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January 21-27, 2016

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New stores Town&Gown honored by borough to open in Fraser Centre

By CHRIS MORELLI

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By ALEXA LEWIS

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STATE COLLEGE — Within the last two weeks, the Fraser Centre has announced lease agreements with two retailers and a restaurant all set to open the fall.

The building, currently under construction at the southwest corner of Beaver Avenue and Fraser Street, will feature about 50,000 square feet of retail space with 28,000 square feet dedicated to Target.

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ON THE RISE: The Fraser Centre, located in downtown State College, will house a Target, Federal Taphouse and H&M.

STATE COLLEGE — January is Town&Gown month in State College.

Since 1966, residents and visitors to State College and Penn State University have enjoyed Town&Gown Magazine, a publication celebrating the people, places and events that make the area such a vibrant community.

Earlier this week, at a breakfast held at The Corner Room, State College Borough Mayor Elizabeth Gorham proclaimed January as “Town & Gown Month.”

The Centre County Historical Society recently honored Town&Gown with the Preservation Award for Excellence in Education and Advocacy.

The first Town&Gown Magazine was published in January 1966. It contained just 16 black and white pages.

The current issue of Town&Gown is a special commemorative 50th anniversary publication.

Mimi Barash Coppersmith founded the publication and served as publisher until 2008, when she sold the company.

“For the borough to find it worthy of official recognition of an idea of mine that turned into something beautiful is just a very nice feeling in my heart,” Coppersmith said. “It was my third child and a little more difficult to rear and make beautiful than it was to raise two beautiful children. It was a labor of love, just like raising my family was.”

Coppersmith said that to this day,

Thon officials launch alternative fundraising efforts

By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — With Thon less than a month away, one can only wonder how the cancellation of several canning weekends will impact the bottom line.

For years, Penn State students have traveled throughout the East Coast, holding cans and soliciting donations for Thon, the world’s largest student-run philanthropy. Thon, of course, benefits cancer victims and research.

This year, however, things have been different. Canning was suspended after a car accident in late September killed a Penn State student as she and six others were returning from a canning weekend in Chester County.

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“Anytime there is an unexpected change to a fundraising model, there are ramifications,” Beatty said. “Canning was a large part of Thon’s fundraising model and has been for a number of years. This year, we made a very large push with our organizations to focus on other forms of fundraising.”

So, instead of canning, Penn State students were forced to be creative. Fundraising for Thon took on different forms, including letter-writing, door-to-door solicitation, bake sales and benefit dinners.

The cancellation of canning weekends changed the shape of fundraising and made things more diverse. That’s a good thing, Beatty said.

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FAMILY AFFAIR: When Wade A. Bonsell was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout on Jan. 16, he became fifth member of his family to earn the honor. His Eagle Scout project was constructing a fence around fuel tanks.

Page 14 ON A ROLL: The Penn State wrestling team continues to dominate the Big Ten, winning big over Northwestern and Nebraska over the weekend. Andy Elder looks back at the matches.

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POLICE BLOTTER STATE COLLEGE

State College Borough police were called to 623 W. College Ave. on Jan. 14 for a report of an intruder with a handgun.

Police said a man entered an apartment, brandished a silver pistol and made verbal threats toward the residents.

Authorities located William J. White, 29, of State College, a short distance away. He was found to be in possession of a .22-caliber handgun and a backpack, stolen from a 607 W. College Ave. residence, police said.

White was arraigned before District Judge Carmine Prestia on two felony charges of burglary and criminal trespassing, and misdemeanor charges of theft by unlawful taking, terroristic threats, receiving stolen property, possession of instruments of crime and public drunkenness.

He was placed in the Centre County Correctional Facility in lieu of $150,000 bail.

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Police reported 47-year-old Todd Linton Sprout, of Bellefonte, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence following a routine traffic stop on East Lamb Street in Bellefonte at 12:48 a.m. on Dec. 27. ❑❑❑ A Howard woman suffered minor injuries in a single-vehicle crash that occurred at 5:15 p.m. on Jan. 7 on Jacksonville Road, north of Long Lane, in Marion Township.

Police said Samantha Beeler was northbound when she was distracted by her phone. Police said she took her eyes off the road and when she looked up, she realized she was driving her 2005 Ford Focus off the road. She failed to correct her steering in time and struck a driveway marker and a tree. Beeler suffered minor injuries. Her passenger, Dayna Brewer, of Bellefonte, was not injured. ❑❑❑ A stove and an electric cook stove were stolen from the Evergreen Hunting Club camp, located on Crowfield Road in Potter Township, sometime between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Jan. 9. Police are continuing to investigate.

STATE POLICE AT PHILIPSBURG Police were called to Tyrone Pike, near Holmes Drive, in Taylor Township, at 6:18 a.m. on Jan. 12 to investigate a two-vehicle crash.

Police said Geoffrey M. Hollen, of Tipton, was northbound on state Route 350 when he lost control of his 2000 Mitsubishi Eclipse. The vehicle exited the east berm, and after re-entering the roadway, it crossed the center line and struck a southbound 2005 Chevrolet Cavalier operated

by Timothy Souders, of Sandy Ridge.

Hollen suffered minor injuries in the crash. He was cited for not driving his vehicle at a safe speed, police said. ❑❑❑ Police investigated a case of harassment that occurred at 4:26 p.m. on Jan. 14 at the intersection of 13th and Pine streets in Philipsburg. Police said a juvenile was

grabbed by the face and another juvenile was struck on the side of his head. ❑❑❑ Authorities were contacted by an area hospital after a visit by a 25-year-old woman. Police said she claimed she was sexually assaulted by a known person between July 1 and Aug. 31 at a residence in Philipsburg.

Police are continuing to investigate. ❑❑❑ Police are investigating a theft that occurred in the 400 block of Sawmill Road, Halfmoon Township, sometime between midnight on Jan. 8 and 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 10.

Police said someone, through unknown means, gained access to a 49-year-old man’s vehicle and stole several fishing rods, reels and spools of fly line.

Anyone with information is asked to contact police at (814) 342-3370. ❑❑❑ Police are investigating a report of trespassing that occurred in the area of Uni Road, in Halfmoon Township, at 1:58 p.m. on Jan. 9.

Police said a known, 48-year-old Warriors Mark man entered onto the property of a 72-year-old Port Matilda man, which is properly posted, “No Trespassing.” ❑❑❑ The investigation continues into a harassment incident that occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 12 along High Street in Port Matilda. Police said a 49-year-old man and a 29-year-old man engaged in an argument over a parking space. ❑❑❑ Minor injuries were reported in a single-vehicle crash investigated by police at 3:30 p.m. on Skytop Mountain, Huston Township.

Police said James Vanderlin Jr., of Port Matilda, was westbound, and while negotiating a left-hand turn lost control of his 2000 Ford Escort. The vehicle traveled across the eastbound lane, left the roadway and struck an embankment. The vehicle then spun clockwise before coming to rest in the eastbound lane.

Vanderlin suffered minor injuries in the crash. He was cited for not driving his vehicle at a safe speed, police said.

Police were assisted at the scene by Port Matilda Emergency Medical Services. ❑❑❑ Authorities were called to East Presqueisle Street in Philipsburg at 8:20 a.m. on Jan. 14 to investigate a two-car crash.

Police said Catherine Unick, of Philipsburg, operating a 2005 Mercury Grand Marquis, traveled through a southbound red light and struck a 2009 Ford Fusion, operated by Julia Colton, of West Decatur, which was proceeding through the intersection on a green light.

The front portion of Unick’s car impacted with the driver’s side of Colton’s vehicle. After the collision, Unick’s vehicle came to rest facing east and Colton’s vehicle faced south.

No injuries were reported. Unick was cited with failing to obey traffic control devices, police said.

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Student group builds, innovates, inspires

By HARRY ZIMBLER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Many student groups at Penn State are allowing students to serve local, national and international communities. One such group, Bridges to Prosperity, is an organization with the mission to design, raise funds for and build bridges in countries where there is a need for footbridges that connect rural villages with human services.

Penn State student Hannah Greider is president of the Bridges to Prosperity group. She recently addressed the Rotary Club of State College, Downtown.

