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RENOVATE OR REPLACE? What the future holds for Beaver Stadium, the home of Penn State football, is being debated and discussed

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features 32 / “One Hell of a Stadium” Most fans and alumni love Beaver Stadium and the memories it has helped create. What the future holds for the home of Penn State football, however, is being debated and discussed • by Frank Bodani

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40 / A Decade of Delivering Help For 10 years, the Bob Perks Fund has provided financial aid to individuals and families battling cancer. That assistance continues to grow and make an impact across Central Pennsylvania • by Rebekka Coakley

48 / A Salute to Volunteers In honor of April being National Volunteer Month, a few members of the Town&Gown staff visited three places that provide so much for our communities — and who rely so much on volunteers

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Town&Gown’s 13th annual edition of profiling some of the outstanding men who serve this region On the cover: Photo by Steve Tressler/Vista Professional Studios

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10 Letter from The Editor 12 Starting Off: The List, People in the Community, Q&A

20 Living Well: Becoming a “lighthouse” for loved ones in need • by Meghan Fritz 22 Health: Everyone can do their part in preventing and recognizing child abuse • by Kristina Taylor-Porter 24 About Town: Memories of the State College centennial • by Nadine Kofman 28 On Center: Maria Schneider Orchestra to perform new work at Eisenhower • by John Mark Rafacz 30 Penn State Diary: First 15 years of millennium have seen university deal with old and new issues • by Lee Stout

100 70 This Month on WPSU 73 What’s Happening: Home & Garden Show, Happy Valley’s Got Talent, Amy Schumer, Blue-White Game, Bruce Springsteen, and more highlight April’s events 84 On Tap: Centre County’s first nanobrewery finds home in Howard • by Sam Komlenic 88 Taste of the Month/Dining Out: Lettermans offers different spaces to dine and watch your favorite teams • by Vilma Shu Danz 100 Lunch with Mimi: Former Nittany Lion Terry Smith has enjoyed his return to Happy Valley as an assistant coach 106 State College Photo Club’s Winning Photos

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108 Snapshot: New ClearWater director brings lifelong love for the outdoors to the job • by Madison Lippincott

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letter from the editor

State of the Stadium Penn State football’s massive home goes under the microscope From the outside, Beaver Stadium isn’t the most visually appealing sports facility.

That may be an understatement. Some have described it as looking like a giant erector set.

Inside, however, is where it has become a special place to many. With regards to the few decades that I’ve attended games there, it’s below-freezing temperatures — sitting in them on the cold steel bleachers and watching Penn State stop a two-point conversion to beat Notre Dame in 1987. It’s 63-14 — the score of the then No. 1 Nittany Lions’ 1994 win over Ohio State. It’s miracles happening — as in Adam Taliaferro walking onto the Beaver Stadium field in 2001, nearly a year after he suffered a spinal-cord injury. It’s 110,753 — the attendance for the 2002 game against Nebraska (still a stadium record). It’s White Outs — take your pick, but the student one against Ohio State in 2005 and the all-stadium one against Notre Dame in 2008 stand out. It’s four overtimes — which is how long it took before the Lions, a little more than a year after being hammered by NCAA sanctions, defeated the undefeated Michigan Wolverines.

Obviously, there are so many more I or anyone who has attended games there could add to that list.

Now, there is much discussion about the future of Beaver Stadium, and you can read about some of the talk in Frank Bodani’s story, “One Hell of a Stadium.” Some of the dialogue includes whether or not Beaver Stadium even has a future, as building a new stadium has been considered a possibility. The more likely result, however, will be some sort of renovation.

Many of the ideas of what a new Beaver Stadium could

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have include more premium-type seating, upgrades in concessions, and even beer for sale. Whatever is decided, the hope is that Penn State seriously considers everything fans and supporters have told them either at town hall meetings or surveys.

Unfortunately, fans, not just here but everywhere, can be taken for granted because they have such a strong love for their teams.

Regardless of what “improvements” are made, for me and I suspect many others, it’s what happens on that grass field that creates the most-lasting impressions.

From hearing the tap, tap, tap of the drums of the Blue Band as it takes the field before the game to watching how the Nittany Lions fare against whomever they’re playing, those are the memories you take home with you.

Editorial Director dpenc@barashmedia.com Correction: In the March issue, photo credit should have been given to Alyssia Church for magnolia warbler photo (p. 26), Mike and Laura Jackson for northern flicker photo (p. 27), Greg Wenner for red-tailed hawk photo (p. 29), and Fine Line Homes for shower photo (p. 70.)

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starting off Make sure to please everyone’s favorite government agency, the IRS, by filing your taxes by April 15.

The List What to know about APRIL April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and there are plenty of opportunities to celebrate it. Penn State’s School of Music has several jazz concerts in April, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra performs April 14 at Eisenhower Auditorium.

Don’t be a fool! April 1, of course, is April Fool’s Day. One of the best pranks ever happened in 1992 when National Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation reported that Richard Nixon was running for president again.

Comedian Rich Little impersonated Nixon. Listeners called the show to express their shock and outrage.

On April 7, visit your favorite brewery or bar in honor of National Beer Day. Also not a bad time to enjoy some of the spots on the Central PA Tasting Trail, which runs April 1-30 and has 12 different distilleries, wineries, and breweries to visit.

National Library Week is April 10-16.

Safe to say, Happy Valley has some great libraries to celebrate!

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Could it be football season already? Well, sort of, Penn State’s annual Blue-White Game takes place April 16. Get your first look at the 2016 Nittany Lions and at who is looking good to replace Christian Hackenberg as the team’s starting quarterback.

Speaking of Mr. Hackenberg, he’ll hope to hear his name called during the 2016 NFL Draft, which is April 28-30.

Other former Penn State players expected to be drafted include defensive end Carl Nassib and defensive tackles Austin Johnson and Anthony Zettel.

Happy birthday to the Bard! Williams Shakespeare’s birthday is April 23, and you can celebrate it with Talk Like Shakespeare Day. Or check out National Theatre Live in HD’s production of As You Like It April 3 at the State Theatre. T&G

People in the Community In addition, under Brown’s leadership, the health system has partnered with Penn State Hershey on a joint venture for cancer care and with the Penn State College of Medicine to bring academic medicine to State College.

While maintaining strong financial health and philanthropic support, the health system has been recognized and received numerous honors and awards, most significantly for quality, patient satisfaction, employee engagement, and community leadership.

Commenting on his decision to retire, Brown said in a press release, “This has been a dream job for me. My 40 years in health care, and especially the last six years here in State College, have been richly rewarding and deeply fulfilling on both a personal and professional level.”

In March, Steven E. Brown, FACHE, president and CEO of Mount Nittany Health since 2010, announced plans to retire effective November 1.

During Brown’s tenure at Mount Nittany Health, the health system has grown from a hospital to a health system serving more than 500,000 people in a six-county region. Brown has been responsible for leading facility growth at the medical center — including a new and expanded emergency department, shared services building, cancer pavilion, and a new main entrance, as well as significantly improving access to care in communities. The Blue Course Drive practice, Sieg Neuroscience Center, a new Penns Valley medical practice, and offices in Mifflin County, Lock Haven, and Clearfield have been added, as well as the Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center.

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Penn State Wrestling

The Penn State wrestling team, led by head coach Cael Sanderson, captured its fifth national title in six seasons by taking the 2016 national championship in Madison Square Garden. The Lions finished with 123 points; second-place Oklahoma State had 97.5 points.

The Lions had six wrestlers earn AllAmerican honors, including two individual national champions. Nico Megaludis capped his Penn State career by winning the national title at 125 pounds. He defeated Iowa’s Thomas Gilman, 6-3. Sophomore Zain Retherford won the title at 149 pounds, beating Iowa’s Brandon Sorensen, 10-1. Retherford went 33-0 on the season and had a major decision, a technical fall, and three pins at the NCAA Championships. He was named the 2016 NCAA Most Dominant Wrestler of the Year.

Jason Nolf (157), Bo Nickal (174), and Morgan McIntosh (197) each finished second in their respective weight classes. Jordan Conaway also became an All-American with a sixth-place finish at 133 pounds. T&G

Q&A with Lou Prato, author of 100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

By David Pencek Lou Prato is probably the foremost expert when it comes to the history of Penn State athletics. He has written several books, including The Penn State Football Encyclopedia and What It Means to Be a Nittany Lion. He also was the first director of the Penn State All-Sports Museum.

His latest book, 100 Things Penn State Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die, came out last fall. Prato talked about the book and Penn State athletics in general.

T&G: How did you go about deciding what 100 things to put in the book, and did any come close but didn’t quite make the cut?

Prato: Before I started on the list I had to decide on a criteria. As I wrote in my introduction, “My fundamental benchmark was history and the significance of a historical figure, event, or team to the evolution of football and the entire athletic program … not a chronological listing but one that considers the impact of the past on Penn State’s environment and the university in 2015.” … There were some 20 things that didn’t make the book. It really hurt me not to include a chapter on all the Penn State alums who have become famous in the media and in Hollywood, a chapter on the national championship men’s soccer teams from the 1930s through the mid-1950s, and another chapter on all the great women athletes since 1964.

T&G: When you talk with people who have read your work, is there any one thing that they are most surprised about when it comes to Penn State and they learned from reading your books?

Prato: There are so many things that have surprised my readers. I believe that’s because most Penn State sports fans still don’t realize the great history of our sports program. Even though I did the pioneering research on the origin of the “We Are…” Penn State cheer for Town&Gown back in 1999 and have written several articles about it since then, people are still surprised to learn that the cheerleaders created the cheer in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It’s a myth 16 - T&G April 2016

that the cheer emanated from the historic 1946 and 1947 football teams that did so much for civil rights. That’s another thing that has surprised readers, the long history of the athletic department in taking numerous stands on civil rights for African Americans and women.

T&G: Overall, what do you think has changed the most when it comes to Penn State and its athletic program?

Prato: It may be difficult for Penn State fans to admit this, but the perception of the athletic program has changed drastically since the child-abuse scandal of 2011. I devote only one chapter on the scandal in my 100 Things book, and it’s about all the misinformation that came out about the culture of football.

Here we are five years later and we still don’t know the truth about it all.

T&G: Is there anything you still haven’t done when it comes to Penn State that you’d like to do before you die?

Prato: (Laughs) I might say it and then be history! Okay, I’d like to write at least two more books. I want to write a comprehensive book about the history of the athletic department’s role in furthering the civil rights for African Americans, and that goes back to our first black student, Calvin Walker in 1899. I’d also like to write the definitive book with the truth about what happened at Penn State since 2011, but I doubt I can make it to 100. T&G To read more of Town&Gown’s interview with Lou Prato, visit townandgown.com.

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• Nittany Valley Society looks at Erwin Runkle’s history of Penn State.

• Read more about the Centre County American Foundation for Suicide Prevention’s 10th annual Out of the Darkness Walk to fight suicide, which will be held April 24 in State College.

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The Power of a Lighthouse Becoming a strong and gentle guide for loved ones in need can bring peace to your life

By Meghan Fritz

Do you find yourself unable to sleep at night worrying about your loved ones? Are you constantly spending your time trying to fix the problems of the people around you? Do you consume yourself with worry and find it hard to relax?

Often when we are consumed with “fixing” the people around us we become addicted to living in other people’s crisis and solving their problems. I call this the ambulance type of personality. You drive around in your ambulance with sirens blaring, speeding down the street, going from crisis to crisis trying to help others. While helping others is a wonderful quality, it is important to be aware of the root of this behavior so that you may more deeply understand the drive to fix others.

When we consume ourselves with fixing the people around us this is usually an avoidance tactic. If you always drive your ambulance to save other people, you never really have to stop and deal with your own life. This avoidance can cause you to always feel exhausted, drained, frustrated, and upset. You begin to focus on the fact that if this one person would just get their life together you would be happy. The fact is, when and if that person “fixes” the problem you will quickly find another person close to you to take on as the next project.

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person who is chronically sick, drug or alcohol dependent, or suffering from debilitating mental illness, we spend our time walking on egg shells trying to keep things as peaceful as possible and morphing our personalities to try and fix the broken family member. There is such a focus on the problem person that developing your own identity and self-worth takes a back seat, and your emotional growth becomes stunted. You learn to ignore your own needs, and your identity becomes rooted in trying to avoid or fix the broken family member.

Growing up in this type of environment can cause you to seek out adult romantic relationships with people whom you have to fix, thus continuing the cycle of selfabandonment.

The key to working through this type of behavior is to be aware of your ambulance-driving tendencies.

Before you jump in your ambulance to respond to the 911 of the person who “needs you,” take a step back and ask yourself if your response is going to change the situation in any productive way.

When we continually rush to fix the loved one who is always in trouble or in crisis we rob them from developing their own problem-solving skills. We enter into a codependent relationship where we become dependent on feeling needed and the problem person becomes dependent on you driving the ambulance. This type of relationship is not sustainable, and both people will eventually end up self-destructing.

One of the best ways you can begin to change your ambulancelike behavior is to begin to act as a lighthouse. A lighthouse has a firm, solid foundation and remains fixed in the same spot. Its light is bright

and ever moving, aware of its surroundings. A lighthouse gently and methodically guides ships out at sea in the right direction, shining a clear path for them to follow. A lighthouse serves as a beacon of hope for those lost or confused about what direction to take. A lighthouse is strong yet gentle — ships are drawn to the light and able to slowly make their way to their destinations.

When we act as a lighthouse to our loved ones in trouble we are a gentle, guiding force.

We don’t stress ourselves out by driving the ambulance at high speeds with a loud siren blaring. Rather, we remain stable and fixed in our position while offering a light on a dark path. A lighthouse personality doesn’t push, beg, demand, and shout. It simply stands strong, shining the light in a calm, direct, and clear way.

When you abandon the ambulance behavior for the lighthouse you will feel quietly confident, strong, and more stable. You won’t be draining all of your energy trying to push someone into fixing their problem. Rather, you let them know your position and offer a light of hope — whether they choose to follow the path of the light is their choice.

Don’t spend another minute in the ambulance.

Trade this behavior in for lighthouse living and watch your life begin to feel more enjoyable and less stressful. Notice how drama and crisis begin to slow down and become less exciting to you.

You will find that letting go of the ambulance and choosing the lighthouse bring you a sense of peace and calm.

When we take a step back from trying to fix our broken loved ones and focus on our own lives we stop the codependent-enabling behavior.

We take charge of our own lives and commit to remaining stable and fixed — like the foundation of a lighthouse.

Next time you rush to respond to a 911 call and jump in your ambulance to save a person in crisis, take a step back, take a deep breath, and remember the image of a strong, calm, beautiful lighthouse consistently, gently, and quietly shining its bring light to guide the lost ship safely to its destination. T&G Meghan Fritz is a psychotherapist practicing in State College.

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Advocates for the Children Everyone can do their part in preventing and recognizing child abuse

By Kristina Taylor-Porter April is recognized as National Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month. With national statistics of one in four girls and one in six boys being sexually abused before their 18th birthday, the likelihood of knowing a child or adult who has been victimized is high. As adults, it’s our obligation to recognize potential signs of abuse and take an active role in preventing, responding to, and reporting suspicion of abuse.

Often there are no physical signs of abuse or neglect; however, the most recognizable signs are changes in the child. Some signs may include but are not limited to: • Unexplained injuries, which may include cuts, burns, and/or bruises in a pattern or shape.

• The child may appear anxious, depressed, aggressive, or withdrawn.

• The child may regress to earlier behaviors that may be exhibited by thumb-sucking, bed-wetting, etc.

• Some children may express fear of going to the place in which the abuse may be occurring, such as home, school, church, etc.

• The child’s sleep patterns may change, and the child may report frequent nightmares.

Often, adults notice a more fatigued or tired child.

• The child’s performance and attendance at school may be affected.

• The child may exhibit poor personal care or hygiene.

