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Editor’s Prologue By Sandie Biddle, Managing editor editor@centrecountygazette.com ccgazette@hughes.net

Upcoming Features in The Gazette June 10 – Bellefonte Cruise Preview & Father’s Day Gift ideas! Hotrods, classic rock, and manly-man gifts – no neckties allowed! June 17 – Bellefonte Cruise Special & Graduations It’s time to cruise – and to celebrate all our young graduates! June 24 – Bellefonte Cruise Recap It’s all about the Cruise! See photos of you and your friends, and get the scoop on what happened at Bellefonte’s premiere summer event. Advertisers, choose the features that suit your business best Sales@centrecountygazette.com

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It does my heart good to look at the dozens of Gazette photos of our neighbors this past Memorial Day weekend. So many kind faces, so many flags waving, so much heartfelt caring for our fallen veterans and heroes who fought to keep us free. Between Brian Baney and Sam Stitzer, The Gazette chronicled at least seven remembrance ceremonies around the county, from Julian to Boalsburg, Zion to Milesburg, Bellefonte to State College. The spirit of America is alive and well in central Pennsylvania. Thanks to our American Legions, VFWs, churches, cemetery associations, Elks, fire companies, scouts, veterans, schools, and volunteers for presenting so many ways to make this past weekend memorable. In addition, this was also the beginning of summer – and it began with a vengeance. Picnics in cool woods, swimming in spring-fed waters, sailboats tacking to catch a breeze, whirring fans, screened porches, iced beverages, fresh new shorts and sleeveless tops were the order of the day. And occasionally an umbrella. Now we set our sights on summer vacations, no school, and long evenings outdoors. The lightening bugs are out. The bullfrogs are bellowing. And the corn is sprouting. Today’s issue starts a summerful of weekly ideas for relaxing times near home – long weekends, day trips, museums and concerts, car shows and arts festivals. Even entire vacations that don’t require a tank of gas. We welcome Ken Hull, biker, artist, and adventure eater, as our newest contributor. Ken will take you places you never knew existed – right in your own backyard. I also had the pleasure of introducing you to a few getaway ideas in my native turf, Raystown Country. Father’s Day is coming – and so is the Bellefonte Cruise. You’ll find the next few issues packed with visions of hot rods, live bands, barbecues, and manly-man gift ideas. School news is winding down, to be replaced by summer camps, scouting, kids’ workshops, playgrounds, and vacation bible school. Oh, how I wish I was 10 again, going swimming at Whipples, getting a creamcicle from the ice cream truck that stopped at our house, fishing in dad’s farm pond, and reading books perched on a maple-tree branch. Don’t forget to stop and smell the roses, literally. Roast hot dogs and marshmallows on an open fire. Camp out – in a tent. Take the kids fishing. Plant some seeds and watch them grow. Savor the summer. No matter what challenges the world presents, no one can take away the simple joys of summer in the country.

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May was Nationa l Foster Care Month. On May 3, Centre County Commissioners proclaimed May as Foster Care Month in Centre County. During this month, it was a time for those of us who work with children to shine a spotlight on the dedicated foster families in our county who make foster care work. We want to take a few moments to publicly thank our 57 Centre County foster homes for the excellent job that they do caring for our foster children. We could not do the work we do with and for our county’s children without you. We also want to thank the numerous donors who helped to make our annual Foster Parent Banquet on May 31 such a huge success. Very special thanks go out to the following individuals, businesses, and unions: Angie Toccket, Barnes and Noble, Bellefonte Lanes, Calvary Baptist Church, ChickFil-A, Confer’s Jewelers, Damon’s, Denny’s, Fun Unleashed, Happy Valley MiniGolf, Home Deliver y, Hotel State College, Jacqueline Sheader, Northland Bowl, Olive Garden, Our Hair Place, Outback Steakhouse, PennsCave, Premiere Theatres, Red Lobster, Rita’s Ices, Sharon Noel, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, State College Christian Church, State College Spikes, Subway, Teamsters Local Union No. 8, Texas Roadhouse, Tussey Mountain Family Fun Center, Wal-Mart, Wegmans, Weis Market in Bellefonte, What a Blast Laser Tag, William and Susan Chase of Lemont, YMCA

Thanks from Stormbreak Thanks to everyone who came to the SICC/VCCC Lasagna Benefit Dinner on May 19 to support Stormbreak Girls’ Group Home. Thanks to all of these donors, we were able to raise $3677 to help make renovations to the Stormbreak house: Access, Ann Taylor, Atherton Hotel, Calvin Pierce Heating & Cooling, Celeste Clemons, Dix Honda, Donna Litke, Doreen Bailey, Dr. John Carder, Dragonfly Massage, Eat’n Park Restaurant, Fun Unleashed, Giant, Growing Tree, Barbara’s Hallmark Shop, H & H Furniture/American Carpet Plus, HOSS’s Steak and Sea House, Hotel State College & Company, J. Timothy Wilson, Jackie Bloom, June Sturniolo, Lu Ann Mann, Maria Burchill, Mary Kay Cosmetics - Carol Walsh, Michele Valenza, Nick Bolgiano, Nittany Bank, Old Main Frame Shop, Olive Garden, Origina l Waffle Shop, Park Forest Apartments, Park Forest Baptist Church, Penn State Bookstore, Penn State Golf Courses, Premiere Theaters, R&R Services, Red Line Car Wash, Rosita Derstine, Sam’s Club, Spela, Starbucks, Talbots, Target, Wegman’s, Weis Markets, and Windstream Communications.

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Centre Count y Schools Jazz & Harmony Delight Penns Valley Audiences Article & photos by Sam Stitzer

Penns Valley number featured well performed solos by The highlight of the band’s High School’s bands Eric Green, Tyler Boone, Evan Heiser, program was a number titled Synergy presented concerts and Jake Smucker. Jay Vonada soloed on Rising, by composer Ryan Nowlin. during the week of the Tommy Dorsey classic I’m Getting Director Paul Lescowicz said this was the May 16. On May 16, Sentimental Over You. A Latin number, most difficult number the band has ever An Evening of Jazz Tiger of San Pedro finished the night’s played in his 14-year stint at Penns Valley. was presented by Jazz repertoire. “It’s a Level 5 piece”, he said, meaning it Bands 1 and 2. Both Following the concert, the Louis was in the professional level of difficulty. bands’ programs were Armstrong Jazz Award for the outstand- Phil Stattel directs the High School Chorus. The truth of his statement was evident focused on music by ing senior jazz band musician was given to saxophonist Eric from the first notes. It was a fast and furious piece, with hardly Paul Lescowicz directs Jazz Band 2. jazz legends Duke Green. Eric played a solo in Duke Ellington’s Prelude to a Kiss, a pause for a breath or any lapse of total concentration. The Ellington, Count Basie, Miles Davis, and Tommy Dorsey, and which showed the audience why he was deserving of his award. band’s performance of this number was nothing less than other composers. It was beautifully done, and sounded abso- spectacular! First up was Jazz Band 2, composed lutely professional. Congratulations Eric! The band finished mainly of junior-high musicians. These On May 19, the High School the concert in trakids might be called beginners, but they Chorus and Band presented its Spring ditional style with are quickly learning the techniques and Concert. The chorus of more than 70 John Philip Sousa’s subtleties of the jazz musical form. They members performed first, beginning with Washington Post played three selections, which were all very a flowing, harmonious arrangement of the March, which had well done, but they really excelled on the American folk song Down in the Valley. The the audience clapping Jay Vonada and Paul Lescowicz improvise Chamber Choir, a 27-member subgroup of along and delivering Duke Ellington standard Mood Indigo. The Gingersnaps sing Carry On Wayward on Blue Mood. Next on the program was the special the chorus, sang two numbers, and the 21 a well-deserved Son. (L to R) Jake Smucker, Eric Green, guest artist of the evening, Penns Valley graduating seniors sang Psallite Unigenito. standing ovation. Zach Hegarty, and Tyler Boone. alumnus and professional jazz trombonist, Jay Vonada. Jay The chorus will miss these people next has his own jazz trio, year! Following the performance, Mr. Lescowwhich performs all The Gingersnaps, a four-man barbericz recognized the five graduating senior over Centre County, shop-type group sang Carry On Wayward band members, and presented the John and the surrounding Son, arranged by one of their members, Jake Philip Sousa Band Award to saxophonarea. Jay played several Smucker, in four-part a cappella harmony ist Tyler Boone. This award is especially selections, including – not an easy task, but they pulled it off meaningful because it is voted on by the one called Blue Mood, well! band members themselves, and is based on in which he was The full chorus finished the program more than musicianship. It also includes The High School Concert Band plays. Jazz Band 1 begins its program. accompanied by band with three songs, including a very touching criteria of band spirit, attitude, and leaderdirector Paul Lescowicz who is also an accomplished trombon- arrangement of Danny Boy. This is a beautiful song, and the ship qualities. Congratulations, Tyler! ist. Blue Mood featured a lengthy improPenns Valley kids did it justice with their We salute the young musicians in Penns Valley’s excelvised cadenza. Improvised – meaning performance. Their final song was the lent music program for their great efforts in these concerts. they made it up as they went, including rousing spiritual Soon Ah Will Be Done. Thanks also go to the several two-part harmony sections that Director Phil Stattel recognized guest musicians, and blended perfectly. It was as though they the 21 graduating seniors, who announced of course, to choral could read each other’s minds, and knew their future plans. Ah, to be young again! director Phil Stattel, exactly what was coming next! It was a The High School Concert Band and band director superb performance, and was well appretook the stage and performed seven Paul Lescowicz for ciated by the audience. numbers. One song, titled Spoon River, providing two great Jazz Band 1 took the stage next, and featured guest artists Anne Sullivan on evenings of excellent performed five selections, opening with harp, and Alison Geesey and Allyson music. Count Basie’s Swingin’ the Blues. This Edington on piano. Eric Green solos on Prelude to a Kiss. Paul Lescowicz recognizes band seniors.

High School Students Intern with High-tech Manufacturer Contributed by Piezo Resonance Innovations, Inc.

BELLEFONTE – have never been able Most high school to experience engistudents spend neering first-hand in their nights and high school without weekends working PRII and NSF.” at part-time jobs Both Dahlberg making hoagies and Wendt plan to or bagging grocerstudy engineering in ies. But two Bellecollege. fonte Area High “This is a great School seniors have experience for these had a much differ- Left-right: Brianna Wendt, Julie Coder, Rachel Dahlberg students because ent experience – they get to see what serving in engineering internships at Piezo engineering is really like while they’re still in Resonance Innovations, Inc. in Bellefonte. high school. We get to do a lot of things that These two high school students, Brianna most high school students would never get to Wendt and Rachel Dahlberg, were presented see,” said Coder, “and we have fun too.” with this opportunity by their AP Chem- “PRII is excited to offer these incredistry teacher, Mrs. Julie Coder, who is also ible students, Ms. Dahlberg and Ms. Wendt, working with them at PRII. the opportunity to work with our engineers. As a part of this internship, funded by PRII’s impact on other local students is the National Science Foundation (NSF), further expanded as Mrs. Coder takes her the students and their teacher have had the PRII science and technology experiences opportunity to partake in many aspects back to her classroom. PRII looks forward of the design and testing of new medical to bringing even more opportunities to devices. They have used modeling software, the Bellefonte School District as part of its called suppliers about materials, researched growing commitment to the community and previous work, and written reports that will increasing interest of students in science and be used in future research and development. technology,” commented Maureen Mulvi “Working for PRII has been an invalu- hill, PRII President. able experience,” said Wendt. “I feel that the As part of PRII’s National Science Founexperience as a whole has taught me about dation Small Business Innovation Research the scientific community, the workplace, Grant (SBIR), PRII contacted BAHS about and what it’s like to be an engineer, thus the NSF Research Assistantship Supplements reinforcing my desire to study engineering for High School Students (RAHSS) Grant in college.” and a NSF Research Experiences for Teachers Dahlberg added, “PRII has given me a (RET). Mrs. Coder responded and asked her better understanding of what engineers do, students to write essays. Ms. Dahlberg and along with teaching me engineering basics Ms. Wendt were selected from many impresthat I will need to know later on. I would sive students that responded.

RSVP Pen Pal Program Completes Ninth Year RSVP’s Pen Pal Program is winding down as the school year ends. It’s an eight-month program in which students and adults exchange seven letters and finally have a chance to meet. The focus of the program is on non-graded but significant responsive writing with (Adults standing, beginning at far left) Brenda Reeve, RSVP an interested audience. This Administrative Assistant; Mrs. Carrie Swanger, Wingate program is supported by Elementary 1st Grade teacher; (seated) Lois Beckenbaugh, RSVP grants and community orga- Classroom Pen Pal; Richard Mulfinger, Exalted Ruler Elks Lodge nizations throughout Centre # 1094 (Bellefonte); Ms. Marsha Sackash, Director of Elementary County, including the Belle- Curriculum BEASD; Brian Querry, Project Director, RSVP of Centre County. Also pictured are Mrs. Swanger’s first graders holding the fonte Elks. Photo by Barbara Parker, classroom books purchased with the generous donation of $3,000 from the David B. Garver Fund and given by their pen pal, and RSVP Volunteer Andrea Puzycki, RSVP Pen Pal Coordinator (left side, kneeling).

Camp Bill: Summer Shakespeare for Kids Contributed by The State Theatre

STATE COLLEGE – The Nittany Valley Shakespeare Festival is hosting Camp Bill – a one-week children’s introductory summer acting camp at The State Theatre. Camp begins at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, June 20 through June 24. The camp is for seventh through ninth graders and the enrollment deadline is June 10. Students will spend a week working on Shakespeare’s island fantasy The Tempest, getting a solid introduction to Shakespeare, scene study, voice and movement, unarmed stage combat, and Renaissance dance. Campers will learn and study a monologue, and rehearse a short scene under the guidance of our expert Mt. Nittany Middle School teacher Anne Simon. They will learn a traditional Renaissance dance, and choreograph short unarmed combat sequences with a partner. The week culminates in a showcase on Friday afternoon for all family and friends of the campers on the main stage of the Friedman Auditorium. The cost of this summer camp is $125.

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Centre Count y Schools CBICC Awards 2011 Workforce Development Scholarships Contributed by the CBICC

STATE COLLEGE – The Chamber of Business and Industry of Centre County (CBICC) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Workforce Development Scholarships. The monies are raised during the CBICC’s annual Open for Business golf tournament. The tournament will be held this year at Toftrees Golf Resort & Conference Center on Friday, July 29. Since its inception, the Workforce Development Scholarship Program has awarded more than $48,000 to local students. This year, a $1,250 scholarship was awarded to one high school student in each of the five Centre County School Districts who is enrolled in a program of technical education or training and plans to pursue a career in a technical field in Centre County upon completion of their education. “We have had the good fortune of having this program grow over the years and are pleased to see the business community

support such an important endeavor,” said Jean Gerber, VP of Chamber Operations. “The recipients have consistently been excellent students who have demonstrated real talent and this is a way for us to support technical education and workforce-development initiatives in Centre County.” The 2011 Workforce Development Scholarship recipients are: 1. Bald Eagle Area School District Crispolo Bloom 2. Bellefonte Area School District Aaron Boatwright 3. Philipsburg-Osceola Area School District - Cody Williams 4. Penns Valley Area School District Tierani Auman 5. State College Area School District Eric Rickabaugh For additional information about Workforce Scholarships, contact the CBICC office at (814) 234-1829 or cbicc@cbicc.org.

Tyler Boone Earns Eagle Scout Rank An Eagle Scout Court of Honor was recently held for Tyler N. Boone, of Boy Scout Troop 381 in Spring Mills. Tyler is the son of Scott and Lesa Boone. Scott is also the Scoutmaster of Troop 381. Tyler has been an active member of the troop throughout his scouting experience, having earned 21 merit badges and attended numerous camping events and camp outs. For his Eagle Project, Tyler raised funds, bought the material, and then built a shelving unit for the Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church Library. He also helped cut cards for the future card catalog, which will make the library more accessible to users.

Shown here is State College Elks Past Exalted Ruler David Immel (right), as he presents a U. S. flag and certificate to Tyler Boone at his Eagle ceremony.

Kids’ Summer Reading & Movie Program Contributed by The State Theatre

STATE COLLEGE – Looking for a fun way to keep the kids learning throughout the summer? The State Theatre is pleased to announce its fifth annual Read It, Watch It movie series in conjunction with the Schlow Library Summer Reading Program. This free, educational series begins on Wednesday, June 15 and features a new film and community interaction every week through August 10 at noon. The series is sponsored entirely by local businesses. This year’s sponsors are: Downtown State College Improvement District and State College Downtown Rotary Club. Each of the nine weeks in the series will highlight a different theme, encouraging kids to see the featured film and read corresponding books as recommended by the library. This year’s films will include Stuart Little, Matilda, Rock-A-Doodle, Land Before Time, and more. In addition to featured movies, different local charities will be promoted on a weekly

BEA Inducts New NHS Members

WINGATE – Congratulations to the newest members of the Paul Ziegler Chapter of the National Honor Society, who were inducted on May 17 at a ceremony at the Bald Eagle High School. The new members are Michael Blaylock, Emily Chambers, Clayton Cingle, Andrea Crock, Morgan Donley, Dennis Fisher, Lawrence Flood, Billie Jo Friedline, Travis Giedroc, Forrest Gribble, Dale Haagen, Olivia Hardy, Eric Henderson, Brandon Kelley, Evan Kim, Kaitlyn Laird, Benjamin Leskovansky, Katy Livezy, Cole Long, Jared Maurer, Katelyn Miller, Nathan Neely, Mikayla Robison, Douglas Rogers, Richard Spicer, Jacob Taylor, and Marissa Ward.

