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With the end of the school year right around the corner, parents have to start thinking about how to keep the kids active. In this week’s Gazette, look for the Kids’ Summer Fun Guide. In it, you’ll find out everything you need to know about places to go and things to do./Pages 19-21

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Trump, Clinton, McGinty score big wins By ALEXA LEWIS, CHRIS MORELLI and G. KERRY WEBSTER Centre County Gazette

The primaries in Pennsylvania and four other states on April 26 helped the Republican and Democratic presidential frontrunners further solidify their quests for party nominations. Trump won all five of the GOP primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island with at least 54 percent of the vote in each state. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Rhode Island Democratic primary. Before the primaries on Tuesday, Trump had 845 of the 1,237 needed for the Republican nomination. But Tuesday boosted his delegate count to 950 compared to Sen. Ted Cruz, who finished the night with 560 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 153. “This to me was our biggest night,”

Trump said in his victory speech. “I con10,269 votes to Clinton’s 8,431; however, sider myself the presumptive nominee.” The Associated Press reported Clinton took more than 55 percent of the total votes in Voter turnout to Centre County’s 91 the commonwealth. precincts was “about what we expected,” Trump, on the other hand, won eassaid Centre County Director of Elections ily throughout Centre County. He grabbed Joyce McKinley. All told, 109,607 registered 10,016 Republican votes to voters cast ballots Tuesday, just 5,195 for Ted Cruz and or 36.89 percent. There were John Kasich. 45,955 Democratic voters, In Pennsylvania, the 43,071 Republican voters and Democratic nominee must 20,422 nonpartisan voters. secure 2,383 delegates to win “On Monday, I was prethe party’s nomination. The dicting a turnout of between Republican nominee must 38 and 40 percent,” McKinhave 1,237 delegates to win. ley told the Centre County Numbers as of Tuesday this Gazette. “That number, of week showed Clinton held course, is not official yet. But, 1,946 while Sanders held overall, I say it was a good Results are unofficial 1,192 with 1,627 delegates turnout for a presidential yet to be allocated. Donald year election.” until verified. Trump has 845 delegates to Although Pennsylvanians Cruz’s 559 and Kasich’s 148. chose Trump and Clinton as There are still 733 Republican delegates a whole, Centre County voters gave their remaining available. nod to Bernie Sanders. Trump still has a way to go before ofRepresented on ballots across the ficially reaching the number of delegates state’s 91 precincts, Sanders pulled in

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needed for the nomination, but his added haul mean that neither Cruz nor Kasich can get a majority of delegates. For the Democrats, Clinton widened her lead over the Vermont senator, boosting her total delegate count to 2,141. Sanders holds 1,321 delegates after the results from April 26. In Centre County, Sanders picked up almost 54 percent of the vote. On April 19, Sanders hosted a rally at Penn State targeting millennials, the senator’s strongest base.

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Bellefonte police uses Medicine Drop Box program By G. KERRY WEBSTER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

PATRICK MANSELL/Penn State University

PENN STATE senior Shelby Nease posed for graduation photos with her 3-month-old puppy Koda outside Old Main on April 24. Nease, one of hundreds of seniors getting photos in cap and gown at locations around the University Park campus over the weekend, will graduate this semester with a bachelor’s degree in integrative arts.

Rural road ecology course to offer students real-world training By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Not many people think about the roads they use on a daily basis, but Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies does. The center, which provides education Health & Wellness ..... 10, 11 Education ....................... 12

to minimize the impact of unpaved roads and trail on the natural landscape, is implementing a new course on rural road ecology and maintenance this fall for students in majors associated with environmental management and protection. Ecology, Page 7

Community ............... 13-17 Mother’s Day .................. 18

Kids & Summer ......... 19-21 Golf ............................ 22-24

BELLEFONTE — Since the end of 2013, the Bellefonte Borough Police Department has collected more than 1,300 pounds of pills and other medications through its Medicine Drop Box program. According to Bellefonte Police Officer Shawn Luse, that number alone speaks for the need of such a collection opportunity in the community. “To be honest, I’m not surprised with the number,” Luse said. “People just don’t really have a place to discard their unused or expired medication safely. That’s what we provide here at the station: A safe place to get these kinds of medications out of medicine cabinets and get them destroyed so they aren’t harming the environment and, even more so, human lives.” Luse said the idea to start a medicine drop box originated before he was hired as a Bellefonte police officer. He said he was working with the Mifflin County Police Department and running parademic calls for Mount Nittany when the idea struck him. “I thought to myself, ‘There has to be a place where people can dispose of they stuff they aren’t using anymore’,” Luse said. “When I came here, Sgt. (Jason) Brower began discussing it. We went to the post office and they were gracious enough to donate an old, unserviceable mailbox. With a little work, we were able to transform it into a box that fit our needs.” That box is located inside the Bellefonte Police Department on West Lamb Street. Sports ......................... 25-29 Women’s Corner ....... 30, 31

G. KERRY WEBSTER/For the Gazette

INNOVATIVE IDEA: Bellefonte Borough Police Officer Shawn Luse stands near the medicine drop box inside the Bellefonte Borough police station.

According to Luse, residents are encouraged to bring all unused or expired prescriptions, prescription patches, prescription medication, prescription ointments, over-the-counter medications, Drop Box, Page 5

Around & In Town .... 32, 33 What’s Happening ......... 34

Puzzles ............................ 35 Business ..................... 37, 38

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APRIL 28-MAY 4, 2016

Front and Centre WHITE OUT: Having your teeth whitened is easier than ever, according to dental experts. There are even some natural ways to whiten them without having to break the bank. Page 11

ALL CART: Skytop Mountain Golf Club is one of the first courses in Centre County to employ a single-user golf cart. Correspondent John Dixon has all the details in his weekly golf column. Page 22

GARDENING GIFTS: If you’re looking for a special gift for Mother’s Day, our Avid Gardener, Lora Gauss, has some tips and ideas for you. Give Mom something that she can truly treasure. Page 14

COUNTY CLASH: The State College Area High School baseball team topped rival Bellefonte on the diamond, 7-3. The Little Lions put up four runs in the second inning in the lopsided win. Page 25

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The Centre County Gazette corrects errors as soon as they are brought to our attention. Please contact us at editor@centrecountygazette.com to report a correction.

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A woman used a stencil to spray paint “ZAYN Mind of Mine 3.25.16” on the sidewalk at Meridian, 646 E. College Ave., around 5:30 p.m. March 29, while a male passenger recorded the action on a cellphone, police said. Police said the woman was driving what appeared to be a a dark gray or silver Ford Focus hatchback. Police said both individuals then proceeded to the bus stop located on the east side of the apartment building where they again used the stencil to spray paint on the sidewalk. On April 20, at about 4:56 p.m., they used a stencil to spray paint the symbol and “KONGOS” on the sidewalk. The woman is described as white, has a thin build and medium-length dark hair. The man in the car was described as white, of average height and weight, with brown hair. In addition, police said both suspects appeared to be older than college aged. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police at (814) 234-7150. qqq Police are seeking the help of the public to identify a man involved in an assault at the Days Inn on South Pugh Street. The man is described as being white, about 6-feet-tall and in his mid-20s. He has red hair and dreadlocks and was wearing a bandanna. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact police. qqq Police are continuing to investigate a suspicious incident that occurred on April 23. Police said a white man, operating an older white sedan with a pink, fuzzy steering wheel cover, approached two elementary-aged minors who were walking on Oak Point Circle. Police said the driver pulled up next to the minors and offered them cookies from a box. The man did nothing additional to entice them into the vehicle. The minors immediately ran back to their homes. The man is described as being in his 20s with average-length, dark hair. Police said he had tan skin and tattoos on his forearm. Those with information are encouraged to contact police. qqq Police are investigating a report of theft of services from Carson Disposal Services on Transfer Road. Police said at about 1:15 p.m. on April 24, a man pulled into the business with a pickup truck containing two mattresses. The man walked to the front door, but could not enter. The two mattresses were then found in a dumpster on the property. The suspect is described as being an older white man with short, dark brown hair. He was wearing a blue shirt and dark pants and was driving a full-size Ford pickup truck.

ROCKVIEW STATE POLICE Charges of possession of drugs an drug paraphernalia were filed against a 19-yearold Upper Darby man after he was found to be in possession of the contraband along state Route 322 in Potter Township at 2:29 a.m. on March 14.

qqq Police reported someone attempted to file a tax return using a Walker Township man’s information on April 11. Police are continuing to investigate. qqq A 22-year-old Pine Grove Mills man was charged with disorderly conduct after he was observed urinating near Porter Road and Park Avenue in College Township on April 16. qqq Police investigated a child custody dispute between a 50-year-old Moshannon woman and a 57-year-old Karthaus man on April 16. Police said the incident was unfounded due to no active child custody paperwork. qqq A 47-year-old Hunker man was arrested for driving under the influence following a routine traffic stop along state Route 144 in Snow Shoe Borough at 4:20 a.m. on April 17. qqq Police reported a 33-year-old Snow Shoe man was arrested for DUI following a routine traffic stop on Honeysuckle Lane in Snow Shoe Township at 1:33 a.m. on April 23. qqq Police reported a 30-year-old Bellefonte man was arrested for DUI following a routine traffic stop along North Water Street in Bellefonte at 1:44 a.m. on April 24. qqq A Bellefonte man was found to be under the influence of marijuana while traveling in the 4000 block of state Route 150 in Howard Township on April 24. Police said the man was also found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. qqq Police reported a Bellefonte man was placed under arrest for DUI following a routine traffic stop along state Route 144, near Red Roost in Spring Township on April 25.

PHILIPSBURG STATE POLICE Police investigated a Sale or Transfer of Firearms and Unsworn Falsification at Belding and Mull, Rush Township. According to police, a known 31-year-old Julian man attempted to purchase a firearm and was subsequently denied after a PICS check was completed. qqq Police were called to Walnut Street in Rush Township at 3:10 a.m. on April 23 to investigate a DUI crash. Police said a 44-year-old Philipsburg woman was driving her Chevy Impala on Walnut Street when the vehicle exited the roadway and crashed into a ditch. Responding officers determined the woman was driving under the influence and charges were filed. qqq Two juvenile males were discovered to be drinking alcohol at a residence on Houtz Lane in Halfmoon Township at 10:10 p.m. on April 23. Citations were filed. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster

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Fire at The Park damages apartment building By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Fire displaced dozens of students at The Park at State College on April 20. No one was harmed in the three-alarm fire at The Park’s Building 13, located at 348 Blue Course Drive, but 48 students had to find new lodging, as the building was left uninhabitable. Jared Stufft was delivering food for OrderUp around 7:30 p.m. when he spotted the fire. “I remember seeing a tiny bit of smoke and a fire in the bush probably no larger than a basketball,” Stufft said. “I tried calling 911 at this point … This was probably less than 2 minutes after I pulled in, and the fire was now maybe 7 or 8 feet tall and climbing up the side of the building. “I remember at one point smoke start billowing out of the vent on the top of the building and then flames started pouring out of it, which was intense to watch.” The fire was under control by about 8:15 p.m., according to Alpha Fire Company Assistant Chief Shaw Kauffman. He said the fire is believed to have started on the exterior of the building and traveled to the top floor of the three-story building. “The mulch area had some evergreen bushes and when the mulch caught fire, the evergreens caught fire so it was a very rapid burning, considering the dry conditions,” Kauffman said. “The exact cause is unknown, but is likely due to discarded

DANIEL REILLY/For the Gazette

A FIRE AT The Park, an apartment complex located along Blue Course Drive, displaced 48 students. smoking material.” Within 25 minutes of extinguishing the fire from the inside, a portion of the roof collapsed, so crews backed out and went defensive to attack the rest of the fire from the outside, according to the Alpha Fire Company Facebook page. No one was injured, Kauffman said, but the conditions became too dangerous to fight the fire from the inside. Kauffman said using water to put fire

out from the outside caused a significant amount of damage even to the lower floors. The more significant damage was on the upper floors, specifically to apartment 309. Workers at the building complex were able to retrieve a majority of students’ belongings. Penn State students who tried to put the fire out before firefighters arrived may have also helped stall the fire. Stufft said he saw a few people grab fire extinguishers to

try to put the fire out. “They were able to put the ground fire out, or at least almost out, but the fire had spread the whole way up to the roof at that point, so it was too high for the extinguishers to reach,” he said. The Park is in the process of starting repairs on the building; meanwhile, the damage has forced all the tenants to relocate, Kauffman said. Penn State spokeswoman Lisa Powers said the affected students had a place to stay the evening of the fire and for the rest of the week, and the university would work to provide accommodations for the remainder of the semester. Penn State Student Services and the Red Cross were contacted to assist Property Management with other services needed. “Student Affairs is currently working to make arrangements for any of these students who want a space on campus for the remainder of the semester,” Powers told statecollege.com. “They need to call our Residence Life Office to exercise this housing option and hopefully we will be able to accommodate.” Management of The Park has also offered to pay for the affected residents to stay at a nearby hotel. The Barnes and Noble Student Emergency Fund is accepting donations to assist students affected by the fire. Management at The Park is working with local stores to put together care packages and donations are being accepted at the Park management office.

Myers speaks about his life at TEDxPenn By HARRY ZIMBLER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

PHILADELPHIA — Joel Myers has long been recognized as one of America’s greatest entrepreneurs. He is the founder and president of AccuWeather, a global leader in weather information and digital media. On April 10, Myers delivered an address as part of TEDxPenn, an event that occurred at the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center. The talk detailed the road he took to create the weather industry we know today. TEDx events are locally organized conferences that fall under the jurisdiction of TED, an international organization that offers what it calls “ideas worth spreading.” It was fitting that Myers, a Philadelphia native, spoke at the Penn gathering. “I fell in love with snow at the age of 3,”

he said. “I thought I could will it to snow.” By the time he was 7, he couldn’t sleep during major storms because he was too excited. “I realized early on that weather is beautiful, but inconvenient,” he said. “At 7, I started keeping a weather journal. I developed a very sophisticated understanding of weather.” As a young man he made no secret of the fact that he strongly desired to become a weather forecaster. By the time he was 15 he was out-forecasting the U.S. government and began providing weather updates to Channel 6 in Philadelphia. “It validated my dream,” said Myers. A stroke of good fortune brought him to Penn State where, he said, he had a lifechanging mentorship with Dean Charles Hosler. At Penn State he won 11 consecu-

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forecasts?” “I had to overcome many obstacles in selling my business idea,” he said. “But when you believe in your dream, you can’t take no for an answer.” Things started looking up when The New York Times proclaimed Myers the

most accurate weather forecaster in the nation. It was Hurricane Agnes that proved the value of his team-based, consensus-driven forecasting style. “It was 1972, and we saved tens of thousands of lives with our accurate forecasts. In Hurricane Katrina, we saved 10,000 lives and millions of dollars in property damage. We were commended by Congress for predicting the path of Katrina 12 hours before the government.” Under Myers’ leadership, AccuWeather continues to grow and innovate. “We will never stop innovating,” Myers said. “Every day we help people around the world to stay safe and help protect their businesses.” The international TED organization will post Myers’ talk on YouTube within the next few weeks.

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High school students learn about biomechanics By MARJORIE S. MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — High school students interested in the science behind human motion got to see firsthand how it’s studied at Penn State. In honor of National Biomechanics Day on April 7, the Department of Kinesiology hosted 60 State College Area High School students in the biomechanics laboratory in Rec Hall to showcase its research and facilities. Biomechanics is the study of the structure and function of biological systems by means of the methods of mechanics. It studies animal, human and plant structure and motion. Gopal Jayakar, a senior at State College High, said he chose to attend the event because he is interested in applying to Penn State to study biomechanical engineering. As a volunteer who works with patients at Mount Nittany Medical Center, he said he was most interested in learning how muscles work. “This event provides scientific explanations for what we learn in class, as well as hands-on activities,” he said. The Biomechanics Laboratory at Penn State houses the majority of the faculty and graduate student research. The stateof-the-art facility is designed for the measurement and investigation of human motion in sport, health and disease. For the event, the high school students

rotated through four interactive stations, each one demonstrating different types of studies and how they apply to real life. Kinesiology professors and faculty led the demonstrations with the support of kinesiology students. The stations included muscle-tendon architecture, led by Jonas Rubenson, associate professor of kinesiology; motion analysis, led by John Challis, professor of kinesiology; electromyography, led by Nori Okita, senior research support associate; and muscle properties, led by Steve Piazza, professor of kinesiology and professor-incharge of the kinesiology graduate program. Irene Kiroplis, a sophomore kinesiology major interning in the lab, said the demonstrations were interactive and provided the high school students with opportunities to use the lab’s instruments. She said it is important for high school students to see the research conducted at Penn State because it can help motivate them to pursue their passions. “For some students, seeing what they have at their fingertips can be inspiring and help to start them on a path where they will be successful,” she said. “I hope the students were able to take away a valuable application to the material taught to them in class, and that they can look back on the experience and connect the dots between new problems and the demonstrations in the lab.”

KEVIN SLIMAN/Penn State University

STUDENTS FROM State College Area High School recently visited Penn State’s Department of Kinesiology. National Biomechanics Day is a nationwide event sponsored by the American Society of Biomechanics. Its goals are to foster the development of biomechanics as a standard component in high school curricula across the country, and create

synchronized celebration of biomechanics among all participating labs and other biomechanics facilities around the nation. For more information about the Biomechanics Laboratory at Penn State, visit sites.psu.edu/biomechanics

Spurrier, Finebaum call for return of Paterno statue By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Steve Spurrier was a guest on ESPN’s “The Paul Finebaum Show” April 20, and during the course of his two-hour appearance he expressed support for Joe Paterno and said the late Penn State coach’s statue should be returned to campus. “He was treated as unfairly as any coach ever,” said Spurrier, who retired as South Carolina’s coach during the 2015 season. “He had nothing to do with that scandal. Nothing at all. What they did to him was completely wrong.” A caller asked about Spurrier’s relationship with Paterno, and Spurrier said they got to know each other when his Florida team played against Paterno’s Nittany Lions in the Citrus Bowl following the 1997 season. They became “good friends” on Nike-sponsored trips. The Paterno statue was removed from outside Beaver Stadium following the release of the university-commissioned investigative report into the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. That report, led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, has been under debate since its release in July 2012, with many criticizing the accuracy

of its conclusions, which laid blame on Paterno and Penn State administrators. It’s also been at the center of multiple lawsuits — a recent filing by Freeh in former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s lawsuit against him said the charges of defamation should be thrown out because the statements Freeh made were “opinion.” Spurrier said Paterno deserves the honor of having the statue returned. “I hope they restore it,” Spurrier said. “I’ve heard they’re having talk about putting the statue back and they should do that. They really should.” Finebaum later agreed with Spurrier, referring to Paterno as “the late and great Penn State coach.” “The whole controversy over Sandusky has been hashed out time and time again, and I understand the unbelievable pain that was suffered in that community and by many, many people who had no business ever suffering,” Finebaum said. “Could Paterno have done more? I’ll leave it to others. I really don’t know the answer. “What I do know is some of the behavior that has occurred around (Paterno’s) tenure and since then has just been embarrassing.” Statue, Page 7

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THE JOE PATERNO statue was removed in 2012. Some fans and members of the media have called for it to be returned to its original location, outside of Beaver Stadium.

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JOHN WETZLER is hoping the ninth annual B.J. Wetzler Memorial Golf Tournament will be a success once again.

