Town&Gown April 2013

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Penn State senior and Bald Eagle Area alum Quentin Wright wins his second national title at the 2013 NCAA Wrestling Championships, and clinches the Nittany Lions’ third consecutive national championship

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Features 30 / A Championship Career Quentin Wright isn’t simply a local kid who did well at the local university. With his actions on and off the wrestling mat, he left an impact on the Penn State program and community that will be long remembered • by Jeff Byers

42 / Happy Valley on Two Wheels Considered one of the best places for bicycling, this region has everything from family-friendly rides on quaint bike paths to rides that have steep climbs and several twists and turns. It’s time to put your feet on the pedals and get moving! • by Amy King

60 / Golden Memories Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture celebrates its 50th anniversary of bringing diverse disciplines together • by Jenna Spinelle

60 Special Advertising Section 45 / Men in the Community Town&Gown’s 10th annual edition of profiling some of the outstanding men who serve this region.

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Quentin Wright celebrates winning the 2013 national championship at 197 pounds.

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Enjoy the Rides Bicycling in Centre County — just another reason why this area is the best My oldest friend (in terms of years that I’ve known him, not his age) is a bike enthusiast to the extreme. If he could, he would probably ride his bike all day long.

He’s competed in triathlons and enjoyed bike rides all across this country and in parts of Europe, Thailand, Mexico, China, and Brazil.

With all those roads and trails he’s been on while on a bicycle, he swears the best place for bike riding is right here in Happy Valley. (It should be pointed out that this friend didn’t attend Penn State and had no previous ties to the area until he moved here more than a decade ago.)

The best? I know we have some of the best fishing in the world here. One of the best arts festivals.

One of the best 4th of July fireworks displays. Best tailgating. Best atmosphere to enjoy a college football game. Best student-run philanthropy. Best of many other things — but the best place for bicycle riding?

At first I didn’t believe him, but he explained that the mountain climbs here are amazing, and you can do them in 20 or 30 minutes. And the roads are more bicycle friendly — but in Europe, roads tend to lack shoulders and drivers tend to not care as much about bike riders.

During many of my drives across Centre County, I look out my car window and am at times in awe of the beauty in this region, especially its mountains.

Listening to my friend, I was ready to put on a helmet and enjoy the scenery while pedaling in the open air.

So I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that we can enjoy some amazing bike rides right here in Centre County. It also shouldn’t be surprising that State College is considered a Bicycle Friendly Community and

Penn State a Bicycle Friendly University, according to the League of American Bicyclists. We obviously want people to enjoy and take advantage of riding their bikes here.

Some of the best rides in this area are described in our story “Happy Valley on Two Wheels,” written

by Amy King. We probably could have devoted this entire issue to the rides here and we still would have been forced to leave out many.

Whether it’s bike rides or hikes or even simple walks, experiencing this area is definitely better when we get out of our motorized vehicles, breathe in the fresh air, and enjoy what’s around us.

And speaking of experiencing this area, coming soon, Town&Gown will begin a new series — Experience Town and Gown. What Town&Gown plans to do is invite you to take a tour of a unique place here, sit in on a discussion of an issue or topic that is of importance to our communities, and other possibilities. A little preview of what to expect can be seen on page 58 of this month’s issue.

It’s just another way for us to spotlight the great people, places, and events that make this area so special.

Oh yeah, another best I didn’t mention earlier — the best wrestling team in the country. Congratulations to Cael Sanderson, Quentin Wright (our feature on the senior starts on page 30), and the rest of the Nittany Lions for winning a third consecutive national championship!

David Pencek Editorial Director dpenc@barashmedia.com

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CBICC hands out awards The CBICC held its annual awards gala in March and recognized several local Sue Paterno community and business leaders. The 2012 award recipients were: • Community Service Award: Edie Binkley (The Clothes Mentor) • Corporate Philanthropy Award: Otto’s Pub & Brewery • Excellence in Entrepreneurship Award: Dave Krauth & Mike Hughes (Rotelli) • Outstanding Technology Company of the Year: Mount Nittany Health System • CBICC Spirit Award: David Wells (State College Spikes) • Quality of Life Award: Food Bank of the State College Area, Inc. • Small Business of the Year Award: The Bicycle Shop • Volunteer of the Year Award: Kira Reeder (The Penn Stater) and Cindy Barton (Northwest Savings Bank) • Ambassador of the Year Award: Fran Stevenson • Signature Chef Awards: Mount Nittany Inn, Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering.

Students prepare for All-Night Party More than 500 State College Area High School students will spend the night together at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel from midnight Saturday, May 4, until 6 a.m. Sunday, May 5, as part of the 27th annual All-Night Party.

The event, coordinated by community members, family, and friends, provides a fun, nonalcoholic

opportunity for students to spend prom night — and students need not attend the prom to attend it.

Yearlong fundraising efforts produce the nearly $20,000 necessary to support the event, which provides food and games for students who participate. All students who attend are eligible for door prizes, including a car from State College Ford.

Party organizers are still looking for funds and a variety of volunteers to make the event a success.

For more information, visit www.scasd.org and search “All Night Party” or e-mail party chair Mitch Kirsch at mitchkirsch57@gmail.com.

Bald Eagle’s Jake Taylor (right) won the PIAA Class AAA title at 182 pounds.

State champs!

Bald Eagle Area and Bellefonte Area each saw some of its student-athletes win PIAA titles in March.

Bald Eagle Area senior Jake Taylor won the PIAA Class AAA wrestling title in the 182-pound weight class. He defeated Norristown’s Brett Harner, 2-1, in an ultimate tiebreaker in the finals in Hershey.

Taylor, whose dad won a PIAA title for Bald Eagle in 1988 at 126 pounds, ended his career with a 127-16 record.

Bellefonte’s swim team enjoyed winning two PIAA titles during the state swimming and diving championships in Lewisburg.

The boys’ 200-yard medley relay team of Colton Schnars, Andrew Rosenberger, Isaac Thomas, and Frank Aberegg won the school’s first state title in swimming, winning the championship with a time of 1:36.48.

One day later, Rosenberger won the school’s second state title in swimming when he captured the gold in the 100-yard breaststroke. His time of 58.56 seconds in the finals was .08 seconds better than Boiling Springs’ Shane Hallett. T&G

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People in the

Community Regis Becker

Penn State named Regis Becker as its first director of university ethics and compliance. He will oversee all compliance issues throughout the university and develop Penn State’s first comprehensive program of institutional ethics.

Becker had been chief compliance office for PPG Industries. He graduated from Penn Sate in 1978 with a bachelor’s degree in law enforcement.

In a press release, he said, “The experience I have gained throughout my career provides me with a broad practical perspective and an in-depth understanding of the critical role that a robust ethics and compliance program can play in bolstering and sustaining an organization’s culture and values."

Alfred Jones Jr.

Centre Foundation executive director Alfred Jones Jr. announced he will be retiring in 2013, following a search for his successor by the foundation’s board.

Jones became director of Centre Foundation in 2009 after having served on the foundation’s board for five years.

Board chairwoman Jodi Pringle said in a press release that events such as 2012 Centre Gives, which raised more than $400,000 during a 36hour period for local nonprofits, and a community workshop featuring Rebecca Ryan are some of the more recent accomplishments the foundation has had under Jones’s management.

Jones said he is grateful that he had the opportunity to be directly involved with the foundation. “I found it to be very rewarding and fulfilling,” he said. “The foundation’s great strength has always been our board of directors. I know that with their leadership, the foundation will continue to grow to address the charitable needs of the community.”

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Gizelle Studevent, a senior on the Penn State women’s basketball team, was selected to the inaugural Allstate WBCA Good Works Team. The team is composed of 10 women’s basketball student-athletes who have made “outstanding contributions in the areas of volunteerism and civic involvement.”

Studevent used an inde-pendent study project at Penn State to create Penn State Athletes Take Action. The program works with the Centre County Women’s Resource Center to develop a program to go into local middle schools to talk with students about bullying and bully prevention on a monthly basis. Studevent enlisted the help of several other studentathletes to go into weekly training sessions at the center and also make presentations at local middle schools. T&G

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Q&A

Q&A with Dr. Siyang Zheng of Penn State’s department of bioengineering

By David Pencek For the past few years, Dr. Siyang Zheng and his team at Penn State have been working on research that could dramatically affect treatment for cancer patients.

Toward the end of last year, the American Cancer Society awarded Zheng a grant for $720,000 to continue his research. A large part of the funding for the society’s grants comes from events such as Relay For Life walks, Coaches vs. Cancer basketball games, golf tournaments, and others.

Zheng, who came to the United States from China nearly 20 years ago, says he was honored to receive the grant and took some time to discuss it and his work.

T&G: What was your reaction to earning the grant from the American Cancer Society?

Zheng: I was thrilled. My group has been working on technology development as the preliminaries for this project in the past four years. It is a tremendous honor to my group and me. I wish to express my sincere thanks to the American Cancer Society.

T&G: What does receiving the grant

mean in terms of helping your laboratory?

Zheng: As a junior faculty, this grant means everything to me. It stabilizes my group and allows us to continue to investigate our beloved research — the circulating tumor cells and their clinical relevance — in the years to come.

T&G: Can you talk about the potential benefits your research may have in helping cancer patients?

Zheng: In this project, we will develop technology and investigate how metastatic cancer cells release circulating tumor cells (CTCs) that travel through the blood and invade different parts of the body — a process that accounts for over 90 percent of cancer-related deaths. The technology could characterize CTCs at single-cell level and potentially allow testing of drugs to measure their benefit without exposing a patient to the unnecessary cost or toxic effects of chemotherapy.

Since this technological platform is applicable to almost every type of cancer, it could quickly revolutionize the way that therapies are derived for metastatic cancer patients.

T&G: What first drew your interest to this type of research and work?

Zheng: I was working on developing microdevices for blood analysis as my PhD thesis. I learned the challenges and clinical needs to separate the CTCs from patient blood samples from our clinical collaborators. I was intrigued and started to work on it.

T&G: How do you enjoy spending your time away from the laboratory?

Zheng: Probably similar to many junior faculties here at Penn State, I don’t have much time left beyond research and teaching. When I have time, I try to stay with my family. I like reading, and watch soccer games. T&G

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1992 In “Thanks for the Memories,” Town&Gown spotlighted some of the many fixtures in the area that were actually class gifts from Penn State students.

Some of the gifts include the Nittany Lion Shrine, the Victory Bell at Beaver Stadium, the chimes of Old Main, and the Land Grant Frescoes in Old Main. Patrick Cook, who cochaired the gift committee for the Class of 1991, said, “The idea of a seniorclass gift appeals to a lot of students because it’s so traditional. It gives us something in common with other Penn State classes. Making a gift really gives us part ownership of the university.”

1997 Town&Gown featured the dean of Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, Neil Porterfield, in “The Road Taken.” He discussed the role of arts in society, saying, “For a university degree to represent ‘a higher education,’ you need a solid grounding in, and an appreciation and understanding of, the fine, visual, performing, and design arts. In our college in particular, we think that providing high-quality arts courses and programs for all students in the university, not just our majors, is of critical importance.”

2010 A few months after Penn State’s women’s volleyball team won a third consecutive national title, head coach Russ Rose was on Town&Gown’s cover. In his story, “A Rose Like No Other,” writer Gordie Jones described how Rose had long ago removed all his individual awards from the walls of his office, and he didn’t appear in a photo of the 2009 national-title team. Rose said, “I know I’m good at what I do. I’m not naïve.” At the same time, he said, “It’s the players that win. It’s about the players. It’s not about me.” T&G

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Dream Houses Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra leads a musical and visual tour of bygone Europe

By John Mark Rafacz

Music, paintings, architecture, and history are in the house when Toronto’s Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs its splendid new multimedia Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra performs House of work April 16 at Penn State’s Schwab Auditorium. Dreams April 16 at Schwab Auditorium.

House of Dreams, created by Tafelmusik double“The orchestra performs everything from memory, bass player Alison Mackay, allows audience allowing those players not tied to the floor by their members to venture through old European homes instruments to circulate around the stage,” observes where works by Johann Sebastian Bach, George Toronto Star entertainment reporter John Terauds.

Frideric Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, and Marin “Thanks to violinist Jeanne Lamon’s leadership and the Marais were played amid paintings by Johannes extra focus needed to play by heart, the music-making Vermeer, Canaletto, and Antoine Watteau. was suffused with particularly deep and vibrant colors.”

Using exquisite musicianship, gorgeous projected Actor Blair Williams, speaking from memory of images, and inviting narration, Tafelmusik guides a script written by Mackay, narrates the production. concertgoers on a sensuous journey.

“He set the scene at each destination, putting the “House of Dreams is built around five historic images and music into historical context using short, houses in five European cities: London, Paris, Delft, engaging historical references that also integrated Venice, and Leipzig. In part, it’s an exploration seamlessly into a bigger picture,” Terauds writes. of the role music played in domestic life in the “The sum-total of all these elements,” Eatock seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,” writes notes, “was like a documentary film brought to life: composer and journalist Colin Eatock for The high quality eye-candy and a guided trip through (Toronto) Globe and Mail.

Europe rolled into one, for the price of a concert “But these five houses also had significance in ticket.” the realm of visual art — and this is where the bigMarshall Pynkoski, coartistic director of Toronto’s screen projections come in,” Eatock points out. “For Opera Atelier, provided the stage direction for instance, the little house in Delft once contained House of Dreams. Tafelmusik performs the live music twenty-one paintings by Vermeer. Venice’s Palazzo accompanying Opera Atelier’s production of The Smith Mangilli-Valmarana was famous as a home Magic Flute April 18 at Eisenhower Auditorium. for art and music. And the London townhouse “House of Dreams … transcends its many components owned by Handel was decorated with canvases by to create a special, all-encompassing experience artists including Canaletto and Watteau.” that makes one forget time and place for two blissMackay and other members of the creative team filled hours,” Terauds insists. “… It is a rare treat to spent more than a year working on the project, experience such a smoothly and expertly integrated which included visiting each house to take extensive show. Don’t miss it.” T&G photographs.

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Last Petal Plucked

State College Floral Shoppe closes its doors after nearly 90-year run

By Nadine Kofman

According to the calendar, spring may be busting out all over, but the blooms have all closed at 127 West Beaver Avenue in State College.

Given family-health distractions, coupled with a rent increase, the State College Floral Shoppe passed into history alongside 2012. As that year ended, so did the borough’s oldest existing flower shop (probably the borough’s oldest existing store), closing on the eve of the small, old-fashioned shop’s 90th year.

In my family, I’m at least a second-generation customer. Multigenerations were nothing new for the State College Floral Shoppe. Quoting a customer on a repetition of wedding flowers, manager Linda Shirk Johnson, of the Houserville area, reported, “You did mine and my daughter’s wedding. Can you do my granddaughter’s?”

“We’ve had so many floral shops come and go,” laments Johnson’s mother and longtime owner Betty Shirk, age 81, of State College.

As has been the case over the years, this wasn’t downtown State College’s only flower establishment. The other current ones, known for artistry and extensiveness, certainly had and have more razzle-dazzle. This one was homey. Stepping inside was like being invited into an older home that displayed cut flowers and had pots of plants placed all around. It was closed Sundays, of course.

When I couldn’t order in person, I would telephone for quick delivery of a bouquet or, occasionally, a painted teacup filled with matching flowers. When I made a posy stop, I would look around for a clever container, in order to give a gift that keeps on begging for successive blooms.

A couple of years ago, I found a showstopper to keep: a red-and-white planter imitating an iconic 1957 Chevy. It spoke to me. Like many

people, I admired those tailfinned autos but never owned one; here was a chance for symbolic ownership. Making, as it does, its own fashion statement, the “pot” never needs to hold growing things. When I mentioned the Chevy to other committee members planning our 1961 State College High School class’s 50th reunion, it grabbed them. A few were purchased at the State College Floral Shoppe as surprising prizes.

Years before the Chevy arrived, I asked at the shop about a plant I’d seen in the window: a red Oxalis, a sort of three-leaf clover that puts out light pink flowers. But by the time I got there, the shop’s few oxalis plants had been sold. Sorry about that, Betty said she’d hold one for me the next time they came in. When they did, she handed me one, but wouldn’t take any money for it. It was an unexpected gift.

Despite lackadaisical care, that plant still lives and flowers, reminding me of her kindness.

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In terms of history, the State College Floral Shoppe had been at its familiar West Beaver Avenue address since the early 1930s. It was started in 1923 by J. K. Zerby at 117 East Beaver Avenue. Within a few years, it was managed by W. J. Messmer and moved to the west side of the 100 block of South Allen Street.

Next came a succession of Shirks. “It’s always been a family business,” says Betty. Before it closed, “We were on the fourth generation,” she says. (The fifth generation is made up of 1-year-old Ayden Shirk and 11-year-old Victoria Smith. The latter was reflected there, especially at THON time. Helped with her leukemia by the Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, a Four Diamonds Fund poster hung in the window. “We support it 110 percent,” says Betty.)

Harold Shirk, who bought the business in 1929, sold it to his son and daughter-in-law, Robert and Betty Shirk, in 1970. Besides ownership, says Betty, “Nothing changed much.”

Bob was the delivery guy; Betty worked in the shop until a couple of years before Bob’s death in 1995. With Bob’s health to deal with, she turned

over the shop’s running to daughter Linda Shirk Johnson in 1993. Linda already had hands-on experience. “I grew up with it,” she says.

She and siblings Lydia (of State College) and Rob (of Altoona) helped out as they grew up. (Betty’s three had four offspring of their own — Stephanie Smith, “Matty” Gutierrez, and John and Jessi Shirk — who, like their parents, had early baby-sitting in the shop’s backroom. Much later, Matty helped with the move out of the store.)

When Linda was the manager, her husband, Steve, “jumped in” to help whenever he could, filling jobs from “delivery boy to floor scrubber,” says Betty. The couple’s daughter (and Victoria’s mom), Stephanie Johnson Smith of Port Matilda, worked there part-time.

On December 31, 19 years after she took over, Linda locked up for the last time. We customers have our memories — and maybe one or two special keepsakes. T&G Nadine Kofman is a native Centre Countian and historian.

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Modern Care for the Modern Senior PSU’s Hartford Center looks to address needs of a growing and more active older population

By Sarah Olah Darren Weimert

Some of the staff in Penn State’s Hartford Center and School of Nursing include (clockwise, starting from far left) Susan Kukic (development, School of Nursing and College of Health & Human Development), Patricia Webb (project administrator, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence), Beverly Molnar (marketing communications specialist, School of Nursing), Paula Milone-Nuzzo (dean, School of Nursing), Kim Shade (staff assistant, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence), Donna Fick (codirector, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence), and Ann Kolanowski (director, Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence).

More than 37 million Americans are over the age of 65, and in 2011 the first of the baby boomers turned 65.

