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Residents oppose extensive upgrades to park By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Many local residents spoke out against proposed renovations for the Holmes Foster Park in a public hearing held during the Aug. 17 State College Borough council meeting. The park, which was given to the borough in 1921, is located off Sparks Street and surrounds mostly residential neighborhoods, bordering about 30 houses. The developers, Stomberg, Garrigan and Associates Inc., began gathering input on the park about a year ago. The plan, which includes replacing older trees, extending paved paths, creating more seating, replacing the existing pavilions and updating the restroom facility, first received mixed opinions when the developers presented it in February to the public. On July 20, the project’s architectural consultants presented the plan, which also includes integrating the old play areas into a new play zone and rotating the parking lot, to council. Residents continued to voice their opinions in opposition to the plan at the public hearing that borough council hosted.
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NO CHANGES: At a recent State College Borough Council meeting, area residents voiced their displeasure with a plan to make changes to Holmes Foster Park in State College. “This is an enormous waste of resources and of taxpayers’ money,” said borough resident Richard Eckhardt. “Rather than use the money to undo what is al-
United Way campaign off to strong start By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — It was a memorable night for the Centre County United Way when it kicked off its 2015 campaign on Aug. 17 at Sound Technology in Ferguson Township.
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KICKING IT OFF: Pictured, from left, are Chris Hosterman, 2015 Campaign Co-Chair; Colleen Williams, 2015 Campaign Co-Chair and Steve Brown, 2015 Honorary Co-Chair, CEO Mount Nittany Health.
grabbing,” while the original idea — which is supported by many residents — was to stabilize the park making only necessary upgrades.
Goreham relishes role as mayor
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the plane upon her arrival here, she felt she was at home. “People are honest here, I remember being surprised. Unlike Houston, you could get change for a dollar; in Houston you have to buy something,” she said with a laugh. Goreham, who describes herself as an environmentalist, found her niche in local government after writing for Voices of Central PA and a failed attempt to start a juice bar. Her husband convinced her that running for borough council could serve as a way for her to introduce her environmental ideas to the community.
STATE COLLEGE — Police have concluded what happened during a June 22 crash that killed Joel Reed. Reed was driving a scooter traveling northbound on North Atherton Street when he collided with a Mini Cooper driven by Kimberly Griffin that was turning onto Park Avenue. State College police said in a statement that after a thorough investigation, the crash reconstruction investigator concluded that Reed failed to stop at a red light. “The investigator found that no traffic violation was committed by the operator of the Mini Cooper,” police said in this same statement. This crash was the second fatal crash that occurred at the intersection of Park Avenue and Atherton Street in the last year. Penn State freshman Eva O’Brian was struck by a pickup truck when she was jogging across Atherton Street in early July 2014. “The problem is there is no time for pedestrians,” said William Taylor, the
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By ALEXA LEWIS STATE COLLLEGE — State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham never stops serving her community — even when she’s at the grocery store. “If I go to a grocery store, and if someone has something that they want me to act on or need a response from the borough, they will tell me,” Goreham said. “They think I represent them, that I am here for them — and I am.” Aside from graduating with a degree in political science from George Washington University, Goreham’s road to becoming one of the borough’s go-to political figures is a bit untraditional. Born and raised in Indiana, she moved to State College in 1993 from Houston. Even though she had lived in Texas for 20 years, Goreham said the second she got off
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ready a very nice park, I’d like us to use the money for more pressing purposes.” He said the consultants created a plan that is “attention-
Eckhardt was not the only resident who spoke before council opposing large-scale upgrades and questioning the necessity of parts of the proposed plan. “It’s a lovely plan, but it belongs in a newer development,” said local resident Carol Lee. “Holmes Foster Park is old, like many of our residents, and it’s beautiful and it’s natural and I would hate to see anything done that would change the perception and feel of the park.” While Lee said the pavilions do need refurbishing and the bathrooms need improvements, some of the proposed changes such as rotating the parking lot and adding additional paths are unnecessary and would not better serve the local residents any better. “People walk everywhere because they like it, so I don’t see the need for additional trails or paths,” she said. Moreover, residents were also concerned about funding the project. “This is a time when the borough is facing some financial challenges and I’d like us to not spend money on something that
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IN CHARGE: State College Mayor Elizabeth Goreham sat in her office at the State College municipal building recently.
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Front and Centre TICK-ING AWAY: With fall around the corner, be on the lookout for deer ticks. A bite from a tick can lead to Lyme disease, which can produce fatigue, chills, fever, headaches, muscle and joint pain. Page 8 PURE ENERGY: A solar heating system was recently installed at the Old Gregg School Community Center in Spring Mills. The project is being funded, in part, by a grant from West Penn Power. Page 10
ON THE HORIZON: Now that Centre County schools have begun two-a-days, it’s time to get ready for some football. Gazette sports writer Pat Rothdeutsch takes a closer look at what’s ahead. Page 23 LOCAL TALENT: WPSU recently garnered several Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Winners will be announced on Sunday, Sept. 13. Page 26
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Weaver-Gates waives preliminary hearing By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
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BELLEFONTE — There will be no preliminary hearing for former beauty queen Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates. Weaver-Gates, 23, waived her preliminary hearing, which was scheduled for Aug. 19 in Centre County Court. The former pageant winner was charged last week with a pair of felonies — theft by deception and receiving stolen property. According to the Pennsylvania State Police, Weaver-Gates was faking that she was battling cancer. She then took money from events that raised money in her honor. The most recent event, “Bingo for Brandi,” held in April, raised more than $14,000. Public defender Deb Lux said that her client is “truly sorry” and “asks for forgiveness, although she understands many won’t find it in their hearts to do so,” according to the Associated Press. After being charged, Weaver-Gates was immediately stripped of her title as Miss PA U.S. International. Pageant directors released a statement about Weaver-Gates. “We at Butler’s Beauties are saddened to hear of the news of Miss Brandy WeaverGates. We were also led to believe that she was dealing with this horrible disease and stood by her as she struggled being a beauty queen and a cancer patient.” The statement continued: “We at Butler’s Beauties believe that with a crown and sash you can accomplish many great things as a role model, spokesmodel and community leader as a beauty pageant
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queen. When you deceive the public and take people’s money that is under the pretense of fraud, we will not tolerate those actions. Our hearts go out to those affected by cancer and to those who were taken advantage of by Miss Weaver-Gates. “Effectively immediately, Miss WeaverGates is no longer a representative of the Miss Pennsylvania U.S. International organization and will be required to return her crown and sash upon her release from being detained.” Weaver-Gates remains jailed in the Centre County Correctional Facility in lieu of $150,000 bail.
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Council opposes student-housing bill By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — One state bill and a recently voided state act could affect State College, sparking conversation among State College Borough council members during their Aug. 17 meeting. House Bill 809, which state Rep. Susan Helm, R-Susquehanna Township, is sponsoring in the state Legislature, would preempt any municipal ordinance that limits unrelated individuals from living together or students from living in certain areas. “It is neither fair nor reasonable to approach these issues by singling out students or unrelated individuals living together based on an assumption that they are, or will be, problem citizens and undesirable neighbors,” Helm wrote in a letter to the state House. However, after discussing the issues that such as bill might cause in a college town, borough council unanimously passed a resolution opposing the bill. While council member Evan Myers agreed that discrimination against students bothers him, he said that local zoning ordinances are needed to keep issues at bay between students and residents.
Should this bill pass, it would mean that local government would not be able to use local zoning ordinances to section off certain areas of town for residents and families. “We need the ordinances that we have in place and I am glad we are speaking out against this plan,” said councilwoman Catherine Dauler. “It seems to be generated by people who are interested in realestate profit.” Council also heard from residents in the audience who endorsed council opposing the bill. “We’re an educational community. I think it’s important for the mission of the community that professors live in the community,” said local resident David Stone. After passing the resolution, borough council proceeded to discuss the possibility of drafting an ordinance that would restrict firearms in municipal buildings and parks in light of the recent Commonwealth Court decision that ruled Act 192 unconstitutional. “Gun are serious and they should not be taken for granted,” said councilwoman Theresa Lafer, who said she is a gun owner. “They should not be carried around in public buildings, public parks or public schools.” Act 192, originally House Bill 80 until former Gov. Tom Corbett signed the bill
on Nov. 6, allowed legal gun owners the right to sue municipalities over local gun regulations. Since it was enacted in 1974, Pennsylvania’s Uniform Firearms Act has prohibited counties, municipalities and townships from regulating the ownership, possession or transportation of firearms. But prior to Act 192, local governments could pass local firearms ordinances with little accountability. According to borough manager Tom Fountaine, State College had an ordinance that prohibited firearms in parks. However, when Act 192 was passed legislators of many municipalities, including State College, chose to repeal their gun ordinances to avoid litigation. In June, the Commonwealth Court ruled the act unconstitutional because of the single subject rule included in the state’s constitution. The provision prevents a bill from addressing multiple unrelated matters in the same bill. The gun provisions were included into an already moving bill that dealt with the theft of secondary metals. During the Aug. 17 discussion of possibly drafting a new firearm ordinance in light of the court’s recent ruling, council
member Evan Myers said, “Gun violence is a major issue in the United States ... I think if we can have a positive impact on reducing that, then that is exactly why we are here.” While Myers and other council members support passing an ordinance despite state law, not all of council was unanimous during the discussion. Council president James Rosenberger said he is not in favor of passing an ordinance if the borough cannot enforce it. He also noted that the borough is already ordinance-heavy. Dauler said she was also concerned about the funds that the borough would have to dip into should they face a lawsuit for reinstating the ordinance. “Is that what we really want to do with the municipal funds?” Dauler asked the audience. Myers responded to Dauler’s comment saying, “If there is something we can do that will save lives and save people from getting hurt, then I think we should do that.” With the majority of council in support of a new ordinance, the borough staff will begin working on a draft that council will review once completed.
From Phyrst to last: Remembering Ernie Oelbermann By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — There are some people who are so integral to the character of a place that they become something larger than themselves. Ernie Oelbermann, legendary owner of the Phyrst and bandleader of the Phyrst Phamily band, was one of the those people. He wasn’t just an older man with a smile and a banjo; he was a defining part of what living in State College was like for countless residents and Penn State alumni. His daughter Kathy DiMuccio recalled
a familiar scene that happened nearly every Saturday night during the 32 years Ernie owned the bar and performed with his rotating cast of musicians. Ernie would descend the stairs into the crowded baseERNIE ment of the Phyrst OELBERMANN decked in his trademark hat and spectacles as a crowd of people formed around him, eager to hear
his laugh and experience his uncontainable love for people. Dozens of cups would pound against tables in the dive bar, creating a rhythmic beat while voices chanted “Er-nie! Er-nie! Er-nie!” And, the man himself, almost embarrassed by the enthusiasm, would smile sheepishly as if to say: “Aww shucks, guys, no need for all that.” “He was like a magnet, and he just drew the students to him because he was so fun, so full of joy,” DiMuccio said. “He had this way about him where he wanted to know everyone’s name, and he wanted to know about them, and he really, genuinely cared.”
But despite the almost fervent devotion many Phyrst regulars had for Ernie, he was almost an enigma in his own way. He was widely known as the man behind the iconic Phyrst Phamily band singalongs, but DiMuccio said that many people, sometimes even close family friends, didn’t always see the other facets of his life. Ernie was a bona fide bomber pilot, having served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. He was in the 390th Bomb Group and flew 29 missions over Nazi Germany in a B-17 bomber. After the Oelbermann, Page 5
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Crash, from page 1 chairman of the board of health, to council members in July. “People are dashing across the street because there is no time.” In light of these two fatal incidents, the Centre Region Planning Commission, the State College Police Department and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation are currently working to assess the intersection more thoroughly. In a July public hearing following the accident that resulted in Reed’s death, State College Police Chief Tom King said red light cameras and radars are critical to improving safety at that and other intersections in the Centre Region, according to the borough’s website. PennDOT — at the request of the police department — has also installed a camera at the corner and has provided police with access to the surveillance. In a July 20 council meeting, Tom Fountain, the borough manager, said the borough will be able to provide council with a complete report in a couple months.
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THE PLAYGROUND at Holmes Foster Park is a popular destination for families in State College. Park, from page 1
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A MAN DRIVING a scooter was killed at the intersection of Park Avenue and Atherton Street on June 22. Police recently determined that the man driving the scooter, Joel Reed, was at fault in the crash.
the residents don’t want,” Eckhardt said. Peggy Hartman, who lives a block and a half away from the park, said she is also worried that the park would struggle to retain its current atmosphere should the borough approve all the proposed renovations and thinks the borough should make only a “few sensitive upgrades” to the park. Hartman said, “Holmes Foster Park imparts a viable and cherished tradition ... it is a true historic treasure.”
