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Second person charged in death of professor By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — A woman who had been living with Penn State professor Ronald Bettig at his Lemont home has been charged with his murder. Danelle Rae Geier, 32, is the second person charged in Bettig’s death. George G. Ishler Jr., 39, of Pennsylvania Furnace, was arraigned on murder charges Aug. 19. Geier was charged Aug. 20 with first-degree murder, third-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder, aggravated assault and tampering with evidence. Geier was arraigned before District Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker, who denied bail. Geier is being held at the Centre County Correctional Facility and has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 31. State Police allege that Ishler and Geier
believed they were included in Bettig’s recently signed will and would benefit financially from his death. They allegedly told police they had initially planned to drown the 56-yearold Bettig on a trip to Rehoboth Beach, Del. Ishler and Geier also RONALD BETTIG allegedly told police they had been upset with Bettig over his criticism of how Geier was raising her child. Instead, they allegedly told police, on their return from the beach they came up with a plan to lure Bettig to a quarry in Potter Township by telling him there were marijuana plants there that they could harvest.
Once there on Aug. 12, Geier remained in Bettig’s car while Ishler and Bettig walked to the quarry. Ishler allegedly admitted to police that he intentionally pushed Bettig off a cliff, and Bettig fell nearly 80 feet to his death. Geier allegedly helped Ishler later return Bettig’s car to the scene. When they returned, Ishler allegedly staged the scene with items taken from Bettig’s home, including water bottles, a flashlight, a hand rake and a bag, so it would like like he had been there alone. On Aug. 15, Geier and Ishler reported Bettig missing and told State College Police his car also was gone. They allegedly told police they thought he may have gone to California. After Bettig’s car was discovered off Rimmey Road on Aug. 17, Pennsylvania State Police searched the area and found his body at the bottom of a ravine.
Bettig was an associate professor of media studies in Penn State’s College of Communications and, according to the criminal complaint, was on FMLA leave. According to the college’s website, he joined the Penn State faculty in 1988 and taught undergraduate and graduate courses on “the political economy of communications.” “We are deeply saddened by the loss. He was a part of the fabric of this college for many years. All except our very newest faculty and staff members very likely knew Ron, who was one of our longesttenured faculty members,” Penn State College of Communications Dean Marie Hardin said in a statement. “Ron was the kind of teacher who connected powerfully with students, who found his classes in political economy — at both the undergraduate and graduate levels — transformative.”
Home sweet home: Yarger performs at Grange Fair
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CENTRE COUNTY Dairy Princess Halee Wasson pours cherries on a giant sundae at the Grange Fair on Aug. 22. The giant sundae has become a tradition at the fair and one of the most popular events there. For more coverage, see Pages 18-23.
CENTRE HALL — When Adam Yarger was a young boy, he told his family he wanted to perform at the Grange Fair. On Aug. 20, that longtime dream came true. “It was the best show of my life,” Yarger said. “It was extremely fun and the energy was insane. I was really blown away by how many people were there. It was great.” The road to the grandstand at the Grange Fair did not come easy for Yarger. For the past couple of years, he’s been working non-stop in Nashville, trying to make a name for himself as a country artist. And while performing at various venues in Nashville is a fun, coming home and performing was a bucket list item
CENTRE COUNTY SPOTLIGHT that Yarger got to scratch off at a relatively young age. “It was a really sentimental night. I was really trying to hold back the tears. I’ve been going to the fair since I was a month old. I definitely had a lot of emotions flowing.” It would be easy to say that Yarger always wanted to be a musician, but that’s not necessarily the case. In elementary school, he began wrestling. His passion for the sport grew as he got older, but he didn’t Yarger, Page 8
Commissioners look to move forward with business incubator By G. KERRY WEBTER
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BELLEFONTE — With the county’s first small business incubator up and running in Philipsburg, Centre County Commissioner Mark Higgins is now working on the bigger incubator project in Bellefonte. On Aug. 23, he brought a memorandum of understanding between the county and Rural Business Innovation to provide consulting services and temporary operational support and implementation of a business incubator program for the purpose of economic development. “We’re to the point we need to bring Opinion ............................ 9 Health & Wellness ..... 10, 11
someone on board to help us along on this project,” said Higgins. “This group has the experience we need, and the resources that will help get this project up and going.” According to Higgins, the first thing that must be done is finding a suitable location for an incubator, and he believes with the help of RBI, they could secure that location rather quickly, allowing them to move ahead on other parts of the project. Higgins said because the Bellefonte incubator is going to be larger and have significantly more tenants, the consultant is necessary, and RBI fits exactly into the Incubator, Page 3
Education ....................... 12 Community ............... 13-17
Grange Fair ................ 18-23 Sports ......................... 24-27
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HAPPY HOMECOMING: Adam Yarger, originally from Centre Hall, performed to a packed house at the Grange Fair on Aug. 20. Yarger is a successful country artist. Community Profile ... 28, 29 Women’s Corner ....... 30, 31
Around & In Town .... 33, 34 What’s Happening ......... 35
Puzzles ............................ 36 Business ..................... 37, 38
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Police reported Susan Rachael Walk, 47, of Bellefonte, was arrested for driving under the influence of prescription medication following a routine traffic stop along state Route 144 in Milesburg at 9:43 p.m. on Aug. 9. qqq Police were called to a Hickory Street, Benner Township, residence at 12:48 a.m. July 23 to investigate a domestic dispute. Police said a verbal altercation occurred over 18-year-old Jonathan Michael Casner’s girlfriend. The subsequent investigation revealed Casner was in possession of drug paraphernalia and charges were filed. qqq Police reported Matthew Swartz, 22, was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia along Old Fort Road, south of Earlystown Road, in Potter Township, at 8:09 p.m. Aug. 4. qqq Police reported the arrest of 25-year-old Jacob McDonald on charges of possession of a small amount of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. The charges stem from an incident that occurred at 8:12 p.m. Aug. 6 on North Pennsylvania Avenue in Centre Hall Borough. qqq No injuries were reported in a singlevehicle crash that occurred at 5:59 p.m. Aug. 8 along Interstate 80 in Marion Township. Police said Andrea Payne, of Milwaukee, was traveling westbound when she lost control of her 2008 Dodge Avenger. The vehicle left the roadway, overturned and flipped twice before coming to a stop. Police said Payne was cited for driving without a license. qqq Authorities were called to Grange Fair at 10:15 p.m. Aug. 19 to investigate a report of harassment. Police said Deanne Brooke Pressler, 19, of Pine Grove Mills, and Savina Gloria Ventura, 19, of Bellefonte, became involved in a physical altercation. Police said Pressler was found to be under the influence of alcohol. Ventura was cited for harassment and Pressler was cited for harassment and underage drinking.
Police report four individuals — Roger English, 61; Kathy English, 61; Alyssa English, 28; and Gina English, 42; all of Wallaceton — passed a total of six checks at Snappy’s Convenience Store on Front Street in Philipsburg between April 2 and May 2. All of the checks were returned for non-sufficient funds. Police are continuing to investigate. qqq A 25-year-old Philipsburg man reported to police someone unlawfully used his checking account to make purchases July 5. Police said the suspect in the case is a 31-year-old Philipsburg woman. qqq Police were called to Mount Nittany Medical Center on Aug. 15 to investigate a reported stabbing that happened two days before. Christopher Shaw, 35, of Philipsburg, told police he was stabbed on Water Street on Aug. 13. Shaw said he couldn’t remember any basic features of his assailant, only that it was a male. Police are continuing to investigate. qqq A 58-year-old Tyrone man reported to police that while operating his motorcycle on Stahls Lane Extension in Taylor Township at 1:10 p.m. Aug. 15, he was bitten by a dog, owned by a 25-year-old Tyrone man. Police are continuing to investigate. qqq Authorities reported a known 21-yearold Philipsburg man was observed traveling 74 mph in a 55-mph zone at 12:47 a.m. Aug. 16 on Interstate 99 in College Township. Following a traffic stop, troopers determined the man was under the influence of alcohol. The investigation is continuing. qqq Police were called to Casanova Road in Rush Township at 1:30 a.m. Aug. 18 to investigate a single-vehicle crash. Police said a 25-year-old man lost control of his truck while negotiating a right turn in the roadway. The truck traveled off the left side of the roadway, down an embankment and overturned onto its side. The driver suffered moderate injuries and was transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center for treatment. Charges of DUI are pending. — Compiled by G. Kerry Webster
Aggravated assault reported to police By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State police are investigating a report of a man who pointed a gun at pedestrians at around 10:30 p.m. Aug. 20 A witness told police that a black fourdoor sedan stopped near the intersection of Bigler Road and McKean Road near Nittany Apartments on the University Park
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campus. The front passenger allegedly pointed a hand gun at pedestrians and told them “to be careful,” according to a release. The person who pointed the gun is described as a black male wearing a baseball cap. The witness was unable to provide any further information about the vehicle or its occupants. Anyone with information on the incident should contact Penn State Police at (814) 863-1111.
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Home Town Loop offers a chance to remember By VINCENT CORSO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — On a hot and humid day, more than 200 runners lined up in Bellefonte to run Herbie’s Home Town Loop in honor of Jeremy Herbstritt, the Bellefonte High School and Penn State graduate who died during the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007. The 10th running of the event offered two choices for runners, 4-mile and 10-mile loops, and offered a way for family, friends and members of the community to remember and honor Jeremy. It was held in conjunction with the Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Fair at Talleyrand Park. “It is so great to have this one day dedicated to Jeremy, because he never got to have his wedding, his graduation and all these other milestones, so we are glad to have this day for him,” said Jen Herbstritt, Jeremy’s sister, who also serves as the event planner for the race and charity. Jen Herbstritt said her brother loved going to races around the area to run, meet new friends and especially to enjoy the food after the race, so they try to make his race as racer friendly as possible. And, indeed, there was plenty of food available
to runners before and after the race, along with prizes, shirts and plenty of fluids. The course was chosen because it is route that Jeremy used to run with his siblings, and it starts off with a hill that was a challenge on this hot day. Friends of Jeremy’s from college and high school do their best to come out for the event and reminisce about someone who they love and miss. Jacques Hoffler, of Philadelphia, was friends with Jeremy since they were freshman at Penn State together and was glad to make it this year, marking the fifth time he has run. “It feels good to come. We can kind of bring him back to life for one day, and share that with the community,” said Hoffler. “The best part is being able to sit and laugh and tell stories with his family and other friends, and just remember what a great person he was.” The event had a goal in the beginning to help provide a track to Bellefonte Area High School, where Jeremy was runner in high school. Because of a stall on the track project, Jenn Hebstritt said that the money raised will go to new causes this year, including Centre Volunteers in Medicine
Incubator, from page 1 county’s plan. “The reason why we chose this group is because they are currently handling the nine counties due east of us, including Columbia, Luzerne, Lycoming, Montour, Northumberland, Schuylkill, Sulliven, Union and Snyder,” said Higgins. “Many of these counties have towns with populations similar to that of Bellefonte. In fact, this group assists in running multiple business
and a local family with a child who has lymphopenia with partial severe combined immune deficiency syndrome. Victoria Raish, who came in first place for women in the 4-mile race, said it was fun and the causes were worthy.
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PARTICIPANTS START OFF strong when running Herbie’s Home Town Loop in Bellefonte. “I think the way they remember Jeremy and the causes are wonderful,” said Raish. “I have kids, so I can never imagine having to handle a serious disease with my kids, so I think is so good to be able help this family in need.” “I think Jeremy would have
loved this event,” said Jen Herbstritt, thinking about her brother. “We do our best to honor him, and the community, and all the volunteers make it fun.” For more information, visit www.thejeremyherbstritt foundation.com.
go to her executive board and get their approval to be working with us on this,” said Higgins. “After the MOU is approved and you want to see an official contract, I’m sure they’ll be able to do that.” Higgins said the contact will be based upon approximately 181 hours of work. The memorandum of understanding was added to the commissioners’ consent agenda and official action is expected to be taken at next week’s board meeting.
He said once hired, the company will be able to help determine the best location for the incubator, as well as sign a lease, begin marketing the incubator and writing grant requests. “They have all the resources and knowledge to do all these things,” said Higgins. Commissioner Steve Dersham asked Higgins why a memorandum of understanding was brought before the board instead of an actual contract. “At this point, the consultant needs to
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
Garlic milkshake to be featured at festival By G. KERRY WEBSTER kwebster@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — What cold, sweet and light, yet a bit nutty, too? A garlic milkshake, of course, and area residents will have an opportunity to taste the odd-sounding concoction at the first-ever Herb and Garlic Festival, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, at the historic Boal Mansion in Boalsburg. “It’s not what you expect,” said Bob Cameron, museum director at the Columbus Chapel and Boal Mansion Museum. “You have a nice mix of the coldness of the milk and the warmth that comes with garlic. It’s really quite good, although it doesn’t sound like it would be.” But garlic milkshakes aren’t the only feature at the event. Cameron said there would be several vendors and seminars throughout the day to celebrate what many feel is the end of the gardening season. “But, to be honest, this time of the year is really a start for next year,” said Cameron. “Sure, most of the harvesting has been done; however, many people like to get an early start with their perennials for next year.” Fox Hill Gardens will be present, selling perennials, shrubs and trees.
IF YOU GO What: Herb and Garlic Festival When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 27 Where: Historic Boal Mansion, Boalsburg Admission: Free
Cameron said several seminars have been scheduled throughout the day, including: ■ Stinking Rose — A specialty vendor that will display and discuss the many types and flavors of garlic that are available. ■ Bill Russell — Russell will sign copies of his “Pennsylvania Guide to Mushroom” book, as well as offer a talk on seeking out and collecting the wild mushrooms of the state. ■ Penn State Plant Science — Faculty members of the Plant Science Department at Penn State University will be on hand for seminars dealing with combining edibles into flower arrangements and how to prep a summer garden for the fall and winter. ■ Sue Morris — A vendor who produces healing salves with natural herbs will talk about how people can grow their own medicine. ■ Bob Cameron — The museum director will take visitors on a tour of 48-acre gardens that surround the mansions via the new 2.5 miles of nature trails. An event has also been scheduled for kids. Beginning at noon, already-registered children will bring their teddy bears, along with a blanket and their families, to be served a formal, British-style tea party on the lawn. Cost is $10 per child and registration must be made at (814) 876-0129 prior to the event. According to Cameron, the initiative is a fundraiser designed to help raise money to continue the process of creating a large, public garden on the site. However, he said it’s not all about the money. “This is a great time of year to be in the gardens,” he said. “We want to promote gardening and healthy living and just getting back out into the great outdoors.” There is no cost to attend the event and parking is free.
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BOAL MANSION’S new fundraiser is its Herb and Garlic Festival, which will feature vendors and seminars throughout the day Aug. 27.
Sheriff seeks to provide presence at PSU home games By G. KERRY WEBSTER kwebster@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — It’s been nearly a decade since there was a Centre County Sheriff’s Office presence at Penn State University home football games; however, a new mutual aid agreement between the county and PSU may bring the department back to Beaver Stadium on Saturdays this fall. Centre County Sheriff Bryan Sampsel attended the Aug. 23 meeting of the Centre County board of commissioners
to ask the board to sign the agreement. According to Sampsel, the contract would seek to send at least four, and up to eight, deputies to Beaver Stadium to provide law enforcement services at the seven home games this fall. Sampsel explained the deputies would take a transport van to night games and to “big games” to help assist with transports when necessary. The deputies would also provide an authoritative presence during the games. “I think this is a good idea,” said commissioner Mark Higgins. “I’m glad we’re getting back to this.” Sampsel said the last time the sheriff’s office was contracted for work during PSU games was in 2008. According to the contract agreement, the university agrees to reimburse the county for the law enforcement services. The county will bill Penn State and the university would then pay the county based on the overtime rate of $45 per hour. Sampsel said since he took office, he has wanted to
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Prosecutors testify about Victim 2, grand jury leaks By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — The lead prosecutor in Jerry Sandusky’s trial says he has never believed the man who claimed he was Victim 2 — the boy whom former Penn State assistant Mike McQueary testified he saw being abused in a locker room shower and who was not identified at Sandusky’s 2012 trial on child sexual abuse charges. “I did not then and I do not now,” former state attorney Joe McGettigan said Aug. 18. McGettigan testified at Sandusky’s appeal hearing along with two other former deputy attorneys general — Jonelle Eshbach and Frank Fina — who led the state to a conviction of Sandusky on 45 counts related to abuse. Whether the commonwealth believed the man who came forward as the boy in the shower, first saying he was not abused then saying he was, and what the Office of the Attorney General knew about leaks from the grand jury investigation of Sandusky were the central issues at hand on the last of three evidentiary hearings this month. Sandusky is seeking to have his conviction overturned and gain a new trial under the Post Conviction Relief Act, arguing that he received ineffective counsel and that leaks his attorneys allege came from the attorney general’s office amounted to prosecutorial misconduct. Victim 2 did not testify at the original trial and in his closing remarks, McGettigan referred to Victim 2 and Victim 8, who also was not identified, as being “known to God but not to us.” Lindsay has argued that both Sandusky’s attorney, Joe Amendola, and the state did know Victim 2’s identity and that Amendola failed his client in not objecting to McGettigan’s remark. Before identifying himself as Victim 2, the man was identified as a potential abuse victim and interviewed by state police in September 2011. At the time, he denied any abuse. After Sandusky was arrested, he told an investigator for Amendola that he was the boy in the shower and that nothing inappropriate happened. Shortly after, he hired civil attorney Andrew Shubin and said he was abused by Sandusky. But, McGettigan and Fina testified, he was not made available as a witness until after McQueary testified at a preliminary hearing for the Penn State administrators charged with perjury and failure to report child abuse — a hearing an attorney in
Shubin’s firm at the time, Justine Andronici, attended. “After that testimony, suddenly Mr. Shubin was going to make (his client) available to us,” Fina said. “That was a factor in our evaluation of (him).” McGettigan and Fina noted that once he was interviewed, his account reflected some of the specific details McQueary had testified to, including getting the month and year of the shower incident wrong. McQueary had been unsure what the year was and it had been referred to in court occurring in March 2002. Investigators soon learned it was February 2001. The man also was unable to accurately draw a diagram of the locker room where the incident happened, and McGettigan said that at the time of the incident the man would have been several years older than the approximately 10-year-old boy McQueary described. The exchanges between McGettigan and Lindsay on Aug. 23 were at times standoffish. After Lindsay said he was going to read from McGettigan’s closing remarks, “if you don’t mind,” McGettigan replied “And if I do mind? ... Suit yourself.” Specially presiding Judge John Cleland admonished both to “take it easy here.” Outside the courthouse after the hearing, McGettigan said Lindsay’s filings indicated that “I told a falsehood, and I don’t take kindly to that.” On the issue of grand jury leaks, Eshbach, who oversaw the investigation during the grand jury phase and drafted the grand jury presentment, said she was concerned when reports appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot-News in 2011 containing information from the investigation. She approached Fina, her supervisor, and they “agreed to set a trap in the attorney general’s office to see if anyone would disclose that information.” Eshbach said they made it appear as if a prominent person had been subpoenaed in the case, someone she said would have caught the attention of a person seeking to leak information. “No one took the bait,” she said. Fina, meanwhile, said it was reasonable to believe that the information could have come from witnesses who had testified to the grand jury. “The Pennsylvania Investigating Grand Jury Act is very specific that witnesses appearing before investigating grand jury ... have an absolute right to discuss their testimony. They are advised of that,” Fina said. “The commonwealth can only over-
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FORMER PENN STATE defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky walks into the Centre County Courthouse on Aug. 12. Sandusky is trying to get a new trial after being convicted of child sexual abuse. come that right by having a hearing and demonstrating the court should order the witness not to tell anyone about testimony. (A leak) always alarms us, but our ability to control or stop is limited because they are not always illegal.” He noted that former grand jury Judge Barry Feudale was informed there was a possible leak and that Feudale assigned two special investigators to look into it, but that investigation ended without any findings of a leak. Lindsay has argued that the state found more victims because of the leaks, but on cross-examination by Deputy Attorney General Jennifer Peterson, Eshbach said the state was led to other victims by others who already testified, and that enough people knew about the investigation that the source of The Patriot-News report could have been from outside the AG’s office. Fina also testified about the grand jury presentment being improperly placed online and available to reporters on Nov. 4, 2011, days before the state was planning to announce charges. Fina said because of the significance of the case and the size of the filing, the attorney general’s office gave the magisterial district judge’s office a “heads up” several
Local private prison Missing girl found may be in jeopardy By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
By G. KERRY WEBSTER kwebster@centrecountygazette.com
PHILIPSBURG — The future of a local correctional facility, as well jobs for hundreds of central Pennsylvanians, may be in jeopardy following a recent announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice that the federal government plans to stop using private prisons. This announcement could have an impact on the Moshannon Valley Correctional Center, located at 555 Geo Drive in Philipsburg. This facility, operated by the GEO Group, houses 1,820 federal, low-security inmates who have 90 months or less remaining on their sentence. It is accredited through the American Correctional Association and Joint Commission. In 2014, the Federal Bureau of Prisons awarded Moshannon Valley Correctional Center as the Bureau of Prison’s preferred facility for the Northeastern United States. Although the facility’s federal contract was set to expire, because of the special recognition it was renewed for a period of five years with a one-year renewal option for the next five. In 2014, MVCC employed about 260 local residents and provided approximately $600,000 yearly in local property taxes, including $445,000 which directly benefited area school districts. The 243,111-square-foot prison was originally built in 2006 and expanded in two separate phases to begin holding female inmates in 2010. The Florida-based company GEO took over operations at the facility from Cornell Companies in August 2010. According to a recent report by the Department’s Office of Inspector General, private prisons “simply do not provide the same level of correctional services, programs and resources; they do not save substantially on costs, and they do not maintain the same level of safety and security.” The report states that effective immediately, the Justice Department will seek to reduce and ultimately end the use of privately operated prisons. It said contracts with private prison operators are not being renewed and they are being scaled back dramatically.
