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A Wintry Day on Spring Creek Photos by Brian Baney Observations by Sandie Biddle

A wintry peek at our precious Spring Creek.

A solemn swim, with frost at the rim.

Ducks on the wing.

Ma Nature is king.

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It is a weekend for love, celebrating not just each other, but you as a couple. Or you as a family. We’ve included a number of free or low-cost events that may help you celebrate together, from roller derby to a band concert, a basketball game to a craft show, a romantic movie to a home-cooked fundraising dinner. Pat Park also shared with us the four kinds of love as defined by the Greeks centuries ago.

Kulsoom Khan alerts us to a local cupcake baker who’ll be appearing on The Food Channel on the 15th, and attended a meeting of the Nittany Valley Writers Network featuring a local author, actress, playwright, and PSU professor. Speaking of local writers, Pat’s book review features a local author as well.

Don Bedell had a great time at the Bon Jovi world tour kickoff, with a behind-the-scenes tour and a great concert experience. Karen Dabney enjoyed her evening with The Steel Wheels at Acoustic Brew.

Brian Baney presented me with such a wonderful array of photos of winter on Spring Creek that I asked for a photo feature in this issue. It inspired me to create a few rhymes that, hopefully, will add to the readers’ experience.

Regular features include a very modest Hometown Hero, excellent advice from Toni Duchi on keeping your dog healthy, and wonderful historical photos and tidbits from Kitty Wunderly at the Centre County Library & Historical Museum.

There’s plenty of school news this issue, too, from Bald Eagle, Bellefonte, and our scouts.

It’s always good to see what our little citizens are up to.

You’ll find three features marked with the header: How You Can Help. I’ll mark opportunities to volunteer or donate in this way from now on.

The Gazette team is also busily learning all we can about the Central PA Home Show that takes place March 11 through 13 at the BJC. We’ll bring you plenty of news about the show in the March 4 and 11 issues and are pleased to be publishing the official Home Show guide as well, which you’ll find on your newsstand next to The Gazette in a few weeks.

Think spring, stay warm, and tell someone you love them this week. If you’re at a loss of what to do this snowy month, there are dozens of suggestions in What’s Happening, Group Meetings, Save the Date, and the Live Entertainment schedule.

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Bald Eagle Students Support Our Troops

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WINGATE – Rosemary Broome, McDonald’s Marketing Manager, and Rich Mehalick, the manager from the local McDonald’s in Milesburg, presented Marian Welch-Quigley with a MAC (Make Activities Count) grant award at the January Board of Education meeting.

Mrs. Welch-Quigley wrote the grant to purchase materials for all fifth-grade students at Wingate Elementary to make writers’ notebooks.

A writer’s notebook starts out as an everyday marbled composition book. The students then personalize the notebooks with their names and decorate the books with photos, pictures, stickers, and drawings that reflect their personality and life story. After the decorations are completed, the notebooks are covered with clear contact paper to hold all the precious items in place. Each personalized writer’s notebook is then used as a place for students to explore writing throughout the year, reflecting on experiences or exploring characters.

Mrs. Welch-Quigley said, “Students enjoy having a personalized space to play with words and see where their ideas take them.”

WINGATE – A Support our Troops student group has been organized at Bald Eagle Area schools to support the military.

The group sold patriotic T-shirts and wristbands to help raise money for a van devoted entirely to transporting Centre County veterans to and from the Altoona VA Medical Facility. The Centre County Board of Commissioners recently presented the Support Our Troops student group with a Certificate of Recognition for their donation.

The group also sends Christmas cards to soldiers in the military; participates in Operation Shoebox, which sends support, snacks and personal care items to our troops deployed outside of the USA; and participated in the Charlie Company Welcome Home Community Celebration held last summer.

Bellefonte Cub Scout Pack 330 held their annual Pinewood Derby on Saturday, January 29 at Faith United Methodist Church in Bellefonte. Back row L. to R.: Andrew Davidson (first place), Connor Bernier (second place and Scout’s choice winner), Jack Swarm (third place), and Elise Gurgevich (Cub Master). Front row L. to R: Nicholas Pacella (fourth place), Jacob Henry (fifth place), and John Purnell (theme award winner) Photo courtesy of Cathy Swarm.

BEA seventh graders Matthew Appleton and Adrianna Cohen wear patriotic t-shirts purchased from the Support our Troops student group.

Bald Eagle Area School District Kindergarten Registration

Pictured at the January Board of Education meeting held January 13 at the Bald Eagle Area Middle-High School’s new Large Group Instruction Room are, L to R, Board President Shirley Dudish; Manager of the Milesburg McDonalds, Rich Mehalick; Writing Teacher Marian Welch-Quigley; McDonalds Marketing Manager, Rosemary Broome; and BEA Superintendent Dan Fisher.

If your child will be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2011 they are eligible to register for kindergarten. Bald Eagle Area School District no longer has an Early Entrance policy. Registration packets will be available in all B.E.A. Elementary Schools beginning February 1, 2011. You can also contact the District Elementary Office at 355-3737 to obtain a packet.

Registrations are schedule to be held on the following dates at the elementary schools indicated: Date Tuesday, March 1 Wednesday, March 2 Tuesday, March 8 Wednesday, March 9

Location Howard School Port Matilda School Mountaintop School Wingate School

Centre County Christian Academy Second Quarter Centre Hall Scout Receives Eagle Award

HIGH HOnOR ROll GRADE 8: Cherish Crust, Sierra Stone GRADE 6: Lacey Geyer GRADE 5: Zachary Stone GRADE 3: Cassandra Poorman, Chad Weaver GRADE 2: Natasha Bolar, William Heckathorne, Alexia Mishock, Ethan Rossman, Emmalee Sim

By Sam Stitzer CENTRE HALL – Evan A. Heiser, son of Brian and Theresa Heiser of Centre Hall, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor held at Grace United Methodist Church in Centre Hall on Sunday, January 30. The ceremony was attended by nearly 100 people, including family, friends, fellow members of Boy Scout Troop 20 of Centre Hall, and several honored guests and dignitaries.

Scoutmasters Sal Nicosia and Marty King, and former Scoutmaster Richard Hedden addressed the audience regarding their experiences working with Evan throughout his time in Troop 20.

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Centre County sheriff Denny Nau presents a Deputy Award to Evan.

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Please be sure to bring the following items with you to registration:

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• Completed physical form from your child’s doctor or appointment date for your child’s physical Questions regarding the immunizations or physical requirement for your child to attend school should be directed to the Mrs. Allison Snyder, the Elementary School Nurse, at 355-4872.

If you have any questions or are unable to bring your child to one of the registration sessions please contact Mrs. Nancy Fisher in the District Elementary Office at 355-3737.

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parents’ pins were presented to Evan by Marty King. Other awards and accolades were presented to Evan by Sheriff Dennis Nau, Centre County Commissioner John Eich, PA State Representative Kerry Benninghoff, U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Param Pamphile, Marine Corps League representative Jack Oakes, members of the Centre Hall Lions Club, and representatives of American Legion posts from Centre Hall and State College. Following the Court of Honor, a reception was held in the church social hall.

Evan’s Eagle Scout project was to plan, design, supervise, and work on a new front sidewalk, landscape planting, and retaining wall at the Grace United Methodist Church parsonage in Centre Hall. The house was built in the 1960s, and the original retaining wall and sidewalk were crumbling badly. Evan made a detailed rendering of the landscape design which included a new retaining wall, removal of the steps, a new Scoutmaster Marty King (Left) reads the Eagle Scout award citation to Evan Heiser and his parents Theresa and Brian Heiser.

GRADE 6: Alyssa Maurer GRADE 4: Michael Geyer, Jan Pavlicek, Vojtech Pavlicek, Marie Pavlickova GRADE 3: Kiara Boughton, Caleb Henry GRADE 2: Ethan Gore

sidewalk, and various planting areas. The project was successfully completed in the summer of 2009.

Evan has worked on several other scouts’ Eagle projects, and has held many troop leadership positions in his scouting career.

He is currently a Junior Assistant Scoutmaster for Troop 20. Evan is a junior at Penns Valley High School, and plans to study engineering in college after graduation in 2012. Evan and the Heiser family would like to thank everyone who has given him guidance and support through his years in scouting. We congratulate Evan Heiser on attaining the high honor of the Eagle Scout rank.

Evan Heiser spoke of his scouting experiences and thanked everyone who helped him.

Reception featured this beautiful cake made by Heather Luse of Centre Hall.

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By Toni Duchi

Know What Vitality Really Means to Your Dog What is a dog’s normal temperature? If you know, then a gold star for you! No one I’ve ever asked has been able to answer that question. Yet, literally, it can be the difference between life and death for your best friend.

A dog’s body temperature should be in the range of 101 to 102.5 degrees. Smaller dogs can have slightly higher temperatures.

And a note about this: you should take your dog’s temperature regularly to see what’s normal for him. If there is a deviation up or down more than one or two degrees of this range, get immediate medical attention. A high fever can be fatal at 105 degrees and symptoms of a high temperature can be elusive. If your dog is drinking a lot, panting, pacing, listless, or having respiratory issues, check his temperature! A regular “people� thermometer will work, inserted into his rectum for 30 seconds or so. It’s distasteful, and your dog will give you a really dirty look, but it’s worth the effort.

The resting heart rate should be anywhere from 75 to 120 beats per minute. Smaller dogs are slightly faster. To gauge his resting heart rate, just place your hand on his chest and feel the beat. Note the rate and the rhythm.

Resting respiration (breaths): 10 to 30 breaths per minute. Again, watch his breathing pattern and count breaths per minute.

Here are some common ways to assess a dog’s health. If any of these symptoms are apparent, you might want to ask your vet about them: Does his hair/coat feel greasy? Is the skin color normal or is it red or purple? Do you see dandruff? All of these symptoms could be a sign of nutrition deficiency or inflammation in the body or on the skin.

Run your fingers through your dog’s fur against the grain, then smell your fingers. If you smell a rancid or fishy odor, it’s a sign of general poor health. Your dog’ coat and eyes are mirrors to his health.

As you examine his eyes, look for goobers in the corners. Pull down the lower eyelids. Are they red inside or irritated? There should be no goobers; the whites of his eyes should be truly white.

Look into his ears. Do you see wax and/or dirt? Do the insides of his ears look oily? Take a whiff? If there’s an odor, it could be an infection.

Inspect his gums above the teeth. Are they red and inflamed? Do his teeth have a tartar build-up? Bad breath in dogs is about bacteria on and around the teeth, not about what he eats. Keep his teeth clean and you’ll have a much healthier dog.

It’s not normal for a dog to have a “doggie� odor. Some breeds can have body “fragrances� or other odors (beagles for one), but a sour or rancid odor is not normal for any dog.

Is he licking his feet or legs a lot? This could

be an allergy or an irritant.

Run your hands over his body. Feel bumps?

These could be harmless cysts or cancerous tumors. Have them checked out immediately.

Pay attention. Your best friend will thank you for it.

THIS IS VITALLY IMPORTANT! The latest issue of the Whole Dog Journal has named the worst dog foods on the market. If you don’t know the Whole Dog Journal, trust me, it’s a high-quality publication that is testing foods and other products all the time. I’m going to give you a few on the list because I feel strongly enough about this subject to take the chance. These foods were judged worst based on the first 10 ingredients listed...

Iams Health Naturals Chicken (first ingredient chicken, that’s good, but then it goes downhill from there with by-products, brewers rice (waste product), corn meal, chicken fat, sugar, and other uglies).

Rachel Ray Nutrish Beef & Brown Rice (only beef and chicken meal are good; the rest of the ingredients are fillers and fats and sugar) Chef Michaels Chicken (only one chicken source; the rest is junk--soy, fat, corn, and wheat). But what a pretty package! You can almost believe it.

So what’s the worst dog food in this country according to the journal? BENEFUL! I knew it all along but now it has been confirmed for me by the experts. They said about it: “(Deceiving) with its beautiful bags adorned with photos of fresh whole vegetables and glistening chunks of marbled meats. The Healthy Harvest variety is missing the meat however; its protein comes from corn and soy.

There is so little fresh food in the product that water is actually added to the dry food (seventh ingredient!) And how about the appearance of sugar in the 10th spot? Wow! Nothing healthy in that harvest!�

Here are the top 10 ingredients in Beneful: corn, corn gluten meal, whole wheat flour, animal fat, soy protein, soy flour, water, rice flour, barley, and sugar. I beg you, if you’re feeding Beneful, STOP IT RIGHT NOW! If you want some recommendations for better foods, please e-mail me and I’ll be happy to help you. Remember, dog food packaging is for YOU, not your dog. Don’t be fooled.

This is the ONE thing you can do to have a healthier dog who lives longer and with a higher quality of life.

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Marty Lyons The Joy of Helping Others

By Brian E. Bassett

Volunteer workers are a rare and preIn addition to her Red Cross work, she cious breed, and Marty Lyons is no exception. volunteers for her Trinity United Methodist sweetheart Church. Marty writes cards to shut-ins and Lyons epitomizes the best of volunteer others in the hospital; and to parishioners workers. She is caring, dedicated, and hard- who are very ill – as part of a prayer chain. working – yet quite humble when it comes to “If for some reason Marty isn’t at a blood accepting praise for her efforts. drive, the regular donors and even Restek, a “I do this because I business sponsor, want to like to do it and enjoy know where she is,� said the people,� Marty adHenry, Marty’s Red “She has been involved in Judy monished. “Please don’t Cross supervisor. “She has make a big deal out of been involved in the Red the Red Cross Blood Drive it [this feature article].

