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Council: Public works spending to increase By NATHAN PIPENBERG

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STATE COLLEGE — Roads and other public works in State College might continue to deteriorate unless more money is spent on their upkeep, according to Public Works director Mark Whitfield. Whitfield’s comments came as the State College Borough Council continued its budget review Monday in preparation of approving a final spending plan on Dec. 16. Each year, council devotes about half a dozen meetings to budget discussions, and for his part, Whitfield called this year’s “one of the more challenging budgets I’ve put together.” During the meeting, Whitfield urged council to approve the creation of two new street maintenance positions, at a cost of

$140,000 for the 2014 fiscal year. He also advocated a $70,000 spending increase for tree pruning, which would bump total spending on that particular service from $35,000 to $105,000. Whitfield’s proposal to allocate money to new hires isn’t the most significant in the new budget. However, other big projects in the borough also concern building and road repair. One upcoming project totals $9.7 million, for renovations to the borough’s Public Works facility on Osmond Street and road work on Atherton Street between College and Beaver avenues. As projected, the total operating budget for the borough will rise from about $22.2 million in 2013 to $23.4 million in 2014. To make up the difference in expenses, a tax increase of 1.5 mills has been proposed. One mill brings about $400,000 into bor-

ough coffers. Council will meet again for a final discussion on Dec. 9, and plans to approve the budget at a Dec. 16 meeting. In other business at the meeting, developers from PennTrust Properties asked council to consider modifications to zoning ordinances for an upcoming student housing complex to be built downtown. The building in question is a 145-foot tall complex, called the Metropolitan, that will feature retail and office space, as well as student and general occupancy apartments. The building would be constructed on the corner of College Avenue and Atherton Street, which is currently occupied by a closed Arby’s restaurant building. According to a borough ordinance, buildings like the Metropolitan are required to have “setbacks” from the road or property line, that increase the taller the

Rotary official honored

O’Brien’s radio show marks end of season

By HARRY ZIMBLER

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STATE COLLEGE — For the past 41 years, Carl Hill has changed lives. Hill has had a direct impact on more than 14,000 lives since becoming involved in Rotary International’s Youth Exchange Program, according to leaders of Rotary District 7360. Hill recently retired from the Rotary Youth Exc h a n g e Program and was honored by his peers at the EdgeCARL HILL water Acres in Alexandria. Rotarians from Bedford, Carlisle, State College and many other communities celebrated Hill’s long tenure and numerous contributions. Beginning in 1972, Hill served in a variety of roles for Rotary District 7350 (now 7360) that encompasses central Pennsylvania, western Maryland and northeast West Virginia. Eventually he became the chair of an organization known as ESSEX, Eastern States Student Exchange. ESSEX handles the student exchange process — from recruiting students worldwide to dealing with the United States Department of State securing visas. It’s coverage area runs from Quebec, Canada to North Carolina. Hill is a great believer in the exchange process as a way for young people to grow, mature and discover how other cultures differ from their own. Each year, Hill works with several hundred in-bound students arriving from nations around the world, as well as the hundreds of out-bound American students heading abroad. It is said to be the least expensive, safest and Rotary, Page 5 Opinion ............................ 6 Health & Wellness ..... 10, 11

building becomes. For example, first-floor setbacks should be 15 feet, while at 65 feet they increase to 30 feet. Instead, developer Ara Kervandjian showed council a building plan that included a consistent 25-foot setback, rather than scaled setbacks. Kervandjian said this plan will increase sidewalk space and make construction easier. “This way, things like plumbing will line up between the floors.” Evan Myers, the Planning Commission chairman, was at the meeting and spoke in support of altering the ordinance specifications. The modifications were already discussed and approved by the commission, over the course of a “process that spanned ten meetings,” according to Myers. Council did not vote on the issue at the meeting, opting instead to continue discussion during future meetings.

By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

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ON ICE: At last year’s Polar Bear Plunge, hundreds of participants flocked to Bald Eagle State Park to raise money for the YMCA of Centre County.

Stouthearted warm up for Polar Bear Plunge By MARJORIE S. MILLER

plungers each year,” Toukonen said, adding that the first year only 17 people participated. Some new agenda items for this year’s event HOWARD — From Robin Hood to Elmo, the include a photo booth, face painting, yard YMCA of Centre County’s annual Polar Bear games, a fire pit, and music playing as plungPlunge draws in more costumed dippers each ers run into the water, she said. Additionally, year. Slated for Dec. 7 at Bald Eagle State Park, breakfast will be provided to everyone by Pizza the 2013 event has already drawn 83 plungers, Mia. and executive director Liz Toukonen wants the Toukonen said the Polar Bear Plunge is a community to know it’s not too late to sign up. family event, and she encourages everyone to Registration and check in for the 11th ancome out, participate in activities and show nual event will begin support, whether or at 10 a.m., followed not they plunge. by breakfast and “(We’re) really trypre-plunge activiing to make it a fun WHAT: YMCA of Centre County’s Polar Bear Plunge ties until 10:45. The morning,” she said. WHEN: Begins at 10 a.m. on Dec. 7 plunge will take For first-time place at 11. WHERE: Bald Eagle State Park in Howard dunkers, Toukonen All proceeds benrecommends parFOR MORE INFO: www.ymcaofcentrecounty.org efit the YMCA’s Open ticipants wear fewer Doors Program, Toulayers rather than konen said, which enables the Y to turn no one more, since it’s important clothing be removed away for inability to pay. Last year alone the Y quickly in the warming tents after plunging. granted more than $345,000 to the program. “Less is better,” she said. “Events like the plunge are extremely im“I do not recommend bathing suits (for portant for us to fulfill that mission,” she said. women),” she added, and “everybody has to The goal for this year’s plunge is to raise have shoes.” $50,000, Toukonen said. Last year there were “It’s just a lot of fun,” Toukonen said. “Just 177 participants, and about $45,000 was raised, enjoy the day.” she said. “We’ve always increased by quite a few Plunge, Page 4 mmiller@centrecountygazette.com

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STATE COLLEGE — Another Penn State football season is in the books. And with it goes another season of the “Bill O’Brien Show,” which took place throughout the season at Damon’s Grill in State College. For 12 weeks throughout the 2013 season, O’Brien took his seat alongside Steve Jones to talk Penn State football on the Penn State Sports Network for an hour. During that hour, he looked back at the previous week’s game, looked ahead to that week’s opponent and took questions from the fans who made their way to the restaurant. The show didn’t begin until 6 p.m., but fans typically started to arrive 90 minutes prior to the show airing, according to Damon’s manager Brandon Perret. “Usually, by five o’clock, we’re full,” said Perret. “Especially for home games. It’s a big buildup going into a home football weekend. Fans get a chance to talk to the coach, get his autograph, ask him questions, things like that.” On Nov. 21, Damon’s clubhouse was full by 5 p.m. An overflow seating area was filled shortly after that. O’Brien, Page 4

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FAN FAVORITE: Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien signs a mini football helmet for a fan following his radio show at Damon’s Grill on Nov. 21.

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FIGHTING LIONS: The Penn State football team — 24-point underdogs in Madison — stunned the No. 15 Badgers, 31-24. The loss dimmed Wisconsin’s hopes for a BCS bowl bid. Page 24

TURKEY TROT: Runners from across Centre County braved freezing temperatures to run in the Turkey Trot 5K on Thanksgiving Day. Page 13

Sara is a 2008 graduate of the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology and the Bald Eagle High School where she was Class Salutatorian. She completed the Advertising Arts Program with honors and received both the 2008 Outstanding CPI Student Award and the Outstanding Student Award in the Advertising Arts Program. She attended Kutztown University and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Communication Design with concentrations in Graphic Design and Interactive Design. In June 2012, Sara was published in Mastering Type: The Essential Guide to Typography for Print and Web Design. She is currently employed by Loaded Creative in Bellefonte and also does freelance work. You can view Sara’s portfolio at www.sarasmith.co

CHRISTMAS CRUSADE: The Centre County community is coming together once again for the Christmas Crusade for Kids. Centre County Youth Service Bureau CEO Andrea Boyles explains why it’s a worthwhile campaign. Page 13

WINTER PREVIEWS: The Gazette takes a closer look at the Bald Eagle Area boys and girls basketball teams and what’s in store for the 2013-14 season. Page 29

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PSU wrestler charged with DUI By ADAM LIDGETT

ments, Ruth’s BAC was .281 percent, about three times the state driving limit. Ruth, a two-time national champion and three-time AllAmerican, was suspended from the wrestling team in November for one month for violating ED RUTH team rules. Neither Ruth nor the team has revealed why he was suspended. Ruth’s preliminary hearing is scheduled for Jan. 8.

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STATE COLLEGE — Penn State wrestler Ed Ruth has been charged with two counts of DUI from an incident that occurred last month, according to court documents. State College Police say they received a report of a possibly intoxicated man outside the Taco Bell on East College Avenue at about 2 a.m. Nov. 13. Police say Ruth was trying to park his car in front of the Taco Bell when he hit a tree and got his car on the curb. Police then took Ruth to Mount Nittany Medical Center to determine his blood alcohol content. According to court docu-

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out for such phone calls. In each case the victims have been told that a relative has either been taken hostage or involved in an accident. The caller demands $2,000, telling the victims that their relative will be harmed if the money isn’t paid. No suspects have been identified. Anyone receiving a scam phone call is asked to contact Ferguson Township police at (814) 237-1172.

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Pa. residents see some improvement on health site By PETER JACKSON The Associated Press

HARRISBURG — The federal government’s beleaguered health insurance website is better than it was, but still far from flawless, according to Pennsylvanians who are trying to help other residents use it to obtain health coverage. In Harrisburg, Roberta Vann, a certified application counselor at the Hamilton Health Center, reported a noticeable improvement in the operation of Healthcare. gov Monday morning. On a typical day, 10 to 12 people seek the center’s assistance on matters involving the new insurance marketplace. “It’s the hope that it’s now operational and we can move forward. What has been corrected has been working quite smoothly,” Vann said. Within an hour she called back with an update, sounding a bit frustrated. “The system is down. You can get to a point, but it does not allow you to select any plans, you can’t get eligibility (information). It stops there,” she said. “The thought of it working as well as it was didn’t last long.” Across the state in McKees Rocks, just outside Pittsburgh, another certified application counselor who was helping a couple use the website successfully created an ac-

count for the husband but was unable to create one for his wife because the site bogged down. David Bytnar, who works for the StoRox Neighborhood Health Council Inc. in Pittsburgh, was philosophical about the glitch. “I have faith that it should be taken care of as the day moves along,” he said, comparing the website to a funnel that allows only so much material to pass through at a time. Bytnar, who said he sees one person if it’s a slow day and four on a busy day, said he’s most interested in making sure the people who seek his help are satisfied. “I try to give people whatever time they may need,” he said. “My job is not a sales job.” Policies sold through the Healthcare. gov, a gateway to the health care law’s insurance marketplace, promise comprehensive insurance plans subsidized by tax credits that are supposed to make them more affordable for lower- and mediumincome families. Pennsylvania is relying on a federally run insurance marketplace, like 35 other states, because Gov. Tom Corbett, a Republican, declined to take on the task. Signup rates for people seeking insurance have been higher and online glitches fewer in states running their own programs.

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AFTER NUMEROUS problems with the website, Pennsylvania residents using healthcare.gov are reporting fewer glitches getting signed up for health care. Coverage begins Jan. 1 and the initial enrollment period continues until March 31. To qualify for the tax credits that subsidize insurance plans sold on the marketplaces, people must earn between 100

percent and 400 percent of the federal poverty level, or between $23,550 and $94,200 annually for a family of four. They must also be ineligible for affordable coverage from an employer or from Medicaid or Medicare.

Gas heating prices hitting winter lows across state By MARC LEVY The Associated Press

HARRISBURG — About two-thirds of the Pennsylvanians who heat their homes with natural gas are heading into December paying the lowest prices in a decade for this time of year, according to rate information from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission. Gas prices for six out of the 10 largest regulated utilities are at their lowest December price since 2003. Those utilities include Columbia Gas, National Fuel Gas,

Peco, People’s, Philadelphia Gas Works and UGI Penn. Utilities credit the huge volume of gas being produced from the Marcellus shale formation underneath Pennsylvania for pushing down prices. In most cases, prices this December are less than half what they were in December 2008, when the drilling boom was just beginning. Peco’s three-month winter price, which took effect Sunday, means a customer will see an average monthly bill of just under $160, or almost $3 less per month than last

winter, spokesman Ben Armstrong said. The utility is reaching out to people who live along gas mains to encourage them to switch. Incentives include helping foot the cost to extend a line to a home and appliance rebates, Armstrong said. Natural gas is Pennsylvania’s most prevalent home heating fuel, used in more than half of the state’s nearly 5 million households. In the past decade, the number of natural gas customers in Pennsylvania, including businesses, has grown from about 2.5

million to nearly 3 million. The lows may not last all winter at all utilities. Columbia, People’s and Equitable will be able to adjust their price for the three months beginning Jan. 1, while National Fuel Gas and People’s TWP can adjust their three-month price on Feb. 1. In addition, the Energy Information Administration, an arm of the U.S. Department of Energy, is forecasting that wholesale natural gas prices will rise this winter by 10 percent for home heating in the northeastern United States.

2013 Turkey Bowl raises $14,000 for local charities By STEVE BAUER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — Rarely in the annals of sports have we seen such rugged competition, such exciting play calling, superb execution and manly heroics as was evidenced on the gridiron on Black Friday. The 2013 Turkey Bowl, held at Memorial Field, provided all of that and much more. About 120 former State College High School football players teamed up for a round robin touch football derby that lasted for hours. Each team represented a different graduating class — except for the guys from the ’90s — who were all lumped together on one team. The event was a great bonding experience and there was more laughter than touchdowns. But there was a serious side, too. The players helped raise money in honor of two former State College football teammates: Brandon Ream, who died last week, and Jeremy Wise who passed away in May. The Turkey Bowl fundraising total exceeded $14,000 as of Friday evening — well past the $10,000 goal. That money will help fund scholarships for students at State College High School. Those scholarships are given out at the senior banquet. In the end it came down to two teams, 2001 versus 2006. It was a brotherly grudge match with Chris Ganter quarterbacking for 2001 and his brother Ben at the helm of the 2006 squad. Chris Ganter, who helped organize the event, said, “We battled it out, had a great day for a good cause. Everyone was happy to be out there.” The championship game was a seesaw battle that ended with the score deadlocked — five touchdowns apiece. In overtime each team was given just two plays to score. The class of 2006 prevailed, scoring the go-ahead touchdown with no time left on the clock. Actually, there was no time on the clock all day. The teams played until somebody scored five touchdowns, regardless of how long it took. There was plenty of good-natured banter under a chilly gray sky, with a few snowflakes occasionally hitting the Astroturf. A few aging bodies bounced off the turf as well. “Nobody got hurt, so that’s a good thing,” said QB Chris Ganter, who ended up just short of victory. Ben Ganter, the winning signal caller, said, “It’s pretty exciting. It’s great to see all these guys come out and play together.” Members of team 2006 credited the win to having a good quarterback and a good line, along with “synergy” and “a little bit of luck here and there.” This was the fourth time the 2006 team has won the annual competition. There is already talk of a dynasty. You can expect that next year the 2006 team will be trying to win one for the thumb.

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FORMER STATE COLLEGE Area High School football players came together on Friday, Nov. 29, for the annual Turkey Bowl, which was played at Memorial Field. More than $14,000 was raised for charity.

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PENN STATE head coach Bill O’Brien poses with a host of Penn State fans following his radio show at Damon’s Grill in State College on Nov. 21. MAUREEN LOCKARD/Gazette file photo

PARTICIPANTS AT last year’s Polar Bear Plunge dart from the icy waters at Bald Eagle State Park. Temperatures are expected to be in the 30s this year. Plunge, from page 1 Over the years people have donned interesting attire, she said, such as Santa Claus costumes and characters from Star Wars and the Wizard of Oz. One year a couple dunked in their prom dress and tuxedo. “We’ve had some great costumes,” Toukonen said. “(There have been) lot of different things, a lot of creativity.” Best costume awards are given out for both groups and individuals, she said. Additionally, awards are given out for both groups and individuals who raise the most money. “Super plungers,” or participants who raise $300 or more, can jump in three times if they wish, Toukonen said. And groups of five or more can choose their own music as they submerge, she said. Other awards and challenges, accord-

ing to the YMCA’s website, include a bartender challenge and Little Dippers, which is designed for children 8 to 12 years. Following the plunge, closing remarks will be held at 11:45 a.m., along with a 50/50 drawing. A post-plunge party will be held beginning at 12:30 p.m. at Bonfatto’s in Bellefonte. Plungers may register up until the day of the event. A minimum of $75 in donations is required to plunge, and must be submitted with the registration form. All plungers must be at least 13 years old. For those who wish to register in advance, a pre-plunge registration party will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5 at the YMCA’s Bellefonte branch. During this event participants can drop off their money and registration form, and pick up T-shirts. For more information visit www. ymcaofcentrecounty.org.

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O’Brien, from page 1 “We staff extra to accommodate all of the people. It’s just a busy night,” Perret said. The show is pretty simple — it’s O’Brien and Jones talking football. Since it’s a radio show, there are no fancy sets or monitors. On this night, O’Brien came straight from practice in sweatpants and a pullover. Roger Corey, producer and co-host of the show arrives a couple of hours before the show goes on the air. “It takes about an hour to set up,” Corey said. “It’s an every week thing. You get your system down and it doesn’t take long.” As Corey and Company closed out season No. 2, he said that he’s been impressed with the crowds. The Penn State faithful turn out in force whether the team is coming off a win, loss or even a bye week. “The food is good and the drinks are cold,” Corey said. “They have a chance for a little face time with Coach. Not one-onone face time, but they want to make sure they can get a pretty close seat … or a table close enough so that their friends can sit and join them and have a good time.” While Corey and Jones are the voices fans hear the most on the Penn State Sports Network, it’s O’Brien’s show. The coach — who just finished his second year at 7-5 — makes sure of it. “It’s a fun show,” Corey said. “And Coach O’Brien does a great job with it.” It’s not just a Centre County crowd that shows up to see the coach. According to Corey, Nittany Lion fans from across the country come out in droves to see the show.

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State details case against ex-Penn State president By The Associated Press HARRISBURG — The state attorney general’s office filed papers Friday that detail the lies it says former Penn State President Graham Spanier told during his grand jury testimony over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case. The allegations in the prosecutors’ itemized list aren’t new, but the specifics were listed to answer Spanier’s request this fall for details of the charges. In the filing, prosecutors listed portions of Spanier’s April 2011 testimony before a grand jury. In one section, prosecutors asked Spanier whether university officials discussed filing a police report over a 2001 shower encounter witnessed by former assistant football coach Mike McQueary, and Spanier said no, according to media reports. But emails discovered later appear to show a discussion about whether to report that incident. Sandusky, the school’s longtime defensive coach, was convicted last year of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. He is serving a 30- to 60-year prison sentence. Spanier has maintained his innocence. He is one of three former Penn State administrators awaiting trial on charges they engaged in a criminal cover-up of complaints about Sandusky. Former vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley also deny the allegations. Spanier also testified that during discussions about Sandusky’s conduct with a young boy in the shower, then-head coach Joe Paterno’s name “was never mentioned to the best of my recollection,” accord-

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THE STATE ATTORNEY General’s office recently released details of the charges pending against former Penn State president Graham Spanier, left, in relation to the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse case. ing to the prosecutors’ filing. In addition, Spanier said he had never been told about a prior on-campus child abuse allegation made against Sandusky in 1998. But McQueary has testified that he told Paterno about seeing Sandusky in the shower with the boy in 2001. And the lead state prosecutor said during the officials’ preliminary hearing in July that the men knew police investigated complaints about Sandusky showering with boys in 1998. In October, Penn State announced it was paying nearly $60 million to settle abuse claims by 26 young men. It’s not clear how many suits are still pending against the school following those settlements, but at least one new one has been filed.