STATE COLLEGE — A State College girl who had not been seen since Aug. 10 has been found safe in Pittsburgh. “The missing juvenile is safe and has been located,” stated an Aug. 19 release from State College Police. Olivia Miller, 17, was reported missing from her State College home Aug. 11 and police said she had last been seen boarding a Megabus on North Atherton Street a day earlier. It was believed that Miller had been traveling to Western Pennsylvania and that she had not been taken against her will.
Student injured in crash By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — A 22-year-old Penn State student was taken to UPMC Altoona after a bicycle-vehicle crash Aug. 22. State College Police said a black Kia Sorrento was traveling southbound on South Atherton Street and began to turn left onto Westerly Parkway. The student was on a bicycle traveling northbound and collided with the Kia at 11:18 a.m. The student suffered injuries that police said appeared to be serious, but not life-threatening. Centre LifeLink transported the student to UPMC Altoona. The 34-year-old driver of the Kia was not injured. Police are still investigating the crash.
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days in advance, with limited details but specific instructions that it was to remain sealed until the charges were announced. Then-Attorney General Linda Kelly was “very upset, to say the least,” when the presentment was leaked online, Fina said. He said the office had “extensive discussions,” about what should be done. After state investigators agreed someone in the district justice office had “mistakenly or not mistakenly” disclosed the presentment, they discussed pursuing a criminal investigation. “The attorney general was extremely upset and wanted to take profound action,” Fina said. Ultimately, the matter was turned over to the Judicial Misconduct Board. After testimony concluded, Lindsay said he was confident in how the three days of hearings went. “It’s going along better than we planned,” Lindsay said. “As PCRAs go, this is a good one, and we think we are going to be successful ultimately.” No timetable was given for the next actions in the case. Lindsay said he still has arguments to make about matters he believes should be brought before the court, and he expects a ruling on that in the next few day.
County man convicted in staged self-defense killing STATE COLLEGE — A central Pennsylvania man has been convicted of fatally shooting his wife, then trying to make it appear to be a case of self-defense. Fifty-year-old Alois Kudlach was convicted Saturday of first-degree murder and other charges by a jury in Centre County, then immediately sentenced to the mandatory life prison sentence the murder charge carries. Kudlach’s attorney claimed the defendant shot 51-yearold Nuria Kudlach only after she attacked him with a knife last August 30. But District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller had argued that it was “a case of staged self-defense that failed miserably” and that Kudlach stood to lose money if his wife divorced him as planned. Prosecutors say Kudlach shot her in the head. — The Associated Press
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Groups pour money into Pa. race for U.S. Senate By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG — A staggering amount of money is flooding into Pennsylvania’s race for U.S. Senate, bringing TV ads on abortion, guns and Iran into living rooms with barely 11 weeks until the election. In August alone, at least six different outside groups began airing new TV ads in the race between Republican incumbent Pat Toomey and Democratic challenger Katie McGinty. In one ad by billionaire Michael Bloomberg’s group, the daughter of the principal slain in the 2012 mass shooting in Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School says she is grateful for Toomey’s willingness to defy GOP leaders on legislation to expand gun background checks. Meanwhile, a Planned Parenthood ad shows Pat Toomey in a 2009 television interview saying he would support legislation to ban abortion in Pennsylvania and punish doctors who perform them, even sending some to jail. McGinty supports abortion rights. The ads come at a time when polls show a neck-and-neck race, with McGinty flattening an early lead Toomey had held in surveys before the summer, despite a couple McGinty gaffes. Spending has topped $50 million on the contest, which could tip control of the U.S. Senate. Other ads include ones by a major labor union attacking Toomey and a group backed by billionaires Charles and David
Koch attacking McGinty. A TV ad by a national Democratic group, Senate Majority PAC, takes aim at Toomey’s gun control credentials. It portrays McGinty as stronger on gun control — McGinty supports banning the PAT TOOMEY sale of assault weapons and imposing a federal limit on magazine capacity, while Toomey does not — and shows video of Toomey last month telling an audience, “I have had a perfect record with the NRA.” Separately, a doomsday-themed ad attacks McGinty over KATIE McGINTY her support for President Barack Obama’s nuclear accord with Iran, paid for by the National Republican Senatorial Committee. It says, “the deal was denounced by members of McGinty’s own party and puts our security in jeopardy. Katie McGinty: A risk we can’t afford.” Tens of millions of dollars more in TV ads are possible in a presidential battleground state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by a 4-3 ratio.
That gives the freshman Toomey a tough hill to climb. It is Toomey’s third campaign for U.S. Senate, but his first trying to win a general election contest in a presidential election year when Democrats tend to see the biggest benefit from their registration advantage. Complicating the landscape for Toomey is the Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. McGinty has sought to pin Toomey to every explosive Trump comment while attacking Toomey for refusing to say whether he is for or against Trump. Toomey is keeping his distance from Trump: He is not endorsing or making joint appearances with Trump, but he is not repudiating Trump, either. McGinty has endorsed Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential nominee. After running successfully as a fiscal hawk in 2010’s huge Republican midterm wave election, Toomey’s re-election campaign kicked off by touting his efforts to work across the aisle, including on gun control, a strategy aimed at winning over Pennsylvania’s large swing bloc of independent voters, conservative Democrats and moderate Republicans. Still, Toomey ranks as among Pennsylvania’s three most conservative members of Congress, according to American Conservative Union ratings, and in recent months he has increasingly followed a national Republican playbook on national security and law-and-order issues. He challenges McGinty as being on the wrong
side of a slew of those issues, and heavily touts endorsements from law-and-order groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police’s nearly 40,000-strong Pennsylvania State Lodge. This past week he took a bus tour called “Keeping PA Safe” through Pennsylvania’s more conservative western and northern areas. Asked whether he is seizing on public safety and national security as winning issues for him, Toomey suggested they are unavoidable. “The fact is, the world has become a more dangerous place because President Obama decided to retreat from everywhere around the world, and we have seen these dangers erupt everywhere, including affecting civilians,” Toomey said Thursday. McGinty isn’t running from Toomey on national security issues; rather, she returns the criticism, for instance for opposing Democrats’ budget legislation that carried more aid for community policing programs. She also stands by the Iran deal, saying it dealt a blow to Iran’s nuclear capability. And while Republicans say they always expected the race would tighten as the Nov. 8 election approached, McGinty argued that Toomey’s focus on security issues belies a poor voting record on middleclass priorities, and the disappearance of Toomey’s polling lead shows that voters are recognizing that. “They’re seeing a real character and accountability issue with Pat Toomey,” McGinty said.
PSU included among ‘Top 30 LGBTQ-Friendly Schools’ UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has been named among the top 30 schools in the nation in the 2016 Campus Pride Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning-Friendly Campus Climate Index. The university once again received 4.5 out of five stars for overall campus climate by Campus Pride, a national nonprofit or-
ganization for student leaders and campus groups working to improve LGBTQ environments at colleges and universities. “We’re excited to again receive this independent confirmation of the quality of our programming,” said Allison Subasic, director of Penn State’s LGBTQA Student Resource Center. “Our center staff and interns work hard to offer programming
for students, and educational programs for staff and faculty. Our students have so many ways to find community and be social. “Penn State has some of the best policies and procedures nationally, and we also provide an active and fun space for our students. We offer a plethora of student groups, a gender and sexuality minor, internship programs, Ally House in residence life, and much, much more.” The Campus Pride Index is a national benchmarking tool for colleges and universities which self-assesses LGBTQfriendly policies, programs and practices, conducted by and for LGBTQ experts in the field of higher education. The index, now in its eighth year, includes more than 235 colleges and universities with searchable
profiles online. Each campus can update their index annually and use the benchmarking tool to make improvements. The index tool includes 50+ self-assessment questions, which correspond to eight different LGBTQ-friendly factors: policy inclusion; support and institutional commitment; academic life; student life; housing; campus safety; counseling and health; and recruitment and retention efforts. Each school listed receives an overall LGBTQ-friendly score based on a fivestar model, as well as breakdowns based on sexual orientation, gender identity/ expression and the eight LGBTQ-friendly factors. In order to be in the Top 30 listing, an institution had to score the highest percentages in the benchmarks.
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Record eight Nittany Lions earn Olympic medals UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State student-athletes delivered a record-setting performance at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, with eight Nittany Lions earning medals in five competitions to break the school mark set in 1924. The last medal was captured Aug. 21, as Penn State men’s volleyball alumni Matt Anderson, Max Holt and Aaron Russell were instrumental in the U.S. National Team rallying from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Russia 3-2 to win the bronze. The Nittany Lions’ record contingent at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad won one silver in men’s track and field (Joe Kovacs) and bronze medals in men’s fencing (Miles Chamley-Watson), women’s fencing (Monica Aksamit), women’s volleyball (Christa Harmotto Dietzen and Alisha Glass) and men’s volleyball (Matt Anderson, Max Holt and Aaron Russell). Penn State was tied for No. 8 nationally in Rio Olympics student-athlete medalists, according to data from the NCAA. The Nittany Lions and Indiana University tied for the Big Ten Conference lead with eight medals and were tied for No. 8 among all U.S. colleges and universities. The Nittany Lions’ eight different student-athlete medal winners were the most in the Big Ten. Penn State’s previous high for Olympic medalists was five in the 1924 and 2012 summer games. The eight medals in Rio lifted Penn State Athletics’ Olympics medals total to 37 all-time. In the 1924 Olympics in Paris, five Penn State athletes won medals, led by Alan Helffrich, who won gold as a member of the 4x400 meter relay track and field team. William Cox and Schuyler Enck Jr. won bronze medals in track and field, as did Arthur Studenroth in cross-country. Katsutoshi Naito won a bronze in wrestling for Japan. In the 2012 London Olympics, Harmotto and Megan Hodge won silver medals with the U.S. women’s volleyball team and Erin McLeod and Carmelina Moscato earned bronze medals with the Canadian women’s soccer team. Also, Natalie Dell, a member of the club-level Penn State rowing squad as an undergraduate, competed in the women’s quadruple sculls, where she and Team USA earned the
bronze medal. The Nittany Lions sent a school record contingent of 25 to Rio, which included 18 competitors (16 student-athletes), three coaches and four alternates, representing the United States, Mexico, Ireland, Japan and the U.S. Virgin Islands. With 12 first-time competitors in Rio, the Nittany Lions have had a total of 109 student-athlete Olympians all-time. Penn State’s 12 active competitors on Team USA led the Big Ten and were tied for No. 6 among all colleges and universities, according to the United States Olympic Committee. The Nittany Lions were tied with Georgia, North Carolina, Oregon and Princeton with 12 Team USA members for the Rio Olympics. On Aug. 20, former Penn State women’s volleyball AllAmericans Christa (Hamotto) Dietzen and Alisha Glass helped Team USA to the bronze with a 3-1 win over the Netherlands. Glass earned her first Olympic medal and Dietzen earned her second consecutive, having previously earned silver in 2012. Former fencing All-American Miles Chamley-Watson helped the United States men’s foil team defeat Italy to win the bronze medal. Another fencing All-American, Monica Aksamit, helped the U.S. women’s saber squad also beat Italy to win the bronze medal. Aksamit was the first member of the Penn State women’s fencing team to win an Olympic medal, while Chamley-Watson became the first member of the Penn State men’s fencing team to win an Olympic medal for the U.S. Former All-American Joe Kovacs earned a silver medal in the men’s shot put with a throw of 21.78m (71’-5.50”). He became Penn State’s first individual silver medalist in any sport since Mike Shine won a silver medal in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. Penn State narrowly missed out on winning a ninth Olympic medal when 2012 NCAA wrestling champion Frank Molinaro was edged in the bronze medal match in the men’s freestyle 65kg weight class. He fell 5-3 to world’s No. 1 at 65kg, Frank Chamizo, of Italy. Team USA topped the medal chart in every category for just the seventh time in Olympic history and the first
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FORMER PENN STATER Christa (Hamotto) Dietzen was all smiles as the United States women’s volleyball team picked up a bronze medal.
since 1948, leading all nations with 121 medals, including 46 golds, 37 silvers and 38 bronzes. Team USA’s 121 medals are the most ever for a U.S. team in a non-boycotted Olympics, topping the previous high of 110 from Beijing in 2008.
Internship part of student’s journey toward dream career By STEVE SAMPSELL Special to the Gazette
WILLIAMSPORT — As 16 teams from around the world converge on Williamsport, Pa., for the Little League World Series this week and next, a Penn State student will play a vital role in how thousands of people connect with and get information about the competition. Junior journalism major Mandy Bell helps coordinate social media efforts for Little League International as part of a summer internship. What people see from Little League on Facebook and Instagram often comes from her contributions. Throughout the summer, Bell’s creative efforts and research have resulted in posts about the Little League roots of major league players as well as sponsor-related content. She has been challenged creatively and embraced analytics and data as vital ways to understand the impact of social media as Little League works to engage its audience. In addition to her social media duties — and especially the next couple of weeks during the Little League World Series — her work has encompassed almost every aspect of communications for the organization. “It’s basically anything that needs done. Earlier in the summer we had a celebrity golf event and there was also the opportunity to do some shadowing for video work,” Bell said. “We’ve had calls from coaches of international leagues and there was even editing some papers. “On social media specifically, I expected to be involved and be a part of things and that’s been the case. It’s something different every day, which is great. It’s also great that they trust me enough to put information out there for people to see. I’m not sure I expected all that freedom, so it has been very rewarding.” Bell has earned that trust by proving herself with her passion and preparation. She has been preparing for a career in baseball for years and this summer internship with Little League is an important step in that process. She found out about the opportunity from the Office of Internships and Career Services in the College of Communications and reached out to Little League after an email about
the position was sent to students in the spring. She brought a wealth of experience to the role. At Penn State, she serves as co-sports director of ComRadio, the internet-based radio station housed in the College of Communications. She’s also a student feature writer for GoPSUSports.com. She was amassing experience long before she arrived at Penn State. At Chambersburg High School she embraced many opportunities to communicate. “We had to take a public speaking class, and I was one of the only ones who was excited rather than dreading it,” she said. “Later in high school I did the morning announcements. I loved being out there like that, and baseball has been my passion and I love working with kids so it seemed like a perfect match.” An opportunity early in the summer was especially rewarding. Little League’s charity golf outing featured a couple key guests, former Baltimore Orioles pitcher Jim Palmer and New York Yankees legend Chris Chambliss. For Bell, meeting Chambliss — even though she was born years after his career ended — was special. Likewise, a Little League picnic for employees earlier this summer was conducted on hallowed ground at Howard J. Lamade Stadium, the iconic home of the Little League World Series. “It’s the most perfect field you could ever imagine,” she said. “I grew up playing (softball) at so many complexes and it’s just a special place. It’s not only that it’s on TV, it’s just so well-maintained. And we’re going into the time of year when it’s used the most.” Along with playing softball for years, Bell is a die-hard New York Yankees fan with a passion to someday work as an on-field reporter covering the team. The summer position with Little League has opened up other possibilities. Her primary focus remains building a career as an onfield reporter covering the Yankees, but the internship has helped her appreciate the many roles in baseball that exist for someone who has passion and skills … like her. The full-time communications department for Little League includes about a dozen and a half people. While the pace of things was a bit slower in June and early July, activ-
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COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS student Mandy Bell has spent the summer helping coordinate social media efforts for Little League International. ity has certainly picked up in recent weeks and will reach an even more intense level the next couple of weeks. “There will be hundreds of people, volunteers in all kinds of roles, who make things work during the World Series. I understand it’s much different than earlier in the summer, and that’s exciting,” Bell said. “People are really excited. You can sense it, and it’s a fun vibe.” For Bell, the daughter of Penn State alumni Rich and Susie Bell, and who attended Penn State football games Internship, Page 8
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New students, those in university housing, must submit immunization records UNIVERSITY PARK — As previously announced in new student and parent email communications, as well as on Penn State News, students who are new to Penn State and all students living in university housing are required to submit their immunization records using myUHS through a new three-step process. As part of this process, which is being implemented for the fall 2016 semester, students who do not submit their immunization records prior to Thursday, Sept. 15, will be unable to register for spring 2017 classes. The registration hold will be removed once a student complies with the requirements. While Penn State’s immunization guidelines have not changed, the three-step submission process and registration hold are both new and will serve to strengthen the university’s ability to protect the health of students and the campus community. The three-step submission process and the required documentation are both described in detail on the University Health Services website. Students can determine if they need to submit immunization records by reviewing the immunization requirements quick reference chart. Penn State continues to require that all students living in university housing have
the meningococcal conjugate vaccine that protects against infections caused by serogroups A, C, W and Y. All students new to a Penn State must be immunized against measles, mumps and rubella. In addition, it is strongly recommended that students receive the following vaccines: serogroup B meningococcal, varicella (chicken pox), pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap), hepatitis B, hepatitis A, human papillomavirus (HPV) and pneumococcal (for students with certain medical risk factors). This requirement is in accordance with Pennsylvania law under the College and University Student Vaccination Act and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. Students may schedule an immunization appointment with University Health Services at University Park, the health center on their campus, or a health care provider in their local community, if they need to be vaccinated. Further guidance on immunization requirements, waiver forms and submission instructions can be found on the University Health Services website. For more information, call (814) 8652398 or email uhs-him@psu.edu.