Being a “senior” today, however, is different than what it meant in the past. Today’s older adults are generally healthier than their parents.

They have been termed as the “modern seniors.”

And with a change in their health, they need a change in their care.

And with a growing population of seniors, there is a need for nurses and health-care providers.

Recognizing this shortage, Penn State’s School of Nursing established the Hartford Center of Geriatric Nursing Excellence in 2007. Director Ann Kolanowski says the goal of the center is to prepare nurses so they can deliver quality care to older adults, as well as to prepare nurse faculty who can teach nurses to give that care.

Kolanowski says that today’s seniors call for

better, more accessible, and personalized care.

They want a variety of options, including whether they live in an apartment, condo, home setting, or assisted living.

It’s a nurse’s job to be aware of new caredelivery paradigms, according to Kolanowski.

The “modern senior” is better educated and enjoys a higher standard of living than earlier generations of seniors. They expect good care and are more engaged in their health, particularly in the areas of diet and exercise.

The Hartford Center at Penn State was founded thanks to a $1 million grant from the Hartford Foundation. It is one of just eight National Hartford Centers in the United States and has been refunded through 2015. It has become a resource for local health care, with the faculty and students from the center working with Mount Nittany Medical Center and local nursing homes.

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In its first five years, the center has prepared 18 geriatric nurse educators at the master’s, postmaster’s, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.

Those nurses have gone on to take leadership positions and apply their knowledge to mentor, teach, and lead geriatric-nursing initiatives in Pennsylvania and across the country.

Faculty in the center also conducts groundbreaking research and has obtained more than $5 million in federal funding for clinical trials. Much of this research is done in Centre County and Altoona communities, with national partners as well as local community members.

Harleah Graham Buck, assistant professor in the School of Nursing at Penn State, says in terms of the “modern day” senior, “We need to lose the picture that older people go off into the sunset and play golf.” She uses her own life as an example. At a time when she began having grandchildren, she decided to change course from being a clinician to becoming a nurse scientist.

This involved going back to school to prepare for a completely new but rewarding career path.

Because of the opportunities the Hartford Center presents, Buck transitioned from practicing nursing to teaching future nurses, especially those who can help communities in Centre County.

The county has a large retirement population that continues to grow. Buck says there is a need for nursing in this area, and the Hartford Center is the key in this, as a “resource for the community.”

She says the center’s here to “assess and make recommendations on improving your health.” She wants the community to see the center as theirs.

Older adults in the community can use the center too by taking part in surveys and research, and providing vital input on what kind of living and what kind of treatment they would want.

Andrea Yevchak, a 30-year-old doctoral

student at the center, says she wasn’t initially interested in geriatric care, but the more she was exposed to it, the more she liked it. She says when you think about it, “everyone you take care of is aging” and the majority of people nurses take care of are older adults.

She adds that because of the center, students have greater access to additional resources such as presentations and lectures in their field. As a student, it is an added benefit to have other people to connect with from other universities with a Hartford Center. In practical terms, the center also gives provides funding to help students and research projects.

Lately, Yevchak has seen more older adults adding their perspectives and giving feedback in terms of health care.

“We would like to see the community involved more in our school and in our center,” she says.

To help get undergraduate nurses interested in geriatric care, Kolanowski says educators have to show them how exciting it can be to work with older adults. She says it helps when students have positive relationships with their grandparents.

Most people think geriatric care is all end-oflife care, but it is not. Kolanowski says a lot of adults older than 65 are still enjoying life because they have the time to enjoy it now that they are retired. But a nurse in geriatric care needs to have a sense of humor, be patient, and keep an open mind.

Buck’s interest in cardiovascular health led to her working with older adults. She has seen that the younger the student, the more interested they are in geriatric care. She thinks this comes from the influence of older adults in those students’ lives. Likewise, she has noticed the older patients enjoy the younger nurses.

“They adore the younger students,” Buck says.

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Ashley Clark (left), a recent graduate of the master’s program at the Hartford Center, works with doctoral student Andrea Yevchak, who is graduating this summer.

“They can pass on their wisdom, which is very meaningful to them.”

“We reach out locally as much as we can and bring national expertise individualized to our community.” — Donna Fick Overall, the Hartford Center provides information, research, and knowledge to the Centre County community. The center holds conferences and informational lectures that the community is welcome to and encouraged to attend.

Codirector Donna Fick says the center is able to bring national expertise to a local level.

“We reach out locally as much as we can and bring national expertise individualized to our community,” she says. “We provide education and resources in areas where we have specific strengths such as care of persons with dementia and delirium, heart failure, medications to avoid in older adults, and end-of-life care.”

The center’s connection at the national

level enables it to bring innovative research and practice guidelines to bedside nurses and other disciplines. For instances, both Kolanowski and Fick have contributed to national practice guidelines for older adults and work with the American Geriatrics Society and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Many of their students also are now providing specialized geriatric nursing care in the community.

For those in the community looking to help and contribute, one way is to visit the center’s Web site, read about what it’s doing, and attend its seminars.

With a growing older population, it will become more meaningful and vital for communities in Centre County to have access to those who can provide quality geriatric care. Which is why Kolanowski and others at the Hartford Center say the center should be seen as an important local resource.

“We are developing a community here,” Kolanowski says. “We are providing quality care for the community.” T&G For more information on the Hartford Center, visit www.nursing.psu.edu/hartford.

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Area in 2008 as a three-time PIAA state finalist and two-time state champion. Fans had been following him since his elementary school days in State College, and so many were looking forward to seeing what he could accomplish at Penn State.

He accomplished a great deal and made an impact on what’s now considered the dominant program in college wrestling.

He will go down as one of the best and unquestionably one of the most popular There are so many memories for Wright. wrestlers to ever don the Penn State singlet.

He was pulled out of what was to be a redshirt “I just hope they remember how exciting and season his freshman year and went on to earn fun it was,” Wright says of his legions of fans. “I All-American honors. He saw a coaching hope they enjoyed not knowing what I was going change. He met the love of his life, Lauren to hit or what was coming next. I didn’t want Woodring, at a Penn State football game the fans to be bored, I wanted to give them that and married her this past summer. (They are excitement. I’ve tried to make it a point to make expecting their first child, a boy, in June). He it enjoyable for the fans to watch.” has won a national title and lost another title He has always competed with joy. match in a heartbreaker to a childhood friend.

“It doesn’t take a lot to make him smile,” He has suffered injuries, battled through tough Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson says, times in and out of the wrestling room, met and “and those are the kinds of kids you want and influenced literally hundreds of others lives. His need in and around your program.” collegiate career ended on March 23 when he That joy comes from an inner peace. defeated Kent State’s Dustin Kilgore, 8-6, Jim Buchy, youth pastor at Christ to win his second national title and clinch Community Church, which Wright attended Penn State’s third consecutive national while growing up, says, “What makes Quentin championship. Through it all — all of the special is how his faith and his beliefs drive him challenges and all of the glories — there has to be successful in everything he does. He just been one guiding light. exudes the things that are important to him. I His career was one of the most anticipated remember at states his senior year, people were at Penn State when he came out of Bald Eagle commenting about how Quentin was the one wrestler who was Wright finished his career with a record of 116-23, including going a perfect always smiling and 32-0 for the 2012-13 season. He’s the sixth wrestler in Penn State history to always seemed to be earn four All-American honors. in a good mood. And even though he was competing and it was intense, he had this joy and happiness — and that comes from his faith. It just gives him this strength to approach everything in life with confidence and joy.”

“My faith is really everything for me,” states Wright. “To

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The smile. The big throws. The handshakes and hugs. The signing autographs until every kid has one. The wins, the pins, the tough losses, too. Wrestling fans here will long remember all of this and more when they think back on the career of Quentin Wright.

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Wright, shown here in a photo prior to the 2011-12 season, is one of five Penn State wrestlers to win multiple national titles.

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One Shining Moment

By Jeff Byers

Although there have been many great moments for Quentin Wright during his career, the signature moment came in his redshirtsophomore season.

Wright had struggled down Wright holds his 2011 national- the stretch that title trophy that he won in the year, losing an 8-3 184-pound weight class. decision to Grant Gambrall of Iowa in the dual meet and then losing his final three bouts of the regular season. But he rebounded to win the Big Ten title and had made his way to the semifinals of the NCAA Championships.

Penn State was trying to unseat Iowa, which had won the previous three national championships. And Wright, in facing Gambrall in one semifinal match, was trying to avenge the regular-season loss and lift both his team and himself toward the title.

Wright came out and hit a five-point throw in the opening period and then took a 6-0 lead with an escape in the second. Gambrall tried to shoot on Wright, and then came the signature moment — the symbolic changing of the guard if you will — as Wright caught Gambrall in a standing cradle and used an outside trip to take him to his back and earn the pin.

In a rare show of emotion, Penn State head coach Cael Sanderson leapt out of his chair

and slammed his hand to the mat with assistant coach Casey Cunningham jumping in the air behind. The photo of it now rivals that of Mike Reid being carried off the Rec Hall floor by fans after a win over Lehigh as the most famous in Penn State wrestling history. Wright, of course, went on to win the national title, beating Lehigh’s Robert Hamlin in the finals. But it was the pin over Gambrall that is arguably the greatest single moment in the program’s history.

“It was the moment where we knew we were going to win the championship,” Sanderson recalls. “I mean, that match didn’t clinch it but we knew then that we were going to win it. It was just such an exciting moment because it was a head-to-head match with Iowa in the semifinals, and not only did Quentin win it but he got the pin. That was definitely something special. I don’t ever remember acting like that in a match but it was one of those things where it could go either way, and, when it was crunch time, Quentin got the pin. And it was in Philadelphia and the Penn State fans and even a lot of the other fans were excited.

It was just a real big match against a real good kid from the team we were trying to knock off.”

Wright, smiling ear to ear, remembers, “It was a great experience. It was a great moment in time that a lot of people will remember for the rest of their lives. It brings a smile to my face knowing that a lot of people think of that moment and they smile about it. I knew what he was going to do and I was prepared for it. I didn’t know I was going to get the pin, and I knew it was a tough match but I just knew I was ready for that moment.

When he attacked, I hit the cradle and it just happened so fast. It was an awesome feeling!” T&G

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Steve Bosak recalls people and moments that led to his becoming a national champion

By Jeff Byers

Bosak won the 184-pound national title in 2012 when he defeated childhood friend Wright, 4-2 in sudden victory.

When State High alum Steve Bosak beat Bald Eagle Area alum Quentin Wright for the 2012 NCAA wrestling championship at 184 pounds, it wasn’t the first time a Bosak had defeated Wright. While much has been made of the way Steve and Quentin made each other better, it was Steve’s older sister, Kelly, who helped put both young wrestlers on the path to greatness.

“She used to pin me, I definitely remember that,” says Wright.

Kelly — who’s three years older than Steve — wrestled in the same elementary program and used to help Steve and Quentin work out.

“She was actually very good,” says Steve and Kelly’s mother, Debbie. “She was very coordinated and she was really quick. So she was a good training partner in elementary school.”

Their dad, also named Steve, says Kelly more than held her own and did help his son work on his quickness. The two of them used to roll around for hours on the wrestling mat the family had in their basement.

Steve, who finished his career at Cornell with a third-place finish at this year’s NCAA Championships, used the lessons learned from his sister and father and continued to work hard, eventually making two appearances in the state finals representing State High. He lost both times, and the one his senior season was especially difficult.

“When he lost states his senior season, he was devastated,” the elder Bosak recalls. “We were all out in the hallway and my daughter was sobbing, and we were all upset — it was almost like we were in mourning. But it was interesting because after he won nationals, the next morning we were going to church and he tells me, ‘Dad, you know how hard it was when I lost states?’ And I said, ‘Yeah, I remember.’ And he says, ‘ Well, that’s nothing now. Winning nationals is so much better.’

All that anguish over losing states was just gone. It was like therapy for him.”

While the national title is clearly the biggest moment of his wrestling career, Bosak says he remembers all of the steps along the way.

“There’s a lot of great moments that stand out,” he says. “It’s the stepping stones where you achieve a goal and then set a new goal and try to reach that. Winning nationals was certainly a big one. But I still remember when I was 7 years old and there was a kid who was beating me — he was pinning me and I was getting tech falled by him. And finally, after about a year of training hard to beat him, I did beat him. And that still sticks out to me. There have been a lot of instances like that in my career, and, really, they all stand out to me.”

Success has not come easily for Bosak but he feels that makes it all the more rewarding.

“My dad has always told me I was more determined than most,” he says, “and I think that’s really what it comes down to. You always have people that are very talented and gifted naturally, but I think the most determined people really separate themselves in college.”

Bosak wanted to forge his own way and get away from State College, and he says he still roots for Penn State, except against Cornell, and is grateful for the experiences he had there.

But the experience at Cornell has helped him grow, and he says, “I’ve never regretted it for a second. I have enjoyed everything about Cornell and have been exposed to so many great, positive people and experiences.” T&G

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Continued from page 32 me, wrestling is kind of an act of worship. When I’m out there wrestling, it’s a time just between me and God where it’s something special.”

Before every match he wrestled since he was a little boy, Wright’s mom, Nola, would say to him — these days via text message — “Wrestle with the strength of Samson, the courage of King David, and the wisdom of King Solomon” Wright tries to adhere to his mother’s wishes by praising God through his work on the mat.

“He’s put this desire to wrestle in me and it brings me joy,” Wright explains.

“Whenever I wrestle my best, I feel that I’m honoring Him. If I hold something back, I’m a little disappointed. But even then, it’s a learning process. To me, wrestling is a way to grow

my faith where sometimes I’ll be out there and I’ll get this feeling to try a certain move, and if I think about it, I’m like, ‘This is crazy. This won’t work.’ But then I’ll just trust my faith and I’ll go for it and the next thing you know, it’s a five-point throw. So, a lot of it is just listening to the inner voice inside of me, and I think that’s just my faith. That’s my act of worship toward God, trusting in what He has given me and allowing it to come through.”

Wright’s head coach says his senior has certainly made good use of the tools God gave him.

“He’s had a ton of success and he’s fun to watch wrestle,” Sanderson enthuses. “He knows how to turn it on at the right times.

This year has been his most consistent year.

It obviously has been on the mat, but it’s also just his attitude and the way he’s been working in the room. He’s an extreme talent and he can do anything, really, on the mat.

He can ride hard if he needs to, he can throw, he’s got great shots, his counteroffense is amazing, so people don’t take a lot of shots on him. He’s just got the whole package.”

While respecting God is the driving force in his wrestling and his life, Wright also

believes that respect may be the word that best sums up his career.

Wright has picked up a lot of pins in his career — he ranks second on the all-time charts at Penn State with 36. After each of those pins, Wright has stayed down on the mat on a knee until his opponent rises. It is a show of respect he learned at a wrestling camp when he was in elementary school.

Doug Blubaugh, the 1960 Olympic gold medalist for the United States in freestyle wrestling, had been at one of the clinics Wright attended, and he told the campers to always show respect for your opponent by staying on a knee on the mat until he rises after a pin. It was a lesson Wright took to heart.

“I really think if you give respect, it will be shown to you,” the four-time AllAmerican asserts. “I really try to make a note to myself to always respect my opponents. Wrestling is just a game — you have winners and losers and everyone can always try again tomorrow. So I try to really respect all of my opponents. With Penn State fans, I think they’ve enjoyed the moments I’ve given them but also the fact

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that when I lose, I don’t freak out — or at least I don’t show it out on the mat. I think fans in general respect the fact that win or lose, you conduct yourself in a way that shows respect to yourself, the sport, and your opponent. I try to give that respect both when I beat people and when I don’t.

I think people respect that. You always want to be the man, but some days, it’s just not your day and you just have to realize that. Today may be his day, and you have to respect that. But then you have to make up your mind that it won’t be his day tomorrow.

That’s the attitude you have to keep, and just keep working to get better every day.”

Although he has enjoyed a wildly successful college wrestling career, he’s excited about what his future holds.

“I’m looking forward to becoming a father, and, in the short term, that’s very exciting,” the senior surmises. “My major is human resources and employment relations with a double major in business management. So my goal is to eventually be a human-resource director for a multimillion dollar company, because the culture

of respect that we’ve developed on our team is something I want to spread out into the business world and be part of a good company with a great culture, teaching people kind of how to respect each other and figure out ways to solve problems.

Those are things I like to do.

“I’d also like to be a professor at Penn State or something down the road. I like teaching.

So, there are a lot of different avenues I’d like to pursue. In the immediate future, I’d like to join the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club and wrestle through 2016. You never know and I’ll take it one year at a time, but right now those are some of the things I’m thinking about, some of the goals that I have. I want to wrestle out my career and take care of the little one for now. I’m just loving my life and the people I meet every day. I’m enjoying my faith and the opportunities my faith brings.” T&G Jeff Byers has been the voice of Penn State wrestling since 1990. He also is cohost of The Morning Guys radio show on WRSC in State College.

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Happy Valley on Two Wheels

By Amy King

Considered one of the best places for bicycling, this region has everything from family-friendly rides on quaint bike paths to rides that have steep climbs and several twists and turns. It’s time to put your feet on the pedals and get moving!

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s residents of Happy Valley, we know firsthand how wonderful it is to live here. The list of reasons why is immeasurable, really. No matter if you are a sports fanatic or a music lover, an aficionado of the arts, or a parent simply searching for family-friendly activities to liven your routine, you’ll never be at a loss for something to do, see, or attend.

Likewise, outdoor enthusiasts are in their glory here. From hunting and fishing to camping to hiking to rock climbing — whatever the weather or time of year, the options are seemingly endless.

But when you are immersed in your surroundings, at times it’s hard to see what is right in front of you. That is often the case when it comes to bicycle riding in our region. To put it simply, if you’re a bicyclist living in State College or its encompassing vicinity, you’ve struck gold — and you might not even realize it.

Centre County is highly regarded and sought out by bicycle riders residing in other parts of the state — and other parts of the nation — for its varied topography, breathtaking backdrops, and ample number of trail choices, whether you prefer mountain biking, road riding/racing, or a combination of the two (known in the riding world as cyclo-cross).

The best part? There is a ride readily available for anyone, regardless of age, ability, or adventuresome spirit. You just need to be willing to start pedaling. Here are a few rides some local bicycling enthusiasts recommend.

Penn’s Cave

Whether you’re a novice rider or just in the mood for something relatively undemanding, this could be the ride for you. Beginners will enjoy the rolling yet comparatively flat landscape along with the choices this bicycle

ride allows. Options are available for extending the trip, making it a popular preference for more avid cyclists because of the distance involved.

Beginning in Boalsburg or Lemont, this outing heads east on Brush Valley Road.

