitz. “Diescher came out in the first inning strong, dominant,” Lehotak said, “but I don’t know what happened in the second inning. She just lost it; walked the bases loaded.” Penn State responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs of its own to keep the game close. An RBI double by first baseman Kristina Brackpool gave PSU its first run, and then Lexi Knief singled in Brackpool to make the score 3-2. Penn State would subsequently put runners in scoring position in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings, but in every case, Indiana pitcher Lora Olson was able to find a way out with no damage. Meanwhile, Indiana added

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PENN STATE’S Kristina Brackpool slides safely into second base during the April 12 game with Indiana. The Nittany Lions lost, 7-4. single runs in the third and fourth against Penn State’s Marliana Laubach, and then the Hoosiers put the game out of reach in the seventh. With two outs in that inning, Katelyn Conenna launched a long home run over the left field wall, and then Michelle Huber followed with another one, just as long, that gave IU a 7-2 advantage. Penn State went on to send

seven batters to the plate in the bottom of the inning, with Brackpool plating two runs with a twoout single, but the Lions were unable to keep it going and the game ended 7-4. Brackpool led Penn State with three hits and three RBIs in the game, while Kneif, who leads PSU in hitting with a .402 average, added two hits and an RBI. Third baseman Shelby Miller and second baseman Reina Furuya

also had two hits for the Lions. “We are going to go back and talk about approach,” Lehotak said, “and about pitch selection, and we are going to watch film, and prepare for Ohio State. We’ll do our best. “I know we had a bad weekend, but we’ve had a lot of success so far this season so I don’t want to go dramatic. I want to make sure we get back to the mindset of do what we do well.”

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Bellefonte tops rival Bald Eagle Area, 3-1 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

WINGATE — Bellefonte somehow needed to score just one run, and the Raiders didn’t care how they got it. Down to its last five outs, trailing by a run, and being shut out on one hit, Bellefonte was scratching just to get a man on base against BEA pitcher Ryan Guenot. But in the sixth inning, Guenot, pitching beautifully and working on a one-hitter, began to tire. With one out, he walked Taylor Butts and then hit Logan Mathieu with a pitch. Guenot struck out Dominic Masullo for the second out, but Gehrig Shuster followed with another walk to load the bases. Guenot then ran a full count on Zack Musser, but he lost him on a low, inside slider, forcing in Butts. Bellefonte had its run — without hitting a fair ball — and that run changed the complexion of the game. Given new life, the Raiders struck for two more in the top of the seventh on RBI hits by Butts and Mathieu and then held off BEA for a tense, 3-1 Mountain League win. “I think both teams were excited to be in that kind of situation,” Bellefonte coach Jeremy Rellinger said. “You always want it to be close, and you always want to have a

chance, and both teams were right there. “Kids get up there to hit, and sometimes they come through, and sometimes they don’t. That was the time that we needed it (in the seventh), and it happened.” It would not have been surprising if the single run BEA scored in the third inning would have stood up as the only run in the game. That run, scored when Dylan Burns took home on a first-and-third play, was the only one given up by Guenot and Bellefonte pitcher Mathieu in the first five innings of the game. But after Bellefonte tied it and Kody Hamer relieved Guenot, the momentum shifted squarely behind the Raiders. With one out in the Bellefonte seventh, Tanner Helmes singled and then Trent Fortney was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second. Butts followed with an RBI single to make it 2-1, and then Mathieu helped himself by smashing a long double to center field that scored Fortney. “I was just looking for a strike to hit,” Mathieu said. “Three-and-zero count, I just got a good pitch and ripped it.” BEA, now down 3-1, was left with just one more chance in the bottom of the inning. Alex Struble led off for the Eagles with a single to center, and with that, Nick Jabco relieved Mathieu.

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BELLEFONTE’S LOGAN MATHIEU took care of business against Bald Eagle Area in an intense 3-1 Red Raider win on April 14. Catcher Dylan Burns met Jabco with a single to left that put the tying runs on base with none out. Jabco, however, bore down and got Brandon Gettig, Guenot and Jason Jones in order to save the Raider win. “Both pitchers pitched very, very well,”

BEA coach Jim Gardner said. “Their pitcher (Mathieu) I thought just really baffled us, and we have a nice lineup. Coming into the game, we were hitting .352 through four games, but we’re not hitting .352 now. So you have to tip your cap to him. He did an amazing job.”

BEA’s Jones signs letter of intent to play at LHU By TREY COCHRAN correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

WINGATE — After leading the Bald Eagle Area football team under center for the last two years, Jason Jones will be moving on to Lock Haven University where he will play quarterback for the Bald Eagles. Jones has had a tremendous athletic career at Bald Eagle Area off the football field as well. Jones currently has a .316 career batting average for the baseball team and posted 15.5 points per game on the basketball court during his senior year. Despite his other athletic talents, Jones is certain about his choice to play college football. “I’ve always just loved football so much, that just in college, that is what I wanted to do and the only sport I wanted to focus on,” Jones said. “A couple of schools asked me about (playing) basketball, but I told them I just want to focus on football.” In addition to his love of the game, his stats back up his decision to stick with football. In his two years as starting quarterback, Jones accumulated 1,830 yards with 17 touchdowns through the air. Bald Eagle Area head coach Ron Hoover saw more then just stats and the love of the game in the 18-year-old. “He’s a team player and I think that’s so important at the high-school level, and he was a great leader for us this year on the football field. Even when things wouldn’t go well he would step up and try to get the kids motivated and keep going,” Hoover said. The first-year Eagles head coach was equally impressed with the teenager’s commitment to bettering himself as a leader and a football player.

“We are all proud of him, he is a good kid and kid you would recommend anywhere,” Hoover said, “and we look forward to him having a great career.” Jones praised his head coach and was grateful for the effort Hoover and previous head coach John Tobias put into preparing him to be a prolific quarterback. “(Hoover) really gave me full range of the offense this year and let me call the plays and, if I saw something on the field, to audible it,” said Jones. “But really he just gave me full range of the offense and as a quarterback that’s what you have to do in college.” In his visit early in the season, Jones attended a Lock Haven football game and was impressed with the Bald Eagles’ system. “It seemed like they are a very balanced team, with a lot of quarterback-running and throwing the ball quite a bit, which I like,” said Jones. Although he will not be starting in his freshman year, Jones said he is excited to be learning from the Bald Eagles’ starting quarterback. “They have a great starting quarterback there right now, Caleb Walton. He has two years left, and I’m looking forward to learning a lot off him,” said Jones. “I talked to him a little bit and he told me what it would be like and it just seemed like the best fit for me.” Jones said his proximity to home was very persuasive in his decision, as well. “I’m really close with my family and the closeness to home and only being 30 minutes away was a factor in my decision,” he said. The decision will also keep him close

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BALD EAGLE AREA quarterback Jason Jones signed his letter of intent to play collegiate football this upcoming season for Lock Haven University. With Jones at his signing were his current and former head coaches Ron Hoover, top left, and Jack Tobias, as well as his father, David Jones, bottom right. to the most influential figure in his life: his father, David Jones. “My dad has been great with everything, really taught me about being a great person, quarterback, leader and everything really,” said Jones. With his dad being a member of the high school coaching staff, they have been

that much closer with one another. “Any time there is something wrong, he helps me correct my mistake, and he is there to tell me what I can do better. He has just been a huge help. I can’t say enough about him,” Jones said. Jones plans to major in elementary education at LHU.