Blood Drive since since the 1960s and is one Cross Keep it simple, because the 1960s and is one of I’m not a showy perof the ‘Bellefonte Ladies.’� the ‘Bellefonte Ladies.’ son.�

It’s a part of who they are, Lyons was born in which is wonderful.�

Bellefonte 87 years ago, Lyons is particularly proud grew up there and attended Bellefonte High of three Red Cross Awards. They are the: School. Her first job was working for Titan • Frances G. Pasto, Blood Service Volunteer Metal during WWII. Award “When the men came back from the war • Shirley Andrews Award – in recognition of I no longer had a job,â€? Marty recalled. “So I outstanding volunteer service in the volunwent to the office, worked a short time, then teer blood-service program got married and didn’t work outside the home • Minnie Parks Volunteer Spirit Award – in for many years.â€? recognition of a volunteer spirit that celLater in life, after her family ebrates the joy of life and the was grown, Marty went back to satisfaction inherrent in serving school and became a dental asothers, that devotion to others sistant. She worked for Dr. Frank around us, and the warmth reK. Stevens – and, for a short flected in an enduring smile time, Dr. Joseph Martin. “I do it because it makes Lyons’ volunteer work for me feel good to think that maybe the Red Cross now totals 32 I’m being a little help to someyears. She currently works as a body. I enjoy helping to make receptionist at the Willowbank people feel better,â€? Lyons conBuilding where she greets peocluded. “I enjoy the Red Cross ple and then directs them to the proper of- and I enjoy volunteering. It’s a good sense fice where they can receive the help that they of accomplishment to feel that you’re doing need. something worthwhile.â€?

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Even the parables that I thought that I knew and understood were given a deeper meaning. The parable of the mustard seed is one that most of us know.

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STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The members of the Nittany Valley Writers Network had a special guest at their monthly meeting Tuesday night (2/8) at Schlow Library. The colorful and dramatic Susan Russell engaged and enlightened the audience â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as well as making them laugh â&#x20AC;&#x201C; while giving them advice about the craft of creative writing.

Russell is a professor of theatre at Penn State and has been a playwright and actress for many years. She is also the founder of many local projects including Cultural Conversations: a visual, theatre, and dance festival that promotes local and global diversity as well as the Body Language Project, a program aimed at young girls to encourage them to write monologues about body-related issues.

Russell has written a book related to this, titled: Body Language: Cultural Conversations Reaching Out and Reaching In and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also written an academic journal about play writing, Cultural Conversations, which will make a debut this month.

Russell started the lecture by appreciating writers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It is my great pleasure to be in the presence of writers, because I always say that if you can bring yourself to put a word on a piece of paper, that is one of the strongest acts of bravery possible,â&#x20AC;? she said. She also emphasized that words, text, and writing, and whatever is put down in print is a big part of not only a language, but also a culture.

She advised the aspiring writers that they shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t limit themselves to one style, genre, or type but try out many different things until something clicks and works for them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The success Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve had as a writer is because I write many many things. I write academically; I write plays; I write book reviews.â&#x20AC;?

Russell further told the audience members that they should â&#x20AC;&#x153;seek outâ&#x20AC;? what others are not writing or talking about â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and bold topics as well. She gave an example of Lynn Nottage, who wrote the play Ruined, which is about a class of women in the Congo that are considered â&#x20AC;&#x153;ruinedâ&#x20AC;? by fellow village people because they have been raped so many times.

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When discussing this, she also referred to Allen Ball, writer of American Beauty and the HBO series, Tru Blood â&#x20AC;&#x201C; whom she went to school with in the past. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I have never seen anybody more structured than Allen Ball,â&#x20AC;?

Russell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What Allen did every day of graduate school was he wrote for two hours.â&#x20AC;?

She also said there is a good chance of finding an idea or some great line that could lead to an idea from those pages and pages of supposed â&#x20AC;&#x153;crapâ&#x20AC;? when a person just writes for the sake of writing, and isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t afraid to write rubbish. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just about generating material. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about getting this mind (points to head) to vomit,â&#x20AC;? says Russell. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s such grace in just writing crap.â&#x20AC;?

Forum on Preserving Farmland CENTRE HALL â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On Monday, February 28 at 7 p.m. the Centre County Farmland Trust will host an evening with panelists that will include farmers who have recently preserved their land.

They will be joined by local experts and officials who will explain the benefits of farmland preservation. The forum will help you understand how to:

â&#x20AC;˘ Preserve your land and natural resources

â&#x20AC;˘ Maintain ownership and control of your farm

â&#x20AC;˘ Gain Income Tax Incentives

â&#x20AC;˘ Minimize Future Estate Taxes Conservation-minded landowners have until December 31, 2011 to take advantage of a significant tax deduction for donating a voluntary conservation agreement to permanently protect important natural or historic resources on their land.

The forum will be at the Grange Administrative Building, Grange Fair Gate 2 at the corner of Kurtz Street and Hoffer Avenue, Centre Hall. Phone Norman Lathbury, (814) 355-6791 or e-mail nlathbury@co.centre.pa.us.

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The multi-talented Susan Russell speaks to aspiring writers at the Nittany Valley Writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Network meeting. Russell is a theatre professor, playwright, and actress.

BELLEFONTE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steve Dersham announced that he will run for re-election as Centre County Commissioner. He cites his accomplishments including, the completion of the Emergency Services Training Facility that in cooperation with the CPI school provides a local and cost-effective site for all of emergency responders to hone their life-saving skills. He has also searched for cost-saving opportunities in county

government operations. Last year alone, those savings amounted to almost $2.5 million below budget projections. He has completed county building projects below budget and implemented a risk management system that he says has saved hundreds of thousands of tax-payer dollars. He pledges to continue to use his labor studies, business, and public-service experience to serve the citizens of Centre County.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2011

“Cupcake Queen”

By Kulsoom Khan

By Kitty Wunderly

Centre County Library & Historical Museum

For this article, we’ll feature an example of the “people” sorts of artifacts and information that the Pennsylvania Room and Historical Museum, part of the Centre County Library in Bellefonte, has in its collections.

Rather than a photo of a location or event from Centre County history, it seems appropriate for Valentine’s Day to share a romantic image: a local couple on their wedding day in 1874.

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Richly dressed and, in the bride’s case, carefully curled for the occasion, Benjamin Franklin Leitzell and Emma Purdue posed for Bellefonte photographer J.W. Moore on March 19, 1874. They were married by Rev. M.L. Smyser in the Methodist Episcopal parsonage in Bellefonte. The groom, son of Samuel and Margaret Meyers Leitzell of Half Moon valley, was 22 years old. The bride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Purdue of Spring Township, was 20.

Benjamin farmed in Centre County after their marriage but then moved to Punxsutawney in the 1890s to work in the furnaces. Emma produced five children, three sons and two daughters, before succumbing to diabetes in 1916. Benjamin came to live with his son, Samuel, in Bellefonte, and died there in 1932, the last of his generation of Leitzells.

They are both buried in Punxsutawney.

A much shorter and sadder romance was the one between the first president of the Farmers’ High School (better known today as Penn State), Dr. Evan Pugh, and Rebecca Valentine, daughter of one of the oldest Bellefonte iron-making families.

Evan and Rebecca married on February 4, 1864, and Pugh died of typhoid fever on April 23 in Bellefonte.

Rebecca never married again. They are buried in Bellefonte’s Union cemetery.

100 Years Ago

The Centre County commissioners had financial anxieties in early February 1911.

The problem was condemned murderer Bert Delige, who was in the Bellefonte jail, behind the courthouse, waiting for Governor Tener to decide on the date for his hanging. Delige had murdered Mrs. John Baudis at Scotia the previous October.

“It must not be inferred that the commissioners are either hard-hearted or bloodthirsty,” the Democratic Watchman said, “they are merely considering the heavy expense to the county of the man’s delayed execution. It costs just $3.40 every day to feed and guard Delige in the county jail and this is a matter of one hundred dollars a month.”

The toll on the county’s treasury between Delige’s trial and jail costs was expected to exceed two thousand dollars. A few weeks later, Tener set April 25th as the execution date.

“That frisky little weather prophet” (the 1911 Punxsutawney Phil) predicted six more weeks of winter and wasn’t kidding, as snow and ice plagued the county. Farmer George Johnson of Pine Grove Mills made the newspaper for breaking several ribs on the ice. An

advertisement for Hood’s sarsaparilla noted, “We heard a man say the other morning that the abbreviation for February – Feb. – means Freeze Every Body.”

Carl Poorman in Runville captured an otter that was more than three feet long.

Also in February

In 1801, the first tax in Centre County was levied, proceeds totaling $1,755.50 (about $22,000 in today’s dollars). An anti-swearing society started at Julian Furnace on February 14, 1851. In 1859, the first class of students, 69 in all, arrived at the Farmers’ High School, greeted by the four faculty members.

In 1860 the first borough elections were held in Unionville and the first election in the new borough of Philipsburg. In 1895, oneeighth of the population of Pleasant Gap was down with the measles.

In 1921, for the first time, women served on a Centre County jury: Five women jurors were drawn on February 5.

They actually were able to serve, unlike the jury in 1895 which was sent home when a snowstorm dumped snow up to the secondstory windows of the courthouse.

Shaunda Lohsen with a display of her tasty treats at the Sugar on Top Cupcake Boutique STATE COLLEGE – State College has a future reality TV star in its midst. Shaunda Lohse, owner of the Sugar on Top Cupcake Boutique, will be featured as a contestant on Food Network’s Cupcake Wars when the new season premieres February 15.

It’s obvious that Lohse is very talented in the art of baking from the crowd in her downtown shop and is even sweeter than the cupcakes she makes. However, don’t be fooled by her cute personality and petite frame. This baker proved that she had the chops to compete with the best of the best from around the country.

Lohse says she grew up around baking and cooking, making birthday cakes for family members for many years. From some encouragement from her sister, Lohse decided to open Sugar on Top in June of last year.

Getting the Cupcake Wars gig came completely unexpected for Lohse and happened after Sugar on Top had been open for only two months. A customer posted on their Facebook page about how good the cupcakes were at Sugar on Top and the producers of the show just happened to see it, gave Lohse

a call, and asked her to send in an audition tape. A day later, they called back and asked her to be on the show.

“I was like, ‘Get out of here!’ I’ve been open two months; this is crazy”, said Lohse when she heard the good news. Lohse flew out to Los Angeles in September for a week to film the show with all expenses paid. “I saw Cupcake Wars on TV once, the first season, and I said, ‘Ooh I’m gonna go on that show and lo and behold.’”

Lohse competed with three other professional bakers for $10,000. She admits that she was intimidated when she met them, because they had been operating their businesses for years unlike her. She eventually did get into the competitive spirit a little bit while doing the show, but her initial intention was not to win but just to get her “name out there,” so she never took herself too seriously and had some fun too.

“There were times when I was on the floor laughing, because my cupcakes looked so bad”, Lohse said with a giggle. “They were a hot mess and I was just like ‘I can’t believe they’re filming all this.’”

In the first round of the show, the contestants have to make cupcakes from “unusual” ingredients like salmon, for example. For the second round, they have to make cupcakes that have to both look and taste good and follow a certain theme. (After each round, someone gets eliminated and sent home.) For the final round, the remaining two people have to make 1,000 cupcakes in two hours and make a display.

Lohse says that all she really hopes is that the exposure from the show can help Sugar on Top grow more, so she can “pay the bills at home” and keep the shop running smoothly, because baking cupcakes truly brings joy to her life. “I’m not looking to be famous. I just want to be happy,” she said.

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Marker Search

Just after World War I, the Pennsylvania Department of Highways began a program of roadway historic markers made of cast iron in a keystone shape and painted in bright yellow and dark blue. The markers indicated town names but also distance to next town, year the town was founded, and a snippet of information about the origin of the name.

The Keystone Marker Trust is trying to locate surviving markers and preserve them in place. The group has documented more than 700 so far! They have a website, www. keystonemarkertrust.org, and you can contact volunteer Jack Graham at jatogr@embarqmail.com. One of the refurbished markers is shown here, so you will be able to recognize what the trust is looking for.

Questions or ideas for future columns?

Please let me know!

Kitty Wunderly is the Pa. Room Manager and Museum Curator, Centre County Library & Historical Museum, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Email: paroom@centrecountylibrary.org, or call 355-1516, ext. 214. www.centrecountylibrary.org.

HARRISBURG – With the freeze-thaw cycle taking its annual toll on pavement, PennDOT urges motorists to call 1-800-FIX-ROAD, (800) 349-7623, to report the location of potholes on state roads.

Callers are asked to be as specific as possible when reporting pothole locations.

For state routes, callers must report the county, municipality, street name, or preferably the state route (SR) number found on small, black-and-white signs posted along state roadways. Callers should also offer a description of any familiar landmarks that will help PennDOT find the problem area.

The hotline may be used to report any maintenance concern on state roads such as potholes, deer removal, or signage issues.

Once notified, PennDOT will work expeditiously

to address concerns when weather permits; however, winter services remain the primary focus of maintenance crews at this time of year.

To report potholes on local roads, motorists should contact the municipality in which the pothole is located.

Potholes develop when water seeps below the road through small cracks in the pavement surface. As the water repeatedly freezes and thaws, a cavity below the road is formed and larger cracks develop, causing the pavement to crumble.