• Some children may display inappropriate sexual behaviors.

Sometimes, children are reluctant to disclose their abuse, and, as adults, we may struggle with ways to talk with our children about abuse. But it’s important to start when they are young.

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Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center director Kristina Taylor-Porter.

Talk with children about their bodies and feelings at an early age. Empower children to claim ownership of their bodies and feelings.

Teach children that people should treat their bodies and feelings with respect, which means no one has the right to hurt them or make them or their bodies feel uncomfortable in any way. Likewise, children are to respect other peoples’ bodies and feelings.

We as adults must then be prepared to listen.

Open the lines of communication, eliminate distractions, and create a safe space for your children to talk. Remember, children are learning to navigate this world, and as adults, it’s our job to be a positive sounding board and mentor, encouraging safety, growth, and understanding.

When a child brings their problems to you, thank them for telling you and talk with them about how you can work together to solve it. If you become aware or suspicious of child abuse when talking with your child, it’s vital to report immediately, so trained professionals can begin to ensure the child’s safety and investigate. Reports can be made to ChildLine at 1-800-932-0313, children and youth services, or local law enforcement.

Taylor-Porter looks at a mural painted during the PA Family Support Alliance’s Painting for Prevention event in 2013 at the Nittany Mall.

When a report is made, often a local Children’s Advocacy Center (CAC) becomes involved.

The primary goal of a CAC is to coordinate investigative and intervention services by bringing together representatives from multiple disciplines who work collaboratively on behalf of children who have experienced or witnessed abuse, neglect, or other serious crimes.

Referrals to the CAC are typically made by an investigative entity such as law enforcement or child-protective services. The CAC is a childfocused and child-friendly facility, welcoming the child to feel safe and secure during an emotional and confusing time.

In areas where a CAC format is not present, children may end up telling their stories many times over. In instances such as this, children are likely to be retraumatized and potentially recant the allegations. Additionally, the questions asked may inadvertently lead children to omit pertinent information.

The CAC model provides a childcentered approach, where all members of the multidisciplinary investigative team (MDIT) come to a child at the CAC. The team observes the child-forensic interview from an adjacent

room while a highly trained and specialized child-forensic interviewer interviews the child.

Members of the MDIT include, but are not limited to, law enforcement, child-protective services, district attorneys, medical examiners, mental-health professionals, victim advocates, and more. Each entity has its own specified role in the investigation and intervention of child abuse.

It also is not uncommon for a CAC to partner with a health-care facility or physician group.

If a center does not employ its own physician medical examiner, establishing a relationship with a physician group or hospital allows the center to provide health services to children without requiring additional travel.

At the center of everything, a CAC provides help, healing, and support for children. You can learn more about our local CAC — the Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center of Centre County — by visiting mountnittany.org/ childadvocacycenter. T&G Kristina Taylor-Porter, MA, is director of Mount Nittany Health Children’s Advocacy Center.

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about town

Memories of the Centennial “Souvenirs” of the celebration from 20 years ago remain in the borough

By Nadine Kofman When I was a kid, Friedman Park — formerly Central Parklet — was a schoolhouse playground. It was downhill from the l897 Frazier Street School (“Fraser” Street used to be “Frazier”). Entering as a kindergartener, I received my first right-left lesson from Miss Boyd, who eyed then reversed my galoshes. Grades went to fourth then. Laid-out on land bought from William Foster, both the school and its playground initially saw kindergarteners though eighth graders.

In the early 1960s, the redbrick school — early home of the public library — was closed. By the time I was finishing a BA at Penn State, it was succeeded by the 1965 State College Post Office (previously centered where Schlow Centre Region Library sprawls). The playground joined the parks system.

Today’s Friedman Park holds a piece of old State College: The backbone of a three-tiered drinking fountain for the village’s population (humans, horses, pigs). It was donated by the 1894 Woman’s Literary Club (State College Woman’s Club), under organizing president Frances Atherton (Mrs. George Atherton). The graceful fountain was positioned along earthy College Avenue at Pugh Street.

With the 1920 paving of College Avenue, says Winona Morgan Moore in the club’s early-history publication, the fountain was sold off and abandoned — until rescued by one of the Atherton daughters, Helen Atherton Govier. She placed it on the grounds of her 518 South Atherton Street home.

Subsequent homeowner Dottie Poschadel Roberts and her husband, Chris, gave the fountain back to State College.

It became one of the souvenirs of a yearlong birthday party: The 1996 State College Centennial Celebration. The celebration, whose Centre Pieces centennial quilt hangs in the State College Municipal Building, was huge. Amid the volunteer outpouring was a borough centennial commission, chaired by previous mayor Arnold Addison or his “vice mayor” Hank Yeagley Jr. John A. Brutzman, wry newsman, was a member, as were John Dittmar, Connie Randolph, Karen Shute, Anita Genger, Pete Jeffries, Diane Sweetland, Lilly Nichol, Bob Kucas, and others. Lurene Frantz, former Arts Festival director, was the centennial commission’s executive director.

Several highlights follow. Some central figures then are blasts from the past now.

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For the State College Centennial Celebration, the Barash Group helped publish Story of the Century, which looks at the history of State College from 1896 to 1996.

In 1896 — specifically on August 29 — State College was incorporated as a borough. During 1996, organizations cheered with special events. Red, white, and blue bunting was hung in neighborhoods and downtown, notably on the landmark Hotel State College.

On August 26-27, 1995, the Centennial Celebration opened at Centre Furnace Mansion (Penn State’s birthplace) with a lawn party that included outdoor Pennsylvania Dance Theatre swirls and original songs by Ray Fortunato, retired Penn State human resources administrator well known for music and pertinent patter.

Centennial Homecoming Weekend came the following August — its centerpiece, a bygone Alpha Fire Company Fourth of July parade, this time dedicated to times past. Organized by Alpha member Dick Bland, it proceeded under the direction of the Alpha’s Carmine Prestia (a magisterial district judge today). It was led by Mayor Bill Welch, whose Penn State and

lifelong book-learning had been launched at the 1930 College Heights Elementary School. The grand marshal was the oldest living Alpha — 102-year-old Bob Sigworth, Penn State’s utilities director from 1930 to 1955.

For years, commission photo archivist Carolyn Smith had collected historic shots, many of which received prominent use. Later, downtown-betterment chief Marty Starling pointed to me for the (ultimately unfinished) historic plaque project. She proposed today’s numerous benches, the promotional kiosk on South Allen Street at College Avenue, and regular downtown sidewalk washing.

During February 1996, the air in Eisenhower Auditorium filled with a 1,000-voice centennial choral symphony performing “Mountain Laurels,” which was composed by Penn State music professor Bruce Trinkley. Eight soloists and 13 choral groups (school district, Penn State, seasoned) sang couplets by 17 local poets. It was, read a printed-program comment

by Charlie Mann, celebrated Penn State rare books/special collections curator, “indicative of a continued poetic vitality in State College that

has flourished for a long time.”

Because of the centennial, State College received its own 1896-1996 history book, Story of the Century, by longtime writer Jo Chesworth.

The borough with the Barash Group published it — Schlow Centre Region Library has three copies, including two that circulate; Centre County Library in Bellefonte has one.

On the first page, Chesworth notes that, “if William Frear, a chemist at Penn State’s Agriculture Experiment Station, had not been sick with the flu four years earlier, our town would have been a borough in 1892. And its name might have been College Park.” The town took its name from the Pennsylvania State College, which wouldn’t evolve until 1953.

Agrarian roots showed in the Penn State Creamery’s Centennial Vanilla Bean ice cream, the “New Century State College PA” pink geranium, and the pig family sculpture installed on Centennial (formerly McAllister) Walkway at East College Avenue. Unveiled that July, the bronze trio quickly became an attraction for climbing kids. Mom “Centennia” and piglets “Ed” (ucation) and “Hope” were allegedly named

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by a group of kids. The project was guided by commission member/project head Ed Mattil (age 98 now), a retired Penn State art education professor.

That summer, collected memorabilia, curated

by Joyce Robinson, went on exhibit at the Palmer Museum of Art. The State College School District, obviously also celebrating 100 years, reissued its 1896-1940 history booklet, The Public Schools of the State College Area: A History, written by Jo Hays, who was a former supervising principal, State College mayor, and state legislator; and Peg Riley, who was the first woman president of the school board and Penn State room worker.

Mayor Emeritus Addison brought out “Issues and Personalities in the First 100 Years of State College Government” and — orchestrated by Frantz, Maryann Curione, and Steve Williams — the commission published “A Photographic Celebration” shot in the borough in one day.

Fifth-graders wrote an original historical pageant for kindergarten through fifth, presented in May at Bryce Jordan Center. That April,

Children’s Day “for kids of all ages” filled Central Parklet. And there — on August 29, 1996 — the Centennial Celebration closed with the burial of time capsule that will be opened in 2046.

“Sidney Friedman Park” dates from August 17, 2009 — four months after the death of the prominent downtown businessman, community leader, and philanthropist. Friedman, an Altoona native who came to college and stayed, was concerned about the downtown’s future. His donation of the State Theatre for community use is well known. Less so is a name change. Based on his proposal, “Calder Alley” was upgraded to “Calder Way.” It could be said that the old playground — a slice of community open space — is as close as State College comes to a Pennsylvania municipality’s town square. It’s but two blocks from the signature avenue running between town and gown. T&G Nadine Kofman is a native Centre Countian and historian.

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Grammy-winning Maria Schneider Orchestra to perform new work April 14 at Eisenhower

By John Mark Rafacz Maria Schneider, who NPR describes as “a national treasure,” calls her own shots. That and her immeasurable talent have helped her and the orchestra she guides to earn five Grammy Awards in three genres (jazz, classical, and rock), 12 Grammy nominations, and the acclaim of critics and music lovers.

She added two Grammys this year, one for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for The Thompson Fields and a second for Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocals, for her collaboration with David Bowie on his single “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime).” The song is from Bowie’s final album, Blackstar.

“To work so collaboratively with David Bowie on such a unique piece as ‘Sue’ was one of the most thrilling things to ever happen to me musically. So to receive this Grammy is deeply meaningful,” says Schneider.

“And The Thompson Fields is the most personal work that I’ve ever created with my own band,” she adds. “And I feel that the playing within my band has reached an extraordinary peak. For all of us to be recognized for that, as well, is overwhelming.”

It’s been 10 years since New York City’s Maria Schneider Orchestra first performed at Eisenhower Auditorium in a concert featuring “The Pretty Road,” a composition cocommissioned by the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State. The orchestra returns to Eisenhower April 14 in a performance featuring the world premiere of another Center for the Performing Arts co-commission.

“She puts together stories that speak with the clarity of Ernest Hemingway and the musical grace of Aaron Copland,” writes Bob Karlovits of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.

Schneider’s youth in rural Minnesota inspired The Thompson Fields. “This marriage of sounds, words, and images is ultimately breathtaking, a testament not simply to the hipness of jazz but to the uplifting and sustaining powers of art,” raves Peter Hum for the Ottawa Citizen.

In previous years, the Jazz Journalists Association and the Down Beat critics poll named her Concert in the Garden and Sky Blue, in turn, “jazz album of the year.”

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personal writing style to highlight the virtuoso musician voices in what would become an 18-member collective.

The orchestra has performed at concert venues and festivals around the world. Schneider has reaped many commissions and guest-conducting gigs, working with more than 85 groups from more than 30 countries.

She’s passionate about artists controlling their rights to music, recordings, and fan base. All of her music is self-released through ArtistShare. Her strong voice for music advocacy prompted her to testify in 2014 about digital rights before the US Congressional Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.

“We make the music and we hold the cards,” she said in her 2016 Grammy pretelecast acceptance speech. “It’s our future to either give away or keep.” T&G Patricia Best and Thomas Ray sponsor the presentation.

For more information or tickets, visit cpa.psu.edu or phone (814) 863-0255.

John Mark Rafacz is the editorial manager of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State.

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Never too Early to Look Back First 15 years of millennium have seen university deal with old and new issues Penn State University Archives

By Lee Stout

Students representing Penn State’s commonwealth campuses. Substantial changes occurred the last 15 years, and all students may now secure degrees at their home campus without transferring.

Writing contemporary history is a challenging and difficult task, and I’ve recently been reminded of that fact while preparing a brief history of Penn State since 2001. We can compile data and identify facts, but the main problem is deciding what matters and why. History is not simply a recitation of past events; it inevitably requires selecting acts of significance and then weaving them into a story that makes sense of the times.

It requires historical perspective to do this. By that, we mean distance in time, the chance to begin to see in retrospect what may have really mattered and influenced what came after.

When does that happen? Actually we start doing it almost immediately, and, assuming there’s enough interest, we never stop. New books on the Civil War, the Revolution, and the Founding Fathers, just to name a few subjects, appear regularly.

We never tire of reinterpreting the past.

Journalists often write the first treatments in the immediate aftermath — accounts based on newspaper reporting that try to explain what happened. These books may hold up over time, but they are usually superseded by works whose authors had access to archival sources and memoirs that were not accessible as the events unfolded.

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When it comes to recounting the last 15 years of Penn State history, the Sandusky affair and all of the chaos that stemmed from it cannot be ignored, even though so much is unresolved. The litigation and criminal cases will eventually end, but the debate feels like it will last for decades. At the very least, I don’t believe a useful history will be written for some years to come.

There is no question in my mind that the repercussions stemming from the Sandusky affair mark the most dramatic and serious crisis Penn State has faced since the legislative investigations in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The basic question then was whether Penn State was fulfilling its mandate to teach agriculture and engineering. It’s a complex subject, but it put the college in severe jeopardy. If it lost its Land Grant endowment, Penn State would have likely had to close its doors.

But George Atherton took office as president in 1882, and his leadership led the college out of the crisis.

Obviously, the situation was not that dire in 2011 and 2012.

However, the internal tumult in the board of trustees, administration, and athletics and the public’s perception of Penn State’s very character were grave problems unequalled in the past 130 years or more.

The Sandusky affair is the proverbial elephant in the room for recent Penn State history, but what other stories might characterize the institutional past of the last 15 years? The final chapters of Michael Bezilla’s Penn State: an Illustrated History, published in 1985, might provide some lessons. By that point, John Oswald’s term (1970-83) was ending and Bryce Jordan’s (1983-90) was just beginning.

In the 1970s, the big stories

were financial issues — inflation, decreasing appropriations, higher tuition, and hiring and pay freezes. Unionization was rejected by faculty, and the state government’s attitude toward Penn State was more confrontational. Fallout from economics included more program evaluation and retrenchment, slower enrollment growth, a halt in the construction of new dormitories, and policy changes to allow women students to move offcampus. While women’s enrollments quickly rose to near parity with men, minority enrollments and faculty-staff numbers remained contentious issues.

When it came to the early 1980s, the most Bezilla could do was to review the university’s three-part mission and describe the programs and achievements that advanced it. Otherwise, it was too soon to do anything else.

From today’s perspective, the first 15 years of the new century show that finances and continuous planning and adjustments, fights over appropriations, and tuition increases persist as constants. Development and fund-raising have taken on an importance never before seen. Few could imagine at the outset of a planned $250 million campaign for Penn State in 1984 that multibillion dollar campaigns would eventually follow. Enrollment numbers continue to rise, but the biggest jumps come in online education through the World Campus, hardly a dream in the realm of computer-assisted instruction 30 years ago.

The significance of safety today, from issues of sexual assault to broader concerns for mass shootings or terrorist bombings, has taken a toll on the openness and accessibility of the campus.

Racism and minority-rights issues, for all the initiatives undertaken by the university, still periodically roil the campus, as they do society at large. And the nation’s changing demographics, especially with Hispanic migration, raise issues for increasing student diversity and the international student community.

These topics scratch only the surface. Perhaps, in 20 or more years, we will be able to discern which issues truly changed the institution between 2001 and 2016, and how we have grown from meeting those challenges. T&G Lee Stout is librarian emeritus, special collections for Penn State.