Annual Wetzler golf tourney scheduled for May 14 tee off By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — The ninth annual B.J. Wetzler Memorial Golf Tournament will take place Saturday, May 14, at the Nittany Country Club and, according to organizer John Wetzler, the tourney has filled up fast. But, there are still some tee times available at 7:45 a.m. and 1 p.m. Cost is $80 per person, which includes greens fees, cart, team prizes and individual prizes, including a $10,000 “Hole in One” contest, oncourse snacks and a pig roast luncheon at the tournament. “Preparation has been going well, but usually by this time it has filled up,” Wetzler said. “We have some teams that normally play that have conflicts, so we have

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some open tee times. We really want a full tourney.” Golfing in the tourney supports a great cause, with proceeds benefiting the B.J. Wetzler Memorial Scholarship and the Bellefonte Area High School softball program. During the tournament’s first seven years, it helped provide more than $20,000 in scholarship money to senior Bellefonte Area High School softball players. There will be no silent auction or dinner the night before the tournament, unlike previous years. “It’s a lot less stressful, but there’s still a lot of planning involved,” Wetzler said. The golf tournament is a loving tribute to Wetzler’s daughter, Rebecca Jo (B.J.) Wetzler. She passed away from melanoma cancer on Dec. 22, 2006, at the age of 27. B.J. was a three-sport star at Bellefonte, but softball was always her passion. Wetzler said that he’s been humbled by the way the community supports the tournament. “We’re very fortunate to have so many special people in our lives,” he said. “We live in a great small town where people are very giving.” Those interested in putting a foursome together for the tourney can contact Wetzler at coach1122@yahoo.com.

State College leads Stock Market Game By JANE MIENTKIEWICZ correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — The top three teams have maintained their spots in Week Eight of Ten of the Centre County Stock Market Game. In first place, State College Area High

School has increased its equity from $113,085.64 to $116,291.97. Penns Valley Area Junior and Senior High School maintained second place with a slight increase from $110,290.52 to $110,357.36. Grace Prep held onto third place, decreasing slightly from $104,328.39 to $104,049.63.

Republican voters in Centre County gave Trump about 49 percent of the vote, with Cruz and Kasich taking 23 and 22 percent of the vote respectively. Republican and Democratic voters were also asked to select three delegates to their respective party’s National Convention from the Fifth Congressional District. Centre voters chose Joyce C. Hass (7,668 votes), C. Arnold McClure (6,146) and James Kline (5,928) on the Republican ticket, and Susan A. Demetrick (9,092), Jared Deloof (8,664) and Dan Long (8,541). In the race for attorney general, Democrats chose Josh Shapiro (9,949 votes) over Stephen A. Zappala Jr. (3,319); and on the Republican side, John Rafferty (8,771) defeated Joe Peters (7,741). On Tuesday, the Democratic establishment helped Democrat Katie McGinty secure a victory for the Pennsylvania Democratic Senate primary race over former Rep. Joe Sestak, who was the frontrunner for much of the campaign. McGinty, a former chief of staff to Gov. Tom Wolf, will now face off against first-term GOP Sen. Pat Toomey in the general election. In Centre County, McGinty took almost 50 percent of the vote, with Sestak receiving 31 percent of the vote and Braddock mayor John Fetterman taking 21 percent of the vote. Statewide, Montgomery County Commissioner Josh Shapiro won the contested three-candidate race for the Democratic Drop Box, from page 1 vitamins, samples and pet medications to the station and dispose of them in the box. Once full, the contents are removed and safely transported to the incinerator on the Penn State University campus for proper disposal. Items that are not accepted include thermometers, hydrogen peroxide, inhalers, aerosol cans, ointments, lotions and liquids, medications from businesses or clinics or needles. “The goal is to get this medication out of homes and away from where it could do damage,” said Luse. “We surely don’t want people just flushing their medicines down

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the toilet or throwing them in the trash. We don’t want this stuff polluting the environment. We have a great way of disposing of this unneeded stuff, and so far, we’ve been destroying a lot of it.” Luse said the only costs attributed to the program is the cost to destroy the materials at the incinerator. He said he hopes an individual or business in the community would step forward and help support this part of it. Last month, Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller visited a county commissioner meeting to seek approval to receive several similar drop boxes to be placed throughout the county.

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nomination for Pennsylvania Attorney General, defeating Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli and Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala Jr. In the general election, he will take on the Republican victor, Sen. John Rafferty of Montgomery County, who took 67 percent of the vote in a race against Joe Peters. In the 5th Congressional District, incumbent Republican Glenn Thompson will face Democratic challenger Kerith Strano Taylor in November because both ran unopposed in the primary. In state House races, incumbent Democrat Scott Conklin ran unopposed in the 77th district. No one ran on the Republican side. In the 171st district, Democrat Melody Fleck will face incumbent Republican Kerry Benninghoff in November. Both ran unopposed. In the 76th district, incumbent Democrat Mike Hanna will face Republican Stephanie Borowicz in the fall. With 109,697 registered voters in Centre County, there were more people eligible to vote in this race than for the presidential primary elections in both 2008 and 2012. In 2012 there were about 83,000 registered voters with 21 percent casting ballots and in 2008 there were 90,000 registered voters with 43 percent casting ballots. This race brought 40,471 people to the polls, or about 37 percent of registered voters including 42 percent of registered Democrats and 48 percent of registered Republicans.

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PSU Alumni Association makes pledge to CAPS By PENN STATE LIVE

UNIVERSITY PARK — The executive committee of the Penn State Class Gift Campaign has announced a new partnership with the Penn State Alumni Association, which has committed up to $200,000 to match contributions from seniors to this year’s gift, the 2016 Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) endowment. The alumni association’s commitment is the largest in the history of Penn State’s Class Gift program. “The legacy our students have created at Penn State through the impact of the class gift stands for generations,” said Paul J. Clifford, chief executive officer of the Penn State Alumni Association. “Our volunteer leaders were inspired by this year’s decision by seniors to fund a crucial resource like CAPS. We wanted to ensure a base of funding that would not only provide needed help but also highlight to the graduating class that giving back starts with their alumni family.” Ramon Guzman Jr., the executive director for the 2016 Class Gift Campaign, said he was delighted by this challenge for graduating seniors. “We are so thankful

for this generous gesture by the alumni association. This gift shows how strong the Penn State community really is, and I have no doubt it will inspire students to support this cause in even greater numbers. My hope is that seniors see the potential in making a gift to the endowment to ensure that all $200,000 are matched.” Currently, the class gift campaign has raised just over $125,000 in support of CAPS, leaving a remaining $75,000 in unmatched funds. For the first year after the endowment is created, its proceeds will extend support from Rod and Mitch Kirsch to embed a counselor in one of Penn State’s residence halls. If the full match from the alumni association is met — and the CAPS endowment reaches $400,000 — it will thereafter provide $18,000 each year in discretionary funds to CAPS, an impact that will continue in perpetuity. Gifts from students graduating in May or December of 2016 are eligible for the match, and students are encouraged to support the campaign at www.classgift. psu.edu. For questions or comments on the campaign or the matching challenge, please

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Man found guilty on computer, harassment charges By G. KERRY WEBSTER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — A Centre County jury recently found a 55-year-old Morgantown, W.Va., man guilty on charges of unlawful use of a computer and harassment. According to the Centre County District Attorney’s Office, Ayyakkannu Manivannan unlawfully used a computer to hack into his ex-girlfriend’s account and cyberstalk her. According to the police affidavit of probable cause, the victim reported to Penn State Police on Jan. 30, 2014, that Manivannan, her former boss and boyfriend, was contacting her multiple times during

the day and night. She said Manivannan would email her, call her, text her and Skype her, although she asked him to cease all communications with her. Police said during the relationship, Manivannan’s behavior escalated and the calls and texts became more frequent and controlling. She told authorities he would force her to stay on Skype so he could know her whereabouts. Police said the woman became more concerned when Manivannan would show up at different places where she was. Police also said on five separate occasions after the couple broke up, he accessed her email account and tampered

with the emails to try to embarrass or scare her. He used the knowledge gained from reading the emails to show up where the woman would be, including a movie theater more than 90 minutes from his home in West Virginia. AYYAKKANNU Penn State Police MANIVANNAN opened an investigation and found the IP address hacking into the woman’s email belonged to Manivannan’s home address.

Evidence also proved Manivannan accessed the woman’s computer when she was out of town for a week. Police said it was apparent he gained enough information from the victim’s email account to know when and where she would be. The jury acquitted Manivannan on stalking charges. He will be sentenced on Friday, June 10, in Bellefonte. “Technology-based spying and harassment is cyberstalking and it is just as frightening as real-world stalking,” said Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. “If you are a victim, do not hesitate to report this behavior to the police. This is a crime and we take it seriously.”

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PAGE 7 Statue, from page 4 Finebaum said the sanctions issued against Penn State, many of which have since been eliminated or ended early, were “all about hype, all about (NCAA President) Mark Emmert looking like he was in charge when he had no business doing any of the above.” The host, however, reserved his harshest criticism for the university, calling the removal of the statue “unconscionable.” “That needs to go back up, and Penn State needs to make peace with the past,” Finebaum said. “It’s about time Penn State stood up and honored Joe Paterno in a proper and appropriate way by putting that statue back up.” The original sculptors of the Paterno statue, which was installed outside Beaver Stadium when Paterno surpassed Paul “Bear” Bryant to become the all-time FBS wins leader, are creating replicas of the statue.

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THE NEW COURSE on rural road ecology and maintenance explores the interaction of natural systems with unpaved and low-volume paved roads. The application of driving surface aggregate, developed by Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies, has been shown to reduce erosion, improve water quality of adjacent streams, reduce the need for road maintenance and save tax dollars, according to officials. Ecology, from page 1 The course, which will be hosted jointly by the Environmental Resources Management Program and the Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, will give students an understanding of the interaction of natural systems with unpaved and low-volume paved roads in order to economically maintain roadways with minimal impact on the surrounding environment. Potholes, bumpy roads, tires ruts, excessive dust or an eroded surface not only make for an unpleasant driving experience, but they also degrade the environment and atmosphere that many rural communities are built around, said Chad Voorhees, a forest program specialist at the Pennsylvania Department of Conversation and Natural Resource. In Pennsylvania there are more than 25,000 miles of dirt and gravel roads, which provide access to residences, agriculture or forest operations and recreational points of interest, Voorhees said. To continue to provide reliable access to these roads that people enjoy and to maintain the integrity of the surrounding ecosystem, understanding proper maintenance is important. “The importance of proper maintenance can be easily overlooked after construction is complete, especially without the necessary knowledge and a trained eye,” he said. “Dirt and gravel roads, if not properly located, constructed or maintained, can alter adjacent forest hydrology, soils and related organisms, as well as be a source of sedimentation in our streams, impacting aquatic organisms and on down the chain.” The current lack of training on dirt and gravel roads was one major reason that Steve Bloser, the director for the Center of Dirt and Gravel Road Studies and Eric Chase, a researcher and instructor at the center, designed the course. “This is one of the only road courses available at Penn State,” Chase said. He said that the center worked with Penn State’s Environmental Resources Management Program and Depart-

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Corman delivers update on state Legislature By HARRY ZIMBLER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Sen. Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, delivered his yearly legislative update to members of the Chamber of Business and Industry on Thursday, April 21, at Toftrees Resort. While most attendees were waiting for comments on the nine-month state budget stalemate and next year’s budget battle, Corman first delivered some positive news about state government accomplishments. “There are a lot of good things going on in Harrisburg,” he said. Passage of the transportation and infrastructure bill, for example, will have a very positive impact on Centre County. The county will see a significant safety upgrade on Route 144 from Seven Mountains north. Route 322 at the Waddle Road interchange is currently being redesigned, which will be good for safety, traffic flow, and economic development,” he said. “The bill passed without increasing the gas tax,” Corman said. The senator cited the legalization of medical marijuana as a major accomplishment. “It is an historic piece of legislation. I came to this late. An advocate for the bill in our caucus turned my head. I listened. It

is you can control and provide relief from pain.” The state Legislature completed the hotel tax bill, allowing counties to charge a maximum of 5 percent for a night’s stay. The money collected will be allocated to tourism. “It is an exciting opportunity to generate traffic in Pennsylvania,” he said. “Those are some of the positive accomplishments,” Corman said. “But we are still struggling with our relationship with the governor.” While the budget moved in the right direction, the fact that the governor vetoed its implementation was wrong because, Corman said, the governor had no statutory authority to do so. “We passed a bill with strong bipartisan support to override his veto,” he said. According to Corman, the state is in no better position facing this year’s budget than it was in last year. “Wolf still wants $3 billion in new taxes, a 10 percent increase. We need to address the budget deficit, but there are issues that impact that deficit: state pensions, Medicaid, the prison system and debt service. It is unsustainable as it stands right now in all those things. We are not like D.C. We can’t print money. “We have to solve problems first,” said Corman. “We were adding 1,500 prisoners a year to our correction facilities. That’s

Catalytic converters stolen from cars By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State University Police are investigating the theft of catalytic converters from two cars in a remote parking lot sometime between April 10 and 16. The vehicles, both older model sedans, were parked in Lot 83 West, a storage lot for resident students located off Hastings Road on the University Park campus. Police said it appeared power tools had been used to remove the emissions control

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Police: Man tried to lure children By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — State College Police are seeking information on a man who approached two elementary school-aged children in his car and offered them cookies. The children were walking on Oak Pointe Circle at 3:15 p.m. April 23 when a white male driving an older model white sedan with a fuzzy pink steering wheel cover drove up next to them and offered them cookies from a box. Police said in a

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2015 indicated that the demand for I heard the countdown of the top counseling and professional support songs on my car radio over the weekservices has increased by almost 30 end. Sitting at No. 9 is a song called percent over the past five years year “Stressed Out” by the group Twenty (compared to enrollment increases of One Pilots. The lyrics seem to sugapproximately 5 percent during that gest that the singer is longing for the same time). Anxiety, stress and dedays past with no stress, no student pression are the top reasons why stuloans and a simpler time of imagidents are seeking help innation, play and not having cluding a disturbing numresponsibilities. ber of students who report “We used to play prean increased risk of threat tend, give each other differto self. ent names, Sadly, the statistics for We would build a rocket non-college student Milship and then we’d fly it far lennials are consistent with away, their university counterUsed to dream of outer parts. The 18-33 year old space but now they’re cohort reports being most laughing at our face, stressed about work, money Saying, ‘Wake up, you and relationships. need to make money.’” Where is the stress comThe refrain of the song ing from? Can the kids of goes like this: the “wrapped in cotton” “Wish we could turn generation really be more back time, to the good ol’ Patty Kleban, stressed than the young days, who writes for adults who faced the draft When our momma sang StateCollege.com, and the threat of real harm us to sleep but now we’re is an instructor at Penn State, in both the World War II stressed out.” and Vietnam eras? A quick check of Wikipe- mother of three and a community The answers may be in dia indicates that the lead volunteer. She is a what we are doing to help singer of Twenty One Pilots Penn State alumna them develop coping mechis 27 years old. who lives with her anisms. In other words, we According to the re- family in Patton may be overdoing it. search, while overall lev- Township. Her I read an interesting blog els of reported stress and views and opinions last week in which the auanxiety for Americans are do not necessarily decreasing, Millennials reflect those of Penn thor surveyed parents, secondary teachers and univer(those ages 18-33) are the State. sity instructors to dig into exception. Young adults what has become a cultural hamster self-report anxiety issues more than wheel of sports, academics, grade any other age cohort and those levels inflation and college students who appear to be rising. can’t cope. Parents blamed it on uniThis is the last week of the semesversities because of exorbitant tuition ter at Penn State. Final exams are and impossible admission criteria. next week. My colleagues and I anticTeachers blamed it on parents for not ipate we will be seeing more students letting their kids fail, creating learned in advising appointments or who are helplessness but then demanding As looking for support over the next two for what used to be C work. Universiweeks. As Mel Brooks said, this is high ties say that the helicopter parents anxiety. have ill-prepared students for the What is happening to this generareal world and what will eventually tion that is causing so much anxiety? be workplace competition and sucThe answers aren’t easy. cess based on effort and motivation Millennials, both college stuinstead of handholding. dents and their non-college counIn the meantime, those increasing terparts, report significant levels of number of students at universities stress. Penn State’s Center for Colwho are seeking out counseling idenlegiate Mental Health’s report from

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Organizers appreciate support of community On Saturday, Feb. 13, the Second Annual Avery Milanese Cystic Fibrosis Bowling Tournament was held at Bellefonte Lanes and raised over $1,200. Avery participates in the Saturday morning youth bowling program from September through the end of February. This year we had 86 participants come out to support this wonderful cause. Following are the winners: First place: Ashley Heeman and Mike Drobeck, first place; Thomas and Jamie Delahoy; second place; Gene Brickley and Ricky Rogers, third place; Jim Kane and Ray McGhee, fourth place; Drew Betlyon and Kevin Devin, fifth place; Kacey Weyant and Dakota Bowman, sixth place; Noah and John Siegle, seventh place; Delmer Dashem and Cordy Chambers, eighth place. We would also like to thank the following businesses who donated gifts for the auction: Bellefonte Wok, Brother’s Pizza (two locations), Burger King, Chen’s Mongolian Buffett, Chick-Fil-A, CO2, Confer’s Jewelers, Cracker Barrel, Dairy Queen, Edible Arrangement, Garfield’s Giant (two location), Holiday Hair Nittany Mall, Jabebo Studies, Jim’s Italian Restaurant, Kay Jewelers, Little Mamma’s Pizza, Olde New York, Outback Steakhouse, Papa John’s, Pizza Mia, Quaker Steak and Lube, Red Horse, Red Lobster, Rey Azteka, Sam’s Club, Starbucks, Subway (Northland Plaza), Sweet Frog, Texas Roadhouse, The Blonde Bistro, The Cove, TNails, Tractor Supply, Trader Joe’s, Tussey Mountain, UEC Theater, Waffle Shop (Bellefonte), Weis Markets (three locations) and Woodring’s Floral. LuAnn Jaworski Bellefonte

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tify anxiety, stress and depression as their primary complaints. Anecdotally, I have seen more students in classes and in advising who have real and serious anxiety disorders. I’m not talking butterflies before an exam. I’ve seen kids who are almost paralyzed with anxiety and who need accommodations to be successful. The number of students who share with us that they are taking anti-anxiety meds is shocking. It has further been suggested that drug and alcohol use by Millennials may not all be about partying to black out but may, in fact, be related to the attempt to self-medicate. So, what do we do? Posing a problem is only helpful if we can pose solutions. My suggestion? We all need to back off. Let’s stop the crazy train of advanced classes and no lunch period so they can take extra classes for middle-schoolers. Let’s stop dragging kids and their travel teams to sporting competitions in lieu of letting them just free play with their friends. Let’s stop blaming their teachers and doing their homework for them. Let’s limit their time on “Falsebook” and other social media that creates a feeling of “my life isn’t as good or as fun or as cool as my friends.” Let’s stop having graduation ceremonies at pre-schools. Let’s agree to give them more recess, less standardized testing and offer opportunities to learn and shine in their own terms and on their own timeline. Let’s give them permission to fail and to learn that when we stumble it’s the getting back up that makes the difference. Let’s promise them quality family time even if it’s just a dinner around a table with everyone sharing or a trip to Meyers Dairy to all get ice cream. Let’s let them pretend, give other different names and play rocket ship so they can fly, fly away. Let’s let our kids be kids first before we expect them to be adults. Maybe then, when they become adults, they will be ready for it.

Pentagon testimony amounts to ‘fog of lies’ By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette In war, the confusion generated by fighting and killing is often referred to as “the fog of war” at the Pentagon. According to records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act by Protect Our Defenders, an advocacy group committed to changing how the military handles sexual misconduct allegations, a “fog of lies” has been standard operating procedure at the Pentagon, too. Protect Our Defenders uncovered an effort by the Pentagon to undercut support for a Senate bill that would strip military commanders of their authority to decide which sexual assault complaints go forward to trial.

