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The Gazette’s special section includes a little bit of everything for Centre County seniors, including a look at staying active with alternative exercises, eating healthy, diet and how to leave a financial legacy. Pages 13-20
August 6-12, 2015
Volume 7, Issue 31
Bellefonte remembers Mason
Brown chosen as Renaissance Fund honoree By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Steven E. Brown has been selected as Penn State’s 2015 Renaissance Fund honoree. Brown is the President and CEO of Mount Nittany Health. He will be recognized in November at the 39th annual Renaissance Fund dinner. Brown said he was overwhelmed by the honor. “My first thought was ‘I can’t believe they’ve chosen me,’” Brown said. “I got invited to a breakfast here with members of the committee who make the selection. I wasn’t sure why I was STEVEN BROWN there. When they told me, I couldn’t believe they were honoring me with this.” Each year, the Renaissance Fund honors an individual or couple who, through a lifetime of service, has contributed greatly to the Penn State and State College communities. In its selection process, the fund’s board of directors seeks to recognize individuals who have deep roots in the Centre Region, close relationships with civic and University leaders, and a commitment to philanthropy. Brown will be honored at a recognition dinner on Thursday, Nov. 19, at The Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel on the University Park campus. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., followed by dinner and the program at 7. “Steve’s investment in patient care, community service, and medical education in the region is outstanding,” George Henning Jr., president of the Renaissance Fund’s board of directors, said in a release. “He has united local and University communities in a way that is enhancing the quality of life for many. Steve exemplifies thoughtful leadership, and is a great choice for this year’s award.” Brown has been a member of the State College community since 2010, when he arrived at Mount Nittany Health. His resume is impressive. Brown was the first in his family to go to college. He studied biology and natural science at Thiel College in Greenville, Pa. At the suggestion of a close friend, he decided to pursue a graduate degree in health care administration. In 1977, he earned a master of public administration degree in health services administration from Penn State. After working as the director of ambulatory services at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Brown continued his career through senior leadership positions at Akron General Medical Center in Ohio and Inova Health System in Northern Virginia. Prior to landing at Mount Nittany Brown, Page 6 Police ................................ 2 Opinion ............................ 7
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BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte continues to mourn the loss of one of its most beloved residents. Frances Mason died on July 22, and friends, family and community members have paid tribute to her in different ways. Mason was extremely active in the community. She helped coach Bellefonte Teener League for many years alongside her beloved husband, Denny. She also served on the board of directors for both the Centre County Youth Service Bureau and the Centre Community Foundation. “Frances Mason was the best person I have ever known,” said one of her best friends, Gloria Jackson. “Knowing her was both a privilege and a precious gift. Her influence on me made me a better person. Fran was my best friend. She knew, unFRANCES MASON derstood and accepted my strengths and flaws. She was my sounding board, secret keeper and trusted adviser on numerous issues in my life.” Mason was not a native to Centre County, though it certainly seemed like it. She moved to Centre County in 1971 to begin work as a secretary for National Capital Companies. She married Denny in 1975 and immediately became immersed in the Bellefonte Teener League. She first helped coach the Fauble Insurance Company team and later its successor, The Hartman Group. She was known for taking care of her players. One of her great joys in life, according to her friends, was attending the graduations, weddings and special events in the lives of the young men she helped mentor. “I was 15 when I first met Frannie,” said Terry Glunt. “I didn’t know at the time that I had just met someone who would have such a profound and positive impact on my life, the lives of my four children and hundreds of other kids in our community. There have been so many of us ‘kids’ that were treated to Fran’s love, warmth and generosity over the past four decades.” Glunt said that Mason was a great role model for the Bellefonte youth. “She was an extraordinary influence, a perfect role model and she will always be remembered for her commitment to our town and its youth,” Glunt said. In 2000, she was recognized for her commitment to youth when the Frances E. Mason Community Service Award for Volunteer Excellence was established to
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RIDING TIME: Biking enthusiasts are hoping for an “open streets initiative” in State College, which would open traffic flow for cycling in downtown. CentreBike is one of five finalists for a Centre Inspires $100,000 grant.
CentreBike pushes for vehicle-less roads By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — College Avenue is completely rid of cars. The two-lane, one-way street that acts as State College’s main drag sheds its usual purpose as an automobile passageway through town. Instead, it becomes a playground. Cyclists pedal down the street. Yoga enthusiasts lay down their mats on the pavement. Runners dash down the white lines in the center of the road. It sounds crazy, but if CentreBike wins a grant from the Centre Foundation, this “open streets initiative” could soon become a reality.
Anna Nelson, the vice president of CentreBike, addressed the State College borough council on Aug. 3. Her organization is one of five finalists for the Centre Inspires grant. The grant will provide up to $100,000 to fund projects that meet a major need in the community. This year’s theme is “health and social services.” “In a very high level nutshell, a lot of cities are doing these open street initiatives,” Nelson said. “You essentially shut down the streets for an amount of time and allow them to be open for biking, walking, or whatever else. It’s a great way of engaging the community in physical activity and promoting health and wellness.” CentreBike, Page 4
District attorney petitions for investigating grand jury By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller had her name cleared of forgery allegations by a grand jury last week, and now she wants to bring an investigating grand jury to Centre County. On Tuesday, Parks Miller submitted a petition to Centre County President Judge Thomas Kistler. She wants Kistler to appoint a supervising judge to form an investigating grand jury “to consider at least one unsolved murder, and a recent series of other cases the scope of which cannot be determined without the powers granted to a county investigating grand jury.” On July 31, a statewide grand jury released a report that cleared Stacy Parks Miller of allegations that she had a forged a judge’s signature. According to a news release from her office, this experience in-
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MAKING A STATEMENT: Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller speaks at a news conference last week with attorney Bruce Castor. See related story on Page 5.
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Front and Centre CLOSING TIME: Confer’s Country Market in Centre Hall will close its doors later this month. Owners Michael and Darlene Confer said that the time is right to take a break from the family business. Page 10
RETURN OF THE PIGSKIN: With high school football less than a month away, several Centre County schools were represented at Mountain League Media Day, which was held on Aug. 4 at Bald Eagle Area High School. Page 21
ZFEST DELIGHTS: More than 150 Z-Series car enthusiasts came to State College for the annual ZFest, which was held at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel. Page 11
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tween Powers and Schultz, with Baldwin and others copied on the exchange. Powers sent a public statement made by then-university president Graham Spanier regarding child abuse allegations against former football coach MIKE McQUEARY Jerry Sandusky. Schultz responded with confirmation that he received the e-mail, and according to Gavin, no request for legal advice was ever made in the exchange. “It is a statement, not a request for legal advice,” Gavin said. “As such the privilege does not apply.” The judge’s order immediately unsealed the e-mails, making them available to McQueary and his legal team. The whistleblower lawsuit alleges that McQueary, a former football coach, was wrongfully terminated by the university. McQueary informed Joe Paterno of a sexual assault he witnessed involving Sandusky and a child in the football building showers. Sandusky was found guilty on 45 of 48 counts against him. One of the three not guilty counts was the shower incident reported by McQueary.
Police searching for assault suspect By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — University police are searching for a suspect who allegedly sexually assaulted a female student early on July 31. The assault was reported to police at 3:52 a.m. and occurred about 15 minutes earlier, according to police. The victim was in the ground floor “K” hallway of Simmons Hall in the South Halls Complex when an unknown male approached her and reached under her skirt, touching her inappropriately. The suspect fled the area and was last seen running east of Mifflin Hall. Police
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Seniors play important role at the Youth Service Bureau By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Youth Service Bureau may gear most of its programs to children and their families, but its doors are always open to volunteers of all ages. “There are volunteer opportunities available for seniors, but not just seniors,” said Andrea Boyles, the chief executive officer of the YSB in Centre County, located at 325 W. Aaron Drive in State College. The CCYSB offers 14 programs serving both children and families within Centre County including those that are family based, community based and residentially based, according to the organization’s website. There are many volunteer opportunities specifically at the residential youth homes, as well as through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program, which in addition to Centre County serves both Mifflin and Juniata Counties. Big Brothers Big Sisters — the CCYSB’s largest program — is a mentoring program where each child is matched with a volunteer. The pair then meets at least once a week for an hour over the course of a year. While adults of any age are eligible to apply to become volunteers, Boyles said that seniors can provide children with a unique and important perspective. “A lot of kids don’t have contact with grandparents. They either live far away or their parents and grandparents don’t really get along,” she said. “Some of the kids just really need that next generation in their lives.” Paired volunteers and children can spend time doing activities including going to the park, going to the library or just hanging out and talking, according to the CCYSB website. For those who prefer a more supervised experience, Big Brothers Big Sisters is also offered as a site based program where the volunteers and children still get together on a weekly basis but meet in a group setting with staff available on site. The program has a significant impact
on the child’s life with research showing that after an 18 month period children matched with a volunteer were 47 percent less likely to use drugs and 52 percent less likely to skip school, according to the same website. And whether volunteers chose to participate in the on-site or community-based Big Brothers Big Sisters program, Boyles said, “It’s really just about spending time with the child.” The CCYSB also has girls and boys homes including a family-focused residential program for adolescent boys and a similar home for girls, a temporary shelter for adolescent males and females, and long term transitional living programs. Similar to children living with their families, the youths in these residential programs cook, clean, do their homework and attend public school. Volunteers are encouraged to become a part of the home on any level, Boyles said. There are many seniors who come to the homes and just hang out, Boyles added. “We’ve had a couple of women who became grandmas for our youth home,” she said. “They would come once or twice a week and just spend time talking to the girls. It’s really just about spending time with kids who are in difficult situations.” Unlike the Big Brothers Big Sisters program that requires volunteers to participate on a weekly basis for at least one year, the CCYSB does not require people who volunteer at the homes to make any time commitments. Some people still chose to volunteer at one of the homes on a weekly basis, while others come in only a few times. As an example, Boyles said, “Some people may say they are a good baker and just want to come in once or twice to teach the kids.” There are monthly orientation sessions and an application process for those interested in volunteering through the Big Brothers Big Sisters program or at the residential homes. Interested adults — whether or not they are seniors — can also visit the
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ANITA AND ANNALYSE are one of the many Big Brothers Big Sisters success stories in Centre County. CCYSB website or call the organization at (814)237-5731 for more detailed information on the volunteer opportunities and the application process. Boyles said she is also available to meet with interested individuals in person. “Our kids really, truly appreciate our
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Freeh accuses Spanier of ‘gratuitous public relations spin’ in lawsuit By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — The lawsuit between former Penn State president Graham Spanier and former FBI director Louis Freeh is slowly moving forward — but that doesn’t mean the end is in sight. In new court documents filed on July 31, attorneys for Freeh say they’re considering asking the court to throw out Spanier’s 139-page-long complaint and force him to write a new one, which would essentially send the lawsuit back to square one. Freeh’s attorneys say Spanier’s complaint is unnecessarily long and convoluted, adding that they want the court to force Spanier to “file a new complaint ... without the lengthy and gratuitous public relations spin.” “In response to his criminal indictment, Spanier has engaged in a multifaceted campaign to publicize his versions of the events that occurred at PSU, including ... the filing of this lawsuit almost a year after (the Freeh report) was released,” Freeh’s attorneys write. Freeh’s latest attack against Spanier was filed on Friday in response to an order from Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas Senior Judge Robert Eby. Eby was appointed to hear Spanier’s defamation lawsuit earlier this month, and asked attorneys for both sides to file court documents outlining the complicated history of the lawsuit. Spanier first filed notice of his intent to sue Freeh in 2013. Spanier claims Freeh defamed him and harmed his professional and personal reputation by making false claims about Spanier’s alleged involvement in a coverup of the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Freeh and a team of investigators were hired by Penn
State in 2011 to determine how Sandusky’s child sexual abuse had gone unnoticed by law enforcement and the general public. The Freeh report, released in 2012, concluded that Spanier and other university leaders failed to properly investigate reports of Sandusky’s sexual misconduct and repeatedly hid knowledge of the abuse from the public. Spanier has attacked the report for GRAHAM SPANIER being incomplete, biased and poorly researched, and has adamantly denied allegations of his involvement in a coverup of the Sandusky scandal. He alleges that Freeh knowingly published false conclusions, and seeks monetary damages for the harm caused to his reputation. Spanier also faces criminal charges of endangering the welfare of children and perjury in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas in connection with his involvement in the alLOUIS FREEH leged coverup. That case is currently on hold while Spanier appeals several pre-trial decisions, and no trial date has been set. Two other former Penn State administrators — Tim Curley and Gary Schultz — also face charges of perjury and child endangerment alongside Spanier in Dauphin County court. They are not parties to Spanier’s lawsuit against Freeh.