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Brad Wagner: At the HUB of it all Almost two decades ago, Brad Wagner was working at a lumber company but wanted to sign on with Penn State since he and his wife, Wendy, figured their two young children eventually would go to school there. When the opportunity arose, he took a wage payroll job at the HUB as a technical services worker, mopping floors and cleaning bathrooms.

But right from the get-go, he told people he had a long-term goal: “I wanted eventually to run the HUB.” Over the years, Wagner worked his way up to doing exactly that. Five years ago, he became facility supervisor for the 250,000-square-foot HUB-Robeson Center. He and his crew of 27 full-time employees, six student workers, and three supervisors are responsible for cleaning and maintaining the union building so it can serve students 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “It’s my tech services staff that really make this happen for these students every day,” he says.

Last year, Wagner’s daughter, Rebecca, graduated from Penn State, and this May he’ll see his son, Brandon, put on a cap and gown. Both kids worked at the HUB while they were in school, learning the same lesson Brad Wagner says his father taught him: “Whatever you want to do in life, you take initiative and you go for it.”

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Populous. Renovation seems the most likely scenario, though Populous and Penn State officials have not ruled out building a new stadium, either.

During a town hall meeting with the Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County, Phil Esten, Penn State’s deputy director and chief operating officer of athletics, said the expectations is to renovate Beaver Stadium.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” he said at the town hall, according to the Centre Daily Times.

The results of the master plan are expected to be announced in mid- to late-summer and will include rough cost estimates for potential facility upgrades, Radecic says.

No matter the recommendations, any potential work on Beaver Stadium probably would not begin for a at least a year or two, until funding is in place and construction details are finalized, Radecic is leading says Esten. the master design Meanwhile, Penn and renovation plan State does appear in for Penn State’s good hands. Populous athletic facilities. is one of the largest Contributed photo

And what a most different Beaver Stadium it was back in 1980. Only 84,000 fans fit into the place then, the view of Mount Nittany still unobstructed from inside.

“Never forget the first time,” says Radecic, who played his final game for Penn State in 1983 and went on to play for more than a decade in the NFL with Kansas City, Buffalo, and Indianapolis. “I couldn’t have imagined ever being in front of that many people to play a football game. There’s a lot of emotion to it. The crowd roaring was deafening, so loud. When you’d try to make a defensive adjustment you could never hear yourself talk. How could anyone else hear?

“It’s a pretty special place, to continue to see it grow …”

He’s talking about growing better with age, not just bigger. So it’s a most unique situation now that he’s a senior principal at Populous, the architectural and design company hired to create a master design and renovation plan of Penn State’s athletic facilities.

That means he’s the point man for the comprehensive examination of all of Penn State’s venues, which includes 31 sports using about 20 practice and game facilities. It’s about identifying short-term needs and longterm growth and stability.

His company will provide details and cost estimates on everything from much-needed overhauls of the indoor tennis and swimming venues to an upgrade for the facilities for the two soccer teams, including the women’s team that won the 2015 national title. (The soccer locker rooms are a half-mile away from Jeffrey Field).

Of course, the No. 1 attraction on the design list is Beaver Stadium, which, at least to some, desperately requires a facelift on a significantly larger scale than the one completed in 2001, also overseen by

architectural firms in the world and has led the building and renovation of everything from the new Yankee Stadium and Chicago’s United Center to Wembley Stadium in London and Sochi’s Olympic Stadium in Russia.

Penn State holds a certain uniqueness, though. It represents the largest athletic master plan Populous has ever worked on, Radecic says.

“Not many schools even have 31 sports,” he says.

Already, Populous officials have met with more than 80 “user groups” of Penn State facilities to gather input for renovations and improvements. They’ve helped stage town

included the addition of premium seating, new scoreboards, and sprucing up the exterior and grounds. That renovation added 12,000 seats to push capacity to its present 106,572 — making it the second-largest stadium in the nation and third largest in the world.

A strikingly different upgrade may be needed now.

Structural work, including overhauls of electrical and plumbing systems, may be needed. Those certainly would be required to enable Beaver Stadium to host other large nonfootball events, such as professional soccer, ice hockey games, and concerts, or

Beaver Stadium through the Years 1960 — The 30,000-seat stadium, located near Rec Hall, is dismantled in 700 pieces and moved one mile to its present location on the east side of campus. It is reassembled with 16,000 additional seats.

1969 — More than 2,000 seats are added.

1972 — More than 9,000 seats are added, raising capacity to 57,538.

1976 — Expanded bleachers in the south end zone increase capacity to 60,203.

1978 — More than 16,000 seats are added by cutting the stadium into sections, raising it eight feet by hydraulic jacks, and inserting precast concrete seating forms within the inner circle.

hall meetings to gather public opinion. They are now awaiting feedback from a vast survey mailing to Penn State alums and supporters.

Every facility will be considered in the plan, including those much younger than Beaver Stadium, such as the 20-year-old Bryce Jordan Center.

But football is what brings the community together like nothing else. Beaver Stadium is a gathering place for up to 100,000 fans and more from all over the country on seven Saturdays each fall, no matter the lasting effect of the Jerry Sandusky scandal, NCAA sanctions, and the mediocre rebuilding seasons that have followed.

And, certainly, Populous knows it well.

It oversaw that last stadium upgrade that

1980 — Seating capacity increases to 83,770.

1984 — Lights are added.

1991 — A 10,033-seat upper deck is constructed in the north end zone and portable seats are added in the north end zone. Capacity stands at 93,967.

2001 — Sixty skyboxes and an 11,500-seat two-tier upper deck in the south end zone are added, increasing capacity to 107,282, making it the second-largest stadium in the United States. New scoreboards with video screens also are added.

2011 — Installation of special seating to meet Americans with Disabilities Act standards reduces capacity to its present 106,572.

even ski jumping, which Boston’s Fenway Park held this winter. Making Beaver Stadium a multiuse venue seems more of a priority now than ever under athletic director Sandy Barbour.

First and foremost appears to be the focus on the football game-day experience. That figures to involve creating more comfortable and potentially roomier seating and upgrades to archaic restroom and concession facilities.

Radecic understands those needs as well as anyone, since he played in Beaver Stadium and returns frequently for work and pleasure.

He believes his Penn State past will help Populous map out its future.

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An overview of the east side of the Penn State campus, where most of its athletic facilities now are.

you have to be really careful. I have to be objective,” he says. “I’m not trying to [push] what Scott Radecic wants or what Populous wants. It’s, ‘What are the best moves for Penn State?’ ” • • • The steel bones of old Beaver Stadium were moved across campus, west to east, and reassembled at its present site in 1960. At the time, the stadium held less than half of its current capacity and was shaped like a horseshoe.

That’s when Mike Patrick began going to games as an undergrad — and as a short-lived walk-on quarterback. He’s sat most everywhere in the stadium over the years, from the student section to those luxury boxes. And like several fans that were polled, he’d like to see the stadium renovated rather than building a new one. While he believes cosmetic improvements are in order, it would be prudent not to significantly alter the overall atmosphere.

That’s what gives Beaver Stadium its appeal.

“That stadium is awesome, it’s intimidating,” says Patrick, 75, who lives in York County. “I’ve been to Michigan and the 36 - T&G April 2016

Horseshoe at Ohio State, and I still think it’s as intimidating a place as it is in the country. I think we have one hell of a stadium.”

Penn State officials agree. Though the master plan won’t even be released for a few more months, “we think we can achieve our goals with renovation rather than having a rebuild,” Esten says.

That sentiment, in part, speaks to the affinity fans and alumni have for Beaver Stadium.

“There’s a lot of wins on that field. There’s a lot of tradition and memories and friendships built in that stadium,” Esten says. “If we can accomplish what we want to accomplish and not move, that’s our primary goal.”

Of course, cost could ultimately make the decision for Penn State officials. The only stadiums built recently offer only about half the seating capacity of Beaver Stadium, including ones at Minnesota and Baylor, and still cost between $250 and $300 million.

Texas A&M shot down building a new stadium, despite the exorbitant price tag of $450 million to renovate and expand Kyle Field over four years.

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Fusina has been returning regularly to Beaver Stadium since his playing days ended, now as a tailgating fan sitting in the middle of it all like everyone else. He says he’d rather keep the old stadium but, at the same time, wouldn’t protest even if Penn State opted for a rebuild with a smaller capacity.

“I think anymore, our tradition at Penn State, because so much has happened, has got to be within ourselves,” he says. “It doesn’t matter even if there’s a new stadium, we’ve gone through so much together.” T&G Frank Bodani covers Penn State sports for the York Daily Record.

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A Decade of Delivering Help For 10 years, the Bob Perks Fund has provided financial aid to individuals and families battling cancer.

That assistance continues to grow and make an impact across Central Pennsylvania

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In 2006, Doreen Perks started the Bob Perks Fund in memory of her husband, who died from cancer just five months earlier. For 10 years now, the fund has helped ease the financial burden for almost 1,700 people in the community battling cancer.

“In the beginning, we just wanted to do something good,” Perks says. “I don’t think anyone realized how big it would become, especially not this quickly.”

Since its inception, the fund has raised and allocated more than $1 million to give to families with cancer patients who are struggling financially.

“The Bob Perks Fund is having a tremendous impact on cancer patients and their families, offering a lifeline to those who are suffering from the burden of

unpaid bills in addition to suffering from the consequences of cancer,” says Norma Keller, executive director of the fund. “By easing the burden caused by eviction and utility shut-off notices, as well as helping to put food on the table and gas for travel to cancer treatments, the fund is helping patients worry less about their finances so they are able to focus their energy on their treatment, health, and recovery.”

The fund helps families battling cancer who live in Blair, Centre, Clearfield, and Huntingdon counties. They have to be referred to the fund by their patient navigator at the hospital or through their oncologist’s office. From there, the fund’s allocation committee reviews the application, discusses the merits of helping 2016 April T&G - 41

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Doreen Perks with her husband, Bob, in 1999.

Since Perks started the Bob Perks Fund in 2006, the fund has raised and allocated more than $1 million.

the individual or family, and gets started on the assistance. According to Keller, the process can be pretty efficient.

“I have such respect for the critical mission of the Bob Perks Fund, and every day I see its enormous impact on cancer patients who experience increased expenses and decreasing income while undergoing cancer treatment,” she says. “I greatly admire the allocation committee’s decision-making process, which often results in the Bob Perks Fund paying cancer-patient bills within in 10 days or less.”

Keller, who headed up the Centre County Youth Service Bureau for 30 years until she retired, was hired part-time in 2013 to develop fundraising opportunities in Blair, Clearfield, and Huntingdon counties. Prior to that, 90 percent of donations came from Centre County.

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played an array of songs from the 1980s with proceeds going to the fund. On June 4, the fund holds its first Summer Slam, a 3-on-3 basketball tournament at the State College YMCA. The fund is still trying to figure out what event it will hold in the fall to replace a tailgate party it had held each year during an away Penn State football game.

While past events have seen a lot of success, Perks admits she doesn’t want to see the events become stale, and she will periodically change them up. The basketball tournament is new and something she believes people of all ages and ability levels will enjoy. Additionally, she hopes to expand fundraising efforts to the four counties the fund helps. Perks and Keller hope the next 10 years will be even more successful than the past 10.

“I would like to see increased fundraising opportunities in Blair, Centre, Clearfield, and Huntingdon counties, and when we are able to fulfill the needs presented by cancer patients in these counties, consider serving adjacent counties that have requested our help,” Keller says. “The Bob Perks Fund is a one-of-a kind organization — it provides significant and ongoing support to cancer patients in need of financial aid, and it regularly receives requests to consider serving other counties.”

Running the Bob Perks Fund can often be heartbreaking for Perks, who admitted that learning sad news about clients can take its toll and really wear her down. But for her, walking away was just not an option — especially when she sees and hears about the results of the work the fund does. **** In August of 2012, Michael Kraft of Altoona was diagnosed with throat cancer.

The 53-year-old was first treated with chemotherapy and radiation. According to his wife, Cindy, when the cancer came back a year later, Michael had a complete laryngectomy — his entire larynx was removed. He spent a year without a voice, but last year he was given a speaking valve, which has allowed him to have a voice again.

As if cancer and a laryngectomy weren’t

enough to deal with, he and his wife had very little money to pay the hospital bills that piled up, regular travel to and from Pittsburgh, and their everyday finances, such as utility bills and rent. According to Cindy, a social worker at the hospital told them about the Bob Perks Fund and helped them fill out the application to receive some help with their bills.

“They were like little guardian angels that just popped into our lives,” Cindy says.

“They were so great, helping us pay off a few bills, like our rent and electric bill. They even gave us a gift card for groceries.”

She says she recalls hearing other patients who were receiving radiation talk about the fund in the waiting room, trying to figure out how to get help. She is grateful and says it was such a blessing for them to receive the financial support, adding that it really helped them pull through a really rough time.

“From the social worker that told us about the fund and helped us fill out our application to the board that approved it and quickly got us help, it just really put our minds in a better place,” she says.

“In the beginning, we just wanted to do something good. I don’t think anyone realized how big it would become, especially not this quickly.”

— Doreen Perks **** Last April, Audrey Hanscom, 54, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The Julian resident had surgery, but doctors were unable to remove the tumor. She recently completed radiation treatments and will return to her doctor’s office in a few weeks to see if the radiation has helped shrink the tumor so doctors can remove it.

After an appointment in her oncologist’s office last year, she heard about about the Bob Perks Fund from a patient navigator.

“They’ve helped us [her husband and daughter] pay some of our bills — heating and utility bills — and what’s leftover they’ve put on Sheetz and Weis gift cards for help with groceries and gas,” she says. “My family and I are very thankful for their help and kindness.

This is such a wonderful organization.” **** In March of 2014, Wendy Bechtold of Clearfield found a bump on her breast. She had been hospitalized after a seizure, and when she returned home she found that the hospital had left a sticker from her electrocardiogram on her. When she pulled it off, she found the bump. She waited a week before going to see her doctor. Her diagnosis was triple-negative-stage breast cancer, an aggressive form of cancer that can be difficult to treat.

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“They were like little guardian angels that just popped into our lives.”

— Cindy Kraft

When she completed her chemotherapy, she had surgery followed by radiation. She completed the radiation in January 2015.

She found a new job and has had checkups every six months.

While she’s still a bit tired at the end of the day and her strength isn’t completely back because of the side effects of the chemo, she hopes to do more volunteer work and to give back to a community that really helped her out when she needed it.

She started chemotherapy and was able to continue working for a while, but when she was became too tired and sick, she had to stop. Her doctor’s office told her about the Bob Perks Fund, and she received help.

“I was constantly playing catch-up with my bills at that point. I had no money coming in because I was too sick to work. I am so thankful for the fund and all that it did for me,” she says.

“The program and the patient navigator that told me about it were lifesavers.”

**** Martha Claar of Hollidaysburg found out in July 2010 that she had ovarian cancer.

She was exhausted and just felt bad all the time. A friend took her to the emergency room, and it was there that doctors told her about her cancer.

“I went home and cried all night,” she says.

“But I was fortunate enough that when I told a nurse at Danville my blood value, she said they would operate the following Tuesday.”

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for this unique outdoor charity event, featuring a live viewing of the 142nd Kentucky Derby, entertainment, and delicious food and drinks.

Race Day Soiree tickets are available for public purchase at: gala.acsevents.org/racedaysoireePA or 814.234.1023 The official registration and financial information of the American Cancer Society, Inc. may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll free 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.

a blood value of 30 — hers was 630. She’s thankful that they operated so soon, and after, she was receiving chemotherapy closer to home. She had a complete hysterectomy and had her omentum removed.

In 2013, the cancer came back, and she did four cycles of chemo again. She ended up with pneumonia and battling a pulmonary aneurysm. She was hospitalized for 21 days, and through all her illness, she was unable to work. A cousin told her about the Bob Perks Fund.