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CENTRE HALL – The continue, as the library’s Centre Hall Branch Library need for operating funds is held an open house and ongoing. Bev said she has mortgage burning party received 69 cartons (literon the evening of May 25. ally a truckload!) of donated The library began construcbooks for this year’s sale on tion in 1996, and opened to June 24 and 25. the public on September 9, After the mortgage 1997. A 20-year mortgage burning, refreshments were was taken out for its conserved inside the library, and The Centre Hall Branch Library struction, and thanks to a celebratory cake was cut at 109 West Beryl Street. great efforts by the library and consumed by the attendboard and the citizens of ees. Lisa Erickson, the execCentre Hall, the mortgage utive director of the Centre was paid off in less than 14 County Library attended years, saving the board literthe event, and is quite proud ally thousands of dollars in of the Centre Hall Branch interest fees. Library’s achievements. Board members Josh Visitors enjoyed the open house. Centre Hall historian, Tobey and Bob Boozer did Ledon Young, said that the incendiary honors, turning a 20-year the first library in Centre Hall was estabdebt into a pile of ashes, much to the delight lished in 1940 in the Progress Grange Hall of the crowd of onlookers. The early payoff on Pennsylvania Avenue. It was sponsored was made possible by huge efforts in fund- by the Centre Hall Women’s Club, and its raising events. librarian was Jane Spyker (Hosterman). That One noteworthy fundraiser is an annual library was short-lived, and soon the Centre used book sale held by Beverly Foust in her County Bookmobile became the town’s garage during the Centre Hall Townwide only library until the present building was Yard sale held every June. Assisted by Jean erected and opened in 1997. Smeltzer, and Jean’s daughter Linda Sheaffer, Congratulations to the Centre Hall Bev has held the sale every year since 1997, Branch Library for becoming debt-free, and and it has grown larger each year. Bev says for providing a convenient, local library she needs a bigger garage! Even though the for the citizens of Centre Hall and the surmortgage is paid off, the book sales will rounding area.

basis. Patrons are also encouraged to bring canned goods and non-perishable food items to be collected for the local food bank. Films are shown on Wednesdays at noon, and most are about 90 minutes long. The selected films are family-friendly, with ratings of G or PG. While additional staff members are on hand for supervision, all children must be accompanied by an adult, and there will be a four-child limit per adult. The Read It, Watch It series is an exciting and comprehensive way to keep kids engaged in learning all summer long, and educates them about local charities. For a complete listing of this summer’s films and featured charities, visit the State Theatre Web site: www.thestatetheatre.org. Tickets can be purchased online at www.StateTickets.org or at the Re/Max Box Office, 130 West College Avenue, Monday through Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., a half hour before all films, and one hour before all events. Or call (814) 272-0606 during normal box office hours.

Bob Boozer lights the mortgage, held by Josh Tobey, flanked by Lisa Erickson (right), and librarian Kim Bair (left).

Beverly F oust and Josh Tobey peruse a scrapbook of library history.

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If you ever have the opportunit y to attend a book signing by Ken Hull, go! Ken is the author of the Going Local books and his enthusiasm is contagious. His informative books list the locally owned eating places with a critique and a bit of history on each place. Volume Two has just been released and therefore Ken is doing the book signing circuit. Ken is very vocal about the importance of supporting our local establishments; or, as Ken puts it, “Un-chain yourself.” To help

us to do just that, Ken has drawn a 75-mile circle in the center of Pennsylvania, using Boalsburg as the center. Within this 360 degree area he has highlighted some of the most interesting places to eat. For example: People who call Bellefonte home have been familiar with Bonfatto’s. Those of us who have been here for some time remember when it was a small grocery store; after they started to sell a sandwich that was trademarked as the “Bonanza”, we watched Bonfatto’s grow to become a full restaurant. The family’s interesting history is included in the book as well as comments on the food.

Opening Going Local to any page and you find an eating place that needs to be checked out. The best use of this publication may be that of a guide book. If you want to take a day trip to Renovo, you will know that Darlene’s Country Cottage is waiting for you. Just reading about Darlene’s Campfire Breakfast made me consider this a destination stop. The book includes a map that makes finding these places easy and also includes the important information on each: owner’s

JUNE 3, 2011 name, type of cuisine, price range, hours, location, contact numbers, as well as nearby attractions and accommodations. Ken has given us all of the material we would need to make a trip for a good meal, an adventure. The book is also fun to read. If you do get a chance to meet Ken, you will quickly see how he gets so much information from the people at each restaurant. His love of what he does, as well as his pure joy of doing all of this on his trusty motorcycle, is catching. Reading the book is like sitting down with a friend while he shares these passions with you. Open Going Local, pick a location, take a day, and enjoy.

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Center For Wound Care Recognized Contributed by Mt Nittany Medical Center

STATE COLLEGE – Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care was recognized last week with the Robert A. Warriner III, M.D., Center of Excellence award, because it has met the Center of Distinction quality standards for two consecutive years. This center has achieved patient satisfaction rates over 90 percent, an 89 percent healing rate in 30 median days, among other quality standards. The center was awarded this prestigious honor by Diversified Clinical Services (DCS), Inc., the nation’s leading wound care management company. Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care is a member of the DCS Clinical Network of more than 325 centers, with access to benchmarking data and experience of treating over two million chronic wounds. In 2010, Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care cared for more than 564 patients who were provided specialized treatment, often preventing amputations and helping patients return to active lives.

“We’re honored,” said Teresa Wilson, director of Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care. “Together, we are able to heal patients in our community, getting them get back to their lives.” Mount Nittany Center for Wound Care is an outpatient treatment center on Radnor Road, State College, for people with problems wounds and those needing diabetes management and foot care.

Pictured (L to R) Mike Vaughn, Kellie Moore, Teresa Krepps, Jessica Newlen, Teresa Wilson, Deb Bowers, Kileen Stahl, and Caroline Bush of Mt. Nittany’s Wound Care center. Pictured (L to R) Mount Nittany Medical Center CEO Steve Brown, Dr. W. Stephen Barnes, Jessica Newlen, Teresa Wilson, and Vincent Russell (Area Vice President Diversified Clinical Services).

Workshops for Special Needs Teens & Adults Repair Work on 26/220/I-99 near Bellefonte Artistic Horizon’s workshops for Teens/Adults with Special Needs start June 8 and continue through the summer. Topics include dancing, art, cooking, drumming, and singing. Cost is $15 per workshop. Call Michele at 814-234-3441 for locations. • June 8, Weds, 6:30 p.m. to -8 p.m. – Wedding Dancers! A workshop that teaches some traditional wedding dancing, such as Macarena, Hands Up, the Twist, and more. Please wear comfortable clothing. • June 13, Mon, 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. – Let’s get Cooking Side Dishes Get into preparing and trying out some sassy side dishes. • June 15, Weds, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Movement Arts This is a music workshop that will use musical instruments and dance for expression. • June 23, Thurs, 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. – Let’s get Cooking Side Dishes Get into preparing and trying out some sassy side dishes. • June 29, Thurs, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Collage Creations Experience the world of collaging. • July 7, Thurs, 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. – Let’s get Cooking All American menu to celebrate the 4th of July. • July 20, Weds, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. – Wedding Dancers! A workshop that teaches some traditional wedding dancing, such as Macarena, Hands Up, the Twist, and more. Please wear comfortable clothing. • July 25, Mon, 6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. – Let’s get Cooking Main dishes that are delicious and nutritious.

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Mountain Laurel, Mountain Majesty

Article & photos by Amy Debach Confer Each state in our union has symbols to represent the state. Generally the symbols are native or particularly significant to the individual state. For instance, the Pennsylvania state tree is the eastern hemlock, the bird is the Ruffed Grouse, the fish is the Brook Trout, the animal is the White-Tailed Deer, and the Pennsylvania state flower is the majestic Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia). These symbols are appropriate representations of the natural flora and fauna found in the Keystone State and should be honored and enjoyed. Mountain Laurel is an evergreen shrub that boast lovely and fragrant white and pink star- or sand-dollar shaped blossoms, whose broad leaves don’t fall to the ground in the winter months (as most other evergreens do), and can be found growing wild or by cultivation in many parts of Penns Woods but, most often in the mountainous and forested regions of PA and in other eastern states. Mountain laurel may also be referred to as ivy bush, calico bush, sheep laurel, lambkill, clamoun, and spoon wood. Some say that the wood of the Laurel shrub was once used for spoon and utensil making by the Native Americans, and head wreath making by the Romans and Greeks. More recently, the Laurel “branches” have been used in making rustic mountain furniture such as chairs, tables, headboards, and handrails to name a few. The Mountain Laurel is a member of the Heath family which makes it closely related and looks similar to the Bay Laurel, Rhododendron, and Azalea and is also in the same family as blueberry and huckleberry shrubs. In 1933, Governor Gifford Pinchot chose the Mountain Laurel over the Azalea as Pennsylvania’s state flower; the Mountain Laurel is also the state flower of Connecticut. Although Mountain Laurel mostly grows wildly on mountain sides, it is also able to be cultivated for personal use in landscaping. Being that the Mountain Laurel is our designated state flower, some think that it is a protected plant species and can never be cultivated. This is not true, any plant growing on someone else’s property should not be removed without permission but, Laurel is used popularly as an ornamental shrub for personal use and by professional landscaping companies. Laurel will typically grow between four and 10 feet tall, although in southern states can reach up to 40 feet tall. For personal planting, it is important to choose a rather shaded, moist, and well-drained area and looks nice when planted by threes and fives rather closely together. While searching for Laurel myself, I found that rocky hillside or mountainous areas in the sun or shade were the best places to look. I didn’t personally find any in lower, flat, extremely sunny locations. Although beautiful, Laurel would never be suggested to ingest in an emergency or as an herbal remedy, as it could be toxic to humans and is toxic to many animals including horses, goats, cattle, sheep, and deer (which may be good for those who are looking for a deer resistant shrub to plant). Some believe that the dark green and waxy looking leaves were once used by Native Americans to commit suicide. Besides the Gypsy moth in extreme cases, not even insects feed on Laurel. If you haven’t taken note of the Mountain Laurel shrub before, be sure to take a Sunday drive or hike to observe these beautifully natural and wild blooms of the forest. My photographs were taken on Madisonburg Mountain between Penns Valley and route 64. There are so many wonderful things to observe and discover in the forest but, at this time of year, Laurel is the most beautiful and majestic! “She is like mountain laurel, a breath of fresh air, a bird on the wing, or a flower so rare, like the dew on the grass, at mornings first light, aurora Borealis on a early fall night.” An excerpt of a poem from 2002 Author Unknown Amy Debach-Confer is a Photographer and Picture Framing Professional who obtained training in Wilderness Rescue, Beekeeping, and Natural Health. Her hobbies include hiking, art, gardening, cooking, and traveling. Amy can be reached via e-mail at amosd14@yahoo.com or through her Web site at www.amyruthphotography.com.

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Spring Creek Family Festival is June 18 Contributed by ClearWater Conservancy STATE COLLEGE – ClearWater Conservancy will hold its annual Spring Creek Family Festival June 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center in State College. The free, rain-or-shine event includes educational nature and conservation exhibits and hands-on activities by a host of organizations, live music, and local food. In addition, the Spring Creek Heritage Award, given jointly each year by ClearWater

Bluegrass music will be provided by the Tussey Mountain Moonshiners and Tolins’ Bluegrass Revue. Webster’s Café, Gemelli Pizza Oven, and Sugar on Top will be on hand to provide food and drink. Exhibitors include Centre Region Parks and Recreation, Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, Schuylkill River Basin Commission, Penn State Master Gardeners, Centre Life Link EMS, Pennsylvania Game Commission, Nittany Mineralogical Society, Penn State Horticulture Department, Joe Jovinelly’s Giant Bunnies, West Branch Restoration Coalition, Bald Eagle Archeological Society, Center County Solid Waste Authority and others. Sponsors of the event include Centre Region Parks & Recreation and Hilton Garden Inn. To volunteer with the planning committee or to become a corporate, contact Chris Hennessey at (814) 237-0400. The Family Festival will be preceded by another ClearWater Conservancy event There are many conservation and nature-themed activities at at Millbrook Marsh the same day, the the Spring Creek Family Festival, but the Aquatic Bug Hunt is Strides for Nature 5K and Kids Fun always a hit. Here, a budding naturalist gets a close-up look at Run. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., creatures netted from one of the streams at Millbrook Marsh the 5K starts at 8:30 a.m., and kids can Nature Center at the 2010 festival. (photo by Christopher Shannon) get in on the action with a free Fun Run at 10 a.m. Register online for $18 at and the Spring Creek Chapter of Trout Unlimwww.active.com/donate/clearwatercons2011 ited, will be awarded during the festival. The award honors an individual who has worked or in person on race day for $25 starting at 7:30 a.m. to improve or protect Spring Creek. All proceeds benefit ClearWater Conser“The Spring Creek Family Festival is a day for vancy. Runners are asked to further support people of all ages to come to Millbrook Marsh and have fun learning about our environment. ClearWater Conservancy by taking advantage It is one our favorite events of the year,” said of the fundraising feature at Active.com. In Melinda Turner, a board member at ClearWa- just a few minutes, runners can ask friends and family to sponsor their run and support Clearter and chairwoman of the event. Activities for children include a sing- Water! Click on the “Become a Fundraiser” along with Rene’ Oakman of Music Together tab on the race web page at Active.com. For information, e-mail Pam Shellenof State College, a scavenger hunt, arts and berger at stridesfornature5k@yahoo.com or crafts, an aquatic bug hunt, giant bunnies, ambulance tours, animal tracking, rocks and visit www.clearwaterconservancy.org/Stridesminerals, and pressed flower bookmarks and ForNature6K.htm. necklaces.

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Soroptimists Donate Clothes for Charity BELLEFONTE – Members of Soroptimist International of Centre County collected clothes at their April meeting and donated them to Kelly McMurtrie (right) of the PA Work Wear Program for Centre County Community Action located in Bellefonte. Soroptimist Donna Merrill (left) made the presentation.

Summer Yoga Class at Howard UMC HOWARD – This summer, Howard United Methodist Church hosts yoga classes at a very affordable cost. Two different classes will be offered: Gentle and Basics. Choose which one best suits your needs and schedule. These classes provide a safe and nurturing environment with respect for all individuals, body types, ranges of ability, and needs. A Gentle Yoga class will be held on Tuesday mornings from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. This class is a mild, slow-paced stretching and breathing style of yoga. Through Gentle Yoga, we will explore deep, rhythmical breath; relaxation-in-action; steady focus of the mind. If you have had reservations or not yet tried

yoga, this class is for you! Basics Level class will be held on Tuesday evenings from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. While some bodies need big flows full of challenge, other bodies need the gentlest invitation to discover the relaxation that is integral to TriYoga. Postures will be presented that require students to get up and down off the floor. Dates for classes: Tuesdays: June 7, 14, 21; July 5, 12, 19; August 2, 9, and 16. All classes are held in the church Fellowship Hall. Cost is $35 for nine classes. To pre-register or if you questions, contact Kathie Baughman (814) 625-2852 or kathieb1@comcast.net.

Relay for Life Team Goes Formal! The 1st Annual Mom Prom for Relay for Life was hosted by Tara’s Angels Relay team recently. The ladies-only event raised money for the American Cancer Society. They found use for those old bridesmaid & prom dresses and even had a prom queen! This team and many others will be walking the Bellefonte Relay for Life June 3 and 4 from 3 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Governor’s Park in Bellefonte. They would love your support! Tara’s Angels’ team was formed 10 years ago after Tara Ripka was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2000 at the age of 27. The team consists of her amazing friends & family.