Founded in 2013, the group is part of a national organization that connects university students with villages in need of infrastructure.

“By building footbridges in these communities, we hope to fight poverty,” said Greider. “In many places, the lack of a footbridge keeps people apart from the services they need, including jobs, education, health care and more.”

In nations like Panama, the rainy seasons are so severe that the lack of a footbridge makes it impossible for one part of a village to be accessed by the other parts.

“We build to innovate, educate and inspire,” said Greider. “There was a child who needed to be rushed to the hospi-

tal for treatment, but living in the flood zone made it dangerous to travel.” That is the kind of problem Bridges to Prosperity works to erase.

“Bridges help create bonds,” Greider continued. “Bonds between Penn State students and the people in the villages we help, and between the members of the communities in that region.”

Much of the work is in fundraising and engineering, and building the bridge is done by members of the student group, too. An advisory board checks the engineering and design done by the students.

“Rural isolation is a serious problem in many places,” said Greider. “Our club has built bridges in Panama. We are building friendships and dealing with the challenges of getting materials.

“It is an amazing experience working with native groups. They taught us a lot about construction. The Panamanians worked hard to show us that they wanted the bridge we built.”

Greider explained that groups such as Rotary can help Bridges to Prosperity in a variety of ways. The process requires mentors to help in engineering and construction, and leadership mentors are also needed to help grow the club. Financial assistance is always welcome, too, since a modest footbridge can cost about $12,000.

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SHOWN IS some of the handiwork done by Penn State students who a part of the Bridges to Prosperity program.

An in-country manager helps find sites in need of bridges. This year, the Penn State club plans to build a bridge in the town of Lidice.

“We have 30 active members, but only eight will travel to Panama,” said Greider.

“We do not want to overwhelm the host community.”

Movie screening addresses stalking on campuses

By JANE MIENTKIEWICZ correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State Center for Women Students hosted a Jan. 18 screening of the film “Culture of Silence” in the HUB-Robeson Center to commemorate National Stalking Awareness Month.

The film showed personal accounts of stalking victims, gave advice about the handling of stalking situations and warned of the high potential for stalking on a college campus.

The screening was followed by a discussion between audience members and faculty of the CWS, during which advice was given on reacting to stalking behaviors.

The object of the screening and the awareness month is not to scare, but rather to educate and bring available resources to the attention of students.

The film and the faculty explained that female college students are the demographic most affected by stalking, especially considering the regularity of schedules, proximity of many people and frequent use of social media with location tags, which make the students easy targets.

Stalking is “a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to feel fear,” according to the National Center for Victims of Crime’s stalking fact sheet.

Despite the film’s focus on female victims who were stalked by former romantic partners, there is no one profile for a stalker or a victim.

“Without a doubt men can be stalked, men can be victims, women can be perpe-

trators and we find that with a lot of other crimes — even like sexual assault — it’s not just a women’s type of thing,” said Jennifer Pencek, a programming coordinator at the CWS, which is open as a resource for all students, regardless of gender.

“Particularly for male victims of any sort of crime, I think a lot of men are reluctant to come forward and say something’s happened, because, I mean honestly there is a stigma on male victims … but you deserve to be safe,” said Pencek.

According to the CWS website, the center “is committed to a campus culture that makes all students feel supported. We assist students through education, advocacy, referrals, and crisis intervention/support counseling.”

“I want people to feel that they can be safe and that they’re encouraging people to be safe,” said Pencek.

The most important piece of advice the CWS faculty gave to someone who knows someone potentially being stalked is to be supportive. “I think a lot of times I think people just don’t want to come forward and say that something’s happened,” said Pencek, “because they could be afraid of being bullied or afraid of (being told), ‘That’s not stalking,’ “And, hopefully, if that person sees that they’re being supported, they’re more likely to at least seek out different resources and look at what might be the best course of action.”

Another option for concerned students is to come forward to a professor or a faculty member.

“If the person is a responsible employee under Title IX, a faculty or staff member

here, and if (he or she) has enough reason to even suspect there’s a stalking situation, (he or she) (is) required to report that under Title IX,” said Erin Farley, a programming coordinator at the CWS. However, the administrator must use caution and clarity, because a report requires a follow up by the CWS with the student, and if the student did not know of the reporting, “That can feel like a betrayal of trust,” said Farley.

If you or someone you know has experienced behaviors that may indicate stalking, the first step in resolving the issue is documentation of events or behaviors. Resources for documentation can be found at the CWS. “I would really just encourage people

that if you feel like something is getting to the point where you’re considering it stalking or abusive … (know that) you don’t have to handle it alone, whether you are calling police (or) whether you are connecting with the Center for Women Students. Try to get yourself in a situation where you have that support system and you’re not the only one trying to figure (it) out,” said Pencek.

The CWS is located at 204 Boucke Building, University Park, and is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Students can also reach the center by calling (814) 863-2027, visiting the website www.studentaffairs.psu.edu/womens center or emailing pennstatecws@psu. edu.

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JANUARY 21-27, 2016

Program responds to transportation

burden in low-income households

By ALEXA LEWIS

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CANNING WAS one of Thon’s most popular forms of fundraising, but it was canceled last fall following the death of a Penn State student.

Thon, from page 1 were forced to think outside the box, something Thon organizers wanted well before the cancellations of the canning weekends took place.

“We’ve seen an increase in different forms of fundraising. This year, we’ve definitely seen that which has been a positive thing,” Beatty said.

Although canning has been a big part of Thon culture, Beatty said that students understood the reasons why it was canceled this year.

“We’ve implemented a lot of different safety procedures. We made an online e-course that everyone had to take to be eligible to fundraise for Thon. There’s been a progression of safety procedures. Even some of those didn’t adequately protect our volunteers. We had to evaluate what we had in place. In the end, I think everyone understood the decision,” Beatty said.

Thon has raised more than $127 million for families of children with cancer and for pediatric research since 1977.

Last year, Thon raised more than $13 million.

Despite the cancellation of canning, Beatty said that she expects fundraising totals to be strong once again.

“There will likely be an impact. That happens anytime a fundraising model changes,” she said.

But in the end, it’s not about the numbers, Beatty said.

“One of the best things about Thon is that it’s so much more than that fundraising total,” she said. “Being able to create the atmosphere Thon weekend that makes people forget about their cancer treatments is something that we take a lot of pride in.”

STATE COLLEGE — In response to a shortage of affordable housing near jobs and schools, Central Pennsylvania Community Action Inc. is launching its Vehicle Assistance Program, designed to help low- and moderate-income households struggling with transportation.

A recent loss of inventory from fires and displaced mobile homes, as well as higher demands for low-income housing, is pushing more people into outlying areas of the county where the market is more affordable.

About 400 units have been lost over the last several years and, with little construction that is affordable within the area’s median income range for home ownership, the gap has not been filled, said Linda Marshall, a senior planner at the First Time Homebuyers program in Centre County.

“The closer in general to downtown, the less affordable units are and, the further out you get, the prices of some rentals and homes become more affordable,” said Colleen Ritter, the program manager at the State College Community Land Trust. “But then you have the problem of getting to work, to shop and to other things you need to do.”

After receiving $110,000 in grant money from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, CPCA will help its clients with vehicle purchases and other related vehicle issues.

The program will provide an allotment of up to $2,500 to help purchase a car from a dealership, $1,000 for larger repairs and up to $50 for services to keep the car running efficiently and legally, according to a press release. The program will serve individuals below 125 percent of the poverty line who are either working or have employment secured and have no other vehicle in the home.

“We are very rural and very dependent on our cars,” said Terri Quici, program manager of the CATA Commute program, a community “vanpool” program.

Currently the CATA Commute program dispatches 41 vans that serve 550 people across Centre County and 10 surrounding counties. The “vanpools” typically include seven to 12 people who share a commute to and from work or school, according to CATA’s website.

While the vans often pick groups up in locations such as Altoona, Lewistown and Tyrone, about 48 percent drop people off at work at Penn State, Quici said. Another 48 percent go to the State Correctional Institution.