“They have all the safeguards in place,” Claar says. “The application for assistance has to come from your doctor’s office, and the patient doesn’t get the money, the utility companies do, so you can’t scam the charity. The Bob Perks Fund responded quickly to my needs and made a big difference in my life.”

Claar, who was given six months to live after her stay in the hospital, has since moved to State College to be closer to her sister. Before her diagnosis, she had her own

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business, but had to close it while she was sick. She’s not sure what she would have done without the fund.

“I know that Doreen lost her husband, and it’s really touching that she took her sorrow and put it toward helping others,” she says. “Everybody has been touched by cancer, and maybe they give money toward cancer research, but actually don’t know if the money goes directly toward that.

With the Bob Perks Fund, the money goes directly to the people. They don’t pay the medical expenses, but they free up some money for those bills by helping with rent and utilities, gas and food. I’m still here today to spend more time with my nephews. They know I love them — and Bob Perks gave me that.” T&G For more information on the Bob Perks Fund and the Summer Slam Basketball Tournament, visit bobperksfund.org.

Rebekka Coakley is a freelancer writer living in State College.

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A SALUTE TO Volunteers The lifeblood of nearly all nonprofit organizations is the work done by volunteers. They are the people behind the scenes who give of their time to help causes, groups, events, and more without asking anything in return.

April is National Volunteer Month, which celebrates the work done by these individuals. Within the month is National Volunteer Week, held April 10-16 this year, which, according to Points of Light, is “about inspiring, recognizing, and encouraging people to seek out imaginative ways to engage their communities.”

In honor of this month of honoring volunteers, a few members of the Town&Gown staff visited three places that provide so much to our communities — and who rely so much on volunteers.

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A café with special meaning

by Vilma Shu Danz

My mother-in-law, Jane Virginia Danz, passed away suddenly a few days before Thanksgiving last year. Not a day goes by that our family doesn’t think about her and miss her very much.

She was very involved with activities at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in State College, especially with the Community Café.

When I was asked to volunteer at a local organization, I couldn’t think of a better place than the St. Andrew’s Community Café to honor Jane’s memory. I wanted to meet the people Jane had loved and spent so much time with, and learn why the Community Café was so important to her.

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Jane Danz helped lead the volunteer effort at the Community Café.

background, gender identity, sexual orientation, capability, or circumstances of life. The menu is based on what was donated from the local grocery stores. On the day I volunteered, the menu included fruit salad, green salad with tomatoes, roast beef, mashed potatoes, gravy, green beans, vegan minestrone, turkey chili, and an array of desserts.

Guests are invited to dine in and take what they need from the “Take Home” tables. The tables are typically filled with bread, baked goods, vegetables, and fruits that are donated by local grocery stores. The items are donated because the sell-by date is that day or the next day.

Jane Danz’s daughter-in-law and Town&Gown operations manager and assistant editor Vilma Shu Danz helps in the kitchen at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in State College.

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Every Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. at the loading docks behind Trader Joe’s, volunteers such as Ron Rovansek arrive ready to pick up crates of produce, meats, breads, and other baked goods to take back to St. Andrew’s. Volunteers also do pickups at Weis Markets and Wegmans.

Shifts of volunteers of varied religious faiths come during the day to help prepare this meal.

What stood out for me is that many of the volunteers aren’t members of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, but they have built these incredible relationships with each other that allow them to work together as a team to make this meal happen every week.

Volunteer Joan Dimarcello is a registered nurse and a Catholic who walked into St. Andrew’s a few years ago, drawn by the wonderful smell of a home-cooked meal. She makes sure that everyone who comes to volunteer has a job to do.

A group of Mormon missionaries come every week to help cook, cut the desserts, and make the fruit salad. Some students from the State College Area School District’s Delta program help with washing dishes. Once a month, some of the staff of the local Trader Joe’s volunteer their time. In the kitchen, you will find retired

senior citizens cooking alongside well-known cooking instructor Grace Pilato.

In talking with many of the volunteers, Jane was a big part of the success of the Community Café that began in 2009. She helped connect the right people together to organize the pickup of food at Trader Joe’s and, on many occasions, was the person at the loading docks in the morning.

She used to walk around the church with a clipboard to get volunteers to sign up. She even tended to the church herb garden.

Everyone who knew her would tell you that Jane couldn’t bear the thought of throwing anything away. When I saw the amount of food that would have gone to waste from Trader Joe’s, it made so much sense that Jane was involved in making sure that it was put to good use. What the Community Café does every Thursday is true to the spirit of Jane, and her memory lives on in the volunteers.

For more information or to become a volunteer at the Community Café, visit St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 208 West Foster Avenue, State College or call (814) 237-7659.

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Town&Gown creative director Tiara Snare (right) spends time in one of the cat rooms at the Centre County PAWS facility.

Care for our furry friends

by Tiara Snare

I have always been an animal lover and am now a proud owner of a yorkiepoo named ChaCe. So I find joy in knowing the type of work an organization such as Centre County PAWS does in finding loving homes for the dogs and cats surrendered to them.

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In 2015, PAWS, which was established in 1980, set a personal record with 584 cat adoptions and 352 dog adoptions. The organization has nearly 650 volunteers, who in 2015 donated more than 40,000 hours of services, which can be valued at almost $320,000.

The volunteers, who come in at all hours, handle a diverse number of jobs, including feeding the dogs and cats, taking the dogs for walks, changing litter boxes, doing laundry, giving medicine, running spay/neuter clinics, and playing with the animals.

A unique component to Centre County PAWS is the Pet Partner Program.

Volunteers provide intense training and socialization to those cats and dogs who have some behavioral challenges or are very shy. They do whatever it takes to ease a new cat or dog into their new living arrangements. Volunteers will even handfeed the dog or cat until they become acclimated. It can take some time for some of the animals to become comfortable with being around different people and being handled.

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Many Penn State students volunteer their time here. If time allows, they work on their homework while just sitting with one of the animals. The students who may be away from their pets can get their “fur fix” this way!

PAWS has a dog wing and a cat wing to its facility. Director of development Christine Faust says PAWS can house up to 28 dogs and 55 cats at one time. The animals stay there until they are adopted or fostered, which means people who may not want to be a pet owner forever but want to help become “foster parents” to an animal for a period of time.

Faust has a great connection with the dogs, and they become very excited when she walks through the door during a tour of the facility. She interacts with them on a daily basis.

Each dog cage has all the important information for that dog — their behaviors, their likes, their dislikes, and handling instructions.

One volunteer, Diane Kerly, has an equally strong connection with the cats as Faust has with the dogs. When she walks into a room with several of them, they walk right over to her — and she knows them all by name!

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You wonder if the cats would ever want to leave! Several rooms fill the area, including one that allows the cats to roam freely outside of their cages and has a cat door that leads to a play area outside. A local Boy Scout troop made climbing trees for the cats, and there also are plenty of toys.

Even if they don’t volunteer, members of the community helps PAWS by donating food items, litter, paper towels, tissues, hand soap, and much more.

Faust says, “I can honestly say, in my many years of working in the nonprofit world, that Centre County PAWS volunteers are ‘Pawsome!’ They are incredibly hard working, dedicated, compassionate, and truly love our animals.”

For more information on Centre County PAWS, visit centrecountypaws.org.

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After being a student at Mid-State Literacy Council, Amanova now teaches English as a Second Language classes.

Breaking down language barriers

by David Pencek

When Jamal Amanova came to State College from Turkenistan nearly six years ago, she didn’t know much English. In fact, when asked how much she did know, she says, “Maybe zero! Just Hi and Hello.”

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volunteer for Mid-State Literacy Council in State College. She began teaching ESL classes to small groups of students last summer.

“I wanted to do something good for the community, and since I benefitted from Mid-State, I thought it would be good for other students to see and know that there is hope to learn English,” says Amanova, who moved to State College after her husband took a job at Young Scholars of Central PA Charter School. “I’m not saying [my English] is perfect!”

Amanova’s students come from different countries, including Ecuador, China, Turkey, and Chili. The class she is teaching this spring consists of a small group of women from countries that include South Korea, Iraq, and Saudi Arabia. Most of her students are women whose husbands either took a job in the area or are working on their PhDs at Penn State. So besides learning English, the class also serves as a social group for the students.

“You sit down and talk about the culture, and you’re making friends,” Amanova says. “I have friends I made five years ago when I took the class that I still keep in touch with — friends from Asia and Turkey.”

She is always encouraging her students to practice their English, even if it’s by themselves in front of a mirror. And in the classroom, there’s “no judging” — just having them talk to each other and use the English they know helps them.

During one class this winter, Amanova had her students listen to a recorded discussion two teachers had about the positives and negatives to using computers in their classrooms. The students then had to retell what they had heard using their own words. They did the same, retelling the story, after watching a cartoon video.

One of the most challenging parts for students to grasp are the use of idioms, such as “Let’s keep in touch” or “So far, so good.”

Melina Lindsey, a literacy coordinator for Mid-State Literacy Council, says for the 2014-15

Students from around the world have taken ESL classes at Mid-State Literacy Council.

year, Mid-State had 225 active volunteers, many of whom do one-on-one tutoring and/or are class instructors. The council had 323 adult learners enrolled in their classes or tutoring programs. Some of the courses include Beginner English, English for Doctor’s Visits, and English through Pop Culture.

She says having a teacher who was a former student, such as Amanova, is a benefit to students.

“Most students come in are pretty low level [with their English],” Lindsey says. “It’s pretty incredible for people to see that you can learn a new language as an adult.”

And Amanova says she is still learning, so even though she is now a teacher, the classes and MidState Literacy Council continue to help her.

“First, I just enjoy it,” she says. “Second, I’m

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learning, too, with them, and we’re helping each other. Third, to see progress from the students, I see myself. We enjoy giving advice to each other.

“I was so eager to learn English, and everybody is doing something for the community — it’s why State College is so friendly.” T&G Mid-State Literacy Council holds its annual Community Spelling Bee fundraiser April 6 at Foxdale Retirement Village in State College. For more information about the event or Mid-State Literacy Council, visit mid-stateliteracycouncil.org.

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Eric Barron, president, Penn State; Vern Squier, president and CEO, Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County and Tom Fountaine, manager, State College Borough, Chairman of the CBICC’s Municipal Managers Committee.

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RICHARD ALLATT, M.D.

Medical Director, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital

550 West College Avenue Pleasant Gap, PA 16823

Rick Alcantara, Program Specialist: Rick worked for an autism services agency in his native New Jersey for 17 years before moving to Bellefonte and becoming part of The Arc’s Residential Services team in 2008. A Program Specialist since 2014, he oversees two residential group homes in State College, helping to design individual support plans for each resident. Rick’s passion for his work shines in all he does as he ensures that those he serves have the opportunity to live up to their potential.

Timothy Fetzer, Nursing Specialist: A lifelong Howard resident, Tim was inspired to go into nursing by a niece who has cerebral palsy.

He graduated from the Practical Nursing Program at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science & Technology and worked at Mount Nittany Medical Center before starting at The Arc in 1999. He has been instrumental in preparations for the opening of The Arc’s fourth medical-model Residential group home for individuals with an intellectual disability and complex medical needs where he will oversee nursing staff.

The Arc of Centre County 1840 N. Atherton St. 814.238.3225

As HealthSouth’s Medical Director for 23 years, Dr. Allatt leads the hospital’s interdisciplinary patient care teams. As a physiatrist, he is dedicated to helping patients achieve their optimum level of functioning and return home and to the community.

He earned his medical degree from McMaster University Medical School in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Dr. Allatt completed residencies in both family medicine and in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dr. Allatt offers special expertise in back pain treatment, sports medicine and musculoskeletal medicine.

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

315 S. Allen St., Suite 325B (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.

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Men in the Community THOMAS L. BREWSTER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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Thom came to CentrePeace in 1994 via graduate school at Penn State, teaching non-violent conflict resolution skills to mentally ill inmates at SCI-Rockview.

He joined Penn State’s Development Group in 1998 and CentrePeace’s Board in 2006. Soon he was named executive director and asked to provide strategic leadership to take CentrePeace to the next level. Thom’s leadership has brought to CentrePeace unparalleled levels of respect from business and criminal justice communities. He resides in Pine Grove Mills with his wife, Karen, and two children.

Steve has served as president and CEO of Mount Nittany Health since 2010, an opportunity he calls a dream job. Under his leadership, Mount Nittany Health – the second largest employer in Centre County – has lived out its mission to make people healthier by increasing access to care, growing Mount Nittany Physician Group to more than 130 providers in 17 locations, and developing meaningful relationships with community partners, to name a few. Recently, Brown was named the 2015 Renaissance Fund Honoree by The Pennsylvania State University.

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TOM CALI ASSOCIATE BROKER RE/MAX Centre Realty

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Tom has been an active member of the State College community for over 25 years. In addition to his career as an Associate Broker at RE/MAX, he is an adjunct faculty member in the Smeal College of Business and has served on the boards of Centre Volunteers in Medicine, the Centre County Women’s Resource Center, and Centre Soccer Association. An avid runner, Tom is about to embark on his 15th Boston Marathon as a member of the Marathoners for Medicine fund raising group.

PATRICK CHAMBERS

Head Coach Nittany Lion Basketball 113 Jordan Center (814) 865-5494 Patrick Chambers finished his fifth season as Penn State men’s basketball head coach and led the Nittany Lions to a 16 -16 record, including seven wins in the Big Ten, the most since he became head coach . During the 2015-16 season, the Lions had wins over Iowa and Indiana.

The team has its best recruiting class coming to the program next season.

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CASEY CUNNINGHAM Head Asst. PSU Wrestling Coach 238 Recreation Building

Casey, NCAA Gold and Silver medalist and 4X Academic All American, ranks among Central Michigan’s all-time greats. He coached at Iowa State under Cael, before helping CMU to 8 straight MAC titles as Head Asst.

Coach. He won Pan Am Silver as a world-class freestyler.

For 7 years, Coaches Casey, Cael and Cody have recruited and deeply inspired scholar/athletes to reach their highest potentials. He and Tara (Olympic Gold weightlifter), are also grand role models for their 5 kids – all happy in Happy Valley.

PHIL ESTEN, PH.D.

Deputy Director of Athletics & Chief Operating Officer

Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics

101 Bryce Jordan Center (814) 867-6115

Phil works closely with Director of Athletics Sandy Barbour on the day-to-day operations of Penn State’s highly successful 31-sport athletic program. He oversees leadership of development, marketing, strategic communications, and facilities and event management, and is the sport administrator for the football, baseball, and men’s and women’s gymnastics programs.

Development of revenue generation initiatives, fan experience, strategic partnerships, multi-media rights, and branding also are among his areas of responsibility, and he is leading efforts in strategic planning and facility master planning for Intercollegiate Athletics.

Phil came to Penn State in 2014 from the University of California.

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MOSES DAVIS, PhD BOARD MEMBER

Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts

403 S. Allen St. (814) 237-3682

Affectionately known as “Dr. Moses” by students, Moses is director of Penn State’s Multicultural Resource Center. His research focuses on the relationships of race and culture and how we build the capacity for intercultural competence. He also serves as a national Lead Facilitator for the LeaderShape Institute and is owner of a diversity training and consulting company. Moses is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and serves as the advisor to Penn State’s Alpha Phi Alpha and Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity chapters, and university-wide chair of the MLK Commemoration Celebration.

STEVE FALKE

Regional Director Penn State University Bookstores HUB-Robeson Center (814) 863-8534 Steve has been in the bookstore business for 42 years, including 29 with Barnes & Noble and 22 at Penn State.

In partnership with regional manager Nancy Thompson, he oversees all 27 Penn State Bookstore locations, seven of which are at University Park. Steve enjoys the challenges and satisfaction of meeting the diverse needs of faculty, staff, students, and families – especially now that the expanded main bookstore has opened in exciting new space at the HUB-Robeson Center.