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Grange Fair entertainment a year in the making By HARRY ZIMBLER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — As this year’s Grange Fair takes place, the entertainment committee and board of directors for the event will already be planning for next year’s fair. “That’s right,” said Shirley Hiedrich, chair of the entertainment committee and member of the Grange Fair board of directors. “We start planning for next year while the fair is on.” Hiedrich has been booking acts for the Grange Fair grandstand shows since 1994. Following years on her own, she now has an assistant, Justin Kline. Hiedrich explained that she gets suggestions for acts from fairgoers, as well as the 36 members of the board of directors. “We work with a booking agent,” she said. “We have been working with Variety Attractions for about 49 years. It’s a very long time. They have a real knack for what will work at Grange Fair.” For example, Variety Attractions suggested signing Garth Brooks to a contract just before he exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. When he left Grange Fair, he Oelbermann, from page 3 war, but before the bar, Ernie was a highly successful engineer and Penn State researcher with a master’s degree in physics from American University. He was a devoted husband for 65 years to his wife, Becky, a loving and attentive father to six children, a shrewd and successful businessman who grew a small bar into a Penn State institution, and a deeply spiritual Catholic who never neglected to say his rosary. But, maybe more than anything else, Ernie was a joyful man, the kind of person who can meet someone for the first time and make him see the value in himself, because Ernie already knew it was there. Goreham, from page 1 “I discovered that the people who live here are on the same page as I am with the environment,” she said. “We all want a high quality of life and we really treasure the clean air and water we have here.” Goreham is now in her fifth year as mayor, after serving as a borough council member for 12 years. During her first term as mayor, Goreham said the town still missed Bill Welch, who had passed away unexpectedly two months before the election. “I felt like I was stepping into his shoes,” she said. “But I ran again and now I do feel that I am the mayor, that I can express my own point of view, so that is what I am doing and I have my own priorities.” Goreham said her agenda for this term has much to do with the environment and diversity. She also said she is a proponent of creating an environment rich with entrepreneurial opportunities, where students can build their lives in the town after graduation. But what is a day in Mayor Goreham’s shoes really like? As many political figures do, she spends mornings in her office on the third floor of the State College municipal building responding to emails and reading through event invitations. But, residents may be more likely to find Goreham out and about, attending local events. She said she spends about 20 hours a week in her office, which is filled with art made by local artists. She was quick to point out that female artists made most of the paintings, while a male artist made the ceramics. Local arts is another area that Goreham would like to see further developed in the borough.
Asked to predict which act will be most popular at this year’s event, Heidrich shied away from an answer. “However, we’ve had a lot of calls about Sammy Kershaw,” she said. “So I guess that’s going to be a popular show.” The grandstand shows get fired up Friday, Aug. 21, with a performance by Old Dominion, a group that has composed popular songs for many different country stars. On Saturday, Aug. 22, Remington Ryde brings its Nashville-style bluegrass to the Grange Fair. Craig Wayne Boyd delivers his Texas-style country music to the grandstand stage Monday, Aug. 24. Boyd was the winner of “The Voice” in 2014. Guy Penrod brings his award-winning performance of worshipful music to the Grange Fair Tuesday, Aug. 25. On Wednesday, Aug. 26, country star Sammy Kershaw will perform, while Paul Revere’s Raiders will rock the stage Thursday, Aug. 27. The Grange Fair’s entertainment concludes with performances by Francesca Battistelli Friday, Aug. 28, and Cassadee Pope Saturday, Aug. 29.
became one of country music’s top stars. Heidrich has worked with dozens upon dozens of musical performers over the years. None attracted as big a crowd as country star Kip Moore. “He was our most popular act ever,” she noted. “More than 6,000 people came to see his show. Lady Antebellum was a very big act when they came to the fair. When they left, they were a top national act.” Hiedrich said that the process of selecting the Grange Fair performers takes place at a meeting of six board directors. “We all come to the meeting with our choices for every night of the fair,” she said. “We leave that meeting with three selections for each night.” Then the process turns to signing contracts. Most acts want to wait as long as possible to make a commitment to Grange Fair. Very often, performers get multiple offers for the same night and have to decide which venue is best. There is also the matter of putting together tours. If Grange Fair fits into a tour, it makes it more likely that a particular act will sign. Once the acts arrive at the fair, it is up to Heidrich to make sure they are provided food, drink and hotel rooms if they need them.
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“Ernie’s willingness to accept and be a part of everyone’s unique experience was unparalleled. He was a 50-year-old guy who could relate to 20-year-old kids,” said John Hook, a friend and former co-manager at the Phyrst. “I think his ability to do that was probably a function of his non-judgement,” Hook said. “He wasn’t trying to tell people what to do, he was going through and embracing uncertainty, understanding that things are going to happen so all you can do is make the best of them and keep moving forward.” Ernie kept moving forward until the morning of Aug. 12 when, at the age 90, he passed away quietly in his sleep after suffering what may have been a stroke, DiMuccio said.
“I think we’re all very peaceful about Dad’s death,” DiMuccio said. “He was 90, which is a pretty big number, and he had such a full and happy life.” As part of that life, his daughter said, he became part of the lives of countless other people. When DiMuccio announced his death on social media, and when the story later hit the news, the response was almost overwhelming. “Thirty years’ worth of Penn Staters saw his death and thought, ‘That’s Ernie from the Phyrst! I can’t believe it!’” DiMuccio said. “And the messages were all things like, ‘There was nothing like singing with Ernie at the Phyrst on Saturday nights,’ ‘I loved the Unicorn Song,’ ‘I loved the Penn State chants’ or ‘Those memories of Ernie and the Phyrst Phamily were the best part of my Penn State experience.’’
After the Aug. 10 interview, Goreham went directly to a ceremony where she swore in a new police officer and then later in the evening she held a borough council work session where she and council members discussed the 2016 budget. Flipping through her planner, Goreham said later in the week she was to meet with the director of Penn State Law’s Center for Immigrants’ Rights Clinic and a group called Neighbor to Neighbor that pairs up families with fraternities. “That’s one thing that is such a pleasure about being mayor is that I get to experience the broad spectrum of activities that our citizens are engaged in,” Goreham said. “People are really involved. I remembered moving here and everyone was so busy, no one had time!” Goreham said she also conducts weddings, which she said was a surprise even to her when she was elected as mayor. “I really do enjoy it,” she said. Once the fall semester starts, Goreham said her office hours in Penn State’s HUB-Robeson Center will resume, giving her an opportunity to promote the connection that the borough has with the university. “The university essentially created State College and we benefit from each other in great ways,” she said. Goreham still has a large portion of her term ahead of
her, but she hopes to travel more and spend more time focusing on local businesses in State College. At the end of each day, whether she is mayor or not, Goreham’s devotion to the borough is enduring. “Here we have more freedom to develop who we are, to be who we are and there is nothing better than that,” Goreham said, just before she waved to a council member who walked by her office. “I’m always impressed with the number of activities going on and how many people are attracted to them. We have no limit — its limitless, it seems here.”
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United Way, from page 1 Despite high humidity, CCUW executive director Tammy Gentzel said it was a picture-perfect evening. “It was absolutely fantastic,” Gentzel said. “We had a good turnout. We had lots of kids playing. The band was wonderful. There wasn’t much to complain about.” Of course, the big news was that the Pacesetter Campaign has gotten the ball rolling on the CCUW’s fundraising efforts. According to Gentzel, designated companies held internal fundraising efforts with employees, raising $563,384 as the campaign begins. Gentzel spoke highly of the companies that contribute to the Pacesetter Campaign. “They are the cream of the crop when it comes to businesses that support us,” Gentzel said. “They agreed decades ago to be the pacesetter for doing what we do in the fall. They support us at maximum level. They provide corporate gifts, their employees help us with the campaign by volunteering.” According to Gentzel there are approximately 31 companies and 35 partner agencies involved in the campaign, and the summer months are a critical part of the CCUW’s success.
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Auto insurers must explain rate policies By The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Insurance companies believe married people are better drivers — until death do they part. Then, a widow automatically becomes a higher risk, justifying a premium increase of up to 20 percent. That’s the troubling finding of a Washington-based consumer group that surveyed insurers in 10 cities and found most levy a “widow’s penalty,” the result of disparate charges for married and single drivers. The practice is wrong and rekindles concern about insurance companies setting rates based on factors unrelated to driving. To continue to do so, insurers should provide proof that a marriage certificate makes for a responsible driver and that risk spikes after the death of a spouse. The Consumer Federation of America obtained rates for a hypothetical driver in 10 cities, comparing the premium for a married woman and a widow, at both 30 and 50 years old. It found that four of six insurers — Geico, Farmers, Progressive and Liberty Mutual — charged the widow an average of 20 percent more than the married woman. Nationwide did in some cities; State Farm did not change its rates based on marital status. In response to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Tim Grant, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department will investigate and ask insurers that raise rates for widows and widowers to justify the increase or lower the rates. In the past, insurers have cited old studies to demonstrate correlation between marital status and risk, including one based on data collected in New Zealand in 1990, the CFA said. In recent years, the group has lobbied against pricing that unfairly burdens low- to middle-income drivers, including using a person’s education, occupation and credit score to set rates. A fair system, consumer advocates say, would consider only a person’s accident record, speeding tickets and the number of miles driven. If married people are truly better drivers, and the bereaved worse, let’s see recent and definitive data. Otherwise, consumers should demand better treatment and effect change by choosing insurers that don’t ask for their marital status. There are more than 200 that serve the state.
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An experience never to be forgotten MY EARLIEST MEMORIES of life in Happy Valley was the feeling that I had moved to a place that had more cows than people. As a city boy, born and raised, I was not a big fan of the rural lifestyle.
I was hooked. It wasn’t love at first When I first arrived in Centre sight, certainly, but I had grown to County I had every intention of getlook forward to the yearly gathering ting a degree and moving back home in Centre Hall. to the New York City metropolitan Now, I can say I love it. area where I was born and raised. Over the years I became My earliest memories of friends with a family from life in Happy Valley was the Penn’s Valley. One year — feeling that I had moved to the exact date I don’t rea place that had more cows call — I was chaperoning than people. As a city boy, a group of students from born and raised, I was not Penn’s Valley High School a big fan of the rural lifeon a trip to New York City, a style. place I knew very well. Later that first summer On that trip, speaking to came my initial encouna student, I expressed a deter with a curiosity called sire to someday spend a few “Grange Fair.” I had no idea nights in a tent at Grange what the word “grange” even Fair. meant. The offer came when I was flabbergasted that that student and her Penn’s people would actually enjoy Harry Zimbler is a Valley family had to travel spending more than a week correspondent for out of town for a wedding. I in an Army tent with limited The Centre County got a chance to spend some toilet facilities and showers Gazette. time overnight at the fair. at their disposal. Not only did Friends who attended the fair the conditions seem less than appealevery year told me about “Grange ing, but many of these folks would Fair babies” and all night poker travel hundreds of miles to set up games that were against the curfew next to families they had known for of the fair. generations. There were other interesting tradiAs the years ticked off, I started to tions that shall remain a secret. appreciate the Grange Fair as a place Our overnight time was filled with to visit with friends and colleagues. all sorts of startling sounds capped By the time my daughter was born,
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off, of course, by the sweet sound of the sewage truck pumping out the latrines. Ah, the good old days. The facilities have been upgraded substantially over the years, thankfully. Garbage truck sounds gave way to crying babies, laughing adults and teenagers running up and down the rows of tents. Needless to say, we did not sleep as well as we hoped. It didn’t matter, because I finally had a chance to see what the fair is really all about. I don’t understand anyone who would miss a chance to attend Grange Fair. It is an event unlike anything else on earth. So while my sleepover days are behind me, my love and respect for Grange Fair lives on. It’s almost time for the last funnel cake and sausage sandwich of the season.