“Most of our clients are low to moderate income, but a lot of people are traveling 30 minutes to work each day,” Quici said. “All the affordable housing is outside State College, which is where the higher paying jobs are.”

For people who do have a car, they are spending a lot of their salary for gas and wear and tear on their car, Quici added.

For Centre County the average commute time is 19 minutes, and at 24 minutes, the commute time is even longer for Clearfield County, whose residents are also eligible for the Vehicle Assistance Program.

The borough has programs in place including the State College Community Land Trust, an affordable home ownership program for households 80 percent or below the area median income, to help low-income families stay or move downtown. However, the market rate of housing within State College Area School District is still much higher than the rest of the county.

“People want to live within the State College Area School District or they want to live close to the university so they can walk or not have a lot of travel time,” Marshall said.

The 2015 area median income was about $71,000 for a household of four. The State College Community Land Trust currently has a three-bedroom home for sale that could accommodate a family of four for $125,000.

Ritter said a family of four making about $57,000 or 80 percent of the area median income, could afford the home, but a four-person household earning about 50 percent below the area median income might find the home expensive.

The Vehicle Assistance Program will also cover Huntingdon, Fulton, Bedford and Blair counties.

The CPCA will also work with local banks to help secure low interest loans for consumers and work further with clients with poor or no credit, according to the press release. The funding is a one-time funding, so CPCA will search for opportunities to building on the program for the future.

Restaurant proposes Ferguson Twp. location

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STATE COLLEGE — Buffalo Wild Wings, a restaurant and sports bar franchise based out of Minneapolis, submitted plans for a site in Ferguson Township at the intersection of North Atherton Street and Blue Course Drive.

On Dec. 22, the Ferguson Township Department of Planning and Zoning received a copy of the first submission for the proposed 5,445-square-foot restaurant from the planning commission.

The proposal includes 241 seats, including interior and exterior dining area, and a parking area with 64 spaces.

“The plan was sent out for review to appointed township engineers, CRPA, CATA, township traffic engineer, regional fire director and county planning office,” said Ray Stolinas, the Ferguson Township director of planning and zoning. “In-house reviews were completed along with the township planning commission’s initial review and staff compiled these comments and forwarded them back to the developer’s design engineer.”

The review will also include a traffic impact study. Stolinas said the developer of the restaurant will also need to apply to Ferguson Township for a liquor license transfer in addition to the land development and zoning requirements.

There is no definite opening date of the location since the township just began its review of the project.

“The Ferguson Township board of supervisors will also need to grant preliminary and final approval on the project

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THE FERGUSON TOWNSHIP Department of Planning and Zoning received a copy of proposed plans for a 5,445-square-foot Buffalo Wild Wings location on Dec. 22. The picture above shows a Buffalo Wild Wings location in Waterbury, Conn., in 2014. before it can be built at the proposed location,” Stolinas said.

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• PUBLIC NOTICE •

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF PENNSYLVANIA The following are true and correct copies of joint resolutions of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania proposing two amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania. Consistent with the procedures prescribed by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution, the General Assembly first proposed the amendments during the 2013 session and approved them for a second time during the 2015 session of the legislature. As required by Article XI, Section 1 of the Constitution and statutory law, the Secretary of the Commonwealth has caused the proposed amendments to be published here.

Pursuant to law, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will submit the proposed amendments to the electors of Pennsylvania in the form of two ballot questions at the General Primary to be held on April 26, 2016. If a ballot question is approved by a majority of electors voting on it, the corresponding amendment becomes part of the Constitution.

Those parts of the joint resolutions that appear in bold print are the words of the Constitution that are proposed by the General Assembly for addition or deletion. If an amendment were approved, the words underlined would be added to the Constitution and the words in brackets (e.g., [Constitution]) would be deleted. The unbolded words would remain unchanged in the Constitution.

Following the proposed amendments is the text of the questions that will be placed on the ballot. Below each question is a “Plain English Statement” prepared by the Office of Attorney General, and published as required by law, indicating the purpose, limitations and effects of the ballot question upon the people of this Commonwealth.

Anyone who needs help reading this advertisement or who needs the text of the proposed amendments in an alternative format may call or write the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Room 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-5280, ra-BCEL@pa.gov.

Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of the Commonwealth JOINT RESOLUTION 2015-1

JOINT RESOLUTION 2015-2

Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16(b) of Article V be amended to read: § 16. Compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of [70] 75 years.

Former and retired justices, judges and justices of the peace shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. Except as provided by law, no salary, retirement benefit or other compensation, present or deferred, shall be paid to any justice, judge or justice of the peace who, under section 18 or under Article VI, is suspended, removed or barred from holding judicial office for conviction of a felony or misconduct in office or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly.

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Proposing integrated amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, eliminating the Traffic Court of Philadelphia.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following integrated amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with Article XI: (1) That section 1 of Article V be amended to read: § 1. Unified judicial system.

The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial system consisting of the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, the Commonwealth Court, courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal [and traffic] courts in the City of Philadelphia, such other courts as may be provided by law and justices of the peace. All courts and justices of the peace and their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system.

(2) That the heading and subsection (c) of section 6 of Article V be amended to read: § 6. Community courts; Philadelphia Municipal Court [and Traffic Court]. *** (c) In the City of Philadelphia there shall be a municipal court [and a traffic court]. The number of judges and the jurisdiction [of each] shall be as provided by law. [These courts] This court shall exist so long as a community court has not been established or in the event one has been discontinued under this section.

(3) That subsection (d) of section 10 of Article V be amended to read: § 10. Judicial administration. *** (d) The Chief Justice and president judges of all courts with seven or less judges shall be the justice or judge longest in continuous service on their respective courts; and in the event of his resignation from this position the justice or judge next longest in continuous service shall be the Chief Justice or president judge. The president judges of all other courts shall be selected for five-year terms by the members of their respective courts[, except that the president judge of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia shall be appointed by the Governor]. A Chief Justice or president judge may resign such position and remain a member of the court. In the event of a tie vote for office of president judge in a court which elects its president judge, the Supreme Court shall appoint as president judge one of the judges receiving the highest number of votes. *** (4) That subsection (b) of section 12 of Article V be amended to read: § 12. Qualifications of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) [ Judges of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia and justices] Justices of the peace shall be members of the bar of the Supreme Court or shall complete a course of training and instruction in the duties of their respective offices and pass an examination prior to assuming office. Such courses and examinations shall be as provided by law.

(5) That subsection (a) of section 15 of Article V be amended to read: § 15. Tenure of justices, judges and justices of the peace. (a) The regular term of office of justices and judges shall be ten years and the regular term of office for judges of the municipal court [and traffic court] in the City of Philadelphia and of justices of the peace shall be six years. The tenure of any justice or judge shall not be affected by changes in judicial districts or by reduction in the number of judges. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments under section 1 of this resolution to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth as a single ballot question at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly.

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PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years, instead of the current requirement that they be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70?

Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years.

Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. Justices of the peace are currently referred to as magisterial district judges.

If the ballot question were to be approved, justices, judges and magisterial district judges would be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years rather than the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years.

This amendment to the mandatory retirement age would be applicable to all judges and justices in the Commonwealth, including the justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, judges of the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, county courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal courts in the City of Philadelphia, and magisterial district judges.

The ballot question is limited in that it would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution related to the qualification, election, tenure, or compensation of the justices, judges or magisterial district judges.

The effect of the ballot question would be to allow all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to remain in office until the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. This would permit all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to serve an additional five years beyond the current required retirement age.

PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2 ABOLITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA TRAFFIC COURT Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to abolish the Philadelphia Traffic Court?

Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia.

Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides for the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia as part of the unified judicial system. If the ballot question were to be approved, the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia would be abolished by removing all references to the Traffic Court and the judges of the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia from the Pennsylvania Constitution.

Legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions performed by the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. As a result, violations of the Vehicle Code previously adjudicated by the Traffic Court are presently being adjudicated by the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The proposed amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution.

This ballot question is limited to whether the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia should be abolished. The ballot question would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution beyond the removal of all references to the Traffic Court and its judges.

The effect of the ballot question would be to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia. As discussed above, legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions of the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. This amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution.