The 1-800-FIX-ROAD hotline should not be used to report traffic accidents, disabled vehicles, or other emergencies. Motorists should continue to call 911 to report those types of incidents.

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How You Can Help Donations Needed for CPI Charity Fundraiser PLEASANT GAP â&#x20AC;&#x201C; On the evening of May 6 at 6 p.m. there will be the annual spring charity auction at the Central PA Institute of Science & Technology (formerly Vo-Tech school in Pleasant Gap) to help raise funds for scholarships and many other local charities.

Ronald S. Gilligan will be the auctioneer. CPI is asking that donations be available for pick up on or before April 1 so they can compile a list of businesses and donated items to put on Mr. Gilliganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s web site.

Charities supported from last years auction were: Little League, Boy Scouts, local food bank, Beacon Lodge (disabled children), hearing and eye testing, purchas eye glasses to needy families, local family with special needs,

building fund for the Pleasant Gap Fire company, Camp Cadet, to name a few.

CPI is asking you to take this opportunity to help by donating any item(s), gifts, or services suitable to auction â&#x20AC;&#x201C; or any monetary donation you wish to give.

The outcome will depend on the generous nature of community-minded individuals and businesses.

You may respond by calling one of the following members: David Walker (814) 383-4248, Terry Horner (814) 359-3311, Joe Pringle (814) 359-2178, Randy Kern (814) 355-5946, or mail your response to the Pleasant Gap Area Lions Club c/o David Walker, 151 Hancock Road, Bellefonte, PA 16823.

Find out How You Can be a Volunteer

By Ebun Adewumi

BELLFONTE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Some people donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t realize that huge annual events such as Victorian Christmas are run by a handful of volunteers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bellefonte desperately needs volunteers or these [events] wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t happen,â&#x20AC;? said Renee Brown who works at the Bellefonte Intervalley Area Chamber of Commerce.

The Bellefonte Intervalley Area Chamber of Commerce (BIACC) is sponsoring their first-ever volunteer fair at Lambert Hall on March 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The purpose is to allow organizations whose primary purpose is community service to provide information to prospective volunteers. The BIACC said they have space for approximately 30 to 50 exhibitors.

By attending the volunteer fair, com-

munity members will be able to speak to representatives of exhibiting charities and organizations and learn about what they do and how their volunteers serve the community.

The BIACC wanted to reiterate that the fair is a free event, open to the public, and nothing is going to be sold there.

The volunteer fair is free to exhibiting organizations, too, and there is still time to sign up.

Lambert Hall is located in Bellefonte at 303 Forge Road off of Blanchard Street.

Each exhibitor will be provided with a table and two chairs. To reserve a table, please contact Gary Hoover or Renee Brown at the chamber: by phone (814) 355-2917 or by email bellefontecoc@aol.com by March 4.

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Nittany Bank Tops in Cancer Fundraising STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201C; National Penn Bancshares, Inc., parent company of Nittany Bank, was recently selected as a recipient of the American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pennsylvania Division Citation Award. This award recognizes agencies, businesses, industries, or institutions that have provided outstanding cooperation in the life-saving work of the American Cancer Society.

American Cancer Society employees throughout its twelve divisions nominate businesses and organizations to receive this award. Committee members then decide which nomineesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; best fit with their award criteria. The chosen recipients are presented with a plaque by a member of the American Cancer Society staff.

The nominations made on National Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s behalf are due in large part to its support of American Cancer Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 2010 Daffodil DaysÂŽ campaign. Last year was the first time National Penn participated in Daffodil Days at a corporate level. All

of National Pennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s five regions supported the Daffodil Days Campaign through different avenues offered and in total, donated $11,138 through this initiative. Nittany Bank in Centre County is again supporting this initiative. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The American Cancer Society values what a great community partner we have in National Penn,â&#x20AC;? said Erik McGahey, regional income development director for the East Region of the American Cancer Society. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Their support allows us to help more people celebrate more birthdays.â&#x20AC;?

Daffodil Days is the organizations oldest and most recognized fundraising program. Its mission is to eliminate cancer as a life-threatening disease. This three-month promotional campaign involves the sale of daffodils, which are delivered in March by volunteers. During the past 14 years, Daffodil Days has raised nearly $240 million nationwide.

How You Can Help: Order daffodils from your cancer society representative, through your work, or inquire at Nittany Bank.

Nittany Bank tops in Daffodil Days fundraising.

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Businesses and organizations are urged to sponsor this event in any way they can. Sponsorship levels: $500 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Company logo and company name in extra-large type on the race T-shirts. Business name on thank-you board, flier, Web site, and newspaper review.

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What’s Happening?

Email your organization’s events to editor@centrecountygazette.com Please have them in by Wednesday noon in order to be included in Friday’s edition.

See The Gazette Web Site for updated What’s Happening calendar items — www.centrecountygazette.com.

Feb. 11 & 12 – Yard & Bake Sale Curtin United Methodist Church’s Annual “Beat the Winter Blues” Yard and Bake Sale is February 11 and 12. Hours are Friday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Come and taste our homemade soups, baked goods, hotdogs and sloppy joes. Curtin Church is three miles north of Milesburg near historic Curtin Village. Contact Marty Lucas (814) 355-7970 for any information.

Pink Zone at Penn State. The event is Thursdays in February.

Guests will raise money for the 2011 Pink Zone at Penn State by simply printing an invitation and presenting it to their server between 4 p.m. and 10 p.m. on the designated nights.

Every guest who arrives at Texas Roadhouse on the fundraiser night with an invitation will be supporting the cause, with a percentage of your entire check going to WBCA Pink Zone at Penn State.

Feb. 11 & 12 – Dance Marathon The State College High School Dance Marathon, funds from which go to support the State College Elks Home Service Program, will take place from 7 p.m., February 11 through 7 a.m., February 12 at the State College High School. The Elks Coordinating Officer is David Wasson, phone (814) 574-8920, or e-mail wassonins@comcast.net.

Feb. 18 – Chicken & Waffles The Ferguson Twp. Lion’s Club will hold a Chicken and Waffle Dinner on Friday, February 18 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. The cost is $7. You can eat in or take out. Any questions, call (814) 238-6695

Feb. 12 – 14 – Singing Valentines from Nittany Knights Local barbershop quartets can help you celebrate Valentine’s Day by delivering love songs February 12 to 14. Quartets with the Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus are available to deliver singing valentines in the Centre Region. The quartets will go to homes or work places and sing three love songs for a $30. A deluxe package with chocolates and a commemorative photo is available for $45. For more information, go to nittanyknights.org, e-mail bandkd@verizon.net, or call (814) 355-3559. Singing valentines can be sent nationwide at www. singingvalentines.com.

Feb. 12 – Roast Turkey Dinner New Hope Lutheran Church of Spring Mills will serve a Roast Turkey Dinner on Saturday February 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eat in or take-out. Everyone is welcome.

Feb. 12 – Valentine Country Craft Fair Nittany Shop With Heart’s Third Annual Valentine Country Craft Fair is Saturday, February 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

– held in conjunction with The Old Gregg School’s indoor Farmers’ Market. The event benefits The Penns Valley HOPE Fund. It will be at The Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, 106 School Street, Spring Mills. Admission is free and all ages are welcome!

Feb. 12 – Dinner and Concert A dinner/concert will be held at The Fellowship Bible Church – 642 Lower Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills, on Saturday, February 12. The meal will start at 5 p.m. with the concert to follow. Victory Express from Mt. Joy will be singing along with The Covalts from Spring Mills. Victory Express will also be at the church on Sunday, February 13 at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

Feb. 12 – Skate Party Join State College’s Un-birthday Group at Penn Skates for some pre-Valentine’s Day fun! The event, scheduled for Saturday, February 12, is open to non-members. $15 includes admission, snacks and skate rental. After admission of the 25th guest, the event will be able to raise money for a local non-profit. The Un-birthday group is a community group for women 21-35 that are mostly new to State College and are looking for a way to merge into the community. Anyone interested in joining the group or attending this event may contact Veronica at unbirthdaygroup@hotmail.com Feb. 13 – Spaghetti Supper The annual Spaghetti Supper hosted by the East Penns Valley Area Branch Library will be held at the Aaronsburg Civic Club on February 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Everyone involved volunteers their time and many of the goods are donated for the event. Prices for meals are: adults $10; children five to 12 $5; children under five eat for free. This is the library’s annual fundraising event.

Feb. 19 – Antique Doll Appraisal The Boalsburg Heritage Museum is hosting an Antiques Roadshow-style Doll Appraisal fundraising event on Saturday, February 19 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the museum on the corner of E. Main Street & Loop Road in Boalsburg. Doll collector and historian Sue Spalvins will personally answer questions about your doll, including information about its historical and cultural value as well as an estimated appraisal amount. Mrs. Spalvins will only be looking at dolls (no toys or stuffed animals). It will be first come, first serve. Take a number upon entering the museum and meet with Mrs. Spalvins individually. Each appraisal process will be limited so as to offer everyone equal time. After all dolls are appraised, if time allows, a second appraisal may be possible, but not guaranteed. There SHOULD be adequate seating in the parlor for everyone to enjoy and share in the appraisal information.

Feb. 19 – Indoor Yard Sale New Hope Lutheran Church of Spring Mills will have an Indoor Yard sale on Saturday, February 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

There will also be a soup, sandwich and bake sale. Eat in or take out; food will be available all day. Do you want to sell?

Table cost is $5 Contact Jeanne at (814) 364-1245 or Lisa at (814) 349-4363. All proceeds support our food bank.

Feb. 22 – Heart Health Event A Heart Health Event, Matters of the Heart is open to the public, starting with refreshments at 6 p.m. in the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium, Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. Attendees will enjoy viewing three of the “Celebrity Red Dresses” from the The Heart Truth Red Dress Campaign from the American Heart Association. Presentations will be by cardiologists, Jeffery Gilbert, MD and Albert Zoda, MD, and a recent patient of a stent procedure. Registration is recommended, (814) 234-6727.

February 26 – Dinner Fundraiser for Billy J. Croyle The Snow Shoe United Methodist Church will host a dinner to benefit Billy J. Croyle on February 26 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Baked steak, mashed potatoes, and all the trimmings will be on the menu. Meals are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12.

Feb. 26 – Comedy Club Benefits Dyslexia Children’s Dyslexia Center is sponsoring a Comedy Club night on Saturday, February 26 at 9:30 p.m.; doors open at 9 p.m.

It’s at Wise Crackers Comedy club at The Elks Country Club Ballroom, Boalsburg (Route 322 South). For tables of six or more, please make a reservation with Nancy at (814) 234-2105.

Feb. 27 – Christian Band Concert Joyful Noise, a contemporary Christian band, will be in concert, February 27 at 6 p.m. at the Runville United Methodist Church, 1216 Runville Road, on Rte 144, approx 3.5 miles north of the Sheetz store in Wingate. Contact Pastor Doug Mellott at (814) 353-8380 with questions.

Feb. 13 – Rollers’ Scrimmage The State College Area Rollers invite you to their Valentine’s Day Massacre, their first scrimmage exhibition, February 13 at Penn Skates. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; bout starts at 6 p.m. It’s the battle between the FBI and the Mafia, for the rollers’ first blood, sweat, and fishnet filled event. It’s family-friendly, kids welcome. Admission is $8 for ages 10 and over.

Feb. 28 – Ham Pot Pie Supper There will be a Ham Pot Pie/Soup & Bread Dinner from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Bald Eagle Valley Community UM Church, behind Sheetz in Wingate, next to the elementary school.

The dinner benefits the building fund. Cost is $8 adults, $6 students, $3 children. For more info call (814) 353-8870 or (814) 355-2655

Feb. 17 & 24 – Lady Lions WBCA Pink Zone/Texas Roadhouse Fundraiser The Penn State Lady Lions have paired pairing with Texas Roadhouse in State College to raise funds for the 2011 WBCA

March 3 – Digital Newspaper Project Presentation The Penn State Newspaper Project is holding a presentation Thursday, March 3 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Foxdale Village Auditorium in State College. This features presenters Karen

Morrow, project manager for the Pennsylvania Digital Newspaper Project, and Sue Kellerman, head of the Digitization and Preservation Dept. at PSU Libraries Historic Newspapers.

Historic newspapers online may provide you with tidbits of information about the daily lives of your ancestors. Find out how and where to find online collections of digitalized historic PA newspapers – accessible to everyone, every where. You’ll also learn how to browse and search this resource. This is presented by the Centre County Genealogical Society.

March 12 – Volunteer For Charity!

The Bellefonte Chamber is sponsoring a volunteer fair at Lambert Hall March 12 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Community service agencies will be looking for prospective volunteers. If you would like to volunteer their time and talents, but don’t know what volunteer opportunities are available, please attend this event. You’ll be able to speak to representatives of exhibiting organizations and learn about what they do and how their volunteers serve the community.

The volunteer fair will be free to exhibiting organizations and is also free to the public. Each exhibitor will be provided with a table and two chairs. To reserve a table, please contact Gary Hoover at the Chamber: bellefontecoc@aol.com by March 4.

March 19 – Vera Bradley Bingo Geisinger Medical Group Bellefonte is hosting a Vera Bradley Bingo event to benefit the Children’s Miracle Network. It will be held at the Bellefonte Area High School Cafeteria at 2 p.m., doors open at 1 p.m. Tickets are on sale now $20 for 20 games. Call Lyndsay for tickets or more information at (814) 353-3517.

