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Changing lifestyles mean less time, fewer volunteers By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
owner has some documentation to provide to the state liquor control board about either taxes or something and it’s down to the final sign-off and there’s something held up at that level,” he said. According to prior statements from Bellefonte Borough administrators, Marian Bradley, of Montana, has been attempting to close on the Gamble Mill for some time. The community anticipated a closing on the historic property in May, but the month came and went. The Centre County Recorder of Deeds Office still shows the parcel remains the property of Dunlap Street LLC.
The number of volunteer firefighters has been on a long, steady decline, as fewer people have time to devote to training, fundraising and fire calls, according to local fire officials. Local officials say they fear for the future if volunteer departments “THE REALITY IS, do not get more support. “The reality is, this this system is broken. system is broken,” said The train is off the Steve Bair, fire director for Alpha Fire Compa- tracks and people ny and the Centre Re- are headed for a real gion Council of Governmess.” ments. “The train is off the tracks and people are Steve Bair headed for a real mess.” fire director for Alpha There are very few Fire Company and the Centre paid firefighters in Region Council of Governments Pennsylvania, and only in urban centers. This leaves the bulk of responsibility to volunteers for fighting fires, securing vehicle accidents and other scenes for safety, and rescuing people from crashed cars, planes, collapsed structures, natural disasters and just about every other emergency imaginable. On top of that, they are constantly engaged in fundraising in order to keep the lights on. The lives of citizens are in the hands of an ever-shrinking pool of fellow citizen volunteers, who spend much of their time training and trying to raise
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SIGHT AND SOUND erupted over Beaver Stadium during the Central PA 4thFest fireworks show, held July 4 to celebrate the independence of the country. The Parade of Heroes kicked off the daylong celebration, which included fun, food and activities for all who attended. See more about the parade on page 5.
License issues delay Gamble Mill sale By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The sale of the Gamble Mill continues to be delayed, now with issues related to the transfer of the liquor license. The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board website shows the license still in the name of KDP Bellefonte Inc., the entity that has been moving through bankruptcy proceedings. “We’ve been anticipating closing on the property for months,” said Ralph Stewart, Bellefonte borough manager, at a town hall meeting June 8. “The latest issue that we’re hearing is that the previous
Encampment reaches one month at proposed development site By SEAN YODER syoder@centrecountygazette.com
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — It has been a month since protesters began camping on a section of the proposed site of a massive luxury cottage development along Whitehall Road at Blue Course Drive in Ferguson Township. About a dozen tents are pitched there, with a small makeshift garden and an array of signs calling for Penn State and Toll Brothers to call off the deal. The occupants haul in their own water and walk to nearby public bathrooms at High Point Park. There has not been a single night where someone has not slept at the protest site, said Kelli Hoover, of the Nittany Valley Water Coalition. Police Blotter .................... 2 Death Notices .................. 6
But in the coming years, that same slice of ground could become home to luxury accommodations aimed at attracting Penn State students, a development that protesters said could contaminate Slab Cabin Run, which provides drinking water for multiple municipalities. Toll Brothers is a Fortune 500 company that has designed and sold more than 100,000 luxury homes, making it the largest such company in the U.S. The company wishes to construct a 268unit cottage planned residential development on ground belonging to Penn State. Hoover said the wish of the NVWC is that Penn State and Toll Brothers find a site elsewhere, preferably closer to campus to keep the water from being contaminated and reduce congestion along Encampment, Page 4
Opinion ............................ 8 Health and Wellness ........ 9
Community .................... 12 Sports .............................. 19
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DAVID STONE points to the gully the Nittany Valley Water Coalition is afraid could become contaminated if a proposed cottage development is built nearby. Stone is one of the campsite organizers for a protest on the property.
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Hunter R. Anderson, 23, of Philipsburg, faces numerous charges and citations filed June 28 for leading troopers on a high-speed chase June 3 and being in possession of controlled substances, state police said. Anderson led troopers on a high-speed chase starting in Decatur Township, Clearfield County, and ending in Snyder Township, Blair County. After troopers were able to take Anderson into custody, police said they found 40 grams of methamphetamines, 2 grams of cocaine and a small amount of suspected crack cocaine in his Dodge Dakota. Anderson faces two felony charges of flight to avoid apprehension and fleeing or attempting to elude an officer, as well as felony drug charges. He faces an additional six misdemeanor charges and another 67 citations. Anderson had previously been charged for a May 19 incident where police said he tried to elude capture. qqq Randy L. Kramer, 30, of Osceola Mills, will face a charge of harassment after state police said he became physical during a verbal dispute at 7:30 a.m. June 17 with a 29-year-old Sandy Ridge woman at 637 Oak St. in Rush Township. qqq Troopers said they found 46 grams of cocaine during the search of a residence at 300 North St., Philipsburg Borough, at 9:30 p.m. June 20. Police said they received an anonymous tip about the cocaine, and will charge Philip L. Bryant, 57, of Madera, with drug possession. qqq Police said Shaun Page, of Tyrone, suffered minor injuries when his minivan struck a tree near 989 Tyrone Pike in Rush Township at 5:32 a.m. June 21. qqq A motorcycle rider suffered minor injuries after state police said she struck a patch of oil on the road from a leaking truck at 8:36 p.m. June 25. Troopers said Joyce M. Duprey, of Winburne, was traveling north on Tyrone Pike near Dale Road in Rush Township when she encountered the oil on the road and lost control of her Harley-Davidson motorcycle, which rolled left and slid for 50 feet before coming to a stop on the eastern fog line. qqq Someone struck a mailbox and fled the scene at 11 a.m. June 25 along Halfmoon Valley Road near Beckwith Road in Halfmoon Township, state police said. Multiple vehicle parts were found at the scene. qqq Troopers said they are looking for a suspect who tried to steal a cash register from the Black Moshannon concessions building in Rush Township at 2:12 p.m. June 26. Police described the man as a white male, in his late 20s to early 30s, with the sides of his head shaved and longer hair on top in a ponytail and may have a birthmark on his face. Police said he dropped the cash register while fleeing and took off into the woods and was seen
operating a faded maroon, older model sedan earlier in the day. qqq A 25-year-old man and 19-year-old woman, both of Huntingdon, will face drug possession charges after state police said they were pulled over for speeding at 5:45 p.m. June 28 along Interstate 99 in Worth Township and were found to have a small amount of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. qqq State police said they will cite a 27-year-old Bellefonte woman for sending intimate images to the friend of a 29-yearold female victim from Julian in Union Township on June 29 at 1:47 p.m. Troopers said the accused will face a citation of harassment. qqq
STATE POLICE AT ROCKVIEW Police said they will charge Beth Smith, 30, with endangering the welfare of children, driving under the influence and possession of drug paraphernalia and Bruce Miller, 33, for possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after they were pulled over along Route 30 west of Greece Road in Snake Spring Township, Bedford County, at 7:54 p.m. May 10 with a 4-year-old boy in the car. qqq Several “skimming devices,” used to steal debit and credit card information, were discovered at gas pumps 1 and 12 at Snappy’s at 2892 Earlystown Road in Potter Township. Police said the devices were placed sometime from June 12 to June 22. Police said they don’t have any suspects. qqq A 21-year-old Milesburg woman told police someone stole $120 from her in the 300 block of Creek Street, Milesburg Borough, sometime from 8 to 9 p.m. June 21. qqq Neither driver was hurt in a two-vehicle crash at 2:09 p.m. June 26 at Jacksonville Road and Hidden Valley Lane in Marion Township, police said. Troopers said Kayle M. Kimble, of Howard, was traveling south on Jacksonville Road when Avery T. Sweely, of Howard, pulled out in front of Kimble’s vehicle. qqq Two men left the scene of a crash after they crashed their car along Park Road in Millheim Borough, police said. Marcus A. Port, 30, of Centre Hall, was traveling north at 6:53 p.m. June 26 when the car left the road and struck a tree head on. Police said Port and his passenger, Cole J. Confer, 22, of Spring Mills, left the scene. Port will face citations for the accident. qqq An inmate at SCI Rockview in Benner Township will face aggravated assault charges after state police said he threw urine on a corrections officer at 8:30 p.m. June 27. qqq State police said an inmate at SCI Rockview in Benner Township was found with suboxone strips at 6:30 p.m. June 27 and will face contraband charges. Police Blotter, Page 5
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24-hour health care vigil thanks Casey By JAMES TURCHICK correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The new Republican health care bill brought a group of sign-holding Centre County residents to U.S. Sen. Bob Casey’s front door on East Bishop Street in Bellefonte for a 24-hour vigil that started at noon June 28. But, attendees weren’t there to protest. Armed with signs, food and their own personal stories, they wanted to thank Casey for his disapproval of the bill during their daylong vigil. The event’s organizer, Jared Deloof, said he has Type 1 diabetes and his insulin costs will skyrocket by thousands of dollars if the bill is passed as it stands. “We’re out here to thank Sen. Casey and to tell Sen. Pat Toomey that we’re watching,” Deloof said. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the Senate’s newest health care proposal, the Better Care Reconciliation Act of 2017, would leave 22 million more people uninsured by 2026 than the current system would if left in place. According to the CBO’s estimate, the government would save $321 million if the Senate’s bill is passed. Sarah Pearson would rather that didn’t happen. “I think it’ll be a disaster to our area,” Pearson said. “There’s 500,000 people on Medicaid in Pennsylvania’s 5th District.” The 5th District covers most of the northwestern portion of the state. “It’s not good, because we’re battling an opioid crisis now, too,” Pearson said. Across the country, Medicaid provides coverage for substance abuse treatments for close to 1.3 million Americans, according to research by Harvard Medical School. In Pennsylvania, the number is slightly above 80,000. According to the same study, 3.2 of every 100 people in Pennsylvania die of a drug overdose. Cutting funding for drug abuse treatment could raise those numbers more, which have already ballooned by 137 percent nationwide since 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Deloof said Casey’s staff came out to thank them on the day of the vigil and gave them enough food to stay until the next day. He also said he would keep fighting to make sure the people who need coverage can get it.
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JARED DELOOF stands alongside East Bishop Street in Bellefonte. He’ll pay more than $40,000 a year if the U.S. Senate’s health care bill is passed.
Medical marijuana dispensary approved for area By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — The Pennsylvania Department of Health on June 29 announced the approval of 27 permits for medical marijuana dispensaries in the state, including one in the State College area. PA Health & Wellness LLC was granted a permit, listing the primary dispensary location as 2105 N. Atherton St. Located in Patton Township, the property is the former site of El Jalisco restaurant and the old site of Otto’s Pub. The new permit holders have six months to become operational before they can begin dispensing marijuana. Dispensary permit holders may have up to three locations, but PA Health & Wellness lists only the North Atherton Street location. “This has been a highly competitive process and the department received hundreds of quality applications,” said John Collins, director of the Office of Medical Marijuana, said in a statement. “Once this program is fully operational, patients with serious medical conditions will have locations throughout the commonwealth where they can purchase medication to help in their treatment. We remain on track to provide medication to patients in 2018.”
Six regions were established in the site for granting dispensary and grower-processor permits, with two each available for the Northcentral Region that includes Centre County. The other dispensary permit for the region announced June 29 was granted to Keystone Center of Integrative Wellness LLC in Lycoming County. Grower-processor permits were issued last week. For the Northcentral Region, permits were approved for companies in Clinton and Montour counties. PA Health & Wellness LLC’s application lists a principal address as the office of the DePaul Group in Philadelphia. Partner Tony DePaul was not immediately available for comment. According to a report earlier this month by PennLive. com, PA Health & Wellness LLC is a partnership among DePaul, fellow Philadelphia-area businessman Austin Meehan and Nature’s Medicine, an Arizona-based medical marijuana company. A panel of experts from a number of areas reviewed and scored applications to determine who would get a permit. Applicants were required to meet a series of stringent operational, financial and security requirements.
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Mountaintop Swimming Pool celebrates 48 years By SAM STITZER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
SNOW SHOE — The Mountaintop Swimming Pool in Snow Shoe is celebrating its 48th year as a popular recreational attraction for generations of Mountaintop-area citizens. Pool board president Jennifer Nastase said construction of the pool began in 1968, on land donated by Clair and Marie Hall. It was finished in 1969 and opened to the public that summer. In 2011, for the first time in its history, the Mountaintop Pool did not open for business. The pool required much-needed maintenance and a general refurbishing, and its board of directors was out of money, out of volunteers and out of ideas. The board didn’t give up, though. It mounted a fundraising campaign to try to rescue the pool, with hopes of reopening the next year. There was a car show and craft fair, as well as chicken barbecues, dances and bingo. Private donations rolled in from the Mountaintop area and all around Centre County, and several government grants also were obtained. Repairs were made, and the pool reopened in June 2012 to the delight of the entire community. To help bring swimmers to the pool, the board has established a bus run twice a week through the month of July, with a bus supplied by the Bald Eagle School District. Children are brought to the pool for four hours, then returned to bus stops throughout the Mountaintop area. “It’s been a great program the last two years,” said Nastase. “It gets the kids out to spend time with each other and helps provide them with a physical fitness activity. “We have a brand new pavilion that was donated by Fred Thomas, and built by volunteers that don’t even live in Snow Shoe but remember coming to the pool as kids,” said Nastase. “We also have a brand new slide for the pool.” The pavilion is available to rent for events. The pool board has planned some upcoming fundraisers, including a chicken barbecue and milk shake sales at the Snow Shoe Carnival. Chinese lanterns can be purchased to be released in memory of loved ones at a Splash Hop event. For more information, call (814) 387-4228.
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THE MOUNTAINTOP Swimming Pool has been a staple of summer recreation in Snow Shoe for nearly five decades.
Sue Paterno responds to NCAA assertions about lawsuit By STEVE CONNELLY StateCollege.com
Following the June 30 announcement that the Paterno family dropped its lawsuit against the NCAA over its use of the Freeh report, both Sue Paterno and the NCAA expressed thoughts on the matter. Paterno said in her initial statement that the family had achieved all it could with the suit, in the process helping to reverse the NCAA’s sanctions. “Our goal has always been to uncover and make transparent the full truth. We have done all we can in this litigation to achieve that end and the furtherance of it beyond this point will not yield anything new, which is why I have decided to end my litigation with the NCAA,” Sue Paterno said in the statement. The NCAA, however, had a different theory for why the Paternos were not moving forward with the lawsuit. “Its decision today, after years of investigation and discovery, to abandon its lawsuit rather than subject those facts to courtroom examination is telling,” NCAA chief legal officer Donald Remy said in a
Encampment, from page 1 Whitehall Road. Toll Brothers said they have been eyeing the site for about five years. Part of the site is zoned R4 multi-family, and includes 5.5 acres of land zoned rural agriculture. It would be serviced by an extension of Blue Course Drive, which currently ends along Whitehall Road. Included among the units would be amenities such as a pool, clubhouse, fitness center, media rooms, tanning facilities, indoor and outdoor basketball courts, volleyball, outdoor barbecue space, fire pits and internal sidewalk connections. In consideration of stormwater, the site comes below the impervious surface requirements of 50 percent from Ferguson Township. The plan calls for 46.9 percent. But Hoover said the risk will require a large amount of mitigation, and a water retention basin could threaten the gully that runs to the south of the proposed site. She said the neighboring property owners expressed to them they also oppose the development and local support for their
statement. “We believe that the powerful record developed during discovery overwhelmingly confirmed what the NCAA has believed all along: the NCAA acted reasonably in adopting the conclusions of an eight-month investigation by Louis Freeh.” Sue Paterno responded to the NCAA’s claims July 1, saying “The NCAA’s implication that the litigation was ceased out of a fear of discovery being revealed is absurd on its face. At every stage of this litigation we have sought to make a complete record available. As recently as three weeks ago, the NCAA successfully kept the evidence in this matter under seal.” Because of the evidence under seal, Paterno did not believe more information could surface. She also cited the “financial burden” of funding this case as another reason for dropping the lawsuit. She also cited Auditor General Eugene DePasquale’s recent comments in which he called the NCAA nearly as corrupt as FIFA and the International Olympic Committee and said that Penn State should
have asked for an independent investigator instead of hiring Louis Freeh. Sue Paterno’s full statement: “Less than a month ago, Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale announced the findings of his SUE PATERNO independent report into events at Penn State, including matters involving the NCAA. In that report the Auditor General concluded that the Freeh report was paid for advocacy, a person arguably ‘hired to do (the board’s) bidding.’ He also concluded that the NCAA was an organization just this side of FIFA and the IOC in terms of corruption. More specifically, he stated that the NCAA’s actions manifested an apparent ‘vendetta’ against Penn State. That vendetta, and the NCAA’s propensity to distort matters to improve its image, once again manifested itself in its statement yesterday. “The NCAA’s implication that the liti-
gation was ceased out of a fear of discovery being revealed is absurd on its face. At every stage of this litigation we have sought to make a complete record available. As recently as three weeks ago, the NCAA successfully kept the evidence in this matter under seal. It was this reality — that we could not make these records available for public inspection — coupled with the financial burden of private individuals facing a billion dollar entity with limitless funds that prompted the ending of the litigation. “In my statement (on June 30), I sought to bring some closure after this became apparent. The tone of that statement was neither petty nor bitter, and it was our hope for that to be the last we said on it. But given the NCAA’s statement we felt this response was necessary. “So, with that in mind, we wish to make the following clear: We do not oppose the complete release of the discovery in this case, and support any effort for that record to be made public in its entirety. We have seen enough half-truths in this matter, a complete record of all discovery would be welcome.”