Board approves design plan for high school renovations By ADAM LIDGETT StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — The State College School Board has decided on a final design plan for the south high school building renovation project. At its Monday night meeting, the board chose option two which incorporates a more crescent shape to the building. The board rejected option one which would have meant an expansion on the west side of the building. Board member Laurel Zydney said most people she’s talked with were in favor of option two. “This one was so incredibly obvious,” Zydney said. “I’ve heard nobody who said they preferred Option One.” The board also discussed possible referendum debt amounts, being around $75

million and $85 million. The maximum total cost for the project has already been set at $115 million. Some board members thought the referendum amount was too high. Board member Jim Pawelczyk said he doesn’t think the State College community would support a referendum amount as high as $75 million. “The thing to remember is whatever the amount of the project we get done requires community permission,” Pawelczyk said. “I do not see evidence ... that 50 percent of the community will provide $75 million.” Board President Penni Fishbaine said she disagrees with Pawelczyk, and that people will want to support the referendum amount because of their interest in educating their children. She said that having a nicer school will help bring people with children into the area.

Black Friday shoppers turn out for deals, social bonding By ADAM LIDGETT StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — Stores opened this year for Black Friday earlier than ever before, even before it could even actually be called “Friday.” While many holiday shoppers flocked to the big box-stores on Thanksgiving night, there are still lots of people who want Thanksgiving to be Thanksgiving, and Black Friday to be Black Friday. One way or another, there was no shortage of shoppers at the Nittany Mall bright and early Friday morning. Judy Cerenzia, who typically comes out for Black Friday, says doesn’t get out there too early for the deals. Cerenzia thinks too many people have become obsessed with sales, and don’t worry as much about the true meaning of the holidays. “It’s a problem,” Cerenzia says about stores opening early on Black Friday. “It takes people away from their families and it becomes more about greed and catching the deal than being thankful for what you have, which is friends and family.”

Holly Vines says she likes to shop on Black Friday but never comes too early because the holidays are more important. Vines believe the stores should stay closed on Thanksgiving so employees can have the time to be with their families like everyone else. “I don’t think stores need to be open on Thanksgiving,” Vines says. “Let the employees be with their families, and not stuck at work.” Even though the way people shop on Black Friday has changed, some still view shopping with others on that day is just another form of bonding. Virginia Clickner wasn’t shopping on Black Friday — she was pre-shopping. Not only does she dislike the long lines, but she doesn’t feel the need to buy all that much since her children grew up and moved out. The one thing she does like about shopping is the bonding it offers between women. Clickner has a niece who will be visiting, and she wanted to scout out places she wanted to shop with her when those places won’t be as crowded as they are on Black Friday.

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THE STATE COLLEGE Rotary recently honored Carl Hill. Among those attending were, from left, Ken Martin, Doug Holmes and Teresa Davis. Rotary, from page 1 most valuable student exchange program in existence. Part of his job was to assign students to various school districts in the eastern region. He was also responsible for finding the families that served as hosts. “I think it’s wonderful to see the outbound students return and see how their lives have been enriched,” said Hill. “Many have clear goals once they get home. It’s a life-changing experience.” Hill explained that the greatest challenge in dealing with the exchange program is helping students who have great difficulties adapting to cultural changes. “Occasionally you have a student who just cannot make the transition,” said Hill. Over the years, Hill has hosted 29 students in his home. Often, he helped support those students who could not afford to pay the exchange fee.

“I have so many fond memories of working in the program. I just returned from visiting seven of our former exchange students in their home countries,” Hill offered. It is not unusual for Rotarians to discover that the international students they hosted become members of their families. A young woman from Australia, whose sense of humor was infectious, now has three children and owns two homes in Canberra. Hill knows of Rotarians who have been invited to weddings in Paris and Tokyo. Though he will no longer serve as the chair, Hill intends to help the new chair complete the mountains of paperwork required by the United States and foreign governments. Mark Whitfield, public works director for State College Borough, has assumed the role of district youth exchange chairman.

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Congress pops by for a quick visit Don’t blink or you may miss it, but Congress is making a brief reappearance in the nation’s capital before knocking off until next year. The House returned Monday but plans to go back home on Friday, Dec. 13. The Senate comes back next Monday, Dec. 9, and plans to stay in town for a decent interval until the leadership decides it’s OK for the senators to go home too. That means the two chambers will be in session simultaneously for only a week. It’s only important if the House and Senate enact something that they both need to agree on but in a year characterized by vigorous inaction that seems increasingly unlikely. The House has been in session 142 days so far this year; the Senate, 142. In 2011, hardly a year characterized by Dale McFeatters hyperactivity, the House met for 175 is a columnist for days, the Senate for 170. Scripps-Howard According to THOMAS, the conNews Service. gressional legislative tracking service, Congress has enacted only 52 news laws since January. In the same period, the previous Congress passed 284 laws, according to another tracking service, GovTrack. The GOP’s tea party wing says this record of inaction is something to be proud of, that the government does too much. It’s not as if Congress has nothing to do. Funding for a new farm bill and food stamps remains unpassed; so, too, does an extension of unemployment benefits. Unless Congress acts this month, physicians’ payments under Medicare could be cut by 24 percent, likely causing many of them to pull out of the program. After 40-some attempts, the House appears to have given up on repealing the Affordable Care Act. Instead, intent on throwing President Obama’s words back in his face, House Republicans have introduced the Keep Your Health Plan Act but even if it passed the Senate — unlikely — the GOP probably waited too long with the ACA set to take full effect Jan. 1. And, oh yes, there’s the really important business of government. Republican budget negotiator Rep. Tom Cole, Okla., told ABC Sunday the most important priority “is getting a budget deal and making sure we don’t default when the debt ceiling comes around.” Failure to act on either one could result in a government shutdown — as early as Jan. 15 when a measure temporarily extending government funding expires. Cole’s assessment is hopeful evidence that a common sense wing still exists among House Republicans. Blink, however, and you could have missed it.

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3rd-term option may spur better result WASHINGTON — I’m not so sure the nation is well served these days or perhaps ever was by limiting the terms of its chief executive. It seemed like a good idea at the time following Franklin D. Roosevelt’s four elections to the presidency, but the negatives, I believe, have come to outweigh the positives. That doesn’t mean that I am in favor of extending the current president’s tenure in the Oval Office or for that matter any particular future occupant. It merely says that after so many years of watching the second term become far less productive than it might, I’m convinced lame Dan K. Thomasson is a columnist for ducks should be Scripps-Howard limited to the News Service. dinner table. The reasons are relatively simple. The mere possibility that a president has the option of running for a third term relieves his operational impotency in the second when both his opponents and his allies regard him with far less respect politically, especially during the final two years. The muscle needed to bring about results has atrophied even if the master of the White House is considered a strong caretaker. Barack Obama is a perfect example. His chances of accomplishing much more than straightening out the mess in his one domestic initiative, the Af-

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fordable Care Act if that is even possible, already are slim with such issues as tax and immigration reform and controlling runaway entitlements probably not likely. So in his case, the deficiencies in his ability to govern have begun a year early and it would take an election miracle a year from now to give him the majorities needed in Congress, including recapturing the House and preserving, if not expanding control of the Senate, to change the outlook. Under the current circumstance that seems not only remote but slipping away with each new kerfuffle on Pennsylvania Avenue. Just the right to run for a third term is all that is needed to keep off balance the political sharks that circle ever closer with utter disregard. Actually, as any high school civics student knows, before FDR no president had opted for the possibility of spending 12 years let alone 16 in such a demanding job. Several considered it but were dissuaded. But it was always out there for the aspiring wannabe successors to contemplate before stepping on the chief’s toes. Roosevelt’s decision came as the nation faced two of its worst storms, the greatest depression in its history and a global conflagration that threatened world freedom, including ours. “Changing horses in mid-stream” as FDR’s 1940 slogan warned was a bad idea and the country was comfortable with that even though those in the know realized that the president was in terrible physical shape beyond the crippling effects of polio. His blood pressure was off the charts and his physicians had no way of treating it beyond diet and exer-

cise and reduction of stress, none of which were probable. Add to that the fact that he was a chain smoker and a lover of martinis and the miracle was that he survived to run again in 1944. It is no wonder that reaction to such an unprecedented tenure finally produced the term limiting Constitutional amendment. After all hadn’t the founders eschewed this sort of kingly approach to governance? Yes, but they also put no limits on the length of stay realizing that might produce a less effective presidency. They believed that most presidents would not want much longer than a second term as did George Washington whose refusal to run again set the standard. Both Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant thought about it but demurred. In recent times, Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson could have served what amounted to a third term, having stepped into the job upon the death of their predecessor. Neither wanted to although LBJ might have run again in 1968 had Vietnam not eroded his popularity so thoroughly. Bill Clinton’s rapport with the electorate despite his tawdry affair with an intern might have taken a shot at a third term if not precluded. Ronald Reagan and Dwight Eisenhower both had health and age issues that probably would have prevented their running for another term if not limited. Thus, the overreaction to Roosevelt has become a good example of fixing something that wasn’t broken. The voters should be the ultimate determiner of third term viability. The probability is low that many incumbents would accept, even the most charismatic.

Hear ye, hear ye: Advice falls on deaf ears Listen up, if you can still hear me. A recent New York Times article, “Ground-Shaking Noise Rocks N.F.L., and Eardrums Take Big Hit,” documents something that we already know about professional football games: They are extremely loud. The crowds themselves are huge, of course, but the elevated noise levels aren’t entirely the natural result of the fans’ aroused enthusiasm for their teams. In fact, crowds are encouraged to yell ever louder by the league, by the franchises, and by groups of fans organized John M. Crisp around the printeaches English at Del Mar College ciple that loud is in Corpus Christi, better. Texas. His column For example, is distributed by Terrorhead ReScripps Howard turns, a club News Service. Email that supports him at jcrisp@ the Kansas City delmar.edu. Chiefs, sponsored a “scream-a-thon” recently during a game against the Oakland Raiders and pumped the crowd up to a din that reached 137.5 decibels, a Guinness world record for the loudest crowd roar in an outdoor stadium. The Seattle Seahawks’ version of Terrorhead Returns is a group called The 12th Man, which asserts that Seattle’s fans are the loudest in the NFL.

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The club portrays its claim to the previous record decibel mark by plotting it along a scale that rates ordinary conversation at 50 decibels. The 12th Man’s previous record reached 136.6 decibels, registering between “Jet Takeoff” and “Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck,” which is just below “Eardrum Rupture,” at 150 decibels. But these levels on the scale are already well above “Hearing Damage” at 90 decibels and “Serious Hearing Damage” at 100. Hearing experts say the damage actually starts at 85. Why do the fans want to make so much noise? The 12th Man aspires to an active role in the game itself, implying on its website that the “ear shattering noise” interferes with opponents’ signal calling and contributes to an average of 2.36 false starts per game. But apart from audiologists and a few parents and curmudgeons, nobody seems very concerned about the extreme noise in NFL stadiums. An appeal to old-fashioned sportsmanship probably won’t achieve much traction among modern football fans. And while cumulative, irreversible hearing loss is clearly occurring, its progress is gradual and may not manifest itself for decades. To be fair, noise-induced hearing loss is related to the length of exposure to levels above about 85 decibels. Attending a football game or two is unlikely to cause much long-term damage. But I started thinking about this issue a decade ago, when I was driven from a movie theatre by a soundtrack so loud that it resonated in my chest

cavity. At about the same time, my own ancient mother was becoming increasingly isolated by her failing ability to hear. The fact is, we live in a ubiquitously noisy society. Any damage caused by attending a football game or two is added to the damage that occurs at rock concerts, movie theaters, boisterous bars and loud restaurants, or as the result of the habitual use of ear buds. In this noisy environment, we shouldn’t be particularly surprised by a finding from the Journal of the American Medical Association, as reported in the New York Times in 2011: the number of teenagers with some level of hearing loss has increased 33 percent since 1994. So, as cumulative brain damage accrues on the playing field, at noise levels this high cumulative and irreversible hearing damage is occurring among the fans in the stands, as well. But this threat to our national ability to hear well later in life is insidious. As with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, smoking, heart disease, or climate change, the damage occurs in tiny increments and the bad results can take decades to materialize. Therefore, we do very little about it. Meanwhile, the October 21 issue of The New Yorker features a poignant cartoon: A couple is dining in a crowded restaurant. The server approaches their table and asks: “Can I get you any more deafening loudness?” But in modern America, the server’s question is the straight line; the punch line is, of course, “Huh?”

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HERSHEY — The American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology recently issued a new set of guidelines to help doctors determine whether people are or are not most likely to benefit from a class of drugs called statins to treat high cholesterol. The guidelines have sparked a wave of controversy among physicians and other health care professionals who treat the millions of Americans affected by high cholesterol. Dr. Peter Alagona, program director for diagnostic cardiology at Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute, provides some perspective on the new guidelines and what people concerned about their cholesterol need to know. Elevated levels of cholesterol, especially LDL or the so-called “bad” cholesterol in the body increases your risk for cardiovascular disease including heart attack, and

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Centre Crest names Keeler director of care management BELLEFONTE — Centre Crest, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, recently announced its hire of Dana Keeler as the director of case management. Keeler graduated from Penn State University in 2001 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. She is looking forward to working hand-in-hand with the community’s health care providers and facilitating patients’ transitions from hospital or home to the skilled nursing facility environment. “I am excited for the opportunity to showcase the programs and servicDANA KEELER es offered by Centre Crest as a means to realize positive outcomes for our area’s residents needing additional care, for both short and long-term stays,” Keeler said.

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Geisinger-Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woods now offers lactose intolerance testing PORT MATILDA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Geisinger-Grayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Woods now offers lactose intolerance testing thanks to Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miracle Network at Geisinger. Through Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Miracle Network donations, a Hydrogen Breath Analysis machine was purchased. During the test, the patient blows into a balloon which takes a baseline reading of the patientâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breath. After drinking a prescribed lactose solution, the patient then continues to be

THE ASSOCIATION of Mifflin County Educators donated books to every baby born at Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital during American Education Week, Nov. 18-22. From left, Logan Bumgardner, 4, of Lewistown, shows his parents, Justin and Sonnie Bumgardner, the book his new baby sister, Emma Rose, received.

tested every 30 minutes for three hours to measure the amount of hydrogen in the breath. Hydrogen is produced when undigested lactose makes its way to the intestines. Raised hydrogen levels indicate that improper digestion of lactose is happening and could determine if a patient is lactose intolerant. For additional information, contact Mike McMullen at (814) 949-2302 or mmmcmullen@geisinger.edu.

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STUDENTS AT THE Central PA Institute of Science and Technology helped raise more than $1,000 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Organization. Funds were raised through activities such as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cut for the Cureâ&#x20AC;? and a pink T-shirt campaign. There were also generous donations by students, faculty and staff. Community members had the opportunity to visit CPI and support each of these activities. CPI students are pictured wearing their pink T-shirts in support of this annual campaign to raise awareness and money for breast cancer research.

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Goals affect feelings of pride and shame By SARA LAJEUNESSE Special to The Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — When the St. Louis Cardinals lost the World Series, just how much shame did the players feel? According to researchers at Penn State and Australia’s Central Queensland University, a person’s goals at the outset of a competence-based task, such as a sporting event, can influence how much shame or pride he or she feels upon completion of the task. “Our research suggests that when your goal is to outperform others, your feelings of pride will be amplified when you succeed,” said Amanda Rebar, postdoctoral researcher, Central Queensland Univer-

sity, “but when your goal is to avoid being outperformed by others, your feelings of shame will be amplified when you fail.” The research team — which included David Conroy, professor of kinesiology at Penn State — recruited 58 undergraduate students to complete 24 rounds of the video game Tetris. The participants were instructed to earn as many points as possible. Before each round, one of four different criteria for earning a point was presented onscreen, in order to elicit different achievement goals among the participants. Immediately following each round, the researchers provided the participants with bogus feedback and the participants rated their shame and pride.

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“Our results suggest that a person’s motivation and purpose regarding a task — whether that task is a video game, a race or an academic exam — impacts the amount of pride or shame he or she will experience in response to success or failure,” Conroy said. “And the amount of pride or shame a person feels can influence whether he or she will persist in the task or drop out.” The results appeared in the November 2013 issue of the journal Sport, Exercise and Performance Psychology. According to the researchers, it isn’t necessarily a bad thing for people to focus on their performances relative to others. “Pride is known to invoke a boost of confidence, persistence, and problem-

solving ability, which can help people perform at their best,” Rebar said. But shame, on the other hand, can cause problems. “If a baseball player is the first to strike out in a game, his shame may cause him to become distracted or to worry too much about his precise movements, both of which can hurt his performance,” she said. “Our advice is for people to focus on what they can achieve rather than on what they can lose,” Conroy said. “It may be particularly helpful if coaches and teachers understand these results so they can help influence their athletes’ and students’ achievement goals so as to minimize feelings that can hurt performance.”

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STATE COLLEGE — Park Forest Day Nursery Preschool will host its “State College Holiday Home Tour” from 1 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15. The event will feature a tour of homes decorated for the holidays in the downtown State College Highlands neighborhood. A refreshment stop will be included at Faith United Church of Christ. Advance ticket prices are $10 per person or $15 for two tickets. Tickets are $15 per person when purchased on the day of the event. All proceeds benefit the non-profit Park Forest Day Nursery Preschool, which provides a tuition-free preschool experience for low-income children in Centre County. For more information, call the preschool at (814) 2318492 or visit www.pfdn-preschool.org.

STUDENTS IN THE CPI preschool recently got a chance to get a close-up look at an operational fire truck. Pictured with the preschool students are Erin Gearhart, early childhood program instructor, and Rob Balsamo, coordinator the Centre County Public Safety Training Center. CPI partners with the Centre County board of commissioners to operate the safety training center. The preschool is part of the practicum experience for secondary students in the early childhood program.

Preschool fair scheduled STATE COLLEGE — The State College Area Preschool Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the State College Area High School’s south building. The event is hosted by Mothers and More, a local nonprofit, philanthropy-focused mothers’ group, and the State College Area School District. For more information, visit http://mothersandmorestatecollege.org/.