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

JANUARY 21-27, 2016

Couturiaux, from page 1

Fraser Centre, from page 1

He said when he first arrived, he was under the impression that Rush Township was financially secure.

“I found out immediately that we were going to have to borrow $40,000 from the bank just to keep things going,” he said.

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Mon.-Fri. • Sat. 10-5in • Sun. Mon.-Wed. 10-6 • Thu.-Fri. 10-8 • Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-5 Residents of the township haven’t paid Submitted photo real estate taxes in more than a decade.

“I’d like to think I had something to do PAT COUTURIAUX, at left, began his first term with that,” said Couturiaux. “We were just of service as a Rush Township supervisor in such a poor township when I started, and January 1986. Joan Cowher, Rush Township’s now, we’re one of the most well-off townsecretary, started her position just one month ships in the state. I’m proud of that.” before. “He was a great person to work with,” Couturiaux said bringing the township out of debt was no easy task; however, with said Cowher. “He’ll surely be missed around persistence, and a little “elbow grease of here.” their own,” the leaders were able to make tion in bringing a wonderful Killed in Acremarkable financial changes. tion memorial wall to our community,” he “I come from a heavy equipment and said. “I feel I’ve done a big part to help the maintenance background, so I figured we community I so dearly love.” could start doing our own repair work to Couturiaux said he will miss serving in our vehicles,” said Couturiaux. “That, in public office, but admits he won’t stay too of itself, saved us piles of money. We also far away. made some other changes, such as con“I plan on still attending the township verting our furnace at the township buildmeetings and offering my two cents,” he ing to gas and hiring a full-time road and said. “I may not be a supervisor, but I’m maintenance crew.” still going to have my opinions on what’s “We did everything we could do to cut 2722 Port Matilda Highway 2904 Benner Pike best for our township.” ends,” he said. “We didn’t buy anything Philipsburg, PA 16866 Bellefonte, PA 16823 Rush Township secretary Joan Cowher new unless we had to. We just kept patchbegan her employment with the township ing up our junk and worked with what we just one month prior to Couturiaux’s first had. If we wanted to build an addition to term. 10-6 • Thu.-Fri. 10-8 • Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-5 the building, would make sure we had Mon.-Fri.we 10-7 • Sat. 10-5 • Sun. 12-5 Mon.-Wed. to workLeather with,” she the money first. We didn’t want to borrowPlush “He’s a great guy Microleather Bonded said. “He definitely cares about his commoney if we didn’t have to.”

2 Colors 3 Colors Colors he can munity and he will do 2 whatever Couturiaux said he is proud of several to make it better. He was involved with project that have occurred in Rush Towneverything, and although he’s no longer a ship over the past three decades, most supervisor, his opinions around here will notably adding more miles of township always carry weight. He’s still a great asset roads, the merger with South Philipsburg to our community.” and the sewage projects in Black MoshanCouturiaux was recently honored for non and Point Lookout. his dedicated service by the Pennsylvania “I had a big part in locating and retainState Association of Township Superviing Cannondale and the Army National sors with election into the group’s Hall of Guard at Mid-State Airport, and I was Fame. helpful with the local veterans organiza-

While State College is home to another Target on Colonnade Boulevard, this will be the first flexible-format store in Pennsylvania outside the Philadelphia area. The flexible store design allows for locations in smaller spaces with product assortments tailored to meeting the needs of local customers.

“We were able to find tenants with a good track record and a good product that we think works well in a market like State College, which is a small community, yet a vibrant one,” said the project’s developer, Gary Brandeis of Real Estate Capital Management.

The Fraser Centre also signed a lease agreement with Swedish clothing company Hennes & Mauritz AB, more commonly known as H&M, for a 19,000-square-foot space. This will be the 21st H&M in Pennsylvania.

H&M offers men’s, women’s and children’s clothing and accessories at affordable prices. Marybeth Schmitt, a spokesperson for H&M, was not available to comment further on the new location.

“Dealing with large, international companies like this is not easy for smaller local developers,” Brandeis said, “so working with them and getting leases done is a very exciting opportunity.”

The Fraser Centre plans to fill the rest of its retail space with a Federal Taphouse, which is a Pennsylvania company with eat-

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The large-format restaurant will be located on the second floor off the lobby of the Hyatt Place Hotel and will feature 100 linear feet of windows.

Co-owners Corey Fogarty and Judd Goodman both studied at Penn State.

“Corey and I both spent many years at Penn State through the ‘80s and have always wanted to share our concept with the State College market,” Goodman said in an email. He and Fogarty started the chain in 2012.

The restaurant will have a draft count of 100 craft beers, 10 wines on tap and craft spirits. It is known for making everything, such as its own mayonnaise, from scratch, curing its own meats and using natural fuels such as hard woods and mesquite charcoal, Fogarty said.

Federal Taphouse also specializes in farm-to-table dining by using local products, and Fogarty said they plan on using local farmers and distributors in State College to stock their new location.

The new location “will employ 50 fulltime and 30 part-time employees. Recruitment will commence in late June this year,” according to a Jan. 15 press release.

The restaurant will have a catering department for on- and off-premise events, as well as serve as the conference and event facilities within the Fraser Centre’s Hyatt Place Hotel, which will be a limitedservice hotel with 165 rooms.

Man held for court in alleged rape A State College man was jailed at the Centre County Correctional Facility following a preliminary hearing where several felony charges were bound to court.

Judge Kelley Gillette-Walker felt enough evidence was presented against Richard Michael Morning to bound felony charges of rape of an unconscious victim, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with an unconscious person, two counts of aggravated indecent assault of an unconscious complainant and two counts of the misdemeanor crime of indecent assault of an unconscious person. A felony charge of sexual assault was added at the hearing.

According to authorities, on Aug. 29 Morning and the victim attended a house

party in the State College area. Throughout the evening, the victim consumed too much alcohol, causing her to become incoherent. She was escorted to the basement of the home to lie down and sleep.

Morning, too, was given permission to sleep in the basement.

Police said later in the evening, a house member went to the basement and found Morning having sexual intercourse with the unconscious woman. She was quickly removed from the company of Morning and into a safe area before being transported to the hospital.

Bail was set at $100,000 straight.

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OPINION

Life skills: Reaping what you sew graduation, he and his friends took I was pleased to find a shirt in my every shop class elective they could. closet over the holidays that I had forWood shop. Metal shop. Power megotten I owned. I couldn’t remember chanics. My husband can fix anything why I had relegated it to the back of and everything, including broken apthe closet, but then I noted that it was pliances and dented fenders, and has missing a button. made beautiful furniture for It seemed like a good us and for our adult chiloption for an upcoming dren. Recently, at a gatherholiday party. On the next ing with high school classtrip to Walmart, I picked up mates, we talked about how some matching fabric and our children don’t have the a covered button kit and same skill set coming out of came home and fixed the high school. They are better shirt. at technology but, despite Thank you Mrs. Czarick being a generation focused and Mrs. Gatto from Park on sustainability and “reForest Junior High’s Home cycle and reuse,” they don’t Economics department for know how to fix things. teaching me how to sew.

The skills we need and Sewing is a lost art. In value in today’s society is this disposable, replacequite different from those able age of “buy it cheap of the past. and toss it when you are Patty Kleban, A quick Google search done,” taking the time to who writes for of the basic life skills that sew something from fabric StateCollege.com, is an instructor young people who are startand a pattern is a skill that at Penn State, ing out on their own need to people no longer seem to mother of three be successful pulls up some value. In this writer’s hum- and a community common lists. Parenting ble opinion, sewing is a life volunteer. She is a sites, educators, employskill. Using the sewing skills Penn State alumna ers and other experts opine developed over the years, who lives with her on the things we should all I have been able to hem family in Patton know how to do. Things like pants, make curtains and Township. Her how to do basic maintefollow a pattern for some views and opinions do not necessarily pretty cool Halloween cos- reflect those of Penn nance on a car, how to cook a meal, balance a checktumes for my kids.