Borough debates Allen Street redevelopment By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — Allen Street as you know it could face some drastic changes. Two State College borough commissions met on Thursday afternoon to talk about redeveloping the block of Allen directly south of Beaver Avenue. The Planning Commission and Redevelopment Authority held a joint meeting, hearing a presentation from plan-
ner Meagan Tuttle on borough staff’s progress with the planned redevelopment. “There is a lot of current interest in the use of properties on that block of Allen Street,” Tuttle said. “We feel that many of the properties in this area are underutilized and we can use them to meet some of our community goals.” The primary space being looked at is the former Verizon Building and the neighboring First National Bank driveAllen Street, Page 5
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Commissioner plans to call for attorney’s resignation By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — One of the Centre County commissioners plans to call for the resignation of the county solicitor in the wake of the grand jury report clearing District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller of forgery allegations. Commissioner Michael Pipe said he plans to take formal action asking for Centre County Solicitor Louis Glantz’s resignation at the next commissioners meeting on Thursday. He said Glantz served the county poorly when advising the commissioners how to proceed after being presented with allegations that Parks Miller forged a judge’s signature on a fake bail order. When two local defense attorneys came to the commissioners in January with a signed affidavit from Parks Miller’s former paralegal alleging the DA committed forgery, the commissioners consulted with Glantz before hiring a second attorney, turning the allegations over to the Bellefonte police for investigation, and discussing the possibility of appointing a special prosecutor if Parks Miller was charged with a crime. “The actions we had taken as a board of commissioners were inappropriate, and did not follow the letter of the law. In retroAllen Street, from page 4 thru. The borough purchased the building and has been renting it out to a Penn State incubator space for student entrepreneurship, but the property will likely be a key component of any redevelopment in the 200 block of Allen Street. There are a number of options on the table for the building, including the Discovery Space’s proposal to move into the space and greatly expand their children’s science museum. The Discovery Space board asked the borough to donate the building to the museum, but members of the Planning Commission and Redevelopment Authority would like to see the borough break even.
spect, we should have allowed the attorney general to go forward with the investigation from the beginning,” Pipe said. “… Solicitor Glantz has given us excellent legal counsel on many matters, but on this issue he just gave us really bad legal advice.” Commissioner Chris Exarchos says he plans to hear out Pipe’s argument before deciding how to vote, but he downplays Glantz’s influence on the county’s decision-making process. “Louis Glantz is an adviser. He only gives us advice; he doesn’t tell us how to vote,” Exarchos said. “I am responsible for my own actions. I can’t blame others for what I choose to do.” Exarchos disputes the grand jury’s conclusions. He says he still believes that Michelle Shutt — the former paralegal to Parks Miller who made the forgery allegations — was telling the truth when she claimed that Parks Miller signed Judge Pamela Ruest’s signature on a court order. The grand jury report notes that two handwriting experts independently concluded the signature was not a forgery. Judge Ruest has declined to offer public comment about whether she signed the document, but has reportedly told others that she does not remember one way or the other. “I believe Shutt is telling truth,” Exar-
chos said. “When she signed that affidavit, she had to know for sure, otherwise she would’ve had real risk for legal trouble.” Dershem also says he doubts the report’s conclusions. He suggests the impartiality of the attorney general’s investigation, which ultimately led to the grand jury report, may have somehow been compromised, “given the district attorney’s relationship” with Attorney General Kathleen Kane. He declined to give further comment about this alleged relationship, or how it may have influenced the report. Bruce Castor, Parks Miller’s attorney, says in an email that the commissioners’ choice not to believe the findings of the grand jury is “total nonsense.” He also said Parks Miller has only met Kane on two occasions — once at Kane’s swearing in, and then at an event hosted by the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association. “To state the two women have a personal relationship is an outright lie to cover for the misconduct engaged in by those who conspired to damage the DAs reputation,” Castor said. Since the release of the grand jury report, Parks Miller has publicly condemned Shutt as a liar and attacked the Centre County commissioners for the way they responded to her allegations. Castor also said that civil litigation “is a probability,”
and said the commissioners might liable both in their official positions as elected officials and as individuals. “I don’t know what (Parks Miller) feels like we’ve done. We haven’t accused her of anything,” Exarchos said. “When we got the allegations, we got a second opinion and, like with any allegation of wrongdoing, we turned it over to the Bellefonte police, who I still have more faith in than the attorney general.” Pipe says the commissioners need to start attempting to repair their relationship with the district attorney’s office and the judiciary if the county wants to recover from the turmoil that’s defined the county government in recent months. He says he hopes to start down that path by calling for Glantz’s resignation. “From a legal perspective, Commissioner Pipe’s comments would, if said in a public meeting, go a long way toward mitigating the damage done to the DA’s reputation and integrity, and might make the DA less likely to seek to hold Mr. Pipe personally liable,” Castor said. “Firing Mr. Glantz simply makes good government sense, in my view, and would go a long way toward making amends for the commissioners’ actions.” Glantz did not immediately return requests for comment.
“I think everybody thinks the borough should at least break even at the end of the day,” commission chair Michael Roeckel said. “This redevelopment is a business, so the Discovery Space wants to be a part of that and we have to find a way to do that and not lose money.” Redevelopment Authority member Jawaid Haider agreed that the borough needs to make its money back, but urged his colleagues to look at the Discovery Space as “a nonprofit organization that benefits kids in this town and beyond and not as a business.” No matter what happens as part of the redevelopment, the two government boards are in agreement that the Sidney Friedman Parklet should be left alone or
even expanded, but not built on top of. “I want to strongly object to consideration of the parklet,” commission member Jon Eich said. “It is a very valuable green space. You may not agree with me but I don’t think the parklet should be considered.” Tuttle, however, strongly agreed and said that any potential redevelopment partner should want to take advantage of the parklet and find a way to incorporate it into whatever may happen with the block. Planning director Ed LeClear said the commission has primarily discussed improvement of the park, not re-development on top of it, putting Eich’s concerns to rest. Tuttle said there is also potential for
live-work housing within the space. The borough has spoken with artists about creating hybrid studio/apartment spaces within part of the redeveloped Verizon Building. “It does not necessarily have to be deliberate, that the one person who has a studio space has an apartment above,” Tuttle said, “but the idea is that somebody could work in this area and live in this area as well, so we could achieve that without having the specific programming of a livework scenario.” The plan to move forward with the Allen Street redevelopment aims for a recommendation to be presented to council in late September, followed by a public hearing in October and action in November.
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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE 2014-15 academic year, 475 students received Renaissance scholarships totaling $687,460. Brown said that he realizes the significance of the award. “It is probably one of the most significant and deepest honors I’ve ever received,” Brown said. “It is a deep, deep honor. I’m very humbled by all of this. I couldn’t be more grateful. It’s a humbling thing when people want to recognize things that you’ve done. I just see it as the things that I do.” Brown said that the award is not only a reflection of the work he’s been able to do at Mount Nittany Health, it’s a reflection of the work his team has been able to do. “I think proud is the word there. I’m proud of the people here, what they have done,” Brown said. “I’m proud of the levels that we’ve taken Mount Nittany Health to. I’m very proud of those. We’re in the people business. That takes the whole team. We’re taking care of this community’s friends and neighbors. That takes the entire team.”
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Grand jury, from page 1 Parks Miller publicly called on the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General to conduct a criminal investigation into her former paralegal that made the forgery allegation as well as “anyone else who assisted, encouraged and supported her lies,” specifically naming the Centre County Commissioners and the county solicitor. However, Parks Miller says her request for an investigating grand jury in Centre County is not related to the now-disproved forgery allegations. “The District Attorney is acutely aware that some persons may attempt to construe this development as an effort to intimidate her opponents in the recent controversy where she was falsely accused of the crime of forgery,” the release states. “...The District Attorney has specific cases, and types of cases in mind to submit to the new County Investigating Grand Jury and has no intention of conducting any investigations relating to her own matters.” In the petition submitted to Judge Kistler, Parks Miller writes that the cases the grand jury may investigate could include drug trafficking, unsolved disappearances and corrupt organizations. Although Parks Miller says in the news release that she does not plan to ask the grand jury to investigate the forgery allegations, she also says she would be willing to use a grand jury to investigate corruption in Centre County if the need arose. “Should Centre County law enforcement officials become aware of allegations
of political corruption at any level within Centre County unrelated to her specific case, DA Parks Miller will not hesitate to use the resources of the Investigating Grand Jury, if needed, ever mindful of the reputations of public officials who may be falsely accused of misconduct,” the release reads. When contacted by StateCollege.com, Parks Miller declined to comment on whether she was aware of any corruption allegations within the Centre County government. She also declined to offer further details about the cases she has mind for the grand jury, citing strict confidentiality restrictions. Parks Miller says a grand jury is an important tool because it can compel people to testify without fear of retaliation and it can prevent collusion between potential defendants. She also says a grand jury can investigate allegations of wrongdoing without compromising the reputation of the accused in the event that they are innocent. “The Grand Jury is a common tool across Pennsylvania,” Parks Miller says in an email. “We will use it cautiously and only for appropriate cases where there are credible allegations of criminal conduct that lend themselves to best being investigated by a grand jury proceeding.” Judge Kistler says he is not aware of any other time since he began practicing law in Centre County in 1982 that a district attorney has requested a countywide grand jury. He says he needs to research the criteria for calling a grand jury and his responsibilities in the process, but says he will respond to the petition within the next ten days.
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Crisis in the county courthouse many had come from homes or living situations that were not safe. On that particular night, the conflict between the kids, between kids and staff, between staff and other staff was palpable. “What is going on here?” I asked as the new shift person coming in. “What do you mean?” asked one of my colleagues. The conflict was so intense I swear the air pressure in the building had changed. Over the course of the evening, we held some meetings, talked with the kids and explained that we knew something was up but needed their help to solve it. Later, it came to light that one of the kids had snuck a lighter back into the unit from his visit off grounds with his parents and was quietly telling the other kids he was going to “torch the place.” Through mediation, listening and people being willing to step forward to protect their own safety, we were able to get the lighter and bring the group back to a place of productivity and working together. A group that spends all of their time putting out fires of conflict is a group that cannot focus on what they are supposed to do. In the courthouse in Bellefonte, it’s not hard to see that party politics may be adding to what on Facebook they are calling the “Crisis in the Courthouse.” With new demands for terminations and threats of civil litigation, the conflict in Bellefonte seems far from over. It’s time for someone in charge in Bellefonte to either pull the group together to lead them through the conflict and disruption or bring in a mediator or team-builder who can do it with outside and objective perspective. In middle school, conflicts were often solved with a new common enemy or a sleepover. What will it take in Bellefonte?
Last week, we learned that the The study of the phenomenon of grand jury determined that Parks what happens to individuals when we Miller did not falsify documents or put them into a group is called group signatures and that no charges will dynamics. be filed. The term dynamics is one that we Now what? borrow from science — the forces or As a taxpayer in Centre County, I properties either within or that come look at the whole situation and wonfrom outside to promote growth or der what the heck is going behind the change a system. scenes? In social science, we study In other words, what are group dynamics and identify the dynamics at play? Who those forces in motion as the is feeding the fires of the people within the group. In conflict? Why won’t somegroups, people can do amazone step in to mediate and, ing things that we could more importantly, lead our never do as individuals. local judicial community Unfortunately in groups out of this mess and help we can also be a bit wacky people get back to the work and sometimes even dangerof our county government? ous. It reminds me of a group If you need an example, of middle school-aged girls. just turn to the Centre CounIf one ever wants to study ty Courthouse in Bellefonte. group dynamics, preteens Don’t test me on all the are the best population to facts of what is happening Patty Kleban, start with because of how in the courthouse because, who writes for exaggerated and important frankly, they are a little hard StateCollege.com, the “group force” is at that to follow. An employee ac- is an instructor life stage. cuses the district attorney of at Penn State, Power. Inclusion. Exclufalsifying documents. Some- mother of three sion. How they make deciwhere along the way, several and a community volunteer. She is a attorneys jump on board Penn State alumna sions. Firmly defined roles. Coercion to go along with with their own accusations. who lives with her the group. Peer pressure. A few of those attorneys then family in Patton Communication methods back out. Township. Her Somehow cellphone re- views and opinions and patterns that people outside the group don’t uncords and texts became the do not necessarily focus. Lawsuits related to reflect those of Penn derstand. Conflict. Anger. Hurt feelings. Damaged rewho had the right to know State. lationships. what about personal cellphone comForming. Storming. Norming. Permunications and reports of texting forming. between judges and the prosecutor’s In middle school, the group dyoffice staff during and after trials as namics and conflict can become so well as after business hours have pardamaging that sometimes a parent alleled the forgery accusations. or teacher or another adult needs to The county commissioners and step in. county solicitor are involved because I’ve shared the story in class many the investigation started with a countimes of the night I arrived to work ty employee’s allegation about the on an adolescent unit in a mental falsifying of another judge’s signature health facility and knew that we were on a document. Out-of-county judgin trouble. The kids on the unit had es and offices in Harrisburg have also a variety of mental health issues and been involved.
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Should Congress lighten criminal sentences? By JOEL MATHIS and BEN BOYCHUK McClatchy-Tribune News Service
President Barack Obama recently visited a federal prison in Oklahoma as part of his effort to build support for changes to the criminal justice system. The president deplored the sharp increase in the prison population over the past 35 years and said, “We have to consider whether this is the smartest way for us to control crime.” Republicans in Congress sound amenable to some reforms. Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Committee, is working to have a bill ready before the August recess that would give judges more discretion in sentencing some drug offenders. Does it make sense for Congress to ease federal sentencing laws? Joel Mathis and Ben Boychuk, the Red-Blue America columnists, weigh in.
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Viewed from certain angles, the United States looks little better than a totalitarian state. Consider these numbers from The Sentencing Project: n In the last two generations, America’s state and federal prisons have seen their populations explode from just more than 200,000 in 1960 to a hair past 1.6 million in 2013. n The U.S. imprisons more than 700 out of every 100,000 citizens — first in the world. Even Russia only puts 475 out of every 100,000 citizens behind bars. n Total state spending on prisons was $6.7 billion in 1985 — and $51.9 billion in 2013. n A whopping 50.7 percent of federal prisoners are serving time for drug crimes. n If you’re an American man, you have a one-in-nine chance of being jailed in your lifetime. If you’re a black American male, the chances are one in three. All this imprisoning tears apart families, makes it difficult to obtain legitimate work, and generally hurts the fabric of our society. And they’re hives of mental illness — some created by the prison experience — a place to dump the confused bodies of men and women who simply can’t function decently in polite society. The result? People who do get out frequently lack the
skills to do anything but go back in sooner rather than later. So the system is expensive and disruptive. And if it once seemed to reduce crime, well, most people can now agree it does more harm than good. “Our prisons should be a place where we can train people for skills that can help them find a job, not train them to become more hardened criminals,” Obama said recently. “We have to make sure that as they do their time and pay back their debt to society, that we are increasing the possibility that they can turn their lives around.” Reducing minimum sentences is just one step among many needed to achieve that goal. But yes, we should take it immediately.