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Bellefonte museum to illustrate the fine art of gift giving By KAREN DABNEY correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — Shoppers and art lovers can get into the holiday spirit and find one-of-a-kind gifts at the Bellefonte Art Museum’s fifth annual Holiday Show and Sale. Fine arts, crafts, wearable art and greeting cards by local artists are on display through Sunday, Jan. 26. “I love this show and sale,” said museum docent Amy Koll. “It feels like there’s something for everyone and every budget. I haven’t done my Christmas shopping yet, so I can buy things here.” She said that people can take home the art and crafts they purchase the same day. The juried exhibit features more than 50 artists from the museum’s Artist Registry. Each artist has two or three pieces in the show, contributing to a colorful and intriguing collection of paintings, wood carvings, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, collages, pastels, quilts and fiber art. For those who prefer crafts, there are handmade artist’s books, papercuts, wool ornaments and greeting cards. Wearable

art includes hand-marbled silk scarves and soft wool wrist warmers, mittens and scarves. “We lower our prices as best we can to make them affordable,” said Nancy Brassington, painter and museum volunteer. “I don’t make art to sell. I make the art to make the art.” “Giving an original piece of art is something very special indeed,” said Holly Fritchman, botanical artist and manager of the show. “No one else on earth will have what you are giving. It always surprised me how many folks will spend hundreds of dollars on cookie cutter items when they can purchase a piece of artwork that will continually increase in value, and in time become a family heirloom.” The public can meet the artists at the First Sunday Reception on Jan. 5, from 1to 4:30 p.m. A free First Sunday children’s art activity will be taught by Lori Fisher, the museum’s gallery manager. Some of the artists will also attend the Bellefonte Victorian Christmas weekend at the museum, Fritchman said. To celebrate Bellefonte Victorian Christmas, the museum will offer a Child’s Victorian Tea at 1 and 3 p.m. on Saturday,

Dec. 14, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15. Cost is $10 and reservations are required. The public will have the opportunity to learn art techniques used in the show from seven of the exhibiting artists. The museum’s upcoming workshops include illustration, watercolor, bookbinding, digital photography, acrylic painting, color theory, printmaking, drawing from nature and computer painting on touch screens. A generous Bellefonte family has agreed to match dollar for dollar all donations and income the museum receives through the end of December. The fundraiser, “Art to Heart Matching Gift Campaign,” will help fund the nonprofit, all-volunteer museum’s exhibits and other programs. For a donation of $250 or more, the donor will receive a signed archival print of Brassington’s oil painting, “My Pennsylvania Town.” The Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., will have extended holiday hours from noon to 5 p.m., Thursdays and Sundays, Dec. 5 through Dec. 22. For more information, call (814) 3554280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org.

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THIS COMPUTER PAINTING of the Bellefonte Art Museum in the snow was created by Mary Vollero for the museum’s holiday invitation card.

Community comes together for families in need By ANDREA BOYLES Special to The Gazette

RUNNERS SPRINT to the finish line on Sinking Creek Road.

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Runners brave cold temps for Turkey Trot 5K By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — The temperature in Spring Mills on Thanksgiving morning was a chilly 23 degrees, with a breeze making it feel like 12. Snow covered the ground and intermittent snow flurries were flying. But, these conditions didn’t stop 63 running enthusiasts from participating in the annual Turkey Trot 5K race. The race was originated by Will Lush four years ago as a fundraiser for the Penns Valley HOPE Fund charity. The course takes runners along scenic Sinking Creek Road in Gregg Township. Participants registered in the gymnasium at the Old Gregg School Community Center, then, clad in sweatshirts, gloves and wool hats, lined up on the starting

line on Sinking Creek Road. On signal by Nick Fuller, the runners, representing age groups from children to senior citizens, were off. Rapid Transit Sports donated $75 gift cards to the top adult male and female finishers, and second place finishers and the top finisher in the under 18 category received $40 gift cards for Dick’s Sporting Goods store. First across the finish line was Ryan Brown, well ahead of the competition with a time of just over 18 minutes. Soon the other runners — and some who chose to walk the course instead of running — trickled across the finish line. Following the race, the runners returned to the Old Gregg gym for water and snacks before heading home for Thanksgiving dinners with their families.

’Tis the season, and we at YSB are reminded through the generosity that abounds. Throughout the year, we are well aware of the giving nature of our community. In November and December, however, we are not just aware, we are in awe! Toys, clothes and holiday meals will all be pouring in to our office in the next few weeks. Through Magnum Broadcasting’s Christmas Crusade for Kids, more than 500 of our boys and girls will be matched with a listener who will buy them one gift on their list. We’ll wrap those gifts and get them out to kids in time for Christmas. Our programs will benefit from the generosity of the State College Presbyterian Church’s Angel Tree program; others, such as Calvary Baptist Church, will sponsor families in need. Many will volunteer to help with our Jeans for Teens giving effort.

Other church and civic groups will pitch in, along with a host of individuals who will ask how they can help. Many of these are families with young children themselves, committed to teaching their children the importance of giving. This season is full of opportunities to help children develop and grow. As they write wish lists, we can help them learn to prioritize. As we plan holiday gatherings and meals, we can instill the importance of tradition. And as we give, we can include our kids and teach the value of giving. So, whether its shopping for a toy for a less fortunate child, baking cookies for an elderly neighbor, or serving a meal at a local church, take time out to teach the children in your life everything that this season means. That may be the greatest gift you give. Thanks to everyone who will help us help kids this holiday season. Andrea Boyles is the CEO of the Centre County Youth Service Bureau.

VETERANS DAY BRUNCH

Cookbook sale benefits family STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority is holding a benefit sale of cookbooks. The book, “Delectable Delights from the Dump,” costs $10. All of the proceeds will be placed

into the trust fund for the children of the late Sammy Boob. For more information, or to purchase a cookbook, call (814) 238-7005 or email ccrra@centrecountyrecycles.org.

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IN KEEPING WITH its long-established practice, the Bellefonte Elks Lodge provided a Veterans Day brunch for all veterans and their guests. Shown here, from left, are Spring Township police officers Ronald Schall, Chief Michael Danneker and Det. Dale Moore, as they observe Veterans Day at the Bellefonte Elks Club. Moore is a past exalted ruler of the Bellefonte Elks Lodge No. 1094.

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Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox in place once again From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The State College Sunrise Rotary Club and The Corner Room will manage Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox during the holiday season. The Rotary Club will also help with responding to letters if names and return addresses are included with the letters. Santaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mailbox, repurposed from the U.S. Postal Service, will be located outside The Corner Room, 100 W. College Ave., now through Friday, Dec. 20. Anoth-

er mailbox will be at the Centre County United Wayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Festival of Trees at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, 540 N. Harrison Road, Bellefonte, from Thursday, Dec. 12, to Sunday, Dec. 15. Letters to Santa can also be mailed to the State College Sunrise Rotary, P.O. Box 1133, State College, PA 16804. Santa will be having breakfast at The Corner Room on three Saturdays, Dec. 7, 14 and 21, from 8 to 11 a.m.. For more information, visit www. statecollegesunriserotary.org.

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PAWS ADOPT-A-PET Treasure, a young yellow lab/golden retriever-mix female, is ready to go home for the holidays. Treasure is looking for patient parents who will use positive reinforcement and kindness with her; she will pay you back with kisses a thousand times over. This sweetheart also hopes her parents would not mind her lying on their laps and cuddling when she is tired. Treasure is shy at times around new people and may bark at first. She can be fearful around some men and is not suited for a home with children. While she loves playing with other dogs, Treasure is looking for a home where she is the only pet. Please visit www.centrecountypaws.org/dogs/ if you would like to learn more about Treasure. Since she does not do well with the traditional style of showings at PAWS, 1401 Trout Road in State College, approved applicants can meet Treasure by appointment. Treasure and her family will be treated to free training once she is adopted.

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DAN WARNTZ leads the Penns Valley Men’s Chorus in their opening number, “O Come All Ye Faithful.”

Christmas concert delights Penns Valley crowd By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HALL — The Penns Valley Men’s Chorus performed their annual Christmas concert last week at Grace United Methodist Church in Centre Hall. The church sanctuary was packed with more than 100 people who enjoyed an afternoon of the chorus’ a cappella stylings of many familiar Christmas songs. The concert format included gospel readings by Terry Lindquist, alternating with musical selections by the chorus and the Four Decades, a subgroup of chorus members made up of Dave Rachau, Dan Warntz, Kurt Breon and George Birse who sang several numbers in four-part barbershop-style harmony. The program also featured three congregational hymns interspersed between the chorus songs and gospel readings. The repertoire consisted of many favor-

ite carols including “O Come All Ye Faithful,” “Hark, The Herald Angels Sing” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem,” as well as more secular numbers like “O Christmas Tree” and “Jingle Bells.” “The Christmas Quodlibet” featured four separate tunes sung simultaneously by different sections of the chorus. This style of music dates to the 15th century when the practice of combining folk tunes was popular. Another song, “How Like a Flower Rising” (now known as “Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming”) dates to the 1300s. “This song originally had 14 or 15 verses, but thankfully, we’re only doing three,” quipped Warntz. “The Christmas Song,” sung to the tune of “O Holy Night” was dedicated to Robert Bower, a chorus member who recently passed away. The program concluded with the perennial favorite “Silent Night, Holy Night.”

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THE STATE COLLEGE Elks Lodge recently initiated two new members into its order. Taking part in the initiation ceremony were, from left, lecturing knight Brenda Kephart, exalted ruler Perry Schram, initiate Marcie Cohagen, initiate Scott Cohagen, esquire Becky Evans and loyal knight Chris Carver.

Christmas dinner, carol sing set for Dec. 7 PLEASANT GAP — Lifegate Baptist Church will be holding a free public Christmas dinner and carol sing at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. The church is located at the IOOF Grounds, 756 Axemann Road in

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BELLEFONTE VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS brings the characters of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” to life. Performers will be walking through the streets during the three-day celebration.

Year-round planning culminates in Bellefonte Christmas By R. THOMAS BERNER Special to The Gazette

BELLEFONTE — On the day in early October when I called to set up an interview with Sally Houser, the event chair for the 32nd annual Victorian Bellefonte Christmas, she was on deadline to get the event’s 48-page four-color guide to the printer. And, for most of the months preceding that day, Houser and the the event’s nearly 20 volunteer committee chairs have been busy preparing for the event, which takes place Friday, Dec. 13, to Sunday, Dec. 15. Planning begins in February, when the committee chairs discuss what worked and what didn’t at the last celebration and what can be tweaked. At the same time, letters are sent to potential sponsors and thank you notes are sent to everyone who helped. In April and May, the next event is mapped out. This year, for example, the committee worked on a plan to lure more people to a third arts and crafts venue at the middle school, which is not downtown where most of the activity takes place, but is available via free shuttle. The committee decided to incorporate children’s and the Youth Service Bureau’s activities at that area and move George Baney’s popular model train exhibit from its former location. The Arts and Crafts Committee, meanwhile, sent applications to about 300 artists, most of whom are returning vendors. James Dunne sends the letters, True Fisher follows up with those who are pushing the Oct. 31 deadline, and David Eggler depos-

its the checks, which are $125 for a single space and $250 for a double. The chairs keep in touch through August via e-mail and then return to a monthly meeting schedule in September, which is where “we tidy things up and make sure we’re on schedule,” Houser said. And in October, there are always things to deal with. This year the committee learned that the arts and crafts venue in the middle school could not be held in the gymnasium because of a school event. It will now be in the hallway and the cafeteria. In November, Houser said, “we finalize everything. We make sure everyone has the help they need.” And then there’s decorating. Bows are fluffed and 100-foot greens are trimmed to fit. The last thing that goes in the guide is the list of groups participating in the concert at Trinity United Methodist Church on Saturday, Dec. 14. (Check the schedule for all of the free concerts.) November is also the month when the judges for the Gingerbread House Contest are determined. The entries are submitted to the Diamond Deli in December and the winners are announced at the opening ceremony. They remain on display in the window of the Diamond Deli throughout December. Decorating the downtown area takes place in the beginning of December, right up to the event. On Friday, the Arts and Crafts Committee, using electrical tape, outlines where the booths go in the Y and the elementary school. Houser and Romaine Naylor take

care of the middle school. New this year is outside vendors. For an introductory fee of $75, those vendors can set up on East High Street on either side of the courthouse plaza. Vendors, most of whom dress in period costumes, will be selling watercolors, jewelry, ornaments, Christmas figurines, Amish cheese, Native American musical instruments, food, sweaters, herbal teas, candles, scarves, pottery and purses. A new volunteer this year is Randi Neshteruk, who is helping the Breakfast With Santa co-chairs, Virginia and Joe Gassner, by organizing games and activities. She showed up last year and helped out and then volunteered for more formal work this year. “Of course, Sally is always looking for volunteers,” Neshteruk said with a chuckle. Picking up on something Houser did last year that the children seemed to enjoy, Neshteruk asked former Centre County children’s librarian D.J. Lilly to read to the children this year. Lilly is now the office manager at Schlow Centre Region Library in State College. One major event many people look forward to is the homes tour, of which Rachel Favuzza has been the coordinator since 1970 when it was conducted in the spring by the Bellefonte Women’s Club (BWC). In 2000, Victorian Christmas asked the BWC to take over its home tour, and the two now split the revenue derived from the $15 tickets. Also coordinating the home tour this year is Joann Knupp, another BWC mem-

ber, who says the club’s membership has fallen over the years from 100 to its present 30, which is not enough of a pool of volunteers to provide hostesses and ticket takers at the eight houses on the tour and to direct the 500 visitors. So, non-members now help, too. One such person is Millie Ragosta, who canvassed homeowners doorbell to doorbell to come up with the eight homes on the tour. (It started with 11, but three had to back out.) A long-time Bellefonte resident and author of several books, including “The House on Curtin Street,” Ragosta said, “I know a lot of houses.” She walks the streets of town and when she sees a potential tour stop, she rings the doorbell and asks. Even when she’s been turned down, she’s been successful because several turndowns this year told her they would show next year or when their children had finished high school. Ragosta asks that homeowners show the first floor. “If a person wants to show more,” she said, “that’s fine, but we’re not asking them to clean the whole house top to bottom.” The houses are open from 2 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Victorian event without the Brian Belge Dickens Troupe, which entertains throughout the weekend. “They stroll the streets and venues,” Houser said, “and they’re always in character.” The complete schedule of events can be found at www.bellefontevictorianchristmas.com.

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Houser concluding her last year as BVC director BELLEFONTE — This will be the 32nd year for Bellefonte Victorian Christmas, and the fifth one under the guidance of Sally Houser, who will be handing her conductor’s baton off to a new chair next year. “I have a fantastic committee of 17 chairpersons and coordinators. We meet monthly each February through May, taking off June and July, and meeting again from August up to the December event,” Houser said. Each committee is an instrument with a specific part and Houser, as director, guides them toward a melodious finale — Bellefonte’s Victorian Connie Cousins Christmas. covers Centre Houser was born County for the and raised in Mifflin Centre County County and graduGazette. Email her ated from high school at correspondent@ there. When she was a centrecounty child, she used to visit gazette. com Bellefonte every other Friday evening to shop with her grandparents. She said that when she was 12, she told her grandfather, “Someday I will live in this beautiful community of Bellefonte.” She met her husband in the summer of 1965; in the fall of 1966, they married and moved to Bellefonte.

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“I love art, theater, baking, cooking and anything that has to do with the beautiful outdoors,” said Houser. “I have four children and 11 grandchildren who keep me busy. My husband and I maintain a 3 1/2-mile hiking trail and we monitor eagle nests in the north central area of Pennsylvania as volunteers for the game commission.” Houser retired from a career at Walmart, where she was a personnel manager and also was responsible for the community relations for the Walmart Foundation grant program. She was owner of a business in her early years in Bellefonte and worked in the real estate and marketing fields for 15 years. “When I retired, I knew I wanted to become more involved with the community, but I never dreamed I would take on the responsibility of such an enormous challenge as organizing Bellefonte Victorian Christmas,” said Houser. “Chairing this event has given me great joy and I have grown to love the people and the community more than I thought possible. I hope my love for Bellefonte will be reflected in the Victorian Christmas event for all who visit beautiful Victorian Bellefonte.” According to Houser, a grant that comes from the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau, via Historic Bellefonte Inc., is a major contributor to the success of Victorian Christmas. This grant helps to produce the booklet and event guide to Bellefonte Victorian Christmas that is distributed to county

commissioners in 32 Pennsylvania counties and to the state’s welcome centers. The guide gets the word out and, as Houser pointed out, accounts for reservations for the gala and other attractions coming from several states even before the start of December. Although the event guides placed around the town and in the stores are complete, Houser wanted me to point out that there are three venues for the arts and crafts. These include the YMCA, Bellefonte Elementary School and Bellefonte Middle School. Children’s activities will be at the middle school from 1 to 4 p.m. and the model trains will be set up there, also. I asked Houser what her favorite event might be and she said the opening ceremonies on Friday evening at the Bellefonte Elementary School because the children are front and center. The Bellefonte Elementary School Fourth and Fifth Grade Choir, St. John’s Elementary School Choir and other special performances will kick off Victorian Christmas in grand style. For a complete schedule of events, pick up a guide from a Bellefonte merchant or at a welcome station, or go online to www. bellefontevictorianchristmas.com. You will find times, events, complete lists of sponsors and a complete listing of the various committees. An event like this would not be possible without all the community businesses, clubs and citizens working together to create a weekend of harmonious fun and delight.

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SALLY HOUSER has guided the Bellefonte Victorian Christmas for the past five years. She will step down after this year’s event. Many of the events raise money to offset costs. For example, the gala on Thursday night helps pay for the troupe that puts on plays, appears at dinners, and wanders the streets — always in the manner of Dickens’ characters.