Water fluoridation carries major benefits By WADE I. NEWMAN, D.D.S Community water fluoridation benefits everybody, especially those without access to routine dental care. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has proclaimed community water fluoridation as one of the 10 great public health achievements of the 20th century. In fact, the U.S. Surgeon General in 2004 determined that “… community water fluoridation continues to be the most cost-effective, equitable and safe means to provide protection from tooth decay in a community. Scientific studies have found that people living in communities with fluoridated water have fewer cavities than those living where the water is not fluoridated.” The Bellefonte Water Authority has decided to stop fluoridating our water, doing so without input from those of us who live in the borough. After receiving the notice in the mail, I made a phone call to find out the reasoning behind the decision. It comes down to saving money. While the short-term cost of complying with the Department of Environmental Protection’s mandates to remain fluoridating the water impacts our borough’s finances, it is very important that we don’t lose sight of the long-term consequences of this decision, particularly the overwhelming benefits to our citizens
children. Population-based prevention programs are the first line of defense against tooth decay. This is why more than 125 national and international organizations, including the American Dental Association, the CDC, the American Medical Association, the World Health Organization and others recognize the public health benefits of community water fluoridation for preventing dental decay. It’s important to note that fluoridation contributes much more to overall health than simply reducing tooth decay. It prevents needless pain from infection, suffering and loss of teeth, and saves significant costs associated with dental treatment. In conclusion, I fear that our community leaders have made a decision that is going to have very unfavorable consequences for our residents, and more specifically the children of our residents. It is my strong belief, in light of the long-term effects of this decision as outlined above, that eliminating fluoride from our water supply is not responsible stewardship by those making these decisions. It is in this vein, that I urge our officials to reconsider this choice, and that the residents of Bellefonte stand with me and let their voices be heard.
having a much stronger foundation for good oral health. I understand the Bellefonte Water Authority’s misgivings on not wanting to purchase more fluoride, in not wanting to spend money to ensure employees are handling fluoride safely, and for not wanting to install a shower and drain. Those items cost money that those of us living in the borough would have to shoulder. The average lifetime cost per person to fluoridate a water supply is less than the cost of one dental filling. For most cities, every $1 invested in water fluoridation saves $38 in dental treatment costs. In the end, community water fluoridation saves money. Studies conducted throughout the past 60 years have consistently proven that water fluoridation is safe and effective in reducing dental decay by 20-40 percent, even with the widespread availability of fluoride from other sources, such as toothpaste. Fluoride is a naturally occurring element in the water, and increasing fluoride to an optimal level simply results in individuals ingesting an amount sufficient to prevent tooth decay. Efforts made by local communities to stop the addition of fluoride to their water systems are often made under the false premise that fluoride causes more harm than good. Tooth decay remains the single most common chronic disease in
Editor’s note: Newman is president of the Pennsylvania Dental Association.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Prevent Lyme disease with these simple tips HERSHEY — When a mosquito decides to dine on your blood, you typically know it — there’s pain, itch and annoyance. Ticks, on the other hand, take a stealthier approach. They often burrow into hard-tospot areas and hang around for hours or days at a time. The black-legged deer tick, which lives in much of the northeastern United States and the upper Midwest, can cause Lyme disease, a bacterial infection named after the Connecticut town where it was discovered in the 1970s. Often diagnosed by the telltale bullseye rash it produces, the disease is also known to be the cause of unexplained fatigue, chills, fever, headaches and muscle or joint pain. Drooping or paralysis of one side of the face can be another indication of the disease. While many people who get Lyme disease find a tick on their bodies or develop the rash, those who experience only the other symptoms can be diagnosed using a blood test that measures the body’s immune response to the bacteria that causes the disease. “Because of the way the bacteria works, once it is through the skin, it can go anywhere in the body,” said Dr. Kit Heron, a family medicine physician with Penn State Hershey Medical Group in State College. “Your symptoms depend on
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where it goes.” Many cases are treated with a threeweek course of doxycycline or another antibiotic, which can often cure the disease. As with most illnesses, the earlier it is diagnosed and treated, the better. “The longer the bacteria stays in your body, the more time it has to damage tissues,” Heron said. Scientists are still researching whether the disease can resurface once treated. “Once you hit it with antibiotics, most cases resolve without issue,” Heron said. “We have a fairly reliable treatment regimen, but we’re still working on the finer points of it.” Preventing Lyme disease doesn’t involve confining yourself indoors or cocooning yourself in plastic wrap for a walk in the woods. Using an insect repellent with 20 to 30 percent DEET — as well as wearing long pants and long sleeves when walking in areas of high grass or leaf litter — can help keep the unwanted parasites at bay. When you return indoors, toss your clothes in the dryer on high heat for an hour to kill any hitchhikers. Inspect your skin thoroughly and pull off any interlopers with sharp tweezers. “We don’t recommend squishing them,” Heron said. “But do toss them in alcohol or put them on sticky tape so they
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A BITE FROM a tick can produce Lyme disease. The disease can often be the cause of unexplained fatigue, chills, fever, headaches and muscle or joint pain. don’t reattach to someone else.” Many times, ticks hide in hard-to-detect areas such as the scalp, groin, back, armpits and the backs of your legs. “If it’s in a spot you can’t get to or if you
feel uncomfortable taking it off, call your doctor,” he said. “A tick has to be on you for some period of time — usually more than 24 hours — before it causes problems.”
How insurance determines pharmacy coverage “Sorry, your prescription is not covered.” “Your insurance requires a prior authorization.” “Your prescription is too early to refill.” In my 35-year career as a pharmacist, I have uttered these and other annoying phrases more times than I can count. Often, customers seemed perplexed by how pharmacy works. Who makes these rules anyway? When I started in 1980, the only people
who had prescription insurance cards were those people who had Medicaid. We filled out paper claim forms and mailed them to Harrisburg to get paid. Everyone else just paid the full price of the prescription and mailed in their receipts for reimbursement if they had prescription coverage. Today, more than 90 percent of prescriptions are billed through some type of prescription plan by the pharmacist at the time of filling. People may be covered through a private employer health plan, Medicare (Part D), Medicaid, a federal employee plan, a military program (Tricare) and, now, marketplace plans established by the Affordable Care Act. All are administered by a mysterious entity in the middle of every transaction, the pharmacy benefit manager, or PBM.
An employer or government agency that offers health insurance chooses an insurance company to provide those benefits. These insurance companies, in turn, hire a PBM to manage the prescription component. The PBM industry is dominated by two main players, Express Scripts and CVS/ Caremark, which control more than 60 percent of the market. PBMs also contract with pharmacies to create a network of participation pharmacies. A large network of pharmacies makes the PBM more attractive to the insurance companies whose business they are competing for. When a pharmacist asks for your insurance card, he enters several numbers, such as the ID number and the group number, into your patient record. After entering this info, the pharmacist fills the prescription order and sends the claim electronically to the PBM. The PBM verifies the patient has active coverage and checks to see if the drug is covered by your insurance. If it is a refill, the PBM also checks to see when the prescription was last filled, and if enough days have passed to allow it to be filled again. Most won’t allow a refill until you are down to about a seven-day supply of medicine, hence the “too early to refill” rejection. Sometimes the PBM rejects the claim with a message of “prior authoriza-
tion required.” This means that the insurance may cover the medication, but only after the doctor’s office contacts them with more information, such as the diagnosis or what other treatments have already been tried. The PBM also determines how much the pharmacy will be paid for the medicine, and how much of the total you are charged in the form of the copay. A person’s copay can range from zero percent to 100 percent of the cost of the prescription, depending on many factors. Early in the year, you may pay 100 percent until you satisfy the deductible, which is the amount you must pay before the plan kicks in. Medicare plans have the coverage gap (or donut hole) which occurs after the plan has paid out a predetermined maximum amount for the year. During the coverage gap, a patient’s copay is higher. Some plans also have a “stop loss” provision, where they pay for 100 percent of your prescriptions after you have reached your maximum out-of-pocket cost. So, back to the question of “Who makes these rules?” It is really the governmental agency or the employer and their insurance company. The PBM enforces the rules. The pharmacist is just the messenger. Remember, please don’t shoot the messenger.
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Students use digital tools to expand storytelling By KATIE JACOBS BOHN Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — The light of the camera switched on, illuminating the face of Robert Ritzmann as he remembered the story of how he became the longest serving Nittany Lion mascot in the history of Penn State. He had auditioned right after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and he initially thought he had no chance of being chosen to wear the uniform. “I was a chemical engineer. Bushy hair. Horn-rimmed glasses. Skinny as a rail. I was a geek of the worst order,” Ritzmann said, laughing. On the other side of the camera was Lauren Lewis, a senior majoring in print journalism. She was interviewing Ritzmann for a story that would eventually be published on www.ourgraymatters.org — a website built, populated with content and publicized by her and her fellow classmates in the multimedia projects class. Lewis’ lens captured Ritzmann’s self-deprecation as he explained how he went on to serve as the Nittany Lion from 1942 to 1945 — although later, to his amusement, he found out it was because no one else had applied. Ritzmann’s story is just one of many that now live on the Our Gray Matters website, thanks to the course’s students and its instructor, Will Yurman. Yurman said he designed the course to open his students’ eyes to the many ways of using digital tools to tell a story. Their charge? To use a blend of language, photos and video to tell the story of a senior citizen living in Centre County. “I chose the theme because it was broad enough for students to have many options for stories while also pushing them out of their comfort zone,” Yurman said. “I wanted them to explore a new subject as well as new possibilities for telling stories.” Since the Internet has replaced newspapers as many people’s preferred way to get the news, the number of ways to tell a story has multiplied. In 2012, The New York Times published “Snow Fall,” a 16,000-word feature about an avalanche in the Cascade Mountains that swept up 16 skiers and snowboarders, killing three of them. Interwoven with the text were photos, videos and animations — including a real-time simulation of the avalanche. It was storytelling like no one had ever seen before. The piece was a watershed moment in digital journalism, setting new expectations for online storytelling and netting the newspaper and the author of the piece, John Branch, a Pulitzer Prize. Journalists quickly realized it wasn’t enough anymore to be a good reporter. In addition to smart reporting and sharp writing, journalists now
need photography, graphic design and even coding skills in their arsenal. While the feat took The New York Times team countless man hours and several months to complete, Yurman said creating something similar now takes significantly less time. “We have so many tools available today that incorporating multimedia into a story is so much easier,” said Yurman. “We’re in the golden age of storytelling. You can’t leave college knowing everything, but you can at least leave knowing more about the possibilities of multimedia.” When the class began in January, Lewis was one semester away from graduating and was entering the class with some trepidation. Video wasn’t her favorite medium, and she was taking not one but two videography courses to help boost her résumé. “It was nothing short of masochism to take the extra video course,” said Lewis. “But I wanted experience in video and also a diverse portfolio.” Also taking the course was Leah Polakoff, a fellow finalsemester print journalism major who wanted one final challenge before she graduated. “I knew this would be one of my last in-depth stories as a Penn State student, and I wanted to make it worthwhile,” Polakoff said. “I knew I wanted to tell one more story I would be proud of.” Yurman had some rules about how his students could find their stories. One, they had to find the story ideas themselves, and two, they couldn’t interview family or friends. Yurman did help by bringing in speakers and taking the students to a local retirement community, but ultimately, the stories were left for the students to find. “They had to do what journalists do,” Yurman said. “Find their stories by poking around, making calls, being nosy.” Yurman did tip Lewis off to Ritzmann’s story, but she found the subject of her second story — a 69-year-old farmer from Warrior’s Mark — on her own. Polakoff decided to do her piece on a person’s age versus how old they actually feel, and found her subjects by networking at The Village at Penn State and posting fliers at senior centers. She even crashed a meeting of the State College Bridge Club to find people to talk to. The class met once a week, and the students had the entire semester to pursue their stories. But it wasn’t just the stories that needed to be written. There was also a website to be built and social media accounts to be managed. The students broke into groups to handle these tasks, as well — broadening their skills even further. By the end of the semester, Yurman said he was proud of his students’ commitment to their subjects and stories and was confident they had all built upon their journalistic
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CHANUKAH CHRISTIE behind the scenes at the video shoot for her story “Don’t Die with Your Dreams Inside.” skills. Likewise, Polakoff said Yurman was one of her favorite teachers at Penn State, crediting him for helping his students evolve a story from good to great. And, Polakoff said the class opened her eyes not only to the importance of storytelling, but also to the process of telling a really great story. “Storytelling isn’t just writing the facts. It’s truly getting to know someone — spending time with someone and asking the uncomfortable questions,” said Polakoff. “That’s what makes a good storyteller: someone who digs deep and makes someone proud to have their story told.” As the students’ views of journalistic storytelling evolved, so did their ideas of aging. Polakoff said the people she interviewed were far from the infirm and wheelchair-bound image some have of the elderly. Most of them still work out, participate in clubs and sports, and treat themselves to happy hour. “People are living into their 80s, 90s and 100s. And they’re thriving!” Polakoff said. “I know I’m going to be like the 92-year-old woman still running marathons.” Lewis agreed, saying the experience showed her just how positive aging can be, from transitioning from retirement to assisted living and from taking care of your children to watching them have children of their own. Growing older has become something she even looks forward to. “I mean, come on,” Lewis said. “Bridge? Community gardening? Private film screenings? The best years of my life are still to come!”
South Hills School of Business and Technology announces graduates graduates: ■ Business administration-accounting — Chelsea Boucher, State College, with honors; Joshua Bricker, State College, with highest honors; Kiersten Dove, Bellefonte, with highest honors; Seth Hainsey, Mineral Springs, with highest honors; Dominique Hook, Aaronsburg, with highest honors; Jamilyn Houser, Bellefonte, with highest honors; Abby Johnson, Julian; Carlie Knapp, Bellefonte; Petro Kolesnik, Boalsburg; Andria Lamey, Centre Hall; Brandon Lannan, Moshannon, with highest honors; Morgan Thomas, Bellefonte, with highest honors; Katelyn Wise, Spring Mills ■ Health information technology — Karlee Anderson, Bellefonte ■ Criminal justice — Vanessa Hill, State College
■ Medical office specialist — Julee Smith, Clarence, with honors; Tammy Swartz, Rebersburg, with highest honors ■ Diagnostic medical sonography — Kelley Benninghoff, Julian; Andrea Butler, Frenchville, with honors; Chelsea Hahn, Philipsburg; Maura Hullihen, Curwensville; Ashley McLaughlin, Mahaffey, with honors; Melinda Mitchell, Snow Shoe; Jenna Peace, State College, with honors; Cortney Singer, Bellefonte, with honors; Rebecca Taylor, State College, with highest honors; Jennifer Weiland, Bellefonte, with highest honors; Lyndsey Witherite, Centre Hall, with honors ■ Diagnostic medical sonography professional plus diploma — Renee Orlandi, State College, with highest honors
CPI program receives national accreditation
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STATE COLLEGE — South Hills School of Business and Technology commencement ceremonies recently were held at the Penn Stater in State College. Among those receiving awards for academic achievement were two Bellefonte women. Jamilyn Houser earned the Travis W. Mellott Memorial Award in the business administration-accounting area and Jennifer Weiland received the South Hills School of Business and Technology Award in diagnostic medical sonography. Dominique Hook, of Aaronsburg, was awarded the JoAnn M. Bonfatto Memorial Award, given to a graduate who exhibits enthusiasm, willingness to help others, dependability and initiative. Associate degrees in specialized business or specialized technology and diplomas were awarded to these area
BELLEFONTE — The automotive technology program at CPI has received accreditation by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation and the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. CPI’s automotive program has been accredited in Automotive Service Technology. To achieve this coveted recognition, the school’s program underwent rigorous evaluation by the NATEF. Nationally accepted standards of excellence in areas such as instruction, facilities and equipment were used. “This is great news for automotive-minded young people and their parents,” said Donald Seyfer, former NATEF chair. “Because this program increases cooperation between local education and industry leaders, it gives added assurance that CPI’s graduates will be employable entrylevel technicians. As a result of the quality education provided by CPI, the motoring public will benefit since better repair technicians will join the work force.” Upon completion of the evaluation, NATEF recommended that CPI be accredited by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence. ASE is a national nonprofit organization that tests and certifies repair technicians, in addition to accrediting automotive training programs.