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It’s rare to find bipartisan agreement on anything these days, in large part because bipartisanship is for suckers. But on the question of reforming the federal criminal justice system, political consensus is welcome. Being “tough on crime” doesn’t require stubborn refusal to change in the face of certain realities. One such reality is that not all drug offenses are worthy of prison time. Some states have already figured this out. Until last year, California had a highly effective drug court program that diverted thousands of potential felons from prison and into treatment. If convicts successfully completed treatment and found gainful employment, their conviction would be expunged. And if they dropped out? Directly to prison they would
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Ag Progress Days Family Room promotes health UNIVERSITY PARK — Families can play minigames, get valuable health and safety information, taste nutritious food and drink, and participate in hands-on educational activities in the Family Room building at Penn State’s 2015 Ag Progress Days, Aug. 18-20, according to specialists in the College of Agricultural Sciences. “Visitors to the Family Room will see Penn State Extension programs designed to provide high-quality information and help people make positive behavior changes to build caring, safe and healthy communities,” noted lead organizer Elise Gurgevich, state coordinator for Penn State Extension’s Nutrition Links program. “We’ll offer many hands-on activities, food demonstrations and useful handouts for all ages.” The various exhibits are sponsored by the Penn State Extension Nutrition, Diet and Health Team and Nutrition Links program; Penn State Extension Food Safety Team; Penn State’s Food Science Department; Penn State University Police Community Education Program; the Penn State Extension Pesticide Education Program; and the Penn State StrongWomen program. Displays and activities will include the following: n Dining with Diabetes. This exhibit will focus on diabetes prevention and artificial sweeteners. Visitors can learn more about all of the sweetener options on the market today, how sweeteners compare, and the pros and cons of each. Penn State Extension educators also will offer cooking and baking tips. n Healthy Lifestyles Food Demonstra-
tions. Food enthusiasts can observe quick and healthful recipes being prepared hourly, gather serving ideas, taste the resulting fare, and receive a copy of the featured recipe. n Home Food Preservation. Penn State food-safety specialists will provide information about how to preserve food at home safely. n Internet Safety Tips and Firearm Safety. Children can meet a police officer and learn about Internet safety while their parents can get tips to safeguard their Internet-active children. Firearms-safety information and gun locks (while supplies last) will be available. n “MyPlate” Scavenger Hunt. Children can use the USDA’s “MyPlate” model to plan a healthy plate and participate in a scavenger hunt to locate food items from Ag Progress Days vendors that fit the “MyPlate” model. n Naturally Flavored Water. Visitors can taste water flavored with natural products and learn the importance of water in their daily diet. n Pests and Pesticide Safety. Interactive stations will show visitors how to identify pests around the home and how to control pests using an integrated pest management (IPM) approach. Consumers will find out about Mr. Yuk and the importance of teaching young children what to do when they see a Mr. Yuk sticker on a product. Participants will receive Mr. Yuk stickers and fun prizes. The Pesticide Education Program’s talking robot, DB Pest, will greet visitors at the building entrance.
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ELISE GURGEVICH, state coordinator for Penn State Extension’s Nutrition Links program, talks to visitors in the Family Room during a previous Ag Progress Days expo. n StrongWomen. Visitors will learn about foods that can help improve bone health and discover weight-bearing and stretching exercises designed to enhance their overall health and well-being. Sponsored by Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, Ag Progress Days is held at the Russell E. Larson Agricultural Research Center at Rock Springs, nine miles southwest of State College on Route
Tips for beating the summer heat STATE COLLEGE — Dangerously hot weather is predicted for our area, and the American Red Cross reminds everyone of the steps they should take to stay safe when the temperatures rise. “High temperatures, humidity and hot, indoor environments can quickly cause heat-related emergencies,” stated American Red Cross Central Pennsylvania Regional CEO Ellen Kyzer. “Excessive heat can lead to sunburn, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke.” The Red Cross has some simple steps to help beat the heat: n Never leave children or pets alone in vehicles. The temperature inside can reach a dangerous level within a few minutes. n Slow down, take frequent breaks and drink more water than usual — even if you’re not thirsty. n Wear loose-fitting, lightweight, light-colored clothing. n If working outdoors, take frequent breaks and use the buddy system. n Check on family, friends and neighbors who do not have air conditioning, who spend much of their time alone, or who are more likely to be affected by the heat. n If possible, bring animals inside. If not, frequently check to ensure they are comfortable and have water and a shady place to rest.
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Opthamologist achieves board certification STATE COLLEGE — Dr. C. Jason Ou, ophthalmologist with The Eye Center of Central PA, recently achieved board certification by the American Board of Ophthalmology. Certification is granted to ophthalmologists who meet specific medical training requirements and complete an intensive evaluation process, which includes a written qualifying examination and an oral examination. The process takes approximately two years to complete. Ou graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine in Columbus, Ohio, and completed his ophthalmology residency at IndianaC. JASON OU Purdue University’s Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute. He served as chief resident while at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. Ou has been published in The Journal of Retinal and Vitreous Diseases, The Journal of Cancer Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry. He is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology and the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery. Ou specializes in blade-free LASIK vision correction and laser cataract surgery, as well as the treatment and monitoring of glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration and other eye diseases. For more information, call (866) 995-EYES or visit www.eyecenterofpa.com.
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Former Air Force staff sergeant appreciates internship UNIVERSITY PARK — If every internship came with an accompanying “responsibility score,” a number to rate or weight how much the intern’s work means to a company, many of the opportunities provided to College of Communications students would rate fairly high. The hundreds of Penn State communications students who earn placements every year get hands-on, meaningful internships. Still, some are a little more nerve wracking than others — and David Bader knows all about that. Bader, a 30-year-old senior majoring in telecommunications on track to graduate in December, has been working this summer as a broadcast engineer for NBCUniversal. He splits his time between iconic 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City and network production facilities in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. “After working here a few months, I’ve learned that TV breaks a lot more often than you think. We just have backups and then a whole redundancy beyond that,” Bader said. “It’s my responsibility to help keep the transmission equipment working.” There’s a lot of equipment, too. Bader works with three longtime employees who monitor the transmission equipment for broadcast operations and syndicated program created and routed by NBCUniversal. They monitor dozens of broadcasts at any one time and anything that could go wrong or does go wrong falls on the small group’s shoulders. They make transfers between different NBC locations — mostly New York, Denver, Los Angeles and Stamford, Connecticut. They have the benefit of the latest technology, and super-high standards. “You can’t go down in this industry. You cannot lose picture,” Bader said. Bader had a couple of advantages entering in the internship. Most of all, he’s comfortable with responsibility. “Little things can go wrong and they’ll cause big problems,” Bader said. “There’s so much video encoding and we do so much because we work with so many different channels. It makes the day go really quick when you’re doing something all the time. The people here are busy
and committed — kind of like the military.” That works perfectly for Bader. Before matriculating to Penn State, the Pittsburgh native served in the U.S. Air Force for seven years. Rising to the level of staff sergeant, Bader worked with transmission systems. His work was specific to data transfer, the Internet and telecommunications, but he did have relatable experience for the internship. “I did understand a little bit, and they were happy to know my background,” Bader said. “I think that’s why they’ve been so comfortable letting me do things. They told me the other day that a couple of guys we’re going on vacation at the same time. I’m not sure if it was a joke or a test, but I know they’re giving me a great opportunity.” Bader hopes the summer position leads to a full-time position. He also hopes his combination of military experience and a strong internship performance can help him progress quickly at the company, which offers post-graduate programs to familiarize people entering the industry with the related processes and technology. “There really isn’t a direct path to these kinds of jobs, but what I’m doing seems to make sense to me,” Bader said. “Hopefully it makes sense to them, too. I’m trying to find out if I’ll have enough experience, and have proven myself, to get a job or if I’ll have o enter a two-year program. It could go either way.” Along with his work, Bader is completing a class focused on communications law. He often tries to work on assignments and read on a company shuttle bus from New York City to New Jersey. Once the fall semester begins, he’ll have 12 credits to complete before graduation. He earned support from the Gregory Michael Schiff Memorial Scholarship in the College of Communications this year. Bader earned two associate degrees (information science, applied science) while in the Air Force. He admits he was not focused when he first tried college after high school, but his military experience allowed him to see the world (serving in Italy and Japan among his assignments) and grow up a bit. With family members who attended
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DAVID BADER’S internship provides hands-on experience as he works with a team of longtime employees at NBCUniversal. Penn State, the University was a logical choice when he returned to school. He’s made the most of opportunities provided by the College of Communications, and engaged with the strong alumni network, which includes people like Linda Yaccarino, president of advertising sales for NBCUniversal, who spoke on campus last fall and consistently supports the internship program. “She sent me a note after I got the internship.” Bader said. “Also, I have a little Penn State sticker my retractable ID badge, and I’ve already met a bunch of Penn Staters here. That’s always a good thing.”
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Students participate in design contest BELLEFONTE — Before the school year ended, the second through fifth grade students in Barbara Uadiski’s St. John art class received hands-on experience designing their very own logos. Mark D. Dello Stritto, owner of Bellefonte-based advertising and design agency Loaded Creative, visited the art classes and discussed advertising, design and in particular, logos. The students participated in a presentation that reviewed many well-known logos featuring fast-food chains and sodas to shoes and toys along with local logos found in the community. Even logos from their favorite TV shows. After discussing the many approaches and techniques to developing logos, the students were given a class assignment to create their own logo as part of a school-wide art class contest. The children had to choose between developing logos
for two fictitious products: a bubble gum that never loses its flavor, and a bed that automatically makes itself each morning. The logos were judged by Dello Stritto and two winners were chosen from each grade. The winners received a tshirt with their own logo design printed on it. “These kids were really engaged throughout the entire process. They knew what logos were, especially after seeing recognizable examples on screen. They all did an excellent job conceptualizing their product names and logo designs. The winners did some amazing work,” said Dello Stritto. Uadiski continued: “Our St. John students are amazingly creative. It was so much fun to witness their excitement for the assignment and see the fantastic ideas they brought to life for the logo contest.” “These kids could end up working for us one day.” Dello Stritto added.
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Centre Hall food market and deli to close this month By SAM STITZER
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CENTRE HALL — Confer’s Country Market, a popular grocery store and deli in Centre Hall, will close its doors for the last time on Tuesday, Aug. 18. Store owners Michael and Darlene Confer are soon to become grandparents, and have decided to give up the store operation after 25 years to have free time to visit with their sons and the new grandchild in Virginia, according to Darlene Confer. The store has a history going back nearly 50 years, when the building was constructed by Howard E. “Honey” Emery, who had run a grocery store for many years on Pennsylvania Avenue in Centre Hall, in the brick building where Brothers Pizza is now located. Emery built the new store, and a home about 100 feet away along Route 192, just east of the borough line. In about 1965, he relocated his store to the site, and called it Emery’s Market. Darlene and Michael Confer used to drive by the store on their daily commute to their jobs, and in 1990, saw that the building was for sale. “I said ‘Michael, someone ought to buy that store and do something with it — we could really use a deli in this area’,” said Darlene. “He said ‘if that’s what you want to do, go ahead and make an offer,’ so I made an offer I thought they would not accept, and they accepted it. We became retail owners, never having had any retail experience.”
The deli idea proved to be a good one for the Confers. “The big thing for us is our deli. No matter where we go people talk about our chicken salad,” said Darlene. “Every morning this week we cooked 25 pounds of chicken salad and 35 pounds of potato and macaroni salad.” She credits their cooking process for the appeal of the chicken salad. “We pressure-cook the chicken, and it changes the flavor and the texture,” she said. “It’s not something you can duplicate on a stove top.” Confer said their customer base covers a wide area in the county. “We have customers from the Penns Valley and Brush Valley areas, and Boalsburg, State College, and Bellefonte,” she said. “They’ll often buy for other people — like five quarts, and drop it off at five different houses.” Confer’s chicken salad has even garnered a reputation far outside Centre County. “One day some people from Las Vegas were buying chicken salad and packing it in dry ice to take back to Vegas,” said Confer. “It’s gone to Florida, it’s gone to Maine, and when (Centre Hall) people come home, they buy it.” Confer’s employee Pat Moyer has been with the store for 25 years, and is sad to see it close. “It’s like losing your family,” she said. Moyer was the first of three generations of her family to be employed by Confer’s. Her son had worked there for a time, and
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A CUSTOMER WAITS for deli items in Confer’s Country Market, which will close on Aug. 18. her grandson currently works for Confer’s. Confer said she and her husband have considered closing the store for several years. “When we first purchased it, we thought we would keep it for 10 years, then sell it,” she said. “And then it got to be 15 years, then it was 20 years, and then we did start thinking about selling it.” Now, the time is right.
“We knew that once he (Michael) retired, we wanted more flexibility to travel and do things we did prior to buying it,” she added. “Retail just ties you down.” Confer said the market is currently for sale, and it is not known if it will continue to be a food market and deli. Before closing the doors on Aug. 18, the market will offer discounts of up to 50 percent on everything in the store.
Penns Valley church hosts car show in Spring Mills By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
SPRING MILLS — The Faith Alive Fellowship Church, located at 4394 Penns Valley Road (Route 45) near Spring Mills was the site of a car, truck, and motorcycle show on Aug. 1. This inaugural show was held as a community outreach project by the church youth group. “We worked hard for six months on this,” said youth group leader and show organizer Autumn Fetterolf. No registration fees were charged for show entrants, and a pavilion on the spacious church grounds held a supply of free food and drinks for entrants and spectators. Fetterolf described the youth group as the “work force” of the show, handling all registration, parking, judging, and awarding of trophies duties for the day. She said that 63 vehicles, including street rods, muscle cars, antiques, pickup trucks, and motorcycles, were entered in the show on a perfect summer day. Fetterolf was pleased with the turnout for the show, and hopes to make it an annual event. Taking the Best of Show (Truck) trophy was a beautiful 1955 Chevy pickup owned by Bob Rossman of Howard. Rossman bought the truck in the 1970’s for just $300. “It was rusty junk when I got it,” he said. The Chevy underwent extensive repair and modifications including installation of
a 396 cubic inch Chevy engine with many chrome accessories and a nitrous oxide injection system. “It makes between 400 and 500 horsepower now,” said Rossman. The truck was painted with a 1973 Lincoln color called Silver Blue Moondust, a light metallic blue. Rossman has accumulated 110 show trophies with the truck. The Best of Show (Car) trophy went to a bright orange 1971 Chevy Camaro coupe co-owned by Tom Stull and Bob Baker. “We share ownership…and the expense,” said Stull, noting that the car’s high-performance 454 cubic inch engine gets only about 13 miles per gallon of fuel. In the motorcycle class, Darren McCawley’s metalflake blue 2014 Harley-Davidson Ultra Limited took the top prize. The bike is fitted with many accessories including a fairing which contains a stereo. A rare and unusual Rokon Trail Breaker motorcycle was shown by an unidentified entrant. The Rokon dates from about 1969, and is an off-road trail bike featuring twowheel drive. A unique hybrid shaft and chain system enables the front wheel to be driven as well as steered. The bike is powered by a West Bend single cylinder two-stroke engine mounted horizontally to provide high ground clearance. The wide wheels use tractor-type tires for amazing traction. The engine air intake is via a high mounted snorkel, which enables the bike to ford streams nearly submerged. It was the ultimate boondock-
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BOB ROSSMAN with his 1955 Chevy pickup which earned the Best of Show (Truck) trophy at the Faith Alive Fellowship car show. ing bike in its day. Tim Drake from Lewistown, showed his bright red 2007 Dodge Dakota R/T pickup. This was a rare, top of the line model of-
fered only in small numbers in 2006 and 2007. Drake has shown the immaculate truck in many shows, where it has always received favorable compliments.