State. book, start a conversation, Life skills. Those skills save for a rainy day, manage one’s that we need to function in this time, and write a thank you note world. The competencies that help us make the lists of basic life skills that be successful, make the most of our we all need. More recent lists include resources, and assist us in our intercomputer coding and, ironically, how actions with others. The activities of to do a search on the Internet. The daily living that support our health skill of knowing how to sew a button and well-being. on a shirt even made a few of the lists.

My husband is another example.

Where are we taught life skills? I On his path to high school and college

PATTY KLEBAN

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Organ donations hit record high in 2015 By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The nation’s organ transplant system broke records across the board in 2015, good news for thousands of critically ill Americans whose lives were saved or improved as a result.

There were 30,973 transplants last year, more than in any prior year and all made possible by the generosity of 9,078 families that donated the organs of deceased relatives and another 5,984 living donors, most of whom provided one of their two kidneys. The figures on deceased donors reflected increases in the numbers from nearly all segments of the population — including 5,973 whites, 1,477 African-Americans, 1,233 Hispanics and 232 Asians.

The figures represent welcome news given the growing transplant waiting lists where, right now, the hopes of nearly 122,000 people reside.

Officials from the nation’s organ procurement organizations said a variety of tactics helped to drive up the number of donors. For instance, the head of LifeShare Donor Transplant Services of Oklahoma told the Pittsburgh PostGazette that he pursues older donors, even though their medical conditions may limit the number of recoverable organs. The head of O’Hara’s Center for Organ Recovery and Education said improved collaboration with hospitals helped, as did an improved public attitude that donation is part of end-of-life care.

The agencies deserve to be congratulated for the exemplary work they performed last year. Most of them have websites that provide comprehensive information, including instructions on how to register as a donor, the importance of donors talking with loved ones about their wishes and information on waiting lists.

One donor can save as many as eight lives and enhance dozens of others, according to unos.org, because organs and tissues that can be donated include heart, kidneys, lungs, pancreas, liver, intestines, corneas, skin, tendons, bone and heart valves.

Organ donors provide a priceless gift to humanity.

Please consider joining the growing list of Americans who have made the pledge.

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support the argument that much of life skills training should be left to parents and should be lessons that are taught at home. The problem is that some parents don’t have the skills and therefore can’t teach it. As a result, we perpetuate the cycle of generations of people not having the tools to be successful.

Some argue that life skills training should take up a larger segment of school curricula. In the old days, we had home ec and shop classes in specialty classrooms for just that purpose. The classes were offered as options to all students but were generally split by gender. I was of the age that it was just starting to be cool for boys to take the food courses and for girls to take shop.

Although the sewing rooms and metal shops of yesteryear may be long gone, current students do get some exposure. Over the years, my kids brought home projects that involved both sewing and wood work from specific units in the curriculum in the State College Area School District. One learned how to make great pies in a senior baking course, and I have a beautiful Adirondack chair that my son made in wood shop at the high school. Both of those courses were electives.

In our culture of reading-ready kindergarteners, less recess, standardized exams, and AP courses, it is important that school districts continue to understand the value of hands on, life skills learning.

Learning how to sew involves math, problem solving, following directions and reading. It allows for creativity and adaptation. Being able to sew a button on a shirt is a valuable life skill.

Iowa caucuses still make little sense

By DAN K. THOMASSON

McClatchy-Tribune News Service

So once again the nation’s politicians, backed by the media, are about to turn the caucuses of a rural state into a significant barometer for the presidential desires of an urban society. It’s a sociological case study verging on the ridiculous. I’m talking about the Iowa caucuses where Democrats and Republican candidates for the nomination will be given a leg up or down in the seemingly neverending campaign to replace Barack Obama.

The importance of this affair began in the first primary season following Watergate, and it propelled an obscure former Georgia Democratic governor into a spotlight that never dimmed until he entered the White House. Never mind that it wasn’t a primary or that Jimmy Carter finished second to uncommitted. He was the first Southerner since Reconstruction to have a true shot at the brass ring that is the Oval Office and as such became an instant darling of the media drones who live from one presidential election to the next.

These guys spend endless hours immersing themselves in the arcane minutia of the game and debating the potential outcomes one scenario at a time. It’s no wonder a lot of them are fans of baseball where such trivia is exalted. I’m talking about those who are the cop reporters of politics. And if you want to reproach me by saying

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“it takes one to know one,” you would be right.

That, of course, is beside the point.

What is not is that this exercise, which no more mirrors the overall American electorate than a convention of hog sellers or a circle of quilting bee enthusiasts, should not be a bellwether for choosing a candidate for the most important job in the land. In fact a serious case can be made for abandoning much of the current primary system. Perhaps overhauling it would be a better choice of words.

There is nothing uninformed about the Iowa voters. They are a highly educated, upstanding group representing an enormously important segment of our national economy.

In the evolution of American presidential politics, any number of systems have been exploited — from smoke-filled rooms and brokered conventions to delegate selections at the state level to winner-take-all primaries. The importance of the primary states has risen and fallen with only New Hampshire remaining steadily as the first state to cast its nominating ballots. In 1968, Hubert Humphrey, the Democratic Party nominee never entered a primary.

In 1972 front-runner Sen. George McGovern, also from a rural state, found himself locked in a tight race in the winner-take-all California primary with Humphrey. When McGovern won by an eyelash, Humphrey appealed to the Democrat powers for a

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California is no longer the important player it was nor are Wisconsin or Michigan and a number of others.

In 1960, West Virginia was a hugely important primary in the Democratic nomination of John F. Kennedy.

Today South Carolina has become an early factor, especially for Republicans.

There are those who would go back to the smoke-filled rooms exclusively, where, they believe, major deals are cut that better determine who has the best chance of winning in the general election. There are others who would divide the country into regional primaries with all states participating throughout the pre-convention season at different times.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Warming up to a fitness routine in the new year HERSHEY — As healthy resolutions fill gyms and outdoor paths, two sports medicine doctors at Penn State Hershey Medical Center remind those who work out to do it safely, whether exercising indoors or out.

The first thing to know is that stretching should not be done before exercising, but rather after your warm up, or post workout.

“Muscles will respond better to stretching if they are already warm,” said Dr. Shawn Phillips, a primary care sports medicine specialist. “Think of cold versus warm spaghetti noodles — how well do they bend?”

Warm up by walking, starting a light jog or maybe logging some time on the elliptical to get your heart rate up, become a bit short of breath and break a sweat. Then you can do some stretching before increasing the intensity.

Phillips said the end of a workout is the best time to stretch. “What we typically see this time of year with New Year’s resolution folks who haven’t worked out for a while is that they have flexibility issues that could lead to injury.”

He said although static stretching — where you sit and hold a position for 10 or 20 seconds — can help those with flexibility issues, dynamic stretching is also an option.

“That’s what you see more in yoga, where you’re going back and forth and stretching while you are moving a bit,” Phillips said. “It can include lunges or leg raises from a standing position.”

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PRIOR TO any type of exercise, one should warm the body up properly. A good stretching routine will do that.

Whether working out in a predictable, climate-controlled gym or outdoors in below-freezing temperatures, the advice is the same.

Those who exercise outside also have to pay attention to environmental conditions such as wind, precipitation and temperature, taking precautions with their attire

and dressing in layers that can be removed as the body warms up.

“You can overheat, even in the cold,” Phillips said. If you do remove layers, it’s important to get inside as soon as the workout is finished so you aren’t all sweaty and stuck outside in the elements.

Dr. Matthew Silvis, medical director of sports medicine at Penn State Hershey, said he preaches proper equipment for the activity at hand. He tells the story of a faculty member who came into his office with knee pain after starting to play basketball again. “He was wearing 20-year-old basketball shoes from when he was in college,” Silvis said.

Although recommendations are to replace shoes every 300 to 500 miles, or four to six months, Silvis said most people can tell when their shoes are no longer offering them support. “If you are seeing considerable wear on the sole or outer part of the shoe, the inner part of the shoe, or midsole, is already worn away.”

He also recommends mixing things up.

“It’s great to get excited about one particular thing, but it’s best to stay diversified and cross train rather than doing the same exercise six days a week,” he said.

“You don’t want to get repetitive overuse injuries.”

Phillips encourages his patients to find a form of exercise they enjoy and keep doing it. “Any exercise is better than none,” he said.