March 25 – Bingo for Strawberry Fields Strawberry Fields, Inc. is hosting their 9th Annual Longaberger Basket & Vera Bradley Bingo event on March 25, at the Central PA Institute of Science & Technology in Pleasant Gap. Doors open at 5 p.m. with two early bird games starting at 6:30 p.m. and 20 regular games starting at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale - $20 in advance or $25 at the door for 20 games of bingo. Fifteen-dollar tickets for eight special games (four Longaberger and four Vera Bradley) can be purchased at the door. Call Strawberry Fields for tickets or information, (814) 234-6023. Raffles, door prizes, food, desserts, and drinks will be on sale. All monies raised will be used to support our Strawberry Fields, Inc. programs.

March 27 - The Egg Hill Race The Rodney Myers Memorial Run Around Egg Hill 10-miler and Relay Race is Sunday, March 27 with registration at 1 p.m. and race starting at 2:30 p.m. The route begins at the Gregg Township Elementary School in Spring Mills and will follow scenic country roads around the mountain known as Egg Hill for a total of 10 miles, ending at the school. The race benefits the Penns Valley Area School District track and cross country programs. It is sanctioned by the Nittany Valley Running Club and sponsored by Runner’s World. Visit http:// keleitzel.com/egghill/ for registration, route maps, and other information.

March 29 – Opening Artist Reception An Opening Reception for the new exhibit, “Willard Dominick Retrospective,” with works by Clearfield artist Willard Dominick, will be at the BHCA Gallery at the Gamble Mill on Tuesday, March 29, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Refreshments will be provided. All are invited. The Gallery is at the Gamble Mill Tavern, 160 Dunlap Street, Bellefonte. For further information, call (814) 383-0039. The exhibit is presented by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association.

April 28 – Volunteer Recognition Dinner The 39th annual Centre County Council for Human Services Rose Cologne Volunteer Recognition Dinner will be held on Thursday, April 28 at the Elks Country Club, Boalsburg. The cash bar will open at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 7 p.m. Each 2011 member agency of CCCHS is invited to name one volunteer to be honored at the dinner. A special table will be reserved for each organization. After the meal, a short tribute, to each volunteer will be read by Jeff and Cathy Brown, as he/ she is recognized. Cost of the dinner will be $22 per person.

Reservations need to be made with the agency honoring the volunteer. The CCCHS pays for the volunteer dinners. The CCCHS Ann Graybill Cook Volunteer of Distinction Award will be given for a person who has served the Council as a volunteer.

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The Four Flavors of

Feeling the These events offer the opportunity for you to share your love with others – charities, community members, and your sweetie.

Feb. 12 & 13 – Wine & Chocolate Pairings Mt. Nittany Vineyard & Winery invites you and your Valentine invited to attend Wine and Chocolate pairings at their winery, Saturday February 12 and Sunday, February 13 with Chocolate Madness. Treat your sweetheart, friend, or group of friends to Mount Nittany’s award winning wines paired with delicious chocolates. $3 per person. Reservations are required. Phone (814) 466-6373. ID required at event. Special event hours: Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. & Sunday 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Feb. 12 & 13 – Valentines Adoption

Open House at Fonda’s Foundlings More than 60 beautiful cats are seeking forever homes. All are vaccinated and spayed / neutered. Adoptions to good homes are hassle-free, often done the same day. Stop in Saturday, February 12 or Sunday, February 13 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. at 1956 Norwood Lane (in Park Forest Village). Phone Shirley Fonda at (814) 238-4758, e-mail ssfonda@juno.com, o r visit papetpatrol.org.

Feb. 12 – 14 – Singing Valentines from Nittany Knights Local barbershop quartets can help you celebrate Valentine’s Day by delivering love songs February 12 to 14. Quartets with the Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus are available to deliver singing valentines in the Centre Region.

The quartets will go to homes or work places and sing three love songs for a $30. A deluxe package with chocolates and a commemorative photo is available for $45. For more information, go to nittanyknights.org, e-mail bandkd@verizon.net, or call (814) 355-3559. Singing valentines can be sent nationwide at www.singingvalentines.com.

Feb. 12 – Roast Turkey Dinner New Hope Lutheran Church of Spring Mills will serve a Roast Turkey Dinner on Saturday February 12 from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Eat in or take-out. Everyone is welcome.

Feb. 12 – Valentine Country Craft Fair Nittany Shop With Heart’s Third Annual Valentine Country Craft Fair is Saturday, February 12 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – held in conjunction with The Old Gregg School’s indoor Farmers’ Market. The event benefits The Penns Valley HOPE Fund.

It will be at The Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, 106 School Street, Spring Mills. Admission is free and all ages are welcome!

Feb. 12 – Dinner and Concert A dinner/concert will be held at The Fellowship Bible Church – 642 Lower Georges Valley Road, Spring Mills, on Saturday, February 12. The meal will start at 5 p.m. with the concert to follow. Victory Express from Mt. Joy will be singing along with The Covalts from Spring Mills. Victory Express will also be at the church on Sunday, February 13 at 9:30 a.m. Everyone is welcome.

Feb. 12 – Skate Party Join State College’s Un-birthday Group at Penn Skates for some pre-Valentine’s Day fun! The event, scheduled for Saturday, February 12, is open to non-members. $15 includes admission, snacks and skate rental. After admission of the 25th guest, the event will be able to raise money for a local non-profit. The Un-birthday group is a community group for women 21-35 that are mostly new to State College and are looking for a way to merge into the community. Anyone interested in

joining the group or attending this event may contact Veronica at unbirthdaygroup@hotmail.com.

Feb. 13 – State

College Municipal Band Concert The State College Municipal Band will play a Valentine Concert February 13 at 3 p.m. in the State College High School South Building Auditorium. Admission is free. Donations are welcomed.

Feb. 13 – Spaghetti Supper The annual Spaghetti Supper hosted by the East Penns Valley Area Branch Library will be held at the Aaronsburg Civic Club on February 13 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Everyone involved volunteers their time and many of the goods are donated for the event. Prices for meals are: adults $10; children five to 12 $5; children under five eat for free. This is the library’s annual fundraising event.

Feb. 13 – Rollers’ Scrimmage The State College Area Rollers invite you to their Valentine’s Day Massacre, their first scrimmage exhibition, February 13 at Penn Skates. Doors open at 5:30 p.m.; bout starts at 6 p.m. It’s the battle between the FBI and the Mafia, for the rollers’ first blood, sweat, and fishnet filled event. It’s family friendly, kids welcome. Admission is $8 for ages 10 and over.

Feb. 13 – Nittany Lion Basketball Penn State Nittany Lions vs Northwestern at 3:30 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center. Tickets are $5 to $18.

By Pat Park Love has to be the most talked about, written about, sung about, and thought about subject in the world. On Valentine’s Day the traditional emphasis is the flowers and heart-shaped boxes of chocolates type of love; I still remember the first box of candy that I received in fifth grade. The giving and receiving of love is one of the things that make us humans happy.

Actually we need to experience the four flavors of love to be healthy as well as happy. Using the Greek words, we need Storge, Philia, Eros, and Agape to make our life complete. With a bow to C. S. Lewis, lets look at each type and see how they fit into our lives.

S torge

loosely means af-

fection. This is the love between parent and child, between siblings. It is the type of human love that allows closeness and acceptance between people.

Lewis sees it as “responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our natural lives.” Storge allows us to be loved even

Feb. 14 – Casablanca It’s romantic movie-night at the State Theatre, with showings February 14 at 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m., sponsored by the State Theatre Film Collective. The classic, much-loved romantic melodrama and winner of the 1943 Academy Award for best picture, Casablanca (1942), is always found on top-10 lists of films for its masterful tale of two men vying for the same woman’s love in a love triangle. The story of political and romantic espionage is set against the backdrop of the wartime conflict between democracy and totalitarianism.

With rich and smoky atmosphere, antiNazi propaganda, Max Steiner’s superb musical score, suspense, unforgettable characters, and memorable lines of dialogue (e.g., “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid,” and the inaccurately-quoted “Play it again, Sam”), it is one of the most popular, magical (and flawless) films of all time – focused on the themes of lost love, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a chaotic world. Cost: $5 Feb. 14 – Harlem Globetrotters The Globetrotters celebrate 85 seasons dazzling crowds with their athleticism and theatrical skills. The team will take the court on Monday, February 14 at 7 p.m., a perfect Valentine’s Day date. Tickets are $18, $21.50, $24.50, $30.50, $41. Courtside VIP seating is also available.

Tickets can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium (Monday-Friday), Penn State Theatre Downtown, Altoona campus ticket office, all Ticketmaster locations, (814) 865-5555, or online at www.bjc. psu.edu.

when we are at our most unlovable.

Philia

is friendship love.

Lewis considered this to be the chief happiness in his life. I liked his quote, “ Friends look in the same direction. Lovers look at each other: that is, in opposite directions.”

Eros

is usually thought of as sex-

ual love, but it really is a complex state known as “being in love.” Lewis believed that eros is the closest to divine love because of its passionate desire of the other being, although this can be a selfish love.

Agape

is also defined as

“charity”. This is a divine, selfless, and all-giving love. This is maybe the hardest type to experience.

With this in mind, each of the other loves can be a problem if not mixed with agape love.

Now you know our wish for you: We would like to wish you a

Happy Valentine’s Day filled with all of the above. Not only do we hope that you have people who love you, but more importantly, we hope that you have people to love.

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Packers’ Win Makes Underdogs Winners in Armchair QB Club

By Les Barnhart

One of the most prestigious honors in sports was awarded last Sunday night and two more people etched their names on a trophy seeming as old as the sport itself. When the Green Bay Packers stood amid falling confetti and hunks of celebratory cheese, Super Bowl MVP Aaron Rodgers could be heard saying those famous words, “I am going to Disney World!”, as is customary following the Super Bowl.

While the Packers and their fans reveled in the glow of winning the Super Bowl, their opponents and their fans were left to think about what could have been and looking forward to next season. It was another classic example of a highest high and a lowest low all within one view of the camera.

Meanwhile, back here in Centre County, the Packers win meant something else but at the same time it left the same feelings of high and lows.

The 2010-2011 Armchair Quarterback Contest wrapped up as is customary with the playing of the Super Bowl. In the HB Divi-

sion, it was a father vs. son situation as Norm “Homer” Brown faced off against his protégé and son, Todd. The duo has teamed up to become the Voice of Local Sports as they fill the WBLF airwaves with high school sports all season long.

“Homer” and Todd were the first two rookies to advance to the championship game and while Todd battled all season long with veteran prognosticator Denny Mason before edging him at the end, “Homer” dominated all season and in fact ended the season with best record in both divisions, some seven games clear of the next best record at 79-35 (.692). Todd advanced with a record of 69-45 and finished 10 games back of the elder Brown.

Given his choice as the top seed, “Homer” picked the Steelers and even gave Todd three points. When the knee of Rodgers dropped to the turf on Sunday to basically end the game, it was as though a knee was dropped on the dreams of one “Homer”. More dejected than Ralphie’s father when faced with having no Christmas turkey, “Homer” offered the following statement regarding his loss on the game’s biggest stage…

“Wait a minute!!! I need to see the contest rules again. I have a fifteen game lead after picking over 150 games and because I lose one game I lose the entire contest. I know you need to do a lot for your kids in the spirit of parenthood.

It isn’t enough that I make him sound good on

the radio night after night and do all his stats that make him sound smart. Every time we do a wrestling match and I cay chicken wing, he is looking around for a plate. Now he wins this contest over one game. NOT RIGHT!!!!”

“Homer” and his comments were immediately forwarded to the office of everyone’s favorite sleeveless coach, Bill Belichick, whose New England Patriots’ shot at NFL immortality was ended with a Super Bowl loss in 2007 that left them with a 19-1 record and a very bitter taste in their mouth.

Not to be left out, in the High School Division top seeded Bald Eagle Area rolled through most of the season staying at or near the top of the standings with Bellefonte, Penns Valley and defending champion State College chasing the Eagles.

It would be the Penns Valley Rams, led by Coach Martin Tobias that would use a strong second half to catch and pass Bellefonte for the second spot. That would place them in the finals against the Eagles, who amassed an impressive 72-42 record under their own Coach Tobias, Jack. The Rams went 65-49 and finished seven back of the lead in the regular season.

As the top seed, Bald Eagle Area also chose the Steelers to defeat the Packers. That left Penns Valley with the Packers, a selection that Martin wasn’t ready to take as a Steelers fan. While he certainly didn’t pull for Green Bay, he found a least a small gleam of light

on Sunday night as Spring Mills residents and Penns Valley alums undoubtedly danced in the street and throughout the night celebrating the Armchair QB championship.

Bald Eagle Area was gracious in defeat and offered congratulations to Martin Tobias and Penns Valley on their win.

Thanks again to all of our contestants this season. It is great fun for me to hear and read the comments that often accompany their picks each week. As is tradition in the HB Division, the last place finisher is given the boot and replaced by another “celebrity” prognosticator. This year that dubious honor belongs to Jerry Fisher. He battled Jeff “Ironhead” Byers down the stretch to see who would be in next season but Ironhead ultimately won out and will be back again next season.

I can proudly say that the man who will replace Jerry is no stranger to the spotlight and is coming in driving a big rocking ride. It should be fun…

fourth quarter. On the first play of the quarter, all of the momentum would swing in Green Bay’s favor, as Clay Matthews would force a Mendenhall fumble that Desmond Bishop would recover. As the Packers did all night, they capitalized on Pittsburgh turnovers.

