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Little Leaguer overcomes brain tumor to star for Bellefonte By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Little League All-Stars’ 11-1 victory over State College in the District 5 championship game on July 10 was a special experience for every player on the Bellefonte team. For one Bellefonte player, however, winning the championship — or just playing on the team for that matter — was especially moving and significant. Bellefonte third baseman Kaden Clark had other things to think about after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor
six months ago. It was an event that put literally everything in his life on hold. “Starting in January, about halfway through the month, I was having problems with my eyes,” Clark said. “It was going on for a long time, but it really started to kick in and happened more often, like twice a day. “So, then I went and had it checked out, and it turns out that they said I had a brain tumor. Over this one week, I went from them giving me the news to them operating on me within three or five days. “From then on, I had no idea that I was going to play. Back in January, I could not see myself here now.”
Clark underwent surgery to remove the tumor, which proved to be non-malignant. Any surgery of this type, of course, KADEN CLARK involves many risks, but the procedure was successful. “They had to remove the tumor,” Clark said, “and it was in the back, right above the vision center and left Comeback, Page 5
2 big highway projects could see new life
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MORE THAN 30,000 people visited Beaver Stadium on July 8 for the venue’s first-ever concert booking — Happy Valley Jam. The concert featured music from country stars such as Big & Rich and Chris Young. Superstar Blake Shelton, pictured at left, was the show’s headliner. See a full recap of the concert, as well as more photos, on page 34.
Local planners are looking to see how they can leverage more funds and advocate for the advancement of two major highway projects that have long been dormant. The Centre County Metropolitan Planning Organization’s coordinating committee gave the nod to staff recently to use some of the organization’s base funding for studies and advocacy to move forward with interchange improvements at Interstates 99 and 80, as well as options for the Routes 322, 144 and 45 corridors. Both projects have been technically inactive, and have no funding allocated to them in short- or long-range plans. More firm official support will be required to locate funding and move forward. If elected officials give their backing to continue the course of a project, it will be up to the planners to make it as appealing as possible to the state and federal agencies that administer funds. There is heavy competition for major
highway projects, and statewide needs far exceed what PennDOT can allocate, said Tom Zilla, principal transportation planner for CCMPO. The CCMPO Coordinating Committee, which sets policy, gave its informal support to help advance the two projects at its June 27 meeting. Zilla said a formal vote could be taken as early as September. The data refresh for Routes 322, 144 and 45 is expected to take approximately two years, and will take into account safety, traffic and environmental data, with a focus on what may have changed since the early 2000s when the last study stopped due to lack of funding. After the data refresh, public outreach will begin, which could be wide-reaching as it would affect multiple municipalities. The $3 million is only to be used for data refresh and will not include an alternatives analysis. There was never a single solid project that rose above all others in talks about improvements to Highway, Page 5
Accessible trail eyed for Bald Eagle State Park By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
HOWARD — Jerry Regan has already helped to build one accessible trail in Pennsylvania, and now he hopes to organize another at Bald Eagle State Park. Regan was part of the construction of the accessible trail at Hawk Mountain in Kempton in 2015, when he was president Police Blotter .................... 2 Death Notices .................. 6
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of the Sanctuary Association there. The trail has less than an 8 percent grade and can be traversed by wheelchairs. There also are benches every 100 feet for people to stop and rest on their trek up to a lookout and education center. “When we built that, I think it really changed our thinking,” Regan said. Accessible trail, Page 6
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Front and Centre KEEPING TRACK: A Penn State professor and her team are developing a smartphone app that can predict psychological states through phone data and wearable health monitors to help people manage their well-being. Page 10
PENNS VALLEY TALES: Historian Vonnie Henninger recently talked about her new book, “The Penns Valley Area: A Trip Down Memory Lane,” with stories stretching from 1700 to 2000. Page 15
JULY 4: See how Centre County’s communities celebrated Independence Day, including photos from Colyer Lake’s parade. Page 14
BAR DOC: The Nittany Valley Society told the story of The Phryst in a new documentary titled “The Phryst 50: A Bar in a College Town.” Page 33
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Police said they will charge Thomas M. Kelley, 20, of Osceola Mills, with carrying a firearm without a license after they found him attempting to conceal a pistol in his waistband at 12:01 a.m. June 17 at the intersection of Phoenix Road and State Street, Rush Township.
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Allison R. Sechrist, of Avis, suffered minor injuries when she struck a deer with her car, which then rolled over onto its roof along Eagle Valley Road near the entrance to Bald Eagle State Park in Howard Township at 2:09 a.m. June 29, police said.
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Neither driver was hurt when a pickup truck struck a tractor-trailer along Interstate 80 at mile marker 161.8 in Marion Township at 10:47 p.m. June 30, police said. Police said the pickup, driven by Jan M. Oechler, of Linden, struck the rear of a Volvo VN driven by Khaleel I. Alsaadi, of Westfield, Mass.
A 29-year-old Philipsburg man told state police someone opened a Comcast account in his name in Martinsburg, W.Va., on June 29. Troopers said they will cite a 30-yearold woman for an altercation with a 38-year-old man at 7:50 p.m. July 1 along Beckwith Road in Port Matilda Borough.
A Blanchard man will face charges of simple assault and resisting arrest after an incident at 11:50 p.m. June 30 along Bald Eagle Forest Road in Liberty Township. Troopers said Brock Breon, 24, got into an altercation with a 38-year-old man and struck him the face. Police said Breon fled the scene then returned, and resisted arrest when police tried to take him into custody.
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A 63-year-old Bellefonte man told police someone stole his black tri-fold wallet with an attached chain and a large sum of cash in an M&T Bank envelope from his dresser door at Whispering Pines Homestead, 625 Little Marsh Creek, Bellefonte, sometime from 7 a.m. July 3 to 5 p.m. July 4.
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Preliminary hearing for frat brothers continued, again By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — A preliminary hearing continued July 10 and 11 for the former members of Beta Theta Pi fraternity charged in connection with the death of Penn State student and fraternity pledge Timothy Piazza. But, it will still be another month before there is a decision on what charges will be bound over for trial. Defense attorneys for five of the accused fraternity members had the opportunity to cross-examine State College Police Detective David Scicchitano as they sought to poke holes in the charges against their clients related to Piazza’s death and accusations of hazing. They often followed similar beats, raising issues about exactly how much alcohol Piazza consumed and when, their clients’ limited interactions with him on the night he suffered what would be a fatal fall at the fraternity house and whether or not he was forced to partake in excessive drinking at the “bid acceptance” night Feb. 2. Piazza, 19, died Feb. 4 after suffering non-recoverable brain injuries and a lacerated spleen that caused internal bleeding. A medical examiner said the injuries were the result of his fall down the basement stairs at the fraternity and subsequent falls during the night, caused by a high level of intoxication. In all, 18 former members and the Alpha Upsilon chapter of the fraternity are charged with a variety of crimes related to Piazza’s death. Two who are charged with tampering with evidence have already waived their preliminary hearings. On July 10, Michael Leahey, attorney for the fraternity chapter, briefly questioned Scicchitano on his knowledge of how nonprofit corporations work. The
chapter is charged with involuntary manslaughter, hazing and furnishing alcohol to minors. Frank Fina, the attorney for former chapter president Brendan Young, questioned Scicchitano for nearly three hours. The completion of the July 11 questioning leaves 10 more defense attorneys who still need to conduct their cross-examinations. Those are tentatively scheduled to happen Thursday, Aug. 10, and Friday, Aug. 11, when the hearing continues, District Judge Allen Sinclair said upon recessing court around 5 p.m. The preliminary hearing began June 12, with Scicchitano, the lead detective in the investigation and sole witness to date, testifying for about 11 hours. The attorneys who questioned Scicchitano on July 11 are representing clients who, like Young, are facing the most serious charges of aggravated assault and involuntary manslaughter. They also are charged with simple assault multiple counts of hazing, recklessly endangering another person and furnishing alcohol to minors. Steve Trialonas, the attorney for spring 2017 pledgemaster Daniel Casey, opened cross-examination July 10 questioning how law enforcement determined his client could be legally liable for the felony charge of aggravated assault. In response to Trialonas’ questions, Scicchitano said that no one had been seriously injured or died during similar events in previous semesters at the fraternity, and that Casey did not push or trip Piazza to cause him to fall down the stairs. Scicchitano testified that Piazza and the 13 other pledges on the night of Feb. 2 did voluntarily attend and that Casey did not physically force Piazza to drink. Tri-
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MICHAEL BONATUCCI, left, arrives at the Centre County Courthouse with his attorney July 11 for his preliminary hearing on charges related to the hazing death of Timothy Piazza at Penn State’s Beta Theta Pi fraternity. alonas cited a text message from brother Kordel Davis, who is not charged, which told the pledges in advance to “get ready to get f—ed up” and Scicchitano said that Piazza did not express a desire to refrain from drinking. On redirect, District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller came back to an argument she has been making, that as the hazing law is defined, the pledges felt forced to take part if they wanted to be part of the fraternity. They viewed it as “a rite of passage, a way to get in” Scicchitano testified. “They felt they were not going to be accepted if
they did not participate.” Scicchitano also noted that some members who were interviewed by police were cooperative but “cried because they felt they were betraying their brothers.” Trialonas moved on to the hazing and furnishing charges. Casey and Young are both charged with 50 counts of reckless endangerment and hazing and 48 counts of furnishing for their alleged roles in bid acceptance events for Piazza’s pledge class as well as for the pledge classes in the spring and fall of 2016. Frat, Page 4
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Frat, from page 3 At each, pledges went through what was known as “the gauntlet,” a series of drinking stations where they quickly consumed vodka, beer and wine. Scicchitano could not say with certainty who had actually gone through “the gauntlet” in previous semesters. The “gauntlet” was followed by a party with members of the fraternity and an all-female organization called Trilogy. While Trialonas made the point that it was the voluntary decision of Piazza and other pledges to rush the fraternity and take part in the drinking events, as other defense attorneys did, he sought to separate the “the gauntlet” as the alleged hazing element of the charges and the party an entirely voluntary social event where there was no question that the pledges chose freely to drink. He pressed Scicchitano to quantify how much alcohol Piazza consumed during the “gauntlet,” which he was not able to do. Trialonas noted that 82 minutes elapsed between the end of the “gauntlet” and the time Piazza first fell head-first down the basement stairs and in the interim continued to drink at the social event. Trialonas contended that in some of the video surveillance footage, it was clear a bottle of vodka the 14 pledges were told to finish at the start of the “gauntlet” still had some remaining in it and that on some occasions during the event Casey could be seen pulling a bottle away from pledges while they were drinking. Parks Miller took issue with the parsing of when exactly Piazza became inebriated to the point that his motor functions were so impaired. “The social immediately followed the gauntlet. It was all one big event,” she said, and the fraternity brothers were reckless in how much alcohol they gave Piazza. That dispute led to a heated exchange between several of the defense attorneys and Parks Miller over showing clips of the surveillance footage that had been shown June 12. The DA referred to the attorneys who were not questioning Scicchitano at the time as “the peanut gallery,” leading attorney Ted Simon, representing member Luke Visser, to call for sanctions against her. Sinclair did not sanction her but ordered the video to be made available and chastised both sides for their “bickering back and forth.” In response to continued questioning from Trialonas, Scicchitano testified there was no evidence Casey witnessed Piazza’s fall at 11:22 p.m., and he did not enter the great hall, where members carried Piazza, until 40 minutes later. He was in the room with Piazza for a few minutes before leaving and had no further interaction with Piazza until the next morning, 12 minutes before the
brothers decided to call 911. Daniel McGee, the attorney for brother Jonah Neuman, questioned Scicchitano about the limited role his client played in any of the planning for the event. Scicchitano testified that Neuman was not a fraternity officer or a member of the social committee, did not participate in acquiring the alcohol and did not set up the “gauntlet.” Neuman was at the station for “shotgunning” beer and handed beers to three pledges. In response to questions from McGee, Scicchitano said there was no evidence Neuman gave Piazza any alcohol, that Neuman was at the social event or that he was even personally acquainted with Piazza. On redirect, Scicchitano said that in his initial interview with police, Neuman said he did not give beers to any pledges, but could be seen doing so on the video footage. Attorney Andrew Shubin, representing brother Nick Kubera, also noted his client was not an officer or a member of the social committee and did not have a role in planning the “gauntlet.” Kubera, who was a pledge in 2016, would be a “victim” of the hazing that was alleged to have occurred in prior semesters, Shubin said. Kubera interacted with Piazza twice, once in handing him a beer and again shortly before his fall down the stairs. Kubera could be seen assisting Piazza in walking around the first floor of the house before returning him to a couch in the great hall. Shubin noted that Kubera appeared to take the beer back from Piazza before he could finish it, as he did with two others. Scicchitano agreed with Shubin that there was no evidence Kubera witnessed or knew about Piazza’s fall. Scicchitano said several times throughout the day that brother Jerry Rizzo, who was not charged, sent a GroupMe message to the fraternity brothers that night, alerting them to Piazza’s fall and that he was going to “need help.” Scicchitano said at some point that GroupMe was deleted and evidence of who received it could not be recovered. Shubin also asked Scicchitano if he was aware Rizzo told Piazza during the social to “slow down.” Scicchitano said he was not aware. The detective said he also was not aware of a statement that another brother, Gerald Coyne, also not charged, had been cleaning up vomit near the top of the stairs when Piazza fell. Attorney Rocco Cipparone, representing brother Michael Bonatucci, noted that his client, like others, was not an officer or social committee member and did not take part in the planning or purchasing of alcohol. Under questioning by Cipparone, Scicchitano said there was no evidence Bonatucci knew about Piazza’s fall, his injuries
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or his condition throughout the night. Most of the defense attorneys have not seen the complete surveillance video footage with the exception of Leahey, the attorney for the chapter. Cipparone said that Leahey informed him the video shows Bonatucci leaving the fraternity house at 11:10 p.m., 12 minutes before Piazza’s fall. Bonatucci was not there the rest of the night or the next morning when Piazza was brought up from the basement the second time and paramedics were eventually called. On redirect, Scicchitano testified that Bonatucci brought a case of beer into the lobby of the house and during the “gauntlet” served beers to four pledges who were underage and one who was of legal drinking age. Gary Dibileo also was not an officer or a member of the social committee and had no role in procuring alcohol, his attorney, Michael Engle, pointed out. Engle questioned Scicchitano about statements given in an interview by Davis that pledges were concerned about a ranking kept by brothers and that their failure to participate would hurt their ranking. Engle pointed to statements included in the grand jury presentment that the ranking was about whether a member would be allowed to live in the fraternity house, not if they would be accepted as a member. Dibileo manned one of the “gauntlet” stations where pledges drank from a bag of wine. Scicchitano’s initial review of surveillance footage indicated the station was out of view, but in the past month he identified an angle where he could see Dibileo at the station. Scicchitano said he could only see Dibileo hold the bag of wine for two pledges, neither of whom was Piazza, before the view was obscured by other people. Scicchitano testified that Dibileo had no immediate knowledge of Piazza’s fall and that he was informed of it by his roommate, Rizzo. Dibileo later saw Piazza on the couch, but did not interact with him then or for the remainder of the night or the next morning. He and Rizzo both said, and Neuman confirmed, that they were both concerned about Piazza’s level of intoxication and advocated for calling an ambulance. Ultimately, however, they left it to more senior members of the fraternity to decide what to do. Scicchitano testified on July 10 and again on July 11 about a text message exchange between Rizzo and Dibileo on Feb. 3, after Piazza had been taken to the hospital. “Cause it’s not the fact that he drank,” Rizzo wrote. “Like he drank because we hazed him, too ... Main word being hazed.” Frat, Page 6
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Two-year overdose Alumni sponsor campus garden for student inspiration, community gathering investigation nets arrest Gazette staff reports
Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — Growing up in a family of farmers and gardeners, Suzann Tedesco spent her summers with her grandparents picking, harvesting and freezing vegetables and growing flowers. Her children, now adults, have all taken an interest in home gardening as well. Honoring a family tradition that spans generations, Tedesco and her husband, Vincent “Vin” Tedesco, both Penn State alumni, recently sponsored a garden at Penn State located between the Henderson and Biobehavioral Health buildings, the same area on campus where Suzann Tedesco spent much of her time as an undergraduate student studying home economics in the early 1960s. “I see it first and foremost as a place where students can sit down and be outside. I also see it as a family gathering place. I hope our children will find the garden as a place of inspiration,” said Suzann Tedesco. “The garden represents family and how Penn State can become a place where families, several generations, come together.” Both Suzann and Vin Tedesco are first-generation college graduates. Vin Tedesco was a member of the Army ROTC and studied business. As alumni, the Tedescos have given back to the university in various ways, such as volunteering their time and contributing to scholarships and endowments. “Neither one of us came from wealthy families, and Penn State enabled us to have a very rich and fulfilling life. We feel it’s important to give back,” Vin Tedesco said. “We hope that undergraduates will see the garden and it will inspire them to one day also give back.” Despite the Tedescos and their children moving about 30 times while Vin served in the U.S. Army, the family still managed to develop a sense of home, which they found in the Penn State community. Not only did the couple meet at Penn State and marry at the chapel on campus, but all three children received degrees from Penn State. Eventually, Suzann and Vin Tedesco returned to State College, where they still reside today. “Penn State gave both of us careers that we enjoyed and provided a home for our children and a source of pride,” Vin Tedesco said. Ann C. Crouter, the Raymond E. and Erin Stuart Schultz Dean of the College of Health and Human DevelopHighway, from page 1 Routes 144, 26 and 45, formerly known as the South Central Centre County Transportation Study. There were ideas for bypasses around Potters Mills and Centre Hall, relocations of Route 26 and improvements to the Route 322 corridor from Potters Mills to Boalsburg. After Interstate 80 was completed, trucks began running Route 144 through Centre Hall from Route 322. There were numerous accidents in the late 1970s and early ’80s. In 1986, after the completion of the Mount Nittany Expressway, Route 144 saw a truck restriction. That same year, PennDOT began working on alternatives for the Route 144 corridor, which also spawned alternative considerations for Route 26. At that time, improvements to Route 322 were not being studied. In March 2013, the Potters Mills Gap project was split off from the larger scope of the transportation study when PennDOT committed funds for preliminary engineering for the three Potters Mill Gap phases. The third phase will likely begin soon, with a spring 2018 target on the final phase: a new Route 322/144 interchange and four lanes to connect with work done near Sand Mountain Road, which already had four lanes. North from these corridors, at Interstates 99 and 80, the interchange is in need of improvement for both safety and federal regulations. Zilla said that because the interchange has a rural designation by the federal government, regulations call for a high-speed, closed interchange with a local access interchange at least 2 miles away. The cost is estimated at $185,450,000. Work would include improvements to Route 26 and Jacksonville Road in the area, as well as the rebuilding of the Interstate 80 bridge over Route 26. The catch is that some local improvements may have to be done in the interim, Zilla said, which could hurt the project’s chances when it comes time to advocate for funding.