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Penn State’s Hackenberg reflects on past, future By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Christian Hackenberg was in a hurry. A junior in high school, he, like so many others his age, was walking the fine line between right on time and fashionably late. In this case, it was a game of pickup basketball that had Hackenberg moving so fast. He may have been a football star in the making, but he wasn’t about to turn down the chance to compete. “Hey, Hack,� a voice said as he sped by. “I know the dude that just took over the Penn State job; he’d be a great fit for you. Do you want me to send them some film?� The source of the inquiry was a coach at Fork Union Academy in Virginia where Hackenberg played. That same coach was a former player under Bill O’Brien while both of them were at Maryland. Be it fate, or simply a coincidence, it was a moment that would ultimately change the course of Hackenberg’s football career. As happens in many big crossroads in life, it was far less obvious how the next three words would eventually change everything. “Sure,� Hackenberg said, already back in motion, “Do it.� Two days later, he got the news: Penn State was coming to visit. Shortly thereafter, assistant coach Charles London offered him a scholarship and an invitation to Penn State’s junior day. Hackenberg could have declined the offer. Only days earlier he had sat down with his inner circle to start a new chapter in his recruitment process. He had narrowed his options down to five schools: Alabama, Miami, South Carolina, Florida and Tennessee. So, really, there was no need to talk to Penn State. The program was entering an uncertain future with few positive headlines to be seen. He could have picked any of his final five schools and had a productive career. But Hackenberg accepted the offer, heading to Penn State and the still-unpacking O’Brien. By the time the visit was over, Hackenberg was ready to commit then and

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there. The only thing stopping him was the wisdom of his father, who advised him to just sit on it for two weeks and see how it felt then. Sleep on it for a bit. Two weeks later Hackenberg made the call, and the rest is history. Nearly some 24 months into the future, Christian Hackenberg sat down exclusively with StateCollege.com inside the Lasch Building player’s lounge with a lot of stories under his belt. He is, by all measures, one of the best quarterbacks in college football. He is, by all accounts, on course to become perhaps the greatest quarterback to play for Penn State. It is a distinction that will likely come with far fewer accolades and far more bruises than it probably deserves. That kind of talk doesn’t seem to bother him all that much, though. Overly polite, surprisingly open and undeniably shaped by his upbringing, Hackenberg has been the kind of cornerstone that a troubled football program has needed. The outside world doesn’t bother him, and he embraces the demands of the program. The kid just wants to play football. It’s a life Hackenberg has come to know as an increasingly elite athlete, a role that he was seemingly born to play. In a family of athletes, he is just the latest in a long line. “Both my grandfathers played college ball, all my uncles, my dad; my mom was an All-American volleyball player at Lehigh. So, I just had a lot of athletes around me growing up,� Hackenberg said tapping the table as he remembered. “I didn’t play football until sixth or seventh grade, but it was baseball, basketball, whatever we could pick up we played. Since I could walk, I was on the sidelines with my dad and my grandfather. I always had a passion and an interest for the game and it was always such a big part of my life.� Passion is a word that gets used a lot around Hackenberg. He is, to those who know him, occasionally hilarious — perhaps a necessary skill for living a life under a microscope. But, like all great athletes, he has the ability to flip the switch, to become hyperfocused. All of it coming back to the simple love of sports. Even so, it wasn’t until midway through his high school

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career that Hackenberg truly knew that passion could turn from love into profession. Millions of kids have dreamed of an NFL future. Very few have seen that dream come true. “I knew it was kind of what I wanted to do if the opportunity presented itself,� Hackenberg said checking his phone. “Always looking up to my dad, seeing the pictures of him in college and what it was like. So, really, my sophomore year I won the starting job at Fork Union, which was a big step for me. I beat out two seniors, and then we went on to win the state championship that year. So, really, at that point in time — again I was young, just playing and enjoying it — but at the same time, I always had that thought in my mind that, hey, if I caught someone’s eye, this could possibly be something for me.� Hackenberg, Page 21

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Hackenberg, from page 20 Following Hackenberg’s sophomore season his first offer arrived, a scholarship from the University of Virginia. That’s the moment when it clicked, the realization that football could be something more. “That was when it became a reality because then you did have that offer out there on the table. But, at the same time, I never really looked at it as trying to play for those scholarships. I mean, I did, but I really did it because I loved the game and loved playing it and loved competing. I looked at it the same way for baseball and basketball.” Surprisingly, Hackenberg didn’t drop his other sports once the offers started to roll in. A family mindset kept him on the court and the mound for as long as possible. “My parents were big believers in playing multiple sports for as long as you possibly can. I enjoyed it, too. I feel, like, if I had just played football, I would have been burned out by now, just focusing on one thing all year round. So it was fun to have that change up to pick that up and compete in a different way. So, for me, it was baseball and basketball were kind of my releases. I picked it up during the season and put it down and just kind of moved on. But, I kind of narrowed it down to baseball and football my junior year.” The more you get to know Hackenberg, the more you begin to realize that he is summarized by three very simple concepts: his friends and family, his love of football and an often overlooked passion for Penn State. Other interests find their way into his life, but those three are the things that get the 20-year-old out of bed every morning. As Hackenberg made that decision to chase the dream for real, to make playing football a career choice, it took more than just skill. It took discipline and it took a plan. “I had a lot of friends back home who had the same thought process as me of maybe possibly playing ball at the next level, wanted to be able to do it, talked about it a lot,” Hackenberg said. “But, at the same time, you know those were the guys who were hanging out at the beach or taking the road trips. “I still made time to do that because I was still a kid, but I made sure to get all my work done first, early mornings, or whatever it was. I would just figure out a time that I could go in and get my work done. It was sort of a check list, a priority list for me, looking at where I want to be in five years, not that day. So, I think that had a lot to do with the discipline that my parents and my coach and Fork Union in general instilled in me at that point in time in my life.” From there, Hackenberg had to find out what it would take to be able to advance his career. It’s a large part of why he choose Penn State, to be able to work with O’Brien and his staff. He needed to learn how to prepare in a way that would not only benefit him, but the team as well. If his passion for the game and his discipline got him to this point, his willingness to be coached would get him where he needed to be. “I learned a lot from a lot of people. I think Coach O’Brien was a big factor in that,” Hackenberg said. “I understood what it took to get to the college level, but then with him I had to understand what it was to prepare at the professional level, because that’s what he expected out of me.