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JUNE 3, 2011

Boalsburg Bids a Fond Farewell to School By Sam Stitzer

BOALSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201C; In just about one week, the State College Area School District will say goodbye to the Boalsburg Elementary School, (formerly the Harris Township High School). The school was erected in 1937, and served the residents of Boalsburg and Harris Township as its high school until 1946. The following school year, the building became an elementary school, and high school students from the area were sent to the State College High School. The new Mount Nittany Elementary School a mile away, will consolidate students from the Boalsburg and Panorama Village Elementary Schools. The Boalsburg Elementary School has been sold to the Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy, and will become a Catholic high school, scheduled to open this fall. A group of the Boalsburg School alumni, a former principal, and a former teacher formed a committee Harris Township High School soccer to give the old team in 1937 school a farewell party. The committee, headed by Grace Strong of State College, has been planning the event since January, and the grand farewell took place at the school on Friday, May 27. The event was scheduled to take place outdoors, but threatening storms

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moved it indoors to the schoolâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all-purpose room. The school library housed many scrapbooks, old photos, and a slide show filled with memories of the past. Alumni gathered at the school and many hugs and handshakes were exchanged. Stories of long ago were swapped, and many smiles were seen on the faces of the alumni. The program began with a welcome by Deb Latta, the current elementary school principal. The Boalsburg School Orchestra, composed of fourth- and fifth-grade students performed three songs directed by Joan Kovalchik. The Boalsburg School Chorus sang three songs, including Hold the Memories, which featured soloists Savannah Wilson and Faith Matthews. Choral director, Lisa Bevan, led the chorus, and also wrote the lyrics to a new version of the Alma Mater, which the Chorus sang. The speaker for the farewell was Bill Miller, one of the three members of the class of 1946, which was the final class of the school when it was known as the Harris Township High School. Bill described his life â&#x20AC;&#x153;back in the dayâ&#x20AC;? when he was a student. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have cell phones, or even televisionâ&#x20AC;?, he said. This must have been a shock to the current students! â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost no students had cars; you were lucky to have a bicycleâ&#x20AC;?, said Bill. The whole area was much more rural and agricultural. Boys were sometimes excused from classes to work on their familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; farms. School classes were

Principal Debra Latta welcomes everyone to the farewell party.

small, and sometimes grades were combined. He praised the teachers for their helpful support of the students, and the community for its close-knit, family attitude. There was a small airport, operated by Sherm Lutz , close to the school, and Bill remembers seeing a light plane, ready to take off, being flipped over by a gust of wind. It caused quite a stir at the school! The Harris Township High School had sports teams in soccer and baseball. They were known as the Boalsburg Bisons. Billâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s talk was a very interesting look into the past, and was well received by the audience. The two eldest alumni present were introduced. Samuel Thomas Ross (class of 1934) actually graduated from the old Rock Hill School in Linden Hall, and Dorothea Reish (class of 1938) was one of the first graduates of the then new Harris Township High School. They received much applause from the audience. The final item on the program was the singing of the original Alma Mater by everyone present. It was touching to see the expressions on the faces, many of them etched by the passage of decades of time, as they sang the song they learned so long ago. They will miss the old school, but perhaps they can take heart in the fact that, as it becomes the Saint Josephâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Academy, the old building has gone full circle. It will once again be a high school, as it was when it began. The circle is complete.

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Chorus soloists Savanna Wilson (L), and Faith Matthews (R).

Oldest alums: Samuel Thomas (Tom) Ross, class of 1934, and Dorothea (Dottie) Reish, class of 1938

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Penns Valley Celebrates Memorial Day Article & photos by Sam Stitzer

Memorial Day is a day set Some walked with obvious aside to honor and remember difficulty, one rode a wheel all the American military chair, but nothing would stop service veterans who have these folks from honoring Participants take flowers to the cemetery died in the service of their their deceased veterans. Flag in Farmers Mills. country. It is a long-standing bearer Tim Zerby of Centre World War II veteran, Flag bearer, Tim Zerby, leads In Boalsburg, many activities tradition, and our own village Hall, led the congregaClair Jones, tells of his people through veterans’ graves. experience in the war. of Boalsburg, on the western tion along a serpentine path were under way. The town was filled edge of Penns Valley, lays through the hillside cemetery, with craft vendors, the Little German program was opened claim to being the “Birthplace where they dropped flowers Band performed, a Maypole dance filled by Sgt. Bob Timney, of Memorial Day.” World War II bivouac is very accurate. on the veterans’ graves of as the town square at noon, and the Firemen’s from the US Army Memorial Day weekend, they passed by. A brass choir Carnival was in full swing. Near the cemetery, Office of Public Affairs, Civil War re-enactors had who sang the National 2011 contained a flurry of activities in Boals- of Penns Valley High School pitched tents, and were ready Anthem, accompanied burg and points east all through Penns Valley. band members played sacred to do battle. On Saturday, May 28, music during the procession. by the crowd of attend Across the road, on the ees. After a welcome I visited the World Union Church Member Military Museum grounds, was and a prayer, Legion War II bivouac on the Bud Harris addressed the a car show featuring about 100 Commander Jim Hafer PA Military Museum crowd, noting the sacrifices our grounds in Boalsburg. veterans have made for freedom. State College High School Band vehicles gleaming in the sun. introduced the day’s This group of re-enac- A prayer followed, and then played Sousa’s National Emblem Antiques, classics, muscle cars, guest speaker, Dr.Greg and hot rods were on display, Ferro. tors portrays American a roll call of veterans buried March. and were drawing a large encampments as they in the cemetery was issued. Dr. Ferro asked his Seated is 98 year old crowd of auto aficionados. were in the European The ceremony finished with audience to remember The show cars were beau- two items: the number Dean Ripka, the Old Theater of Operations a 21-gun salute by American tiful, but one caught my eye 5,930 and the phrase Fort American Legion’s in 1944-1945. Their Legion members, a Civil War Andrews Sisters because it has often been called “last day.” He recited oldest member with 65 equipment, cannon firing by Hampton’s tribute act was great! weapons, years of service! the ugliest car ever made. The Lincoln’s Gettysburg and clothing is all period Battery F, and taps played by Citroen 2CV, made between Address, and encourcorrect, and much of it was obtained from Penns Valley High School 1948 and 1990, was France’s aged everyone to remember and honor our WW II veterans and their families. The actors Band trumpeters. conveyed the feeling of really The service A little one waves from a go-cart answer to the German Volk- veterans, especially the soldiers fighting in “being there” during the war. moved to the while Dad drives in the parade. swagen Beetle. It was a bare- the current wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. A USO-style show was Union Church sanctuary, which bones, tiny car made to get the rural French He explained the two items he had asked the presented at 3 p.m. by an was filled by the large crowd. population away from horses and buggies. audience. The number 5,930 is the number Andrews Sisters tribute act. Patriotic hymns were sung, a Stan Smith, from nearby Oak Hall showed of veterans killed in the wars in Afghanistan The ladies portraying Patty, poem was read, then an address a “barn find” example of a 2CV, complete and Iraq as of this week. He suggested that we Maxine, and Laverne Andrews was given by church member with rust, dirt, and even a little bit of hay on all honor our veterans on the last day of each mimicked their voices and and World War II veteran, Clair the body. Stan removed the left front fender month, and to keep track of developments in singing style perfectly, perJones of Centre Hall. Clair told and doors to better expose the unique engine, the war, lest we forget about them and their forming their vintage favorof receiving his “greetings” from drive train, and interior. The engine was a importance. A roll call of local veterans who two cylinder, air-cooled unit displacing about have died in the last two years was made, Civil War soldiers stop to rest in ites like Don’t Sit Under the the draft board in Apple Tree With Anyone Else Boalsburg Firemen’s Parade. February of 1943, and some 375cc, and drove the front wheels through a followed by a 21-gun salute and the playing of But Me, and Boogie humorous details four speed manual transmission. The interior Taps. It was a fitting salute to those who gave Woogie Bugle Boy. of his induction seats were much like lawn chairs, with a us so much. They even planted a and being issued tubular frame strung with rope-like webbing. The weekend produced a dichotomy heckling GI in the his uniform. “The This was austerity at its finest (or worst!). of emotions: picnics, parades, carnivals, car At 3 p.m. a group of about 67 people shows, craft sales, and such were upbeat, enjoycrowd, who shouted to only piece of gathered at the Lutheran and Reformed able times for everyone, but hovering above the announcer “Hey, clothing that fit me Cemetery in Centre Hall for a veterans’ like a dark cloud was the sadness and grief for squid! Sit down and was my necktie,” memorial service, sponsored by Post 779 the loss of so many veterans taken down by our let ‘em sing!” It was a he said. Ladies in costume at the of the American Legion in Old Fort. The great time of humor Clair was enemies. The somber Civil War encampment. and nostalgia for the Ladies in 1860’s clothing assigned to the U.S. Army Signal Corps, and graveside memorial audience. spent two years traveling in France, Belgium services seemed to At 5 p.m. that day, the Fireman’s Parade and Germany, laying telephone wires for field emphasize the loss stepped off in downtown Boalsburg, complete communications. Clair’s outfit had a few close of lives incurred for with folks in Civil War-era garb, bands, floats, calls with German V-2 Buzz Bombs. One America’s freedom. twirlers, and lots of fire trucks! The heat and exploded near their Quonset hut, fortunately But maybe that’s a humidity was oppressive for those in vintage causing no injuries, but that night Clair found good thing. We must clothing and band uniforms, but they paraded a piece of shrapnel in his pillow. never forget. The Little German Band plays at the through the streets proudly, bolstered by the Clair worked his way into the motor Maypole dancers were a crowd Boalsburg town square. cheers and applause of a grateful crowd of pool and became a truck driver. He recalled favorite on the square. spectators. meeting actor Mickey Rooney in a chow On Monday, May 30 at 9:30 a.m., in the line once, and driving a truck to the notoricool of the morning, over 150 people gathered ous Concentration Camp at Dachau. He also at St. John’s Union Church in the village drove for sightseeing tours, and chauffeured of Farmers Mills, for the church’s annual Grandpa Jones, of Hee Haw fame, to shows in Memorial Day service. This event is a long- Germany. Clair was discharged in December standing tradition in Penns Valley. When of 1945, returning to his home in Walker everyone had been issued flowers and small Township. 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A Tribute to Fallen Heroes

Thanks from the Clarence Legion On behalf of the Cartwright-Martin Clarence American Legion Post 813 and the Snow Shoe VFW Post 5644, we would like to thank our community for attending our Memorial Day services to honor our fallen veterans and to celebrate what has been preserved for us today. We would also like to thank those veterans that are surviving and those that are serving.Â We thank you all.Â

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Memorial Day at Centre County Memorial Park Article & photos by Brian Baney

The Memorial Day Services held at Centre County Memorial Park drew hundreds of Centre County folks. An array of distinguished speakers along with Centre Counties own Chiz Rider, bag pipe player Jan Hill, and the incredible harmony of The Nittany Knights entertained the crowd. Pastor Dan Shreckengast performed the Benediction. Then the ceremony’s distinguished speakers; Judge Jonathan Grine; Evelyn Wald, of the Tides Program for grieving children; and a military man with many credits to his name, Lt Col. Robert Kennedy, touched on many subjects. Among them were the origination of Decoration Day, and how the Tides Program assists grieving children and their families when a death occurs in the family, through loss of a military member and otherwise. Lt. Col. Robert Kennedy spoke of Lt. Michael Murphy, USN. Lt. Murphy gave his life to save the lives of his men during a fire-fight with Afghan Rebels on June 25, 2008. Lt. Murphy, along with his four man SEAL team were pinned down by enemy fire deep inside enemy territory. Reception was bad for radio communication, and without hesitation Lt. Murphy took the radio from the injured SEAL and sought open ground to call for air support. Already severely injured, Lt Murphy was exposed to

enemy fire, all the while making contact for the support the men desperately needed. In doing so, Lt. Murphy was killed. This heroic act earned him The Medal of Honor and now has been honored with a Naval Guided Missile Destroyer named the USS Michael Murphy. You can read Lt. Murphy’s story at www.navy.mil/moh/mpmurphy/ The ceremony continued with the Presentation of Colors and 21-gun salute by VFW Post 321 of State College, the playing of Taps by Chiz Rider, invocation by Pastor Dan Shreckengast, a medley of patriotic and wartime favorites by The Nittany Knights, and Amazing Grace played by Jan Hill on his bag pipes. Closing comments by Danielle Ardire ended the ceremony. All in all, even with the heat and humidity, folks walked away from this incredible ceremony with even warmer hearts and perhaps a lump in their throat – and, for sure, a fresh understandJan Hill, closed the ceremony ing of what Memorial Day truly at Memorial Park represents for this great country. with Amazing Grace.

Chiz Rider trumpeted The National Anthem at Centre County Memorial Park Services.

The Nittany Knights added beautiful harmony to services at Memorial Park. Danielle Ardire welcomed the large crowd at Centre County Memorial Park.

The very accomplished Lt. Col. Robert Kennedy addressed the Memorial Day crowd at Centre County Memorial Park.

Evelyn Wald explained the Tides program, a support group for grieving children and those who love them.

Julian Remembers the Fallen Article & photos by Brian Baney

Bob Mann speaks before a loyal Memorial Day group.

The well-spoken, Pastor Jim Walk, speaks from the heart.

Brian Robison, a BEA three-time State Band first-chair, trumpets a tune for the folks gathered at the Julian Union Cemetery

On Sunday, May 29, it was a time of prayer and remembrance at the Julian Union Cemetery. The service was lead by Wayne Richards, vice-president of the Julian Union Cemetery Association. Bob Mann spoke, as well as Pastor Jim Walk, whose touching words brought tears and a lump to your throat. Bald Eagle Area High The flag, yet waves, at the Julian School’s very own Brian Union Cemetery Robison touched the hearts of all in attendance with his trumpet playing. Brian was selected to State Band Competition the last three years. His talent comes naturally with both parents being former trumpeters. Brian plans to major in music when he goes to college. Brian’s future is a very bright one, with loving parents and the support of his community, he will go far in whatever his career choice. As those in attendance sang America The Beautiful, one could see and hear the compassion they possess. Each has a tie to the cemetery, rather it be a loved one buried there, or being a part of the association whose mission is to care for the cemetery. The Julian Union Cemetery Association was formed by

Wayne Richards. Wayne attended an uncle’s burial at the cemetery in 2005. The cemetery was a shambles. Tall grass, and overturned stones was not the resting place Wayne had in mind for his uncle. Thanks to the efforts of Wayne Richards, the association members, and the work of many volunteers, the cemetery is quiet, pristine and beautifully cared for. The final resting place for those buried in the Julian Union Cemetery will forever be cared for by the compassionate and dear people of this great community. I’d like to thank Wayne Richards and the volunteers for the hard work and determination it took to make your community an even more beautiful place. It’s just one more reason why Centre County is a wonderful place to live.

Wayne Richards, offers a tearful remembrance

Local residents sing America the Beautiful at the Julian Union Cemetery Memorial Day Program

Memorial Day Ceremony at Zion Union Cemetery Article and photos by Brian Baney

Sunday, May 29, the American Legion Post 867 of Pleasant Gap welcomed dozens to the annual Memorial Day Ceremony at Zion Union Cemetery. As folks sought shade, Merle Wertz, Post Post Commander Merle Wertz, Commander, opened the introduced Roberts Martin to ceremony. Ret. Lt. Col. perform the Benediction. Roberts Martin, a retired teacher from State College, who served in WWII with the U.S. Air Force in the European theatre as a ball-turret gunner on a B-24 fighter plane, performed the Benediction. Mr. Martin continued his service to his country in the Army Reserves, until retiring as a Lt. Colonel. Along with Merle Wertz, the following members participated in the ceremony, Ret. Lt. Col. Roberts Martin Mark Milliron, Harold Hoy, shook Mark Milliron’s hand. Don Alexander, Ross Hoy, and

Jack Bechdel from the Marine Corps League. Mark Milliron spoke of his uncle’s incredible capture behind enemy lines in WWII – Germany – a story that put you right in the action. A local man, a volMembers of Houtz-Meyers-Rose unteer fireman observAmerican Legion Post 867 chat before ing the ceremony from the service at Zion Union Cemetery. the Walker Township Regional Fire Station, told me of the “old days,” when community folks would march behind a band to the Zion cemetery to honor community members lost in wartime conflicts. Today’s ceremony was a bit less quaint, but not short on appreciation and honor for those who have given Mark Milliron of Pleasant Gap their all for their country. American Legion Post 867 The ceremony came to a told the story of an uncle’s solemn end with the playing of capture and treatment in Taps. WWii Germany.

Taps was performed by an American Legion Post 893 member at the Advent Church Cemetery.

The Centre County Courthouse is readied for 11 o’clock services on Memorial Day.

Members of American Legion Post 893 honor guard performed a 21-gun salute at Advent Cemetery.

Flags at flew at half-staff at the Advent Cemetery on Moose Run Road.