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Chevy Equinox had about 8,000 miles on the odometer. As the World Series begins, she has amassed more than 18,000 miles. “It’s an easy drive,” she said. “It’s not a problem.” In that way, her can-do, positive approach mirrors that of one of her favorite baseball players, former New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter. She used a quote from Jeter on Little League’s social media accounts that proved popular earlier this summer.
with a variety of family members and friends starting when she was in elementary school, the entire internship has been fun. Her family and friends have been supportive throughout, which has heightened her enthusiasm. She even appreciates the daily commute from her apartment in State College to Little League headquarters in South Williamsport. At the start of the summer, her
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Yarger, from page 1 wrestle at the collegiate level. Instead, he went to Penn State and majored in kinesiology, but decided that wasn’t the career path he wanted to travel. He worked in the family business — Yarger Precision Machining — before packing his bags and heading to Nashville. There, the dream of being a performer truly began to take shape. “It’s been an interesting road, to say the least. I definitely had some obstacles … but they led me to this path. “But, this was something I always felt passionate about. I’ve always loved music. I’ve always been so attached to music and always felt a connection to it,” he said. At the Grange Fair, Yarger said he hit a “home run.” With a pack grandstand — it holds approximately 5,000 people — he said he fed off the energy of the crowd. “I thought we killed it,” Yarger said. “It was, without a doubt, my best performance: vocally, my stage presence, talking about stuff like that. I talked to the crowd and tried to keep everyone glued to me and entertained, even when I took a break.” How did Yarger prepare for the show? A good, solid week of rehearsal, right? Think again. “We didn’t really have much time to rehearse, me and the band. We did about four songs during sound check and that was it. We did one song that I had never performed live. But the vocals were really on and I felt like the people were glued to me during the acoustic songs that I did, which was great,” The Grange Fair crowd was Yarger’s largest show in his young career. He’d also never played a fair before, so that was a first. “It will be tough to top. We know that we can top it, it’s just a matter of, how do we top it? “It was such an amazing show.” Besides the show, Yarger said that coming home has been great. In addition to performing, he’s spent time at the fair catching up with old friends and neighbors. Before the Aug. 20 show, he simply walked around the fairgrounds and soaked it all in.
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ADAM YARGER met fans at a backstage meetand-greet prior to his show on Aug. 20 at the Grange Fair.
“It’s been a very humbling experience. I’ve seen a lot of people I know and a lot of people I didn’t know. Just getting a chance to talk to my friends and fans; it’s been one of the greatest experiences I’ve had,” Yarger said. Now, it’s back to Nashville, where Yarger will try to use some of the Grange Fair energy to take the next step in his career. “We have pictures, videos, interviews with fans. The next order of business is to take that ammunition and get it in front of the right people,” he said. “I’ve been doing everything on my own. We just need to find the right people to help propel me to the next step.”
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Feds must help lower drug costs By Bloomberg editors Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and three-fourths of their fellow Americans say prescription drugs cost too much. They’re right, and the two candidates even agree on a couple of good strategies to try to keep prices down: Allow Medicare to negotiate on behalf of its 40 million beneficiaries, and let Americans buy drugs from countries where quality is well monitored. Yet neither of these strategies addresses head-on the No. 1 reason that drug spending is rising so much. The main culprit, according to research from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, is that the government grants extraordinarily long periods of market exclusivity for new drugs. The Food and Drug Administration and the U.S. Patent Office together give new drugs monopoly rights that last anywhere from eight and a half to 15-plus years. This helps explain why brand-name drugs account for 72 percent of drug spending in the U.S. even though they represent only 10 percent of prescriptions. Since 2008, prices for the most commonly used branded drugs have risen 164 percent — far faster than other medical costs. The U.S. spends more than twice what other industrialized countries spend on drugs. The problem would not be nearly so severe if the drugs’ government-granted monopolies were shorter. Once generic versions are allowed to compete, a medicine’s price often drops by almost half, sometimes more than 85 percent, if enough competitors jump into the market. Yet the government tends to do the opposite, the Brigham and Women’s researchers found, by extending market exclusivity via additional patents for trivial alterations — a new coating on a pill, for example. This is nonsensical: Unless a drug is transformed in a way that affects its therapeutic value, it should not qualify for an extended patent. Drug makers often stretch their own market exclusivity by paying generics companies to delay introducing competitive medicines. The government, which is protecting these companies’ monopoly rights, should demand an end to this tactic. Federal drug regulators should also require that manufacturers disclose the prices they negotiate with their various customers — including all the rebates and discounts they allow.
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Some advice from a PSU parent ful while on campus. With the start of fall semester at At the top of the list: Give them Penn State, I remember fondly the some space. days of dropping off my oldest two Don’t call every day. Let them as they began their PSU careers. This call you. Constant contact with you year, it’s their younger brother’s turn. doesn’t let them engage with what is My youngest. The not-so-little brothgoing on in their dorms or with their er. roommates or in class. Send cookies. I find myself holding on a little Post on Facebook that you tighter and, maybe just miss them. Buy the T-shirt maybe, doing more than I that proudly says you are should as we (oops, I mean a Penn State Mom or Penn he) makes the transition to State Dad. “college student.” Try to let them figure It reminded me of the things out on their own. many parents with whom I If they complain about have had interactions over their roommate, listen but the last 25 years as both a don’t offer to intervene. The friend and neighbor and as skills we learn from having a a university faculty mem“bad” roommate or a roomber. I see my friends and mate who doesn’t at first Facebook friends comfeel like a fit are the skills we menting on new roomuse in life when a co-worker mates, dorm decorations or a boss or the person who and the pain of leaving their lives in the apartment next child at a college or uni- Patty Kleban, door isn’t a fit either. versity across the country who writes for When they stumble — or across town. I see them StateCollege.com, and they will stumble — proudly sporting the col- is an instructor at Penn State, offer advice but don’t try ors of the various schools mother of three to fix it for them. That first as their kids prepare to test and a community D on a quiz or points off a those wings at the same volunteer. She is a paper for grammar that time that they cling to the Penn State alumna cut it in high school may roots of family connection, who lives with her family in Patton serve to motivate them to values and respect. work harder and do better. I worry that some — in- Township. Her Encourage them to meet cluding this writer — will be views and opinions do not necessarily with their advisor. Let them unable to let go. reflect those of Penn experience that amazing The role of parents in the State. feeling they will get when lives of our millennial stustanding on their own. dents is quite different than it was Send more cookies. even 10 years ago. With Facebook Don’t write their papers for them. groups for parents of students of the Don’t pretend to be your son or “Class of …” and 40-member parent daughter when you send an email councils offering university administo a faculty member. Don’t call the trators advice and guidance, parents academic department if he or she of college students are more involved doesn’t like his or her schedule or in their students’ lives than ever bean instructor is too tough or if your fore. We have a Penn State Parents cherub didn’t earn the As that he or program and office whose sole misshe was used to in high school. Colsion is to interface with the parents of lege is tough and some majors are reundergraduate students. ally tough and really competitive. If it The days of dropping your kid off was easy, everyone would do it. Praise in August and then not seeing them them for their efforts. until you pick them up for semester Remind them that the decisions break, with the occasional call from they make as young adults can define the pay phone on the dorm floor, are or haunt them for the rest of their long gone. lives. Remind them that alcohol is the As a PSU parent and a faculty root of many, many issues at a unimember, I might offer some advice versity. on how to help your kids be success-
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Tell them to join something — anything. A club. The society for their major. A Greek organization or an intramural team. Making the university smaller by engaging in clubs or groups can not only create a social network but can be a great resume builder. Encourage them to engage. Consider study abroad or one of the many co-curricular experiences that Penn State offers for learning out of the classroom. Tell them to schedule appointments with faculty members and to ask if there are research projects that need any help. Kids who are connected are those who stay and graduate. Understand that your son or daughter is going to hear, see, read and maybe even learn to think things that are different from your opinions or perspectives. The depth and breadth of a college education means learning and growing in many different directions, including that which can sometimes make Mom and Dad uncomfortable. If you have serious concerns about their safety, their mental health or even that roommate issue that escalates, work with your student to reach out to get help. It will empower them to begin to take control of their lives. We have amazing resources that can help and protect all students, and create a positive learning environment. If they want to come home every weekend, gently urge them to take advantage of the many things to do and places to go and people to meet on a campus the size of Penn State. It gets easier and better with time. The old story of the parent who left their kid crying freshman year and leaves campus four years later with a crying senior who doesn’t want to leave is pretty accurate. Finally, pat yourself on the back for the amazing job you have done in rearing a child who understands the importance of an education and who was accepted at a very competitive university. It’s OK to worry and to fret but know that the roots and the wings you have given them mean they are ready to start learning without you.
Lochte, at 32, still a dopey child By Steve Rosenbloom Chicago Tribune
Dear Stupid, (and you know who you are, Ryan Lochte), No. Wait. You don’t know who you are. You don’t know what a dope you are. Because you’re acting like a spoiled brat. At 32. Because you could swim well. Yeesh. You haven’t grown up because you haven’t had to. Nobody has forced you to, and you haven’t seemed much interested in it. You need better parenting. You need a friend. You need some tough love. Nobody who cares about you would’ve allowed you to send out that alleged apology for the inter-
national batch of drunken lies you foisted on Rio de Janeiro, the Olympic Games, the United States Olympic Committee, Matt Lauer, Billy Bush, your mom and your teammates. Some team guy you are, pal, ditching out like that and leaving your countrymen to wade through the manure. Anybody who has heard you talk or watched your lame reality show knows you couldn’t have written that apology yourself. You don’t sound or act like someone who knows all those words and maybe not all the letters of the alphabet. No ghostwritten or heavily lawyered statement. No notes. No cue cards. No nothing. Just you apologizing in your own words instead of that statement that was as fraudulent as
the story you told — check that, the stories, plural, you told. I would’ve made you watch your video apology and then sent it to the media. It’s either from the heart or back in the toilet. Then I would’ve had it transcribed and made you read those words. Then I would’ve sent that to the media, too. Verbatim transcripts usually make the speaker sound uneducated when it’s right there in black and white. The words would’ve looked and sounded bad. The words would’ve looked and sounded humiliating. The words would’ve looked and sounded embarrassing. And that would’ve been the point. Either grow up or we make another reality show out of all your future apologies.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Performance-enhancing drugs entice athletes HERSHEY — Imagine you dedicate your whole life to becoming the best in your chosen sport. You put in the work, make big sacrifices and finally make the Olympic team. You have a shot at a medal — and all the money, fame and influence that comes with it. Then, someone offers you a magic pill with two guarantees — that you won’t get caught and that you’ll win everything. There’s just one catch: You’ll be dead within five years from the pill’s side effects. Would you take it? A popular 1995 survey of Olympic hopefuls found that more than 50 percent of those given that proposal said they’d do it, lending insight into why many of the world’s best athletes are tempted by performance-enhancing drugs, even when the risks are high. “I think that really speaks to the mentality,” said Dr. Matthew Silvis, director of primary care sports medicine at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. “They are not really thinking about life down the road because they are so wrapped up in the moment. This is their opportunity.” The list of substances that can mean the difference between winning and not winning is long, and includes everything from testosterone and anabolic steroids to red-cell boosters, depending on the effect you want. The drugs act on the body to enhance athletic performance by increasing muscle mass or boosting the amount of blood and oxygen carried to muscles. While football players are more likely
to use steroids or testosterone to beef up, cyclists may be tempted by EPO, or erythropoietin, a drug designed to help patients in kidney failure, which some athletes use to increase their endurance. “Doping is really something that is present in all sports,” Silvis said. “It depends on how much the governing body of that sport is looking for it.” He said scientists behind performanceenhancing drugs work hard to create products that are more difficult to detect, with the latest frontier being alteration of a person’s genetics to be a better athlete. “From an ethical perspective, sports should be about who is the most naturally gifted and who works the hardest, but sometimes it’s about who has the best scientist in their corner to give them the edge,” Silvis said. Once the games are over, the leftover effects of doping can derail even the healthiest athlete’s system. Those who take EPO can find their body creating so many red blood cells that they develop clots and pulmonary embolisms. Weight lifters who use testosterone have experienced shrinking testicles and deep, scarring, cystic acne on their chest and back, as well as swelling of the arms and legs, fluid retention, stretch marks and psychiatric problems such as depression, anxiety and insomnia. Women who use testosterone can become permanently infertile. Because many of the drugs are administered by injections, there is also the risk of being infected with a dirty needle.
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THE ALLURE OF performance-enhancing drugs, despite their dangers, is a temptation many athletes simply cannot pass up. Dr. Cayce Onks, a family and sports medicine specialist at the medical center, said doping controversies have been part of the Olympics since its earliest days. This year’s headlines about the Russian Olympic team are just the latest in the saga, although with 270 Russian athletes now cleared to compete, he said it’s probably the biggest scandal to date. These days, the incentives to take a
chance on performance-enhancing drugs are huge. “Anyone who gets a gold medal has the benefit of TV contracts, announcer gigs, commercials and all the money that comes with it. It’s not just the prestige and satisfaction of competing at that level and winning,” Onks said. “Tenths of seconds can mean the difference between a medal and no medal, so whatever they can do to get that extra tenth, they want to try.”
Foxdale Village hosting Parkinson’s workshop STATE COLLEGE — Every year in the United States, approximately 60,000 people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. Currently, more than 1 million Americans face the progressive, often debilitating condition, which typically affects a person’s general motor skills, balance and ability to walk.
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PWR programs to our own residents through our own onsite exercise and therapy services and facilities, we also wanted to bring awareness and education opportunities to the wider community.” A community chat about PWR is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, in the Foxdale Village Auditorium. Anyone interested in learning more about the program is invited to attend. For more information, visit www.foxdalevillage. org. Foxdale Village recently hosted a workshop designed to provide PWR certification to physical and occupational therapists. A second workshop is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 27, and Sunday, Aug. 28, at the Wellness Center, 500 E. Marylyn Ave. in State College. It will provide certification for kinesiologists and fitness professionals seeking to teach the PWR program. To register, visit www.pwr4life.org or contact Vanessa at (520) 591-5346.
Support group to meet STATE COLLEGE — A breast cancer support group will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 5, in conference rooms 1, 2 and 3 at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., in State College. The support group is for patients newly diagnosed with, recovering from or are survivors of breast cancer.
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Frozen embryos are better choice for some IVF patients By JENNIFER ABBASI Special to the Gazette
HERSHEY — Women with polycystic ovary syndrome who receive frozen embryos during in vitro fertilization have safer and more successful pregnancies than those who get fresh embryos, according to the results of a recent collaboration between Penn State College of Medicine and Chinese researchers. PCOS is a hormonal disorder that affects up to 10 percent of women of childbearing age. When women with PCOS undergo in vitro fertilization, they have an increased risk of a dangerous complication called ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome. This condition can become fatal, and it may require pain medications, intravenous fluids, hospitalization and additional surgical procedures. Women with PCOS also have a greater risk of other pregnancy complications, including pregnancy loss, preeclampsia, preterm delivery, low birth weight and birth defects. Although fresh embryos have been preferred for in vitro fertilization, previous research has suggested that frozen embryos could improve the rate of live births and lower the rates of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome and pregnancy complications in women with PCOS. In the new study, which took place at several reproductive medical centers throughout China, 1,508 infertile women with PCOS were randomized to receive
either fresh embryos or frozen embryos during their first in vitro fertilization cycle. Results of the study appear in the New England Journal of Medicine. Using frozen embryos lowered the rate of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome compared to using fresh embryos from 7.1 to 1.3 percent. The group that received frozen embryos also had a higher frequency of live births — due to fewer pregnancy losses — and higher birth weights. “Women with PCOS may have a higher chance of a successful pregnancy and may have less ovarian hyperstimulation when you electively freeze all the embryos and perform a frozen embryo transfer than if you do a fresh transfer,” said Richard Legro, professor of obstetrics and gynecology and public health sciences at Penn State College of Medicine. “This protocol potentially offers immediate benefits to women with PCOS, so practitioners should consider freezing all embryos for these patients.” The use of hormones and medications to overstimulate the ovaries to release multiple eggs during in vitro fertilization is thought to create a potentially harmful environment for implantation, especially in women with PCOS, Legro said. Frozen embryo transfer allows a woman’s ovary to recover from ovarian stimulation during in vitro fertilization and also gives time for her exposed endometrial lining to shed.
Amputee support group available at HealthSouth PLEASANT GAP — HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, located at 55 W. College Ave. in Pleasant Gap, is now hosting an amputee support group from 5 to 6 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month. Those who have endured limb loss, and their caregivers, are invited to learn more about topics including pain management, nutrition, strategies to overcome physical barriers and working with insurance providers. “Many limb loss patients come to our hospital for acute rehabilitation feeling overwhelmed,” said physical therapist Mary Gorham, who will lead the group. “This support group will help them realize that, with therapy and training, they can continue to live full and functional lives.” HealthSouth Nittany Valley provides
comprehensive inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation amputee programs designed to return limb loss patients to their optimal level of independence. Pre- and post-prosthetic rehabilitation is available and is customized to the patient’s lifestyle MARY GORHAM goals. The amputee support group’s mission is to empower those with limb loss through sharing research, best practices and the latest information in health care in a proactive group setting. For more information, contact Gorham at (814) 359-5630.
Brunner hired at Mount Nittany STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health recently announced the addition of Dr. Kaitlyn Brunner to Mount Nittany Physician Group OB/GYN at Mount Nittany Health-Park Avenue. “I believe in a ‘whole person’ approach to medicine,” said Brunner. “Every patient is an individual, each requiring personalized care. I believe in educating my patients and working in partnership with them to achieve their health care goals.” Brunner earned her bachelor’s degree from the Pennsylvania State University and received her medical degree from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg, W.Va. She completed her residency in osteo-
pathic obstetrics and gynecology at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center in Toledo, Ohio. She also completed an international rotation at Kamakwie Wesleyan Hospital in Sierra Leone, where she assisted with pregnancy/prenatal clinics. “Delivering babies is the most exciting job in the world,” said Brunner. “I love having the chance to take part in this incredible moment with patients and their families. Caring for women throughout all stages of life — from adolescence through menopause and beyond — is another wonderful part of being an OB/GYN provider.” To schedule an appointment, call (814) 237-3470 or visit wwwmymountnittany health.com.
CVIM accepting new patients STATE COLLEGE — The start of fall also means cold and flu season is just around the corner. For the more than 18,000 Centre County residents living without health insurance, flu season can be problematic. Centre Volunteers in Medicine has expand-
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Steward hired at Mount Nittany STATE COLLEGE — Mount Nittany Health recently announced the addition of Benjamin Steward to Mount Nittany Physician Group Thoracic Surgery. Steward is transitioning from his time with Mount Nittany Physician Group Hospitalist Group. Steward received his bachelor’s degree in pre-medicine from DeSales University and his Master of Health Science: Physician Assistant from Lock Haven University.