“So, for me, I kind of had a different sort of ‘coming to’ with that experience in terms of what that expectation level was, in terms of being prepared and step in and win and lead a team and operate at a high level. So, for me, I just wanted to immerse myself in the game. I wanted to be able to balance things out, but it was a priorities thing for me to be able to do whatever I had to do to be as prepared as I could be, to put my team in the best position it could be to win the game, and, whatever my role would be, that I was prepared.” Despite O’Brien’s abrupt departure from Penn State, Hackenberg still remains in fairly regular contact with him. It’s a relationship that is, perhaps, a bit complicated to the outside world, but for Hackenberg it’s another brain to pick, another ear that will listen. O’Brien will contact Hackenberg unprompted, too, sending him links, the occasional text. It’s an unlikely friendship for those who watch and believe everything in an over-dramatized world of sports. But it’s a relationship that makes sense, between two people who are passionate about football. “It’s honestly become a mentor-mentee kind of thing. But at the same time, it’s more of a friendship than it was coachplayer type of relationship,” Hackenberg said. “I still lean on him for some things and I’m always trying to learn, so I’ll pick his brain whenever I can, but I think it’s more of a friendship thing now and I like that. “He’s done so much for me and has always been there, so having a guy like that in your corner and having a guy like that you can talk to is always a big time relief in a lot of situations.” Ultimately, that relationship with O’Brien is part of the larger plan. Hackenberg’s idea of becoming a professional football player has been around far longer than his career at Penn State. Equally true, though, is the genuine interest Hackenberg has in the success of Penn State as a football program. He is not simply using his collegiate career as a vehicle to advance his dreams. He wants to make a difference. Even so, that dream looms large in his future. Be it at the conclusion of this season or next, a career in the NFL is within reach. That creates a delicate balancing act — to stay in the present and to keep an eye on the bigger picture. It’s like living life perpetually on Christmas Eve and not going crazy over what will come tomorrow. For Hackenberg, the focus isn’t on the presents, it’s on the present. “For me it’s always been about living in the moment and immersing yourself in what’s next and right. Now, the future is kind of an afterthought, especially after everything we went through as a program last year. And offensively, for me, the whole process I’ve been through here is about something bigger than me, and I just wanted to make sure that when I left this place that it was in a better position than when I came in from an all-around standpoint. “So, that’s sort of been my goal here, one day at a time, making sure that I’m taking the steps from my end and making sure that as a unit that we’re in a better situation whenever that end is, but I’m more excited about what is happening today at spring practice and the summer when that comes around. So, really, it’s more of a day-to-day thing for me; I’m not too worried about it, I’m more focused about this 2015 season.

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“My mindset is being here as long as I can, getting my education and playing ball. If opportunities present themselves, then that’s what it is. But for me, it’s just focusing on this 2015 season, this spring ball and what we need to do to be successful on the field.” It may sound like the “right” answer, but everything about the way Hackenberg operates leads you to believe it’s the honest one. Taking care of the little things is how he has gotten to this point. The NFL will take care of itself if Hackenberg just focuses on what he can control. Right now, that’s his time at Penn State. And that time at Penn State has not always been easy. He was sacked more than

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State High girls’ lacrosse team looks for continued success By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — A closer look at the 2015 State College Area High School girls’ lacrosse team: Coach — Mark Mahon, third season. 2014 record — 15-5. Key losses — Annie Hughes, Carrie Mahon and Caitlin McGlaughlin. Returning letter winners — Maggie Hurley, Kendall Loviscky, Renee Olivett, Brooke Shaffer, Lauren Sonsteby, Olivia Stahl, Meredith DeLong, Caroline Friberg, Lauren Kelly, Megan Klaus, Brielle Curtis and Jackie Snedden. Strength — Senior leadership. Concerns — According to Mahon, the team will endure some growing pains. “We have a young team and we will be excited to see how our freshmen and sophomores step up to meet the challenge,” he said. Outlook — Despite some youth, Mahon has high hopes. “We expect to be very competitive again this year and challenge once again for the Division title,” he said. Circle these dates — vs. Trinity (Monday, April 20); vs. Central Dauphin (Tuesday, May 5).

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St. Joseph’s girls’ track and field squad adds more depth By CLAY SAUERTIEG correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

BOALSBURG — A closer look at the St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy girls’ track and field team: Head coach — Jayson Jackson, fourth season. Assistant coaches — Brenna O’Connor, Miriam Powell and Tim Kamats.

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SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD Adult baseball players sought STATE COLLEGE — Adult baseball is alive and well in State College, but still looking for a few good men (or women). The 15th season is about to start in May. There are nine teams in a 28-and-older division that plays on Sundays, and four teams in a 40-plus division that plays on weeknights. The leagues play at the State College Teener League fields and use wooden bats.There are opportunities for new players in both divisions. Visit www.centresluggers.com for more information about either division.

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2014 record — Not available. Returning letter winners — Cecilia Surovec (senior), Courtney Gregory (junior), Xabine Stager-Kamats (junior), Kate Ott (sophomore), Grace Cousins (sophomore), Monica Surovec (sophomore) and Asara Clark (sophomore). Key newcomers — Kenzie Weyant (senior), Jordan Wiser (junior), Bella Bassett (sophomore), Hannah Straub (sophomore), Ana Legaspi (freshman), Maggie Urban (freshman), Emma Youngmark (freshman), Aubrey Weiss (freshman) and Veronica Emigh (freshman). Fast facts — The St. Joe’s girls’ track and field squad set nine school records last season and had its first district scorer in Surovec. All of their district qualifiers return. Outlook — Jackson has high hopes for his girls’ squad. “We have added more depth this season, which will help us cover all the events in a strong fashion,” Jackson said. “We’re a well-balanced team on both the track and in the field. Grace Cousins, Kate Ott, and newcomer Jordan Wiser will be our top distance runners. Cecilia Surovec will be a force in the hurdles and sprints. Courtney Gregory is

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HOWARD — The Liberty Township Sportsmen’s Association has several events coming up. A fishing derby for children will be held at 9 a.m. Sunday, May 3. A hunter safety course will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 16. At 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 17, at CMP shoot will be held. For more information, visit www.libertysportsmen.com or call Gary at (814) 355-7784.

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Mustangs win second consecutive national championship By TREY COCHRAN correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

ALTOONA — With head coach Dave Weaver at the helm, the Mid-State Mustangs Tier II U18 team clinched a third national championship for the organization at the end of March in Troy, Mich. The Altoona-based ice hockey team that plays out of Galactic Ice is made up of 17-year-old and 18-year-old players from all over western and central Pennsylvania. The team features one player from State College, Andy Skipper. “Winning the national title felt incredible. It justified all the hard work we put in throughout the year and knowing that we’re the best team in the nation is a great feeling to have,” said Skipper. The defenseman has played in the Mustangs organization for five years and this was his first national appearance with the program. “Being the only player from State College on the team wasn’t a huge struggle for me because Altoona isn’t that far,” Skipper said. “The time sacrifice is absolutely worth it for me and I would gladly do it all over again.” Altough it was Skipper’s first, the Mustang team did what few others have ever done — win two straight national champions. “Last year’s team, when you looked at it, had players that had careers that will never be matched. We had two kids that won six straight state titles, we had three that had won five straight state titles and a number of those kids won two national titles,” said Weaver. One of those “kids” who won two national titles for the Mustangs previously was Pittsburgh Penguins fourth-round draft pick Sam Lafferty.