Depending on what you’re looking for in total miles ridden, the opportunity to stop and turn for home awaits when you reach a beautiful, one-room schoolhouse — the Rock Hill School at Linden Hall. At that point, turn right at the stop sign and complete the loop on Linden Hall Road. If you opt to stay on Brush Valley Road, you’ll continue on to Centre Hall. Once there, it’s not unusual to rest and grab a drink or bite to eat.

Perhaps the point of your journey was to see Penn’s Cave, “America’s only all-water cavern and wildlife park,” according to its Web site. If so, you’ll cycle on Route 192 about another six miles before you reach your destination, and can enjoy observing interesting animals, cruising a motorboat cavern tour, and learning about the agriculture of Central Pennsylvania. Just don’t forget about your ride home!

If you’re looking to extend your time on the road, you can traverse as far as Millheim.

A popular stop if you make it this far is eating or relishing a brew at the popular Elk Creek Café. On Sunday mornings when the weather is pleasant, it’s not unusual to see anywhere from 20 to 40 bikes lining the sidewalks, with riders from various towns enjoying brunch inside.

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Above, a vista on Rothrock State Forest’s Mid State Trail South.

Right, the Tussey Ridge Trail in Rothrock State Forest.

Rothrock State Forest

Within its boundaries, the Rothrock State Forest provides more than 100 miles of multiuse trails open for intermediate-to-advanced mountain biking.

For a less obstacle-laden but still challenging

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Traveling to Millheim will up your total mileage to almost 70 miles round trip — so the firsttime rider may want to wait awhile to attempt this feat.

Taking the back roads home (through Spring Mills and eventually returning to Linden Hall Road is a common alternative) to State College will take you riding through Amish country. Cars are generally aware of sharing the road with buggies, so that works to the advantage of the rider. You’ll want to watch out for the wind coming out of the west; chances are that on the ride home, you’ll experience a headwind, making the flat road seem a little more taxing. Overall, though, you’ll be able to make this ride what you want of it.

option, consider the gravel-surfaced fire roads (paths that were made to accommodate logging and fire trucks). The upkeep of the roads (i.e., surfaces being hard-packed, loose, etc.) can vary based on outlying conditions, including both weather and possible experimental treatments.

One can create a beginner ride within the confines of Rothrock, especially popular for families with children. You’ll find parking if you enter just past the ski area at Tussey Mountain and continue on Bear Meadows Road. En route from there to Bear Meadows Natural Area, you

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will experience terrain as flat as can be expected in this area, with no climbs and little distance.

Other entrances in the state forest that will take you on more rugged, moderate-to-advanced rides with craggy topography include Colyer Lake (located southeast on Route 322), Whipple Dam (south on Route 26), and Pennsylvania Furnace (west on Route 45 near the terminus of Whitehall Road). To commit to a loop from one of these sites, you’re looking at a ride of at least 20 miles (90 minutes to two hours, depending on a variety of factors).

There is an abundance of naturally flowing springs throughout Rothrock, and even though most are considered safe, please remember to drink at your own risk. Additionally, many natural and wild areas within the forest include designated state-forest lookouts with magnificent sceneries at all times of the year.

Though highly utilized, the trails are generally untrafficked. You should be keenly aware, however, of challenging conditions, especially while riding downhill. As quoted from the Purple Lizard Map of the Rothrock Pennsylvania State Forest, “You will encounter steep, rocky terrain as soon as you leave the road.

Expect it, embrace it and enjoy it.”

Black Moshannon

If you’re looking for the ultimate challenge (and calorie burn!), this is the ride for you. The hilly terrain (with a total elevation gain of 4,000 feet) takes you riding the ridge of one of the highest points in Central Pennsylvania, and the

50-mile-round-trip distance will physically test even the most able-bodied. That being said, if you take the time to regard — truly survey — the sereneness of the ride, you won’t be disappointed by the majestic feel.

Directionally, this ride is not a straight, northwest shot, as might be presumed. Instead, from Penn State’s campus, you’ll head east toward Houserville. Following Spring Creek through the beautiful Spring Creek Canyon, you’ll pass the airport on your left and head north on Fillmore Road. Dropping into Unionville, be sure to stop at the Unionville Café. While they may not have the most famous sticky buns around, they certainly are among the most delicious! Climbing the mountain after passing through this quaint town, you’ll have the opportunity to observe a spring shooting fresh water out of the side of the mountain.

Once you reach Black Moshannon State Park, many opportunities await. You can take a quick dip in the water, continue riding along one of the offered bicycle paths within the park, simply rest — or choose the inevitable and head for home. After riding through the park and heading toward Julian, you’ll travel through a primitive, untouched standing grove of the Pennsylvania state tree, the Eastern hemlock.

Your biggest concern along this ride is not the traffic. Rather, you’ll want to be considerably aware of the switchbacks built into the hills. A switchback is a 180-degree bend, helping to reduce the grade of the road, and many of them are lined with gravel. For someone who might be riding this route for the first time, taking extreme Contributed photo

(From left) Jim Matthews, Ben Lawrence, and Anthony DiNallo on the Black Moshannon ride.

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caution (and, of course, wearing appropriate safety gear), particularly while descending, is a given.

Cooper’s Gap

A moderate-to-difficult mountainbike option would be the trails of Cooper’s Gap. There are several mileage choices to contemplate, ranging anywhere from five- to more than 30-mile loops. Cooper’s Gap is most easily accessed from Route 322 at the top of Seven Mountains via Penn Roosevelt State Park, but there also are approaches from Greenwood Furnace State Park and Milroy.

One of the biggest pros of this ride selection is that the trails were constructed as a mountain-biking system; the paths were more sustainably built, and they flow exceptionally well because of this.

As you’re riding, be watchful for a connector trail called Sassy Pig. Even if the technical nature of the trail does not suit your abilities, it is relatively short in distance from a forestry road. Sassy Pig will lead you to a south-facing vista overlooking Big Valley with magnificent views.

Per usual on these trail systems, there is low traffic. Important to note, however, is the significance of being aware of the varying hunting seasons in this region; please watch out for and respect the hunters’ time in the woods and always wear orange.

Warrior’s Mark

John Merriam rides on Top Trail, commonly known as Beautiful Trail, of Cooper’s Gap during the 2011 TransSylvania Mountain Bike Epic.

Affectionately known as the “Llama Farm Ride,” this rural, moderate-to-advanced, 40mile roundtripper takes you southwest on Whitehall Road to Tadpole Road. Although the contour of the land is relatively flat, it is best tackled by a more experienced cyclist because of the less-than-optimal riding conditions on Whitehall Road.

As you progress in your ride, you’ll pass numerous picturesque horse farms. The natural settings are feasts for the eyes, no matter the season. At the aforementioned llama farm — located near the corner where Marengo Road meets Route 550 — you’ll find an abundance of llama goods available for purchase. Perhaps this will be your foray in trying llama milk!

Heading home, you’ll ride on Old Gatesburg Road and will loop through

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Scotia State Game Lands back to Tadpole Road.

At this point you’ll ride down Whitehall Road to Route 26.

With the exception of that on Whitehall Road, there is not much traffic through the duration of this ride; however, because there is no shoulder on Whitehall you’ll especially want to avoid riding during rush hour. Also, take proper precautions — well-lit bicycles and high-visibility clothing, regardless of the time of day.

An option for those who don’t want to brave Whitehall Road is to drive to and leave from Fairbrook Park on Tadpole Road between Whitehall Road and Route 45. Avoiding Whitehall Road makes this ride that much more pleasant.

your commute; not only will you improve air quality, you’ll also lessen congestion on the roads.

There are multiple ways to reach campus, business districts, and other high-trafficked areas via the bicycle pathways that are currently in place.

Or ride with your children to one of the tremendous parks within the confines of the borough.

Several of the trails in the Centre Region are appropriated for the likes of kids — take advantage of this cost-efficient activity while bolstering your family’s health. It’s a win-win situation.

So, with spring finally here, what are you waiting for? Hit the road — whether paved, graveled, or grassy — and enjoy one of the best bicycle areas in the country. T&G

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Ben Lawrence, who lives in State College and has been an avid bike rider for more than 20 years, and Jordyn Drayton, who lives in State College and is coowner and general manager for Freeze Thaw Cycles, contributed to this article.

Amy King is a contributor to Town&Gown, and teaches preschool at Grace Lutheran Preschool & Kindergarten. She lives in State College with her husband and three children.

Perhaps you’d rather stay in State College (recently named a Bronze Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists, with Penn State recognized as a Bronze Bicycle Friendly University, as well). If so, you can simply try one of the multiple bike paths that interconnect many parts of our town.

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Town&Gown’s 10th annual edition of recognizing some of the outstanding men who continue to help this region grow and prosper

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Men in the Community

TIM AUSTIN (left),

FREDERICK J. FERNSLER,

Teacher State College Friends School

NCARB, AIA Emeritus; President

NICK JACKSON (right),

Teacher State College Friends School

ADAM R. FERNSLER,

1900 University Drive State College (814)237-8386

521 E. Beaver Ave. (814) 234-6806

PE, LEED AP; Vice President Fernsler Hutchinson Architecture, LLC

Tim Austin enjoys talking about pie and serves it to his students who recite the first 13 digits of Pi on National Pi Day. “It’s a fifth-grade tradition and a light-hearted intro to a complex idea,” says Tim, who leans toward blueberry.

Nick Jackson dons a duct tape bowtie and encourages his students to push the limits of resourcefulness and creativity during the annual fourth-grade Rube Goldberg Competition, exploring simple machines. More Friends School traditions at www.scfriends.org.

Sponsored by Mary Lou Bennett, RE/MAX Centre Realty

Founded by Fred in 1975, the firm has grown to include a second generation – his son, Adam – as well as partner Nate Hutchinson, AIA, director of design. Fernsler Hutchinson has provided architectural solutions in 12 states and six countries, as well as at home in State College. Most recently, the firm completed the Suzanne Pohland Paterno Catholic Student Faith Center on East Park Avenue and is currently directing a conference center project for Minitab as well as work at the Trader Joe’s Plaza.

NIKOLAS MATAKA

JUAN MALDONADO

TYLER FURUKADO

214 E College Ave. (814) 308-8404

214 E College Ave. (814) 308-8404

214 E College Ave. (814) 308-8404

Technician Supervisor P2P Computer Solutions

Owner P2P Computer Solutions

When you visit P2P’s store to have your computer looked at, Nikolas Mataka is, most likely, the friendly face you will meet. Born and raised in Manhattan, NY, he received his first computer at age 8… and promptly broke it 2 weeks later! Not to be deterred, Nikolas attempted to fix his broken computer, and, to everyone’s surprise, did! By age 15, Nikolas was working as an IT professional, servicing a chain of grocery stores, meeting all their IT needs and, even designing a surveillance system! Nikolas moved here in 2006, and is happy to call State College “home”. As Technician Supervisor, he manages all the P2P technicians, and insures your personal computer is getting the best possible attention!

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Juan relocated back to his hometown of State College in 2007 and started P2P Computer Solutions as soon as he identified the need for a local, friendly IT source for both the residential and commercial community.

In addition to leading the company and making plans for its future, he is committed to managing the day to day operations. He also enjoys tackling challenges like repairing “unrepairable” items. Juan is a member of several networking groups and the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County, and he devotes time to local organizations.

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Service Manager P2P Computer Solutions

Originally from Hawaii, Tyler has been with P2P in State College since the growing company was founded. He works on-site with clients most of the time, as P2P carries out projects such as server installations, internet service provider changes and data migration, always striving to achieve an optimal client working environment.

Tyler enjoys spending time with customers, educating them on how to use their equipment and answering computer and printer related questions. He “lives and breathes” computers and enjoys gaming during his free time.

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Men in the Community

STEVEN FISHBAINE, D.D.S. JASON STETSON, DMD

Comprehensive and Aesthetic Dentistry

476 ROLLING RIDGE DRIVE (814) 238-6800

MICHAEL V. PETRINE

Dr. Steve Fishbaine has been practicing dentistry in State College for 29 years. Dr. Jason Stetson joined his practice in April 2012.

Dr. Fishbaine received a BS in Biology, Bucknell University, 1979, a Doctorate of Dental Surgery from Temple University in1983, performed a dental residency at Allentown and Lehigh Valley Hospitals, and earned a Fellowship from the Academy of General Dentistry in 1993.

He is a member of the American Dental Association, AGD, SCASD CTC Advisory Committee, the YMCA, and the State College Elks Club.

Steve and his wife, Penni, have two children, Josh (24) and Arielle (22).

Dr. Stetson earned his BS in Life Sciences, Penn State, in 2006 and a Doctorate of Dental Medicine in January 2012 from Temple University.

Jason is a State College native, a CVIM volunteer dentist, a member of the ADA and the CBICC, and a coach for the Tussey Mountain ski team.

“Our specialty is comprehensive and cosmetic dentistry. We’re focused on what is best for our patients and how to improve and maintain their smiles for a lifetime.”

JOHN E. ARRINGTON

Executive Vice President, Sales and Retail Banking Kish Bank As leader of the Kish sales team, John is charged with developing and expanding customer relationships across the Bank’s threecounty market area (Centre, Huntingdon, and Mifflin). A longtime veteran of the banking industry in Central Pennsylvania, John was a founding member of the Nittany Bank management team in State College before joining Kish in 2011.

The University of Alabama graduate holds a B.S. degree in finance. His community leadership activities include current service to the Centre County Youth Service Bureau, C.A.S.E., and the State College Jazz Festival. He has also served for17years as a youth football coach.

MIKE BERRENA

Community Volunteer A lifelong resident of State College, Mike began his volunteer career with the Boy Scouts and Our Lady of Victory Church. More recently, he devotes time to Tides, a support program for grieving children and the people who love and care for them. He is chairman of the Knights of Columbus American Red Cross Blood Drive. Mike and his brothers are in business together as Joseph T. Berrena Mechanicals. He and his wife, Elaine, love spending time with their eight children and six grandchildren.

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Senior Vice President, Commercial Executive

1705 North Atherton Street, State College, PA 16803 (814) 206-7327

Susquehanna Bank was pleased to make the addition of Michael V. Petrine to the company as Senior Vice President, Commercial Executive in late 2012.

Michael is a team leader responsible for developing and managing the needs of commercial business customers through the broad range of services provided by Susquehanna Bank and its related subsidiaries.

Being a State College resident with over 25 year of experience in the banking and financial services industry, Michael brings great value to the Susquehanna family and to the customers we serve in the State College market.

Please contact Michael for financial advice and lending needs with your company’s next venture!

CHRISTIAN T. AUMILLER Owner Christian T. Aumiller Real Estate Appraisal & Consulting Services

248 E. Calder Way, Suite 400 (814) 234-0353

Christian understudied with J. Alvin Hawbaker in the State College market before purchasing his own business from Phillip E. Gingerich, MAI in 2002. A state-certified general appraiser and real estate broker, Christian conducts appraisals throughout Central PA, including numerous projects for Ferguson Township, State College Borough, and other municipalities. He is a member of the Centre County and Mifflin-Juniata County associations of Realtors and the Appraisal Institute. He and his wife, Sarah, have three daughters.

MARK BIGATEL

Broker Associated Realty Property Management

456 E. Beaver Ave. (814) 231-3333 www.arpm.com

Upon graduating from Penn State in 1971, Mark stayed in State College and became involved in all aspects of real estate and his community. Associated Realty Property Management manages over 1500 properties and 11 Homeowners Associations. Mark is also the managing Broker of Kissinger Bigatel & Brower Realtors.

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Men in the Community RICH BUNDY

JEFF BYERS

Candidate for Penn State Board of Trustees (No. 18 on the ballot)

Road to Recovery Coordinator American Cancer Society

Rich is a State College native, twice a Penn State graduate (‘93, ‘96g), and the son of two Penn State employees -- his father is director of the Blue Band and his mother retired in June from the College of Liberal Arts. Rich will bring his 20 years of professional experience in higher education and a positive, forward thinking attitude to leadership on the Board of Trustees.

123 S. Sparks St. 1-800-227-2345

To learn more about Rich’s background, experience, and platform, visit www.RichBundy.org

After his sister was diagnosed with breast cancer, Jeff joined the local American Cancer Society’s Volunteer Leadership Council and then became volunteer coordinator of Road to Recovery, whose drivers take patients to and from cancer treatment. Jeff is marketing director of his family’s taxi and delivery business, Handy Delivery, is one of the “Morning Guys” on WRSC-FM radio, and has been the voice of Penn State wrestling for more than 20 years.

TOM CALI

PATRICK CHAMBERS

Board Member Centre County Women’s Resource Center

140 W. Nittany Ave. (814) 234-5050

A Penn State alumnus and State College real estate agent for more than 20 years, Tom gives back to his community by supporting numerous organizations. In addition to serving as a board member for the Centre County Women’s Resource Center, he and his RE/MAX Centre Realty partner, Ellen Kline, are sponsors of Coquese’s Drive and the Steps to Safety 5K, both benefiting CCWRC. He is part of Marathoners for Medicine, running the Boston Marathon each year to raise funds for Centre Volunteers in Medicine.

TOM CHARLES, MBA, MHA

Senior Vice President, System Development and Chief Strategy Officer, Mount Nittany Health Tom Charles, MBA, MHA, was recently named senior vice president, system development and chief strategy officer for Mount Nittany Health. A long-time resident of State College, Charles has most recently served as vice president, strategic planning for Geisinger Health System; supporting strategic planning and system development across a 31-county service area. Charles has been active in several community and professional organizations, most recently he served as president of the board for the State College Food Bank. He has published several articles on business development, group practice and strategic planning and serves as adjunct faculty for The Pennsylvania State University’s Health Administration Program. He and his wife Dr. Kristine Charles have two sons.

Director of Orchestral Studies Penn State University

A native of Argentina, Gerardo has conducted orchestras and choirs in Europe, South America, Asia, and the United States.

He is director of orchestral studies at Penn State, music director of Music at Penn’s Woods (MPW) summer festival, and music director/ conductor of the Williamsport Symphony Orchestra. Save June 22 and 29 to see this dynamic conductor with the MPW festival orchestra. MPW, a wonderful “town and gown” collaboration, offers exceptional programs of classical music in the intimate setting of Esber Recital Hall.

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GREGORY DREIBELBIS

Senior Vice President First National Bank As Senior Vice President in Investment Real Estate for First National Bank, Gregory Dreibelbis will develop and manage commercial real estate relationships in Central, Southeastern, and Northeastern Pennsylvania. Prior to joining First National Bank, Dreibelbis served with Citizens Bank in State College, most recently as Senior Vice President, Commercial Real Estate Finance. He earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, PA. Currently, he volunteers with the Centre County United Way and the Youth Service Bureau. Dreibelbis resides in State College with his wife, Dana; they are the parents of four children.

BRUCE FLEISCHER

GERARDO EDELSTEIN 233 Music Bldg.