lawsuit is strong. Last year, Toll Brothers told local media it has been accommodating to the Environmental Protection Agency’s stormwater guidelines and that they have worked to exceed the local stormwater regulations. A spokesman said the development would be low-impact. He said Toll Brothers wanted to be a good neighbor and would tweak the plans if the outcome of litigation required them to do so. In November 2015, 15 families and farmers filed suit against Ferguson Township in Centre County Court, claiming the township was in error when officials approved the plan. That approval was overturned, and Toll Brothers filed an appeal. The appeals court then ruled against the NVWC, saying it did not file its suit at the proper time. It needed to file within 30 days of tentative approval. Instead, it filed within 30 days of final approval. But, NVWC said that only applies if all ordinances and zoning has been followed correctly. It contends that is not the case. The protesters are now taking their case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
June 30 was the final day for responses from Ferguson Township and Toll Brothers. Hoover said they do not know when they will find out if the Supreme Court will hear the case. She said the group’s lawyer, Jordan Yeager, told them it could be weeks or months. They hope the Supreme Court pays more attention to the 5.5 rural agriculture acres, for which she said Toll Brothers did not request any kind of variance. So far, Hoover said the community has been extremely supportive. “There hasn’t been a single day that a lot of people haven’t stopped by,” she said. They have given out 400 yard signs and raised $6,000 from community donations for their legal fund. There are strict rules at the campsite. No drugs or alcohol are allowed. Signs must be at least 35 feet from the center of the road. They do not infringe on the nextdoor Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She said police have stopped a couple of times, once to tell them not to get too close to the road, but all the interactions have been positive. “We’re trying to make sure we’re not doing anything that would cause any problems,” she said. Only a couple of people occupy the site during the day while most are at work.
Around 5 p.m., the activity level picks up. June 30 was the one-month anniversary of the occupation and the protesters had a potluck dinner and live music to celebrate. Further south on the property, the land slopes into a gully and is mostly tall weeds punctuated with a copse of trees here and there. In among some of those sprawling trees are strange rock clusters, said David Stone, one of the campsite organizers. Under the hot sun June 30, Stone showed old pipes peeking out from the clusters of rocks that he believes may have been put there by farmers in generations past. The thinking at the camp is that at one time someone was drawing water from it when water may have been closer to the surface. The sprawling oak trees may have provided an oasis for cows from the hot sun. There are two of these sites where the NVWC wants to perform dye trace tests, Stone said. Hoover said nearby property owners have reported an increasing amount of sinkholes as development in the area increases. Hoover and Stone said they are not leaving the site until Penn State and Toll Brothers find another spot to build. Hoover said both entities could still make money and the water could remain protected.
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Central PA 4thFest parade celebrates, entertains By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — Central PA 4thFest was in full swing July 4 with entertainment, celebrations and events under way. Residents and visitors lined the streets for the annual Parade of Heroes, which started out near the State College Municipal Building on South Allen Street then marched through downtown and onto the University Park campus. This year’s parade featured some additions. Country music artist Adley Stump, who performed on the Centre Stage near Beaver Stadium, rode in the parade. The Nittany Highlanders bagpipe band and a drum group and the Downbeat Percussion Band were first-time performers, as well. On a warm and mostly sunny afternoon, spectators enjoyed everything from musical perfor-
mances to dance to baton twirlers. Military personnel and emergency responders, and tributes to them, were well-represented. The parade also honored local heroes, nominated by community members, who are role models and have provided support and service to others through self-sacrifice. Each hero selected to participate in the parade receives a commemorative plaque and is individually transported in a vehicle through the parade route with his or her name and hometown highlighted on a banner alongside the vehicle. Nominees not selected to be in the parade receive honorable mentions and a certificate thanking them for their service to their community and country. Six local heroes were honored in this year’s parade: State College Police Officer Adam Salyards, Robyn Graboski, Joseph Januszkiewicz, Jack Mulfinger, Bill Welch Jr. and Rick Hall.
THE PARADE OF HEROES kicked off Central PA 4thFest in downtown State College on July 4, and included everything from baton twirlers to mounted horse riders.
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PHILIPSBURG — Officials of the Moshannon Valley Economic Development Partnership announced recently that they have entered into an agreement with Kissinger Bigatel and Brower Realtors, of the State College area, to market, lease and or sell partnership properties located in the Philipsburg region. “We are pleased to be working with KBB Real Estate professional Joe Herrle,” said Stan LaFuria, executive director of the MVEDP, in a press release. “Joe has a terrific history of successful work in commercial and industrial real estate and we are very confident that he will assist us in getting our properties leased up or sold. “There will be three key properties that will be the focus of Mr. Herrle’s work, and they include the Moshannon Valley Enterprise Center, the unsold lots in the Moshannon Valley Regional Business Park and the former hospital proper-
ty, now our Philipsburg Area Commerce Park,” said LaFuria. “The bottom line is that we are seeking companies that need inexpensive building space and/or sites to grow their businesses and create new job opportunities.” “I am excited about the prospects of working with the staff and board of directors of the partnership,” said Herrle. “They have a long history of working with both large and small companies that need land and building space and I believe that KBB can bring a lot to the table to assist them in that continued effort.” The space currently available within the 210,000-square-foot multi-tenant Enterprise Center ranges from 5,000 square feet to 22,000 square feet. There are four lots available in the Regional Business Park, and 15 acres available at the Commerce Park. For more information, contact LaFuria at (814) 342-2260 or Herrle at (814) 2388080 or (800) 876-3394.
Police Blotter, from page 2 qqq Someone broke two light bulbs and damaged a metal doorknob to a storage shed located between Continental Courts trailer park and Buffalo Run community park near 1251 Buffalo Run Road, Benner Township, sometime from noon June 27 to 7 a.m. June 29, according to state police. qqq Police said neither driver was hurt when a car driven by Wilbert L. Matthews, of Hollidaysburg, struck the rear end of an SUV driven by Kelli A. Wilkinson, of Houtzdale, at 7:38 a.m. June 27 in Patton Township along Interstate 99 near mile marker 70. qqq A 16-year-old Millheim boy told state police someone took seven Adderall pills of varying strengths while it was in a Boy Scout tent at 227 Sand Mountain Road in Potter Township sometime between 4 and 8:30 p.m. June 29. qqq A 33-year-old Port Matilda man will face driving under the influence charges after state police said they found him to be intoxicated during a traffic stop in the 800 block of South Eagle Valley Road in Boggs Township at 12:05 a.m. June 29. qqq
Police said they will file driving under the influence charges against a 53-yearold Centre Hall man who was found to be intoxicated during a traffic stop at 12:05 a.m. June 29 in the 800 block of South Eagle Valley Road in Boggs Township. qqq Police said David C. Fetzer, of Rebersburg, was not hurt after he fell asleep at the wheel while traveling along the 4700 block of Penns Valley Road in Penn Township at 4:40 a.m. July 2 and struck a guardrail. qqq A 27-year-old Woodward man will face driving under the influence charges after state police said he was found to be intoxicated during a traffic stop at 11:48 p.m. June 29 in Haines Township. qqq A Coburn man will faces hit-and-run related charges after state police said he lost control of his SUV along Pine Creek Road near Old Mountain Road at 1 a.m. July 3 in Haines Township then fled the scene. Troopers said Luke W. Weaver, 21, lost control and struck multiple obstacles, including a decorative flower garden, a stone-covered ditch, a speed limit sign and a set of mailboxes. He was later located at his residence and admitted to the crash, police said. — Compiled by Sean Yoder
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has filed a breach of contract lawsuit against former defensive coordinator Bob Shoop, saying he owes the university nearly $900,000 for leaving before his contract ended. The university said Shoop has indicated he has no intention of paying. The suit was filed in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas in June and moved to U.S. Middle District Court on July 3. Shoop came to the Penn State football program with head coach James Franklin in 2014 and in January 2015 signed a contract that ran through Feb. 15, 2018. But on Jan. 10, 2016, Shoop resigned to take the defensive coordinator position with the University of Tennessee. According to court documents, a buyout clause in Shoop’s Penn State contract stated that should he resign before it expired he would be required to pay liquidated damages of 50 percent of his base salary. The clause stipulated that he would not be required to pay if he became a head coach within one year of his resignation. Shoop has not become a head coach and is still Tennessee’s defensive coordinator. Penn State said he owes $891,856. His Penn State contract listed his annual salary as $850,000, with an additional $150,000 guaranteed in 2016 and 2017 if
he remained on staff. “Penn State has requested, in writing, that Shoop make the payment required under the contract,” Penn State attorney James Horne wrote in the complaint. “Shoop, however, has not made any payment, and, through counsel, has indicated a refusal to make such payment.” Shoop’s memorandum of understanding with Tennessee — which notes his base pay as $245,000 and supplemental pay as $905,000 — states that he “is solely responsible for satisfying any buyout or liquidated damages provision” in his contract with Penn State. When Shoop was hired by the Volunteers in 2016, Tennessee athletic director Dave Hart told GoVols247 that Shoop was willing to handle the Penn State buyout on his own and said it was a sign of his desire to join the program in Knoxville. “It’s a very, very loud statement about how bad Bob wanted to be a part of what is going on here in our football program,” Hart said. “He was willing to handle that, and we were able to move forward then in a very rapid fashion to try to get something, which we were able to do.” Shoop has been among the highest-paid assistants in the nation, and while at Penn State his defenses ranked nationally at No. 2 in 2014 and No. 14 in 2015. Nittany Lion assistant Brent Pry was promoted to the defensive coordinator position after Shoop left in 2016. Penn State ranked No. 37 in total defense last season, while Tennessee ranked No. 95.
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Death Notices CENTRE HALL — Jerry W. Murray died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at Geisinger Medical Center, Danville. He was 68. Arrangements were under the direction of Daughenbaugh Funeral Home, Centre Hall. www.daughenbaughfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — Robert E. Kline died Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. He was 96. Arrangements were under the direction of Mark D. Heintzelman Funeral and Cremation Service, State College. www.heintzelmanfuneralhome.com STATE COLLEGE — Richard Alden died Thursday, June 29, 2017, at home. He was 75. Arrangements were under the direction of Koch Funeral Home, State College. www.kochfuneralhome.com. PHILIPSBURG — Eleanor P. Kennard died Friday, June 30, 2017, at Mountain Laurel Health and Rehabilitation Center, Clearfield. She was 82. Arrangements were under the direction of Beezer-Heath Funeral Home, Philipsburg. www.beezerheathfh.com BELLEFONTE — Norma A. Meyer died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Centre Crest Nursing Home, Bellefonte. She was 85. Arrangements were under the direction of Daughenbaugh Funeral Home, Snow Shoe. www.daughenbaughfuneralhome.com BELLEFONTE — Beverly A. Smith died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Heartside Nursing Home. She was 81. Arrangements were under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Service, Bellefonte. www.wetzlerfuneralhome.com
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BELLEFONTE — State College’s Victory Sports & Fitness opened a new “boot camp” location on June 28 at 102 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, where the workouts won’t come from a cookie cutter mold. “We’d show you what we want you to do and if you can’t do it we’ll change it up so you can,” owner Jackie Oshinskie said at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. Oshinskie and her husband, Rob, live in Bellefonte and had the vision for the new location a year ago. “It’s exciting from the standpoint that when we started we originally wanted multiple (locations),” Rob Oshinskie said. “We think there’s a lot of potential to help so many people.” A few hard years in the beginning paid off for the couple — who didn’t want to water down their approach to fitness — because they were able to solidify their program. Body weight is the main component of how the new gym will operate. Jackie Oshinskie said if a clients can’t handle their own body weights, there’s not much point in putting more stress on their spines. The goal of the boot camp approach to fitness is to enable clients to be comfortable in their own bodies, and the first step is to enable them to manage their own bodies. Ryan Thompson was a college boxer and graduated from Lock Haven University. He now works for Victory and said if a client has a bad wrist and is unable to do a regular pushup, the trainers can adjust the workout to get the same muscle groups working with no pressure on the joints.
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Victory Fitness is all about approaching health in a customized way, he said. They’ll work clients hard, but at the end of the day understand that fitness is relative, and every client will have unique, personal milestones to reach. The workouts will generally consist of circuit training, meaning multiple rounds of predominantly bodyweight exercises. Using bands, medicine balls and the trustworthy hill outside, Victory is looking to make people sweat. Client’s schedules, like physical well-being, also are unique. The gym’s co-director, Danielle McHenry, said people don’t have to call to cancel. “If you can’t come in the morning, just come at night,” she said. While the Oshinskies own the gym, both said it wouldn’t have been possible without help. “This wouldn’t be a reality with the staff. Danielle, Ryan and Lauryn really towed the load,” Rob Oshinksie said. McHenry and fellow co-director Lauryn Weaver did all of the groundwork inside the building. “They did the paint and all of the other work (inside),” Thompson said. What used to be a green and yellow toy store is now an orange and red fitness center. Not exactly the same clientele, but the Oshinskies are hoping people still leave as happy as if they had just been given a toy. The couple is celebrating their 19th anniversary in August and have been working together for 14 years. “It’s the hardest thing we’ve done, but the best. We’ve grown martially, professionally and personally,” Jackie Oshinskie said.
STATE COLLEGE — A State College man is facing charges after police say he restrained and injured a woman in her apartment. According to a criminal complaint, at about 8:30 a.m. July 4, State College police responded to a domestic dispute on East Fairmount Avenue, where a woman said Austin L. Hughes, 36, had refused to leave her apartment, became verbally abusive, then began to remove items from the residence. The woman reportedly told police that Hughes took her vehicle keys and when she attempted to take them back he shoved and threatened her. After leaving and returning to the apartment, Hughes allegedly pulled the victim into her bedroom and pushed his chest up to hers. According to the complaint, when she attempted to get Hughes to leave, he threw her on the bed and laid on top
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JULY 6-12, 2017 Fire companies, from page 1 funds to maintain and purchase gear to make for a safer community.
STRAINS ON LOCAL DEPARTMENTS
In Philipsburg, Chief Jeff Harris oversees two stations: Hope and Reliance. He said there has been a major decline in the number of active volunteer firefighters there. Only about one out of every five junior firefighters will stay on as adults. One of the biggest strains for the two stations is money, where the junior firefighters could do the most good, but the responsibility often falls onto the older, more experienced members who not only have the skill and expertise to fight fires, but are also giving up entire days to raise funds, he said. Philipsburg firefighters used to hold bingo events, Harris said, but people in the area no longer have the money to play. Fire department bingo is also competing with an ever-expanding gambling industry. The Phillipsburg fire department’s biggest source of income now is a truck raffle, which is going on now. On Saturday, Sept. 9, the department will give away a new 2017 Chevy Silverado. Recently, the pressure was turned up even more on Philipsburg firefighters — they have to make payments on a new fire truck. Well, new to Philipsburg. Their 2006 Seagrave pumper is replacing a 1997 Seagrave. A piece of equipment like that comes with a price tag of about $250,000. They will get some help from local municipalities for payments, Harris said.