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“By electing to freeze all the embryos, you create a healthy environment for the best embryos, as opposed to putting them back in a disturbed environment,” Legro said. Frozen embryo transfer was also associated with higher rates of two negative outcomes compared to fresh embryo transfer, the researchers reported. Preeclampsia and neonatal death were more common in the frozen embryo transfer group. However, no patients developed severe preeclampsia pressure during pregnancy and the difference in neonatal death rates was not statistically significant. Both adverse outcomes need to be studied further, according to Legro, who led a team that hosted the Chinese collaborators at Penn State College of Medicine for five weeks as the group wrote the protocol for the multi-center trial and participated in regular steering committee meetings overseeing the trial. Other researchers are Zi-Jiang Chen, Yuhua Shi, Daimin Wei, Jiayin Liu, Junhao Yan, Yingying Qin and Heping Zhang, all of Center for Reproductive Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital, affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, China; Yun Sun, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Ren Ji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai; Bo Zhang, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Guangxi, China; Xiaoyan Liang, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Reproductive Medicine Center, the Sixth Affili-
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PSU tourism students study conservation in Tanzania By JENNIFER MILLER and AMY MARSHALL Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — Julia Walker arrived in Tanzania to study at Udzungwa Mountains National Park knowing she wanted to pursue a career in tourism, but she did not have a clear understanding of all that is possible in the field, such as working for an ecolodge or conducting field work. “Before, I simply knew I wanted to work in tourism, but now I have a real image of what that will be like,” said Walker, who is majoring in recreation, park and tourism management. “I could still see myself planning trips like I originally intended, but I am also exploring perhaps going to graduate school and doing field work in other countries. I’m really excited about these new possibilities because this program really broadened my horizons in terms of what I can do.” Parks and People: Conservation of Nature and Community is a six-week interdisciplinary study abroad summer program offered through the College of Arts and Architecture and the College of Health and Human Development. “This program opened my future to possibilities I did not even know existed. It changed my career plans in the best way and helped to give my plans focus for the future,” Walker said. “Through my experience in the field, villages and national parks, I learned so much about tourism and its effects. I also had the chance to see the issues in the local communities and the effect tourism can have on communities.” Led by Penn State faculty members who conduct research at the park — Larry Gorenflo, professor of landscape architecture, and Carter Hunt, assistant professor of recreation, park and tourism management — the program involves Tanzanian universities, government agencies, international nongovernment organizations, and other researchers, in a collaborative way that exposes students to a wealth of interdisciplinary and inter-organizational expertise. “The program is guided by research interests, and we incorporate students in each season’s field activities,” said Gorenflo. “The research emphasizes the challenge of conserving nature amid human poverty, a fundamental issue
in the tropics. But for the students, the greatest impact is experiencing life in a rural village, learning about another cultural and natural setting. Experiences such as those found in this program are what inspired Carter and me as young students, and ultimately led us to do what we do today.” The goal of the program, Hunt said, is to expose Penn State students to dramatically different social and environmental realities in a lesser developed country, like Tanzania, and give students an opportunity to confront local environmental conservation and human development challenges through applied research and design projects that correspond to their programs of study at Penn State. “This program is a great means of dovetailing many of the university’s strategic initiatives by providing highly engaged and experiential scholarship, offering internationalized curriculum relevant to numerous majors at Penn State, integrating sustainability and systems thinking, promoting global citizenry, and extending the impact of Penn State activities into new regions of the world,” Hunt said. The program allows students from all backgrounds to gain hands-on experience in the principles of environmental design and land-use planning through an applied community design workshop and field trips to Udzungwa and other parks, towns and villages to observe and document land use and biodiversity. The 2016 trip included both undergraduate and graduate students, primarily from landscape architecture, geography, and recreation, park and tourism management. Students documented their experiences through journal entries. One landscape architecture graduate student, a native of China, said in a journal entry that the service-learning component of the trip was particularly valuable. “I consider (service learning) as a win-win learning process … (where) everybody can gain a lot of different knowledge and understand different aspects of a certain thing, which is vital for establishing critical thinking ability,” the student wrote. An undergraduate major in landscape architecture wrote, “Before coming on this trip, I was unsure about where I fit into the landscape architecture profession and what I could bring to the table that was different from
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STUDENTS WALK with villagers in Tanzania during a six-week interdisciplinary study abroad summer program offered through the College of Arts and Architecture and College of Health and Human Development. others. This trip has made it clear to me that I am meant to produce designs that help people who are most deserving.” Students earn nine credits through the program in three interrelated courses. Offered since 2010, this is the first time the Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Management has co-sponsored the project. “I’m proud to deliver this program alongside Dr. Gorenflo because I believe it is truly transformative for students. The immersion, rigor and diversity of experiences provided during this trip will influence the trajectory of a student’s career path toward more meaningful applications of their skills, abilities and curiosity,” Hunt said. “The students’ understanding of the challenges their generation will face in combining effective management of environmental resources with the needs of rapidly growing populations is vastly expanded, and in the process, they’ve come to learn that they share much more in common with people on the opposite side of the world than they would otherwise have realized.”
INDUCTION DAY BALD EAGLE AREA’S newest employees attended the district’s 2016 Induction Day on Aug. 11. The day included coffee and doughnuts, a bus tour around the district, a presentation by Superintendent Jeff Miles and administrators, and lunch provided by the BEA Education Association. Pictured, from left, are Gina Rodriguez, Ryan Wade, Autumn Hanrahan, Adam Herzing, Brenda Loesch, Jennifer Benson, Amy Nearhoof, Kathy Salvanish, Sara Heinbaugh, MaryElizabeth Kepler, Laura Frye, Alex Coblentz, Keith Hoffman, Del Park and John Schmoke.
LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven University’s clinical mental health counseling and social work programs recently received accreditation. The clinical mental health counseling program was accredited for eight years by the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Education Programs. Students completing the program receive a master of science degree and will have completed the educational requirements for licensure as a counselor in the state of Pennsylvania. Lock Haven University is now the only public university in the state that is accredited for an online graduate program in clinical mental health counseling. The social work program also received reaffirmation of its accreditation by the Council on Social Work Education. A long-standing bachelor’s degree program at LHU, it has been accredited by the CSWE since 1974. For more information, visit www.LHUP.edu or call (570) 484-2011.
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The Avid Gardener: The placid days of late summer LORA GAUSS
As summer wanes and many plants with it, I find myself already becoming wistful for spring, especially when I anticipate the many upcoming autumn gardening tasks. If you are dreading the strains of fall gardening and the back, shoulder and knee issues that can result, here are tips that may be helpful, no matter what your age. Avid gardener ■ Tools of many Lora Gauss lives in kinds help make the Philipsburg. Email her at community@ work go faster and centrecountygazette. easier. com. Substitute some of those heavy metal tools with ones that are more lightweight, with resilient handles and ergonomic designs. Not only are they easier on the hands, but they take less effort. Tools with offset handles also make digging and weeding easier. Keep the tools sharp and clean, which will result in less effort expended. Also, pruners with ratcheting action require less hand strength. Be sure to use the correct tool for the job. For the longest time, I wasted effort using a large rake to get into small places, such as around shrubs, when I found that a small rake with a telescopic handle was what was needed. Handle extenders on tools such as shovels can save the back by reducing bending. In the same way, a reaching tool can help pick up weeds or dried leaves and help put tools away when done. One of the best pieces of equipment I purchased was a garden kneeler/seat with handles. Not only does it help cushion my knees (both of which I broke gardening a
few years ago when I fell on a brick walk), but it provides an extra boost when getting up. Don’t be afraid of the new power tools like blowers and trimmers. Most use lithium rechargeable batteries now, eliminating the use of cords, and are smaller and easier to handle. ■ Gardening gloves are a necessity, not just a fashion statement. It is necessary to have at least one good pair of gardening gloves to protect hands and prevent injuries, no matter what your gender. I wear them whenever I’m doing any gardening task. There are also different types of gloves designed for different purposes. A company called Bionic, for example, makes gloves specifically designed by an orthopedic hand specialist for gardeners who have arthritis. There are gardening gloves used for pruning roses that are longer and that may also be an option for those who want to protect their lower arms. ■ Common sense solutions are helpful when mowing the lawn. I have an oversized pull grip handle on my mower, and it makes it easier to grasp the string for my pull- start. Also, adding foam padding to lawn mower and power tool handles can help to reduce aches and pains from the motor vibrations. If bending is an issue, try a handle extender on the lawn mower to raise the handle height and reduce the strain on back and shoulders. ■ Garden smarter. I try to find shortcuts to make my gardening go easier. One way is to use fewer annuals; replace them with lower maintenance perennials or wildflowers to get color in the garden with a little less effort. Buy smaller bags of soil, mulch and amendments if lifting and hauling is an issue. Invest in a garden cart to move them. If needed, enlist or hire some help. Finally, choose the best time to do tasks. Working early morning and evening when
it’s cooler is easier on the body. Also, weed after a rain when the soil is softer and the weeds are easier to remove. Plant-related tasks on my list to be done in the garden in August and September: ■ Continue weeding through the summer. ■ Harvest vegetables and put any diseased ones in the garbage rather than the compost pile. Radishes, lettuce and beets can be replanted for a long harvest season. On plants like tomatoes, pick off small ones in order to let the larger ones mature. ■ Divide perennials to either transplant or share, especially hostas and peonies. ■ Begin fall grass seeding; apply lime to the lawn, but only if a soil test says it’s needed. ■ After testing the soil add compost and soil amendments to the vegetable garden and general landscape. ■ Pull out any diseased or buggy annuals, but give the rest a chance to rebound as temperatures become cooler. Clip off brown tips and leggy stems and give an application of fertilizer. ■ Try replacing spent annuals in flower beds and containers with cool-season plants like ornamental cabbage and kale. In nurseries, there may also be new offerings of pansies and violas, which are coldhardy enough to survive and bloom again in the spring. And, of course, there are always mums of all colors and sizes. Most are treated as annuals and thrown away once they fade. ■ Begin acclimating outdoor houseplants for their winter trip indoors. When first inside, separate them from other houseplants to make sure there are no insects on the plants. Dropping leaves in lower light is normal. Do not fertilize the houseplants until March. ■ By mid-September, start to take tender plants inside or take cuttings of favorites before they are killed by frost. ■ Delay most pruning until late fall or
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AS SUMMER winds down, many find respite in their gardens.
winter when deciduous trees have lost their leaves. ■ If fall webworm tents are a problem, either cut off the branches to which they are attached or poke them open with a stick so the birds can eat the young caterpillars. ■ Most importantly, make opportunities to sit and enjoy the garden now and into the coming weeks. As fall approaches, I may have trepidation about garden tasks, but I do look forward to the blaze of color about to occur in the forests. Some trees that offer richly colored foliage and can be grown in our own backyards include aspen, birch, flowering dogwood, linden, sugar and red maples, nyssa (tupelo), oaks, sourwood and sweetgum. Actually, every season is one to savor here in Pennsylvania.
Centre County 911 improves interpreter services BELLEFONTE — First responders face challenges everyday on emergency calls, and language barriers are among those challenges. In May 2016, Centre County 911 transitioned to a interpreter service known as Voiance, based out of Tuscon, Ariz., with the intention of enhancing the quality of interpretation services in Centre County. Voiance supports hundreds of emergency service clients, including dispatch centers, police, fire/EMS, rescue agencies and hospitals across the United States. Voiance interpreters adhere to strict security and privacy regulations. They are trained to speak during medical emergencies and ambulatory situations and provide pre-arrival instructions, including CPR. The interpreters also are skilled in obtaining information resulting from accidents, domestic violence situations and other violent crimes and speaking with children.
In 2015, Debra Greenleaf, Centre County’s STOP Violence Against Women International outreach consultant, met with Dale Neff, Norm Spackman and Barbara Berenty of Centre County 911 emergency communications to discuss language barriers faced by people with limited English when they call for emergency help. This initial meeting generated the change in interpretation services and prompted development of a new resource for people with limited English language skills to communicate with emergency responders. A new tool that has been added is the Centre County Emergency I Speak Card. Greenleaf and Berenty have been collaborating on the design of this translation card, with the help of individuals with limited English speaking skills. The purpose of the I Speak Card is to reduce language barriers between callers and first responders by referring to preidentified facts written
on the card, such as preferred language, before locating an interpreter. Eliminating language barriers in 911 calls can save lives and save time. Most non-English speaking households have at least one person who can interpret for the family, often a child. But, there are times when another source is needed. Centre County 911’s goal is to help in those moments. The I Speak Card is to be presented to first responders upon their arrival, aiding everyone involved at the scene by determining the language immediately and allowing connection to an interpreter faster.
The card currently is printed in Mandarin, Russian, Spanish and German with the English translation, and will be developed with additional languages as needed. The back of the card lists local emergency telephone numbers as a quick resource of information. I Speak Cards are available at the Women’s Resource Center, 140 W. Nittany Ave.; Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St.; MidState Literacy Council, 248 E. Calder Way; Global Connections in the Boucke Building on Penn State Campus; and at the Willowbank Office Building reception area in Bellefonte.
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
Group makes presentation to Centre Hall veteran By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — On Aug. 15, Centre Hall resident Nathan Summers was presented with a quilt from the Quilts of Valor organization in honor of his military service in the Vietnam War. About 50 family members and friends gathered in the Old Fort American Legion building for a presentation of the quilt to Summers. The quilt was presented by Carolyn Foust, Merilee Barner and Edwina Sims, members of the Happy Valley Quilts of Valor, the local chapter of national organization. According to its website, the Quilts of Valor Foundation began in 2003, when Catherine Roberts began the foundation in Seaford, Del., following her son’s year-long deployment to Iraq. She came up with the idea of linking quilt-top makers with machine quilters in a national effort to reach out to all service men and women touched by war. These Quilts of Valor would be a tangible reminder of America’s appreciation and gratitude. Foust noted that more than 142,000 quilts have been awarded nationwide since the foundation began. Summers served in the U.S. Army from August 1961 to February 1967. He was stationed in France and Germany, and then served a one-year tour in Vietnam in 1966.
He was a truck driver, transporting aviation fuel in Vietnam. “I carried 5,000 gallons every day,” said Summers. It was a dangerous job, as fuel trucks were often targeted by enemy troops. After returning from Vietnam, Summers worked for the Corning Glass Company for 35 years before retiring. He has been active in the Centre Hall Lions Club, and serves as chaplain of the Old Fort American Legion Post No. 779. Foust said the Quilts of Valor are awarded to thank and honor veterans for their service. “As a gesture of gratitude from a grateful nation, we award you this Quilt of Valor,” she said during her presentation. Summers accepted the quilt, and expressed his gratitude to the organization, as well as to his family and friends for their support. “There aren’t enough words in the unabridged dictionary to say ‘thank you,’” he said. “Thank you, each and every one of you, for your support over the years.” He encouraged the ceremony’s attendees to continue to pray for peace in the world. Summers and his wife, the late Dorcas Fohringer Summers, had three children, Dawn, Sean and Heather, who were present at the ceremony and stood with their father to share his moment of honor. “These are the greatest supporters that any person could have in this lifelong journey,” said Summers.
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NATE SUMMERS thanks the Quilts of Valor organization for the handmade quilt presented to him for his military service in the Vietnam War.
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Three new locations to have recycling containers COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority, in partnership with Advanced Disposal, is placing recycling bins at three locations in Clearfield County: Curwensville Borough Garage, 996 Susquehanna Ave. in Curwensville; Cooper Township Building, 3924 Kylertown Drifting Highway in Winburne; and Woodward Township Building, 11 Juniata Ave. in Houtzdale. These bins will be available to the public beginning Thursday, Sept. 1. Clearfield County residents can recycle the following items at these locations: plastic bottles, jugs and jars; metal cans; clear, green, blue and brown glass; and newspaper, paperboard and mixed paper. Items should not be placed on the ground around the bins and trash should not be placed in or around the bins. For more information, visit www.ccswa.org or call (814) 765-5149. Submitted photo
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New York Times correspondent, Putin biographer to speak at PSU UNIVERSITY PARK — New York Times correspondent Steven Lee Myers, author of a widely acclaimed biography of Vladimir Putin, will join the Penn State School of International Affairs and Penn State Law for a talk and book signing at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees are asked to register online by Monday, Sept. 5. Myers — a New York Times veteran of 26 years and author of “The New Tsar: The Rise and Reign of Vladimir Putin” — will discuss Putin’s unexpected appearance on the Russian political scene, his rapid ascent to power, how his background shapes his view of Russia and the world, the potential stability of his popularity and political regime, and his increasingly hostile relationship with the West. The event will be held in the Sutliff Auditorium, located in 118 Lewis Katz Building on Penn State’s University Park campus. The discussion will be moderated by Scott Sigmund Gartner, director of the School of International Affairs, and Myers will take questions from the audience. Following the presentation, Myers will sign copies of his book in the lobby of the Katz Building from 7 to 8 p.m. Myers is a correspondent in the Washington Bureau of The New York Times who covers foreign policy and national security issues. He previously worked as bureau chief in Moscow in 2013 and 2014, having also served as a correspondent and bureau chief there from 2002 to 2007, covering Russia and the other former Soviet republics.
Myers began his career at The Times in 1989 and worked in New York City until moving to Washington in 1996, where he covered first the State Department and then the Pentagon through the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He has reported on conflicts from the ground in Afghanistan, Bosnia, Chechnya, Iraq and Kosovo. In 2003, he was embedded with the Army’s Third Infantry Division during the inSTEVEN MYERS vasion of Iraq and reported extensively on the division’s experience there and back home that year. He returned to Iraq as a correspondent and bureau chief from 2009 to 2011. In Washington, he also covered the White House during the presidency of George W. Bush and has written on the State Department during the tenures of five different secretaries of state, most recently Hillary Rodham Clinton and John Kerry. Born in Los Angeles in 1965, Myers received a bachelor’s degree in rhetoric from the University of California at Berkeley, graduating with honors in 1987. As a Rotary International scholar, he received a master’s degree, with distinction, in literature and art history from the University of Reading in Reading, England, in 1989.
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Event raises more than $10,000 for charity ALTOONA — Longtime supporters Paula and Bob Salyards recently hosted a special 200 Club event to benefit Geisinger Janet Weis Children’s Hospital. The Salyards helped raise $10,500 for Children’s Miracle Network at Geisinger. The funds will help to provide pediatric equipment, programs and services at Janet Weis Children’s Hospital and throughout Geisinger Health System.
PSU Student Farm to host harvest festival UNIVERSITY PARK — The Student Farm at Penn State will hold a free fall harvest festival from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 7. All members of the local community are invited to attend. “We wanted to host this event to celebrate all of the work that has gone into making the Student Farm a reality,” said Nick Michalisin, co-director of the Student Farm Club. “We are nearing the end of our first growing season, and we have so many dedicated students, faculty members and administrators to thank for helping us get to this point.” The family-friendly event will consist of live music, farm tours, hands-on activities, demonstrations and farm-fresh food samples. Local musician Eric Ian Farmer will perform live at the farm beginning at 6:30 p.m. Two chefs from Penn
State Campus Dining will also host a cooking demonstration at the farm. Attendees are invited to bring their own lawn chairs or picnic blankets and are encouraged to wear sturdy shoes. “We’ve involved a whole village to envision and establish a student farm on campus over the past few years,” said Leslie Pillen, sustainable Student Farm design coordinator. “The harvest festival will be a big thank you to everyone who has contributed, and the event also embodies our mission to educate about the food system, foster community and increase access to local foods.” For more information, visit www.sites.psu.edu/studentfarm or contact Alyssa Gurklis at azg5380@psu.edu or (412) 715-3036.
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
Penn State research has helped shape apple industry By JEFF MULHOLLEM Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — One glance at a commercial orchard today and you realize these aren’t your grandfather’s apple trees. Long gone are the 40-foot-high, widely spaced, gnarled and spindly trees of the past. They have been replaced by squat, tightly planted trees loaded with lowhanging fruit. Key to the transformation has been research conducted at Penn State and other land-grant universities, and Penn State horticulture professor Rob Crassweller has been at the forefront of the effort to boost apple production for more than 30 years. In his role as a faculty member with Penn State Extension, he has presented those findings to growers. The university’s College of Agricultural Sciences has been conducting research on apple tree rootstock at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs since the early 1970s, when horticulturists from a number of universities in the Northeast banded together to form a project called NC-140. That federally funded initiative continues today and Penn State will host its annual meeting in November. “It is a group of us involved in pomology representing 20-some states, three Canadian provinces and even a cooperator in Mexico,” Crassweller said. “We have been cooperatively evaluating rootstock since the mid-’70s because rootstock controls tree size, and we must have size control since we don’t want trees to be 40 feet tall. We want them to be no more than 14 feet high — so we can pick all of the fruit from the ground.” In recent years, Crassweller has also been working with the Midwest Apple Improvement Association, helping it evaluate and develop new cultivars. New apple varieties created by breeders have revolutionized the apple industry, he noted. For example, the Honeycrisp variety — which he had a hand in evaluating — has set the apple market on its ear. “Although Red Delicious is still the most commonly grown variety, Honeycrisp is catching up, mostly because a 40-pound box of Delicious apples will bring $20 to $24 and the same size box of Honeycrisp apples will bring $50 to $60,” he said. “People really do like Honeycrisp apples, but I think the price will go down some as supply catches up with demand.” Crassweller’s research has helped growers keep up with changing demands in the apple market because it is not easy for them to change the varieties they produce. It takes time to develop new orchards. “Usually, an apple orchard will be there for 20 to 25 years, so growers are reluctant to
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THE UNIVERSITY’S College of Agricultural Sciences has been conducting research on apple tree rootstock at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs since the early 1970s. Here, a group from the Pennsylvania Fruit Growers Association tours the orchard, led by horticulture professor Rob Crassweller, in light-colored hat. change varieties, but because of the new training systems we have developed, growers are able to plant apple trees one year and actually get some fruit off them the next, and certainly in the third year they will have a good crop,” he said. “That is totally different from when I started, when we were looking at five to six years before we would get any fruit. These advances allow growers to be more nimble in the marketplace.” The biggest change seen by Crassweller is how closely apple trees can be planted in modern orchards. In the early 1970s, trees were planted 10 to 18 feet apart. Today they are typically planted 3 to 5 feet apart. “It used to be that about 242 trees were planted to the acre and now new plantings are up in the neighborhood of 800 or even 1,000 trees per acre. We are doing that primarily because growers need to get their returns very quickly.” One of the biggest challenges apple growers face is producing fruit that is not marred by apple scab, a disease that disfigures and distorts fruit, making it unsuitable for sale.