University Park (814) 863-9635

Head Coach Nittany Lion Basketball 113 Jordan Center (814) 865-5494 In his second season leading the Penn State basketball program, Patrick¹s energy and passion have already made a significant impact both within the University and in the community. In his first stint as a head coach, he led Boston University to back-to-back 20-win seasons, a conference title and an NCAA Tournament berth and prior to that served as Associate Head Coach to Villanova¹s Jay Wright during the Wildcat¹s 2009 Final Four run.

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President, Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art Board of Directors Curtin Road, Penn State (814) 865-7672

Bruce is an attorney and executive director of the Centre County Bar Association. He is president of the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art and also sits on the board of directors of the State College Community Theatre.

Through membership dues and such fundraising events as the annual Gala, the Palmer strives to maintain a high profile as a vital cultural and educational center in the region and an admission-free resource available and accessible to all.

Sponsored by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art

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Men in the Community GUY GADOWSKY

BLAKE GALL

Penn State Men’s Hockey Coach

Grants Committee Chairman Centre Foundation

110 Jordan Center University Park (814) 867-7825

During his first season as Nittany Lion coach, Gadowsky led the Lions to a 13-14-0 record during their inaugural NCAA Division I season, with marquee victories against Ohio State, Michigan State, Wisconsin and Vermont. He’s looking forward to the 2013-14 season opener Oct. 11 in the new Pegula Ice Arena. The Edmonton, Alberta, native came to Penn State following a successful seven-year stint as Princeton’s head coach and five years as Alaska’s bench boss.

Sponsored by the Penn State Bookstore

Financial Planner Diversified Asset Planners Inc.

1524 W. College Ave. (814) 234-2500 www.JoeGordonDAP.com

J o e s p e c i a l ize s i n p rov i d i n g financial s ervices focus ed on helping success driven clients make smart decisions to advance their financial wellbeing. A Penn State and Bucknell University alumnus, he is a Registered Representative through J.W. Cole Financial, Inc. member FINRA/SIPC and Investment Advisor Representative through J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. Joe also enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters.

GREGORY T. HAYES

President Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County As a volunteer extraordinaire, Greg not only serves as the president of Habitat, but also has been a volunteer coach for the Penn State Rowing Team. He works on several local committees for College Township Parks & Rec., Centre Foundation, and the Builders Association. He also sits on the board for Habitat, Friends of Palmer Museum, and State College YMCA. As vice president at Kish Bank, Greg works with local businesses to help them grow.

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Senior Vice President and Senior Information Officer Kish Bank With 25 years of experience in network, technology, and information systems, Walter Kay leads the Kish Bank information technology team and manages the company’s data and information systems. He also fulfills the data and reporting needs of the multiple Kish subsidiaries – Kish Insurance, Kish Financial Solutions, and Kish Travel.

Walter previously served as Chief Information Officer of Omega Bank in State College, PA for 5 years and as Vice President of Information Technology for Chemung Canal Trust Company in Elmira, New York.

Walter is a graduate of Elmira College with a B.S. in Management Information Systems and has numerous IT certifications. He and his family reside in State College, Pennsylvania.

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Blake has served on Centre Foundation’s investment committee for the past decade and recently became chair of the grants committee. Longtime Foundation supporters, he and his wife, Linda, have set up several funds there to benefit the community. He also volunteers for Mount Nittany Health System, Mount Nittany Conservancy, Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund, and Special Olympics. Blake has spent his career in the investment business as a portfolio manager and currently manages the Micro++ hedge fund.

WILLIAM P. HAYES

JOSEPH A. GORDON

WALTER KAY

www.centre-foundation.org (814) 237-6229

Chairman, President and CEO Kish Bancorp, Inc., and Kish Bank Bill Hayes applies his more than 35 years of industry experience to the executivelevel management and strategic direction of the Kish Bancorp holding company, to Kish Bank as its principle subsidiary, and to its additional diversified business units in insurance, investment services, and travel services. Kish Bank currently has assets of $570 million and 13 community offices with 180 full-time employees.

The Bellville native is also Past Chairman of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA) and is active in various leadership capacities with the American Bankers Association (ABA). An alumnus of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Bill is also a graduate of the PBA Advanced School of Banking at Bucknell University, the Stonier Graduate School of Banking, and the ABA-Kellogg CEO Graduate Management Program.

ALFRED JONES, JR. Executive Director

Centre Foundation 2601 Gateway Drive, Suite #175 (814) 237-6229

Al has served as executive director of the foundation since 2009, after practicing law for 37 years.

He plans to retire this year. Al’s leadership helped the foundation pursue projects that have greatly improved the quality of life in Centre County. His presence as the foundation’s leader will be greatly missed.

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THOMAS R. KING

Chief of Police, State College Police Department 243 S. Allen St. • (814) 234-7150 Chief of police since 1993, Tom has served as patrol officer, field training officer, narcotics detective, corporal, and sergeant. He is a member of University Park Campus Community Partnership on issues related to dangerous drinking; Youth Service Bureau board member; State College Presbyterian Church elder; PA Commission on Crime and Delinquency commissioner; and PA Chiefs of Police Association first VP. He and his wife, Kelley, have two adult children.

Sponsored by Beta Sigma Beta Alumni Association

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Men in the Community BRUCE A. LINGENFELTER

CHRISTOPHER LEITZELL Partner Diversified Asset Planners Inc.

Partner, TLC Group Investment Advisors, LLC

1524 W. College Ave. (814) 234-2500

Chris started with Diversified Asset Planners in 1994 and became a partner in 2009, specializing in retirement planning, life insurance, and wealth transfer. With FINRA Series 6 and 63 licenses, he is a registered representative offering securities through J.W. Cole Financial Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. A lifelong State College resident, Chris enjoys golfing, hunting, and fishing.

NICHOLAS A. LINGENFELTER

President/CEO YMCA of Centre County

117 S. Allen St. (814) 231-5422

(814) 355-5551

Nick Lingenfelter, Vice President and Market Manager for First National Bank, provides oversight of sales and operations for 17 branches in Centre and Clinton Counties. He began his career with First National Bank in 1984 and has nearly 30 years of industry experience. Nick is board president for Bellefonte Intervalley Chamber of Commerce, a member of the board for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County and 2013 Campaign Co-Chair for the Centre County United Way.

THE REV. P. STEVENS LYNN

Howard started his YMCA career in 1986 at the Norwalk YMCA (CT). In 2005, he moved to Centre County to become the Executive Director of the Bellefonte Family YMCA. He played a leading role in merging the Bellefonte and State College YMCA’s and then the YMCA of Centre County with the Moshannon Valley YMCA. Howard enjoys spending time with his family and friends.

EDWARD S. MARFLAK Chairman & Founder Schoolwires

Board Member The Arc of Centre County

330 Innovation Blvd., Suite 301

1840 N. Atherton St. (814) 238-1444

Pastor Lynn has served on The Arc’s board of directors for three years in support of the organization’s work to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities. A Penn State alumnus, he attended Lutheran Theological Seminary in Gettysburg and served congregations in Williamsburg and DuBois before coming to State College in 2004. Now senior pastor at Grace Lutheran Church, he has been married to Lois, a retired nursing instructor, for 35 years.

DANIEL T. MCCURDY III PHD

Ed founded Schoolwires to help school districts build stronger school communities, more effective schools, and more successful students. Today, approximately 11 million users in the U.S. and China rely on Schoolwires’ Internet-based solutions to drive engagement in the classroom, locally and across the globe. The company has been recognized for six years by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. Ed is a graduate of Penn State; he and his wife have three children.

KEN MOSCONE

Financial Advisor Abundance Wealth Counselors, LLC Dan is a Financial Advisor with Abundance Wealth Counselors, an independent State College-based Registered Investment Advisory firm. With a clientcentric, fee-based service, Dan and the Abundance team focus on wealth management for specialty physicians, entrepreneurs, and retirement plans. He utilizes a holistic approach – ensuring proper estate planning, risk management, and investment management.

Dan has worked as a volunteer for the Special Olympics for the past several years, and has also served on committees with the CBICC. He and his wife, Jeannie, have two children, Cameron 12, and Emma, 10 who provide countless hours of activity.

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An investment and retirement plan consultant for more than 45 years, Bruce is co-founder of TLC Group Investment Advisors, LLC, a firm specializing in wealth accumulation and preservation strategies. We focus on the client through innovative strategies and team dynamics for the family office.

Sponsored by Vantage Investment Advisors, LLC

HOWARD LONG

Vice President & Market Manager First National Bank of Pennsylvania

232 Regent Court, State College (814) 861-3810

270 Walker Dr. (814) 231-2265

President & CEO QBC Diagnostics and The Drucker Company 168 Bradford Drive Port Matilda In 1983, Ken purchased The Drucker Company, a Florida manufacturer of laboratory centrifuges, and in 1997 relocated it to State College. Drucker, renowned for high-quality products, was awarded a significant contract in 2011 by its premier competitor to build their centrifuge models at the Drucker facility in Philipsburg. QBC Diagnostics, a manufacturer of hematology instrumentation, disposables, malaria, and TB diagnostic kits, was purchased in 2005. In 2009, QBC ranked #50 in Inc. magazine’s fastestgrowing health companies.

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Men in the Community GREG MYFORD

ROBERT MOUNTZ

Board Member & Treasurer Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

403 S. Allen St., Suite 205A (814) 237-3682

A Penn State alumnus, Bob retired from teaching and moved here from Chester County in 2002 with his wife, Virginia.

They quickly began volunteering for Arts Festival and have been loyal supporters ever since. He is in his fifth year on the board of directors, including three as treasurer. The Mountzes have chaired the silent auction and volunteer in the office with mailings and “whatever grunt work has to be done,” Bob says, noting that they look forward to the July event all year.

BERNARD ORAVEC

BILL O’BRIEN

Head Football Coach Penn State University In his first season as head coach, Bill O’Brien led the Nittany Lions to an 8-4 record. He won numerous postseason awards, including the Bear Bryant Coach of the Year, ESPN Coach of the Year, Maxwell Football Club Collegiate Coach of the Year, and the Big Ten Coach of the Year by both the media and coaches. He’s also continued to see the program have success in the classroom as a record 20 Nittany Lions earned Dean’s List recognition, and 28 earned Academic All-Big Ten honors.

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THEODORE J. OYLER, CFP, PARTNER

252 West Fourth St. Williamsport boravec@sungazette.com

Bernie is publisher of the Williamsport Sun-Gazette and Central PA Shale Play. With more than 25 years of media experience, he is recognized as a leader in the PA newspaper industry. A lifelong resident and drummer in central PA, Bernie is active in the local arts community. A Penn State alumnus, Bernie serves on the Board of Directors of Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, First Community Foundation and Williamsport Symphony Orchestra.

Director of Quality and Risk Management HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital

1524 W. College Ave. (814) 234-2500

Ted has dedicated over two decades of his professional career to serving the financial and retirement planning needs of clients in Central Pennsylvania. A conservative wealth advisor, he provides comprehensive investment, retirement, and insurance planning solutions that best suit client needs. When he’s not at work Ted enjoys working out at the YMCA, playing golf, coaching youth sports, and spending time with his wife Jennifer, son Trey, and daughter Linlee. He is a registered representative offering securities through J.W. Cole Financial Inc. member FINRA/SIPC. Diversified Asset Planners, Inc and J.W. Cole Financial are not affiliated.

550 West College Avenue Pleasant Gap, PA 16823

As the Director of Quality and Risk Management, Dave champions patient and family needs, working with HealthSouth employees to ensure that the hospital is continuously improving its patient care experience. Dave leads the Patient Experience Group, a multidisciplinary team that is committed to quality improvement and positive patient care outcomes. Dave has been with HealthSouth since 1996 and has served in his current position since 1999. He received both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Penn State University.

RUSS ROSE

DAVID M. “MIKE” RICE, PH.D.

Penn State Women’s Volleyball Coach

President & CEO Skills of Central Pennsylvania Inc.

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Associate Athletic Director – Business Relations & Communications Penn State University 101M Bryce Jordan Center (814) 865-9080 After earning a B.A in journalism at Penn State, Greg launched his sports marketing career in Washington, DC with the Home Team Sports cable network. He then joined the Detroit Pistons and Palace Sports & Entertainment, finishing 12 years with PS&E as senior VP of corporate development with the 2004 NHL Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning. In 2004, Greg returned to his alma mater to oversee revenue generation, brand management, marketing, broadcasting, and communications for Intercollegiate Athletics.

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Russ is one of the most successful coaches in women’s volleyball history. He owns a career record of 1,091-175 and has guided his teams to 23 conference titles, including eight straight in from 2003 to 2010. He is one of three coaches to achieve more than 1,000 career wins, and his 2010 Nittany Lion squad won its fourth consecutive and the program’s fifth overall NCAA National Championship title. Last year, he led the team to its 10th Final Four appearance.

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Men in the Community COL. GERALD F. RUSSELL (RET.)

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In 2009, as the longtime chair of the Day of Caring, he was the inaugural recipient of the Centre County United Way’s Gerald F. Russell Award, which is bestowed annually to an individual for their long-term Day of Caring efforts.

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Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Kish Bank With full responsibility for day-to-day operations, Brad has played a pivotal role in guiding Kish Bank’s continued exceptional financial performance. A finance graduate of Penn State, where he was a three-year letterman on the football team, Brad brought nearly 30 years of banking and financial services experience to Kish when he joined the team in 2009. Active in the community, Brad’s professional activities include the Pennsylvania Bankers Association, the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, and The State Theatre.

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Coach Sanderson became a collegiate legend as an undefeated 4X NCAA Champ and OW with 139 straight wins for Iowa State. As a Junior, he passed Dan Gable’s record of 98 straight wins. He won Olympic Gold in 2004. He coached Iowa State (2006-08) to 3 Big 12 Titles and NCAA Silver. In his 4th PSU season, his team became Big Ten champs for the 3rd straight year and is favored to win its 3rd straight NCAA Championships, March 21-23. His wrestlers say their coaches and Wrestling Room challenges are all they had hoped for.

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Rodney has served as Foxdale’s medical director for nine years and is on the medical staff at Mount Nittany Medical Center and Health South Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital. He is a partner in Nittany Valley Medical Associates, which focuses on geriatric, rehabilitation, and home medicine. In his spare time, he is Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 83 and enjoys spending time with his wife, Dr. Tracy Sepich, their four children, and pet lizard.

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Damon came to Penn State in 2008 after serving in various administrative and teaching roles at his alma mater, Indiana University. He is an affiliate associate professor of both law and education, and a licensed attorney. Damon co-chairs The Partnership — Campus and Community United Against Dangerous Drinking, a town-gown collaboration working to reduce the high-risk behavior that often accompanies the excessive consumption of alcohol.

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A self-employed structural engineer and Leadership Centre County alumnus, Jesse joined the Sight Loss Support Group board in 1997 when the organization needed help with strategic planning.

Now celebrating its 30th anniversary, SLSG is experiencing growing need for its services as babyboomers reach the age when their vision naturally begins to deteriorate, he says. To meet that need, the organization’s leadership is in the process of restructuring the services SLSG provides and the technology used to deliver them.

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He received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Chris served on the Archie Bray Foundation Board of Directors and is currently on the Board of the Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. His work is in collections including the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and friends’ cupboards.

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Having founded YSB’s Family Group Decision Making program in 2003, Dave is spreading his gift for engagement to other areas in 2013. As Stewardship Coordinator, Dave will be stewarding the YSB’s core values of: professionalism, respect, integrity and safety within the YSB, and stewarding relationships with our partners outside. Dave will assist CEO Andrea Boyles with community relations while maintaining involvement with the kids and families we care for. Dave, his wife Mandy and son Justice, are all proud to be part of the YSB family!

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A self-professed PSU sports fanatic, George first became involved with the volleyball booster club. Coach Russ Rose suggested he also lead the softball boosters, and last year George was asked to head the men’s hockey boosters as the team switched from club to NCAA play. George and his wife, Kay (both PSU M.Ed. ’69), retired here in 2004 after 40 years in public education and enjoy time with daughter Michele, son-in-law Albert (both PSU alumni and architects), and granddaughter Julia.

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Before coming to Penn State in 2004, George spent 18 years as director of performing arts at the Munson-WilliamsProctor Institute in Utica, N.Y. A former trombonist, he holds degrees from Western Washington University and the New England Conservatory of Music. Each year, he and his team bring the world’s finest artists to Penn State stages through the Center for the Performing Arts. George is president-elect of the State College Downtown Rotary Club.

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The University Choir and Symphony Orchestra rehearse Verdi’s Requiem in 1971, with Raymond Brown conducting.

Circa 1960, Frank B. Burggraf Jr., associate professor of landscape architecture, reviews some of the student proposals for the President’s Residence, which was no longer in use as the home of the president.

GoldenM A ceramics student explains her work to board of trustees members in 1984.

Former dean Richard Durst (left) and Emeritus Dean Neil Porterfield (right) with Stuckeman Family School benefactor H. Campbell Stuckeman on the day of the groundbreaking 60 - Town&Gown April 2013 of the Stuckeman Family Building in 2003.

In 1974, (from left) Dean Walter H. Halters, Eoline Wilson, and Thomas Dwyer help dedicate a memorial tree honoring the late Wayne H. Wilson, professor and head of the department of landscape architecture.

An architectural model shows the planned expansion of the Palmer Museum of Art.

Memories

Penn State ’s College of Arts and Architecture celebrates its 50th anniversary of bringing diverse disciplines together

By Jenna Spinelle The Playhouse Theatre nears completion in the 1960s.

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• • • Arts instruction at Penn State dates back to the 1870s, when music courses were first offered. Studio art classes began in the 1890s, and theater courses followed in the 1920s.

These three areas were united in 1956 as the School of Fine and Applied Arts within the College of the Liberal Arts.

When the College of Arts and Architecture formed in 1963, it united the School of Fine and Applied Arts with the architecture department from the College of Engineering, and the landscape-architecture department from the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Helen Manfull and her husband, Lowell, were among the first faculty hired by the college. They had just completed doctorate degrees at the University of Wisconsin and had no intention of leaving until they visited Penn State in 1965. They immediately fell in love.

“One of the things that drew my husband to it was that it was the relationship of all the arts put together,” Helen says. “Theater is often a part of liberal arts, but here it was an

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In a university with hundreds of majors, those found in Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture perhaps comprise the most diverse grouping to be housed in one area.

The academic college that hosts everything from landscape architecture to musical theatre celebrates its 50th anniversary this month — five decades as an entity that has unified programs from liberal arts, engineering, and agricultural sciences, and now serves about 1,700 students in its majors, and countless community members through performances and exhibition venues. The College of Arts and Architecture is home to the School of Music, School of Theatre, Stuckeman School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, School of Visual Arts, Department of Art History, and Integrative Arts Program.