Rodgers would again connect with Jennings on an eight yard touchdown, pushing the lead to eleven points.

The Steelers fought from behind, using a seven play drive to make it a three point game. Roethlisberger hit a streaking Wallace down the left sideline from 25 yards out for the touchdown. Opting to go for the two point conversion, offensive coordinator Bruce Arians reached into his bag of tricks, as Roethlisberger and Antwaan Randle El would execute the zone read option to perfection to make the score 28-25. The Packers would add a Mason Crosby field goal on the next drive, pushing the score to 31-25 with just over two minutes remaining.

Steelers fans got what they wanted; the game on the line, two minutes remaining and Big Ben with the ball in his hands. Roethlisberger is one of the select few who, with the game in the line, is clutch seemingly every time. However, Sunday wasn’t to be his day. After finding Heath Miller for 15 yards on first down, then Ward for five yards, Roethlisberger would miss his next three passes, two of which were intended for Wallace. The Steelers shot at Super Bowl history would be lost.

Two kneel downs later, Aaron Rodgers would accomplish something that his predecessor Brett Favre did fourteen seasons prior to him, win a Super Bowl. He would one-up Favre however, as he was named game’s MVP, something that the Silver Fox never accomplished.

When Steve Young led the San Francisco 49ers to a victory in Super Bowl XXIX, he was caught on camera saying “Hey, someone please pull this monkey off my back!” referring to stepping out of Joe Montana’s large shadow. Aaron Rodgers has had a career similar in some aspects to Young’s. He followed a legend, he is a mobile quarterback who can make nearly every throw and had hundreds of thousands of fans rooting against him when he took the reins of his team. Favre is a legend, as is Montana. No one wants to be the guy who has to replace “The Guy”. Rodgers has seemingly bucked a trend that some NFL franchises are still struggling with (the Denver Broncos and John Elway & Miami Dolphins and Dan Marino), replacing a legend at the quarterback position.

Heading to this uncertain offseason, the two teams could be heading in opposite directions. The Packers feature the youngest team in football, as the Steelers have the oldest roster in the league. The Packers face some free agency questions in defensive lineman Cullen Jenkins, running back Brandon Jackson and wide receiver James Jones. The Packers proved to be deep at both the running back and wide receiver positions this past season.

Losing Jenkins would hurt, as he was a monster during their Super Bowl run. The Steelers face some big questions in free agency as well with pending free agents LaMarr Woodley, Ike Taylor and Willie Colon. Unlike the Packers, Pittsburgh is not deep in the positions behind Woodley, Taylor and Colon. Taylor and Colon’s positions (DB and OL) could be argued to be the Steelers two biggest need areas heading into 2011. Resigning Woodley has to be the Steelers top priority this offseason.

Pass rushers like Woodley are hard to come by.

They may have a lot of time to work on a new deal with Woodley, with the expiration of the Collective Bargaining Agreement on March 3, 2011. The possibility of a lockout this offseason is as much of a possibility as the NFL banning Dallas from hosting another Super Bowl anytime soon.

Lombardi Trophy Heading Home

By Matt Masullo

Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy had a hunch that his team was on the verge of something special.

On Saturday night, before the biggest game of their careers, he had his Packer team fitted for Super Bowl rings. His motivational ploy paid off in a big way, as the Green Bay Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV 31-25. It is the Packers fourth Super Bowl victory, and 13th World Championship dating back to 1929.

Aaron Rodgers capped off an amazing 2010 season, throwing for 305 yards and three touchdowns. Rodgers performance earned him the game’s Most Valuable Player award, a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro and a trip to Disney Land. His numbers could have been significantly better, as he had his receiving corps drop several passes that could have gone for big gains or touchdowns throughout the night. Jordy Nelson was Rodgers favorite target, catching nine passes for 140 yards and a touchdown on 15 targeted throws.

The Packers struck first on their second possession of the game when Rodgers hit Nelson for a 29-yard strike as he ran right by Steeler defensive back William Gay on the play. On the first play of the Steelers ensuing possession, Ben Roethlisberger was hit as he threw a pass down the left sideline intended for Mike Wallace, and was picked off by Packer safety Nick Collins. Collins looked like a running back weaving through traffic as he returned the interception 37 yards for a touchdown, giving the Packers a quick 14-0 lead.

On their next possession, the Steelers would get three points off the foot of Shaun Suisham.

After holding the Packers offense to a three and out, Roethlisberger would be picked off again looking for Wallace, this time by Jarrett Bush. The Steelers would also lose rookie wide

receiver Emmanuel Sanders on the drive to an injury.

The Packers turned the Roethlisberger interception into seven points when Rodgers would find Greg Jennings for a 21-yard touchdown four plays later. Facing a 21-3 deficit with less than four minutes to play in the half, the Steeler offense would finally show up. Big Ben would use a seven play 77-yard drive to find the end zone for the first time, as he hit Hines Ward from eight yards out for the score. Ward contributed three catches on the drive, two going for first downs, and one for a touchdown.

The Packers would lose Charles Woodson on the Steelers drive to a broken collarbone. Green Bay ran the clock out, and headed into the half with a 21-10 lead.

After the Black Eyed Peas butchered a Guns and Roses classic, the two teams hit the field for the second half. The Packers would miss a golden opportunity on their first possession of the half. James Jones got by Gay on a slant route and a beautifully thrown pass would slip through his hands on what would have been a 75-yard touchdown pass. After a Green Bay punt, Rashard Mendenhall would take the Steelers on a five play drive, scoring from eight yards out, making the score 21-17.

What looked to be a blowout in the first half, now appeared to be a ball game. After another three and out, the Steelers got the ball back with great field position.

Roethlisberger and company would then use a nine play drive to setup a 52-yard field goal attempt for Suisham. Suisham had plenty of leg on the kick, and plenty of inaccuracy as he missed wide left. The teams would then exchange possessions before heading into the

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player of the week

Winter Edition State Collegeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nellis named Girls Player of the Week

Dix Honda and the Centre County Gazette are proud to announce that State College Senior Courtney Nellis was named as the Player of the Week for week ending February 4, 2011 for her performanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this past week. Nellis contributed ten points in a loss to Trinity early in the week, and scored a game high 18 points in an overtime victory over Forest Hills. Congratulations Courtney. Good luck for the remainder of the season!!!

Bald Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Sharkey named Boys Player of the Week Dix Honda and the Centre County Gazette are proud to announce that Bald Eagle Sophomore Nate Sharkey was named as the Player of the Week for the week ending February 4, 2011 for his performanceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s this past week. Sharkey recorded the only fall in a 28-27 upset victory over Shikellamy. The bout was tied with the teams deadlocked in all 14 bouts, but Bald Eagle would come out on top winning based on criteria number two, which is most falls in the contest. Sharkey, who normally wrestles at the 215 lb weight class, bumped up to wrestle heavyweight and only need 1:27 seconds to record his fall.

He also recorded a 2-0 victory vs. Altoona later in the week, moving back down to his normal 215 lb weight class. Congratulations Nate. Good luck for the remainder of the season!!!

Lady Raiders Steal One from PV

By Matt Masullo

When a team can force 23 turnovers in a game, they tend to win pretty handily. That was not the case Tuesday evening, as the Lady Raiders snuck by the Lady Rams of Penns Valley, 39-31. Turnovers ultimately doomed the Lady Rams, but shooting 33% from the floor didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help their cause either. The Lady Raiders werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t much better shooting the basketball (37%), but used a phenomenal defensive effort to pick up their sixth win of the season.

Bellefonte had a 15 point lead in the third quarter, but Penns Valley chipped away and cut the deficit to eight points heading to the fourth quarter. In the fourth, the Lady Rams cut the lead to six, but that was as close as they would get to the Lady Raiders.

Sara Day led the way for Bellefonte, scoring 11 points, pulling down four rebounds, and accounting for three steals. Jenna Robb contributed nine points, five rebounds, four steals and three blocks in the win for Bellefonte. Heather Holmes led the Lady Rams in scoring, dropping 15 points in the loss. Krista Rubert added 10 points for Penns Valley.

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Bald Eagle Area Little League Softball Meeting

The Bald Eagle Area Little League Softball will be holding their regular monthly meeting on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH AT NOON. The meeting will be held at the Bald Eagle Area High School in ROOM 90. Room 90 is located at the rear of the school (auxiliary gym) and those attending should park behind the school (near the football field). Regular monthly meetings are held the second Sunday of each month at the Bald Eagle Area High School.

Those interested can check us out at our Eteamz league page at http://www.eteamz.com/baldeaglearealittleleaguesoftball where additional information can be found on upcoming meetings as well as other league news.

This is an exciting new league and provides a new opportunity for the girls in the Bald Eagle Area School District. Please do what you can to be a part of the league.

Late Registration for Bellefonte Teener League

Bellefonte VFW Teener League is holding a late registration for the 2011 Regular Season. This LATE registration is open to new players from ages 13 to 16 as well as existing Bellefonte Teener League players. Anyone interested in playing will need to contact Rich Rogers at 814-353-3391 by February 18, 2011.

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Attention

Local Sports Fans, Parents and Athletes!!

Just a reminder that with the all the sports going on in the county, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s especially important that I get the input of all of you as I am bound to miss many of those who are deserving of recognition in their respective sports. No sport should go unnoticed or worse yet, unplayed. You can even submit your own name and deny it to your friends and teammates.

Please feel free to contact me at my email address: sports@centrecountygazette.com regarding your sports story as well as a phone number where you can be reached if needed. You can also post your ideas for a story or a recap of your game on the Centre County Sports page on Facebook.

In order to make the Centre County Gazette the paper of the people, I need you, the people to provide the best sports coverage around.

Good luck to all you in your respective sports. Hopefully I will run into you at a sporting event sometime and it will be you I will be covering. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Les Barnhart, Sports Editor

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District Hoop Shoot Winners

By Steve lucas

TYRONE – The annual Elks District Hoop Shoot Contest was held January 28 day on a snowy day in Tyrone, at the Tyrone High School.

Forty-seven contestants, representing nine of our 11 district lodges participated – Lock Haven, Tyrone, Renovo, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Bellefonte, Philipsburg, State College, and Bedford. It was another exciting contest, with several thrilling shoot-offs for first, second, and third places. Six champions were crowned, and will represent our District at the State Finals on Saturday, March 5, at the State College High School.

Those winners are: 8-9 Girl, Allison Campbell from Tyrone 8-9 Boy, Logan Snyder from State College 10-11 Girl, Alayna Biesecker from Tyrone 10-11 Boy, Thomas Hazel from Clearfield 12-13 Girl, Sarah Donley from Tyrone 12-13 Boy, Nathan Davis from Tyrone Team award, Tyrone

Elks Hoop Shoot Helpers

I would like to thank all the Elks who were in attendance and helped. It’s always a nice team effort with everyone jumping in to help.

A “Big Thank You” to Dan Nelson for the singing of our National Anthem and Mike Zimmerman for being our announcer. Also thanks to the following for their help: Nancy Norden, Bill Wolford, Robert Light, Stevie Lucas, Joe Riggle, Paul McDermott, Mike Mitchell, Joe Heidt, Denise & Steve Zelznick, Van Arvin, Lisa Schroeder, and Kenny Brown.

Thanks, Steve Lucas

S T A T E C O L L E G E – M a n y volunteers are needed when carrying out communityo r i e n t e d p r o g r a m s like the State College Elks’ Local Hoop Shoot. Shown are volunteers who helped make this event a tremendous success for the State College Elks. From L to R, kneeling, are members of the Penns Valley Boys Basketball team: Trevor Fultz, Collin Smith, Nick Engle, Kevin Montminy, and Sam Snyder. Standing L to R: Jeff Weyman, Chuck Pavloski, Dave Immel, Bridget Immel, Lee Morris, Dave Will, Dann Cornali, Gig Yocum, Wayne Bickle, John Young, Ernie Neil, and Lisa Schroeder.

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Nittany Lions Roll Through Michigan in Routs Over Spartans and Wolverines By les Barnhart A hot knife through butter.

Hungry fisherman at an all-youcan-eat pancake breakfast. Those are just two ways to describe the Nittany Lion wrestlers’ trip into “The Wolverine State” last weekend. The third ranked Penn State opened the weekend in East Lansing on Friday night and ended the successful road trip in Ann Arbor with dominating wins at each stop.

The Nittany Lions were back on the mat for the first time since their humbling loss to Iowa at Rec Hall and they were sharp against Michigan State. The Spartans (9-5, 1-4 Big Ten) managed just four takedowns while giving up 35 to the aggressive Penn State wrestlers. Quentin Wright picked up a 13-1 major decision over Ian Hinton to open the match for Penn State.

They would then lose the next three bouts, the only three they would lose all day. David Taylor had a 20-5 technical fall at 157lbs.

On Sunday, the team was in Ann Arbor

against the same Wolverine team they defeated a little over a month ago at the Virginia Duals. The results were similar with Penn State (14-1, 3-1 Big Ten) once again prevailing, this time by a score of 28-13 over the #13 ranked Wolverines (10-3, 5-1 Big Ten). The loss was their first in the conference.

First period falls by David Taylor and Bald Eagle Area grad Quentin Wright as well as a third period fall for Cameron Wade highlighted the match for Penn State. The redshirt freshman Taylor (157lbs) maintained his perfect record with 1:01 fall over Brandon Zeerip to improve to 28-0. Wright (184lbs) needed just twenty-four seconds to headlock and pin Hunter Collins. At heavyweight, Wade continued his impressive season with a 5:32 fall over Ben Apland.