According to internal government records used to buttress the Pentagon’s argument, civilian authorities are less likely to hold people in the military responsible for sexual assault than military prosecutors are. Not so. The number of cases brought by local district attorneys and police against those in the military was either dramatically low-balled or omitted completely. This shady data even alleges that military authorities aggressively prosecute sexual assaults where civilian authorities refuse to, which is the opposite of what happens in reality. The Pentagon’s testimony before

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

PSU center promotes public health research By JENNIFER MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Inside the Elmore Research Wing at Noll Laboratory there is what looks like a mini hospital: a nurses’ station, exam rooms, a specimen processing lab, ultra sound machines, metabolic carts, EKG machines and crash carts. But this is not a hospital; it is a place for research. What makes this center unique is that at any given time, with the guidance of a certified medical team, dozens of researchers are conducting studies with a common goal: to improve public health. Lowering the risk for heart disease with healthy foods and recommended dietary patterns, monitoring fetal growth in pregnant women, and analyzing the impact of concussions in athletes are just some of the major health questions investigators analyze through studies at the Penn State Clinical Research Center. The CRC at University Park provides a resource for clinical studies to researchers across colleges at Penn State. Researchers can conduct studies that require oversight by trained medical professionals, including routine procedures like drawing blood and measuring blood pressure, or less common procedures, such as exercise testing under stress conditions and adipose tissue or taste bud biopsies. A service unit in the Penn State Clinical and Translational Science Institute, the CRC is part of a National Institutes of Health funded initiative led by the College of Health and Human Development and College of Medicine. A second CRC is located at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey. The University Park CRC includes clinical research physicians, a nurse practitioner and registered nurses on staff, who work with investigators to safely and effectively conduct studies. Additionally, the Registered nurse practitioner Tracey Allen manages daily operations at the CRC. She and her staff provide training and guidance to the investigators, research staff and undergraduate and graduate students who work in the CRC. If a study requires a technique or procedure not yet utilized in the CRC, Allen and her staff undergo training in order to meet a researcher’s needs. “I feel like I’m always learning,” Allen said. The CRC also features a metabolic kitchen for food and nutrition studies. Investigators from both Hershey and University Park campuses conduct feeding trials. In these studies, participants are provided individual test foods or an entire daily menu of food to meet the study specifications, and then undergo specific testing procedures to determine the effects of the diets on various health outcomes.

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Amy Ciccarella, a registered dietitian and research nutritionist, manages day-to-day operations for the metabolic kitchen. She plans menus, oversees staff members who prepare the food, counsels study subjects and works with the investigators to conduct these challenging studies. “I’m always learning new things from all of the research studies and I wouldn’t get that from a traditional dietetic job,” Ciccarella said.

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Penny Kris-Etherton, distinguished professor of nutrition, utilizes the CRC often in her research, which includes determining if nutrition reduces inflammation in the human body or if a diet intervention reduces risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Currently, she is working with David Proctor, professor of kinesiology and physiology, to study how walnuts affect heart disease risk factors. Specifically, they are analyzing whether walnuts can improve artery elasticity. Hardened arteries increase risk for heart attacks and strokes, and arteries that are more pliable reduce those risks, she said. As a researcher, Kris-Etherton said her goal is to generate scientific evidence to guide dietary recommendations and improve Americans’ health. “Having a state-of-the-art facility that has the oversight that the CRC has enables us to conduct very high-quality studies and the results generated from them are used to make population recommendations and treatment guidelines,” Kris-Etherton said. “We are living in an evidence-based analysis era where all of the evidence is considered and every single study is graded. Researchers want their studies to be given the highest grade because that type of study is weighted more when it comes to issuing population recommendations and treatment guidelines.” In another project, Anne-Marie Chang, assistant professor of biobehavioral health in the College of Health and Human Development and College of Nursing, leads an interdisciplinary team in a complex study of sleep funded by the CTSI and conducted through the CRC. The first of its kind at the CRC, each participant will live at the CRC for 11 days with multiple procedures carried out each day to analyze the health effects of sleep loss. The sleep study is an example of how the CRC facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration. The team includes 15 researchers across four colleges at Penn State: Health and

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TRACEY ALLEN, a registered nurse practitioner, manages daily operations at the Clinical Research Center.

Human Development, Agricultural Sciences, Information Sciences and Technology and the Eberly College of Science. Researchers have relied heavily on CRC staff members to plan for and facilitate the study, including making patient rooms ready for participants to live in for an extended period of time, preparing specialized meals and training for specific experimental procedures. “There’s no way, without this kind of service and support, that we would be able to conduct this study,” Chang said. “There is the shared attitude of getting the best research completed, whatever that takes.”

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The CRC is not solely available to full-time researchers; students also have access to the facility. Yujin Lee, a nutritional sciences doctoral student, has utilized the CRC to study how probiotic intervention may reduce cardiovascular risk and if eating dark chocolate and almonds helps reduce the risk of heart disease. For these studies, CRC staff members screened potential participants by measuring their height, weight and blood pressure, taking a blood sample for analysis and carrying out the required study testing procedures on the qualified participants. Research, Page 11

Walker-Harding named chair of pediatrics HERSHEY — Dr. Leslie R. Walker-Harding, chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children’s Hospital, has been named chair of the Department of Pediatrics and pediatrician-in-chief at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and medical director of Penn State Children’s Hospital. Walker-Harding, who also serves as professor and vice chair of faculty affairs in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, will begin her new role in September. Walker-Harding earned her medical degree from the University of Illinois School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency training at the University of Chicago and her adolescent medicine fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. “I was drawn to Hershey due to the world-class status of both Penn State Children’s Hospital and Penn State College of Medicine,” Walker-Harding said. “I am impressed at how, even in these changing times, Penn State Health has not wavered in fulfilling its mission to improve the lives of children, adolescents and their families from central Pennsylvania and beyond.”

Walker-Harding co-directs the Adolescent Substance Abuse Program at Seattle Children’s Hospital, and her research has been focused on adolescent risk behaviors, from substance abuse to ADHD to pregnancy prevention. She has published articles on adolescent substance use prevention and treatment in numerous media venues, and is a nationally recognized speaker on these topics. “I am very pleased that Dr. Walker-Harding has agreed to become chair of pediatrics,” said Dr. A. Craig Hillemeier, dean of Penn State College of Medicine, chief executive officer of Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and Penn State’s senior vice president for health affairs. “So many great things have happened with our children’s hospital that we are well positioned for a future where we provide outstanding care for children, educate health care providers for children in the most advanced way possible and create new knowledge that will arm these providers with, as yet undiscovered, treatments and hope.” Dr. Barbara Ostrov has served as interim chair of the Department of Pediatrics and medical director of the Children’s Hospital since August 2014.

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Having your teeth whitened is easier than ever By DR. BARRY BARTUSIAK Special to the Gazette

How your teeth look says a lot about you. That’s why many people opt for teethwhitening procedures at the dentist’s office or whitening strips that can be purchased for use at home. They want bright smiles that can serve them well in job interviews, in meeting a potential partner or just to impress the world in general. But, teeth whitening can also come with negatives. For example, many people choose to ditch the strips after they ask themselves, “Do my teeth look too white?” The “too white” look is a dead giveaway that your bright smile is unnatural. Just as most people want hair coloring to look natural, they also want their teeth to be a convincing shade of healthy white. So, they choose natural ways to whiten their teeth, without drastic measures such as bleaching agents that can strip the enamel that protects the sensitive core of the tooth from erosion. Some of the options to consider if you want to rid your teeth of yellowish stains and return to a natural, brighter smile include: ■ Strawberries and other fruit Some foods can help whiten teeth. Strawberries, for example, contain acids that help break down stains. Apples and other fruit can do the same. Research, from page 10 “Without the nursing staff and CRC facility, we could not conduct blood draws and we could not measure any of our blood-related endpoints,” Lee said. “Without the CRC, this study probably could not be done at Penn State.” Those who participate in the CRC studies also notice benefits, beyond minimal monetary compensation for their contribution. Tim Robinson, who has been an instructor for the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences for 20 years, is a regular participant in studies at University Park. Most of the studies he participates in are

The downside of this approach, though, is that fruit contains sugar and those acids also can erode the enamel if left on the teeth too long, so it’s still important to rinse and brush your teeth after eating them. ■ Baking soda One time-honored option for a toothpaste substitute is baking soda, which helps with whitening because it acts as a mild abrasive that can remove surface stains from teeth. ■ Activated charcoal It seems counterintuitive that something black like charcoal could whiten teeth, but it does. Activated charcoal (a treated and purified form of the charcoal used on grills) can absorb the stains on teeth. Some people have experimented with brushing with activated charcoal in a doit-yourself way and reported their findings on the Internet. If you aren’t the do-ityourself type, you could opt for a commercial-brand toothpaste that contains activated charcoal, such as Twin Lotus Active Charcoal, Lucky Teeth Xtra Whitening and Curaprox’s Black Is White, for which I am the national spokesman. It’s worth remembering that, while having whiter teeth is important to a lot of people, it’s even more important to achieve that goal in a way that’s safe for your dental health.

food-focused, from walnuts to chocolate. In many of the controlled feeding studies, the CRC provides participants with all daily meals. They cannot consume any other foods, which means contributing requires true commitment. “What I like about it is that in my personal lifestyle I can eliminate the sort of hassle of figuring out what to eat, especially for lunches. It’s more convenient,” Robinson said. “Also, I feel like I’m presented with a well-balanced diet with high-quality foods.” Beyond the convenience, Robinson appreciates being involved in something out of the ordinary that benefits health research and his own nutritional health.

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Kinesiology students lobby for physical activity legislation By MARJORIE S. MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — In class, kinesiology students are learning it takes more than personal choices — eating right and exercising — to live a healthy lifestyle. Sometimes, it also takes the work of the government to ensure citizens have adequate resources to make those good choices. Recently, some of those students traveled to Washington, D.C., to voice their support for this very issue to legislators. Six undergraduate students and three graduate students in Penn State’s Department of Kinesiology attended National Health Through Fitness Day in March at Capitol Hill to encourage legislators to pass major legislation that would enhance physical activity in the United States. Melissa Bopp, associate professor of kinesiology, led the trip. The Sport and Fitness Industry Association organizes National Health Through Fitness Day in collaboration with the American College of Sports Medicine. During the event, industry executives, professional athletes and scientists talked to lawmakers about proposed legislation related to physical activity. “Our students, as part of teams, went and visited with congressional and senate staffers about legislation, advocating for support for bills that would promote physical activity,” Bopp said. About 150 leaders from the sports, fitness and physical education industries attend National Health Through Fitness Day each year to ask Congress to pass key legislation to help the country tackle obesity and sedentary lifestyles. Company representatives from the food and beverage industry also attend. For the two-day trip, students were divided into teams, and each team discussed legislation with a congressional staffer.

For junior Maria Malizia, the most interesting piece of legislation was the Personal Health Investment Today Act. “This act is rooted in the idea that exercise is medicine,” she said. “Instead of people only being allowed to spend their own money from their Health Savings Account on medicine, this act would allow them to use it on gym memberships, race entry fees and sporting equipment.” Malizia’s group presented the PHIT Act and proposals for funding for physical education. “Each of the staffers that my group met with was positive and supportive of our proposals and a few even mentioned that they knew their representative was already planning on voting for it,” Malizia said. Legislation regarding physical activity is important to Malizia because she believes as the country is becoming more obese, health care costs will continue to rise. “If we continue to lack physical education in schools, we are raising inactive kids who become inactive adults. Physical activity legislation is a way to prevent future health care costs. “I think this trip showed how what we learn in the classroom is really applicable to the outside world. The issues we learn about in class are the same issues being presented to Congress, and voted on for our entire country. Kinesiology is becoming more and more essential in the lives of the American people.” Madison Weidel, a junior who attended the trip, said she learned a great deal when presenting the PHIT act to staffers. “I was previously unaware that health savings accounts even existed, so I learned a lot while studying and presenting the PHIT act,” she said. “I really think it’s a great way to promote healthcare as a preventative measure, not just a reactive one.” Weidel said the trip also helped her enhance her networking skills and gave her the

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A GROUP OF Penn State students recently traveled to Washington, D.C., to encourage lawmakers to pass major legislation that would enhance physical activity in the United States. opportunity to answer questions confidently. “I honestly think those skills were more powerful than anything I learned about the acts specifically, since they are so relevant to so many situations I may find myself in during my professional life,” she said. She said physical activity legislation is important for giving people the means to be active. “No piece of legislation can force people to be physically active or make people want to be. However, there are a lot of people in the United States that may have a desire to be physically active but do not have the recources to do so. Legislation is important in giving everyone the means to

be healthy and physically active.” Bopp said the trip helped students apply their classroom learning to the real world, and she is inspired by how they represented themselves and the legislation. “I cannot describe how proud I was. These students really rose to the occasion,” Bopp said. “We talk a lot in class about community and how policy can influence your health. Students are learning it can be difficult to make healthy personal choices if you don’t have the resources available. This trip drives home the message that there are bigger things than one’s self when it comes to living a healthy life.”

Park Forest Elementary School receives national honor STATE COLLEGE — Park Forest Elementary School has been named a U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School, among 73 educational institutions honored nationwide, for its commitment to sustainable practices, U.S. Secretary of Education John King announced April 22, Earth Day. PFE was one of 47 schools chosen for the honor “for their innovative efforts to reduce environmental impact and utility costs, improve health and wellness, and ensure sustainability practices,” according to the U.S. Department of Education. The federal award went to 27 elementary schools, 11 middle schools and 14 high schools — all but six public. Fifteen school districts and 11 post-secondary institutions also received the award. Honorees will be recognized Wednesday, July 20, at an awards ceremony at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. “I am so proud of our faculty and students for all that they have done to have us be designated as a 2016 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School for Pennsylvania,” PFE principal Donnan Stoicovy said. “In a letter from our Pennsylvania Department of

Education science adviser, Dr. Dave Bauman, he recognized us for our sustainable practices in reducing environmental impact and costs, improving health and wellness of schools, students and staff, and providing environmental education which teaches many disciplines and is especially at effectively incorporating STEM, civic skills and green career pathway. “This is a wonderful accomplishment for our school whose efforts at zero waste have diverted 85 percent of our waste from the landfill. Our journey is still ongoing and we have other things to do.” In a press release, King said, “I congratulate these schools, districts and post-secondary institutions for their commitment to sustainable facilities, health and classroom practices. The healthiest, most inspiring school facilities can and should be another tool to level the playing field, particularly for underserved students. These honorees are 21st-century learning environments that encourage every student and teacher to perform at his or her best.” PFE was the only Pennsylvania primary or secondary school honored. Other state honorees were the School District of Jenkintown and Slippery Rock University.

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Penns Valley Intermediate School hosts carnival By SAM STITZER

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SPRING MILLS — The Parent-Teacher Organization of the Penns Valley Intermediate School hosted its annual Spring Carnival fundraiser in the school gymnasium April 22. The carnival featured a ring toss, a Frisbee toss, basketball, bowling — with soccer balls and 2-liter soda bottles as pins — face painting and a bounce house. The Penns Valley High School football team assisting in running the games. Carnival attendees purchased tickets for the games, and were awarded paper “dollars,” which they redeemed for prizes of small toys, hats, candy, pinwheels and other items. On the stage was a 6-foot-wide igloo, where school principal Danielle Yoder, wearing a gypsy costume, sat inside serving as a fortune teller. The igloo was made from 250 plastic milk jugs by carnival co-organizer Amy Smith. She said she tried gluing the jugs together with hot glue, but it wouldn’t stick to the jugs, so she ended up using clear packing tape to construct the igloo in sections, finally assembling it on the stage. In the lobby were gift baskets, assembled by school classes, businesses and other organizations, which were raffled off. In the cafeteria, third-grade teacher Cassie Ward presided over an auction of Earth Daythemed cakes decorated by sixth-grade classes. Organizer Smith said that money raised by the carnival is used by the PTO to fund student field trips, sponsor assemblies and purchase school supplies. Smith and Denny McCloskey organized the carnival, as they have done for several years. They were both pleased with the turnout of children and adults for the event, and for the efforts of the many volunteers who made it happen. Smith and McCloskey agreed that this is the last carnival they plan on coordinating. “We’re retiring,” said Smith.

THE PENNS VALLEY Intermediate PTO organized a well-attended fundraiser in the school’s gym.

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HOPE Fund gala has largest turnout in event’s history By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

POTTERS MILLS — An evening of socializing, dancing and savoring culinary treats, the Gala for HOPE was held April 23 at the General Potter Farm barn in Potters Mill. All proceeds from the event benefit the Penns Valley HOPE Fund. Barn owner Binky Lush donated the use of the restored barn, which provided a pleasant backdrop of rustic elegance for the event. The gala featured background music by the Jay Vonada Quartet, food catered by Bobbie Dash, a silent auction of donated items and a raffle for a hot air balloon ride donated by The Sky’s the Limit Balloons Inc. Following the balloon theme, helium balloons with long strings were suspended from the ceiling. As attendees donated to the HOPE Fund, each was told to “make a bang” by popping a balloon. Gala organizer Eva Gerhart noted this year’s crowd was the biggest in the event’s history. “We sold 225 tickets,” she said. HOPE Fund member T.J. Coursen ad-

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MORE THAN 200 people gathered for the Penns Valley HOPE Fund Gala fundraiser held at the General Potter Farm barn in Potters Mills.

dressed the crowd, sharing the history of the charity. Coursen was diagnosed with a rare softtissue cancer in 2002, and by 2008, had incurred large medical debts. Fellow members of Grace United Methodist Church in Centre Hall organized fundraisers for his family, and Coursen suggested that a permanent charity be formed to help others in the area also facing medical and financial crises. From that, the Penns Valley HOPE Fund was born. According to Coursen, since its beginning in 2008, the HOPE Fund has dispersed $400,000 to more than 150 families in the Penns Valley area. “It’s been a real labor of love for all of us, I think,” Coursen said, as he thanked all those in attendance for supporting the HOPE Fund. “The reason we’re having the success that we are is because of this community.” Coursen also thanked organizer Gerhart, who mentioned that the HOPE Fund is an all-volunteer organization. “When they say they have given away $400,000, they have given away $400,000 in this community,” she said.

Penn State Legacy celebration elevates homecoming spirit UNIVERSITY PARK — After a semester of preparation, Penn State Homecoming hosted its sixth annual Legacy Celebration in the HUB-Robeson Center April 20. The event was intended to increase school spirit and excite students for homecoming week in the fall. Jim Boyle, the 2016 Pride Events director, said he feels the event is a great way to celebrate a successful academic year.

“Legacy Celebration is a constant reminder of the honor, pride and traditions that help shape Penn State University,” Boyle said. During the Legacy Celebration, the honorary grand marshal, Raquel Ross, was announced. There were also other traditions, such as cutting the Legacy cake and performances by the Nick Gainer Band, Blue in

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really excited for homecoming,” said Emily Jellinek, a sophomore at Penn State. After a semester of planning, Boyle said he hopes that the Penn State community can be proud and remember why they chose to come to such a great university. Homecoming week will begin Sunday, Oct. 2, and continue through Saturday, Oct. 8, when the Nittany Lions take on Maryland.