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New Museum Exhibits Open for Summer Article & photos By Sam Stitzer

AARONSBURG – The Penns Valley Historical Museum, Aaronsburg, has acquired four new exhibits for the 2011 summer season. Museum director, Kay Gray and her assistants have done a lot of work arranging informative and attractive displays for each. The first exhibit focuses on weddings and features several vintage wedding dresses on mannequins as well as numerous wedding photos, albums, and even lists of wedding presents received by the couples. The dresses vary in color from white to ivory to dark blue, and even one in black. Mrs. Gray explained that prior to about 1900, many different colors of wedding gowns were worn by brides. The reasons were practical: the dresses were often used as a woman’s “best dress” for special occasions long after the wedding. White was hard to keep clean in an era when most Century old wedding dresses people in rural areas like Penns Valley did not own are on display. washing machines, and the long dresses often got soiled on farms and in villages with no sidewalks. The dresses were nearly all handmade in those days, and fabrics were often hard to obtain, so many wedding dresses were recycled from the material of other garments. Kay’s own grandmother’s dress from 1899 is included in the exhibit, as is a dress worn by Margaret Hilton Craven Brown in 1912. Margaret’s granddaughter is shown in a photo wearing the very same dress in 1940. The second exhibit shows artifacts from the Miles Township High School, which was located in Rebersburg. A school desk, various books, photos, and diplomas are on Museum director Kay Gray display. A map from 1861 with her grandmother’s shows the Miles Township wedding dress from 1899. “Two Mile” school plan, which placed schools every two miles along route 192 so no child had to walk more than a mile to school (perhaps the earliest version of “No Child Left Behind”?). A photo from 1906 of the first school transportation in Miles Diploma of Harry Ziegler, Township is shown – a horseMiles Township High School who later taught school in memorabilia on exhibit. drawn buggy! Graduations Rebersburg for many years.

occurred in April in those days, so the students were available to help with the springtime chores on their family farms. The third exhibit explores The “School Bus” was a buggy in 1906. the early history of the Lewisburg and Spruce Creek Railroad, later named the Lewisburg and Tyrone Railroad. Its iron rails brought greatly increased commerce and transportation to the isolated, rural areas of Penns Schools were located every two miles Valley in the mid and late1800s. from Madisonburg to Livonia in 1961. Photos of construction of the tunnels at Coburn and Poe Paddy are on display, as well as other railroad memorabilia. There is even a poster from 1925 promoting excursions to the Grange Fair in Centre Hall. There was a station at Grange Park used just for the fair, and Special railroad the round trip fare from points in the excursions ran to valley cost 25 cents! and from Grange The fourth and final exhibit Fair in 1925. centers on the American Civil War – Civil War soldier’s footlocker very appropriate on the 150th anniversary of the beginning with boot prints still visible. of the bloodiest conflict in our history. Several artifacts from the time are shown, including a battlefield drum in perfect condition, framed discharge papers from local soldiers, and, my favorite, a soldier’s footlocker with the prints of his muddy boots still clearly visible on the locker’s floor. The Penns Valley Historical Museum is a time machine. Step inside, and a century and a half flies by in reverse, transporting you to a time and a life so very different than, and yet in some ways similar to, the present. You become immersed in the past, and you feel like you have become one of your ancestors, deriving an understanding of what life was like in that time. The museum embodies the old saying “In order to see where we’re going, we have to look back and see where we’ve been.” The Penns Valley Historical Museum is open on SatOrnate, framed discharge urdays from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and is available other times certificate for David Wance. by appointment. Call (814) 349-5740 or (814) 349-8960 for These were often done by more information. itinerant artists of the time.

Getaway Adventures: In Your Own Backyard By Sandie Biddle

I’m proud to tell you a little before our ancestors moved in. about Huntingdon County, where I Swigart Antique Auto Museum, grew up. Just a quick hop over Tussey just east of Huntingdon on Route Mountain at Pine Grove Mills, and 22, is America’s oldest auto museum, you’ll find yourself in deep forests with a collection unmatched only by with sparkling streams, state parks, Henry Ford’s. The collection of about caves, museums, and history that 150 cars is so large, only 30 to 35 are goes back to William Penn. on display at the museum at one Like many natives, I thought time. Some are one-of-a-kind such I had to “go away” for vacation, so as the 1936 Duesenberg 12-cylinder didn’t explore my own backyard for Gentlemen’s Speedster, the 1920 many years. Now that I have, I’ll Lake Raystown is a great place Carroll, and the 1916 Scripps-Booth. share a few of the high points with to get a glimpse of nesting The Swigart Museum is the only you. You may have ventured here far automobile museum in the country Bald Eagles enough to visit Stone Valley Recre- (photo courtesy of the PA Game where visitors can see two Tuckers, Commission) ation Area, Shavers Creek Environthe 1947 “Tin Goose” Prototype and mental Center, and Whipple Dam and Greenwood #1013. Yes, and Herby the Love Bug also lives at Furnace state parks. Travel another 20 miles or so, Swigart’s. Gearheads, need I say more? and here’s what you’ll find. The East Broad Top Railroad / Rockhill Pennsylvania is home to eight show caves, Trolley Museum is one of my personal favorites. four of which are right here in central Pennsylva- This trusty antique steam engine takes you on nia. Of course you’ve a circuit through the countryside and into the been to Penn’s Cave, woods, making a stop at a picnic ground. If you which you can see by plan your trip ahead, you can catch a train to the boat, and Woodward picnic ground, have a picnic in the woods, and pick Cave, both in Penns up a ride when it comes back an hour or two later. Valley. (You haven’t? The train ride is just plain magic – a photogenic It’s time!) There are trip back in time. two more fine caves in Raystown Lake and its surrounding forest is Huntingdon County. massive, pristine, and known for fishing, boating, Lincoln Caverns on water skiing, camping, hiking, biking, and nature Route 22 just west watching. The Army Corps of Engineers takes care of Huntingdon was of most of the lake, keeping growth away from our discovered when they lovely shores. Maybe that’s why the American Bald cut a new roadway. Eagles feel safe nesting near the lake. The Lake Raystown area is There is a resort, conference center, water known for its well-developed Indian Caverns, near Spruce Creek, was park, zip lines, and other attractions nearby. In biking trails. (photo by AE Landes used by Indians long addition to lakeside campgrounds, there are plenty Photography)

of rental cottages, houses, RV sites, and hotel rooms nearby. Huntingdon recently welcomed two new hotels – the Comfort Inn on Route 22 at Fourth Street and the Fairfield by Marriott which is set to open any day now, across from the WalMart Plaza on Route 26. Make it a day, a long weekend, or a week. Bring your tent, boat, RV, and family. The short ride to a vacation getaway in Huntingdon County won’t even cost you a tank of gas.

The East Broad Top Railroad in Orbisonia is the only narrow-gauge railroad left in the country that uses its original rolling stock. There is a trolley museum adjacent, plus a gift shop.

Swigart Antique Auto Museum

Lincoln Caverns on Route 22 west of Huntingdon is one of two show caves in Huntingdon County, the other being Indian Caverns near Spruce Creek.

(photo by Ed Stoddard)

Lake Raystown is a man-made lake on the Raystown branch of the Juniata River. At 8.300 acres, it’s one of the largest bodies of water contained within our borders. (Lake Erie is the largest with a PA shoreline.) (photo by AE Landes Photography)

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going LOCAL! an Adventure Eaters Guide By Ken Hull

Greetings Gazette readers! Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m honored to be a part of this publication and hope you will enjoy my prose as I take you on an eating and drinking adventure through the pages of my books going LOCAL! An Adventurerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Guide to Unique Eats, Cool Pubs & Cozy CafĂŠs of Central Pennsylvania. But in this, my first installment, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll tell you a little about myself, what I do, where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re going, and in the theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Getaways,â&#x20AC;? guide you to one really cool destination I feature in my second book. I grew up in central PA. In fact, my ancestors arrived here in what is now Benner Township back in 1793. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been a floor-covering installer, banker, artist, and now author. My books encourage folks to eat and drink at locally owned â&#x20AC;&#x153;mom and popâ&#x20AC;? places rather than the chains. I also preach the gospel of shopping at locally owned businesses rather than those awful box stores. Some say I have a dream job. Well, if riding the back roads and byways of PA on a â&#x20AC;&#x2122;94 Harley scouting out cool places to eat and drink is a dream job, then yes, I do. Through this and future columns, I plan to take you with me! No helmet or eyewear required, no bugs in your teeth, no weather worries, and no sore butts â&#x20AC;&#x201C; just a free ride to some of the sweetest eateries, pubs, and cafĂŠs around. I call myself an adventure eater, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what I hope you become too! Not an overeater or eater of weird stuff, but someone who tastes and understands what eating local is all about no matter where you are. So there you have it. Ready to hop on for the ride? Cool, here we go! When I was researching places for going LOCAL! Volume 2: A Second Helping, I needed to cross the Susquehanna River to get to some places I had heard about on the east side. I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to cross at the Sunbury or Clarkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ferry bridges, as they would take me too far north or south of my planned route. But after looking at my map (GPS is for wimps), I noticed a tiny dashed line with the letters FY right where I wanted to cross. Seeing that, I remembered someone telling me about a paddlewheel ferry boat that makes daily trips across the river between a campground on the west bank and Millersburg on the east bank. How cool and how convenient!

Plus, the idea of crossing the river by ferryboat seemed like an adventure that I couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pass up. I plotted a course for the Millersburg Ferry along Routes 11 & 15 just south of Liverpool, fired-up the bike and headed out. I gotta tell ya, the restaurants I discovered on the other side were great, but the ferry ride to get to them was as awesome as it was epic! Honestly, it was the best part of the trip. So much so that I dedicated several pages in my book about it and called it â&#x20AC;&#x153;My Little Big Adventure Across the

Mighty Susquehanna.â&#x20AC;? Unfortunately I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have the room here in this column to elaborate and tell just how awesome it is, but you can find out for yourself with just one short daytrip. With the remaining room I do have, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give you all you need to know to scoop up your kids and/or sweetie and head southeast for a Little Big Adventure of your own. And donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t you worry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll find plenty of local eateries and watering holes on the other side. Enjoy!

The Way to go LOCAL! The Millersburg Ferry opens seasonally May through October as water conditions allow. The ferry connects the town of Millersburg with an adjacent landing in Perry County on Routes 11&15 about 2 miles south of Liverpool at Ferryboat Campsites. Ferryboat Campsites offers the finest in fun-filled family camping blended with a variety of outdoor activities and community recreation. There are 285 completely modern campsites nestled amid lush shade trees overlooking the beautiful Susquehanna River at one of its widest points.Â Endless hours of excellent fishing, boating, and water activity are but a few steps from every site. Historic Millersburg is a quaint town with unique shops, Daily Schedule: Saturday and Sunday from 1st weekend in May through October 9:00 a.m. until dusk. Weekdays from June 2nd to and including Labor Day 11 a.m. until 5 p.m.

fine dining, bed and breakfast accommodations, art galleries, heritage museum, and golf resort. Ferry souvenirs are available at the Millersburg Information Center located in the Old Train Station on Center Street. Each ferry accommodates four vehicles and 50 passengers. Private charters are available for reunions, birthdays, anniversaries, school groups, receptions, etc. Catering services offered. Fares: One-way â&#x20AC;&#x153;walk on passenger,â&#x20AC;? $2; autos, $6 (includes driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fee); motorcycle and rider, $3. For pricing information, brochures, reservations and/or charter bookings can be obtained by phoning the business office.

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Phone: (717) 692-2442

http://www.millersburg.com/attractions/ferry.html http://www.facebook.com/pages/Millersburg-Ferry/143109542421284 Ken Hull is a local artist, author, biker, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;adventure eaterâ&#x20AC;? living the life in historic Boalsburg Village PA.

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Andrews Sisters Tribute Show at World War II Revisited By Karen Dabney

BOALSBURG – Hailing from North Carolina, the Andrews Sisters Tribute Show delighted veterans, World War II reenactors, and civilians of all ages with their lively and lighthearted USO-style act on Saturday, May 28. The concert was part of World War II Revisited, a living history weekend at the Pennsylvania Military Museum during the Memorial Day Celebration in Boalsburg. The charismatic trio performed war-era hits of the Andrews Sisters in three-part harmony to recorded music, tap dancing as they sang, with comedic body language and expressions that endeared them to the audience. The members of the group, Erinn Diaz, Heidi Shafer, and Serah Haley, alternated Patty Andrews’ lead role instead of impersonating a specific sister. They shared interesting and often humorous insights about the Andrews Sisters and the songs, to place them in historical context in an entertaining, upbeat way.

Diaz, Haley, and Shafer sing I’ll be with You in Apple Blossom Time. Photo by Chuck Smith of the PA Military Museum The singers told the audience that the sisters, Patty, LaVerne, and Maxene, began performing when the youngest, Maxene, was seven. The girls won a prize at a local Minneapolis talent contest five years later. Their popularity skyrocketed in the late 1930s. In 1938, they became the first all-female harmony group to sell a million copies of a record album. By the 1950s, they had recorded more than 400 songs, including many chart toppers.

The members of Andrews Sisters Tribute Show (from left to right: Shafer, Haley and Diaz) pose with World War II re-enactors portraying Axis and Allied troupes. Photo by Karen Dabney

JUNE 3, 2011

Live Entertainment Schedule 6/3/11 – 6/9/11 The Deli – Downtown State College 6/5 6/9

Tries Bien Ensemble – 11:30am-1:30pm Domenick Swentosky

Inferno Brick Oven & Bar – Downtown State College 6/8

Greg & Jason Acoustic

Zeno’s Pub – Downtown State College 6/3 6/5

The Nightcrawlers, 10:30pm Kris Kehr, 9:00pm

Otto’s Pub & Brewery – N. Atherton St., State College 6/8 6/9 The fun-loving members of the Andrews Sisters Tribute Band are, from left to right, Heidi Shafer, Erinn Diaz, and Serah Haley. Photo by Karen Dabney The Andrews Sisters Tribute Show wore Army-style khaki outfits that Diaz said were based on the costumes the Andrews Sisters wore in the 1942 musical film, Private Buckaroo. They performed one of the film’s songs about two lovers separated by the war, Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree with Anyone Else but Me. Diaz recounted how America was still in an economic slump when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor in 1941, and young men flocked to enlist in the military. The group sang This is My Country to illustrate how the Andrews Sisters supported the war effort by entertaining troupes all over the world, and sang Chattanoga Choo Choo to remember the troupe trains that passed through Tennessee. The sisters were also known for their humorous side, “The Andrews Sisters, in full swing and sillier than ever,” according to Shafer. The trio danced and sang their way through Pistol Packin’ Mama, brandishing a suitably absurd plastic pistol. They also performed the 1943 novelty song, Mairzy Doats (Mares Eat Oats), and Would You Like to Swing on a Star? The singers donned grass skirts and rainbow colored leis to perform the hugely popular Calypso hit, Rum and Coca Cola, that remained at the top of the 1945 Billboard charts for ten weeks, partially due to being banned in places for the reference to alcohol. The Andrews Sisters Tribute Show flirted with a Navy seaman re-enactor during I’ ll be with You in Apple Blossom Time, and later danced over to a man in the audience, singing, Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? Caught up in the moment, the man answered, “Yeah!” The trio also sang The Pennsylvania Polka, The Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel), Irving Berlin’s Alexander’s Ragtime Band, the boogie woogie tune, Beat Me Daddy, Eight to A Bar, and Cole Porter’s Every Time We Say Goodbye. They sang one final song, I’ ll Be Seeing You in All the Familiar Places, then remained on stage, backs to the audience, until a bugle sounded. They whirled around and launched into a joyful rendition of The Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B. The audience gave them a well-earned standing ovation. The Andrews Sisters Tribute Show is a touring act of First In Flight Entertainment, owned by Diaz and her husband, sound engineer Nelson Diaz. The group has performed for museums, veterans groups, high schools, public theaters, and send-off events for “Flights of Honor,” which fly veterans to Washington, D.C. In August, the trio will perform for 10,000 combat veterans at the VFW National Convention in San Antonio, TX. Nelson Diaz said, “We’ve had audiences of all ages and everyone seems to enjoy it. High schools really like it – it’s a fun show.” Erinn Diaz added, “The stories we hear from combat vets are really neat. Anything with World War II vets is the best.”

Scott Mangene, 8pm 18 Strings, 9pm

Prospector’s Allegheny Rib Company – State College 6/7 6/9

Richard Benninghoff Table Magic, 6pm Ken Volz, 10pm

Elk Creek Café & Ale Works – Millheim 6/4 6/9

Miss Melanie & The Valley Rats w/ Philip Masorti & The Herd, 8:00pm Poe Valley Troubadours, 7:30pm

The Phyrst – Downtown State College 6/3 6/4 6/5 6/6 6/7 6/8 6/9

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

American Ale House – Toftrees/State College 6/3 6/4 5/5 6/8 6/9

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

The Arena – Martin Street/State College 6/3 6/4 6/8

Bad Daze Big Daddy Bangers The Ruth O’Brien Karaoke Show, 9pm

The Rathskeller – Downtown State College 6/3 6/4

Brian Lubrecht, 10:30pm Brian Lubrecht, 10:30pm

Café 210 West – Downtown State College 6/3 6/4

JR, James & Natalie, 6:00pm The Earthtones, 10:30pm Dave Joyce & The Slow Pitch Band, 10:30pm

Red Horse Tavern – Pleasant Gap 6/3 6/9

Black Coffee, 9:00pm Irish Jam, 7:00pm

Mountain Valley Diner – Wingate 6/7

Joe Casher, 5:30pm

Governor’s Pub – Bellefonte 6/1 6/2

Biscuit Jam, 6:30pm JT Blues, 6:30pm

Pizza Mia – Bellefonte 6/3

Karaoke w/ Ken Yeaney, 6:00pm

The State Theatre – Downtown State College 6/3 6/4 6/9

Centre Dance presents: Spring Recital 2011, 6:00pm Centre Dance presents: Spring Recital 2011, 6:00pm Singing OnStage presents: Into The Woods, 7:30pm

Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details. The Gazette is committed to providing you with a complete listing of upcoming Live Entertainment in Centre County. If your establishment provides Live Entertainment and would like to have your entertainment listed for FREE here in the Gazette, just e-mail your entertainment to sales@centrecountygazette.com.