Penn State returns to the mat on Friday at Rec Hall as they entertain #22 ranked Illinois.

Bellefonte Basketball Weekly Roundup

By Matt Masullo

Friday February 4, 2011 The Lady Raiders used a big first half to take down the Lady Indians of Juniata, 44-15. Heading to the locker room after the first two quarters, the Lady Raiders led 23-2. Sara Day scored 13 and Brooks Young added ten in the victory for the Lady Raiders.

Friday February 4, 2011 The Red Raiders got a

total team effort in a 49-34 defeat of Juniata. Zach Moerschbacher led the way for Bellefonte, scoring ten points in the win. John Kowalchuk contributed nine points in the victory. Every Red Raider who logged minutes Friday night scored for Bellefonte.

Monday February 7, 2011 Zach Moerschbacher led the way for Bellefonte in

a 58-53 victory o v e r Marion Center M o n d a y evening.

Moerschbacher scored 21 points and pulled down 17 rebounds in the win. John Kowalchuk hit two shots from behind the arc and scored 18 in the win for the Red Raiders.

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By Les Barnhart

TYRONE - The Red Raiders may not get a chance to face Central Mountain again as a team on the mat but if the old adage “third time is a charm” holds any truth, the Wildcats may be ones smiling because they have gotten the best of Coach Maney’s squad twice this season including most recently last Saturday in the semifinals of the District 6 class AAA Duals.

The Red Raiders (8-3) suffered the same fate as their neighbors, Bald Eagle Area, as they fell behind early and simply couldn’t make up the ground they gave away.

The Wildcats (11-1) posted wins in the first four bouts to take a 16-0 heading into the 119lb bout.

In that match at 119 and the following one at 125lbs, Bellefonte’s Tom Traxler and Cody Fisher reversed the momentum, if not temporarily. Traxler picked up a technical fall, 20-4 at 119lbs and Fisher followed with a fall in: 42 to cut the score to 16-11.

Central Mountain would regain nine of those points in the next two bouts to extend their lead to 25-14 before Nate Alterio’s 5-3 decision at 140lbs for the Red Raiders made it 25-17.

The Wildcats would then proceed to put the match away with three straight wins including two falls and a major decision.

Brad Grieb picked up the Red Raiders’ final points with a 3:41 fall at 171lbs before Central Mountain took the final bout at 189lbs to set the final score at 44-20.

District 6 Duals Finals

In the finals, Central Mountain (12-1) picked up six wins and all were falls including four straight from 145lbs to 171lbs to pull out a 36-34 win over Westmont Hilltop (12-1) to advance to the PIAA Duals Tournament this weekend in Hershey.

Eagle Grapplers Fall Short in Bid to Upset Hilltoppers in D6 Duals

By Les Barnhart

TYRONE - The Bald Eagle Area wrestling team went into last Saturday’s District 6 Duals semifinal match against the top seeded and then undefeated Westmont Hilltoppers with a chance to get to back to the finals of the tournament. It is a place they have not been for several years and it’s a tournament they haven’t won since Central Mountain began their reign as the top class AAA program in the district.

The Hilltoppers (12-0) made the move from class AA to AAA this season and have fared well in doing so. They opened an early lead on the Eagles starting at 215lbs when Jimmer Grieb was forced to default due to injury after an apparent shoulder injury ended the match in the second period.

Bald Eagle Area (7-4) knew it would have their hands full with the top seeded Hilltoppers so dropping the opening three bouts and six of the first eight was the kind of start they were looking for in their bid for an upset. In those first eight bouts, only Jason Sherry’s fall (1:53) at 112lbs and Justin

Giedroc’s 3-1 decision at 125lbs kept the match from being out of reach.

Westmont Hilltop would pick up three straight wins after Giedroc’s win and to make matters worse, each one gave the Hilltoppers bonus points and dug a deep hole even deeper.

Then at 145lbs, Kyle Granite got the Eagles back on track with a win that would be the start of four straight wins that included three falls and a major. Picking up the falls were Granite (1:45), Nick Taylor at 152lbs (4:26) and Jake Taylor at 171lbs (1:06).

Coleman Hoffman picked up a 15-3 major at 160lbs to 36-31 in favor of the Hilltoppers with just one bout to wrestle at 189lbs.

In that final bout, BEA’s Garren Kunes was faced with the task of either picking up a fall or a technical fall over Westmont Hilltop’s Ryan Burnheimer. Burnheimer was a PIAA qualifier last year and wasted no time in ending the Eagles’ chances with a fall in 1:31 to set the final team score at 42-31.

Lady Eagles Respond to First Loss with Dominant Home Win

By Les Barnhart

WINGATE - Often times in sports, a loss that ends a long winning streak can actually be a good thing. At least that is what the coach of the team that lost will tell their players. But then you have Coach Paterno’s belief that you learn more from a loss than you ever do from a win. In the end, it usually comes down to the heart of the team and how they respond to the loss.

If early indications are to be believed, the Lady Eagles (18-1) learned from their loss as they used a strong second half and a balanced scoring attack to defeat the Lady Warriors, 56-37.

For the Lady Eagles, they know that a perfect season is great but making a deep run in the postseason, winning a District 6 championship and making a strong run in the PIAA tournament is what matters.

Marissa Ward was on fire from the outside as she drained three buckets from beyond the three-point line en route to a team high 11 points. A host of Lady Eagles scored eight points apiece. Among those players were Abby Gettig, Kaitlyn Miller and Anne Hoover.

On Monday night, the girls took the court for the first time since suffering their first defeat of the season at Lewistown. They faced the second half of what will eventually make up the soon-to-be formed Mifflin County School when Indian Valley made the trip to Wingate.

The Junior Varsity team continued their impressive campaign as they posted a 59-21 win behind a 20-point game by Kaitlyn Miller.

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Lady Eagles’ Perfect Flight Ends with Loss at Lewistown

By Les Barnhart

LEWISTOWN - Through their first seventeen games of the season, including an earlier game against Lewistown; the Lady Eagles had been tested but had enough to push through for the win. That was until last Friday night when the Lady Panthers limited the potent Bald Eagle Area offense to just five points in each of the first two quarters.

Perhaps more a testament to the strong defense that the Lady Eagles play is the fact that despite scoring just the ten first half points, they only trailed by nine, 19-10

at halftime. The offense came to life in the third quarter by putting 21 points on the board to draw closer but their nine points to close the game in the fourth would not be enough to avoid their first loss of the season, 48-40.

With the win, Lewistown (15-3) avenged an earlier loss to the Lady Eagles (17-1), 69-56, in a game played in Wingate. Abby Gettig led Bald Eagle Area in scoring with 15 points while Marissa Ward tallied 10 points in the loss.

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Weekly Entertainment

Bon Jovi “Shakes off the Rust” at the BJC

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

Live Entertainment Schedule 2/11/11 – 2/17/11

Article and photos by Don Bedell

Bar Bleu – Downtown State College

UNIVERSITY PARK – “This is Wanted Dead or Alive. Jon started our first show of the new year,” Jon the song saying, “You know this Bon Jovi announced to the sell-out one.” Then, the crowd proceeded crowd at the Bryce Jordan Center to sing the entire first verse and on Wednesday night. “We gotta chorus without any help from get all the rust off!” Then, the band Jon or Richie. Before Jon started launched into It’s My Life, their Top singing the second verse, he ad40 hit from 2000. Of course, the mitted to the crowd that he never crowd was singing along as they did gets tired of hearing them singing the entire night. the beginning of that song themHappy Valley was fortunate selves. enough to host the kick-off the To close out the night, it was the Bon Jovi’s 2011 Tour. Jon Bon Jovi #1 hit from 1986 and the band’s showed his appreciation for State signature song, Livin’ On A Prayer.

College and Penn State when he For this song, Jon made another started a chant early in the show. wardrobe change. This time, he “When I say ‘blue,’ you say ‘white.’” changed into a blue and white He went on to say, “I love that Penn Penn State jersey with the number State stuff.” He even shared his ap“11” on the back. preciation for Joe Paterno saying Opening act for the show was something about, “When God creLorenza Ponce. Ponce is a violin ated football, he had Joe Paterno in player who has been a long time mind.” musical collaborator with Bon Bon Jovi rocked for more than Jovi. In fact, she toured with the two hours, keeping the crowd on its band on their Lost Highway tour.

The crowd was on its’ feet the entire feet the entire time. Hits like Bad She played about 30 minutes night for Bon Jovi at the BJC. Medicine, Runaway, You Give Love of her original material includA Bad Name, and Lay Your Hands ing the title track from her new On Me were all part of the set. album Soul Shifter. She told me In the middle of Bad Medicine, in an interview before the show Jon looked back to guitarist Bobby that a ‘soul shifter’ is someone Bandiera and said, “Bobby, give me that can shift your mood from some of that old jukebox music.” bad to good and was written with Without skipping a beat, Bandiera Frank Sinatra in mind. “I always started playing the opening riff to felt that someone like Frank SinaRoy Orbison’s Pretty Woman. After tra was that because if you’d hear finishing the Orbison classic, the him sing, it was like ‘butter,’ you band returned to Bad Medicine. know?”

Although the name of the She also considers Keith Richband is Jon Bon Jovi’s last name, all ards and Dolly Parton to be ‘soul members of the group are featured shifters.’ This new album marks – especially guitarist Richie Sama change in her music from New bora. In the middle of the show, Jon Age to Rock and the album itself announced “Richie’s gonna take is a bit of a ‘soul shift’ for her as us to church” and he left the stage. well.

Sambora stepped up to center stage I don’t know that I’ve ever quite behind Jon’s mic and began singing seen someone play the violin like the band’s Top 10 hit from 1988, Ponce does. At the end of her set Lay Your Hands On Me. while playing “Soul Shifter,” she Bon Jovi himself seemed humplayed the violin through a wahbled throughout the show. As he wah pedal (typically used for the introduced the band’s latest single electric guitar) to achieve a comWhat Do You Got? from last year’s pletely different sound.

Guitarist Richie Sambora Greatest Hits album he said, “It’s look for my complete interview amazing to me that after 27 years, with Ponce on our Web site …

I’m still up here talking about number-one records.” www.centrecountygazette.com.

The band closed out their main set with Keep The Faith Fans surely went home feeling like they got their money’s and walked off the stage to thunderous applause from the ap- worth after nearly three hours of music. An extremely frigid proving crowd. They returned a short time later to begin a night outside, there was a lot of heat generated inside the BJC two-song encore. The first was their Top 10 hit from 1987, on Wednesday night.

All Entertainment starts at 10:30pm 2/11 Lowjack 2/12 Ted McCloskey & The Hi-Fi’s 2/17 Royal Benson

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Ted McCloskey & The Hi-Fi’s, 10:30pm The Phyrst Phamily, 10pm Lowjack, 10:30pm Open Mic Night, 9pm Table Ten, 10:30pm The Nightcrawlers, 10:30pm Atlas Soundtrack, 8pm Maxwell Strait, 10:30pm

American Ale House – Toftrees/State College 2/11 2/12 2/13 2/16 2/17

Tommy Wareham, 6pm & 9pm Dominic Swintosky, 8pm Ted & Molly, 8pm Tommy Wareham, 7:30pm Scott Mangene, 8pm

2/11 2/12 2/16 2/17

Sucker Punch Hitchcock Karaoke w/ DJ Foxx Country Karaoke & Country Dance w/ DeeJay Houser

The Arena – Martin Street/State College

The Darkhorse Tavern – Downtown State College

2/11 Pure Cane Sugar, 7:30pm Hank & Chet & Their Ramblin’ Logsplitters, 10:30pm 2/12 Dave Joyce & The Slow Pitch Band, 10pm

Café 210 West – Downtown State College 2/11 JR, James & Natalie, 6:30pm Cabinet, 10:30pm 2/12 JR & Natalie Band, 10:30pm 2/15 Cafeoke, 10:30pm 2/16 Go Go Gadjet, 10:30pm

Red Horse Tavern – Pleasant Gap 2/11 Bob Timney 8 - 10pm 2/16 Folk Fest 7 - 10pm

Bonfatto’s – Bellefonte

2/12 Allegheny Ridge Runners 8:30 - 10:30pm WERE YOU AT THE BON JOVI CONCERT? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE SHOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

Governor’s Pub – Bellefonte 2/15 Biscuit Jam, 6:30pm

Mountain Valley Diner

2/17 Karaoke with Ken Yeaney

The State Theatre – Downtown State College 2/12 The Met Opera: Live in HD, 1pm

Bryce Jordan Center – University Park

2/12 Touch of Africa: Riches & Beauty of the Motherland, 5:30pm

Centre For The Performing Arts – Eisenhower Aud.,

SEE MORE PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW ON OUR WEBSITE AND FACEBOOK PAGE. Jon Bon Jovi showed some Penn State pride during the band’s final song, “Livin’ On A Prayer.”

University Park

2/12 Merce Cunningham Dance Company, 7:30pm 2/15 Cirque Eloize, 7:30pm Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details.

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Penn State Students get a Bon Jovi Behind-the-Scenes Tour Article & Photos by Don Bedell

UNIVERSITY PARK – Students from Penn State’s Communication School and the Communication Arts & Sciences (CAS) School got a behind-the-scenes tour on Wednesday afternoon (2/9) just hours before Bon Jovi took the stage at the Bryce Jordan Center.