BVC Dickens Dinners feature special entertainment The Dickens & Company troupe will add authentic Victorian entertainment to this year’s BVC dining and entertainment events, including the fourth annual Gaslight Gala fundraiser on Thursday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. at the American Philatelic Building on Match Factory Place. The gala will feature live music and caroling, as well as professional entertainment by Dickens & Company. The troupe will present Victorian social dancing, interactive characters, music ensemble, holiday skits and carols, Victorian parlor games and the Yule Log Ceremony. All dances will be taught and Victorian costumes are encouraged, but not required. The meal, which is being catered by Hoag’s Catering, includes buttered lettuce salad, walnut basil chicken, filet mignon with bordelaise, Idaho and sweet potatoes, vegetable du jour, rolls, petite desserts and punch. Wine may be brought in by dinner patrons. Items will be available for bid in the “A Basket Full of Centre County” silent auction. Proceeds will benefit the Centre County United Way and its 37 local agencies. The public is welcomed to attend this adult-only event, which is being sponsored in part by Hoag’s Catering and Dotts/ Hamilton Inc. Cost is $75 per person or $650 for a table for eight. All reservations and pre-payment

must be made by Sunday, Dec 7. To purchase tickets, call Wendy Fultz oft Cool Beans at (814) 355-1178. Tickets may be picked up at Cool Beans or at the door the evening of the event. On Saturday, Dec. 14, a family-friendly buffet and dinner theater brings you more Dickens magic with A Fezzwig’s Christmas Party. Mr. and Mrs. Fezziwig request your presence at a dinner party from 6 to 8 p.m. at the American Philatelic Society, featuring Mr. Charles Dickens and his entertaining characters. The Dickens of a Dinner Party will include old-time parlor games, merry skits and theatricals, live music and caroling, and the Yorkshire Yawning contest. The buffet dinner is catered by Hoag’s Catering at Celebration Hall and will include meatballs marinara, penne and angel hair pasta in vodka sauce, fresh greens salad, Christmas cookies, punch and iced tea. Once again, this event is being sponsored in part by Hoag’s Catering and Dotts/Hamilton Inc. Reservations are necessary, as seating is limited. For tickets, call Wendy Fultz of Cool Beans at (814) 355-1178. Tickets may be picked up at the Train Station in Bellefonte, Cool Beans or at the door the evening of the event. Revelers will have more opportunities to enjoy Dickens & Company as the troupe’s strolling characters, carolers and

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2013 BVC is a heartfelt, holiday hometown celebration Some say “’tis not the season” until they’ve experienced Bellefonte Victorian Christmas. The 32nd annual Bellefonte Victorian Christmas will be held from Friday, Dec. 13, through Sunday, Dec. 15., with “A Gaslight Gala” kicking off the weekend on Thursday, Dec. 13. n Guests are invited to gather at the Bellefonte Elementary School for the Victorian Christmas opening ceremony on Friday at 6:30 p.m. Enjoy entertainment by the Nittany Knights, the Bellefonte Elementary School Fourth and Fifth Grade Choir, the Bellefonte Middle School Women’s Chorale, St. John’s Elementary School Choir and other special performances, including a preview performance of the Dickens Holiday Show. A cookie and hot chocolate reception provided by the Bellefonte Moose Lodge #206 will be held in the hallway beside the auditorium immediately following the ceremony. n Enjoy a Victorian high tea at the lovely Reynolds Mansion, along with appearances by the Dickens characters and local musicians. Victorian costumes are encouraged, but not required. Purchase your tickets early because seating is limited. Tea will be served on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. at the Reynolds Mansion, 101 W. Linn St. Cost is $25 for adults and $15 for children. For reservations and tickets, call Wendy Fultz at Cool Beans Coffee at (814) 3551178 or Carol Walker at Victorian Rose at (814) 355-4737. n Dozens of artists, artisans and crafters will be displaying their wares for holiday gifting. The Victorian Christmas Arts & Crafts Show is presented in cooperation with the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association and the Bellefonte Victorian Christmas Committee. Be sure to stop by the Bellefonte Middle School, our newest arts and crafts location, before or after taking the free shuttle downtown. Food concessions are be avail-

able at all three venues. Craft venues will be open Saturday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.–4 p.m. Children’s activities will be held in the middle school gymnasium both Saturday and Sunday from 1–4 p.m. A model train display will be held on Saturday from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. The Bellefonte Victorian Arts & Crafts Show also will have an outdoor venue this year. East High Street on either side of the Bellefonte Court House will be closed to traffic. Vendors booths will be on each side of the street. (Subject to change based upon number of vendor applications and weather.) n See the winners and all the creative entries in the annual gingerbread house contest. Categories include adults, teens, children and senior citizens. Prizes will be awarded and announced at the Opening Ceremonies on Friday. All entries will be exhibited until Thursday, Dec. 19, at Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St. n Civil War reenactment groups will be on hand to greet visitors, too. Battery C will be on site in front of the courthouse. Battery B will be strolling the streets and visiting some of the venues. Participants from both groups will be dressed in period uniforms to add to the festivities. n Tour seven beautifully decorated homes at your own pace, in any order you choose, as part of the Bellefonte Women’s Club Homes Tour on Saturday from 2 p.m.–7 p.m. This popular event is presented in cooperation with the Bellefonte Women’s Club and the Homes Tour Committee. Included on the tour are the following residences: Teresa Welch, 210 E. Howard St. Gary and Stephanie Cooper Robinson, 387 E. Linn St. Bob and Tammy Schuster, Our Fair Lady B&B (first floor only), 313 E. Linn St.

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HORSE AND BUGGIES will be seen transporting people during Bellefonte Victorian Christmas, which runs from Dec. 13 through Dec. 15. John and Cora Decker, 505 E. Curtin St. Mike and Beth Brown, 231 S. Spring St. Historical tour of Daniel Hastings Mansion by Candace Danaker, N. Allegheny Street Dr. Kevin and Carol Burke, 299 W. Linn St. (please enter via Curtain Street) Jerry and Janis Davis, collectible train room display, 1326 Joanna Drive Pre-sale tickets and brochures with full listing of homes on tour will be available at Plumbs Drug Store, Woodring’s Bellefonte and State College, and the Train Station in Bellefonte. Tickets will be available the day of the tour at the HBI booth and at each of the tour’s homes on the day of the event. Cost is $15 for adults and $5 for children under 12. n Come in out of the cold and enjoy as many free concerts as you like at Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., both Saturday and Sunday. Featured performances are: Saturday 10 a.m. – Ancient Echoes 11 a.m. – Penn State Brass Quintet Noon – St. John Evangelist Folk Choir 1 p.m. – Quintessential, Penn State Graduate Woodwind Quintet 2 p.m. – Callanish 3 p.m. – Toot-In-Common Sunday 2 p.m. – Victorian Christmas Handbell Choir 3 p.m. – Nittany Valley Symphony Youth Flute Choir n Regularly scheduled horse-drawn carriage rides provide a unique experience. They depart from the Brockerhoff on Al-

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legheny Street. Tickets may be purchased in the Brockerhoff foyer or in advance by contacting melissa.hershey@gmail.com. Adults tickets are $8; children 5 and under are free. Make sure to get tickets early, as the schedule fills up quickly and sells out. (Rides subject to the weather.) Carriages operate Friday, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. n One of the musical highlights of Victorian Christmas is the free Bellefonte Community Band Christmas Concert. Hear sacred and secular favorites performed by Bellefonte’s own band, led by director Natalie Stanton, on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Bellefonte Elementary School auditorium on the corner of Allegheny and Linn streets. n The “Grand Finale” and most-awaited Christmas concert of the season, is the famous BVC Community Choir Concert, which never ceases to amaze, entertain and inspire. Held on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Bellefonte High School theater on East Bishop Street, the concert is free with donations accepted at the door. A cookie and punch reception provided by the Bellefonte Moose Lodge #206 follows. Other things to know about during Bellefonte Victorian Christmas: n A limited-edition Christmas ornament will be available for sale this year featuring a photo of the Talleyrand Park “Gazebo” by Mark Houser. Each ornament is initialed by the photographer. Ornaments are already on sale at Victorian Rose, CO2, and the Intervalley Area Chamber of Commerce. They will be available the weekend

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Cash, Check and Credit Card Reservations Beans 814-355-1178 Adults $25.00, Students Children $10.00 - Cool ment Required. Seating is Display limited& Model Train & Cool More Children’s Activities Tickets may be picked up at Beans or at the door the evening of the event. Model Train Display & More Activities Includes Dinner Buffet andChildren’s Dickens Show eservations - Cool Beans 814-355-1178 What would the holidays be without those What would the holidays be without those wonderful model trainwonderful model train eans or at the door the evening the event. displays! This year theyear modelof trains will be on display at theis Bellefonte displays! This the model trains will be on display at the Bellefonte ervations and Pre-payment Required. Seating limited Middle School. This free exhibit is operating from 9am to 5pm Saturday Middle School. This free exhibit isBeans operating from Activities 9am to 5pm Saturday Model Train &- Cool More Children’s eck and Credit 814-355-1178 and from Card 11am to Reservations 4pm Display Sunday. Donations for the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society are welcomed. and from 11am to 4pm Sunday. Donations forofthe Bellefonte Historical be picked up at Cool Beans or at the door the evening the event. What would the holidays be without those wonderful model train Bring you children to the Arts & Crafts Show at the Bellefonte Middle Children’s Activities Railroad Society are welcomed. School for freeThis activities on Saturday and Sunday from will 1pm to 4pm. displays! year the model trains be on display at the Bellefonte those wonderful model train Remember,you there’s parking and shuttle service to and the Bellefonte High Bring children tofree the Arts &from Crafts Show at the9am Bellefonte Middle Middle School. This exhibit is operating from to 5pm Saturday A Child’s Victorian Tea School and Middle School, which also features dozens of arts and crafts. s will be on display at the activities Bellefonte School for free on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. and from 11am to 4pm Sunday. Donations for the Bellefonte Historical n Display & More Children’s Activities Saturday 1:00pm and 3:00pm perating from 9am to 5pm Saturday Railroad Society welcomed. Remember, there’sare parking and shuttle service to and from the Bellefonte High Sunday 2:00pm he holidays beBellefonte without those wonderful model train Santa’s House nations forSchool the Historical A Child’s Victorian Tea andchildren Middle School, which also features dozens of arts and crafts. Costs: $10.00 per child Bring you to the Arts & Crafts Show at the Bellefonte Middle School Brass will welcome Santaat at 11:30am. s year the Bellefonte modelHigh trains will Band be on display the BellefonteLocation: Bellefonte Art Museum for School for free activities on Saturday and Sunday from to133 4pm. Centre1pm County, N. Allegheny Street Saturday 1:00pm and 3:00pm Saturday & Sunday l. This exhibit is operating afts Showfree at the Bellefonte Middle from 9am to 5pm Saturday 12:00noon – 4:00pm Sunday 2:00pm Call 355-9606 for reservations & information Remember, there’s parking and shuttle service to and from the Bellefonte High to 4pm Sunday. Donations ymand Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. for the Bellefonte Historical

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School and Middle School, which also features dozens of arts and crafts. ety are welcomed. Costs: $10.00 per child Breakfast With Santa and Victorian ervice to and from the Bellefonte High Bellefonte High School Brass Band welcomeVictorian Santa at 11:30am. Children’s Party Saturday Location: Bellefonte Museum for Atowill Child’s 1:00pm and Art 3:00pm atures arts and crafts. New Family Venue ldrendozens to theofArts &A Crafts Show at Comes the Bellefonte MiddleChristmas Tea Saturday – 8:30am to 11:30am Centre County, Bellefonte Victorian Christmas Sunday 2:00pm133 N. Allegheny Street Saturday & Sunday e activities on Saturday and Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. Saturday 1:00pm and 3:00pm Full Breakfast will be served

Santa’s House Bellefonte Victorian Christmas12:00noon welcomes the United Way’s – 4:00pm December 4pm-9pm Sunday 2:00pm Costs: for $10.00 per child Call 355-9606 reservations &13th information re’s parkingFestival and of shuttle service to event andwill from the Bellefonte Trees. This community help usher in the holiday HighCost: $6.00 per adult perA child. Bellefonte High School Brass Band will welcome Santa at$3.00 11:30am. by also transforming CPI intodozens a Free winter wonderland, with decorated House on the and Diamond Child’s Victorian Tea Location: Bellefonte Art Museum for dle School, season which features of arts crafts. December 14th 9am-9pm Seating is limited trees, additional craft vendors, and entertainment. Proceeds will help Costs: $10.00 per child Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny Street support 37 Centre County United Way Partner& Agencies. Saturday Sunday will welcome Santa at 11:30am. Breakfast With Santa and15th Victorian **Children may visit with Santa even if December 12n-4pm Location: Bellefonte Art Museum for Saturday 1:00pm and 3:00pm Friday December 13 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. they do not participate in Breakfast. 12:00noon – 4:00pm Street Christmas Children’s Party Sunday Call 355-9606 for reservations & information Saturday, December 14 from 9 a.m. Centre to 9 p.m. County, 133 N. Allegheny Sunday 2:00pm A New Family Venue Comes to Free crafts and activities for children Sunday, December 15 from noon to 4p.m. Central PA Institute of Science & Technology (CPI) 540 N Harrison Rd, Bellefonte Free on the Diamond 4:00pm Santa’s House Free Children’s Caricatures by Chip Mock Central PA Institute of Science Technology, Harrison Road Call 355-9606 for reservations & Costs: information $10.00Saturday 8:30am to 11:30am Bellefonte Victorian Christmas per child–$2 - Adults $1 - Children Live Entertainment, Craft Vendors, Electric Train Show Location: Lambert Hall* Adults $2; children $1 Breakfast With Santa and Victorian iamond Full Breakfast will gh School Brass Band will welcome Santa at 11:30am. Blanchard Street  Bellefonte, PA Location: Bellefonte Art Museum forbe served A free shuttle for Festival of Trees being held at CPI will be Bellefonte Victorian Christmas welcomes the United Way’s available at the Bellefonte HighBreakfast School and on the Diamond. Sponsored by the Bellefonte Kiwanis and SPE Credit Union Christmas Children’s Party All proceeds the Centre County United Way Partner Agencies With Santa Centre 133 N. Allegheny Street benefit $6.00 per adult Saturday &ASunday New Venue Comes to and Festival of Trees. ThisFamily community event will help usher in theVictorian holiday County,Cost: For more information visit BVC Official website: www.bellefontevictorianchristmas.com $3.00 per child. Christmas Children’s Party season by transforming CPI into a winter wonderland, with decorated 12:00noon –Bellefonte 4:00pm Saturday&– information 8:30am to 11:30am Victorian Christmas Call 355-9606 for reservations nue Comes to Seating is will limited trees, additional craft vendors, and entertainment. Proceeds will help Full Breakfast be served Saturday – 8:30am to 11:30am an Christmas Free Bellefonte onsupport the Diamond Victorian welcomes the United Way’s 37 CentreChristmas County United Way Partner Agencies. **Children may visit with Full Breakfast will be served Cost: $6.00 per adult Santa even if Festival Trees. This community event will help usher in the holiday Breakfast With Santa and Victorian welcomes the UnitedofWay’s Friday December from 4wonderland, p.m. to 9 p.m. they do not participate $3.00 per child. in Breakfast. season by transforming CPI into13 a winter with decorated

Spread of the event at the HBI information booth at the YMCA. Cost is $15. n The second series of Historic Building Placemats featuring photos by Cecil Houser II will be available before the event at the Train Station and at the HBI booth at the YMCA on event weekend for $6 or four for $20. n Bellefonte Victorian Christmas welcomes the United Way’s Festival of Trees as part of the event weekend. This community event will help usher in the holiday season by transforming Central PA Institute of Science Technology on Harrison Road into a winter wonderland, with decorated trees, additional craft vendors, and entertainment. The event takes place Thursday through Sunday in partnership with the Victorian Christmas event. Proceeds will help support 37 Centre County United Way partner agencies. Entry is $2 for adults and $1 for children. n Sponsored by the Bellefonte Historical and Cultural Association, the Historic Downtown Walking Tour departs from Centre County Courthouse and includes narrative of legends, styles and the history of design periods. Tours given rain, snow or shine, so dress for the weather. Saturday and Sunday tours will be held at 2 p.m. n Local artisans will be displaying and selling their works of art during the month of December at Bellefonte Art Museum of Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St. Victorian Christmas weekend hours are Saturday, 11 a.m.–5 p.m., and Sunday, noon–5 p.m. For more information call (814-3554280. n Come discover Girl Scouting on Saturday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., through a mini-museum at the Girl Scout Open House. Tour The Little House to learn more about Girl Scouting in our area and around the world. Outdoor camping and cooking demonstrations will occur all day at this free event. n Visit the Centre County Historical Museum, 203 Allegheny St., for free museum tours and hot cider on Saturday from 10 a.m.–3 p.m. Hear community pianists play the 1890 Steinway grand from 10

December 5-11, 2013 a.m.–2 p.m. and from 3–4 p.m. On Sunday, piano concerts and free museum tours will be held with cider from noon–3 p.m., and an instrumental Christmas concert will be held 3–4 p.m. Blown glass ornaments by James F. Byrnes will be for sale. n Come on in for the “Better Book” and craft sale at the library on Saturday, 9 a.m.–4 p.m. All proceeds benefit the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St. There also will be story times, snacks and a special take-home craft for the little ones. n An organ recital will be held on Sunday, 1–2 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church, South Spring Street. n The Nittany & Bald Eagle Railroad Company (NBER) is donating locomotives, fuel for locomotives, and train crew time in support of the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society train excursions. Tickets for Santa Express can be purchased for $10 each at the Train Station in Bellefonte, online via PayPal, and by mail to the station. Make checks payable to “BHRS.” Purchase tickets early as this event sells out every year! Train departure times are Friday, 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Saturday, 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, 1 p.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. For more information, visit www.bellefontetrain.org n Free shuttle bus service and parking are available for BVC. Parking is available at the Bellefonte Middle School and High School parking lots. Shuttle pick up and drop off will be at the school lots, in front of the courthouse on Allegheny Street and at the corner of N. Allegheny Street and Linn Street across from the elementary school. Enjoy a tour and view beautiful Victorian homes and architecture on your ride back to the middle and high schools. The free shuttle for Festival of Trees at CPI on Harrison Road will be available at the high school and on the Diamond, Saturday and Sunday at the same times as the downtown shuttle. Shuttle times are Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–7 p.m. and Sunday, 10:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

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Victorian Christmas offers special events for children Families are more than welcome at Bellefonte Victorian Christmas. There is inspiring music, handmade gifts, beautifully decorate homes, carriage rides and plenty of events for the kids to enjoy. Be sure to bring your favorite children to experience the magic of an old-fashioned Christmas. n Breakfast with Santa and Victorian Christmas Children’s Party — The earliest event scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 14, is the breakfast and party is held from 8:30– 11:30 a.m. at Lambert Hall on Blanchard Street. Bring the kids for two hours of gentle fun, including free crafts and activities, and a visit with Santa. n Santa’s House — Santa will bring his sleigh to the diamond in the center of town, arriving at 11:45 a.m on Saturday. The Bellefonte High School Brass Band will play as St. Nick arrives at Santa’s House, in front of the courthouse. Children can visit from noon–4 p.m. on both Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 13. n A Child’s Victorian Tea — Because of the popularity of the event, three sittings will be available to accommodate everyone — at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Saturday and at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The children’s tea is held at Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St. Adults should accompany the children and watch the little darlings learn the fine art and etiquette of a formal tea. Call (814) 355-9606 for reservations and information. n More Children’s Activities — Bellefonte Middle School will feature free activities on Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m.–4 p.m. Remember, there’s parking and shuttle service to and from the middle school. n Book and Craft Sale Children’s Activities — Come to the Centre County Library Saturday from 9 a.m.–4 p.m. for story times,

snacks and a special take-home craft. Parents can shop at the Better Book and Craft Sale, featuring gently used hardcover books in pristine condition and perfect for gift giving. All proceeds benefit the Centre County Library and Historical Museum. n Train Display — Trains will be on display at the Bellefonte Middle School Gymnasium. This free exhibit is operating from 9 a.m.–5 p.m. on Saturday and from 11a.m.–4 p.m. on Sunday. Donations for the Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society are welcomed. n Girl Scout Little House Open House — Come help celebrate the 101st anniversary of Girl Scouting. The scouts have set up a mini “museum” showing vintage uniforms and a display from each of the troops in the region. They’ll be hosting this free display on Saturday from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. in the old carriage house behind the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 201 N. Allegheny St. n Gingerbread House Contest — Come and see the amazing display of gingerbread houses at the Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St. Categories include adults, teens, children and senior citizens. Prizes will be awarded and announced at the opening ceremonies Friday evening. All entries will be exhibited through Thursday, Dec. 19, in the deli’s windows. If you would like to participate, you can pick up a registration form at Diamond Deli. n Family Quality-Time Events — You’ll love a horse-drawn carriage ride, the Dickens dinner theatre buffet on Saturday evening, strolling Dickens characters and musicians, free holiday concerts, and the beautifully decorated streets of Bellefonte. Look for food vendors at the arts and crafts locations, and choose from many great restaurants along the way.