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ment, dedicated the Suzann Andrews Tedesco Family Garden during a July 1 ceremony. “The Tedesco Garden is a special oasis of green that celebrates natural beauty and tranquility in the midst of a bustling campus. Its beauty attracts students, faculty and staff all year because it is a peaceful place to study, eat one’s lunch, chat with a friend, meet with a colleague or simply catch one’s breath. “Suzann and Vin’s decision to honor this garden says so much about them, their love of Penn State and their recognition that the physical beauty of our campus is part of its magic, and their generous spirit,” Crouter said. Since returning to the area, Suzann Tedesco continued her passion for gardening by completing a rigorous certification process to become a Master Gardener, offered through Penn State Extension. It is a volunteer program that takes people with an interest and enthusiasm for horticulture and gives them basic training in a broad range of Alumni, Page 6 The federal funding, and other non-traditional funding, may be harder to acquire because the MPO and other sectors of local planning are not equipped to complete things like studies for cost-benefit analysis. If an outside consultant is used to try to acquire these funds, that would be an even greater expenditure. At this stage of major projects, organizations like the MPO are trying to determine the best way to leverage their base funding to get what is known as “spike funding.” Spike funding refers to a large influx of money, representing a spike on a funding chart, that is used to either push projects forward or do the actual construction. To have a better chance at spike funding for these projects, Zilla said they will be reaching out to numerous stakeholders such as federal and state legislators, Centre County, Penn State, local municipalities, business bureaus and private businesses. Though safety and congestion are big focus points for the projects, Zilla said helping the local economy is also a potential benefit. During Interstate 99’s planning and construction, the economic impact was not as near the top of the list of priorities, he said. But, the exit of some larger and smaller employers and resulting loss of jobs in the late 2000s brings economic consideration further up the list. He said there is the shipping of raw materials and finished goods to consider, and also that Centre County is a major economic driver for central Pennsylvania. If people cannot commute from outlying areas and other counties in an efficient and safe manner, then Centre County loses out on a wider selection of talent and workers.
State police arrested and charged a Rebersburg man for a heroin overdose death two years ago. Troopers said Zachary R. Borden, 24, of Rebersburg, was responsible for the death of a 41-year-old male victim in Haines Township on July 18, 2015, after selling the man heroin that resulted in an overdose. After a two-year investigation, police said evidence was found that linked Borden to the death. On July 8, police filed three felony charges against Borden of manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver or manufacture controlled substances, drug delivery resulting in death and criminal use of a communication facility. They obtained a warrant and took him into custody the same day. Borden was arraigned on $100,000 straight bail, and online court records show he remains incarcerated at the Centre County Prison. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, July 26. Comeback, from page 1 motor functions. If it was up more, I probably wouldn’t be able to move my left arm or leg. It was in one of the best spots it could be, because they didn’t have to remove anything out to get to it.” After the operation, Clark was faced with a long rehabilitation process, and one of the things he began to think about was playing baseball again. “I had to take six weeks off from doing anything,” he said, “but luckily games didn’t start for eight or nine weeks. So, I stayed off those weeks and then I started going to practice. “People were shocked because I was just the same kid. They were expecting like a drastic change, but I came in not even thinking about it. “I have pictures of where I was sitting in my hospital bed, and to see me back on my feet in a span of just over six months is breathtaking. I wanted to play as soon as I could and I was getting antsy. And once I started going to practice — I had to wear a skull cap inside of my hat — I went through and nothing was wrong and I was doing just fine. “After I played in my first game, I noticed that it was just a moment in the past. I can move on from this. I kept pushing through, and now here I am.” In the championship game itself, Clark played his usual solid third base and was 1-for-3 with a single and a walk. And, like all the other players on the Bellefonte team, he is now looking forward to competing in the upcoming sectional tournament. “We didn’t even know if Kaden was going to play this year,” Bellefonte coach Duane Grove said. “But he’s been super at third base, and he had to wear a skull cap until just before we started practice. That’s more important than the games. Him just being on the field is just awesome to me.”
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Lisa Ann Sampsell Sept. 5, 1973, to July 6, 2017
BELLEFONTE — Ruth L. Kelley died Sunday, July 2, 2017, at Centre Crest. She was 84. Arrangements were under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Service, Bellefonte. www.wetzlerfuneralhome.com
Lisa Ann Sampsell, 43, of State College, died Thursday, July 6, 2017, at home, surrounded by her loving family and partner. Born September 5, 1973, in State College, she was the daughter of the late James W. Sampsell and Beverly (Leathers) Sampsell, who survives. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her partner, Dr. Thomas Argondizza; her sister, Kirsten A. Sampsell and her husband, Jose Luis Mijangos, of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico; three nephews, Alejandro Nicolas, Benjamin Andre and Gabriel Luis; as well as her Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Nico. Lisa was a 1992 graduate of State College Area High School’s Delta Program. She received a Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University in 2005. Since 2006 she was employed at Penn State; most recently as a Record Specialist in Penn State Global Programs. She studied Holistic Life Coaching at Mount Nittany Institute of Natural Health. Lisa was a kind and gentle soul who brought joy to the hearts of her wide circle of friends. She was a lover of animals, a gifted photographer and a great appreciator of music. A celebration of life will be held at 6:30pm, on Thursday, July 13th at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 780 Waupelani Dr, State College, with Annie Mascelli officiating. Memorial contributions may be made to Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund (bobperksfund.org) or Centre County PAWS, 1401 Trout Rd, State College, PA 16801. Arrangements are under the care of Koch Funeral Home, State College. Online condolences and signing of the guest book may be entered at www.koch funeralhome.com or visit us on Facebook.
MCELHATTAN — Robert H. Shaw died Wednesday, July 5, 2017, at Jersey Shore Hospital. He was 84. Arrangements were under the direction of Dean K. Wetzler Funeral Home, Milesburg. www.deankwetzlerfuneralhome.com BELLEFONTE — Robert M. Kersavage died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Hackensack University Medical Center, N.J. He was 72. Arrangements were under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Service, Bellefonte. www.wetzlerfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — Mary L. McCubbin died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Foxdale Village. She was 92. Arrangements were under the direction of Mark D. Heintzelman Funeral and Cremation Service, State College. www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — L. Lois Putt died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Mount Nittany Medical Center. She was 73. Arrangements were under the direction of Dean K. Wetzler Funeral Home, Milesburg. www.deankwetzlerfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — Song Yu died Saturday, July 8, 2017, at Mount Nittany Medical Center. He was 56. Arrangements were under the direction of Mark D. Heintzelman Funeral and Cremation Service, State College. www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com PHILIPSBURG — Barbara E. Peters died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Windy Hill Village. She was 91. Arrangements were under the direction of Beezer-Heath Funeral Home, Philipsburg. www.beezerheathfh.com PHILIPSBURG — Sandra L. McDonald died Friday, July 7, 2017, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. She was 66. Arrangements were under the direction of Beezer-Heath Funeral Home, Philipsburg. www.beezerheathfh.com STATE COLLEGE — Brian Anthony Curran died Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at home. He was 64. Arrangements were under the direction of Koch Funeral Home, State College. www.kochfuneralhome.com
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Sale of Gamble Mill pending buyer action By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The listing agent for the Gamble Mill property in Bellefonte said the seller’s paperwork is all in order for a sale they had hoped would close by the end of May. On July 6, the Gazette reported erroneously the deal was held up by an issue with the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board, but Derek Canova. of KBB, who is the listing agent, said that was not the case. He said July 10 he cannot disclose certain details of the deal, but said the ball is now in the court of the buyer. Marion Bradley, who is among the reported buyers, could not be reached for comment by phone. Canova said the borough also has its ducks in a row and has been very cooperative during the process. “I can’t tell you how impressed and thankful I’ve been for what they’ve done,” he said. Alumni, from page 5
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JULY 13-19, 2017 Accessible trail, from page 1 He described it as a paradigm shift for himself personally and said he received extremely positive feedback from people who previously had been largely cut off from enjoying nature. That trail has helped an array of people with physical challenges to reconnect with nature, be they children with disabilities, those using wheelchairs or elderly people with bad hips who thought they would never be able to hike again, he said. In December, Regan became the new president of the Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation, and he and his staff are eyeing a similar setup for the Gov. Tom Ridge Wetlands at Bald Eagle. They’re looking to raise $1 million over the next year to install a raised trail built using the latest ADA guidelines, and also will improve conservation efforts there. Later this year, WFE will kick off its capital campaign and look to form partnerships with public and private entities and individuals. The project will require more than just the costs for construction. Regan said they will be looking to create a $200,000 endowment for ongoing maintenance for trail upkeep, to keep it looking good for decades to come and aid in habitat preservation and management of invasive species. Starting in 2002, WFE and the WHM Group in State College began work on the Gov. Tom Ridge Wetlands, located on 135 acres near Route 220, to help offset environmental disruption from the construction of Interstate 99. WFE now manages the wetlands. WFE has contributed to many other local projects related to the conservation of habitats and their wildlife, as well as connecting visitors to nature through 24 projects spanning 13 years. A big program for the foundation is Seedlings for Schools. Regan said the foundation is very actively raising money across the state for the program to give children an opportunity to get their hands dirty planting seedlings while learning from the corresponding curriculum. Just last year, the foundation helped to provide 195,225 seedlings for students in 966 schools in the state. In Centre County, a $148,404 grant from the state’s Department of Environmental Protection went toward the ongoing fish habitat restoration in Halfmoon Creek, which is a tributary to Spruce Creek and the Little Juniata River. Its headwaters come from Bald Eagle Mountain. In 2007, Sam’s Club and Walmart contributed to repairs to the Scotia rifle range. WFE partnered with the Penns Valley Conservation Association and other national and state organizations to improve Penns Creek through the construction of a 600foot mud still and two log vanes in Gregg Township. WFE was also one of the partners in the Save Colyer Lake effort after it was ordered that the body of water had to be drained after a 2012 inspection. The lake reopened for use in 2016. WFE is always looking for volunteers. For more information, visit www.wildlifeforeveryone.org. For those looking to have some fun while donating to conservation, a Tee Off for Wildlife golf tournament is slated for Friday, Oct. 6, at The Links at Gettysburg. On Monday, Sept. 11, WFE will host a fly-fishing tournament at HomeWaters on Spruce Creek, with some proceeds to also benefit Wounded Warriors. Frat, from page 4 “We tried our best to get him to the hospital,” Dibileo replied. “I wish people would’ve listened ... But yeah, you’re right.” Only those four messages were made available and Sinclair denied a request by Engle to have the entire record of the exchanges produced. Parks Miller has argued that is a matter for discovery before trial. Engle also discussed the coroner’s report that calls the manner of Piazza’s death accidental, not a homicide or undetermined. He also pointed out that Centre County medical examiner Dr. Harry Kamerow’s report, which included a review of the coroner’s report, emergency room records, a police report in March and some video surveillance clips, does not dispute the manner of death. Scicchitano testified on redirect that police and the prosecution have not alleged that Piazza’s death was intentional. He said it was just days after Piazza’s death in February when he spoke to the Dauphin County coroner. (Piazza was transported to and died at Hershey Medical Center). At that point, the only interview he had conducted was with Piazza’s brother and the coroner had very little background on the case. Future of the case The slow-moving nature of the case means that any trial almost certainly will not happen this year. After the preliminary hearing concludes, presumably in August, Parks Miller expects defense attorneys will file motions that the judge erred on any charges bound over. Assuming the cases move forward, they will then enter what will likely be a lengthy pre-trial discovery phase. Parks Miller, however, lost her bid for re-election in the primary and after November’s election, Bernie Cantorna will take office as the new DA in January. What does that mean for how the case will be pursued going forward? “Hopefully the vision we put into this case will be carried forward with the same vigor with which we started it,” Parks Miller said at the conclusion of the July 11 hearing. “We have wonderful staff here who, through the grace of God and my successor’s intelligence, if he has any, will keep them on and keep them on this case. These guys are fierce trial attorneys, they share the passion I do and they have the absolute wisdom to see this through. If it’s not going to be me, it must be them.”
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State College Police seeking info on life-saving devices StateCollege.com staff reports STATE COLLEGE — State College Police are looking to update their database of local locations with automated external defibrillators and are asking places that have them for public use to let the department know. Police are updating their list of AED locations so they can be accessed quickly in times of need. Any business or community center that has an AED should contact the department at (814) 234-7150, or fill out a form on State College Police website. Information, including building name, address, AED location with floor number and apartment or suite number, also can be sent via email. “Immediate CPR and early defibrillation, with an AED, can more than double a victim’s chance of survival,” police said in a release. “In fact, early defibrillation, along with CPR, is the only way to restore the victim’s heart rhythm to normal in a lot of cases of cardiac arrest. For every minute that passes without CPR and defibrillation, however, the chances of survival decrease by 7 to 10 percent.”
Crash claims Bellefonte man Gazette staff reports BELLEFONTE — A Bellefonte man was killed when his truck overturned and went into a creek along Roopsburg Road near Shawley Lane on July 10, according to state police at Rockview. Troopers said Nathan L. Bolich, 18, was traveling south in Benner Township near 1049 Roopsburg Road at 7:10 a.m. when he lost control of his pickup truck for unknown reasons. Bolich tried to regain control of the vehicle, investigators said, but the truck slid passenger’s side first across both lanes of travel and struck a guiderail along the northbound lane. The truck then turned over down an embankment and into a nearby creek. Bolich suffered fatal injuries during the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Centre County coroner Scott Sayers. Mount Nittany EMS, along with Undine Fire Company and Eagle Creek Towing, aided state police at the scene.
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Fox in College Township had rabies By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — A fox that attacked two residents and a dog last week in College Township was confirmed to have had rabies, according to State College Police. A woman and her dog were bitten by the fox June 4 outside of a home on Florence Way, and the fox then scratched the woman’s husband. A neighbor killed the fox and State College Police turned it over to the Pennsylvania Game Commission to be sent for testing. The Pennsylvania Department of Health lab confirmed that the fox tested positive for rabies, police said July 7. In early June, two foxes were killed and later confirmed to have rabies after they acted aggressively toward house pets and people in Lemont. Police advised that anyone who observes what they believe to be sick or injured wildlife should contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission at (570) 398-4744. Anyone who is bitten or scratched by any animal should contact the Pennsylvania Health Department at (814) 8650932 and, in the case of wild animals, also contact the game commission. “It is important that people do not purposefully come in contact with wild animals whether the animal is sick, injured or apparently healthy, unless they are an officer or a wildlife professional,” a release said. “Animals, in general, do not pose a threat to human safety. However, there are some illnesses that animals carry that can.”
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BELLEFONTE — Centre County commissioners signed off on a bond refinancing deal July 11 that could save about $763,000. Commissioner Mark Higgins said the finance committee had been monitoring interest rates for the bonds for a year and a half. The committee is comprised of all three commissioners, as well as the controller and treasurer. “As soon as it appeared we were going to save at least half a million dollars, we asked PNC to start the process,” Higgins said. The three series would have interest rates of 2.11, 1.82 and 2.85 percent. Centre County has a AA stable rating, one of the best in the state for counties and municipal governments below larger Philadelphia suburbs, according to David Payne, a financial adviser with PNC Capital Markets. Now, it is up to the commissioners to tell PNC when to pull the trigger. According to the financial reports from December 2016, the county had a total bond indebtedness of $30,793,000. Total debt service payments were $4,480,000, or 6.8 percent of the county’s total governmental expenditures. In other news, commissioners awarded Steven R. Krieger Excavating the contract for watershed work on a bid of $187,800. The project involves seven landowners over three separate locations that were affected by torrential rains in October and qualified for national Emergency Watershed Protection funds. The work is scheduled to be wrapped up by Friday, Sept. 1. Sharon Okeiff Fusco, of Bike MS: Keystone Country Ride, told commissioners 350 cyclists will be involved in this year’s ride from Hollidaysburg to State College on Saturday, July 22, and Sunday, July 23. Bike MS is in its 22nd year and raises about $500,000 per year. Fusco asked that motorists be on the alert those days for cyclists and to give them a 4-foot berth. The commissioners approved a resolution to request funding for the proposed $1.7 million bridge bundle that will look to lift three bridges out of the structurally deficient status. The approval of the resolution allows staff to formally apply to funds from the Commonwealth Financing Authority.
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June’s jobless report better than expected By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Accompanied by the customary cautionary note about analysis based on one month’s figures, June’s job creation rate, provided by the U.S. Department of Labor, should have provided Americans with a shaft of light last week. June produced a better-than-expected 222,000 new jobs, supplemented by an adjustment upward of 47,000 of April and May figures. Unemployment rose a tick, to 4.4 percent from 4.3 percent, but that is still low. Average hourly wages were up 2.5 percent from a year ago. Labor-force participation rose slightly, to 62.8 percent from 62.7 percent, even as some employers complained of difficulty in filling jobs. Inflation, a key factor for poor and middle-class people in the face of generally stagnant wages, remains under 2 percent. Although it is too early to claim a “Trump bump” upward in the economy, June’s figures, coupled with a robust stock market, should be seen as positive and cause for hope. There are still shoes waiting to drop and a considerable number of issues with unknown or potentially negative longer-term impact. One of these is the paralysis in Washington on some very important issues, some in areas where President Donald Trump as a candidate promised action. There is no agreed-upon budget. Raising the national debt limit above $20 trillion will be contentious. The direction America will go on health care remains tortuously tangled. Tax reform is somewhere over the rainbow. The promised job-creating infrastructure bill is nowhere in sight. Also on the negative side is a slowdown in auto sales and the fact that the spurt in new jobs seems to have resulted partly from growth in public-sector employment rather than in the manufacturing and retail sectors generally watched for signs of economic health. The long-term employment impact of Trump’s policies on immigration and American participation in international trade pacts has yet to become visible. All in all, however, the job figures released recently look good. Americans need some good news right now.