Tour Manager and VIP Coordinator, Mike Savas, of Bon Jovi tours contacted instructors at PSU to give a group of students a once-in-a-lifetime experience to see just what goes into a Bon Jovi concert. Savas says that they are doing this in every city that the tour visits this year.

Mike Rew, who actually attended Penn State in the late ’80s/ early ’90s, is Bon Jovi’s Back Line Crew Chief. He took students on a tour that allowed them to see what the crowd at the concert doesn’t get to see.

“It was tremendously awesome,” says CAS Major Jamie Irvin. “This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I’m so grateful to Professor Bedell for giving me this opportunity.” Lori Bedell, (Note: Yes, that’s my wife.) an Instructor in the CAS Department, was contacted

by Savas. She, in turn, contacted Jeff Brown in the Communication Department and two groups of students were chosen.

The students not only got to see the behind-the-scenes areas of the stage, but also got to walk up the same steps that Bon Jovi would walk up a few hours later and stand on the stage. Students posed for pictures standing at Jon Bon Jovi’s microphone stand and even sat behind Tico Torres’ drum kit.

After the tour, the group was taken to one of the BJC’s luxury boxes to eat and watch Bon Jovi do their sound check.

In addition, they all received tickets to the show and got to stand in the photographer’s row in the “pit” for the first two songs of the concert and take pictures.

Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule Feb. 14 – Feb. 19

MON 14-Feb PSU - ST. ANDREWS EPISCOPAL CHURCH, CANTERBURY HALL, 208 E. FOSTER AVE., STATE COLLEGE. A $4 contribution will be made to the Four Diamonds Fund in honor of all presenting donors. The donor may choose to which THON-registered student group this will be credited. ....................... 1 - 7:00 TUES 15-Feb RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, 135 S. PUGH ST. STATE COLLEGE G-Man pizza in the canteen. ............................... 10 - 4:00 Penn State Communication Arts & Sciences major Jamie Irvin poses at Jon Bon Jovi’s microphone on stage during a behind-thescenes tour on Wednesday before the concert.

TUES 15-Feb MILES TOWNSHIP FIRE HALL, 102 BROAD ST., REBERSBURG........................ 1 - 7:00 TUES 15-Feb PSU - HAMMOND BLDG., KUNKLE LOUNGE A $4 contribution will be made to the Four Diamonds Fund in honor of all presenting donors. The donor may choose to which THON-registered student group this will be credited.................................................... 10 - 4:00 WED

Penn State grad, Mike Rew, now the Back Line Crew Chief for Bon Jovi, gives PSU Students a behind-the scenes tour Wednesday afternoon before the concert.

16-Feb PSU - BLUE BAND BLDG., SERVICES RD. A $4 contribution will be made to the Four Diamonds Fund in honor of all presenting donors. The donor may choose to which THON-registered student group this will be credited.................................................... 10 - 4:00

THUR 17-Feb PSU - PENN STATER, INNOVATION BLVD. A $4 contribution will be made to the Four Diamonds Fund in honor of all presenting donors. The donor may choose to which THON-registered student group this will be credited.................................................... 10 - 4:00 FRI

18-Feb AMERICAN PHILATELIC SOCIETY, 100 MATCH FACTORY PLACE, BELLEFONTE Pizza Mia pizza in the canteen............................. 12 - 6:00

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19-Feb PSU - IM BUILDING, GYM #3, CURTIN RD. - DAY 1 OF 2 - A $4 contribution will be made to the Four Diamonds Fund in honor of all presenting donors. The donor may choose to which THON-registered student group this will be credited. .............................................................. 11 - 5:00

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Penn State students Jillian Greenstein and Brittany Kenworthy pose for a picture in front of Bon Jovi’s drum kit on stage at the BJC on Wednesday afternoon.

Bald eagle sTaTe Park Please call the Bald Eagle State Park Office for more information at 814-625-2775!

Thursday, February 17

Project Feeder Watch – Let the birds come to you! Spend some time examining the birds that frequent the feeders at the Nature Inn. This program isn’t just watching birds at a feeder, but rather a nationally conducted program that engages people in citizen science. Birds will be counted, identified, and then the data will be put into a country-wide database. This program will occur on the 3rd Thursday of each month through March! Meet at the Nature Inn Lobby.

Event from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Friday, February 18

Looking to the River – Join the Innkeeper for a fireside screening of Looking To The River, a one-hour documentary film produced by WVIA that examines critical contemporary issues pertaining to the Susquehanna River’s Middle Basin – economic development, environmental protection, and cultural preservation – through their connection to the profound history and heritage of the river and its 27,000 square-mile watershed. Meet at the Nature Inn Multi-purpose room. Event from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Nature Inn Green Building Tour and Discussion – Join the Innkeeper for a tour of the Nature Inn including a detailed explanation of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) and the major green-building systems. Learn about geothermal heating and cooling, solar hot-water heat generation, rainwater harvesting, native habitat restoration, and the use of rain gardens during this behind the scenes visit. Meet at the Nature Inn lobby. Event from 11 a.m. to noon.

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Casablanca

State Theatre, State College Monday, February 14, 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the State Theatre Film Collective The classic, much-loved romantic melodrama and winner of the 1943 Academy Award for best picture, Casablanca (1942), is always found on top-ten lists of films for its masterful tale of two men vying for the same woman’s love in a love triangle. The story of political and romantic espionage is set against the backdrop of the wartime conflict between democracy and totalitarianism. With rich and smoky atmosphere, anti-Nazi propaganda, Max Steiner’s superb musical score, suspense, unforgettable characters (supposedly 34 nationalities are included in its cast) and memorable lines of dialogue (e.g., “Here’s lookin’ at you, kid,” and the inaccurately-quoted “Play it again, Sam”), it is one of the most popular, magical (and flawless) films of all time - focused on the themes of lost love, honor and duty, self-sacrifice and romance within a chaotic world. Cost: $5

The Harlem Globetrotters

February 14, 7 p.m.

Bryce Jordan Center The Globetrotters celebrate 85 consecutive seasons dazzling crowds with their athleticism and theatrical skills. The team will take the court on Monday, February 14 at 7 p.m., a perfect Valentine’s Day date. Tickets are $18, $21.50, $24.50, $30.50, $41. Courtside VIP seating is also available.

Tickets can be purchased at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium (Monday-Friday), Penn State Theatre Downtown, Altoona campus ticket office, all Ticketmaster locations, (814) 865-5555, or online at www.bjc.psu.edu.

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Rolling with The Steel Wheels

By Karen Dabney

LEMONT – Despite the wintry weather, The Steel Wheels rolled into Lemont on Saturday, February 5 and played for a sold-out crowd at the Center for Well-Being, as part of the Acoustic Brew Concert Series. The Harrisonburg, VA band delighted the audience with their signature blend of acoustic Americana and roots music.

The Steel Wheels described their sound as being “rooted in musical styles that explore the territories between blues and bluegrass, old-time sing-alongs and foot-stompin’ fiddle tunes.”

Lead vocalist, guitarist, and banjo player Trent Wagler wrote most of the lyrics and tunes. Many of his songs were featured on the band’s 2010 CD, Red Wing. The band also performed traditional songs and a sweet, romantic instrumental tune composed by mandolin player Jay Lapp as a wedding gift to his wife.

Wagler’s distinctive, rough-edged voice evoked the feeling of a working man singing, backed by traditional-sounding harmonies from the three other band members.

In addition to Wagler and Lapp, the touring band included bass player Brian Dickel and fiddle player Oliver Craven. The band’s original fiddle player, Eric Brubaker, was unable to tour this year, and The Steel Wheels asked Oliver Craven of the The Stray Birds and The Craven Family Band to take his place.

Their music ranged from danceable high-energy bluegrass to pensive ballads, with songs based on the blues, Cajun rhythms, gospel tunes, and an African-American spiritual.

Their song Take a Picture, Lose Your Soul was based on the true story of what happened when Wagler’s Amish grandfather played a forbidden guitar in an “underground Amish party band” and was discovered. The band waxed philosophical

during the blues tune, “There ain’t nothing you have that you can’t lose.” Other songs touched on the subjects of love, loss, and forgetting.

Wagler said the band enjoyed variety and would get tired of doing the same type of music. They select and compose music that “speaks to us, that has soul and raw emotion. We vet the music, and if it doesn’t feel like it’s got enough guts, we don’t do it. We bring new energy to traditional tunes.”

The band used two unusual instruments. Dickel built the baritone guitar that Lapp played during several tunes.

For the a cappella spiritual, Wagler played a homemade percussion instrument composed of a wooden pole with loose metal washers attached by screws that jingled like a subdued tambourine when he thumped it against the wooden stage.

The Center for Well-Being’s excellent acoustics allowed the band to play without electronic amplification and speakers.

The Steel Wheels mixed storytelling and humor with their music, developing a warm rapport with the audience.

Wagler told the audience about the band’s bicycle tour during the previous spring. They covered 300 miles and played at seven towns during seven days, towing their instruments behind them in burley trailers. They plan a second bicycle tour for 2011.

The audience gave The Steel Wheels a standing ovation.

The band responded by playing an encore gospel song. Wagler invited the audience to sing along. “If you’re not comfortable singing in a group, sing loud,” he advised. So they did.

The next Acoustic Brew concert features the Foghorn Stringband, 7:30 p.m. on March 19 at the Centre for Well-Being.

Trent Wagler and Jay Lapp harmonize on a ballad.

During their current tour, The Steel Wheels include Brian Dickel, Trent Wagler, Jay Lapp, and Oliver Craven. They perform original tunes based on acoustic Americana and roots music.

Sunday Afternoons at the library

Centre County library 203 north Allegheny Street, Bellefonte February 27, 2:30 p.m.

Sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical & Cultural Association Easterly Chamber Players Diane Toulson, flute; Smith Toulson; clarinet, Trina Gallup, bassoon; Ann Sullivan, harp

An Afternoon of Art & Music

Art Alliance of Central PA & nittany Valley Symphony at Foxdale Village Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

This fundraiser is presented by the Art Alliance of Central PA and Nittany Valley Symphony on Sunday, March 13, 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Foxdale Village, 500 E. Marylyn Avenue. This will be a delightful afternoon of music by Symphony ensembles, a presentation by several artists about their work, an exhibition of award winning art from Art Alliance shows, and a wine bar and refreshments. Tickets are $20 and are now available by contacting the Art Alliance (234-2740 or info@artalliancepa.org) or the Nittany Valley Symphony (231-8224).

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Happy Valley’s Got Talent Presented by Tides Auditions: March 19 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Sunday, March 20 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Indigo, Downtown, State College This is your moment to be a star! Bring your talent to the stage and shine. On April 2, the First Annual Happy Valley’s Got Talent will be held at The State Theatre.

All proceeds will benefit Tides, a local grief support program for children, teens, and their families who have lost a loved one. Tides mission is to provide a safe place for children and their families to work through their grief and to learn they are not alone. Your talent will not only bring smiles to those in attendance, but will assist Tides as we continue to serve the needs of grieving children and teens in our community.

Auditions are March 19 and 20 at Indigo. The show is April 2 at 7 p.m. Cost is $12 and benefits Tides.

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HAVE A NEW CD COMING OUT? Jay Lapp and Oliver Craven play mandolin and fiddle.

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Just send your band information -- however big or small the news is -- to The Gazette!

We will start a new feature called “Centre of the Music Scene” which will feature information about the local band scene in Centre County. Whether it’s country, rock, bluegrass, folk, jazz, rap -- whatever -- let us know what’s happening!

We might even do a full-length feature about it!

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GROUP MEETINGS The Gazette will publish the regular meeting dates & times for all Centre County social & service groups, organizations, clubs, etc that has membership open to the public. To have yours listed send to editor@centrecountygazette.com or mail to Stott Publications, PO Box 129, Warriors Mark, Pa. 16877

9-12 Project of Central PA (A non-partisan group of citizens concerned about America’s future) will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday, February 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in The Forum of The Ramada Conference Center, 1450 South Atherton Street, State College. Focus: At 6:30 sharp View Part I of the DVD Series based on The Constitution, prepared and presented by Michael Badnarak. Also a showcase for current candidates for election to Centre County offices. Questions will be received from the floor. Meetings are free and open to the general public.

Alzheimer’s Support Group is held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn, Brookline. For more information, contact Anne Campbell, (814) 234-3141 or Janie Provan, (814) 235-2000.

Ancient Mystic Order of Samaritans meet the fourth Thursday every month at 7:30 p.m. at I.O.O.F. Hall, 756 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap. BEA Class of 1959 holds its monthly dinner on the first Thursday each month at 6 p.m. at the Highway Pizza Pub on Zion Road in Bellefonte. Any questions call Joyce at (814) 383-4337 BEA Class of 1964 holds its monthly breakfast on the fourth Saturday of each month at 9 a.m. at the Mt. Valley Diner in Wingate. Call Sue at (814) 625-2132.

BEA Class of 1965 holds its monthly dinner on the last Friday of each month at 5:30 p.m. at the Bellefonte Moose. Any questions call Bob at (814) 383-2151.

BEA Class of 1966 will meet for dinner at The Mountain Valley Diner in Wingate on Wednesday, February 16 at 6 p.m. All classmates and guests are invited. For additional information, call Joyce at (814) 355-1807.

Bellefonte Intervalley Chamber of Commerce is holding its Business After Hours on February 16 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Train Station. Current and prospective members welcomed.