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Researchers for years have been attempting to develop varieties that are resistant to apple scab. Crassweller’s orchard at Rock Springs has the largest collection of scab-resistant apple varieties in the eastern United States, except for the USDA Plant Repository in Geneva, N.Y. There are about 50 different trees producing scab-resistant apples at Rock Springs among the 140 trees in his research orchard. Assisted by Don Smith, a research and teaching-support assistant who has been working with him since 1995, Crassweller maintains the extensive collection of diseaseresistant cultivars because apple scab remains a huge concern for apple growers. “Most commercial varieties are not resistant apples — Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala, Fuji — they all get apple scab, although Honeycrisp has some resistance.” The work done by Crassweller is especially important to Pennsylvania because the state is ranked the fourth highest apple-producing state (Washington produces 47 percent of all apples grown in the country, followed by New York and Michigan). Pennsylvania has a processing industry that produces juice, apple slices, pie filling and whole candy apples. Most of the apple tree research Crassweller has conducted over the years has been done with the Keystone State in mind. “My paycheck is Blue and White and the taxpayers of the state pay my salary, so I always try to help Pennsylvania growers first,” he said. “But in the larger scheme of things, the industry in our region really stretches from Pennsylvania south into western Maryland, West Virginia and northern Virginia. So, all of our findings are relevant to growing apples in a five-state region.” Also participating in the NC-140 Research Project rootstock and training system trials at Penn State are Rich Marini, professor of horticulture, and Jim Schupp, professor of pomology.
Club to hold reception UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State University Women’s Club will hold its fall reception from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6, at the Nittany Lion Inn. All current members, as well as women who are interested in becoming members, are encouraged to attend. The Penn State University Women’s Club is open to any woman with a common concern for the interests of Penn State University and the community. For more information, visit www.personal.psu.edu/ org/uwc.
Fundraising dinner set STATE COLLEGE — A fundraising dinner for the Park Forest Preschool will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17, at the State College Friends Meeting, 611 E. Prospect Ave., in State College. A representative of the preschool will talk about the school’s program and answer questions during the meal. All are welcome. Suggested donation is $10 per person. For more information, contact Claudia at (814) 3530256.
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PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE — There will be a Josten’s Reunion Picnic from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, at Fairbrook Park, 1210 Tadpole Road in Pennsylvania Furnace. The picnic is open to former and current Josten’s employees. Cost is $3 per adult. Children 12 and younger are free. For more information or to RSVP, contact Cyndi Snyder at (814) 234-4985 or cyndi470@hotmail.com.
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Seventh annual Heroes Run set for Sept. 11 STATE COLLEGE — The Travis Manion Foundation will host a 5K race at the Bryce Jordan Center at noon Sunday, Sept. 11, to unite the community in remembering the sacrifices of the heroes of the Sept. 11 attacks and in the wars since. In its seventh year, the 9/11 Heroes Run will put on a series of races in more than 50 locations across the U.S. and abroad, including State College. A portion of the proceeds from the race will benefit the Travis Manion Foundation, which offers veterans and families of the fallen opportunities to accomplish their personal and professional goals. A large portion of the proceeds stay in the local community to support veterans and first responders.
The 9/11 Heroes Run series was inspired by Marine First Lt. Travis Manion, who was killed by a sniper in Iraq in April 2007 as he protected his battalion. Before his final deployment, Manion visited Rescue One in NYC — famous for losing almost all of their men on 9/11 — and returned home with a deep passion about why he was fighting in Iraq. At its heart, the 9/11 Heroes Run is a tribute to Manion’s personal commitment to never forget the heroes of that day. “Knowing that so many people gave their lives during the 9/11 attacks touched my brother Travis in a way that would forever change him,” said Ryan Manion, president of Travis Manion Foundation. “Six years after 9/11, my brother also gave his life for his country, so every year we
gather communities together to run a 5K to honor the fallen. “We are looking forward to this exciting race season and uniting people around the world to remember those whose service has given us freedom.” Last year, more than 30,000 people participated in runs around the world. The Travis Manion Foundation invested nearly $240,000 back into the local race communities to support military, veterans, first responders and their families. National sponsors of the events include CBS Radio, Comcast and J. Walter Thompson Worldwide. For more information or to register for the race, visit www.911heroesrun.org.
Penns Valley Spotlight Bench unveiled at Progress Grange Hall By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — A new bench has been placed in front of the Progress Grange Hall in Centre Hall. The fiberglass bench is styled to resemble an open book, and, according to Grange member LeDon Young, is one of several benches in the area funded by a program sponsored by the Centre Foundation and the Child Development and Family Council of Centre County. The bench was painted with Grange Fair scenes by Millheim artist Karl Leitzel, who also serves as the fair’s artist-in-residence during fair week. On Aug. 9, the bench was unveiled in a ceremony conducted by several Progress Grange members. “The bench depicts Grange Fair, including families, agriculture and fun,” said Progress Grange Master
Donna Cogan. “We are honored to have the bench placed here, at Progress Grange, Centre County’s first subordinate Grange.” Cogan noted that Progress Grange was founded by Leonard Rhone, who in 1874 suggested that the newly-formed Grange should have a picnic, in Rhone’s words, “to introduce our neighbors to the benefits of our wonderful new organization.” “One hundred and forty-two years later, we are still celebrating what was begun that day, but we now call it the Centre County Grange Fair,” said Cogan. “This bench will serve not only as a reminder of that event, but also of our dedication to the Grange.” The bench was unveiled by Progress Grange members Ralph Homan and Darlene Confer. Confer, a lifetime Grange member, has served as Grange Fair secretary for 30 years.
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RALPH HOMAN and Darlene Confer unveil the new bench placed in front of the Progress Grange Hall in Centre Hall. The bench was painted with Grange Fair scenes by Millheim artist Karl Leitzel.
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Continued.. Some Grange Fair competitions are just for fun By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — One of the signature features of the Centre County Grange Fair is the many animal competitions. Young people, most of them 4-H Club members from the area, spend much time and effort raising, training and grooming their livestock for exhibition at the fair, and they take the contests very seriously. Well, most of the contests. On Aug. 19, the animal dressing contest was held in the Livestock Arena, where Centre County 4-H members were dressing goats, cows and a rabbit in clothing. There were two categories in this event: the pre-dressed and the grab bag. Some of the pre-dressed entries were cattle in groups — representing superheroes, Olympic swimmers and Mickey and Minnie Mouse — and goats done up as the Pink Ladies from the musical “Grease.” (The Pink Ladies took first place in their group.) A popular celebrity entry was a goat dressed as Donald Trump, who garnered applause from both ends of the political spectrum. In the grab bag group, competitors chose clothes from tables in the arena and had just three minutes to dress their often uncooperative animals. Each animal’s attire had to be given a theme by its exhibitors. Handlers scrambled to dress their animals and present them to the large audience in attendance, whose members cheered them on. A crowd favorite in this group was a cow clad in mismatched flowery attire with a straw hat and oversize sunglasses named “Minnie Pearl Visits Hawaii,” but Minnie settled for second place behind an adorable bunny, “Farmer Waffle,” wearing a bandana and gold-colored hat. On Aug. 20, another lighthearted animal contest took place in the arena. The celebrity rabbit-hopping event found rabbits racing the clock on a miniature steeplechase-like course about 40 feet long. The bunnies had to jump over nine hurdles in the fastest time, with penalties assessed for knocking any down. With assistance from the rabbits’ 4-H Club owners, ce-
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LOCAL CELEBRITIES, rabbits and the rabbits’ owners pose with their trophies following the Grange Fair’s rabbit hopping contest. Jean Lonie, left, won first place with Penelope the rabbit.
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Grange Fair exhibits: You can’t win if you don’t enter CONNIE COUSINS
CENTRE HALL — It’s Grange Fair time again, and if you had stopped by the fairgrounds Aug. 18, you would have seen a line of people eager to show off what they had grown, sown, collected, arranged or baked. While visiting the fair, one of the first couples I encountered was Frank and Sharlene Nolan, who were entering their grain and nuts to be judged. Three daughters, Shelby Hamilton, Shawna Weaver and Sherry Nolan-Moore, also placed grain and nut entries. Frank Nolan said he has been entering the contests for about 40 years. Walking further down the aisle of the exhibition building, I observed a Connie Cousins woman busily signing in vegetables covers a wide and other items at Department 13. variety of events in Marilyn Lewis was there to enter herbs Centre County for for the judges to evaluate. “My basil the Centre County took a first in 2015,” she said. The basil Gazette. Email her was logged in again, along with roseat ccous67@gmail. mary, thyme and cilantro. com. In charge of registering all the entries, Ellie Trulick was kind enough to talk with me, although she was working. “I have a long history with the fair — many years,” she
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SIBLINGS Amelia and Ryan Miller were winners at the Grange Fair. Amelia won for a purse she made, and Ryan won for his eggs.
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FRANK AND SHARLENE NOLAN have been exhibiting at the Grange Fair for years. They and their daughters make entries in the grain and nuts category. said. “I was in charge of the vegetables for a long time and helped in other areas as well.” She pointed out that Bryce Dieterle has been helping her place all the entries on the shelves. Dieterle is a graduate of Bald Eagle High School, headed for South Hills Business School to study graphic arts. At the area for rugs, quilts and other fabric items, Fran Dubin and Barbara Skripek were ready to receive the handmade offerings. Dubin said it was her third year in that area, and that she had been a fair queen judge twice. Skripek said she had worked in baked goods in the past. “I am the needlework chair for the third or fourth year,” said Virginia Litterman. “I worked in the horticulture area for 10 years and entertainment for another 10 years. I am a third-generation fair committee member.” I learned that the judges for all the entries, from baked goods to needlework and all the rest, come from different venues and are from outside the Centre County. The judges include home economists, quilting teachers, art teachers and others. On the opposite side of the building, the 4-H projects
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Bartlebaugh Amusements: Buddy Day (buy one wristband, get one free) Garbrick Amusements: Cancer Awareness Day (reduced rates, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the American Cancer Society) Dan and Galla, strolling the grounds Library programs, events and activities, all day (pick up schedule at Headquarters) All day — Veterans Mobile at Ag Education Circle 6-9 a.m. — News Talk 1390 live broadcast of “The Morning Guys” Show at Jubilee Grove 9 a.m. — T&B Medical Scooter Pull at Southside Stage 10 a.m. — Dan and Galla Musical Show at Jubilee Grove 10 a.m. — Fearless Athletics Demonstration at Rec Building 10:30 a.m. — Senior Games at Southside Stage 11 a.m.-9 p.m. — Tram service available Noon — Draft Horse Halter Classes at Equine Facility 1 p.m. — Grange Fair Parade at Grandstand, featuring Bald Eagle Area High School Marching Band, Juniata Valley High School Marching Band and State College Area High School Marching Band 2:30-6:30 p.m. — Centre HomeCare Health Fair at Southside Stage 3 p.m. — Dan and Galla Musical Show at Jubilee Grove
3:30 p.m. — Five-Day Bible Club at Rec Building 6 p.m. — Light Farm Tractor Pull at Competition Track 6 p.m. — Draft Horse Cart Classes at Equine Facility 6-8 p.m. — Family Board Games at Rec Building 8 p.m. — Movie Night, “Jurassic World” at Southside Stage 8 p.m. — Parmalee at Grandstand
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Bartlebaugh Amusements: Ladies Day (ladies get $2 off wristband) Garbrick Amusements: $15 wristband Dan and Galla, strolling the grounds Library programs, events and activities, all day (pick up schedule at Headquarters) 9 a.m. — Celebrity Chef Farm to Table, featuring Mike Benjamin from Benjamin’s Catering and hosted by WTAJ at Southside Stage 10 a.m. — Dan and Galla Musical Show at Jubilee Grove 10 a.m. — Draft Horse Unicorn and Team Classes at Equine Facility 10 a.m.-2 p.m. — Discovery Space Museum CSI Grange Fair at Rec Building 11 a.m. — Junior Livestock Sale at Judging Arena 11 a.m.-9 p.m. — Tram service available Noon — Dan and Galla Musical Show at Jubilee Grove Noon — Tussey Mountain Moonshiners (bluegrass) at Southside Stage
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SCENES FROM GRANGE FAIR 2016 There’s been plenty going on a Grange Fair — from a wing-eating contest to top-notch country performances every night. Here, Gazette photographer Tim Weight shares some of his favorite images from the fair thus far. If you haven’t made your way the fair yet, don’t fret. There’s still time to check out the sights and sounds. The fair runs through Saturday, Aug. 27, so there’s still time to grab something to eat or check out a show.
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
St. Joe’s-Bald Eagle Area highlights Week One By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
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JERSEY SHORE AT BELLEFONTE
If it seems like this year’s high school football games are starting early, it’s because they are. The PIAA moved the fall sports’ calendar up one week beginning this season, a move aimed at improving many aspects of the sports, including the timing of the playoffs. No one is complaining very much, however, especially those who can’t wait for the beginning of the football season. So for them, and everyone else, here is a look ahead at the first day of action Friday, Aug. 26, for all six county football teams:
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY AT BALD EAGLE AREA
St. Joseph’s new head coach, Steve Guthoff, said this game was a David-andGoliath matchup, and on paper it looks like it might be. Yet both teams are coming off tough seasons — they won just a total of three games in 2015 — both have new head coaches and staffs, and both are looking to turn their fortunes around in the new season. For St. Joe’s, that task seems a bit more uphill than for BEA. The Wolves lost five starting seniors from last year, and with a team (and school) as small as they are, all of those players played both offense and defense. Junior Brendan Robinson looks like he will take over at quarterback, but at this
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BALD EAGLE AREA first-year coach Jesse Nagle puts his team through the paces as it prepares for its Week One contest with St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy. It is the first-ever meeting between the schools. early point in the season, most of the other positions on both sides of the ball are still up for grabs. New BEA head coach Jesse Nagle is making no secret of the fact that the Eagles are going to open it up on offense this season and spread out its opponents. The Eagles do have the skill players returning to pull it off, especially in returning quarterback and leading rusher Tyler
Kresovich. Kresovich will have returning running back Hunter Hockenberry with him in the backfield along with three young wide receivers. Nagle says that his offensive and defensive lines have been solid, if somewhat inexperienced, and that could be the difference in this game. St. Joe’s will have to somehow contend with the BEA big guys if the Wolves are to
It took everything the 9-3 Bulldogs had to get past Bellefonte in last season’s opener by the score of 14-6. It was one of three very close losses for the rebuilding 2015 Red Raiders, and they will get another shot at Jersey Shore when it comes to visit for the second year in a row. This Jersey Shore team, however, will be much different than the one that came into town last year. Gone are the starting quarterback and three of the top four running backs from a team that averaged almost 400 yards per game in offense. And one of those backs was Levi Lorson, who ran the ball 374 times for an incredible 2,276 yards and 24 touchdowns in 2015. Quarterback Travis Bradley added another 120 yards per game through the air for the ‘Dogs, and he graduated as well. Junior Elijah Shemory, last season’s backup, will have the inside shot at replacing Bradley, while three running backs with some experience are returning. For Bellefonte, 3-7 last season, this game could be a quick barometer of how far the Raiders have progressed since last season’s game. But the Raiders also lost their top runner, Austin Jackson, and quarterback, Mark Armstrong, although there are “healthy” competitions going on to replace both players, according to fourthyear head coach Shannon Manning. Week One, Page 26
Spikes Notes: State College pounds out 23 hits By JASON ROLLISON sports@centrecountygazette.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — If there was any doubt as to what type of team the State College Spikes are, they were swiftly erased in the Aug. 20 win over the Mahoning Valley Scrappers. The club pounded out a record 23 hits in a 13-8 win, eclipsing the previous high water mark of 20 set in 2008. In that same contest, three separate Spikes pitchers combined to allow 16 hits to the Scrappers. And so it goes for Johnny Rodriguez’s club. After limping into the All-Star Break, the Spikes posted a 4-1 record, reaffirming their perch atop the New York Penn League. State College is the first NYPL team in 2016 to reach 40 wins, and their 29 wins within the Pinckney Division are far and away the most of any team in any of the leagues’ three divisions. Rodriguez’s charges have shown a great ability to string together hits at the plate. From the leadoff spot through the sixth position, the major cogs in the team’s run creation attack are each steady. Rodriguez has done an excellent job in masking some inefficiencies, such as Ryan McCarvel’s strikeout rate, by constructing the lineup to maximize protections. The second-year Spikes manager has been fond of putting in a rotation of sorts for position players, but the top six — Tommy Edman, Danny Martin, Vince Jackson, McCarvel, Jeremy Martinez and Elier Rodriguez — have remained static throughout. The results speak for themselves Simply put, the offense has flourished. But, as the playoff looms, major questions around the team’s pitching raise serious questions. Steven Farinaro, Carson Cross and Bryan Dobzanski represent the mainstays of the Spikes’ piecemeal rotation. Their performance has been varied, with Cross maintaining the trio’s lone ERA under 3.5 (3.25). Rodriguez has been
able to compensate for his starter’s struggles by piggybacking bullpen arms and getting creative. None of this is presented as evidence that the team’s regular season approach will not translate to the playoffs. In the NYPL, all playoff series are three games apiece. Thus, Rodriguez won’t have to save any arms. With the team having some intriguing bullpen pieces, such as Max Almonte, they can get past any subpar outings from their starters. qqq Former State College Spikes starting pitcher Ronnie Williams moved on to the full season Single-A Peoria Chiefs earlier this year. The St. Louis Cardinals’ 22nd ranked prospect has struggled at that level, posting a 4.84 ERA in four starts. The strikeout ability is still there — Williams has 27 punchouts in 22.1 innings — but his propensity to allow free passes has returned. Williams has allowed 14 walks with Peoria, double what he allowed with the Spikes in seven starts. Another former Spikes hurler now with the Chiefs — lefthander John Kilichowski — has fared somewhat better. Though he carries a crooked ERA of 4.30 in his four starts, he has walked just two batters against 18 strikeouts. Moving up to the next level in organized ball can tell us a lot, and a ton about pitchers especially. Pitchers with high projected strikeout ability such as Williams may be able to get by on their talent. Those without that natural ability such as Kilichowski compensate by maximizing control and becoming a true pitcher’s pitcher. Both approaches can help a young player advance, but those who commit to learning the craft of pitching seem to transition more easily, as is the case with Kilichowski. qqq Take this for what it’s worth, but an interesting factoid emerged from some post-game conversations that I’ve had recently. As an organization, the Cardinals de-emphasize baseball’s “unwritten rules” of hitting batters intentionally
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THE STATE COLLEGE Spikes hit the cover off the ball in a recent win over Mahoning Valley.
among its minor league clubs. Under no circumstances is a pitcher to hit a batter intentionally. Though it may be hard to judge intent after the act, the fact that the Cardinals are taking an enlightened approach may be music to the ears of those that disagree with baseball’s sometimes draconian mindset.