Although there were a lot of players to replace on the previous team, the pieces were there for this 2014-15 season. “We knew we had a team that was going to compete,” said Weaver. “If we could keep our speed and play at our pace and get solid goaltending we would have as good of a chance as anybody.” Six players stayed for their second go at the national title, and for Weaver the difference in the two teams was obvious. “What separated this team from last year’s team was this team was incredibly deep. I literally rolled out lines all tournament long: We didn’t have a fourth line, we had four first lines,” Weaver said. Mid-State received goals from 11 different players this year, while last year only eight players scored. Also, the poise of the captains, Camden Lydick, Brandon Ritchey and Max Devorris, was crucial for the national championship team. “Teams are not used to what it takes to go out and win six games in five days, and with all the games being so important, to have a quiet calm of your leadership not only have been to nationals a few times, but have won one, they knew what it took,” Weaver said. The composure of the team helped them overcome a tough first game of the tournament versus the Chicago Bruins. “We never really stopped playing, we never laid back and let teams come back into a close game, other then the first game against Chicago,” said defenseman Noah Moody. “We got into penalty trouble and they ended up tying it up and it kind of opened everyone’s eyes for the whole tournament that we need to wake up and not take stupid penalties while playing a full game.”

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THE MUSTANGS, an 18U hockey team based out of Altoona, recently captured a national championship. State College’s Andy Skipper is a part of the squad. Another perk the six second-year players brought to the team was their understanding of their goal at nationals. “You can’t teach experience,” said Weaver. “Of the 16 teams in our bracket, maybe four or five of them had some national experience. For the most part, most of these teams are happy to be there, and their big goal is making it to nationals.” Mid-State entered the tournament with only three losses all season and went 6-0 in the tournament with a plus-18 goal differential in the whole tournament. “As we were going through the tourna-

ment we were sort of like, man, we are playing really well and to cap it off with another national title and for some of these kids their back-to-back (championships) is really just amazing,” said Weaver. The 18U team has been to four straight national championships and advanced past pool play in all four. “I think for the rest of the country looking at us and our program, the consistence has to be scary,” said Weaver, the president and founder of the Mustang organization. “It really cements that this organization is not going away.”

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Arts & Entertainment

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“SPRING ELATION” will be on display through April 29 at the Fraser Street Gallery. According to gallery owner Margaux Wolszczan, the show features a variety of local artists.

‘Spring Elation’ on display at Fraser Street Gallery By ANNE WALKER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Spring arrived this month on South Fraser Street with the launch of a celebratory exhibition, “Spring Elation.” Six of Pennsylvania’s most intriguing photographers and painters have works displayed at Margaux Wolszczan’s Fraser Street Gallery. “We wanted to exhibit a diverse group,” Wolszczan said, “and we have some moreestablished, experienced artists as well as one first-time exhibitor.” In his debut exhibition, photographer Eric Kelmenson has a series of four blackand-white photos he calls “Emergence.” They focus on white mayflies in various stages and positions as they move through their three-day life spans. “It’s an inspiring moment,” said Kel-

menson, who took the shots at night when the flies hatched along Penns Creek. Nature, as expected, influences several pieces in this show. Artist and photograper Karen Deutsch has some complex work involving photographs of cut flowers in the foreground, with her own abstract painting as background. The shapes and colors of each define the space and give unexpected dimension. They resemble images typically formed by kaleidecopes. “I’m intrigued by the relationship of the natural and the man-made,” Deutsch said, “and it’s getting wilder!” Wolszczan has her own work on display as well. She has a bold, splashy style and uses it to paint a variety of flowers, in this case, mostly orchids. She likes to work from photographs and selects individual blooms, placing them at curves and angles

in each composition. “I went to an orchid show in Santa Barbara,” Wolszczand said, “and saw so many of these pristine beings. And I got an almost voyeuristic feeling, as if they’re watching us.” Tom Mickle, whose painting history includes a concentration on the human face, has four pieces, all of which involve shadows, streaks of color and designs overlaying faces. He said that he likes to use distortions and elongations as part of his work. “I like to incorporate double images, too,” he said, “I try to hide things in paintings — either making them small or in shadow.” He said that when he does that, the viewer spends more time looking at and thinking about the painting. In her first time showing in State College, Pittsburgh painter Laura Mustio-Pitts

has a series of abstract oil paintings on burlap. “These are visual diary entries,” she said. “I never know what the final painting will look like when I start.” She uses straight lines interspersed and overlaying curvier shapes with an earthy palate and some deep red accents. The sixth artist, Kree Wiede, offers a series of building exteriors and street scenes. Wiede has worked in oil as well as acrylic and uses thick 3-D brush strokes reminiscent of Impressionist work. For his three paintings in this exhibit, he spent time in city streets and alleys, feeding a fascination with abandoned homes and factories. “When I build up layers of thick paint,” he said, “I think about how these urban landscapes get built up over time, with repeated deterioration and reconstruction.” The exhibition runs through Wednesday, April 29.

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Max Zorin, violinist and Penn State School of Music faculty member, has released a new music video, “Mack the Knife,” in which he plays the role of the thief, when not playing his violin. The video is part of a project sponsored through a grant from the Penn State Institute for the Arts and Humanities and the College of Arts and Architecture. “The subject of the story echoes contemporary themes such as political cor-

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ON DISPLAY

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THE PENN STATE Glee Club will perform during Blue-White Weekend at Eisenhower Auditorium.

Glee Club’s ‘Blue and White’ concert to be held April 18 at Eisenhower UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Glee Club, the university’s oldest student organization, will present its annual “Blue and White” concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 18, in Eisenhower Auditorium. The program features “Sun Our Father,” a piece created for the Glee Club by Canadian composer Sarah Quartel, plus a variety of classical music, music from musical theater shows and plenty of beloved Penn State songs. The concert also includes an 80th anniversary celebration of the Hi-Los, a select group drawn form the Glee Club that’s known for its fun and engaging performances. The

Hi-Los portion of the concert features a special ensemble of alumni from the group, plus selections by former and current singers. Tickets are available online at www.oss.ticketmaster. com/aps/psuarts/EN/buy/details/SOMI or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets purchased prior to April 18 are discounted 40 percent off the listed price. Full-price tickets will be available at the door on the evening of the concert. For more information about the Glee Club, visit www. pennstategleeclub.com.

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THE WORKS OF Margaret Wolfe will be on display at the Penn State University Downtown Theatre Center through the end of April. The Bellefonte native is the owner of Magpie Interiors, a new local interior design firm, and this is her first gallery showing. Wolfe’s artwork is done in oil pastel, watercolor and colored pencil.

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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 the website at www.centrecountylibrary.org for days and times. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 2348775, or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Meeting — The Calvary Church will host a Christian Recovery meeting every Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. For more information, visit www.liferecoverystatecollege.com. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church will host a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. For more information, visit www.liferecoverystatecollege.com. Safety Checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at their Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Exhibit — “Hidden Mother,� curated by Laura Larson, will be on display through Sunday, April 26, at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Several parts of the exhibition will be shown Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m. Call (814) 865-7672 or visit www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. Exhibit — “Cartoon Art: Drawing on Imagination� will be on display through Sunday, April 26, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — An exhibit of photographs by Michele Randall will be on display through Sunday, April 26, in the Sieg Gallery of the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St, Bellefonte. Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — An exhibit of paintings by Anne Kenyon and Theresa Crowley Spitler will be on display through Sunday, April 26, in the Tea Room Gallery of the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St, Bellefonte. Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — “Bonsai Trees� will be on display through Thursday, April 30, at the Betsy Rodgers Allen Art Gallery, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call (814) 237-6238 or visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Exhibit — An exhibit of photographs by Dan Mohney will be on display through mid-May in Founder’s Hall, Lock Haven University-Clearfield Campus, 201 University Drive, Clearfield. The exhibit is available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, contact Rebecca Ogden at rogden@lhup.edu.