Fourth annual Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest kicks off CENTRE HALL — Pennsylvania Certified Organic (PCO) announces the Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest, back for its 4th year, August 7 and 8 at the Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall. Join us as we celebrate the ever-growing organic community through inspiring speakers, family activities, parades, hayrides, live music, dance and of course, organic food! This free event is great for the entire family. “Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest celebrates our state’s rich organic heritage, which began more then 75 years ago when J.I. Rodale first used the term ‘organic’ to describe natural alternatives to chemical farming,” says Leslie Zuck, Executive Director of Pennsylvania Certified Organic. “Pennsylvania now ranks in the top ten in organic production thanks to generations of family farmers dedicated to producing healthy, delicious food for their families
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The educational sessions this year promise to bring insight and inspiration on organic and sustainable living, with a special track dedicated to GMOs called “Certified Organic: Always non-GMO!” The Spring Creek Homesteading Track offers workshops on Food Preservation Without Canning, Home Mushroom Production, Permaculture as an Approach to Homestead Level Food Production, and a talk by Laura Young of Spring Mills’ Rising Spring Meats, a PCO-certified organic meat processor. A founding partner of FarmFest, Spring Creek supports local self-sufficiency by supporting new, renovated, and expanded food gardens and orchards, urban farms, community greenhouses, kitchens, bakeries, farmers markets, and workshop
An inspiring array of guest speakers will be featured throughout the event, including: n Michael Smith, Executive Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Friday) n Hannah Smith-Brubaker, Deputy Secretary for Markets and Economic Development, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture (Friday) n Gary Zimmer, President Midwestern BioAg, Author The Biological Farmer (Friday and Saturday) n Coach Smallwood, Executive Director, Rodale Institute (Friday) n Andre Leu, Author The Myths of Safe Pesticides and President of International Federation of Organic Farming Move-
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A main focal point of the festival, the Organic Family Arena offers live entertainment, hands-on activities, and learning opportunities for children and adults alike. Featured on the Family Stage are KJ Smiles, Gary Gyekis, Smoke in the Light, Jamie DuVall, Jim Pierce, and Barafo West African Drumming Collective, with more acts to be announced. The Family Arena will also have demonstrations with live farm animals, birds of prey and more. In conjunction with Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest, Pennsylvania Association FarmFest, Page 12
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Z car lovers unite for unique event By CONNIE COUSINS
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STATE COLLEGE — “Love my Z,” was a comment heard over and over at the buffet held at Letterman’s in State College for the members of the ZSCCA or Z Series Car Club of America. ZSCCA is the national car club for all past and future BMW Z-Series cars. The 2015 ZFest was held from July 29 to Aug. 3 at the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel in State College. More than 150 people attended the event. Central Pennsylvania Representative, Mark Bigelow, of Petersburg, said that he was pleased the way the mornings rides had gone. Two groups left the Penn Stater Conference Center and Hotel — home of ZFest for the second year — to travel to Juniata Valley Winery, then rode another half hour to the Asher Chocolate Factory. The group enjoyed a tour of the factory and loved the chocolate samples they received at the conclusion of the tour. Back in the cars, the group enjoyed another countryside ride through beautiful Pennsylvania to Seven Mountains Winery. The Home Page for ZSCCA reads: “We are an organization of enthusiasts who feel that the road taken has less to do with arriving in the shortest time and more to do with the appreciation of the journey, the road and the car. The group is a source of information and their website serves as a central point for folks to connect and who enjoy the simplicity offered by great sports cars such as the Z1, Z3, Z4 and Z8.” The ZSCCA comes together each year because of a common interest, But from those meetings, many friendships have evolved. Some people have been coming and enjoying other members for years and say they have made life-
long friends through the club. A Canadian couple that lives in Naperville, N.Y., has been coming to the ZFests for several years. They decided to buy “one of those babies,” what Barb Gerbes calls the BMW roadsters, after 30 years of marriage. Werner Gerbes, who retired from General Motors said: “It’s been a lot of fun, meeting people and renewing friendships each time we attend.” After retiring in 2004, they bought their first Z, which was a Cosmo Black Z3. “We bought our Z4 in 2010,” Werner Gerbes said. “We sort of stumbled onto the club,” he said. “I was looking around on the Internet and saw a notice for a newsletter from a car club for Z3s. I sent for the information and soon after that I received an email from a guy who invited any Z owners to come to his house where he would provide food for a get together.” The Gerbes’ decided “what the heck,” and they arrived at the guy’s house where several Z cars were parked. The Gerbes’s have a dual citizenship with U.S. and Canada and are happy to travel back to Canada occasionally. There were clinics held for all interest groups. The Detailing Protection and Preservation clinic served those who were Concours d’Elegance enthusiasts and Z owners intent on keeping their cars looking as good as they can. The Seat Busing clinic was also well attended by persons whose Z Series seats may have gotten a little wobbly. For the competitive types, the Zedkhana provided a chance for owners to show both manual dexterity and driving skills. Some of the group also attended and reported at great time at a Spikes Baseball game on Friday evening, while others enjoyed the social and dinner at Brookmere Winery. While some Z owners were involved in learning new skills, others were off on a wine and chocolate tour. Luckily
Public sky watch set STATE COLLEGE — A free Central Pennsylvania Observers public skywatch will be held at 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 7, at Bernel Road Park. The event also will include experiments conducted for children, beginning at 7:30 p.m. During the event, there will be viewing of the night sky through telescopes. Telescopes will be provided, or participants can bring their own. Bernel Road Park is located at 2501 Bernel Road, State College, between Buffalo Run Road (Route 550) and Fox Hill Road near the University Park Airport. CPO is a community-based amateur astronomy club founded in 1997. Skywatches are presented by CPO and Discovery Space and co-sponsored by Centre Region Parks and Recreation. For more information, visit www.cpoclub.org/skywatches.
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FarmFest, from page 10 for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) will hold a two-day Summer Conference of educational programming at the same location on Thursday, Aug. 6, and Friday, Aug. 7. (Registration and fee required, www.pasa farming.org.) This two-day in-depth learning experience will dive into “The Story of Soil” with practical and effective information on how to build and maintain soil health on your farm. The PASA Summer Conference also features keynote speaker Gary Zimmer of Midwestern BioAg.
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A main staple of FarmFest is the Bell & Evans Homemade and Homegrown Market, which includes the wildly popular Mom’s Organic Food Court, with a variety of regional food trucks and vendors using organic and local whole food ingredients for their entire menu. The Market also includes unique craft vendors and farmers market vendors. It’s a great time to shop for local produce and for that perfect gift!
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Because last year’s Wool Village was so successful, this year we’re moving them to a larger building. Find your favorite fiber vendors—spinners, weavers, knitters, and retailers—at the Wool Village. The village also features a number of demos, includ-
Experience some of the best local music on FarmFest’s three live music stages. Headlining this year’s barn dance is Marah. The Homemade & Homegrown Stage features performances from the Raven & the Wren, Harold Taddy, and a Variety Hour sponsored by the fledgling radio station WSOV: Sounds of the Valley. Local kids acts and dancing groups populate the Family Arena stage as well.
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Book Nook features an opportunity to meet local and national authors in a casual setting. Hear these writers read excerpts from their books, and tell their own stories related to health and well-being: Robin Moore, local author and storyteller; Herbalist Jennifer Tucker; Spiritualist Nick
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On Saturday the FarmFest 5K and fun walk has always been a great way to wake up and get ready for a full day at FarmFest! The 5k course takes runners through the extensive, scenic Grange Fairgrounds. Register now to run the FarmFest 5K at farmfest@paorganic.org/5k/
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Penns Valley church holds 5K run/walk and bike ride event By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
SPRING MILLS — The Family Life of Penns Valley Church held its fourth annual 5K run/walk and 10-mile bicycle ride on Aug. 1, beginning at the church’s property in Gregg Township at the intersection of Route 192 and Ridge Road. Race Coordinator, Jennifer Stover said that 26 runners and riders from the Penns Valley, Bellefonte and State College areas registered for the event. The event was a fundraiser for the church, which plans to erect a new building on the church’s prop-
erty. The congregation of about 130 members currently meets in the former Northwest Bank building at 219 N. Pennsylvania Ave. in Centre Hall. Family Life Pastor K.R. Mele calls the project “Catch the Vision.” “This event is for fun and for the church,” he said. Mele noted that the church had planned to break ground for their new building earlier this year, but encountered some snags. “We have all the permits now, and just need to raise more funds to proceed,” he said. The running and walking course fol-
lowed an out-and-back path beginning on Ridge Road and continuing to a turnaround point on Middle Road, then finishing on a three-quarter mile path around the church property. Patrick Singletary was the first to cross the finish line with a time of 18:58. When the runners had finished, the bike riders lined up on Ridge Road for a 10-mile loop following several rural roads in Gregg Township. “We’ve had the run for four years, but this is just the second year for the bikes,” said Mele. Mele, who rode the 10-mile loop, is an experienced bike rider, having completed a 3,178 mile bicycle fundraising and mission trip from
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Kayaker Kurtz gets better with age By CONNIE COUSINS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association (BHCA) will host a 50th Anniversary Party for Dave Kurtz in honor of his years of coaching kayaking and canoeing at the Sunnyside Paddling Park. The party is scheduled from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 13 at The Queen, 176 E. Linn St. in Bellefonte. One of the things happening in Bellefonte is that the BHCA is in the process of relocating the old Rail Freight Station to Talleyrand Park, where it will become a kayaking and canoeing museum. Kurtz is paying for the project. Nancy Perkins, niece of Anna Keichline Wagner, and designer of the museum dedicated to Anna, is designing the exhibits for the Kayaking/Canoeing Museum. Her design work will include the lighting and signage also. You can see the exhibit about Anna Keichline at the Bellefonte Art Museum. Kurtz’s career was in Analytical Chemistry, Pesticide Research. He talked about his passion for kayaking. “I first tried kayaking as a 15-year-old boy scout on a twoday trip on the Muskegon River in Maryland. The next time I did
any canoeing was when I returned to PSU as a Graduate Student in Chemistry. The first day or two I was there, I was invited on an outing club trip. It was on whitewater and I’ve never really stopped paddling,” he said. Kurtz teaches the canoeing and kayaking on a regular basis. There are both basic and advanced lesson levels. Basic level involves six sessions and after the six lessons, you don’t have to pay for the rest of the year. The second year it costs less for membership and coaching. On Aug. 3, Kurtz and several others gathered for a race. He had worked with some others the day before to prepare the course for practice and for the race. This involved placing the lines and the poles through which the kayaks must pass. The kayaks went through the gates in order and in different directions. It was timed. Sunday’s race included: n Jacob Saldana, Zachary Grant and Chase Ebeling from Milesburg n Alden Henrie from Snowshoe n Jon Nelson and Dave Kurtz from State College n Amy Nelson from Centre Hall n Sarah Zajicek from Allentown Michele Barbin was on timing
and the judges were Doug Grant and Kathy Phillips. The day couldn’t have been more perfect for a race. There was enough moving water to make the race challenging and sunlight and warm breezes to add to the beauty of the event. Many of Kurtz’s students have gone on to win whitewater slalom competitions across the country and even internationally. He told one story about looking beyond your goals to ones that you might not of entertained earlier. “I had met some people from Slovenia and one of them said that with the talented boys I had taught, I could compete internationally,” he said. “ That was beyond my plans at that time, but in 1963, I ended up taking a team to Slovenia for the World Championships.” Kurtz’s passion goes beyond competing in races. “In the early 1960s, I had started building canoes. I was using fiberglass and they were closed in like kayaks to stand the whitewater. In talking with a Galasport representative, I decided to change my design slightly. I am now a Galasport distributor,” he explained. All who know Kurtz are asked to come and make his anniversary celebration extra special and please tell any former students to
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LOCAL KAYAKER Dave Kurtz just gets better with age. He will be honored by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association on Aug. 13. attend. Any persons can respond on BHCA’s Facebook page. Kurtz will be at the Bellefonte Arts and Crafts Fair on Friday,
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What you need to know about diabetes risk factors When it comes to Type II diabetes, many only consider weight when examining their risk. Diabetes is complicated however, and risk factors are numerous. Some of the confusion is potentially reflected in statistics. From 1980 through 2011, the number of Americans with diagnosed diabetes more than tripled, from 5.6 million to 20.9 million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and millions more have prediabetes or are undiagnosed. On the bright side, cutting-edge research has uncovered strategies for avoiding, controlling and even reversing diabetes. “It’s tempting to think that there’s not much you can do except take medication and hope for the best,” says George L. King, M.D., Chief Scientific Officer at Joslin Diabetes Center, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and author of the new book, “The Diabetes Reset.” “However, anyone can improve their body’s response to insulin and its ability to metabolize glucose in the blood.” Each individual’s glucose control problems are unique, which is why King offers a range of evidence-based, diabetes-fighting strategies in his book. Here he shares a few:
diet distinguishes between refined carbohydrates and complex carbohydrates, which are high in fiber, and will be converted into blood glucose much more slowly.
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If your BMI is above 25 and you’re able to reduce your body weight by 5 to 7 percent, you can reduce your insulin resistance and improve your glucose metabolism. Be advised, many doctors feel that BMI is of limited value in determining a diabetes risk because it doesn’t distinguish between fat and lean tissue or between different types of body fat. Abdominal fat is the most dangerous type of fat in terms of diabetes risk, so many doctors use waist circumference as an additional measurement.
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Your muscles can lose insulin sensitivity due to inactivity. This can be largely reversed through a combination of 150 minutes of aerobic activity per week plus weekly strength training sessions. Together, these activities can increase your muscles’ ability to oxidize fats, glucose and other fuels, while also helping you lose weight.