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There are 20 to 25 active firefighters in Philipsburg. Harris contrasted that with when he was a younger man fighting fires some 30 years ago. “There were times you would go to a fire call and you couldn’t get on the truck because there was so many people,” he said. “You would just sit back and wait.” He said the two stations for the last couple of years have been considering a merger to help save on building and other overhead costs, but they have not yet come to a consensus. A 2013 report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania showed 28 percent of rural fire departments have discussed consolidation or have already merged in the last two years, regardless of the size of the departments. The Port Matilda Fire Company’s volunteer numbers also have gone down over the past 10 years, assistant chief Butch Rudy said. From 42 a decade ago, the company’s volunteers have dropped by almost half. The 22 volunteers Port Matilda has left deal with the pressures of modern-day living while trying to help their community. “It all depends on the time of day,” Rudy said of how difficult it is for volunteers to get to the station. “Both members of the family have to work now and the training takes a toll on volunteers, too.” The need to balance work and family life with a commitment to fighting fires is tougher than it used to be, Rudy added. It is mostly a hit-or-miss situation. Weekend plans and weekdays at work strain a volunteer’s abilities to help. Budget constraints do not help either. Rudy said fundraisers are a big part of keeping the fire company operating. They help raise money, but, he said, they also bring in volunteers by recruiting right there at the same time. Overall in Pennsylvania, there has been little net change in the number of firefighters in recent years, according to a report from the Center for Rural Pennsylvania based on mailed questionnaires sent in 2012. In 2001, survey data showed 18.2 firefighters on average regularly responded to calls, compared to 16.8 in 2012. But looking back further, in 1976 there were 300,000 firefighters in Pennsylvania compared to 50,000 in 2012, according to the magazine Fire Engineering.
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Over at Alpha Fire Company in State College, they have far more active firefighters, with 105, Bair said. But Bair also pointed out the company is serving far more people, and in terms of percentage of population,
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But, Bair has spent his fair share of time fundraising. He started in Paxton Township in the Harrisburg area in 1975, where he ran bingo games every Friday. He then moved to Amherst, N.H., for his job and was a paid on-call firefighter. He moved to State College 10 years ago. Bair echoed what many others have said about the declining number of volunteers in firefighting and emergency medical services when talking about sense of community. He said growing up, his sense of community was his immediate surroundings — those same surroundings that a volunteer firefighter would help to protect. Now, he said, people identify with communities in terms of shared interests, not geography. He also agreed that overall the amount of time spent fundraising drives people away from volunteering. He said the shift to two-income households has made it difficult for people to find the time, among other factors. There is also the fact of a decades-long decline in middle-class, blue-collar jobs such as manufacturing and mining. People are then less likely to be employed in the more rural municipalities, Bair said, so they are not near their home fire stations when calls go out. His recommendation is that municipalities and local communities put money into their fire departments while they still can, before it is too late. He said either more money will be put into the firefighting system, or losses to fire damage will increase, driving up insurance premiums. Increased time spent fundraising, along with time training, also precludes fire departments from some of the goodwill community efforts that endear them to the local population when the department is asking for funds. “It’s a shame. It takes a terrible toll on our system,” Bair said. It could become tricky if fire departments have to move toward a model of part-time paid positions, he said, which might become more common in the future if volunteer numbers stay at their current trajectory.
NOTHING IS FREE
Long gone are the days where elected officials did not have to worry about the health of their local volunteer fire departments, Bair said. Many communities have enjoyed a free lunch for decades. Those days are gone forever, and Bair said we are “just headed for a real mess.” Harris said nearly the same thing: “Nothing is for free anymore.” Fire departments provide the community with an obvious service: They keep people alive and safe during emergencies. But further, they help to keep down monetary losses to fire damage. Data with the Office of the State Fire Commissioner shows $73,973,048 in losses to fires in 2016 and $17,527,427 in losses through May 2017. The largest contributing category is residential, with industry second and public structures third. Bair said those numbers will continue to grow as the firefighting system suffers from lack of funding and volunteers. Those numbers are not comparable to previous years, as the reporting system has recently changed and more fire departments are reporting losses, said Kraig Herman, public education specialist at OSFC.
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PAGE 7 The volunteer system in the state saves taxpayers about $6 billion, according to a 2005 report from the Pennsylvania Legislative Budget and Finance Committee. (Centre County Gazette intern James Turchick contributed to this article.)
CENTRE COUNTY FIRE STATIONS Company 1 — Logan Fire Company 120 E. Howard St., Bellefonte; (814) 355-3100 Company 2 — Undine Fire Company 133 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte; (814) 355-7265 Company 3 — Boalsburg Fire Company 113 E. Pine St., Boalsburg; (814) 466-7367 Company 4 — Centre Hall Fire Company 207 N. Pennsylvania Ave., Centre Hall; (814) 364-1816 Company 5 — Alpha Fire Company Main Station — 400 W. Beaver Ave., State College; (814) 237-5359 Patton Station — 2598 Green Tech Drive, State College; (814) 867-9231 College Station — 1481 E. College Ave., State College; (814) 231-0861 Company 6 — Snow Shoe Fire Company 102 Railroad St., Snow Shoe; (814) 387-6835 Company 7 — Gregg Township Fire Company 106 Water St., Spring Mills; (814) 422-8626 Company 8 — Pleasant Gap Fire Company 475 Robinson Lane, Pleasant Gap; (814) 359-2102 Company 9 — Citizen’s Fire Company 300 Catherine St., Milesburg; (814) 355-1130 Company 11 — Hope Fire Company 400 N. Front St., Philipsburg; (814) 342-4900 Company 12 — Reliance Fire Company 315 N. Third St., Philipsburg; (814) 342-2710 Company 13 — Mountain Top Fire Company 392 State St., Sandy Ridge; (814) 342-5014 Company 14 — Howard Fire Company 342 Walnut St., Howard; (814) 625-2761 Company 15 — Port Matilda Fire Company 101 E. Plank Road, Port Matilda; (814) 692-4074 Company 16 — Walker Township Fire Company 125 Firehouse Lane, Howard; (814) 383-4538 Company 17 — Pine Glen Fire Company 1003 Pine Glen Road, Karthaus; (814) 387-4426 Company 18 — Millheim Fire Company 103-105 North St., Millheim; (814) 349-8164 Company 19 — Miles Township Fire Company 102 Broad St., Rebersburg; (814) 349-8149 Company 20 — Penn State Hazmat 1 Eisenhower Parking Deck, University Park; (814) 863-1518 Company 93 — Nittany Wildland Firefighters Inc. 636 Forest Ave., Bellefonte Source: centrecountypa.gov — Compiled by Sean Yoder
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Bodycam bill hinders access, accountability By MELISSA MELEWSKY In case you missed it, there was good public access news from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently, when the court affirmed the public’s right to access videos gathered by police on the job. Unfortunately, that right is likely to be short-lived because of Senate Bill 560. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled in Commonwealth v. Grove that the Right-to-Know Law guarantees the right to access police dash camera video. That right is limited, and the law allows law enforcement agencies to prevent access to investigative and other material. The court recognized the critical role played by law enforcement and simultaneously recognized that public access, and the accountability that follows, is a necessary and critical right as well. The court found that the Right-toKnow Law strikes an appropriate balance between the need for confidentiality in some circumstances and the importance of public access and accountability in others. You have seen these videos (mostly from other states); they show how law enforcement interacts with the public they are sworn to serve and protect. These records are irrefutable evidence of what actually happened. Many times, they illustrate law enforcement doing their job and doing it well. But you have also seen videos that show when things go wrong, terribly wrong, for officers and the public. Both types of videos can be agents for positive change, by illustrating best practices and showing where improvement is needed. Public access to these videos results in better policing and better relationships between law enforcement and the communities that depend on them. Unfortunately, Senate Bill 560, which would eliminate access to most, if not all, police bodycam and dashcam footage, appears to be heading quickly to the governor’s desk. On the same day that Grove was decided, the House passed Senate Bill 560, which would render the Grove decision meaningless. The bill would remove all police recordings from the Right-to-Know Law and impose a cumbersome, unworkable process that makes it all but impossible to get these records. Proponents of the bill say it will allow some access, and it is true that there is limited access language in the bill. But, the process is so cumbersome and allows law enforcement so many ways to deny access, that there simply will not be meaningful public access in Pennsylvania. Senate Bill 560 was introduced in March and was passed out of the Senate soon after. Despite concerns voiced by numerous good government organizations, the bill’s public access provisions have not been significantly amended. In advancing this bill in its current form, lawmakers have missed a real opportunity to craft a thoughtful, meaningful test balancing the very real needs of police against the importance of public access and accountability in the communities they serve. A far better path would be to acknowledge the Grove decision and recognize that the Right-to-Know Law — which involved months and even years of legislative discussion and debate — is the best method to strike the balance between meaningful public access and the need for law enforcement confidentiality. Melissa Melewsky is media law cousel for the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.
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JULY 6-12, 2017
The new normal means change PATTY KLEBAN
I’m not usually a big fan of the word “normal.” Normal. That which is customary, expected or typical. The word “normal” historically has been used in a negative context for those who don’t conform, particularly people who are different. In graduate school, I took a whole course called Abnormal Psychology and, needless to say, it was all about conditions and diagnoses that fall outside of the bell curve. People with disabilities are often referred to as not being normal or mainstream. We often negatively identify outliers or Patty Kleban, atypical trends — especially people who writes for who fall outside of typical patterns of StateCollege.com, is an instructor development and behavior — as not at Penn State, being normal. mother of three In most instances, the concept of and a community normal is tied to what is usual and volunteer. She is a acceptable. Penn State alumna But, there is what we come to who lives with her recognize as the “new” normal. The family in Patton shifting patterns of what becomes Township. Her customary or expected after either a views and opinions do not necessarily major change or a gradual evolution reflect those of Penn in our culture and society. Out with State. the old, in with the new. How and what and who we used to define as normal are no longer. Take, for example, the ability to drive around Happy Valley. The new normal in State College for the past few months has meant construction, orange cones, and men and women in reflector vests repairing the roads and fixing the sidewalks and streets. Almost every road into downtown State College is currently under some kind of construction. With the arrival of warm weather, the new normal is leaving one’s house earlier, planning for delays and yoga breathing in the car to ward off the frustration of limited access lanes and people who don’t understand how to merge. Consider the new normal of how we communicate. We’ve become a technologically focused society. We text. We email. We snap and chat. We have multiple screens and multiple tabs while multitasking and oversharing. The new normal has meant miscommunication between the generations as young people are no longer
developing or relying on the interpersonal, face-to-face skills that we seasoned citizens grew up valuing. The new normal is 140 characters, emojis and a decreasing sense of connection with the other people who inhabit our planet. The new normal is political dissension, rancor and a divide that this country has never before seen. Our new normal means a media that people don’t trust and a jaded view of what is real and what is fake information coming from that media. The new normal is a president who doesn’t play by any rule — or etiquette — book. I’m not sure if I like the old normal of elected officials who spin, polish and provide us with information through the filter of a public relations machine any better than the raw, defensive, socially immature, social media postings coming out of the White House in today’s new normal. Our new normal is to fight — vehemently and with disregard and disrespect to people who disagree with us. The new normal is to denigrate the opposition on a personal level with hate and malice. The new normal is to read and hear about acts of terrorism, suicide bombers and people with guns walking into schools and workplaces and hospitals and then, because it hasn’t come into our immediate circle, going on about life as usual. There are many days I long for the old normal. From how we watch TV to how we shop, we are experiencing the new normal. Our definitions of what is normal in the workplace, at home and in our interpersonal interactions are constantly changing. In the past several years, my personal “normal” has evolved significantly. Empty nesting is a new normal. My day to day is decidedly new. What is normal in our house — groceries, laundry and even how much access I have to my own car — is taking on a whole new direction. My kids tease me and say that the new normal at our house is Mom’s obsession with the dogs. The new normal, for those of us in middle age, means less concern about our children and more concern about our parents. It means a more heightened focus on health and exercise and less of a focus amassing stuff and status. My new normal is about finding those people who care and connect and pulling them into my life circles. A new normal implies change. We know change is difficult and uncomfortable but is inherently a part of our growth and progression. Jack Welch, noted businessman and author, said it best. “Change before you have to.” Change is the new normal.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS Grape-based compounds kill colon cancer stem cells By MATT SWAYNE Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — Compounds from grapes may kill colon cancer stem cells both in a petri dish and in mice, according to a team of researchers. The compounds — resveratrol —which are found in grape skins and seeds, could also eventually lead to treatments to help prevent colon cancer, said Jairam K.P. Vanamala, associate professor of food sciences, Penn State. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the U.S., according to the American Cancer Society. “The combination of resveratrol and grape seed extract is very effective at killing colon cancer cells,” said Vanamala, who is also a faculty member at the Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute. “And what we’re learning is the combination of these compounds is not toxic to healthy cells.” The researchers, who reported their findings in a recent issue of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, suggest that the findings could pave the way for clinical testing of the compounds on human colon cancer, which is the sec-
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JAIRAM K.P. VANAMALA, associate professor of food science in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, leads a research study interested in targeting stem cells with grape compounds. Theory suggests that cancer stem cells drive cancerous tumors.
ond most common cancer in women and the third in men. If successful, the compounds could then be used in a pill to help prevent colon cancer and lessen the recurrence of the disease in colon cancer survivors. “We are particularly interested in targeting stem cells because, according to cancer stem-cell theory, cancerous tumors are driven by cancer stem cells,” said Vanamala. “Cancer stem cells are capable of self-renewal, cellular differentiation and maintain their stem cell-like characteristics even after invasion and metastasis.” When taken separately in low doses, resveratrol and grape seed extract are not as effective against cancer stem-cell suppression as when they are combined together, according to the researchers. The combined effect of grape seed extract and resveratrol may offer clues as to why cultures with a plant-based diet tend to have lower colon cancer rates, said Vanamala. These diets may naturally be providing a shotgun approach to cancer prevention by using a wide variety of Colon cancer, Page 10
Acupuncture may not be effective in treating infertility Penn State News HERSHEY — Acupuncture, alone or with the medication clomiphene, does not appear to be effective in treating infertility in women with polycystic ovary syndrome, according to a new international study including Penn State College of Medicine. The finding casts doubts on previous smaller trials that have suggested that acupuncture may improve reproductive function in women affected by infertility. “Our hypothesis was that women who received acupuncture with clomiphene would do much better than women who received only active acupuncture or only clomiphene, but we found that acupuncture added very little,” said Dr. Richard S. Legro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Penn State College of Medicine. “We thought we would see the two interventions interacting for the benefit of the patient, but we didn’t see that, which was surprising.”
PCOS, which affects an estimated 5 to 10 percent of women of reproductive age, is the most common cause of female infertility. While clomiphene is a first-line treatment used to induce ovulation in women with PCOS, it has downsides — namely, that in a significant number of women it does not lead to improved ovulation or live births, and if it does induce ovulation, it frequently results in pregnancies with multiples who face much higher negative outcomes including death. Because women are increasingly seeking out acupuncture in order to induce ovulation, researchers decided to study whether or not the traditional Chinese medicine therapy could serve as a supplemental treatment along with clomiphene to improve pregnancy outcomes. The authors of the current study conducted a randomized, multicenter, clinical trial that included 1,000 Chinese Acupuncture, Page 11
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Compound receives approval to begin human trials By DAVID KUBAREK Penn State News
UNIVERSITY PARK — An investigational compound developed by Penn State researchers that targets and destroys cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed has been approved for phase one clinical human trials by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Keystone Nano, a biopharmaceutical company cofounded by James Adair, professor of materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering and pharmacology, recently was approved to begin clinical trials to assess ceramide nanoliposome for possible use in treating cancer. The trials will seek to establish safe dosing levels and examine the compound’s efficacy as an anticancer therapy. Keystone Nano was founded in 2005 with Mark Kester, former professor of pharmacology at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, with the goal of gaining FDA approval for nanoscale biomedical products. The compound works by weaving ceramide — a known anticancer therapeutic agent that has never been used in clinical testing to treat cancer — with other fatty lipids that dramatically increase its deli-
cate stability in the body. Upon reaching the tumor, it penetrates the cellular lining before depositing its chemotherapeutic cargo. The coating has resulted in a much greater window of effectiveness over current chemotherapy treatment because ceramide has been found harmless to noncancerous cells in dozens of preclinical animal tests. A cancer drug’s window of treatment is determined by the gap between the point in which a drug becomes an effective treatment and when it becomes harmful to the patient. Drugs with a larger window of treatment generally pose fewer risks to the patient. “There’s a whole litany of side effects that cancer patients put up with. About three percent of all patients die from the side effects of the chemotherapy,” said Adair. “We’re very encouraged by ceramide nanoliposomes because the study findings suggest that they could kill cancer while doing little or no harm to the patient.” Phase 1 of the trial will recruit patients with solid tumors for testing. If the trial reaches Phase 2, it is expected to focus on liver cancer.