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Men in the Community JAMES FRANKLIN Head Football Coach

Penn State University

James Franklin is entering his third season as Penn State’s head football coach. He has led the Lions to a 7-6 record in each of his first two seasons, including a win in the Pinstripe Bowl in 2014— the team’s first bowl win since the 2009 season. He is the 16th head coach in the football program’s history. Before coming to Penn State, he spent the previous three seasons as head coach at Vanderbilt, where he went 24-15 and led the Commodores to three consecutive bowl games. His other coaching stops have included Maryland, Kansas State, and the Green Bay Packers. He has a wife and two daughters. He was born in Langhorne and graduated from East Stroudsburg University.

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GREGORY T. HAYES

Executive Vice President, Head of Retail Banking and Client Solutions Kish Bank

2610 Green Tech Drive (814) 861-4660, ext. 8414

Greg Hayes oversees Retail Banking, Mortgage Lending, and the Operational Support areas of Kish Bank. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College and graduated with honors from both the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA) School of Commercial Lending and Advanced School of Banking.

Greg sits on the Board for the Bob Perks Fund and is a Director of the PBA Advanced School of Banking.

In 2011, he received Centre Foundation’s “Future of the Foundation Award” for his extraordinary commitment to the community, including leadership roles for Habitat for Humanity, the Palmer Museum of Art, and the YMCA.

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Martin joined the College of Communications in 2001 and teaches courses in journalism and in mass media law. Previously, he taught at UCLA, the University of San Francisco, and UNLV. Before turning to academia, he worked for 22 years at newspapers including the San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times. His articles on mass media law issues have appeared in nationally recognized journals and in books.

Martin lives with his wife, Monica Montag, in Boalsburg, where he occasionally plays jazz piano — “rather badly,” he adds.

WILLIAM P. HAYES

Chairman, President and CEO Kish Bancorp, Inc., and Kish Bank Bill Hayes applies his more than 35 years of industry experience to the executive-level management and strategic direction of Kish Bank, Kish Bancorp, and its affiliate business units in insurance, investment services, and travel services. Kish Bank currently has assets of over $700 million and 13 community offices with more than 200 full-time employees. The Belleville native is also a 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.

NICHOLAS P. JONES

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC Member SIPC (814) 325-2111

Executive Vice President & Provost Penn State University

Jim is a financial advisor who has been helping retirees and pre-retirees for over 16 years in Centre County. He is currently serving as Chairman of the Committee for Centre County Young Life, a student outreach ministry for local middle school, high school and college aged kids. Jim is a member of the Centre Region Estate Planning Council. He is also an active member in the State College Downtown Rotary club.

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Nick began serving as executive vice president and provost in July 2013. As provost, he is the university’s chief academic officer, responsible for administration of all research and educational programs, and for the general academic welfare of the faculty and students. As executive vice president, he serves as the CEO in the president’s absence, and he is centrally involved in most university operations. His approach to leadership emphasizes collaboration, innovation, and the development of strategic partnerships and crossdisciplinary initiatives.

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AARON KAUFMAN

Executive Director Penn State Hillel 114-117 Pasquerilla Spiritual Center (814) 863-3816 www.pennstatehillel.org Director of Penn State Hillel since 2007, Aaron is excited that the organization is fast becoming one of the country’s premier centers for Jewish life. He and his team work with thousands of Penn State students and the university to build Jewish identity on campus and are fundraising to build a new facility downtown. Aaron loves helping students to grow, discover their passions, and explore the values that are important in their lives.

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THOMAS R. KING

Chief of Police State College Police Department

243 S. Allen St. (814) 234-7150

Hired by the State College Police Department in 1981 as a patrol officer, Tom was appointed chief of police in 1993. He is a member of the University Park Campus Community Partnership, which deals with issues related to dangerous drinking; member and past president of the Central PA Chiefs of Police Association; member of the Centre County Criminal Justice Advisory Board; and chairman and immediate past president of the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association.

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Men in the Community CHRISTOPHER LEITZELL Partner Diversified Asset Planners Inc.

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.

BRUCE A. LINGENFELTER

Partner, TLC Group Investment Advisors, LLC

270 Walker Dr. (814) 231-2265

An investment and retirement plan consultant for more than 50 years, Bruce is co-founder of TLC Group Investment Advisors, LLC, a firm specializing in wealth accumulation and preservation strategies. TLC focuses on the client through innovative strategies and team dynamics for the family office.

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MIKE MARTIN VOLUNTEER

JOHN D. MCCARTHY, PH.D.

President Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science & Technology (CPI) Dr. Richard C. Makin received his BS and MS in Agricultural Education from Penn State and his PhD in Agricultural Education from The Ohio State University. Dr. Makin came to CPI in July, 2010 and has overseen the expansion of adult education programs and the completion of the new Transportation Training Center. Through his dedication to career and technical education (CTE), and as a result of his efforts, CPI has become known as the premiere CTE center in Central Pennsylvania. Dr. Makin also serves on the CBICC Board of Directors.

American Cancer Society

1375 Martin St., Suite 206 (814) 234-1023

Mike has been a leading member of the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program and this year serves as co-chair in its 20th anniversary. He assists in leading the volunteer committee that puts together one of the premier golf tournaments in Central Pennsylvania as well as other recognizable events in partnership with Penn State Basketball. Mike also leads the State College Brew Expo; a Coaches vs. Cancer fundraising event that brings the community together each summer to try new beers and learn about the process. When he’s not volunteering, Mike works for Sazerac Company, a leading spirits brand in the U.S.

Vice President Board of Directors, Housing Transitions Chief Technology Officer for Pivot Works, based in Kigali, Rwanda A Penn State alum, Andrew joined the board of Housing Transitions soon after his 2005 return to State College, where he lives with his wife and three kids. He appreciates the far-reaching difference the community-based organization plays in the lives of clients, and in collaborating with other area services. As an engineer newly appointed to drive the technology for a process that converts human waste into energy fuel in Rwanda, he appreciates the opportunity to serve the human services sector at home.

VICE PRESIDENT

Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County

133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte (814) 355-4280 www.bellefontemuseum.org

John has been a member of the Bellefonte Art Museum since its inception and currently serves as a trustee and vice president. He is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Penn State and former head of the department. He also serves on the Walker Township Planning Commission and is committed to supporting both his community and his university. The museum is pleased to have John’s help and considers him its special ambassador.

KEVIN MCGARRY, CPA

THOMAS MINICHIELLO

Urish Popeck & Co. (814) 234-9007 www.urishpopeck.com

Kish Bank

Partner

A Penn State accounting graduate, Kevin has been with Urish Popeck for thirteen years and was promoted to partner in January 2016.

He manages the firm’s State College office, where he is responsible for the Business Services group. Kevin advises start-ups, small- to medium-sized businesses, and individual business owners, and he specializes in tax planning/compliance, financial statements, and leveraging resources of other Urish Popeck services. He is a graduate of Leadership Centre County, Class of 2012. Kevin resides in State College with his wife, Lori, daughter, Kaleigh, and son, Sean.

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Vice President, Regional Market Manager 2610 Green Tech Drive (814) 861-4660, ext. 8267

Tom Minichiello leads Kish Bank’s Centre County market. Working with a team of financial services and travel professionals, they identify opportunities to create, develop, and enhance relationships through Kish’s consultative, solution-based approach. Tom brings 25 years of banking experience to Kish. A veteran of the United States Navy, Tom is also a graduate of the Pennsylvania Bankers Association (PBA) School of Banking and is currently a third-year student in the PBA Advanced School of Banking. Active in the community, Tom is a Board Member of American Red Cross and engages with many small business associations, including SBDC Penn State and SCORE Pennsylvania.

Men in the Community KEN MOSCONE SR.

President & CEO Drucker Diagnostics 168 Bradford Drive Port Matilda, PA 16870 In 2013 Drucker Diagnostics was formed by the merger of QBC Diagnostics and The Drucker Company; two central Pennsylvania companies owned by Ken Moscone Sr. As a leading supplier of clinical laboratory centrifuges, hematology analyzers, fluorescence microscopy product, malaria and TB diagnostics kits, the company continues to pioneer and manufacture innovative products at its Port Matilda and Philipsburg facilities.

In 2009, QBC ranked #50 in Inc Magazine’s fastest growing health companies.

Sponsored by Urish Popeck & Co., LLC

BERNARD A. ORAVEC Publisher Williamsport Sun-Gazette

252 West Fourth St. Williamsport boravec@sungazette.com

With over 25 years of media experience, Bernie is recognized as a leader in the PA newspaper industry. He has lobbied for open records and public right-to-know laws. 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. Bernie and his wife, Diane, share their home with three rescue cats.

THEODORE J. OYLER, CFP, PARTNER

BRENT PRY

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

Penn State Football

Diversified Asset Planners Inc.

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.

TOM RING, REALTOR ® ABR, e-PRO, SRES RE/MAX Centre Realty

1375 Martin Street, State College, PA 16803 (814) 231-8200 ext. 334 ringgroup@aol.com

A 1984 Graduate of State High, Tom attended Penn State before joining the Navy in 1987. He served aboard the USS Saratoga and NAS Jacksonville until 1994. He was a chef with the Registry Resort and most notably, the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island, Aspen and Boston. Tom received his Real Estate license in 2003 and proudly works alongside his mother, an outstanding agent and now partner, Nancy Ring. Active in the community, Tom has been on the committee of the Childrens’ Miracle Network Golf Tournament for the last 10 years. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his wife and two beautiful children.

CAEL SANDERSON

ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH/ DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR 201 Lasch Building (814) 865-0412

An Altoona native, Brent began coaching 23 years ago during James Franklin’s final two seasons as an All-PSAC quarterback at East Stroudsburg University. Brent has helped each program he’s coached to success, including 11 bowl appearances, with Top 25 finishes in total defense in each of his last five seasons (two at Penn State; three at Vanderbilt). He also has played an instrumental role in Top 10 defenses at Penn State, Virginia Tech, Georgia Southern, and Western Carolina.

Sponsored by Hoy Transfer, Inc.

RUSS ROSE PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL COACH 235 Recreation Building University Park (814) 863-7474

The winningest coach in NCAA Division I volleyball history, Russ has posted 1,189 career victories during his 37 seasons at Penn State, always netting at least 22 wins per season. In 2015, he led the Nittany Lions to their 35th consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. The legendary coach has guided the team to a record seven NCAA national titles, collecting five National Coach of the Year awards along the way.

Sponsored by Rick Tetzlaff, Wells Fargo Advisors LLC

HEAD WRESTLING COACH

ERIC SAUDER GROWTH DIRECTOR

238 Recreation Building (814) 865-7460

243 S. Allen St. (814) 206-7616

Penn State University

The only wrestler ever to go undefeated his entire collegiate career; Cael was a 4-time national champ at Iowa State and won Olympic Gold in 2004. Since becoming head coach seven years ago, Coach Sanderson has taken Penn State Wrestling to an unprecedented level. This year, following a perfect 16-0 dual meet season, Penn State won the NWCA Dual Meet Championship and the Big Ten Tournament, and their 5th National Championship in 6 years, crowning 6 All-Americans and two national champs.

Sponsored by The Tavern Restaurant

New Leaf Initiative

Part coworking space, part incubator, and part design and innovation hub – New Leaf Initiative helps to create a more vibrant community and more resilient economy. Since 2010, co-founder Eric has worked as growth director with New Leaf to identify longrange partnership and programming opportunities. His work has supported an array of projects including environmental sustainability, food access, and affordable housing. He lives in State College with his wife, Ruth, and their son, Luke.

Sponsored by Jack Matson

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Men in the Community ROB SCHMIDT

CHRIS SCHOONMAKER

Publisher Town&Gown Magazine Centre County Gazette Newspaper Rob became Publisher of Town&Gown magazine in 2008. He has spent his 30-plus year career managing media companies, including local radio, cable and broadcast television stations.

A graduate of State College High, Rob earned his journalism degree from Penn State in 1981.

Rob volunteers his time for many local charity organizations, and was recently honored with the first Lifetime Volunteer Award for his contributions to the Penn State Dance Marathon.

President of Housing Division S&A Homes

JOHN SIMPKINS

DAMON SIMS

HEAD, MUSICAL THEATRE Penn State College of Arts & Architecture

116 Theatre Building (814) 865-7305

In 2015, John was named the Nagle Family Endowed Chair in Musical Theatre and Head of the Penn State School of Theatre’s Musical Theatre program. Prior to joining Penn State, he was on faculty at New York University. He is a stage director who works extensively in New York City and across the country.

His Off-Broadway production of Bloodsong of Love was nominated for three Drama Desk Awards. John is also Artistic Director at Sharon Playhouse in Sharon, CT.

RANDY TEWKSBURY, MBA, FHFMA

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mount Nittany Health Randy Tewksbury is responsible for the financial strategic planning and management of Mount Nittany Health, an organization with a Category A bond rating, $15+ million in yearly community benefit, and a strong, positive operating margin. Randy is certified as a Fellow of the Healthcare Financial Management Association and is an active board member of the Lewistown Rotary Club.

GEORGE TRUDEAU

Director Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State

Eisenhower Auditorium (814) 863-9494

George came to Penn State in 2004 from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, where he was director of performing arts and an adjunct faculty member of the State University of New York at Utica-Rome. A former professional trombonist, he holds degrees from Western Washington University and the New England Conservatory of Music. George directs a nationally recognized presenting/education program, bringing world renowned artists to central PA. With his team, he manages Eisenhower Auditorium and three ticket centers. He is a member of the Rotary Club of State College Downtown.

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2121 Old Gatesburg Road (814) 272-8896

A State College native, Chris earned his bachelor’s degree and MBA from Penn State and has been with S&A Homes for 18 years. In 2013, the Pennsylvania Builders Association named him Home Builder of the Year. For 10 years, he has co-chaired the Bricks and Sticks Golf Tournament, raising more than $500,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County and the Central PA Builders Association. Chris also coaches local youth soccer and basketball teams.

Vice President for Student Affairs Penn State University

206 Old Main (814) 865-0909

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.

AARON THOMAS

STATE COLLEGE REPORTER WTAJ-TV

814.235.1010 athomas@wtajtv.com WeAreCentralPA.com

Aaron Thomas joined the WTAJ News Team in 2015 as a State College Reporter. He grew up in Fuquay Varina, North Carolina, a small town about 30 minutes south of Raleigh. He attended North Carolina State University with a degree in Media Communication. He interned at WTVD-TV in Durham, Time Warner Cable News in Raleigh, and WNCN-TV in Raleigh. In addition to his studies, Aaron was a member of N.C. State’s marching band. He marched mellophone and also served as drum major. Contact Aaron with your story ideas.

SCOTT WING, RA, AIA

Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Outreach College of Arts and Architecture Penn State

104 Borland Building University Park, PA 16802 (814) 865-9523 • sww10@psu.edu

Scott has been the associate dean for academic affairs and outreach since July 2015 and architecture faculty member since 2000.

He is a registered architect and member of the American Institute of Architects. His teaching and research focus includes affordable energy-efficient housing and collaborative design learning experiences funded through the National Science Foundation and the Department of Energy. He has received national awards for the creative integration of practice and education and Penn State’s Schreyer Honors College advising award.

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child for kindergarten?

Three options to register your child for the 2016-17 school year:

Option 1: Register online. Go to www.scasd.org/register for steps to register.

(Note: The registration office will not be able to accept in-person registration for a school before its respective registration date below.) See www.scasd.org/ registration for complete registration information.

Option 2: Register at any of the individual schools below, from 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. each day. You may register at any school regardless of where your child will attend.