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A recent study by Dr. King and his Joslin colleagues has shown that insulin sensitivity, glucose metabolism and type 2 diabetes risk can all be significantly improved by switching to a low-fat, highfiber diet consisting of 70 percent carbohydrates, 15 percent fat and 15 percent protein, including 15 grams of dietary fiber for every 1,000 calories consumed. This dietary approach, known as the Rural Asian Diet, is easy to maintain, as it doesn’t call for restricting calories or totally avoiding any particular food group. While many diabetes experts promote restricting carbohydrates, this
There is mounting evidence that lack of sleep can contribute to insulin resistance and possibly causes damage to the pancreas, putting you at heightened risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Attempt to get seven to eight hours of highquality sleep every night to improve insulin sensitivity. More diabetes-strategies can be found at www.workman.com. Whether you have diabetes or not, understanding this disease and how it can be controlled can significantly improve your overall health. — Content courtesy StatePoint.net
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There are plenty of options for seniors to stay active Worried your parents might not be getting the exercise they need at their assisted living facility? Never fear! There’s a growing trend of retirement communities introducing unconventional fitness routines to keep active seniors moving. Walnut Village in Anaheim, Calif., is just one of the communities involved in the The National Senior League, which allows residents to form Wii bowling teams as a way for seniors to stay fit and active. Each team has eight players and competes with opponents from all across the country using the motion-based gaming system. Besting the rest of their competition, the Walnut Village Wii Warriors recently became the NSL’s 2012 Spring Season California State Wii Bowling Champions. Ages of participants range from 70 to 93, according to activity director, Lola Ramos. “They love it. I can’t take it off the calendar,” Ramos said. “It’s a great way to get people out of their apartments to socialize and interact with other residents.”
Although the technology may be intimidating for older residents at first, the controller is userfriendly, especially for those with limited mobility and arthritic hands, Ramos told HuffPost/50. More importance is being placed on fitness for retirees as Colin Milner, chief executive of the International Council on Active Aging, told The New York Times: Programs for post 50s, such as SilverSneakers, promote continued healthy living and fitness. SilverSneakers, which offers fitness classes and social events, is available to active seniors through many Medicare and health care plans across the country. It’s so surprise retirement communities are trying to shift seniors attentions from mahjong to Zumba and Wii Bowling — studies have found that by implementing simple daily exercise, such as jogging, individuals can add years to their lives. — Content courtesy StatePoint.net
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OLLI offers plenty for those over 50 UNIVERSITY PARK — Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Penn State has much to offer for older people. OLLI is a volunteerdriven organization that provides mature adults educational and social enrichment opportunities. In 1996, the Director of the Centre Region Senior Center, staff from the Penn State Gerontology Department, The Director of Penn State Continuing Education and some community minded folks met to plan a lifelong learning center for this area. First named CALL Connie Cousins — Community Acadecovers a wide my for Lifelong Learnvariety of events in ing — it started by Centre County for the Centre County offering nine courses Gazette. Email her to 57 members. After at ccous67@gmail. receiving an Osher com. Grant, the name was changed to OLLI in 2007 and has received other grants since that time. OLLI has administrative space CONTINUED FROM PAGE 15 Building at Innovation in the Outreach Park and access to classrooms and meeting spaces. So who can come to OLLI classes? Although OLLI promotes its programs to the over 50 crowd, anyone over the age of 18 may join. Membership in OLLI allows you to have discounts on trips that are offered and preferred placement, saves you money on theater performances, gives you advance notice through catalogues and newsletters of upcoming no-cost Penn State activities that are open to the public and allows you to enroll in OLLI courses (not open to nonmembers). The upcoming fall schedule for OLLI classes has many interesting offerings for
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Take small steps to better health Staying healthy doesn’t have to mean overhauling your lifestyle. Sometimes small changes can have big impacts. Take it from celebrity fitness trainer, Latreal “La” Mitchell: “Everyone can reach their health and fitness goals. It’s all about setting attainable goals and staying motivated to see results.” To look, feel and live better, Mitchell is offering tips for small lifestyle changes you can make that can inspire you to make more in the future:
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If exercise is not a part of your life now, don’t worry. “In a short time, you can be doing quality exercises,” says Mitchell. “The key is to start small.” Try short sets of push-ups, planks, squats, and lunges and work your way up. Ten minutes can make a real difference. Remember, little things like taking the stairs instead of the elevator will keep you feeling great all day. Just be sure to make exercise non-negotiable. Life is busy and it’s easy to find any number of reasons to skip a workout. Make
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The small goal of adding more fiber to your diet can lead you to better nutrition choices. Aim to get 25 to 38 grams of fiber every day. In addition to upping your fruit and vegetable intake and swapping out processed white bread and pasta for the whole wheat variety, fiber supplements can help you meet your fiber goals. But choose wisely, as some options have additional benefits beyond supporting digestive health. For example, Meta offers products made with psyllium fiber which has multihealth benefits. Try adding Metamucil powder to a morning smoothie. Also try new MetaBiotic probiotic supplement. For many people, snacking can be a downfall, especially during a busy workday. Try substituting your usual temptations with healthier options. For example, almonds and light popcorn are a good substitute for chips, and
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Who approves your treatment when you cannot? All adults have the right to control their own medical care, including treatments which only prolong the process of dying. This is normally exercised by competent patients themselves. However, unfortunately, many patients are not able to make their own health care decisions. Pennsylvania law now recognizes four distinct types of documents which can be executed in advance to provide a mechanism for health care decision making when the patient no longer can. There is a fifth process available for persons who have not formally specified their wishes in adAmos Goodall has vance. been practicing law in Centre County n Health Care Powsince 1976. He ers of Attorney. These is certified as an instruments permit Elderlaw Attorney. an individual to name another person (or persons) who will have the power to make health care decisions at any time when the patient cannot do so. In order to be effective it must contain clear language indicating that it is to be used for such purposes, contain specific provisions, and be witnessed in accordance with specific statutory requirements. Many powers of attorney found on the internet or in
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Area — The Centre expanding STATE COLLEGE Authority is Transportation facility, and it could its maintenancebuses once it is comsupport longer purpleted. interested in CATA has been for some time and buses 10 chasing longer articulated bus about tested its first CATA emyears ago. end of June, bus. Toward the another articulated ployees tested Nova Bus IncorThe manufacturer, the 62-foot diedelivering Avenue and options at the intersection. Southeastern porated, was different traffic 5 hybrid to the Authority Benner, Page discussed some sel-electric Transportation Pennsylvania Philadelphia area when the State College. that serves two days in as it stopped for of its visit, the bus ran During part Loop, picking up and Blue part of the passengers. discharging said Jacqueline time for CATA. “It was exciting,” is there is no spokesperson “The problem said William Taylor, to using Sheader, a Board lot of advantages for pedestrians,” By ALEXA LEWIS “There are a buses and it seemed to be of the borough’s “Peozette.com of the chairman types those news@centrecountyga council members. beof Health, to from across the street well received.” could benefit — State Colple are dashingno time ... 30 seconds referring Some routes STATE COLLEGE members reis would Sheader added, cause there council longer buses, the loop-and-link bus the lights change lege Borough ongoing discussion to every time the particularly addressed and Atherton help.” addressed Avenue feet really 40 also routes. around the Park during their meetbuses are about Council membersstaff, council and Most CATA 62-foot bus that Street intersection 30 seats. The other solutions brought to the table, with about seats and can ing on July 20. at have occurred tried had 62 the public have a traffic circle that CATA Two fatal accidents intersection. 112 passengers. in including addingand extending Allen year at the accommodate be a lot of efficiency freshman in the past family the intersection the congestion on Penn State “There would Photo courtesy Benner buses,” Sheader In July 2014, by a pickup Street to relieveand Park Avenue. was struck using the articulated returned from Eva O’Brian was crossing Atherton Atherton StreetRegion Planning Comits mainBenner, who recently said. a “Tumble truck as she is expanding Police The Centre THUMBS UP: Noah bill of health, will be part of While CATA there is currently no late State College Street. clean occurred in mission, the Hershey with a 25. tenance facility, to purchase new buses. and the Pennsylvania Another fatality and a car collided, on Saturday, July Department cost scooter for Noah” event funding in place Heights June after a 28-30 CATA has now the College The buses that articulated 4 31 Business ..................... which prompted Association to en$450,000 and ......... 26 Intersection, Page But, ........................ more than Happening Neighborhood of action. more expensive. . 27 Classified 24 What’s kind buses are evenlonger buses are someCorner ............ 25 Puzzles ........................... dorse some .... 16, 17 Women’s Sheader said, happen in a few years. Spread ........... 18-23 Arts & Entertainment 10 Centre thing that could ....................... Sports ......................... . 7 Education ............... 11-15 Community Opinion ........................... ......... 8, 9 Health & Wellness
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or the insertion of tubes, among other things. The directive must be in the form authorized by the legislature. The POLST process may include a separate “Do Not Resuscitate” order (DNR). n Mental Health Powers of Attorney. In addition to general medical decisions, patients can give that same person (or another) the power to make mental health treatment decisions. Among the powers a mental health care agent can be given is the authority to authorize placement in a locked psychiatric treatment facility. n Health Care Representatives. For persons who have not executed any of these documents, the legislature has authorized certain persons to make health care decisions for a person who is unable to express his or her wishes, called “Health Care Representatives.” The first priority class is the person’s spouse (unless a divorce ac-
“self-help” books do not meet those requirements. There is a form suggested by the legislature, but so long as the statutory requirements are met, a health care power of attorney may be customized for the patient’s wishes. n Living Wills. Any document which expresses the “end of life” wishes of the patient may become a living will if it is properly witnessed. As with health care powers of attorney, no particular form is mandated by the law, although the health care power of attorney form authorized by the legislature contains living will language, and many offices combine health care powers of attorney with living wills. Living wills may only give guidance to the agent or may actually control what the agent must do. Pennsylvania has special rules for dementia and for artificial nutrition and hydration that are not covered in most internet or self-help book forms. A living will can be executed even though no health care power has been given, although typically both are executed in one document or at the same time. n Pennsylvania Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment. These very specialized documents, called “POLST,” are executed by the patient’s doctor dealing specifically with the problem of paramedics having to resuscitate patients in virtually every circumstance. A patient who does not wish certain treatment in the field may have a POLST prepared authorizing paramedics and emergency room physicians to forego the administration of CPR, defibrillation,
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Tips to help you avoid surplus fat as you age There are many ways you can stay fit and promote a long, healthy life. And you probably know about some of them, particularly those habits that are widely discussed in the media and by doctors. However, scientists have recently made new discoveries that can help you activate weight loss while gaining control over deadly aging processes. Beyond eating a well-balanced diet and getting plenty of exercise, how can you facilitate a healthy body weight?
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min’s most beneficial mechanisms is to activate AMPK. This is one way it lowers elevated glucose. However, most physicians only prescribe metformin for Type II Diabetes, making access to this drug difficult for most people. n Botanical Extracts: Two natural agents, the Chinese herb Gynostemma pentaphyllum and trans-tiliroside derived from rose hips, have been shown to activate AMPK, reducing belly fat, cholesterol, blood sugar, and insulin levels. You can supplement your diet with an AMPK activator to turn off many damaging effects of aging. More information can be found at LifeExtension.com/activateAMPK. Over the years, you don’t just have to quietly accept weight gain and the effects of aging. Take advantage of the new scientific findings that can help you promote a long, healthy and fit life. — Content courtesy StatePoint.net
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Are you ready for some football? Mountain League holds annual high school media day
By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
WINGATE — With the beginning of the 2015 season just over the horizon, the Mountain Football League held its annual media day at Bald Eagle Area High School on August 4. The league consists of eight teams, with four of those teams — Bald Eagle Area, Bellefonte, Penns Valley, and PhilipsburgOsceola — coming from Centre County. The remaining teams are Central Martinsburg, Clearfield, Huntingdon and Tyrone. The 2015 season will begin on Sept. 11 with a full slate of games: PhilipsburgOsceola will be at BEA, Huntingdon at Bellefonte, Central at Tyrone, and Penns Valley at Clearfield. In recent years, Tyrone, Central and Clearfield have dominated the league standings, but some coaches see more balance in the league in 2015. “I expect the league to be as tough as ever,” Bald Eagle Area coach Ron Hoover said. “The teams that were up on top, the Clearfields, the Centrals, Tyrone, they’re going to be tough again. Huntingdon was in the playoffs last year, and Bellefonte has a lot of good kids back. With Penns Valley and coach (Mike) Soyster at Philipsburg, everybody is going to be better. “There won’t be that big split like last year, with teams up here and the others down below. There are going to be a lot more competitive games.” None of the Centre County teams in the league made the playoffs last year, but each of the coaches of those teams is looking for his team to be improved this season and more competitive in the league. “I see a nice temperament going into
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SEVERAL BELLEFONTE Area High School seniors attended Mountain League Media Day on Aug. 4. From left, wide receiver Nick Jabco, fullback Dillon Kephart, quarterback Mark Armstrong and defensive lineman Patrick Johnsonbaugh. the season from our players and what they want to accomplish,” P-O coach Soyster said, “and they have a little bit of a chip on their shoulders, too. “The (Mountain) league is outstanding football. The teams that are up there are great, and the teams in the middle of the pack will be strong also. I see us moving up
a couple notches this season, as competitive as it is.” After the opening week, each successive week features compelling matchups between league teams, so save these dates: Sept. 18 — BEA at Penns Valley; Bellefonte at P-O Sept. 25 — P-O at Tyrone
Oct. 2 — Central at BEA; Tyrone at Bellefonte Oct. 9 — P-O at Penns Valley Oct. 16 — Penns Valley at Bellefonte; Huntingdon at BEA Oct. 23 — BEA at Clearfield Oct. 30 — Clearfield at P-O Nov. 6 — Bellefonte at BEA
Spikes’ bullpen still trying to find its way Tony Carr commits to Nittany Lions STATE COLLEGE — State College Spikes manager Johnny Rodriguez idolizes Kobe Bryant for his ability to have no fear and his drive to win. “Gamers” is what Rodriguez likes to call athletes like Kobe. His starting rotation and lineup are finally starting to play like gamers, but the missing piece is an effective bullpen.. Right now, the State College Spikes are not a championship team until their bullpen finds this gamer mentality. Over the course of the season that is now half way through, the Spikes have blown a total of seven multi run leads after the fifth inning. This does not include games that were held close by the starting rotation, only to have the game slip away via the arms of the bullpen. It happened in the most recent six game home-stand against the Vermont Lake Monsters and the Lowell Spinners three times, spoiling great starting pitching performances on back-to-back nights from Landon Beck and Carson Cross. The inability to hold the lead is what keeps the Spikes 1½ games back in the wild card and under .500 instead of in the lead. There have been some bright spots in the pen, with big right-handers Luke Harrison and Kevin Alexander Centre County both with sub zero ERAs and the lone Gazette intern left-hander Jacob Evans getting his Connor Greeley first career save a few weeks ago. Rocovers the State driguez does not have a lot of guys College Spikes. who can throw multiple innings every Email him at night, so when one of these three has correspondent@ centrecounty to sit to rest their arm, trouble ensues. gazette.com. Tyler Bray was expected to be an anchor in the bullpen this season for the Spikes after he was an important piece in last years New York Penn League Championship. In 27.1 innings of work in 2014, he let up only 9 runs while holding opponents to a .187 average. However in his last 3 appearances, the side armed pitcher Bray has let up 7 runs in 3.1 innings with all the runs coming after the Spikes held what should have been a large enough lead to secure a win. According to Rodriguez, a lot of Bray’s issues are mental that stem from a lack of confidence. Poor mechanics are also in play. Rodriguez said after his outing against Lowell on August 1st that his body is “leaking” out or opening up early during his delivery, dragging his arm behind him, which from his unique delivery, effects his accuracy. “We are going to change things from the mechanical side and tell him that we trust him,” said Rodriguez, “but he’s got to help.” Bray is not the only reliever struggling. Jerry Then and Kender Villegas both have allowed eight runs in six innings
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BIG RIGHT-HANDER Luke Harrison has been one of the bright spots in the bullpen for the State College Spikes.