Concerts at Trinity United Methodist Church

128 West Howard Street Saturday, December 14, 2013 from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM

Ancient Echos 10:00-10:45

Penn State Brass Quintet 11:00-11:45

Faith Church

512 Hughes St., Bellefonte

St. John Folk Choir 12:00-12:45

Quintessential: The Penn State Woodwind Quintet 1:00-1:45

Callanish 2:00-2:45

Toot-In-Common 3:00-3:45

Sunday, December 15, 2013 from 2:00 PM-4:00 PM

Victorian Bell Choirs 2:00-2:45

Nittany Valley Symphony Youth Flute Choir 3:00-3:45

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (21 VENDORS) John Esh Jr. Dawn Gardner

Amish cheese (Saturday only) hand-sewn hair flowers, purses and bags Rich Gebrosky wood pencils, key chains, yo-yos, dart sets, hand-knit scarves Johnny Gonzales Native American musical instruments and crafts Susan Horning healing herbs, bath and body products Cecil Houser photography, historical Bellefonte prints Mona Joseph chocolates Adena Kephart jewelry Cathy Kirk carved candles Charles Knarr wood bowls, cutting boards, rolling pins Grace Lam artistic bamboo, other growing plant arrangements Moliterno- Weimert Big Al’s sweet mustard and spicy mustard Janet Robinson salsa, sauces, hot pepper jellies, preserves Rogers-Ransom glass C. Schmick kitchen cloths, scarves, hair bows, pet toys Smiley/Sakony Blissed Out Design, images on wood Suzann Tedesco herbal teas, sachets, bath products, pet treats C. Vanvlack soy candles Angela Volz knit hats, scarves, mittens Linda Warnick earrings, charms, silverware, button creations Susan and Jeff Wise mittens Additional activity: Elementary school students wreath sale to benefit Easter Seals and food vendors for the Bellefonte Sunshine Rotary

MIDDLE SCHOOL (29 VENDORS) Jennifer Barger

nature photography, cards, jewelry jewelry hand-decorated wreaths, sprays, table arrangements hand-poured soy candles, tarts, melts, smelly jellies, country home decor

Donna Beitman Garnett Biviano Casey Carver

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Victorian crafts, wall and window hangings, baskets James Curt fudge and chocolate Karen Dangle Christmas table-top ceramics Marge Delozier homemade bath salts and soaps John Esh Jr. Amish cheese (Saturday only) Dave Ferree hand-carved wooden Santas and Christmas ornaments John Hinkle country rustic décor, lanterns, bears, deer, snowmen Sandy Hodges denim scarves and jewelry Cathy Lomartire rolled paper beads, jewelry, vases, ornaments Dan Lowenstein gourmet hot sauces, hot pepper relish, habanero honey mustard, dry rubs Pam Markle dips, sauces, mixes for breads and desserts Jennifer Marx candy, popcorn, s’mores, dog and cat treats Kim Norfolk Christmas wreaths April Praskovich April’s Alpha Art, pink zebra candles Roberto Quintero Columbian handmade products Tom Radzwich hickory syrup Sonny Schmuch natural soap, winterberry bunches Diane Shaner bath products and candles Scott Stevenson handcrafted leather wallets, belts, key fobs, coasters, checkbook covers Allison Toney custom vinyl tiles Jim & Pat Unger homemade caramel corn Debra Vaughn crushed stained glass candle holders Mary Vollero computer painted prints V. and C. Wynn 29 varieties of homemade candy St. John Lutheran Church devotionals and calendars Additional activities: Model train display, Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m.; children’s activities, Saturday and Sunday, 1-4 p.m.; Chris Warner, models of Bellefonte historic buildings; food from the American Red Cross

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Thomas Betush David Christofor Joann Demarco Joyce Gregor

Bellefonte YMCA gymnastic team polymer clay ornaments and lighted canvas prints watercolors jellies, apple butter and sauces jewelry doll clothing

Bonnie Hilfiger S. and E. Jabco Lowell T. Krape Joyce Lewis Linda McCaslin Jane Mease Murphy/Weikel Betty Olmstead Sheena Sovich Suzanne Thompson Linda Vining

portraits and decorative paintings crochet hats, headbands, ponytail streamers, hair clips, bows, flowers candy, popcorn, s’mores, dog and cat treats soaps, lotions, creams, lip balms children’s knit clothing jewelry sterling silver jewelry, hand-stitched pillows, pillow cases, quilted items Christmas figurines jewelry purses, bags, pot holders fudge, brittle, candy

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The underdogs have their day Penn State stuns Wisconsin at Camp Randall, 31-24

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That was no upset. Yes, the line had Penn State as a 24-point underdog against Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon. Yes, Wisconsin was 9-2, in the hunt for a BCS bowl bid, and playing at Camp Randall Stadium on Senior Day. This Badger class of 26 seniors had been one of the most successful in Wisconsin history: three consecutive Rose Bowls, a 25-2 record at home, 23 Big Ten wins, and just a win away from a school-record 40th overall victory. All they had to do was swat away the sanction-weakened and out-manned Nittany Lions in front of a home crowd of 78,000plus red-clad fans, then start planning their Orange Bowl trip to Miami. Not so fast. From the very beginning of the game (actually the coin toss), there were signs that Penn State was the better-prepared team. Or the better team, period. Penn State won the toss, and elected to receive — an unusual move especially playing away. If Penn State doesn’t move the ball on the first drive, the advantage immediately shifts to Wisconsin. And the Badgers will get the second-half kickoff. Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien must have known something, though, because four plays after the kickoff, Adam Breneman took a perfect strike from fellow freshman Christian Hackenberg, broke a tackle, and cruised 68 yards into the end zone for a touchdown and a sudden sevenpoint Penn State lead. Penn State had come to play. Wisconsin did fight back to take a 14-7 lead in the second quarter, but Penn State ran off 24 unanswered points and hung tough for another memorable, finalgame victory, 31-24, over the stunned Badgers. Wisconsin couldn’t have forgotten last year’s loss to Penn State at Beaver Stadium and couldn’t have taken the Nittany Lions too lightly, not with so much on the line. Yet, there it was. “I don’t really know what to tell you,” Wisconsin senior tight

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PENN STATE’S Ryan Keiser (23) and Bill Belton (1) celebrate following Keiser’s interception at the end of the game on Saturday in Madison. The Nittany Lions upset the Badgers, 31-24. end Jacob Pedersen said. “I mean, I really have no words for it. “I didn’t expect it. I don’t think we underestimated them (Penn State). We knew what they were capable of doing. “We came out flat and they made the plays. Everything about it, it just wasn’t there for us today. I don’t know why.” So what did happen? Turns out, Penn State was the better prepared team, and the Nittany Lions outplayed Wisconsin at every turn. It also turns out that O’Brien and his staff outcoached the Badgers at every turn. How many times in the past two years has O’Brien said the PSU coaches have to do a better job, or they have to put the players in better positions to make plays, or they have to “coach up” some aspect of the Lions’ game. One look at the replay of this game will reveal some of what he is talking about. Wisconsin’s defense was in disarray trying to keep up with Penn State’s pace and formations. And with Hackenberg.

Once, Wisconsin had 12 men on the field on a critical fourthand-one. Another time the Badgers had only nine men on the field and were lucky that Allen Robinson (another great day) didn’t scorch them with a TD on the play. And on Penn State’s gametying touchdown in the second quarter, Eugene Lewis was not even covered. Wisconsin took out a cornerback and put in an extra lineman, not recognizing the formation and expecting Penn State to run the ball from the 4. It was the easiest touchdown pass of the year for Hackenberg. “That was a play where our staff thought it was a different personnel,” Wisconsin senior safety Dezmen Southward said. “We took a corner out of the game to get bigger guys in because we thought it was a veer personnel and it wasn’t. That was a complete surprise for everybody.” Wisconsin also seemed unprepared for Penn State’a hurry-up offense. Wisconsin coach Gary Anderson said they hadn’t seen

it on film, and it led to match-up problems. How that happened is hard to imagine since the Nittany Lions have been running some form of a hurry-up for two years. “I think one of the bigger reasons is when you go against fastpaced offenses you don’t substitute very much,” Southward said. “When you play a team that’s historically slow-paced, a huddle team, it gives you a chance to match things up a lot better. “I think us trying to match things up a lot better kind of shot us in the foot when they sped up.” Then there was Hackenberg. After a full season now under O’Brien and quarterback coach Charlie Fisher, his progress has been rapid and impressive. On Saturday, he completed 21 of 30 passes for 339 yards and four touchdowns. He also engineered the three longest plays inflicted on the Wisconsin defense this season: Breneman’s 68-yarder, a 59-yard TD to Lewis in the beginning of the fourth quarter, and a 61-yard gallop by Zach Zwinak (22 carries, 115 yards).

If not the most impressive, the most important of those three was the handoff to Zwinak. With just under four minutes to play and ahead by just seven points, Penn State faced a third-andnine deep in its own territory. A punt here would give the ball back to Wisconsin with good field position and plenty of time to mount a drive. Coming to the line of scrimmage, Hackenberg read the Badger defense (they had only one down lineman) and checked into a draw play to Zwinak. The play opened up perfectly, and Zwinak rambled all the way to the 21 of Wisconsin. Even though Sam Ficken missed a field goal from there, Wisconsin had only 31 seconds left to tie the score. As it had all day, the Nittany Lion defense then did its thing. Penn State wrapped up the win, for the second time this season, with a Ryan Keiser interception. Not bad for a 24-point dog, a fact not lost on the Penn State coaches and players. “Flat out, I addressed it head on,” Penn State coach Bill O’Brien said about the spread. “I thought it was ridiculous. I thought that Wisconsin was a very, very good football team. I thought that they had a great year and I thought that we were close in some games and we had shown some resilience and we had some good players and that we matched up pretty well. “It doesn’t matter one bit what you (writers) think. It matters what they (the players) think, and I think that’s what they understand, and they showed it tonight.” For the Penn State seniors, and everyone else on the team for that matter, this win was an impressive ending to the 2013 season. In the case of the seniors, John Urschel, Malcolm Willis, Glen Carson, Ty Howle, et. al., going out a winner at 7-5 is far better than 6-6. For everyone else, it was a character and confidence builder. With a win like that, virtually every skill player coming back, and some impressive newcomers (with 20 recruits coming in), the ceiling above this team is beginning to disappear.

The defense rests: Penn State D comes up big in finale Midway through the third quarter of Penn State’s transcendent victory over Wisconsin on Saturday, freshman linebacker Brandon Bell blitzed Badger quarterback Joel Stave. Bell hit Stave just as he was throwing the ball and knocked it loose. The ball bounced off a Wisconsin lineman and into the hands of junior defensive end C.J. Olaniyan, who took it and rumbled down the right sideline inside Pat Rothdeutsch the Wisconsin 20-yard covers Penn State line. football for The It was one of the Centre County Gapivotal moments in zette. E-mail him at the game. sports@ Four plays later, centrecounty gaSam Ficken converted zette.com a 28-yard field goal that gave the Nittany Lions a 10-point lead, 24-14. It was also one of those “aha!” moments

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where, almost subconsciously, it became apparent that Penn State was going to win the game. It was fitting that a defensive play would swing the game in Penn State’s favor. All season, the fortunes of the Nittany Lions seemed to rest with the play of their defenders. If they struggled, so did the team. If they played well, Penn State was in the game. If they played very well, like they did on Saturday, Penn State wins. Wisconsin came into Saturday with very impressive offensive statistics. The Badgers had not one, but two 1,000-yard rushers, James White and Melvin Gordon. White averaged 117 yards per game and Gordon 125 yards per game, and the two have combined for 27 touchdowns. In all, Wisconsin averaged almost 300 yards rushing per game and scored 35 touchdowns on the ground. Gordon and White by themselves combined for 2,880 yards. In contrast, the Badger passing game gained almost 1,000 fewer yards than the rushers and averaged just over 200 yards per outing. It’s been well known for years and years

that it is dangerous to come around the Nittany Lions with only a running game. Better have a Plan B, because Penn State will take that away. Which is what they did to Wisconsin. Gordon and White managed 147 yards between them and no touchdowns, and the Badger team finished with 120 net yards on the ground. Plan B was Stave and the passing game. He did complete 29 passes for 339 yards and three TDs, but he also threw three interceptions and had an uncharacteristic and season-high 53 attempts. At halftime, ESPN analyst Lou Holtz said that he expected the Badgers to ramp up their rushing attack in the second half and return to playing “Wisconsin football.” If they could, of course. But they couldn’t. Penn State eventually went ahead 3114, and Wisconsin at that point completely scrapped the running game. Stave did lead the Badgers to a late touchdown and a field goal, but the Penn State pressure on him was relentless. He was sacked three times, hurried and knocked down many others, and when he took over for one final chance with 31 sec-

onds to play, the PSU defense stood up again. The game ended with the ball safely in the hands of Penn State safety Ryan Keiser. “I think defensively we did a very good job,” Penn State defensive back Jordan Lucas said. “They made some plays, and we responded very well. At the end of the day, it’s all about the “W” and I just feel great because we did it for the seniors.” One of those seniors, linebacker Glen Carson, was also happy with the play of the defense. “The defense just played their hearts out today,” he said. “We just came to play and flew around and had fun. We made some big plays, got some turnovers, and I couldn’t ask more from these guys. “We had a ton of fun. And that fourth quarter was a moment that we will remember for the rest of our lives.” Speaking of remembering, the fourovertime win over Michigan earlier this season has many times been described as one of Penn State’s most memorable wins. Thanks in large part to the play of its defense, Penn State can add the Senior Day win at Wisconsin to that list.

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PSU football team bucking expectations UNIVERSITY PARK — At this point, the Penn State football players and coaches must be tired of having to prove people wrong. They’re also getting pretty good at it. I don’t go out of my way to read as many stories about Penn State football nowadays as I used to when I was growing up, but I glanced at a few publications over the Thanksgiving holiday. I remember thinking that the 24point advantage that the oddsmakers gave to Wisconsin in the run-up to the game last Saturday must have been a joke. Everyone else thought the guys in Vegas were generous to the Nittany Lions. None of this made sense to me. Granted, it was going to take an enormous effort by Penn State to upend the Badgers at rambunctious Camp Randall Stadium — which the John Patishnock Nittany Lions did, jumping to an early covers Penn State lead and holding on for a 31-24 victory athletics for the — but that didn’t mean it was imposCentre County sible. Gazette. Email Numerous writers brought up Wishim at sports@ consin’s 45-7 triumph in 2011, but centrecounty gazette.com. another game that would seem to provide more relevance and context — Penn State’s 24-21 overtime victory last year — went largely unmentioned. I didn’t understand the prevailing thought that Penn State was going to get steamrolled last Saturday, nor that the program was going to suddenly fold because of the sanctions the team has been dealing with for the last two seasons. As I scanned stories by writers who said the Nittany Lions wouldn’t be competitive for a decade or more in the aftermath of the NCAA blitzing Penn State with unprecedented sanctions, this is what I thought to myself: “These people don’t get it.” Athletes don’t commit to Penn State just for the experience of playing football. Believe it or not, the university boasts world-class professors and offers opportunities that you can’t find just anywhere. Among other factors, those are two of the reasons why almost all of the players remained at Penn State. The number of wins the Nittany Lions have collected over the last two years isn’t what counts the most, though. Rather, it’s that the games were won by players who could have left to go anywhere else in the country to play but decided to stay in Happy Valley. The Nittany Lions didn’t always play consistently this season and the loss to Indiana was one of the worst in recent memory, but that doesn’t mean this season has been a wash. It’s been completely the opposite, actually, building to what appears to be a very promising future. Penn State is 15-9 since the start of last season, es-

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sentially the same mark as Michigan, Southern Cal and Virginia Tech; these teams played a few more games with Penn State not playing in a bowl either year. The 15-9 record is also better than countless other programs across the country, including many in the Big Ten. To put it in perspective, Purdue lost more games this season (11) than the Nittany Lions have accumulated since Bill O’Brien arrived. Sure, the Boilermakers aren’t a true test of comparison, but for fans who think the team isn’t playing up to expectations, it’s good to keep in mind that a down year for Penn State is a season a lot of other fans would embrace. I wouldn’t classify either of the last two years as “down” seasons for Penn State, but I’m sure others do. You can’t use a typical barometer for the last two seasons, when opponents have had an enormous advantage and many times still couldn’t win. That says a lot about the Penn State players and coaches. I can’t wait for next season, when it’s conceivable that Penn State will win as many as nine or 10 games. I’m sure I sound like a homer, but I’m not some myopic fan who’s hoping for the best. Obviously, a lot can change between now and then, but here’s an early look at the schedule: Penn State has games against Akron, Rutgers, Massachusetts, Temple, Northwestern, Illinois and Indiana. Those seven teams collectively finished 27-56 this year, winning less than a third of their games; Rutgers has one game left this weekend while everyone else is done. Additionally, Penn State doesn’t play Wisconsin or Nebraska and should be favored against most opponents, with the possible exceptions of Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State; this is assuming Blake Bortles declares for the NFL Draft. If not, Penn State and Central Florida will essentially be a pick ’em game, though I’m guessing the

oddsmakers will make Penn State a slight favorite. To get near 10 wins, the team, like any other, will need upgrades. The defense played much improved over the last few weeks, though that’ll need to continue, and special teams are obviously an area of concern. And if Allen Robinson declares for the NFL, the team will immediately need new targets to emerge, though with an extra year the team’s tight ends should help offset the need for speed on the outside. Also, don’t underestimate what an extra year can do for Christian Hackenberg, who played like anything other than a true freshman at Camp Randall Stadium last weekend. A top-tier quarterback can erase shortcomings that may pop up elsewhere. Lastly, Bill O’Brien has landed a recruiting class that ESPN ranks as 25th nationally and third-best in the conference, behind only Michigan (seventh) and Ohio State (ninth). Nothing is guaranteed, but the program shouldn’t regress, considering all of the above and that more scholarships will become available. The NCAA can do whatever it wants, including handing down over-the-top sanctions and penalizing players who had no connection to any wrongdoing. But that doesn’t mean Penn State is going to fall off the map, on or off the field. The admissions office is still swamped with applications from prospective students and Penn State graduates continue to make an impact across the country. Penn State was a destination college long before the sanctions and it’ll continue to be a great place long after the effects fade away. For the people who continue to stay fixated on every mistake the football team makes instead of zeroing in on why the players stayed, that’s something they’ll never understand.