March 22, 2016 .....Lemont Elementary, (814) 231-5034................... Todd Dishong, Principal March 30, 2016 .....Park Forest Elementary, (814) 231-5010............. Donnan Stoicovy, Principal April 1, 2016 ..........Gray’s Woods Elementary, (814) 235-6100.......... Kristen Dewitt, Principal April 5, 2016 ..........Ferguson Twp. Elementary (814) 231-4119......... Charlotte Zmyslo, Principal April 7, 2016 ..........Easterly Parkway Elementary, (814) 231-1170.... Michael Maclay, Principal April 12, 2016 ........Mount Nittany Elementary, (814) 272-5970........ Debra Latta, Principal April 18, 2016 ........Corl Street Elementary, (814) 231-1185.............. Scott Mato, Principal April 26, 2016 ........Radio Park Elementary, (814) 231-4115.............. Zachary Wynkoop, Principal

Option 3: Register at the Student Registration office starting May 2, Room 101, Central Office Building, 131 W. Nittany Ave. from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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APRIL

1-3 Central PA Home and Garden Show Noon Fri., 10 a.m. Sat. & Sun.

8 Amy Schumer 8 p.m.

15 Luke Bryan 7:30 p.m.

18 Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band 7:30 p.m.

24 Celebrations Showcase Wedding and Event Fair TBA 30 Monster Truck Nationals 6:30 p.m.

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what's happening 9 Global Connections holds its International Children’s Festival at Calvary Harvest Fields in Boalsburg.

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The Central PA Home and Garden Show returns to the BJC.

Country star Luke Bryan brings his Kill the Lights tour to the Bryce Jordan Center.

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2 Happy Valley’s Got Talent, the annual benefit show for Tides, returns to the State Theatre.

State College Choral Society presents “Remembrance” at the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, with features soloists Benjamin Warschawski, Laura Choi Stuart, and Heather Johnson (pictured).

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2-3 The “New Faces of an Ancient People Traditional American Indian Powwow” takes place at Mount Nittany Middle School

8 Comedian Amy Schumer visits the Bryce Jordan Center.

The Broadway hit Chicago comes to Eisenhower Auditorium for two shows.

12-23 Penn State Centre Stage wraps up its 2015-16 season with The Importance of Being Earnest at the Pavilion Theatre.

16 Penn State football fans can get their first look at the 2016 Nittany Lions at the annual Blue-White Game at Beaver Stadium.

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The Boss, Bruce Springsteen, returns to the BJC on his The River tour.

24

Essence of Joy performs its 25th anniversary concert at Pasquerilla Spiritual Center.

To have an event listed in “What’s Happening," e-mail dpenc@barashmedia.com.

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Children & Families 1 – Free Developmental Screenings, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 9 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Music Makers, Discovery Space of Central PA, SC, 10:30 a.m., mydiscoveryspace.org.

2 – World Stories Alive (Chinese), Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 11 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

2 – Big Friendly Giant Costume Party, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 1:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

2 – Fizzy Science, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

2 – Teen Reading Lounge, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

3 – The Cow Says Moo!, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

6, 13, 20, 27 – Baby Explorers, Discovery Space of Central PA, SC, 10:30 a.m., mydiscoveryspace.org.

7, 14, 21, 28 – Science Adventures, Discovery Space of Central PA, SC, 10:30 a.m., mydiscoveryspace.org.

9 – World Stories Alive (Japanese), Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 11 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

10 – Spring into Signing!, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

16 – Kids Day 1: Dress up and Discover!, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 10 a.m., pamilmuseum.org.

23 – World Stories Alive (Italian), Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 11 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

24 – Go Green!, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

28 – Write & Illustrate Your Own Book Contest Awards, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 4 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

30 – World Stories Alive (Kazakh), Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 11 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

Classes & Lectures 1 – Gallery Talk: “Illusions, Tricks, and Deceptions: An April Fools’ Gallery Talk” by Dana Kletchka, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

2 – Free Business Advice & Mentoring by SCORE, Kish Bank (2610 Greentech Dr.), SC, 9:30 a.m., centralpa.score.org.

3 – Docent Choice Tours: “Lisa Scheer’s ‘Norn’s Bower: The Gateway to the Palmer’ ” by Sally Kalin, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 2 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

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5 – CBICC Business Educational Series: “Is Your Sales Approach Working in This Economy? (As Good as You Would Like?)” CBICC, PSU, 8 a.m., cbicc.org.

5 – “Honoring Survival: Transforming the Night,” Paquerilla Spiritual Center, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

5 – Central PA Civil War Round Table, “James Longstreet and Confederate History” by Jeff Wert, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

5, 1 9 – “A Joint Venture,” information session on hip or knee replacement, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 11 a.m. April 5, 7 p.m. April 19, 278-4810.

6 – “The Mexican Border War” by John Stevens, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7:30 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

7 – Research Unplugged: “Faces of Addition: From Prescription Painkillers to Heroin” by Shannon Monnat, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 12:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

7 – “Lynching, Politics, and the Spectacle of Race: Reginald Marsh circa 1934” by Carmenita Higginbotham, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 4:30 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

8 – Gallery Talk: “Surrealism on Paper”

by Jonathan Eburne, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

8 – Panel Discussion: “Are We In A New Golden Age of Musical Theatre?” Playhouse Theatre, PSU, 4:45 p.m., fuseproductions.org.

9 – “The First Team: US Naval Aviation at the Dawn of WWII” by Jim Krombach, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 1 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

10 – Docent Choice Tours: “Understanding Paintings” by Susan Hutchinson, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 2 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

11 – Truth & Reconciliation Series: Rosemary Jolly, State Theatre, SC, 7 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

14 – Research Unplugged: “Assisted Aging: How Smart Technology Will Change How We Grow Old” by Shyam Sundar, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 12:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

14 – “Our Changing Community: Challenges & Opportunities,” Foxdale Village, SC, 5 p.m., ccaffordablehousingcoalition.org.

17 – Docent Choice Tours: “Biblical Women”

by Christine McCarter, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 2 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

21 – Research Unplugged: “Inside the Maestro’s Studio: Instructing and Performing Master Works of Violin” by James Lyon, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 12:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

22 – Penn State Forum Speaker Series: “AHA! How to Build a Brand in 2016 and Beyond” by Jim Stengel, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 11:30 a.m., sites.psu.edu/forum.

22 – Gallery Talk: Susan Delaney-Scheetz, Penn State All-Sports Museum, PSU, noon, gopsusports.com/museum.

23 – Gadgets for Grownups: iPhone Basics, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 10:30 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

23 – “The Stories I’ll Tell When I Get Home: The Service of WWI Nurses,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 10:30 a.m., pamilmuseum.org.

23 – “Tanks & Combined Arms: A Revolution in Ground Warfare,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 1 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

23 – “GAS! GAS! GAS! The Terrible Weapon of World War One,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 2:30 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

23, 24 – “The Great War Remembered: World War I,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 10 a.m., pamilmuseum.org.

24 – “Life on the Western Front in Film,” PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 1 p.m., pamilmuseum.org.

24 – Docent Choice Tours: “Surrealism in Works on Paper” by Susan Hirth, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 2 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

29 – Paper Views Conversation: “Walking Papers: Departing Thoughts on Our Collection” by Charlotte Houghton, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 1 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

30 – Free Business Advice & Mentoring

by SCORE, Kish Bank (1330 South Atherton St.), SC, 9:30 a.m., centralpa.score.org.

30 – Gadgets for Grownups: iPad Pro for Art & Creativity, Schlow Library, SC, 10:30 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

Club Events 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Chess Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Go Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

4, 8 – Knitting Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 5:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

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5, 12, 19, 26 – State College Rotary Club, Nittany Lion Inn, PSU, 5:30 p.m., statecollegerotary.org.

6, 13, 20, 27 – State College Sunrise Rotary Club, Hotel State College, SC, 7:15 a.m., kfragola@psualum.com.

6, 20 – Outreach Toastmasters Meeting, The 329 Building, Room 413, PSU, noon, kbs131@psu.edu.

7, 14, 21, 28 – State College Downtown Rotary, Ramada Inn & Conference Center, SC, noon, centrecounty.org/rotary/club/.

7, 14, 21, 28 – Comics Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 3:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

12 – Nittany Valley Writers’ Network, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 6 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

13 – Women’s Welcome Club of State College meeting, Oakwood Presbyterian Church (not church affiliated), SC, 7 p.m., womenswelcomeclub.org.

13 – 148th PA Volunteer Infantry Civil War Reenactment Group, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, SC, 7:30 p.m., 861-0770.

14, 28 – Embroidery Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 5:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

18 – Parrot Owner’s Group, Perkins, SC, 7 p.m., 237-2722.

19 – Evening Book Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 6:30 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

23 – Boardgaming Meetup, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 10 a.m., schlowlibrary.org.

27 – Applique Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 6 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

27 – Afternoon Book Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 2 p.m., schlowlibrary.org.

Community Associations & Development 7 – CBICC Business After Hours: Home D Pizzeria, 5:30 p.m., cbicc.org.

19 – Spring Creek Watershed Association, Patton Township Municipal Building, SC, 7:30 a.m., springcreekwatershed.org.

21 – CBICC Spotlight, Ramada Inn & Conference Center, SC, 5 p.m., cbicc.org.

27 – Patton Township Business Association, Patton Township Municipal Building, SC, noon, 237-2822.

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Exhibits Ongoing-April 22 – Art Collectors Grace Hampton and Charles Dumas, Robeson Gallery, PSU, studentaffairs.psu.edu.

Ongoing-April 24 – Penn State Center for Arts and Crafts Artists and Instructors Exhibition, Art Alley, PSU, studentaffairs.psu.edu.

Ongoing-April 24 – School of Visual Arts Graduate Research Exhibition, HUB Gallery, PSU, studentaffairs.psu.edu.

Ongoing-May 8 – Consciously Surreal: Photography, the Uncanny, and the Body, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing-May 8 – From Dada to Dali: Surrealist Works on Paper, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m.

Sun., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing-May 15 – Small Prints, Big Artists: Renaissance and Baroque Masterpieces from Carnegie Museum of Art, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

Ongoing – Underground Railroad: A Journey to Freedom, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, Bellefonte, noon-4:30 p.m. FriSun., bellefontemuseum.org.

1-30 – Pinnacle, Fraser Street Gallery, SC, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tues.-Fri., noon-4 p.m. Sat., fraserstgallery.com.

8-10 – Around the World, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Lemont, artalliancepa.org.

15-17 – Kids Love Art, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Lemont, artalliancepa.org.

29 – Paper Views: Walking Papers: Departing Thoughts on Our Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

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

1, 12 – Juniper Village at Brookline’s Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group, Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn, SC, 1 p.m.

Fri., 6:30 p.m. Tues., 231-3141.

4 – Breast Cancer Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 5:30 p.m., 231-6870.

10 – Ostomy Support Group of the Central Counties, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 2 p.m., 234-6195.

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12 – Brain Injury Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 7 p.m., 359-3421.

13 – The Fertility Issues and Loss Support Group, Choices (2214 N. Atherton St.), SC, 6 p.m., heartofcpa.org.

14 – Diabetes Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 6 p.m., 231-7095.

18 – Cancer Survivors’ Association, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 11:30 a.m., 238-6220.

20 – Alzheimer’s Support Group, Elmcroft Senior Living, SC, 235-7675.

21 – Better Breathers Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 2 p.m., 842-6026.

21 – Parents-to-be Orientation, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 6:30 p.m., 231-3132.

24 – Neuropathy Support Group of Central PA, Mount Nittany Medical Center, SC, 2 p.m., 531-1024.

25 – Heart Healthy Support Group for Heart Failure, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 4 p.m., 359-3421.

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

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26 – Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 6 p.m., 359-3421.

Music 1 – Penn State School of Music: Faculty April Fool’s Day Concert, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

2 – Penn State School of Music: “Viennese Ball,” HUB, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

3 – David Stambler and the Capitol Quartet, Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County, SC, 3 p.m., uufcc.com.

6 – Penn State School of Music: Pennsylvania Quintet, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

6 – Old 97’s, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

7 – Penn State School of Music: TubaEuphonium Ensemble, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

8-9 – Penn State School of Music: Penn State Jazz Festival, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, all day, music.psu.edu.

10 – State College Area Municipal Band presents “Features and Creatures,” Mount Nittany Middle School, Boalsburg, 3 p.m.

10 – State College Choral Society presents “Remembrance,” Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, PSU, 4 p.m., scchoralsociety.org.

12 – George Winston, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

12 – Penn State School of Music: Clarinet Choir and Saxophone Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

13 – Penn State School of Music: Horn Ensemble, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

14 – Maria Schneider Orchestra, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., cpa.psu.edu.

14 – Get The Led Out, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

14 – Penn State School of Music: Trombone Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

15 – Luke Bryan, BJC, PSU, 7:30 p.m., bjc.psu.edu.

16 – Penn State School of Music: Glee Club, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

17 – Penn State School of Music: Oriana Singers, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 2 p.m., music.psu.edu. rd icha or R rect d di Ban

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17 – Nittany Valley Symphony presents “German Romantics,” Mount Nittany Middle School, Boalsburg, 4 p.m., nvs.org.

17 – Penn State School of Music: Concert Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 4 p.m., music.psu.edu.

18 – Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, BJC, PSU, 7:30 p.m., bjc.psu.edu.

18 – Penn State School of Music: Jazz Combo Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

20 – Art of Music: The Orpheus Singers, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

20 – Penn State School of Music: Percussion Ensemble II, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 5 p.m., music.psu.edu.

20 – Penn State School of Music: Percussion Ensemble I and Mallet Ensemble, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

20 – Robin Trower, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

21 – Thursday Afternoons with the Second Winds, American Ale House & Grill, SC, 3 p.m.

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21 – Penn State School of Music: Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions Jazz Ensembles, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

22 – Penn State School of Music: Centre Dimensions Jazz Ensemble, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

23 – Foghorn Stringband, Center for Well-Being, Lemont, 7:30 p.m., acousticbrew.org.

24 – Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra presents “Sounds of Hope,” Mount Nittany Middle School, Boalsburg, 3 p.m., centreorchestra.org.

24 – Penn State School of Music: University Choir, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 4 p.m., music.psu.edu.

24 – Penn State School of Music: Essence of Joy 25th Anniversary Concert, Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, PSU, 6 p.m., music.psu.edu.

25 – Penn State School of Music: Philharmonic Orchestra, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

26 – Penn State School of Music: Campus Band and Campus Orchestra, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

27 – Penn State School of Music: Concert Band, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7 p.m., music.psu.edu.

27 – Penn State School of Music: Symphonic Band, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8:30 p.m., music.psu.edu.

28 – Penn State School of Music: Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.

Special Events 1 – First Friday, Downtown State College, 5 p.m., firstfridaystatecollege.com.

1-3 – Central PA Home and Garden Show, BJC, PSU, noon Fri., 10 a.m. Sat. & Sun., centralpabuilders.com.

1, 8, 15, 22, 29 – Downtown Farmers’ Market, Municipal Bldg., SC, 11:30 a.m., statecollegefarmers.com.

2 – Happy Valley’s Got Talent, State Theatre, SC, 7 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

2-3 – “New Faces of an Ancient People Traditional American Indian Powwow,” Mount Nittany Middle School, Boalsburg, 11 a.m., comm.psu.edu/powwow.

2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Millheim Farmers’ Market, Old Gregg Mills Farmers’ Market, Spring Mills, 10 a.m., centralpafarmers.com.

3 – Opening Reception for Underground Railroad: A Journey to Freedom, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, Bellefonte, 1 p.m., bellefontemuseum.org.

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5, 12, 19, 26 – Boalsburg Farmers’ Market, St. John’s United Church of Christ, Boalsburg, 2 p.m., boalsburgfarmersmarket.com.

6 – Community Spelling Bee, Foxdale Village, SC, 6 p.m., mid-stateliteracycouncil.org.

8 – Penn State Commission for Women’s Annual Awards Luncheon, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, noon, equity.psu.edu/cfw.

8 – Amy Schumer, BJC, PSU, 8 p.m., bjc.psu.edu.