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Rains fit mood on weekend tour rally. I heard music from a band shell It was a perfect day for a trip to and smelled barbecue, but didn’t see Johnstown: hours and hours of tortoo many bikers. rential rain. Recently, the New York Times put First stop was the Johnstown Johnstown on its front page. It was Flood National Memorial, 14 miles not a feel-good story. The upshot: In upstream from the city on the site of small industrial cities like the dam that failed in 1889. this one, when the factoWe took a soaking walk on ries closed, there were still what remains of the carjobs in retail. Now, in the riage road across the dam age of e-commerce, the and gazed into the empty retail jobs are evaporating bowl that had been the lake also. where Pittsburgh plutocrats The story notes that with names like Mellon and historically Democratic Frick cavorted in better Cambria County “voted weather. overwhelmingly for Mr. Inside the Visitors CenTrump” in November. ter, cheesy cinematic simuThat should not surprise lations show the death and us. Candidate Trump acdevastation visited upon knowledged what’s obviJohnstown by the wall of ous to people who don’t water that roared downlive in college towns or stream. Historian David tech hubs: Old industrial McCullough tells it better. Russell Frank America is in decline. Though I read his book worked as a Trump is wrong about 15 years ago, I remember reporter, editor the reasons and delusion6-year-old girl Gertrude and columnist al about the solutions, but Quinn, who rafted downri- at newspapers in California and he made the Rust Belters ver on a mattress. feel seen and heard, which She was captain and Pennsylvania for 13 years before joining led them to believe they crew, at first. Then a man the journalism might actually be cared hurtling along on an un- faculty at Penn about, too. moored roof spotted her. State in 1998. His Maxwell McAchren swam views and opinions over, climbed aboard and, do not necessarily From Flood City we as they passed a house still reflect those of Penn drove to the Flight 93 standing on solid ground, State University. Memorial near Shankstossed the terrified child ville. Here, too, the weepy into the arms of a man named Henry skies seemed fitting, though Sept. 11, Koch who had stationed himself at a 2001, was a glittering jewel of a day. window to rescue the drowning. The walkway from the parking The most striking thing about the area follows the flight path of the himemorial is the list of floods that jacked plane. The memorial shows have swept through Johnstown since where it happened and how it hap1889, including major ones in 1894, pened, but it was harder to picture 1907, 1924, 1936 and 1977. Is this an upside down jetliner plowing into resilience or folly? Building and rea field at 563 miles per hour than it building a city in a floodplain is like was to picture a wall of water overerecting a popsicle stick house on a topping a shoddy dam. bowling lane. Inside the Visitors Center one As we drove in blinding rain into hears the voices of newscasters the city proper, I wondered whether and presidents. The bravest words, we were witnessing the onset of the though, were spoken by the pasflood of 2017. Certainly conditions sengers and crew: Lauren Grandcowere less than ideal for the annual las called her husband to say that “Thunder in the Valley” motorcycle “there’s a little problem with the
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plane.” Flight attendant CeeCee Lyles told her husband, “I’m trying to be calm.” Linda Gronlund gave her sister the combination to the safe where she kept her important papers. They only broke down when they told their loved ones that they loved them. I would require members of Congress to visit the memorial before they gut the Affordable Care Act, just to remind them of whom they’re supposed to be serving. From Shanksville we drove to Confluence, where the Youghiogheny and Casselman rivers meet. We planned to rent kayaks, but on that Saturday morning the storm-stoked rivers were brown, wide and swirling. Not even the experts were on the water. So we biked instead, west along the Yough on Saturday and east along the Casselman on Sunday. Both rides were on sections of the Great Allegheny Passage, a rail trail that runs from Pittsburgh to Cumberland, Md., where you can then take the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Tow Path the rest of the way to The Swamp that Trump is supposedly draining. Cycling through green corridors along swollen rivers was the perfect antidote to the disaster tourism of the previous day. Our bed-andbreakfast host told us the locals aren’t so crazy about us weekenders, which seemed crazy to me, at first: Entertaining paddlers and peddlers is a clean alternative to the air- and water-fouling industries of yore. What’s not to like? Well, apart from the fact that few tourism jobs pay as well as those old mine and mill jobs, I could see where it might be hard to give a warm welcome to outsiders who blow into your struggling town with the money and leisure to shoot the rapids, sleep in hotels and talk about their adventures over beers and burgers in local restaurants. It’s always about class in America, now as in Johnstown in 1889.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Malaria parasites adapt to host’s nutritional status By ANA MATIASS de BARROS and SAM SHOLTIS Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — The chances of surviving a malaria infection may be higher when the host consumes fewer calories, according to new research. A new study shows that the infectious agent responsible for malaria, the Plasmodium parasite, is able to sense its host’s nutritional status and actively adapt through changes in gene expression to reduce the number of offspring it produces. Using mouse models of malaria, an international team of researchers led by Maria M. Mota, of the Instituto de Medicina Molecular in Lisbon, showed that mice that ate 30 percent fewer calories had a significantly lower parasite load and lived longer. “This finding alters our understanding of the dynamics of malaria infections in the field and might be highly relevant facing the alarming trend of global increased overweight versus underweight populations, including in malaria endemic regions,” said Mota. The study, which appeared July 5 in the journal Nature, reveals for the first time that the number of parasite offspring produced in every round of replication depends on the calorie intake of the host. The parasite can reproduce inside red blood cells every 48 hours. The parasite’s
reduced replication in hosts with lower calorie intake may ultimately dictate whether or not the host can survive the infection. With roughly 200 million new infections every year, malaria kills approximately one child every minute. “This is one of the best examples demonstrating that malaria parasites sense and adapt to their host’s metabolic environment through transcriptional and developmental changes,” said Manuel Llinás, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State and an author of the paper. “Discovering precisely how this occurs may lead to new therapeutic intervention strategies to significantly reduce parasite burden.” The researchers controlled the food intake of mice before infecting them with different Plasmodium parasites and studying the response. Their observations suggested that either the parasites were actively adapting to the new environment inside of a host with lower calorie intake by slowing their replication, or they were struggling to replicate due to the fact that some key nutrients were missing. “For several months, I was stunned with the amazing speed that these parasites adapt,” said Liliana Mânico-Silva of iMM Lisboa, the study’s first author. “It was very exciting.” Malaria, Page 12
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MALARIA PARASITES replicate into many daughter cells inside red blood cells. The cells eventually burst, as seen at left, allowing parasites to infect new cells. In hosts with reduced calorie intake,fewer daughter cells are produced.
Researchers designing app to predict psychological state By JULIAN FUNG
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Most smartphone owners use apps to perform mundane tasks such as checking Facebook or staying on top of emails. As useful as these apps can be, they’re hardly life-changing. What if an app could learn to predict your emotional state, help you avoid stress and even make you a kinder and more mindful person? Penn State’s Zita Oravecz, assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies and a co-hire of the Institute for CyberScience, works to make this vision a reality. Oravecz and her colleagues are developing an app that can predict your psychological state using data from smartphones and wearable health monitors. With this information, the app will send you texts to help improve your well-being. You might get a reminder to take a deep breath to fend off stress. Or, you could receive an encouragement to pay someone a compliment — which would make both you and that person happier. “I’m interested in making people feel better via technology,” said Oravecz. “So many people use smartphones nowadays. Why not harness those devices to improve their mental health?”
A major challenge is designing the app to learn how to predict the emotional states of different users. People vary greatly in how they regulate their emotions. You might get upset frequently but calm down quickly. Someone else might rarely get upset but, once angry, have trouble cooling off. For the app to be universally effective, it must adapt itself to these kinds of individual differences. To create a predictive model of emotional states that learns a user’s quirks, Oravecz’s team uses data gathered from a study they conducted in the summer of 2016. Over four weeks, 52 study participants received text messages at six random times each day. These messages directed the participants to a brief survey with questions about their daily activities and experiences. “We asked about a range of markers of well-being: how active you feel, how pleasant you feel, how much you feel loved, how much you slept last night, how many minutes you exercised yesterday,” said Oravecz. “These questions arrived at random times while people were going on with their everyday life, which helped us capture the variations in their daily experiences.” In addition to answering questions, participants wore digital health monitors, similar to FitBits. These devices gathered physiological data from their wearers, including anxiety-induced perspiration levels, skin temperature, heart rate and physical movement levels.
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Bipolar treatments could be tailored toward gender By ABBY SAJID Penn State News
HERSHEY — Men and women react differently to compounds associated with immune system response to bipolar disorder, according to an international team of medical researchers. The findings suggest that bipolar disorder could one day be diagnosed by measuring biological changes in the body, and that treatments could be tailored differently for men and women. Bipolar disorder is a recurring mood condition that will affect about 1 to 4 percent of people in the United States over their lifetimes. The study measured levels of zinc and neopterin, two immune system factors, in the blood of female and male hospital patients experiencing a major manic or depressive episode. Blood concentrations were compared to those of a healthy control group. Both zinc and neopterin are compounds that have previously been associated with inflammatory processes. Neopterin is an immune marker secreted by white blood cells when the immune system is activated, while the mineral zinc is required for the immune system to function. Researchers reported their findings in the journal Psychiatry Research. Two unique features of bipolar disorder led to this study. First, researchers know that women and men with bipolar disorder experience episodes of mania or depression — the two hallmarks of the condition — differently, and may have different coexisting health issues. Female patients with bipolar disorder, for example, are more likely than male patients to experience depressive episodes, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, migraines and dysregulated mood due to poor sleep. Because bipolar disorder is different in women and men, researchers suspect that different biological processes may underlie the condition in the two sexes. Second, the immune system is activated during bipolar episodes, and previous research shows that immune system activation in bipolar disorder causes harmful low-level inflammation in the brain. “When a person has mania or depression, certain parts of their brain are affected,” said Erika F.H. Saunders, professor and chair of psychiatry at Penn State College of Medicine and senior author of the new study. “For example, the hippocampus, which is important in mem-
ory formation, shrinks, and the connections between different parts of the brain are affected. We think that inflammation is playing a role in some of those changes that are then associated with poor functioning in bipolar disorder.” The immune system also functions differently in women and men. Therefore, in the new study, Saunders and the other researchers set out to see if immune system factors were different in women and men with bipolar disorder, with the eventual goal of finding reliable markers for the disease. Researchers recruited 27 people with bipolar disorder for the study. They had lower levels of zinc in their blood than the 31 healthy people in the control group. There was no difference in neopterin levels between the two groups. Differences between men and women emerged when the researchers looked at severity of depression or mania. Women’s depression was worse if they had higher concentrations of zinc in their blood, while men’s mania was worse if they had higher concentrations of neopterin. These findings should not be interpreted as advice for patients with bipolar disorder to take or not take zinc, the researchers point out. The finding that high zinc levels were associated with depression severity in women was somewhat surprising, Saunders said, because zinc deficiency has been associated with depression in the past. One possible explanation is that high levels of zinc in the blood may indicate lower levels in the brain. Saunders and her colleagues are now following up in animal studies, measuring zinc levels in the brains of mice with inflammatory depression. “What we are aiming for ultimately as a field and as a research group is to have a blood marker that we can use in the clinic that will help us predict when someone is developing a bipolar episode, and conversely when a treatment is working,” Saunders said. “The work that we’re doing in conjunction with the work of others across the country is understanding each individual factor that can then be put together in a larger way.” Other investigators on this study were Caitlin E. Millett, graduate student, psychiatry and neural and behavioral sciences; Dahlia Mukherjee, postdoctoral fellow, and Aubrey Reider, research assistant, in the Department of Psychiatry; and Shannon L. Kelleher, an associate profes-
Red Cross ride set for July 22 Gazette staff reports CENTRE HALL — Ride for the Red, a motorcycle ride celebrating 100 years of the American Red Cross serving Central Pennsylvania, will kick off in three locations Saturday, July 22. Centre County’s launch site for the ride is #1 Cycle Center, 107 Yearicks Blvd. in Centre Hall. Riders also will depart from locations in York and Selinsgrove, and the ride concludes at Community Aid in Harrisburg with music, food and door prizes. Registration begins at 9 a.m. and kick-
stands go up at 9:30 a.m. The cost to participate is $20 per rider. Community members are invited to attend the Harrisburg celebration. All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided free of charge and is made possible by the voluntary donations of time and money from individuals and, in part, by contributions given through the United Way. Contributions may be sent to the American Red Cross, 1804 N. Sixth Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102, or to any other area offices. For more information, call (800) REDCROSS.
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A NEW STUDY measured levels of zinc and neopterin, two immune system factors, in the blood of female and male hospital patients experiencing a major manic or depressive episode. sor of cellular and molecular physiology, pharmacology, and surgery; Adem Can, University of Maryland School of Medicine; Maureen Groer, University of South Florida, School of Nursing, and Innsbruck Medical University, Austria; Dietmar Fuchs, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria; and Teodor T. Postolache, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Rocky Mountain Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center and The Military and Veteran Microbiome Consortium for Research and Education. National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences and the American Association for Suicide Prevention funded this study. This project received $785,959 in federal funds which funded 100 percent of the project. Non-governmental funding was not specified for this project.
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Researchers, from page 10 The initial tests to build the framework of the model might take days or even weeks to run on a typical one- or two-core desktop computer, but by using many ICS-ACI cores in parallel, Oravecz can speed up the development process and aim to make her algorithms work in realtime. “We need to make predictions quickly,” said Oravecz. “It doesn’t help someone if they are approaching a period of high stress and we tell them two weeks later to take a deep breath and calm down. We’re investigating ways to make the model less computationally intensive, but we’ll still need to rely on high-performance computing resources to deliver timely analysis on a wide scale.” The next step in the project is to complement the psychological and physiological data with other information available from a smartphone, such as the user’s geoloca-
tion and activity level, and the noise level of the user’s surroundings. This additional information will help the app more accurately predict a person’s psychological state.
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The ultimate goal of the app is to reduce stress and increase positive behavior. The messages to calm down when approaching a high level of negative emotion, combined with reminders to act positively, can significantly improve psychological health. “Random acts of kindness — and other positive behaviors — are beneficial both for you and for the recipient,” said Oravecz. “The short reminders about acting kindly can increase users’ psychological well-being and help them flourish in their everyday lives.” The desire to elevate people’s well-being through positive behavior has long motivated Oravecz. When she was a teenager, she noticed that many of her friends didn’t
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JULY 13-19, 2017 seem as happy as she was, even though they didn’t have any serious psychological problems. Her compassion for her friends’ unhappiness spurred her to study psychology. She found that many in her field focused on returning people who had disorders to a “normal” mental state. But Oravecz wondered why there wasn’t more research on improving the lives of people who have no serious psychological problems, like her friends. When she took a statistics course with someone who would turn out to be her favorite professor in college, she fell in love with math and statistics. She knew she could combine these passions with her drive to help others. “I realized that not many people in my field get as excited about mathematical modeling and statistical programming as I do,” said Oravecz. “I think the field of psychology needs people with computational skills who also understand the human aspects of well-being. I love that I can use the power of computation to bring meaningful change to people’s lives.” Oravecz wants to share her team’s model and methods with other researchers so they can perform their own research in reducing negative emotions and cultivating positivity. “It would be great if other researchers learn about our approach and apply it in new ways,” said Oravecz. “That way the impact of our work can extend beyond the app and ultimately benefit many more people.” Malaria, from page 10
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Project aims to build partnership between PSU, prisons BY JESSICA BUTERBAUGH Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — In the United States, more than 2 million people are incarcerated in federal, state and county correctional facilities. An additional 4.7 million are on probation or parole, and according to the National Institute of Justice, three-quarters of convicted offenders are likely to be re-arrested within five years. “Recidivism rates continue to rise, and that increase is something that is of particular concern in Centre County, where we have three correctional institutions in our own backyard,” said Efrain Marimon, referring to State Correctional Institution Benner Township, SCI Rockview and the Centre County Correctional Facility. To help combat this rise, Marimon, an instructor in Penn State’s College of Education, has established the Restorative Justice Initiative, a project that aims to build partnerships between Penn State and local correctional institutions to provide education programming to incarcerated individuals, while also raising awareness for this population. Marimon serves as the director of RJI, leads the Prison Education Program of the project and teaches in the local correctional facilities. “The idea of prison education is not new,” Marimon said. “It’s something that’s operating at multiple campuses around the country, but it is new for Penn State. We now have partnerships with CCCF and SCI Benner.” Marimon, a licensed attorney and former social studies teacher, spent much of his time in the past two years contacting coordinators of prison education programs across the country to learn more about how they operate. “I had a lot of questions,” he said. “What are their ethical standards? What does the programming look like? What is their curriculum like? What components, if any, are accredited? I’m trying to get a feel for what are the different types of structures in which these programs exist.” As part of his research, Marimon visited Boston University, which has hosted a prison education program since 1972. College of Education Dean David H. Monk accompanied Marimon on the visit, which allowed them both to see firsthand the different types of classes that are offered as well as to meet one-on-one with the faculty members who teach those classes. “Visiting Boston University gave me a window into what the program could look like here,” Marimon said. “Right now, I think our program is much broader, especially since we’re working with the jail. Marimon is referring to CCCF, where he and RJI graduate student volunteers have been observing re-entry courses that the institution offers to inmates and providing feedback since fall 2016. “The idea of the jail is focusing more on impacting recidivism rates and reintegration programs,” he said, explaining that he and the volunteers work with the counselors and education specialists at the jail to review and update curriculum and make
suggestions regarding programming. RJI is an umbrella that includes two pieces — a student organization and the prison education program, Marimon explained. The student organization, which was officially recognized by the university last fall, primarily comprises graduate students from multiple disciplines across Penn State. “Initially, we wanted to get involved in the local population here and so we partnered with Centre County Correctional Facility and just kind of asked, ‘How can we be of help?’” said Lindsey Fullmer, a doctoral candidate in the College of Education’s counselor education program who also serves as sRJI’s coordinator of volunteer placements. “With authorization through Penn State, as well as training requirements at CCCF, we are able to observe their re-entry programs and really engage with not only the individuals who are incarcerated, but then also with the counselors who are teaching the curriculum, in hopes that we can find strategies to make it better and grow the curriculum.” Fullmer and her fellow volunteers work with the inmates in a classroom setting. They also work with CCCF counselors to revise and expand course offerings that meet the specific needs of the inmates, including a new legal education course taught by Penn State Law students with supervision and support from Marimon. “The (legal education) course doesn’t provide advice, but instead basic legal education to help individuals,” Fullmer said, explaining that most inmates are assigned public defenders who have large caseloads, are often overworked and have limited time. “We’re trying to give them basic skills in legal education. ‘What does my sentence mean?’ ‘What does it look like for me?’ ‘What options do I have?’ These are questions that they don’t always know to ask or how to ask.” RJI also has graduate student volunteers who are teaching a creative writing course that is offered to female inmates, and assisting CCCF counselors with their Pride and Choices Program and the re-establishment of a job skills course. Additionally, Marimon co-teaches a new course on entrepreneurship with Jack Matson, professor emeritus in the College of Engineering, and Thomas Brewster, CEO of CentrePeace, a nonprofit organization that provides work for inmates of CCCF. Because sentences at CCCF are generally shorter than those of inmates at SCI Benner, the focus of RJI is different from traditional prison education programs. “Centre County is concerned with recidivism rates, so our focus is more on re-entry and what can we do to help these people (transition back) into society and be successful,” Fullmer said. “The objectives (in the jail) are very different than the objectives in the prison,” Marimon said. “At SCI Benner, we focus more on ‘traditional’ educational programming by providing opportunities for individuals who have earned their GED
to continue their academic endeavors by taking college-like courses.” In spring 2017, RJI piloted two unaccredited college-level courses at SCI Benner. A volunteer faculty member from the College of the Liberal Arts led a philosophy and ethics course and a graduate student from School of Visual Arts taught an art education class. Both classes were popular with the inmates and enrollment reached capacity. Because the program is growing quickly, the College of Education helped Marimon secure some much-needed help. “Through the generosity of the college, I was able to partner with the Office of Multicultural Programs to get graduate student support for this program,” he said. Anay Pope, a first-year doctoral student in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, collects data and compiles reports, and meets with community partners to support RJI. She said she’s seen firsthand the impact RJI has on the incarcerated individuals it serves. “Our students are in genuine disbelief that someone who is not obligated to care about them actually cares. That care is motivation,” Pope said. “What they do with that motivation, I am not responsible for, but to see someone become motivated to be who they want to be, that’s big. “A lot of people we work with struggle with the development of their identity, particularly how it relates to who they are physically, mentally, spiritually and emotionally, and are asking themselves questions like ‘Who am I?’ or ‘How did I get here?’” she said. “I’d like to think the care we have challenges their thoughts or feelings of worthlessness and nudges them to see themselves as deserving of more than what they have now.” When observing classes, Fullmer said that some of the inmates are very open and will approach her and other volunteers at the end of class to talk and thank them for being there and helping to provide the education. “The responses we have gotten further prove that there is a need for these types of programs,” Marimon said. It is that need, combined with a belief that education is a tool used to empower others, that drives Marimon and RJI volunteers to serve this population. “When I was a teacher in Philadelphia, not only did I see the linkages between the school-to-prison pipeline, but I witnessed the sad reality incarceration has on students’ lives, their families and communities,” he said. “As educators, we can help combat these social injustices to ensure everyone has access to a quality education, and, for those who are incarcerated, making sure the opportunities are there for them when they are reintegrated into society.” Fullmer said she had a similar experience working in a psychiatric residential facility. “A lot of the clients I served had experiences with incarceration,” she said. “One of the challenges was always recidivism, because we were finding that re-entry
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EFRAIN MARIMON is instructor of education and director of the Restorative Justice Initiative at Penn State. was just a significant challenge and, often times, it was left to us as service providers to kind of pick up the pieces.” For Pope, working with and helping underserved populations is part of who she is. “My mom raised me to love and care for everyone, so to me this work is natural,” she said. “We are not ‘yuppie liberals’ with savior complexes,” Pope said about RJI volunteers. “I do this work because I truly believe everyone deserves investment and everyone has a gift to give the world. The cure to cancer may be locked away in a jail cell because of a series of unfortunate events. RJI is here to find that cure.” Monk also believes in the importance of overcoming impediments that block the development and utilization of valuable skills. “There are tremendous human resources present within the inmate populations of these correctional facilities. It is in the society’s interest to develop and utilize these resources effectively. It is a winning result all around,” he said. “Efrain has proven himself to be very skilled at building the kind of partnerships this initiative needs in order to succeed,” Monk said. “We’re excited to see what the future holds.” As RJI enters its second year, Marimon is optimistic that the program will continue to grow stronger and attract more graduate student and faculty volunteers. It is his hope, he said, to eventually add a research component to the RJI umbrella and for the program to be self-sustaining. Until then, he said, he will continue to work to raise awareness for the educational needs of incarcerated individuals. “To me, it’s common sense,” he said. “Penn State is a land-grant institution and RJI is part of our commitment to our community, to Pennsylvania and to our beliefs about the power of education and what that means for individuals.”