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Toftrees Golf Resort’s Tom Katancik changes career STATE COLLEGE — For the PGA golf professionals in the Centre Region, their particular line of work, obviously, is seasonal-related and leads to some very on-and-off odd jobs during the long, cold winter months. The golfing season of 16-plus-hour days makes it an even tougher position to be in when it comes to managing quality family time. So, after 15 years as the PGA professional at the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center, Tom Katancik has decided to step down from his position. He will be entering the general workforce off the course and begin a new chapter in his life working for his father-in-law in the beverage business. Katancik graduated in 1993 from Penn State. “I was supposed to be in sports management but that never hapJohn Dixon covers pened,” Katancik said. “So I received golf for The Centre my degree in exercise sports science County Gazette. Email him at with a bachelor’s degree in sports sports@centre science in the College of Health and countygazette.com. Human Development from Penn State and graduated in 1993.” Katancik is married to the former Kristen Reeder, the daughter of legendary State College golfer Jim Reeder, and

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BROOKLYN â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Penn State menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball team came up just short after erasing an early 13-point deficit on Saturday night, falling in the Barclays Center Classic championship game 79-76 to Ole Miss. And as Penn State Head Coach Patrick Chambers took the podium following the contest, the disappointment was tangible. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We start out the way we started. We were sleepwalking. We didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t deserve to win the game today,â&#x20AC;? Chambers said bluntly. That is in essence the biggest change in the third year of Chambersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; tenure at Penn State. For years a three-point loss on the road to a talented team would have been a moral victory. Chambers phrases his stance on moral victories differently, but he expects to win games this season. His team is talented enough and experienced enough, so moral victories are no more. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll still pull the positives from any given game, but too many pieces to the puzzle are in place for him to accept slow starts and â&#x20AC;&#x153;almostâ&#x20AC;? victories because that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t build a program. That attitude was even more apparent when asked about rebounding and how the Nittany Lions â&#x20AC;&#x153;hung withâ&#x20AC;? Ole Miss on the glass. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a simple comment, but a glimpse into what Chambers is trying to instill into the program. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probably just the word you used, but (â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;hung withâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;) means weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re just trying to survive. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not trying to survive, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to get better, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying to take care of the glass, and they came up with critical rebounds,â&#x20AC;? Chambers said. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a subtle change, but a significant one. Chambers doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want his players out there hoping they can do enough to win. He wants them out there making plays that lead to victory, instead of hoping for fortunate bounces and mistakes made by their opponents. On the court, the Nittany Lions opened up the game well, but an early offensive barrage from Ole Miss from beyond the arc saw the Rebels take an early 25-15 lead. Penn State would give up seven baskets from the threepoint range and fell behind because of it, despite shooting over 50 percent from the field. Penn State was able to cut the deficit to five with Ole Miss taking a 44-39 lead into halftime. In the second half both teams would trade baskets, and the Nittany Lions would eventually take a 49-48 lead with 17:32 to go in the game. Penn State and Ole Miss would continue to trade blows as the Rebels were able to take a 75-70 lead into the final three minutes of play. The Nittany Lions would battle back to within one at 75-74. Ole Miss

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star Marshall Henderson was fouled by Penn Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s DJ Newbill while shooting a three, sending Henderson to the line for three free throws with 1:14 to play. Henderson made all three, giving Ole Miss a 78-74 lead. The Rebels would extend the lead to 79-74 and Penn State would get a basket with less than a second to play to finish the game after several missed shots in the games final half minute. The Nittany Lions shot 47 percent from the field and were led by Newbillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 23 points. Senior guard Tim Frazier struggled from the field, going 3-of-13 for nine points, but dished out 10 assists. Donovon Jack and Brandon Taylor both contributed eight points and junior forward Ross Travis had a strong 17-point performance.

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Eagles look to continue last season’s success By JUSTIN PACKER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

WINGATE – A closer look at the 20132014 Bald Eagle Area boys’ basketball squad. Coach — Bill Butterworth, seventh season. 2012 record — 21-5. Returning letter winners — Sammy Connor, Bryan Greene, Ryan Dyke, Bryce Greene, Jeffrey Bennett, Jason Jones, Noah Chambers, A.J. Onder, Brandon Gettig and Trey Butterworth. Outlook — If Bald Eagle Area is to defend its Mountain League title, it will be on the play of its guards. Bryce Greene, Bryan Greene and Ryan Dyke return to provide experience, talent and leadership to this year’s squad. Sharpshooting Brandon Gettig is coming off a very successful sophomore campaign and you can expect the junior to continue his hot-shooting ways. “This is by far the fastest team I have ever coached,” Butterworth said. “They also might be the best shooting team too. Our guards can shoot, our bigs can shoot. We really are going to extend defenses this year. Bryce, Bryan, Ryan and Brandon real-

ly are going to have great years. Add Brandon’s shooting ability and the play of Jason (Jones) and Noah (Chamber) and it will be exciting to watch.” Concerns — The loss of Dennis Fisher leaves a big hole for the Eagles. Look for junior Jason Jones and sophomore Noah Chambers to step up in the paint. Bald Eagle Area will also need its role players to come up big. Sophomores A.J. Onder and Trey Butterworth will gain court time this year and the success of this season might just fall on them and how well they adjust. “We certainly aren’t the same team without Dennis,” Butterworth said. “But our guys are making the right adjustments. Jason Jones has really improved from last year and he has been playing through the roof. He has such a nice touch on his shots. Noah is battling inside and I expect him to really grow this year. Trey is a straight up shooter. He is a younger guy, but he has shown that he can play at this level. The nice thing about this team is that we can shoot the ball. This is going to be a fun year.” Circle these dates — 12/10 vs. Huntingdon (Dec. 10); at Philipsburg-Osceola (Dec. 20); vs. Central Mountain (Jan. 17); vs. Tyrone (Jan. 31); at Bellefonte (Feb. 12).

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THE BALD EAGLE AREA boys’ basketball team returns 10 letter winners for the 2013-14 season. Front row, from left, are Sammy Connor, Bryan Greene, Ryan Dyke, Bryce Greene and Jeffrey Bennett. Back row, from left, are Jason Jones, Noah Chambers, A.J. Onder, Brandon Gettig and Trey Butterworth.

Lady Eagles rebuilt for 2013-2014 season By JUSTIN PACKER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

WINGATE — A closer look at the 20132014 Bald Eagle Area girls’ basketball squad: Coach — Troy Butterworth, fourth season. 2012 record — 22-3 Returning letter winners — Chelsea Eisenhuth, Haley Giedroc, Megan Peters, Maddie Cingle, Logan Fischer and Ellie Chambers. Outlook — The Lady Eagles are young. For the better part of last year, Butterworth ran six seniors for a majority of the games. While game experience is lacking for BEA, the skill is there. “The older girls on this team played against the best last year,” Butterworth said. “Last year, in practice, the junior varsity girls battled with a pretty talented group of girls. This year, we might not be as tall, but there is a lot skill and heart on this

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team. Ellie (Chambers) and Megan (Peters) are really taking to their leadership roles and have impressed me greatly. While we might not have a lot of experience, these girls are ready for the season.” Concerns — For a team that only ran six deep for most of the year, experience is the number one concern for this year’s Lady Eagles. Don’t be fooled by the lack of playing time though; Chambers and Peters will give their best. Look for sharp shooting Logan Fischer and the speedy Haley Giedroc to add some extra dimensions in Bald Eagle Area’s offense. “I am really impressed with what I have seen so far,” Butterworth said. “These girls have had success on different levels and are working hard to bring it to the varsity level. I am surprised at how hard they are practicing to get better each and every practice. Defensively, the girls don’t quit. I don’t know what it is, but they refuse to quit. It is nice to see. We might not have a lot of experience, but these girls are picking up everything so quickly.” Circle these dates — 12/13 at Central (Dec. 13); vs. Philipsburg-Osceola (Dec. 20); at Central Mountain (Jan. 17); at West Branch (Jan. 22); vs. Bellefonte (Feb. 11).

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St. Joe’s looks for improvement on the hardwood By JOHN PATISHNOCK sports@centrecountygazette.com

BOALSBURG — A closer look at the 2013-14 St. Joseph’s Catholic Academy High School boys’ basketball team: Head coach — Richard Ciambotti, third season. 2012-13 Record — 5-6; St. Joseph’s played a mix of varsity and JV games. Key losses — None. Returning lettermen — Garrett Bastardi (junior guard), Stephen Beattie (sophomore guard), Dominic Gregory (senior guard), Alex McGraw (junior guard) and A.J. Youngmark (sophomore guard). Strengths — St. Joseph’s didn’t lose any players to graduation, so the bulk of its returning players possess experience and are already acclimated to Ciambotti, who previously spent time as an assistant at State College High School, coaching the JV squad and helping varsity coach Drew Frank. “We have some pretty strong guard play coming in, some quickness, and we have kids who have competed before at the varsity level,” Ciambotti said. “They’re very prepared, I think, to take on the challenge of a varsity season.” Concerns — St. Joseph’s won’t have time to ease into its schedule, playing in the DuBois Central Catholic Tournament, Friday, Dec. 6, and Saturday, Dec. 7. “Ev-

erything is a question mark right now,” Ciambotti said. “From a strictly basketball perspective, I think we have a really nice schedule. … We have a pretty strong schedule, so I guess we’ll find out pretty quick where we are, from a competitive standpoint.” Outlook — St. Joseph’s is in its third season. Ciambotti characterized the school’s first year as essentially an intramural program before last year’s schedule of both JV and varsity contests. With 12 new students on the team this season, St. Joseph’s will play a full slate of JV and varsity games. Additionally, Ciambotti said, the team played well last year against Bishop Guilfoyle, Hollidaysburg and Richland. And, St. Joe’s won’t play home games at the high school, but rather at the Christ Community Church on Benner Pike, near the old location of the Starlite-Drive In, and at Our Lady of Victory Church, in State College. The team inherited the old Boalsburg Elementary School building, which doesn’t have a full-sized gym. But Ciambotti added they’re hoping to build a gym in the very near future. Until then, he has three expectations for the team. “I told the parents … that I have pretty clear expectations,” Ciambotti said. “Our students go out and represent St. Joseph’s in a very positive way, being a brand new school, your first impression is

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THE ST. JOE’S boys’ basketball team has five letter winners back for the 2013-14 season. Pictured, from left, are Alex McGraw, Stephen Beattie, Dominic Gregory, Garrett Bastardi and A.J. Youngmark. very important. That includes being a good sportsman, going out and competing hard and keeping your mouth shut and respecting everyone. “They’re going to be working extremely hard in the classroom. We have high expectations for students, playing sports doesn’t get you off the hook for that. Then the third

expectation is we go out and compete with everybody we play with.” Circle these dates — At DuBois Central Catholic Tournament (Dec. 6 and 7), vs. Belleville Mennonite (Jan. 6), at Grace Prep (Jan. 16), at Penns Valley (Jan. 17), at Philipsburg (Jan. 20), at Belleville Mennonite (Jan. 23), vs. Philipsburg (Feb. 10).

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Catholic Academy High School indoor track team: Head coach — Jayson Jackson, third season. 2012-13 record — N/A. St. Joseph’s did not compete in any dual meets last season, only invitationals. Key losses — None to graduation; this will be the first senior class for St. Joseph’s. However, distance runners Kinsley Bonfilio (moved out of the area) and Liz McNitt (injury) will not be on the team this year. Returning lettermen — Boys: Stephen Forstmeier (senior; distance), JP Romero (sophomore; sprints), Jack Rogan (sophomore; thrower) and Eli Urban (sophomore; distance). Girls: Page Barnett (junior; distance) and Cecilia Surovec (junior; sprints/hurdles). Strengths — St. Joseph’s didn’t lose anyone to graduation, with this season being the first year that St. Joseph’s will feature seniors on its team; the school opened in 2011 with grades nine and 10 and added a class each subsequent year. Students who have been on the team since the beginning will pair with newcomers, and St. Joseph’s boasts one champion from last year: Forstmeier claimed the 3K at an invitational at State College. “A big strength is everybody returns,” Jackson said. “The team just keeps getting stronger since we keep adding new people.” Concerns — While St. Joseph’s roster has expanded

since the inception of the school, kids will still be asked to compete in multiple events. And while not everyone has track and field experience, most of the kids have played varsity-level sports, Jackson said, including cross country, which Jackson also coaches. “Kids have flexibility, that makes it good,” he said. “Having a team that’s a little smaller, kids will have to be adaptable and that will help long-term.” Outlook — St. Joseph’s has already experienced success this season. Three kids were on the inaugural team a few years ago, while nine comprised last year’s squad. This year’s boys’ and girls’ teams boast 28 athletes, giving the more seasoned competitors the opportunity to double as coaches to their classmates. That helps, Jackson said, with students having their own vernacular and way of communicating. “They have a good understanding of our goals and they do a good job of explaining it to everybody,” Jackson said of the team’s upperclassmen. “There’s a lot of times when coaches try to explain things to kids, sometimes things can get lost in translation; that peer-to-peer (relationship) carries a lot of weight. It makes my job a lot easier in getting the word to those kids.” Circle these dates — State College Invitational (Dec. 19) and State College Invitational (Jan. 9); both invitationals are co-ed.

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BTCP to perform ‘The Nutcracker’ By ANNE WALKER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Sugar Plum Fairy dropped in for tea recently at the Toftrees Conference Center in the form of 15-year-old Ashley Helsel. Helsel, a sophomore at Grace Prep, will dance that role in Ballet Theatre of Central Pa’s (BTCP) production of “The Nutcracker,” set for Saturday, Dec. 14, and Sunday, Dec. 15, at Eisenhower Auditorium on the Penn State campus. Joined by five companions from the production, Helsel introduced the story to more than 100 guests. She read the story aloud, then she and her associates performed excerpts from the ballet. The event set a festive tone while raising the excitement and anticipation levels for the upcoming performance. Rebecca Maciejczyk, BTCP’s artistic

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director, directs this year’s performance. And, it looks like an impressive undertaking. The cast includes principal dancers with remarkable stage experience, technique and expression. “It seems like the choreography is more familiar now,” according to Maciejczyk, “so the dancers can explore the artistry a bit more.” For Helsel, a BTCP veteran, the role has a special enchantment. Fresh off two separate summer intensives with Suzanne Farrell and the Ballet Magnificat, Helsel has danced several roles in past Nutcracker performances. But Sugar Plum has a special place in every dancer’s heart. “It’s a magic feeling with the tiara and the tutu,” she said. “It’s a reality I never thought would come true.” Audiences love the ballet’s familiarity. Little Marie (played by 11-year-olds Fiona Mulley and Margo Novikov) receives a nutcracker/prince who comes to life (9-year-old Emiyare Ikwut-Ukwa), has a battle with some fiendish mice and their king (Ryan Gruhn), and gets whisked off to an enchanted land. This enchanted land is inhabited by the Sugar Plum Fairy; her handsome cavalier (guest performer Bradley Rhoton); Spanish, Arabian, Chinese and Russian dancers; waltzing flowers; and Mother Ginger (Roby Harris) and her pol-

ichinelles, the small children who run out from under her voluminous skirts. Maciejczyk makes certain that these traditions remain intact, while integrating fresh elements. Gruhn makes his first appearance with BTCP as the Mouse King. As head instructor at Central Pa Mixed Martial Arts, he’ll deliver some particularly athletic energy and movement to the role. “It’s a fun thing to explore,” Maciejczyk said. Reprising his role as the gender-neutral Mother Ginger, Harris brings his technical expertise to the production. The character needs the height and size to hide at least five children under her skirt. In addition to learning to walk on stilts, Harris, a structural engineer, designed the contraption that will move onto the stage and open up to release the little polichinelles. It will have the appearance of an oversized skirt. While few community dance companies have the resources or the time to completely overhaul their production every year, BTCP always manages to find ways to keep a tradition exciting. And the constant strengthening of dancers’ techniques forms the backbone of the company’s history of quality performance. Maciejczyk has managed to find and present the kind of enchantment that should always accompany Nutcracker. As

ANNE WALKER/For The Gazette

ASHLEY HELSEL, a sophomore at Grace Prep, will play the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy.

she puts it: “I try to encourage the dancers to find magic.” And her young cast can’t wait to share that magic with their audience.

‘I Want to Hold Your Hand’ put firm grip on listeners (Editor’s note: Penn State Laureate Kenneth Womack’s essay series, “50 Years of Beatles,” continues with a look at how one song helped launch the band’s success in America.)

By KENNETH WOMACK Special to The Gazette

As pop music masterworks go, The Beatles’ “I Want to Hold Your Hand” is one of the most ambitious, self-conscious compositions in the fabled Lennon-McCartney songbook. It would also be the classic tune that would alter the group’s fortunes across the globe. Originally written after manager Brian Epstein urged the band to aspire for a distinctly American sound, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” offered a deft blend of AfricanAmerican rhythm and blues, West Coast surf music and high-octane rock ’n’ roll. As John Lennon later recalled, “We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball. Like in ‘I Want To Hold Your Hand,’ I remember when we got the chord that made the song. We were in Jane Asher’s house, downstairs in the cellar playing on the piano at the same time. And we had, ‘Oh you-u-u/got that something ...’ and Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, ‘That’s it!’ I said, ‘Do that again!’ In those days, we really used to absolutely write like that — both playing into

each others’ noses.” But the unparalleled success behind “I Want to Hold Your Hand” — like so many of pop music’s greatest stories of fame and fortune — was, purely and simply, about timing. Recorded in 17 takes at Abbey Road Studios on Oct. 17, 1963, it was the first Beatles recording to benefit from fourtrack technology. Released in the United Kingdom on Nov. 29, 1963, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” was a runaway hit in the band mates’ homeland, notching their fourth consecutive No. 1 single and racking up sales of more than 1.5 million copies by the end of January 1964. Yet in many ways, the song’s breakneck success was even more dramatic and serendipitous in the United States. While “I Want to Hold Your Hand” wouldn’t be released stateside until Dec. 26, 1963, it marked their first appearance on Capitol Records, the American subsidiary of their U.K. parent label, EMI. As it happens, Capitol’s international A&R executive, Dave E. Dexter Jr., had been rejecting The Beatles’ music for American release throughout 1963. Given the group’s massive British success in the summer and autumn months, EMI’s managing director L.G. Wood ordered Capitol to release The Beatles with-

Palmer Museum to host ornament sale From Gazette staff reports

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art will host a holiday art and ornament sale fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, at the Palmer Museum of Art. The event will feature 11 local artists who will offer ornaments and other works of art for sale throughout the museum’s galleries and lobby. The Friends, the museum’s membership organization, created the event to help raise funds to support the more than 100 annual programs and events at the museum that are offered to all visitors, free of admission. Dotty Ford has been selected as this year’s featured artist and was commissioned to create the 2013 signature ornament — a flying pig creat-

ed by needle felting. Other artists participating in this year’s sale include Pernille Sporon Bøving, Kimberly Brooks Filkins, Judith Finkelstein, Elli Groninger, Sue Harter, Kat Oliva, Deb Parsons, the State College Weavers Guild, Caryl Strauss and Lena Thynell. The art and ornaments for sale will range in mediums from glass to metal, with prices starting at $5. The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is located on Curtin Road, and admission is free. Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays and some holidays. For more information, contact Jennifer Feehan, coordinator of membership and public relations, at (814) 863-9182 or jenfeehan@psu.edu.

out delay. In spite of his misgivings about the band’s sound, even Dexter couldn’t resist the magic of “I Want to Hold Your Hand.” As Dexter later recalled, “I heard about four bars of that, and I grabbed it!” Capitol initially scheduled the single’s release for mid-January in preparation for the band’s Feb. 9 appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show.” Their plans were thwarted, however, when Carroll James, a Washington, D.C., deejay began playing a U.K. import of “I Want to Hold Your Hand” on WWDC radio. Faced with unprecedented public demand, Capitol released the single ahead of schedule in late December. As Dexter later remarked, Capitol was so overrun by the record-buying public’s massive appetite for The Beatles that “by New Year’s, we had to have RCA press Capitol records. It was that big.” At one point, the single was selling a phenomenal 10,000 copies an hour in New York City alone; by March 1964, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” had sold an astounding 3.4 million copies in the U.S. Soaring on the wings of the tremendous success associated with “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” American Beatlemania had been once and truly born, and as history well knows, it was here to stay.

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IT’S THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY of “I Want To Hold Your Hand.” Kenneth Womack is the author of numerous works of nonﬁction, including “Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of The Beatles.” He has also written three novels, including “John Doe No. 2 and the Dreamland Motel,” “The Restaurant at the End of the World” and “Playing the Angel.” A professor of English and integrative arts at Penn State Altoona, Womack was selected in April to serve as the sixth Penn State University Laureate.