DELIVERING THE DOSE
Kester resolved ceramide’s instability
obstacle by protecting the compound in a proprietary fatty coating. Ceramide is then able to freely flow through the body, before eventually being sucked in by the tumor as it funnels metabolic resources from the host. In dozens of animal tests, the researchers found that the compound remained in the body attacking cancer tumors for more than a day. “Ceramide is a bioactive lipid that selectively kills cancer cells. At equal dosing, normal cells go to sleep, cancer cells die,” said Kester, now director of NanoStar Institute at the University of Virginia. “The problem is it precipitates. It falls out of solution. The only way to deliver it is to turn it into a nanoformulation, which is our intellectual property. Think of it as a very small FedEx truck that delivers on time, all the time, but only to the cancer cells.” The targeted delivery system, if approved, may offers positive benefits over current chemotherapy, which tends to target the human body like a hatchet, delivering a few percent of the dose to the tumor, said Adair. The dose that does not reach the tumor causes harm to the immune system and the body. That means that the therapeutic window of treatment
is narrow and rife with side effects. According to researchers, because ceramide nanoliposome works like a more like a scalpel, it leaves healthy cells unharmed at effective dosing, the therapeutic window of treatment is much greater and potential harm to the body is much lower. The nano formulation has been shown to preserve the body’s ability to rebuild rapidly regenerating cells found in areas such as the digestive system and scalp, which means patients likely will not experience digestive problems or hair loss from the treatment. Also, the patient’s immune system is not attacked like it is with chemotherapy.
CLINICAL TRIALS
Phase 1 of the clinical trials, a goal of Penn State nanomedical researchers since 2003, will begin by testing patients who have not responded to treatment methods. It will focus on proper dosing levels and efficacy. Phase 2 is anticipated to focus on liver cancer, which annually kills about 27,000 people in the United States and 700,000 worldwide. There is currently no known Compound, Page 11
Penn State Children’s Hospital among nation’s best Gazette staff reports HERSHEY — For the seventh consecutive year, Penn State Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the Best Children’s Hospitals in multiple specialties by U.S. News & World Report. The hospital ranked in cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, neonatology and orthopedics in the 2017-2018 rankings. “This well-deserved, continued recognition is an important reminder to families, referring physicians and the region as a whole that the highest level of pedi-
atric specialty care is available right here in central Pennsylvania,” said Dr. Leslie Walker-Harding, chairman of pediatrics at Penn State Children’s Hospital. The U.S. News rankings highlight the top 50 U.S. hospitals in each of 10 pediatric specialties: cancer, cardiology and heart surgery, diabetes and endocrinology, gastroenterology and gastrointestinal surgery, neonatology, nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. “Our nurses, doctors, therapists and the many others in our outstanding health
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synergistically to create more effective colon-cancer prevention and treatment strategies. For the animal study, the researchers separated 52 mice with colon cancer tumors into three groups, including a control group and groups that were fed either the grape compounds or sulindac, an anti-inflammatory drug, which was chosen because a previous study showed it significantly reduced the number of tumors in humans. The incidence of tumors was suppressed in the mice consuming the grape compounds alone by 50 percent, similar to the rate in the group consuming the diet with sulindac. Vanamala worked with Joshua D. Lambert and Ryan J. Eilas, both associate professors of food science; Lavanya Reddivari, assistant professor of plant science; Sridhar Radhakrishnan, a postdoctoral scholar; and Venkata Charepalli, a doctoral student, all from Penn State; and Ramakrishna Vadde, a visiting scientist from India. The U.S. Department of Agriculture supported this work.
beneficial compounds to target multiple pathways that cancer stem cells use to survive. “This also connects well with a plantbased diet that is structured so that the person is getting a little bit of different types of plants, of different parts of the plant and different colors of the plant,” said Vanamala. “This seems to be beneficial for not only promoting bacterial diversity, but also preventing chronic diseases and eliminating the colon cancer stem cells.” If successful in human trials, the compounds could be taken in low doses using currently available supplements for grape seed extract and resveratrol, which are also found in wine. However, he added that there is still more work to do to understand the mechanism behind the anti-cancer properties of the grape extract, as well as other colorful fruits and vegetables. Further research would be aimed at finding specific anti-cancer compounds and better understanding how those compounds work
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cure for the disease and the lone existing treatment method extends life, on average, between six to eight weeks. Testing will take place at three sites: the University of Maryland, the University of Virginia and the Medical University of South Carolina. The compound will be given to 30 patients, increasing dosage until side effects are noticed. Adair and Kester said ceramide nanoliposome could become an FDA-approved drug within a few years if it shows promise in clinical testing.
women with PCOS at 21 sites in China. The women were divided into four groups in which they received one of four interventions: clomiphene plus active acupuncture, clomiphene plus control acupuncture (also called placebo acupuncture or mock acupuncture), placebo medication plus active acupuncture or placebo medication plus control acupuncture. The women were given active or control acupuncture twice a week in addition to clomiphene or placebo medication for five days per ovulation cycle for up to six months. Neither the patient nor their physician knew the type of medication and acupuncture received. After following all of the 926 women who completed the trial for 10 months beyond the trial period for pregnancy outcomes, the researchers found that active acupuncture, with or without clomiphene, compared to control acupuncture and placebo medication, did not increase live births. “There is an impression out there that acupuncture, in addition to conventional treatment, improves success rates. But this study showed that acupuncture added nothing beyond medication,” said Legro, who noted that this large trial is one of the highest quality acupuncture trials to address fertility outcomes.
NEW FORMULATIONS OF TARGETED TREATMENT
Other formulations developed by Adair use nanojackets — formed from calcium phosphate — that are formulated to seek out cancer cells to deliver a chemotherapeutic agent or imaging cargo. In animal tests, that has led to similar results as ceramide nanoliposome, where chemotherapy delivers only to the cancer, ignoring healthy cells. It has also produced another benefit: early detection. In other studies, researchers have combined nanojackets with fluorophores, which emit light, to detect cancer tumors using near infrared light. Early detection alone would dramatically increase survivor rates, which could diminish as the cancer progresses. The targeted compound has also shown promise in treating non-tumor cancers. In lab tests, it eliminated 30 percent of chronic myeloid leukemia, a nonsolid cancer of the blood stream. Adair said he expects these technologies, now in preclinical trial phase, to reach the clinical trial stage within a few years.
PAGE 11 The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, is not only applicable to Chinese women with PCOS; the results are also relevant to women around the world, Legro explained. “The take-home message is that when acupuncture is used to treat infertility, it does not improve the chances of having a baby,” he said. A limitation of this study is that the method of acupuncture didn’t fully mimic traditional Chinese medicine which could include herbal mixtures so that additional factors beyond acupuncture weren’t added to the study data. Other researchers on this project were Xiao-Ke Wu, Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Hong-Ying Kuang, Hong-Li Ma, Jing-Shu Gao, Liang-Zhen Xie, Li-Hui Hou, Zhen-Xing Hu, Xio-Guang Shao, Jun Ge, Jin-Feng Zhang, Hui-Ying Xue, Xiao-Feng Xu, Rui-Ning Liang, Hong Xia Ma, HongWei Yang, Wei-Li Li, Dong-Mei Huang, Yun Sun, CuiFang Hao, Shao-Min Du, Zheng-Wang Yang, Xin Wang, Ying Yan, Xiu-Hua Chen, Ping Fu, Cai-Fei Ding, Ya-Qin Gao, Zhong-Ming Zhou, Chi Chiu Wang, Tai-Xiang Wu, Jian-Ping Liu, Ernest H.Y. Ng and Heping Zhang. The Chinese Thousand Talents Plan scholarship and the Heilongjiang Province Longjiang Scholar Program (for Dr. Legro’s effort) and the National Clinical Trial Base in Chinese Medicine in Gynecology were among the funders of this research.
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Victorian tables included dishware not found at today’s dinners By CONNIE DINUNZIO Special to the Gazette
If you think your holiday table is too full, just think what a formal Victorian table setting would have looked like. The Victorians had a utensil or a dish for almost anything that one would find on the table. There were special servers for asparagus, fish, strawberries, cold meats, lemons and ice cream. Among dishes considered important for any properly set Victorian table were bone dishes, salt cellars and butter pats. And, while many of these dishes are no longer seen on the modern table, they have become popular for antique collectors. Bone dishes are crescent- or moon-shaped ceramic dishes that were placed at the left-hand edge of the dinner plate. They were used to collect the bones from fish or game, seeds or peelings. The dish’s shape allowed the diner to place it at his chin for easy removal of the inedible items. The most common design of the bone dish is a crescent with a floral design and a scalloped edge. Some more fanciful designs, such as fish shapes, are found less frequently. Bone dishes were most popular in the 1800s and early 1900s and were often given as wedding gifts. They were sold separately or included in full sets of china service. Salt cellars, salt dips and open salts are common names for the same item, which was made to hold and dispense salt. They can be made of various materials, including glass, ceramic, silver, pewter, wood and plastic, can be found in a variety of sizes and shapes, and can be open or lidded. Salt cellars were used before salt became refined, processed and free flowing. They have been found among Greek and Roman artifacts. During the Middle Ages, elaborate master salt cellars were placed at the head of the table, and the master of the house would dispense salt into the smaller cellars. One’s status could be determined by the position one was placed at the table in relation to the master salt cellar. Throughout the Renaissance and Baroque period, master salts became ceremonial, and many elegant examples can be found in museums. By the early 1800s, small individual salts were commonly found in homes. They were set at the top of each individual table place setting. Tiny spoons were used to sprinkle the salt. Many of these spoons are silver or pewter. When collecting salts, it is desirable to also collect spoons. Salts were easy for manufacturers of pressed glass to make in molds, and they were one of the earliest mass-produced items. Salts generally were sold in sets. Anti-caking agents were added to salt by 1911. Consequently, individual salt cellars were replaced by salt shakers. Salt cellars, both individual and master, are very collectable today. The glass-pressed glass salts are usually very reasonably priced. However, the unique and older salts come with a high price and are harder to find in antique shops. Butter pats or butter chips are small, 3-inch-round dishes used to hold pats of butter. Butter would be sliced into a pat from a square or be molded and placed on the dish. Sometimes, the pat of butter would be stamped with a design of the family crest or another interesting image. These dishes were first made in the mid-1800s, but they became most popular in the Victorian era. Butter pats were set to the left of the table setting. Many of the most prominent porcelain houses, such as Limoges,
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Spode and Royal Doulton began to make sets of them. Butter pats were sold as individual sets or included in full table settings. They came in a wide variety of shapes, colors and patterns. Often, airlines, hotels and restaurants had their own specific patterns. As time has gone by, table settings have become less complex, and the butter pat has been replaced by the bread and butter plate of today. However, it is still fun to use butter pats, which are affordable collectibles, on the table for dinner parties. They can be used to hold butter, candies or a special treat.
Milne named assistant athletic director for annual giving Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State recently announced the appointment of Spencer Milne as assistant athletic director for annual giving. Milne brings a demonstrated record of strategic customer service, ticketing and marketing success to the Nittany Lions’ comprehensive and successful program. “My family and I are very excited to join the Penn State community,” Milne said in a press release. “We have known for some time what a special place Happy Valley is and are more than impressed with the Nittany Lion Club team. This is a fantastic opportunity to make something that is already great even better. I can’t wait to get started.” “We’re excited to have Spencer join the Intercollegiate Athletics Advancement team,” said Joe Foley, senior associate athletic director for advancement. “His professional background, accomplishments and expertise make him an ideal fit to provide Nittany Lion Club donors with great service, while securing the critical resources needed to ensure our student-athletes’ success.” At Penn State, Milne will oversee intercollegiate ath-
letics’ annual giving efforts. Among his responsibilities will be ensuring lifelong, annual support from Penn State alumni, parents and fans, while maximizing their philanthropy in support of Nittany Lion student-athletes. These duties will include oversight of the Nittany Lion Club, which secures annual support from more than 22,000 donors each year and is one of the largest organizations of its kind in the nation. Milne is joining the Nittany Lions’ staff after serving in external roles at the College of William & Mary for the past 11 years, most recently as assistant athletic director for marketing, promotions and ticket services. Milne began his duties at Penn State on Tuesday, June 20. Prior to his tenure at William & Mary, Milne served in ticket operations at Florida Atlantic University and Wake Forest University. His first ticketing position came while he was a graduate student at Ohio University, serving as the interim director of ticket operations while working on his master’s degree in sport administration. Milne has earned a bachelor’s degree and two master’s degrees from Ohio University. He and his wife, Lisa, have two children, Liam and Charlotte.
STATE COLLEGE —Twenty-one South Hills School of Business and Technology students graduated June 19 at The Penn Stater in State College. Graduates included: Emily Ammerman, Lane Brion, Jenalee Bumbarger, Melinda Cain, Lauren Filipowicz, Maelyn Harpster, Amanda Hassell, Brianna Heichel, Kimberly Hester, Wayne Heverly, Tangie Lyons, Kelsey Moore, Rebekah Rea, David Rowles, Randi Smeal, Jenean Sunday, Kaylie Taylor, Ashleigh Turner, Angel Warner, Jessica Wellar and Sarah Woods In addition, Rebekah Rea and Wayne Heverly received associate’s in specialized business degrees from DuBois Business College. Graduates from the diagnostic medical sonography areas may also have completed requirements and been certified as registered vascular technologists, registered diagnostic medical sonographers or registered diagnostic cardiac sonographers.
A Soldier’s Hands raising funds for crew of U.S.S. Fitzgerald Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — A Soldier’s Hands is calling for support from the community to help raise funds to provide essentials and letters of support for the crew of the U.S.S. Fitzgerald, the U.S. Navy ship recently involved in a crash off the coast of Japan. The 274 surviving sailors have been left with only the clothes on their backs as they mourn their fellow shipmates. Through the years, A Soldier’s Hands has consistently supported United States military members serving around the globe with much needed essentials. Today, there is an urgent need to get supplies to the ship’s crew. The immediate goal is to raise $15,000 to provide personal care products to these sailors, as well as to set up a scholarship fund to pay tribute to the seven lives that were lost. “Not everyone gets that mail call from home,” said A Soldier’s Hand founder Trish Shallenberger. “These patriots can go through an entire deployment with no mail or necessities like sunscreen to protect them from the elements. Our community feels a responsibility to ensure that every man and woman in a unit or troop receives a personalized gift package just for them. No man or woman is left behind or goes unacknowledged. “Donating, raising money, packing products and writing letters to be included in each package requires strong community support. These troops need items that we take for granted and it is our responsibility to let them know that there are people at home that thank them for their service and care about their well-being.” A Soldier’s Hands keeps overhead at a minimum, so 99.4 percent of each donation goes directly to the cause. For more information, call Trish Shallenberger at (814) 441-1655 or send donations to A Soldier’s Hands, 2277 Oak Leaf Drive, State College, PA 16803.