of work, which contributed to the losses to Vermont and Lowell. With a third of the bullpen not being able to pitch under the pressure of a lead, it is hard to keep a winning streak going. The Spikes have not had a winning streak longer than three games this season, because every time they get on a run, the effective arms in the bullpen are not available and the struggling pitchers have thus far, been unable to perform. It is hard to build momentum and go on a run, which is what the Spikes need to do if they want to defend their title. “Anytime after the sixth inning with a three-run lead you have to close the game out,” Rodriguez said. “Champions close the deal. You get that opportunity you got to cash in.”
UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s unfair to say that a single player simply committing can transform an entire program all on its own. But for Penn State basketball, the announcement that Tony Carr is headed to Happy Valley was the kind of nudge that can at least change the trajectory of a program for the better. Carr, ranked No. 53 in the nation by Rivals and No. 39 by Scout and the top ranked player in Pennsylvania is unequivocally the crowning achievement for head coach Pat Chambers and his staff who have fought for every step forward during his soon-to-be five year tenure at Penn State. Carr joins forward Joe Hampton and guard Nazeer Bostick as members of Penn State’s 2016 freshman class. Specifically, the Philadelphia product Carr comes in at 6-foot-4 and 180 pounds with offers from the likes of Indiana, Iowa, Maryland and Temple. Scout rates Carr as the top point guard on the East Coast and the seventh best in the nation. While those kinds of accolades can be hard to quantify, it does speak to a unified belief across all recruiting services that Carr is the type of player that any program would be happy to have. Perhaps more importantly for Penn State basketball’s long-term goals, Carr is simply the latest in a growing list of recruiting successes. Between the 2015 and 2016 recruiting hauls, four of the six committed players are rated within the Rivals Top 150. All things being equal, by the time the 2016-17 season arrives, Penn State will have a roster made up of at least five players from Philadelphia and two more from the highly regarded Oak Hill Academy in Virginia. While Carr can’t change the program on his own, a guard trio of Shep Garner, Tony Carr and Josh Reaves is the kind of thing that helps make waves in the nation’s best basketball conference. As always, Carr will have to still be committed by the time National Signing Day rolls around, but if he is, Penn State will have officially sealed the deal on maybe the program’s best two recruiting classes ever. From here Penn State will look to nail down Carr’s friend in Top 100 prospect Lamar Stevens with options elsewhere if that does not pan out. Either way, for a program and fan base that thrives on whispering “next year will be better” to itself, for the first time in a long time they might not be wrong.
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Golf Classic on the horizon STATE COLLEGE — The 25th annual Mount Nittany Medical Center Golf Classic will be held Saturday, Aug. 15 at the Penn State Golf Courses. More than $1,960,256 has been raised to help advance healthcare in the region since the Golf Classic’s inception 25 years ago. Proceeds from this year’s Golf Classic will benefit the Cardiac Catheterization Lab at Mount Nittany Medical Center, which has seen steady growth since it first opened in April 2000. Since then, the Cath Lab has performed more than 4,280 diagnostic catheterizations and 2,000 cardiac interventions, including 423 on patients experiencing a life-threatening event requiring immediate treatment. A muchJohn Dixon covers needed renovation to golf for The Centre the lab will include a County Gazette. new cath table with Email him at sports@centre imaging system and countygazette.com. an advanced patient monitoring system, improving the patient experience. Golfers enjoy a round of golf; on-course food station, courtesy of Rotelli; a boxed lunch, courtesy of Subway, post-play reception and awards dinner, sponsored by Curtze Food Service; commemorative gift sponsored by Rex Energy and Shaner Hotel Group; and in-cart refreshments and snacks, courtesy of Bittner Vending, Pepsi and Roaring Spring Bottling. A unique feature of Mount Nittany Medical Center’s Golf Classic is the random drawing of one registered golfer for a grand prize of $10,000 or a Subaru Impreza car. Team prizes for each flight were awarded to the 16 winning teams placing first through fourth in both net and gross scores on each course. Last year’s tournament raised $146,000 for the planned Healing Garden at Mount Nittany Medical
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PHILIPSBURG ELKS LODGE COUNTRY CLUB 20TH ANNUAL FISH OPEN
The Fish Open, sponsored by Dux Head Environmental Services, celebrated its 20th year at the Philipsburg Elks Country Club recently. A total of 120 amateurs and 16 golf professionals participated in the event that has had 516 players over the 20 years with 2,033 rounds played. Eight hole-in-one’s have also been record over the course of the event years. Nate Lucas, Paul Fischer, Judd Caruso are the top three overall career money leaders, Fischer and Scott Frey are the only two players to have participated in all 20 events. Winning the Net Division was P.J. Chieppor, Bent Creek Country Club, posting a round of 61 while Philipsburg Elks Country Club’s Lee Martell and Craig Bradley, Hershey Country Club, carded 64s for second place. Fourth was Fred Lucas, Philipsburg Elks Country Club, 66. Fifth, with 67s, was Andy Timchak, Philipsburg Elks C. C., Carter Fischer, Philipsburg Elks Country Club, and Steve Kirby, Mountain View Golf Club. The eighth spot was shared by Kevin Treese, Mountain View Golf Club, Mike Witters, Philipsburg Elks Country Club, Tony Nastase, Nittany Country Club, Don Johnson, Kane Country Club and Sam Nastase, Nittany Country Club, all shooting 68. Penn State’s Brian Short, winner in 2007 and a runner-up in 2013, claimed the gross division shooting a 66 for the win over three runner-ups who carded 68. They included Chad Gearhart, Clearfield-Curwensville Country Club, Scott Frey, Nittany Country Club, and Garret Bastardi, Mountain Valley Golf Club. Six players tied for fifth with a 70 including Jim Dixon, Philipsburg Elks Country Club and the 2001 champion, Joe Hanna, Hershey Country Club, Adam Timchak, Philipsburg Elks Country Club the 2014 runner up, Troy Monhahn, Sinking Valley
Country Club, Trent Miller Belles Springs Golf Club and Doug Goss, Philipsburg Elks Country Club and the 2003 runner-up. The team of Doug Goss, P.J. Chieppor, Cy Hunter and Tim Gette carded a 118 to win the team net title over the teams of Irv Witonsky, Tom Crater, Marlan Bowersox and Frank Webster along with Fred Lucas, Tony Nastase, Sam Nastase and John Musser. Three teams tied for third shooting a 126 that included Jack Vesnesky, Jon Vesnesky, Carter Fischer, Payton Guelich; Steve Byron, Kevin Treese, Tom Noffsker, Ed Schon; and Dennis Reiter, Rodney Mellott, Doug Hazel, Bob Luther. Team gross winners, carding a 134, was Craig Bradley, Frank Rohrman, Joe Hanna, Peter Chieppor while the foursome of Tom Koehle, Troy Monahan, Ryan Delbaggio, JD Coccia carded a 135 for second. In third, shooting a 136 was team of Matt Johnson, Don Johnson, Scott Bizzak, and Dewey Walter. Three teams tied for fourth carding a round of 138 that included Clayton Shadeck, Josh Norris, Chad Gearhart, Donny Butler; Brian Short, Joe Hughes, Ed Saccavino, Larry Miles along with the group of Ryan Dobo, Scott Nelson, Adam Timchak, Jarrod Benton.
COMING UP ACES
Recently Bellefonte’s Don Hastings recorded his first hole-in-one when he aced the par-3, 135-yard No. 7 hole on the Penn State White Golf Course using a 5-iron. Playing partners included Carl Williams, unfortunately recently passed away, Jim Knapp and Jay Rush.
CENTRE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB’S HUSBAND-WIFE TOURNAMENT
The team of Ken and Mindy Cocolin posted a round of 73 to win the championship flight of the Centre Hills Country Club’s Husband-Wife Tournament. Placing second with an 80 was the team of Phil Booth and BJ Hale. Third, shooting an 81 was Doug and Susan Pysher while Bob and Lisa Campbell were fourth carding an 83. First flight winners, posting a 76, were
Dave and Dana Fonash. Second with an 84 was Bill and Connie Hayes while Dan and Jan Condon placed third with an 89 and Keith and Pam Driftmier finished fourth with a 92. Donn and Mary Ann Wagner shot a 92 to take first in the second flight while George and Susan Keister were runner-up with a 95. Third was Steve and Judy Loy with a round of 96 while Oscar and Moira DeArmit posted a 98 for fourth.
PENN STATE’S BLUE COURSE LADIES LEAGUE
The Penn State Blue Course Ladies League recently held an event for both the 9-hole and 18-hole participants. In the 9-hole first flight Sally Kennedy and Marge Johnson tied for the top spot. Joan Nessler followed by Herbie Pae won second flight and Karen Wheeler finished first followed by Lilly Nichol in the third flight. First flight winner of the 18-hole event was Genny Vanemon followed by Maribel Lies. Patty Nellis was the winner of second flight while Diane Sweetland placed second. Third flight had Carolyn Follet winning with Fiona Adams runner-up.
CENTRE HILLS COUNTRY CLUB’S WOMEN’S MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT
The Centre Hills Country Club recently held its Women’s Memorial Tournament staging a 9-hole and 18-hole event with the following results: In the 9-hole group Linda Kilareski carded a round of 63 for first gross while Penny Blasko shot a 68 for second. The net winner, shooting a 43 was Mary Lovette followed by Barb McKeehen and Annette Rohrbeck with 48s. The 18-hole group winner was Lisa Campbell carding a 92 while Anne Rossi and Marilyn Mitinger finished second shooting 93. Jan Condon took first place net carding a 73 with runner-up Joyce Sipple and Joan Hartman tying with a round of 75. Golf, Page 26
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Franklin faces challenge when season finally arrives By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — If you were to make a list of things you should never ask a coach, questions regarding a game down the road and if a coach will approach the next game differently than all the others are two that make said list. And James Franklin managed to avoid all of those kinds of questions as he stood and later sat in front of microphones for nearly an endless amount of time on July 31. Maybe he didn’t want to answer questions about Christian Hackenberg’s future in the NFL, but those are at least questions that you have to ask. The ongoing dance between a reporter asking a question he or she already knows the answer to but has to ask anyway. Due diligence can be annoying for both parties. But what James Franklin did say poses an interesting question as to how Penn State will approach the first half of the schedule. A six-game stand that never sees the Nittany Lions leave the state. Perhaps some challenges lie in the season opener “on the road” at Temple and a night game against Rutgers, but other than that, Penn State should be favored fairly handily before the tables turn during a trip to Columbus. The question is not how Penn State will approach all of these games, but rather how it will approach getting play-
ers other than starters on to the field. Specifically, players who have redshirted in prior seasons. “Again, you look, we had 65 or just under 65 scholarship players last year,” Franklin said on Friday. “We played at the end of the year against, I think, Ohio State with 45 scholarship players and Michigan State, I think, was 41 scholarship players available at game time.” “So to have those guys in practice and be able to get the reps, I think that’s what people sometimes overlook. They think about the game, and the game is important. But it’s also preparing your guys and getting enough reps in practice so it has a trickle-down effect to everybody.” The point is this. Penn State has had a roster full of players since the sanctions began, but experience isn’t truly gained during a practice that involves third string players taking on third string players. Penn State’s depth issues haven’t been numbers, they have been talent in numbers. Having players that can compete for backup positions or even starting roles. Those kinds of players, that kind of talent, is essential to building a successful program. When the starters than the practice squad, they really mean it. That’s how you get better. And Franklin has been preaching the same. “If your second team offensive line cannot block your second team defensive line, you can’t develop the backup quarterback. You can’t develop the wide receivers. You can’t develop the corners.”
“When you have to reduce practice reps to keep people healthy, it just has an effect. You’re talking about that effect over three years. So being able to go back to more of a traditional model and the way we’re going to practice — and I’m not talking about the banging. It’s not necessarily about the banging. It’s just about the reps.” “We talk about mental reps and the importance of mental reps and how much you can get out of it, but there’s nothing like experience. So standing and watching is one thing. Being out on the field and actually doing it in practice and in games and building up that muscle memory as well as the fundamentals and techniques and footwork necessary to be successful is critical.” So the question is to ask the unaskable question. Does Penn State play the season’s opening six games with the hope of winning early and getting reps late? Does James Franklin approach those games differently because he knows that the Nittany Lions should win? To be certain Penn State’s starters are not a group without their own issues, but that doesn’t mean they can’t take care of business before the clock strikes zero. Regardless of how it all unfolds, every game in the opening six that Penn State can finish early — if that’s in the cards — the better. Not because they have won, but because the roster of the future can hit the field. Having talent is one thing. Getting that talent some experience is something else all together. A win in its own right.