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Bellefonte Drama a Howling Success By Pat Park

Photography Exhibit Taipei, Taiwan: Photographs by Karen Serago

CHoSen Concert Christian Rock Performance

Betsy Rogers Allen Gallery, Schlow Library Through June 27 Local photographer Karen Serago will share her work with the community in the Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery at Schlow Centre Region Library from June 1 through June 27. Seragoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photographs are drawn from her years living in Taipei during the 1990s, as well as annual visits. The images expand on her theme of â&#x20AC;&#x153;exploration and cultivation of a personal connection to a foreign culture and society.â&#x20AC;? Also an author, Serago received her MFA in photography from Ohio University and was curator at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Altoona. She is currently employed as an Academic Advisor in the Smeal College of Business. This event is free and open to the public.

Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m. Fairbrook United Methodist Church CHoSen, a Christian rock band, will perform Saturday, June 11 at 7 p.m. on the lawn at Fairbrook UMC (4201 W Whitehall Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, PA). Bring your lawn chair. There will be food to purchase starting at 6:30 p.m. Lawn games for kids. The concert will be inside if it rains. Go to fairbrookumc.org for details.

Local Artistsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Exhibit Chuck Hall Studio Show June 4 to September 16 BHCA Gallery at the Gamble Mill A new exhibit, The Chuck Hall Studio Show, will be presented at the BHCA Gallery at the Gamble Mill beginning Saturday, June 4, and running through September 16. Works by local artists created in painting and drawing classes held in Chuck Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Coburn studio, and from works done previously at his Pike Art Workshop in Philipsburg, will be presented. An Opening Reception will be Tuesday, June 14 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. Exhibit hours: Monday to Saturday 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., closed from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Call (814) 383-0039. This exhibit is supported by the PA Council on the Arts and by the Borough of Bellefonte.

Folk Concert Glenn Jones (Boston) & Sharron Kraus (U.K.) Saturday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. Schlow Library â&#x20AC;&#x153;The best guitarist you never heard of,â&#x20AC;? said The Boston Globe. A 30-plus-year devotee of the so-called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Takoma school,â&#x20AC;? Jones has written extensively on the steel-string guitarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s leading lights: John Fahey, with whom he was friends for nearly 25 years, and Robbie Basho, who befriended Jones during the five years before his untimely death in 1986. English folksinger Sharron Kraus plays â&#x20AC;&#x153;dark folk music for the new millennium,â&#x20AC;? with a unique approach that draws equally from the stark traditional ballad-singing of legends such as Shirley Collins and Anne Briggs, and the more experimental modern â&#x20AC;&#x153;avant folkâ&#x20AC;? style. Suggested donation is $5.

Tarnished Six Sunday, June 5 at 6:30 p.m. Free Concert at South Hills Business School This is part of the summer series of picnic concerts at the business school on Waupelani Drive, State College. Bring your own chairs, blanket, picnics, or snacks. Rain or shine.

A Night of One Acts Penns Valley Advanced Drama Class Tuesday, June 7 at 8 p.m. The Penns Valley Advanced Drama Class will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Night Of One Actsâ&#x20AC;? on June 7 at 8 p.m. in the Penns Valley High School Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

FREE Friday Concerts On the Lemont Village Green, Fridays starting June 10, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Some artists having performed there before and some are new. The schedule is filled for twelve Friday nights this summer. Picnickers are always welcome. Concerts are free, but a basket is passed to help support Granary renovation. Visit www.lemontvillage.org. June 10 - Turkish Folk Songs by TURKOZAN - Savas Yavuzkurt June 17 - Tussey Mountain Moonshiners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Steve Buckalew, Karin Hastings, Bryan Homan, Paul Brigman, and Gwen Stimely, playing bluegrass June 24 - Allegheny Ridgerunners â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Will Hancock, Guitar; Kurt Kroeker, Fiddle; Celia Millington-Wyckoff, Bass; and Keith Miska, Banjo playing old-time folk tunes

Jay Vonada Trio Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. Free Concert at South Hills Business School This is part of the summer series of picnic concerts at the business school on Waupelani Drive, State College. Bring your own chairs, blanket, picnics, or snacks. Rain or shine.

Sunday Concerts at the Gazebo Sundays at 7 p.m. starting June 12 Talleyrand Park Gazebo, Bellefonte In case of rain concerts will be held at the YMCA. These concerts are supported by a gift from the Garver Charity Fund, B.P.O.E #1094, Bellefonte Lodge June 12 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bellefonte Community Band June 19 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Allegheny Ridgerunners, bluegrass, country, and folk June 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ju-st Proclaim, singers of oldie but goodies July 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Coburn Brass, Civil War music

The Covalts 16th Annual Outdoor Gospel Sing

Members of the Bellefonte High School Drama Department ended their year boldly. Doing any play by Tom Stoppard takes courage and the cast and crew were up to the demands of his The Real Inspector Hound. Re-capping the story of Inspector Hound is almost impossible, but to sum it up, two theatre critics are watching a murder mystery at the Criterion Theatre and in Act Two they somehow find themselves on stage, involved in the plot. The audience does get a chance to find out that one of them, Moon, has been assigned this play at the last moment and does not know what happened to his superior. The other critic, Birdboot, has a definite eye for the ladies. The names of these two characters should give an idea of the tone of the play. I was impressed with how much guest director Caitlin Osborne was able to get out of a high school group. Stoppard plays are rather sophisticated and not everybody â&#x20AC;&#x153;gets it.â&#x20AC;? These young people not only got it, they ran with it. So much could be said about each member of the cast, but time and space is limiting. To Becca Busichio, Julia Laufer, Sean Connelly, Brandon Lengyel, Chelsea McGhee, Jake Van Bramer, Elizabeth Catchmark, Kayla Miller, Kyle Naylor, and Tyler Wasson, fantastic job. To all of you backstage, we do know how hard you guys work and it showed. This is a fun show to do. It depends on high energy and an ability to â&#x20AC;&#x153;hamâ&#x20AC;? it up on the part of the actors. To me the funniest part is the card playing scene. Unfortunately some of these lines were lost the night that I was in the audience. When the difficulty of this play is taken into consideration, that is a very small complaint. A sad note to the evening was the letter in the program from Marilyn Knoffsinger announcing her retirement. She deserves a thank you from those of us who believe firmly in high school drama. Her final advice to her students applies to each of us: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Continue to be involved in theatre. It truly will enrich your lives.â&#x20AC;?

Saturday & Sunday, June 11 & 12 at 2 p.m. each day Centre Hall Fair Grounds Singing groups: Covalts, Victory Express, Fishers, HAVE A NEW CD COMING OUT? Segers, Tony Bates, DID YOU JUST CELEBRATE A MILESTONE Last Generation, Jeremy ANNIVERSARY IN THE BAND? Garner, Tim and DID YOU JUST WIN AN AWARD? LaDonna Bates, Duncans, Mallonees and others. HAS YOUR MUSIC BEEN FEATURED SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE THE AREA? The Gospel Sing is held LET THE GAZETTE KNOW ABOUT IT AND under roof at the SouthWEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;LL TELL ALL OF CENTRE COUNTY!!! side Stage. Bleacher seats available or bring your Just send your band informationâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;however big own lawn chairs. Free or small the news isâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;to The Gazette! parking. Handicap accessible. Food available. The Grange Fair grounds are off Rt. 45 on Homan Lane near Centre Hall. Admission is free! For information, call 814-422-8640 or visit www.thecovalts. com.

ATTENTION LOCAL MUSICIANS!!! We have a feature called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Centre of the Music Sceneâ&#x20AC;? which will feature information about the local band scene in Centre County. Whether itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s country, rock, bluegrass, folk, jazz, rapâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;whateverâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;let us know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening! We might even do a full-length feature about it! Just send your info via e-mail to sales@centrecountygazette.com or if you have a CD that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d like us to review, send it to... Centre County Gazette ATTN: Entertainment Editor P.O. Box 679 State College, PA 16804

Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no better way to spend a summer evening than to be dancing in the aisles, entertained by Five Guys Named Moe and one named Nomax!

Community Hymn Sing Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church Wednesday, June 15 at 7 p.m. There will be a Community Hymn Sing at the Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church, 179 South Main Street, Pleasant Gap â&#x20AC;&#x201C; June 15 at 7 p.m. The local community is invited to a hymn sing followed a time of fellowship and refreshments. Special music will be offered by the combined choirs from St. Mark Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church. Phone (814)-359-3011.

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Lady Little Lions Heading “The Vest” Resigns Back to District 6 Under Ongoing NCAA Championship with Win Investigation By Les Barnhart M I L L H A L L The “Drive for Five” is still alive for the State College softball team. Following their 8-2 road win over Central Mountain last Wednesday, the Lady Little Lions will make a return trip to the District 6 AAAA title game which will be held in their own backyard on the campus of Penn State University. State College (10-9) jumped out early with a two-run first inning and later padded that lead with four more runs in the fourth inning. Two of the runs in the fourth came on one of Emilee Eden’s two hits in the game.

The Lady Little Lions would go on to tack on single runs in the fifth and sixth inning to build an 8-0 lead. Haley Shaw kept the Lady Wildcats off the scoreboard through the first five innings but they broke up the shutout bid with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Shaw would leave ten Central Mountain runners stranded on base as she scattered eleven hits while striking out three in the win. Dani Hart led all State College hitters with three hits in the game. The Lady Little Lions face DuBois in the finals on Wednesday night.

Eagles’ Postseason Ends with Heartbreaking Loss in Extra Innings By Les Barnhart

MOUNT UNION – In a game that took two days to complete, it made sense that it would also need extra innings to determine a winner. Bald Eagle Area and Mount Union got together last Thursday for their semifinal game but wouldn’t finish until Friday as lightning caused the return trip and left the teams tied at 1-1 in the top of the ninth inning. Bald Eagle Area (14-8) certainly had the top-seeded Trojans (18-1) on the ropes from the opening pitch. They had their opportunities to score against Brock Imperioli but had two runners gunned down at the plate in consecutive innings. In the game, the Eagles would leave 16 runners on base, something that certainly didn’t sit well with Coach Jim Gardner. On the mound for the Eagles, Justin Taylor was dealing again. He worked another eight solid innings, allowing just one run and scattering four hits while striking out ten. He would not factor in the decision as pitch restrictions prohibited him from returning to the bump when the game resumed on Friday. With the game tied at 1-1 in the top of the ninth, the Trojans went to their ace, Brock Goodling. The senior who will be

heading to Clemson to continue his career, entered the game and struck out the first two batters he faced. Lance Williamson then drilled a double to left field before lightning caused a delay that lasted an hour and twenty minutes. With the delay, the game was suspended and the teams returned on Friday. The Trojans held the Eagles off the board in the ninth and the teams played on with Coleman Hoffman on the mound for Bald Eagle Area. The teams battled into the 11th inning when the Eagles looked like they would break the tie when they got three straight singles in the top of the inning. They would leave the bases full after a strikeout ended the threat. Those stranded runners would really come back to haunt the Eagles as in the bottom half of the inning, Goodling would reach on a single with one out against Hoffman. A bunt single by Garrett Grainey moved him into scoring position at second base. Hoffman coaxed a fly out from the next hitter for the second out of the inning but he couldn’t prevent Dylan Knable’s soft single into shallow centerfield from scoring Goodling, who was running on the hit with two outs, to give the Trojans a 2-1 win.

Dubois Ends Little Lions’ Season with District 6 Semifinal Loss By Les Barnhart

STATE COLLEGE – The Little Lions’ comeback attempt in their District 6 AAAA semifinal game last Thursday fell short and with it so did their chance of returning to the District 6 championship game. State College (12-6) and DuBois (8-5) were somewhat familiar with each other as the teams had just wrapped up their regular season against each other five days earlier. That game resulted in a 4-1 win for the Little Lions. In this game, it was a different story for both teams. After the teams matched scoreless innings in the first and second, the Beavers posted three runs in the third with two coming off starting pitcher Mike Finlan. The Little Lions would turn to the bullpen with Jared Dailey. He would allow a run in the inning but shut down DuBois until he left

at the end of the sixth inning. Tim Scholly would post a scoreless seventh inning. The State College bats were held quiet by two DuBois pitchers, Garret Peterson and Dom Kriner. The Little Lions managed just four hits in the loss and had only one through the first four innings. In the fifth inning, the Little Lions ended their scoring drought as they struck for two runs. Jason Costa singled and later scored on an error to cut the lead to 3-1. Saige Jenco brought State College to within a run of the lead when his single plated Kerry Meyers. That would be as close as the Little Lions would get as the Beavers went to their bullpen. Dom Kriner came on to close out the fifth inning and would work a scoreless sixth and seventh inning for the save.

By Matt Masullo Jim Tressel, aka “The Sweater Vest”, who guided the Ohio State Buckeyes to the 2002 National Championship and a 106-22 record, has resigned his position of Head Football Coach amidst an ongoing NCAA investigation. Tressel tendered his resignation to Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith after a meeting on Sunday night. Prior to Tressel’s tenure as Head Coach at Ohio State, he was the Head Coach at Youngstown State for 15 seasons (1986-2000), winning four NCAA-1AA championships. In 1998, his reputation was somewhat tarnished when the quarterback on his first national championship team, Ray Issac, admitted to accepting benefits from a member of Youngstown State’s board of trustees. The NCAA had been tipped off of violations in 1994, but later dropped their investigation after Youngstown State conducted an internal investigation of their own. The NCAA later cleared Tressel of any wrongdoing, and allowed Youngstown State to keep their 1991 championship. In 2001, he was hired as Ohio State’s Head Coach, replacing former coach John C ooper. During his introduction as the schools new football coach at a basketball game, Tressel stated, “I can assure you that you will be proud of your young people in the classroom, in the community, and most especially in 310 days in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the football field.” This was a clear shot at Cooper, who had struggled with the Buckeyes biggest rival during his tenure at Ohio State. What he must have meant was that fans would be proud of future Buckeyes getting huge discounts on tattoos, cars, jewelry, but ultimately, the demise of a football powerhouse. During his tenure at Ohio State, Tressel has been under fire several times for incidents dealing with his players, and for good cause. Before he was hired as the Head Coach, he was a position coach under then Head Coach Earl Bruce from 1983-1985. During that time, he was in charge of running the team summer camps. He allegedly rigged a camp raffle so that a top Ohio State prospect won in an effort to make sure the recruit would commit to Ohio State, a blatant NCAA recruiting violation. In 2002, Maurice Clarett carried the Buckeyes as a freshman to the National Title, rushing for 1,237 yards and scoring 18 touchdowns. The following season, he was suspended for falsifying a police report involving a car borrowed from a local dealership in September of 2003. He was also accused of taking thousands of dollars and special benefits from boosters at Ohio State. He never played another down of football for the Buckeyes. A year later, an internal investigation showed that quarterback and future Heisman Trophy winner Troy Smith took $500 from a booster. These types of things add up, and it’s impossible to sweep them all under the rug. Those rugs tend to look like mountains. In March of this year, Tressel was suspended for the first two games of the 2011 season and fined $250,000 for failing to notify the school of NCAA violations involving Buckeye

football players. Tressel was tipped off in April of 2010 by former Buckeye walk-on Christopher Cicero, who is also an attorney, detailing the improper benefits that his players had been receiving. Prior to the team’s 2011 Sugar Bowl with Arkansas, Tressel indicated that the players involved in the NCAA violations would be able to play in the bowl game, and the school would punish them during the 2011 season. Tressel later signed an NCAA compliance form stating that he had no knowledge of any wrongdoing by his athletes. All the while, six Ohio State football players, including star quarterback Terrelle Pryor would be suspended the first five games of the 2011 season for trading championship rings, jerseys and other football related items to a local tattoo parlor owner in exchange for some ink. Tressel then requested to be suspended for an additional three games, equaling the suspension of his players. In April, the NCAA accused Tressel of withholding information and lying to keep Buckeye players on the field. In a Sports Illustrated article published earlier this week, it was found that as many as 28 former Buckeye football players had been involved in a memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal, dating back to 2002, Tressel’s second year on the job. Tressel’s resignation should come as no surprise. The heat in the kitchen got so hot, that not even one wearing a sweater vest could handle it. Tressel, though a good coach and recruiter, will be lucky to land another collegiate job, as NCAA sanctions are likely to follow him wherever he goes. No school wants to bring in that kind of bad publicity. It is widely known that most, if not all, college programs are cheating in some way, shape or form to compete for a national title every year, but at some point, the NCAA needs to step in and put an end to it. Though they won’t be able to weed out all of the infractions that occur, an NCAA “death penalty” would make a very bold statement. The “death penalty” means that the NCAA can ban a school from competing in a sport for an entire year (think SMU--1987). If you’re willing to cheat, and jeopardize the integrity of college athletics, then be willing to suffer the most severe consequences. Remember back to 2008, when homegrown product Terrelle Pryor of Jeannette, PA. was deciding between Penn State, Michigan and Ohio State? He sat in the Jordan Center for a Penn State Men’s Basketball game on a recruiting trip, having fans envisioning him in blue and white. He might even be able to be a two-sport athlete and help the basketball program out. The possibilities were endless. He would have been the biggest recruit that Joe Paterno had ever landed. He ultimately chose Ohio State. Looking back, it was a great decision for Penn State. Imagine how Coach Paterno would look right now with this kid (who ultimately is the straw that broke “The Vests” back) causing all sorts of chaos on his watch; the most decorated coach in college football history with one bad egg who would tarnish a legacy. Fortunately for Tressel, his legacy is already tarnished dating back to 1991 when he was helping his star quarterback get around NCAA violations. It’s funny how things come full circle, with Tressel helping to cover up his star quarterback’s memorabilia-for-tattoos scandal with lies and deceit.