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“During the past few months, we have worked closely with NATEF to make certain that our program would meet strict industry standards, and now we are delighted to join the ranks of the ASE accredited training programs,” said Mike Sipe, CPI automotive technology. “Students will be assured of a quality education, and shop owners will be assured of getting quality job applicants.”
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Old Gregg School installs solar water heating system By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
SPRING MILLS — When the sun shines in Spring Mills, the Old Gregg School Community Center will save money, thanks to a solar powered water heating system being installed on the building’s south side. The project is funded in part by a grant from the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund, which was founded to promote the deployment of sustainable energy technologies within the 23-county West Penn Power service region. “We’ve been thinking about this a couple years and applied for the grant in 2014, and we started getting the money in March or April of this year,” said Gregg Township Supervisor Doug Bierly. Bierly said the total cost of the system is about $50,000, with $30,000 coming from West Penn’s grant, and the remainder from the community center’s revenue. He noted that the community center is self-funded, and that no township money is being used for the solar heating project. The contractor for the system installation is the Stanley C. Bierly Company, of Millheim. Stanley C. “Curt” Bierly is Doug Bierly’s cousin. According to Supervisor Bierly, the company was chosen because it has much experience in solar heating systems and is only about 5 miles away from the Old Gregg School, thereby keep-
ing money in the Penns Valley economy. “Because we’re related, they take pretty good care of us, and they’re just down the road,” said Bierly. Bierly estimates the system will save around $1,500 per year, depending on the price of propane, which currently heats the building’s water via an on-demand system. “In the summer, you can pretty much heat (water) 100 percent with solar,” said Bierly. The propane-fueled water heater will remain in place as a backup unit. The system works by circulating a fluid much like automotive antifreeze through 10 solar collectors mounted high on the building’s south wall, then into a tank in the basement, equipped with a heat exchanger which transfers heat to water stored in the tank. The fluid is then pumped back up to the solar panels to be reheated. Bierly said the pump is computer-controlled, activating only when needed. Bierly said that solar heat is available even during less-than-full-sunshine conditions. “We went to look at one of these solar installations at the YWCA in Williamsport,” he said. “It was a semi-cloudy day in March, and the water coming out of the panel was 162 degrees.” Bierly said the solar panel installation is complete, with the water tank, pump, controller and some plumbing installation remaining to complete the project. The system life is expected to be about 50 years.
YMCA to hold family fishing event PETERSBURG — Baby brook trout will be released into nature during a family fishing event, “Y Trout Release Day,” from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at Whipple Dam State Park. The Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimited and the State College Area Family YMCA have been raising the trout from eggs in a cold water tank at the YMCA. The trout are now about 4 inches long and are ready to be released into a local
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delightful hors d’oeuvres and desserts, a performance by Arietta of favorite songs from the movies, door prizes and a silent auction. All proceeds will benefit Arietta, an organization that has provided women’s choral music opportunities in the community since 2001. Tickets are available from any Arietta member, by calling (814) 861-1277 or at the door.
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Penns Valley band prepares for fall performances By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
SPRING MILLS — School doesn’t start in Penns Valley for two weeks, but members of the Penns Valley High School Band were already at the school a week ago, hard at work during their annual band camp. The camp is an intensive five-day rehearsal and preparation experience running from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. “It’s a long week, but the kids are doing really well,” said band director Darris DeRemer. “They want to do it, and they know what the end result will be.” That end result will be a field show paying tribute to The Beatles, opening with “Magical Mystery Tour” and “Lady Madonna,” followed by “Hey Jude” and “Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” and closing with “Eleanor Rigby.” The show features much simultaneous marching and playing by the band’s 60 members. “We’ll be moving all the time — it’s much more interesting that way,” said DeRemer. DeRemer said that a show based on classic Beatles music was chosen because many audience members are not familiar with modern popular music. “We always try to find shows that are going to be good for the kids and also for the audience,” he said. “Doing shows like this helps to connect with our audience.” DeRemer said the band members are familiar with The Beatles and they like their music. “I posted the show music in June, and some of the kids came to camp with it already memorized,” he said. DeRemer puts the band’s shows together with much help from assistant director Corey Zatek. New to the band faculty this year is Ryan Carty, a recent Penn State
University graduate who was a member of the Blue Band drum line. Carty is working with the percussion section of the band. Tara Besecker leads the majorette corps, and the color guard is advised by Kendall Bartley, a recent Penns Valley graduate. Penns Valley senior Raven Althouse serves as drum major, leading the band through the show. DeRemer praised Althouse’s abilities. “She’s doing really well in a leadership position. She has an excellent rapport with her peers, and musically, she’s so well-rounded — she plays multiple instruments,” he said. After an indoor music rehearsal, the band moves outdoors to the school’s back parking lot. Members use chalk to mark their positions as an aid to learning the show’s various formations. DeRemer said the band members figure out their rank movements from one formation to another. “We give them a picture and say to move from one set to the next, and they have to figure out how to get there, passing through other ranks without getting hit,” he said. “They do this on their own, using critical thinking skills.” “They rise to the challenge,” added assistant director Zatek. DeRemer noted that the band’s older members take responsibility for helping the new members along as they learn the show. “We’re pushing to not only grow our numbers, but to grow ability and foster responsibility and accountability,” he said. The band will march in the Grange Fair parade on Thursday, Aug. 27, and appear at Penns Valley’s first football game at Juniata on Friday, Sept. 4. Their first home game appearance will be on Friday, Sept. 18, when the Rams take on Bald Eagle Area.
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Spring Mills man receives award as outstanding state educator By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Mark Gentzel, an instructor at the South Hills School of Business and Technology in State College, recently received the Pennsylvania Private School Administrators Outstanding Educator of the Year Award during a ceremony in Mars, Pa. Gentzel teaches English, psychology and human relations to adult students from age 18 to senior citizens. He is the third South Hills educator to receive the award in as many years. Award winners are determined by a panel of administrators of PAPSA, which represents about 150 private schools in Pennsylvania. Gentzel, a Spring Mills resident, is the son of Joe and Judy Gentzel, of Centre Hall, and is a 1984 graduate of Penns Valley High School. He received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Lock Haven University in 1988, and later earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Penn State. He taught elementary school in the Bellefonte School District for several years, then took a three-year hiatus from teaching to run a gift shop in Centre Hall with his wife, Sandy. He returned to teaching, taking a position in the Philipsburg campus of the South Hills School for four years, then transferred to the school’s State College facility. Gentzel credits his personality and life experience for his classroom performance. “I am one of the most introverted persons you will ever meet,” he said. “But in the classroom, I’m completely different.” Gentzel, who is also a guitarist, cites his musical training as a help in his teaching, likening his teaching to a stage performance. He infuses some humor into his classes, declaring Fridays to be “Orange Day.” He dons orange clothing and
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Art Alliance to host fundraiser LEMONT — The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania will host its fourth annual Art and Wine fundraiser from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 13, at Seven Mountains Wine Cellars. The event will feature food, wine tasting, Artists in Action and music by Pure Cane Sugar. Tickets are available at the Gallery Shop in Lemont or online at www.artalliancepa.org.
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MARK GENTZEL, of Spring Mills, displays his Outstanding Educator of the Year Award, given by the Pennsylvania Private School Administrators.
STATE COLLEGE — Interfaith Human Services will hold an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27, at its new location, 251 Easterly Parkway, Suite 200, in State College. The public is invited to see the new and improved space. Refreshments will be served.
orange-painted sneakers on those days in tribute to poet Maya Angelou and her book “All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes.” “I trick out sneakers and those are my traveling shoes, and I sometimes give out orange shoelaces to a student who has worked hard or is going through a tough time,” he said. “You have to tie in with them (students) somehow — it’s kind of a gimmick, but it works.” Gentzel said he wore the orange shoes at his award presentation. Gentzel is a dedicated teacher, and is proud of his accomplishments. “I can look myself in the mirror each day, and most days I can say, ‘You did everything you could,’” he said.
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Tenters prepare for camping at Grange Fair By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — The 141st annual Grange Fair and Encampment will begin this week at Grange Park in Centre Hall. Aug. 16 was a day for tenters to set up before the fair opens on Thursday, Aug. 20. In the tent area, pickup trucks and utility trailers snaked down the tent rows. The sound of drills driving screws was heard, as tenters assembled front porches and rear kitchen add-ons for their tents. These structures are mostly wood or metal tube framed, with plastic tarps for covering, but some of the more elaborate designs use solid plywood walls and roofs, which add a second bedroom to the tents. Many of the tenting families have been doing so for generations. Six members of the Harold G. Homan family, of Centre Hall, were busy on set-up morning putting things in order and moving furniture into their tent. The Homans have tented there for 47 years, and the fourth generation of their family has now joined in the tenting tradition. June Krumrine, of Houserville, has been tenting all of her 83 years. Her grandfather Jacob Sharer began the family’s tenting tradition more than 100 years ago. Krumrine said that Sharer is believed to have been a personal friend of Grange Fair founder Leonard Rhone. Krumrine’s husband, Don Krumrine, was once the head of the Grange Fair police. Krumrine, who was raised in Centre Hall, enjoys coming home to the fair. “I’ve lived in many places, but Centre Hall is still home,” she said.
THE HAROLD HOMAN FAMILY carries furniture into the tent that their family has occupied for 47 years.
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She noted that her great-grandchildren are the sixth generation of her family to tent at the fair. Krumrine’s son Jerry and grandson Terry were busy setting up their tent for occupancy on moving-in day. In the tenting area near the grandstand, Kim Bechdel and her family, from Blanchard, were setting up their tent’s front porch and rear kitchen.
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Bechdel said the tent was originally used by her grandmother’s family, beginning in 1932. “It was handed down through the family for years,” she said. “We still use some of my grandma’s furniture in it.” The fair features 1,000 tents and 1,500 campers on the grounds, and officially runs through Saturday, Aug. 29, this year, two days longer than in previous years.
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Tradition endures at Grange Fair CENTRE HALL — The Grange Fair, after 141 years, is a tradition that has hung on in the midst of dramatic changes in economy and styles of living. I admit that, after moving to Centre County a few years ago, I did not “get� the Grange Fair. I had been to many fairs in other places — the Colorado State Fair, for example — and had never heard people seemingly planning their lives in August around “the fair.� “I can’t meet with you then; I’ll be at the fair.� I heard such comments repeatedly in the days leading up to the Grange Fair during my first year in Centre County. So, I agreed to go with a friend to “walk around a little.� What I saw was amazing and startling at the same time. Connie Cousins We were invited to the tent of a covers a wide variety of events in woman we knew. I could not believe Centre County for that people would actually take the the Centre County time and trouble to haul stoves, reGazette. Email her frigerators and sofas to set them up in at ccous67@gmail. a tent. com. “Why do they do that?� I asked. I was told it was tradition. The woman’s grandmother had owned the tent, then her mother and, finally, she and her husband. I watched that first year as the couple attached a porch on the front to extend their space and create a welcoming atmosphere for visitors. Little lights and a
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WHETHER IT’S RIDES, food or animals, there is something for children of every age at the Grange Fair. placard with the family’s name were added to their tent for additional decoration. This year, as the 2,500 tent and RV sites begin to fill, I am struck anew with the magnitude of the planning and execution of such an encampment. The word “encampment� is what signals that this fair is different.
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CENTRE HALL — For more than 30 years, Sunset Ice Cream Parlor has been a Grange Fair staple. The Williamsport-based business, which first opened its doors in 1977, has been serving fairgoers since the 1980s. At this year’s Grange Fair, there will be a “Sunset Ice Cream Day” sponsored by the popular vendor. Sunset Ice Cream will also be donating ice cream for a giant sundae at the Grandstand on Monday, Aug. 24. Of the 30-plus fairs and carnivals that Sunset Ice Cream serves, Grange Fair is the second largest. On average, 3,000 gallons of ice cream are consumed over the fair’s weeklong span each year. In addition to their famous ice cream, Sunset Ice Cream also serves milkshakes, sundaes, foot-long hotdogs and other classic fair favorites. New to this year’s menu will be a specialty cotton candy-flavored milkshake. John Fritz, founder of Sunset Ice Cream, takes pride in his business’ relationship with Grange Fair, and hopes to continue the parlor tradition for years to come. When asked what makes Grange Fair special, Fritz spoke highly of those he has met in his many years of involvement with the fair. He was also very appreciative of the thousands of customers the parlor attracts, many of whom return year after year. “We enjoy everything about the Grange Fair,” Fritz said. “There are lots of good people, and I’ve made many good friends.” For more information about Sunset Ice Cream, visit www. sunseticecreamparlor.com.