Bellefonte Elks Lodge meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elks. The Bellefonte Elks Home Service Night Auction and Las Vegas Night begin at 6 p.m. on February 19 at the Lodge, to support the State Elks Major Project. This project provides funding for in-home nursing services, at no cost to clients.

Bellefonte Encampment #72 and Ridgeley Canton #8 meet the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. at Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College.

Bellefonte Kiwanis Club meets every Tuesday at the Moose Club on Spring Street at noon. For information on Kiwanis, contact Richard King, (814) 355-9606.

Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Friday at 7:30 a.m. at the Cafe on the Park at Talleyrand Park. Guests and visitors welcome. For more information on BSRC, contact Debbie Rowley (814) 880-9453.

Bible Study for Adults offers helpful and practical explanations from Ezekiel & Daniel. There is also a teen meeting (Games & God’s Word) with Pastor Jeremy. These take place at the Nittany Baptist Church just east of Boalsburg on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. Call (814) 360-1601 for more info.

Breast Cancer Support Group meets the first Monday of each month from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Conference Room 4, Entrance B, Mt. Nittany Medical Center, State College.

Call Kristin Sides for information (814) 234-6175 or e-mail ksides@mountnittany.org.

Cancer Survivors’ Association Support Group meeting will be held Monday, February 21, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the United Way office in State College. This month’s meeting will feature pharmacist Mark Doyle, owner and pharmacist at McClanahan Drug Store, Centre Hall and the Boalsburg Apothecary. He will discuss prescription services and cancer drugs. Come with your questions. For more information call (814) 237-2120 or go to the CSA Web site at www.cancersurvive.org.

Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet on Tuesday, March 1, at the PA Military Museum auditorium in Boalsburg beginning at 7 p.m. Dick Simpson will speak on The Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Missouri 1861. Mr. Simpson has been touring Civil War battlefields since junior high school, mostly following the 3rd and 15th Vermont Regiments for which his relatives fought and died. He lectures on many subjects including the 2nd Vermont at Gettysburg. Mr. Simpson has raised close to $10,000 for battlefield preservation through lecture donations and Civil War book raffles. The PA Military Museum is located at 602 Boalsburg Pike in Boalsburg. Anyone who is interested in the Civil War or joining the Central PA Civil War Round Table is invited. For more information, contact Central PA CWRT President, Lynn Herman (814) 861-0770.

Centre County Real Estate Investment Club meets the third Thursday of every month from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 1609 N Atherton St. State College. For more information call (814) 280-5839.

Centre Region Model Investment Club meets in the Mazza Room at South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the second Monday of every month. Topic for February 14 is “Protecting Your Investment: When and How to Get Out.” Observe an interactive educational stock model investment club. Centre Region Model Investment Club is a project of the Central PA Chapter of BetterInvesting – the only club they know of in the Centre Region which has an investment club that is open to the public. For information call (814) 234-8775 or e-mail cr20mic@ aol.com.

Diabetes Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., conference rooms 1 & 2, Mount Nittany Medical Center, Entrance E, State College. Diabetes education classes are also held regularly. For info contact Certified Diabetes Educator Amy Leffard, RN, BSN, CDE, at (814) 231.7095 or aleffard@mountnittany.org.

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PAGE 19 Grief Support Group meets the first Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. at Centre Crest. For additional info contact Anne Boal, Social Service Assistant, Centre Crest Nursing Facility, 502 East Howard Street, Bellefonte, (814) 548-1140 I.O.O.F. Centre Lodge #153 meets the first and third Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall 756 North Main Street, Pleasant Gap. Keystone Guild of the Watchmakers Association of Pa. meets the second Tuesday of each month 1 p.m. at the Bull Pen Restaurant at the west end of Tyrone. Call George at (814) 238-1668.

Lock Haven Aglow Lighthouse is holding a special meeting February 15 at 10 a.m. at the home of Kathy Peter, 400 York Street, Flemington. We will have praise, worship, and prayer followed by a covered-dish luncheon. This meeting will be a celebration of the life of our dear sister Julia (Judy) VanSickle, who stepped into heaven last week.

Mount Nittany Chapter of PARSE will meet at noon at Hoss’s Restaurant Thursday, February 17. The program will be presented by Mount Nittany Medical Center.

Nittany Mineral Society meets the third Wednesday of the month in Room 114 Auditorium of the Earth & Engineering Sciences (EES) Bldg on the west side of the Penn State Campus in State College. Agenda: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. – social hour, refreshments in the lobby; 7:30 to 8:00 p.m.- free door prize drawings, announcements; 8 p.m. – speaker. Junior Rockhounds also meet on third Wednesdays, 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. in Room 116 Earth & Engineering Sciences Building (during the social hour for the regular NMS meeting). Call (814) 867-6263 for details. Maps and directions are available through nittanymineral.org.

Parent Support Group for Children with Eating Disorders meets the second Tuesday of each month from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., at Mount Nittany Medical Center, State College. The mediators for the class are Nancy Campbell, LCC; Kristie Kaufman, MD; Jody Whipple, RD, LDN, CDE. Classes help children and parents with understanding eating disorders. For info contact Kristie Kaufman, MD, at (814) 466-7921.

State College Elks Lodge holds its meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the State College Elks Country Club.

State College Lions Club meets the first and third Thursday of the month at Damon’s of State College at 6 p.m.

State College Toasmasters will hold meetings Thursday, February 17, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive. Visit http://statecollege.freetoasthost.net or e-mail tmpr.area9@gmail.com.

Zion MOPS & Beyond meets the first Thursday of each month at 3261 Zion Road Bellefonte from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. and on the third Thursday of the month from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. First visit is free; $10 annual membership fee when you join.

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Winter Got You Down?

Craft Day, Sat., Feb. 19th

10-12 Claypot One Stroke Painting Class $25.00 12-2 Dishcloth Crocheting Class $20.00 All Supplies Included.

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Tour Centre Furnace Mansion The historic Centre Furnace Mansion, located at 1001 E. College Avenue in State College, is open to the public for free guided tours year-round on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The mansion is wheelchair accessible, and the grounds are open for exploring at any time. For more information, visit http:// www.centrecountyhistory. org or call (814) 234-4779, or e-mail info@ centrecountyhistory.org.

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Tapestry Family Planning will be offering free Gardasil® for men and women ages 19 to 26. The vaccine is designed to prevent the transmission of HPV, the virus that can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. It consists of 3 injections spaced over a number of months and normally costs about $600. To make an appointment, call your local office in Bellefonte (814) 355-2762) or Philipsburg (814) 342-6992. There are also offices in Huntingdon and Lock Haven. Tapestry of Health is a non-profit organization that provides family planning, sexual health, women’s health, and community education services for central Pennsylvania.

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program offers free tax help to individuals and families with low to moderate income (generally $49,000 and below). IRS-certified volunteer preparers are available at various locations throughout the county to prepare basic tax returns. Unless otherwise indicated, sites will be open through April 16. Schlow Library, PSU, Good Shepherd, and Holt Memorial Library sites are electronic-filing sites. The PSU site also offers educational resources and information on managing money. For more information call (814) 355-6816.

PSU Research Study Have you or a friend or relative been a study volunteer in a research study conducted at Penn State? Penn State researchers would like to talk to adults who live and work in central PA and have participated in research at the University Park campus. Your previous participation in research can consist of completing surveys or questionnaires, eating special diets, exercising, having blood drawn, taking any kind of tests, etc. Groups are being scheduled at the convenience of the volunteers at the Survey Research Center’s Innovation Park location and volunteers will receive $5 for their participation in one two-hour session. Interested adults (18 years and older) may call Diana Crom at the Survey Research Center at Penn State at (814) 863-0170 or 800-648-3617 for more information..

Ink Cartridge Recycling Habitat for Humanity accepts laser cartridges, inkjet cartridges, laptops and cell phones for recycling – with proceeds benefiting their organization.

Drop off Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at PrinterMech, 171 Technology Drive, Suite #100, Boalsburg, (814) 237-2790. Tell them it’s a donation for Habitat for Humanity. The Frame Factory also still accepts cartridges at 426 Westerly Parkway.

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CENTRE COUNTY LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

Centre County library/Bellefonte, Centre Hall, East Penns Valley, Holt/Philipsburg & Bookmobile All Centre County library & Historical Museum locations (Bellefonte, East Penns Valley, Centre Hall, Holt/ Philipsburg, Bookmobile): 26th ANNUAL WRITE AND ILLUSTRATE YOUR OWN BOOK CONTINUES!—“Go Hog Wild!”

First through sixth graders living in or attending school in Centre County can enter a book of their own creation in our 26th Annual Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest at any of the Centre County Library branches (East Penns Valley, Bellefonte, Bookmobile, Centre Hall, Philipsburg). Contest guidelines are available at the locations listed. Entries may be turned in at any branch; deadline is Saturday, February 26. For more information, contact DJ. Lilly at (814) 355-1516 X205 or kidzone@centrecountylibrary.org.

Centre County library/Bellefonte—call 355-1516 for more information: BOOK BABIES—Stories and activities geared for kids up to two years old with a favorite adult in the Centre County Library in Bellefonte: Wednesday, February 16 at 9:15 a.m.: “Jazzy Baby”—Get the rhythm with stories and movement having to do with African culture.

STORYTIME—Stories and related activities geared for twoto six-year-olds with a favorite adult in the Centre County Library Kidzone in Bellefonte: Wednesday, February 16 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.: “Celebrate Black History Month” with stories from African culture.

THE ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP meets the third Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. Come pick up your copy of the February selection at any Centre County Library location.

Wednesday, February 16 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

HOOKS & NEEDLES—Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. in the Centre County Library February 17, February 24 Holt Memorial library/Philipsburg—call 342-1987 for more information: MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE/BABY’S MORNING OUT—Rhythmic adventures through the world of Mother Goose for children under three years old interacting with a favorite adult focusing on rhymes and music on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. Followed by informal fun with friends and educational toys: February 15, February 22

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME— Stories and related activities geared for two- to six-year-olds with a favorite adult: Wednesday, February 16 at 10:30 a.m. and Thursday, February 17 at 2 p.m.: Come and have a little summer fun!

ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES—Activities geared for schoolage kids with a favorite adult: Thursday, February 17 at 6 p.m.—Bird Feeding Month Activity East Penns Valley Branch library at 225 E. Main Street in Millheim(Millheim Borough Building)—call 349-5328 for more information: NEEDLES NIGHT: Stitchers of all ages are invited to bring any sort of needlecraft to work on including knitting, crocheting, needlepoint, and cross-stitch. Get inspired by others’ projects and share sewing tips!

Thursday, February 24 at 6 p.m.

BOOK BABIES—stories and related activities for up to twoyear-olds with a favorite adult: Monday, February 14 at 10:15 a.m.: “Jazzy Baby”—Get the rhythm with stories and movements having to do with the African culture.

STORYTIMES—stories and related activities for two- to sixyear-olds with a favorite adult: Monday, February 14 at 11:15 a.m.: “Celebrating Black History Month” with stories from African culture.

Centre Hall Area Branch library—call 364-2580 for more information: BOOK BABIES—stories and related activities for up to twoyear-olds with a favorite adult: Thursday, February 17 at 1:30 p.m.: “Jazzy Baby”—Get the rhythm with stories and movement having to do with African culture.

STORYTIMES—stories and related activities for two- to sixyear-olds with a favorite adult: Friday, February 11 at 1:30 p.m.: “Lovely Valentines”— Create a Valentine for your loved one.

Friday, February 18 at 1:30 p.m.: “Celebrate Black History Month” with stories from African culture.

KNITTING CIRCLE—second and fourth Thursdays February 24 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.

FAMILY GAME NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY Thursday, February 17 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Death Notices and Obituaries STATE COLLEGE Evelyn A. Hinds, formerly of Bellefonte, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011. She was born November 21, 1924, in Pleasant Gap, PA. A public visitation will be held Friday, February 11, 2011, from 10 a.m. til noon, at Wetzler Funeral Service, Inc., 206 N. Spring St., Bellefonte, PA 16823. Funeral services will follow visitation at noon, at the funeral home with Reverend William Park officiating. Burial will follow in Centre County Memorial Park, College Township. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte, Pa 16823.

STATE COLLEGE Norman R. Ishler, 79, of State College, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2011. He was born August 9, 1931, in Bellefonte. Friends will be received at Wetzler Funeral Service, Inc., 206 N. Spring St., Bellefonte, PA 16823 on Saturday, February 12, 2011, from 10-11a.m.

The funeral service will follow visitation at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with Pastor Todd Confer officiating.

Burial will be in Centre County Memorial Park, College Township.

BELLEFONTE Traci D. McCloskey, 39, of Bellefonte, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011. She was born November 11, 1971, in State College. A public visitation and funeral services were held Monday, February 7, 2011 at Wetzler Funeral Service, Inc., 206 N. Spring St., Bellefonte, PA 16823. Burial was in the Meyer Cemetery, Benner Township.

BELLEFONTE Charles “Bill” Corrigan, Sr., 74, of Bellefonte, passed away Thursday, February 3, 2011. He was born April 28, 1936, in Woodbury Township, Blair County, PA. Family and friends will be received at Wetzler Funeral Service, Inc., 206 N. Spring St., Bellefonte, PA 16823, Saturday, March 12, 2011, from 2 till 4 pm. A memorial service will follow visitation at 4:00 pm at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Hope for Kids, 1400 Fox Hill Road, Suite 200, State College, PA 16803, or online at www.hopeforkidsinc.org.

Death notices are a free public service involving people with a direct Centre County Connection.

Obituaries are paid.

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