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Lady Raiders Begin Title Defense By Matt Masullo

Prior to the season, Bellefonte coach Greg Kohlhepp was quoted as saying “We have talked a lot about the reality that we are not defending a state championship. In fact, we are not defending anything. This is a brand new team with a lot of new opportunities for players to stand out and be remarkable.” Kohlhepp’s Lady Raider team embraced the opportunity to stand out and be remarkable this season, and carried that attitude over to the postseason, knocking Huntingdon out of their way with a 13-3 victory last Thursday in the District 6 Class AAA playoffs at O’Leary Field in Bellefonte. The Lady Raiders got hot in the fourth inning, scoring six runs on eight consecutive hits after scoring three runs in the bottom of the first. With the win, Bellefonte advances to play Johnstown in the District 6 Class AAA title game on Wednesday June 1 at Penn State’s newly constructed Nittany Lion softball field. The Lady Raiders were coming off an almost two week layoff in between games, but did not miss a beat. Huntingdon jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, but Bellefonte rallied in the bottom half of the inning to score three. Jess Gmerek drove in Hannah Cooper to tie the game up before Erica DeVinney and Gmerek scored to give Bellefonte a 3-1 lead. In the top of the third, the Lady Bearcats struck back, making it a one run game on an RBI single off of the bat of Atalie Yingling. Bellefonte stayed even keel and came back in the fourth inning to blow the game open. In the bottom of the fourth, Raychel DeArmitt started things off with a single, then the onslaught began; Heidi Fetterolf, Hannah Cooper, Jillian Musser, DeVinney, Gmerek, Chrissy Tressler, and Vanessa Cooper all followed with hits. Gmerek tripled in two runs and Vanessa Cooper doubled in a run. When it was all said and done, the Lady Raiders had a commanding seven run lead that they would not lock back from. From there, the duo of Alexadra Stathes and DeArmitt held Huntingdon in check, allowing only one more run in the fifth inning. On the day, Hannah Cooper, Chrissy Tressler and Jess Gmerek each had three hits, while Erica DeVinney had two.

B.E.A. Fall 2011 Sports Physicals B.E.A. Fall sports physicals will be given on the following dates in the high school gym training room: Thursday, June 2nd All 6th graders (male and female). All males in grades 7 thru 11.

Junior runs out of gas as Keystone State Games Harvick wins at Charlotte Baseball By Matt Masullo

Dale Earnhart Jr. hasn’t won in the last 105 races. He was out in front of the field on the last lap heading into turn four at the Charlotte Motor Speedway when his car ran out of gas. Kevin Harvick raced past Earnhart as his car coasted past the start/finish to a seventh place finish. The loss was not only heartbreaking to Earnhart, but to his millions of fans as well, as they all cheered as if he had won the race as he was interviewed following the race on the Charlotte big screen. Several cars were trying to conserve as much gas as possible as the final caution came out when Earnhart’s teammate Jimmie Johnson’s engine failed. That left for a shootout featuring Earnhart, Kasey Kahne and Greg Biffle. Each driver gambled that they had enough juice to get to the finish. Biffle stopped during the caution, leaving Earnhart and Kahne vying for the checkered flag. When the green flag dropped with two laps remaining, Earnhart jumped out front, as Kahne’s car sputtered, running out of gas and was hit from behind by Brad Keselowski. That forced drivers behind them to check up, as debris flew everywhere and Jeff Burton spun out. No yellow flag flew, as Earnhart raced to the white flag, meaning the next flag that flew would end the race. Unfortunately for Earnhart, his gamble didn’t pay off, as Harvick bolted from the middle of the pack to grab his third victory of the season. David Ragan finished second, followed by Joey Logano, Kurt Busch and AJ Allmendinger.

The first two innings of the Lady Little Lions shot at a fifth consecutive District 6 Class AAAA crown were a sprint, the last five were a marathon, as the Lady Little Lions defeated Dubois 3-2 to win their fifth straight District 6 Class AAAA championship. State College jumped out to an early two run lead in the first inning on an RBI single from Myranda Daye and a sacrifice fly from Emilee Eden. Haley Shaw gave up two runs on four hits in the bottom of the first inning before settling down and striking out seven and giving up only six more hits en route to the victory. In the top of the second, State College got all the more run support that they needed when shortstop Haley Brown singled then advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt. She would score one batter later on an Ally Baney RBI single. With the win, State College will now face the District 7 champion in the opening round of the PIAA playoffs on Monday.

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Lady Raiders Retain District VI Crown By Matt Masullo

It only took five-innings for the Lady Raiders to retain the District 6 Class AAA title on Wednesday, as they defeated the Lady Trojans of Johnstown, 12-2. In the win, Bellefonte belted out 14 hits and scored five runs in the first and fifth innings to secure the victory via the mercy rule. It is their third straight District 6 Class AAA Title. The win also marked the eighth District 6 Class AAA Title victory for Bellefonte since moving to Class AAA in 2003. The only time they were denied was in 2008, losing to Johnstown. Johnstown scored in the first inning on an RBI single, then Bellefonte’s first four batters all reached base, and subsequently scored as the Lady Raiders went through their lineup in their first at-bats of the day, plating five runs. After a scoreless second inning, Johnstown again put a run across the plate in the third on an RBI triple, making

Tryouts for the Nittany Region Team will be held Sunday June 5, 12 & 19 - 1pm at State College Community Fields (High School Field). Tryouts: Players must attend one of the tryouts held on either Sunday, June 5th or Sunday, June 12th at 1:00 PM in State College. Final trial by invitation only on Sunday June 19th at 1:00 PM also at the same location. Players entering Grades 9 & 10 next year are eligible for the Junior Team. Players entering grades 11 & 12 next year are eligible for the Scholastic Team. The Nittany Region Team consists of players from: Centre, Blair, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Bedford, Cameron, Clinton, Elk, Lycoming, McKean, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Tioga and Union Counties. The Keystone Games is a wooden bat tournament held July 28nd through July 31st in Hershey/Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Call 814-234-4186 for more details or see the Keystone Games Website: www.keystonegames.com

Penns Valley Youth Football WHAT: Registration For The Fall Of 2011 WHEN: Registration Will Be Held June 11th, 2011 WHERE: At The Old Gregg School This registration is for anyone entering the fourth grade, fifth grade, and sixth grade in the Fall of 2011. Registration will be held from 9 am to 11am in the Old Gregg School Library. The Registration fee is $40 for the first player and $30 for any other player.

State College Gets One for the Thumb Bald Eagle Area Little League Softball Meeting

Tuesday, June 7th All females in grades 7 thru 11. These physicals are for football (gr. 7-12), boys & girls soccer (gr. 7-12), Volleyball (gr. 9-12), cheerleading (gr. 7-12), and cross country (gr. 9-12). Forms are available outside the athletic office. If you have any questions please call Doug Dyke at 308-4650 or e-mail him at ddyke@beasd.org. Thank you.

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it a three-run game. From there, Bellefonte pitcher Raychel DeArmitt would settle down and hold Johnstown in check for the remainder of the day. She finished the day with seven strike outs, giving up only five hits. In the fifth inning, the Lady Raiders ended the game, scoring five runs. During the fifth, Erica DeVinney smashed a triple off of the fence in left field, and Jessica Gmerek belted a double that scored DeVinney, locking up the District Title for Bellefonte. Sophomore phenom DeVinney lead the way for Bellefonte, going 3-for-3 with a double, triple, two RBI’s and three runs scored. DeArmitt, Gmerek, Kissy Thal and Jillian Musser each collected two hits on the day for Bellefonte, who advances into the PIAA playoffs. They will face a District 3 opponent at a site to be determined on Monday.

The Bald Eagle Area Little League Softball will be holding their regular monthly meeting on SUNDAY, June 12th AT 6PM. The meeting will be held at the Bald Eagle Area High School CAFETERIA. 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. “This will never be our league unless you are a part of it”

Bellefonte’s Season Ends at the Hands of Defending Champs By Matt Masullo

Matt Watson was sure when he hit it that it was going over the fence. What he wasn’t sure of, was if a one run lead was going to be enough in a pitcher’s duel to carry his team to the District 6 Class AAA Championship. In the sixth inning of their semi-final matchup with defending champion Indian Valley Warriors, Watson’s fears became a reality, as Indian Valley’s Cody Heanne belted a two-run homerun to give the Warriors the lead, and eventually, the win, as the Red Raiders fell to Indian Valley 2-1. Heane, who also took the hill for Indian Valley, kept the Warriors last season of existence alive (next year they will be combining with Lewistown to form the Mifflin County Huskies), as he confused Bellefonte hitters all afternoon. His only slip up was a sixth inning pitch that Watson deposited deep over the right field fence. For Bellefonte, Brandon Quay was also on his game on the mound, giving up the homer to Heane in the sixth inning was the only real blemish in his stat line. Quay had given up only three hits through four innings before making a mistake in the sixth. He walked leadoff hitter Tanner Kibe on four straight pitches. He then fell behind in the count to Heane, when

Heane belted a 3-1 pitch to deep center field. In the top of the seventh, the Raiders looked for more late inning heroics similar to the ones they received in a victory over Lewistown last week. With the bases loaded and two outs, Travis Struble strolled to the plate. Bellefonte’s number two hitter, who has been hot as of late, grounded out to the end game, and the season for the Red Raiders. The loss also marks what could be the final game in an illustrious career for Red Raider baseball coach Denny Leathers. Leathers took over the Bellefonte baseball program in 1982 from Don Robinson and has been guiding the ship at Bellefonte for the past 30 seasons. His teams won three District Class AAA championships (1987, 2006 & 2009), as well as seven Central Penn League championships (1985-1987, 1990, 1992-1993 & 1996). Under Leathers’ watch, he coached one major league player in Eric Milton. Though he has not officially retired, he is leaning very strongly toward retirement. Congratulations on a great season Bellefonte. And if this was Coach Leathers’ final game as Head Coach, a sincere thank you and congratulations go out to him as well.

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Bryan Durkin-Dr. Hugh Rogers Golf Tournament The Bryan Durkin-Dr. Hugh Rogers Golf Tournament will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2011, at the Nittany Country Club in Mingoville, Pa. The event is a 4 person scramble format with a shotgun start at 8:00 a.m. at the country club. Proceeds benefit the Bryan Durkin and Dr. Hugh Rogers Memorial Scholarship funds and the Bellefonte High School Football Program. The tournament was previously known as the Bryan Durkin Memorial Red Raider Open Golf Tournament and had been in existence since 1993. Bryan was an outstanding defensive end for the Red Raiders from 1984-1986. In 1992 he was tragically killed in an automobile accident the night before the tournament and had planned to play in the tournament that year. Several years ago the Bellefonte Football Program wanted to recognize also the contributions of the Rogers family to Bellefonte athletics and added the name of Dr. Rogers to the tournament. Dr. Rogers and his father were team doctors for Bellefonte athletes for 75 years. Cost of the Tournament is $80.00 per golfer and includes greens fees, cart, prizes, on course refreshments and a post tournament luncheon. Applications are available from Duffy Besch (dbesch@basd.net), John Wetzler (coach1122@yahoo. com), the Bellefonte Area High School, or at the pro shop at the Nittany Country Club. So you aren’t a golfer but you want to show your support of Bellefonte Red Raider football? Step up and be a sponsor. Several sponsor packages (see below) are available for a truly worthwhile cause. Come on! Be a part of it. Come out and see the coaches and let them know you appreciate their hard work and dedication.

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Local Juniors Do Well in Feeder Double Slaloms By David Kurtz

The Mach One Slalom Team had a great weekend at the Feeder Double Slaloms in Washington, DC by matching the best the other junior teams there had to offer. A total of two first places, five second places, two thirds, and a fourth place were obtained over the two-day period by the six team members who competed. Evelyn Van Horn of Bellefonte and Chance Blakeslee of Bellefonte won first places by posting very good scores in their runs. At the Saturday slalom Van Horn took the gold medal in 89 seconds in the Cadet Women’s Kayak Class. Sarah Mosier of State College was second with 114 seconds in that class. Eliza Malakoff of Bethesda, MD was third with 156 seconds.

Red Raider Track & Field team improves throughout season As the spring sports season winds down for another year, the Bellefonte Track & Field team put together a season full of improvements and accomplishments. At the District VI Championships on Thursday, May 19, the Red Raiders had their first PIAA Championship qualifier since 2008 (Brandyn Maddox - 100m). This year, junior Quinn Eicher earned his way to Shippensburg University. Eicher qualified for In the picture, from left to right: the state meet by upending perenCoach Seth Miller, Quinn Eicher and Coach Eric Robinson. Quinn nial powers Altoona and State th placed 10 at the PIAA AAA State Championships. College for the district title and in doing so, besting his own personal individuals advance to the state meet, did record. The pole vault record now stands at have some performances that are very impres14’9”. sive for the young team. Performances from While Quinn was the lone district individuals such as Ashleigh Turner, who champion for Bellefonte, the meet definitely lowered the freshman school record in the produced some great performances by the top 100m hurdles to 19.23 and fellow freshman athletes from the Bellefonte Track & Field Erin Thal, who placed 8th in the long jump, team. Sophomore Sean Gipson put the pressure are reason to believe the team is moving on the rest of the top runners in the 400m and forward in the right direction. The 4x100m narrowly missed out on his opportunity to relay team that consisted of Turner, Kaitlyn travel to states by placing third. Gipson lowered Womer, Kiah Cronin, and Thal, all freshmen, his career best in the event to 51.66. placed 4th at the district championships. Other place winners at the District VI Other top performers for the team consisted Championships for the boys’ team were of Miranda Boatman who ran another sub Matt Swartz, who ran a career-best time of thirteen minute 3200m race for the second 17.06s in the 110m high hurdles which was race and Molly Cain who ran her best 800m good enough for 5th. With his performance, race of the season with a 2:37 pace. Swartz became the first Bellefonte hurdler to Overall, the Bellefonte Red Raider advance to the finals since 2008. Also placing Track & Field team has seen tremendous were sophomore Adam Perryman who took growth over the past few seasons, and there 7th in javelin with a career best throw of is a sense of excitement and accomplishment 144’5”, senior Nate Shultz who placed 8th in around the program. Without the hard work long jump going 19’7 ½”, the 4x800m relay of the athletes throughout the season as well team that consisted of Trey Butler, David as numerous hours of off-season training, Tanney, Mitchell Smith, and Sean Gipson the successes would not be noticed. The Red and the 4x400m relay team consisting of Raider Track & Field team has improved by Nate Shultz, David Tanney, Jason Jarvis, and leaps and bounds this season, and look for Sean Gipson. more improvement next season. The Lady Red Raiders, while having no

On Sunday Malakoff zipped in with a 105-second run to cop the gold with Evy Van Horn taking second in 111 seconds. Mosier was third Evelyn Van Horn Chance Blakeslee Ethan Van Horn in 161 seconds. Blakeslee won his gold at the Sunday slalom by scoring a 104-second run in the Cadet Men’s Kayak class. Second in this class was taken by Jordan Sherman of Rockville, 117 seconds. Ethan Van Horn of Bellefonte had solid silver medal runs on both days in the Junior Men’s Kayak Class, the top age group for youth. On both days the winner and best times of junior paddlers both days was Simon Ranagan of Bethesda, MD. Van Horn on the Saturday had a 70-second run to Ranagan’s 68 seconds. On Sunday Van Horn had a 84-second run to Ranagan’s 81 seconds. Alden Henrie of Snow Shoe took a second place medal in the Cub Cadet Kayak Class with a score of 339 seconds. Winner of this class was Jacob Mermelstein of Washington, DC, 124 seconds. On Sunday Henrie took the option of a shorter, beginners’ course due to spray skirt problems. He ended up third in 207 seconds to a couple of local young kids. Keegan McChesney of Lewistown was fourth in 222 seconds. The slaloms were numbers two and three of the four-race Mid-Atlantic Intermediate Series for 2011. The final race in this series will be on June 12, also at the Feeder Canal.