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Grange Fair schedule of events FRIDAY, AUG. 21
Bartlebaugh Rides: $16 wristband 7:30 a.m. — Junior rabbit show, judging arena 9 a.m. — Mount Nittany Health: health walk, grandstand 10 a.m. — Dan & Galla Show, recreation building 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 11 a.m. — Junior dairy goat show, judging arena Noon — Junior poultry showmanship contest, poultry building 1 p.m. — Grange exhibit buildings open, exhibit buildings 13 and 14 2 p.m. — David Zentner & the Classic Country Band, Jubilee Grove 3 p.m. — Junior poultry show, judging arena 3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club, recreation building 5 p.m. — Junior market goat show, judging arena 5:30 p.m. — Live newscast, soutside stage 6 p.m. — Truck pull, competition track 7 p.m. — Opening ceremonies, southside stage 8 p.m. — Old Dominion, grandstand
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Bartlebaugh Rides: $16 wristband 8 a.m. — Open and AQHA horse show (hunt seat classes), equine facility 9 a.m. — Baton twirler competition, grandstand 9:30 a.m. — Junior dairy show, judging arena 10 a.m. — Farm tractor pull, competition track 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 11 a.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 11 a.m. — Magician Ben Salinas, southside stage 1 p.m. — Bandit (classic rock band), southside stage 2 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 3 p.m. — Bandit (classic rock band), southside stage 4:30 p.m. — Brush Mountain Band (bluegrass and gospel), southside stage 5 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 6 p.m. — Animal dressing contest, judging arena 6 p.m. — Farm tractor pull, competition track
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Bartlebaugh Rides: $16 wristband 8 a.m. — Cowboys for Christ worship service, equine facility 8 a.m. — Open & AQHA horse show (western classes), equine facility 9:45 a.m. — Sabbath School, various locations 10 a.m. — Junior beef breeding show, judging arena 10 a.m. — Garden tractor pull, competition track 11 a.m — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove Noon — The Broken Spokes (American, Appalachian and folk), southside stage Noon to 5 p.m. — Emporium and museum open, emporium building
Noon to 10 p.m. — Grange exhibit buildings open, exhibit buildings 13 and 14 1 p.m. — Junior market beef show, judging arena 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 1 p.m. — Mid Life Cowboys Band, Jubilee Grove 1 p.m. — Smokey the Bear, playground 1:30 p.m. — Centre County Genealogical Society Family Heritage Afternoon, recreation building 2 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 2 p.m. — The Broken Spokes (American, Appalachian and folk), southside stage 3:30 p.m. — Brush Mountain Band (bluegrass and gospel), southside stage 4 p.m. — QWIK ROCK: King of the Wing! wing-eating contest, grandstand 5 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 5 p.m. — Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus, southside stage
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Kiddies Day: Reduced rates at Bartlebaugh Rides and Garbrick Rides from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Monkey Man, strolling the grounds 8 a.m. — Junior market swine show, judging arena 9 a.m. — Centre County esidents’ Green Gamer Show, equine facility 9 a.m. — Horseshoe pitching contest qualifying rounds, horseshoe pitch courts 9:30 a.m. — Relay races, grandstand 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 10 a.m. — Make-A-Wish Foundation crafts, playground 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Kids Day event, recreation building 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Grange Fair blood drive, Bloodmobile parked adjacent to the EMS building 11 a.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 11 a.m. — Giant Sunset Ice Cream Sundae, grandstand Noon — State College Area High School Marching Band, grandstand 1 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 2 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove
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PAGE 18 Tradition, from page 14 Guard. Today there are 1,000 tents, owned by the fair. The spaces are passed down through generations. The RV sites add the other 1,500 camps to the total. More than 200,000 people attend the fair annually, according to the Centre County Fair brochure. You can understand a little better the draw of this unique fair when you talk to some of the local people who have gone there for years — often, many, many years. Agnes Homan was charming and told many interesting tales of fairs gone by. “I have always gone to the fair,” she said. “I was born here (referring to the house she lives in now) and lived here until I was 13 when my father died.” Homan moved back to the farm as a married woman and has stayed on the 100-year-old property since then. She has been a Grange member for more than 80 years. She remembered that the Grange organization decided to start a Junior Grange and she became part of that. Her family tent is, of course, in the same place that her grandparents first had it. When she was young and attended the fair, a railroad ran behind her tent, Homan said. “There was an ‘up-train’ which went through around 8 a.m. and a ‘down-train’ which came back by around 11:15 a.m.,” she said. “The old expression was, ‘uptrain down and nothing did,’ which meant nothing had been accomplished for the day as yet.” Homan’s grandparents had 11 grandchildren, and there was always a lot of company at the family tent during the fair. The usual plan was to move in on Friday, then on Sunday, her mother would return home to wash clothes. The Grange provided tables and benches then, but when the organization stopped doing that, Homan and her family were able to purchase a table
THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE and two benches, which are still in use. “There was only one year I didn’t attend and there was a year during the war when the fair wasn’t held,” she explained. “Ice was delivered to the sites and a meat man came around to offer his hams, etc. The parades were very nice then and all the Granges would have floats. There were money prizes for the best floats from the organization and the Granges also put on plays. There were 13 Granges in Centre County at one time.” Homan talked of the benches that were recently made for the Garbrick rides by the Girl Scouts. She remembered that it was always hot standing in line for the rides. “The playground with the swings, sandbox and see-saws were always popular,” she said. “And, we could go there ourselves even when we were 7 or 8.” A new dress for girls or a shirt and pants for boys were always worn to the fair ahead of the first day of school, for which they had been bought. “It was always great to see your friends and some family members you only saw at fair time,” recalled Homan. “I always had a new dress for the fair.” Homan told me it was OK to share that she is 91 years old. You would never guess it if you met her. Catching Jack Garbrick at Brother’s Pizza in Centre Hall, I picked his brain regarding Garbrick Amusements, which he owns with his brother Henry. Garbrick’s father owned Garbrick Manufacturing, where they turned out a particular kind of saw, with about 115 a day being manufactured during World War II. Jack Garbrick was drafted into the Navy in 1943 and, when he came out in 1946, there was less manufacturing at the plant. Garbrick had an idea. He bought one kiddie ride — out of a junk pile — from a cousin and began to haul it to carnivals. He then approached his father to expand the equipment he had into a full machine shop where they could design and build rides.
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A WAGON MAKES for a good method of transportation through the Grange Fair. The resulting Merry Mixer and swing rides were patented. At least 13 different rides carry the Garbrick name and the company has Ferris wheels all over the world. “I recently received a call from American Samoa, where a guy hauling a wheel on a barge to another location needed to find a cable for it,” said Garbrick. “Oh sure, I was able to help him.” Garbrick will turn 90 on Oct. 13. He shared his secret to a long life. “I never smoked and I am the oldest Garbrick that ever lived,” he boasted. “When I was in the Navy, I sold my cigarette rations and when I came out in 1946, I was able to buy a 1946 green and black Buick Roadmaster with my cigarette money. It cost $2,800.” Garbrick’s rides are one of the many highlights of the Grange Fair, which most people go to as vacation from their day jobs. Of course, if their jobs are farming, someone still must take care of the animals, do the milking and so on. Many of the men and women describe getting up at 4 a.m. to take care of the chores. When evening comes, someone must repeat the process. Some families handle this by taking turns, so everyone has a chance to enjoy some time catching up with family and friends at the fair, while also caring for the business at home. Then, there are the business owners
who take their work right to the fair. Vicki Homan owns Traditional Styles, a beauty shop at the fair. Homan bought a barbershop that had been Red’s Barbershop, owned by Glenn “Red” Fetterhoff. When she wanted to establish a beauty shop at the Grange Fair, she had to follow all the same steps to make it a legitimate, licensed business, with its own name. “The fair is a long-standing tradition, and you can’t get much more traditional than ‘Traditional Styles,’” Homan explained. The shop is a full-service salon, where fair visitors can get a shampoo, cut, dye or perm, just like any other beauty shop. Homan first set up shop in a camper by the grandstand, then moved to her father-in-law’s maintenance shed building. She and her employees, Shari Brown, Ciara Musser and Ashley Shaffer, close their regular shop and go to the fair, “since everyone around is out there, (and) there wouldn’t be any business,” said Homan. You can also get a massage at the beauty shop. Homan’s sister, massage therapist Denise Gray, provides that relaxing opportunity. “We love going to the fair,” said Homan. “It’s our vacation from our day-to-day jobs, even though we’re working. We enjoy all the people.”
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Schedule, from page 17 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Grange Fair blood drive, Bloodmobile parked adjacent to the EMS building 11 a.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove Noon — Bald Eagle Area High School Marching Band, grandstand Noon — Open class Holstein milking classes, judging arena 1 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 2 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club, recreation building 3:30 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 4 p.m. — Junior livestock judging contest, judging arena 5 p.m. — The “Big Tiny Young” Show, Jubilee Grove 7 p.m. — Interstate and mini-mods (smoker tractors), competition track 7 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 8 p.m. — Guy Penrod, grandstand
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Dan & Galla, strolling the grounds 8 a.m. — Open class livestock shows (sheep, beef and pigs), judging arena 10 a.m. — Baby king and queen contest, southside stage 10 a.m. — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 10 a.m. — Pedal tractor pull, competition track 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 10 a.m. — McDonald’s: Crafts, recreation building 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Grange Fair blood drive, Bloodmobile parked adjacent to the EMS building Noon — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 12:30 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 1 p.m. — McDonald’s: Crafts, recreation building 2 to 7 p.m. — Packer’s Concessions: Meet the Drivers, competition track 2:30 p.m. — Jampact Band (classic rock), southside stage 3 p.m. — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 3:30 p.m. — Junior livestock sale (poultry, rabbits, swine, lambs, goats and beef), judging arena 3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club, recreation building 4 p.m. — Hypnotist Michael Blaine, southside stage 5:30 p.m. — Jampact Band (classic rock), southside stage 6 p.m. — Draft horse farm team pull, equine facility 8 p.m. — Teen dance with “Jammin’ J,” southside stage 8 p.m. — Sammy Kershaw, grandstand
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2 p.m. — Circus Una Motorcycle High Wire Thrill Show, competition track 3 p.m. — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 3:30 p.m. — Make Mine Country Band, southside stage 3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club, recreation building 4 p.m. — Circus Una Motorcycle High Wire Thrill Show, competition track 5 p.m. — Centre County Outstanding Young Women, southside stage 6 p.m. — Circus Una Motorcycle High Wire Thrill Show, competition track 6 p.m. — Draft horse show, equine facility 6:30 p.m. — Stressbusters Karaoke, southside stage 8 p.m. — Circus Una Motorcycle High Wire Thrill Show, competition track 8 p.m. — Francesca Battistelli, grandstand
Expo, southside stage 3 p.m. — Dan & Galla senior activities, Jubilee Grove 3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club, recreation building 6 p.m. — Draft horse show, equine facility 6 p.m. — Light farm tractor pull, competition track 6:30 p.m. — Celebrity rabbit hopping, judging arena 8 p.m. — Movie night, southside stage 8 p.m. — Paul Revere’s Raiders, grandstand
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Bartlebaugh Rides presents Ladies Day: Ladies get $2 off wristband. Garbrick Rides presents A Celebration of Jack Garbrick’s 90th Birthday: Ninety-cent rides from 1 to 4 p.m. The Monkey Man, strolling the grounds 9 a.m. — Draft horse show, equine facility 10 a.m. — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. — Playground open 10 a.m. — Magic show, recreation building 11:30 a.m. — Make Mine Country Band, southside stage Noon — Dan & Galla Show, Jubilee Grove 1:30 p.m. — Make Mine Country Band, southside stage
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PSU football in the business of saving talent By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Saquon Barkley only needed a small bit of space to cut up the field, juke around a defender and leave everyone else on the field in his tracks. It was as fast as it was impressive, although, equally relevant, it was against a second-team defense that lacks the same star power as Penn State’s likely nationally ranked squad. Nevertheless, it was the highlight of the brief window the media got into the Nittany Lions’ practice Aug. 12, with Penn State’s season opener against Temple rapidly approaching. News of the run made its way online almost immediately and the questions started to trickle in. Would Barkley be a part of Penn State’s plans this year? How do the other running backs look? Is he a star in the making? Ask a man who would know, and James Franklin is a little less ready to give Barkley all the praise in the world just yet. Not because Barkley isn’t playing well, but simply because so are the other backs. Asked about redshirt players who have impressed, Barkley was far from the first to be mentioned. Asked about who could compete for time in the rotation, Franklin’s first thought wasn’t Barkley. “I think Nick (Scott). I think Saquon’s in the conversation as well,” Franklin said of
running backs in the mix for playing time. “I think all of those guys are fighting right now to see who’s going to be number one, who’s going to be number two and who’s going to be number three. It’s a really good competition right now. “It’s going to be interesting to evaluate.” To be sure, one has to imagine that Akeel Lynch has the starting position locked up. While Franklin might be relying a little bit on coach speak to keep the competition up, Lynch simply has too many things going his way right now to get bumped off the top spot. If nothing else, Franklin has given no indication that anyone is giving Lynch the kind of run for his money that would suggest the No. 1 position is legitimately up for grabs. All of this, though, is somewhat secondary and more of an example of the new storyline across training camp this season: Penn State has position battles, with Wendy Laurent on the offensive line and Nick Scott and Mark Allen at the running backs. It may all seem like a small detail, something fairly common across college football, but it’s a big deal for a program that has limited depth of talent at starting positions, let alone talent down the depth chart. Franklin feels Penn State is still a year away from having young talent challenge veterans, even though he’s pleased with how true depth has found its way to the practice fields this season.