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Golf tournament benefits Women’s Resource Center JOHN DIXON
UNIVERSITY PARK — It was a change of scenery for the ninth annual Coquese’s Drive for the Centre County Women’s Resource Center, but the results were still the same, as the event raised nearly $20,000 recently at Mountain View Country Club. The event has raised more than $170,000 over the past nine years. Penn State women’s basketball head coach John Dixon covers Coquese Washinggolf for The Centre ton and the Coquese’s County Gazette. Drive committee preEmail him at sented a check for sports@centre countygazette.com. $19,620 to Centre County Women’s Resource Center executive director Anne Ard. The winning threesom in the open division was comprised of Bob Cooley, Joe Ostroski and Carlos Wiley, with an 18-under-par 53. Gloria Brown, Patty Nellis, Peggy Smith and Genny Vanemon claimed top prize in the women’s division with a 17-under-par 54. Both divisions ended in ties, with the USGA tie-breaking procedure leaving Terry Cooper, Gary Filkins, Bill Martin and Todd Sloan second in the open division and Sue Cromwell, Karen Krupa, Traci Richardson and Joan Ritchie the runners-up in the women’s. The closest-to-the-pin winners were Gary Filkins on the men’s side and Genny Vanemon on the women’s side, while Lissa
Dochat, LeAnne Jeffries, Sharon Herlocher and Holly Salazer were noted as the most honest foursome of the afternoon.
PHILIPSBURG ELKS HOLDS JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP
The Philipsburg Elks Lodge Country Club recently conducted its 2016 Elks Junior Championship for girls and boys. Winning the girls’ 13- to 15-year-old gross division was Halle Herrington, recording a round of 43. Girls’ 16- to 18-yearold net winner was Julia Burns with a 38, and girls’ 16- to 18-year-old gross went to Lacey Potter, who scored 51. On the boys’ 16- to 18-year-old gross side of the event, Carter Fischer topped all comers with a round of 70, while Payton Guelich carded a round of 69 to win the net division. Brandon Singer carded a 97 to take home the top prize in the boys’ 13- to 15-year-old gross division.
MOUNTAIN VIEW ANNOUNCES WOMEN’S RESULTS
The Mountain View Country Club in Boalsburg recently held its Women’s League weekly event using the game of five clubs, meaning a player is allowed to carry only five clubs for the event. First place went to Tracey Pletcher, with a net 33. Second place was taken by Judy Bechman, with a net 24, and in third place was Brenda Wagner, with a net 35.
COMING UP ACES
Tom Eakin, of State College, recently recorded his first hole-in-one on No. 14 of the Penn State Blue Golf Course. Witnesses were Dave Will and Ken Wiltshire.
Also, Vince Reynolds while playing from the black tees on hole No. 10 on the Toftrees Golf Resort when he recorded his first hole-in-one using an 8-iron to cover the 180-yard shot.
HUSBAND AND WIFE CHAMPIONSHIP HELD AT PHILIPSBURG
The team of Randy and Georgiann Way carded a round of 70 to win the Philipsburg Elks Lodge Country Club Husband and Wife Championship by two strokes over runners-up Max and Cathy Jo Miller, who posted a round of 72. Third place, with a round of 78, was the duo of Jim and Coleen Dixon. There was a tie for the first flight, with the teams of Matt and Christy Johnson and Scott and Amanda Nelson shooting 81s. Tom and Beth Dunsmore, carding a 93, held third place. The team of Tim Ronan and Melissa Elliott carded a 79 to win the open division.
HARPSTER CLAIMS THIRD NCPGA TITLE
Tim Harpster, of Bucknell Golf Club, once again came away with the low round of the day at Williamsport Country Club, as 87 players competed in the weekly North Central Pennsylvania Golf Association’s event. Harpster carded a round of 37-35, 72 to edge Jeff Ranck Sr., also of Bucknell, who had 35-38, 73. Brian Knepp, of Shade Mountain Golf Course, and Dave Bower, of Williamsport Country Club, finished in the top four of the 60- to 69-year-old age division. Locally, Clinton Country Club’s Jim Sar-
gent posted a round of 39-40, 79 for a fifth place finish, while Darrell Early shot 44-42, 86, and Tom Englert, of Belles Springs Golf Club, posted a 49-42, 91. In the younger 50- to 59-year-old division, Gary Dolan, of Belles Springs, posted a 37-39, 76, edging Tim Jordan, of Shade Mountain Golf Course, by two strokes. There was also a tie for third in the division between Al Kline Jr., of Bucknell, and Todd Trexler, of Belles Springs, carding 79s. Mountain View Country Club’s Paul Daniel Swanson carded a round of 80 for fifth place. The 70- to 79-year-old division saw Dale Bievenour, of Honey Run Golf Club, finish one stroke ahead of Richard Williamson, of Bucknell, 78 to 79. The top five was closely contested, with Robert McNutt, of Eagles Mere Country Club, at third, shooting 80, Gale Reish, of Bucknell, in fourth with 81, and Gary Fry, also of Bucknell, in fifth with 83. Locally, Jerry Lauchle, of Toftrees Golf Club, posted a round of 86. Pete Reasner, of White Deer Golf Complex, won the 80 and older division with a round of 89, while Irv Levy, of Woodmont Country Club finished second with a score of 108.
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PSU women’s soccer team looks for repeat performance By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Having the words “defending national champions” appear after the name of your team has many possible impacts. Almost all of them are positive, but some are not so much. One of the negatives is that those words draw the undivided and unwavering attention of every one of the opponents on your schedule. For Penn State head women’s soccer coach Erica Dambach, however, that is the kind of attention that her program has fought hard to earn. “We certainly earned the right to have a target on our back,” Dambach said at Penn State’s fall sports media press conference Aug. 23, “and we have to embrace that. “We all know what it feels like to go out on a Friday night against the defending national champions. Everybody thrives in that environment. Everybody get up for those games. We will feel that. We will feel opponents certainly coming after us in the early parts of the games, so we’ve got to make sure we are prepared for it and match that intensity. We have to prepare to see everyone’s best match, and that’s the right that we’ve earned.” The Nittany Lions were 22-3-2 last season, 8-2-1 in the Big Ten (tied for first) and 6-0 in the playoffs on their way to the NCAA title. There will be work to do, however, to repeat those kinds of numbers in 2016. Nine seniors graduated from that team, including six starters.
Still, 18 letter winners return from a team that Dambach said developed great depth as the season progressed. The team’s outstanding defense, which did not give up a goal in its final eight games and only 14 all season, loses senior goal tender Britt Eckerstrom and two other starters. “I think, obviously, our defense will be different this year,” Dambach said. “We have new players in three of the five spots and that’s going to create some differences. “If you remember back to our defense at the beginning of last season, we needed to have a lot of growth in a very short period of time. That’s going to be the case again. “We had a lot of young players on that back line, and under leadership of Britt (Eckerstrom) they were able to grow quickly. This year, Brit Basinger will take on that role. So our starting point this year is similar to our starting point last year. The question is where will the end point be.” Offensively, some facets of the team’s identity are emerging already after the first two games of the season (a 1-1 tie with West Virginia and a 3-1 win over Hofstra). Sophomore midfielder Charlotte Williams scored two goals in the Hofstra game and drew high praise for her efforts. “I think we all saw the talent right from the start with Charlotte,” senior captain Nickolette Driesse said, “and over time she was doing the work on her own. You would see her out there early before practice, and I think her hard work is starting to pay off.” Penn State was the No. 2 school in the nation in the NSCAA poll and was ranked at the No. 1 team in the Big Ten going into the season.
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BRITTANY BASINGER (1) is one of the Penn State women’s soccer team’s captains. She is expected to be a defensive leader in 2016.
Yet everyone remembers how long the road was in 2015 and there isn’t anything being taken for granted. “Coming off a national championship, you don’t really know what you’re expect-
ing,” Driesse said. “But I think that the coaches have done a great job of driving the standard and setting the expectations. We’ve all bought into that standard, and if we do that, we can be very successful.”
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
Fifteen years later, Little Leaguers remember heartbreak By BILL HORLACHER StateCollege.com
WILLIAMSPORT — Williamsport has little in common with Rio de Janeiro. But, since Aug. 18, sports lovers have been clicking between ESPN’s coverage of the Little League World Series, held in the small Lycoming County city, and NBC’s coverage of the Brazilian host city’s Olympics. As an old Little Leaguer from the 1960s, I’ve been following the action from Williamsport. Maybe you’ve been doing the same. But a group of young men who grew up in State College — now in their 20s — can be forgiven if they prefer to watch something that doesn’t remind them of the Little League World Series. It has been 15 years since the State College American Little League All Stars missed out on a dream — a chance to play on Little League’s biggest stage. Their disappointment stemmed not from a failure at bat or in the field. Rather, they were denied a trip to Williamsport when a team from New York City put an over-aged pitcher on the mound in the finals of the MidAtlantic Region. Danny Almonte threw a no-hitter against the boys from Happy Valley, striking out 16 batters. He allowed only two base runners in a 2-0 victory — Chad White got aboard with a walk and also took a base when hit by a pitch. Meanwhile, rumors had been swirling around the regional tourney in Bristol, Conn., suggesting that Almonte and some of his Rolando Paulino Little League teammates were older than the maximum age of 12.
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“It was heartbreaking,” said Ken Farnsworth, who was the only 11-year-old on the team. “To think that we lost in a game that wasn’t even fair was hard to swallow. I remember throwing a baseball in my room and putting a hole in the wall.” “I felt sad that we didn’t get a chance to go play against the best in the world,” recalled Shane Gray. “I felt like I lost almost everything that we worked for,” said Travis Tice. “At our very first practice, the coach said it was up to us how hard we wanted to work and what our ultimate goal was. And just like every 11- or 12 year-old, we said, ‘We want to play in the Little League World Series.’ We were one step away and it got ripped out from underneath us.” “When it became official,” said Brook Hart, a key player and son of the team’s manager, “it just stung that much more. To think of realizing that childhood dream of playing in the Little League World Series right down the road from your hometown where you would have been in front of 30,000 or 40,000 people … .” Keystone Little Leaguers from Clinton County have enjoyed the very opportunity envisioned by Brook Hart. In 2011, they qualified for the World Series, played well and drew a record 41,848 fans for one of their games. Keystone almost made a repeat appearance this year, losing 6-2 in the Mid-Atlantic championship game. But for State College, a geographical irony remains. Williamsport is a mere 60 miles from this community, yet most Little Leaguers here would tell you that “making it to Williamsport” feels like a trek to the other side of the globe. “It’s the pinnacle,” said Eric Gulley, manager for the 2016 All Stars who rep-
have evidence of age violations. Disgruntled parents of Rolando Paulino players said their coach was fielding ineligible athletes. And then there was the “eye test” administered by State College parents. “I saw Almonte with a few of his buddies,” said Bill Gray, the father of outfielder Shane Gray, “and I remember thinking the guy needed a razor, and that he should shave before the next game.” State College American’s manager, Tom Hart, asked regional officials to investigate, but they declined, and there wasn’t enough time to track down the evidence. Having vanquished State College, Almonte went on to Williamsport, where he grabbed national attention by throwing a perfect game and a one-hit shutout. Almonte couldn’t pitch every game, however, and his team settled for third place in the U.S. That’s where things stood until Sports Illustrated examined records in Moca, the city in the Dominican Republic where Almonte was born. Almonte’s original birth certificate was found, and it carried a birth date of April 7, 1987 — not 1989m as a fraudulent copy had shown. It seems the left-hander was 14-years-old during the 2001 playoffs. No wonder he and his near-adult arm were blowing away hitters from the Little League pitching distance of 46 feet.
A TITLE AND MORE PAIN
Little League issued a “disqualification” of the Rolando Paulino team on Sept. 1, 2001 — two weeks after completion of the Williamsport championships. All previous victories were vacated, and State College was officially named the Mid-Atlantic champion. But, if anything, the confirmation of cheating just added to the pain felt by State College players.
Week One, from page 24 In both Jersey Shore games over the last two seasons, Bellefonte was in a position to win late into the game, but the Bulldogs came back to win late each time. The Raiders will be looking to end that trend on Friday. Game time is 7 p.m.
PENNS VALLEY AT MARIAN CATHOLIC
The Penns Valley Rams certainly haven’t taken the easy way out with their first contest of 2016. Not only is Marian Catholic, in Tamaqua, more than a 2-1/2-hour drive, but it is the defending District 11 SingleA champion and state-tournament qualifier. MC also returns its starting quarterback and two of its top four running backs from an 8-5 team and an offense that averaged 370 yards per game and scored 50 touchdowns. Senior quarterback Ethan Kuczynski returns with impressive credentials. He completed 84 of 139 passes last season for 1,211 yards and 13 touchdowns. Kuczynski’s top two receivers graduated, but there still are five returning with at least some experience. Michael Neary (228 yards) and Kuczynski (450 yards) are the top returning runners from a team that ran for over 2500 yards last year. Penns Valley is in a similar situation, with its starting quarterback, Andrew Tobias, returning, but also with many holes to fill because of graduation. PV head coach Martin Tobias said that the Rams’ linemen are the most experience line group he has coached, so Andrew Tobias and his offense should have some solid footing. Marian Catholic lost only to the big boys in their region last year — North Schuylkill, Lehighton, Blue Mountain, Tamaqua — and will present formidable problems for PV on opening night. Yet the Rams’ upfront people and Andrew Tobias’ experience could make this one very competitive.
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cently revived after a long layoff, and it became a marquee game again for both teams very quickly. Last season, West Branch took control of the game early, and then held on against a toughening Mountie team for a 21-10 victory. This year’s contest at P-O finds the Mountie program in flux again. There is a new coach, Mike Mann, a new staff and a new system. There is also a new attitude and resolve to turn around the fortunes of a program that has won just once since 2013. Mann, a 1987 PO grad, said that PO will be going back to basics. “Right now, we are going back to fundamental football,” he said. “We have to block and run. We are going to run a power-slot offense, and we are going to run the ball first. And then we’ll work on the pass and on defense. Just straight-up tackling. Just fundamental football, and that’s what we are going to work on.”
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THE BOYS OF 2001 SHOWED EARLY POTENTIAL
According to Tom Mincemoyer, one of the team’s coaches, the boys of 2001 showed their potential at a young age. “In tee ball (for 5- and 6-year-olds),” said Mincemoyer, “people would say ‘Wow!’ if you got an out on defense. But three of these kids turned a double play on a ground ball — Doug Suhey, Brendan Pifer and my son, Tyler Mincemoyer.” A few years later, this talented group won the Pennsylvania Little League championship for 9- and 10-year-olds — the highest achievement possible at that age. Their fathers began thinking about getting to Williamsport, maybe winning it all. “They were athletically gifted,” noted Mincemoyer, “really something special. Of course, every great team has a superstar player, and that was Doug Suhey. And he was the best player by a lot.” Added Tom Kerr, father of second baseman Andrew Kerr, “Doug wasn’t just a dominating pitcher; he was hitting homers all over the place.” After the team won the 10-year-old title, Mincemoyer and Suhey’s dad, Larry Suhey (former state champion wrestler and AllState football player at State High) asked Hart if he would coach the team. They got a “yes” — with a few stipulations. Heartbreak, Page 27
West Branch is coming off a 4-6 season, and the Warriors return their biggest offensive threat from 2015 — running back Creighton Coble. Coble ran for 1,324 yards last season and 14 touchdowns. He rushed for more than 150 yards in all of his final five games, and he almost reached 200 against Northern Bedford (198) and Juniata Valley (190). Sophomore Kyle Myers handled most of the quarterback chores last year for the Warriors, and two of his top five receivers return as well. Most of Philipsburg’s problems showed up last season on defense. The Mounties were hard pressed to keep opponents under 40 points, and West Branch’s experienced skill people will severely test P-O’s new defenders. The Mounties will need to keep West Branch at or under the 21 it put up last season. If they can do that, anything can happen in this game.
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016 Heartbreak, from page 26 “If I’m the coach,” said Hart, “we will do it my way. We’ll do fundamentals, fundamentals, fundamentals, and when the kids get sick of those, we’ll do them again.” True to his word, Hart drilled the team relentlessly. Said Andrew Kerr, “I would be shocked if other kids our age were doing two-a-day practices.” Hart certainly did teach fundamentals through grueling practices, but he added some creative touches. Even after 15 years, his players all recall: ■ Unwashed practice shirts The players wore the same T-shirts to every practice from early July to mid-August, with nary a visit to the washing machine. The grass stains and dirt smudges on once-white shirts reminded them of their hard work, and each player’s shirt bore the name of an animal — used by Hart as code during games to call defensive plays. ■ Off-site warm-ups At a typical baseball game, each team takes its turn at “infield” — a pregame defensive warm-up. But Hart’s players would warm up at an off-site field so opponents couldn’t study their tendencies. The tactic also provided a major “psych-out” when State College would suddenly appear at the game, ready to play. ■ “Feed the bird” Hart was a State College policeman, and he had become accustomed to a particular gesture when officers returned safely from a hazardous call. At such a time, the policemen would congratulate each other by “feeding the bird.” His Little Leaguers did the same, celebrating a big play with a quasi-handshake that used three fingers to mimic the pecking of a bird’s beak. These days, it serves as a special greeting when teammates meet. ■ An inspirational figure Patrick Northrup-Moore, slightly older
THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE than the boys on the team, served as “honorary captain.” Born with some physical limitations, he constantly offered encouragement. He was, in fact, usually the first to “feed the bird” after a big hit or defensive play. Today, he offers similar inspiration to the Penn State men’s basketball team. Blessed with talent, guided by a tough and crafty manager, encouraged by each other, the State College American League All Stars expected success. “We were supposed to win every game,” said Andrew Kerr. “That was part of the culture.” Indeed, once the loss to Almonte’s team was overturned, State College sported a season record of 16-1. The only official loss was meaningless — it came in the first round of Mid-Atlantic Regionals when the team had already qualified for the next round. Perhaps the best indicator of State College’s power was its 16-0 mauling of Milton in the Pennsylvania championship game. But Hart was not only focused on the baseball diamond. He wanted his players to develop strong character, so he would talk about values. He wanted them to become good citizens, so he gave instruction about proper conduct during the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” — standing at attention, holding their hats over their hearts, no chewing gum, no laughing.
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Little did Hart know that his team’s greatest character lesson would be brought about by circumstances beyond his control. That lesson began immediately after Danny Almonte got the last out in Connecticut. State College players were crying and struggling with anger. But their manager called them together and said that, no matter what they had heard about the other team, they were going to show respect for their win. And then, said Shane Gray, “Mr. Hart
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THE STATE COLLEGE Little League team was a group of happy state champs prior to the MidAtlantic regionals in 2001. Pictured, front row, from left, are Leon Harner, Ken Farnsworth, Philip Horne, Chad White, Brendan Pifer and Patrick Northup-Moore. Second row, from left, are Joe Gazza, Brook Hart, Shane Gray, Doug Suhey, Tyler Mincemoyer, Andrew Kerr and Travis Tice. Back row, from left, are “Uncle Dan,” coach Mike White, manager Tom Hart, coach Tom Mincemoyer and “Uncle Paul.” (The “uncles” were tournament volunteers in Bristol, Conn., who assisted each team.) had us go out on the field and clap for the other team. It was a character thing.” The lesson of dealing with disappointment continued when the players were invited to Williamsport during the 2002 World Series to be recognized as the official 2001 Mid-Atlantic champions. Although it was a thoughtful gesture on the part of Little League officials, it also reminded the players of all that had been denied to them through an injustice. And so now these “boys” are men in their 20s. Hart played football and baseball at Yale, Kerr played football at Princeton, Suhey played football at Cornell and then
served his country in the Middle East during two military deployments. All 13 young men — doing well in various fields — carry a touch of pain from the biggest scandal in Little League history, but they don’t think about it very often. Brook Hart, the manager’s son, does a good job of putting it all in perspective. “A lot of us would say that was one of the best summers of our lives,” he says. “It was just a fun ride — winning a lot of games and spending time together. I think it helped all of us learn to deal with unfair situations. We all leaned on each other and it helped us come out stronger.”