Silvis reminds those new to working out to respect their limits. “It’s important to push yourself, but start slow,” he said.

Heart rate impacts physical fitness and heart health JONATHAN NACHTIGALL

STATE COLLEGE — It is important for everyone to understand heart rate, especially as it relates to physical fitness. Because a lot of New Year’s resolutions include a fitness or wellness component, now is a great time for a refresher of a few key terms and how they can be important tools in determining your overall heart health.

■ Pulse: Your pulse is the number of times your heart beats in one minute. It varies from person to person.

It is lower when you are at rest and increases when you exercise.

■ Resting heart rate: This is when your heart rate (also called pulse) is slowest and the heart is pumping Dr. Jonathan the least amount of blood your body Nachtigall is needs. For adults who are sitting or a doctor of lying, calm and relaxed, a resting heart osteopathic rate is normally between 60 beats per medicine, minute and 80 or 100 beats per mincardiology, for the ute. For athletes, the resting heart rate Mount Nittany could even be lower than 60 beats per Physician Group. minute.

It is best to determine your resting heart rate after you’ve had a good night’s sleep and while you’re still lying in bed.

■ Maximum heart rate: This is the highest your pulse rate can get. A common formula used to predict your

maximum heart rate is 220, minus your age, equals your maximum heart rate per minute.

This is only an estimate, though. Your true maximum heart rate could be as many as 15 beats higher or lower than what this formula suggests.

■ Ten-second pulse: A quick way to determine your pulse is to count your heartbeats for 10 seconds and then multiply this number by six. This will be your heart rate per minute. It is recommended that you take your pulse on the inside of your wrist, closest to your thumb. Use your first two fingertips and press lightly over the blood vessels until you feel your pulse.

■ Target heart rate zone: When you are exercising, this is the range where you gain the most benefits with the least amount of risk. It is the heart rate to aim for when exercising. Typically, this is between 50 to 85 percent of your maximum heart rate. It is not recommended to exercise above 85 percent of your maximum heart rate, as doing so can increase your health risk and does not add extra benefit.

For example, a 30-year-old man’s maximum heart rate would be approximately 190. Therefore, his target heart rate zone equates to between 95 and 162 beats per minute.

■ Target heart rate zone when exercising: To determine if you are exercising in your target zone, stop exercising and check your 10-second pulse. If this number is below your target zone, increase your rate of exercise. If your pulse is above your target zone, decrease your rate and intensity of exercise. This is important information to

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Seven things to know about bone marrow transplants HERSHEY — Inside your bones, a spongy substance called marrow produces the red and white blood cells and platelets you need to stay alive and healthy. When blood cancers and certain genetic conditions damage this marrow, it prevents these blood-making factories from functioning effectively.

That’s when you need a bone marrow transplant, an infusion of healthy blood stem cells that can regenerate healthy marrow. Because bone marrow resides throughout the body and constantly regenerates, the transplant process can be easier for both donors and recipients than other types of organ transplants.

Dr. Witold Rybka, director of the Bone Marrow Transplantation Program at Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute, shares a few things to know about bone marrow transplants.

WHAT CONDITIONS CAN REQUIRE A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT?

Ninety-five percent of bone marrow transplants are used to support treatment of blood cancers. Treatments for such cancers often damage the body’s bone marrow so much that doctors must replace the marrow in order to continue treating the disease.

In 5 percent of transplants, marrow is used to reestablish damaged bone marrow from an inherited blood disorder.

WHAT ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTS?

For an autologous transplant, the patient can bank his or her own stem cells before undergoing intensive treatment for certain diseases such as lymphoma, Hodgkin’s lymphoma or multiple myeloma. The patient’s body can then use its own banked stem cells to regenerate healthy marrow once treatment is complete. Other transplants are allogeneic, meaning that the patient must receive matching stem cells from a sibling, family member or unrelated donor.

WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF FINDING A MATCH WITHIN ONE’S OWN FAMILY?

The chance of finding a full match is one in four, so the larger your family, the better chance you have of finding a match among your relatives. Given the size of most American families, most donors must use an unrelated match from a registry of more than 17 million living donors worldwide.

STATISTICALLY, HOW MANY PEOPLE WHO NEED A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT GET ONE?

Because the majority of banked cord blood and stem cells comes from donors in Europe and North America, the chances of a Caucasian patient finding a match within the registry is 85 percent. For those of other ethnicities, the likelihood is 60 percent, although organizations such as Be the Match are working to recruit donors in other demographic communities so they can extend their services to more ethic populations.

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A BONE MARROW transplant is an infusion of healthy blood stem cells. Ninety-five percent of bone marrow transplants are used to support treatment of blood cancers.

IS IT PAINFUL TO DONATE BONE MARROW?

For some types of bone marrow transplants, the marrow must still be harvested from the donor’s pelvic spine under anesthesia. In many cases though, a device extracts blood from the donor, spins out the white cells in a process called leukapheresis, then returns the rest of the blood to the donor. Donors receive injections four days in a row to stimulate marrow production. On the fifth day, they connect to the machine for three to four hours to have the marrow removed from their blood. Because stem cells and marrow are replenishing resources, the donor’s body typically makes up the difference very quickly — within a couple weeks — and the donors have no lasting side effects.

match, the success rate is more than 99 percent. If the marrow is not a full match, the chance of rejection rises to 10 to 15 percent. Penn State Hershey is participating in a national trial to explore whether partial matches can become a viable alternative for marrow transplants.

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR BECOMING PART OF THE BONE MARROW DONOR REGISTRY?

Potential donors can get tested to be part of the registry with a simple scraping of the tissue on the inside of their mouth. If they are a match for someone in need, the registry contacts them to see if they are still interested in donation. If so, they collect a confirmatory specimen to verify the donor’s identity and do more in-depth testing.

If chosen, the donor is notified and again asked if they are willing to get a physical exam and blood tests before making the appointment to donate.

HOW DOES SOMEONE RECEIVE A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT? HOW SUCCESSFUL ARE THE TRANSPLANTS?

Bone marrow is given through an infusion. For a full

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JANUARY 21-27, 2016

Students embrace opportunities in Hollywood program

By TREY MILLER Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — While most Penn State students braved the cold central Pennsylvania weather during the first week of classes, 12 undergrads in the College of Communications enjoyed warmth and sunshine as they began the inaugural semester-long Hollywood Program.

“The best part by far has to be the weather,” said senior Benjamin Bobick, a Pittsburgh native who drove crosscountry to Hollywood. “Right when we got out here, the snow started falling pretty hard back home and, as I can see via my friends’ Snapchats, in Happy Valley as well. It has been mid-60s and sunny here all week.”

Already, the dozen students, who represent every major in the College of Communications, are getting settled, beginning work at their internships. The internships are at a variety of locations, including CBS Television, Disney Interactive, Echo Lake Entertainment, HBO, KABC-TV, Nickelodeon and Paramount, Open Road Films, Silver Films, The Cartel Group and YoungHollywood.com. The students are also taking classes.

Penn State, which has conducted the Washington Program for 20 years, is one of just a handful of U.S. universities that facilitates intensive, on-site internship opportunities in both Hollywood and Washington, D.C. Professor Robert Richards, who created and leads the Washington Program, is on site in Hollywood for the spring semester. The 12 students were selected from among 116 applicants last year.

The trip hasn’t been all sunshine and rainbows, though.

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But, after managing to work through the minor blip, Hershberger has enjoyed his first week at his dream location. He anticipates meeting successful professionals in the industry and making connections.

“Throughout my years of internships, I have learned the importance of talking to people who are successful in their respective industries,” said Hershberger. “These people almost always have a great deal of information and advice, so I am excited to learn from those people.”

The spring marks an important time in Tinseltown.

Television production is in full swing with dramas, game shows, late-night talk shows and sitcoms up and running.

When the shows are in production, the allied fields of entertainment news, programming and publicity are in full operation as well.

Additionally, the spring is pilot season in Hollywood, when networks order initial episodes of shows that may go on the fall schedule. While some cable networks launch shows at various times, there remains an abundance of new production in the first four months of the year.