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The Avid Gardener: Gift ideas for Mother’s Day LORA GAUSS

Are you planning to give your mother, mother-in-law, stepmother, grandmother or any other mom a sleeve of cut flowers from a supermarket chain this coming Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 8? You could do so much better. You could easily go from “thank you” to “wow” this year by using just a bit more thought, efAvid gardener fort and preparation. Lora Gauss lives in However, first Philipsburg. Email her at community@ you’ll need to considcentrecountygazette. er mom’s “gardening com. personality.” Is your mother more of a plant enthusiast? This means she loves all the pleasing forms of individual plants, their scents, colors, textures and combinations, but she isn’t someone you would really call a “gardener.” If so, a single noteworthy plant or an arrangement could be the thing. One online site boasts lovely selections in very whimsical containers, with names like “Fragrant Gardenia Topiary” or “Mom’s Rose Garden.” These can be delivered right to the door with a heart-felt message, especially if your mother is far away. You could get more personal, however, if you note which color family of flowers is her favorite and which flowers are designated for the month of her birthday. You can then request a local florist to put together an arrangement with this predominate color scheme and/or special flower, depending on availability. May’s birthday flower is lily of the valley, and other months are simple to find out using Google. In the same vein, there are numerous websites describing the “language” of flowers and their meanings. Especially in Victorian times, flowers were used to deliver messages which might otherwise go

unsaid. Use a language-of-flowers website (such as www.thelanguageofflowers.com) to pick out available flowers that express your feelings, and add a personal message to accompany the gift. Blue hyacinths, for example, traditionally meant “constancy” and ivy traditionally meant “affection.” Your mother could also be more of a gardener by proxy. This is someone who loves gardens and loves to view gardens but doesn’t necessarily have one herself. There are awesome gifts for this type of gardener. You might surprise her with a gift of a garden outing to be taken in the future. My friends and I, for example, just returned from a fabulous one-day bus tour to see five homes and gardens in Alexandria, Va. We also had a tour of the house and gardens of Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, our first president. We will all have lasting memories of those stunning gardens and what we learned about Washington and his famous estate. Gardening books that showcase lovely gardens of all sorts are another possibility. One of my recent favorites is “The Art of Gardening” by The Chanticleer Gardeners and R. William Thomas, which showcases the vibrant and contemporary Chanticleer Garden in Philadelphia. Colorful and informative gardening books of this type can become truly cherished gifts. What if your mother is an up-and-coming gardener, someone with a fledgling interest? You could design a handsome starter basket. This could include some flower seed packets, like zinnias, a hand pruner, a sturdy pair of gardening gloves, a topical book (such as “Pollinator Friendly Gardening” by Rhonda Fleming Hayes) and a gardening journal in which to record personal gardening information from year to year. My own journal is not a fancy affair; it is a simple black and white spiral notebook in which each year I have drawn garden bed diagrams and noted weather trends, as well as the myriad alterations (both successes and failures) that occurred over time. It is an annotated life saver given

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MOTHER’S DAY is the perfect time to pass along your love of gardening to your children. to me by one of my first dear gardening friends. Finally, we come to the mother for whom gardening is a passion. What to buy for the woman who has everything? There are many new and unique items out there for this type of gardener. It could be something like a “perennial of the year” such as 2016’s anemone “Honorine Jobert” (other yearly winners are listed at www.perennialplant.org). Gardeners are always looking for new flowers and plants. It might also be a must-have super gardening tool like a Japanese hori-hori knife or perhaps a weed torch like the Weed Dragon. You could, also, present her with a gift certificate for a container or fairy garden workshop or buying spree at a local plant sale or favorite nursery. Even better, you could accompany her on the outing. Paying close attention throughout the year to any passionate gardener’s “wish list” can also be very helpful.

Finally, no matter into which category (or categories) your loved one falls, a perfect idea might be to design a coupon book in which the coupons are each for personalized things, such as an hour spent helping to plant, weed or rake her garden, a leisurely stroll through the Penn State Arboretum or a trip to a local park like Black Moshannon to enjoy a picnic lunch. The coupons could be redeemed at various times throughout the year. I feel these would be especially wonderful for younger children to give to their mothers or grandmothers. Hopefully, these ideas will provide an aid in tailoring this year’s Mother’s Day gift. And, no matter what you choose, home-grown or exotic, simple or elaborate, be sure to personalize it with the absolute best gift of all — quality time spent with that special woman. Nothing compares to sharing a newsy phone call or lounging on her patio with that frosty glass of iced tea, enjoying spring’s symphony.

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Club to hold plant sale UNIVERSITY PARK — The Student Farm Club will hold its annual plant sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, April 29, at Headhouse 2, which is located across Curtin Road from Berkey Creamery. The plant sale will consist of locally raised vegetables and herbs. All plants available for purchase have been grown on campus by members of the Student Farm Club. All proceeds from the sale will go toward supporting the Student Farm Club’s efforts to bolster sustainable agriculture and connect the community to its food system. “The plant sale is a great opportunity for us to connect with the community by providing local produce directly to Penn Staters,” said club co-director Hayly Hoch. Attendees are advised to arrive as early as possible, as many items are expected to sell out before the conclusion of the sale. Only cash will be accepted.

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BOALSBURG — The Central Pennsylvania Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 3, at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 602 Boalsburg Road, in Boalsburg. Capt. Jim Bloom will speak on “The Sultana Disaster.” Launched in January 1863, the USS Sultana was one of the newest and most capable river boats, yet blew up north of Memphis, Tenn., on April 27, 1865, causing the loss of 1,547 lives, many Union prisoners of war. Bloom will describe the Confederate prison system and the Sultana Disaster, which remains to this day the deadliest maritime disaster of the western hemisphere. Bloom served 31 years as a physician and health care executive for the U.S. Navy. Anyone who is interested in the Civil War or joining the Central PA Civil War Round Table is invited to attend. For more information, contact Central PA CWRT president Lynn Herman at (814) 861-0770.

Craft show set for April 30 SPRING MILLS — The Spring Fling Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, April 30, at the New Hope Lutheran Church along state Route 45 in Spring Mills. The event is being hosted by the “Quarters for a Cure” Relay for Life Team. There will be more than 20 vendors present. There also will be food and a bake sale.

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ANDREA FISHER, chief executive officer of the Centre County Youth Service Bureau, was the featured speaker during the April Soroptimist International of Centre County meeting. Fisher showed a short video and talked about the services YSB provides to Centre County.

Yard sale scheduled CLEARFIELD — A yard sale featuring scratch-and-dent items will be held at 8 a.m. Friday, May 6, and Saturday, May 7, to support Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger. At least 11 tractor-trailer loads of items have been donated by the Wal-Mart Distribution Center in Woodland for the sale, which will be held Friday in Clearfield County Fairgrounds Expo Building 1 and Saturday in Expo Building 2 The funds raised by this event will help to provide pediatric equipment, programs and services at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital and throughout Geisinger Health System. For more information, contact Vanessa Houser at (814) 943-8887 or vkhouser@geisinger.edu.

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SPRING MILLS — About 40 Penns Valley Conservation Association members and community volunteers gathered at Coburn Park April 23, where organizers Martha Hoffman and Barb Lange grouped them in teams tasked with picking up trash along the banks of Penns Creek, Sinking Creek and other Penns Valley streams. Volunteers were issued trash bags, protective gloves and orange vests and then dispersed to many points along waterways in the valley. Trash collected was returned to Coburn Park, where recyclable items were sorted out before the remainder was tossed into a large rented dumpster. The stream bank cleanup has been ongoing since 1997, when it was started by Spring Mills resident Mary Kay Williams, according to her husband Greg Williams. The PVCA serves as a steward of the Upper Penns Creek watershed and all its communities. It works to protect and conserve Penns Valley’s waters, farmlands, forests and cultural heritage. The PVCA has protected 25,000 feet of streams with stream bank improvement, planted more than 21,000 trees and shrubs in riparian buffers along stream banks, and has constructed many in-stream fish habitats in the area since the organization was formed 22 years ago. The PVCA also sponsors an environmental education program in the Penns Valley School District.

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SUSAN DUBOSKY picks up trash along Penns Creek near Coburn.

MICHAEL W. KLINGER, district deputy grand high priest, was on hand at the April meeting of the Bellefonte Chapter of Royal Arch Masons No. 241 to present a 50-year certificate and pin to Leon Marshall. The grand high priest at the time Marshall was initiated 50 years ago, R. Donald Adam, also was present at the ceremony. Pictured, from left, are Marshall, Klinger, current Bellefonte Most Exalted High Priest Graham J. Sanders and Adam.

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A recipe for success

Student Nutrition Association creates healthy meal ideas for area food bank By MARJORIE S. MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Food insecurity — limited or uncertain access to fresh, nutritious food — is not just an issue for the stereotypical impoverished population, such as homeless people. The truth is, it can affect anyone. For people dealing with food insecurity, fresh fruits and vegetables may not make it into the shopping cart because of the expense. At the same time, many low-budget foods, such as canned and packaged meals, contain high sodium and processed ingredients. Penn State students want to fix this problem by helping to close the food insecurity gap in Centre County. They want to make healthy food available to everyone, regardless of financial status. “Cheaper, canned foods are often missing valuable nutrients,” said Alex Close, president of the Student Nutrition Association at Penn State. “That’s where we want to help. People are going to eat what they want. We found a way to get healthy ingredients into popular dishes.” Members of the SNA are creating and distributing recipes to area food banks in an effort to make nutritious and affordable meals accessible to families in need. The goal is to provide families with recipes that are not only healthy, but also easy to make, realistic for the whole family and affordable. Each recipe uses ingredients commonly found in food banks, includes no more than a few ingredients, and requires no more than about 10 minutes of preparation, Close said. The project is funded with grant money from the College of Health and Human Development Alumni Society’s Board Small Project Grant program. The funds from the program have allowed students to create, print and laminate the recipe cards.

Earlier in the semester, the group visited the FaithCentre Food Bank in Bellefonte, where they handed out the recipe cards and provided samples of one of the dishes. This was their second trip in the past year and recipe cards remain at the food bank for anyone to take home at any time. “The FaithCentre Food Bank is trying to go beyond just offering food,” said Nicole Summers, executive director. “We want to educate about food and nutrition. The SNA is really helping with that. Clients have loved getting samples and recipe cards. And the students have told me how much they enjoy doing it.” The FaithCentre Food Bank serves about 800 families a month, Summers said. “We wanted to reach these families,” Close said. “Many people who are using the food bank just want to feed their families. They may not be concerned about the health of the food. With these recipes we hope they find the food they want for a low cost.” Some of the dishes the students have created include tuna pasta salad, black bean salad with brown rice, veggie and chicken macaroni and cheese, and black bean and corn soup. The recipes are popular family meals with added vegetables and other nutritious ingredients. The motivation for the project came from an extra-credit assignment in a community nutrition course in the Department of Nutritional Sciences taught by Alison Gernand, assistant professor in the department, Close said. The assignment was to create recipes for the State College Food Bank, using ingredients found there. Shawnee Kelly, instructor in the department, reached out to Close about doing a similar project for the Bellefonte area. After some brainstorming, the students decided to contact FaithCentre.

“Through the course we learned about food insecurity,” Close said. “I was shocked to learn that people who earn a minimum wage are having trouble putting food on the table.” The project is also beneficial for students, Close said, because it gives them an opportunity to practice what they learn in the classroom, such as how to prepare healthy meals and educate the community about nutrition. “We really enjoy doing it,” said SNA member Kelsey Fritz. “We’re hoping to keep coming back with more recipes.”

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Mother’s Day brings back memories of special women CONNIE COUSINS

Each time I set a table for a special dinner, that is, one with extra family or friends joining me, I hear my mother’s voice. “Do you need to iron a tablecloth? (This is a less than subtle hint to use one.) “Did you get the pickles out?” “Did you make cole slaw?” While I was growing up, we ate from the garden and there were always homemade pickles on the table. Cole slaw seemed to be included in any special dinner menu. My mother was a homemaker extraordinaire. Quiet and introverted, she showed her love for family by the things she did and the way she did them. She washed clothes on Monday, Connie Cousins ironed on Tuesday, cleaned the upcovers a wide stairs on Friday and the downstairs on variety of events in Saturday. If I wanted to go somewhere Centre County for on Saturday as a teen, I had to take the Centre County part in the cleaning first. Gazette. Email her The idea of honoring mothers on at ccous67@gmail. a special day goes back to prehistorcom. ic times where tribes worshiped the mother goddess as the creator of life. In ancient Egypt, Isis was the Queen of Heaven who ruled all matters regarding motherhood. The Greeks revered Rhea and the Romans honored Hera as their mother goddesses. Springtime was

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the season to celebrate the goddess in all women as nature celebrated the rebirth of the land. By the 17th century, England had a “Mothering Sunday” on the fourth Sunday in Lent. On that day, rules were relaxed and older children who were away as apprentices or servants were allowed to return home to visit their mothers. As the families gathered, mothers were honored with cakes and flowers. The day is still celebrated, but is usually called Mother’s Day, as it is in the U.S. and many other countries. Mothering Sunday never became popular with the early English in America, who disapproved of more secular holidays In 1872, Julia Ward Howe, author of the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” suggested the idea of a day to celebrate peace and motherhood. Some groups held celebrations, but they were more religious gatherings than the day of tribute to mom that we observe today. It took the efforts of Anna Jarvis to finally get an official Mother’s Day. Jarvis’ mother had remarked that such a day was needed and she held an annual gathering she called “Mother’s Friendship Day” to heal the pain of the Civil War. When she died in 1905, her daughter took up the cause to commemorate her mother. Jarvis devoted the rest of her life to first creating a Mother’s Day, and later lobbying to have it removed from the calendar. According to www.mothersdayshrine.com, the first official Mother’s Day was held May 10, 1908, in her mother’s old church, Andrews Methodist, in Grafton, W.Va., with 407 in attendance. The Jarvis family had lived much of their lives in Grafton, where Jarvis’ mother had been a teacher and public servant. In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson declared Mother’s Day a national holiday to be observed on the second Sunday in May. Unfortunately, at least as Anna Jarvis saw it, the holiday soon became less a semi-religious occasion with prayers

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iK ds’ School’s out, but area has plenty of classes, camps By CONNIE COUSINS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

It’s time to figure out how to keep the kids busy this summer. Send them to camp? Send them to the grandparents for a week or two? Enroll them in sports programs or arts lessons? Invariably, at some point, kids will say, “What can I do?” Luckily, there are many talented people who work with area organizations to offer dozens of options for kids in summer. The YMCA, Discovery Place, local churches, libraries and the Centre Region Parks and Recreation all have activities scheduled for summer — from lessons and demonstrations to camps. The Bellefonte Art Museum has summer art camps for children ages 6 to 12: ■ “Famous Artists” will be held Monday, July 18, through Friday, July 22, and is being lead by Pat House. House, the executive director of the museum, has selected five new artists to study this year. ■ “EcoArt Outdoors” will be held Monday, July 25, through Friday, July 29. Nicole Tucker will lead this class, during which children will explore the natural world to find eco-friendly inspiration. Using clay, cardboard, paper mache and recycled and found objects, the young artists will create functional and decorative masterpieces of all shapes. Andy Goldsworthy is the artist inspiration for this course. ■ Lego Camp, scheduled for Monday, Aug. 1, through Friday, Aug. 5, is being led by Judy Catherman. Here, the “Art of the Brick” is the inspiration to build, create and share artwork using one of the world’s most popular and versatile mediums. The course will use the museum’s huge

collection of Legos. ■ “Get Bugged” will run from Monday, Aug. 8, through Friday, Aug. 12, and be taught by House and Wendy Snetsinger. During the course, campers will study, draw, paint and photograph insects, and get to know the planet’s great variety of insects. Another place where there has been planning with summer and kids in mind is the Centre Hall Library. The Summer Reading Program sounds like a lot of fun. I talked with librarian Kim Bair about the program. There is a prize structure for participants, with each child in the program filling in a segment of a clock for every 20 minutes he or she reads. After a segment is filled in, the child adds a marble to a jar in the library and, when the marbles are counted, the relay across the map is advanced. What’s the goal? To get the Olympic torch to Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro in time for the Olympics. There are weekly and end-of-summer prize drawings, and participants receive entries by completing the clocks and attending various events. The kickoff event for the Summer Reading Program at Centre Hall is from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 16. Every Thursday during the summer there is another event for elementary-aged students. Monday, June 20, is the first Story Time of the summer, and there will be one each Monday through July 25. Parents and children can check with their local libraries for schedules of events, dates and times. Many points of interest and fun are within an hour or two of Centre County. Amusement parks, several state parks and trails, camping areas and much more await the warm days and freedom from commitments that spell summer.

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WITH SUMMER rapidly approaching, now is the time to start looking for outdoor activities and summer camps. Just having downtime seems to appeal to kids, too. I asked several kids of differing ages about their plans for summer and what they were looking forward to doing with their free time. Swimming was high on the list of things that are anticipated, along with not having to go to school. Among the older kids, hanging out with their friends was mentioned and “sleeping in.” Some mentioned vacationing with family. A couple looked forward to returning to their church camp again this year, as it seems there were a lot of pranks and good fun last year. A teenage boy said, “I’ll be ready for anything that is outdoors.”

Where to go and what to do: summer activities By SAMANTHA CHAVANIC correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — There’s no lack of choice in Centre County when it comes to summer activities for children. Whether it’s a Penn State sports camp or a simply a day trip to Penn’s Cave, there is something for every age and every taste. A closer look at Centre County’s offerings:

HIKING AND CAMPING

(Information courtesy of the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau) Bald Eagle State Park 149 Main Park Road, Howard (814) 625-2775 Black Moshannon State Park 4216 Beaver Road, Philipsburg (814) 342-5960 Centre Region Parks and Recreation 2643 Gateway Drive, No. 1, State College (814) 231-3071

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Mount Nittany Conservancy State College (814) 237-0400 Stone Valley Recreation Area 325 Charter Oak Road, Petersburg (814) 863-1164

SUMMER CAMPS Art Alliance of Central Pennsylania Summer art camps at the Art Alliance include multiple camps for kids ages 5 through teens. Activities range from popart to tie-dye to 3-D paper and clay. Camp sessions run from late June to August and area limited to 12 students. For more information, visit www.artalliancepa.org. C. Barton McCann School of Art This nonprofit in Petersburg supports emerging artists of all ages, using a “handson, experiential approach.” Camps — which are open to all skill levels and focus on a range of disciplines, including painting, sketching and ceramics — are offered from early June through August. For more information, call (814) 667-

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2538 or email admissions@mccannart.org. Camp Green Lane Located in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, Camp Green Lane is a sevenweek coed overnight summer camp, committed to providing a “nurturing Jewish atmosphere.” Camp Green Lane offers outdoor sports and indoor crafts, and serves children entering third through 11th grade. Session choices are half summer (threeand-a-half weeks) or full summer (seven weeks).