MILL HALL, PENNSYLVANIA

Saturday, June 18th, 2011

Bald Eagle Area Varsity Club/ Gary Confer Memorial Tournament 22nd Annual Bald Eagle Area/ Gary Confer Memorial- 4 Man Scramble

Belles Springs Golf Course 417 Fairground Road Mill Hall, PA 17751 (570) 726-4222 Saturday, June 18, 2011 Cost: $75 per player Registration: 7:15 AM Limit 36 foursomes Enjoy 18 holes of golf (including cart), oncourse refreshments and door prize for each player. All for Bald Eagle Area athletics and in the name of a man who loved his alma mater as much as anyone. • Putting challenge on the practice green • Long drive challenge • Closest to the pin challenge • Straight drive challenge Contact Doug Dyke at (814) 355-5721 or (814) 308-4650 with questions or to register a team. Sponsors also welcome to call!!

This year’s event will be held Saturday, June 18th at Belles Springs Golf Course, the beautiful 18-hole course located in Mill Hall, Pennsylvania. Registration begins at 7:15 am, with a shotgun start at 8 am. The cost for this event is $75 per golfer. This price includes 18 holes of golf, riding cart, commemorative gift, on-course refreshments and door prizes. There will be an awards presentation directly after golf has concluded. To help us properly plan for this event, please pre-register by May 1st, 2011. Make checks payable to BEA Varsity Club. Please note that we will only accept the first 36 foursomes. Foursomes that pre-register by May 1st will receive a $5.00 (pay $70 per golfer with discount) discount per golfer.

Golf attire is required. No cutoffs or tank tops. No steel spikes are allowed on the course.

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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, it’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. — Les Barnhart, Sports Editor

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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.

Arts, Crafts & Sales

June 3 & 4 – Yard Sale/Relay for Life There will be a yard sale at 1011 Anna Street, Boalsburg that will Benefit team Shields Against Cancer in the 2011 Centre Hall Relay For Life! The sale is Friday June 3 from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday, June 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Relay For Life, Team: Shields Against Cancer. June 4 – Community Yard Sale A Community Yard Sale will be held Saturday, June 4 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Country Place, Rte. 322, Boalsburg. The sale is throughout the development and will be held rain or shine! They will be donating a portion of their profits to the American Cancer Society. June 4 – Trash to Treasure After nine years in Beaver Stadium, Centre County United Way’s annual Trash to Treasure Sale moves to a new location in the Hills Plaza – inside the former Hills/Ames store on South Atherton Street. The 10th anniversary Trash to Treasure is a recycling sale in which students from residential halls at Penn State University donate gently used items to be resold. Proceeds benefit the 40 partner agencies of Centre County United Way. For information, visit www.trashtotreasure.psu.edu or call (814) 238-8283 ext. 28.

Dining & Take Out June 5 – 12 – Dine to Benefit SC Rotary Causes The State College Sunrise Rotary Club has partnered with award-winning Harrison’s Wine Grill for a delicious fundraiser. When you eat and drink at Harrison’s between Sunday, June 5 and Saturday, June 11, and mention that you’re there in support of the State College Sunrise Rotary Club, 20 percent of your check (before tax and gratuity) will be donated to the club. This offer also extends to carry out orders (deliveries excluded). June 11 & 12 – Church Dinner & Celebration The Yarnell United Methodist Church will be celebrating the 100th anniversary of the structure of the church June 11 and 12. On June 11 at 6 p.m. a home cooked dinner will be served at the Community Center along with a slide show of events from years past. On June 12, the morning worship service is at 10 a.m. with several former pastors assisting with the service followed by a Hymn Sing at 2 p.m. The public is invited to join in this celebration. June 11 – Chicken Barbecue Bellefonte Cub Scout Pack 330 is having a chicken BBQ fundraiser on Saturday, June 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte. Chicken meals range from $5-$8. June 11 – Ham Loaf Dinner New Hope Lutheran Church of Spring Mills will serve a Ham Loaf Supper on Saturday June 11 from 4:30 p.m. to 7p.m. Eat in or take-out. Cost is $4.25 to $9. Everyone is welcome. June 11 – Strawberry Social There will be a Strawberry Social at the Marion Grange Hall in Jacksonville Saturday, June 11 from 4 to 7 p.m. The menu includes homemade strawberry shortcake, homemade ice cream, hot dogs, Texas dogs, drinks, and a bake sale. June 12 – Chicken BBQ The Centre Hall Lions Club Chicken BBQ will be June 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The cost is $8.50 for a full meal that includes: half BBQ chicken, baked potato, applesauce, roll and butter, ice cream, milk and coffee. Eat in or take out. For tickets contact Linda Poorman (814) 364-9387. June 12 – Old Fort Festival of Hope Old Fort American Legion Post 779, Sons of the American Legion, and The Ladies Auxiliary invite you to the Old Fort Festival of Hope Sunday, June 12 from noon to 6 p.m. Fun for the entire family featuring DJ and live music, activities for the kids, flea market, car/ motorcycle/ and tractor displays and NASCAR on the big screen. Admission is free to the public. $10 Chicken Bar-B-Q Dinner Sale with all event proceeds to benefit the HOPE FUND of Penns Valley. Contact Jim Clouse at (814) 364-9416.

Education & Life Matters

June 7 – Starting a Business Seminar The Penn State Small Business Development Center presents the First Step of Starting a Business, Writing the Business Plan, on Tuesday, June 17 from 9 a.m. to noon, 329 Building, Room 115, University Park. Fee is $20 per person. Register and pay for all Penn State SBDC seminars on-line at www. sbdc.psu.edu or call (814) 863-4293.

June 14 – Flag Day Ceremony The Bellefonte Elks Lodge will sponsor a Flag Day Ceremony on Tuesday, June 14 at Talleyrand Park in Bellefonte beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Bellefonte Community Band will be playing patriotic songs as part of the ceremony. For more information contact Jack Bechdel (814) 355-3367 June 15 – Trends in Stroke Care for Healthcare Providers “What’s the Rush: Trends in Acute Stroke Care” will be presented June 15 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Nancy & Galen Dreibelbis Auditorium, Entrance D, Mount Nittany Medical Center. Presented by Gayle Watson, MSN, RN, CCRN, Stroke Program Coordinator, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, this program is appropriate for pre-hospital care providers, RNs and any interested healthcare provider. Pre-registration is required, contact Karen Cherinka at kcherinka@ mountnittany.org.

Farmers’ Markets Every Tuesday – Boalsburg Farmers’ Market The Boalsburg Farmers’ Market is a “producers only” market, which means that all products are locally grown or produced by the local folks that sell them, not by third parties. Some 20 vendors offer a wide variety of items including fresh fruits and vegetables, baked goods, entrees, cut flowers, bedding plants, various meats, salsas, jams, handmade soaps, cheeses, wool products, salmon, honey, bee products, apple cider, eggs, pasta, goat milk products, dog treats and more. It’s from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. every Tuesday at the Pennsylvania Military Museum on Route 322 in Boalsburg. Local musicians perform at every market, usually beginning at 3:30 or 4 p.m. Plenty of free parking. Tuesdays, Fridays & Saturdays – State College Farmers’ Market State College Farmers’ Markets will run through November. Tuesdays and Fridays from 11:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Locust Lane, Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Home Depot. Visit www.centralpagarmers.com. Every Saturday – Bellefonte Farmers’ Market Bellefonte Farmers’ Market is every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at the Gamble Mill parking lot on West Lamb Street. Now offering eggs, greens, bison, pork, baked items, cheese, fresh flowers, vegetable seedlings, and pet needs. Find them on Facebook.

Fundraiser/Social Events June 12 – Garden Gala Join the Centre County Historical Society June 12 from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. for an afternoon in one of Centre County’s most graceful historic sites. Stroll the gardens and grounds, enjoy music, hors d’oeuvres and beverages, tour the historic Centre Furnace Mansion, and bid on treasures at the silent auction. The 46th Pennsylvania Regiment Band will be performing throughout the afternoon, performing primarily with original instruments from the mid- to late-19th century. Make reservations online: www.centrecountyhistory.org/ events/gardenparty.html. The Garden Gala is a major fundraising event for the Centre County Historical Society. Donation is $25. June 18 – Summer Solstice Celebration Summer Solstice Celebration, “Sustaining Local Farms, Food and Art,” is Saturday, June 18 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Tait Farm. Join in the free fun, food, beverages, and activities. Local Food & Beverage Sampling courtesy of Tait Farm Foods, Elk Creek Cafe & Ale Works, Harrison’s Wine Grill & Catering, Otto’s Pub & Brewery and Mount Nittany Winery. Hands-on Art Activities courtesy of the Art Alliance. “Artists in Action” Art Exhibit & Sale is courtesy of the Farmland Preservations Artists. Hayrides to observe artists at work. On-site Farmers’ Market. Meet & Greet “Local Friends:” Centre County Farmland Trust, Farmland Preservation Artists, WPSU’s Local Food Journey Web site, ClearWater Conservancy, Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA), and Buy Fresh Buy Local®. The event is to raise awareness about Centre County Farmland Trust and preserving our local farmlands.

Kids’ Stuff June 4 – Bellefonte’s Children’s Fair Bellefonte’s 62nd Annual Children’s Fair is Saturday, June 4 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Curtin and Armor Street. Fun for all ages. Games, prizes, music, entertainment, great food. Proceeds Benefit the Youth of Bellefonte June 4 – Mt Nittany Booth at Children’s Fair On Saturday, June 4 bring the kids to the Mount Nittany Medical Center booth at the Bellefonte Children’s Fair: Face painting, doctor/nurse dress up clothes, and information on the many health services offered by Mount Nittany Medical Center. Held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Curtin and Armour Streets, Bellefonte. June 4 – Open Fun Horse Show The Boot Scootin’ Riders 4-H Horse & Pony Club is hosting its Third Annual Open Fun Horse Show to benefit St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital on Saturday June 4, beginning 8:30 a.m. at Centre County Grange Fairgrounds in Centre Hall. It’s open to all riders over eight yrs. old. Proof of current Rabies vaccination & Coggins required. For a Show Program www. orgsites.com/pa/boot-scootin-riders-4h/index.html FMI: (814) 280-3286. June 4 – Frog Festival Penn State Master Gardeners present their annual Frog Festival from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. June 4. It’s fun children’s educational program, held at Muddy Paws Marsh on Penns Valley Road next to the Cooke Tavern B&B. Jim Julian, instructor of biology at Penn State Altoona, will lead the presentation. It’s frog appreciation day – the types, their songs, their lives, even hold one if you dare! Children must be supervised by an adult. The program is interesting for all ages. It’s free, rain or shine, but reservations needed. Call (814) 422-8787 by May 30. July 10-14 – Vacation Bible School It’s time for the Son Surf Beach Bash Vacation Bible School at Zion Community Church in Bellefonte. Dates are July 10 to 14 from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. for children ages three through fifth grade. This is a free event. Register online at www.zioncommunitychurch.com or call (814) 383-4161.

Walks, Runs & Rides June 4- Habitat Motorcycle Run Habitat for Humanity of Greater Centre County’s is holding its 1st Annual Ride to Provide Affordable Housing Motorcycle Run on June 4 at the Pleasant Gap Fire Company Carnival Grounds. Registration is from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. T-shirts, 50/50, food, prizes, and more. Contact Tom at tom@habitatgcc.org or (814) 353-2390. Event should end around 4 p.m. June 5 – Journey for Sight Walk Plan to attend the Journey for Sight Walk on Sunday, June 5 at the 28th Division Shrine in Boalsburg. Registration is at 1:30 p.m.; walk starts at 2 p.m. Suggested minimum amount per walker is $10. Food will be provided for the walkers. People with sight disabilities need your help! For more information call (814) 364-9980 or e-mail jgw9980@verizon.net. June 18 – 2011 Strides for Nature Local runners are invited to lace up their running shoes for ClearWater Conservancy’s 2011 Strides for Nature 5K/Fun Run Saturday, June 18 at 8:30 a.m. at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m., the 5K starts at 8:30 a.m. Kids can get in on the action with a free Fun Run at 10 a.m. Register online for $18 at www.active.com/donate/clearwatercons or in person on race day for $20 starting at 7:30 a.m. All proceeds benefit ClearWater Conservancy. Runners can use the fundraising feature at Active.com. Click on the “Become a Fundraiser” tab on the race Web page at Active. com. E-mail Pam Shellenberger stridesfornature5k@yahoo. com. The fun run will be followed at 10 a.m. by the 29th Annual Spring Creek Family Festival. August 13 - Restek Revved Up for Fun Motorcycle Ride 100-mile poker run, includes a lunch from Clems, raffle prizes, door prizes, and more! 9 a.m. registration begins at Restek Corporation off the Benner Pike. $20 per rider; $10 per passenger. Call Jim Richards (814) 360-5465

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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 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. The location of the dinner changes each month. For the location or information, call Joyce at (814) 383-4337. BEA Class of 1960 holds its monthly luncheon on the third Thursday each month at 11:30 a.m. at the Mountain Valley Diner in Wingate. For more information, call Barb at (814) 466-6027. 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. BHS Class ‘67 holds monthly breakfast on first Saturday of each month at Sunset West at 8:30 a.m. Location subject to change. For information call Vic (814) 360-1948. BEA Class of 1971 Save the date for your 40th Class Reunion, Saturday, August 6 at 6 p.m., at the Bellefonte VFW. For more information, visit the BEA Class of 1971 on Facebook. BHS Class of ’76 reunion is July 9, with social hour from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elks. Save the date! Light snacks provided. Cost is $12 per person. Follow us for updates on Facebook: Bellefonte HS Class of 1976. BHS Class of ’86 We are desperately seeking class members from Bellefonte High class of 1986 for a summer reunion. Anyone with information, e-mail Susan, thefergs@comcast.net. Bellefonte Elks Lodge meetings are held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at 7 p.m. at the Bellefonte Elks. 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 Historical Railroad Society meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Train Station in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte. All meetings are open to the public. Activities include: restoration of the Bellefonte Central snowplow & caboose; restoration of the rail diesel cars; track maintenance; and Fall Foliage & Santa Express train rides. Check out details at bellefontetrain.org or leave a message at (814) 355-1053. Bellefonte Intervalley Area Chamber of Commerce is holding a Business After Hours on June 15 from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Beard Law Company, 101 North Allegheny Street. 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. Bellefonte VFW Post 1600 Ladies Auxillary will hold their monthly meeting the second Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. the Post Home on Spring St. Bellefonte.

Youth Job Opportunities

Are you between the ages of 17-21

and no longer in school? If you need help finding and keeping a job, the CareerLink of Centre County may have an opportunity for you. Spring paidwork programs exist to help you get a foot in the door while you gain valuable work experience. It’s a difficult time for a young person to find a good job, but you don’t have to go it alone! Call Mary at (814) 272-5465 x 227 or stop in at the CareerLink, 1300 Benner Pike.