Philipsburg finishes off scrappy Pleasant Gap squad By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
BELLEFONTE — The Philipsburg Spike Island Pirates are returning to the Centre County Baseball League finals, but they had to slam and pitch and battle against the determined Pleasant Gap Peppers to get there. The Pirates finally clinched the wild, semi-final series on Aug. 2 with a sometimes ragged 5-3 victory over the Peppers at Governor’s Park. Philipsburg burst out of the gate with three runs in the first inning, added two more in the third, and then held on for the series-winning victory. Josh Potter pitched a complete-game, seven hitter and picked up the win for the Pirates while A.J. Robinson, Jake Belinda and Parker Watson all drove in runs in support.
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As losses mount, Phillies fire sale continues soon the Phillies were the Phillies again. The Philadelphia Phillies, right now the There was another long stretch of meworst team in baseball, just traded away diocre results through the 1980s and 1990s, three of their best players. except for the very good and very kooky Cole Hamels, Jona1993 team. than Papelbon, and It wasn’t until 2001 that the Phillies emBen Revere were all barked on another long period of chamtraded for prospects pionship-level baseball, and it all started just before the deadwith the emergence of home-grown talline on July 31, and in ent like Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley, Ryan what seems like a twist Howard, Carlos Ruiz, and Ryan Madson. of logic, they had to do The Phillies from 2003 to 2012 never it. won less than 86 games in a season, and In retrospect, it’s they won the NL East title five years in difficult to blame the a row from 2007 to 2011. They won the team for what it did World Series in 2008 (with Hamels as the while trying to win it MVP), and they won a team-record 102 all in the mid-2000s, games in 2011. but that’s a big part of Yet with all that success, those teams how the Phillies got to were a big part — perhaps the biggest part where they are today. Pat Rothdeutsch is — of the reasons why the Phillies are so The Phillies were a sports writer for The Centre County bad now. also-rans for decades Gazette. Email him — and “also-rans” is After years of failure and disappointat sports@ ment, finally World Series rings and the a kind way to describe centrecounty parades down Broad Street were dangling them — until the gazette.com right there for the Phillies and their fans Steve Carlton-Mike to grab. They did it in 2008, and they were Schmidt-Greg Luzinski era brought them close for three years after that. back to notoriety in the late 1970’s. That But in every one of those seasons, as group won 101 games in both 1976 and the All-Star break and the trade deadline 1977 and finished first in the NL East four approached, the Phillies always seemed to out of five years. They were among the be one player away from being the team best teams the Phillies ever assembled, that wins it all. They always needed that and they won the World Series in 1980 for one guy. the first time ever in Phillies history. There Introducing Bellefonte’s So they traded away their prospects, were near misses in 1981 and 1983, but
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Philipsburg, from page 23 “I knew he (PG pitcher Jon Romine) was throwing curve balls inside,” Watson said, “and I kind of stepped back from the plate. That’s what I got, and he got too much of the plate and I just swung. There was a runner on third, so I was honestly just trying to pull the ball, and I ended up hitting the ball into the gap.” Pleasant Gap made it 5-2 in the bottom of the third after two more Philipsburg errors, but Potter leveled out and retired six of the next seven batters. In the Pleasant Gap sixth, two consecutive singles and an RBI groundout by Kevin Tate brought the Peppers to within 5-3, but Potter ended the inning by forcing a ground out and a pop up. Three grounders in the seventh then wrapped it up. “They (Pleasant Gap) came on strong at the end of the year,” Philipsburg manager Myers said. “I said it before, they were tough all year long. They were a hit, a bunt, away from a couple more wins. They executed this series, and they hit the ball, I can tell you that. “We are in a groove right now. We didn’t play good defense today, but our bats are coming around and our pitching has been great. I kind of want to play on Tuesday (in the finals) to keep it going, so I’m hoping Howard gets it done. But either way, we’ll be ready.” Myers got his wish when Howard clinched later in the day, setting up a Howard-Philipsburg final.
BETHESDA, Md. — Two Mach One Slalom Team members and their coach participated in the recent Feeder Slalom held near Bethesda, Md. Dave Kurtz, of State College, picked up a silver medal with a 135-second run. Kurtz ran second to Carlos Ifarraguerri, of Bethesda, Md., who scored a 117-second run. Jacob Saldana and his cousin Zachary Grant finished fourth and fifth, with runs of 122.6 and 127.9 seconds on the 18-gate course. The Mid-Atlantic Region U12 team results were compiled, finding Saldana and Grant at third and fourth place in regional team standings.
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Philipsburg thumps Howard as County League finals begin By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
PHILIPSBURG — The top-seeded Philipsburg Pirates wasted little time establishing themselves in Game 1 of the CCBL championships against Howard on Aug. 4 at Philipsburg. The Spike Island Pirates struck for seven first-inning runs, added three in the third, and then three more in the fourth on the way to a convincing 13-1, five inning victory over the Hawks. Pirate pitcher Mark Curtis, just returned from a collegiate summer baseball league, pitched a complete game six-hitter and was in control of the Howard hitters throughout the game. The former Philipsburg High All-Stater allowed only the single run, struck out five and walked one in five innings of work. Shortstop Mike Marcinko led the charge for the Pirate offense with three hits and three RBIs, while catcher Rob Smith added two hits and two RBIs. Every hitter in the Philipsburg starting lineup had at least one RBI in the game. “Anytime we can get that many runs with Mark (Curtis) pitching,” Marcinko said, “we’re in a good spot. It was great to get that early lead, and I knew we were probably going to be safe with Mark on the mound.” Philipsburg’s first-inning outburst was set in motion by an unusual spate of wild-
ness from Hawk starter Ty Womer as much as it was by the Philipsburg bats. Womer walked three batters, allowed a double to Matt McCamley, and hit two others to account for the first three runs in the game. Zach Rote relieved Womer, and he was immediately met with a two-run single by Smith to make the score 5-0. Two batters later, Marcinko slashed a two-run single up the middle, and the score was suddenly 7-0. “I was anxious to hit,” Marcinko said. “The first time up I walked (in the first inning), so I was looking for a fast ball to drive it, and that’s what I did.” Howard got a run back in its second on a two-out double by Clay Smith and then an RBI hit by Dan Cole to make the score 7-1. But that was it for Howard. Curtis did allow a runner to reach base in every inning, but beside Smith, only one other got past second base. “It’s always nice to get a good lead,” Curtis said, “but when you get that many runs, you don’t want to sit back because that’s when they can get you. So I tried to keep my edge, pound the zone. I just wanted to stick to it and trust my filters.” McCamley and A.J. Robinson knocked in runs in a three-run third inning for Philipsburg, putting the score at 10-1, and then RBIs by Brandon Quay, Matt Curtis, and Marcinko in the fourth inning wrapped up the scoring for the Pirates.
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MOUNTAIN VIEW COUNTRY CLUB SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Mountain View Country Club in Boalsburg recently held its Senior Club Championships with Todd Cable posting a 36-hole score of 149 to win the overall senior gross
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PHILIPSBURG PITCHER Mark Curtis delivers a pitch during Game One of the County League championship series on Tuesday night in Philipsburg.
champion while the overall senior net champion was Scott Braniff posting a 128 score. The 50-59 age bracket First Gross winner was Dave Ellenberger, 151 followed by a tie for second by Steve Kirby and Kevin Treese carding a 152. First Net also resulted in a tie with a 133 score by Bill Gates and Scott Merrill while third net was won by Tyler Hughes with a 135. In the 60-69 gross division, Dan Leitzell and Gary McManus shared first place with a two-day total of 159. Rick Ennis carding a 36-hole score of 135 won first place net and second was Darryl Early carding a 137. In the 70-plus (Gold) division, first gross was won by Bob Meyer posting a two-day score of 160 while second
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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
The soundtrack to Penn State
IT helps students at the Lion 90.7 learn the radio business By LAUREN INGRAM Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — Steve Valenti loves working in radio — the music, the energy and even the all-nighters mixing playlists and recording promos for the Lion 90.7 FM, Penn State’s student-run radio station. Valenti, who grew up DJing at his family’s disc jockey business, has idolized such radio personalities as Wolfman Jack, Casey Kasem and Shadoe Stevens since he was a teenager. Today, as a returning adult student majoring in criminal justice through the Penn State World Campus, his passion for the industry hasn’t waned. Except, now, he’s the one on air and behind the scenes curating the tunes. “If I won the lottery, I would volunteer at the Lion for the rest of my life,” said Valenti, who has served as the station’s program director since he arrived at University Park campus in 2011 to attend classes (he later switched to World Campus to spend more time with his children). “As a 40-year-old, it was kind of difficult to find an extracurricular group to get involved with. But radio has always been a big part of my life, so I knocked on the station door, found somebody and kind of inserted myself.” Today, Valenti works alongside as many as 100 students involved in the club each semester to keep listeners — the majority of whom are digital-device-wielding students — tuning into radio, while still preserving the legacy of the station. Established as a senior class gift in 1953 when Dwight D. Eisenhower was president (his brother Milton was Penn State’s president at the time) and a nickel could buy a Perry Como or Patti Page song on a jukebox, the student station has worked to keep up with the technology of the day, reinventing itself from year to year. Just this summer, with support from the Office of Student Affairs, the University Park Allocation Committee and WPSU, the Lion moved into a brand new facility in the HUB. And while the station is still home to the same knee-high stacks of vinyl records that have been around for decades, the new, glass-enclosed headquarters is like any modern studio. It’s been outfitted with such broadcasting technologies as digital audio boards and iMediaTouch software for automating playlists and shows. The Lion has also turned to online streaming and created an iOS app to make its programming accessible to listeners near and far. With a round-up of popular talk shows like “Radio Free Penn State” and “Sports Blitz” and the freedom to play nearly any kind of music -- indie, reggae, Motown, classic and alternative rock, electronic
dance and even a few pop songs are all transmitted over the Lion’s airwaves — the station is proud to have established itself as the unofficial soundtrack to Penn State. “Our mission is to provide students and the local community with cultural and alternative programming not typically heard on commercial stations,” said Tyler Ball, the Lion’s president and a senior studying broadcast journalism. “We’re very fortunate to have a school that cares about and supports student radio and student involvement.” Ball says the Lion is not only an ideal organization for music enthusiasts to get involved with on campus, but a way for anyone to prepare for a career in radio or TV broadcasting. In addition to on-air personalities, there are behind-the-scenes roles for station president as well as directors of finance, technology, operations, sales and marketing, and more. “This is a real business, so any position you would find at a regular radio station, you’ll also find here,” he said. “We’re students who are just learning radio — 99 percent of our members have never done a radio show before joining, so we try to make it as easy as possible for them by providing the equipment and technology they’ll see in any traditional station.” For Alex Mellott, a sophomore in the College of Information Sciences and Technology and a new DJ at the station, understanding technology comes easy. As an IT enthusiast, Mellott is not only working on updating the station’s website and app this summer, but is also hosting “#Trending,” a show that highlights his picks for up-and-coming indie artists, Top 40 hits and ’90s throwback favorites. Though he’s often awake until 1 a.m. preparing for his four-days-per-week show, Mellott, who grew up in a military family and moved around a lot as a kid, is happy to be part of a community. “I did a little radio work in high school, and I knew I wanted to join the Lion and be on air because that’s where I feel at home,” Mellott said. On show days, he arrives at the station about an hour before his on-air time to finalize talking points and upload songs into the digital music catalog. He checks Penn State News, YouTube and other venues for trending and University-related stories to talk about — anything from Berkey Creamery’s new flavor to Penn State sports. By show time, Mellott has already chosen each song he’ll play and created a log that accounts for nearly every second of his two-hour show. By using iMediaTouch, a software that automates what’s played on air, Mellott can intermix songs with pre-recorded public service announcements, ads and other content the Federal Communications Commission requires the station to broadcast. Though planning
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ALEX MELLOTT, a DJ at the Lion 90.7 FM, works alongside as many as 100 students involved at the station each semester. is key, anything can happen once he’s live, so Mellott relies on the digital audio board — and sometimes a seven-second delay — to captain the show from beginning to end. To keep Penn State students interested, Mellott scours music blogs and sites like YouTube and Spotify to carefully select local and independent artists to feature each week. He takes pride in showcasing
artists like Kelsea Ballerini, an up-andcoming country singer, on the Lion before they hit commercial stations. Mellott says the combination of music and technology helps the student-focused station stay relevant. “We estimate that about 1,000 people tune in each week, and we’d like to continue to grow that number,” Ball said. “But connecting students, our target demographic, with the radio can be a challenge. Every student I know either listens to Spotify or Pandora. We don’t have radios in our apartments or dorms anymore and many of us don’t even have cars.” But smartphones are prevalent on campus, and the Lion is using that to its advantage to reach student listeners and make it easier for community members and alumni to stay connected with the station. Throughout the fall, the station members are hoping to create an Android app and continue to update the iOS app they already have by adding podcasts, show reminders and an up-to-the-minute display of what’s playing on air. Though technology changes, after more than 60 years, the station’s reliance on people, like Valenti, is constant. “We’re open to everyone. There’s no policy that says you have to fit a certain something to be part of our community,” Valenti said. “If you don’t think you’ll fit in, I’ll find someplace for you and something for you to do. All you have to remember is like anything in life, what you put in, is what you’ll get out — and definitely don’t say anything on air that you wouldn’t want your grandmother to hear.”
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ONGOING
Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecounty library.org for days and times. Club — The Schlow Knitting Club will meet at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday of the month. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com. Meeting — Calvary Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. Visit www.life recoverystatecollege.com. Community Meal — A free hot meal will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe. Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www. liferecoverystatecollege.com. Safety Checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921.
LIMITED-TIME EVENTS
Event — WingFest will be held at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday, July 16 through Aug.