While the college has seen tremendous growth over the past five decades, there have been a few growing pains along the way. Leading up to the 50th-anniversary celebration, faculty, students, and administrators from throughout its history took some time to look back at those accomplishments and look ahead to the challenges it faces moving forward.

Jerry Johnson was part of the first class to graduate from the College of Arts and Architecture.

He is now a multimedia artist in Frederick, Maryland.

arts college, so that was very impressive.”

The Manfulls also were impressed by the commitment to theater in the area, with professional productions happening at the Millbrook Playhouse in Mill Hall each summer.

The small size of the theater department lent itself to forming close bonds with students, Helen says.

“One night we had a knock at the front door and the whole graduate class was in our front yard with squirt guns,” she says. “We had a lot of fun with the students and were very close to them in the early days.”

Jerry Johnson was a freshman at Penn State in 1963 and was part of the first class to graduate from the college. He recalls a lot of excitement around the college’s opening, but some of the details weren’t quite ready.

“Penn State at the time tried to have this kind of mini-Renaissance to kick that thing off,” he says. “Everyone had these great hopes, and then you get there and the desks haven’t come yet and cameras haven’t come yet ... it sort of hit the ground kind of flat.”

He also recalls some resistance about moving the art department from downtown to the north part of campus in 1966 when the college’s new building opened.

“The new building was state of the art for

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Neil Porterfield was dean of the College of Arts and Architecture from 1994 to 2000, when the school made great strides in the areas of architecture and landscape architecture.

the era, but lacked the soul of the temporary building,” he says. “I’m certain that new students found the facility exciting, but I longed for coffee at the HUB, a block to Keeler’s, two to the Corner Room … all the things that have little to do with art, but everything to do with being a student and artist.”

The opening of the arts building in the 1960s paved the way for what has now become known as the “arts district” between Park Avenue and Curtain Road on the north end of campus. That area now houses two music buildings, a theatre-arts building, the Stuckeman Family Building for architecture, Zoller Gallery, and Palmer Museum of Art.

• • • Another major advancement for the college came in the 1990s when architect and 1937 Penn State graduate H. Campbell “Cal” Stuckeman and his wife, Eleanor, gave more than $30 million that allowed for great strides in the college, particularly in the areas of architecture and landscape architecture.

The Stuckeman family’s gifts allowed for the creation of a namesake building that currently houses architecture, landscape architecture,

and graphic design, as well as numerous professorships and research opportunities.

Neil Porterfield was the college’s dean during this time period and had known Cal Stuckeman from his time as landscapearchitecture department head prior to becoming dean. The Stuckeman family’s passion for Penn State and desire to expand its architecture offerings were evident from their very first meeting, he says. The two shared a common goal of bringing architecture and landscape architecture together under one school banner.

As Porterfield soon found, however, desire alone was not enough to get the job done. He was met with resistance from faculty in both departments and later worked with Stuckeman to create a building that would allow the departments to work collaboratively.

“Cal was very interested [in a new building] and therefore we needed to move on it,” Porterfield says. “He was wise enough to know that you have to transform the academic program to be more collaborative and interactive and to do that in a fast-paced way that can keep up with what’s going on in the real world.”

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Kimberly Brandt Henrickson graduated from Penn State in 1998 with a degree in art history.

She’s now a successful artist and businesswoman living in New Canaan, Connecticut.

When Porterfield became dean, he was faced with leading and making decisions in areas such as art and music, with which he had limited experience but knew he would need to support in meetings with central administrators.

“What I tried to do is participate as much as I could with the arts … the Center for the Performing Arts, and the Palmer Museum,” he says. “I participated first as a listener and monitored things in a very personal way.”

Kimberly Brandt Henrikson came to Penn State during this time. She had a passion for art history but a major that would lead her toward medical school. She was able to work with the college’s advising staff to eventually change her major to art history.

Now a successful artist and businesswoman, she looks back fondly on her time as an arthistory student.

“It was nice to have an environment where you felt like you could ask questions and the faculty would know who you are,” she says. “I found the course material very interesting and met some really wonderful students from other majors in the college who were interested in the same things I was.”

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Johnson also, in a way, got to experience the college at this different point in time when his son, Casey, enrolled at Penn State for his master’s degree in new media, a field that would later become the integrative-arts program in the college.

“By the time he got there … it was a totally different kind of school than what I had experienced … everything was very relative to what’s happening today,” he says. “He had two wonderful years there, and I got to relive my life a little.”

• • • Looking to the future, Barbara Korner, the college’s dean since 2007, says its challenges will be to fuse cutting-edge research and technology with hands-on instruction in disciplines that go back thousands of years, and to determine how more of its course can be delivered to Penn State students online.

The school is taking part in Penn State’s initial offering through Coursera, which is “a massive open online course platform that makes it possible for the university to provide courses on a vast scale and open higher

education to thousands more students than was previously possible.”

The university is currently offering five courses through Coursera, with one being Introduction to Art: Concepts and Techniques.

“We will continue our studio approach to education. There’s no substitute for learning in a small environment with a professor,” she says. “People often forget that the arts are often dependent on technology … things like the piano were new technology at one time.”

One of the college’s greatest achievements, in Korner’s mind, has been its growing part in Penn State’s research activities. According to the college’s strategic plan, research funds grew from $1.4 million in 2007 to around $3 million in 2012.

Korner expects that number will continue to grow, thanks in part to a Mellon grant received by the Center for the Performing Arts to expand its classical-music offerings to the public, and to the college’s part in a $2.5-million project examining Marcellus Shale education.

The Marcellus grant is one example of the college’s researchers focusing their efforts outside of their direct disciplines.

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“There’s been a very significant push in the values of art and design in research that’s aimed at solving complex global problems,” Korner says. “Our curriculums will continue to adapt to that and we will continue to think more innovatively about what we do.”

In addition to increased research efforts at home, Korner also expects the college’s investment abroad to grow. Over the past few years, it has launched new programs and partnerships with institutions in China and Tanzania to provide students with studyabroad opportunities and faculty with the chance to engage in research with colleagues around the world.

The college also will continue efforts to bring its work to areas outside State College to engage alumni and companies who would hire its graduates. Korner cited the President’s Concert series, a partnership with the Penn State Alumni Association that has brought student performances to cities such as New York and Washington, DC, as one example of that collaboration.

“Students from many of our programs

end up working in places like New York, so maintaining those connections with alumni and friends in those areas is very important,” Korner says.

Looking back at where the college began, Korner says there’s a greater sense of community now among departments than in the early days, and support from the university is stronger than ever.

“One of the things people have talked about is the sense of us being a college now rather than a collection of disparate units,” she says.

“The arts may not always be widely supported because they’re not seen as integral for research enterprise, but the arts have enjoyed very strong support … there’s understanding how important they are to research and to the university as a whole.” T&G For more information about the history of the College of Arts and Architecture as it celebrates its 50th anniversary, visit aanda50.psu.edu.

Jenna Spinelle is a freelance writer in State College and a writer/editor at Penn State’s Undergraduate Admissions Office.

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Stronger Voice Faculty’s role in governance of university continues to evolve

By Lee Stout Penn State University Archives

The recent release of the Penn State Faculty Senate’s report on governance probably raises questions for some who may think that employees have no business poking their noses into management practices. In the 1947 to 1950 time period, the president of Penn State’s board of trustees dismissed the idea of a professor serving as a board member by explaining, if Penn State were a pickle factory, workers wouldn’t sit on the board of directors.

Needless to say, faculty members were not thrilled with the comparison, and they shouldn’t have been. University faculty members are not just employees — they have fundamental responsibilities for the central missions of instruction, research, and service. Just as those missions have evolved over Penn State’s history, so has the role and responsibilities of the faculty as a body.

Initially, the faculty was charged to create an instructional program that, in the words of the college catalog, focused on both “good mental discipline” and “practical knowledge peculiarly adapted to the necessities and calling of a farmer.”

But nineteenth-century professors and college presidents also shared responsibility for instilling high moral qualities in the students. Sometimes it meant personal counseling; at other times, it meant disciplining young scoundrels, even suspending or expelling some of them.

Looking back at Penn State’s early years, the faculty also pushed the board of trustees for curricular restructuring and reforms, calendar changes, suggested tuition rates, and even to replace William Allen as president. Under President James Calder, faculty votes allowed students to board off campus and to live in town fraternity houses. Faculty also helped resolve administrative disarray around the dismissal of Joseph Shortlidge and in the period following President George W. Atherton’s death.

The last century has seen a gradual but continuous evolution of the role of faculty in relation to the

Members of the Penn State faculty in 1902.

administration of the university. Intertwined with the growing student enrollment and expansion of academic programs has come the expansion of administrative roles and the formalization of their functions. In the past, the president and the faculty operated the university, with a business manager to handle the money, and a board of trustees to oversee it all and make major decisions. Gradually, new categories of academic administrators were created between the president and the faculty.

However, because they were promoted out of the faculty, potential conflicts tended to be restrained.

The grouping of academic programs into seven schools in 1896 created the first new category of administrators. The deans of these schools took over a number of supervisory duties from the president.

The General Faculty, as the collective instructional staff became known, still presided over academics and disciplining student misbehavior.

During the Sparks era (1908-1920), the growth of academic programs and student enrollments, however, required a new position — the college registrar. English professor A. Howry Espenshade took on this role that formalized a variety of processes regulating admissions, academic records, and curriculum, and certifying that students had met degree requirements and could graduate.

President Sparks also altered professors’ traditional role in counseling students by the

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creation of a faculty advisory system. It was overseen by a new “Dean of the General Faculty,” psychology professor Arthur Holmes, who gradually took on the “dean of men” role, which would later become the domain of student-life professionals.

In 1921, the 300-plus-member General Faculty was replaced by a smaller College Senate. It included all department heads and administrators, along with elected faculty representatives, and it continued to legislate on all academic matters and rules for students. In addition, faculty and administrators increasingly worked together in joint committees to resolve major issues. However, tensions between the faculty and administration would continue to evolve.

The growth of expectations for faculty research was a key example. Traditionally underpaid with heavy teaching loads, professors found it difficult to spend time on research and the development of graduate programs. However, from the 1940s on, more funds went into recruiting PhD faculty, building new facilities, increasing graduatedegree offerings, and creating a research-support apparatus — changes that were not always welcomed by all faculty members.

As these changes moved forward, the old College Senate, a largely administrative organization out of touch with the concerns of an ever-expanding faculty, was reorganized as a University Faculty Senate in 1966. It continues to legislate on all educational matters, including academic policies, curriculum, admissions, and graduation requirements. It also advises and consults with the president and the administration “on any matter that may affect the attainment of the educational objectives of the University,” as stated in its constitution, and also serves as a forum for discussion and the dissemination of information on topics of importance to the university community.

Although the senate no longer makes rules for nonacademic student conduct, it continues to play a major role in the governance of the university.

As a former elected senator and committee chair, I am confident that the recent report on university governance in the wake of the Sandusky affair is completely within its historical role and expected responsibilities. T&G

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Anthony Leach & Essence of Joy

Some of Anthony Leach’s earliest memories involve watching his mother play the piano and rehearse in the family’s living room with church choirs. His formal piano education started at age 8, the same year his father became a pastor, and before long young Tony was singing in the children’s choir and playing piano for the Sunday school. When he was in eighth grade, his father suggested he think about studying medicine or law in college. His response: “No, Dad, it’s gonna be music.”

He earned a music education degree from Lebanon Valley College, taught high school, and then came to Penn State as a master’s student in piano. “I absolutely hated it,” he recalls. “I missed working with the kids.” Realizing he loved working with choirs, he finished his master of music degree in conducting. In 1991, as a Ph.D. student, he was asked to form a special choir to perform at a Martin Luther King Jr. banquet… and that was the first Essence of Joy choir.

Invited to join the Penn State faculty in 1994, Leach said yes, as long as Essence of Joy members earned academic credit and he got a piano in his studio. Today he directs Essence of Joy, Essence 2, and Essence of Joy Alumni Singers as well as the University Choir and has traveled with the choirs around the world. “Music chose me, so I embrace it,” he says.

The Penn State Bookstore thanks Anthony Leach and all faculty and staff who carry out the university’s mission every day.

Lee Stout is Librarian Emeritus, Special Collections for Penn State.

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Operatic Magic Canada’s Opera Atelier brings Mozart’s The Magic Flute to Eisenhower stage

By Sarah Olah

Opera Atelier’s cofounder and coartistic director Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg.

Cofounder and coartistic director Marshall Pynkoski.

Opera Atelier’s production of The Magic Flute comes to Eisenhower Auditorium April 18.

When Opera Atelier, the baroque opera/ballet company based in Toronto, first decided to produce Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a nonbaroque piece, in 1991, it was a “radical decision,” according to cofounder and coartistic director Marshall Pynkoski.

The company was only in its sixth year, having been founded by Pynkoski and his wife, Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg, who is Opera Atelier’s coartistic director. The two decided on The Magic Flute because it was a well-known piece. They thought this would make a bigger statement — and it did.

Pynkoski says the response was huge at the time, adding that people were “flabbergasted” and “horrified,” but also says a lot of people were excited, too. People asked them how they could have anything original to say about the piece. But Pynkoski and Zingg told those doubters that they had a desire to make a statement with a wellknown piece of repertoire.

Pynkoski calls this decision the “greatest gamble of our lives. … I think it was the most important thing we ever did in terms of audience and in terms of the way of changing what people thought a period production would be ever since we revived it.”

Now, 22 years later, The Magic Flute is still in Opera Atelier’s repertoire, and the company is considered a leader in the revitalization of period

opera and ballet. Opera Atelier brings its touring production of The Magic Flute to Eisenhower Auditorium on April 18.

Read Opera Atelier’s vision statement on its Web site and it’s clear what the company wants to do. It wants “to be recognized internationally as the leading interpreter of period opera and to shake off the preconceptions about ‘period production’ by reimagining and revitalizing the great works of the entire operatic canon.”

Pynkoski says The Magic Flute is the “best introduction to opera you could imagine” and that it is “totally suitable for children.” He and Zingg compare their opera to a modern American musical because there is singing, speaking, acting, and performing.

A grand opera today is based on the singing, which Pynkoski says would “never wash in musical theater” today, but that “everything has to be working at the same time.”

Written by Mozart in 1791, The Magic Flute is about a prince, Tamino, who is sent by The Queen of the Night to rescue her daughter, Pamina, from her nemesis, Sarastro.

Zingg calls The Magic Flute an “ideal first opera” because it includes dialogue, which is referred to as “singspiels.”

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say, ‘Fine, doesn’t matter, you’re going to love the comedy, or your going to be thrilled by the dancing, or the costumes are going to knock your eyes out,’ ” Pynkoski says. “It’s all going to operate at the same pitch.”

The couple decided to have the opera performed in English because it is a comedy and Mozart intended it to be easily understood for an audience. Zingg says they want their audience to be able to appreciate the jokes in the show, but they cannot do that if it is in another language.

Pynkoski adds that an opera tends to be intimidating to begin with, and if it is done in a language most of the audience doesn’t speak, it feels even further away to those watching it.

“We want to understand what the story was and try to tell it as clearly as possible,” Pynkoski says.

In the early years of the company, Opera Atelier called itself a baroque opera ballet company.

It now calls itself a period company because it always works with an orchestra playing on period instruments, which means they are instruments from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and have a quieter, more human sound, according to Pynkoski.

The Magic Flute is a period piece in terms of

the instruments, dance, set, and costumes.

“We look at the context in which it was written — we will never say that’s what they did then, that’s what we’ll do now,” Pynkoski says.

“We’re going to challenge ourselves in new ways by looking at the aesthetic parameters of another period.”

Being a comedy also helps The Magic Flute appeal to audiences today, since Pynkoski says humor changes so little over time and that certain things — like someone falling — will always be funny.

“Great art reaches across periods and cultures as well,” he adds. He also says their singers are all “great actors and stupendous comedians. … We choose singers with enormous, enormous care, and The Magic Flute, I must say, is made up of a group of our favorite singers — nearest and dearest who are doing Flute.”

Zingg says it is full of beautiful music, and people who know it come back again and again to see the performance.

As the choreographer, she says the dancing is true to the baroque time period, which is full of “beautiful steps and patterns.” The style of dance is called “noble style,” which she says started in

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1650 but was practiced in Mozart’s day in a social context. So, audiences during the time would know this style of dance.

She adds that it is a visualization of music and that, through the dances, the audience will be able to “see the music.” Pynkoski adds that audiences see the “very complex, very beautiful patterns the dancers create,” and that there is dancing for the sake of dancing, but it helps tell the story.

The two are looking forward to bringing The Magic Flute to the State College community as well as to Penn State students and faculty.

Pynkoski says it has the potential to be one of their “most ideal audiences” because of the university setting.

They also want to acknowledge the huge community effort behind getting them to Penn State.

Zingg says they are “very moved” and they both recognize the sense of pride and community here.

They say it is “very American” in terms of hospitality, charm, and community support.

The two visited Penn State in mid-February as part of Center for the Performing Arts’ Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which is a funded classical-music project. They held private and public lectures and classes. Some of the lectures were for

specific classes at Penn State such as music and art history.

Pynkoski says their time at Penn State was fantastic and one of their busiest visits of its sort in their careers.

They had classes varying in size from 12 people to 400 people. The people in attendance also had a range from those who are aspiring opera singers to those who have no opera experience.

In addition to the lectures, Zingg held a dance class with students who ranged from professors to dancers in the hip-hop club.

As for the future of opera, Pynkoski believes it is in good hands. He says opera has something to say to us, and it needs to be presented to the public “cleanly and with good reason.” He says the fact that there are young people training for careers in opera is a wonderful thing.

“It never loses its appeal,” he says. “That’s something I find thrilling — exciting — something I want to explore.” T&G Opera Atelier’s production of The Magic Flute will be performed at 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Eisenhower Auditorium. For tickets, visit www.cpa.psu.edu or phone (814) 863-0255.

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COMING TO Bryce Jordan Center

April 6 The African Students Association presents: Touch of Africa, Africa Live!

TBA 21 Hot Chelle Rae 7 p.m.

22 Kendrick Lamar 8 p.m.

Future Attractions

May Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin Continuing through May 5, 2013

2 Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band 7:30 p.m.

June FREE ADMISSION Museum Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Sunday, noon to 4:00 p.m.

Closed Mondays and some holidays For more information, please call 814-865-7672.

Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin was organized by the Syracuse University Art Galleries.

Above: Jerome Witkin, The Devil as a Tailor, 1978–79, oil on canvas. Collection of James and Barbara Palmer.

The Palmer Museum of Art receives state arts funding support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.

Penn State is committed to affirmative action, equal opportunity, and the diversity of its workforce.