For more information, visit www.greenlane.com. Camp Lohikan Camp Lohikan is a coed sleep-away camp for children ages 6 to 15. The camp is located in the northeast Pocono Mountains and has been in existence for more than 40 years. Activities include various water sports, land sports, performing arts, horseback riding and creative arts. Guide, Page 20

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Guide, from page 19 For more information, call (908) 470-9317 or email info@lohikan.com. Camp Timber Tops Located in Greeley, Camp Timber Tops is one of the oldest girls’ overnight summer camps in the United States. Camp activities include outdoor recreation, athletics, creative arts and aquatics. For more information, email info@timbertops.com or call (215) 887-9700. Camp Woodward Located 25 miles from State College, Camp Woodward offers summer camp programs for skateboarding, BMX, in-line skating, gymnastics, cheerleading, snowboarding/ skiing and digital media. It is a custom-designed overnight camp that attracts both campers and professional athletes. Camps are offered to children ages 7 to 18, with no experience required. Programs take place on a weekly basis lasting from early June through late August. For more information, visit www.campwoodward. com. Centre Elite Olympic Sports Themed Summer Camps For more information, visit www.centreelitegymnastics.com or call (814) 380-0894. Centre Region Parks and Recreation CRPR offers camps for children ages 3 to 17. Most of the camps get participants outdoors, interacting with nature. Camps include fly fishing, kayaking, canoeing and a brand new “Nature Adventures” art camp directed by local artist Susan Nicholas Gephart. CRPR also offers a martial arts camp and “Camp Bill,” a youth theater camp that combines voice, movement, dance, puppetry, stage combat and text. For more information, visit www.crpr.org. Child Development and Family Council Summer Camps These camps are for school-aged children and are located at the Easterly Parkway and Penns Valley elementary schools. Activities include field trips to destinations such as the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, DelGrosso’s Amusement Park and state parks. Additionally there are weekly swimming trips, and hands-on enrichment activities such as

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arts and crafts, science, cooking, indoor/outdoor sports and games, excursions and speakers. The camps are state-licensed, offer scholarship and subsidy programs, employ highly qualified teachers and offer nutritious snacks. For more information, call (814) 238-5105 or visit www. cdfc.org. Grier Summer Located in the Allegheny Mountains, the Grier all-girls summer camp uses the campus of the Grier School, a historic girls boarding school. Grier summer camp offers musical theater, horse riding and arts and dance programs for girls ages 6 to 17. For more information, call (814) 684-3000, extension 113, or email bestcamp@grier.org. International Sports Training Camp Located in the Pocono Mountains, this camp is a weeklong coed sports camp offering activities such as gymnastics, soccer, basketball and football. For more information, call (570) 620-2267 or email office@international-sports.com. Lake Greeley Camp This private coed overnight summer camp is located in the Pocono Mountains. With more than 60 daily activities to choose from, the camp accommodates boys and girls ages 6 to 15. Enrollment is limited to 275 campers, and sessions are available in two-, four-, six- and eight-week periods. For more information, call (570) 842-3739 or visit www. lakegreeley.com. Lake Owego Camp An overnight camp for boys located in the Pocono Mountains, Lake Owego Camp offers a variety of activities including sports, outdoor adventures, boating, swimming and creative arts. For more information, email info@lakeowego.com. Penn State Bug Camp Scheduled for Monday, June 27, through Thursday, June 30, this educational day camp is for children ages 8 to 11. Campers observe and collect insects and participate in hands-on laboratory exercises to learn a broad range of biological, ecological and environmental topics. Each camper will receive an insect-collecting kit, including a net, magnifying lens, forceps, ID book, collection box and journal, as well as a camp T-shirt, photo and diploma. Enrollment is limited to 20 campers. For more information, visit http://ento.psu.edu/public/kids/bug-camp-for-kids. Penn State Sports Camps Penn State offers a variety of summer sports camps ranging from rugby to figure skating. Sports camps are offered for athletes in grades four through 12. Athletes get the opportunity to interact with others their age, and are given feedback and instruction by Penn State coaching staff in order to improve and develop skills. Costs vary, but include housing, meals and instruction. For more information, visit www.gopsusports.com/ camps/home.html.

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APRIL 28-MAY 4, 2016 Penn State Science Camps (Science-U) An outreach program of the Eberly College of Science, Science-U offers day and resident camps for kids entering second through 12th grades. Exposing young learners to the wonders of science, the camps’ programs include “The Science of Toys,” “Advanced CSI Forensics” and “Ecology Camp: The Wild Wonders of Your Own Backyard.” For more information, visit www.sciencecamps.psu. edu. Penn State Weather Camp Weather camp is a hands-on experience of the entire weather-prediction process, including the forecast. Participants will also step into the meteorologists’ shoes by presenting their own TV weathercast. Penn State offers both Weather Camp, Sunday, June 19, through Friday, June 24, and Advanced Weather Camp, Sunday, June 26, through Friday, July 1. Weather camp is available for students entering grades eight through 12 and Advanced Weather Camp is open to 11th- and 12th-graders. For more information, visitwww.outreach.psu.edu/ weather-camp. Penn United Soccer Camp Penn United features several summer soccer retreats. There is a residential camp which is open to players ages 9 through 18. There is also a goalkeeping camp, also open to players ages 9 through 18. Penn United also offers Friday Night Lights, a Grass Roots Camp and a Pre-season Training Camp. For more information, visit www.pennunitedsoccer. org. Pine Forest Camp Owned and operated by the same family for more than 80 years, Pine Forest Camp is located in the Pocono Mountains. The coed overnight camp offers sporting and fitnessrelated activities, outdoor adventures, aquatics and creative arts. For more information, call (215) 887-9700 or email info@pineforestcamp.com State College YMCA The YMCA offers three different day camps for schoolaged children, including Explorers (ages 5 to 8), Trailblazers (ages 9 to 12) and Tussey Mountain (ages 8 to 12). The goal of the camps are to enhance physical, social, educational and moral well-being of each camper, but also allow participants to have fun and build lasting friendships. The program includes field trips to Lincoln Caverns, The Festival of the Arts, A Day With the Spikes and the Little League World Series. The YMCA also offers a Teen Team Camp in July. This camp is open to members and non-members ages 13 to 17 and aims to develop leadership, volunteerism, human relations and teamwork. The Teen Camp schedule includes trips to Northland Bowling and Whipple Dam, and a day-long visit to Knoebels. For more information, visit www.ymcaofcentrecounty. org. Guide, Page 21

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APRIL 28-MAY 4, 2016 Guide, from page 20 Shaver’s Creek Shaver’s Creek Summer Camps include outdoor opportunities for campers ranging in age from 4 to 14, as well as “Leaders in Training,” a program in which 14-to-18-yearold youth can assist with younger campers. For more information, visit http://shaverscreek.org. Summer 2016 Art Camps These camps, at the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, provide art experiences for children ages 5 to 8 (9 a.m. to noon) and ages 7 to 12 (1 to 4:30 p.m.). Each week of camp is themed and includes several different art mediums and projects. Classes are small, with a maximum of 12 campers. All art supplies and peanut-free snacks are provided. For more information, visit www.artalliancepa.org/ camps. The Susquehanna Conference Camp & Retreat Ministry The ministry offers Bible camps for all ages that focus on exploring the outdoors and making a “connection with God.” For more information, visit www.susumcamps.org or write Mulberry Drive, P. O. Box 2053, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

SWIMMING

McCoy Natatorium, Penn State 108 Bigler Road, University Park (814) 865-1433 State College YMCA 677 W. Whitehall Road, State College (814) 237-7717 Bellefonte Borough Swimming Pool 236 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte (814) 355-4009 Park Forest Community Pool 2100 School Drive, State College (814) 238-4515

FAIRS, FESTIVALS AND CARNIVALS

Bellefonte Children’s Fair On Saturday, June 4, Bellefonte will host its children’s fair, which features games, activities and entertainment, as well as raffles and displays. The event is made possible by Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary and benefits the Bellefonte Borough playgrounds. For more information, visit www.visitbellefonte.org.

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Bellefonte Cruise Held Friday, June 17, and Saturday, June 18, the weekend event includes an open cruise, a sock hop, all-vehicle show, parade of high performance and classic show cars, motorcycle poker run and other events and activities. For more information. visit www.visitbellefonte.com. Central Pennsylvania 4thFest The 4thFest is a daylong, family-oriented, patriotic birthday party held scheduled for Monday, July 4, on the east campus of Penn State University. The 4thFest is organized by Central Pennsylvania July 4 Inc., a nonprofit organization with an all-volunteer board and leadership team. For more information, visit www.4thfest.org. Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts Held Thursday, July 14, through Sunday, July 17, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts brings more than 125,000 people to downtown State College and the University Park campus to celebrate the arts with its nationally recognized Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, gallery exhibition, sand sculpture and music, dance and theatrical performances in a variety of traditional and non-traditional venues. For more information visit www.arts-festival.com. BookFestPA The fourth annual BookFestPA will be held on Saturday, July 16, at Schlow Centre Region Library. The event celebrates the joy of reading with talented local authors, talks by bestselling writers and an array of book-related activities. For more information, visit www.bookfestpa.org. Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Fair Held Friday, Aug. 12, and Saturday, Aug. 13, the event will include more than 100 juried artists and crafters, family entertainment, food and children’s activities. For more information, visit www.visitbellefonte.org. Centre County Grange Fair Scheduled for Friday, Aug. 19, through Saturday, Aug. 27, the Centre County Grange Encampment and Fair is a “city within a town” for a week. The event features concerts, rides, food, games and competitions. For more information, visit www.grangefair.net. People’s Choice Festival The annual festival will be held Thursday, July 14, through Sunday, July 17, on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the festival grounds will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday, they will be open from noon to 5 p.m.

There will be plenty of art for sale, food and children’s activities. For more information, visit www.peopleschoicefestival. com.

SCIENCE AND NATURE CENTERS

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center 3400 Discovery Road, Petersburg (814) 863-2000 Shaver’s Creek is Penn State’s nature center, offering fun and educational environmental programs and events for the whole community. For more information, visit www.shaverscreek.org. Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania 112 Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College (814) 234-0200 With the mission “to provide engaging science experiences which spark creativity, curiosity and imagination,” Discovery Space offers exhibits and educational events and programs. For more information, visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Millbrook Marsh Nature Center 548 Puddintown Road, State College (814) 235-7819 Operated by Centre Region Parks and Recreation, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center is a 62-acre site that consists of a 12-acre farmstead area with a large bank barn, farmhouse and several outbuildings, as well as an adjacent 50acre wetland. For more information, visit www.crpr.centreconnect. org. Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park 222 Penns Cave Road, Centre Hall (814) 364-1664 America’s only all-water cavern and wildlife park, Penn’s Cave offers a guided one-hour cavern tour by motorboat on an underground stream. Along the limestone corridors, stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone cascades and draperies decorate the interior rooms, while underwater, trout swim and jump for feed. The farm and wildlife tour is a guided 90-minute motorized tour over 1,500 acres of Penn’s Cave forests and fields which have been carefully preserved as a natural habitat for birds, plants and animals. North American animals such as bears, wolves, elk, deer, bobcats, bison, longhorn cattle and mustangs, as well as the Penn’s Cave icon, the cougar, can be seen, and there also is an African adventure museum. For more information, visit www.pennscave.com.

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2016 Golf

This is the second of two Golf features in the Gazette. Part one published on April 21st and provided a directory of area golf courses! Now enjoy part two!

Local golf club introduces single-user cart JOHN DIXON

PORT MATILDA — The Nittany, Centre Hills and Philipsburg country clubs are three of the oldest golf club facilities in Pennsylvania, so Skytop Mountain Golf Club is basically the new kid on the block. In an effort to attract members, Skytop is introducing a new way to get around its course. Golfers at Skytop Mountain will now John Dixon covers have the chance to golf for The Centre ride a GolfBoard this County Gazette. season, instead of the Email him at standard golf cart. sports@centre The GolfBoard countygazette.com. looks like a large surfboard or skateboard. Using a four-wheel posi-traction drivetrain in the front and back, rather than unreliable chains and belts, the GolfBoard’s never-before-seen feature ensures safety, reliability and lowto-no maintenance Housed on each end of the board are industrial grade gearboxes, which provide power to all four wheels. Four-wheel-drive traction is guaranteed to provide solid transport even on the steepest hills. The GolfBoard is controlled using an ergonomically designed thumb throttle, which allows the user to smoothly accelerate and decelerate and turn the GolfBoard on and off. The throttle mechanism also features an LED meter that indicates when the GolfBoard’s battery needs to be recharged. It is specially designed to allow for intu-

itive, gentle and smooth acceleration and braking. The GolfBoard has tires specifically made for turf use. They provide stability and no-spin traction and ground clearance, and with their reduced surface area and minimal tread design there is substantially less impact and pressure on the turf. The GolfBoard’s custom-designed controller firmware ensures ultimate control. As an added safety feature, the controller will automatically lock the GolfBoard’s wheels when users come to a stop. This provides a stable structure to step off of, and keeps the GolfBoard from rolling away on a steep hill. GolfBoard riders have the ability to select either low- or high-speed modes of operation. Low speed is a gentle 5 mph, with a maximum speed of 10 mph. So, for some added adventure to your golf game, give Skytop Mountain Golf Club a chance and ride the waves of the fairways on a GolfBoard. Submitted photo

MOUNTAIN VIEW PROVIDING OPTIONAL SERVICES Mountain View Country Club is offering optional services this golfing season, including the Range Club, which allows golfers to have unlimited use of range balls. The cost for the 2016 season for the new program is $125 for individual members and $175 for those with family memberships. Club storage will also be available for members for $85. Clubs will be stored, as well as cleaned, every time a member plays. Mountain View’s bag personnel will assist in putting members’ clubs on carts. Members who opt for club storage this year will have priority for next year’s club

SKYTOP MOUNTAIN Golf Club will employ the GolfBoard. The innovative cart resembles a large skateboard. storage, which will feature a new facility. Members can now also rent a locker for the year for $50.

FOUR CLUBS FORMING JUNIOR LEAGUE FOR YOUNG GOLFERS

Centre County golf facilities Mountain View Country Club, Toftrees Golf Resort, Penn State University Courses and Centre Hills Country Club are forming a new junior league for golfers ages 7 to 13. The collaboration will be a team-based model that is similar to Little League baseball. Tryouts will be held, uniforms will

be provided, and practices and matches will be scheduled. All matches will be a scramble format, playing with a teammate. This is a new program from the PGA in an attempt to get more young people involved in the game of golf. The program is open to club members and non-members. Tryouts will be held at the Penn State University golf courses Saturday, May 21, and Sunday, May 22. The cost of the program is $130 per child and the season will run through Sunday, July 10. Those interested in trying out can register at www.pgajlg.com/register.

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Skytop Mountain Golf Club makes changes By JOHN DIXON correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

PORT MATILDA — Skytop Mountain Golf Club, formerly Freestone, is one of the newest courses in the region. The Skytop Mountain Golf Club was conceived to provide a quality golf experience for the public living in and visiting the central Pennsylvania region. Under new management since 2012, Skytop Mountain has made several improvements to the course, including refinished cart paths, improved course drainage, brand new golf carts and more. The course consists of bent grass fairways, greens and tees, and is suitable for all skill levels. The course design is ideal for the beginner, while also challenging the more-seasoned player. The front nine is a par-36, 3,300 yards from the longest tees, and is routed along the lower valley floor with five holes bordering the Bald Eagle Creek. While playing, the fairways to the left are separated from the creek by a preserved riparian barrier. The only sound golfers hear is the moving water. The back nine is a par-36, 3,600 yards from the longest tees, and slowly gaining in elevation up the mountainside. It provides magnificent views of the valley and the Allegheny Front. The finishing holes sweep downward, displaying a lovely view that only nature can offer. This modern golf course was designed using the natural flow and features of the land. The course is carved out of 270 acres of forest providing dramatic views and a pristine setting. Skytop Mountain Golf Club blends with and complements the vegetation and the rolling terrain, routed over and around numerous streams and wetlands, and offering a wonderful natural setting for a championship golf course. Golfers are reminded to bring their “A”games when playing at Skytop. The 18hole, par 72 course demands accuracy, as well as some thoughtful shot selection. The course incorporates nearly 30 bunkers and has several water and natural hazards. According to course superintendent Mike Stine, “The major changes are just to make the course conditions better ... make improvement for players’ ability and smoothness of the course ... just to get everything to fill in to be a smooth surface on the golf course. “We’ve also been clearing out the edges of the golf course, making the areas that were unplayable in the past to be more playable.” One feature at the Skytop Mountain Golf Club is the Gauntlet, the second hole on the course. It was originally designed to

be the most difficult hole in Pennsylvania golf, and the Gauntlet lives up to its name. A short drive of the wetlands, 255 yards out from the white tees, and a second shot of 130 yards leaves golfers with another 150 yards to the green. “Before the changes were made to the Gauntlet, the hole had a deep ravine that ran off the mountainside and was the graveyard of many golf balls,” said Stine. “That area has now been filled in and, while still a formidable hole, is a lot better driving hole. “Every edge on all the course’s fairways have been cleared, so when your ball rolls off the fairway it will be easier to find your golf shot. “We’ve cut down a lot of underbrush, and we continue to do that. We mow every two weeks in an effort to stop the undergrowth from taking over the edges of the golf course.” Skytop also removed trees and vegetation in an effort to make the club on parallel with other golf venues in Centre County. “We’ve taken down over 300 trees — mainly dead and dying trees — along the edges of the fairways that allow the holes to be more open for the players,” said Stine. “We have the emerald ash borer that is an invasive species and are highly destructive to ash trees native to North America, and for that reason all the ash trees are dying; not only here in central PA, but all over the state of Pennsylvania. It’s just happening everywhere, so with that it makes the course a lot more player-friendly as well.” The back nine was put in after the original nine was built and makes the course like two separate golf courses. “The back nine is more mountain terrain and the fairways were designed to be level or somewhat level,” said Stine. “There are some gently sloped fairways out there, but the main difference on the back nine is there isn’t as much rough as there is on the front nine. “When I started, the rough was pretty thin, but with the correct fertilizer applications and timing the rough is beginning to thicken. So, as your ball rolls off the fairway, the thicker rough will catch it before it goes into the woods.” Stine also mentioned the golf club’s unusual terrain. “If one has not taken the drive to see up close the layout of the Skytop Mountain Golf Club, it’s worth the drive to see how the course was literally built on the side of the mountain,” he said. Regarding the golf course being built on the side of a mountain, Stine explained, “With the course built on the side of a

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SOME OF the most picturesque views in Centre County can be found at the Skytop Mountain Golf Club. mountain, it’s just a matter of geography that the holes will have a tendency to slope from left to right.” When players are on the course, “always aim to the high side,” said Stine. “Never left. Always aim to the high side. “That makes the course that you can’t play two fairways over here,” continued Stine. “You do need to have a decent golf shot and you don’t always need a driver when you play this course. We are a pretty short course (6,900 yards). You can put the driver away and grab an iron off the tee and still make par.” Stine is a Penn State graduate with a turf grass degree. He was born and raised in New Jersey and started working on golf courses during his sophomore year in high school. He fell in love with golf and wanted to be outside on a golf course ever since. “I worked for 15 years in New Jersey before heading to Pennsylvania and I knew when I graduated from PSU I wanted to live out here,” said Stine. “I was fortunate enough to drop by Skytop Mountain Golf

Club at the time it was Freestone Golf Course and talked with (former superintendent) Rich Brennan and he helped me get my feet in the door and get the job as the superintendent.” “I didn’t help him get the job; we just knew that Mike was the right man for the job,” said Brennan. “We took a tour of the golf course on a couple of occasions and he pointed out a number of deficiencies here and there and the change from Freestone to now is past history. “I knew from a management point of view that we needed a superintendent that would accept the challenge to finish the golf course and to redesign the course to make it playable; to really bring out the ‘wow’ factor, but also to keep the environment the way we want the course to be. “And, that’s paramount and Mike’s been able to do that. It’s preventive maintenance, and we have the proper tools for Mike and his staff to be able to do that.” Skytop, Page 24

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Skytop, from page 23 Brennan said he’s enjoyed working with Stine on making significant changes to the course. “We’ve put in over 5,000 feet of drainage pipe on six different fairways and that has taken away a lot of the wet spots on the course that were unplayable and would stay wet for weeks at a time after some rains. Just on the 18th fairway, our closing hole, we put over 900 feet of pipe last fall and that has made a big difference,” said Brennan. Skytop Mountain has also expanded its services for local golfers. It recently became an affiliate of the PGA Western Pennsylvania Golf Association. The organization has visited and placed markers on the course. The club is also hoping to get on the association’s tournament schedule, and is waiting for its slope ratings for the 2016 golfing season. It has also added the official Golf Handicap and Information Network to the facility, too, making it easier for golfers to record their scores. “People like to play golf because they love to be outdoors, but it’s more rewarding after spending time in a natural landscape and that’s what we preserve here,” said Stine. “It’s more like a park atmosphere and that’s OK, but this is not a reclaimed cow pasture that somebody decided 30 to 40 years ago to make a golf course out of it.” With the setting of Skytop Mountain Golf Club on the side of a mountain, wildlife can be seen on nearly every hole on the golf course. “Golf courses can be a wild life habitat and there are no houses between our boundaries or the fairways so people come here to golf and they say, ‘We are new to the area and nobody yells “four” because you can’t see any other golfer,’” said Stine. “People feel it’s their own little golf

course when they are out there all by themselves and they like to take ownership of that fairway and just enjoy themselves with the group they are with. They have a better time because of the anonymity, so if you whiff one (shot) the only people that are going to laugh at you are the people in your foursome. And they think that’s pretty cool, too. “We have a lot of wild life, and one thinks of deer, bear, turkeys, bald eagles, hawks but what’s more ecologically and what’s important is butterflies, turtles, honey bees and those types of things we have here,” said Stine. “We are working on an operational pollinator and myself and our crew have planted more and more flowerbeds on the golf course because we know that the bee population throughout the globe is being decimated and we need that back, so areas like that are away from pollution and from encroachment and that makes for a great place. Wild flowers don’t naturally grow in some of these areas, but our crew has actually done these plantings the last three seasons and those wild flowers continue to expand and expand as we plant more of those so that pollinator has become a huge thing and we are glad to be part of that.” Other forms of wildlife also exist on the course for the betterment of the environment. “... We have turtles that come up and they lay their eggs on the cart paths because they like the heat that is produced on the paths,” said Stine. “And I’ve seen them dig right into the cart path and you can see them in the mornings doing that. They are wood turtles; they look like box turtles but they are wood turtles and are a little bit bigger. We always see them coming off the mountain about two weeks in the spring, and after they lay their eggs they head back to the water. It’s really interesting to see that.