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Raytheon employee honored for patriotic support
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STATE COLLEGE — The Pennsylvania Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense office, recently announced Cindy Regel, of the Raytheon Company, was honored with a Patriot Award in recognition of extraordinary 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 press release. Regel was nominated for being highly supportive of the Army Reserve service of employee Staff Sgt. Andrew Shepard, who currently is stationed in Kuwait with the 316th Expeditionary Support Command, Theater Support Command. Shepard wrote, in his nomination letter, “Cindy and Raytheon have been ab-
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Chainsaw carving to be featured at Harner Farm By SEAN YODER
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STATE COLLEGE — Harner Farm in State College will again be playing host to a chainsaw carving festival Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15, with a portion of the proceeds to benefit Centre County PAWS. The saws will be roaring starting at 10 a.m. both days, to be capped off with an auction at 2 p.m. July 15 at the farm, located at the intersection of West College and Whitehall roads in State College. Visitors will be able to view work until 5 p.m. on both days, and have the option to buy some pieces directly from the carvers. Dan Harner said last year’s inaugural event went well and this year’s will feature an expanded list of carvers. “I think everyone had a good time,” Harner said of the 2016event. “There were some excellent carvers out here. What they can do with a piece of wood is kind of amazing, actually.” The chainsaw wielders will be cutting on white pine, which is a softer wood that’s easier to work with. They’ll produce creations that are one
solid piece of wood, and at auction can go for less than $100 all the way up to $1,000 or more, depending on the item and who is willing to bid on it. This year, Harner said he is expecting between 15 and 20 carvers. There’s no charge for parking out at Harner Farm, and visitors can expect the comforts of concession stands and access to the rest of the market. “We’re set up to handle crowds of people, which we do in the fall,” Harner said. “So this isn’t a gigantic change from what we normally do or what we’re used to here.” Harner said the farm has always had a PAWS donation box, and it seemed like a good fit for the event. PAWS volunteers will be on hand over the weekend, pitching in with traffic direction and other tasks. Centre County PAWS has been helping to find homes for cats and dogs since 1980, according to its website. It also provides training for the necessities of pet ownership and education on issues such as a pet overpopulation. It does not euthanize pets and are aided by contributions and a team of volunteers.
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THE STATE COLLEGE evening Rotary Club held its installation of officers and board of directors June 6 at The Nittany Lion Inn. Pictured, from left, are Chris Buchignani, vice-president; Jeff Bower, director; Mary Johnston, assistant secretary; Dave Klementik, assistant treasurer; Lew Lazarow, director; Drew Wetzel, president-elect; Nandu Desai, treasurer; Elliot Abrams, past president; Debbie Fudrow, secretary; Mike Hornby, District 7360 governor; and Chelsey Fisher, president.
Alexander hires project engineer Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Alexander Building Construction Co., a part of the Butz family of companies, has announced the hiring of Justin Seltzer as a project engineer. Seltzer received a bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering degree from Penn State. He is OSHA 30- and USACE QC-certified and has extensive experience constructing fully functional Revit-based Building Information Models for facilities management teams. In his role as project engineer, Seltzer will be responsible for checking, track-
ing and monitoring shop drawings and submittals, tracking RFIs, assisting in updating CPM construction schedules, performing field quality-control inspections and analyzing potential change directives in support of the project superintendent and the project manager. He will coordinate subcontractors and interface with clients on special projects. “We are pleased to welcome Justin to our project team,” said Chris Magent, general manager of Alexander’s State College location. “His experience and knowledge in construction design and documentation software will prove invaluable to both our company and clients.”
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BAM offers wide array of exhibits during July By CONNIE COUSINS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — Just inside the doors at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, to the room on the right, you will find the exhibit “Good Libations: Breweries, Cideries, Distilleries, and Wineries.” Twenty-seven photographs by local photographers grace the walls of the Windows Gallery. The photographers took pictures of people and places related to the process of making libations. In the past few years, several breweries, distilleries and wineries have sprung up in this area, and thus the theme of the museum for this summer’s project. Artifacts and equipment borrowed for the exhibit from local brewers and winemakers add to the experience of visiting the museum. This grouping of photographs will continue through Sunday, July 30. Several other shows also continue through the end of July. In the Sieg Gallery, visitors will be fascinated by the digitally painted works of Dani Kaulakis. A Penn State graduate and freelance illustrator based out of Bellefonte, Kaulakis was on hand for BAM’s July 2 “First Sunday” reception. She was dressed in one of her historic costumes, most of which represent strong women. Visitors seemed to especially enjoy her colorful pictures of a woman driving a chariot pulled by cats. The Tea Room Gallery, for the rest of the month, will be home to the works of Barb Pennypacker and Denise Wagner. Pennypacker shows her love of farmland and the desire to preserve it by painting barns and fields that recall earlier days, when Pennsylvania was more of an agricultural area. Pennypacker was a faculty member in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Penn State and learned to paint after retiring in 2005. She studied old barns and worked tirelessly to master her craft. A farmland preservation artist, she has participated in regional juried shows and is a member of the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania and the Bellefonte Art Museum registry. Wagner has been an artist and photographer for more than 30 years. She worked for Penn State as an illustrator and photographer and has exhibited photos and paintings at most of the galleries in Centre County, and elsewhere. Some of Wagner’s paintings depict vanishing forest or farmland scenes, as well as wetland birds and animals. She believes in conserving farmland and woodlands and contributing to entities that take care of the environment. Because of this interest, she has donat-
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ARTIST DANI KAULAKIS, wearing a historic costume, currently has artworks on display in BAM’s Sieg Gallery.
ed a series of paintings and photographs to Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, PAWS, Centre Wildlife Care and Millbrook Marsh. The Community Gallery Upstairs at BAM features the works of Char Casbourne, an Aliquippa native who earned her art degree at Carnegie Mellon University. Casbourne started drawing at age 6, and has studied at Parsons New School of Design in New York City and in Tours, France. Her first love is painting, of the many mediums she has tried. Her subjects include abstracts, landscapes and portraits. She takes ordinary objects and brings out the moods or motions they hold. Janise Crow is holding court in the Jewelry Gallery during July. Crow, a juried multimedia jewelry artist, creates individualized pieces through her company, Sentimental Jewelry Designs. “I am a storyteller with my designs,” said Crow. She works with people and their keepsakes — jewelry, a thimble, a watch or whatever holds meaning and memory — and, after listening to a client’s story, creates a piece of jewelry unique to the owner. Jeni Kocher Zerphy is currently showing her canvases of wolves and seascapes of Acadia on the second floor of the museum. BAM, Page 15
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Men honored at Juniper Village
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MORE THAN 60 participants joined Centred Outdoors for the Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor event June 28.
Centred Outdoors events continue
STATE COLLEGE — The male residents of Juniper Village at Brookline Senior Living were recenlty honored during a Father’s Day brunch. Whether the title was father, grandfather, uncle, friend or mentor, all male residents were treated like kings, according to a press release. They enjoyed a buffet of comfort foods that included steak, chicken, mashed potatoes, vegetables, desserts and an Arnold Palmer cocktail. Buffets were placed in The Willows independent living and The Pines and The Inn personal care settings. Although men are the minority is many senior living communities, they bring a wonderful sense of pride, history and honor with their presence, according to the release.
Gazette staff reports BOALSBURG — The exploration of Centre County with Centred Outdoors continues Sunday, July 9, and Wednesday, July 12, at Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte. Visitors will explore the park, including the Edible Landscape Garden, the Sculpture Garden and the bridges that cross Spring Creek. Attendees can learn about the history behind the park’s features, the ongoing restoration of the watershed and the future plans for it. They also will get a firsthand look at the Waterfront Revitalization Project, and visit the ducks, fish and playground. The exploration of the wilds of Centre County and the promotion of healthy living recently included trips to the Barrens to Bald Eagle Wildlife Corridor on June 25 and 28. During the June 25 event, about 60 attendees joined in the tour, which took hikers though grass and wildflower meadows and woodland areas to learn about the importance of wildlife corridors and the diverse community of bird, mammal, plant, pollinator and amphibian species they support. On July 2 and 5, the Centred Outdoors series continued with tours of Bald Eagle State Park. Participants learned about the birds, trees, wildflowers and park history during a 2-mile hike. Participation in Centred Outdoors event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.centredoutdoors.org or call (814) 237-0400. BAM, from page 14 Zerphy works in a variety of mediums, with digital art and photography emphasized. She is a Maryland- and Pennsylvania-certified teacher and has worked with all grades. Her company, Steel Crab Industries Inc., is dedicated to her art and illustration endeavors. She is the author and illustrator of the children’s board book “Submarine.” The Bellefonte Art Museum, located at 133 N. Allegheny St. in Bellefonte, is open from noon to 4:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.
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JUNIPER VILLAGE staff member Carrie Gummo, left, pins a carnation on resident Ray Lunnen during the personal care facility’s annual Father’s Day brunch.
SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of Centre County recently presented its annual Soroptimist of the Year Award to club member Brenda Wagner. Wagner, right, was recognized for her leadership on the Dream It, Be It Committee, as well as work on other projects and fundraisers. She was given the Woven Ribbons Award, a hand-stitched plaque made by charter president Karen Trennepohl and first awarded during the club’s 10th anniversary in 1996. Soroptimist is an international volunteer organization for women who work to improve the lives of women and girls in local communities and throughout the world.
Wittrig graduates from Leadership Centre County Gazette staff reports BELLEFONTE — Becky Wittrig, Restek’s director of global sales, recently graduated with the 25th anniversary class of Leadership Centre County. Wittrig is Restek’s 23rd employee to graduate from the program. LCC is a community leadership development program that has been active in Centre County since 1992. It is one of more than 1,000 similar programs across the country. With the graduation of this year’s class, LCC has a total of 877 alumni. Restek LCC graduates hold leadership or key volunteer positions in a variety of nonprofit organizations in the local community and beyond, in addition to their
full-time jobs. This aligns with Restek’s “True North” philosophy — to support the local communities in which we operate and make our community a better place to raise our children — that began with Restek founder Paul Silvis Restek has been a sponsor of LCC since its inception. The comapny’s commitment to the program has been recognized with the Gold Eagle Award, the LCC’s highest level of recognition for sponsors. Restek is one of only six sponsors to receive the award. Mike Wittrig, research and development manager, will represent Restek in the 2018 LCC class. For more information, visit www.leadershipcentre county.org.
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Each year, the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts opens with Children and Youth Day. The entire day is devoted to young artists, young performers and the young at heart. On this day before the regular sidewalk sale and exhibition opens, children and youth have their own sidewalk sale, which is a favorite among families throughout the region, and young performers, from dancers to musicians, demonstrate their abilities. Young visitors can explore their own artistic talents through activities in Sidney Friedman Park and on the Old Main Lawn. And, everyone in the family can choose their favorite giant puppet and march in the Children and Youth Day Grand Procession.
NITTANY DREAMERS
11 a.m., Festival Shell The Nittany Dreamers Baton Corps was founded more than 10 years ago by John Mitchell, former feature twirler of Penn State’s Blue Band. The corps is made up of 34 participants ages 4 to 18, and consists of beginning twirlers, intermediate twirlers, senior twirlers, advanced twirlers, a feature twirler and silks. The group performs at parades and events throughout Centre County, including the Penn State Homecoming Parade.
CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY SIDEWALK SALE
10 a.m. to 3 p.m., South Allen Street Young people are bursting with energy, artistic and otherwise. The Children and Youth Day Sidewalk Sale, sponsored by Penn State Federal Credit Union, is a fun way for boys and girls to express themselves visually. The CPFA encourages young people to develop their artistic potential through personal expression in individually crafted, original objects. Artists ages 8 through 18 who live in or have relatives in Blair, Centre, Clearfield, Clinton, Huntingdon, Mifflin or Union counties are encouraged to participate. All work must be designed and produced by the entrant; work made from kits is not permitted.
CENTRAL PA MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
Noon, Allen Street Stage This group will present a youth martial arts demonstration.
PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL OF CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA
12:30 p.m., Allen Street Stage The Performing Arts School of Central Pennsylvania has brought music and dance to thousands of students and their families in State College and surrounding areas.
CENTRE DANCE STUDIO
1 p.m., Festival Shell Centre Dance offers ballet, pointe, tap, jazz and hiphop to students age 3 and older at its State College studio. The students perform several times a year, including recitals in spring and “The Nutcracker” at Christmas. Centre Dance director Nicole Swope is a member of Dance Masters of America. This performance also will feature members of the Centre Dance competition team, Avid Dance Productions.
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA DANCE WORKSHOP
2:30 p.m., Festival Shell Students will present a narrated demonstration of styles of dance and excerpts from their recent production. The styles demonstrated will include ballet, modern, jazz, tap and hip-hop. The Fraser Street Dancers will make a special appearance.
CENTRE COUNTY OUTSTANDING YOUNG WOMAN PROGRAM
2:30 p.m., Allen Street Stage Since 1966, more than 1,300 young women have participated in the Centre County Outstanding Young Woman Program, receiving more than $200,000 in scholarships. Finalists will showcase their creative and performing arts, which they will perform at the Centre County Outstanding Young Woman Program on Saturday, Sept. 16, at Bellefonte Area High School.
THE CENTRE DAILY TIMES CHILDREN AND YOUTH DAY GRAND PROCESSION
4 p.m., beginning at Old Main Lawn; distribution of procession pieces begins at 3:15 p.m. This popular procession features an array of small-, medium- and giant-sized puppets, masks, drums and banners suitable for a progression from Old Main Lawn, down Allen Street and on to Sidney Friedman Park. Music suitable for the occasion will be provided by musicians from State College Area High School under the baton of Paul Lescowicz. Phyllis Kipp is the puppetmaster.
DANCE ACADEMY
4:30 p.m., Festival Shell Students will perform a variety of tap, jazz and ballet routines.
PAT FARRELL COMMUNITY SING-ALONG
7:30 p.m.; State College Presbyterian Church For many years, State College residents came together each week during the summer for a “community sing” led by Frank Gullo, the director of Penn State’s Glee Club, and Hummel Fishburn, the director of the Blue Band. This fun tradition disappeared in the 1970s, but now has a new life, named in memory of Pat Farrell, a former Arts Festival board president. The enduring popularity of the event is proof there are lots of people who aren’t in the church choir or regulars at a karaoke night who still enjoy singing. Young and old, those who can sing, and especially those who can’t carry a tune, are invited to join Russell Bloom, Erik Clayton and Leah Mueller as the community comes together to make joyful noise. Bloom is the director of music at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in State College, where he conducts the two choirs and coordinates a part-time staff of eight musicians. Clayton was appointed as director of choirs at State College Area High School in 2015. He previously served in a similar position at Central Dauphin High School. Mueller is a music teacher in the State College Area
STATE COLLEGE SUZUKI PROGRAM
11 a.m., Allen Street Stage The State College Suzuki Program offers instruction in violin, viola, cello and piano. It is the only fully dedicated Suzuki program in the area.
FESTIVAL VISITORS braved the water during a past Children and Youth Day at the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts.
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School District. She studied music education at Penn State and earned a graduate degree at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. This event, sponsored by Foxdale Village Retirement Community, will be a fun evening of traditional songs, folk melodies, camp songs and perhaps a Broadway number or two.
GIANT SAND SCULPTURE
Festivalgoers can watch something incredible emerge over several days from a 25-ton pile of sand in Sidney Friedman Park. Sand sculptor Greg Glenn is a founding partner of Sandscapes and has been a full-time sand sculptor since 1987. He has performed at hundreds of events and assignments around the world. Originally a land surveyor, he got his sand sculpture start at competitions on southern California beaches and quickly made the transition to professional sand sculptor, filling key roles in many world record sand sculptures. In addition, he has numerous international, national and regional sand sculpture titles, including 12 separate World
Sand Sculpture Championships in both team and solo categories. Glenn, of San Luis Obispo, Calif., was one of the original four full-time sand sculptors operating as Sand Sculptors International in the mid- to late 1980s. Many of the techniques and procedures developed and refined by this group are now the standard in professional and competitive sand sculpture. This event is sponsored by Centre Region Parks & Recreation and the Builders Association of Central Pennsylvania.