Of course, the spring semester begins with awards season in Hollywood. The Golden Globes, the Screen Actors’ Guild Awards, the Directors’ Guild Awards and the Oscars all take place during this time.

Along with Bobick and Hershberger, students spending their spring semester in Hollywood are Hannah Brown, Jeff Capanelli, Hunter Hulbert, Lindsey Hutterer, Carlmichael Laguerre, Jesse Pepperman, Jared Rayment, Dorisa Rodney, Allen Rounsley and Morgan Shaw.

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TWELVE STUDENTS comprise the inaugural class in the Penn State Hollywood Program, an intensive on-location internship program conducted by the College of Communications.

Local students receive FFA awards BELLEFONTE — The Pennsylvania FFA’s Mid-Winter Convention is held every year during the Pennsylvania Farm Show. During the event, new FFA members are welcomed and awards are presented.

This year, Bellefonte Area High School students Gretchen Little and Rose Mellott earned their FFA jackets. Receiving a jacket is a long-honored tradition, and they are worn only where FFA members meet.

Nora Smith and Taylor Mauk, also of Bellefonte Area High School, earned their Keystone Degrees this year, which were presented during the convention. The Keystone Degree is the highest degree that an FFA member can earn for his or her projects. Smith and Mauk’s projects both dealt with animals they raise and show.

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Bald Eagle Area FBLA members qualify for states

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STUDENTS IN CPI’S Collision Repair program recently did some striping application work on a vehicle for the State College Police Department. According to master police officer David White, the special services vehicle will be used in various situations, including crime scene processing, accident reconstruction and critical incidents. Pictured are instructor Brian Hummel, center, and his students with the vehicle.

WINGATE — The Bald Eagle Area Future Business Leaders of America recently hosted the Region 14 Leadership Conference. The group had 21 state qualifiers who will compete at the 2016 State Leadership Conference at Hershey in April: ■ Matthew Blaylock and Natasha Jozefick, first place, Emerging Business Issues ■ Colton Lucas, first place, Public Speaking II ■ Olivia Andrews, first place, Personal Finance ■ Maya Eppley, second place, Personal Finance ■ Tia Barndt, third place, Personal Finance ■ Morgan Peters, first place, Business Law ■ Regan Dyke, second place, Business Law

■ Emily Jozefik, second place, Computer Problem Solving ■ Kylie Hoffman, second place, Intro to Information Technology ■ Ryan Brooks, first place, FBLA Principles and Procedures ■ Velanna Skripek, first place, Word Processing ■ Julia Breining, second place, Word Processing ■ Phoebe McClincy, Maggie Cowan and Savannah Elder, first place, Hospitality Management ■ Alex Eagles, second place, Agribusiness ■ Brian Egan, third place, Agribusiness ■ Josh Emel, third place, Economics ■ Caleigh Guenot, first place, Healthcare Administration ■ Karissa Bittenger, first place, Business Communication

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CPI RECENTLY ANNOUNCED its Precision Machine program has met the quality requirements of the National Institute for Metalworking Skills and is accredited in Machining Level I and II. Pictured, front row, from left, are Gary Rupert, a senior at Bellefonte Area High School, Joseph Spillia, a sophomore at Bald Eagle Area High School, CPI instructor Ben Detwiler and Devin Yarnell, a sophomore at Bellefonte. Back row, from left, are adult students John Zimmerman and Tyler Packer, Zachary Chambers, a sophomore at Bald Eagle, and adult student Matthew Confer.

Howard Elementary School wins recycling competition HOWARD — Twelve Centre County schools participated in GreenSylvania — a school recycling competition to see which school could recycle the most paper, per capita — from Oct. 19 through Nov. 13.

Howard Elementary School came in first place, recycling 1,680 pounds of paper, or 19.5 pounds per student, and was awarded a $300 check.

Mountain Top Elementary School came in second place, recycling 1,420 pounds

of paper, or 10.4 pounds per student, and Nittany Christian School finished third, recycling 1,015 pounds of paper, or 7.9 pounds per student.

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Dinner highlights Penns Valley’s ‘other’ round barn

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

Nearly everyone in Centre County is familiar with the historic round barn along Route 45, west of Centre Hall. This picturesque, bright red structure, built by carpenter Aaron Thomas in 1910 for Calvin Neff, has been the subject of countless photographs, paintings and admiring glances by passersby. Probably far fewer people are aware that Penns Valley had a second round barn, which existed for more than 70 years. It was known as Beck’s Round Barn and was located along Route 192, about 8 miles east of Centre Hall.

James Beck’s round barn was the subject of a presentation by Harry Ward during the Penns Valley Historical Museum’s winter fundraising dinner, held Jan. 13 at New Hope Lutheran Church.

Following the meal, museum board president LeDon Young introduced Ward’s presentation.

Young noted that Centre County once had three round barns, including the Neff and Beck barns and a third barn, in Julian, which had burned down. Aaron Thomas constructed the Neff and Beck barns, and is thought to have built the one in Julian, too.

Ward began his discussion with a brief history of American round barns, noting that the first such structure known in America was built at George Washington’s

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BECK’S ROUND BARN, located along Route 192, is seen here before it collapsed in 1984.

Mount Vernon home in 1792, although that barn was not a true round barn, but rather a polygonal structure with 16 sides and an eight-sided roof structure.

True round barns appeared from around 1890 to 1900, and were fairly popular till the mid1930s.

Beck’s 70-foot-round by 50-foot-high barn was constructed in 1913, and was built with

two levels — a cattle floor and an upper mow floor. The mow floor was supported by timbers radiating outward from a central silo and resting on three concentric sills, which were each laminated from eight boards bent into a curve after soaking in water.

Tapered radial rafters supported the shingled roof, which featured four windowed dormers. The peak of the roof featured a cu-

pola, which was later replaced by a modern ventilator, and the central silo was removed.

Ward said the upper floor of the barn had gaps between the floor boards, where grain was placed and horses walked on it, causing the kernels to fall through the gaps to be collected in the granary below. The barn’s round shape made it easy to drive a team of horses into the

barn, around the central silo, and back out the door without having to back the team up.

Young speculated that one of the reasons round barns fell out of favor in the 1930s was the advent of rural electrification.

“Once you had power, you didn’t need to use gravity,” she said.

Ward has an ancestral connection to Beck’s barn. His greatgrandparents, Hans and Lizzie LaFlamme bought the barn around 1943, and he spent much time as a child in the 1950s playing in and around it. He said the barn had never been painted, but rather took on a natural gray, weathered patina over the years.

“That’s the color I remember ever since I was a little kid,” said Ward. “It was never painted that I know of.”

Ward said the barn and surrounding farm had eight owners since leaving the Becks’ possession in 1932. The barn underwent several repairs over the years, but slowly deteriorated and took on an eastward lean.

The property was owned by Jorge and Judy Grimes when the barn’s roof finally collapsed in a gusty thunderstorm in 1984. The Grimes were heartsick, since they has just contacted a carpenter with plans to repair, stabilize and preserve the structure, but the damage from the collapse made that idea an impossible task. The barn’s remains were later leveled, and all that remains today is a circle of stones from its foundation.

Showing animals at Farm Show requires months of prep work CONNIE COUSINS

HARRISBURG — For Tori Meyer and Leah Johnson, showing their pigs at the Pennsylvania Farm Show started with work done months earlier. They purchased the animals, calculated the feed they would need and cared for them. Chasing the occasional runaway only added to the fun.

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District and have been 4-H members for the last four years. This year, they were showing at the farm show for the second time, both with their pigs and Tori with her two Angus heifers, too.

Stopping by the barn where the girls were preparing their animals, I got to observe a scene that illustrated some of what goes into getting animals ready to show.

It was weigh-in time for the pigs as farm show time approached and, for the pigs, something to be avoided. As the girls herded them into the barn and toward the scales, the pigs made a beeline for the

door. Eventually, the pigs were corralled and their weights determined.

The next thing on the day’s agenda was to put bridles on the heifers and get them used to being led, so they would behave in the ring for the judges.

“Sometimes, they won’t behave,” said Tori.

“You lose points if your animal won’t lead well.