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SKYTOP MOUNTAIN recently became an affiliate of the PGA Western Pennsylvania Golf Association. “About 30 percent of our facility is actually the playable surface and the rest of it is forest and its water and natural land that leave 70 percent alone, and that’s on

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Taking Control

Baney dominates as Bellefonte rolls past Penns Valley By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — It is very difficult to say where Bellefonte softball opponents least like to encounter junior Tara Baney — on the mound or in the batter’s box. The fact is that in either place, Baney can do some serious damage. The Penns Valley Lady Rams found all of that out — although they likely already knew — when they traveled to Bellefonte Middle School for a Mountain League contest on April 25. On the mound, Baney pitched a complete game in the Raiders’ 6-1 victory over the Rams. She allowed one hit, struck out 14, walked two and had five 1-2-3 innings. She allowed just three base runners in the game, and only an RBI single by PV’s Caroline Collison stood between her and a nohitter. At the plate, Baney was two-for-two, including the second-ever home run hit over the new outfield fence at the middle school field. She was also — you guessed it — the first player to hit a home run over that fence in Bellefonte’s previous game. This one was an opposite-field shot that landed far up the bank in right field and scored the Raiders’ second and third runs of the game in the bottom of the third inning. Bellefonte had already put a run up

in the first inning, added another one for a total of three in the third, and then finished with two more in the fifth. “She (Baney) is having a great junior year,” Bellefonte coach Fred Caldwell said. “She has five home runs this season and she’s doing fantastic. I think her ERA is about 0.80 right now, so she is doing a great job.” Baney did have some help in this game. Her defense did not commit an error, and the Raiders pretty much gave her all she needed with a run in the first inning. That happened when leadoff hitter Alexis Wetzler walked, stole second base and then scored on Angela Capparelle’s RBI single. In the third, Capparelle led off with a hit, and then Baney followed with her rainbow to right. There was no question that it was out as soon as Baney hit it, and, fittingly, it was the winning hit in the game. “It felt great when I hit that home run because I knew our team needed it,” Baney said. “Honestly, I didn’t know it was out. I thought it was a deep fly ball, but as I watched it a little bit more and I saw it going, I guess it got to be a home run. I didn’t know what pitch it was, but it was a good pitch to hit.” Baney eventually came around to score after a single by Samantha Gates to make the score 4-1. In the sixth, Rachel Bernier and Emily DeHaas both walked and both

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BELLEFONTE’S TARA BANEY delivers a pitch during the April 25 game with Penns Valley at O’Leary Field. The Lady Raiders won the game, 6-1. scored on a single by Taylore Maurer. “We played a pretty solid game,” Caldwell said. “Defense was pretty solid, and we didn’t throw it around. I thought we could have hit it a little bit better,

maybe, but it was a good game, good solid game. “And PV is better than its record shows. This was not a blowout or a shutout. It was a good, competitive game.”

Bald Eagle Area softball squad decks Penns Valley By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — Sometimes everything fits together. That would be one way to describe Bald Eagle Area’s 8-0 Mountain League win over Penns Valley on April 22 in Spring Mills. Bald Eagle scored all of its runs in the first four innings, including three in the bottom of the fourth that broke the game open. On the mound, meanwhile, starter Sidney Shultz and freshman Zoey Surovec combined for a two-hit shutout that was supported by a solid, error-free BEA defense. After Shultz escaped from a bases-loaded jam in the first inning, the duo retired 18 of the final 19 batters they faced. Third baseman Olivia Andrews led the 13-hit BEA offense with three hits, including a double and a triple, and the two game-winning RBI in the first inning. Dallas Dillon, Maddison Ripka and Mackenzie McCloskey each added two hits to the Eagle attack and Ripka also knocked in two runs. It was BEA’s eighth win of the season,

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BALD EAGLE AREA’S Morgan Nyman slides safely into home during the Lady Eagles’ 8-0 win over Penns Valley on April 22.

against three losses, and its third in a row. “It was a great team effort,” BEA coach Don Lucas said. “I thought we righted the ship and hit the ball very well today, so that’s a pretty good day. Our shortstop (Mikala Smith) played a heck of a game, no errors, so all in all it was a pretty good game.” BEA jumped out with two runs in the first inning. Dillon reached with a oneout single, and after a walk and a fielder’s choice, Andrews came up with runners at second and third with two outs. Andrews ripped a single to left that scored both runners and gave BEA an early 2-0 lead. “It felt really good,” Andrews said. “I’ve been in a slump the last couple games and I had to come out of it. I knew that I had to attack the ball as soon as I got in the batter’s box, first pitch. Can’t wait, had to jump on it right away.” The Eagle lead did not look like it would last very long when Penns Valley loaded the bases in the bottom of the inning. Mikenna Lyons worked a lead-off walk, and after she was sacrificed to second base, Abby BEA, Page 26

State High tops Bellefonte in Centre County clash, 7-3 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — These worlds do not often collide, so it was easily noticeable when Bellefonte traveled to State College for a baseball game on April 22 at Community Park. In reality, it was nothing more than a Saturday morning, non-league game for both teams, but to everyone involved, it obviously meant much more than that. It was a chance to revisit an ages-old rivalry that for myriads of reasons has not been renewed in almost every sport — not just in baseball. For the record, State College batted around to put up four runs in the second inning and held on for a 7-3 victory over the Red Raiders that increased the Little Lions’ record to 6-4. Anyone looking to this game for any glaring disparity between the two the two teams — and the leagues they compete in —would be disappointed. This game was simply a matter of State College being able to take advantage of its opportunities while Bellefonte was not. SC shortstop Chris Adams hit a bases-

clearing triple that plated three runs and capped a four-run inning that surged the Little Lions ahead. They added two more in the third and another in the fourth while a trio of pitchers were able to hold off the Bellefonte hitters. “We were just trying to battle,” Adams said about his bases-loaded gapper. “Our guys got on base, and the pitcher was a little bit concerned with the runners and he left me a ball over the plate. I put a swing on it and ran. “I didn’t think I hit it that well. It onehopped so the guys were telling me to hit the weight room, but it was a good day to hit. The ball was carrying out a little bit and it was a nice wind.” Adams’ hit topped the run put up by the Raiders in the top of the inning. A single by Nick Jabco, a stolen base, a sacrifice bunt and an RBI ground out scored the run. But Bellefonte also put two other runners in scoring position in the inning against State College starter David Shoemaker. The big hit eluded the Raiders, however, as Shoemaker was able to get Tyler Kreger State High, Page 28

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BELLEFONTE’S GEHRIG SCHUSTER is called out at home plate following a tag by State College Area High School catcher Tyson Cooper.

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Bullpen woes a worry for Pirates fans JASON ROLLISON

A sobering thought may have occurred to many Pittsburgh Pirates fans during the April 24 five-and-a-halfhour slugfest against the Arizona Diamondbacks. This team might have some serious issues. To reach that threshold, the Pirates gave up two separate two-run leads during late innings — one such collapse coming under the stead of the usually infallible Mark Melancon — and relied on a late inning insurance run from pitcher Jon Niese. Niese found himself an unlikely pinch hitter after the club had exhausted its bench. He worked a nine pitch at-bat, one Jason Rollison is a that included fouling off five would-be Pittsburgh Pirates out pitches, before lining an RBI sincommentator. gle to left field, which was manned by Email him Diamondbacks pitcher Shelby Miller at jason@ at the time. piratesbreakdown. It was that kind of game. com. It has been that kind of season. In 2015, the Pittsburgh Pirates were able to withstand a

tough April and bounce back to the tune of 98 wins. Doing so on the back of a bullpen with the second-best ERA in major league baseball, the Pirates were able to slam the door on opposing teams with brute force. In 2016, that door is well ajar. In fact, the bullpen has oftentimes laid out a welcome mat, and even refreshments at times. Entering this week, the Pirates’ bullpen has a crooked ERA (4.79), a milquetoast batting average against (.243) and has worked an alarming 71.1 innings. That figure is third-most in the National League, behind two teams in clear rebuilds in Cincinnati and Atlanta. The inconsistency from back-end starting options such as Juan Nicasio, Jeff Locke and Ryan Vogelsong has also conspired to lead to the relief corps’ over-usage. As currently constructed, this bullpen lacks strong early relief options. Jared Hughes has filled that role admirably during this time with the club. His return from injury cannot come soon enough, and the organization misses his versatile production more than they would care to admit. In this space, I have previously talked about the Pirates’ bullpen being their sharpest weapon going into the 2016 season. Early returns suggest more sharpening is going to be necessary if this team is to truly compete for a playoff spot.

Pitt-Penn State will be a hot ticket By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — No game will cost you more money to see on Penn State’s schedule than a Week 2 trip to Pittsburgh. And, those prices may only go up from here as the game draws closer. As of early April, the cheapest ticket on StubHub to see the Panthers host Penn State was $154, and only a few days following Penn State’s annual spring game that price jumped to $160. That figure is good enough to beat out the Nittany Lions’ marquee home game of the year against Ohio State: A ticket to see the Buckeyes come to town was $150 in early April, and is now up to $158. Going on the road to see Penn State play Michigan? Those tickets are sitting around $141. The best steal right now, though, is a trip to New Jersey to see Penn State try to make it three straight wins over the BEA, from page 25 Thom singled to put runners at first and third. Thom promptly stole second base, but Shultz got PV pitcher Harley Hess to pop out for the second out. Designated hitter Caroline Collison then walked to load the bases, but Shultz was able to end the threat when she struck out Dayna Brown to end the inning. Collison would be the last Ram base runner until she hit a one-out single in the seventh inning. Bald Eagle extended its lead with two runs in the second inning on an error and a sacrifice fly Brooke Woodward to make it 4-0, and then it was 5-0 in the third on a RBI hit by Ripka. The Lady Eagles finished the scoring in the fourth with singles by Woodward and Shultz, a fielder’s choice by Andrews, and then another single by Ripka and a double by McCloskey. “We decided we wanted to go with the two-pitcher approach,” Lucas said, “and we wanted to get the younger gal (Surovec) more work. She’s pitched in four games, but she

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needs some more time. And she came in and did exactly what we needed her to do.” Surovec entered in the fourth and continued what Shultz started. She retired the first 10 batters she faced until Collison’s hit in the seventh, and then she struck out the final two batters to sew up the Eagle win. “We had a long week,” Lucas said. “We played four games this week, and we have four games next week, and you get tired. So this was a great way to end the week.” Penns Valley, now 3-8, will next travel to Bellefonte, while BEA will next entertain arch-rival PhilipsburgOsceola.

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Hackenberg addresses messy saga’s final chapter on national TV By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — If anything put a bow on the Christian Hackenberg/James Franklin era, it was this: Jon Gruden, former NFL coach turned charismatic analyst and quarterback guru for ESPN, talking to Hackenberg on national TV about one of the more difficult careers to evaluate in college football history. So, it was unavoidable that Franklin was going to come up. It was also inevitable that their relationship would as well, even if not directly addressed. If anything, Hackenberg and Franklin simply weren’t made for each other. It’s not a matter of chemistry or even a matter of meeting room arguments: They were probably always doomed to clash on the most fundamental levels. Hackenberg came to Penn State for an X’s and O’s coach in Bill O’Brien, who could give him a firsthand lesson on what was, in essence, the New England Patriots’ offensive system. Players joked on Twitter throughout O’Brien’s tenure about watching the Patriots play on TV, and knowing what was coming next. That’s why Hackenberg came to Penn State. That’s why he took a chance on a program that was dead to rights. He might miss a bowl game or two, but the time spent under O’Brien’s wing and the maturation process that came with it would be far more valuable. Hackenberg came to love Penn State, and that’s why he stayed, but he was not a martyr for the cause at the outset. Hackenberg got a year of that under O’Brien, and then two years of what amounts to the exact opposite with Franklin: a talented recruiter, an underrated football mind, but a CEO at heart. Bound by loyalty, he brought with him an offensive staff equipped for the job, but ready to find out how equipped in a trial by fire. In front of him, Hackenberg saw an offensive line that was trying to hold back the Mississippi River with paper towels. Behind him, Hackenberg saw a staff that would have likely never recruited him in the first place, trying to put out more fires than the water buckets could really handle. All told, Hackenberg, even imperfect, was the least of their problems. “He’s very into recruiting and getting everything you need to get in there,” Hackenberg told Gruden. “We ran a multiple offense, ran a lot of different things. He’s pretty fiery, but I think he’s more of a guy who likes to delegate things and let other people work.” And that, in the end, was perhaps the whole experiment’s undoing. Hackenberg, Page 29

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BEA boys’ track squad has plenty of talent By G. KERRY WEBSTER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

WINGATE — A closer look at the Bald Eagle Area High School boys’ track and field squad: Coach, years with the team — Jeff Jodon, 27th season Key losses — Nathan Styles, Gage Hilderbrand, Brandon Hoover, Adam Morgan, Justin Dunklebarger, Shane Kunes and Mitchell McCurdy Returning letter winners — Mike Kachik, Evan Kilmer, Josh Fye, Eli Myers, Jake Koleno, Chris Dunklebarger, Austin Klinger, Jake Michael, Logan Fetzer, Mike Salvanish, Gavin Schnarrs, Luke Holler,

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Led by youth movement, Pens advance to Round 2 JIM MEINECKE

PITTSBURGH — When the clock ran down on April 23, as the Pittsburgh Penguins made quick work of the New York Rangers in five games, an energy was felt around the team that hadn’t been there for a number of years. Another weight was off of the veterans’ collective backs as they won a playoff series for the first time in two years, and they beat Jim Meinecke their nemesis in Hencovers Penn State rik Lundqvist and the hockey for the Rangers. Centre County So much has Gazette. Email changed in just a him at sports@ centrecountygazette. year’s time. Mike Sullivan came into the com. mix part way through this season. Every single line that took the ice against the Rangers has some new wrinkle to it that differs from the previous year. Conor Sheary, an undrafted rookie, has found a home alongside Sidney Crosby. Eric Fehr, a free agent signing in the offseason, is playing alongside Evgeni Malkin. The Penguins third line consists of Carl Hagelin, Phil Kessel and Nick Bonino, while a fourth line sees Bryan Rust, Matt Cullen and Tom Kuhnhackl: All six of those players were new to the team for this postseason. Give credit where it is due. Jim Rutherford recognized his team needed a change — a big change. He started with trading for Phil Kessel in the offseason, and he hasn’t looked back since. In total, 11 of the team’s 19 players that saw ice time in that final Round 1 game were not in Pittsburgh last April. Hagelin was on the Rangers team that eliminated the Penguins last year, and he scored the game-winning goal for his club. He is now bringing that same tenacity and speed for the Pittsburgh Penguins. Kessel has come up huge for this team

in the playoffs. Trevor Daley, acquired in a trade for Rob Scuderi midseason, has been a big contributor on the back end for the Penguins. He led the team in shots in the April 23 match up, and set up Rust’s first goal on a beautiful fake shot-pass from the slot. That ability to get pucks to the net was missing last year. A lot of credit should be given to various people for the Penguins turnaround. It became abundantly clear this series, however, that a big reason the Penguins are advancing to the second round to play the Washington Capitals is the infusion of youth from the Wilkes-Barre club. No one could have expected Sheary, Rust, Kuhnhackl and Matt Murray to be playing the way they are. Sheary has found a place in the top six. He was able to contribute two goals and an assist in his first bit of playoff action. He is also able to disrupt a team’s breakout with his speed and forecheck in the offensive zone. Rust and Kuhnhackl flank Cullen to make up one of the best fourth lines in hockey. Rust was the first star of the game, as he chipped in two goals and an assist. He, like Sheary, is able to create chances with his speed and ability to pressure a team’s defense. Kuhnhackl contributed a goal and two assists during the series. His goal was a shorthanded goal in Game 1, and he has also logged valuable minutes on the team’s penalty kill that went 89.47 percent for the series. Murray has been nothing short of fantastic this postseason. After missing the first two games due to injury, he has gone on to win his first three starts of his postseason career. Over those three games, he has put up some good numbers. His goals against average is a miniscule 1.33, and his save percentage is .955. It is good enough to put him at fourth in both categories when compared to his peers this postseason. Maybe more importantly, he has shown the ability to bounce back quickly and display a mental toughness rarely seen in rookie goaltenders. After giving up the first

State High, from page 25 to ground out to end the threat. SC catcher Tyson Cooper made it 6-1 in the third with an RBI double that scored Zach Ripka and Greg Copenhaver, and then Brandon Raquet finished the SC scoring with an RBI ground out in the fourth. It was a welcome turnaround for a State College offense that had some struggles of late. “The first inning was rough,” State College coach Troy

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PITTSBURGH PENGUINS’ captain Sidney Crosby helped make quick work of the New York Rangers in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. goal a little over a minute into the first period on April 23, he went on to stop 38 of 41 shots and gave his team a chance to comeback. It is hard to really pinpoint one reason these youngsters are having so much success, but Sheary thinks speed and a familiarity with Sullivan have certainly helped. “(Speed) is a big part of my game in any series or any game,” Sheary said. “I think I try to use it as much as I can to get on their defense and get behind their defense.” He later went on to talk about how the young guys have benefited from playing under Sullivan in Wilkes-Barre before he was promoted. “It is a big part of it. The coach has trust in you and you kind of know the coach’s system. It’s easier to play it.” Sullivan echoed Sheary’s sentiments and also spoke about the advantage he had as a coach of knowing these players and knowing how to utilize them so they could be successful in the NHL. Unsurprisingly,

Allen said. “But after that they (SC players) dialed in and started to swing the bat pretty well. “We’ve been emphasizing the offense more than the defense and our practices have been more offensive heavy than anything else. These kids are competitors and they knew they weren’t handling their side of things, so they’ve done a tremendous job since we got that corrected.” On the mound, Shoemaker, Gavin Shaefer-Hood and Christian Friberg combined to give up a total of eight hits, but they walked just one and held Bellefonte to just a run through five innings.

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In the sixth, Bellefonte struck with some two-out lightning. After two fly-ball outs to start the inning, Jabco singled and pinch hitter Darren Heeman walked. Center fielder Gehrig Schuster followed with a double off the wall in center that scored Heeman and Jabco, putting the score at 7-3. State College, however, avoided further trouble with a timely defensive play. Pinch hitter Tanner Helmes followed Shuster’s double with a single to center, and Shuster rounded third looking for the Raiders’ fourth run. But a perfect relay from SC center fielder Raquet beat Schuster to the plate and ended the inning. Friberg then wrapped up the win with a 1-2-3 ninth. “We’re one weird chopper ball, one PFP, one gapper ball away from keeping this a more controlled game,” Bellefonte coach Dan Fravel said. “Good teams know how to force the issue, like State College has nice depth and they keep the ball out in play, but our boys aren’t that far off from being a really good team. We were one or two key plays from keeping those big innings from getting away from them. “This was fun. I’ve worn all of the colors around here and this is a good rivalry. You want to play all the local teams.”