9 – Minerals Junior Education Day, Central PA Institute of Science and Technology, Pleasant Gap, 9:30 a.m., nittanymineral.org.

9 – International Children’s Festival, Calvary Harvest Fields, Boalsburg, 2 p.m., gc-cc.org.

9-10 – Orchid Show and Sale, Snider Agricultural Arena, PSU, 1 p.m. Sat., 10 a.m. Sun., (814) 353-8741.

10 – Earth Day Birthday Celebration, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, SC, 2 p.m., crpr.org.

15 – Give Kids a Smile and Vision for the Future Day, Centre Volunteers in Medicine, SC, cvim.net.

17 – Beaver Stadium Run, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 7:30 a.m., stadiumrun.org.

24 – Celebrations Showcase Wedding and Event Fair, BJC, PSU, TBA, bjc.psu.edu.

24 – Out of the Darkness Walk, Sidney Friedman Park, SC, 11 a.m., outofthedarkness.org.

24 – Spring Scavenger Hunt, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, SC, 2 p.m., crpr.org.

29-30 – The Old House Fair!, Match Factory, Bellefonte, 1 p.m. Fri, 8:30 a.m. Sat., centrehistory.org.

30 – Birds & Bagels Program, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, SC, 8:30 a.m., crpr.org.

30 – Monster Truck Nationals, BJC, PSU, 6:30 p.m., bjc.psu.edu.

Sports For tickets to Penn State sporting events, call (814) 865-5555 or visit gopsusports.com.

1 – PSU/Nebraska, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 4 p.m.

1-3 – PSU/Michigan State, softball, Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, PSU, 6 p.m. Fri., 3 p.m.

Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 1-3 – PSU/Purdue, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m. Fri., 2 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 2 – PSU/Rutgers, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 1 p.m.

3 – PSU/Iowa, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, noon.

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

5 – PSU/Pittsburgh, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

8 – PSU/Nebraska, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 4:30 p.m.

8 – PSU/Harvard, men’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m.

8-10 – PSU/Michigan State, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

Fri., 2 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 9 – PSU/Sacred Heart, men’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m.

10 – PSU/Iowa, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 11 a.m.

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

13 – PSU/Rutgers, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 4 p.m.

13 – PSU/Bucknell, softball, Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, PSU, 5 & 7 p.m.

13 – PSU/Bucknell, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

15 – PSU/Northwestern, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 4:30 p.m.

15-17 – PSU/Maryland, softball, Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, PSU, 6 p.m. Fri., 4 p.m.

Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 16 – Blue-White Game, football, Beaver Stadium, PSU, 2 p.m.

16-17 – Rutherford Intercollegiate, men’s golf, Blue Golf Course, PSU, all day.

17 – PSU/Illinois, women’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 11 a.m.

17 – PSU/Johns Hopkins, men’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, 7 p.m.

19 – PSU/Bucknell, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

22 – PSU/Illinois, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, 4 p.m.

23 – PSU/Northwestern, women’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, noon.

24 – PSU/Northwestern, men’s tennis, Sarni Tennis Center, PSU, noon.

27 – PSU/St. Francis, softball, Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, PSU, 6 & 8 p.m.

27 – PSU/Kent State, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

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

29-May 1 – PSU/Michigan, softball, Beard Field at Nittany Lion Softball Park, PSU, 6 p.m. Fri., 3 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun.

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29-May 1 – PSU/Maryland, baseball, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 6:30 p.m.

Fri., 2 p.m. Sat., 1 p.m. Sun. 30 – PSU/Michigan, men’s lacrosse, Penn State Lacrosse Field, PSU, noon.

Theater Ongoing-April 9 – Penn State Centre Stage presents Hair, Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, SC, 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. matinee April 2), theatre.psu.edu.

1-2 – Tempest Productions presents Accidents of Being, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m.

Fri., 3 & 8 p.m. Sat., thestatetheatre.org.

2 – Metropolitan Opera Live in HD presents Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, State Theatre, SC, 12:55 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

3 – National Theatre Live presents As You Like It, State Theatre, SC, 3 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

6 – Art of Poetry: Lisa Sewell, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., palmermuseum.psu.edu.

8 – Dallas Children’s Theater presents The BFG (Big Friendly Giant), Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., cpa.psu.edu.

8-9 – Banff Mountain Film Festival, State Theatre, SC, 7 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

11-12 – Chicago, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., cpa.psu.edu.

12-23 – Penn State Centre Stage presents The Importance of Being Earnest, Pavilion Theatre, PSU, 7:30 p.m. (2 p.m. matinee April 23), theatre.psu.edu.

14-17 – State College High School Thespians presents Fiddler on the Roof, State College Area High School, SC, 7 p.m. Thurs., 8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 2 p.m. Sun., scasd.org.

The Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to the State Theatre April 8-9.

16 – Metropolitan Opera Live in HD presents Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux, State Theatre, SC, 12:55 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

16-17 – Penn State Thespians present Olivia!, Schlow Centre Region Library, SC, 11 a.m. & 2:30 p.m. Sat., 2:30 p.m. Sun., schlowlibrary.org.

18 – State of the Story: “Mothers,” State Theatre, SC, 7 p.m., thestatetheatre.org.

21 – Compagnia Finzi Pasca presents La Verita, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., cpa.psu.edu.

21-24, 29-May 1 – Next Stage presents Betrayal, State Theatre, SC, 8 p.m. Thurs.Sat., 3 p.m. Sun., thestatetheatre.org.

22-23 – Green Day’s American Idiot, State Theatre, SC, 7 & 11 p.m. Fri., 7 p.m. Sat., thestatetheatre.org.

30 – Metropolitan Opera Live in HD presents Strauss’s Elektra, State Theatre, SC, 12:55 p.m., thestatetheatre.org. T&G

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Each month Town&Gown highlights a local place to eat and offers a glimpse into the great dining of our community.

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MAD-K: Brewing in the Backwoods Centre County’s first nanobrewery comes to Howard

By Sam Komlenic The last time you and I got together, we talked about the new breweries that have opened just outside of Centre County, and I admitted that I’d not yet made a visit to all of them at the time. In an attempt to rectify that issue, I took a recent Saturday to go touring around with some friends and visit a couple of those beer destinations, among other diversions.

When we arrived at the Broken Axe Brew House in Lock Haven (beautifully done, by the way, with a great selection of Pennsylvania-only draft beers), my buddy, Lew, looked at the beer menu and asked, “Where’s Howard?” I told him it was just down the valley and asked why he brought it up. “There’re two beers on this list that are brewed in Howard,” he said.

I grabbed my menu, and there they were: a coconut porter and raspberry wheat. “There’s a brewery in Howard?” I thought to myself, “How could I not have known about this?”

It turns out that the first batch of beers from MAD-K Brewing Company, located outside that small town, had just been delivered a week earlier.

Being the locally driven beer guy that I am, and knowing that this was Centre County’s first nanobrewery, I had to know more, so I went online and looked them up.

After a brief exchange of cordial e-mails, I found myself headed north on Route 150 in search of the next big thing in local beer: a very small brewery.

On arrival, I was greeted by David and Kim Johnson, owners of MAD-K. David is retired from a career in the chemical industry and is the brewer, keg-filler, and delivery driver. Kim provides moral support and is a more-than-willing taster, offering feedback for research and development purposes. The name of the brewery was suggested by a friend and is an acronym for the first names of the members of their immediate family: Megan, Abbey, David, and Kim. David started brewing in 2010 when his daughters purchased a Mr. Beer homebrewing kit for him as a Father’s Day present, essentially as a joke. He called them 84 - T&G April 2016

on it and brewed up a couple of batches of extract-based beer, which he thought were pretty good. In hindsight, he admits, they may have been dreadful.

Regardless, he took a keen interest in the craft and began brewing in earnest, soon moving to all-grain brewing in the kitchen.

He diligently read up on the subject and eventually moved from his (OK, Kim’s!) kitchen to the garage, and when Kim wanted a little more peace and quiet, he invested in a 2,000 square-foot detached workshop that became home both for his brewery and a taproom to entertain family and friends.

Those friends kept asking when they could buy his beer for their enjoyment at home, and that got him thinking about pursuing this hobby as a part-time business.

He invested in a three-vessel Synergy 30-gallon brewery, a professional system used by some bigger brewers as a pilot plant to test potential recipes, and began test brewing. It also provides the flexibility of enlarging the system to double its current capacity if the need arises.

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David Johnson (left), with his wife, Kim, brews five core beers and some seasonals at his MAD-K Brewing Company in Howard.

After going through what seemed to be a never-ending state and federal licensing approval process, David was ready to begin brewing in earnest, one day per week, brewing two batches over the course of the day — a schedule to which he still adheres.

He claims, “The thing I like best about brewing is the quality control,” and it shows in his beers. Overall, the range is clean, true to style, and quite tasty. For the time being, he’s settled on a core range consisting of an IPA, Irish-style red ale, raspberry wheat, amber ale, and coconut porter. Seasonal releases include pumpkin ale, peanut butter porter, and a holiday brew. The coconut porter is fermented on real coconut, which shines when dispensed on nitrogen, and the raspberry wheat uses fresh whole raspberries to produce a nicely tart, pink-tinged ale reminiscent of Lindeman’s framboise. All MAD-K beers are available only on draft.

Despite his current small-time success, the endeavor has not been without its drawbacks.

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result he’s been looking for, and, as he says, “I’ve dumped a lot of beer.”

That’s true of any successful brewer in the startup phase. It’s not worth putting their reputation at risk so early in the game by releasing substandard beer. He relies on family and friends to critique his test batches in order to refine them until he gets the desired result, which makes the final product a true team effort.

Though he currently self-distributes to just two carefully chosen retail accounts, his largest customer is a private hunting lodge. Sales to friends make up the rest of his “distribution territory.” To get to this point, he has found himself, “Doing things I’ve never done before.” Those include driving social media, Web design, and that whole regulatory and licensing thing.

When it comes right down to it, he is an enthusiastic homebrewer who, like so many before him, has taken it to the next level.

MAD-K, which is open by appointment only, will remain small for the foreseeable future, though that doesn’t mean he can’t be creative or downright experimental, because that’s what attracted him to brewing in the first place. As the Johnson’s youngest daughter is gluten intolerant, David is working on gluten-free options for potential future release — more uncharted territory for a very small brewer. It’s all a way to connect with like-minded brewers and consumers and allows his passion to shine once a week in his beautiful backwoods brewery.

Plus, to preserve his humility in the pursuit of great beer, he keeps that little brown plastic Mr. Beer fermenter proudly on display in his tasting room. Centre County is a better beer destination because of his passion — and because great things sometimes come from humble beginnings. T&G For more information on MAD-K Brewing, visit mad-kbrews.com Sam Komlenic, whose dad worked for a Pennsylvania brewery for 35 years, grew up immersed in the brewing business. He has toured scores of breweries, large and small, from coast to coast.

Taste of the Month Comfort Zone for Food and Sports Fans

Lettermans offers different spaces to dine and watch your favorite teams

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ewly renovated Lettermans Sports Grill is one of the area’s best spots to dine in and watch your favorite teams play.

Located at 1031 East College Avenue in State College, it also is conveniently situated just minutes from Beaver Stadium, the Bryce Jordan Center, and other Penn State sports facilities, with ample parking for large groups.

The official home of the Penn State Coaches’ Show, Lettermans welcomes locals, visitors, and students to come dine and listen to their favorite Penn State coaches being interviewed as its broadcast on the radio. Men’s ice hockey’s Guy Gadowsky, men’s basketball’s Patrick Chambers, and wrestling’s Cael Sanderson are in the winter months, baseball’s Rob Cooper is in the spring, and football head coach James Franklin appears in the fall.

After taking over the restaurant formerly known as Damon’s in March 2015, managing partner Scott Balboni and general manager Tom Hofer have overseen extensive renovations.

“We really wanted to create different spaces within the restaurant for people to find their own comfortable area to dine in or have a drink,” explains Hofer. “We added a sevenseat bar in the Clubhouse downstairs, and it has space for large crowds with long tables and TVs to watch any sports game.”

For a low-key, quiet atmosphere, the traditional dining room has seating up to 60 guests. The upstairs bar and lounge has a modern, upscale feel with 10 TVs. In the mid-level, the wine lounge, with luxurious leather couches, is perfect for a bridal shower or a bachelorette party.

In addition, a 70-seat banquet room is available for reservation for rehearsal dinners, large team outings, business meetings, or classroom sessions.

The new menu has something for everyone, from traditional favorites such as burgers and BBQ ribs to new dishes such as the cheesesteak eggrolls and Irish nachos.

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Cheesesteak eggrolls

Baked orecchiette

with tomato sauce, mozzarella, and parmesan cheese.

Rueben sandwich and fries “The candied bacon burger is our new signature burger, and we have a southwest chicken salad served in its own taco shell,” says Hofer. “We have amazing BBQ ribs, pulled pork, and the best Rueben sandwich in town.”

Other items to try include the spinach and goat-cheese salad, Cajun salmon salad, and shrimp tacos. There also will be French onion soup, Chili, and a rotating soup of the day feature.

For business professionals, there is a lunch express menu with items that will get you in and out in 30 minutes.

On-site and off-site catering also is available. During home football games, “Ribs on the Road” is your stop for BBQ ribs, pulled pork, and wings.

“We will grill right in our parking lot, and you can pull up, order, and take it to go, or call ahead with your order and it will be ready when you arrive for pickup,” says Hofer.

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Happy hours are Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., Wednesday from 5 to 9 p.m., and Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. During happy hour, all draft beers are half-off, mixed drinks are $1 off, and all house wines are $3 a glass. Also, stadium fries, potato skins, and nachos are all half-off. T&G For more information, visit lettermans.net or check out Lettermans Sports Grill’s Facebook page.

For a special offer for $5 off an order of $25 or more for breakfast or lunch, visit townandgown.com.

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All restaurants are in State College or on the Penn State campus, and in the 814 area code unless noted.

Full Course Dining 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 Citystyle barbecue is smoked daily on-site. AE, D, DC, ID+, MC, V. Full bar.

Barrel 21 Distillery & Dining, 2255 N. Atherton St., 308-9522, barrel21distillery.com.

A new dining experience brought to you by Otto’s Pub & Brewery, Barrel 21 presents a tapas menu featuring fusion cuisine highlighting our local resources. Menu inspirations will celebrate new culture and cuisine brought to Central PA from around the world. Tapas-style dining from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. Sundays, brunch is served from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and tapas from 4 to 9 p.m. Closed on Mondays. The distillery is in full operation and the tasting room is now open with our bottled craft spirits available for purchase during the restaurants hours of operation.

AE, D, MC, V. Full bar.

Carnegie Inn & Spa Restaurant, 100 Cricklewood Drive, 234-2424. An exquisite boutique hotel offering fine dining in a relaxed yet gracious atmosphere. Your dining experience begins with a wide array of appetizers and entrees that compare to the best restaurants of the largest cities in the United States. Additionally, the Carnegie Inn & Spa Restaurant wine list is one of the best in the area and features a wide variety of wines from California, France, and other countries. 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 and beer) is welcome after 5 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. 92 - T&G April 2016

The Deli Restaurant, 113 Hiester St., 237-5710, The DeliRestaurant.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 accept- able. Private dining rooms 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., 237-9000, faccialuna.com. A true neighborhood hang- out, famous for authentic New York-style wood-fired pizzas and fresh, homemade Italian 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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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. 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 special- ties. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V. Full bar, beer.

Gigi’s, W. College Ave, on the corner of Cato Ave., 861-3463, gigisdining.com. Conveniently located 5 minutes from downtown State College, Gigi’s is a farm-to-table dining experience inspired by the hottest southern trends. Outdoor Patio. Lunch & Dinner. Full Bar. AE, D, MAC, MC, V.

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The Greek, 102 E. Clinton Ave., 308-8822, thegreekrestaurant.net. Located behind The Original Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street.