Proud to be the Palmer Museum of Art’s Major Corporate Sponsor

30 Steve Martin & The Steep Canyon Rangers featuring Edie Brickell 7:30 p.m.

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Penn State puts on Leonard Bernstein’s MASS as part of the College of Arts and Architecture’s 50th anniversary celebration.

The annual Happy Valley’s Got Talent show benefitting Tides returns to the State Theatre.

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The NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships return to Rec Hall and run through April 21.

Penn State fans can catch their first look at the 2013 Nittany Lions at the annual BlueWhite Game.

Pure Cane Sugar performs, and records a live CD, at the State Theatre.

Holocaust Remembrance Day.

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Deadline for submitting events for the June issue is April 30.

Announcements of general interest to residents of the State College area may be mailed to Town&Gown, Box 77, State College, PA 16804-0077; faxed to (814) 238-3415; or e-mailed to dpenc@barashmedia.com. Photos are welcome.

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Academics 1 – State College Area School District, K-12, no school.

26 – Penn State University, classes end.

29-May 3 – Penn State University, final exams.

Children & Families 1 – Discover Days at Schlow: April Showers, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

2, 9 – Baby and Me Lapsit, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 9:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

2, 9 – Nursery Rhyme Toddler Time, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 10:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

3, 10 – Toddler Learning Center, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 9:15 & 10:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

3, 10 – Threes, Four, Fives – Stories Alive!, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 9:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

3, 10 – Everybody Storytime, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 10:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

5, 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26 – Music Together free trial class for children 0-5 and a parent, Oakwood Presbyterian Church, S.C., 9:30 a.m. Fri., 9:30 or 10:45 a.m. Mon., 466-3414.

6 – World Stories Alive: Korean, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

6, 13, 20, 27 – Music Together free trial class for children 0-5 and a parent, United Methodist Church, S.C., 10:30 a.m., 466-3414 13 – World Stories Alive: Russian, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

14 – When I Grow Up, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 2 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

14-20 – National Library Week, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

20 – Kids Day – Dress Up and Discover!, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 10 a.m., www.pamilmuseum.org.

20, 27 – Stories Alive, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

Classes & Lectures 2, 16 – “A Joint Venture,” a free class on hip and knee replacements, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 11 a.m. Apr. 2, 7 p.m.

Apr. 16, 278-4810.

3 – Friends’ Richard Koontz Memorial Lecture: “Civil War Patriotic Envelopes as Weapons of War,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7:30 p.m., www.pamilmuseum.org.

3 – “De-Radicalizing the Taliban’s Child Militants: A View from Swat Valley,” by Dr. John Horgan, Nittany Lion Inn, 5 p.m., icst.psu.edu.

3 – Friends’ Richard Koontz Memorial Lecture: “What Really Happened? The My Lai Massacre and Doing History,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7:30 p.m., www.pamilmuseum.org.

3 – Penn State Forum Speaker Series: Chip Kidd, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 11:30 a.m., pennstateforum.psu.edu.

3, 10 – Emotion Coaching Review, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., noon, www.schlowlibrary.org.

4 – Research Unplugged Series: “Figaro, Figaro, Figaro!: How to Understand & Love Opera” by Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11:45 a.m., www.rps.psu.edu.

8, 15, 22, 29 – Jewelry Workshop with Staci Egan, C. Barton McCann School of Art, Petersburg, 11 a.m., 667-2538.

9 – Artist Lecture: “Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin” by Jerome Witkin, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 4:30 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

9, 16, 23, 30 – “Life with Diabetes,” Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 8 p.m., 231-7194.

11 – Research Unplugged Series: “Rising Seas, Warming Planet: Lessons from Antarctica” by Richard Alley, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11:45 a.m., www.rps.psu.edu.

12 – Gallery Talk: “Linocuts by James Mullen” by Patrick McGrady, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

18 – Research Unplugged Series: “RealLife CSI: Myths and Realities of Forensic Science” by Jenifer Smith, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11:45 a.m., www.rps.psu.edu.

19 – Penn State Forum Speaker Series: Beverly McIver, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 11:30 a.m., pennstateforum.psu.edu.

19 – Gallery Talk: “American Modernists in the James and Barbara Palmer Collection” by Joyce Robinson, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

26 – Gallery Talk: “An Invitation: Reconsidering Race” by Phoenix Savage, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

29 – Introduction to the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 7 p.m., fertility.appreciation@ gmail.com.

Club Events 1, 15 – Knitting Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

2– Central PA Civil War Round Table, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7 p.m., 861-0770.

3, 10, 17, 24 – S.C. Sunrise Rotary Club mtg., Hotel State College, S.C., 7:15 a.m., kfragola@psualum.com.

4 – 148th PA Volunteer Infantry Civil War Reenactment Group mtg., Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, S.C., 7:30 p.m., 861-0770.

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4, 11, 18, 25 – S.C. Downtown Rotary mtg., Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar, S.C., noon, http://centrecounty.org/rotary/club/.

9 – Women’s Mid Day Connection Luncheon, Country View Country Club, Boalsburg, 11:45 a.m., 355-7615.

10 – Women’s Welcome Club of S.C., Oakwood Presbyterian Church, S.C., 7 p.m., www.womenswelcomeclub.org.

11, 25 – Embroidery Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.

Community Associations & Development 9 – CBICC Membership Luncheon: 365 Days a Year in Happy Valley, Hoag’s Catering/Celebration Hall, S.C., 11:45 a.m., 234-1829 or www.cbicc.org.

10 – CBICC Member Information Session, CBICC, 200 Innovation Blvd., S.C., 8:15 a.m., 234-1829 or www.cbicc.org.

11 – CBICC Business After Hours hosted

by Marriott SpringHill Suites, 1935 Waddle Road, S.C., 5:30 p.m., 234-1829 or www.cbicc.org.

11 – Centre County TRIAD meeting, Centre County Correctional Facility, Bellefonte, 10 a.m., 237-8932 or 237-3130.

16 – Spring Creek Watershed Association mtg., Patton Township Municipal Building., 7:30 a.m., www.springcreekwatershed.org.

18 – CBICC Business After Hours at the Member Spotlight, CBICC, 200 Innovation Blvd., S.C., 5:30 p.m.

Exhibits Ongoing-April 28 – Masquerade – Ceremonial and Traditional Masks from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 1-4:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun., www.bellefontemuseum.org.

Ongoing–April 28 – Shedding Light on the Past: Lighting Devices of the 18th & 19th Centuries, Centre Furnace Mansion, S.C., 1-4 p.m. Wed., Fri., & Sun. Ongoing-May 5 – Drawn to Paint: The Art of Jerome Witkin, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing-May 5 – Varied and Untried: Early Twentieth-Century American Paintings from the James and Barbara Palmer Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m.

Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing-May 19 – Lit with Piercing Glances: Linocuts by James Mullen, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.

Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing-Dec. 22 – A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania’s Post Office Murals, Centre Furnace Mansion, S.C., 1-4 p.m. Wed., Fri., & Sun.

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26 – Paper Views: An Invitation: Reconsidering Race, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Health Care For schedule of blood drives visit www.cccredcross.org or www.givelife.org.

1 – Breast Cancer Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 5:30 p.m., 231-7005.

5 – Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group, Mount Nittany Dining Room at the Inn at Brookline, S.C., 1 p.m., 234-3141.

6, 13, 20, 27 – Holistic Wellness Series, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 1 p.m., 234-0785.

9 – Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group, Mount Nittany Dining Room at the Inn at Brookline, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 234-3141.

10 – The Fertility Issues and Loss Support Group, Choices (2214 N. Atherton St.), S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.heartofcpa.org.

11 – The Diabetes Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6 p.m., 231-7095.

14 – Ostomy Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 2 p.m., 231-3132.

15 – Cancer Survivor Support Group, Centre County United Way, S.C., 11:30 a.m., www.cancersurvive.org.

16 – Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, Pleasant Gap, 6 p.m., 359-3421.

18 – Better Breathers Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 2 p.m., 359-3421.

18 – The free “Parents-to-Be: The HEIR & Parents Hospital Tour for Expectant Parents,” Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 231-3132.

19 – Brain Injury Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, S.C., 7 p.m., 359-3421.

22 – Heart Failure Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 4 p.m., 359-3421.

30 – Stroke Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 4 p.m., 359-3421.

Music 2 – Ninety Miles, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

5-6 – Leonard Bernstein’s MASS, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m. Fri., 2 p.m. Sat., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

10 – Pure Cane Sugar, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

13 – Acoustic Brew Concert: Tim Eriksen & the Trio de Pumpkintown, Center for Well Being, Lemont, 7:30 p.m., www.acousticbrew.org.

13 – Nittany Valley Symphony presents “Rascals and Romantics,” Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

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14 – Women’s Chorale, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 2 p.m., music.psu.edu.

14 – Oriana Singers, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 4 p.m., music.psu.edu.

14 – University Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 6 p.m., music.psu.edu.

16 – Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Schwab Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

17 – Penn’s Woods Chamber Choir presents “The British Are Coming: Choral Music by Modern British Composers,” Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

20 – Penn State Glee Club Blue and White Concert, Schwab Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

21 – Essence of Joy, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, PSU, 4 p.m., music.psu.edu.

21 – Hot Chelle Rae, BJC, PSU, 7 p.m., www.bjc.psu.edu.

22 – Kendrick Lamar, BJC, PSU, 8 p.m., www.bjc.psu.edu.

23 – Philharmonic Orchestra, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

24 – Concert Band, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7 p.m., music.psu.edu.

24 – Jake Shimabukuro, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

24 – Symphonic Band, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8:30 p.m., music.psu.edu.

28 – State College Choral Society presents Maurice Durufle’s Requiem, Grace Lutheran Church, S.C., 12:30 p.m., www.scchoralsociety.org.

Special Events 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Boalsburg Farmers’ Market, Boalsburg Fire Hall, Boalsburg, 2 p.m., www.boalsburgfarmersmarket.com.

5 – Arts Crawl, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 6 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu.

5 – Evening of Comedy, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

5, 12, 19, 26 – State College Farmers’ Market, State College Municipal Building, S.C., 11:30 a.m., www.statecollegefarmers.com.

6 – Beach Party Fundraiser, Bellefonte Elks Club, Bellefonte, 6 p.m., 355-2828.

6 – Happy Valley’s Got Talent, State Theatre, S.C., 2 & 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

6 – The African Student Association Presents: Touch of Africa, Africa Alive, BJC, PSU, doors open at 5 p.m., www.bjc.psu.edu.

6 – State College Community Theatre’s Spring Gala, Centre Hills Country Club, S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.scctonline.org.

12 – Girls’ Night Out, OLV Activity Center, S.C., 6 p.m., dmontler29@gmail.com.

12-13 – Banff Mountain Film Festival, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

14 – Out of the Darkness Walk, Friedman Park, S.C., 11 a.m., www.outofthedarkness.org.

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14 – Earth Day Birthday Celebration, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, S.C., 2 p.m., www.crpr.org.

15 – An Evening with author Sandra Cisneros, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

16 – Jeremy Herbstritt Memorial 5K Run/ Walk, IM Building, PSU, 6:30 p.m., nvrun.com.

21 – Beaver Stadium 5K Run/Walk, Beaver Stadium, PSU, 11 a.m., www.specialolympics.org.

21 – Earth Day Spring Scavenger Hunt, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, S.C., 2 p.m., www.crpr.org.

27 – Nittany Valley Symphony presents “Tapas and Tunes," Reynolds Mansion, Bellefonte, 5 p.m., 28 – March For Babies, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 1 p.m., www.marchofdimes.com.

20 – Blue-White Game, football, Beaver Stadium, PSU, noon.

20 – PSU/NJIT, men’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 5:30 p.m.

20-21 – PSU/Rutherford Intercollegiate, golf, Blue & White Courses, PSU, all day.

21 – PSU/Michigan State, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 11 a.m.

23 – PSU/La Salle, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:05 p.m.

24 – PSU/Kent State, softball, Beard Field, PSU, 3 & 5 p.m.

24 – PSU/Mount St. Mary’s, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:05 p.m.

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Sports For tickets to Penn State sporting events, visit www.gopsusports.com or call (814) 865-5555. For area high school sporting events, call your local high school.

2 – PSU/St. Francis, softball, Beard Field, PSU, 6 p.m.

5 – PSU/Minnesota, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 3 p.m.

5 – PSU/Lees-McRae, men’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m.

5-7 – PSU/Wright State, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:05 p.m. Fri., 2:05 p.m. Sat., 12:05 p.m. Sun. 6 – PSU/Drexel, men’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 1 p.m.

7 – PSU/Wisconsin, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 11 a.m.

9 – PSU/Kent State, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 7 p.m.

10 – PSU/Bucknell, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:05 p.m.

10 – PSU/Lehigh, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 7 p.m.

13 – PSU/Northwestern, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 10 a.m.

13 – PSU/Towson, men’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 1 p.m.

14 – PSU/Illinois, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, noon.

14 – PSU/Ohio State, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 1 p.m.

17 – PSU/Purdue, softball, Beard Field, PSU, 5 & 7 p.m.

17 – PSU/Lafayette, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 7 p.m.

19 – PSU/Michigan, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 3 p.m.

19 – PSU/Rutgers-Newark, men’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 5:30 p.m.

19-21 – NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships, Rec Hall, PSU, 1 & 7 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., 2 p.m. Sun. 19-21 – PSU/Northwestern, softball, Beard Field, PSU, 6 p.m. Fri., 4 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 19-21 – PSU/Iowa, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:05 p.m. Fri., 2:05 p.m. Sat., 1:05 p.m. Sun.

2, 9, 16, 23 – The Weight of the Nation, State Theatre, S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

4 – American Shakespeare Center presents Twelfth Night, State Theatre, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

5-7 – The Next Stage presents Harper Regan, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m. Fri., 3 & 8 p.m.

Sat., 3 p.m. Sun., www.thestatetheatre.org.

7 – Classical Music Project Film Series: Amadeus, State Theatre, S.C., 2 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

12 – Hair, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

12-14 – The Wiz, State College Area High School, S.C., 8 p.m. Fri. & Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., 231-4188.

14 – Greats at the State Film Series: The Wizard of Oz, State Theatre, S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

16 – Start at The State Play Reading Series: Passover at the Rothschilds, State Theatre, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

17-20 – Penn State Centre Stage presents 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.theatre.psu.edu.

18 – Raising Renee (documentary), Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 7 p.m., pennstateforum.psu.edu.

18 – Opera Atelier presents Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., 863-0255 or www.cpa.psu.edu.

19 – Frindle, State Theatre, S.C., 10 a.m. & 12:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

19 – Whiplash, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

21 – Reduced Shakespeare Company presents The Complete World of Sports (abridged), State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.

27 – The Metropolitan Opera Live in HD presents Handel’s Giulio Cesare, State Theatre, S.C., noon, www.thestatetheatre.org.

27 – Moms Let Loose, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. T&G

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Come Home to The State www.thestatetheatre.org • (814) 272-0606 130 W. College Ave. • Downtown State College THE WEIGHT OF THE NATION PRESENTED BY APRIL 2, 9, 16, 23 | 6:30P

Join in the conversation after each screening for an audience discussion lead by thought leaders from healthcare, local government, community organizations and more.

April 2 - Consequences April 9 - Choices April 16 - Children in Crisis April 23 - Challenges

APRIL 4

APRIL 10

AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE CENTER PRESENTS: TWELFTH NIGHT | 7:30P

AN EVENING WITH PURE CANE SUGAR LIVE ALBUM RECORDING! | 8P

Come to this special performance proving once again that Shakespeare was a brilliant writer and creator, crafting a play of twists and turns that keeps audience members entertained and asking for more.

APRIL 24 JAKE SHIMABUKURO UEKELE MASTER | 8P

Shimabukuro has taken the four-string instrument, two octave instrument to places no one has gone before, performing awesome music that ranges from jazz, blues, and rock to blue grass, classical and folk.

Go on a journey with Pure Cane Sugar as they weave their sweet harmonies while recording their live CD at The State. Travel from fold to blues to soul to down home rock and roll, and everything in between!

APRIL 27 MOMS LET LOOSE | 8P

Performing to sold out shows across the nation, Moms Let loose delivers a motherload of laughs, proving that people need a good, affordable laugh.

Moms Let Loose offers something for everyone... including husbands.

from the vine

Master Mixers Blended wines deserve spot at the table

By Lucy Rogers

So often wine buyers — particularly Americans — go to the wine store in search of a varietal wine. A varietal wine is one made from a single grape variety — Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot. An option that is often overlooked is blended wines, i.e., wines made from multiple grape varieties.

Winemakers making wines from multiple grape varieties have a few important advantages by doing so. First, they can create something completely unique by selecting the grapes they want to use.

Second, if one grape produces a wine that happens to be overly tannic, another grape can be used to soften the mouthfeel; if a wine is flabby and without structure, another grape can add acidity to balance it out. Many times, blended wines are not only more interesting, they also can be much more balanced than varietal wines. If one grape has a bad growing season, winemakers can look to other grapes to make up for what the first grape is lacking.

Many believe that 75-percent varietal wines do not result necessarily in the highest quality wine, while blended wines can offer a balance of flavor, texture, aroma, and improved color. Additionally, blended wines offer a winemaker the opportunity to create a brand and produce a more consistent product from year to year, which can then lead to increased brand loyalty.

This practice of using different grapes to make a blended wine is not new. Almost every wine produced in Bordeaux is a blended wine using some combination of Cabernet Sauvignon, Mer-

lot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot.

The great wines of the southern Cotes-du-Rhone — Chateauneuf-du-Pape, for example — also are wines that can be made up of more than 13 different grapes grown in the region, though the wines are usually composed of a blend dominated by Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, or Carignane. Spanish Riojas are often a blend of Tempranillo and Grenache, while Chianti was traditionally a blend of Sangiovese, Canaiolo, and Malvasia Bianca.

And while Australia produces many single-variety wines, its Cabernet-Shiraz blends and “GSM” (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre) can be of very high quality and are often good values.

For whatever reason, varietal wines have reigned supreme in the United States. US labeling laws require that in order for a wine to be labeled “Chardonnay” or “Cabernet Sauvignon,” it must be made up of at least 75 percent of that grape. Any percentage lower than 75 percent and winemakers can define their wine as only “table wine,” regardless of the quality of what is inside the bottle.

There are two important points to make here.

One is that if the law requires only 75 percent be the variety stated on the label, winemakers can use anything they want in that remaining 25 percent — and they don’t have to list what composes that 25 percent. So unless your wine label states that the wine in your hand is 100 percent Cabernet or Merlot, odds are you are drinking a blended wine without even realizing it.

The second point is that just because a wine

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has a “table wine” label, which does not instill any sense of confidence that the wine is of high quality, and perhaps connotes to many consumers the exact opposite, it doesn’t actually mean that these are low-quality wines. Ironically, one could argue the opposite. Given the freedom to make a wine selected from individual lots of wine made from a variety of grapes, winemakers cannot only get creative, they also can ensure that the finished product is complete and balanced.