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PENN STATE head coach James Franklin has done a masterful job filling needs without burning redshirts. And that’s what made Barkley’s run an interesting moment of symbolism for all of Penn State’s roster. A few years ago it wouldn’t have taken much for any talent on Penn State’s roster to rise to the top. (Although, to Franklin’s credit, he has
done his best to not burn redshirts.) Now, it’s entirely possible that the most impressive player during the Aug. 12 practice session won’t see the field in 2015: Not because he isn’t ready; simply because Penn State doesn’t have to play him.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s not fair to pin the success of an entire season on a single position. But, it’s not unreasonable to say that things could go a lot better if it’s figured out sooner rather than later. And that’s the situation that Penn State is facing just a week into training camp, bringing junior college transfer Paris Palmer up to speed and confident enough to hold down the left tackle position. The urgency was always going to be there after the departure of Donovan Smith for the NFL, but add in the fact Palmer’s covering Christian Hackenberg’s blindside and there’s even more motivation to figure it all out. “He’s bigger, he’s stronger, he’s more confident. But, he’s probably playing, in a lot of ways, like some of the new offensive linemen played last year,’’ coach James Franklin said after practice Aug. 12. “Tentative, not as confident, not as aggressive as we want him to be. He’s not playing with that type of confidence. We’ve just got to speed up his maturation process.’’ That’s not exactly a glowing endorsement, but neither is it exactly a surprise. Palmer entered the spring like a deer in the headlights and no amount of work in
the weight room can substitute for what comes out of practicing. In that light, he has only a week under his belt since the spring to get better. Is it alarming for fans to hear a crucial piece of the puzzle is struggling? Perhaps. But that concern will be much more legitimate if Franklin still has half-hearted reviews come Saturday, Sept. 5. And, in reality, Penn State might be able to get away with a developing Palmer for a little bit longer than that. Whatever the case, it’s a sooner-rather-than-later situation. The sooner Penn State’s offensive line can sort itself out and work together, the better off Penn State will be. The good news for fans is that Franklin seems genuinely excited about the progress long-time backup center Wendy Laurent has made. If that means moving current center and Penn State’s most versatile lineman Anthony Mangiro to guard and Laurent to center remains to be seen. “I really think his commitment level is at a high level right. Really, he looks like a different guy,” Franklin said. “He’s in consideration, fighting for a starting job right now. He’s opened some eyes.’’ Unfortunately for Penn State, nobody will really know what will work best on the line and whether real progress has been made until the games really start to matter.
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PENN STATE offensive coordinator John Donovan knows that the success of the offense will depend on the offensive line, especially the left tackle slot. “We’re going to have to make a decision here. Are we moving some guys around? We’re not at that point yet. We haven’t even had the first scrimmage. But no one’s
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Golf scramble will benefit FaithCentre Food Banks The inaugural “Tee’d Off at Hunger” Golf Scramble will be held at the Nittany Country Club, Monday, Sept. 14, with a noon registration and a 1 p.m. start. “FaithCentre is excited to invite all to our first golf scramble to benefit the FaithCentre Food Banks and our nutritional education/wellness programming,” said executive director Nicole Summers. “Two out of seven people within the greater Bellefonte community rely on the FaithCentre Food Banks to keep hunger at bay. Your participation in this fun event will help keep our shelves stocked and our neighbors and their companion animals nourished and secure.” Space is limited to 14 teams of four golfers and the cost is $75 per player, which includes golf, cart and oncourse refreshments. The awards, dinner, cash bar and silent auction will John Dixon covers happen in the clubhouse following golf for The Centre play. County Gazette. Email him at “We are fortunate that Jabco Auto sports@centre Sales is also sponsoring a $25,000 countygazette.com. hole-in-one prize,” said Summers. “I worked with Nittany Country Club professional Scott Frey and we modified Hole No. 4 to 200 yards (normally 221 yards) for men and 140 yards for women to make the chance a little easier.” The event also has a number of sponsorship opportunities available. “The tournament was the suggestion of a board member, Rev. Robert Dornan, who is a golfer,” said Summers. “He thought it would be a fun event, and since we are constantly in need to fundraise in order to support our various ministries, including our food bank and pet food pantry, we decided to give it a try.” Not a golfer? Cost of dinner and the silent auction is $25, with the buffet dinner starting at 6 p.m. Eighty dinner seats are available for non-golfers. For more information, contact Summers at (814) 355-
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Boosters plan golf tourney STATE COLLEGE — The second annual State High Golf Boosters Golf Tournament will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at the Mountain View Country Club. The tournament benefits the State College Area High School boys’ and girls’ golf teams. Cost is $100 per golfer. For more information, contact Ron Kustaborder at (814) 692-7976 or kusty@comcast.net.
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PHILIPSBURG ELKS HOSTS HUSBAND-WIFE CHAMPIONSHIP
Bo and Patty Sankey posted a round of 70 to win the recent Philipsburg Elks Country Club Husband-Wife Championship. Randy and Georgiann Way carded a round of 72 for second, while Gary and Janice Yoder took third shooting a 73. Jim and Coleen Dixon posted an 81 to capture the first flight, while Scott and Amanda Nelson finished second shooting an 87. In the open division, Girard Kasubick and Sandy Hassinger, along with John Frank and Jenn Johnson, carded rounds of 76 for the wins.
NITTANY COUNTRY CLUB HOLDS SENIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
Brad Fritchman posted a 36-hole score of 143 to defeat Jerry Fisher, who carded a 151, by eight shots to win the Nittany Country Club’s Senior Championship in the 50 to 59 age division. In the 60-to-69 division, Denny Taylor posted a two-day score of 149 to win by six shots over Chuck Colyer and Dallas Gallo, who posted scores of 155. In the 70-and-over division, Frank Webster claimed the title shooting a 152 over 36 holes of play. In the 50-to-59 net division, Rick Knepp stunned Tom Urban 128 to 138, while in the 60-to-69 division, Bill Foresman carded a 129 to Marlan Bowersox’s 134, with Mike Taylor finishing third, posting a 139. Whitey Noll won the 70-and-over division, carding a 36hole score of 128.
CENTRE HILLS NAMES WOMEN’S DAY WINNERS
The Centre Hills Country Club recently held its Women’s Day event of fewest putts for both the nine-hole and 18-hole groups. A tie for first occurred in the nine-hole group with 17s by Linda Kilareski and Penny Blasko, while Mary Lovette was third with 18.
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Take heart, football fans — it’s almost here For those of you who think that the sports’ world comes to an end with the final whistle of the Super Bowl — and you know who you are — take heart. The dead-time is about to expire. In fact, the NFL is already playing nationally televised exhibition games. Yes, football season is upon us again. As usual, the anticipation is high, and there is no lack of interesting stories and angles involving the teams of local interest here in Centre County. Let’s start with Penn State. Without Pat Rothdeutsch is a sports writer for getting into any of The Centre County the details about the Gazette. Email him myriad of issues surat sports@ rounding the 2015 centrecounty Nittany Lions — from gazette.com the end of most of the sanctions, to recruiting successes, to head coach James Franklin’s second year — the fact is that it’s time to take things out onto the field. There’s no secret about how important and closely followed this season will be for Penn State. Last year was uneven for reasons that were mostly easily understood by Lions fans and that can be boiled down to two words: numbers and experience. Now those issues are easing, and coupled with the rousing one-point victory over Boston College in the Pinstripe Bowl, the hopes and predictions for this Penn State team are categorically higher than this time last year. There is also a schedule that, at worst, has been described as manageable. After visiting Temple at the Linc on Saturday, Sept. 5, the Lions play five consecutive home games against Buffalo, Rutgers, San Diego State, Army and Indiana. After that, the team is at defending champ Ohio State, Maryland (M&T Bank Stadium), North-
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western and Michigan State. Illinois and Michigan are at Beaver Stadium. So there it is. A galaxy of information has been written and said about this team, but that’s just it — written and said by everybody else. Starting Sept. 5, Franklin’s players will finally be able to write their own stories. The fate this season of the Pittsburgh Steelers comes down to the schedule, the defense and Big Ben. Roethlisberger had an outstanding season in 2014, leading the team to an 11-5 record, but the team fell in the first round of the playoffs to Baltimore. Another great season by Ben, and the Steelers will be right back, looking to make up for that disappointing loss. The defense is young, especially in the secondary after the retirement of Troy Polamalu, but not without talent. The secondary ranked just 27th in the league last year, and how well it comes together with the returning players and two new draftees will be critical against the pass-happy NFL offenses. The Steelers simply cannot afford to get off to a bad start. Looking at the schedule, however, it’s obvious that the NFL cut the Steelers no favors. The team opens the season at the champion Patriots, comes home to play the 49ers, and then in order has the Rams, Ravens, Chargers and Cardinals. Nothing easy there, so we’ll find out quickly about the Steelers. In Philadelphia, it’s the Chip Kelly Show. And the plot of the Chip Kelly Show, as well as its characters, remains as inscrutable as ever. Maybe more so that they are actually playing. Guys practice. Guys don’t practice. Guys play. Guys don’t play. No one can figure out the pattern, and no one outside the organization knows exactly why any of it happens. The only thing for sure is that without Sam Bradford and Demarco Murry the Eagles stomped on the Colts, 36-10, in the opening pre-season game for both teams. Mark Sanchez was there, though, and
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HIGH SCHOOL football two-a-days started this week as Centre County teams prepare for their season openers on Sept. 4. so was Matt Barkley and Tim Tebow. Kenjon Barner scored two touchdowns, and rookie wide receiver Nelson Agholor scored his first NFL touchdown. Oh, and Tebow scored one as well. Stay tuned. This is a wildly unpredictable show that promises many twists, turns and surprise endings. All five local high school teams will all be in action on Friday, Sept. 4. Three of the five, State College, Philipsburg-Osceola and Bald Eagle Area, have coaches enter-
ing their second year with big plans on improvement. And, all again face daunting schedules. State College travels to Spring Ford from District 1. SC beat Spring Ford last season at Memorial Field, but the Rams bounced back to go 7-3 with five straight wins to finish the season. BEA will take on Moshannon Valley, P-O gets West Branch, Bellefonte has tough Jersey Shore and Penns Valley will take on Juniata.
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SPORTS BULLETIN BOARD Golf tournament planned
The Bellefonte wrestling program is hosting the 15th annual Grappler Open Golf Tournament Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Nittany Country Club. The cost is $75 for non-NCC members and $60 for NCC members. The entry fee includes greens fee, cart, continental breakfast, on-course beverages and lunch. The golf tournament raises money for the Bellefonte Wrestling Scholarship and Bellefonte wrestling program. For more information, to receive a registration form or to learn about sponsorship opportunities, contact head wrestling coach Mike Maney at mmaney@basd.net.
Elks golf tourney scheduled The State College Elks Charity Golf Tournament will take place at 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept.13, at the Mountain View Country Club. Entry fee is $125 per golfer. The fee includes lunch, dinner, on-course beverages, round of golf, cart and registration gift. For more information, contact tournament director Jeff Kephart at keppie215@comcast.net.
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THE CENTRE COUNTY RAMPAGE softball team, which is made up of Philipsburg-Osceola and Bellefonte Area High School varsity players, took second place at the Summer Finale 18U Tournament in Hagerstown, Md. Pictured, front row, from left, are Hannah Thompson, Jade Burge, Alexis Wetzler, Kylie Thal and Megan Bainey. Back row, from left, are coach Kate Burge, Annie Kost, Rianna Trexler, Tara Baney, Mackenzie Welker, Mackenzie Lukehart and coach Jerry Watson.
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Hunting licenses available Hunting licenses for 2015-16 are now on sale at the Centre County Treasurer’s Office in Bellefonte, as well as other outlets around the county. Antlerless deer license applications for Pennsylvania residents will be accepted at the county treasurer’s office. The cost is $6.70 and must be submitted in a qualifying pink Game Commission envelope. Of the county’s two Wildlife Management Units, Unit 2G has an allocation of 22,000 licenses, and 4D has been allotted 33,000. The sports bulletin board is a weekly feature of The Centre County Gazette. To have your sports event listed here, email editor@centrecountygazette.com.