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Colyer event celebrates Independence Day By SAM STITZER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
COLYER — If someone asks what the Fourth of July is all about, many folks might respond with tales of the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and men named Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Hamilton. Memories of big patriotic parades, with marching bands playing Sousa marches and flags flying high in the breeze, or stories of spectacular displays of fireworks in the night sky might also be shared. But, underneath all the excitement lies a grass-roots patriotism that often man-
ifests itself in more subtle ways. One of these more subdued celebrations can be seen in the tiny village of Colyer in Potter Township. Every July 4 for the last 21 years, the community has put on its own parade and hosted a community picnic. The parade had its origin in 1996, when five local men who owned antique tractors decided to drive those tractors, adorned with American flags, around the Colyer area to show them off. A tradition was born. The parade, which has grown significantly over the years, forms at Doug and Jane Mothersbaugh’s farm on Lake Road, near Colyer Lake. Its route, which is about
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Bluegrass music festival draws crowds to Centre Hall By SAM STITZER
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CENTRE HALL — The 11th annual Remington Ryde Bluegrass Festival rolled into the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall on July 5, bringing 20 bluegrass bands and a crowd of thousands to the town for five days. According to event organizer Ryan Frankhouser, the festival has grown steadily from its beginning, and now draws people from about 20 states and some Canadian provinces. Originally held in Mifflin County Youth Park in Reedsville, it quickly outgrew that venue and moved to the more spacious Grange Fairgrounds. The festival acts perform on a covered portable stage, erected just west of the fairground’s grandstand, since the crowds of specta-
tors are too large for the Grange facility. Seated in lawn chairs, both in the open air and under several large circus-style shade tents, attendees watched and listened to the many acts, including headliner Rhonda Vincent. Vincent, a fifth-generation musician, began singing at age 8. She has had a stellar career, culminating with her being dubbed “The Queen of Bluegrass.” In addition to the performances, the festival included music workshops, open jam sessions, raffles and many food and craft vendors. In the vendor area, Ron and Jackie Malec, of Lititz, sold event T-shirts, hats and other souvenir items. Ron Malec designs the shirts and hats using his computer. The couple have been regular attendees of the bluegrass festival since its inception.
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PENNS VALLEY historian Vonnie Henninger displays her newest book, “The Penns Valley Area: A Trip Down Memory Lane.” The book features stories of the area from 1700 to 2000.
Rebersburg author releases book of Penns Valley history By SAM STITZER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
REBERSBURG — Historian and author Evonne “Vonnie” Henninger recently released her fourth book, “The Penns Valley Area: A Trip Down Memory Lane,” which is filled with stories dating from 1700 to 2000. Henninger said she has a database of stories of Penns Valley that she has accumulated from various sources over the years. | “I had all this stuff and I thought it was really important that I do something with it because it’s history that I need to get out to people,” she said. Henninger’s book includes 170 pages of Penns Valley-related stories. Some of the events described could be considered mundane or somewhat trivial, but all are woven together to provide the reader with an understanding of everyday life in the valley over a 300-year period. Among the stories is that of James Auman, the only Miles Township resident killed in World War I. Auman met his fate on Oct. 30, 1918, in France, but his body didn’t arrive home until two years later, on Nov. 16, 1920, at which time he was given a belated military funeral. Another story chronicles some early 20th-century excitement in Potter Township. In 1903, robbers were known to inhabit the Seven Mountains and Potters Mills areas, and committed robberies in Laurelton, Woodward, Centre Hall and Linden Hall. One of the robbers allegedly had once ridden with the Jesse James gang. The criminals attempted to burglarize the Penns Valley bank in Centre Hall, but were scared off when William McClanahan, the night watchman, fired shots at them. They fled, then jumped on a railroad hand car and rode to Linden Hall, where they successfully burglarized a store. Later, at a home in the Seven Mountains, there was a shootout between Centre County Sheriff Hugh S. Taylor, county treasurer Phil Foster and the robbers. Stories involving local schools, businesses, churches and individual citizens are recorded in the pages of Henninger’s book. It will be for sale at the Rebersburg Firemen’s Carnival and town-wide yard sales later this month, as well as at the Grange Fair in August. Proceeds from the book’s sales will be used to support maintenance and improvements to the Gramley Schoolhouse Museum in Rebersburg and the Penns Valley Historical Museum in Aaronsburg.
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Students research startup culture, refugee tech in Rwanda By ERIN CASSIDY HENDRICK Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — As technology touches every corner of the world, it’s integral to understand its profound ability to enhance and affect people’s everyday lives, especially in developing nations. That goal is why student researchers from Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology are headed to Rwanda on three distinct missions to discover how technology is used and implemented. Carleen Maitland, associate professor of IST, is the adviser to three students traveling to Rwanda this summer: Eric Obeysekare, Katelyn Sullivan and Ying Xu. Maitland’s extensive research into humanitarian efforts aided by information technology, including studying Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp, provides the foundation for the students’ work. “Technology is not a one-sided relationship; you have to consider the people,” Maitland said. “I’m studying how people and organizations interact with technology, and in underdeveloped communities that’s extremely important.” Her students are continuing that important work.
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Eric Obeysekare, a student earning his doctorate in IST with the support of a prestigious Fulbright grant, has already spent months in Rwanda studying the development of the country’s entrepreneurial economy. “My research is looking at information technology startups and entrepreneurship to understand more about their ecosystem and how the system is working with them,” he said. Rwanda, a country marked by political tension stemming from a period of genocide in 1994, is hoping to transform its economy from what was traditionally agriculture to become a technology hub for East Africa. “The government is trying very hard to enable an environment for IT and these startups,” Obeysekare said. “They see entrepreneurship as a way to help the lack of employment (in the country).” For people who are unfamiliar with Rwandan culture, they may be surprised to find the country has adopted much of same technology as the US. With food delivery apps and a ride-share service for motorcycle taxis, the desire for digital innovation is apparent. “When I tell people that I research (tech startups in
BookFest returns July 15 with ‘Comics to Cozies’ Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Schlow Centre Region Library will host its annual BookFest from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 15, in the BookFest tent in the library’s parking lot. A former French teacher, a cartoonist, a developmental psychologist and a former Army officer are among the 18 artists and authors who are part of this year’s BookFest 2017: Comics to Cozies. The event celebrates genre fiction and fans of mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, comics, graphic novels, children’s fiction and more. Art and books will be for sale at the BookFest tent. Visitors also can meet and have the art and books signed by the artists and authors who created them. The featured artists and authors include areyoshi, Maureen Baggett, Judy Ann Davis, Lindsay Detwiler, Robert Hack, J.M. Hackman, Lenore Hart, Denise Kaminsky, Gayle Krause, Jason Lenox, Jodi Moore, Carrie Anne Noble, John Kelly Poorman, Jim Rugg, Sarah K. Stephens, Finch Vandivier, Brooke Welsh and David Wimer. BookFest also presents special activities, including a pop culture costume contest from 10 to 11 a.m., a character creation workshop with areyoshi from noon to 2 p.m. and caricatures by local artist Seth Young from noon to 4 p.m. For more information, visit www.arts-festival.com/ bookfest.
Rwanda,) they’re like, ‘What?’” he laughed. He spent his spring semester in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda and home to a campus of Carnegie-Mellon University. The campus has an “innovation hub,” a place much like startup accelerators in the U.S. that support burgeoning businesses. “My research involves a lot of interviewing those entrepreneurs and means I have to make connections,” he said. “What’s great about researching in Rwanda and this startup world, it’s a small community and it’s easy to get deeply involved.” Obeysekare plans to publish his findings but also hopes it will have a practical impact on the government’s vision for the future. “Rwanda is a unique model because (entrepreneurship) is driven by the government,” he said. “There’s this idea that information technology will be the future of Rwanda.”
COMMUNITY BUILDING IN REFUGEE CAMPS
In the refugee camps, which host refugees from the Congo and Burundi, refugees are facing different obstacles. “Whenever a refugee crisis starts, there’s a lot of interest and empathy from other countries,” Maitland explained. With money and donations flowing in, it is easier to provide refugees with services and goods they need. “But as time goes on, that interest kind of dries up,” she added. “It’s then up to the humanitarian groups to figure out ways to support the refugee population.” Ying Xu, also a doctoral student at IST, with funding from Penn State’s Africana Research Center is studying how to support and build a community structure with the resources that already exist within the camps. “Asset mapping, compared to other humanitarian services, uses an approach that emphasizes the assets that refugees already have, instead of what they need,” Xu said. “It’s mobilizing the resources and capacities of the population to help them solve their own problems.” “(The refugees) are not helpless,” Maitland added. Xu’s research will work to understand the existing resources, such as refugees who were teachers that could start early education initiatives for the camp’s children. “Back home, they knew their neighbors and their skills and jobs,” Maitland explained. “But when you’re a refugee, you lose your social connections and don’t know anymore.” One day, they hope to create a mobile app for the refugees that enables them to easily search through a database and tap into their community’s resources. “The humanitarian organizations would also be able to search and visualize the data they are collecting. It’s at the intersection of IT systems and data sciences,” Maitland said. Over the next few months, Xu will be focusing on identifying these assets and helping to teach refugees how to access the collected data, and ultimately strengthen the fabric of the community.
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PENN STATE IST undergraduate student Katelyn Sullivan in Rwanda this summer. She is researching how refugees are using technology to access food. joring in IST, business and finance, the opportunity to engage in international research was an unexpected opportunity. “I was looking for an honors adviser, and Dr. Maitland took me under her wing,” she said. “Before, I never thought I would have this opportunity.” Funded by the College of IST and the Schreyer’s Honors College, Sullivan is researching how refugees living in Rwanda are using different technologies to access food. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees was trying to figure out why a pilot program aimed at solving this problem had failed. “In 2013, the World Food Program, a UN agency, provided refugee households with a cell phone with what they called a mobile money system,” Sullivan said. Refugees were able to use these phones to pay for a variety of food and services. While the project intended to simplify an important part of a refugee’s everyday life, the system was disbanded in 2016 in favor of a simpler ATM card-like system. “We always think of technology helping people and making things easier, but (the mobile money system) was actually hindering their lifestyle,” Sullivan said. “What I’m investigating is why it seems there was a reversal in technology.” To accomplish this, she interviewed multiple sources during her time in Rwanda to gather information about how and why the program failed. “The local UNHCR office was unsure as to why this program didn’t work,” Maitland said. “Her research will not only provide important examples of how technology adoption doesn’t always make linear progress forward, but sometimes goes backward.” Sending three of her students to Rwanda, Maitland is proud of the work her team will be accomplishing. “What good is technology if everyone doesn’t benefit?” she said. “We’re looking at vulnerable populations and making sure they can benefit from technological advances.” The team of student researchers is eager to explore these questions, but they know answering them is not the end of their efforts. Obeysekare added, “There’s a lot of work to be done.”
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Celebrate Festival Week! People’s Choice Festival & Central PA Festival of the Arts
Fantastic festivals are in our midst By CONNIE COUSINS
correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
It’s that magic time of year again when Centre County hosts both the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and the People’s Choice Festival. Both run through Sunday, July 16. Arts Fest is held at Penn State and along the streets of State College. Many of the borough’s churches are open for pie sales, music programs and to share bathroom facilities. Every year, the festival opens on a Wednesday, with the day set aside especially for children. By Thursday, downtown is teeming with families and friends, many of whom return each year. Kids run for the mister to cool off, and everywhere the sounds of conversation and laughter
fill the air. Whether you are a serious art devotee or a visitor to the area and attending out of curiosity, a day at Arts Fest will not disappoint. Do you like pottery? It will be there in abundance. How about glass, or gorgeous handcrafted jewelry? They also will be there, created by juried artists and crafters. Some of the fun in attending year after year is looking for favorite crafters and artists and seeing what new items they have brought to the show. You can follow a metal worker for years, admiring his items as they are debuted. Or, meet up with a basket weaver to see her newest designs and creations. And, new artists pop up from time to time, too, often with previously unseen mediums or techniques. Some of the performances during Arts Fest require a button and others are free, but there is a lot of variety in the planned entertainment. At the People’s Choice Festival, held at the Pennsyl-
vania Military Museum in Boalsburg, the open field and open feel of the event are evident as soon as you park. And, parking at the festival is easy, plus there are multiple covered tents where you can have a meal or rest out of the sun. According to the festival’s official guide, the nearly 200 artists, the food vendors and the entertainers are all from Pennsylvania, and all items offered for sale are made in Pennsylvania. Planners have included activities for kids, including games, a petting zoo and a bounce house. And, music, from choral to rock-n-roll, will play throughout the days and into the evenings during the festival. This year is the 25th anniversary of the People’s Choice Festival. Artisans and craftspeople endure many things to come year after year. One year, during a severe storm, tents and booths blew down. But, artists keep returning, proving that craftspeople love what they do, even in the face of inclement weather.
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Bellefonte Arts & Crafts Fair Friday, August 11 & Saturday, August 12, 2017
The Bellefonte Arts & Crafts Fair will be held Friday from 10am to 8pm and Saturday, from 10am to 6pm in Tallyrand Park. The fair includes over 100 juried artists and crafters, family entertainment, great food, and free children’s activities. Park and ride shuttle service available from the Bellefonte High School.
Annual Fall Festival & Halloween Parade
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FACE PAINTING is an activity children can find at both the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts and the People’s Choice Festival.
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All are welcome to the Fall Festival Activities & Halloween Parade! Bring the family to Talleyrand Park for entertainment and children’s activities including a photo booth from 11am to 4pm. The Halloween parade judging and line up at the Bellefonte YMCA at 12:30pm with the parade down High Street to Talleyrand Park at 1:30pm for awards and treats!
Bellefonte Victorian Christmas
Friday, December 8 & Saturday December 9, 2017 Bellefonte Victorian Christmas offers a taste of Christmas Past with an Historic Homes Tour, an Arts & Crafts Show, concerts, horse-drawn buggy rides, gingerbread house contest, train rides, strolling entertainment, breakfast with Santa and a Victorian Tea Party. Held on the second weekend in December. All events are subject to change
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People’s Choice Festival of Pennsylvania Arts & Crafts
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Schedule of events THURSDAY, JULY 13, 2017 10 A.M.
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ESP, North Stage Joe Bonson & Coffee Run, South Stage Young Artisans Sales closes
Young Artisans Sales opens Artisan booths and food vendors opens Penn State Microvascular Research Lab, EMS Tent
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Raven and the Wren, North Stage O’Neil Peart and The Nomaddz Band, South Stage
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2 P.M.
10 A.M.-5 P.M.
Jay Vonada Trio, North Stage Float, South Stage
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Monster D (Monster of Master), North Stage Bluegrass Redemption, South Stage
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July 13-16 10 A.M.-8 P.M.
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St. John’s United Church of Christ, North Stage
3 P.M.
Giant Foods 25th Anniversary Cake, Media Tent
11 A.M.–2 P.M.
3-8 P.M.
The Tumble Bus
Nathaniel Tyler Mowery, North Stage Kenzie McCarter, South Stage
12:30 P.M.
Ken Baxter, North Stage JR Mangan Band, South Stage
2 P.M.
State College Rock Camp, North Stage Late Last Nite, South Stage
3:30 P.M.
Group Therapy, North Stage Bookends, South Stage
5 P.M.
Frackwater Jack, North Stage The Monk’s Brew, South Stage Young Artisans Sales closes Chris Rattie, North Stage Pure Cane Sugar, South Stage
8 P.M.
Artisan vendors close
9 P.M.
11:30 A.M.
August Room, North Stage Triple A Blues Band, South Stage
NOON-5 P.M.
Nittany Beagles, tent B
1 P.M.
Black Cat Belly Dance and Friends, North Stage SGT Bob & The Willow Creek Band, South Stage
SATURDAY, JULY 15, 2017 10 A.M.-3 P.M.
1-3 P.M.
Story time and book giveaway, Youth Artisan Tent
1 P.M.
2:30 P.M.
The Little German Band, North Stage Friends of Lithium, South Stage
4 P.M.
Bellefonte Community Band North Stage Teen Town, South Stage
Elvis Impersonator Brad Crum, South Stage
1:30 P.M.
Centre County Outstanding Young Woman, North Stage
3 P.M.
Velveeta, North Stage Jackie Brown and the Gill St Band, South Stage
5 P.M.
Young Artisans Sales closes
5 P.M.
5:30 P.M. 6:30 P.M.
The Original Drifters, South Stage
8 P.M.
Artisan vendors close
9 P.M.
Food vendors close
Black Horse Motel, South Stage Artisan booths and food vendors open Buffalo Mountain Bluegrass, North Stage
Nittany Knights Men’s Acapella Chorus, North Stage
6:30 P.M.
11:30 A.M. NOON
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11 A.M.
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10 A.M.-8 P.M.
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Food vendors close
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10 A.M.-5 P.M.