Offensive line coming into focus By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s offensive line may still be a question mark heading into the 2016-17 season, but after years of struggles it’s a position group that might be slowly turning the corner. While the results on the field are still to be determined, it was evident Aug. 17 during Penn State’s 14th practice of the summer that true depth on the offensive front has finally arrived. It may not be a sign that the Nittany Lions are going to make a complete 180-degree flip from the struggles of 2015 just yet, but James Franklin and new offensive line coach Matt Limegrover finally have options. In turn, the summer has given Limegrover the opportunity to try new things: longtime guard and right tackle Brendan Mahon working at left tackle, true freshman Connor McGovern and Michael Menet getting reps with the first team of-
fense. The Nittany Lions return nearly all of the starting five from 2015, but that doesn’t mean they’ll all be starters again this season. In the past, that wouldn’t have been the case, not because the starters were so good, but simply because there were no better options. “That’s the great thing about practice 13, 14, 15, you can experiment, you can try some different things, and we get to three or four more of these, maybe Saturday, we’ll start to really pair that down,” Limegrover said. “You start to see how it all fits together. “I think both Connor and Michael are guys who came in and felt like they could play right away and physically they have that ability. The single biggest challenge for guys like that is the mental. You’re going from day to day and the defenses are going from a four-man front to a three-man front, they’re going blitz one day and then they’re dropping back; that’s the part that gets on these guys’ backs around this time of camp.”
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Women’s Corner Fall semester sees the majority of campus sexual assaults By JENNIFER PENCEK Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — Did you know the first few weeks of the fall semester are when the majority of sexual assaults involving college students happen across the country? Known as the Red Zone, the time period often involves first-year students in particular being victimized, not surprising when one considers those students being new to a college setting and not having a strong support network yet. Add in the fact that alcohol is often involved in sexual assault cases and perpetrators are often known to the victim, and you have cases where many new to college are targeted and victimized. As students are unpacking their belongings and settling into life as college students, Penn State’s Center for Women Students has been busy since before summer getting ready for fall programming on issues such as sexual violence, relationship violence, stalking and body image. The Center for Women Students is the on-campus advocacy and support center
that helps all students dealing with the aforementioned issues, providing free and confidential counseling and advocacy for students in need of support. The center also provides an array of free programming throughout the year, including classroom/group presentations and guest speakers. Students wanting to get more involved may be interested in joining one of the center’s two peer education groups, while community members can show support by attending events and helping to raise awareness of the center, its services and the issues impacting the community. The center is offering the following programs in the fall. All events are free and open to the public. ■ Red Zone Conversations: Women of Color Against Violence 12:30 to 2 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 6, 13 and 20, 134 HUB; 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 21, 233B HUB Discussions hosted by the Paul Robeson Cultural Center and Center for Women Students on the intersections of racism, sexism and other oppressions.
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Anniversary, from page 30 other skills such as knitting, jewelry making, photography and painting, and the cooperative grew. When a space became available in downtown State College, Frank took the chance and started her own business, “The Makery,” in September 2015. Armed with an 800-foot space, Frank was ready for her entrepreneurial move. “I am amazed at the crazy year we’ve had and at the support of the community,” said Frank. “We have 12 instructors in all, and more may be added. Some artists will stay awhile and go on to other endeavors.” The Makery is an all-woman enterprise at present, but that is not to say men are outlawed. Frank is both owner and a sewing instructor, and others on staff include Kristin Nasal, the studio manager and a sewing instructor; Kathleen Zdenek, who does preschool “crafternoons”; Lisa Cousins, the market manager; Kim Hunziker, who takes care of the open studio; and Elizabeth Shaha, who is the event planner. Other instructors and their areas of expertise include: Abby Caldwell, knitting; Maure Irwin Furmanek, drawing/painting; Fara Lippincott, photography; Jamie Bauman, metal jewelry; Lynn Anne Verbeck, pottery/clay; Staci Egan, jewelry; Carolyne Meehan, creative writing; and Katie Krebs, creative writing. Frank said that the artists and instructors
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come from no more than 50 miles beyond the area to keep it a regional gallery. “The newest endeavor is the open studio concept,” said Frank. “This idea has caught on and flourished from San Francisco to Brooklyn. People began to approach us and say that they didn’t want to take a class, but were looking for space to do their own painting or other work.” Frank and her crew are planning some exciting changes in the fall, after observing the growth of the open studio during its first six months. “Come and do your heart’s need,” said Frank. The Makery Open Studio is a family place, where people from kids to retirees can work in a beautiful space. “When the Frazier Center opens, the increase in foot traffic and visitors will have a dramatic effect on our business.” The open studio part of the business offers both hourly and yearly rates that are reasonably priced. Frank visualizes a user-friendly space where artists of all genres can build a community. The Makery has hired four new instructors in floral work, creative writing, metal work and mindfulness training. The new events manager, Shaha, has expanded the outreach to corporate and nonprofits, inviting them to hold events at The Makery. During The Makery’s one-year anniversary celebration, instructors will be at their stations, explaining their classes and answering questions. For more information, visit www.themakery pa.com.
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‘Let’s Dance!’ workshop set for Sept. 16 UNIVERSITY PARK — The “Let’s Dance!” movement workshop for families will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, on the lawn of Penn State’s Ford Building. The event, which is free and open to the public, is presented by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State; the College of Health and Human Development at Penn State; members of The For Good Performance Troupes, directed by Krista Wilkinson, Penn State professor of communication sciences and disorders; Michele Dunleavy, an associate professor of dance at Penn State; and Alliance of Heroic Hearts. People of all ages are invited to attend the one-hour event at the corner of Park Avenue and Allen Road. Parents/guardians are expected to provide appropriate supervision for their children during this event. Participants, who do not need to register in advance, should wear comfortable clothing. No dancing or singing experience is required. The rain date is Friday, Sept. 30. With the assistance of students from the Penn State School of Theatre and Dunleavy, families will create basic choreog-
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CHILDREN OF all ages and their families are invited to attend a free movement workshop presented by Penn State organizations and instructors.
raphy to perform to the music of The For Good Performance Troupes. “‘Let’s Dance!’ provides multiple opportunities for families to participate through movement to the For Good Performance Troupe,” said Medora Ebersole, education and community programs manager at the Center for the Performing Arts. “The workshop’s inclusiveness celebrates the shared performing arts experience.” The For Good Performance Troupes — founded five years ago by Wilkinson and co-sponsored by the Centre Region Down Syndrome Society and Penn State’s Omega Phi Alpha sorority — are musical theater groups comprised of children and young adults with Down syndrome and musical theater students in the community who perform alongside. The troupes create opportunities to act, sing and dance in a musical theater experience. “The For Good performers are always thrilled to have the chance to perform and share their talents with the local community,” Wilkinson said. Dance, Page 35
Gallery looks to be leader in contemporary art By STEPHANIE SWINDLE Special to the Gazette
STATE COLLEGE — Odds are that many people have walked past the Woskob Family Gallery in the lobby of the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center on South Allen Street without realizing it. Haley Finnegan plans to change that. As program manager for the gallery, Finnegan is overseeing the reinvention of the space into a thriving contemporary art venue and forging new relationships between the university and the local community. Through partnerships with the borough, local government and existing arts and cultural organizations, the Woskob Family Gallery will serve as a laboratory for exploring how the arts can catalyze creative place making. “We are really looking at how we can make downtown State College a destination for the arts. We have theater spaces, but few visual arts venues, and we want to engage with contemporary art as a form of community building,” said Finnegan. Finnegan, who graduated from Penn State with a master of arts in art history this summer, served as the graduate assistant for research communications for the Office of
the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Arts and Architecture prior to her new position as program manager. Although her thesis (advised by Evan Pugh University Professor in Art History Anthony Cutler) is about the reimagination of post-Soviet Georgia’s medieval past and nation building through the preservation of architectural heritage, she explains that her work with contemporary artists is a logical next step in her career development. “In my own research, which looks at interpretations of the past in the present, I’ve been dealing with contemporary politics and issues. So, it is a natural leap for me to work with contemporary art.” Finnegan also worked in an art gallery as an intern while completing her undergraduate degree at Depaul University in Chicago. Her current role at the Woskob Family Gallery includes working with gallery director Ann Tarantino, assistant professor of art and landscape architecture, to develop programming and to foster community outreach beyond Penn State. “We are hoping to reach out to families and young professionals. As someone who came here for grad school, Gallery, Page 35
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HALEY FINNEGAN works on upcoming exhibition details in the Woskob Family Gallery.
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AUGUST 25-31, 2016
AROUND & IN TOWN
Hyped ‘Suicide Squad’ disappoints Special to the Gazette
Simply put, “Suicide Squad” was my most anticipated movie of 2016. I’m a big fan of Batman, but I’m a bigger fan of his rogues gallery — his collection of colorful recurring villains. “Suicide Squad” brings us not one, not two, but three of those characters. We’ve got The Joker, one of the most iconic villains in all of pop culture, played by Academy Award winner Jared Leto. We’ve got Harley Quinn, The Joker’s lover and complement, played by Margot Robbie, possibly my favorite actress of her generation. We’ve also got reptile-themed strongman Killer Croc (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje), a lower-tier threat who has nonetheless given Batman a few memorable outings. As if that wasn’t enough, the cast features box office champion Will Smith and the incapable-of-doing-wrong Viola Davis. This movie would get five stars for its casting alone, were it not for the presence of “Robocop” washout Joel Kinnaman and notorious franchise-poisoner Jai Courtney. The setup is that shady government operative Amanda Waller (Davis) wants to set up a task force of extraordinary humans to combat extraordinary threats. After all, this is the DC Expanded Universe, where General Zod and Doomsday have already run amok in two hugely disappointing films. She wrangles together Croc, the psychopathic Quinn, expert marksman Deadshot (Smith), double-crossing sticktosser Boomerang (Courtney), human flamethrower Diablo (Jay Hernandez), slash-happy Katana (Karen Fukuhara) and alleged escapist Slipknot (Adam Beach). All have done bad things, some want to be better people, most are interested in saving the world if it includes them and all want time off their prison sentences. That’s why they band together under Captain Rick Flag (Kinnaman) to battle Enchantress (Cara Delevingne), an ancient South American goddess possessing the body of Flag’s archeologist girlfriend and trying to enslave the world. Surprisingly (or perhaps not, given how much weight I’ve put on their shoulders), my biggest problems with
the movie have to do with Harley and The Joker. First of all, why is Harley on the team? The Suicide Squad specializes in straightforward attacks where they can take out evil armies en masse. It makes sense to have members who can shoot, torch and pummel a lot of enemies at once. Harley is good at one-on-one fighting and her strange mindset might make her a good choice for specialized missions that require her to get into enemy’s heads. But I don’t see why Waller would think she fits in with this glorified assault team. Also, I cannot wrap my head around Leto’s version of The Joker. When I think of the character, I think of the embodiment of craziness and chaos. There are hints of that in scenes where he interacts with Harley, but too often he just seems like a standard gang leader with a clown theme. He also has little relevance to the story outside of flashbacks. He makes a play to abduct Harley from the Squad, it fails, but we know he’s not really gone. Batman villains simply do not die by disappearing in explosions. My other complaints about “Suicide Squad” are complaints I have too often about action movies. The action scenes are muddied, the editing unconvincingly conceals weaknesses in the filmmakers’ abilities, the dialogue gets flat at times, the characters’ back stories are rushed and their motivations are inconsistent. I am not going to complain about the presence of Jai Courtney and Joel Kinnaman; they’re about as interesting as anyone else in this movie. Every now and then there will be a decent one-liner (the usually-dense Croc gets some good ones) and I like that the movie wants to look like a cheesy carnival ride with neon everywhere, but this movie blows nearly every opportunity, and it’s presented with so many. Rating: ★★ (out of five) “Suicide Squad” is rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout, disturbing behavior, suggestive content and language throughout. Its running time is 123 minutes. Robert Garver is a graduate of the cinema studies program at New York University. He has been a published movie reviewer since 2006. More reviews can be found online at www.bobatthemovies.com.
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STATE COLLEGE — South Hills School of Business and Technology will host the final event in its free 2016 Music Picnic Series at 6 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at the school’s main campus, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Zeropoint Big Band will place pieces by artists such as Stan Kenton, Buddy Rich and Thad Jones, as well as original works. The concert will be held rain or shine. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets, chairs and a picnic supper. Refreshments and light picnic fare will be available for purchase. Grounds open at 5 p.m. Free parking and restrooms are available. For more information, call (814) 234-7755 or (814) 2781990.
Auction, wine tasting set STATE COLLEGE — The Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania will host Good Spirits, its annual art auction and wine tasting festival, from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 11, at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall on Whitehall Road in State College. This event features wine tasting, appetizers provided by Wegmans, Artists in Action, a silent auction and music by Pure Cane Sugar. Tickets are $35 in advance or $40 at the door. For more information, call (814) 234-2740 or visit www. artalliancepa.org.
Recital to be held Aug. 26 UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State School of Music will present its annual fall Undergraduate Recognition Recital at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 26, in Esber Recital Hall. The recital showcases the school’s most outstanding undergraduate performers. Musicians are chosen to appear in the recital based on the quality of their juried performances at the conclusion of the previous spring semester. Admission is free.
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AROUND & IN TOWN WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, ATTN: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecountylibrary.org for days and times. Open house — Rhoneymeade Sculpture Garden and Arboretum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October at 177 Rimmey Road, Centre Hall. Visit www.rhoneymeade.org. Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921. 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. Book workshop — AAUW has moved its Used Book Workshop to a new facility at 176 Technology Drive in Boalsburg Technology Park, accessible via Discovery Drive off Route 322 East from State College. The workshop is staffed 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. During workshop hours, book donors are asked to bring donations to the door and ring the bell for assistance. Blue donation bins are available at the driveway entrance for days the workshop is not open. 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. Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www. nittanyknights.org Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@ yahoogroups.com. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org. Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Club — Bellefonte Community Children’s Garden Club will host “Ask a Gardener” from 6 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday through September behind the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Visit www.bellefontegardenclub.org. Meeting — The Nittany Baptist Church will be conducting a series on “spiritual building” at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Mount Nittany Residences, 201 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanybaptist.org. Thrift shop — The State College Woman’s Club Thrift Shop will be having “Open Thursdays” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 902 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 2382322. Community meal — A free hot meal is 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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Exhibits — The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St. in Bellefonte, hosts a number of exhibits, including “Cuban Art, A Family Workshop,” in the Windows on the World Gallery, through Sunday, Sept. 25. Through Sunday, Aug. 28, the following artists will be displaying works: Beverly Klucher, Sieg Gallery; Marty Edmunds and Mary Haight, Tea Room Gallery; Peg Panasiti, “Farm to Table,” Community Gallery; Barbara Brown, Photography Gallery; Nancy Brassington, Christine Clancy, Holly Fritchman and Barb Pennypacker, Print Gallery. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum. org. Children’s activity — Join Miss Laura for books, music and literacy-enriching activities especially designed for toddlers Mondays in August at Centre County Library, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. After story time, stick around and meet other parents and caregivers of babies and toddlers. This month’s last theme is “Fair Fun,” Aug. 29. Children’s activity — Join Miss Kathleen for evening story times for families with preschoolers and their siblings from 6:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays in August at Centre County Library, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Listen to stories, sing and rhyme and end with craft for the whole family. Non-fiction companion books will be on display to encourage further reading on the varying themes. Children’s activity — Join Miss Kathleen for interactive singing, reading, movement and bubbles during the Book Babies program from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Centre County Library, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Stick around after to play and interact with other families. Stories vary from week to week and are especially for babies up to 1 year old. Children’s activity — Join Miss Laura for books, music and literacy-enriching activities Wednesdays in August at Centre County Library, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. These activities are especially designed for preschool-aged children. This month’s last theme is “Fair Fun,” Aug. 31. Tours — Tours of Curtin Mansion and Eagle Ironworks, located at Curtin Village, Route 150 between Milesburg and Howard, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, every weekend through October. The last tour starts at 3 p.m. each day.
THURSDAY, AUG. 25
Event — Wingfest will be held at 5:30 p.m. at Tussey Mountain, 341 Bear Meadows Road, Boalsburg. Visit www. tusseymountain.com/wingfest. Fair — The 142nd annual Grange and Encampment Fair takes place in Centre Hall. Single-day admission is $7 per person and cost is $6 for parking. Children under 11 are free. Visit www.grangefair.com. Event — The State College Spikes will host Batavia at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Come to the park to see Cowboy Monkey Rodeo.
FRIDAY, AUG. 26
Concert — Hops and Vines is the featured performer during the free Friday concert on the Lemont Village Green at 7:30 p.m. Picnickers are welcome; the Food for Thought truck will be on hand. Fair — The 142nd annual Grange and Encampment Fair takes place in Centre Hall. Single-day admission is $7 per person and cost is $6 for parking. Children under 11 are free. Visit www.grangefair.com. Recital — An undergraduate recognition recital will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Esber Recital Hall, Music Building 1, University Park. Visit www.music.psu.edu for more information.
SATURDAY, AUG. 27
Fair — The 142nd annual Grange and Encampment Fair takes place in Centre Hall. Single-day admission is $7 per person and cost is $6 for parking. Children under 11 are free. Visit www.grangefair.com.
SUNDAY, AUG. 28:
Event — South Hills School of Business & Technology will hold a free music picnic at 6 p.m. at 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Zeropoint Big Band will perform. Grounds open at 5 p.m; free parking and restrooms are available. Call (814) 234-7755 or (814) 278-1990. Concert — August Winters will perform at 7 p.m. at The Attic at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www. thestatetheatre.org.
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MONDAY, AUG. 29
Event — The State College Spikes will host Aberdeen at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Celebrate Monday Buck Night at the ballpark.
TUESDAY, AUG. 30
Event — The State College Spikes will host Aberdeen at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. It is Bark in the Park Night at the ballpark. Concert — KISS will perform at the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park Campus, at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.bjc. psu.edu.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 31
Event — The State College Spikes will host Aberdeen at 7:05 p.m. at Medlar Field at Lubrano Park. Celebrate THON at the ballpark. — Compiled by Gazette staff
Dance, from page 33 Dunleavy joined the musical theater faculty in 2004 and teaches tap, jazz and modern dance styles. She also has choreographed many musical productions at Penn State, including “The Wiz,” “Rent,” “Bat Boy the Musical” and “Parade.” This is her first family movement workshop with the Center for the Performing Arts. “I hope that the participants receive the benefits of the physical movement, the joy of self-expression through movement and the experience of being connected to others through movement,” Dunleavy said. Wilkinson said For Good plans to perform the “Glee: The Music Presents Glease” version of “Greased Lightning,” plus its own numbers, and will invite the audience to join in. Parking for the workshop is available at Nittany Parking Deck. For information about the movement workshop, contact Ebersole at (814) 863-6752. Gallery, from page 33 whose husband is not affiliated with Penn State, I am aware of the gap in State College between events for undergraduate students and the older alumni community.” One of the ways in which the gallery plans to fill that gap is by hosting art exhibitions and having regularly scheduled programming on Thursday evenings. The gallery had a soft opening in the spring with Robert Yarber’s exhibition, and more than 100 people attended. This fall will feature “Deal With It,” an exhibition by Emily Burns (editor, Maake Magazine, and SoVA M.F.A. student); “Woskob Wall,” an installation by Katie Bell (artist-in-residence); “City Rural,” an exhibition by Stephen Zimmerer (landscape architecture fifth-year student); and an exhibition curated by “Tiger Strikes Asteroid” director Alex Paik (a 2003 Penn State fine arts alumnus). The first event, “Sound and Sketch,” will be held in conjunction with downtown State College’s First Friday programming from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. The event will offer a creative drawing experience for all ages with Emily Burns, as well as live music by Daniel Collins and Nate Cutshall from 6 to 8:30 p.m. “I think we will be able to create a following by keeping our events on the same days and times – First Fridays, 5 to 9 p.m., and Thursdays, 5 to 7 p.m. What we want is a gathering of people that come not necessarily knowing exactly what is going to happen, but coming because they know that it will be exciting. “I wish it had existed when I moved here.” For more information, visit www.woskobfamilygallery. psu.edu.