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WPSU garners seven Emmy nominations UNIVERSITY PARK — WPSU Penn State has earned seven Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The regional awards recognize local productions for excellence in television programming and individual achievement. WPSU Penn State nominees include photographer Mark Stitzer, last year’s Mid-Atlantic Emmy winner for individual achievement in program photography, and the Telly Award-winning production “Connected for Life,” produced by Mindy McMahon and written and directed by Kristian Berg. The Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award winners will be announced Saturday, Sept. 19, in Philadelphia. The Mid-Atlantic chapter, which was formed in 1981, represents Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and parts of both Ohio and West Virginia. WPSU Penn State’s nominees, by category, include: ■ Children/Youth/Teen (19 and under) Program or Special: “Science-U Oobleck!” A collaboration between WPSU Penn State and the University’s Eberly College of Science, the “Science-U” series features campers exploring science mysteries with do-it-yourself experiments. In “Science-U Oobleck!” campers encounter a non-Newtonian solution of water and corn starch particles that changes its state of matter under pressure. ■ Commercial — Single Spot: “Con-
nected for Life” WPSU Penn State produced a national commercial featuring an animated Nittany Lion shrine that comes to life. ■ Community Service: “Our Town” project The “Our Town” project involves the communities and residents within the WPSU-TV coverage area and allows viewers to experience the many personalities, perspectives and possibilities that local towns offer. ■ Historic/Cultural Program/Special: “As Long As We Dance” “As Long As We Dance” is a 30-minute documentary that showcases the stories of American Indian dancers, drummers, vendors and organizers who participated in a State College-based powwow. ■ Sports — Program Feature/Segment: “Courtside with Coquese Pink Zone Feature” An inside look at the Penn State women’s basketball team, “Courtside with Coquese Pink Zone Feature” shares the story of one breast cancer survivor’s fight and recovery. The annual Pink Zone event welcomes breast cancer survivors to help raise awareness for the disease. ■ Photographer — Program: Mark Stitzer Stitzer, who has been recognized with two Mid-Atlantic Emmys and seven Telly Awards, works at WPSU Penn State as a director of photography and editor. Last
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“SCIENCE-U OOBLECK!” earned a Mid-Atlantic Emmy nomination from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. year, Stitzer garnered a Mid-Atlantic Emmy for his work on “Water Blues, Green Solutions.” ■ Weather — News Single Story or Series: “WeatherWhys” An educational series that appears on “Weather World,” “WeatherWhys” highlights timely topics in meteorology and re-
lated environmental and astronomical sciences. The series, which airs on WPSU-TV, submitted four features: “Disaster on Everest,” “Wildfires and Pennsylvania,” “125th Anniversary of the Johnstown Flood” and “Coldest Place on Earth.” For more informaiton, visit www.wpsu. org.
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STATE COLLEGE — State College Community Theatre will continue its 2015 season with the Broadway classic musical, “Gypsy.” Directed by Jason Poorman, “Gypsy” runs at the State Theatre Thursday, Aug. 20, through Sunday, Aug. 23, with three evening performances at 8 p.m., a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. and a Sunday matinee at 3 p.m. With a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this classic Broadway musical features memorable songs such as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses,” “Together, Wherever We Go” and “Let Me Entertain You.” Suggested by the memoirs of performer Gypsy Rose Lee, “Gypsy” tells the story of Rose, a wildly determined stage mother
trying to make her two young daughters into famous vaudeville performers. At first, she focuses on the younger, more talented June. But when June leaves show business, Rose concentrates on her other daughter, Louise. Filled with hidden talent, Louise becomes a burlesque star. “Gypsy” explores the complex character of Rose, the ultimate “helicopter parent” who won’t let her own dreams of a Broadway career for her daughters die. The “Gypsy” cast includes State College resident and Broadway veteran Martha Traverse as Rose, Lisa Rogali as Louise, Natalie Giannotti as June and Rick Gilmore as Herbie. The creative team includes Poorman, Katie Kensinger, Colleen Kennedy, Noah Miller, Eric Brinser, Megan Calon, Ellysa Stern Cahoy and Bonnie Spetzer.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — A triple play of melodic hard rock is coming to the Bryce Jordan Center this fall with Shinedown, Breaking Benjamin and Sevendust performing at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20. Shinedown has lent some of its songs to World Wrestling Entertainment to use during pay-per-view events, and has also had its music on a number of other soundtracks. The band has toured throughout North America and the United Kingdom dur-
ing the last two years and its new album, “Threat To Survival,” will be available Friday, Sept. 18. Pennsylvania band Breaking Benjamin just released “Dark Before Dawn,” which is its first album of new material in six years. The album’s lead single, “Failure,” hit No. 1 on Billboard’s mainstream rock songs chart. Sevendust will be releasing a new album Friday, Oct. 2, called “Kill The Flaw,” which features the new single “Thank You.”
UNIVERSITY PARK — As the Berkey Creamery continues its sesquicentennial celebration, a new exhibit on displaythrough Tuesday, Dec. 15, in the University Libraries’ Franklin Atrium offers a close view of Penn State artifacts used by employees during the creamery’s 150-year history. “Artifacts like containers, bottles, tools and equipment help us understand the early years of the creamery dairy plant and the lives of the employees who worked at that time,” said Tom Palchak, creamery manager. “The objects not only tell a story,
but also show the type of materials used by past employees. These artifacts are touchstones that bring memories to life and provide us a glimpse of the creamery’s history.” A wide range of items on display includes an 1894 ledger book noting sales to customers with regionally prominent names, milk bottles, iterations of dairy and ice creaming containers, ice cream scoops signed by contemporary celebrity visitors to the creamery and more. The Franklin Atrium is in Pattee Library’s central first floor, open during Pattee and Paterno Libraries’ first-floor hours.
WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@ centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, Attn: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecounty library.org for days and times. Meeting — Calvary Church hosts a
Christian Recovery meeting every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. Visit www.life recoverystatecollege.com. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Safety Checks — Mount Nittany Health
sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 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. Support Group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of every month at the Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network will meet from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle
Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@yahoogroups.com. Community Meal — A free hot meal will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www. liferecoverystatecollege.com.
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holding an open house from 5 to 7p.m. at their studio, 1003 N. Fourth Ave., Altoona. Call (814) 941-9944 or email alleghenyballet@verizon.net. Workshop — A “Do It Herself” ladies’ night for decorative shelf construction will be held at 6:30 p.m. at The Home Depot, 2615 Green Tech Drive, State College. Visit workshops.homedepot.com/workshops/do-it-herselfworkshops. Concert — The Poe Valley Troubadours will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Elk Creek Cafe, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.
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Community Theatre will be present the musical “Gypsy” from 8 to 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, through Saturday, Aug. 22, and from 3 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, at The State Theatre. Visit www.scctonline.org, or call (814) 2347228. Event — WingFest will be held at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday through Aug. 27 at Tussey Mountain, 341 Bear Meadows Road, Boalsburg. Visit www.tusseymountain.com. Club Meeting — A chess club will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. every Saturday in August at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s Activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout August at the Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. “Mother Goose on the Loose,” a baby story time group, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25. Preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26. Visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Performance — The Friday Concerts on the Lemont Village Green series will be held at 7:30 p.m. every Friday through Aug. 28. All concerts are free. Exhibit — A print gallery featuring artists Steve Getz, Gary Schubert, May Vollero and ZheKa will be on display through Sunday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, or by appointment, at Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Event — Monday-night kickball will be held at 6 p.m. on Mondays throughout the summer at the State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. All family members and ages are welcome. Visit www.scefc.org/kickball. Exhibit — “Everyday Iron” will be on display every Saturday through November from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Boalsburg Heritage Museum, 304 E. Main St., Boalsburg. Visit www. boalsburgheritagemuseum.org. Farmers Market — The Lemont Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7 p.m., Wednesdays through Oct. 21, in the Coal Sheds, 133 Mount Nittany Road, Lemont. Contact Anna Kochersperger at kochrose@gmail.com.
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Event — “Sip and Paint, Happy Valley,” a painting workshop featuring artist Amanda Kunkel, will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at The Crystal Cave, 246 E. Calder Way, State College. Email amanda@mienakayetc.com or call (717) 321-4801. Event — “Wine, Women & Song: Hooray for Hollywood,” a benefit for Arietta Women’s Ensemble, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Knights of Columbus Hall, 850 Stratford Drive, State College. Call (814) 861-1277. Movie — The film “Big Hero Six” will be shown at 8 p.m. at Tussey Mountain, 341 Bear Meadows Road, Boalsburg. Visit www.tusseymountain.com.
SATURDAY, AUG. 22
Event — There will be large indoor yard sale from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, 780 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 237-7605. Event — “The Bard in Bellefonte” will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at Talleyrand Park, West High Street, Bellefonte. The event will include Shakespearian crafts, plays, games and music. Call (814) 404-6027. Event — The State College Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge No. 1032 will hold a chicken dinner fundraiser from 1 to 4 p.m. at the I.O.O.F. Lodge, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. All proceeds benefit those in need in the State College community. Call (814) 571-7398.
PAGE 27 Concert — Caroline Reese and the Drifting Fifth will perform from 5 to 7 p.m. at Elk Creek Cafe, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe. net. Concert — Tommy Wareham & the Intrigues will perform at 6 p.m. on the lawn of the South Hills School of Business & Technology campus, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Grounds open at 5 p.m.; audience members are encouraged to bring picnic blankets and a packed supper. Call (814) 234-7755. Class — PA CareerLink will host “WorkKeys Orientation,” a free class focused on career basics, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at 240 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte. Registration is required. Call (814) 548-7587.
TUESDAY, AUG. 25
Class — PA CareerLink will host “Applying for Jobs at PSU” from 9 to 11 a.m. at 240 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte. Registration is required. Call (814) 548-7587. Concert — There will be a free Gospel and Bluegrass Jam Session at 7 p.m. at Pine Hall Lutheran Church, 1760 W. College Ave., State College. Email askrug@comcast. net.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 26
Lecture — “Social Interaction of the 8th USAAF with Locals in England, 1942-1945” will be presented by Penn State Special Collections travel research award winner David Cain at noon in the Mann Assembly Room, 103 Paterno Library, University Park. Call (814) 865-7931 or email ul-spcolref@lists.psu.edu. Class — PA CareerLink will host “Civil Service/Government Jobs” from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at 240 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte. Registration is required. Call (814) 5487587. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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Gauging shale gas production topic of upcoming webinar UNIVERSITY PARK — Comparing the natural gas volumes in the various shale formations will be the topic of a free, Web-based seminar hosted by Penn State Extension’s Marcellus Education Team. The one-hour webinar, featuring Will Brackett, managing editor of the Powell Shale Digest, will be offered at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 27. “How Marcellus and Utica Compare to Other Shale Basins” will gauge potential gas production in the Appalachian Basin and beyond. The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently
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THANKS TO productive wells and favorable economics, the Marcellus Shale formation has emerged as the largest producer of shale gas.
reported that natural gas production in the Marcellus and Utica regions has accounted for 85 percent of the increase in natural gas production since January 2012, Brackett said. As other shale-gas basins are being developed, many wonder how the Marcellus and Utica formations compare. “Over the past several years, thanks to productive wells and favorable economics, the Marcellus Shale has emerged as by far the largest producer of shale gas, standing head and shoulders above other U.S. shale gas plays,” Brackett said. “In just a few short years, the Marcellus’ phenomenal growth has had a profound impact on the natural gas market in North America.” But now, according to Brackett, the Appalachian Basin’s shale-gas potential is being enhanced even further with the development of the emerging Utica Shale play, which a recent study suggested could eventually rival production from the Marcellus. The Penn State shale gas webinars are free, but registration is necessary. Online registration and more information are available on the Penn State Extension Natural Gas website. For more information, contact Carol Loveland at (570) 320-4429 or by email at cal24@psu.edu. Penn State Extension’s Marcellus Education Team provides monthly webinars on a variety of topics. Future webinars include: ■ Thursday, Sept. 17: An Overview of “A Geologic Play Book for Utica Shale Appalachian Basin Exploration,” Douglas Patchen, West Virginia University Research Corporation ■ Thursday, Oct. 15: “Public, Animal, and Environmen-
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DEED TRANSFERS The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County recorder of deeds, Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information.
RECORDED JULY 6 THROUGH JULY 10, 2015 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH
Heather E. Simmons and James Parker to Brian E. Burnham, $117,800. Andrew D. Bigley, Dawn Marie Bigley and Dawn M. Harrison to Andrew D. Bigley and Dawn Marie Bigley, $1. Daniel J. Blevins and Erika L. Blevins to Timothy S. Deibler and Bobbie L. Deibler, $1.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
William S. Poletti and Clair M. Poletti to Chelsea A. Igo, $169,000. Laura J. Moore to Lori A. Walker, $167,900. Anthony R. Rosselli to Reham A. Aly and Yasser M. Ghoname, $167,000. Mark P. Spearly and Joni T. Spearly to John S. Spearly Jr. and David L. Spearly, $1. Alvin R. Hall Jr. and Walter E. Browne Jr. to James G. McKelvey, $259,000.
CENTRE HALL BOROUGH
Ronald Stover and Dorothy Stover to Kenneth F. Kodadek, $202,500.