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Racing Roundup: Sprint car series returns to Selinsgrove By JAMIE BIRD For the Gazette

On April 24, the Arctic Cat All-Star Circuit of Champions Sprint Car Series returned for the first time in 16 years to Selinsgrove Speedway. Danny Dietrich won the 30-lap Ray Tilley Classic for his second win of the weekend. He shook off some early season bad luck in scoring his first win of the year in the 25-lap 410 Sprint Car feature at Lincoln Speedway April 23. His April 24 410 Sprint Car racing win in Selinsgrove was his second at the track, having won last September’s National Open. On Saturday, April 30, Lincoln Speedway will host the 13th annual Weldon Sterner Memorial for 410 Sprints, plus 358 Sprints and All-American Outlaws. Time

trials begin at 7:30 p.m., with gates opening at 5:30 p.m. Dog Hollow opened its season with the UFo Semi-Lates and Mid-Atlantic Modifieds making their first-ever visits to the speedway on April 23. Robbie Black came from his ninth starting spot to take the $1,016 UFo Semi-Lates win. Warren’s Dan Davies came out on top of a fantastic battle to win the Mid-Atlantic Modified Series and the $1,016 paycheck. Nate Smith won the RD Shaffer Well Drilling Street Stocks, Rick Morrison topped the Cyclones and Paul Crynock III won the Enduro. At Port Royal, “The Low Rider,” Dale Blaney, of Hartford, Ohio, scored the big win in the April 23 inaugural Keith Kauffman Classic, sanctioned by the All-Star Circuit of Champions.

Hackenberg, from page 26 John Donovan was dealt a hand where a good offensive line would let his pocket-passing quarterback succeed. Instead, he had a line that would give up more than 100 sacks and a quarterback who saw his fundamentals slowly degrade as the game plan went from downfield reads to simply trying to survive. In turn, Donovan had no real answer, no real solution. Maybe the most talked-about issue was Hackenberg’s footwork: something rarely discussed in the public forum by coaches, but something that, according to Hackenberg, was a self-inflicted wound post-O’Brien, a year in which Gruden felt Hackenberg’s footwork was sound. “It was what I was asked to do, so I did it,” Hackenberg said when asked about the change. “It was uncomfortable. Last bowl prep, I just went back to that, and they didn’t say anything to me, so I just rolled with it.” For 29 minutes of the half hour it was simply a rehash of what we already know to be true. Hackenberg is a pro-style quarterback who was forced to try and thrive in an offense duct-taped together by good intentions and limited resources. It’s not an excuse for the lack of adjustments or the general lack of improvement in the offense from year 1 to year 2, but there was undoubtedly some inevitability with or without change. But that statement: The change of footwork, Hackenberg’s silent rebellion against that change in the final game of his career; those things speak loudly to what would lead to eventual staff changes.

In the kickoff race for the Port Royal/ Selinsgrove speedways’ Moon Shine Camo Route 35 Dirt Late Model Challenge Series, Beavertown’s Hayes Mattern piloted the Moon Shine car itself to a storybook victory in the 25-lap affair. Hummingbird Speedway opened April 23 and the track saw many familiar faces back in action, along with some new ones mixed in. There also was a new class of cars added to the mix. Feature winners on opening night included Skip Lindemuth, of Hazen; Fuzzy Fields, of Brockway; Doug Surra, of Kersey; Bryce Craft, of Frenchville; Aaron Luzier, of Clearfield; and Jason Beichner, of Shippenville. Williams Grove saw Brian Montieth shoot from fourth to first on the opening lap to win the Tommy Hinnershitz Memorial Spring Classic on April 22. The Grove

Donovan was fired, his offense having never found itself. Ricky Rahne was quietly moved from quarterbacks coach to tight ends. For all of Hackenberg’s God-given talents, his fundamental regression was as much the fault of his own eventual indifference as it was coaching, or rather lack thereof. It is fitting that Hackenberg’s change came the week Rahne was offensive coordinator, when nobody was looking really hard at what the soon-to-be NFL prospect was doing. Joe Moorhead and his mobile quarterback-friendly attack now takes over that duty with a perhaps more vigilant Franklin watching over his shoulder. So all told it makes for a good headline and it makes for good insight, but this week’s segment with Hackenberg was never going to paint Franklin in a good light. It was the one thing Franklin was never able to get quite right, coupled with circumstances his staff was never entirely prepared to handle. That’s why those changes were made. Now it’s a matter of what happens next. If Trace McSorley and company thrive under Moorhead and the program starts to take meaningful steps forward, the Hackenberg era will have been a mix of unfortunate circumstance. But, if they struggle and things never quite click again, you might start to remember that someone asked Hackenberg to change his footwork, and when he changed it back, nobody noticed, and perhaps more importantly, nobody told him to stop. Like most things, though, only time will tell how it all plays out.

returns to action Friday, April 29, with the 410 and URC 360 Sprints on the schedule. In two weeks, the 358 Sprints return, along with the third Yellow Breeches 500 for the 410 Sprints, paying $500 to start a regular 25-lap feature. Gregg Satterlee passed race leader Scott Bloomquist heading into turn one of the final lap and went on to win the Stanley Schetrompf Founders Day Classic on April 23 at Hagerstown Speedway. It was Satterlee’s first career Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series and he becomes the ninth different winner in nine Lucas Series races at the “capital of Dirt Racing.” In the Cochran Auctioneers Late Model Sportsmans, Justin Weaver picked up his first triumph of the season by leading every feature lap after he and Rodney Walls began on the front row.

Penn State adds another recruit By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The big guys keep on rolling in for Penn State as the Nittany Lions added Ohio native and offensive tackle Mike Miranda on April 21. The 6-foot-4, 285-pound Miranda, of Stow, Ohio, committed to the Nittany Lions over offers from 20 schools including Pittsburgh, Syracuse, Northwestern and others. Miranda took an unofficial visit last weekend to take in the annual Blue-White Game. He is the third commitment to come out of that weekend, joining New Jersey native and three-star tackle Rob Martin and Central Catholic product and four-star guard C.J. Thorpe. All three offensive line commits join a 2017 recruiting class that includes quarterback Sean Clifford, linebacker Dylan Rivers and defensive ends Yetur Matos and Damion Barber.

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Women’s Corner Johnson’s partnerships key to volunteer award By JANE MIENTKIEWICZ

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STATE COLLEGE — For Cheryl Johnson, winning the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County Volunteer of the Year award in January was a culmination of a lifetime of dedication to the community. “I have great respect for the CBICC and everyone who is involved in strengthening our communities,” said Johnson, a native of Centre County. “We have wonderful people here, very committed to important causes, and to creating opportunities for people and organizations, and I enjoy working in partnership with each one.” For more than 20 years, Johnson has been the executive director of the Private Industry Council of the Central Corridor Inc. The nonprofit organization focuses on improving workplace effectiveness and preparing people for either first-time employment, returning to the workplace or making career changes. Johnson also has a background in human resources, employee and management development and strategic commu-

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nity partnerships. “A real core for me is developing other people and seeing people and organizations succeed, both nonprofit and forprofit,” she said. The PICCC Inc. and its staff impact more than 15,000 individuals and businesses annually in Bedford, Blair and Centre counties. One important role PICCC plays is in providing services to nonprofit and educational organizations and government entities related to grant management, financial services, human resources and training. “We have a tremendous network of partners and we connect people with resources that are available to help them,” said Johnson. “We have our niche and work with others to utilize their expertise to help companies and individuals get what they need.” At the PICCC, Johnson works with the CBICC and Penn State in Centre County, as well as economic development and workforce partners in Blair and Bedford counties, on aspects of economic development including strengthening existing

businesses, attracting new companies and growing local companies through entrepreneurship. Workforce development is essential to all three. Johnson noted the transition in employment in Centre County during her CHERYL JOHNSON time with PICCC from manufacturing to a more service-orientated economy, and how that has created challenges and changes in focus. “We’re putting more emphasis on smaller companies and supporting new startups to grow and be able to compete,” she said. “Helping our organizations grow and prosper and assisting individuals in focusing on goals and strategies to achieve them, enhancing competitiveness of both: It’s a real passion for me personally and professionally.” To Johnson, the best part of her job is

seeing a person or company come back from a difficult spot and create new successes. “Many former customers remember what they have overcome and work with us to support others who are experiencing similar challenges,” she said. She has seen many young people go through the programs PICCC offers, including “Blueprint for Success,” which helps young people ages 12 to 16 explore career options. The program helps participants learn about themselves and the importance of working with others, as well as practicing professional behavior and learning how to develop a career direction. Johnson’s involvement with the community does not end with PICCC. She also participates with Centre County United Way, Leadership Centre County and the Juniata Valley Boy Scout Council. And, she has served two terms as a CBICC board member. Johnson enjoys being able to remain a part of the community that she has been able to help and influence, and where she has lived her whole life.

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Program to feature contemporary and classical dance By ANNE WALKER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

For young dancers, any performance offers the opportunity for growth and learning, artistically as well as technically. When the Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania presents its Spring Gala at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at The State Theatre, the juxtaposition of classical and contemporary choreography will enable PASCP students to demonstrate how they’ve incorporated new movement with the classical training the studio emphasizes. “This gives lots of dancers the chance to really explore different choreography,” said Rebecca Maciejczyk, PASCP artistic director. Maciejczyk has set a piece called “Short Ride in a Fast Machine” to a lively, percussive score by John Adams. The show will open with this three-and-a-half-minute combo of arpeggios, wood blocks, heavy chords and pounding rhythms. It reminded Maciejczyk of a roller coaster, with overlapping rhythms that challenged her as a choreographer. It will challenge the dancers, too, as all nine of them keep moving — en pointe — once onstage. PASCP dancers will premiere a new storybook ballet, as well. “Alice in Wonderland,” set to a Tchaikovsky score, will feature many of the familiar characters from Lewis Carroll’s story.

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THE PERFORMANCES of Eleanor Jamison, Madelyn Wolf, Chloe Snellgrove and Moe Kawasaki will be highlighted during the PASCP’s Spring Gala on May 14. Maciejczyk said she had to condense it a bit. But the White Rabbit, the March Hare, little turtles and mushrooms and the Queen of Hearts will spin, waltz and leap their way through the storyline, which she calls “pleasantly quirky.” She has a few unexpected touches as well. “When Alice is sad, her tears are dancers,” Maciejczyk said. “And the roses in the queen’s garden are dancers, too.”

“Alice” will conclude the gala’s first act. The second part of the program will consist of classical variations, including excerpts from “Swan Lake,” “La Bayadere,” “Raymonda” and “Giselle.” All of these will allow performers to delve into choreography that will show their strength, flexibility and expression. One young dancer, Moe Kawasaki, will perform her first demi-solo en pointe. Her

dance comes in a piece from “Giselle” and she will dance a duet with her “really great friend,” Michaela Saporito. “There’s a lot of footwork,” Kawasaki said, “and a lot of upper body movement and some turns.” The State College High School freshman loves having the chance to dance this piece, wearing white with a lot of tulle. Her character, a “willi,” expresses a spirit-like being, similar to a ghost. And the pointe work gives Kawasaki an additional challenge. Pointe shoes, like those who wear them, appear delicate while concealing amazing strength. The box of the shoe, constructed of fabric, a type of cardboard and layers of glue, supports a dancer’s toes. A rigid mid-sole running along the bottom of the foot helps support the arch. So, the shoe allows the dancer to execute a variety of movement while dancing on the tips of her toes. But the dancer herself does most of the work. Years of strengthening lead up to a young girl’s first pair of pointe shoes. This marks a rite of passage in the ballet world, and this program has an even more special meaning for Kawasaki, as she is initiated into a tradition dating back 100 years. The two performances will take audiences along for a ride through Wonderland, Swan Lake and other enchanted locales while each young dancer takes one step further into her own artistic journey.

Vegas-themed gala fundraiser to benefit Palmer Museum UNIVERSITY PARK — The Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art will host the museum’s annual gala and auction from 6:30 p.m. to midnight Friday, May 13, at The Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus of Penn State. This year’s theme, “It’s Your Lucky Night: Celebrate an Evening in Vegas,” will deliver a “glitzy and glamorous affair” where guests will enjoy a celebratory evening complete with dinner, dancing and silent and live auctions led by master of ceremonies Jeff Brown. The Nittany Lion Inn’s chef Andrew Monk will prepare a Friends-selected menu featuring a Las Vegas theme. This year’s honorary gala chairs are

Penn State President Eric and Molly Barron, who are being recognized for their leadership at the university and dedication to the community. Following dinner, President Barron will introduce the State College theatrical premiere of ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary “WE ARE.” Following the screening, the dance floor will open as Pittsburgh-based band Smokin’ Section takes the stage. Returning to the gala by popular demand, Smokin’ Section has been the house band for KDKA-TV’s “The Jerome Bettis Show,” “The Hines Ward Show” and “The PNC Steeler Huddle Show,” and has opened for many headliners including Kenny Wayne Shepard, Eddie Money and The Guess Who.

Auction items being offered include a wide range of unique options from dining and experiential packages to jewelry and works of art. Items can be previewed at the museum’s website, www.palmermuseum. psu.edu. The museum’s benefit gala is open to the public. Registration and payment of $175 per person, including a $60 tax-deductible donation, are required. All proceeds benefit the Palmer Museum of Art and provide funding for the museum’s free public educational programs, including lectures, gallery talks, musical performances, poetry readings, workshops, films and docent-led tours for school and community groups, as well as sustain the

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Traveling art exhibit explores Inuit culture By JESSE WESTBROOK Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — A new traveling art exhibit is on display in the Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library in 105 Deike Building on the University Park campus. The exhibit, “Inuit Visions of the Arctic,” is presented by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum & Art Gallery. It was created by the West Baffin Eskimo Co-operative in Cape Dorset, a small island village located within the Nunavut territory, originally part of the Northwest Territories in Canada but loaned to EMS by Judith Varney Burch of Charlottesville, Va. Through nine prints that compose the exhibit, Inuit artists depict many facets of Inuit culture in the mid-20th century. The images portray the various daily routines of Inuit culture, such as camping and hunting, as well as specific animals, like caribou and polar bears. The Inuit are groups of people that inhabit small, remote communities along the coasts of Greenland, Canada, Alaska and Siberia, and they maintain strong physical and spiritual bonds with nature.

The collection showcases the Inuit artists’ unique art styles. “One of the Inuit’s native art styles was carving on surfaces like bone and soft rock. Over time, they then adapted them into the three flat styles used for these prints: stonecut, lithography and stenciling,” said Julianne Snider, assistant director of the EMS Museum & Art Gallery. Stonecut is performed by carving an image on the surface of a soft stone such as serpentine, lithography employs the use of a printing plate and stenciling uses stencil brushes and cutouts. The exhibit holds importance within both the scientific and the artistic communities. “The polar regions where the Inuit live are some of the most severely affected by climate change,” said Russ Graham, director of the EMS Museum & Art Gallery. “Their life ways are changing radically as the sea ice is melting and causing coastal erosion of settlements due to rising temperatures.” The Inuit exhibit complements another display in the art gallery, located on the ground floor of the Deike Building, that explores the effects of rising sea levels on indigenous cultures.

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A NEW Inuit art exhibit is on display at Penn State’s Fletcher L. Byrom Earth and Mineral Sciences Library. The Inuit art exhibit will be on display in the library until December.

Pa. Center for the Book announces top children’s titles of 2016 UNIVERSITY PARK — Among the many children’s books published last year, 13 have been chosen by the Pennsylvania Center for the Book to form “A Baker’s Dozen: The Best Children’s Books for Family Literacy for 2016.” Winners include: ■ “Bear and Squirrel Are Friends … Yes, Really!” by Deb Pilutti (published by Simon/Paula Wiseman; ■ “A Bird Is a Bird” by Lizzy Rockwell (Holiday) ■ “Bunnies!!!” by Kevan Atteberry (HarperCollins/Katherine Tegen) ■ “Fire Engine No. 9” by Mike Austin (Random) ■ “In a Village by the Sea” by Muon Van, illustrated by April Chu (Creston Books) ■ “Night Animals” by Gianna Marino (Penguin/Viking) ■ “The Potato King” by Christoph Niemann (Owlkids) ■ “Sidewalk Flowers” by JonArno Lawson, illustrated by Sydney Smith (Groundwood/House of Anansi) ■ “Simon’s New Bed” by Christian Trimmer, illustrated by Melissa van der Paardt (Simon/Atheneum) ■ “Traveling Butterflies” by Susumu Shingu (Owlkids) ■ “Waiting” by Kevin Henkes (HarperCollins/Greenwillow) ■ “Whose Truck?” by Toni Buzzeo, illustrated by Jim Datz (Abrams/Abrams Appleseed) ■ “Wolfie the Bunny” by Ame Dyckman, illustrated by Zachariah OHora (Little) A panel of children’s literature experts has selected A Baker’s Dozen titles annually since 2004. Selection crite-

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ria, annotations, tips for using the books, previous years’ selections and more are available through A Baker’s Dozen website. The Pennsylvania Center for the Book, sponsored by Penn State’s University Libraries, is one of 51 similar organizations nationwide established by the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. Its mission is to study,

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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. Meeting — Calvary Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. Visit www.liferecovery statecollege.com. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 2348775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 every Monday night at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org. Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@ yahoogroups.com. Community meal — A free hot meal is from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www.liferecoverystatecollege.com.

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Children’s activity — There will be a preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays throughout April at the Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout April at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Tod-

dler story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays. Family story time will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Book Babies will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. Wednesdays. And, a preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout April at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. “Mother Goose on the Loose,” a baby story time group, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays. Preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. There will also be elementary-level activities from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Open house — Rhoneymeade Sculpture Garden & Arboretum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday in April at 177 Rimmey Road, Centre Hall. Visit www. rhoneymeade.org. Fundraiser — The Lock Haven chapter of the American Association of University Women will hold a used book sale from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, the Lock Haven University East Campus Gym, 401 N. Fairview St., Lock Haven. Visit www. lockhaven-pa.aauw.net. Performance — The Altoona Community Theatre will present “Shrek: The Musical” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, April 28, through Saturday, April 30, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, at The Historic Mishler Theatre, 1208 12th Ave., Altoona. Visit www.mishlertheatre.org. Event — The 25th annual Huntingdon Quilt Show will be held from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, April 29, and Saturday, April 30, at Huntingdon Community Center, 310 Fifth St., Huntingdon. Call (814) 506-8529. Performance — The Next Stage Theatre Company will present “Betrayal” through Sunday, May 1, with performances at 8 p.m. and Sunday matinees at 3 p.m., at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org. Exhibit — “Consciously Surreal: Photography, the Uncanny, and the Body” will be on display through Sunday, May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672. Exhibit — “From Dada to Dali: Surrealist Works on Paper” will be on display through Sunday, May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672. Class — “Being Heard: A Storytelling and Creative Writing Class” for seniors will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday mornings through May 26 at the Bellefonte Senior Center, 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 3556720.

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Concert — The Rounders will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 3498850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net. Concert — The Penn State Symphonic Wind Ensemble will perform from 8 to 9 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, Eisenhower Road, University Park. Visit www.music.psu. edu.