Visit our Greek tavern and enjoy authentic Greek cuisine. From fresh and abundant vegetables to the most succulent kebabs, each dish has been perfected to showcase genuine Greek flavors. When we say “authentic,” we mean it. Full service, BYOB. D, MC, V. Herwig’s Austrian Bistro, “Where Bacon Is An Herb,” 132 W. College Ave., 272-0738. Located next to the State Theatre. Serving authentic Austrian home cooking in Central PA. Ranked #1 Ethnic Restaurant in State College for 8 years in a row. Eat-in, Take-Out, Catering. Glutenfree options available. Bacon-based dessert.

Homemade breads, BYO beer or wine all day.

Sense of humor required. D, MAC, MC, V.

Hi-Way Pizza, 1688 N. Atherton St., 237-0375, HiWayPizza.com. The State College tradition for nearly 50 years, nobody does it better than HiWay! Offering more than 29 varieties of handspun 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.

Taste of the Month

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, D, MC, V.

Each month, Town&Gown highlights a local place to eat and offers a glimpse into the great dining of our community.

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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 fullservice 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 transi- tions 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.

Mario’s Italian Restaurant, 272 N. 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 and is 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.

Otto’s Pub & Brewery, 2235 N. Atherton St., 867-6886, ottospubandbrewery.com. State College’s most awarded craft-beer pub and brewery featuring more than a dozen fresh, house-brewed ales and lagers on tap as well as fine, affordably priced, local American food with vegan and vegetarian offerings, a kids’ menu, weekly features, and seasonal menu. Open for lunch and dinner in a family-friendly, casual atmosphere. AE, D, MC, V. Full bar.

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Philipsburg Elks Lodge & Country Club, 1 Country Club Lane, Philipsburg, 342-0379, philipsburgelks.com. Restaurant open to the public! Monday-Saturday 11-9, Sunday 9-3.

Member-only bar. New golf-member special, visit our Web site for summer golf special. AE MC, V. Full Bar (members only).

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 Kitchen & Wine Bar, 324 W. College Ave., 237-8474. Zola Kitchen & Wine Bar features ingredient-driven, seasonal, new American cuisine paired with an extensive wine list, certified wine professional, and exceptional service. Zola’s also features a new climatecontrolled wine room, premium by-the-glass wine pours, fine liquor, and craft beer at its fullservice bar. Serving lunch and dinner seven days a week. Reservations recommended. Catering.

Free parking after 5:30 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.

Good Food Fast Baby’s Burgers & Shakes, 131 S. Garner St., 234-4776, babysburgers.com. Love poodle skirts, a jukebox playing the oldies, and delicious food cooked to order? Then Baby’s Burgers & Shakes is your kind of restaurant! Bring the entire family and enjoy a “Whimpy” burger, a Cherry Coke, or delicious chocolate shake, and top it off with a “Teeny Weeny Sundae” in our authentic 1947 Silk City Diner. Check out Baby’s Web site for full menu and daily specials! D, MC, V, MAC, Lion’s Cash.

India Pavilion Exotic Indian Cuisine

Open Daily

Lunch Buffet: 11:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Dinner: 5:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.

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Fiddlehead, 134 W. College Ave., 237-0595, fiddleheadstatecollege.com. Fiddlehead is a soup-and-salad café offering soups made from scratch daily. Create your own salad from more than 40 fresh ingredients.

Irving’s, 110 E. College Ave., 231-0604, irvingsstatecollege.com. Irving’s is State College’s finest bakery café serving awardwinning bagels, espresso, sandwiches, salads, and smoothies.

HUB Dining, HUB-Robeson Center on campus, 865-7623. A Penn State tradition open to all! Enjoy 13 different eateries in the HUB-Robeson Center on campus. Jamba Juice, McAlister’s Deli, Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Burger King, Higher Grounds, Sbarro, Soup & Garden, Diversions, Blue Burrito, Mixed Greens, Panda Express, and Sushi by Panda Express.V, MC, LC.

Meyer Dairy, 2390 S. Atherton St., 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! Plus, Meyer Dairy is the best place to pick up your Town&Gown magazine each month! T&G

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Happy Homecoming

Aimee Aiello

Former Nittany Lion Terry Smith has enjoyed his return to Happy Valley as an assistant coach

Penn State football assistant coach Terry Smith (left) talks with Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith at the Allen Street Grill in State College.

When James Franklin was hired as Penn State football’s head coach in 2014, he brought with him many of his assistants from Vanderbilt — all of whom had no prior connection to Penn State. There was one notable exception. Franklin hired former Nittany Lion receiver Terry Smith, who had been the wide receivers coach at Temple, to take over as cornerbacks coach on his staff in Happy Valley.

Smith had never expected the opportunity to come back to Penn State, so he jumped at the chance when Franklin called. He enters his third season on Franklin’s staff, this year as not only the cornerbacks coach and defensive recruiting coordinator, but also with the added title of assistant head coach.

Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith sat down with Smith at the Allen Street Grill in State College to talk about his memories as a Penn State football player, the challenges of being a recruiter and assistant head coach, and what is it like to be a member of Franklin’s staff.

Mimi: Welcome Terry Smith. I saw you on the field back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Before we started, I asked you how you like recruiting, and you indicated that it was pretty interesting, but there is the problem with 17and 19-year-old kids who change their minds. Tell me a little bit about that.

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that’s critical to the success of our program. Clearly, each kid that we look to bring into the university has to fit our culture. They have to fit our program and our needs.

Mimi: What are some of the different things that distinguish Penn State?

Terry: Well, academically we want a good student. We want a sound student. Socially, we want a student who typically hasn’t gotten into any type of trouble in his background. We want, typically, a kid that’s a good family-type person because we have a family atmosphere here in our office and on our team.

And then, clearly, he has to be a good athlete. He has to be able to perform on the field and be able to perform in high-pressure situations, because we hope to and expect to play in the Big Ten Championship or the national championship. We want guys that can handle that moment.

Mimi: What’s your secret to success to get one of those guys?

Terry: The secret to success is to build relationships. You build trust over time. You recruit a guy, and you recruit him and his family.

Mimi: You might be recruiting a guy for three years.

Terry: Yeah. You know, there are freshmen that are pretty special.

Mimi: So, that’s four years.

Terry: There are guys like that.

We recruited a kid that I actually coached against when I was still at Gateway High School. I was the head coach at the high school a few years back, and he ended my high school career by beating us, and I said we need to have him on our team.

Mimi: Did you get him?

Terry: We got him. We signed him this past February. He will be

coming this fall.

Mimi: You don’t mind identifying him?

Terry: Yeah, we’re allowed to talk about him now. His name is Miles Sanders.

Mimi: Oh, I read about him! You got one of the better ones.

Terry: He’s the number one running back in the nation. He’s from Woodland Hills High School — it’s a neighborhood of Monroeville.

Mimi: You graduated from Penn State in 1992. Did you feel like you were coming home? What did it feel like?

Terry: It was surreal — kind of like, Wow, is this really happening? I had never dreamed to come back and work here. When I left school and I chased playing professionally, I never dreamed to coach. And then my dad was reading the newspaper and saw an ad for a high school assistant position. He said, “Why don’t you try that?” And I went out there and tried it for a year, and I really started liking it. And each year, I just kind of got a little more involved in it, and, before you know it, I was the head coach of Gateway High School. Then I left there and went to Temple University under Matt Rhule, a Penn Stater,

and one year there and Coach Franklin called me and wanted me to come join him with his staff here. But I never really thought about it, never really dreamed it would be a possible goal.

Mimi: And now here you are. Tell me a little bit about Coach Franklin.

Terry: Well, he’s a dynamic leader. He’s very, very passionate. He believes in the people around him — the players, the staff, and the coaches. He’s family-oriented. He keeps everyone close to him.

Mimi: It’s hard to do that.

Terry: It is hard to do that. It’s a big organization, and there’s a lot of moving parts to it, but he has a relationship with each and every person in there. There are little things.

Like when we get a student trainer, a new student trainer for maybe a season, he makes it a point to go meet them because he doesn’t want to see a new face in the building that he’s not familiar with.

Mimi: Tell me some of your memories of Coach [Joe] Paterno.

Terry: I can remember it like it was yesterday. When he speaks at you, he speaks with a high-pitched voice. I can just remember

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him calling me. When I came to Penn State in 1987 and I was 132 pounds, which is considerably small, he believed in me. He trusted in me and gave me enough confidence to believe in myself to be a special player here.

He had that knack about himself with all of his players. We didn’t always understand the message while we were in it, but once you graduated and disconnected a little bit, you really understand the message. It’s kind of like parents to kids — you don’t always understand what your parents are telling you, but as later in life you become an adult, you understand.

He’s molded and shaped me.

Mimi: That’s very nice to be able to say that.

Terry: He changed a lot of people’s lives.

Mimi: He did a lot of things for other people. Do you do a lot of things for other people? Have you started to do that?

Terry: Yeah, I try to. My wife and I, we’re involved with Special Olympics. My daughter has Down syndrome, so we’re really involved.

Mimi: And you have just the one child?

Terry: I also have my son, Justin King, who played here in 2005.

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Mimi: I remember him.

Terry: He played receiver and quarterback.

He was drafted and played in the NFL for some years. Now he’s got a family — a wife and daughter.

Mimi: You’re a grandfather!

Terry: I’m a grandfather. But we try to give back as much as we can.

Mimi: Do you have friends here outside of football? What do you do for fun?

Terry: When we do get some free time, we like to vacation. This year, I’m going to take my wife to Hawaii. We always take an annual trip to Disney for my daughter.

Mimi: How old is your daughter?

Terry: She’s 17 now. She still loves Disney, or really the Orlando area. I think my wife likes Disney more than my daughter! We do that every year. And then we’re going to go to Punta Cana this summer, as well. And then every August, when I start football camp, my wife, my daughter, and her side of the family go to Cape May and rent a house for a weekend. So they go to the beach and relax.

Mimi: There are two things that are

Penn State Athletics (2) Smith ended his playing career at Penn State with 108 receptions and 15 touchdowns.

happening that seem to be more prevalent than ever before — players are getting their degrees early and playing a fifth year someplace else, and the other thing is so many of these kids commit and then decommit. What’s wrong with what’s happened with the process?

Terry: I don’t know if there’s a definite “wrong” in the process. Let’s deal with the student-athlete that graduates and then transfers. Most times when a student-athlete graduates and then transfers, it is typically because he isn’t playing as much as wants to play — it has nothing to do with the university. It has nothing to do really with the staff. He just isn’t playing full time like he wants to play.

Mimi: And he has future plans. He’d like to go to a higher level.

Terry: Correct.

Mimi: So, this is a vehicle to do that.

Terry: Correct. And the way the NCAA rules state is that’s the way he can do it — once he graduates, he can transfer to another school without having to sit out a year. And then the way training takes place — we train

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our kids all year-round — all of our studentathletes attend summer school. That’s how they get ahead to graduate a little bit earlier. And our graduation rates are continuing to grow.

Coach Paterno set a great standard of being a student-athlete, and we’re continuing it. Coach Franklin and our staff, we’re continuing to set records each semester with that.

Mimi: It’s important. What about this committing and decommitting?

Terry: I don’t know what the solution is, but young people need a little more guidance, a little more adult help in making these decisions because, next to getting married or having a child, this may be the most critical decision of their life — where they decide to go to school and play for that team or university. There are a lot of student-athletes out there that don’t have the proper supervision to help them make those decisions.

Mimi: I want to really thank you for the pleasure of getting to know you, and I wish you the very best in the upcoming season. We hope it is a great one! Thank you! T&G

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Smith with his wife, Alison, and daughter, Haley.

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, offers bimonthly workshops to improve skills, and sponsors a bimonthly competition for its members.

Town&Gown is pleased to present the winning images from the club’s competition.

Shown this month are the first- and second-place winners in the Open category from the judged January meeting competition.

“Killer Instinct” by Linda Hale

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January Meeting Open Category First Place

“Studio portrait with a single light source. The close crop and intense look reveal the woman’s inner strength.”

“Sea Nettle”

by Jan Anderson January Meeting Open Category Second Place

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“This was shot at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta.”

A copy of many photos taken by the State College Photo Club may be obtained with a $75 contribution to the Salvation Army of Centre County. Contact Captain Charles Niedermeyer at (814) 861-1785 for more information. 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. Guests and new members are always welcome.

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

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CENTRE COUNTY WALK

WALK TO FIGHT SUICIDE Out of the Darkness Walk SUNDAY, APRIL 24, 2016 Sidney Friedman Park REGISTER ONLINE TODAY

OutOfTheDarkness.org Registration: 11 AM • Walk: 1:30 PM • Closing: 2:15 PM For more information contact Shanon Quick At 814.404.5075 or Shanon.quick@uhsinc.com

Cracked, Not Broken The Kevin Hines Story

Living Mentally Well Thursday, April 14th, 6:30pm Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium, Mount Nittany Medical Center “ There is a crack in everything.

That’s how the light gets in.”

— Leonard Cohen

Kevin Hines is a mental health advocate, award-winning global speaker, bestselling author and documentary filmmaker who reaches audiences with his story of an unlikely survival and his strong will to live. Two years after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (19 years of age), he attempted to take his life by jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge. The fall would break his body, but not his spirit. Come out to hear Kevin’s story, a remarkable testament to the strength of the human spirit and a reminder for us to love the life we have.

For additional information on this event or other Sucide Prevention programs in Central PA, contact centralpa@afsp.org

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Natural Champion for Nature New ClearWater director brings lifelong love for the outdoors to the job

By Madison Lippincott With 20 years of professional experience in the world of natural conservation and a lifetime of love for the outdoors, Deborah Nardone became executive director of ClearWater Conservancy in August. Her previous work had been with local, state, and national organizations, including Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Allegheny Ridge Heritage Area, Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited, and the Sierra Club.

“With the Sierra Club, I was working mostly at the federal level on energy policy, but I was also working in a handful of states on state regulations and some local communities,” she says. “I worked everywhere from Alaska to Florida. I really enjoyed that work.

It gave me a whole new set of skills. But I also really missed working in my local community.”

Now that she has returned to the Centre County area, her job is as versatile as ever. ClearWater Conservancy specializes in promoting conservation within the community as well as restoration of natural resources across Pennsylvania — with clean water as a priority.

“In our surface area, a whole lot of streams are meeting what’s called ‘nondesignated use.’ They’re supposed to be meeting a certain water-quality level, and they’re not,” Nardone says. “So, we’re trying to find ways to improve water quality and protect it once it’s improved. Part of the way we do that is by restoring streams.”

She believes the issue of water quality within Centre County and the surrounding areas is of high importance because it directly impacts the quality of life in the region.

“We think of State College as this wonderful place to live, to raise your child, to go to school. It’s got a great economy and low crime rates. A lot of that comes from having a healthy economy, but you also can’t have a healthy community unless you have good water quality.

Good water quality is the foundation of any healthy community,” she says.

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Since ClearWater Conservancy is a nonprofit organization, the restoration of streams and other natural elements is funded through donations from the community as well as fundraisers such as For the Love of Art and Chocolate, which is its largest fundraiser of the year.

“It helps fund our Connections Program, which is what we utilize for sending a whole ton of kids to Millbrook Marsh,” says Nardone, who lives in Halfmoon Township with her husband and 8-year-old son.

“We send over a thousand students a year to Millbrook Marsh through this one fundraiser.”

While much of her professional life has dealt with natural conservancy, her love for nature has always run thick in her blood.

“I grew up where the streams were orange because of acid-mine drainage and the mountains around me were coal banks. I played in what essentially looked like a wasteland growing up,” she says. “Then I went to Juniata College for my undergrad, and I was environmental science through all of undergrad, mostly because I was appalled of the conditions I lived in.

That’s when I saw how important it was to protect the places that are of good quality.” T&G

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