27, at Tussey Mountain, 341 Bear Meadows Road, Boalsburg. Visit www.tussey mountain.com. Performance — “Betty Crocker, Kinsey, and Rock n’ Roll: A New 1950s Comedy” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. from Thursday, July 30 through Saturday, Aug. 15, at the Nittany Theatre At The Barn, 197 Old Boalsburg Road, Boalsburg. Performance — The Playhouse at McConnellstown will be presenting the comedy “The Servant’s Last Serve” at 8 p.m. on Aug. 7, 8, and 9, and at 2:30 p.m. on Aug. 9. The Playhouse at McConnellstown is located at 11680 Raystown Road, Huntingdon. Call (814) 627-0311. Supply Collection — New school supplies will be collected for donation at 12 p.m. from Friday, July 17 to Saturday, Aug. 18 at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 218 N. Church St., Boalsburg. Visit www. stjohnsucc.info. Club Meeting — Chess Club will meet from 2 to 4 p.m. every Saturday in Aug. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Children’s Activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout Aug. at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Toddler story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 10. Family story time will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 11. Book Babies will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. And, a preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Children’s Activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout Aug. at the Holt Memorial Library, 17 North Front St., Philipsburg. “Mother Goose on the Loose”, a baby story time group, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesdays, Aug. 19 and 26. There will also be “Baby’s Morning Out” activities from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Tuesdays, Aug. 11 and 18. Visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Activity — Preschool story
time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Mondays, Aug. 10, and 17 at the Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 West Beryl St., Centre Hall. Visit www.centrecounty library.org/library/centre-hall-areabranch-library. Adult Program — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum is hosting its Adult Summer Reading Program through Saturday, Aug. 8, at 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Each book read earns a ticket to enter into a biweekly prize drawing. For each reading log filled, participants receive a free three-day video rental coupon. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Summer Camp — The first-ever Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy Girls Basketball Skills Camp will be held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. from Aug. 3 to 7. Girls entering grades 5 through 8 are welcome to participate, all skill levels are accepted. Call (814)-808-6118. Support Group — The Home Nursing Agency is hosting a free Grief Support Group from 2–3:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of every month beginning in Aug. at the Centre County office, 450 Windmere Dr., Suite 100, State College. Call 1-(800)-445-6262. Exhibit — The exhibit “The Mind’s Eye” will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and 12 to 5 p.m. on weekends from Saturday, July 25 through Monday, Aug. 17 at Foxdale Village 500 E Marylyn St, State College. Call (814)-235-5224. Performance — The Friday Concerts on the Lemont Village Green series will be held at 7:30 p.m. every Friday through Aug. 28. All concerts are free. Exhibit — A print gallery featuring artists Steve Getz, Gary Schubert, May Vollero and ZheKa will be on display through Sunday, Aug. 30, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays or by appointment, at Bellefonte Art Museusm, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum. org. Event — Monday night kickball will be held at 6 p.m. on Mondays throughout the summer at the State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. All family members and ages are welcome. Visit www.scefc.org/kickball. Exhibit — “Everyday Iron” will be on display every Saturday through Nov. from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Boalsburg Heritage Museum, 304 E. Main St., Boalsburg. Visit www.boalsburgheritagemuseum.org. Event — The Pennsylvania Organic FarmFest will be held at 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 7 and 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 8 at the Grange Fair Grounds, Centre Hall. Visit farmfest.pa organic.org. Farmers Market — The Lemont Farmers Market will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays through Oct. 21, in the Coal Sheds, 133 Mount Nittany Road, Lemont. Contact Anna Kochersperger at kochrose@gmail.com.
THURSDAY, AUG. 6
Event — Angelique Szymanek will be presenting a lecture on a collection of Judy Chicago artworks at noon at the Mann Assembly Room, Paterno Library, University Park. Call (814)-863-4240, or email jss140@ psu.edu. Concert — The local band The Briggadiers will be holding a concert at 7:30 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814)-349-8850 or visit www. elkcreekcafe.net.
FRIDAY, AUG. 7
Event — “Sip and Paint, Happy Valley,” a painting workshop featuring artist Amanda Kunkel, will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at The Crystal Cave, 246 E. Calder Way, State College. Email Amanda Kunkel at amanda@mienakayetc.com, or call (717)-321-4801. Movie — The film “Casablanca” will be shown at 8 p.m. at Tussey Mountain, 341 Bear Meadows Rd., Boalsburg. For more information, visit www.tusseymountain. com. Event — There will be a free Central PA Observers astronomy club sky watch from
9 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Bernel Road Park, 2501 Bernel Road, State College. There will also be Discovery Space children’s activities beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visit www.cpoclub. org/skywatches.
SATURDAY, AUG. 8
Event — The Second Annual Benefeast Cancer Fundraiser will be held from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Houserville UMC House of Hope, 1320 Houserville Road, State College. There will be live music, vendors, crafts, and food. Visit www.benefeast.org. Event — There will be a free SAT practice test administered at 9 a.m. at Sylvan Learning Center, 2134 Sandy Drive, Suite 4, State College. Call (814) -234-8990, email sylvan.statecollege@gmail.com, or visit locations.sylvanlearning.com/us/statecollege-pa. Event — The end of season Downtown Sidewalk Sale will be held from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Allen Street. Visit www.downtownstatecollege.com/events/76. Children’s Activity — There will be a “Boardgaming Meetup” at 10 a.m. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. No registration is necessary. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org. Event — The Moshannon Group Sierra Club will be hosting a community picnic from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Black Moshannon State Park, 4216 Beaver Road, Philipsburg. Visit http://www.dcnr. state.pa.us/stateparks/findapark/black moshannon.
SUNDAY, AUG. 9
Concert — The local band Launchpad will be holding a concert from 5 to 7 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814)-349-8850 or visit www.elkcreek cafe.net. Concert — The Bellefonte Community Band will be performing at 6 p.m. on the South Hills School of Business & Technology campus lawn, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. The grounds will open at 5 p.m., and audience members are encouraged to bring picnic blankets and a packed supper. Call (814)-234-7755.
MONDAY, AUG. 10
Event — There will be a “Paint Party” from 5 to 7 p.m. at Allegheny Crepes and Creamery, 505 Alleghany St., Hollidaysburg. Pre-registration is required. Call (813)-327-7653, or email sarahjubeck@ gmail.com.
TUESDAY, AUG. 11
Workshop — There will be a free workshop entitled “Financial and Legal Documents that Everyone Needs - Adult Children of Aging Parents Centre County” at 5:30 p.m. at the Country Inn and Suites, 1357 E. College Ave., State College. Concert — The cast of Beatlemania will be holding a concert at 7 p.m. on the Old Main Lawn, State College. Visit www. downtownstatecollege.com/events/75. Concert — There will be a free Gospel and Bluegrass Jam Session at 7 p.m. at the Pine Hall Lutheran Church, 1760 W College Ave., State College. Email askrug@ comcast.net.
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 12
Movie — There will be a presentation of the film “The Secret Garden” at 12 p.m. at the State Theatre as part of the “Read It, Watch It!” series. For more information, visit www.thestatetheatre.org/the-weiswednesdays-read-it-watch-it-series/. Event — The Women’s Welcome Club of State College will be holding its annual social at 7 p.m. at the Oakwood Presbyterian Church , 1865 Waddle Road, State College. All women in the State College area and surrounding communities are invited to attend. Visit www.womenswelcomeclub.org. Meeting — The 148th PA Volunteer Infantry, Company C, Civil War Reenactment Group will have a meeting at 7:30 p.m. at Hoss’s Steak and Sea Restaurant, 1450 N. Atherton St., State College. Call (814) 861-0770 for more information. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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PUZZLES CLUES ACROSS 1. Malay sailboats 6. Beach material 10. Heroic tale 14. Peers 15. Unseen 17. Plucking implement 19. Radioactivity unit 20. Stamping device 21. Quake 22. Foot (Latin) 23. Living body covering 24. Turfs 26. Gate swinging devices 29. Nail 31. Sharp bodily pain 32. Status equality 34. Horse height measure 35. Political Asylum Research & Documentation Fun By The Numbers Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!
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2. __ Nui, Easter Island 3. Towards the mouth or oral region 4. 4th Caliph of Islam 5. Soviet Socialist Republics 6. Moslem mystics 7. Game stake 8. Point midway between N and NW 9. Female deer pelts 10. Glaze used to stiffen fabrics 11. Unhittable serves 12. Pathogen 13. Promotional materials 16. Setting up a golf drive 18. Lyric poems 22. Atomic #46 23. Genus Alosa 24. __ Claus 25. Not even 27. Fencing swords 28. Conway, N.H. river 29. Brake horsepower 30. Wild leek
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Biomimetic membranes may aid water filtration UNIVERSITY PARK — A synthetic membrane that self assembles and is easily produced may lead to better gas separation, water purification, drug delivery and DNA recognition, according to an international team of researchers. This biomimetic membrane is composed of lipids — fat molecules — and protein-appended molecules that form water channels that transfer water at the rate of natural membranes, and self-assembles into 2-dimensional structures with parallel channels. “Nature does things very efficiently and transport proteins are amazing machines present in biological membranes,” said Manish Kumar, assistant professor of chemical engineering, Penn State. “They have functions that are hard to replicate in synthetic systems.” The researchers developed a secondgeneration synthetic water channel that improves on earlier attempts to mimic aquaporins – natural water channel proteins — by being more stable and easier to manufacture. The peptide-appended pillar[5]arenes (PAP) are also more easily produced and aligned than carbon nanotubes, another material under investigation for membrane separation. Kumar and co-authors report their development in a recent issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. “We were surprised to see transport rates approaching the ‘holy grail’ number
of a billion water molecules per channel per second,” said Kumar. “We also found that these artificial channels like to associate with each other in a membrane to make 2-dimensional arrays with a very high pore density.” The researchers consider that the PAP membranes are an order of magnitude better than the first-generation artificial water channels reported to date. The propensity for these channels to automatically form densely packed arrays leads to a variety of engineering applications. “The most obvious use of these channels is perhaps to make highly efficient water purification membranes,” said Kumar. Other researchers on this project include Yue-xiao Shen, Mustafa Erbakan and Patrick Saboe, graduate students in chemical engineering; Peter Butler, professor of biomedical engineering; Sheereen Majd, assistant professor of biomedical engineering and You Jung Kang, graduate student in bioengineering, all at Penn State. Also participating were Aleksei Aksimentiev, associate professor of physics and Karl Decker, graduate student, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; JunLi Hou and Wen Si, Fundan University, Shanghai, China; Thomas Walz, professor of cell biology and Rita de Zorzi, postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Medical School. The National Science Foundation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, an Extreme
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ADORABLE F1B LABRADOODLE Puppies Going fast -Adorable F1b labradoodle puppies for sale. There are now only 6 black puppies left. The mother is an F1 black abradoodle and the father is a black standard poodle. F1b’s are non-shedding (or very low) and are great for people with allergies they are very loving, loyal companions. We are experienced breeders with references from prior happy dog owners. Puppies available 8/3/15. The puppies are $800 and a $300 deposit is required to hold a puppy. Puppies will be vet checked and have all shots etc. Please text or call 717-994-1406 or email me.
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SPECIALIZED 20” Child’s Bicycle $115.00 A 2012 December purchased bicycle that was ridden Spring/Summer of 2013 and Spring 2014. Purple Specialized Hot Rocks with white seat and handle grips. Paint is like new there are cuts on the grips that I can replace for the purchase price of $115. (814) 689-3641 DON’T miss out on the latest news and local happenings. Read The Centre County Gazette every week.
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9-13-15 DAY AFTER WEDDING SALE General Potter Farm We have spent months making/preparing decorations including: lantern glitter balls, ball jars, wine bottles, pallet signs, wooden spools, crates, ladders, etc. Rather than making them on your own come to the day after wedding sale!!! Email for photo (484) 343-2135
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Pursuant to the Surface Mine Conservation and Reclamation Act, notice is hereby given that Larry D Baumgardner Coal Company, Inc., P O Box 186, Lanse, PA. 16849 has requested bond release on the Morgan Operation, SMP#14110101. The 33.3 acre Morgan Operation is situated on the north side of West Sycamore Road (S.R 0144) between the communities of Moshannon and Snow Shoe approximately 400 feet east of the Rails to Trails crossing on the property of Dorthy J. Morgan. The operator is requesting a bond adjustment and bond release of $96,721.00 for 9.8 acres. Total bond currently held is $142,593.00 Reclamation consisted of backfilling and grading (Stage 1 bond release). The reclamation was completed in June 2015. The operator is also requesting a deletion of 23.5 acres from the surface mine permit. The area has not been affected by mining under permit SMP#14110101. Written comments, objections or a request for an informal conference concerning the bond release application should be submitted to the Pa. Department of Environmental Protection, Moshannon District Office, 186 Enterprise Drive, Philipsburg, PA 16866, within 30 days from the date of the final (4th) publication of this notice and must include the person’s name, address, telephone number, and a brief statement as to the nature of the objection.
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COMPLETE HOT TUB 5 person & lots of new parts Free to new home bring a trailer and two people to move. Operational when moved to this location, got a new hottub installed this spring and need this one out of the garage before winter. (814) 689-3641
NEWPAPERS From President Kennedy’s Death $1.00 I saved the news papers from the times of President Kennedy’s death and am taking the highest bidders price for them please email me if you have any questions or would like to make an offer. (814) 466-6770
SINGER TREADLE Sewing Machine This machine has been electrified. It dates from 1938. Wooden cabinet included. Just come and it is yours. (814) 234-9090
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WANTED to buy, musical instruments in any condition. Mainly brass and woodwind instruments but would consider string instruments. Sorry no interest in guitars or drum equipment. Call/text 610-588-1884.
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2000 VOLVO SE: green, with 4 doors, sunroof, beautiful condition. $2,500 (814) 235-2919
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2003 CONVERTIBLE MUSTANG $2,750.00 Pony Package, 3.8l, std, 6cyl. High mileage. True blue with black top. Vehicle sat for 2 years was in good running condition before. Needs all new rubber. Driver’s seat and top controls do not work. Minor body flaws but no rust. (814) 574-8801
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17ft. Delhi aluminum canoe. Great shape. Garage kept. Two paddles a couple of floatation devices. $400 (814) 355-0556
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• Centre Crest currently has various opportunities for energetic, team oriented Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants • We are currently seeking Full and Part Time Registered Nurses and Nursing Assistants on all SHIFTS. Centre Crest of f ers a c omp etitiv e wage, benefits, 403B, and every other weekend off. Paid Holidays, Sick, Vacation and Personal time for part time employees. For more information contact Zachary Robinson, Human Resources Director. Centre Crest 502 East Howard Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823 Phone: 814-355-6777 • Fax: 814-355-6999 Centre Crest is an Equal Opportunity Employer (M/F/D/V)
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