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Elvis, pooches and a cheesy ‘80s band to be featured By G. KERRY WEBSTER editor@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — To say there’s something for everyone at the 25th annual People’s Choice Festival in Boalsburg is an understatement. From beautiful works of arts created by Pennsylvania’s own to delectable fare offered by some of the area’s best concession vendors, the weekend promises to entice the senses. Especially if your thing is live entertainment. Several performances and events are on the schedule for the festival, including the return of Brad Crum, central Pennsylvania’s No. 1 Elvis impersonator. Crum worked last year’s crowd into a fan frenzy as he belted out the lyrics to some of The King’s best works.
This year, he will be performing on the South Stage at 1 p.m. Sunday, July 16. Crum, originally from Halifax, has an outstanding 3 1/2- octave vocal range and intonation that nearly paints a perfect picture of Elvis Presley. Those who enjoy the cheesy club scene of State College will get the taste they are looking for when one of the area’s most successful ‘80s cover bands, Velveeta, takes to the North Stage at 3 p.m., also on July 16. Velveeta formed in 1995 when Brent Martin and Brian Kriley discussed starting a band at The Brewery. Through the years, members have changed, and at one point, the band had six on its roster. Now a fourpiece band, the group travels throughout central Pennsylvania with a large fan following. July 16 also will see the return of Nit-
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BOALSBURG — What better venue than a 200-year-old estate and museum to host an annual antique show and sale showcasing vendors from near and far? From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 14, through Sunday, July 16, during the People’s Choice Festival, visitors can peruse offerings on the grounds of Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum. Experts will provide lectures and demonstrations on topics ranging from antique dolls to military arms. “Education is an integral part of the museum’s mission, so each festival or special event integrates learning opportunities such as free public lectures,” said Bob Cameron, museum director. For a small donation, guests also can have an heirloom evaluated. “We’re trying to develop a mini-’Antiques Roadshow’ aspect to our Antique Faire,” Cameron said. In addition to many unique antiques and collectibles, the festival will also feature vintage rides, including a 19th-century merry-go-round. With local berries currently in season, it is a great time to try some delicious foods, including fresh blueberry milkshakes. A pie-baking contest will determine the best berry pie, and entrants have the ability to win prizes. The first-prize winner will receive a wooden bowl made from fallen museum trees and a family membership to the museum. More information, visit www.boalmuseum.com.
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Art with a Heart to raise funds for local nonprofit Gazette staff reports Calvary Church, 150 Harvest Fields Drive in Boalsburg, will host its Art With a Heart event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 15, during the People’s Choice Festival. The community event will feature art, music and snacks to benefit local nonprofits, including Centre Helps, formerly Community Help Center. Local artists have donated works, and nearly 300 pieces will be set up in galleries during the event. Each piece will be marked with a suggested minimum donation; art will be available in many different price points. All funds raised go directly to the nonprofits. Neither the artists nor the host site will get any funding.
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Schedule of events THURSDAY, JULY 13 10 A.M.-8 P.M.
5-6 P.M.
9-10 P.M.
5:30-6:30 P.M.
9-10:30 P.M.
6:30-8 P.M.
9:30-10:30 P.M.
7-8 P.M.
FRIDAY, JULY 14 9 A.M.-6 P.M.
Mama Corn, Allen Street
Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, Festival Route Italian Street Painting Festival, Hiester Street
The Monk’s Brew, Shell Stage
11 A.M.-12 P.M.
Jay Vonada Quartet, Allen Stage
Joe Baione Trio, Sidney Friedman Park
NOON-8 P.M.
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1-2 P.M.
JD Eicher, Allen Stage
7-8:30 P.M.
JR Mangan, Allen Stage Second Winds, Shell Stage
Philadelphia Phil & Friends, Shell Stage
7:30-8:30 P.M.
2-3 P.M.
Ben Model Workshop, Schwab Auditorium
Academy of Sacred Music, Presbyterian Stage
8-10 P.M.
3-4 P.M.
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10-11 A.M.
Zumba with Teresa Soler, Sidney Friedman Park
10 A.M.-8 P.M.
Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, Festival Route Italian Street Painting Festival, Hiester Street
11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
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NOON-12:30 P.M.
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1-2 P.M.
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3-4 P.M.
Zydeco-A-Go-Go, Shell Stage Scott Mangene & Family, State College Municipal Plaza
3:30-4:30 P.M.
Ramalama, Allen Stage
4:30-5:30 P.M.
Crooked Line, Willard Building
5-6:30 P.M.
Bovine Social Club, Shell Stage
5:30-6:30 P.M.
Miss Melanie & The Valley Rats, Allen Stage
7-8:30 P.M.
Low Lily, Sidney Friedman Park April Verch, Schwab Auditorium
7:30-8:30 P.M.
Tussey Mountain Moonshiners, Allen Stage My Hero Zero, Sidney Friedman Park
8-9 P.M.
Essence of Joy Alumni Singers, State College Presbyterian
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SATURDAY, JULY 15 9 A.M.-5 P.M.
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Schedule, from page 22
Tim & Kim Craven, Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
10-10:30 A.M.
7-8:30 P.M.
Adult Yoga, Shell Stage
Nora Jane Struthers, Shell Stage
10 A.M.-NOON
Workshop, The Makery
7:30-8:30 P.M.
Natascha & the Spy Boys, Allen Stage
10:30 A.M.-1 P.M.
The Raleigh Ringers Workshop, State College Presbyterian
11:30 A.M.-12:30 P.M.
8-9 P.M.
Velveeta, Sidney Friedman Park The Raleigh Ringers, Schwab Auditorium
12:30-1:30 P.M.
State College Area Municipal Band, Shell Stage
1:30-2:30 P.M.
8-10 P.M.
Elektric, Penn State Downtown Theatre Hughes, Kidder & Rounds, State Theatre
2-4 P.M.
9:30-11 P.M.
Elektric, Penn State Downtown Theatre David Zentner & the Nashville Music Co., Shell Stage
Sue Crowe 10-mile, 10K & 15K Road Races, Medlar Field
11 A.M.-4 P.M.
Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition, Festival Route Italian Street Painting Festival, Hiester Street Haystack Lightnin’, Allen Stage
12:30-2 P.M.
Rampart Street Ramblers, Shell Stage
2-3P.M.
2:30-4 P.M.
Tyne & the Fastlyne, Allen Stage
The Ultra Kings, Allen Stage Billy Price Band, Shell Stage
2:30-3:30 P.M.
SUNDAY, JULY 16 8:30-10 A.M.
Bellefonte Community Band, Sidney Friedman Park
8:30-10 P.M.
Rustical Quality String Band, Allen Stage
Jackie Brown & the Gill Street Band, Sidney Friedman Park
NOON-1:30 P.M.
8-9:30 P.M.
Deidre Flint, Allen Stage
10-11:30 P.M.
3-4 P.M.
Earthtones, Shell Stage
3-4 P.M.
Allegheny Ukelele Kollective, State College Municipal Plaza Jim Colbert, Willard Building
3:30-4:30 P.M.
Ted McCloskey & the Hi-Fi’s, Allen Stage Black Cat Dance Troupe, Sidney Friedman Park
4-5:30 P.M.
Bookends, State Theatre
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4:30-5:30 P.M.
Pure Cane Sugar, Shell Stage
5-5:30 P.M.
Doug Irwin, Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
5-6 P.M.
Scott Mangene & Family, State College Municipal Plaza
5:30-6 P.M.
Michelle Katz, Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
5:30-6:30 P.M.
Revamped, Allen Stage
5:30-7 P.M.
Zeropoint Big Band, Sidney Friedman Park
6-6:30 P.M.
Steve Van Hook, Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza
6-7 P.M.
Crooked Line, Willard Building
6:30-7 P.M.
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Art exhibits from around the world and around the corner Workshops for children & adults Free artist receptions and free art activity for kids the first Sunday of each month
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HKR to headline at State Theatre during festival BY STACY GLEN TIBBETTS Special to the Gazette
STATE COLLEGE — Long-time regional favorites Randy Hughes, Glenn Kidder and Jon Rounds will perform as Hughes, Kidder & Rounds at The State Theatre at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 15, during Arts Fest. According to festival organizer Rick Bryant, the three singer-songwriters likely have been seen by more Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts audience members than any other performers over the years. The show requires an Arts Festival button for admittance. Together for nearly 35 years as three-quarters of Cartoon, the three folk and rock musicians found they simply couldn’t lay aside their partnership after that group last performed in 2012. The creativity and fire were still there, so they reunited as Hughes, Kidder & Rounds, performing publicly for the first time at the 2015 Arts Fest, where they debuted several new songs before an enthusiastic crowd. This summer’s appearance will be the group’s first at The State Theatre. “It’s going to be a real treat to play the State Theatre,” said Rounds, lead guitarist for the group. “The whole event has a new feel to it. “We’re starting to feel really solid as a band now that we’ve performed at the fest for a couple of years. And, we’ll be welcoming guest musicians Richard Sleigh on harmonica, who needs no introduction to State College music fans, and Jameson Kidder, who first played with us at Schwab Auditorium a few years ago.” HKR plans to perform several tunes it has not yet done this year, in addition to featuring songs from their 2016 CD “The Schoolhouse Project,” which will be available for purchase at the show, as well as a couple of Cartoon favorites. “Glenn’s bringing one called ‘Tennessee,’” said Rounds. “I’ve got a song called ‘Floodplain,’ and Randy
and I co-wrote a fun one we call ‘Old Motorcycle.’ We’ll be doing one of Jameson’s originals, ‘Long Road,’ and there are several others in the works, as well.” Rounds, Hughes, Kidder and singer/songwriter Kevin Dremel first came together in 1980 when they began sitting in on each other’s shows in the State College bars. The performers, some of whom had already been playing with other bands, including the Rounds Brothers Band and Morningsong, were all committed songwriters and were drawn to a particular style of harmony-drenched acoustic music. After recording an EP at Filmspace studios under the band name Menagerie, Dremel’s song “Lady Jamaica” and Rounds’ songs “I’ll Have to Make It” and “Wrong About You” got local airplay and helped support the band’s live shows. During its heyday from 1980 to 1983, Cartoon toured regionally and played several nights a week, releasing two well-regarded collections of mostly original songs in cassette tape format, “Native State” and “Reunion.” “Our regular shows at Rego’s (now the Darkhorse Tavern) were among our best memories,” said Rounds. “The stage was close to everyone, and it was very much like a true listening room.” When Cartoon reunited for the first time to play the Festival Shell in 1984, its large local following met the band with an ecstatic response. The crowd stretched all the way back to Old Main, and three encores were requested. “It was a magic show,” said Rounds. “It had not been long since we had been playing together regularly, and we were really tight.” Similar reactions met the band’s annual Arts Festival reunion shows through the mid-1980s, and a festival tradition was born. Cartoon continued to play the festival every year through 2012, eventually moving to Schwab Auditorium for several sold-out shows. The band speaks highly of Bryant, as well as his predecessors Lurene Frantz and Phil Waltz, for years of sup-
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JON ROUNDS, Randy Hughes and Glenn Kidder of HKR take a break from recording their CD “The Schoolhouse Project” in Linden Hall in March 2016. port in providing venues with ample seating, high-quality sound systems and expert engineers. Despite the distances between the members — Hughes eventually moved to North Carolina, while Dremel and Kidder lived in New England — the band also continued to write new material and record, releasing the 18-track “In The Living Room” in 1997 and the “The Chapel Sessions” in 2010. “Whenever we had an album’s worth of new material, we’d begin thinking about a recording project,” said Rounds. After a group decision to hold a final Cartoon show, without Dremel, in 2012, the members took a hiatus from performing at the 2013 and 2014 festivals before reuniting as HKR in 2015. Now the members of HKR are enjoying a new tradition, in addition to their festival shows. They meet up every April at Merlefest, the huge Americana festival in North Carolina, to jam and try out new song ideas on each other. “We each take home a solid rehearsal list and CD,” said Rounds, “and then we’ll convene in State College the week before the July show, practicing for three or four days to see what tunes work best.” Recorded in March 2016 at the Rock Hill School in Linden Hall, HKR’s “The Schoolhouse Project” CD features 10 tracks, including eight new songs and two that had never before been recorded. Rounds and Kidder took the lead on writing, with support on structure, editing and arrangement from Hughes. Three new songs had debuted at the 2015 Arts Festival — Kidder’s “Why Wasn’t Love Enough” and “Til the Sun Gets Here,” and Rounds’ “Nobody Gonna Notice.” Some of the others include Kidder’s “Time and Time Again” and Rounds and Hughes’ “Losin’ You,” which has received local radio airplay. Rounding out the CD are two older songs by Rounds — “You Gave It Away Babe” and “You Change,” a classic first performed by The Rounds Brothers Band in the 1970s, later by Cartoon, then performed on this record by State College legend Tommy Wareham.
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Bellefonte wins District 5 LL championship By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — It could be said that Bellefonte Little League pitcher Braedyn Kormanic was robbed of a grand slam in the District 5 Little League championship game against State College. Not that he didn’t hit a homerun. He did, but because catcher Alex Ebeling scored one pitch before Kormanic’s blast on a wild pitch, he only gets credit for a slightly less impressive three-run shot. Nevertheless, it was more than enough on this day for Bellefonte. Kormanic gave himself a four-run, first-inning lead that propelled Bellefonte to the D-5 championship with an 11-1, five-inning victory over State College. BLL later added another run in the first inning and then solidified the win with six more in the fifth to complete its improbable run through the loser’s bracket to the title. On the mound, Kormanic went the distance for Bellefonte, scattering six hits and
allowing only a single run in the SC fifth inning. It was the second win in a row over State College for Bellefonte. After losing its first game of the tournament to Big Valley, BLL swept through the lower bracket and emerged to face SC in the finals. It needed two wins, and the first one came by a score of 10-4 on July 8. This one, led by Kormanic, clinched the championship and sent Bellefonte into the Pennsylvania Little League Section 4 Tournament, which will be played at State College on dates yet to be announced. “It all depends on our defense,” Bellefonte coach Duane Grove said, “and they’re playing it now. We had one error tonight that was on a hard-hit ball, and that’s what we like to do--play defense and hit the ball.” Especially hit the ball. Bellefonte came straight out of the gate by putting its first six batters on base in the opening inning. District 5, Page 28
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THE BELLEFONTE 11- and 12-year-old Little League All-Stars captured the District 5 Little League championship with an 11-1 victory over State College on June 10. Bellefonte now moves onto the Section 4 tournament, which will be held in State College.
3 generations help Bellefonte win championships By JAMES TURCHICK correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — It’s hard to imagine, or remember, 1950s America and not think of baseball. Future greats Hank Aaron, Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were making their start in the outfield and on baseball cards across the country. And just years before, in 1947, Jackie Robinson led the integration movement that was beginning to pick up speed, with more and more teams adding black players. Like it had been for decades, baseball was American culture. With young Americans looking up to these giants, the 1958 Bellefonte Little League All-Stars captured that inspiration and went the distance. Now, some even younger Centre County athletes with roots to the past are filling their shoes. Led by manager Harold “Pickle” Rossman and assistant manager Russell “Bud” Haupt, the 1958 11- and 12-year-old All-Stars won the District 10 and Section 2 championships. Once at the state tournament, they routed Mill-Creek Seneca in a 5-2, seven-inning game. Onto the finals, Bellefonte squared off against the Carbino Club from Jessup. After a perfect game into the sixth inning from Carbino pitcher Hank Zeino, Bellefonte rallied by getting on base and Rod Mitchell hit a sacrifice fly to bring in the winning run. Bellefonte won 2-1 for the state title — Centre County’s first. A few generations later, manager Bud Haupt has a few descendants still on the diamond. His grandson, Greg Nau, coaches the Nittany Valley League Softball All-Stars. Before his coaching days, he and his 1981 Bellefonte team won the District 5 championship — 23 years after his
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RUSSELL “BUD” HAUPT, bottom right, kneels with the 1958 Bellefonte Little League All-Stars in Williamsport, where they defeated Jessup for the state title.
GREG NAU and his daughter, Josselyn Nau, pose with the 2017 District 5 champions pennant. Father and daughter won the pennants 36 years apart.
grandfather’s team had won. It doesn’t stop with him, though. An even newer family member is carrying on the love for the sport. Haupt’s great-granddaughter, Josselyn Nau, is the pitcher for the 2017 Nittany Valley Little League Softball All-Stars. Not surprisingly, her team is the newest District 5 champions and the latest championship team in her family’s long history. Fifty-nine years after her great-grandfather helped the Bellefonte All-Stars bring home Centre County’s first state
trophy, Josselyn Nau is on the mound helping her own team try to do the same thing. Baseball and softball have changed dramatically over the past half-century, and most likely will change just as much over the next one. One constant in the sport, however, is its ability to connect coaches, players and fans to the past. Whether players imagine Mickey Mantle or Mike Trout, Ted Williams or their own fathers and great-grandfathers, baseball will always be a bridge between generations.
Skytop Golf Club lighting up with night scramble JOHN DIXON
PORT MATILDA — Skytop Mountain Golf Club, located outside of Port Matilda, already has given golfers the opportunity to skip the cart and play 18 holes while riding a golf board. Now, the club is offering another game changer for enthusiastic players looking for more out of their play. The club’s Night Game Scramble, using glow-in-the-dark balls, will tee off at 8:30 p.m. Friday, July 14. The cost for the nine-hole event is $40 per person and includes everything a player needs to participate. “The nine holes are playable for all the players,” said Skytop MounJohn Dixon covers tain Golf Club assistant Gary Dyke. golf for The Centre “The par-5 holes are moved up to County Gazette. play as par 3 so the golfers don’t lose Email him at their balls as quickly as you would on sports@centre a par 5. countygazette.com. “But, one good advantage of the game is that the balls really glow nice. It’s really fun to watch the golfers when they hit the ball, because the balls just glow like fireworks. It’s a beautiful sight to see. It’s like watching a big fireworks display. “Every golfer gets two balls and a flashlight and, it’s cart paths only, and you are not to use your flashlight when you tee off. You put your tee in the ground and place your ball on the tee without using a light because the balls are glowing so much.” According to Dyke, head golf professional Jeremy Crawford came up with the idea for the night scramble,
which has drawn attention from golfers all over central Pennsylvania. “This is the first year we have tried this adventure,” said Dyke. “Jeremy had no idea what to expect, but we’ve had to limit the number of players at 36. We have had more and more golfers that want to play in the event, because it’s really something new and special. “And, on top of playing a special round of golf, it is really a lot of fun. Most of the golfers really don’t care about their score, they are just here to have a good time — and they do.” As to the golf boards, which are available locally only at Skytop, Dyke said golfers are thrilled with them. “They are being used as much as we thought they would be. Actually, quite a bit. The clubs sit on the front of the cart in a carrier and I’ll tell you to only use your legs to steer the cart. It’s a lot like riding a skateboard or a surfboard where you need to bend your legs left and right to maneuver. “So far, no one has fallen off the golf board, because
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Ranking this season’s PSU football schedule By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Losing is part of the game. The Top 25 at the start of the year rarely looks the same at the end of the year. Teams are simply too good across the board, and amazing things happen each and every week. A loss is almost certainly part of each and every team’s season. That doesn’t mean a team is bad; things just happen. The hard part isn’t predicting that a loss will probably happen, the hard part is predicting when it will. It’s entirely possible Penn State goes undefeated next season, although unlikely, but that doesn’t mean the games won’t be hard. Here are the Nittany Lions’ games ranked hardest to easiest.