To fight the unappealing “table wine” moniker, many American wineries have turned to using proprietary names to distinguish their blended wines. For example, Folie a Deux calls its red blend “Menage a Trois,” made from Cabernet, Merlot, and Zinfandel, and is in the $13 range, while Joseph Phelps’ “Insignia,” a Cabernet-based blend using Bordeaux grapes, is in the $135 range. In the same vein, Robert Mondavi and Baron Phillippe de Rothschild (of Chateau Mouton Rothschild in Bordeaux) teamed up to create the now-famous “Opus One” from Napa Valley, which also is a Bordeaux-style blend and can run between $150 and $175. But there are many blends available in between those price extremes, many with proprietary names as well.

Because of the labeling laws, wineries that were producing high-quality Bordeaux-style blends also were reduced to calling their wines “table wines” even though these wines were at the higher end of the quality (and price) spectrum — wines such as Insignia and Opus One — making marketing the wines difficult. So back in the late 1980s, a group of wineries got together to create a name for New World wines made with the same grapes used to make Bordeaux. They came up with the name “Meritage” (rhymes with “heritage”), which is now a registered trademark.

Wines desiring to use the “Meritage” name on their wine must follow certain guidelines, such as: the wine must be a blend of at least two of the five Bordeaux grapes; the winery cannot produce more than 25,000 cases of its Meritage wine per year; and it must be the most or second-most expensive wine that the winery produces. These requirements were designed to help elevate the level of what consumers could and should expect from any wine with “Meritage” on the label.

Overall, it is fair to say that blended wines tend to be more user-friendly, better balanced, and are often more layered than a single varietal wine. The blended wines we tried (see notes be-

low) were all quite enjoyable and we all agreed that we would buy any one of them again. The trick will be finding them!

Whitehall Lane Winery, Perfect Union 2009 Napa Valley (PLCB code 32462, $18).

Fresh fruit and cocoa on the nose, leading to plum and cranberry. Verging on port flavors but in a good way. Boisterous yet balanced, with a long finish of raisins.

Sawyer Bradford Meritage 2009 Napa Valley (PLCB code 33079, $20). Oregano notes yet floral at the same time. Drier than the perfect union, more tannic, with black pepper and some astringency. A better food wine. (Cabernet, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Cab Franc.)

Michael David Petite Petit 2010 Lodi (PLCB code 13360, $17). Dark color, vibrant nose of mentholatum and caulking putty! Thick and rich on the palate with a soft mouthfeel, but still a good wine for the price. (Petite Sirah and Petit Verdot.)

Kendall Jackson Summation 2009 California (PLCB code 8002, $15). Hints of baby powder in the nose, this was a relatively lighterbodied wine that was soft and easy with driedcherry flavor, a bit of tar and tobacco, and a lot of fruit. In spite of these descriptors, I found it a little simple and one-note-ish. (Cabernet, Merlot, Zinfandel.)

L. Preston Organic Syrah-Mourvedre-Carignan 2007 Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma (PLCB 506009, $28). Light bodied with dried-fruit flavor, a touch of something metallic/iron. Bright and easy drinking.

Cave de Rasteau Ortas Prestige 2007 Rasteau, Southern Rhone Valley, France (PLCB 32590, $16). Typical stinky nose of cooked cabbage, green bean/green bean water, plastic! But once you get past the nose you get those beautiful flavors of Grenache and Syrah shining through in the gutsy wine, and at a good price. (Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre.)

Revelry, The Reveler 2009 Columbia Valley Washington State (PLCB 39082, $20).

Nose of cedar with some vegetal notes — and a touch of jalapeno? Cocoa on the palate with lots of fruit. Easy-drinking crowd pleaser. (Cab Franc, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon.) T&G Lucy Rogers teaches wine classes and offers private wine tastings through Wines by the Class. She also is the event coordinator for Zola Catering.

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Fishing Respite Spruce Creek Tavern offers friendly atmosphere, comfort foods to fishermen and families alike

By Vilma Shu Danz Spruce Creek is the Little Juniata River’s largest tributary and is known for some of the best trout fishing in the eastern United States.

Although most of the creek is privately owned, there are numerous fishing clubs that fishermen can join to gain access to the waters. Former presidents Dwight Eisenhower and Jimmy Carter are some of the more notable fishermen who have made the pilgrimage to the area during fishing season.

Since the 1950s, the Spruce Creek Tavern, located at 5450 Isett Road, Spruce Creek, has lured fishermen, hunters, and locals with its down-home comfort foods, famous hand-cut fries, and a full-service bar. Leah and Lucas Hamer took over the business in June 2010, and after some much needed upgrades and renova-

tions, they have transformed the building into a family-friendly restaurant and bar seating up to 100 in the dining room, with additional seating on their new outdoor deck.

“Weather depending, when we open the deck in April or May, we have live music on the deck and we’ll get a lot of regulars who come in Fridays and Saturdays, so it gets pretty busy here during the summer,” Leah says. “People come for our fresh hand-cut fries, and we go through a lot of potatoes every week.”

For the past two years, Spruce Creek Tavern has entered the Tussey Mountain Wing Off and has made it to the finals, but has yet to win the trophy. “Some of the unique wing sauces that have competed at the Wing Off are Spicy BBQ, Jalapeno Cheddar, and Black Gold, a sweet teri-

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Shrimp scampi

Bowl of homemade Chili > Featured Selections < Hours of Operations: Closed Sunday and Monday.

Tuesday-Thursday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. (kitchen closes at 9 p.m.)

Friday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. (kitchen closes at 10 p.m.)

Happy Hour: Tuesday-Thursday, 4-6 p.m.

Specials: Tuesday Lunch: Any wrap with any appetizer or side.

Dinner: Pasta Night.

Fried ice cream

Wednesday Lunch: Soup and salad.

Dinner: Wing Night.

yaki with a kick,” explains Leah. “We are going back to the Wing Off until we win!”

Other popular dishes at Spruce Creek include the cheesesteak supreme sandwich, southwest chicken wrap, and grilled chicken salad.

“We do all our own homemade soups, from our New England clam chowder to the beef vegetable, as well as our dessert pies such as our peanut butter pie and coconut cream pie,” says Leah.

For a special offer from Spruce Creek Tavern, visit www.townandgown.com. T&G

Thursday Lunch: Stacked ham or beef with any appetizer or side.

Dinner: Beef Night (beef and noodles or beef short ribs).

Friday Lunch: Fish special with stewed tomatoes and mac and cheese.

Dinner: Baked or fried haddock dinners.

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Dining Out Full Course Dining The Autoport, 1405 S. Atherton St., 237-7666, www.theautoport.com. The all new Autoport offers exceptional dining featuring local produce and an extensive wine list. Tapas menu and special events every week. Catering and private events available.

Live music. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar. bar bleu, 114. S Garner St., 237-0374, bar-bleu. com. Socializing and sports viewing awaits at bar bleu. Don’t miss a minute of the action on 22 true 1080i HDMI high-definition flat-screen monitors displaying the night’s college and pro matchups. The bar serves up 16 draft beers in addition to crafted cocktails, including the “Fishbowl,” concocted in its own 43-ounce tank! Pub fare featuring authentic Kansas City-style barbecue is smoked daily on-site.

AE, D, DC, ID+, MC, V. Full bar.

Bella Sicilia, 2782 Earlystown Road, Centre Hall, 364-2176. An Italian kitchen where food is prepared from scratch and with love! Featuring traditional recipes of pasta dishes, calzones, stromboli’s, subs, salads, and extraordinary pizza! Try Bella Sicilia’s stuffed, Sicilian, Chicago, or 16 varieties of thin-crust specialty pies, including seafood pizza with shrimp, clams, calamari, mussels, and margherita sauce!

Take-out or enjoy our beautiful dining room, located in the back of our building. Feel free to bring your own beer and wine. Lunch buffet Mon.-Fri. Check us out on Facebook. AE,MC,V,MAC,D. Carnegie House, corner of Cricklewood Dr. and Toftrees Ave., 234-2424. An exquisite boutique hotel offering fine dining in a relaxed yet gracious atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner. Prix Fixe menu and à la carte menu selections now available.

AAA Four Diamond Award recipient for lodging and fine dining. Reservations suggested. AE, MC, D, V. Full bar.

Cozy Thai Bistro, 232 S. Allen St., 237-0139. A true authentic Thai restaurant offering casual and yet “cozy” family-friendly dining experience. Menu features wide selections of exotic Thai cuisine, both lunch and dinner (take-out available). BYO (wines & beer) is welcome after 5 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V.

Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar, 1031 E. College Ave., 237-6300, damons.com. Just seconds from Beaver Stadium, locally owned and operated, Damon’s is the premiere place to watch sports and enjoy our extensive menu. Ribs, wings, burgers, steaks, apps, salads, and so much more. AE, D, MAC, MC, V, Full bar.

The Deli Restaurant, 113 Hiester St., 237-5710, TheDeliRestaurant.com. Since 1973, The Deli has served up New York-style deli favorites on an American menu offering everything from comfort food to pub favorites, all made from scratch. Soups, breads, sauces, and awardwinning desserts are homemade here early in the morning folks. Look for its rotating menu of food-themed festivals throughout the year. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar.

The Dining Room at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., 865-8590. Fine continental cuisine in a relaxed, gracious atmosphere. Casual attire acceptable. Private dining rooms available. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.

Down Under Steakhouse at Toftrees, One Country Club Lane, 234-8000, www.toftrees.com. A casual restaurant with unique dining featuring hearty appetizers, delicious entrees, fresh sandwiches and salads in a comfortable scenic atmosphere. Outdoor seating available. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.

Duffy’s Boalsburg Tavern, On the Diamond, Boalsburg, 466-6241. The Boalsburg Tavern offers a fine, intimate setting reminiscent of Colonial times. Dining for all occasions with formal and casual menus, daily dinner features, specials, and plenty of free parking. AE, MC, V. Full bar.

Faccia Luna Pizzeria, 1229 S. Atherton St., 234-9000, www.faccialuna.com. A true neighborhood hangout, famous for authentic New York-style wood-fired pizzas and fresh, homemade It.alian cuisine. Seafood specialties, sumptuous salads, divine desserts, great service, and full bar. Outside seating available. Sorry, reservations not accepted. Dine-in, Take-out. MC/V.

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We love People, Beer & Local Foods!

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Galanga, 454 E. College Ave. 237-1718. Another great addition to Cozy Thai Bistro. Galanga by Cozy Thai offers a unique authentic Thai food featuring Northeastern Thai style cuisine. Vegetarian menu selection available. BYO (wines and beer) is welcome after 5 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Gamble Mill Restaurant & Microbrewery, 160 Dunlop St., Bellefonte; 355-7764. A true piece of Americana, dine and enjoy our in-house craft beers in a historic mill. Experience bold American flavors by exploring our casual pub menu or fine dining options. Six to seven beers of our craft beers on tap.

Brewers Club, Growlers, outdoor seating, large private functions, catering. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Dinner 5-9/10 p.m. Mon.-Sat. “Chalk Board Sunday’s” 4-8 p.m. All credit cards accepted.

The Gardens Restaurant at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., Innovation Park, 863-5090. Dining is a treat for breakfast, lunch and dinner in The Gardens Restaurant, where sumptuous buffets and à la carte dining are our specialties. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V. Full bar, beer.

Bottles • Cases Kegs • Growlers www.ottospubandbrewery.com 2235 N. Atherton St., State College • 814 867 6886

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The Greek, 102 E. Clinton Ave., 308-8822, www.thegreekrestaurant.net. The Greek Restaurant is located behind Original Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street. Visit our Greek tavern and enjoy authentic Greek cuisine. Full service, BYOB. D, MC, V. Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering, 1221 E. College Ave. (within the Hilton Garden Inn), 237-4422, www.harrisonsmenu.com. Traditional seasonal favorites prepared extraordinarily. Fusion food, sharing plates, and fresh seafood. Extensive wines-by-the-glass, full bar, moderate prices. Lunch/ Dinner. Exquisite catering. MC, V. Herwig’s Austrian Bistro, where bacon is an herb, 132 W. College Ave., herwigsaus trianbistro.com, 272-0738. Located next to the State Theatre. Austrian Home Cooking. Ranked #1 Ethnic Restaurant 5 years in a row. Eat-in, Take-Out, Catering, Franchising. BYO after 5 p.m., D, MC, V.

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Hi-Way Pizza, 1688 North Atherton St., 237-0375, HiWayPizza.com. The State College tradition for nearly 50 years, nobody does it better than Hi-Way! Offering more than 29 varieties of hand-spun pizzas made from scratch offer an endless combination of toppings. Its vodka “flaky” crust and red stuffed pizzas are simply a must have. Hi-Way’s menu rounds out with pasta dishes, calzones, grinders, salads, and other Italian specialties. Eat-in, Take-out, or Hi-Way delivery. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar.

India Pavilion, 222 E. Calder Way, 237-3400.

Large selection of vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes from northern India. Lunch buffet offered daily.

We offer catering for groups and private parties. AE, (call ahead.)

D, MC, V.

Salata

Village Salad (Horiatiki)

Freshly cut campari tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green peppers, feta cheese, kalamata olives and our own Greek dressing.

Mon - Sat: 5pm - 9pm 102 E. Clinton Ave.

(Behind The Original Waffle Shop)

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Inferno Brick Oven & Bar, 340 E. College Ave., 237-5718, InfernoBrickOvenBar.com. With a casual yet sophisticated atmosphere, Inferno is a place to see and be seen. A full-service bar boasts a unique specialty wine, beer, and cocktail menu. Foodies — Inferno offers a contemporary Neapolitan brick-oven experience featuring a focused menu of artisan pizzas and other modern-Italian plates. Lunch and dinner service transitions into night as a boutique nightclub with dance-floor lighting, club sound system, and the area’s most talented resident DJs. AE, D, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.

Legends Pub at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., Innovation Park, 863-5080. Unwind with beverages and a casual lounge menu. AE, D, MC, V. Full bar.

Luna 2 Woodgrill & Bar, 2609 E. College Ave., 234-9009, www.luna-2.com. Wood-fired pizza, fresh pasta, wood-grilled BBQ ribs, seafood, burgers, and don’t forget to try the homemade meatloaf! Sumptuous salads and desserts. Full bar service. Outside seating. Sorry, no reservations accepted. Dine-In, Take-out. MC/V.

Mario’s Italian Restaurant, 1272 North Atherton St., 234-4273, MariosItalianStateCollege.com. Fresh specialty dishes, pasta, sauces, hand-tossed pizzas, and rotisserie wood-grilled chicken all made from scratch are just a few reasons why Mario’s is authentically Italian! At the heart of it all is a specialty wood-fired pizza oven and rotisserie that imparts rustic flavors that can’t be beat! Mario’s loves wine, honored with six consecutive Wine Spectator awards and a wine list of more than 550 Italian selections. Mario’s even pours 12 rotating specialty bottles on its WineStation® state-of-the-art preservation system. Reservations and Walk-Ins welcome. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar.

The Mt. Nittany Inn, 559 N. Pennsylvania Avenue, Centre Hall, 364-9363, mtnittanyinn.com. Perched high above Happy Valley at 1,809 feet, the Mt. Nittany Inn offers homemade soups, steaks, seafood, and pasta. Bar and banquet areas available. AE, CB, D, MAC, MC, V. Full Bar.

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Sun. - Thurs. 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. • Fri. & Sat. 8 a.m. - 11 p.m. 2390 S. ATHERTON ST. • 237-1849

We continue the Luna tradition by using only the freshest ingredients!

A true neighborhood hangout highly regarded for its popular and authentic New York-style wood-fired pizza and commitment to quality. Award-winning pizza. and Italian cuisine homemade with only the best and freshest ingredients.

We offer wood-fired pizza, fresh homemade pasta, as well as wood-grilled items such as Baby Back BBQ Ribs, homemade meatloaf, various fish and seafood and our soon to be award winning burgers!

www.faccialuna.com

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1229 South Atherton St. • State College • 234-9000

2609 E. College Ave. • State College, PA • 234-9009

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Otto’s Pub & Brewery, 2235 N. Atherton Street, 867-6886, www.ottospubandbrewery.com. Our new location provides plenty of parking, great ales and lagers, full service bar, signature dishes made with local products in a family-friendly, casual atmosphere. AE, D, DC, LC MC, V, Full bar.

The Tavern Restaurant, 220 E. College Ave., 238-6116. A unique gallery-in-a-restaurant preserving PA’s and Penn State’s past. Dinner at The Tavern is a Penn State tradition. Major credit cards accepted. Full bar.

Whiskers at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., 865-8580. Casual dining featuring soups, salads, sandwiches and University Creamery ice cream. Major credit cards accepted. Full bar.

Zola New World Bistro, 324 W. College Ave., 237-8474. Zola combines comfortable, modern décor with exceptional service. Innovative, creative cuisine from seasonal menus served for lunch and dinner. Extensive award-winning wine list. Jazz and oysters in the bar on Fridays. Catering. AE, D, MC, V. Full bar.

Good Food Fast HUB Dining, HUB-Robeson Center, on campus, 865-7623. A Penn State tradition open to all! Eleven restaurants stocked with extraordinary variety: Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Higher Grounds, HUB Subs, Mixed Greens, Burger King, Panda Express, Piccalilli’s, Sbarro, Sushi by Panda, Wild Cactus, and more! V, MC, LC. Meyer Dairy, 2390 S. Atherton Street, 2371849. A State College Classic! Meyer Dairy is the perfect choice for a quick, homemade lunch with fresh soups and sandwiches or treat yourself to your favorite flavor of ice cream or sundae at our ice cream parlor. Fresh milk from our own dairy cows (we do not inject our cows with BST), eggs, cheese, ice cream cakes, baked goods, and more!

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Stacy Parks Miller, Centre County District Attorney Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller is the first elected female District Attorney of Centre County. Her office prosecutes 3,000 cases a year. Prior to taking office in 2010, Miller was a shareholder in Centre County’s oldest law firm, Miller Kistler & Campbell.

Miller obtained her law degree in 1994 from the Duquesne School of Law and has spent the past 19 years practicing criminal law in both State and Federal Courts. Parks Miller was a former prosecutor and had previously held the position of First Assistant District Attorney in Clearfield County. Stacy Parks Miller is a native of Lewistown, and is a lifelong resident of Central Pennsylvania.

Coquese Washington, Head Coach of Lady Lion Basketball Coquese is finish finishing her sixth season as Lady Lions head coach after guiding the team to the Big Ten regular-season title and the NCAA Sweet Sixteen, earning Big Ten Coach of the Year honors along the way in 2012 and 2013. She holds a law degree from Notre Dame, played pro ball, assists with the Pink Zone fight against breast cancer, and created Coquese’s Drive for the Centre County Women’s Resource Center.