CHILDREN’S CREATIVE ACTIVITIES 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
n South Allen Street Public safety personnel will be on hand from the Alpha Fire Department and the State College Area Police Department, and visitors are invited to take photos with fire fighters and police officers. n Sidney Friedman Park Children can let their creativity flow with the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania. Visitors can design and paint their own
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cards with watercolors and colored pencils, and have their faces painted by members of the State College Area Education Association. Volunteers from the Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union will help children transform plain piggy banks into blue-ribbon winners. n Old Main Lawn A number of organizations will be providing activities on Old Main Lawn. The Palmer Museum of Art invites children to make special prints called gyotaku (fish rubbings) by choosing their favorite fish model and paint color, pressing a sheet of paper on the inked fish, then gently pulling it off to reveal a work of art. Kids of all ages also are invited to bring their curiosity to the many science activities being featured this year. Visitors can join real Penn State scientists to explore hands-on science ideas that are part of our everyday world — squishy electric circuits, peculiar magnets, sun energy art and jewelry, funny liquids and more. Traditional liquid nitrogen ice cream booth will also be featured. Graduate students
from the Center for Nanoscale Science, undergraduate summer researchers from the Physics, Interdisciplinary Materials, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering departments, and high school students from Upward Bound are excited to share their creativity and passion for science. The 4-H Puppy Raisers will be on hand to show off their puppies, which are being raised to be seeing-eye dogs. These canines go through a rigorous training process so they can assist the sight impaired with mobility issues that many of us take for granted. Also taking place on Old Main Lawn: face painting by volunteers from Kohl’s; craft projects with the staff of the Center for Arts and Crafts at Penn State; sports-related crafts with Penn State Athletics; Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center teaching about local wild fauna; the Penn State All Sports Museum showcasing the rich history of sports at Penn State; Bilingualism Matters at Penn State using special script name tags to show what a diverse community State College is; and Penn State Public Broadcasting hosting other popular activities.
THREE GIRLS took a break from activities during the Children and Youth Day.
CHILDREN MARCHED in the grand procession, featuring puppets of all different sizes, as well as masks, drums and banners.
VISITORS WILL be able to view the the construction of a massive sand sculpture by artist Greg Glenn in Sidney Friedman Park. Photos by Steve Tressler
Summertime in Centre Region Upcoming CRPR Events
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State College rolls past BEA in LL action By TOMMY BUTLER sports@centrecountygazette.com
MILESBURG — Fans and family members surrounded the perimeter of the field as State College and Bald Eagle Area got set July 3 to compete for a spot in the bracket finals of the district Little League tournament. State College got the victory, 11-1. The first two innings came and went with no damage done to either side, besides a base runner or two. In the top of the third, BEA put two runners on with singles. The second single bounced off the ankle of State College starting pitcher Charlie Bakken. Bakken didn’t bat an eye as he stepped back onto the rubber and struck out the next batter for the final out of the inning. He struck out two during the third, and would finish the game with six. The bottom of the third got out of hand quickly. With two outs and the bases loaded, Bakken stepped up to the plate. Early in, he swung at a high pitch and sent it deep over the left field fence for a grand slam. Up 4-0, the next two batters reached base on singles. A double steal placed them on second
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STATE COLLEGE’S Charlie Bakilen crushes a home run in an 11-1 win over Bald Eagle Area. and third. Joey Franklin smacked a two-RBI single to right field and the next batter grounded
out to end the inning. Bakken made quick work of BEA in the top of the fourth,
allowing one base runner on a bean ball. With one out and two on in
the next half inning, Bakken struck again. His swing sent a three-run home run to the right field scoreboard to make it 9-0. State College’s shutout bid ended with a sacrifice-groundout by Gavin Eckley that scored Dalton Kline. Luke Janac was hit by a pitch to start the fifth and scored during the next at bat on a fielding error. With two on and two out, Adam Cooper scalded the ball to the gap in left-center to drive in two walk-off runs. After holding a meeting with his team post-game, head coach Greg Albert had compliments for his pitcher. “(Getting six runs in the third inning was) huge,” said Albert. “Charlie Bakken pitched a heck of a ball game tonight, to come in with a grand slam and follow up with a three-run homer as well, he just had a tremendous night. Hats off to him, he did a great job and came to play tonight.” Bakken was modest postgame. Runners on base didn’t bother him on the mound. “Most of the time, I was thinking that my defense behind me is pretty good,” said Bakken. State College LL, Page 22
Bellefonte LL team advances to semifinals By PAT ROTHDESUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte All Stars’ near-epic 11-7 victory in the District 5 Little League elimination game over Philipsburg-Osceola on July 3 began and ended in almost exactly the same way. Bellefonte center fielder Alex Ebeling led off the game with a home run to center field that gave his team its first lead of the day, 1-0. Nine innings later, after what seemed like a season full of twists and turns, comebacks, quirks of fate and game-saving plays, Ebeling hit his second home run of the day in nearly the same place. This time, it was a three-run shot that finally put Bellefonte ahead for good and on its way to the semifinals. Philipsburg did have another at bat in the bottom of the ninth, but reliever Ethan Struble and a perfectly turned double play ended any chance of another P-O comeback. In all, Bellefonte crashed 22 hits on the day, including four by Dominic Capperella and three each by Ebeling, Kaden Clark, Tristan Woodring-Heckman and Jake Corman. On the mound, four pitchers — Capperella, Quinn Tooker, Braedyn Kormanic and Struble — had a difficult, but ultimately successful, struggle keeping P-O at bay. Struble pitched to three batters in the ninth to pick up the save and send Bellefonte into the tournament semifinal
against Bald Eagle Area. “That’s what Little League’s all about, right there,” Bellefonte coach Duane Grove said. “I just told them that we have more at bats. Play defense, more at bats. These guys all put the ball in play well, and they’re all capable of hitting home runs. We just have to keep chugging along.” The Philipsburg hitters were capable of hitting home runs as well. After Ebeling’s leadoff homer, Bellefonte extended its lead to 3-0 after a two-run double by Capperella in the second inning. P-O cut that to 3-1 with an unearned run in the bottom of the second and then went ahead, 4-3, on a two-out, threerun homer by shortstop Jake Desimone in the third. Desimone’s homer almost represented the winning runs. Bellefonte went into the final inning still down 4-3, and it was actually down to its final out. But Ebeling walked with two outs, and Capperella followed with a double that put runners on second and third. Clark came to the plate, and the first pitch to him was in the dirt and skipped all the way back to the backstop. Ebeling scored easily with the tying run, and Bellefonte had new life. After a scoreless seventh, Bellefonte took control in the top of the eighth. RBI hits by Woodring-Heckman and Kormanic put BLL ahead 7-4 and seemingly in control. Philipsburg, however, was not done yet. P-O put their first two runners on base in the bot-
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BELLEFONTE’S ALEX EBELING contacts with one of two home runs during a district Little League elimination game against Philipsburg-Osceola on July 3. His second home run produced the game-winning tallies. tom of the eighth, but one was erased on a fielder’s choice. No matter. Left fielder Jake Kosut came up with two men still on and hit a no-doubt home run far over the left field wall that tied it again, 7-7, and moved the game into the ninth inning. “Things looked pretty bleak there more than once,” Philipsburg-Osceola coach Kevin Hahn said, “but we have a good group of kids. They battle hard. They’re
nice kids. They win right; they lose right. “That was one heck of a ball game. Nine innings, back and forth, looked like we were going to win, and it only takes that one hit, and they (Bellefonte) got it tonight. That’s the way baseball goes, game of inches. I couldn’t be more proud of them (the P-O players),” Hahn said. That one hit was Ebeling’s home run in the ninth. The in-
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ning began with Corman and Tooker base hits, but P-O got an out when Luke Fisher flew out. Ebeling followed, ran the count to 3-and-2, and lined the next pitch over the center-field wall. Bellefonte scored another run on an RBI by Struble to make it 11-7, and this time Struble and the BLL defense made sure there was no P-O comeback. Bellefonte LL, Page 22
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Back in the day, ‘P-G ball’ was the name of the game By JOHN DIXON sports@centrecountygazette.com
PHILIPSBURG — I was born in Philipsburg and raised in the area known as Slabtown, where there existed in a fiveblock radius, three baseball/softball fields, a basketball court, horseshoe pits and a pinochle shelter. To say the least, it was a great place to spend one’s summer days from sun up to sun down. There was never a dull day in Slabtown. On top of that, the Cold Stream Dam recreation area was a mere two blocks away when it became too hot to play baseball. Even when the summer programs were over, the Slabtown World Series would be held at the Powerhouse Grounds. The older kids would pick teams and play the best-of-seven games. When there weren’t enough kids around to have a competitive baseball game, there was always a game of “P-G ball.” Most towns played whiffle ball, and just about anyone could hit a ball the size of a baseball. In Slabtown, the kids needed more of a challenge. They tried a game using ping-pong balls, but they were hard to control in the wind. Hose ball, where a garden hose would be cut into small pieces, was then tried, but never really caught on since a family’s garden hose would need to be cut for the game to be played. (Try and explain to your father why his garden hose suddenly
sprang a leak and wasn’t working the way it should.) Then, came P-G ball. “It had to be in 1949, because Tom ‘Sy’ Morgan was in the game and he graduated in 1950,” recalled William “Keno” Beezer, former executive director of the Moshannon Valley YMCA. “Besides Sy, there was John Wilson, Bill Housely and Booger Howe, and they were playing at the Ninth Street School because the walls were shaped like some of the old baseball fields. “The original game was played with a ping-pong ball. ... They used broom sticks for the bats like we did when we started playing P-G ball. The first time I saw it played, and I can remember like it was yesterday, was when John Wilson and Booger Howe and a few other guys were playing. Wilson would try and weal the ball as hard as he could, but it being a ping-pong ball, it was captured in the wind. “The next time we saw them playing at the high school they were using P-G balls,” said Beezer. “P-G balls are plastic practice golf balls, and we taped them around the seams so they wouldn’t break so easy. The balls cost 25 cents, sometimes 30 cents, depending on what Jack Frank of Frank’s Sporting Goods store would charge. “I believe Glenn Fleck, Cousy Dixon and a couple of other guys I can’t remember right now originated the game of P-G on Eighth Street. They would line off the
road that would mark a line for doubles, triples and home runs. “We never had problems getting a game going since there were a lot of kids that lived on Eighth Street. And when it got dark we played ‘kick the can.’ Try and explain that KENO BEEZER to the kids today. They would think we were crazy.” One of Beezer’s most memorable moments was when Frank sold robin egg blue P-G balls. “They were hard to play with, especially when you would hit a fly ball and the ball would get lost in the blue sky. It made the game a little harder and more interesting. But it also made it a lot more fun.” The original rules of the game of P-G were created by Wilson and Housely, said Beezer. “I guess it was to speed up the game, but it was one swing and it was an out. Didn’t matter of it was a foul ball or not. A fly ball past the pitcher was a double, and a line draw in the dirt was the triple area, and obviously a home run cleared the fence or telephone pole. There was no running involved. “The best part was you could play with just three or four kids, a pitcher, infielder and two outfielders,” added Beezer. “The
game was so simple and you could play all day. “The best player I ever saw was Glenn Fleck, from Eighth Street,” said Beezer, still a minor league scout for several professional baseball teams. “He had the quickest bat I’ve ever seen since anywhere. He had such strong wrists and could flick that bat so fast you could hardly see it coming. “Another one was Wilson and Cousy. Wilson was so quick and strong and Cousy, for all the bigger he was, had such great control of his bat because he such great quickness that it was amazing. He had such quick hands and great eye coordination it was amazing, but then again he wasn’t a bad basketball or baseball player, either.” Unfortunately, the good old days are long gone. Today there is too much time spent on computers and cell phones. “The sad part is, no one — parents or children — seem to communicate with one another,” said Beezer. “You see families out for dinner and everyone is sitting there waiting for their food and they are all on their cell phones. “If they aren’t on their cell phones, they are on their computers e-mailing people. In the old days, not everyone was perfect, but we understood who we were dealing with and no one really got involved physically. We understood and dealt with the situation without any parent involvement. “But, that was yesterday when life was so much simpler.”
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Barkley, other Nittany Lions land on Top 100 List By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Saquon Barkley came in at No.5 on Sports Illustrated’s recently released Top 100 players list. The honor comes as fellow Nittany Lions Mike Gesicki and Trace McSorley found themselves on the list at No. 81 and No. 41, respectively. This is what SI had to say about Penn State’s star running back: “The deep class of established running backs (Stanford’s Christian McCaffrey, LSU’s Leonard Fournette and Florida State’s Dalvin Cook among them) returning to college football last season obscured how good Barkley was and the amount of damage he was about to inflict on defenses tasked with trying to stop him. Barkley sprinted, plowed, spun and juked his way to 1,496 yards and SAQUON BARKLEY 18 touchdowns while propelling
Penn State to its most wins this decade (11) and its first Rose Bowl appearance since 2008. Opponents were mostly helpless trying to hold Barkley in check, and offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead should find even more creative ways to use the incandescent junior in his second season running the Nittany Lions’ attack.” SI on Gesicki: “Gesicki proved a snug fit in thennew offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead’s up-tempo system last season, recording program records for a tight end with 48 catches and 679 receiving yards. Yet that production went mostly unnoticed nationally during the Nittany Lions’ stunning run to a conference title, as Michigan standout Jake Butt hogged the Big Ten tight end spotlight. Now that Penn MIKE GESICKI State’s leading receiver Chris Godwin is gone, quarterback Trace McSorley should look to Gesicki even more often. Defensive coordinators focused on shutting down star running back
Saquon Barkley risk getting burned on short and intermediate throws to the 6’6”, 252-pound senior.” SI on McSorley: “For better or worse, there may be no bigger wild card in all of college football than McSorley. He seemed to be putting it all together as the back half of his sophomore season wound down, taking care of the football and making fearless throws as Penn State swiped a Big Ten championship — and then he tossed three backbreaking picks in a dramatic Rose Bowl loss to USC TRACE McSORLEY that showcased both the best and worst of his hyper-aggressive playing style. Thanks to Heisman candidate running back Saquon Barkley, the Nittany Lions have the College Football Playoff in their sights this year. McSorley is somehow both their best chance of breaking into the top four and the most likely reason their campaign implodes by November.”
Actors cast to play Sue, Scott Paterno in HBO movie By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
According to a report from Deadline, the roles of Sue and Scott Paterno have been cast in HBO’s upcoming movie about Joe Paterno, which stars Al Pacino as the late Penn State football coach. Kathy Baker will play family matriarch Sue, who was married to Joe Paterno from 1962 to his death in 2012. Baker has had numerous television, film and stage roles in a three-decade career. She won three Emmy Awards for her work on the 1990s CBS drama “Picket Fences” and currently has a recurring role on the Netflix comedy “The Ranch.” Greg Grunberg was cast in the role of Scott Paterno, an attorney and one of Joe and Sue Paterno’s five children. Grunberg had a starring role on KATHY BAKER the NBC series “Heroes,” and has had many other film and television
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roles, including appearances in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and the rebooted “Star Trek” movie franchise. In addition to Pacino, “Mad Max: Fury Road” actress Riley Keough has been cast as former Harrisburg Patriot-News reporter Sara Ganim, who in 2011 was the first to report on a grand jury’s investigation of former Penn State football assistant and The Second Mile charity founder Jerry Sandusky for allegations of child sex-
ual abuse. In early June, it was reported that HBO had given the green-light to a new, as yet untitled film starring Pacino as Paterno, with Barry Levinson attached to direct. Pacino was announced in late 2012 to star as Paterno in a film based on the Joe Posnanski biography “Paterno,” but in late 2014 HBO announced it was suspending the project because of budget issues. The official logline of the new movie reads, “After becoming the winningest coach in college football history,
Nittany Lions compete to raise money during ‘Lift For Life’ By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s annual Lift for Life event is set for 11 a.m., Saturday, July 15, at Holuba Hall. The 15th annual event will again feature the Nittany Lion offense taking on the defense in a series of competitions to benefit rare diseases through the Penn State Chapter of Uplifting Athletes. The competitions will include an obstacle course, sand bag stack, sled pull and push and shuttle run, and finish with a tug of war. Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. There is a suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for kids. The football team will also conduct a kids clinic from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost to participate is $15 per child. Participants will receive a Lift for Life T-shirt. More than 80 football squad members are expected
take part in Lift for Life, and will be available for an autograph session immediately after the event. This year’s Penn State football poster will be available, while supplies last. Fans can make a donation Lift for Life by visiting the Penn State Chapter of Uplifting Athletes’ fundraising site, www.pledgeit.org/team/psu-lift-for-life-2017, or by sending a donation to Will Flaherty, director of player development and community relations, at 201 Lasch Football Building, University Park, PA 16802. The Penn State Uplifting Athletes Chapter also announced linebacker Jason Cabinda and quarterback Trace McSorley will serve as co-presidents. The 2017 Uplifting Athletes officers are offensive lineman Andrew Nelson, vice president; offensive lineman Ryan Bates, secretary; and former offensive lineman Tom Devenney, treasurer.