Aldean to perform Cantata scheduled at BJC in spring UNIVERSITY PARK — Jason Aldean will bring his Night Train Tour, with guests Florida Georgia Line and Tyler Farr, to the Bryce Jordan Center at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 2. With more than 8.5 million records sold and 12 No. 1 hits, Aldean sold out each show on his previous My Kinda Party Tour. He also recently sold out four stadium shows during his most recent tour. “I’ve always kind of felt JASON ALDEAN like I had something to prove,” he said. “It’s what keeps me hungry.” Tickets will be available at 10 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, at www.livenation.com, www.ticketmaster.com, Bryce Jordan Center Box Office, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre or by phone at (800) 745-3000.

STATE COLLEGE — “The Night Christ Was Born,” a Christmas cantata, will be performed by the sanctuary choir of the Mt. Nittany United Methodist Church at 6 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 1500 E. Branch Road. Under the direction of Karin Garner, this cantata features 10 songs celebrating the birth of Jesus. The contemporary piece is arranged by Dale Matthews and Michael Frazier, and orchestrated by Russell Mauldin. The performance is open to the public and free of charge.

PVHS to stage plays SPRING MILLS — The Penns Valley High School drama class will be performing multiple plays at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18, in the Penns Valley High School auditorium. Performances include “10 Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse” by Don Zolidis and “Going to School” by Ed Monk. Admission is free.

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Pub Hang with Haystock Lightening, 7:30 p.m. Billy Martin’s Wicked Knee, 8 p.m. The Sacred Shakers, 5 p.m.

THE GAMBLE MILL, 160 DUNLAP ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 355-7764 Saturday, Dec. 7 Sunday, Dec. 8

Natascha and the Spy Boys, 7 to 9 p.m. Chris Ratti and Jordan Robb, 5 to 7 p.m.

GOVERNORS PUB, 211 W. HIGH ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 353-1008 Thursday, Dec. 5 Wednesday, Dec. 11

JT Blues, 6:30 p.m. Biscuit Jam, 6:30 p.m.

INFERNO BRICK OVEN & BAR, 340 E. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-5718 Thursday, Dec. 5 Friday, Dec. 6 Saturday, Dec. 7

DJ Kid A.V., 10 p.m. DJ Fuego, 10 p.m. DJ Ca$hous, 10 p.m.

OTTO’S PUB & BREWERY, 2286 N. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 867-OTTO Thursday, Dec. 5 Scott Mangene, 8 to 10 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6 Miss Melanie and the Valley Rats, 9 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7 TBA

THE PHYRST, 111 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 238-1406 Thursday, Dec. 5 Friday, Dec. 6 Saturday, Dec. 7 Wednesday, Dec. 11

Lowjack, 8 p.m., Maxwell Strait, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dominic & Noah, 8 to 10 p.m. Ted and the Hi-Fi’s, 10:30 pm to 2 a.m. Lowjack, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. The Nightcrawlers, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.

THE RATHSKELLER, 108 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-3858 Friday, Dec. 6

TBA

THE SALOON, 101 HEISTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 234-0845 Thursday, Dec. 5 Friday, Dec. 6 Saturday, Dec. 7 Tuesday, Dec. 10 Wednesday, Dec. 11

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ELMO AND his friends from “Sesame Street” will hit the Bryce Jordan Center for two shows on March 11.

My Hero Zero, 10:30 p.m. John and Chad, 8 to 10 p.m. Velveeta, 10:30 p.m. Mr. Hand, 7 p.m. Shake Shake Shake, 10:30 p.m. His Boy Elroy, 10 p.m. — Compiled by Marjorie S. Miller

Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details. The Centre County Gazette is committed to providing readers with a complete list of upcoming live entertainment in Centre County. If your establishment provides live entertainment and would like to have it listed free in The Gazette, simply email listings to mmiller@centrecountygazette.com.

‘Elmo Makes Music’ coming to Bryce Jordan From Gazette staff reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their “Sesame Street” friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in Sesame Street Live’s “Elmo Makes Music” at 10:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, at the Bryce Jordan Center. Jenny, an enthusiastic new music teacher, arrives on Sesame Street only to discover that her instruments are missing. Jenny’s new Muppet friends quickly come to the rescue and discover “instruments” they never knew existed — rubber duckies, trash can lids and even cookie jars. Elmo and friends teach children that

everyone can make and enjoy beautiful music together. Adults will hear music they’ll recognize and enjoy sharing with children, such as “The Hustle,” “You Should Be Dancing” and “Rockin’ Robin.” “Elmo Makes Music” features nearly two dozen songs, including “C Is for Cookie” and “The Alphabet Song.” Tickets are on sale now at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Altoona Campus Ticket Outlet, Walmart Ticketmaster kiosks, online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.bjc.psu.edu, or by phone at (800) 745-3000. VIP seating is also available. For more information, visit http://sesamestreetlive.com/shows/elmo-makesmusic.

Webster’s to host ‘A Christmas Carol’ STATE COLLEGE — Tempest Productions Inc. and Webster’s Bookstore Café presents The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen’s Guild Dramatic Society’s production of “A Christmas Carol” at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13, and Saturday, Dec. 14, at Webster’s, 133 E. Beaver Ave. A preshow dinner will start at 6 p.m.

with a buffet prepared by Webster’s Catering using organic, gluten-free ingredients that were locally sourced, wherever possible. For information on pricing and to purchase tickets, visit www.tempestchristmas. bpt.me. For more information, call (866) 248-5091 or visit www.tempeststudios.org.

The State Theatre, W. College Ave., Downtown State College

This Week at the State… Bill Welch Cartoon Series

Tussey Mountain Moonshiners

Saturday, Dec. 7 — 10am

The Nutcracker Princess

Presented by Centre Dance Friday, Dec. 6 — 7pm Saturday, Dec. 7 — 7pm Sunday, Dec. 8 — 3pm

Tuesday, Dec. 10 — 7pm

Tony Lentz in his One Man “A Christmas Carol” Wednesday, Dec. 11 — 7pm

Coming Soon ... Scrooge! The Musical presented by FUSE Productions at The State

Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 — 7:30pm Saturday, Dec.14, 2013 — 2 & 7:30pm Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013 — 3pm

Get Tickets

Buy online at thestatetheatre.org or call the box office: 814.272.0606 LET’S TALK! FIND US ONLINE.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, Attn: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.

ONGOING

Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecountylibrary.org for days and times. Exhibit — The HUB-Robeson Galleries at Penn State University Park will be hosting an exhibit of paintings by Joanne Landis through Thursday, Dec. 5, in Art Alley, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. Call (814) 865-0775 or visit www.studentaffairs. psu.edu/hub/artgalleries. Winter Clothing Collection — Holt Memorial Library will be collecting mittens, scarves and hats for a mitten tree to benefit area children through Wednesday, Dec. 11, at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987. Fundraiser — Friends of Geisinger-Lewistown Hospital will be holding their annual Festival of Baskets Raffle. Tickets can be purchased Monday, Nov. 25, through Friday, Dec. 13. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (717) 242-7225 or visit www. lewistownhospital.org. Letters to Santa — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club and The Corner Room will help collect children’s letters to Santa this holiday season. There will be a mailbox outside The Corner Room, 100 W. College Ave., State College, through Friday, Dec. 20. There will also be another mailbox at the Centre County United Way’s Festival of Trees at the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology, 540 N. Harrison Road, Bellefonte, Thursday, Dec. 12, to Sunday, Dec. 15. Letters to Santa can also be mailed to the State College Sunrise Rotary, P.O. Box 1133, State College, PA 16804. For more information, visit www.statecollegesunriserotary.org. Exhibit — The Centre County Historical Society exhibit “A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania’s New Deal Post Office Murals,” will be on display through Sunday, Dec. 22, at the Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave., State College. Exhibit hours are 1–4 p.m., Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Visit www.centrecounty history.org or call (814) 234-4779. Photo With Santa — Get your family’s photo taken with Santa through Tuesday, Dec. 24, at the Nittany Mall, 2901 E. College Ave., State College, Mondays through Fridays, noon–8 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.–8 p.m.; and Sundays, noon–6 p.m. For more information, visit www.shopnittanymall.com/sensational shopping2013/santa_photos. Collection — The Bellefonte Elks will be collecting pet food and supplies for Pets Come First through Tuesday, Dec. 24. All donations can be dropped off at the Bellefonte Elks Lodge, 120 W. High St. Pets Come First is a non-profit and primarily all-volunteer organization whose mission is to facilitate the placement of stray and unwanted animals into loving homes. For more information, visit www.petscomefirst.net or www.bellefonteelks.com. Exhibit — “Abstract,” the multi-medium artwork of Bellefonte artist Karyn Debrasky, will be on display through Monday, Dec. 30, at Schlow Region Centre Library’s Betsy Rodgers Allen Gallery, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Gallery hours are Mondays through Wednesdays, 9 a.m.–9 p.m.; Thursdays, noon–9 p.m.; Fridays, 9 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturdays, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.; and Sundays, 1:30 p.m.–5 p.m. For more information, call (814) 237- 6238. Art Show — The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will show the work of its studio artists beginning through Sunday, Jan. 5, at 101 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-2486. Winter Clothing Giveaway/Donation Collection — The Buffalo Run United Methodist Charge Coat Ministry will distribute free winter coats and accessories on Saturdays, 9 a.m.–1 p.m., through Jan. 25, at 2262 Buffalo Run Road, Bellefonte. Donations of gently used coats and other winter items will also be accepted. For more information, call (814) 237-4707 or (814) 355-2208. Exhibit — The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County will have a holiday show and sale by local artists through Sunday, Jan. 26, at 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are Thursdays through Sundays, noon –5 p.m. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. History/Genealogy — Learn about local history and genealogy with expert researchers at the Historical Museum and PA Room, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Hours are Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon–5 p.m. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5

Children’s Program — The “Growing Up Wild” series, an interactive program designed for ages 3-5 years old, will meet 10–11:30 a.m. at the Environmental Learning Center, Bald Eagle State Park, 149 Main Park Road, Howard. A variety of basic crafts, stories, short walks and nature games will be available. The event could take place inside or outside, so please dress for the weather. Registration is required and can be done by calling the Environmental Learning Center at (814) 625-9369. Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time, 10:30–10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Program — Preschoolers ages 3–5 can work on science-themed activities with “Science Adventures,” 11–11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. The theme is “Seeing Farther.” Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Craft Class — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host “Hooks & Needles,” an adult craft class, 1–2:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have preschool story time, 2–3 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Decadent December.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Children’s Program — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host its Lego club, 3:30–4:30 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Party — The Bellefonte Family YMCA will host a “Pre-Plunge Party” with pizza from Pizza Mia of Bellefonte, 5–7 p.m. at 125 W. High St., Bellefonte. For more information, call (814) 355-5551. Family Program — Holt Memorial Library will host “It’s Elementary,” a series of activities and presentations for elementary school students and their families, 6–7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Tonight’s theme is “STEM — Science Fun For the Entire Family.” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Meeting — The Old Gregg School Community and Recreation

Center will meet at 7 p.m. at 106 School St., Room 106, Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-8582 for more information. Film — The Penn State Thespians present Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” 7 p.m. in the Schlow Community Room, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 235-7817. Concert — Penn State School of Music presents Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions, 8 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, University Park. For more information, visit www.music.psu.edu.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6

Event — “Merry Millheim” will take place all day in the Millheim Business Community. Most stores will donate a portion of their earnings this weekend to the East Penns Valley Library. For more information and a list of events, visit www.millheimpa.com. Christmas Bazaar — Park Forest Village United Methodist Church will host a Christmas bazaar and bake sale, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. at 1833 Park Forest Ave., State College. Lunch will be available. For more information, contact Jean Grimm at (814) 237-4864. Yard Sale — An indoor yard sale will take place 9 a.m.–4 p.m. at Fox Hill Senior Housing, 200 Wyndtree Court, Lower Level, Bellefonte. Developmental Screenings — Certified therapists will administer developmental screenings and evaluations for newborns through 5-year-olds, 9 a.m.–noon in the Children’s Activity Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Skills in five major areas will be evaluated: motor, social, cognitive, language and adaptive. For more information, call (814) 2357818 or visit www.schlow.org. Exhibit — “Bookyness,” curated by Henry Pisciotta, will be on display 10 a.m.–4:30 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. Pisciotta, an arts and architecture librarian, will have a discussion at 1 p.m. For more information, visit www.palmer museum.psu.edu. Craft Sale — Come out for antiques, art and fine crafts, 10 a.m.– 4 p.m. at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave., State College. There will be hot cider, cookies and treats available. For more information, visit www.centrehistory.org or call (814) 234-4779. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Fundraiser and Concert — The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will be open starting at noon during “Merry Millheim,” with special crafts by Amazon artists for sale to support forest conservation, 4–7:30 p.m. There will be special holiday music with harpist Anne Sullivan and cellist Kim Cook at 8 p.m. For more information, visit www.greendrakeart.com. Film — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will host a movie night featuring “Wall-E” at 1:15 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecounty library.org. Fundraiser — St. John’s Episcopal Church will host a chili cook-off, 4–7 p.m. in Fellowship Hall at 20 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte. This event is all-you-can-eat for a donation. For more information, call (814) 355-0497. Market — The 5th annual Christmas in Lemont will take place 5–8 p.m. in The Granary, 133 Mt. Nittany Road, Lemont. There will be music, food, drinks, crafts, jewelry, clothing, books, soaps, wreaths, gifts, local products, arts and crafts and children’s activities. For more information, contact Amanda Kunkel at mandak24@gmail.com. Dinner Theatre — Liberty Baptist Church will have its annual dinner theatre, “In Bethlehem Inn,” 7 p.m. at 100 Main St., Blanchard. This event requires an advanced ticket purchase. Call the church office at (570) 962-2214 for tickets. Ballet — Centre Dance presents “The Nutcracker Princess,” 7 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased at the box office by calling (814) 272-0606 or by visiting www.statetheatre.org. Event — Experience “A Taste of Boalsburg,” with music by the Rick Hirsch Trio and sponsored by First National Bank, 7–9 p.m. at Liberty Hill Clubhouse, 102 Settlers Way, State College. Sample culinary delights and visit with local vendors and friends. To make reservations, call (814) 808-6061 or email tlopez@ traditionsofamerica.com. Concert — Trailer Park Boys Christmas featuring Bubbles, Ricky, Julian, Randy and Mr. Lahey will perform at 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park. Tickets are $36.50. Tickets are on sale at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Altoona Campus Ticket Outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.bjc.psu.edu, or by calling (800) 745-3000. The show is 18 and over only, for mature audiences.

State College. There will be hot cider, cookies and treats available. For more information, visit www.centrehistory.org or call (814) 234-4779. Cartoons — The 7th annual Bill Welch Saturday Morning Cartoon Series will bring Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animation to The State Theatre at 10 a.m., 130 W. College Ave., State College. Call the theatre box office at (814) 272-0606 or visit www.state theatre.org. Market — The 5th annual Christmas in Lemont will take place 10 a.m.–4 p.m. in The Granary, 133 Mt. Nittany Road, Lemont. There will be music, food, drinks, crafts, jewelry, clothing, books, soaps, wreaths, gifts, local products, arts and crafts and children’s activities. For more information, contact Amanda Kunkel at mandak24@gmail.com. Craft Market — The Central Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen’s 38th annual juried Winter Craft Market will be held 10 a.m.–5 p.m. at Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Shop for handmade items from more than 70 local artisans. For more information, visit www.wintercraft market.com. Adult Event — Explore the different tablets on the market and discover which one is the best buy for you at “Gadgets for Grownups: Tablet Buying Guide,” 10:30 a.m. in the Musser Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. To register, call (814) 235-7816 or email refdesk@schlowlibrary.org. Children’s Event — Listen to stories, including the “Polar Express,” and venture out to ride the trolley through Downtown State College, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. in the Children’s Department in Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Children will also receive a small drawstring bad with a bell and a coin that they can spend at Santa’s Workshop at the Downtown Theatre. For more information, call (814) 235-7817 or visit. www.schlow.org. Breakfast — The State College Elks Club will host a breakfast with Santa, 11 a.m.–noon at the Mountain View Country Club, 100 Elks Club Road, Boalsburg. Make reservations by calling (814) 2376846 or emailing pschram@pennoni.com. Film — The Penn State Thespians present Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are,” at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. in the Schlow Community Room, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 235-7817. Teen Program — Holt Memorial Library will host a teen art program for ages 12 and up, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Cookie Sale — The 3rd annual Cookie Walk to benefit the Philipsburg-Osceola Music Boosters will take place 12:30–3 p.m. at the Rowland Theater, 125 N. Front St., Philipsburg. During the sale, Philipsburg-Osceola music students will be performing holiday music. Event — The Pennsylvania Military Museum will host a “Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Tribute” at 12:45 p.m. at 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. For more information, visit www.pamilmuseum.org or call (814) 466-6263. Games — Hone your strategy for the ancient game of “Go,” 1:30–5 p.m. in the Sun Room, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 237-6236. Event — Christmas Kick-Off will be at noon in downtown Philipsburg, beginning with the annual parade with Santa. After the parade, Santa will be available for pictures until 4 p.m. at 128 N. Second St., Philipsburg. For more information, visit www. philipsburgpa.org. Games — Snow Shoe EMS will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 492 W. Sycamore St., Snow Shoe. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dinner — Lifegate Baptist Church will have a public Christmas dinner and caroling, 6 p.m. at 756 Axemann Road, Pleasant Gap. Reservations are preferred. For more information and to reserve space, call (814) 359-3183. Ballet — Centre Dance presents “The Nutcracker Princess,” 7 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased at the box office by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www.statetheatre.org. What’s Happening, Page 34

Remembering Joe

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7

Event — “Merry Millheim” will take place all day in the Millheim Business Community. Most stores will donate a portion of their earnings this weekend to the East Penns Valley Library. For more information and a list of events, visit www.millheimpa.com. Breakfast With Santa — Santa will be having breakfast 8–11 a.m. at The Corner Room, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Event — Boalsburg Hometown Christmas will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue throughout the day, with tree lighting and caroling on the Diamond at 5 p.m. There will also be breakfast with Santa, a cookie contest, children’s story time and sing-a-long, Restless Winds carriage rides, museum exhibits and tours, and a holiday hop. For more information, visit www.boalsburgvillage conservancy.org. Christmas Bazaar — Park Forest Village United Methodist Church will host a Christmas bazaar and bake sale, 9 a.m.–noon at 1833 Park Forest Ave., State College. For more information, contact Jean Grimm at (814) 237-4864. Yard Sale — An indoor yard sale will take place 9 a.m.–4 p.m. at Fox Hill Senior Housing, 200 Wyndtree Court, Lower Level, Bellefonte. Ornament Sale — The Palmer Museum of Art will hold its annual holiday art and ornament sale, featuring the 2013 commissioned ornament by Dotty Ford, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. There will also be works by Pernille Sporon Bøving, Kimberly Brooks Filkins, Judith Finkelstein, Elli Groninger, Sue Harter, Kat Oliva, Deb Parsons, State College Weavers Guild, Caryl Strauss and Lena Thynell. Fundraiser and Children’s Event — The Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center will be open 10 a.m.–8 p.m. during “Merry Millheim,” with special crafts by Amazon artists for sale to support forest conservation. Holiday crafts for kids will be available 10 a.m.–2 p.m. A fundraiser to benefit the East Penns Valley Library, with a basket raffle and holiday cookie swap, will take place 10 a.m. –3 p.m. For more information, visit www.greendrakeart.com. Craft Sale — Come out for antiques, art and fine crafts, 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave.,