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Event — The Penn State Student Farm Club is hosting a plant sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Headhouse No. 2 Greenhouse, across Curtin Road from the Berkey Creamery. Call (717) 829-5217 or visit www.sustainability.psu. edu. Concert — The 41st annual Penn State Movin’ On Music Festival will be held from 3:30 to 10:30 p.m. at the Penn State Blue Band Field, Park Avenue, University Park. Visit www.movinon.org. Event — An Arbor Day celebration will be held from 6

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to 7 p.m. at the 13th Street Playground, Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-4560. Workshop — Happy Valley Sip and Paint will hold an open workshop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Bliss Salon and Day Spa, 123 Mount Nittany Road, Lemont. Visit www. happyvalleysipandpaint.com. Movie — “Fly Fishing Film Tour” will be presented from 7 to 10 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org. Concert — Acoustic duo Hops & Vines will perform from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at Gigi’s Restaurant and Wine Lounge, 2080 Cato Ave., State College. Visit www.hopsand vinesband.com.

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Event — The eighth annual Dog Jog will begin with a vendor fair and silent acution at 8:30 a.m., with the race beginning at 10 a.m. at the Grange Fairgrounds, 169 Homan Lane, Centre Hall. All proceeds benefit Pets Come First. Visit www.petscomefirst.org. Fundraiser — The Steve Seltzer Powersports and Snow Shoe Rails-to-Trails Spaghetti Dinner Ride and CMATVA Dice Run will be held at 9 a.m. at the Moshannon Community Center, 103 Gorton Road, Moshannon. A spaghetti dinner will be served from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (814) 387-4692. Fundraiser — The Spring Fling Craft Show will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at New Hope Lutheran Church, 119 Cobblestone Court, Spring Mills. Proceeds will benefit Quarters for a Cure Relay for Life Team. Call (814) 349-5107. Children’s activity — Children’s author Laura Radeschi will read her new book “Buddy and His Pals” from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Visit www.lradeschi. com. Community meal — A turkey dinner will be served from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Mount Nittany United Methodist Church, 1500 E. Branch Road, Lemont. Visit www. mtnittanyumc.org or call 814-237-3549. Concert — Raven + The Wren and Tommy Roberts will perform at 8 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.

SUNDAY, MAY 1

Event — WPSU’s Red Sweater Day, in honor of Fred Rogers, will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at WPSU Studios, 100 Innovation Blvd., University Park. Visit www.wpsu.org. Concert — The Easterly Chamber Players will perform “Music for Spring” at 3 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 237-7605 or visit www.uufcc.com. Concert — Michael Tarbox will perform at 5 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.

MONDAY, MAY 2

Concert — The Juniata College Percussion Concert will be held from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Halbritter Center for the Performing Arts, 1900 Moore St., Huntingdon. Visit www. juniata.edu.

TUESDAY, MAY 3

Workshop — A Joint Venture will be held from 11 a.m. to noon at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 East Park Ave., State College. Call 814-278-4810 or email vcoakley@mountnittany.org. Meeting — The Central PA Civil War Roundtable will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 31 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. Capt. Jim Bloom will speak on “The Sultana Disaster.” Call (814) 861-0770.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 4

Event — Author Suzanne Woods Fisher will hold a discussion and signing for her new book “The Quieting” from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Centre Hall Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Event — State College Young Professionals will host a “Sips” networking event from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Kildare’s Irish Pub, 538 E. College Ave., State College. Visit www. scyoungpros.com. Event — The 31st annual Young Author and Illustrator Awards will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Bellefonte Area High School, 830 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Visit www. centrecountylibrary.org.

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Raymore & Flanigan brown schenile loveseat, oversized chair, made in the usa, also working wood stove, all in great condition, $1000/all. Call (570) 377-0152

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ELABORATE LEATHER SADDLE- $400.00 Paid $600 for this saddle used, without Girth Strap. Asking $400 with Girth Strap and Chest Strap. Seems like it would be good for shows. Ron or Joyce 814-625-2588 FREE- Older Issues of Car & Driver, Mac World, Mac User, Tandy computer, & Popular Science Magazines. Call (814) 238-4469 John Deere A 200 Portable Air Compressor, 220 volt, asking $50 . Call (814) 364-9773 Large Box of assorted wooden picture frames, good condition, $30. Call (814) 238-4469

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Selling a lot of older computer parts: video cards, Ethernet cards, cdroms, dvd roms, power supplies, memory and a couple of towers 2 dell that need hard drives and memory and one hp that is up and running MAKE AN OFFER ON ALL (814) 651-8420

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Region’s greenest businesses, schools recognized BELLEFONTE — The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, along with the Centre Region Council of Governments and the Borough of State College, honored 55 of our area’s most green businesses, schools and organizations. More than 100 business owners, teachers, school administrators and employees were present at the April 22 awards luncheon, held in coordination with Earth Day, to receive recognition for their efforts both in recycling and sustainability. CCRRA’s recycling coordinator, Joanne Shafer, addressed the crowd and spoke about the five Emerald Award winners: The Coca-Cola Company, Weis Markets, K-B Offset Printing Inc., Habitat for Humanity ReStore and Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering. Additional 2016 Centre County Green Business Partners

included: AE Works Ltd., Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Abba Java House - Wesley Foundation, Bellefonte Elementary School, Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, Centre Region Parks & Recreation Authority, Corl Street Elementary School, Country Inn & Suites, Dante’s Restaurants Inc., Delta Program Art Department, Department of Environmental Protection - Moshannon District Mining Operations, Ferguson Township Elementary School, Foxdale Village Retirement Community, General Dynamics, General Potter Farm, Giant Foods, Grace Lutheran Church and Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten, Grace Prep High School, Gray’s Woods Elementary School, Homan’s General Store, Houserville Elementary School, Howard Elementary School, Jabebo Studio, Juniper Village at Brookline Senior Living, Montessori

Affordable senior housing project to feature 34 units LEWISTOWN — An $8.2 million senior housing development in Lewistown is ready to take off, with a groundbreaking scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 3, at 100 E. Water St. The public is invited. Mann Edge II, which is being developed and managed by the SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation, addresses several key needs, said Mike Fisher, corporation secretary. “This project addresses the ongoing need of affordable senior housing, redevelopment of a formerly unusable brownfield site, projected local tax revenue generation of $33,000 annually, and contributions to the central business district,” Fisher said. More than 100 people are on the waiting list for the 34unit complex, which features a computer café, community room, library and three-season porch and lounger. For a one-bedroom apartment, monthly rent is $495, and for a two-bedroom apartment, monthly rent is $633. The complex is situated just west of the first phase of the project, Mann Edge Terrace, which was completed in late 2012. Mann Edge Terrace is a 31-unit apartment complex for senior citizens at the corner of Water and South Dorcas streets. The project’s first phase saw a jump from $2,400 to $31,000 in local tax revenue per year. Mann Edge II should be completed in 11 months. The SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation partnered with the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation first to redevelop the site for Mann Edge Terrace, and again for the second development. Rob Postal, CEO of the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation, said the development is important for the area’s senior citizens. “This affordable housing is transforming the quality of life for our older residents. We’re proud to be partners on this project,” Postal said. Investors are The Juniata Valley Bank and Kish Bank. Other financial commitments have been obtained from the Mifflin County commissioners, Lewistown Borough council, the state Department of Community and Economic Development, the Mifflin County Industrial Development Corporation and SEDA-COG Housing Development Corporation. All were instrumental in the development’s funding. Funding completion came as part of a statewide affordable housing initiative last year from $917,849 in PennHOMES funding and $665,849 in low-income housing tax credits that will generate more than $6.3 million in private investments. Pennsylvania Senate Majority Leader Jake Corman, R-Bellefonte, was instrumental in obtaining the tax credits.

Area optometrist honored for service WILLIAMSPORT — Dr. Tracy Sepich, of Restore Eye Care in State College, received North Central Sight Services Inc.’s 2015 Partner in Service Award during the organization’s annual celebration. Sepich was presented the award for her outstanding commitment to mutual goals and a partnership that has made a difference in the lives of people who are visually impaired or blind. “Dr. Sepich has been an important partner in our efforts to grow awareness and establish our services in Centre County,” said Robert Garrett, president and CEO of North Central Sight Services Inc. “She provides a great service to many of our clients and is very supportive of what we do.” Sepich is also member of the agency’s Centre County advisory board. NCSS’s celebration, held at its main facility in Williamsport, recognizes supporters and members of the community for their ongoing support of programs and services to prevent blindness and to promote independence for individuals with vision loss.

School of the Nittany Valley, Mount Nittany Elementary School, Nittany Christian School, Nittany Valley Charter School, Park Forest Elementary School, Park Forest Middle School, Penn State Interfraternity Council, Penn State Office of Physical Plant, Philipsburg-Osceola Little League, Philipsburg-Osceola Area Senior High School, Restek Corporation, Scraps & Skeins, Simplicity: A Bed and Breakfast, State College Borough, State College Presbyterian Church, State College Spikes, State of the Art Inc., The Atherton Hotel, The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, The State College Friends School, The State Theatre, The Tavern Restaurant, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, Videon Central Inc., Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania. For more information, contact Amy Schirf at (814) 2387005 or aschirf@centrecountyrecycles.org.

ROAD IMPROVEMENTS

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

IT’S THAT TIME of the year: Road repair and construction in Centre County has begun. Crews recently worked in downtown Bellefonte.

Local business owner receives award STATE COLLEGE — James Erickson, president and CEO of Blue Mountain Quality Resources Inc. in State College, was honored for his distinguished career in the life sciences industry as the Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award recipient from Penn State’s College of Biomedical Engineering. The Outstanding Engineering Alumni award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering. It recognizes graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement in their industries. Erickson was one of the 12 engineering alumni recognized this year during the award ceremony at the Nittany Lion Inn on the University Park campus. Erickson earned his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University and his master’s degree in bioengineering from Penn State. Prior to founding Blue Mountain Quality Resources in 1989, he spent several years working in the medical device engineering and manufacturing industry. Blue Mountain is the leading developer of asset management software for the life sciences industry. Blue Mountain’s software, Blue Mountain Regulatory Asset Manager, is used across the globe by pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device companies. Along with attending the award ceremony, Erickson met with faculty, staff and students, gave a presentation and toured campus facilities.

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

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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 APRIL 4-8, 2016 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH

Jeffrey C. Webster and Cynthia A. Webster to Christian R. Collins and Teresa F. Collins, 161 Elm St., Bellefonte, $230,000. William C. Smith and Anna M. Persson to Andrea Choperen Guerra, 137 S. Thomas St., Bellefonte, $125,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Amanda L. Gravine and Frank T. Gravine II to Matthew L. Roan and Rebecca K. Roan, 338 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $360,000. Davann D. Gordon to Robin Lynn Sidwell, Purdue Mountain Road, Bellefonte, $20,000. Robin Lynn Sidwell to Robin Lynn Sidwell, Purdue Mountain Road, Bellefonte, $1. Thomas D. Simco and Betty M. Simco to Simco Joint Revocable Trust, Thomas D. Simco, co-trustee, and Betty M. Simco, co-trustee, 125 Salix Drive, Bellefonte, $1.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Wayne A. Witherite II to Wayne A. Witherite II and Hope A. Witherite, Fye Road, Bellefonte, $1.

CENTRE HALL BOROUGH

Scott Carts to Ty L. Carts, 147 E. Church St., Centre Hall, $1.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Randall A. Bachman and Lynor C. Bachman to Equity Trust Company, 210 Holly Ridge Drive, State College, $0. William E. Strayer and Denise M. Strayer to William E. Strayer, 143 Clover Road, State College, $1. John O. Chernega and Lorna S. Arocena to John O. Chernega, 740 Elmwood St., State College, $1. Green Hotel Associates to Green Hotel Associates, 1221 E. College Ave., State College, $1. Debra A. Fitzpatrick to Erina L. MacGeorge, 116 Hunter Ave., State College, $434,000. Norman C. Deno and Janet L. Deno to Ethan Wendle and Kristen Wendle, Puddintown Road, State College, $210,000. Joan E. Dills estate and Ronald E. Dills, executor, to Ronald E. Dills, 720 Trout Road, State College, $1. Paula M. Mulhall to William A. Gregory and

Dawn M. Gregory, 121 Peach Court, Lemont, $311,000. C. Bruce Struble and Lori J. Struble to Jason M. Richard and Jamie L. Miller, 1000 Cortland Drive, Lemont, $280,000. Old Island Hotels Inc., Island City House, Dorsey I. Houtz and Beverly E. Houtz to Three Bridges Property LLC, 2154 Mountainview Ave., State College, $1,300,000.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

Brian J. McCullough, Debbie N. Goldberg and Debbie N. McCullough to Henrique Roscoe De Oliveria and Yama Garajau De Castilho, 109 Cherry Ridge Road, State College, $320,000. Misti R. Smith to Brandin L. Claar, 1001 Golfview Ave., State College, $11,250. Steve Gordon and Copper Beach Townhome Communities Six to Copper Beach Townhome Communities Six and Steve Gordon, 130F Farmstead Lane, State College, $0. Steve Gordon and Copper Beech Townhomes II LLC to Copper Beech Townhomes II LLC and Steve Gordon, 1003 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $0. Steve Gordon and Copper Beech Townhomes LLC to Copper Beech Townhomes LLC and Steve Gordon, 1100F W. Aaron Drive, $0. Marion E. Barger estate, Leonard E. Barger, co-executor, and Wendell L. Barger, co-executor, to Daniel E. Williams and Kelsey M. Williams, 2348 Quail Run Road, State College, $210,000. Eric J. Vorwald and Meagan E. Tuttle to Hoda S. El Shakry, 1360 Harris St., State College, $235,000. David M. Jenkins Jr. and Staci Sunshine Jenkins to Seth A. Senior and Staci M. Tambourine, 1412 Curtin St., State College, $237,000. Katherine J. Gates-Moore and Paul A. Moore to Katherine J. Gates-Moore, 650 Breezewood Drive, State College, $1. Seongtae Kwon and Jiin Chung to Lasse Jensen and Linlin Jensen, 1263 Northampton St., State College, $495,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Spook Hollow Gun Club to Spook Hollow Inc., 390 Brush Mountain Road, Spring Mills, $1.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

Brock Brown and Briana Brown to Brandon L. Koppenhaver and Nicholle M. Koppenhaver, 72 Sky Harbor Drive, Port Matilda, $346,000. Steve Durante and Lori Durante to Eric Durante, Caitlin Durante and Sara Durante, 534 Lutz Lane, Port Matilda, $1. John J. Kalmbach and Cheryl A. Kalmbach to John J. Kalmbach, 135 Ira Lane, Port Matilda, $1. John J. Kalmbach to John J. Kalmbach and Janice L. Kalmbach, 135 Ira Lane, Port Matilda, $1.

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Lion Country Builders Inc. to David W. Catherman and Sue E. Catherman, Farmdale Road, Howard, $22,500. Adam J. Byler Jr. and Sara A. Byler to Jacob P. Esh, 950 Hubler Ridge Road, Howard, $200,000. Daniel S. Glick and Emma F. Glick to Adam J. Byler Jr. and Sara A. Byler, 940 Sand Ridge Road, Howard, $585,000.

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Robert A. Reese and Rebecca L. Reese to Rachelle A. Thompson, 114 Loch Lomond Road, Philipsburg, $1. Maria-Teresa Sydel Haleviera and Phillip Keith Haleviera to Christine A. Dearmitt, 488 State St., $69,900.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Raymond M. Eger by sheriff and Shellie L. Eger by sheriff to Lock Haven Area Federal Credit Union, 207 Water St., Milesburg, $4,469.

Duane L. Gardner to Christine F. Dolan and Tracy A. Gardner, 198 S. Fork Road, Snow Shoe, $1. Piyong L. Euler to James Alvin Gunsallus and Bonnie Noreen Gunsallus, 145 Gunsallus Road, Snow Shoe, $1.

MILLHEIM BOROUGH

Ruth A. Wance to Trevor A. Benner and Kara J. Benner, 201 Cherry St., Millheim, $177,500.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

PATTON TOWNSHIP

William M. Kellander to Nathan R. Ulmer and Christina M. Ulmer, 148 Musser Lane, Bellefonte, $194,000. Thomas P. Frank, Jr. and Tracy A. Frank to Christopher M. Kugler and Xenia I. Kugler, 194 Kathryn Drive, Bellefonte, $234,900. Emilie R. Gorzoch and Bradley Phillips to Jeremy L. Hopkins and Holly M. Hopkins, 229 E. College Ave., Bellefonte, $157,900.

William Gerin to David F. McKee and Jacqueline B. McKee, 2631 Acacia Drive, State College, $410,000. Steve Gordon and Copper Beach Townhome Communities Nine to Copper Beach Townhome Communities Nine and Steve Gordon, Park Forest Ave., State College, $0. Gregory M. Roszyk and Marnie R. Salisbury to Andrew J. Sapol and Maria K. Sapol, 115 Alma Mater Drive No. 204, State College, $222,000. Steve Gordon and Copper Beach Townhome Communities One to Copper Beach Townhome Communities One and Steve Gordon, 415 Oakwood Ave., State College, $0. Lisa P. Nelson to Steven G. Kitchen and Sandra L. Kitchen, 2553 Carnegie Drive, State College, $168,000. Christina G. Orr and Christina G. Tolliver to Marcho A. Arismendi and Ines K. Arismendi, 158 McKivison Court, State College, $232,000. Debora A. McKivison and Debora M. James to Stephen K. Albrecht and Diana T. Albrecht, 337 Oakwood Ave., State College, $169,000. Matthew W. Knouse and Aja Knouse to Feng Sun and Xiao Liu, 827 Galen Drive, State College, $171,000. Ernest Romanini Jr. and Ernest Romanini to Jared G. Ali and Sara L. Ali, 100 Skytop Lane, Port Matilda, $430,000.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Christian R. Collins to Eric C. Haffner and Ester C. Haffner, 1137 Oneida St., State College, $121,000. Towneview Joint Venture LLC and Towneview Joint Venture to Towneview Joint Centre LLC, 200 Bradley Ave., State College, $1. Lofts Joint Venture LLC and Lofts Joint Venture to Lofts Joint Venture LLC, 728 Bellaire Ave., State College, $1. Richard L. Culver and Lyn K. Culver to Gregory T. Hayes and Meghan Flannery Hayes, 915 Robin Road, State College, $628,000.

WALKER TOWNSHIP

Tammy K. Andrus and Glen A. Andrus Sr. to Shannon L. Webb and Kymberly R. Sherry, 4423 Nittany Valley Drive, Howard, $144,500. Adam N. Evancho, Tonya D. Gingras and Tonya D. Shine to Tonya D. Shine, Two Mile Road, Howard, $1. Robert E. Snyder to Robert E. Snyder and Sandra Joan Snyder, 4046 Nittany Valley Drive, Howard, $1.

PENN TOWNSHIP

John F. Borders and Ruby B. Borders to John F. Borders, 126 House Lane, Spring Mills, $1.

PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH

Discovery Investments LLC to Mountain Peak

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RUSH TOWNSHIP

MILESBURG BOROUGH

THE CENTRE COUNTY

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Properties LLC, 310 N. Centre St., Philipsburg, $140,000. Bryan G. Williams by sheriff, Glenn L. Williams by sheriff and L. Glenn Williams by sheriff to LSF8 Master Participation Trust, 208 Sheffield St., Philipsburg, $10,000.

Robert M. Hall and Jane D. Hall to David J. Evenson and Erica L. Zong-Evenson, 221 Mount Pleasant Drive, Boalsburg, $820,000.

— Compiled by Hailee Miller

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Voted Best Fundraising Event in State College!

May 3&4 Visit CentreGives.org beginning at 6 am on May 3rd and donate to help your favorite non-profit. Centre Foundation is excited to present, for the fifth year in a row, Centre Gives, a 36-hour online giving event designed to recognize and support the positive workÂ of local non-profits in Centre County!

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