Joe Paterno is embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky sexual abuse scandal, challenging his legacy and forcing him to face questions of institutional failure on behalf of the victims.” Screenwriter David McKenna, who was working on the project in 2012 and who has penned films including “American History X,” is one of three reported screenwriters on the new project, along with Debora Cahn (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The West Wing”) and John C. Richards (“Sahara,” “Nurse Betty”). In addition to directing, Levinson will executive produce, along with Jason Sosnoff, Tom Fontana, Lindsay Sloane, Edward R. Pressman and Rick Nicita. Pressman and Nicita were executive producers on the original project announced in 2012. HBO will produce the film in association with Sony Pictures Television. A report by ProjectCasting.com earlier this month said that HBO was ramping up production and that the film will shoot in New York City from July through September. Grant Wilfley Casting was looking for men and women ages 18 to 25 to portray college students in the movie.
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Spikes’ solid batting lines find team leading in runs By JASON ROLLISON sports@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Two weeks into the 2017 season, the State College Spikes have found their identity. The Spikes lead the New York Penn League in batting average (.268), OPS (.757) and on-base percentage (.365). Though they have middling power, the solid batting lines have led the Spikes to the early NYPL lead in runs with 77, good for 5.92 per game — also the league’s best figure. A quick look up and down the Spikes’ bats helps us piece together how the team has jumped out to a 9-4 record as of this writing. Catcher Joshua Lopez — a 2012 international free agent signing — leads the club in home runs (three), RBIs (nine) and hits (17). His 29 total bases is far and away the best on the club, showing a balanced attack. Those 29 bases also lead the entire league at an individual level. 2015 second-round pick, outfielder Bryce Denton, has had a tougher go of things, carrying a 38.7 percent strikeout rate in nine games. Manager Joe Kruzel told the Gazette prior to the season’s kickoff that the organization would take a “long view” of the club’s 25th-ranked prospect. In Denton’s case, the results clearly do not matter as much as the process. The results did matter in terms of notable comings and goings that have occurred over the past week. Outfielder Mick Fennell, profiled in these pages last week, was promoted to the Single-A Peoria Chiefs. Fennell’s stat lines were not particularly inspiring, though he did show a particular ability to get on base at a .368 clip. In many ways, this type of performance is what the Cardinals’ organization looks for in determining if a prospect is ready to be called up. Though a high batting average and power numbers are nice, at the end of the day the ability to put together quality at-bats catches the eye more often, especially at this level of play. Presumably, this will end his time with the Spikes, a period that saw him become a quick fan favorite. Infielder Danny Martin is also parting ways with the Spikes, though his path away from State College comes in the form of a release from the Cards’ organization. Bellefonte LL, from page 19 “Alex (Ebeling) does a nice job,” Grove said. “He’s leading the team in home runs. He sees the ball well, and he actually hits better with two strikes sometimes. It (his last one) was on a full count.” Bellefonte moves onto the tournament semifinals at Bald Eagle Area. It will be another elimination game, and the winner will face State College in the finals, which are scheduled for Saturday, July 8. Whichever team faces SC in the final will have to beat it twice to claim the championship. “We have to keep doing what we’re doing,” Grove said. “We put ourselves in a hole when we gave up eight unearned runs in the first game that put us in the loser’s bracket. And we’ve been working on defense hard ever since, and they’re finally getting it.”
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STATE COLLEGE SPIKES catcher Tyler Lancaster slides safely into home during a game with Auburn at Lubrano Park this season. Martin had shown fantastic potential, more than most 24th-round draft picks. He slashed .304, .400 and .522 during 14 games with the Spikes in 2015 before succumbing to injury, a fate which was repeated in 2016, where he logged just 13 games before a groin injury took hold. Though healthy this year, Martin struggled mightily with a much-reduced slash line and a lone extra base hit. It is awfully hard to stay on track with development and catch the organization’s eye that way, whether it be of Martin’s own cognizance or not. It wasn’t all sad departures this week, as the Cards’ State College LL, from page 19 “I think that we have this and if they do score runs we can get them back. I was pretty confident up there.” Heading into the finals, Albert believes his team can end games even faster. “We left some guys on base tonight,” said Albert. “We scored when we could but we left some runs out there on the field. We’ll clean that up in practice this week and get ready to go for Saturday night.”
third-round selection in the 2017 draft made his way to State College after signing with the organization. Outfielder Scott Hurst comes to the Spikes after a solid, if unspectacular, season at Cal State Fullerton. He flew under the radar at just 5 feet 11 inches and 170 pounds, but has positive defensive skills and a great-looking swing that could lend itself to a solid, productive bat. qqq On the rubber, pitcher Daniel Castano had a night to remember, trying the Spikes’ single-game strikeout record with 10 punchouts over seven innings in the club’s 8-2 victory over the Batavia Muckdogs on July 1. Castano has clearly distinguished himself on the Spike’s staff, with a 25-2 strikeout-to-walk ratio to go along with a 1.71 ERA and 1.00 WHIP (walks/hits per innings pitched). Castano is a 19th-round prospect out of Florida. He is left-handed, which automatically adds some intrigue to his play. Castano has solid mechanics and a repeatable delivery that results in a plus-changeup. He sets it up with a fastball that can touch 93 mph and sits regularly in the 90-91 mph range.
Recruit: Franklin has new five-year coaching deal By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach James Franklin may or may not have a new contract extension according to one recruit who let the potential news slip during an interview June 30. “Coach Franklin, Coach Gattis and Coach Moorhead, I mean, they’re just great guys and even better coaches and they’re going to put you in a position you can thrive in and they just treat you like my family,” Soloman Enis said at The Opening Finals at Nike World Headquarters.
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Artist collaborative to host ‘Embroidered Environments’ on display at HUB Gallery new food and art show Gazette staff reports
The menu will include frozen fruit cups, browned butter banana muffins, breakfast tacos, chicken and veggie kabobs, veggie wraps, tabbouleh, homemade fruit pies, fruit slushes, tea and more. Taproot Kitchen’s Sharon Schafer, owner of The Meetinghouse on Atherton, and Melanie Rosenberger, a local artist who specializes in fiber art and pottery, are the event’s organizers. Last December, Schafer and Rosenberger organized their first art show at The Meetinghouse. The Taproot Winter Fair was also a fundraiser for Taproot Kitchen. “We love to see The Meetinghouse used as a gathering place for artists and local food enthusiasts,” said Schafer. “We hope this show will bring people together in a relaxed setting and raise awareness of the work of our local artists, as well as the work of Taproot Kitchen.” “It is gratifying to see this community collaboration in such a wonderful space,” Rosenberger said. “As a home for small organizations, The Meetinghouse welcomes the larger community into this downtown oasis and offers a relaxing place to gather for a great cause.”
STATE COLLEGE — The Meetinghouse Artists Collaborative is planning a local food and art show during Arts Festival weekend. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, July 14, and Saturday, July 15, at The Meetinghouse on Atherton, 318 S. Atherton St., State College. The event is meant to provide a place to view and buy affordable art, as well as purchase locally sourced and prepared foods. It will offer an indoor break from the crowds, heat and humidity of the outdoor arts festivals. Indoor and outdoor seating will be available. Admission is free. A portion of the proceeds from vendor fees and food will benefit Taproot Kitchen, an organization that provides catering opportunities for intellectually disabled adults. Taproot Kitchen will offer a lunch menu that includes grilled veggie skewers, Joe Schafer’s specialty Italian beef, farmfresh milkshakes and homemade popsicles. Clan Stewart Farm will serve local breakfast and lunch items featuring fresh fruits and vegetables.
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AMANDA McCAVOUR’S unique talent will be on display at The HUB-Robeson Galleries through Sept. 12. British Columbia, and Virginia Beach, Va. She has received numerous awards and scholarships from The Canada Council for the Arts, The Handweavers and Spinners Guild of America, The Ontario Crafts Council, The Ontario Society of Artists, The Surface Design Association and The Embroiderers Guild of America.
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‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ doesn’t meet expectations By BOB GARVER Special to the Gazette
You’re probably expecting me to trash “Transformers: The Last Knight.” And, make no mistake, it deserves to get trashed. Its script is horrendous, its editing is a joke, its jokes are painful and all the metallic whooshing and clanging get old real quick. It’s the same collection of complaints I always have about the “Transformers” movies. But, I can’t work up too much ire for this movie for the simple reason that, at this point, I’m just too numb. This is not some sort of submission to the “Transformers” franchise. I am not saying, “We all know these movies are dumb, so just turn off your brain and enjoy the ride.” Nor am I saying, “These movies are all terrible and people just keep seeing them anyway, so I guess they can just keep doing whatever they want until one of them bombs.” What I am saying is that relative to what I’ve been seeing lately, this movie isn’t that bad. It seems like every other week I see a movie with the same problems as this one, and those movies often do it worse. In a summer that has given us “Alien: Covenant,” “The Mummy” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” among others, the badness of “Transformers” just doesn’t stand out anymore. At least this movie doesn’t have a problem with, say, poor lighting — I can think
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THIS IMAGE shows Optimus Prime and Bumblebee in a scene from “Transformers: The Last Knight.” We’re at about the halfway point in 2017, and I’m seeing a few preliminary best and worst lists from critics who just can’t wait until January to have those fun discussions. I won’t be able to fill out a 10 best list without making some major compromises, but I’ll have no trouble filling out a 10 worst list outside of some tough choices about what to leave off. I hate to say it, but this movie might get left off. It certainly won’t be in the bottom five. Shame on 2017 for giving us at least
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DreamFest hosts inspirational event Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — It was a day to dream big as more than 200 community members attended a free screening of the award-winning film “Hidden Figures” on June 24 at the State Theatre, arriving early for pre-event activities that included completing “missions” and meeting influential women in Centre County. “It’s important to keep dreaming, but to also meet people around you who are living their dreams. It makes the idea of a role model and dream job that much more tangible,” said Irene Miller, organizer behind DreamFest 2017. Attendees met a county judge, computer programmer, graphic designer, township manager, school board chairman, police officer, business woman and real estate developer — all females living and working in Centre County. “I spent my Saturday afternoon participating in this great event,” said Amy Farkas, Harris Township manager. “I loved talking to all of the kids about their dreams and sharing my story with them. I left the event uplifted and moved at what great young people we have in this community.” The Girls Scouts were on hand to guide
attendees through STEM-related activities. The Jana Marie Foundation also had a table, providing mindful coloring activities that can help give anyone a much needed mental break. Attendees was charged with missions to find someone who could teach them a new word, who was born outside of Pennsylvania, who had travelled overseas, who was in charge of a team, who had started a company, who had negotiated a salary or a raise and other real-world scenarios that help grow individuals in their personal and professional pursuits. They also took time to reflect on what their dream jobs are, who their role models are and what motivational quotes keep them moving forward. After completing a mission, attendees could choose from inspirational wristbands, bookmarks and books. The book selection was varied to accommodate all ages, with acclaimed young adult titles such as “Matilda,” “Island of the Blue Dolphins” and “Hidden Figures.” There also were many biographies and autobiographies of women who have made their mark in history and culture. Although the idea was originally conceived to inspire young girls, it had broad appeal and attracted a wide audience.
The audience members consisted of about 25 percent men and about 50 percent adults. Students – from pre-school through college – were in attendance and came from areas including State College Area School District, Bald Eagle Area School District, Bellefonte Area School District and Tyrone. The Penn State Millennium Scholars were also in attendance. The summer event also attracted visitors from Harrisburg, Erie, Exeter and Philadelphia, as well as Middleburg, Va., and Rochester, N.Y. The first free screening of “Hidden Figures” was held in January at The College 9 in an 82-seat venue. Afterward, the idea for a second, bigger screening and event combination took hold and resulted in the DreamFest 2017 event. “Both of these events were completely funded through a GoFundMe page, which was supported by about 35 generous donors who raised $1,700 together,” said Miller. “There were also several community volunteers who helped execute each of the events (by) decorating, greeting, facilitating and being an absolute critical part of the success of these events.” DreamFest, Page 27
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THERE WERE several activities available at DreamFest 2017, held recently in State College.
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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. 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. What’s Happening, Page 27
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AROUND & IN TOWN What’s Happening, from page 26 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) 2382322. Meeting — The Hooks and Needles Club for knitters meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Children’s activity — A Lego club exploring block play and other activities that address topics in science, technology, engineering, art and math is held at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe, 208 W. Foster Ave., State College. Children’s activity — Activities and presentations for children in grades kindergarten through sixth are held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 4227667. 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) 6924369. 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.
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Event — Philipsburg’s community celebration, Heritage Days, will be held Wednesday, July 12, through Sunday, July 16, in downtown Philipsburg. The festival will feature food and craft vendors, live music and children’s activities and games. Book donations — AAUW State College is accepting books during its summer hours — 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Fridays — at 176 Technology Drive, Boalsburg. Donations also may be made 24/7 at bins. Proceeds from the May 2018 book sale will advance equity for women and girls through local programs and scholarships. Exhibition — “Unraveling the Threads of History,” featuring examples of 19th-century samplers from Centre County and afar, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, through Sept. 24, at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave. Visit www. centrehistory.org. Tours — Guided tours of Boal Mansion and Columbus Chapel will be held from 1:30 to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Sundays through October, at Boal Mansion, 163 Boal Estate Drive, Boalsburg. Visit www.boalmuseum.com or call (814) 466-6210. Program — The Spring Creek Chapter of the Veterans Service Program assists veterans transitioning from military service to civilian life by involving fly fishing instruction from 1 to 5 p.m. on the second and fourth Sundays of each month through November. There is no charge, and all equipment, a license and lunch are provided.
THURSDAY, JULY 6
Event — The first WingFest event of the summer will be held from 5:30 to 10 p.m. at Tussey Mountain, Boalsburg. Wings from local restaurants will be available and live music will be performed. Speaker — Scott Mingus will speak on “The Second Battle of Winchester: The Confederate Victory that Opened the Door to Gettysburg” at 7 p.m. at the Central PA Civil War Round Table meeting at the Pennsylvania Military Museum auditorium, 602 Boalsburg Road, Boalsburg.
FRIDAY, JULY 7
Event — The Makery will host a spy-themed scavenger hunt, “Operation First Friday,” at 5 p.m. at 209 W. Calder Way, State College. Participants will have a chance to win tickets to Happy Valley Jam and gift cards to local businesses. Performance — Local musician Kevin Briggs will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. at Big Spring Spirits, 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte. Admission is free. Baseball — The State College Spikes will take on Auburn at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park.
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Event — The Fibonacci 4K Fun Run will begin at 8 a.m. at the Pennsylvania Military Museum grounds in Boalsburg. Visit www.imathlete.com. Baseball — The State College Spikes will take on Auburn at noon at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Event — “Sampling Saturday: Summer Sipping – Cocktails and Mocktails” will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. at Tait Farm Harvest Shop, Tait Road, Centre Hall. Admission is free. Call (814) 663-3411. Performance— Happy Valley Jam, featuring Blake Shelton, will begin at 4 p.m. at Beaver Stadium on Penn State’s University Park campus. Call 1-800-NITTANY.
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Activity — Centred Outdoors will host an exploration of Talleyrand Park, including the Edible Landscape Garden, Sculpture Garden and the bridges that cross Spring Creek, from 2 to 5 p.m. Admission is free. Baseball — The State College Spikes will take on Auburn at 6:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Performance — The free South Hills’ 2017 Music Pic-
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COUNTRY MUSIC superstar Blake Shelton will be the featured performer for the first-ever concert in Beaver Stadium. nic Series presents its sixth event of the season, featuring The Nittany Knights, beginning at 5 p.m. at South Hills’ main campus, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and a picnic supper; refreshments also will be available for purchase. Music starts at 6 p.m. Free parking and restrooms are available. Call (814) 234-7755 or (814) 278-1990.