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
Songqi Lu to Nargis Mallick, $202,500. Charles Noel to Tiina K. Alick and Scott M. Camazine, $118,000. Shirley C. Rader to Rossman Construction LLC, $242,400. Jason C. Godinez, Christy L. Shaw and Christy L. Shaw-Godinez to Gregory Basting and Kellie Basting, $189,000. Donald C. Rung and Catherine Lyon Rung to Michael F. Marcon, Angela K. Marcon and Virginia M. Marcon, $198,000. Thomas J. Farrell and Karen M. Farrell to Benjamin Loewen and Jennifer Leedy, $178,000. James E. Hoke, William E. Hoke, Nancy E. Walk and Thomas E. Hoke to Jeffrey B. Hoke, $132,000. Julia M. Miller to Franklin Gomez Matos, $174,000. Irwin Family Revocable Trust and Jack L. Irwin, trustee, to Ryan J. Gruhn, $60,000.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Dorlin W. Hay and Norma B. Hay to Lien Tran, Hoa Vu and Hong Vu, $250,000. Thomas Fitzpatrick and Debra Fitzpatrick to John Radan III and Kasey M. Rhoa, $252,000. Wilma J. Ewing to Thomas C. Wareham and Michelle L. Miller, $42,500. Timothy V. Franklin and Nancy E. Franklin to Thomas Serensits and Tamela Serensits, $459,000. Shawn J. Neidig to Deanne L. Swanson, $215,000. Ernest M. Harpster and Dora L. Harpster to Harpster Family Trust, Ernest M. Harpster, trustee, and Dora L. Harpster, trustee, $1. Yonghui Weng and Wei Li to John C. Tortorice and Rebecca L. Burns, $320,000. Christina J. Vandepol to Thomas J. McDermott, $200,000. Paul R. Amato and Debra Lu Kaiser to Sheridan W. Miyamoto and Mark A. Miyamoto, $365,000. Stephen P. Maynor to Jing Du and Xioazhong Xu, $430,000. Berks Homes LLC to Eric R. Hayot, $374,600.98. S & A Homes Inc. to Alvin R. Hall Jr. and Walter E. Browne Jr., $309,900.
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Jacob B. Lapp to Aaron Z. Esh and Katie L. Esh, $245,000.
MILLHEIM BOROUGH
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Chalmer D. Dixon and Helen E. Dixon to Bethany S. Irwin, $189,500. U.S. Bank to AMG Rentals LLC, $12,500. Bank of America to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, $1. Wells Fargo Bank to Charles Horning III and Lyndsi Stevens, $15,000.
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Michael T. Ipekdjian and Mark Harpster to Phillip J. Pipta and Karen M. Pipta, $234,900. Christopher J. Walter and Jennifer L. Walter to Kenneth E. Friedhoff and Melinda L. Friedhoff, $164,500. Jay G. Witmer Jr., Tiffany E. Witmer and Victoria L. Boone to Jay G. Witmer Jr. and Tiffany E. Witmer, $1.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Vivian H. Baumer to Paul R. Lang and Carol L. Lang, $206,750. Frederick J. Carson and Marlene F. Carson to C. Wayne Co. LP, $270,000. Frederick J. Carson, Marlene F. Carson, Beverly C. Daniels and James F. Daniels to C. Wayne Co. LP, $320,000. Daode Xu and Yue Hua Gai to Lihong Huang, $132,000. Metropolitan of State College LP to Metropolitan at State College LLC, $1. Amar Bhalla to Edward W. LeClear and Stephanie J. Perles, $333,500. Mastros 777 LLC to CWMID LLC, $229,533.39. Chu Lee Lai and Kung Yao Lai to Joel M. Abramson, $270,000.
WALKER TOWNSHIP
James T. Quici and Evelyn F. Quici to Douglas Duane Doherty, $155,400. Lori A. Walker to Richard S. Hoffman and Cathy N. Hoffman, $218,000. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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Stephen E. Caldana to Stephen E. Caldana and Kathy J. Caldana, $1.
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Robert E. Stover Estate and Valerie Stover Anderson to Valerie Stover Anderson, $1.
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Steven M. Albright and Wendy S. Albright to David Pecht and Randall Hauber, $35,000. DMP Northern Tier LP to John Vanden Heuvel and Dawn Vanden Heuvel, $99,000. Michael M. Dangelo and Jennifer L. Dangelo to Robin A. Panlilio, $339,000. David D. Lingle to Paul J. Beauchemin, $465,000. Breffni M. Noone and James McSweeney to Derek E. Kreager and Claudia L. Prieto, $361,000.
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Carol R. Nastase to Joshua Nastase, $1.
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Robert L. Weaver and Jennifer A. Weaver to Lee D. Locke, $215,000.
Matthew K. Toronto and Jordan R. Toronto to Nathan K. Leopard and Jennifer B. GrossmanLeopard, $324,700. Anthony J. Huckabee and Tina M. Huckabee to Brandon M. Brooks and Marie C. Brooks, $167,500. Michael L. Telarico and Joni M. Telarico to National Residential Nominee Service, $311,000. National Residential Nominee Services to Joseph S. Senky, $311,000.
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Heather J. Penland, Heather J. Walker and Toby J. Walker to Jeffrey D. Hotchkiss and Daina D. Beckstrand, $139,900.
HOWARD TOWNSHIP
Donald C. Hampton and Tanya Rissmiller to Buddy L. Cowher and Beth A. Cowher, $265,000. Georgiana K. Cole and Georgiana K. Cole-Archer to Timothy Archer and Georgiana K. ColeArcher, $1.
John R. Wolfe and Margaret L. Wolf to Max D. Spiegel and Cynthia R. Clem, $189,900. Sara Jane Confer by attorney, S. Jane Confer by attorney, Sarah Jane Confer by attorney, Sara Jane Confer, Sara Jane Confer, S. Jane Confer and Sarah Jane Confer to to Glenna Malcolm and John Franklin Egan, $219,000. Daniel James Raffetto and Alyssa Joan Raffetto to Koleman D. Dudek and Nicole K. Dudek, $184,000.
Association to Donna Homan, $145,000. Koren Family Trust, Lawrence M. Koren, trustee, and Susan J. Vigne to Lawrence M. Koren and Ronald J. Koren, $1. Thomas E. Yarger, Debra Yarger, Elwood A. Yarger and co-trustee, and Linda B. Yarger and co-trustee to Yarger Trust, $1. Richard J. Jones and Deborah A. Jones to Shawn P. Minerich and Beverly A. Minerich, $180,000.
John E. Katunich and Laura A. Katunich to Laura A. Katunich, $1. Christina M. Welch and Steven Welch to Jeffrey Frederick, $355,000.
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TOA PA IV LP to Bruce W. Valoris and Merita A. Valoris, $452,099.48. Karen A. Seprish to Duane A. Green II, $187,500. John A. Bove Jr. and Anna E. Bove to Darren John Wagner and Heather Barnes Wagner, $439,900.
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CLOSE TO CAMPUS Parking on Church Parking Lot, 600 block of East Prospect Ave. Summer $150; Fall $260; Spring $260. First Church of Christ Scientist. Call Mike 814-237-8711 or email m7h@psu. edu.
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D RI V E RS NE E D E D $ 12.00/ hour ( 4) 10 hour shifts Call 8 1 4 - 9 3 5 - 3 7 1 5
FOUR Harry Potter DVDs. (Six DVDs in all, two are doubles.) Three are still factory sealed, one viewed once. Prisoner of Azkaban, Chamber of Secrets, Sorcerer’s Stone, Goblet of Fire. All for $25. Phone calls only. NO EMAIL (814) 237-2024
NEWPAPERS From President Kennedy’s Death $1.00 I saved the news papers from the times of President Kennedy’s death and am taking the highest bidders price for them please email me if you have any questions or would like to make an offer. (814) 466-6770
Some ads featured on statecollege.com
Paper Machine – Process Operators These positions require the ability to operate tissue production equipment, maintain quality standards for products being produced, and also assist maintenance personnel when necessary. Candidates must be able to work in a warmer temperature environment. Previous manufacturing and/or paper making experience a plus. A l l o f o u r p o s i t i o n s r eq u i r e a h i g h s c h o o l di p l o m a o r eq u i v a l en t a n d a r e 1 2 - h o u r w o r k s c h edu l es . First Quality Tissue offers competitive starting rates based on previous experience and education. We also provide a safe, clean work environment with excellent wages and benefits including bonus and incentive programs, medical/dental benefits, 401(k) plan with company contribution, recognition programs, and education assistance opportunities.
Please visit our website at www.firstquality.com and follow the careers link to Lock Haven job openings to apply for all open positions. E/O/E
Autos For Sale
‘08 Chevy Cobalt $3,500 92,000 miles Auto-Insp. until 3/16 R titled from hitting a deer a few yrs. ago New bumper, grill, hood, lights, paint professionally fixed. Good clean running car. Adult owned & maintained Please Call 814-771-3865 for more info & pictures
2003 CONVERTIBLE MUSTANG $2,750.00 Pony Package, 3.8l, std, 6cyl. High mileage. True blue with black top. Vehicle sat for 2 years was in good running condition before. Needs all new rubber. Driver’s seat and top controls do not work. Minor body flaws but no rust. (814) 574-8801 2004 SUBARU LEGACY $4,300 35th Anniversary Edition - Sunroof, Wood Panels, Rims Wagon body, AWD transportation Over $900 of recent maintenance done Not in the best cosmetic shape but very reliable Up for inspection at the end of the month and needs a sway bar (~$100) (814) 574-9242
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Trucks For Sale
04 TOYOTA TACOMA SR5 - XtraCab $9,000 Nice, clean, rust free truck. lifted 3”, 31” tires, 98,000 miles, must see truck. call or txt . (814) 933-8525
1996 Dodge Ram 4x4 2500 with snow plow. 96,250 miles. Runs Great. Comes with Meyers Snow Plow and Spare Doors $3000.00 (814) 777-1894
2001 Dodge Ram 2500, Parts Truck Good engine and transmission 98,000 miles Will not pass inspection. GREAT For PARTS!! $1,500.00 (814) 777-1894
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Boating Needs
17ft. DELHI Aluminum Canoe. Great shape. Garage kept. Two paddles a couple of floatation devices. $400 (814) 355-0556
P A RT TI M E RE CE P TI ONI ST/ CE NTRA L SU P P LY CLE RK
HELP WANTED
Centre Crest is currently seeking an energetic, outgoing person to fill the recently opened position of eception and entral Supply lerk he qualified candidate would answer telephones, transfer calls and direct call to the appropriate person, would also greet visitors, type s letters, and reports and performs other duties for departments within entre rest hey would also receive, sort and distribute building mail, prepare outgoing mail, in addition, they would receive incoming shipments, stock and deliver items to the nursing units f you feel you are this person, please go to our website at www. c entrec rest. org to complete an application or stop at our receptionist desk for an application
Look no more. We provide you with an exceptional training program that rewards you with a raise at the completion of each level. That’ s up to 3 raises in your first year We also offer great promotion opportunities, e ible scheduling, paid vacation, benefits and a savings plan
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PUBLIC NOTICE
We are an industry-leading manufacturer of paper towel and bath tissue products. If you are teamoriented, able to work in a fast-paced environment, and want to advance your career, we are seeking Paper Machine Process Operators at our facility in Lock Haven, PA.
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Pursuant to the Surface Mine Conservation and Reclamation Act, notice is hereby given that Larry D Baumgardner Coal Company, Inc., P O Box 186, Lanse, PA. 16849 has requested bond release on the Morgan Operation, SMP#14110101. The 33.3 acre Morgan Operation is situated on the north side of West Sycamore Road (S.R 0144) between the communities of Moshannon and Snow Shoe approximately 400 feet east of the Rails to Trails crossing on the property of Dorthy J. Morgan. The operator is requesting a bond adjustment and bond release of $96,721.00 for 9.8 acres. Total bond currently held is $142,593.00 Reclamation consisted of backfilling and grading (Stage 1 bond release). The reclamation was completed in June 2015. The operator is also requesting a deletion of 23.5 acres from the surface mine permit. The area has not been affected by mining under permit SMP#14110101. Written comments, objections or a request for an informal conference concerning the bond release application should be submitted to the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection, Moshannon District Office, 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, within 30 days from the date of the final (4th) publication of this notice and must include the person’s name, address, telephone number, and a brief statement as to the nature of the objection.
Look ing f or more p ay ?
Cook s and D ish wash ers Stop by: Crac k er B arrel 2 1 5 Colonnad e B lv d . State College, P A 1 6 8 0 3 Or call: ( 8 1 4 ) 2 3 8 - 3 4 1 4 www crackerbarel com Crac k er B arrel Old Cou ntry Store EOE
A leading manufacturer of plastic bags has a need for the following position:
M aintenanc e U tility M ec h anic Ideal candidate must have experience in performing semi-skilled and skilled building maintenance work involving carpentry, painting, plumbing, and ventilation tasks in the repair and maintenance of buildings, eq uipment, and facilities. High school graduate or eq uivalent req uired. We offer competitive wages and a great benefits package f you are interested in any of the listed positions, mail a resume to
Benefits include: • Medical/Dental Insurance • Vision Insurance • FSA • 4 0 1 (k ) • Pension • Life insurance Applicants can apply at www.trinityplastics.com. by clicking on the “ Careers” tab and viewing the specific obs for Trinity Plastics in Lewistown, PA. EOE/ AA including Veterans and Disabled
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE
AUGUST 20-26, 2015