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ENTERTAINMENT American Cancer Society ............75 Bob Perks Fund ..............................81 Center for the Performing Arts ................................Inside Front Cover .......................................................

Coaches Vs. Cancer ......................28 Lunch with Mimi Live .....................97 Palmer Museum of Art ...................76 RE/MAX Children’s Miracle Network..........................................73 State Theatre....................................83 Toftrees Resort ................................64

DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Builders Association of Central PA .....................................79

AUTOMOTIVE Dix Honda .........................................13 Driscoll Automotive ...... Back Cover Joel Confer BMW ............................16 BANKS, FINANCIAL SERVICES Diversified Asset Planners ...........67 Frost & Conn ................................. 103 Kish Bank ....................................... 107 National Penn Bank ......................... 1 Penn State Federal Credit Union ..............................................64 State College Federal Credit Union ..............................................74 BELLEFONTE SECTION Confer’s Jewelers ...........................21 Mid State Awning & Patio Company .......................................21 Penn State Federal Credit Union ..............................................21 BOALSBURG A Basket Full ....................................29 Boalsburg Apothecary ..................29 Duffy’s Tavern ..................................29 Tait Farm Foods...............................29 BUSINESS, INDUSTRY Blair County Chamber Of Commerce ....................................80 CBICC .................................................19 CANDIDATES Kathleen Pavelko ......................... 105

DINING Autoport .............................................93 Bella Sicilia .......................................96 Cozy Thai Bistro ..............................94 Damon’s Grill....................................93 Dantes ................................................90 Faccia Luna ......................................95 Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering...100 Herwig’s .............................................93 India Pavilion ....................................96 Luna 2 ................................................95 Meyer Dairy Store & Ice Cream Parlor ..............................................95 Otto’s Pub .........................................92 PSU Food Services (HUB Dining) ..94 Tavern Restaurant............................. 1 The Greek .........................................94 Wegmans...........................................98 Westside Stadium ...........................96 Zola New World Bistro...................93 EDUCATION St. Josephs Catholic Academy ......105 The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School ............................................11 LODGING Hospitality Asset Management Company .......................................92 Penn State Hospitality ..................... 4 MEDICAL HealthSouth/Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital ..........................................36 Meadows Psychiatric Hospital....47 Mount Nittany Medical Center ...... 3 Penn State/Milton Hershey Medical Center.............................................27 Sepich Eye Care .......................... 104 The Circulatory Center .................... 9 MEN IN THE COMMUNITY Abundance Wealth Counselors .....54 American Cancer Society ............52 Appraisal & Consulting Services .........................................51 ARC of Centre County ...................54

Associate Realty Property Management ................................51 Bennett, Mary Lou-RE/MAX.........50 Beta Sig Alumni Association .......53 Borough of State College .............56 Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts...........................................55 Centre County Women’s Resource Center.............................................52 Centre Foundation..........................53 College of Arts and Architecture ..................................56 Comprehensive & Aesthetic Dentistry.........................................51 Diversified Asset Planners .. 53, 54, 55 Dix Honda .........................................55 Fernsler Hutchinson Architecture, LLC ..................................................50 First National Bank .......... 52, 54, 56 Foxdale Village ................................56 Friends of GT Thompson..............56 Habitat for Humanity ......................53 HealthSouth ......................................55 Joel Confer Auto Outlet.................52 Joseph T. Berrena Mechanical ...51 Judd Arnold ......................................56 Kish Bank ........................... 51, 53, 56 Lions Gate Apartments .................56 Lynn Sidehamer Brown ................57 Morgan Stanley ...............................55 Mounty Nittany Medical Center..................................... 52, 57 Myford, Greg ....................................55 Nicholas Enterprises .....................53 P2P Computer Solutions ..............50 Palmer Museum of Art ...................52 Penn State Bookstore ...................53 Penn State Centre Stage ..............57 Penn State Hospitality ...................57 Penn State School of Music ........52 Schoolwires Inc...............................54 SPE Federal Credit Union ............57 Susquehanna Bank .......................51 The Skills Foundation....................55 University of Vermont Foundation....52 Urish Popeck & Co .........................54 Vantage Investment Advisors LLC ....54 Vuong Malizia Inc............................57 Williamsport Sun-Gazette ............55 YMCA of Centre County ...............54 Yocum, Scott-RE/MAX .................57 Youth Service Bureau ...................57

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Balanced Life Men’s gymnastics coach has kept the Penn State program among the best in the country while also living a rewarding life away from the gym

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A member of the coaching staff since 1983, Randy Jepson was appointed Penn State men’s gymnastics head coach in 1992, succeeding longtime head coach Karl Schier. During Jepson’s coaching tenure, Penn State student-athletes have earned All-American honors 97 times.

He has guided his teams to three national championships and two Big Ten titles, and was named the 2000, 2004, and 2007 National Coach of the Year.

Originally from Portland, Oregon, he lettered for three years at the University of Oregon and was an NCAA finalist on the rings his sophomore year. He transferred Mimi Barash Coppersmith (left) chats with Randy Jepson at to Penn State in 1982 after the Ducks had the Autoport. dropped their gymnastics program. In his one season as a Nittany Lion, he was captain, and nastics. The guy who put gymnastics on the map won All-American honors on rings. He received his in Happy Valley is Gene Wettstone. Is he still master’s degree from Penn State in exercise sport and with us? science, with an emphasis in biomechanics, in 1990.

Randy: Yes, he’s at Foxdale. He’s 99 and turns With Penn State set to host the NCAA Men’s 100 this summer!

Gymnastics Championships this month in Rec Hall, Mimi: Wow. Tell me your experience with Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith Gene Wettstone. sat down with Jepson at the Autoport in State ColRandy: The first time I met Gene I was a lege to discuss how he finds a balance between coachsenior here. I had transferred from Oregon to ing and his family life as well as the future of gymnascome here because they discontinued our team. tics in intercollegiate athletics.

Gene came into the gym and I was introduced to him by Karl Schier. Over the years, I’ve Mimi: Randy, I can’t believe we haven’t met continued to have a relationship with Gene, before. You’ve been here since 1982 and I’m and he always has words of wisdom for us. I’ve thrilled to be sitting with you to talk about gymchecked with him even this season to update

him on the season and let him know how we’re doing.

Mimi: I remember him as a remarkable producer. He was theatrical in terms of the way he built an audience of fandom for gymnastics.

Randy: Sure, absolutely — and he’s known for that not just here, but obviously in the international meets he has hosted. It’s had an impact all over the globe. I think about the largest crowds we’ve seen in men’s gymnastics and they’re here because of Gene. We have season-ticket holders still from his era that come to meets.

Mimi: It must be tough to build an audience these days for gymnastics.

Randy: It’s a lot tougher in some respects than when Gene was here. We’ve got cable TV, which we didn’t have back in the day.

Even in the 1950s when he was building it, and the 1960s, there were far less distractions than there are now. And obviously with the proliferation of our other sports and a 16,000-seat arena for concerts, there’s a lot of other draws that you’re up against.

Mimi: Yes, and I would imagine that back in the 1950s it was a revenue sport.

Randy: I would imagine that they did well. I know they regularly filled Rec Hall.

Mimi: And today I’m sure it’s not even breakeven.

Randy: No, and obviously today the only sport that is breakeven so to speak at Penn State is football. They carry the load for everybody.

Mimi: Well, it is an interesting environment where you still do a pretty good job at excellence in gymnastics at Penn State. Tell me a little about your team because we’re going to have a tournament here this month.

Randy: Right, we’re holding the NCAA championships on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of April. We have four different sessions that will be taking place in Rec Hall. On Saturday night after the Blue-White football game, we will have the team national championships and the all-around champion will be decided.

Mimi: Do you think you’ll sell out?

Randy: We hope to. I know when we did this the last time in conjunction with the same weekend as the Blue & White Game we had a packed house. They were standing around the track. There is no television contract with the competition right now, so it won’t be televised.

It will be live-streamed over the Internet. This will be the only chance for people to watch it.

So, people should make sure they get their tickets.

Mimi: The real die-hard gymnastic fans are going to get a real treat.

Randy: Absolutely. And then of course, on Sunday, we have the individual finals where each event champion will be crowned. So, it’s a big weekend. A lot going on at Penn State, but we like to think of us as the marquee event of the weekend. [Head football coach] Bill O’Brien might have a few things to say about that.

Mimi: Well, you’re certainly the marquee program for gymnastics.

Randy: Very much so. Gene had won nine titles here and really set the standard, and we continue that. We have more NCAA team championships as well as individual titles than any other team. We’ve done well.

Mimi: It’s pretty hard to sustain intercollegiate gymnastics with the gradual demise of programs at major places.

Randy: Yeah, at a lot of schools, the teams have gone by the wayside. A lot of programs have been discontinued since the 1970s.

They’ve come under the scrutiny — other financial obligations, and commitments have been really challenging for them to meet.

Mimi: I can’t help but think that having heard what the Olympics are doing to wrestling, God forbid, is gymnastics at risk in that picture?

Randy: You know, it’s the most popular Olympic sport. More people watch gymnastics around the world than any other sport.

Mimi: Isn’t that fascinating!

Randy: And track and field. Those are the marquees. But I think that’s something wrestling’s struggling with. They don’t have a fan base in terms of television. Part of the reason I’m in gymnastics is because I was a high school wrestler and I wanted to get to be a better wrestler, so I did gymnastics. And I fell in love with gymnastics more so than wrestling. And even when I left Oregon, they wanted me to stay and wrestle there. So, I have a deep appreciation and respect for the sport of wrestling. I would love to see wrestling reinstated in the Olympics. I can’t imagine the Olympics without wrestling.

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Mimi: And is this the place to come to if you’re a high school gymnast?

Randy: It’s certainly one of them. Our history’s long and storied. But we have another aspect to our program that we really take pride in and that’s the academic success of our guys.

We have strongly committed students at Penn State. Case in point, I had a boy who just received a four-year full medical scholarship with a living stipend. He’s going to Ohio State. He’s from Columbus. He was a team captain last year. We’ve had other guys who have gone on to medical school and done very well.

Mimi: Well, Penn State’s program has a history of great people, including you. You got stuck here like me though!

Randy: I tend to think of it as a blessing in disguise. I could not have asked for a better turnout with my situation with the [Oregon] program being dropped and having to transfer here. And the fact that I met my wife and we’ve been able to raise our four children here has just been a dream come true.

Mimi: Frequently, for whatever reason, some of the toughest setbacks in life are the greatest

teachers and opportunities to move onto something better. I noticed that you’re pretty active in your church.

Randy: Absolutely, I am.

Mimi: So, I imagine you have a rather spiritual view to life. Tell me a little about that.

Randy: I became a Christian when I was in my freshman year in high school. My faith has been a real guiding influence in my life and in everything I do. Certainly, in my coaching and in what I want to impart to my team and the example that I set. Obviously, with my kids and my family as well.

Mimi: What do you see in the future of intercollegiate gymnastics?

Randy: I think the key is to be able to continue to provide a great product for our studentathletes, to give them a great experience, and to do a better job of marketing ourselves. We pigeonhole ourselves I think in the corner as a coaching group and focus too much on the nuts and bolts of our competitions and not enough on how to conduct a great event. And Wettstone’s a great teacher for that.

Mimi: He filled the place to capacity. Now

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whether he could fill the Bryce Jordan Center I don’t know. But he was a showman. He was an entertainer. I think he capitalized on the potential of gymnastics being seen not simply as competition but as family entertainment. How do you do that again?

Randy: Well, I think one of the things you have to do is to engage people. One of the things we’ve instituted is we used to have receptions at the Nittany Lion Inn after our meets, and it got to be where mostly we had parents and gymnasts, so we started having pizza socials after our competitions where the fans could meet their guys and be up close and personal with them.

We’ve had 300 or 400 people up on the mezzanine in Rec Hall after the competitions swapping pizza, stories, meeting our team, and getting to know them a little bit more personally and seeing who they are.

Mimi: Are there more children in high school doing gymnastics?

Randy: Actually even younger. Private clubs are where they train. There are very few high school programs anymore, which is what’s kind of ironic because people are actually paying for

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Mimi: Does it become an elite sport because of that?

Randy: We haven’t seen that necessarily. I know it’s that way to some extent on the ladies’ side, but we haven’t seen that in the men’s side.

There are kids from all walks of life. We like to see intercity kids involved, but there aren’t that many opportunities that are there for kids.

Mimi: Coaching is a 24/7 job, whether it’s football, gymnastics, or field hockey, because you’re dealing with young people’s lives and all sorts of other forces that motivate you to do it the right way. How in the world do you juggle your family life? You’re a guy that feels like family is very important to you.

Randy: Very much so. Well, I’m working on it. I haven’t got all the answers yet. My wife and children and now daughter-in-law, they are just huge blessings in my life. And if I do a great job as a coach in the gym and try to inspire my guys to be certain types of people, but I don’t have a family that goes along with it, what have I done? I haven’t really made much of a

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mark, have I? So, my wife and I are both very invested in our kids. We have a lot of activities at my house, whether it’s the church youth group that’s been there or just people stopping by. There are people that we’ve cared for over the years and helped out along the way who are in some tough times. Our house is pretty much open. We’ve had a situation where we’ve always wanted to be giving of what we’ve been given.

I think our kids have seen that. One of my sons is on ministry at Penn State. He works with the Alliance Christian Fellowship, which is one of the student ministries there. He’s having an influence with the students in a real positive way.

Mimi: And your daughter is in Boston and is also on that track.

Randy: Yeah, she’s helping to plan a church up in Boston. They’re making a bigger impact.

I hope that my team has been able to sense that in my work with them over the years. It’s not just about gymnastics, it’s about the bigger picture and the whole experience.

Mimi: How do you teach teamwork?

Randy: That’s tough in gymnastics, actually.

You got each guy out there individually, but

the team cannot succeed unless everybody does their job. So, we’re constantly reminding guys that you need to do your job, but you also need to be there to help him do his job and give him the encouragement he needs. The guy on rings needs to encourage the vaulter or the floor guy just as much. When everybody does their job, everyone succeeds. The nice thing about gymnastics, too, is that most of the guys on the team, after they’re there for a few months, they get that sense of team and family. And that’s something that I’ve been very proud of. Our team is more than a team, it’s a family. And our guys have been close and remain close once they leave Penn State.

Mimi: That kind of bond develops if you have that piece called teamwork. I think that’s a great note on which to end. This has been a special treat to get to know you quickly. I can’t believe I didn’t know you before, but it’s been a wonderful pleasure. I’m sure my readers will enjoy what you have to say.

Randy: Well, thank you. It’s been a pleasure being with you today. And I too have enjoyed spending time with you. Thanks so much. T&G

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State College Photo Club’s Winning Photos The State College Photo Club provides photo enthusiasts with the opportunity to share their passion for photography with others and to provide an environment for learning and developing new skills. The club welcomes individuals from amateurs to professionals. One of the club’s activities is to hold a monthly competition. Town&Gown is pleased to present the winning images from the club’s competition.

Shown this month are the first place winners from the judged January meeting competition.

January Meeting First Place: Theme “Light” “Fire and Ice” by Gary Perdue

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“The snow on our deck rail had frozen, melted, and refrozen, leaving a bridge of ice over crystals. The shot was made using evening sunlight coming in from a side angle. The exposure left the distant background dark. This is a cropped segment from the middle of a wider view, leaving the ice suspended.”

January Meeting First Place: Open Category

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“Blue Jay 1712”

by Jan Anderson

“I feed the birds in winter, and in return I get to shoot photos of them when they come to my deck for food.

This was shot through my bathroom window last winter in State College.”

A copy of either of these photos may be obtained with a $75 contribution to the Salvation Army of Centre County. Contact Captain Charles Niedermeyer at 861-1785. You can select any size up to 11-inches wide.

The State College Photo Club meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Foxdale Village Auditorium. Guest and new members are welcome.

Visit www.statecollegephotoclub.org for more information about how to join.

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Fun in the Field PSU professor travels the world for climate research

By Sarah Olah

He’s a teacher, a researcher, an author, a Nobel Prize winner, a TV host, and also a husband and a father. There’s not much that Dr. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences at Penn State, doesn’t do or hasn’t done.

Professionally, Alley’s work focuses on climate change (he was a contributor to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that won the Nobel Prize in 2007), and he says he has been interested in science for as long as he can remember. He recalls as a boy helping his mother with her garden, and says he started collecting rocks from an early age.

He grew up in Worthington, Ohio, with his older brother and younger sister. His parents encouraged and promoted the science field once his interest hit.

Because of his work, the 55-year-old Alley does a lot of traveling. For one of his latest trips, he went to Antarctica in January, where he did research and outreach. He’s been to the frozen continent four times, and also to Greenland nine times for research. (On April 11, Alley will give a talk, “Rising Seas, Warming Planet: Lessons from Antarctica,” at Schlow Centre Region Library as part of the Research Unplugged series. The presentation begins at 12:15 p.m. in the Community Room.)

He says he enjoys going to new places to do research, but says it’s a lot of work. He says he comes back home saying, “I’m glad it’s over, but I can’t wait to go back.”

As a professor in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, he speaks highly of his students and colleagues, saying that they are better than he is and at this point in his career he can just “sit here and smile.”

While Alley’s work is important to him, so is his family. Sometimes he even brings the two together.

He and his wife, Cindy, create YouTube videos for students who take his classes. The videos consist of Alley singing and playing the guitar to popular songs.

He then changes the song lyrics to educational lyrics on the subject he is teaching. One of his favorites is his

Dr. Richard Alley What kind of music do you listen to?

“Folk meets bluegrass meets country.”

Where would you like to travel to?

“A little more of Alaska, to Denali — that’d be a nice place to visit. Northeast of Greenland and Dry Valleys of Antarctica.”

Who was your role model growing up?

“No one in particular — good scientists who became communicators. My parents were also useful role models, as well as my older brother.” remake of Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire,” which he used when teaching about the “Ring of Fire” in his volcano unit. Cindy does the video animation, cartooning, and other things while Alley performs them.

The two live in College Township, and their two daughters are both grown and out of the house now — Janet is married, living in Seattle, and working as a schoolteacher, while Karen is a first-year graduate student at the University of Colorado studying geology.

Alley went to Ohio State for his undergraduate degree and then to the University of Wisconsin for his doctorate. He was hired at Penn State in 1988, and by 1989 he was teaching, and has been “having fun ever since.”

The college was looking to move forward in terms of climate research and studies, and Alley says he was just lucky enough to be included in the advancement.

In 2011, he began hosting the PBS series EARTH: The Operators’ Manual. He also wrote an accompanying book of the same title.

He adds that his job is to provide guidance and make wise decisions in the science field, saying, “Learn what no one else knows, share it with people, and help them do good things with it.” T&G

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