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 2340200 or email info@mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3 to 5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventuresâ€? from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@my discoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Meeting — The Mount Nittany Chapter of PARSE will host a meeting at Hoss’s Steak & Sea House at noon at 1450 N. Atherton St., State College. For more information, contact Pat Hubler at (814) 466-8712. Event — The State College Area School District, in collaboration with the Ceramics and Pottery Club and Chef Dick’s Culinary Arts program, will host the Empty Bowls Event at 5 p.m. at Chatter’s CafĂŠ, State College High School’s South Building, 653 Westerly Parkway, State Col-

lege. This event will benefit the State College Food Bank. For ticket information, visit www.scfoodbank.org. Seminar — “High Value Care: How Do We Prepare Our Learners for the Second Curve?� will be presented from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. A buffet dinner will be served at 6 p.m. for a nominal fee. For more information, contact Jessica Bird at (814) 234-6738 or jbird@mountnittany.org or visit www. mountnittany.org. Program — “Parents-To-Be: The Heir & Parents Hospital Tour for Expectant Parents� program will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. and 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Dianne Barden at (814) 231-3132 or dbarben@ mountnittany.org.

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

Sale — An indoor rummage and bake sale to benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life will take place from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Lion’s Club Building, 424 W. Pine Grove Road, Grove Mills. For more information, call Karen Metzger at (814) 360-4573. Adult Program — “Gadgets for Grownups� will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. in the Musser Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. This week’s focus will be on gadgets for fitness. Call (814) 235-7816 to register. Games — Snow Shoe EMS will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 492 W. Sycamore St., Snow Shoe. Doors open at 5 p.m. Concert — The Penn State Glee Club will host its annual Blue and White concert at 8 p.m. in the Eisenhower Auditorium. For more information, visit www.pennstate gleeclub.com/home.

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

Event — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host its Marsh Meditation Walk from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. For more information, contact Molly Hetrick at mhetrick@crcog.net or Centre Region Parks and Recreation at (814) 231-3071, or visit www.crpr.org.

MONDAY, APRIL 20

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 2313076. Support Group — The Cancer Survivors’ Association will host a support group meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Pink Zone Resource Library, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. For more information, contact Linda Lochbaum at (814) 238-6220. Workshop — A free knitting workshop will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Friendship Community Library, 127 Main St., Beech Creek. For more information, call (570) 962-2048. Class — Attend a creative art and journaling class at 6 p.m. at Kalina’s Studio in Indigo Wren’s Nest Wellness Center, 111 S. Spring St., Suite 8, Bellefonte. Create mixedmedia art while honing your creative writing, painting and other artistic skills. Bingo — The State College Knights of Columbus will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 850 Stratford Drive, State College. Meeting — The Parrot Owner’s Group will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Boalsburg Fire Hall, P.O. Box 540, 113 E. Pine St., Boalsburg. For more information, call David Panko at (814) 237-2822 or contact davidpanko@aol.com.

TUESDAY, APRIL 21

Program — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host its Early Morning Bird Walk at 7:30 a.m. at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. For more information, contact Molly Hetrick at mhetrick@crcog.net or Centre Region Parks and Recreation at (814) 231-3071, or visit www.crpr.org. Seniors Hiking Group — Enjoy a moderate hike in the great outdoors at 9 a.m. at various locations in and around State College. The hikes are free except for car pool donations. To register, call (814) 231-3076 or visit www.crpr.org.

Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main St., Howard. Classes — The Bellefonte Faith Centre and Penn State Nutrition Links will be hosting nutrition and cooking classes from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Bellefonte Food Bank, 131 S. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. For more information, call (814) 355-4897. Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will take place from 4:30 to 5 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@comcast. net. Class — Mount Nittany Health will host “A Joint Venture,� a free class on hip and knee replacements, from 7 to 8 p.m. in Conference Room 1, 2 or 3 through Entrance A at 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Val Coakley at vcoakley@mountnittany.org or (814) 278-4810. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Meeting — Penn’s Valley Women’s Club will meet at 7 p.m. in the Social Room, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 101 Mill St., Millheim. For more information, call (814) 3498389. Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22

Children’s Program — Children ages 6 months to 2 can explore science through books and movement during “Baby Explorers� from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@my discoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 2313076. Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Zumba — New Hope United Methodist Church will sponsor a free Zumba class at 6 p.m. at the church, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. Call Amanda at (814) 321-4528. Group Meeting — Celebrate Recovery will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 200 Ellis Place, State College. The group uses the “Eight Recovery Principles� with a 12-step approach to help members cope with life’s troubles. For more information, visit www.cccsc.org or call (814) 234-0711. Workshop — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host its Organic Gardening Workshop from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. For more information, contact Molly Hetrick at mhetrick@crcog.net or Centre Region Parks and Recreation at (814) 231-3071, or visit www.crpr.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23

Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 2340200 or email info@mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3 to 5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventures� from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@my discoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Workshop — The Bellefonte Chamber will host an entrepreneur workshop, provided by SCORE, at 7 p.m. at the Bellefonte Train Station, 20 W. High St., Bellefonte. To RSPV, contact bellefontecoc@aol.com by Friday, April 17. Performance — “The Nile Project� will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park Campus. For ticket information, call (814) 863-0255 or visit www.cpa.psu.edu. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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Grant will drive innovation at TechCelerator UNIVERSITY PARK — U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker announced that the TechCelerator@State College is among the first of 26 recipients of the 2014 Regional Innovation Strategies program grants. Penn State received a $500,000 i6/Cluster Grant for Seed Capital Funds to further develop the TechCelerator@State College, a pre-accelerator that is specifically designed to allow technologists who have not identified themselves as future business owners to explore entrepreneurship and commercialization pathways for technologies and arrive at educated go or no-go decisions. This program will not only deliver services that are expected to result in $30 million in economic benefits, but will also catalyze a replicable, rural innovation strategy to foster an entrepreneurial culture and create economic growth along the way. “The TechCelerator program, which has already produced dozens of success stories, provides an array of pre-launch business and market research services — or “Boot Camps� — designed to assist university researchers, grad students and local tech-entrepreneurs in converting their ideas into business realities. Our goal was to stimulate and accelerate a sustainable,

entrepreneurial pipeline and the model works,� said Stephen Brawley, president and CEO of Ben Franklin Technology Partners. Don McCandless, the TechCelerator’s program director said, “We are proud that our efforts, which are the result of a partnership among several local entrepreneurial and business support programs, including Ben Franklin Technology Partners, the Penn State Small Business Development Center, Penn State’s Office of Technology Management, Pennsylvania Technical Assistance Program , Centre County’s Chamber of Business and Industry, the Centre County Industrial Development Corporation and Innovation Park at Penn State have been acknowledge by the EDA.� The Regional Innovation Strategies program, which is run by the Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration’s Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, is a new initiative designed to advance innovation and capacity-building activities in regions across the country through three different types of grants: i6 Challenge Grants, Cluster Grants for Seed Capital Funds and Science and Research Park Development Grants.