TUESDAY, JULY 11
Connection — Mountain View Country Club will host the Women’s Mid Day Connection with a talk by State College Borough Police Department crime prevention specialist Adam Salyards beginning at 11:45 a.m. Special music will be presented by vocalist Noelle Ulrich.
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Activity — Centred Outdoors will host an exploration of Talleyrand Park, including the Edible Landscape Garden, Sculpture Garden and the bridges that cross Spring Creek, from 6 to 9 p.m. Admission is free. — Compiled by Gazette staff
DreamFest,, from page 26 The initial idea for the event was borrowed from Taylor Richardson, also known as “Astronaut Starbright,” a 13-year old from Jacksonville, Fla. Richardson, an aspiring astronaut, began a crowd-funding campaign to show “Hidden Figures” to other girls in her community. The idea caught on, spawning dozens of similar fundraisers and events across the country. “Taylor and her mom have been wonderful supporters of the State College events,” said Miller, who connected with Latonja Richardson through social media. “Taylor and Zena Cardman are wonderful examples of real-life women working toward their dreams.”
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JULY 6-12, 2017
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‘Yo-Market’ promotes health at farmers market Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE —Community members are invited to drop by the Downtown State College Farmers Market every Tuesday and Friday for “Yo-Market,” a healthy eating and movement initiative where they can participate in an outdoor yoga class and receive coupons on market goods . Yo-Market was made possible by a micro-funding grant through CentreSOUP, a program developed by New Leaf Initiative. Inspired by a similar program in Detroit, the staff at New Leaf saw CentreSOUP as a way to support small, but impactful, community projects. “We are really excited to support Yo-Market through this grant program,” said Stacey Budd, membership coordinator of New Leaf initiative. “It is our goal to always be on the lookout for ideas that could benefit our community and to turn those ideas into actions.” CentreSOUP is made possible with support from the Centre Foundation through the Knight Donor Advised Fund. At CentreSOUP, community members pitch their ideas to gathered attendees who then offer votes toward their favorite projects. The pitch with the most votes is awarded the grant. Yo-Market’s creator, Elle Morgan, is a certified yoga instructor. She will instruct the yoga classes outdoors in a location near the farmers market. The 30-minute yoga class is open to anyone, including children, first-timers and people with physical challenges.
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 12 TO JUNE 16 BELLEFONTE
Jean T. Witmer to Jeffery A. Geuther and Christine M. Geuther, 1309 Summit Drive, Bellefonte, $268,000
BENNER TOWNSHIP
Betty A. Clouser to Cathy J. Clouser, 1041 W. College Ave., State College, $1 Parkside Homes LLC to Charles R. Mazzitti and Janice M. Mazzitti, 110 Teasel Way, Bellefonte, $340,050 Mark E. Lawrence to Joseph S. Corle, 117 Cambridge Lane, Bellefonte, $197,000 Eric R. Fisher, Kala R. Fisher, Garry G. Struble, Terry K. Struble, Susan A. Niessner and Karen H. Nugent to Michael T. Britton and Rebekah A. Britton, 396 Armagast Road, $175,000
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
Jeffrey L. McMullin to John M. Foreman and Catherine E. Foreman, 703 Market St., Bellefonte, $20,000
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
Fieldstone Investors Group LLC to S&A Homes Inc., 157 Mansfield St., State College, $258,000 Danny H. Carter and Ruby Allen to Eileen C. Pearsall, 128 Wellington Drive, State College, $299,900 Fred J. Leoniak, Rick G. Bair and LB Realty to LP LLC, Regent Court, State College, $385,000 Robin K. Bickle to Kaitlyn Greenaway, 119 Bathgate Drive, State College, $240,000 Sean P. Barry and Carly P. Barry to Adam Joline, 197 Wiltree Court, State College, $279,900 Gerald F. Clair and Susan W. Clair to Hawkun Development LP, Meadowsweet Drive, State College, $1 Robert W. Clark and Rebecca R. Clark to Robert W. Clark, Rebecca R. Clark and Ross W. Clark, 210 Oakwood Drive, State College, $1 Stearns Boal LP to Pinehurst Homes Inc., 130 Pepperberry Lane, State College, $115,000
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Kenneth M. Kinslow and Michelle Kinslow to Troy A. Markle and Danielle N. Sampsell, 1280 Circleville Road, State College, $245,000 Richard K. Wilber and Kathryn R. Wilber to John A. Quinn and Bettianne G. Quinn, 121 Chester Drive, Pine Grove Mills, $554,500 James W. Confer and Susan Confer to Scott L. Yocum and Glenda C. Yocum, West Calder Way, State College, $1 Rick C. Laux and Jill M. Laux to Paul K. Her-
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ELLE MORGAN pitches the idea for Yo-Market at the latest CentreSOUP meeting. “Everyone can benefit from yoga. Once I truly saw the relationship between healthy eating and exercise, I was able to lose 60 pounds, lower my blood pressure by 40 points and ‘cure’ my knee pain,”
said Morgan, who conceived of the idea of Yo-Market as a way of promoting a healthy lifestyle in the Centre region. Morgan also is owner/operator of the Elements of New Life Scripts, an artistic
DEED TRANSFERS
ickhoff and Juliana B. Herickhoff, 2275 Oak Leaf Drive, State College, $525,000 Poole Family Limited Partnership to S&A Homes Inc., 119 Red Willow Road, State College, $223,700 Daniel A. Finke and Erinn H. Finke to Bing Pan and Yunfang Jiang, 1974 Autumnwood Drive, State College, $438,000 Mary S. McKenney and William E. Easterling III to David M. Ramey and Jaymie M. Ramey, 1360 N. Allen St., State College, $251,000 Dana R. Kopp and Ward M. Butler to Dana R. Kopp, 246 Wyoming Ave., Pennsylvania Furnace, $1 Christopher K. Campbell and Karen M. Campbell to Sally A. Mackenzie, 281 Sunday Drive, State College, $537,000 Cynthia A. Mayes and Barbara E. Foose to Karen A. Myford and Robert W. Everett, 3221 Shellers Bend, No. 800, State College, $355,000 Eugene J. Greskovich and Janet H. Greskovich to Shawn D. Carter and Lara K. Kingshipp, 1344 Deerfield Drive, State College, $520,000 Mary O. Marsh to Mary O. Marsh Revocable Trust and Mary O. Marsh, trustee, 3321 Shellers Bend, No. 877, State College, $1 Andrew S. Prestia and Katharine M. Prestia to Katharine M. Prestia, 699 S. Nixon Road, State College, $1
GREGG TOWNSHIP
Brad A. Zettle to Travis A. Burckhard and Donna E. Burckhard, 137 Long St., Spring Mills, $154,000
HAINES TOWNSHIP
Jason P. Bierly and Heather M. Bierly to Stephen W. Vaughn and Ashley N. Vaughn, 145 Tattletown Road, Aaronsburg, $134,900
HARRIS TOWNSHIP
John S. Packard and Carol A. Packard to Jonathan M. Duncan and Heather M. Duncan, 1134 Kay St., Boalsburg, $382,500 GTW Associate to Karen A. Thom and Charlton W. Thom, 108 Emma Court, Boalsburg, $59,500 GTW Associates to James H. Carson and Gail G. Carson, 88 Emma Court, Boalsburg, $84,500 TOA PA IV LP to David Herzfield and Melanie E. Herzfield, 266 Beacon Circle, Boalsburg, $576,991.97 TOA PA IV LP to Annette Callahan, 270 Beacon Circle, Boalsburg, $361,193.52 Barbara Savitz to Eugene J. Greskovich and Janet H. Greskovich, 199 Beacon Circle, Boalsburg, $335,000
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
Linda L. Harpster and Linda L. Harpster to Terry T. Haines and Tammy M. Brant, 306 Beaver Road, Julian, $1
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Pinnacle Development LLC to S&A Homes Inc., 1716 Woodledge Drive, State College, $75,000
Marjorie E. White Estate, Paul I. Gibson, co-executor, Janet M. Houtz, co-executrix, and Barbara A. Nordblow, co-executrix, to Betty M. Gibson, 962 Scotia Road, Port Matilda, $1 Jennifer A. Roth to Danny R. Pelache and Sharon K. Pelache, 1734 Woodledge Drive, State College, $412,000 Rhonda Belue to James Walsh, 148 Haverford Circle, State College, $167,900 Carrie Stem to Vic S. Gladstone, Mary A. Saylor and Alex W. Gladstone, 27 Fredericksburg Court, State College, $136,000 Phoenix International Investments LP to Living Water Management LLC, 209 Fernwood Court, State College, $187,000 Phoenix International Investments LP to Living Water Management LLC, 205 Fernwood Court, State College, $172,000 David Pecht, Katie V. Pecht, Randall Haubert and Linda Haubert to Kevin C. Jones and Sandra E. Jones, 117 Bolton Ave., State College, $347,130 Alice M. Klinger by attorney and Dale Settles to Alice M. Klinger and Michele L. Weaver, 1839 Weaver St., State College, $1 Marjorie S. Haller Estate and Frederick P. Haller to Frederick P. Haller, 1943 Weaver St., State College, $1 Aaron Henrichson and Christine Henrichsen to Jeremy R. Field and Hilary J. Field, 667 Devonshire Road, State College, $260,000 Russell T. Larson and Elaine R. Larson to Terri A. Marsico, 1712 Woodledge Circle, State College, $275,000 Thomas B. Brown and June R. Brown to Philip M. Spangler and Susan T. Sanders, 433 Sierra Lane, State College, $125,000
POTTER TOWNSHIP
Russell L. Swanger to Russell L. Swanger, 2147 Earlystown Road, Centre Hall, $1 Myron E. Hanselman by attorney and Doris J. Hanselman by attorney to Tibben Zerby and Kaitlyn Deardorff, 2919 Lower Brush Valley Road, Centre Hall, $167,000 Nathan A. Wessel and Ashlee M. Wessel to Benjamin R. Cloninger and Rachel L. Cloninger, 124 Ashford Manor Drive, Centre Hall, $332,500
RUSH TOWNSHIP
Irene E. Kohute and Stephen L. Kohute to Kevin Haney and Lorie Haney, 206 Walker St., Osceola Mills, $10,000 Randolph J. Bock and Lisa M. Bock to Shane K. Patterson, 539 Miller Road, Philipsburg, $150,000
SPRING TOWNSHIP
Ronald W. Neidigh Estate, Laurie J. Stover, co-executrix, and Randall W. Neidigh, co-executor, to Diane Birmingham, 131 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $245,000 Kenneth P. Amspaugh and Anne M. Amspaugh to Pura V. Spigelmyer and Mark A. Spigelmyer, 208 E. College Ave., State College, $200,000 CDG Land Acquisition LP to Marilyn F. Presto, 161 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $324,000
modality that assists individuals, businesses, educational outlets and social service organizations to achieve more through wellness, using the art of theater to initiate positive change. Tickets for Yo-Market are $5. Those who wish to attend can sign up online at www.newlifescripts.com. On the scheduled yoga day, show the online confirmation at the yoga class and receive the coupon to take to the market. Coupons are valid at participating market stands and are for $2 off goods from those specific stands. Receive a free yoga mat spray from Tony Russo, of Nittany Valley Organics, with your Yo-Market purchase. “Yo-market is part of a regional initiative to have a healthier community. We join Centred Outdoors to offer something fun, healthy and exciting to do with the whole family this summer,” said Morgan. Yo-Market is the second CentreSOUP grant winner. The Be Bag project won the first grant. “The Be Bag project is currently providing support to children staying at both the Centre County Women’s Resource Center’s battered women’s shelter and Housing Transitions,” said Siri Newman, coordinator of the project. “When children arrive at either location they are greeted with a personal tote bag that includes a blanket, several books, a stuffed animal, journal, pillowcase, coloring books and coloring pencils/crayons and other small age-appropriate toys.” For more information on CentreSOUP, contact Stacey Budd at (301) 401-3699.
Graymont Inc. to EBY Paving and Construction Inc., 1001 E. College Ave., State College, $1 EBY Paving and Construction to EBY Paving and Construction, 1001 E. College Ave., State College $1 Graymont Inc. to Thomas C. Capparelle and Toby S. Capparelle, 1025 E. College Ave., State College, $1 Graymont Inc. to Graymont Inc., East College Ave., State College, $1 Graymont Inc. to Graymont Inc., 671 Garbrick Road, Pleasant Gap, $1 Abbie H. Martin and G.C. Martin to Bonnie J. Rossman and Barbara J. Bair, 138 Faust Circle, Bellefonte, $190,000 Dustin J. Starer and Anne T. Hayward to Kelly B. Nguyen and Robert A. Nguyen, 124 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap, $178,000
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Frank G. Hillary and Sarah M. Rajtmajer to Emily R. Erickson, 309 W. Prospect Ave., State College, $285,000 Thomas R. Roberts and Ryen K. Roberts to Thomas R. Roberts and Ryen K. Roberts, 927 W. Whitehall Road, State College, $1 Rosa B. Shade Estate, Tom Shade, executor, Charles Shade Sr., Jessie Shade by attorney, Brenda Shade and Tennie Shade to Chutney Arrington, 715 W. Beaver Ave., State College, $1 Vilma Kanwal to North American Mission Board Southern, 1253 Smithfield St., State College, $369,900
SNOW SHOE BOROUGH
Elizabeth Helsel, Elizabeth I. Fye and Von R. Fye to Sandra A. Richcreek, 107 Martin Road, Moshannon, $1 David Shutika Estate and Naomi Gummo, executrix, to Naomi Gummo, 140 Church St., Bellefonte, $1 Mary B. Casher Estate and Sabrina L. Casher, administratrix, to Jeffrey D. Seamans and Tammy R. Seamans, 747 Clarence Road, Clarence, $35,000
UNION TOWNSHIP
Philip Brumbaugh and Amanda Brumbaugh to Kyle H. Clymire, 1513 Purdue Mountain Road, Bellefonte, $204,000 Lala M. Hall Revocable Living Trust, Lala M. Hall, trustee, Lalah M. Hall, trustee, Lala M. Lindsey, trustee, and Lalah M. Lindsey, trustee, to Lala M. Hall Revocable Living Trust, Lala M. Lindsey Revocable Living Trust, Lala M. Hall, trustee, and Lala M. Lindsey, trustee, 1242 Rattlesnake Pike, Julian, $1
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Sylvia K. Weed to Sylvia K. Weed Trust and Sylvia K. Weed, trustee, 603 Nittany Ridge Drive, Howard, $1 Julie A. Kowalski to Andrew N. Bean and Lillian B. Bean, 743 Forest Ave., Bellefonte, $159,900 — Compiled by James Turchick
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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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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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3 bedroom, 1 fi bath Townhouse for rent, located at 519 Marjorie Mae Street in State College, PA. Includes 3 parking spaces (2 covered), also includes washer/dryer, refrigerator, stove & dishwasher. Water and garbage removal included in rent. Rent: $1400/mo. & $1400 security deposit. Available after August 1, 2017. Call Joyce @ 814-577-2328 or 814-342-6610 or email: joycekitko@hotmail .com
Fuel & Firewood
SENIOR SOCIAL CENTER For participants with dementia. Monday- Friday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Reasonable rates.
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Matt Walk’s Firewood 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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Machinery & Tools
125 PSI Sears Craftsman Air, Twin cylinder, 20 gallon tank, 2 hp, 110 or 220, asking $150, Call (814) 355-2511
Public Sales
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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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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
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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
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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. FOUR 245/65R/17 tires & wheels for Honda Ridgeline, very good condition, $50 each. (814) 321-4737
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TOYOTA COROLLA ONLY 52K MILES $7,900 Toyota Corolla LE sedan, silver, with low mileage—less than 52K—in great condition, inspected this month. This has been an amazing car but we are moving to New York City and can’t take it with us! Call (617) 797-9202
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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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