1. OHIO STATE
This is kind of self explanatory. Until something changes, Ohio State is the team to beat in the Big Ten, and until something else changes, playing in Columbus is never going to be easy. If anything helps Penn State with this one, it’s the fact the game won’t be kicking off at night, but that just makes it a lighter shade of unpleasant.
2. IOWA
The Hawkeyes are almost certainly looking for some revenge this year and, given the history ranked Penn State teams have in Iowa City, this game shouldn’t be overlooked. If the Nittany Lions can roll through Iowa and pick up a win, that will tell everyone something about this team. Until they do, though, this game, which will almost certainly involve a hostile crowd and an eager opponent, is the biggest early test on the schedule.
3. MICHIGAN STATE
The Spartans got pretty well thumped by Penn State last season, and whatever happens this year is unlikely to be as sim-
ple. This game ranks so high up the scale because it comes after Ohio State. A win against the Buckeyes and it’s an emotional game; Penn State potentially picking up its first loss against Ohio State and it’s an emotional game. In fairness, James Franklin and his staff, not to mention his players, have done a good job hitting the reset button each week, but this trip won’t be easy and comes a bad time on the schedule. This is less about Michigan State and more about where it falls on the schedule.
4. NORTHWESTERN
Similar to Iowa, playing at Northwestern has always been a bit odd for Penn State. An early kick coupled with the bye week and Michigan not far down the road sets this up as a trap game. If nothing else, every team is going to give Penn State its best shot for as long as the Nittany Lions are highly ranked, and playing on the road does little to ease that pressure.
5. MICHIGAN
You could argue that this game should be higher on the list given last year’s outcome, but if you considered Penn State will have a juiced crowd, plenty of motivation and potentially an undefeated record on the line, there is more working in the Nittany Lions’ favor than against it. This doesn’t even include the somewhat straightforward fact that Michigan isn’t going to be as good this year to begin with. The Wolverines won’t be bad, but they’ll be a bit more beatable.
problematic for Penn State in the past, even in victory. Couple that with the first trip to College Park, and it’s far from a walk in the park.
7. PITTSBURGH
Rivalry or not, Pitt is going to come out swinging and that’s worth a few pegs right there. The Panthers aren’t going to be nearly as good this year, and there isn’t a ton of reasons to think Penn State will lose, but Pitt won’t care. If anything, a big game in Week 2 is as good of a time as any to pull off a shocker if you’re an upset-minded team, especially before Penn State can gather some momentum.
8. NEBRASKA
Another case of a game late down the line, without much value in guessing now. If Penn State is getting hotter and hotter as the season goes along, the Cornhuskers are in trouble. If the Nittany Lions have come back to Earth, then all bets are off for this one. Playing Nebraska will never be easy,
but there is no reason this game is clearly harder than the rest.
9. INDIANA
If this was still Kevin Wilson’s team. this game would be much higher on the list. Unless Indiana can replicate it’s fairly competent offensive attack from 2016 this year under a new head coach, it’s unlikely the Hoosiers can hang on against Penn State in Beaver Stadium.
10. RUTGERS
Rutgers is like Purdue, if Purdue didn’t hold practice.
11. GEORGIA STATE
New head coach, random night game, not nearly as many skill players as Penn State. This is straightforward.
12. AKRON
If Penn State loses to Akron to open the season, this game being ranked last on the list will be the least of the Nittany Lions’ worries.
6. MARYLAND
This game is so late in the schedule that both teams will look far different than they do today. Whatever direction their respective seasons are headed in, Penn State and Maryland will be nearing their final destination. This game might be easier or harder than it appears right now. For the most part, it’s this high up the list simply because Maryland has been
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PENN STATE tight end Mike Gesicki scores a first-quarter touchdown against Maryland in 2016.
Gesicki named to Mackey Award watch list Gazette staff reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Senior Mike Gesicki is the latest Nittany Lion to appear on a preseason watch list as he was among the candidates for the 2017 John Mackey Award. Gesicki appears on the preseason Mackey watch list for the second-straight season. The Mackey Award is given annually to the most outstanding collegiate tight end. The award is named after NFL Hall of Fame member John Mackey, who is considered to be the best to have played the tight end position. On July 10, junior running back Saquon Barkley and junior quarterback Trace McSorley were named to the Maxwell Award watch list for the National Player of the Year, while senior safety Marcus Allen and senior linebacker Jason Cabinda are nominees for the Bednarik Award
for the National Defensive Player of the Year. Gesicki, who is a preseason All-American according to Athlon, Street & Smith, Lindy’s and Sporting News, had a breakout campaign in 2016, breaking the Penn State single-season record for receptions and yardage by a tight end. His 48 catches broke the record held by Andrew Quarless (41; 2009) and his 679 receiving yards best Mickey Shuler’s previous mark of 600 receiving yards (1977). He also tied the Penn State season record for touchdown catches for a tight end (five) in 2016. He led the Big Ten and was tied for seventh nationally in receptions and receiving yards by a tight end. For his efforts, Gesicki was named second-team All-Big Ten by the media and All-Big Ten honorable mention by the coaches. Gesicki has four or more catches in seven of his last 12 games.
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DISTRICT FIVE SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS
Spikes Notebook: Team finishes brutal week with multiple losses By JASON ROLLISON sports@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — After jumping out to a 9-4 record, the State Collge Spikes find themselves a bit lost, dropping their record to 11-9 after a brutal 2-5 week. Wins and losses do not matter much to the parent organizations of most New York Penn League teams, yet the St. Louis Cardinals value it at every level. “At every level in our organization, we want them to win,” Cardinals director of player development Gary Larocque explained to me last year. “Winning seems to breed development.” Working in the Spikes’ favor, despite this mini-slide, is that no club in the New York Penn League’s Pinckney division has truly separated themselves. The Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate and 2015 NYPL Champion West Virginia Black Bears sit atop the division at 13-7, and it took them a 7-3 stretch to get there. What hurts the Spikes is losing two out of three to lowly teams such as Auburn — 6-14 as of this writing. With all of the comings and goings of minor league players as documented in this space previously, the Spikes must continue to take winnable series’ if they plan on attempting to repeat their 2016 NYPL championship. Despite the team’s down play over the past week, there were some notable individual performances punching through as highlights in an otherwise dreary week. Brandon Benson, the Cardinals’ 20th round draft pick in the 2017 draft, had a night to remember July 6 as he tied the Spikes’ single-game record with six runs batted in, including the club’s first grand slam in three seasons as part of a 9-0 victory over the Williamsport Crosscutters.
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THE STATE COLLEGE Softball 8- to 10-year-old District 5 champions pose with their medals and banner. The team defeated Mifflin County 7-6 in eight innings July 1. Pictured, front row, from left, are Clare Banker, Grace Witmer and Elsa Strickland. Back row, from left, are Tori Kroboth, Alissa Fritz, Kennedy Stahl, Gabi Todd, Sam Mikesic, Jess Hawbaker, Paige Moriarta, Jordyn Steindl, Tori Risha and Morgan Snelick. Coaches for the team are Alan Witmer, Kelli Steindl and Chad Todd.
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JUNIOR LITTLE LEAGUE CHAMPS
JULY 13-19, 2017
JUNIOR OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS
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THE PHILIPSBURG OSCEOLA 13- and 14-year-old boys’ Junior Little League All Star Team won the District 5 Championships for 2017. Pictured, front row, from left, are Matt Thomas, Nick Coudriet, David Meersand, Trent Butler, Chase Chapman and Zach Kolbe. Back row, from left, are Caleb Pellerite, Jeremy Whitehead, Logan Page, Tommy Stephens and Nathan Gustkey. Coaches are Troy Butler, Greg Whitehead and manager Larry Kolbe Sr. Spikes, from page 27
the only Spikes starter to post back-toback starts of eight innings or more.
The July 6 game also was notable for serving as pitcher Sam Tewes’ first professional win. The 2016 eighth-round draft choice has worked considerably hard to make his way back from numerous injuries — including Tommy John surgery — and his hard work is starting to show. Tewes scattered six hits across 6 2/3 innings, striking out four hitters against two walks. Fellow starter Daniel Castano once again tied a Spikes record as he allowed one earned run over eight innings in the team’s July 7 win over the Auburn Doubledays. It was his second such eight-inning start this season, and as an eight-inning outing represents the longest a Spikes’ starter has ever gone in a game, Castano has created his very own record. He is now
Major League Baseball recently celebrated its 88th annual All-Star Game in Miami. Did you know the New York Penn League also holds its own All-Star Game? This year, the hosting honors for the Saturday, Aug. 15, exhibition go to the Tri-Valley ValleyCats. Though the starting participants in the majors are voted in by fans, many would be surprised to know that the NYPL has no such system. In fact, participants are decided entirely by the office of the NYPL president Ben Hayes. Hayes’ office, in turn, consults with a panel of owners and managers, while still maintaining final decision-making power as to the rosters.
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THE DIAMONDBACK Truck Cover softball team captured the 2017 Philipsburg-Osceola Junior Olympic championship recently. Pictured, front row, from left are Camryn Chverchko, Paige Rishel, Mykenna Bryan, Olga Chernykh and Annie Johnson. Back row, from left, are Reese Hazelton, Daisy Glessner, Cheyenne Selvage, Madeline Lobb, Kayleigh Smith and Layla Thompson. District 5, from page 25 Ebeling led off the game with a single, Dom Capperella followed with a single and then Kaden Clark walked to load the bases, bringing Kormanic to the plate. The first pitch from State College starter Eric Weaver got past catcher Adam Cooper and allowed Ebeling to score the game’s first run. Kormanic sent Weaver’s next pitch far over the center-field wall for a home run that ultimately stood up as the game’s winning hit. Then in the fifth inning, Davis Corman, Luke Fisher, Ebeling and Capperella all added RBI hits in a six-run rally that essentially put the game away for Bellefonte. State College, after being held to just two hits by Kormanic through four innings, finally got something together in its half of the fifth. SC strung together four hits, including an RBI single by Carter Salvato, but it was too late. Kormanic worked
a strikeout and two fielder’s-choice grounders to end the game under the 10run rule. “He (Kormanic) will get a game ball tonight,” Grove said. “Braedyn is hitting the ball well. I mean, our top three have been hitting the ball very well, and we moved Braedyn up tonight (to No. 4), and I’m glad we did.” Bellefonte will now move on to the Section 4 tournament, which will also be double-elimination and which will be played in State College. There will be four teams entered, and the winner will advance to the Pennsylvania championships. “They (Bellefonte) got hot at the right time,” State College coach Greg Albert said. “They hit the ball a bunch. We gave it our best shot, struggled a little bit early and let some runs get on the board. But they didn’t let up, and they put 11 on us. My hat is off to them. That’s a nice-hitting ball club and I wish them all the best.”
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“If I have done anything, even a little, to help small children enjoy honest, simple pleasures, I have done a good bit.” — British author Beatrix Potter
Though childless herself, Beatrix Potter was highly successful in accomplishing two major goals during her lifetime: entertaining generations of children through her country-inspired “The Tale of Peter Rabbit” and other beautifully illustrated animal stories, and conserving much of the land that now comprises the Lake District National Park in Britain Avid gardener for future generations. Lora Gauss lives in Potter was no ordinary child. Philipsburg. Email She kept a detailed coded diary as her at community@ centrecountygazette. a child, in which she recorded observations about people and places com. around her. Fantasy and fairies intrigued her, and she was a student of classic fairy tales and the mythology popular in her day. She was also interested in almost every branch of science, and drew and painted specimens with skill, especially fungi. As an adult, she enjoyed owning working
farms and breeding and raising Herdwick sheep. Importantly, she was a firm believer in land preservation, leaving more than 4,000 acres of land and 16 farms to the National Trust upon her death in 1943. The artistic and intellectual curiosity this Victorian-era woman embodied may seem removed now, but they continue to comprise what makes nature and home gardening alluring to those of all ages. Here are some ideas, inspired by Potter’s love of country living, for encouraging love of the outdoors among family members (and yourself): Start small and lead by example where children are concerned. Plant a window box or cut-off milk jug with seeds of anything (even grass or birdseed). Talk about the process of growing and what plants need to live and thrive. What happens when plants are ignored? Get child-sized tools for kids. A trowel, rake, hat, and gloves are good to start. My 3-year-old grandson Max doesn’t like to get his hands dirty, but we’re working on that. Give them a place to “play in the dirt.” This includes digging holes and adding water. Let go of the fact that the garden must be “pristine.” Designate a special plant for care by a child. Create a secret garden in a space hidden from view. I used to call this a fort growing up, but, then again, I had two brothers. LORA GAUSS/For the Gazette
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Balance family, work and education with these tips StatePoint.net It’s an age-old conundrum. To advance professionally, often one must go back to school. However, earning a degree might seem like an insurmountable challenge because of the demands of a current job. Experts say that more education is not only advantageous, but downright necessary in certain industries, particularly where technology is changing the playing field. If you find yourself wanting or needing to go back to school, these tips can help create a good life-study balance: Don’t be a one-man band. Take advantage of the educational support systems provided by your school, such as tutoring, writing assistance, career services, technical support and on-campus activities. Identify short study windows. Maximize downtime whenever you have it. Have an infant? Read your assignments out loud to your child. Are your children enrolled in sports? Read assignments during practices or at halftimes. On the job? Study on your lunch break. Select a program wisely. Look for programs designed to make it easy for busy, working people to earn degrees. Some schools offer the flexibility to learn online or in a classroom or have classes that begin four times a year, offering degree-seekers greater flexibility. Gardener, from page 30 Years ago, my 7- and 9-year-old children accompanied my husband and me on a cross-country “see America” summer trip. We only had a used green station wagon, a four-person tent and some provisions. It was one of the best trips we ever made — we could at last comprehend the vastness and diversity of the United States. We drove from the city of Philadelphia through the flat cornfields of the Midwest to the majestic Rockies of Colorado and then the redwoods of Muir Woods in California. We included camping visits to national parks, such as Zion and Yellowstone, along the way, making for a truly awesome journey. There are technology apps that encourage interaction outdoors. Here are some that have been recommended by Common Sense Media, an independent nonprofit organization that helps families make savvy media and technology choices. (I have listed the appropriate ages for use; some are not free.) Audubon Birds – A Field Guide to North American Birds (8 and older) Disneynature Explore (6 and older) Gro Garden (5 and older) Leafsnap (8 and older) Meet the Insects: Forest Edition (7 and older) North American Birds (8 and older) Out-A-Bout (4 and older) Plum’s Creaturizer (5 and older) Plum’s Photo Hunt (7 and older) Nature lovers are not born. They are molded by nurturing and guidance to love and respect all that this magnificent earth has to offer.
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Screen time during the summer: What parents should know JESSICA DIRSMITH
Summer often is synonymous with relaxation and fun in the sun for kids and parents alike. However, the extra down time during the summer months may lead to an increase in screen time for children of all ages. Though parents may enforce more stringent screen time rules during the school year, they may adopt a more relaxed attitude during the summer. But, parents should remember that experts recommend limiting use of screen time for children of all ages. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, children younger than 18 months old should avoid Jessica Dirsmith is use of screen media other than a certified school video chatting. For children 18 to 24 psychologist. She months, parents may wish to select practices in the high-quality programming while State College Area watching it with their kids for a limitSchool District and ed amount of time. also teaches at Penn Between the ages of 2 and 5, it is State. recommended that screen time be limited to one hour per day with parental co-viewing. For children ages 6 and older, it is recommended that consistent limits are set on time spent using media and types of media, all while ensuring that media use does not interfere with adequate sleep, physical activity or other behaviors associated with health and wellness. According to child psychiatrist Dr. Brian Rockower, if the weather is nice, friends are available, there are chores to be done or there is a good book to read, video gaming can wait. Extended use of technology such as gaming systems, cell phones and television can interfere with adequate and necessary sleep and exercise that is so vital for children. Rockower also said that the light from a screen at night can affect melatonin levels.
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KIDS HAVE more downtime in the summer, which may lead to increased screen time in today’s electronic world. “Suppressing melatonin can tell your body that you are not ready for sleep. This is problematic, because many children and adults alike delay sleep because they stay on their screens until they feel tired.” It is of utmost importance to establish consistent rules and limits for screen time, particularly during less structured seasons, in order to help children form healthy lifelong habits for children.
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Penn State booth to feature the art of science By LAUREN INGRAM Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State will highlight the art of science and the science of art at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. A booth, The Art of Discovery, will bring Penn State faculty and staff members together to spotlight the intersection of art and science with educational workshops and hands-on demonstrations on 3-D printing, artistic robots, 360-degree virtual reality technology, painting with natural pigments and more. The booth, located next to the Willard Building on campus, will be open for visitors from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 13, through Saturday, July 15. Each morning and afternoon will feature art-meetsscience demonstrations by Penn State educators showcasing their crafts. Festival visitors of all ages are invited to stop by the booth to watch and participate in the free demonstrations and learn about the impact Penn Staters are having on the arts and the world. Visitors also will be encouraged to share their favorite Arts
Festival memories via video on Penn State social media channels. “There are so many connections between the arts and sciences, and I hope this booth will help showcase some of the really interesting and impactful projects in the works at the university that are blending these subjects,” said Heather McCune Bruhn, instructor in art history in the College of Arts and Architecture, who will host a painting workshop at the booth. “I believe that good scholarship and investigation cross the lines among disciplines. For example, the workshop I’m leading will touch on art and history by highlighting how ochre, a natural pigment, was the first paint ever used by humans for Paleolithic cave paintings.” For a peek into McCune Bruhn’s and other Penn State projects, visit The Art of Discovery booth during Arts Festival to: Look through a 360-degree virtual reality viewfinder and see 3-D printers in action with staff from Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State. TLT’s The Dreamery is a co-learning space where students, faculty and staff
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AARON KNOCHEL, an assistant professor of art education at Penn State, will conduct a scribblebot workshop July 14 at the Art of Discovery booth during the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. can explore emerging technologies and leverage innovative tools in their teaching and research pursuits. (noon to 2 p.m., Thursday, July 13, and Friday, July 14) Take a journey into Penn State’s past with a “Throwback Thursday” exhibit with librarians from the Penn State University Libraries Archives. (3 to 5 p.m., Thursday, July 13) Experience data as sound and visuals during a demonstration by Mark Ballora, professor of music technology in the College of Arts and Architecture. Ballora creates sound out of data by turning large data sets — for everything from underwater acoustics to arctic squirrels’ body temperatures — into video and audio files. ( 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, July 13) Take a virtual 360-degree field trip to Brazil, Belize, Iceland and Penn State’s University Park campus with Alexander Klippel, associate professor of geography. Klippel and his colleagues created an app that lets people tour favorite campus spots like the Old Main Bell, Obelisk and Veterans Plaza while wearing virtual reality headsets such as Google Cardboard. (3 to 5 p.m., Friday, July 14) Watch a robot draw and build one yourself at a demonstration and workshop with Aaron Knochel, assistant professor of art education in the College of Arts and Architecture. Knochel will showcase hand-built scribble-bots — miniature robots that draw — that are made out of everyday objects such as rubber bands, strawberry baskets and markers. (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Friday, July 14)
Mix watercolors to paint with honey, gum arabic and natural pigments such as ochre with Heather McCune Bruhn, instructor in art history in the College of Arts and Architecture. Bruhn and a colleague from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences are developing a course on rocks, minerals and the history of art through a grant from Penn State’s Integrative Studies Seed Grant. (noon to 2 p.m., Saturday, July 15) Make glass candy with Carlo Pantano, Penn State’s “glass guru” and distinguished professor of materials science and engineering. Glasses are not all the same and are used in many different applications beyond windows and bottles, such as fiber optics, biomedical implants, displays and touch-screens. (3 to 5 p.m., Saturday, July 15) Create a cyanotype with Holly Veenis, a master of fine arts student with a focus on photography. Cyanotypes are an alternative photographic process developed in 1842. During the demonstration, participants will find out about the history of cyanotypes, how to create a cyanotype and create their own. (5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saturday, July 15) In addition to participating in activities and learning about the intersection of art and science, booth visitors will have the chance to share their own favorite memories and stories from past Arts Festivals. Participants will be able to record short videos that may be featured on Penn State’s official Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and news sites.