Sounds of Marketing: Quit ‘achin’ to be’ and make something happen (Editor’s Note: David M. Mastovich’s Sounds of Marketing column take songs by some of music’s best-known artists to highlight management, leadership and marketing trends. The Replacements’ “Achin’ to Be� illustrates how being creative, telling your story and putting your ideas out there is better than giving in to self-doubts.)

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Public speaking ranks as one of our biggest fears. People dread writing and putting ideas to paper or screen. Creative solutions are put off because of the crisis of the day. Why do we spend more time worrying about how others will respond than on the idea itself? “Well she’s kind of like an artist. Sittin’ on the floor. David M. Never finishes, she Mastovich is abandons . president of Never shows a soul.â€? MASSolutions Inc. When we finally For more begin working on information, something unique, the visit www.mas little voices inside our solutions.biz. heads convince us that we’ll bomb. No one will like it. The idea will get shot down. People will laugh. “Well she’s kind of like an artist .

Who uses paints no more. You never show me what you’re doing Never show a soul.� But we should consider the consequences of not offering our ideas, not taking a chance. Keeping quiet and playing it safe might seem better in the short term, but in the long run? “She closes her mouth to speak. And closes her eyes to see.� The promotion went to someone else. The salary isn’t what it should be. Every day it’s the same old, same old. Frustration mounts and begins to show. Facial expressions paint you in a negative light. Comments are misinterpreted as complaints. “She opens her mouth to speak and what comes out’s a mystery .� You were hired or promoted for a reason. Someone thought you were the right pick. Now they wonder what might have been. Unrealized potential. Missed opportunities. “Thought about, not understood.� Sadly, the downward spiral leads to even lower self-esteem. “She’s achin’ to be.� You know what you know so put your ideas out there. Be creative and tell your story. Listen to what others say and watch their non-verbal reaction. Take what makes sense and tweak your ideas. Ignore the rest, believe in yourself and wait. Someone will get it. Or not. Either way, taking the chance is better off than just “achin’ to be.�

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“As America’s ‘Innovation Agency,’ the Commerce Department has a key role to play in supporting the innovators and job creators of tomorrow,� said Pritzker. “We want to ensure that all entrepreneurs have access to the tools they need to move their ideas and inventions from idea to market. The Regional Innovation Strategies program competition is designed to advance this mission across the United States, strengthening our economy and our global competitiveness.� The i6 Challenge, which was launched in 2010 as part of the Startup America Initiative, is now in its fourth iteration. I6 is a national competition that makes small, targeted, high-impact investments to support startup creation, innovation and commercialization. Now that the i6 Challenge is included in the new Regional Innovation Strategies program, the funding will support more than just proof-of-concept centers. Investments will also go toward the expansion of existing centers and to laterstage commercialization centers, which help innovators fine tune and scale their innovations to bring new products and services to the market. The total amount of funding for the i6

Challenge under RIS is nearly $8 million. “This region is fortunate to have a variety of assets, most notably in intellectual property creation from the cutting edge research conducted at the university,� said Heather Fennessey, director of Penn State’s SBDC. “Penn State’s research expenditures have increased by nearly $500 million in the past 20 years. The opportunity for our potential economic growth, which can result from this increase in university-based research, is exciting.� Early access to capital is crucial for startups, but can be difficult to obtain outside traditional startup hubs. Cluster Grants for Seed Capital Funds provide technical assistance funding to support the feasibility, planning, formation or launch of cluster-based seed capital funds, which will help improve access to capital for entrepreneurs across the United States. The total amount of funding for the U.S. Cluster Grant for Seed Capital Funds under RIS is nearly $2 million. For more information about the Regional Innovation Strategies program, including a full list of the 2014 grant recipients, visit www.eda.gov/oie/2014-rispcompetition.htm.

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David Panko has been elected to the board of directors of the Political Action Committee of the National Financial Planning Association which is headquartered in Denver. He was the president of the FPA of Central Pennsylvania in 2010, served on the National FPA Chapter Leaders Advisory Council for two years and has been the government relations and advocacy ambassador for the National FPA for the past two years. Panko is a chairman arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority and presides in arbitration cases in Philadelphia. He owns Panko Wealth Management in State College and has been the president of the Patton Township Business Association since 1999.

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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 23- 27, 2015 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH

Harry C. Emel Jr. and Catherine M. Emel to Harry C. Emel Jr., 384 Pine St., Bellefonte, $1. Otto C. Herr and L. Rochelle Herr to Kimberly Shenk, 413 E. Beaver St., Bellefonte, $168,000. Fannie Mae and Federal National Mortgage Association to Russell McCrea and Cindy McCrea, 247 N. Thomas St., Bellefonte, $19,500. Karen Gwyn Muir to Erik Viker and Brenda Fabian, 507 Halfmoon St., Bellefonte, $130,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Grove Park Associates Inc. to Bryan R. Swistock and Kimberly A. Swistock, 324 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $70,000.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Scott E. O’Donohue and Katlyn J. Bardo to Ryan J. Terhorst and Alison L. Terhorst, 1043 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $158,000.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Steven M. Bodner to Steven M. Bodner and Gwen M. Bodner, 373 Matilda Ave., State College, $1. John G. Harms Jr. and Jeanne W. Harms to Andrew M. Wilson and Darcy M. Wilson, 181 Grove Circle, State College, $375,000. Jody R. Harpster, Heather L. McCloskey and Heather L. Harpster to Jody R. Harpster and Heather L. Harpster, 160 Birchtree Court, State College, $1.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

Ronald E. Hastings estate, Elaine L. Hastings & executrix and Elaine R. Hastings to Kathryn Louise Kirsch and Jacob Charles Snyder, 1449 Harris St., State College, $245,000. Cary Libkin and Gloria Libkin to James W. En-

nis, 666 Berkshire Drive, State College, $285,000. Scott T. Miller and Carrie B. Miller to Na Yu, 122 Beagle Run Court, State College, $342,900. Elizabeth A. Roth to Leslie L. Montz and Barbara Joy Montz, 766 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $185,000. Elizabeth A. Roth, Alisa A. Ralph and Paula E. Ralph to Elizabeth A. Roth, 766 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $1. Xiyin Yuan and Alanna Kmicikewycz to Margalit Goldschmidt, 1987 Harvest Circle, State College, $167,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Mark E. Kauffman and Doris J. Kauffman to Anabaptist Foundation Inc., 1245 Old Route 15, New Columbia, $1. David C. Smith and Pamela J. Smith to Bontrager Hackman and Long, 3584 Penns Valley Road, Spring Mills, $1.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

Dean C. Ackard and Debra M. Ackard to Michael R. Snider and Trang Thi Thu Snider, 125 James Hill Road, Port Matilda, $376,200. Marlene Shadursky estate and Susan Stewart per-representative to Robert M. Todd and Sarah M. Todd, 2068 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda, $120,000.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

Adam C. Hegedus and Carrie E. Hegedus to Lisa R. Thompson-Hess, 305 Montclair Lane, Boalsburg, $233,500. KBBH Partnership to Keva Tranzor, 142 Kestrel Lane, Boalsburg, $188,011. Fern K. Willits to Fern K. Willits Revocable Trust and Fern K. Willits trustee, 1898 Shingletown Road, State College, $1.