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Penn State Smeal student marshal starts businesses By ANDY ELDER
Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — In nine semesters at Penn State, Manaswini Rajaram earned two bachelor’s degrees, piloted a lunchtime yoga service, built a posture-sensing chair and founded a business with two partners. Clearly, she sacrificed much of the typical free time many college students enjoy. To her, though, it was her parents’ sacrifice that made all of that possible. The Penn State Smeal College of Business named Rajaram as the student marshal for summer 2016. She led the college’s procession during the summer 2016 university-wide commencement ceremony on Aug. 13 in the Bryce Jordan Center. Rajaram graduated with a 3.9 GPA after earning dual bachelor’s degrees in marketing and information sciences and technology. “I’m grateful and honored to have been selected as summer student marshal. I feel that my parents (mother, Chaya, and father, Rajaram) deserve a lot of credit for this because they raised me to believe that nothing in this world is more important than learning and knowledge,” Manaswini said. “I’m so grateful to both of them for en-
couraging me, and for making sacrifices in their lives so they could provide me with opportunities I could never have received elsewhere.” Rajaram has accepted a position with Deloitte LLP in its technology consultancy in New York City. “As a marketing and IST dual major, I am hoping to dig into work that relates to digital marketing, front-end web development, customer relationship management and user experience design,” Rajaram said. “I’m really interested in those areas, and I’m fortunate to work for a company with a growing digital practice.” Rajaram was a Schreyer Scholar and was deeply involved in entrepreneurial activities. She was marketing lead and vice president of InnoBlue, an organization where members share ideas and promote and support entrepreneurial aspirations. This summer she and two others worked on founding a company, The Enigma Club, which is a mystery and puzzle delivery service. The three were chosen as one of six teams to participate in the selective Penn State Summer Founders Program, winning $10,000 to build their business from the ground up. “For the past two years, I’ve been living at the co.space home for change makers, which has been a wonderful community
Allwheel Auto now provides U-Haul services JULIAN — U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania recently announced that Allwheel Auto LLC has signed on as a U-Haul neighborhood dealer, serving Julian. Located at 1655 S. Eagle Valley Road, Allwheel Auto will offer U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment and support rental items. Allwheel Auto owner Derek Foresman is proud to team with the industry leader in do-it-yourself moving and self-storage to better meet the demands of Centre County. U-Haul and Allwheel Auto are striving to benefit the environment through sustainability initiatives. Truck sharing is a core U-Haul sustainability business prac-
tice that allows individuals to access a fleet of trucks that is larger than what they could access on an individual basis. Every U-Haul truck placed in a community helps keep 19 personally owned large-capacity vehicles, pickups, SUVs and vans off the road. Fewer vehicles means less traffic congestion, less pollution, less fuel burned and cleaner air. Hours of operation for U-Haul rentals are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. After-hours drop-off is available for customer convenience. U-Haul products can be reserved by calling (814) 355-3570 or visiting www. uhaul.com/locations.
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 AUG. 1-5 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH
Patrick Besong to Drew W. Brungard and Megan C. Hunsicker, 708 E. High St., Bellefonte, $193,000. Alice Guttman Revocable Trust and Stephen E. Schick Trustee to Jogender Singh and Dolly Singh, 341 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte, $57,000. James S. Eckess and Jill A. Hadley to Billie Joe Fye, 357 E. Howard St., Bellefonte, $142,500. Leeshaun Musick, Lee Shaun Musick and Kevin Musick to Anne Davis Dixon and Ethan R. Dixon, 528 E. Curtin St., Bellefonte, $235,000.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
Grove Park Associates Inc. to Parkside Homes LLC, 281 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $44,562. Grove Park Associates Inc. to Parkside Homes LLC, 127 Aster Ave., Bellefonte, $44,562. Cheryl L. Pataky to Raul Garcia and Najat Garcia, 117 Dorchester Lane, Bellefonte, $173,000.
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MANASWINI RAJARAM took full advantage of Penn State’s entrepreneurial resources during her nine semesters on campus. She also found time to earn two degrees. to be a part of,” Rajaram said. “Many of the students and young professionals I’ve met
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Florence J. McClure Estate, Gary William McClure, co-executor, Denis Roy, co-executor, and Robert Michael McClure to Robert Michael McClure and Jonathan w. McClure, 160 Sunset Acres, Milesburg, $165,000.
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Patrick Bernard Sullivan and Cynthia Eileen Sullivan to Weiqiang Wu and Jing Yang, 238 Ivy Hill Drive, State College $610,000. Jay C. Africa and Sharon R. Africa to Jennifer M. Whittaker, 1257 Houserville Road, State College, $165,000. Amy Clair Bilyeu and Brad Bilyeu to Parking Lot Services, 124 Spring St., State College, $110,000. Przemyslaw Maslak and Grazyna Maslak to Daniel Evak and Julie Evak, 1317 Charles St., State College, $228,000.
The addition of Enterprise Holdings, which owns the Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental and Alamo Rent-A-Car brands, represents TMMData’s entrance into the transportation industry. TMMData also expanded its roster of travel industry clients with the addition of CarRentals.com, a division of Expedia, whose brand portfolio also includes Hotels.com, Hotwire, Travelocity and others. “We are pleased to announce Enterprise Holdings and CarRentals.com as new users, and look forward to helping them make their data as actionable as possible while also creating process efficiencies,” said Bob Selfridge, TMMData’s CEO and founder. “Both the travel and transportation industries deal in incredible amounts of customer and logistical data, and we’re excited that these sectors are increasingly choosing TMMData as a technology partner.”
STATE COLLEGE — Local company TMMData, a provider of flexible data integration software, recently announced the addition of Enterprise Holdings and CarRentals.com as users of its software. Additionally, the company named Chris Gale as its chief revenue officer and Orestes Chinea as senior director of customer success. Headquartered outside of State College, with offices in Philadelphia, Baltimore and Seattle, TMMData was established in 2008 and is ranked in the top 15 percent of Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing private American companies. The company’s software enables organizations including Comcast, FedEx, Blue Cross Blue Shield and Penn State University, among others, to address data challenges and meet organizational goals by allowing them to easily access, aggregate, analyze and normalize data from nearly any source.
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Deed Transfers, from page 37 William R. Thomas and Jane J. Thomas to Roderick S. Thomas and Lorella G. Thomas, 100 Scenery Court, State College, $200,000. Jerome W. McCrea to William M. Scott, 2646 Penbrook Lane, State College, $203,000. Filedstone Investors Group LLC to S&A Homes Inc., 122 Windrush Road, State College, $329,000. Dennis L. Rhule and Gloria L. Rhule to David C. Caporaletti and Amanda G. Goodwin, 142 Apple Court, Lemont, $252,000. Estelle L. Taylor Estate and Linda J. Yuhke, executrix, to Creighton W. Macgrill and Christina E. Macgrill, 100 Jefferson Ave., Suite 127, State College, $195,000. Thomas D. Holencik and Alex A. Gregal to Robert Harold Coble, 150 Slab Cabin Lane, State College, $250,000. Daniel M. Myers to Daniel M. Myers Revocable Trust and Daniel M. Myers, trustee, 220 Regent Court, State College, $1. Penny A. Garban Family Trust to Steve A. Garban, trustee, 712 Tussey Lane, State College, $193,400. Harry W. Dearmittt Estate and Donna Carole Estate to John R. Marchione and Eva T.Marchione, 1819 E. Branch Road, State College, $75,000. David Jay Newman to Richard J. Campbell to Debra L. Campbell, 268 Jay Lane, State College, $220,000. Christopher J. Reynolds and Kristen M. Reynolds to Jonathan Tyler Klingeman, 701 Henszey St., Lemont, $232,500.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
Keith McElhinney and Amanda McElhinney to Adam Bierly and Meghann Bierly, 290 Rosemont Drive, State College, $392,000. Berks Homes LLC to Jeffrey A. Thompson and Robin Rachelle, 151 Rushcliffe St., State College, $435,000. Marica S. Tacconi to James M. Rambeau and Christina M. Rambeau, 3291 Shellers Bend No. 713, State College, $269,500. Daniel J. Larson, Tanya Furman Larson and Tanya H. Furman to Tanya H. Furman, 2525 Tara Circle, State College, $1. Charles Goedert and Kimberly Goedert to Jenny Stapleton, 2268 Bristol Ave., State College, $253,000. Martha Jean Atchley by attorney to Kathleen M. Futcher, 3301 Shellers Bend No. 927, Pine Grove Mills, $226,000. Dale D. Paffie and Jayne L. Paffie to Dana L. Marsh and Guillermo Costa, 681 Berkshire Drive, State College, $292,500. Jeffrey L. Sauter, Tammy K. Sauter and Tammy L. Sauter to Jeffrey L. Sauter and Tammy K. Sauter, 2284 Roylen Cirlce, State College, $1. S&A Homes Inc., Johnson Farm Associates and Thomas F. Songer by attorney to Dongxiang Wang, 380 Hawknest Road, State College, $313,518. James A. Lebreton and Beth A. Lebreton and Charles E. Goedert, Francis E. McCool and Phyllis L. McCool, 1734 Princeton Drive, State College, $393,000.
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP
Gerald S. Mihaly and Patricia Ann Mihaly to Scott R. Crane, Emily R. Crane, Norman D. Bowen and Beverly Bowen, 55 Blue Spruce St., Port Matilda, $229,000. Blake C. Elsasser, Valerie R. Elsasser and Valerie Renee Elsasser to Christopher E. Ortiz and Kristin P. Ortiz, 48 Hemlock Drive, Port Matilda, $229,500. Joseph N. Harpster and Mary B. Harpster to Richard N. Weldon and Terry E. Weldon, 3049 Marengo Road, Port Matilda, $155,000.
Robert G. Crane and Linda Crane to Parking Lot Services, 124 Kimport Ave., Boalsburg, $65,000. Steven R. Drago and Laura J. Drago to Christoper Sebora and Shawn Sebora, 1448 Willowbrook Drive, Boalsburg, $373,000. KBBH Partnership to Kyle E. Buterbaugh and Whitney W. Buterbaugh, 184 Kestrel Lane, Boalsburg, $193,025. Steven D. Heinz and Kay Ellen Heinz to Kay Ellen Heinz, 107 Pilgrim Drive, Boalsburg, $1. Kay Ellen Heinz and Kay E. Heinz to Kay E. Heinz Revocable Trust, Kay Ellen Heinz, trustee, and Kay E. Heinz, trustee, 107 Pilgrim Drive, Boalsburg, $1. Robert W. Beccue to Thomas J. Gould and Sheree F. Logue, 139 Banner Way, Boalsburg, $564,200.
HAINES TOWNSHIP
Mary Ann Hostetler Living Trust and Barbra E. Zook, trustee, to David L. Klaue, 109 Pine Creek Alley, Woodward, $1. Rufus C. Zook and Saloma E. Zook to Reuben E. Yoder and Fannie A. Yoder, 190 Blue Heron Drive, Woodward, $46,280. Reuben E. Yoder and Fannie A. Yoder to Reuben E. Yoder and Fannie A. Yoder, 190 Blue Heron Drive, Woodward, $1. Rufus C. Zook and Saloma E. Zook to Rufus C. Zook and Saloma E. Zook, 185 Eli Drive, Woodward, $1.
HOWARD BOROUGH
Paul M. Mills Revocable Trust and Pamela M. Giannoni, trustee, to Robby D. Walk and Debra M. Walk, 122 E. Main St., Howard, $157,500.
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
U.S. Bank to Stefan Lawrence Briner and Jessica Dawn Briner, 505 Whetstone Run, Julian, $28,000.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
Arthur R. Scott, Machelle J. Scott and Machelle J. Alexander-Bressler to Amanda Rougeux, 91 Main St. Extension, Blanchard, $168,000. Watson Family Trust, Arthur D. Watson, trustee, and Mildred E. Watson, trustee, to Scott F. Starr and Norma J. Thompson, 516 Turkey Trail Road, Beech Creek, $115,000.
MILESBURG BOROUGH
Robert Paul Fisher, Alice F. Fisher, Joan Elaine Young and Richard E. Young to David Fisher, 209 Serge St., Bellefonte, $108,000. Nancy E. Shawley to Joseph D. Armstrong and Diane E. Armstrong, 107 Oklawahan St., Milesburg, $105,000. Christ E. Fisher and Anna M. Fisher to Reuben H. Fisher and Annie Fisher, 129 Welding Drive, Rebersburg, $1. Jerry A. Witherite and Judith A. Witherite to Jean L. Brickley, 115 Canal St., Milesburg, $89,500. Mark S. Weaver and Carla D. Weaver to Eli S. Fisher to Barbie F. Fisher, 518 Smullton Road, Rebersburg, $380,000.
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Judith F. Speedy and William F. Speedy to John James Chernega, 139 Presidents Drive, State College, $229,900. Anthony C. Biviano and Garnett L. Biviano to G. Damien Grunthaner and Melissa Grunthaner, 646F Oakwood Ave., State College, $210,000. Dolores Sabarese to Steven J. Haesler and
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PORT MATILDA TOWNSHIP
Lynn F. Snyder Sr. and Tammie Snyder to Lynn F. Synder Sr. and Tammie Synder, 201 E. Oak St., Port Matilda, $1. Jane M. Frye to Jane M. Frye, Lynn F. Synder Sr. and Tammie Snyder, 197 E. Oak St., Port Matilda, $1.
SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP
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SPRING TOWNSHIP
John D. Hudson and Julie A. Hudson to Jesse M. Hall and Ashley L. Harris, 266 Gwenedd Lane, Pleasant Gap, $249,900. Aleta L. Helman, Aleta L. Martin and John Martin to Travis T. Freehauf and Cynthia L. Cox, 160 Norman Ave., Pleasant Gap, $195,000. Ellen J. Aschenbrenner to Christopher Corman, 145 Wiltshire Drive, Bellefonte, $173,000. Keystone Central Homes LLC to Tammy L. McGarvey, 1137 Axemann Road, Bellefonte, $102,000. Debra M. Walk and Robby Walk to Danny E. Warren and Bonnie F. Warren, 933 Halfmoon St., Bellefonte, $152,000. Burnham Farms Development LP to Austin E. Reed and Shannon L. Lee, 160 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $224,000.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Rosemary V. Zoumas to Marian U. Coppersmith, 403 S. Allen St., State College, $6,000. Anthony E. Kaye and Melissa W. Kaye to Suzanne M. Cox, 1115 S. Garner St., State College, $274,000. Michael D. Crown and Erin C. Corwn to Anna C. Hersh and Anderew W. Hersh, 201 Wiltshire Drive, Bellefonte, $1. Christopher M. Corman to Christopher L. Fleegal, 812 Stratford Drive, Lemont, $109,000. Eric E. Young and Wendy K. Young to Krista M. Brune, 852 N. Allen St., State College, $275,000. Robert Nairn and Heidi Von Bernewitz to Bret J. Buterbaugh and Marie M. Buterbaugh, 710 S. Atherton St. No. 110, State College, $137,000. Alexander Monge-Naranjo and Siliva VindasMonge to Kelly A. Caviston and Sean P. Caviston, 1120 S. Garner St., State College, $270,000. Ryan E. Engle and Ting-Hsuan Wu to Ryan E. Engle, 324 E. McCormick Ave., State College, $1. Fawzi Ghassan Hamad to Robert M. Master and M. Caroline Masters, 200 Highland Ave., State College, $181,000. Carol Jones to Temporary Housing Foundations, 1126 Center Lane, State College, $150,000. Nature Conservancy to Nittany Houses LP, 820 S. Pugh St., State College, $402,300.
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Anthony Marrara to Toby L. Bucha and Kelly J. Bucha, 550 Sand Ridge Road, Howard, $400,000. Anthony P. Burgard and Alysa R. Burgard to Cibin Raj and Femeena Pandara Valappil, 237 Walker Crossing, Bellefonte $206,000. Carl E. Crater and Barbra K. Crater, 4383 Nittany Valley Drive, Howard, $1. Toby L. Bucha and Kelly J. Bucha to Michael R. Wingard and Kathleen Wingard, 105 Deer Run Court, Bellefonte, $215,000.
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J. David Jones, Jason David Jones, Janess C. Lyle and Janess C. Jones to Jason David Jones and Janess C. Jones, 175 Creekside Lane, Port Matilda, $1. — Compiled by Lana Bernhard
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Professional facility with the latest technology in a friendly, small company work environment. We can arrange “Rent To Own” on any property for sale by any broker, owner, bank or others.
NEW HORIZONS REAL ESTATE CO. Dotts Hamilton, Inc is a rapidly growing tax and accounting practice located in Bellefonte Borough. We are in search First Quality Tissue is antoindustry-leading manufacturer of paper towel and bath tissue products. JOHN PETUCK • 814-355-8500of highly motivated self-starters who want grow with us. Qualification - No Obligation
Part Time Executive Director We are a local non-profit organization that contributes to the character, vibrancy, and diversity of the community by answering the need for affordable housing. We are an equal opportunity employer. For More Information:
(814) 860-0656 www.scclandtrust.org
The Bellefonte YMCA is seeking energetic, dependable individuals to fill part-time positions in our childcare program.
We are seeking team-oriented people for Paper Machine & Converting Process Operators at our facility in Lock Haven, Learn PA, who are about able tous work more at in a fast-paced environment and want to advance in their careers. www.DottsHamilton.com
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APPLY ON LINE ONLY www.crackerbarel.com/careers C rac k er B arrel O l d C ou ntry S tore E O E
Paper Machine – Process Operators
Please e-mail your resume to ron@dottshamilton.com or debbie@dottshamilton.com Or faxtoit operate to 814-355-7024 These positions require the ability tissue production equipment, maintain quality Or just call Ron Dotts or Debbie Hamilton at 814-355-4293
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 preferred.
Converting – Process Operators These positions are responsible for operating converting production equipment and maintaining quality standards for products being produced. Team members will assist maintenance personnel when necessary. Previous manufacturing experience a plus!
Warehouser III Requires the ability to safely operate a fork truck, scan products and load/unload products in a Warehouse setting. Previous fork truck experience preferred. Ability and willingness to work night shift a must. All of our positions require a high school diploma or equivalent and are 12-hour work schedules.
Ideal candidates must have at least 15 credit hours in the Human Service Field and experience working with children in a group setting. Apply today to gain experience, earn a competitive wage, receive complimentary facility usage at the Y, and not have to work weekends! Please direct inquiries, resumes, and cover letters to Heather Heckman: hheckman@ymcaocc.org or 814-355-5551.
First Quality Tissue offers competitive starting rates based on previous experience and education.
The YMCA of Centre County is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
E/O/E
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.
A S S IS T A N T D IR E C T O R O F D IN IN G S E R V IC E S C entre C rest i s rec rui ti ng f or an A ssi stant D i rec tor of D i ni ng Serv i c es. T hi s p osi ti on w i l l w ork i n uni son w i th the di rec tor to ov ersee di ni ng serv i c e op erati ons w i th a p ri mary f oc us on p roduc ti on, menu enhanc ements, f ood p roc urement, w i th a strong ov ersi g ht of di ni ng serv i c es team. C andi date must b e ex p eri enc ed i n heal th c are f ood p roduc ti on, c ul i nary sk i l l s, menu manag ement, p roc urement p rog rams and c ost c ontai nment. Strong k now l edg e of menu sof tw are p rog rams, Mi crosoft E E would be beneficial osition requires leadership, e ibility with hours, and ex c el l ent org ani z ati onal sk i l l s. R eq ui rements include at least year e perience and F and C D M p ref erred. D eg rees i n C ul i nary Serv i c e and F ood Serv i c e Hosp i tal i ty and Manag ement, may al so b e c onsi dered. Pl ease c al l 8 1 4 - 3 5 5 - 6 7 7 7 and speak to Z ac k B u c h moyer, D irec tor of D ining S erv ic es.
Please visit our website at www.firstquality.com and follow the Careers link to Lock Haven job openings to apply for all open positions.
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