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dents at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have toddler story time, 10:30–11:30 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme is “Snowmen.” Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — The Centre Hall Branch Library will have preschool story time, 10:30–11 a.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Today’s theme is “Snowmen.” Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Knitting Club — Holt Memorial Library will host “Knit Wits,” for beginner, experienced or intermediate knitters, 6–7 p.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Games — The State College Knights of Columbus will host bingo, 7 p.m. at 850 Stratford Drive, State College. Event — The Bellefonte Elks will have an initiation ceremony for prospective new members of the order, 7 p.m. at 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. For more information, contact Nina King at (814) 355-2828. Concert — The Nittany Knights will perform acapella barbershop songs at 7:15 p.m. at the South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 777-7455, visit www. nittanyknights.org or email jimkerhin@yahoo. com.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8

Toy Collection — St. Nicholas will visit St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church to collect donations for the Toys for Tots program, 10 a.m. at 208 W. Foster Ave., State College. All families are welcome and are encouraged to bring a unwrapped gift for a boy or girl. For more information, call (814) 237-7659. Craft Market — The Central Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen’s 38th annual juried Winter Craft Market will be held 10 a.m.–4 p.m. at Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Shop for handmade items from more than 70 local artisans. For more information, visit www.wintercraftmarket.com. Book Fair — Bellefonte Elementary PTO will sponsor a book fair, 1–5 p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 365 Benner Pike, State College. There will be face painting, crafts, shopping, a gift-wrapping table and stories. Children’s Event — Listen to stories, including the “Polar Express,” and venture out to ride the trolley through Downtown State College, 2–4:20 p.m. in the Children’s Department in Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Children will also receive a small drawstring bad with a bell and a coin that they can spend at Santa’s Workshop at the Downtown Theatre. For more information, call (814) 235-7817 or visit. www.schlow.org. Dinner Theatre — Liberty Baptist Church will have its annual dinner theatre, “In Bethlehem Inn,” 3 p.m. at 100 Main St., Blanchard. This event requires an advanced ticket purchase. Call the church office at (570) 962-2214 for tickets. Ballet — Centre Dance presents “The Nutcracker Princess,” 3 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased at the box office by calling (814) 272-0606 or visiting www.statetheatre.org. Concert — Penn State School of Music presents “Mosaic,” 4 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. For more information, visit www.music.psu.edu. Event — The Bellefonte Elks will have an indoctrination program for prospective new members of the order at 5 p.m. at 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. For more information, contact Nina King at (814) 355-2828.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10

Seniors Hiking Group — Enjoy a moderate hike in the great outdoors at 9 a.m. at various locations in and around State College. The hikes are free except for car pool donations. To register, call (814) 231-3076 or visit www.crpr.org. Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation, 9:3011 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main Street, Howard. Exhibit — Penn State College of Arts and Architecture presents an exhibition with work from the School of Visual Arts Foundations Students at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will have a toddler story time, 10:30–11:30 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Luncheon — The Women’s Mid Day Connection Luncheon featuring Avant Garden

MONDAY, DECEMBER 9

Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open 9–11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Exhibit — Penn State College of Arts and Architecture presents an exhibition with work from the School of Visual Arts Foundations Stu-

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décor, speaker Jean Hartman and music by Ellen Slingerland, will be held at 11:45 a.m. at Mountain View Country Club, 100 Elks Club Road, Boalsburg. To make reservations, call Barb at (814) 404-3704. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have preschool story time, 1:30–2 p.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme will be “Cookies.” Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Farmer’s Market — The Boalsburg Farmer’s Market will be held 2–6 p.m. in St. John’s United Church of Christ, 218 N. Church St., Boalsburg. Vendor products include fall greens and root vegetables, meats, dairy items, breads and apples. Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will be held 5–6 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@comcast. net. Adult Craft Night — Centre Hall Branch Library will host a craft night where adults can decorate handmade trees, 6–7 p.m. at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Make reservations by calling (814) 364-2580. For more information, visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Yoga Class — A basics level yoga class will be held 6:30–8 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is intended for those who may have had some prior yoga experience. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 6252852 or email kathieb1@comcast.net. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667. Concert — Nittany Mountain Trail Rides presents the Tussey Mountain Moonshiners, 7 p.m. in The Attic at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased at the box office by calling (814) 2720606 or visiting www.statetheatre.org.

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Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have baby book time, 9:30–10:30 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Book themes will vary throughout November. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Exhibit — Penn State College of Arts and Architecture presents an exhibition with work from the School of Visual Arts Foundations Students at the Zoller Gallery, University Park. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.–4 p.m. For more information, visit www.sova.psu.edu. Story Time — Holt Memorial Library will

have preschool story time, 10:30–11:30 a.m. at 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Today’s theme is “Happy Holidays!” Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Children’s Program — Children ages 6 months to 2 years can explore science through books and movement during “Baby Explorers” 10:30–11 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.my discoveryspace.org. Story Time — The Centre County Library and Historical Museum will have preschool story time, 10:30–11:30 a.m. at 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Today’s theme will be “Snowmen.” Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No.1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Concert — The Carillon Bells of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church will play “The Art of Music: Holiday Music for Handbells,” directed by Darrin Thorton, assistant professor of music education at Penn State, at 12:10 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art, University Park. For more information, visit www.palmermuseum. psu.edu. Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open 1–3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Children’s Program — The Centre Hall Branch Library will host its Science Club, 3–3:30 p.m. and 3:45–4:15 p.m., at 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Call (814) 364-2580 or visit www. centrecountylibrary.org. Zumba — New Hope United Methodist Church will sponsor a free Zumba class, 6 p.m. at Marion Walker Elementary School, 100 School Drive, Bellefonte. Call Amanda at (814) 321-4528. Game Night — The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Centre County will host a game night, with a variety of board games and refreshments, at 7 p.m. at 780 Waupelani Drive, State College. For more information, call (814) 6891848, visit www.uufcc.com or email lgage616@ gmail.com. Performance — Dr. Tony Lentz will perform his one-man rendition of “A Christmas Carol,” 7 p.m. in The Attic at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Tickets can be purchased at the box office by calling (814) 2720606 or visiting www.statetheatre.org. Concert — Biscuit Jam will play at The Governors’ Pub, 7–9 p.m. at 211 W. High St., Bellefonte. For more information, visit www.reverbnation.com/biscuitjam. Concert — Penn State School of Music presents the Philharmonic Orchestra’s “A Night at the Opera,” 8 p.m. in Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park. For more information, visit www.music.psu.edu. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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GROUP MEETINGS The Gazette will publish the regular meeting dates and times for all Centre County social and service groups, organizations, clubs, etc. that have membership open to the public. To be included in the weekly listing send information by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@centrecountygazette. com or mail to: The Centre County Gazette, Attn: Group Meetings, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801. Adult Bible Study and Kids Program, offering practical help from the Bible and a fun and productive time for kids, will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Nittany Baptist Church, 430 Mountain Back Road, Spring Mills. Call (814) 360-1601 or visit www.nittany baptist.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Men’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays. Call (814) 237-5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Women’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call (814) 237-5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit ccwrc.org. ALIVE Teen Club meets at 6 p.m. Sundays at First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte.org. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Groups meets the first Friday of every month at 1 p.m. and second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn at Brookline, 1930 Cliffside Drive, State College. Call or email Anne at (814) 2343141 / teadmin@brooklinevillage.com or Janie at (814) 235-2000 / iwpcommrel@brooklinevillage.com for more information. AWANA Club meets at 6 p.m. every Sunday at the First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Activities and Bible lessons will be held for children ages 3 through sixth grade. Materials provided. Call (814) 355-5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte. org. Bald Eagle Grange No. 151 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Grange Hall in Runville. Bald Eagle Watershed Association meets at 9:30 a.m. the third Monday at the Milesburg Borough Building, 416 Front St., Milesburg. Visit www.baldeaglewatershed.com. The Bald Eagle Area Class of 1959 meets at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month for dinner. Location changes each month. Call Joyce at (814) 383-4337 or email ljt2342@embarqmail. com. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1960 meets for lunch at 11:30 a.m. the third Thursday of every month at The Bestway Restaurant, 1023 N. Eagle Valley Road, Howard. Call Barb (814) 466-6027. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1962 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Bestway Truckstop Restaurant, Route 150, Milesburg. Call Sandy at (814) 387-4218. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1964 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at the Bestway Restaurant, Route 150, I-80 exit 158, Milesburg. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. on the third Friday of the month at the Bellefonte Moose, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Sue (814) 625-2132 or bea.1964@ yahoo.com. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1965 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the last Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Bob (814) 383-2151. Bellefonte High School Class of 1956 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Kay at (814) 359-2738. Bellefonte High School Class 1967 meets for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Sunset West, 521 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The location is subject to change. Call Vic at (814) 360-1948. Bellefonte Elks Lodge meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Bellefonte Encampment No. 72 and Ridgeley Canton No. 8 meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Bellefonte Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the First Presbyterian Church, 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Visit www.facebook.com/bellefontegardenclub or call (814) 355-4427. Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month at the Train Station, Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1053 or www.bellefontetrain.org. Bellefonte Kiwanis Club meets at noon Tuesdays at the Moose Club, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Richard King at (814) 3559606 or email kings430elinn@yahoo.com. Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call Mary Jane Fisher at (814) 355-5905. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 meets at 8 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 Ladies Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Better Breathers Support Group meets at 2 p.m. the third Thursday every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call James Williamson, respiratory manager, at (814) 359-3421. Better Breathers is affiliated with the American Lung Association. Business Networking International meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays at Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College. Members share ideas, contacts and business referrals. Fee is $10 for room and breakfast. Call Kelly Swisher at (814) 280-1656. Boy Scouts of America BSA Troop 66 meets from 7-8 p.m. every Tuesday at Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church, 179 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Email Scoutmaster Bill Weaver at standinten@aol.com. Brain Injury Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Sharon Poorman, nurse manager, at (814) 359-3421. There will be no meetings in January and February. Breast Cancer Support Group meets from 5:30-7 p.m. the first Monday of every month in the ground floor conference rooms, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. If the first Monday of the month is a holiday, the meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month. Call Cheri at (814) 2317005. The Caregivers Support Group of the Cancer Survivors’ Association meets at 10:30 a.m. the first Monday of the month in Conference Room 6, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Catholic Daughters of the Americas social begins at 6:30 p.m. and meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month at St. John’s Catholic School auditorium, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-7730 or email jmoest@yahoo.com.

Central Pennsylvania Holistic Wellness Group will meet to share and learn about many methods and techniques to support a holistic, homeopathic and spiritual lifestyle from 6:30-8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883-0957 or visit www. meetup.com/central-pa-holistic-wellnessgroup. The Centre County Down Syndrome Society meets from 7-9 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month in the offices at 111 Sowers St., Suite 504, in State College. Email ccdssociety@gmail. com or visit www.centrecountydownsyndrome.org. Centre County Greens meets at 7:15 p.m. the first Monday of every month at Webster’s Bookstore & Café, 133 E. Beaver Ave., State College. Centre County Real Estate Investment Club meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at RE/MAX Centre Realty, 1375 Martin St., State College. Call (814) 280-5839 or email len@ decarmine.com. Visit www.centrecountyreiclub.org. Centre Hall Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month and at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month at Centre Hall Lions Club Building, 153 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Centre Line Riders — ABATE of Pennsylvania, Chapter 18 meets at noon the third Saturday of each month at the Centre Hall American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Centre Pieces Quilt Guild meets from 7-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month (March through December) at the Mount Nittany Middle School Cafeteria, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Visit www.centrepiecesguild.org or call (814) 237-6009. Centre Region Model Investment Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at the Mazza Room, South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or email cr20mic@aol.com. The Centre Region Wargaming and Miniatures Group will meet each week. Meeting times and place changes each week. Join the website to become active: http://www.meetup.com/CentreRegion-Wargaming-and-Miniatures-Group/. The Compassionate Friends Group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at New Hope, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. TCF is a national non-profit support organization offering understanding, friendship and hope to families following the death of a child of any age, from any cause. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 574-5997 or email at mah10@comcast.net. FHA Center for Weight Management and Nutrition hosts a bariatric surgery support group from 6-7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month in Classroom 4, Lewistown Hospital, 400 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Sessions are moderated by Virginia M. Wray, DO, CNSP. Call (717) 242-7099 or visit www.myfamilyhealthassociates. com. Girls of Bald Eagle Area High School Class of 1961 meets at 11:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Mt. Valley Diner, 850 S. Eagle Valley Road, Wingate. Call (814) 355-3686. Halfmoon Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Membership is open to Halfmoon Township residents. Contact Barbara Fleischer by phone at (814) 693-0188 or by email at barb.fleischer@gmail.com; or contact Lori Clayton by phone at (814) 692-8077 or by email at lafc30@gmail.com. Halfmoon Grange No. 290 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of every month at the Grange Hall in Centennia. Call Diane at (814) 692-4580. Hearing Loss Association of America meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Foxdale, 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College. Learn the latest technology available for hearing loss. Heart Failure Support Group will meet at 4 p.m. the fourth Monday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Traci Curtorillo, nurse manager, at (814) 359-3421. Heritage Museum Board meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at the Boalsburg Municipal Building, Main Street, Boalsburg. Call Dr. Pete Ferretti at (814) 574-0939 or email par2@ psu.edu. I.O.O.F. Centre Lodge #153 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall, 756 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Junior Rockhounds meets at 5 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in Room 121, Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 867-6263 or visit www.nittanymineral.org. Keystone Guild of the Watchmakers Association of Pa. meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Bull Pen Restaurant, Washington Avenue at First Street, Tyrone. Call George at (814) 238-1668. Ladies Grief Support Group meets at 2 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday at Living Faith Church, 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Call Hazel at (814) 387-4952. Marion Grange 223 meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at the Jacksonville Grange Hall. For more information, call Brenda at (814) 383-2796. The Milesburg Lions Club meets 7 p.m. the first and third Tuesday of every month at Milesburg Center across from UniMart. MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, sponsored by New Hope Church, is designed to nurture every mother with children from pregnancy through kindergarten and meets the first and third Thursday of each month at The State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. Child care is provided for each monthly meeting. Visit www.statecollegemops. com. Mount Nittany Health’s Diabetes Network diabetes support group meets from 10:15-11:15 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. Call Carol Clitherow at (814) 231-3076 or visit www.mountnittany.org/diabetes. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at 6 p.m. every third Tuesday at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The support group is affiliated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Harrisburg office. Call Steve Uberti at (814) 359-3421. National Alliance on Mental Illness meets at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday at South Hills School, State College. June is the last meeting of the summer. Meetings resume in September. Call Dave (814) 238-1983. The Neuropathy Support Group of Central Pennsylvania will meet at 2 p.m. the fourth Sunday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Conference Room 3, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call David Brown at (814) 531-1024. Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus meets at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School, State College. Men who like to sing are welcome. Visit www.nittanyknights.org or call Bill (814) 3553557. Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays at Old Gregg School, Room 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667. Nittany Mineral Society will hold a social at 6:30 p.m. and

meet at 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in Room 116, Auditorium of the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 867-6263 or visit www.nittanymineral. org. Nittany Valley Woodturners meet from 7-9 p.m. every first Thursday in the woodworking shop of State College Area High School, South Building, 650 Westerly Parkway, State College. Email reg@marketvaluesolutions.com or visit www.visitnittany valleywoodturners.org. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets for an early-risers breakfast at 7 a.m. every third Wednesday at The Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7-8:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center meets at 7 p.m. the first Thursday of every month in Room 106, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-8582, email ogsrobin@ gmail.com or visit www.oldgreggschool.org. Parent Support Group for Children With Eating Disorders meets from 7-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in Conference Room 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Kristie Kaufman at (814) 466-7921. Penns Valley Grange No. 158 meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of every month in Grange Hall, Railroad Street, Spring Mills. Pleasant Gap Rotary Club meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday at The Oaks, 220 Rachel Drive, Pleasant Gap. Reiki Group will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883-0957, email beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com, or visit www.inspiredholisticwellness.com. RSVP is appreciated. The Romans 12:2 Group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at 204 W. High St., Bellefonte. The group is an addictions breakaway program sponsored by Lifegate Baptist Church, and is open to all who are suffering from any form of addiction as well as to family members that may be affected by the addict’s behavior. Call (814) 353-1942. Sacred Harp Singing meets from 7-8:30 a.m. the second and fourth Monday at the University Mennonite Church, 1606 Norma St., State College. Visit www.statecollegesacredharp. com. The Snow Shoe Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the first and fourth Wednesday of every month at the Moshannon Community Center, Route 144, Snow Shoe. Soroptimist International of Centre County meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton St., State College. Call (814) 234-0658 or email hjlaw11@aol. com. State College Area High School Class of ’65 meets for brunch at 10:30 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Way’s Fruit Market, 2355 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda. State College Downtown Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Elks Lodge meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Mountain View Country Club, 100 Elks Club Road, Boalsburg. State College Lions Club meets at 6:15 p.m. the first and third Thursday of the month at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Rotary Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Lounge, 200 W. Park Ave., University Park. State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays at Hotel State College, 106 S. Allen St., State College, above The Corner Room. State College Weavers Guild meets from 7:30-9 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month, September through May. Meetings are held in members’ homes. Refreshments are served at 7 p.m. For meeting location, visit www.statecollege weaversguild.weebly. com or call (814) 234-7344. Support Group for Family & Friends of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Mondays. Call (814) 2375220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc.org. Stroke Support Group meets at 4 p.m. the last Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. There will be no meeting in August and December. Call Caroline Salva-Romero, speech therapy manager, or Linda Meyer, speech-language pathologist, at (814) 359-3421. The Survivors’ Support Group of the Cancer Survivors’ Association meets at 11:30 a.m. the third Monday of the month in Conference Room 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, will meet at 6:20 p.m. every Tuesday at the American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Weigh-in will be held from 5:30-6:20 p.m. Call Aurelia Confer at (814) 574-1747. TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, PA 473 support group meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room of Windsong Apartments at Brookline, 610 W. Whitehall Road, State College. Call Jane Wettstone at (814) 404-1689. TRIAD, a public safety group for senior citizens, meets each second Thursday in various locations. Call Helen Evans at (814) 237-8932. Trout Unlimited, a non-profit conservation organization, meets at 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday at Comfort Suites Hotel, 132 Village Drive, State College. Walker Grange #2007 meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Walker Township Building, 816 Nittany Valley Drive, Bellefonte. Weight Loss Challenge meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Park Forest Baptist Church, 3030 Carnegie Drive, State College. The class also meets at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Faith Baptist Church, 647 Valley Vista Drive, State College. Membership fee is $35. Call Darlene Foster at (814) 238-8739 or email at rdf55@ verizon.net. WiNGs, the Women’s Network Group for women entrepreneurs, has a social from 8-8:30 a.m. and meets from 8:3010:30 a.m., the third Wednesday of every month at the Patton Township conference room, 100 Patton Plaza, State College. Email membership@wngs.org or call (814) 360-1063. Women’s Welcome Club of State College meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month at Oakwood Presbyterian Church, 1865 Waddle Road, State College. Visit www.womens welcomeclub.org or email wwcmembership@ gmail.com. Young at Hearts Club meets for Red Pin bowling at 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Millheim Lanes, Main Street, Millheim. A yearly $5 donation is requested to join the club. — Compiled by Gazette staff

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