Better Breathers Support Group meets the third Thursday of every month from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. No meetings are Jan. or Feb. Location is HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 W. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 359-3421 for info about any of their support groups. Bible Study for Adults offers helpful and practical explanations from Ezekiel & Daniel. There is also a teen meeting with Pastor Jeremy. These are at the Nittany Baptist Church just east of Boalsburg on Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. Call (814) 360-1601 for info. Brain Injury Support Group meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. No meetings Jan. or Feb. Location is HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 W. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 359-3421 for info about any of their support groups. Breast Cancer Support Group meets the first Monday of each – June 6 – 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. The Canoe Club of Centre County invites you to a Free Potluck Picnic and Membership Meeting on Thursday June 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Spring Creek Park, Pavilion 1. Meet paddlers of all skill levels! Expert, amateur, or just starting out - everyone’s welcome! Join friends who can help you plan a trip, teach local waterways, share tips and shuttle duties. Bring a dish to share, and your own plate and utensils if you want to be ‘green.’ The Central PA Civil War Round Table will hold its Annual James A. Beaver Banquet on Saturday, June 11, in the Orchid Room of the Penn Stater Conference Center, 215 Innovation Blvd., in State College. The evening will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. with the banquet buffet to follow at 7 p.m. The featured speaker is Gregg Jones who will speak on “The First Battle of Manassas – July 21, 1861.” July 21 is the 150th anniversary of the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). Cost is $29 per person. Reservations can be made by June 7 - Contact Julianne Singer, (814) 861-0770 or julianne8@comcast.net. Anyone interested in the Civil War or joining the Round Table is invited. 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. The Centre Crest Auxillary meets the fourth Monday of the month at 1:30 p.m. All are welcomed. Centre Crest Nursing Facility, 502 East Howard Street, Bellefonte, (814) 548-1140. Centre Hall Lions Club meets the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the Centre Hall Lions Club Building, 153 E. Church St. Centre Hall. Centre Pieces Quilt Guild’s next meeting is a picnic on June 14 at Mararra’s Lodge (Mountain Road, Port Matilda) from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. This is potluck; there will be a silent auction to benefit the local food bank; and Show and Tell. Also important by-laws ballot and dues for coming year are payable. Please call Joanne Perry at (814) 466-6121. Centre Region Model Investment Club meets in the Mazza Room at South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on the second Monday of every month. Observe an interactive educational stock model investment club. This is a project of the Central PA Chapter of Better Investing and open to the public. Call (814) 234-8775 or e-mail cr20mic@ aol.com. Centre Region Wild Mushroom Club will hold its June mushroom walk at Parker Dam State Park on Sunday, June 22, at 1 p.m. Diabetes Support Group meets the second Thursday of each month – June 9 – 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. 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

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PAGE 23 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. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets the third Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, use Outpatient Entrance, 550 W. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Affiliated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Call (814) 359-3421 for info. 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. 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. social hour, refreshments until 8 p.m., followed by the speaker. Junior Rockhounds also meet on third Wednesdays, 6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Room 116 Earth & Engineering Sciences Building. Call (814) 867-6263 for details. Maps and directions at nittanymineral.org. The Nittany Valley Writers Network hold their Early-Risers Breakfast every third Wednesday – June 15 – from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. at The Waffle Shop, 1610 W College Ave, State College. All are welcome - ask for the Writers Table. They hold their Writers Social the fourth Tuesday of the month – June 28 – from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at The Autoport, 1405 S Atherton St., State College. Ostomy Support Group meets Sunday, June 12 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 East Park Avenue, State College. For more information, call (814) 234.6195. Parent Support Group for Children with Eating Disorders meets the second Tuesday of each month – June 14 – 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 to understand eating disorders. For info contact Kristie Kaufman at (814) 466-7921. Spring Creek Watershed Association meets the third Tuesday of each month from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the Patton Township Building. Most meetings feature a guest speaker with an expertise in watershed, water resource, or other conservation issues. The association promotes actions that protect and enhance the quality of life, environment, and the economy throughout the watershed, Spring Creek, and its tributaries. All are welcomed. Visit springcreekwatershed.org. State College Downtown Rotary Club meets Thursdays at noon at Damon’s, East College Avenue, State College. State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets weekly on Wednesdays at Hotel State College (above The Corner Room, back the hall from The Allen Street Grill) from 7:15 a.m. to 8 a.m. 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. Stroke Support Group meets the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. No meetings are held in August or December. Location is HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 W. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call (814) 359-3421 for info about any of their support groups. Women’s Mid Day Connection luncheon is Tuesday, June 14 at 11:45 a.m. at Elk’s Country Club, Boalsburg. For reservations and cancellations, call Margo at (814) 355-7615. Feature: “June Brides” The Worth Twp-Port Matilda High School will be gathering their annual reunion at the FOP lodge at Flat Rock on the Port MatildaPhilipsburg Highway on Saturday, June 18. All persons who graduated from the High School thru 1956 and/or attended grade school before 1957 are welcome. Registration is due May 28. Call Jim or Janet Jones at (814) 355-5388 for more information or an invitation form. It is a casual get-together beginning at 1 p.m., with a sit-down dinner at 5 p.m. There will be door prizes, a Chinese auction, and a scholarship given to a BEA senior. 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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This Week’s

CENTRE COUNTY LIBRARY ACTIVITIES

Centre County Library/Bellefonte, Centre Hall, East Penns Valley, Holt/Philipsburg & Bookmobile Centre County Library/Bellefonte—call (814) 355-1516 for more information: HOOKS & NEEDLES—Thursdays at 1:30 in the Centre County Library June 9, June 16, June 23, June 30 ADULT BOOK DISCUSSION GROUP—The Adult Book Discussion group meets the third Wednesday of each month in the Library building at 6:30 p.m. Pick up your copy of the June selection at the Centre County Library Circulation Desk! Wednesday, June 15 from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Holt Memorial Library/Philipsburg—call (814) 342-1987 for more information: ADULT BOOK CLUB—Join us for a lively discussion of TheHelp by Kathryn Stockett! Tuesday, June 14 at 12:30 p.m. IT’S ELEMENTARY ACTIVITIES geared for elementary school-age kids with a favorite adult Thursday, June 16 at 6 p.m.—Carnival mask craft BABY’S MORNING OUT—Informal fun with friends and educational manipulatives for children under three years old and a favorite adult. June 14 at 10:30 a.m. MOTHER GOOSE ON THE LOOSE—Rhythmic adventures through the world of Mother Goose for children under three years old interacting with a favorite adult. This is a lap-sit program focusing on rhymes and music, while encouraging the development of prereading and social skills, Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. June 21, June 28 PRESCHOOL STORYTIME geared for three- to six-year-olds with a favorite adult Wednesday, June 15 at 10:30 a.m.: “Explore South America!” GARDENING GATHERING: Join us for the first of our informal summer get-togethers to swap planting tips and experiences. Plantings and seeds for sharing are also welcome. Monday, June 6 at 6 p.m. East Penns Valley Branch Library at 225 E. Main Street in Millheim (Millheim Borough Building)—call (814) 349-5328 for more information: NEEDLES NIGHT—Join us for fun, help and friendship, bring any needlecraft project you are working on. Any skill level welcome Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. June 9, June 16, June 23, June 30 ADULT BOOK CLUB—Join us for a lively discussion of TheHelp by Kathryn Stockett! Tuesday, June 14 at 12:30 p.m. STORYTIME—Stories and activities featuring “One World, Many Stories” for children of all ages with a favorite adult followed by a craft for geared kids three years old and up: Monday, June 20 at 10:30 a.m.: “Exploring Africa!”—Create an African drum!

JUNE 3, 2011

This Week at

Bald Eagle State Park Saturday, June 4

Migrating Naturalist Don’t miss your park naturalist flying around the Nature Inn as he tells you about the local wildlife, plants and general natural history of Bald Eagle Valley. Meet from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Nature Inn Environmental Learning Center Open House Stop in at the Environmental Learning Center to look around at various mounts and educational displays. A park volunteer will be on hand to talk or share general information about Bald Eagle State Park. Event is from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Bats Alive! Discover the bats of PA and find out the truths and myths behind these flying mammals. This program is for all ages and ends by viewing an active bat colony. Meet at the Russell P. Letterman Campground Amphitheatre. Bat program is from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday, June 5 Sunday Morning Stroll Don’t miss out on one of the most exhilarating times of the day in nature – the morning! Join the park naturalist in meandering local trails to explore what the morning brings. Natural history topics from insects to plants may be discussed. (Participants will be walking at least a mile on uneven surfaces). Meet at the Nature Inn. Stroll is from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Wild Flower Walk Wild flowers are everywhere and searching for them is the task of this program. Join us for this gentle amble throughout the park that will focus on the herbaceous plants that are currently flowering in the park. Meet at the park office. Walk is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Friday, June 10 Kayak/Canoe Eagle Watch Join Tussey Mountain Outfitters and the Bald Eagle State Park staff for this paddle on F.J. Sayers Lake to observe the resident eagles and maybe their young! Cost is $15/person for canoe or kayak. Children aged 10 to 16 need to be accompanied by an adult in a canoe. Preregistration is required by Friday, June 3. Call the park office to reserve your spot and to get more details. Event is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Meet at the parking lot at the end of F.J. Sayers Road.

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Red Cross Blood Drive Schedule

TUE, JUNE 7 10–4:00

RED CROSS DONOR CENTER, 135 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE **Giant fresh baked cookies in the canteen!

TUE, JUNE 7 12:30–6:30

BOALSBURG VOLUNTEER FIRE HALL, 113 E. PINE ST., BOALSBURG ** FOURTH FEST PACKAGE

TUE, JUNE 7 12–6:00

DAYS INN, BANQUET HALL, 240 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE ** FOURTH FEST PACKAGE

WED, JUNE 8 1–7:00

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 121 S. FRONT ST., PHILIPSBURG

WED, JUNE 8 12:30–6:30

GOOD SHEPHARD LUTHERAN CHURCH, 851 SCIENCE PARK RD., STATE COLLEGE

FRI, JUNE 10 12–6:00

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Centre County Deed Transfers 05/16/2011 thru 05/20/2011 List compiled from information provided by Centre County Recorder of Deeds, Joseph Davidson. Publisher not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate, however, publisher neither warrants or accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information. S=Seller B=Buyer T/M=Township/ Municipality

S: Barker, Cynthia A B: Fisher, Abner Z Fisher, Sadie S 149 Cemetery Rd $133,000.00 T/M: Haines S: Hitz, Douglas S Hitz, Jennifer A B: Kyle, Ryan L Ulmer, Miranda S 239 E Burnside St Bellefonte, PA 16823 $152,000.00 T/M: Bellefonte

S: Foreman, William J Foreman, Sandra L B: William J Foreman Irrevocable Income-Only Sandra L Foreman Irrevocable Income-Only Foreman, Micahel J Tr Foreman, Jeffrey S Tr Foreman, Thomas L Tr Foreman, Stephen L Tr 703 Pauline St Philipsburg, PA 16866 $1.00 T/M: Philipsburg

S: Confer, Dustin T B: Confer, Dustin T Confer, Deanna M S: Haubert Homes Inc S: Abbasi, Deina E 309 Old 220 Road B: Greer, Patrick J B: Zwang, Michael L Bellefonte, PA 16823 Zwang, Amy 110 Bolton Ave Unit 35 $1.00 100 Jefferson Ste. 116 State College, PA 16803 T/M: Boggs $197,000.00 $294,000.00 T/M: College T/M: Patton S: Vroman, Delbert by Sheriff S: Mars Realty LLP S: Isenberg, Ann M Estate B: First National Bank of PA B: Taylor, Scott 1641 W Branch Rd Klotz, Jilly Y CO-Ext 21 W. Pine St First National Trust Co. $5,107.84 $1.00 T/M: Harris B: Winqvist, Gabriela E T/M: Philipsburg Aeschbacher, Peter J S: Hall, Mark, A by Sheriff S: Putt, Randall K by Att 721 S Sparks St Hall, Darlene J by Sheriff State College, PA 16801 B: Deutsche Bank B: Arrow Rentals LLC $199,000.00 1055W. College Ave National Trust Co T/M: State College $96,000.00 140 Ponderosa Rd $6,483.07 T/M: Benner T/M: Snow Shoe S: Neff, Brian C S: Gabler, Linda G Neff, Ashley Gabler, Thomas B: Catanach, Wallace M III S: Smith, Michael M Taggart, Carmen N B: Simpson, Deborah Y Catanach, Theresa M Schreffler-Smith 3296 Shellers Bend 1001 W Beaver Ave Unit 129 State College, PA 16801 B: Smith, Michael M 348 W Aaron Sq State College, PA 16801 $239,850.00 $1.00 $250,000.00 T/M: Ferguson T/M: Haines T/M: Ferguson S: Sunset Realty Venture LLC B: Sutton, Edward J 315 Kinkead St Philipsburg, PA 16866 $1.00 T/M: Rush

S: White, John Nevin Internal Revnue Service B: Nicholson, Eric Route SR-0445 $800,000.00 T/M: Walker

S: Salmons, Dylan Joseph Gaynor-Fenza, Marcy B: Burgess, Robert L Burgess, Judy M Punt, Darby E 608 E Foster Ave $269,900.00 T/M: State College

S: Holliday, Kimberly Kay Shenk, Kimberly Shenk, Colby B: Coder, James G Coder, Julie B 209 Pebble Ln Bellefonte, PA 16823 $135,000.00 T/M: Walker S: Shively, Randolph J Shively, Amy E B: Hooper, Simon, R. Hooper, Katherine, M 725 W Hamilton Ave State College, PA 16801 $273,000.00 T/M: State College S: Askey, Esther M B: Askey, Wayne L 399 Askey Rd Howard, PA 16841 $1.00 T/M: Curtin S: Askey, Wayne L B: Askey, Wayne L 399 Askey Rd Howard, PA 16841 $1.00 T/M: Curtin S: Hawbaker Office Center Partnership LP B: Hawbaker, Daniel R 1949 Weaver St $305,000.00 T/M: Patton S: Burger Family Revocable Trust Burger, Barry L Tr B: King, Lance A King, Ashley R 719 W Lamb St Bellefonte, PA 16823 $138,500.00 T/M: Bellefonte

Death Notices and Obituaries MARYSVILLE Glenn B. Hinds, 60, of Marysville, passed away on Saturday, May 28, 2011. He was born on April 24, 1951 in Bellefonte. A memorial service will be held at the Trinity Reformed Church in Marysville, PA on Saturday, June 4, 2011 from 11 to 12 pm. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Trinity Reformed Church, 117 Verbeke St., Marysville, PA 17053. Arrangements were under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Home, 206 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823. BELLEFONTE Marie Swift Hughes, 88, of Bellefonte, passed away on Friday, May 27, 2011. She was born on November 22, 1922 in Scranton. Services were held Wednesday, June 1, 2011 with committal in St. John’s Catholic Cemetery, Bellefonte. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to American Red Cross Tornado Relief Fund, 205 East Beaver Avenue, Suite 203, State College, PA 16801-4981 or St. John the Evangelist Catholic School, 116 E. Bishop Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823. Arrangements were under the direction of Wetzler Funeral Home, 206 North Spring Street, Bellefonte, PA 16823.

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S: Seymour, John E Seymour, Kathy R B: Hoffman, Sean C Hoffman, Katie E 552 Brittany Dr State College, PA 16801 $264,000.00 T/M: Patton

S: Nichols, Sharleen A Nichols, Arthur R B: Buechler, Jeffrey D Carpenter, Sherilee R 1930 Park Forest Ave State College, PA 16803 $229,900.00 T/M: Patton

S: Miller, Andrew E Miller, Molly R B: Welch, Laura L Welch, Tyler J 259 E Main St Millheim, PA 16854 $73,000.00 T/M: Millheim

S: Sweeney, Daniel T B: Bembenic, Brandon M Bembenic, Meredith A 141 Cambridge Ln Bellefonte, PA 16823 $154,900.00 T/M: Benner

S: Blythe, Kenneth Blythe, Sylvia B: Simon, Laura J Lindsay, Bruce G 937 McKee St State College, PA 16801 $408,000.00 T/M: State College

S: Linton, Ruth by Att Linton, Lena Ruth by Att B: Puchalla, Edward J Puchalla, Rose A 301 Shellers Bend #934 $234,600.00 T/M: Ferguson

S: Vepachedu, Venkata Ramona Vepachedu, Venkata R B: Vepachedu, Venkata R 725 Linnet Ln State College, PA 16803 $1.00 T/M: Ferguson

S: Karstetter, Betty M Estate Rippey, Shirley Ext Toner, Florence J Ext B: Karstetter Family Trust Rippey, Harry G Jr Tr Greenburr Gap Rd $1.00 T/M: Miles

S: Rivera, Dale R Rivera, Lisa L B: Long, Lyle N 196 Gregg Station Rd Centre Hall, PA 16828 $250,000.00 T/M: Potter

S: Yound, Elizabeth M Estate Haines, Sheila R Co-Ext S: Strauch, Eric C Hanley, Lora J Co-Ext Strauch, Christine M B: Haines, Sheila R B: Strauch, Christine M Hanley, Christina M 801 Shamrock Ave 56 Back St State College, PA 16801 $1.00 $1.00 T/M: Curtin T/M: College S: McCarthy-Kline, Ellen S: Gallagher, Thomas J M S: Lose, Daniel Edward Gallagher, Cheryl A B: Seymour, John C B: Hunziker, Kent H B: Jones, Elizabeth A Seymour, Kathy R Hunziker, Barbara W 1323 Sandpiper Dr 652 Earl Dr 512 Benner Ave State College, PA 16801 State College, PA 16803 $145,000.00 $342,537.00 $351,000.00 T/M: Bellefonte T/M: State College T/M: Patton S: Burns, Ronald M S: Weaver, Charles L Estate S: AT&T Communications Burns, Cynthia J Weaver, Emile C R & E of PA LLC B: Peachey, Roman B: Weaver, Mitchell C B: Dawson, Charles R 1976 Old 220 Rd Weaver, Marian 218 W Beaver Ave $1.00 Jacksonville Rd $90,000.00 T/M: Boggs $1.00 T/M: State College T/M: Marion S: Furer, Markus A by Att Furer, Lindsay R by At B: Hogard, Glen D Hogard, Paula A 118 Exeter Ln Bellefonte, Pa 16823 $235,000.00 T/M: Benner

S: Weaver, Charles L Estate Weaver, Emile C R Ext Weaver, Mitchell C Weaver, Marian B: Weaver, Emile C R Weaver, Linda M 4790 Jacksonville Rd $1.00 T/M: Marion S: Kann, Steven B B: Kann, Steven B Kann, Dawn M 219 Walker Crossing Bellefonte, PA 16823 $1.00 T/M: Walker S: Bokach, Helen Estate Stafanko, Margaret Est B: Kowalski, Curt J Weisen, Arthur 173 E Aaron Dr $198,000.00 T/M: Ferguson S: Keiter, Thomas E B: Buczynski, Joseph R Buczynski, Joanne Greens Valley Rd $102,000.00 T/M: Spring S: Christensen, Adam E Christinsen, Lauren M B: Stolarski, Joshua W Stolarski, Victoria 131 Valentine Hill Rd Bellefonte, PA 16823 $150,000.00 T/M: Spring S: Slavinsky, Matthew T Bowersox, Tammy S B: Slavinsky, Matthew T 327 W Aaron Sq Aaronsburg, PA 16820 $1.00 T/M: Haines

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