HOWARD TOWNSHIP

William L. Dittmar to Budd T. Henry, Jacksonville Road, Howard, $545.11. Wilbur E. Stocker Jr. to William L. Dittmar and Budd T. Henry, Jacksonville Road, Howard, $30,000.

MILES TOWNSHIP

Fred L. Douty estate, Jacqueline F. Douty, Deborah C. Hamilton co-executrix and Cathy Y.

Brachbill co-executrix to David F. Douty, Kenneth L. Douty and Victoria A. Morgan, State Route 0192, Bellefonte, $1. Sarah C. Gilmore estate and Kenna G. Lucas executrix to Kenna G. Lucas, North Alley, State College, $1. Doris K. McWilliams estate and Timothy A. McWilliams executor to Timothy A. McWilliams and Lester G. McWilliams, State Route 0192, Danville, $1.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

Michael S. Cudwadie and Terese M. Cudwadie to Richard T. McSorley Jr. and Andrea M. McSorley, 115 Alma Mater Drive, Unit 102, State College, $210,000. James F. Gingerich to Ira Gingerich, 464 Amblewood Way, State college, $1. Mary A. Goerder and Mary Alice Confer to Centre Investment IV LLC, 115 Amblewood Way, State College, $155,750. Michael Licata and Gloria Licata to Brian C. Deangelis and Erika K. Deangelis, 101 White Birch Road, Port Matilda, $256,000.

PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH

Joann Richards, Joann D. Mock and James M. Mock Jr. to Daniel R. Sunseri and Danelle D. Wright, 619 E. Spruce St., Philipsburg, $125,000.

POTTER TOWNSHIP

Bart D. Grande to Andrew G. Krishak and Cindy L. Krishak, 2860 General Potter Highway, Spring Mills, $60,000. Pennsylvania SPCA to Pets Come First, 2451 General Potter Highway, Centre Hall, $1. Frances E. Sharer estate, Frances Evelyn Sharer estate and Patricia A. Strouse executrix to Branden S. Bowden and Kody O. Bowden, 2911 Lower Brush Valley Road, Centre Hall, $168,000. Valley Business Associates LP, Salvatore L. Nicosia Jr. and Pauline R. Nicosia to Robert M. Capuro and Barbara M. Capuro, Pepper Ridge Drive, Spring Mills, $71,000. Ray A. Walker Jr. and Carol L. Walker to Ray A. Walker Jr. and Carol L. Walker, State Route 0144, Pleasant Gap, $1. Ray A. Walker and Joyce K. Walker to Ray A. Walker Jr. and Carol L. Walker, State Route 0144, Pleasant Gap, $1.

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Gary C. Conklin and Sandra L. Conklin to Steven M. Kozak, Cynthia L. Kozak and Steven G. Kozak, 300 Twin Oaks St., Philipsburg, $10,000. Terry J. Edwards to Thomas G. Edwards, 284 Kepp Road, Philipsburg, $1. Elizabeth Eshley Erb, Vincent Montoro, Mary Susan Montoro, Michael Montoro, Paula Ann Montoro, Christian S. Amolsch and Elizabeth Erb-Amolsch to Michael Montoro and Vincent Montoro, 3567 Black Moshannon Road, Philipsburg, $1. Kevin C. Haney and Lorie A. Haney to Kyle Retorick, 235 Spike Island Road, Philipsburg, $56,000. Mark A. Harry II to Michael E. Kiessling Jr. and Holly Kiessling, 2982 Port Matilda Highway, Philipsburg, $199,500.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Kurt L. McKinney Jr. by agent and Bridget M. McKinney by agent to Rodney E. Holderbaum and Laura P. Holderbaum, Fossil Road, Snow Shoe, $79,900. Douglas W. Mottin Jr. and Heidi K. Mottin to Judith A. Mottin, 260 Gorton Road, Moshannon, $1.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

CDG Properties LLC to King Guy Properties LLC, 140 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $585,000. JFDC Land Acquisition LLC to Jacqueline P. Baca-Ramos, 183 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $43,500. Margaret M. Lutz estate, Margaret L. Lutz estate and Darren D. Lutz executor to Clayton E. Weight and Deandra N. Sidisky, 176 Mack Ave., Pleasant Gap, $148,500. Richard L. Rupert and Lois A. Rupert to Dorothy J. Engleman and Harold E. Engleman Jr., 163 Seyler Lane, Bellefonte, $1. Laurie Jane Smith and Laurie S. Northamer to Marissa M. Steudler and Matthew R. Huntington, 134 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $186,500. Ray A. Walker and Joyce K. Walker to Ray A. Walker Jr. and Carol L. Walker, Greens Valley Road, Bellefonte, $1.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Lisa Thompson-Hess to Redevelopment Authority State College Borough, 720 S. Allen St., State College, $239,000. Donald G. James to Michael Alexander James, 854 Bayberry Drive, State College, $1.

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Dennis W. Barger and Stacy M. Barger to Dennis W. Barger and Stacy M. Barger, 307 Pike Road, Howard, $1. David L. Emery Jr. to David L. Emery Jr., Seclusion Lane, Howard, $1. Doris Jean Stover by attorney, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover to Dennis W. Barger and Stacy M. Barger, 307 Pike Road, Howard, $9,700. Doris Jean Stover by attorney, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover to David L. Emery Jr., Seclusion Lane, Howard, $19,370. Doris Jean Stover by attorney, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover to Ronald C. Flood and Victoria L. Flood, Pike Road, Howard, $57,100. Doris Jean Stover by attorney, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover to Rachel Heverly and Daniel Heverly, 299 Pike Road, Howard, $6,500. Rachel Stover, Rachel Heverly and Daniel Heverly to Rachel Heverly and Daniel Heverly, 299 Pike Road, Howard, $1. Doris Jean Stover by attorney, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover to Doris Jean Stover, Linda Kay Stover, Martha McClain, Wayne Stover, Patricia Stover, Ronald Stover, Penny L. Stover, Carl Stover and Patricia A. Stover, Pike Road, Howard, $1. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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PJJE AUTO SERVICES is open and ready for your auto needs. Tune‑ups, oil changes, safety inspections, brake repairs, and tire 035 Houses For Rent rotations are just some of the services we offer. We also do steering and suspension work, electrical problems, and CLOSE To engine repair. Our Downtown rates $625.00 / Person are very competitive This regal home is and will do our best to #! $ ! # $ # ! $ " $ ! ! $ # # # ! located just minutes get you in and out from campus. The within a reasonable ! ! #$ ! # $ # $ $ # "" $ ! $# $ " $# # $ 031 Unfurnished has$" $ " " spacious liv‑$! amount of time. Should Apartments "$" # $ home " ing/dining room areas your car require more which you can entertain time, we have a taxi friends and still have company on standby your own space to that can drop you SUMMER SUBLET study in solitude when anywhere in the area $660.00 you need to . It also at a low cost. Sublet efficiency features an enclosed 220 Reese Road apartment from may back patio! Suite A 2015 to august 2015. If Amenities. State College you would to stay after 315 E. Beaver Avenue 16801 that can be arranged. State College 16801 814‑237‑8294 Call, text or email me if (814) 278‑7700 interested and price can 061 Help Wanted Rooms be discussed. 038 For Rent 10 Vairo Blvd State College 16803 HELP WANTED (856) 796‑3184 Spicer Welding is ONE BEDROOM looking for motivated, In 3 bdr Town Home FURNISHED hardworking, certified $550.00 welders and construction Your own bedroom and laborers. bathroom in this large, Competitive salary and 2 Bdr Unit For spacious, brand new benefits. Students Downtown three bedroom three 2015‑ 16 and a half bath town M-F. Hours are 7:00 a.m. Last 2bdr 2bth unit. home just minutes to 4 pm. Some weekend Located Downtown from campus. work may be needed. State College at the No roommates, Clean drug screening, Meridian on College no problem! background check and Ave. Rate for 5ppl $508, FREE AMENITIES‑ valid license is a must. rate for 4ppl $560 Swimming Pool with Club House Submit your resume to a $100 cash back TV Lounge spicerweldinginc signing bonus upon Volleyball Court @yahoo.com. or stop by completion of the lease. 24 Hour emergency Spicer Welding, 646 East College Ave 1335 Dreibelbis street 1593 S. Eagle Valley Rd., State College 16801 State college 16801 Julian, PA Phone: 814‑231‑9000 (814) 321‑6204