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Film to tell story of legendary State College bar By Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Fifty years ago, a 22-year-old landscape architecture student named Don Bartoletti signed a $250-a-month lease at 111 1/2 E. Beaver Ave. for a bar he had wanted to create since arriving in State College four years earlier. This bar would be a welcoming place where businessmen, students, Vietnam vets and those just passing through could have a drink, tell a story, sing a song, argue about politics and do so freely, without prejudice. In 1969, “Bart” would be joined by a 44-year-old father of six, a World War II vet and engineer at one of the Department of Defense’s largest contractors. Together, the unlikely duo of Don Bartoletti and Ernie Oelbermann would prove the power of a bar was not unlike that of a church. Ecumenical. Sincere. Countless thousands love The Phyrst. Few know its story. Until now. As part of its mission to conserve local culture, the Nittany Valley Society will reveal the fascinating 50-year history of a State College landmark in a feature documentary film this fall. “The Phyrst 50: A Bar in a College Town” will capture stories of the people who have helped a local establishment persevere in Happy Valley for half a century. Production is underway and principal filming will take place this summer, including during the daylong 50th anniversary celebration at The Phyrst on Saturday, Aug. 5. The project treatment describes a story that is at once unique and timeless: The greatest college bars become their communities in microcosm. Ownership, employees and regulars join wave after wave of new arrivals to forge something meaningful. Joined together through space, time and spirit, they imbue a place with a soul. The Nittany Valley Society has engaged veteran production company BlueWhiteTV, the team behind feature-length films such as the Emmy-nominated “The Joe We Know” and “365 Days: A Year in Happy Valley,” to produce the film. “There’s this line, ‘If every generation thinks only of itself, then the world never gets any better.’ And that’s what those two guys understood through their life experiences,” said BlueWhiteTV’s Eric Porterfield, the film’s writer/director, in a press release. “So, it’s a story that’s universal on one hand, but on the other, it’s a rare and unique story that needs to be told about this bar that we all pass every day, not really realizing or understanding why it’s still there.” The thread of Bartoletti and Oelbermann’s story will connect the shared experiences of community members
for whom The Phyrst has earned a special significance. The film will feature interviews with proprietors, staff and patrons dating back to the bar’s founding, rare images, new and archival footage and original music. An original logo and poster design have been created by Bellefonte
artist Brian Allen, of Flyland Designs. “We’ve got a great creative team behind this project. The people from The Phyrst and Happy Valley Restaurants have been extremely supportive, and we appreciate it,” said Chris Buchignani, president of the Nittany Valley Society. “But maybe the most surprising and gratifying aspect has been the outpouring of interest and support from the many people who hold the bar close to their hearts. Folks like the members of The Phyrst Phamily band gave The Phyrst its character. Their involvement has been critical.” “It is with great anticipation that I, along with all of the Oelbermanns, await the making of the film,” said Kathy DiMuccio, daughter of long-time Phyrst proprietors Ernie and Becky Oelbermann, herself a member of the famous Phryst Phamily band. “I have been keeping Becky updated on the project weekly, and she is very excited about it. She knows how excited and proud Ernie would be. “The production process so far has been very welcom-
ing for so many of the people who have made The Phyrst become The Phyrst. The Phyrst was home to many, and no matter how many years have gone by, we always remember home with such fondness and love.” The Nittany Valley Society’s vice president Kevin Horne said, “the Nittany Valley Society exists to deepen appreciation for our place by sharing its stories. This film is exactly the sort of project that suits our mission of cultural conservation.” Knowing The Phyrst holds special meaning for countless Penn State alumni, the Nittany Valley Society will conduct a crowd funding campaign to help bring “The Phyrst 50: A Bar in a College Town” to life. Individual donors will join early corporate sponsors including Fullington Trailways, Bacardi USA and Nittany Beverage, the exclusive local beer distributor of the film. Contributors will have the opportunity to gain access to special perks like digital downloads of the film, recognition in the film’s credits and tickets to the film’s exclusive State College premiere. “The Phyrst has been integral to the fabric of life in the Nittany Valley for 50 years; this story belongs to all of us. Community members are invited to make a contribution to the project in honor of their own unique Phyrst stories,” said Buchignani. “We hope to connect the young and young-at-heart who have helped this distinctive place to stubbornly persist in a transient town for five decades. Innumerable patrons have been to The Phyrst literally hundreds of times over the years. Through this film, they’ll get to ‘see’ it for the very first time.” “The Phyrst 50: A Bar in a College Town” will premiere at The State Theatre on Friday, Nov. 10. For more information, visit www.phyrst50.com.
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PENN STATE student Christina Dietz performs her sculpture mid-term performance, “Dancing for Your Dessert,” in fall 2015.
2017 Penn State sculpture graduate wins fellowship Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State alumna Christina Dietz is one of only 10 graduating seniors nationwide to receive a Center for Craft, Creativity, and Design Windgate Fellowship, a $15,000 award that honors exemplary skill in craft. It is one of the largest awards offered nationally to art students. Dietz, who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture in 2017, was chosen from a pool of 110 candidates. She will use her award to travel and study throughout Europe. Sculpture, Page 34
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Chris Young, Blake Shelton star at historic event By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — An afternoon of sunny skies and country music kicked off the first-ever concert at Beaver Stadium, and the heaviest hitters on the Happy Valley Jam lineup took to the stage the evening of July 8. Throughout the day, the crowd slowly filtered in, with tailgates going strong from the time parking lots opened through the early evening. The concert started with upand-comers Adley Stump — who has played several shows in State College this week — and David Ray delivering energetic sets that mixed originals and some rock covers. Seats began to fill as country veterans Big & Rich took the stage at 6 p.m. with a set that leaned heavily on crowd favorites, hits and appeals to patriotism. The latter part of the duo’s show brought Cowboy Troy to the forefront, and they powered through seamless segues among originals and covers before reaching a crowd-pleasing conclusion with “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy).” As the sun began to set on what turned out to be a near perfect day of weather, Chris Young took the stage with his band and charged forward with the anthemic “Underdogs.” He then reached back in his catalog to his first No. 1, “Gettin’ You Home,” and another early hit, “Voices.” Throughout the show, the crowd continued to grow as Young led his band through a career-spanning set that blended in a few ballads, such as “Tomorrow,” with some of the rockers, adding in covers of Conway Twitty and ZZ Top for good measure. Young closed with another No. 1 hit, “I’m Comin’ Over,” that had the crowd singing along. After the sun went down it was time for headliner Blake Shelton. By the time the superstar took the stage, most everyone was at their seats and on their feet. Shelton and his
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band opened with a rousing “Neon Light” and kept the party atmosphere moving with the 2010 single “All About Tonight.” Shelton engaged in some extended banter, saying he wasn’t sure what to expect with the show being the first concert at Beaver Stadium. “Never done this here ... I think y’all oughta keep doing it here,” he said. “I didn’t expect to see this many people
here. This is unbelievable.” An official attendance figure was not yet available, though it appeared to meet the university’s expectations of more than 30,000. He then launched into a more recent number, 2016’s “A Guy With a Girl” and took it down a notch with “Doin’ What She Likes” and “Sangria.” He finished strong with a mix of older and newer pieces.
Sculpture, from page 33 “I will learn about lacemaking in Normandy, France; cheese-making in Bagni di Luca, Italy; the silkworm process in Jaipur, India; and glassblowing and pickling processes in Kyoto, Japan,” she said. “In all of these places, an ingredient accumulates value through the skilled ‘hands’ of the laborer. Thread becomes an intricate, lush pattern, the excretion of a worm is transformed into silk, and raw vegetables are preserved to enable exploration outside of the small village.” Dietz is the third winner from the Penn State School of Visual Arts in the past four years, and the first majoring in sculpture to receive the fellowship. “Christina is not a student of a traditional craft-based medium, but instead employs craft-based processes to create sculpture and video work,” said Shannon Goff, Penn State assistant professor of art. “She explores craft as a verb and reminds us that food production, skill and ritual also fall under the umbrella of craft. Her multidisciplinary approach examines gendered labor, social interaction, value and consumption.” Dietz said she is fascinated with how process can change a material’s physical state and its representational value. “Through manipulation and skill, raw materials can come to represent the identity of the maker, the cultural community or even a spirit of exploration. Why is some-
thing considered special or even magical if it is homemade? Skill and labor become obvious in the aesthetics of an object, but time and attention are also powerful ingredients,” she said. “These elements are sometimes secret ingredients that are not visually apparent. I’m interested in the shift in value that happens when a consumer becomes aware of the time and attention that is involved in making.” According to Tom Lauerman, Penn State assistant professor of art, Dietz resists easy solutions. “She challenges herself by working with an unusually wide range of processes, yet her projects are always guided by powerful narratives and poignant content,” he said. “From the beginning, she showed a great capability and desire to work collaboratively and utilize the resources of the university community.” The CCCD Windgate Fellowship, now in its 12th year, has awarded $1.8 million to 120 emerging craft artists nationwide. Today, Windgate Fellows hold full-time faculty positions, are accepted into nationally renowned residence programs, mount solo shows and establish successful studios. More than half have gone on to earn master’s degrees in fine arts. Their work can be seen in nationally traveling exhibitions and galleries, and is published in periodicals such as American Craft. For more information, visit www.craftcreativitydesign. org/2017-windgate-fellowship-awards.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. Children’s activity — Literacy-enriching activities for toddlers featuring books and music are held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A story time featuring songs, rhymes, finger plays and crafts for kids ages 2 to 5 is held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Performance — Visitors are welcome to view the Nittany Knights practice at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights. org. What’s Happening, Page 35
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AROUND & IN TOWN What’s Happening, from page 34 Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Support group — The Bellefonte chapter of the Compassionate Friends Support Group, for bereaved families and friends following the death of a child, holds a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 353-4526 or mherb162@gmail.com. Children’s activity — Children can improve reading skills by reading with Faolin, a trained therapy dog, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Register for 20-minute sessions by calling (814) 355-1516 or visiting the library. Support group — A drug and alcohol support meeting for families struggling with loved ones’ addictions is held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Watermarke Church, 116 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 571-1240. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Support group — The Narcotics Anonymous “Open Arms” group meets at 8 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 145 W. Linn St., Bellefonte. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www. statecollegesunriserotary.org. Children’s activity — “Book Babies,” featuring interactive singing, reading and movement for babies 1 and younger, meets at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A pre-K story time featuring developmentally appropriate stories, songs and rhymes is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A story time featuring related activities and interaction with peers for preschool-aged children is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Meetings — The Nittany Baptist Church holds master’s clubs for children ages 3 to 11 and small groups for teens and adults at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, 3939 S. Atherton St, State College. Visit www. nittanybaptist.org. Healing circle — A healing circle will be held from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 111 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Contact Beth Whitman at beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com or (814) 883-0957. Meeting — The Nittany Mineralogical Society meets at 6:45 p.m. for a social hour and 7:45 p.m. for the main program the third Wednesday of each month, except June, July and December, in Penn State’s Earth and Engineering Science Building. All are welcome to attend; parents must supervise minors. Visit www.nittanymineral.org. Thrift shop — The State College Woman’s Club Thrift Shop will be having “Open Thursdays” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 902 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 238-2322. Meeting — The Hooks and Needles Club for knitters meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A Lego club exploring block play and other activities that address topics in science, technology, engineering, art and math is held at 3:30 p.m.
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every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe, 208 W. Foster Ave., State College. Children’s activity — Activities and presentations for children in grades kindergarten through sixth are held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The State College Toastmasters meet from 6 to 8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Mission Critical Partners, 690 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit www.statecollege Meeting — PARSE meets at noon on the third Thursday of each month, except for June, July and August, at Hoss’s, 1459 N. Atherton St., State College. Meeting — Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at Freedom Life Church,113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Registration is not required and individuals are welcome to join at any time. Email restorationCR@freedomlife.tv or call (814) 571-1240. Pet adoption — Nittany Beagle Rescue holds an adoption event from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 692-4369. Pet adoption — A kitten and cat adoption event is held from 2 to 8:30 p.m. every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 238-4758. Tours — Tours are offered 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays at Eagle Ironworks at Curtin Village, 251 Curtin Village Road, Howard. Visit www. curtinvillage.com. Community sing — Rise Up Singing, a community singing group, meets from 4 to 6 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the State College Friends Meeting, 611 E. Prospect St., State College.
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Presentation — “The Butterfly Lady” will give a free slide presentation at 11 a.m. at Rose Franklin’s Perennials, 107 Butterfly Lane, Spring Mills. Visit www.butterflybushes.com. Event — The Snow Shoe Rails to Trails organization will hold its annual chicken barbecue, sponsored by Best Line Powersports, from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gillentown Trailhead, 1145 W. Sycamore Road, Moshannon. The meal includes a half chicken, potato and macaroni salads, baked beans, dinner roll and beverage for $9. Takeout will be available.
TUESDAY, JULY 18
Class — A free class on hip and knee replacements will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center, Conference Room 1, 2 or 3, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call (814) 278-4810.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 19
Class — A free class on buying and using hammocks will be held from 7 to 8 p.m. at Appalachian Outdoors, 123 S. Allen St., State College. Light refreshments will be served. Baseball — The State College Spikes take on Williamsport at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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Pagano honored with Patriot Award
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STATE COLLEGE — The Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve recently announced Matthew Pagano, of SpringHill Suites, was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of his support of an employee serving in the Pennsylvania Guard and Reserve. “The Patriot Award was created by ESGR to publicly recognize individuals who provide outstanding patriotic support and cooperation to their employees, who like the citizen warriors before them, have answered their nation’s call to serve,” said William Burkhard, Pennsylvania ESGR North Central Area chairman, in a prepared statement. Pagano was nominated for being highly supportive of the Marine Corps Reserve service of Cpl. David Mitchell. a member of MP Company B, 4th LE Battalion in McKeesport. ESGR, a Department of Defense office, seeks to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment and military service of members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserve. Paramount to ESGR’s mission is encouraging employment of guardsmen and reservists. For more information, call (800) 336-4590 or visit www.esgr.mil.
HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania Bar Association president Sharon R. López has named 11 Pennsylvania lawyers, including Sharon Barney, of Leech, Tishman, Fuscaldo and Lampl in State College, to the 2017-18 class of the association’s Bar Leadership Institute. “Our young attorneys are the bright lights in the bar’s future. The investments that we make in them now are critical for the profession’s growth,” said López. “I’m so pleased to name these hard-working attorneys to this year’s class and look forward to working with them as they connect and form relationships with more seasoned members, create a network throughout the commonwealth to share experiences and learn more about the varied paths to leadership within the PBA.” This year’s BLI co-chairmen are Melinda C. Ghilardi, Office of the Federal Public Defender, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Scran-
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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: JUNE 19-23 BELLEFONTE
John D. Lease to Maria D. Lease, 104 N. Alleghany St., Bellefonte, $1 John D. Lease to Maria D. Lease, 138 W. High St., Bellefonte, $1
BENNER TOWNSHIP
Lynette B. Rossman and Mark P. Rossman to Brian J. Greene and Melissa D. Koch, 938 Valley View Road, Bellefonte, $166,900 Marilyn Findley to Kenneth W. Pasch and Kathy R. Pasch, 232 Meadow Flower Circle, Bellefonte, $280,000 Parkside Homes LLC to Matthew A. Conrad and Amanda M. Conrad, 200 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $326,542
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
Donna L. Litke Estate and Sigrid Byers, executrix, to Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund, 1138 Pleasant View Blvd., Port Matilda, $1 Kay F. Uncapher to TUW Joseph Banks First National Trust, 1256 Moose Run Road, Bellefonte, $275,000
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
Andrew H. Coward and Michelle C. Vigeant to Troy C. Sutton and Jennifer D. Sutton, 117 Oak Pointe Circle, State College, $422,000 Nathaniel R. Weiner and Elizabeth J. Weiner to GRSW Stewart Real Estate Trust and Melissa Mannarino, trustee, 260 Florence Way, State College, $472,000 GRSW Stewart Real Estate Trust and Melissa Mannarino, trustee, to Shara McCallum and Steven Shwartzer, 260 Florence Way, State College, $472,000 Patricia Y. Miranda, Patricia Y. Miranda-Hartsuff and Gregg A. Hartsuff to Mark J. Cvrkel and Mary K. Cvrkel, 210 Wiltree Court, State College, $270,000
CURTIN TOWNSHIP
Jason E. Neidig and Jodi L. Neidig to Jason E. Neidig, 155 McKeans Lane, Howard, $1 Thomas J. Breon II, Sheila R. Weaver and Sheila Breon to Sheila R. Weaver, 496 Mantown Road, Howard, $1 Sheila R. Weaver, Shelia R. Breon and Thomas J. Breon II to Sheila R. Weaver, 452 Summit Hill Road, Howard, $1
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Benjamin C. Lawrence and Jessica A. Lawrence to Hedong Li and Mei Jiang, 2218 Setter Run Lane, State College, $415,000 Andrew J. Biddle and Beverly Biddle to Stephan P. Jarmak and Alyssa V. Bruce, 392 Meckley Road, State College, $135,000 Deana R. Bryan, Deana R. Musso and Anthony Musso to Michelle C. Vigeant, 1986 Harvest Circle, State College, $242,000
Mark S. Woytowich and Christine A. Woytowich to Harold J. Coleman Jr. and Itoro U. Coleman, 2197 Setter Run Lane, State College, $419,000 Qiwei Gan and Yin Liu to Anthony M. Musso and Deane R. Musso, 1716 Princeton Drive, State College, $369,900 Robert M. Leicht and Alanna Leicht to Edward A. Meek and Linda L. Meek, 2255 Bristol Ave., State College, $298,000 Thomas D. Juska and Kathryn A. Wilt to Gary Brown and Cheryl Brown, 1325 Chestnut Ridge Drive, State College, $454,000 William L. Ottaviani and Bonnie L. Ottaviani to Chengye Feng and Qingzhou Feng, 782 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $204,500
Lois J. Ferringer and Lois J. Loy to LongQing Chen and Shuet-Fun Mui, 609 Marjorie Mae St., State College, $169,000 Robert H. Lugg, Carol A. Lugg and John K. Lugg to Michael J. Wilson and Christine S. Wilson, 580 Galen Drive, State College, $171,700 David F. Mercer and M. Jeanette Mercer to Kenneth B. Reininger and Holly J. Reininger, 622 Benjamin Court, State College, $250,900 Ralph E. Chronister to C. Rocco Rosamilia and Lorraine L. Rosamilia, Buffalo Run Road, Bellefonte, $120,000 Charles E. & Polly M. Munkberg Revocable trust and Polly M. Munkberg, trustee, to Carol Stetz, 159 Bolton Ave., State College, $312,000
HAINES TOWNSHIP
POTTER TOWNSHIP
Christopher L. Ronk to Jennifer A. Ronk, 237 N. East St., Aaronsburg, $1
HOWARD TOWNSHIP
Kimberlee J. Carey to Rachel Siko and Zackery M. Peek, 364 Walnut St., Pleasant Gap, $131,000 Joshua First and Vivian M. First to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, North Eagle Valley Road, Howard, $36,000 Charles D. Rupert and Phyllis M. Rupert to Charles D. Rupert and Phyllis M. Rupert, 220 Mill St., Howard, $1
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
Victor C. Holderman and Melinda J. Holderman to Victor C. Holderman and Melinda J. Holderman, 500 Beaver Road, Julian, $1 James C. Dillon Jr. to Chad L. Maurer, Maurer Lane, Julian, $1
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
Sheila R. Weaver, Sheila Boone-Breon and Thomas J. Breon II to Sheila R. Weaver, 762 Schencks Grove Road, Howard, $1 Michael P. Shaughnessy and Susan E. Shaughnessy to Brandon K. Scheirer and Kelley M. Scheirer, Eagles Nest Road, Liberty, $27,500
MILESBURG BOROUGH
Gregory A. Resides and Nicole Resides to Ryan C. Brown, 200 Darrell St., Bellefonte, $186,000
MILLHEIM BOROUGH
Irene M. Fohringer Estate and Robert L. Fohringer, executor, to Darryl L. Aukerman and Nancy G. Aukerman, 148 Penn St., Millheim, $70,000
PENN TOWNSHIP
Robert S. Senator Sr. and Jennifer A. Senator to Robert S. Senator Sr. and Jennifer A. Senator, 186 Klinger Lane, Spring Mills, $1
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Theodore E. Glusko, Agatha S. Glusko, Katie S. Glusko, Katie G. Sosnoskie and Merritt A. Sosnoskie to Colleen Williams, 112 Alma Matter Court, Unit H, State College, $236,000 Andrea E. Kohler to Ryan P. Veeder and Natalie E. Veeder, 356 Ghaner Road, State College, $191,500
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Donna G. Fetterolf Income-Only Trust, Susan K. Royer, trustee, and Donna G. Fetterolf to Brian D. Royer and Marileona Royer, 111 Ashford Manor Drive, Centre Hall, $188,000 Brian D. Royer and Marileona Royer to Matthew A. Reichard and Melissa M. Reichard, 188 Sinking Creek Road, Spring Mills, $205,180 Clarence L. Kilnefelter Estate and Frances M. McCool, administrator, to Frances M. McCool, 125 Colyer Road, Centre Hall, $1
RUSH TOWNSHIP
Woodduck for Clean Streams to Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Port Matilda Highway, Philipsburg, $1 Lawrence S. McMullen to William R. Conway and Vicky L. Conway, Sugarwood Drive, Philipsburg, $18,000 Bank of New York Mellon to Kevin C. Haney and Lorie A. Haney, 212 Walker St., Osceola Mills, $31,900
SPRING TOWNSHIP
Daniel J. Koleno Estate and Misty L. Rider, executrix, to Patrick R. Burns and Diane K. Burns, 285 Lower Coleville Road, Bellefonte, $48,000 Daniel J. Koleno Estate and Misty L. Rider, executrix, to Barbara J. Shouey and Amanda J. Nichols, Upper Coleville Road, Bellefonte, $14,000 David M. Leuschel and Amanda M. Leuschel to Nicholas P. Petrone Jr. and Lauren Petrone, 123 Gwenedd Lane, Pleasant Gap, $225,000 Graymont Inc. to Graymont Inc., 980 E. College Ave., State College, $1 Quality Rehabs Inc. to Larissa E. Fetterolf and Joseph R. Davis, 226 Upper Coleville Road, Bellefonte, $196,500 Timothy K. Benford, guarantor, Timothy F. Benford and Patricia K. Benford to Timothy F. Benford, 349 Greens Valley Road, Centre Hall, $1 Barry R. Wunz to Barry R. Wunz and Kathryn J. Wunz, 126 Sheppard Lane, Bellefonte, $1 Wilma M. Heiser Estate and Lesley K. Garcia, executrix, to Kay F. Uncapher, 115 Faust Circle, Bellefonte, $179,500 Scott J. Auman and Deborah A. Auman to Paul D. Esker and Adriana M. Williams, 114 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $292,900
Robert G. Benner to Sharon T. Bathgate and Andrew A. Shawley, 512 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte, $120,000 William K. First and Carolyn J. First to Christine C. Castles and Neal A. Castles, Witherite Road, Spring Township, $1 Donna L. Litke Estate and Sigrid Byers, executrix, to University Park Plaza Corporation, 242 Forge Road, Bellefonte, $1
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Carol Warland by agent to Robert S. Myrick and Jessica G. Myrick, 446 Homan Ave., State College, $335,000 Thomas M. Hart and Cynthia D. Hart to Elizabeth M. Stoddard and Paul B. Stoddard, 705 W. Nittany Ave., State College, $510,000 Francois X. De Fromont and Anne S. De Fromont to Cartus Financial Corporation, 111 Waypoint Circle, State College, $450,000 Cartus Financial Corporation to Matthew R. Balazik and Karen S. Pheasant, 111 Waypoint Circle, State College, $450,000 Luogang Wei, Carol Xie and Fan Xie to Carrie Lynn and Marc Sorber, 221 W. Mitchell Ave., State College, $252,000 Wendi C. Moore and Paul J. Moore to Redevelopment Authority of Borough of State College, 706 N. Allen St., State College, $327,500 Hazel J. Stephenson Estate and Suzan L. Fohringer, executrix, to Erin Luley, 1127 S. Garner St., State College, $205,000 William S. Carlsen and Cynthia A. Berger to Paul J. Moore and Wendi C. Moore, 215 Ridge Ave., State College, $550,000
SNOW SHOE BOROUGH
Arthur C. Shreffler Jr. and Bertha M. Shreffler to Arthur C. Shreffler Jr. and Bertha M. Shreffler, 103 S. Fourth St., Snow Shoe, $1 John C. Manifold Estate, Lisa A. Manifold, co-executrix, and Teresa L. Hale, co-executrix, to Doreen M. Rees, 1942 Clarence Road, Snow Shoe, $20,000 Randall Viehdorfer and Cheryl Viehdorfer to Michael A. Keller and Lisa L. Keller, 119 Spruce Road, Moshannon, $90,000
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
Lucinda K. Howard to Edward J. Crishock, 6013 Tyrone Pike, Tyrone, $155,000
UNION TOWNSHIP
Bernice M. Walker and Clarence N. Walker to Calvin A. Walker, Stacey L. Walker, Jennifer E. Smith and Kevin A. Smith, Egypt Hollow Road, Julian, $1
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Willis W. Ardry and Marjorie A. Ardry to Willis & Marjorie Irrevocable Trust and Mark L. Ardry, trustee, 1095 Snydertown Road, Howard, $1 Zachary Trynovich and Ulyana Trynovich to Elliott T. Emmick and Amy R. Emmick, 170 Lorinda Lane, Bellefonte, $299,900 Kevin J. Kabilko and Robin Y. Kabilko to Robin Y. Kabilko, 1122 E. Springfield Drive, Bellefonte, $1 — Compiled by James Turchick
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Increase the value and appeal of your home with one simple upgrade. Visit our website to view Clopay garage doors on YOUR home with the Door Imagination System!
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SPRING BRAE APARTMENTS 1 & 2 Bedroom Affordable Apts. Now Accepting Applications Conveniently located in Bellefonte 1 year lease/ rent starts at $485.00
OVER 37 MILLION JOB SEEKERS! Go to www.MyJobConneXion.com or call 814-238-5051.
Unfurnished Apartments
Sign at The Meridian and get $300! The Meridian on College Avenue is offering $300.00 to the next 8 individuals who sign a lease with us for the 2017-2018 lease term!! Do NOT miss out on this opportunity! Call our office for a tour. 814-231-9000!
Income Restrictions Apply
1 BED, 1 BATH 2 BLOCKS FROM DOWNTOWN SC One bed/1 bath apartment 2 blocks from new Target, 4 blocks from UP. Rent includes all utilities except for cable or internet service - renter picks one, off street parking, and laundry room on each floor. Avail 8/4/17 8/4/18. (814) 329-6468
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3 BEDROOM APT NEAR NITTANY MALL Upper level of duplex. Available August 1st. $675 per month plus electric (heat), water & trash included. Year lease, no pets. Off street parking. Call 814-404-3516 9AM - 8PM
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THE MERIDIAN ON COLLEGE AVE. $606.00 The Meridian still has a few fill spaces available! These are for a few of our female residents looking for roommates! $606.00 a month with the ret including; internet, water, sewer and trash! Call today! 814-231-9000 www.meridianon collegeavenue.com
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STATE COLLEGE OFFICE SPACE If you are in or starting a business, then this is the place for you. With ready made offices and high speed Internet Access at your fingertips, this space will meet all of your needs. Here is what our facility has to offer: 2000-3000 Square Feet of Prime Office Space to Rent Below Market Office Prices per Foot Experienced and Established Local Employers Convenient Access to Atherton Street and Route 322 Ready to Rent Offices Complete with Utilities and High Speed Internet Access. (814) 325-2376
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On Thursdays for magazine delivery in State College & surrounding area. Requires good driving record,valid license, insurance & dependable transportation. $10 per/hour + mileage
Call (814) 919-2135 to apply.
Seeking to buy a home through Rent to Own? Call for details! NEW HORIZONS REAL ESTATE CO.
814 355-8500
Work schedule is WednesdaySunday, 2nd Shift.
Seasoned, Barkless, Oak Firewood. Cut to your length, Split, & Delivered. Year round sales on firewood. Call: Matt Walk (814)937-3206
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YARD SALE: July 15, 16, 22, 23 • 9-5 Horse riding & driving equipment, riding clothes, misc. horse equipment. Rain or shine. 814 692-7581 52 Ira Lane, Stormstown
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TOWNHOME FOR RENT W&D, 2.5 mi from PSU on W. Aaron Dr. Bus route to campus. Call 814.466.7821. Lv a msg. Vacation Homes For Rent
PERMANENT Camper site in camp ground, water, electric, sewer available, near Poe Valley State Park. Call (814) 349-5861
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SEMESTER PARKING Parking in church parking lot, 600 block of East Prospect Ave. Fall and Spring, $260, per semester. First Church of Christ, Scientist. Call Mike 814-237-8711 or email m7h@psu.edu. Reserve now!
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TRUE HANDYMAN SERVICES
No job too small!
LET US HELP!
Fuel & Firewood
Matt Walk’s Firewood
Bald Eagle Area School District is accepting applications for a full-time custodian.
See District website www.beasd.org for more information.
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Life is better in the Valley!
041 COZY 2 BEDROOM HOUSE 2 bed, 1 bath house, just remodeled and is fully furnished in Lemont, walking distance to local café and eateries, 5 minutes to Beaver stadium. No smoking, pet allow, by CATA bus stop Rent for Daily $125, Weekly $550, Monthly $1650, Football weekend $1100 (814) 571-3834
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SENIOR SOCIAL CENTER For participants with dementia. Monday- Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Reasonable rates.
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COUNTRY Living unique apartment, 1200 square ft. of open area, 2 bdr, loft , 10 miles west of State College, 2271 Westgatesburg Rd., no inside pets, $1050 mo. Call (814) 692-5288
4 Weeks 8 Lines + Photo
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(2) BURIAL Crypts, In Mausoleum in Center County Memorial Park, asking $4,000. Call (814) 466-6661
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2 DAY ESTATE SALE July 28 & 29 Tools, Furniture, and Jewelry will be auctioned Friday. Collectibles, Antiques, 150+ dolls, and glassware will be auctioned on both Friday and Saturday. Additional collectibles and toy tractors will be auctioned on Saturday. For more info visit http://www. auctionzip.com/ cgi-bin/auctionview. cgi?lid=2911488 for Friday’s listing and visit http://www. auctionzip.com/ cgi-bin/auctionview. cgi?lid=2925065 for Saturday’s listing.
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5 INCH TV/Radio, AC/ DC, & car cable, analog, $10. 3 CB radios, $50 for all 3 radios. Realistic FM tuner, $10. Morse code key, $10. (814) 238-4469 WESTERN SHOW SADDLE 16” TexTan show saddle, AQHA collection, Full Quarter horse bars, 7” gullet, good underneath, silver was replaced last year, well taken care of. asking $550. (814) 880-0922 MICROWAVE Oven, $20. Large box of wooden picture frames, $25. (814) 238-4469 RADIO SHACK 300 channel home scanner, still in box, excellent cond. $100. obo. (814) 355-2739
125 PSI Sears Craftsman Air, Twin cylinder, 20 gallon tank, 2 hp, 110 or 220, asking $150, Call (814) 355-2511
SINGER sewing machine: portable, tabletop, great condition, 10 stitch pattens, button holer, foot pedal & accessories. $70.00 firm. Call (303) 929-6214
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Cute as buttons; Two tiny male white malti-poos, 15 weeks old, ready for good homes. Have shots. Mifflinburg Call for price: 360-904-7704.
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12 GAUGE Shot Gun, Smith & Wesson Model 1000, semi-auto., 3 choke tubes, ventilated barrel, 2 sights, recoil pad, very nice wood, scribing on receiver, good cond., asking $400. Call (814) 355-1749
Parts & Accessories For Sale
2 MOTOR Automobile repair manuals, 1954 or 1957, $15 for both, excellent condition. Call (814) 355-2739 01 FOCUS RIGHT COMPOSITE Headlamp & Upper Grille - $15.00 Right composite headlight assembly, fits ‘00-02, $15; upper grille assembly, fits ‘00-04, $10; off 2001 Ford Focus SE, some missing tabs but will still mount on easily, call / text (814) 571-4549 or call (814) 353-0760. Thanks.
Parts & Accessories For Sale
1 195/60R16 Hankook Optimo H426 tire, good condition, has 7/32” tread remaining, manufactured 43rd week of 2015, $20; please call/text (814)571-4549 or call My landline @ (814)353-0760, thanks for viewing.
TRUCK RIMS 16 INCH 8 LUG RIMS OFF 2002 3/4 TON DODGE...OEM... ASKING $140.00 ...ALL FOUR (570) 995-9100
FOUR 245/65R/17 tires & wheels for Honda Ridgeline, very good condition, $50 each. (814) 321-4737
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2012 MAZDA 3 VERY GOOD CONDITION $11.000 FWD, V4, CD player, Satellite radio, A/C, heated seats, power locks/windows, GPS, Bluetooth, rear spoiler and much more. This vehicle is fully loaded! (814) 933-4725
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2004 ISUZU ASCENDER V8 4WD 142,700 miles, 3rd row seating, inspected through March 2018, new battery and alternator. lots of love left to give. $2500 OBO (814) 404-0109
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To apply, Text
FULL-TIME TELLER • Reliance Bank is currently seeking an outgoing, dedicated individual to join our North Atherton Office team as a Full-Time Teller. • High School Diploma or equivalent is required, as well as 2+ years of strong Customer Service and /or Retail Sales experience. Prior experience working in a Teller role or in a banking environment is preferred. • We offer the opportunity to be part of a strong, friendly, community-focused organization, as well as a competitive salary and excellent benefits package. Together we’ll find a way! • If you have a commitment and personality to provide our customers with high-quality service, we’d love to hear from you! Please submit your application and resume via our online Careers website at: www.reliancebank.bank/careers • Reliance Bank is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
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(617) 207-6350 To apply, Text We are excited to announce Dunkin Donuts is growing and will be opening a new location on North Atherton Street this fall. We are looking for enthusiastic individuals that have a passion to for hospitality and thrive in a team environment. Text to apply or stop by our South Atherton location to start your rewarding career today!
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Dreams do come true but don’t sleep on this one.
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Whatever you envisioned your life could be, this property will make it a reality.
The sky is the limit with this one of a kind property. It is perfect for whatever you have in mind! 1950 Linden Hall Road, Boalsburg, PA 16827 4.03 Acres Main House 1st Floor: 5,972 sq. ft. Finished Basement: 4,428 sq. ft. Total: 10,400 sq. ft. Attached Structure Includes Breezeway Total: 7,038 sq. ft. Summary Residence Total: 17,438 sq. ft. 25% of 17,438 sq. ft. (4,360 sq. ft.) is allowed by Harris Township Ordinance. Property Ideas • Artist Studio & Gallery • Bed & Breakfast • Dog Boarding, Training, Grooming • Day Care • Dance, Yoga, or Fitness Studio • Cooking or Recording Studio • In-Law or Guest House • Home Occupation • Collector Work Space or Display Area For More Information Go To www.HappyValleyPALuxuryEstate.com
House Features • Elaborate security system. Motion sensors installed throughout house. Can control alarm for both building and house from any panel in house. • Fire alarms throughout entire house are hard wired into security system. • Geo-Thermal Unit for house with 4 heating/cooling zones. Second Geo-Thermal Unit for building with 3 heating/cooling zones. • Upgraded Spray Foam Insulation through house & garage. • Radon Mitigation System • Hardwood floor & tile throughout. Carpet in bedrooms. • Pella windows. Tilt & clean. • Gate, driveway alarm, covered front porch, invisible dog fence. • LED Accent Night Lighting professionally installed for entire property including building. • “Christmas” light switch that controls all electrical outlets across the front interior of the house. • Custom cherry cabinets & built-ins throughout house.
Building Features • Mail Room Custom oak cabinets & work space. Enough room for additional work stations. Wall-mounted TV. • Gym Huge open unobstructed room with observation room/office. Special reinforced beams designed to support the gym floor and allow a free standing open basement without poles. Has its own entry separate from main office, also has double door access to gym. Has its own zone for heating/cooling. • Locker Room Two handicap accessible showers. Wet closet with hose bib. Toilet room, storage bins, urinal, and 2 sinks. • Basement Geo-Thermal Unit in basement mechanical room. Has its own zone for heating/cooling. Sprinkler system, storage under steps, and double door exit. • There are 2 additional large room/private offices & half bath for staff.
ANNETTE YORKS GROUP
Keller Williams Advantage Realty (814) 272-3333 EXT 6110 / (814) 360-0140 CELL
www.annetteyorks.com
Annette Yorks, REALTOR, Luxury Home Specialist, & MD Preferred Agent Sarah Boha, REALTOR, Lead Buyers Specialist Diana Das, REALTOR, Transaction Coordinator Sandy Datcher, REALTOR, Executive Assistant, Professional Stager Krystal Koch, Marketing Coordinator Torrey Johnson, Administrative/Marketing Assistant