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Spring Cleanup, Landscape, Lawnmowing, Mulch, Brush Remocal, Driveway Sealing, Deck Staining, Painting, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing, Flooring

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LAWN SERVICES

Cleaning Services

Celebrating 23 Years of Service!! Cleaning By Patsy offers quality cleaning services tailored to your needs. Home, businesses and rental properties cleaned weekly, bi‑monthly, monthly, or one‑time cleaning. Holidays, event preparations and house closings available as well. All supplies and equipment are included with services. Write or call for more information to schedule a free estimate today. Service areas: Boalsburg / Colyer Lake / State College. Phone: 814‑404‑7033

METER READER COLLEGE TOWNSHIP Salary Range $10.25 - $11.50/Hr. College Township is accepting applications for the permanent, part-time position of Meter Reader. Responsible for the quarterly reading of residential, commercial, and industrial water meters for the College Township Water Authority’s approximately 2,600 customers. The position requires walking established routes in all weather conditions to remotely record readings at each property with electronic equipment. Employment is dependent upon results of a satisfactory criminal record check. Hours of work are variable and highly flexible. This permanent, part-time position runs each year from April through December. Salary range is $10.25 to $11.50 per hour. Application forms are available at the College Township Municipal Office. Completed forms should be submitted to: Public Works Director, College Township, 1481 E. College Avenue, State College, PA 16801. Deadline for submissions is Friday, May 1, 2015. College Township is an equal opportunity employer

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Antiques

$2,000.00 100+ year old barn. 16’ x 20’, 2 stories. Located in Bellefonte. In standing condition, but in need of repair or restoration. Or dismantle and use the wood. All offers considered. (814) 367‑3451

Fuel & Firewood

BARKLESS OAK FOR SALE $175.00 for approximately 1 cord $325.00 for full trailer load (approx. 2 cords) CUT TO 18 inch standard size can be cut to any size additional fee may apply FREE DELIVERY WITHIN 15 MILES OF CENTRE HALL CALL 814‑364‑2007

Centre Region Parks & Recreation is currently hiring for: • Seasonal Park Caretakers (Apr.-Oct.)

• Softball Tournament Staff (May-Aug.)

• Other summer positions (May-Aug.)

Pay depends on qualifications & job responsibilities.

Applications at www.crpr.org or call 814-231-3071

HOUSES FOR SALE

FIREWOOD INDOOR Oak / Split Community $140.00 YARD & CRAFT Local split ALL Oak SALE firewood available for Saturday April 25th self‑pickup or delivery. $140 per Huntingdon County chord for self‑pickup Fair Grounds and delivery is 8 am to 2pm. negotiable in the local $20 for a 10 ft x 10 ft Philipsburg‑Osceola space w table. Area. Available in other Spring Clean your life COUNTRY min.sell from quantities. and 5come it with 814‑553‑7172 town. This 3 bdrn us!home call or txt sits onGot 1/2 acreor with Crafts Antiques, comeroom, sell them open living din-with us! 100 Household Goodsing room, and kitchen.

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NECK TIES: dozens of men’s silk neck ties. like new. $2.00 ea. Call (814) 466‑7235

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2015 BRAND NEW PROM DRESS $170.00 Brand new, never been worn prom or wedding dress (still has tag). Classic Scoop neck in champagne with beads and rhinestones.The bottom of the dress is made from tulle and co‑ mes with a built in slip. Size 8 or Size 10. Original price of $575. Text # 814‑880‑0154

45.45!!!) ( 4% 4//3 *4/)$4' For new or routine lawn Call: 814‑237‑2024 care give me a call 4,5$1225 ) for a free estimate... 077

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ANTIQUE LAWN & GARDEN SYTHE SICKLE BAR $25.00 Antique Lawn & Garden Sythe Sickle Bar, needs a wooden handle, otherwise OK, $25; text (814)571‑4549, prefer texts or call Ed @ (814)353‑0760. Thanks.

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Musical & Stereo Equipment For Sale

PIANO full keyboard, Story & Clark. Good cond. Moving/need to sell. Previously owned by church. $300 obo. (814) 359‑4202 Call & leave message.

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Sports Equipment For Sale

Two 17ft. Canoes. One a Coleman Ram‑X. One aluminum. Both in great shape. $375 each. (814) 355‑0556

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Pets & Supplies For Sale

GORGEOUS FRENCH BULLDOG $300.00 Registered French Bulldog available. 11 weeks old, very sweet and funny. No health issues and daddy is a show dog. Up to date on shots, dewormed. Please call or text (404) 445‑6973..... p.s. NO breeders please!

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GOLF CART: 96 Club Car, electric, new batter‑ ies, charger included, $1,500 obo. Call (717) 991‑1861

Miscellaneous For Sale

AIR Conditioner: 10,000 BTU, good condition. $50. (814) 359‑4202

PROFESSIONAL DART BOARD $18.00 Board w/games on both sides; 17� diameter with heavy metal rim which is l inch thick : 20 metal numbers, Metal hook for hanging on wall; Dart board is made pf heavy cork color not faded, excellent condi‑ tion. Call 814 238‑5804

WANTED Musical Instruments Wanted to buy, musical instruments in any condition. Mainly brass and woodwind instruments but would consider string instruments. Sorry no interest in guitars or drum equipment. Call / Text 610‑588‑1884. 1980 Fairwood Lane State College 16803

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Parts & Accessories For Sale

01FOCUS Right Composite Headlamp & Upper Grille $20.00 Right composite head‑ light assembly, $20 and upper grille assembly, $15 off 2001 Ford Focus SE, some missing tabs but will still mount on easily, text (814)571‑4549, prefer texts or call (814)353‑0760. Thanks.

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Trucks For Sale

2007 Dodge 1500 HEMI $22,500.00 / Offer Truck in fantastic condition! 86,500 is the current mileage. I have installed a lift gate and brand new tires. Runs like new, come take it for a test drive! 814‑441‑7704

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