“I won a Champion (award) and a Supreme Champion (award) at the Grange Fair, and this is the one I took there,” she said, pointing to the older heifer. Since Tori had just bought the younger steer in October, she had to begin working with it immediately to break it to lead.

The Angus beef and the pigs were hauled to Harrisburg and until time for judging someone had to stay with them.

So, for a 4-H member, the backing of his or her family is crucial. Tori’s stepfather, Kenny Strouse, was the person who traveled ahead with the animals since Tori had to attend school.

Much time and money go into the raising of the animals to show at a fair. Tori learned animal care through 4-H, but, she said, a lot of what she learned she gained from watching her stepfather and how he cares for and handles the animals.

Once at the farm show, Tori explained, the heifers had to be clipped, washed and fitted. Their necks and heads were shaved so they would look their best for the judges. This year, Tori placed 11th and Leah placed 12th with their pigs in the Junior Market Show. With her beef, Tori

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TORI MEYER, left, and Leah Johnson recently participated in the Pennsylvania Farm Show. They both had winning pigs in the Junior Market Show. received a fourth and a fifth place in the Junior Beef Show. The beef cattle were shown by age, not weight, and it was the older Angus who received the fourth place.

On Jan. 11, which was an open show with adults in the same competition, Tori’s young heifer received a second place — enough to qualify for some prize money.

Tori plans to take the older heifer and the calf back to both the Grange Fair and the Pennsylvania Farm Show next year.

She has two other beef entries for next year, too.

It is very likely we will see both Tori and Leah on the list of winners when the next fair season rolls around.

Best-selling author Karen Abbott selected for Centre County Reads STATE COLLEGE — Centre County Reads is pleased to announce its 2016 selection, “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil War,” by best-selling author Karen Abbott.

Abbott’s book follows the true story of four American women who risked their lives to support the war effort during one of the most difficult times in our country’s history. Praised for its thorough research and readability, “Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy” has been called “ … a remarkable story of passion, strength, and resilience.”

Since 2003, Centre County Reads has brought the community together to read

and discuss one book, each year choosing a different book that will spark conversations and encourage inquiry into common themes of humanity. This year, Centre County Reads will culminate with a visit

by Abbott on Wednesday, March 16. Copies of her book are available at all Centre County libraries: Schlow Centre Region Library, Centre County Library, Centre Hall Library, Holt Memorial Library and the Bookmobile.

Centre County Reads will kick off with a family-friendly gathering from 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 20, at the Centre County Historical Museum in Bellefonte. The

event will feature the following attractions: ■ Code-breaking activities for kids.

■ A mock trial of a female Civil War spy, complete with audience participation.

■ Civil War artifacts and regalia on loan from the historical societies of Centre and Mifflin counties.

■ Live period music performed on a rare 1890 Steinway grand piano.

■ 19th-century dress reproductions that show ways Civil War spies concealed messages.

■ Julianne Hermann, of the Civil War Roundtable, discussing local Civil War history with an emphasis on Centre

County women.

The Centre County Reads kickoff, like all Centre County Reads events, is free. No registration is required.

Thematic events throughout February and March include book discussion groups, a “Secret Writing” contest sponsored by the Center for American Literary Studies and a roundtable discussion Tuesday, March 1, presented by CALS and the Richards Civil War Era Center. A full list of event dates and locations can be found online at www.centrecountyreads.org or by picking up a brochure at one of the Centre County libraries.

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The Blonde Cucina: The benefits of meal planning CIARA SEMACK

The last edition of the Blonde Cucina talked about it being a new year and working on a new you. I am continuing that topic this week by talking about meal prepping and planning.

I’ve been going to the gym and, believe you me, it’s hard to get up at 5 a.m., get out from under my cozy blankets, change from pajamas to workout clothes, and drive up the old Benner Pike to the gym. What’s even worse is the whole going to the gym and working out is only 20 percent of working on the new me. The other 80 percent, as I have said before, is eating. Talk to any body builder, personal trainer or weight loss expert, and they’ll tell you Ciara Semack is the hardest part of the new you is the the owner of The eating part.

Blonde Bistro in So, being that the eating is so hard, I Bellefonte. Her thought I’d take the time to talk about column appears meal prepping and planning. every other week Meal planning is an essential part in the Gazette. of dieting success and is one of the Contact her at ciara@semack.net. easiest things you can do to make your life healthier and achieve the goal of a new you. However, it can be one of the first things to be neglected with our very busy lives.

There are many advantages to meal planning. Planning meals helps you manage your time better and makes life easier. If you really think about it, how often do you stress when you are in the store and have no idea what you are going to cook and it makes your upcoming hectic week even worse? I promise you, your overall health will improve and those gains at the gym will start to show.

My gym guru and I chat often and we discuss the importance of meal planning. There also are folks who par-

ticipate in and prepare for fitness competitions who consider it an absolute must. These people are serious when it comes to meal planning — they not only plan their meals down to the ounce, they will even spend one day each week prepping those meals.

The benefits of meal planning include: ■ Saving time and money.

You may or may not realize it, but you waste a ton of time standing in front of that fridge each and every day deciding what to make for dinner. Then, you waste money running to the store everyday picking up a few items for each evening’s dinner. When you plan and prep your meals, you will save time and money.

■ Eliminating stress.

Everyone knows how stressful it is to make a last-minute decision about what you are going to eat. You went to the gym today, but you’re starving and you shouldn’t eat something that will hinder your gains at the gym. It was a bad day at work, and you really just want those Doritos. It is so very stressful!

If you have your meals prepped and planned, you can eliminate that stress and focus on the new you.

■ Helping you avoid unhealthy choices.

My gym guru sometimes doesn’t have time to do meal prep, and he sometimes has a local restaurant plan his meals. But, sometimes he doesn’t even have time for that.

He confessed to me last week that he went to a local fast food place and ordered three cheeseburgers, a large soda and three large fries. He was stressed and ravenous and it was too late to cook.

How many times have you opted to do this and ended up hurting your gains and felt so ashamed? Probably more times than any of us would care to admit. By prepping and planning, you can avoid this making bad choices.

■ Making shopping easier.

Meal planning helps you stay organized when it comes to shopping. Plan ahead and pick up all the ingredients

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Fifth family member receives Eagle Scout Award

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LEMONT — Wade A. Bonsell, son of Allen and Lori Bonsell, of State College, was awarded the rank of Eagle Scout at a Court of Honor held Jan. 16 at Mount Nittany United Methodist Church in Lemont.

Bonsell, a senior at State College Area High School, is a member of Boy Scout Troop 59 of Port Matilda, which was chartered in 1958 and has produced 39 Eagle Scouts. The troop is led by R. Kim Johnson, who has been Scoutmaster since 1981.

The ceremony was attended by about 50 people, including family, friends and members of Troop 59. Several guests and dignitaries also attended the ceremony to honor Bonsell, who is the fifth member of his family to attain the Eagle Scout rank.

His father, Allen, uncle Jack Bonsell, and cousins Derrick and Mark Bonsell all are Eagle Scouts.

Bonsell’s Eagle Scout project was constructing a fence around fuel tanks on the Mount Nittany United Methodist Church property.

The Court of Honor was convened, with Scout leaders sharing their experiences working with Bonsell during his time in Troop 59. Bonsell then spoke, thanking his parents, Johnson and Troop members for their support in his quest for the Eagle Scout award. He said his journey to becoming an Eagle Scout was not a short one.

He had to overcome a lawnmower accident that occurred during his freshman year of high school in which he lost a toe.

“When I first started in Scouts, I thought that I would get my Eagle Scout by the time I was 15 or 16, but that didn’t really happen. It took me five years to get this,” he said. “If Scouting accomplishes one thing throughout the years, it’s that you have to be prepared for anything life throws at you. Life threw me a lot of things during that period, and you’ve just got to deal with it, and that’s where we are today.”

Matt Lintal, Bonsell’s football coach at State College High School, praised Bonsell for his abilities. “His resilience and ability to overcome setbacks is a clear distinction of the man that he has become through the Scouting experience,” said Lintal. “I firmly believe that Wade is bound for success in the future due to the difficulties he has overcome.”

Bonsell’s accident sidelined him for his freshman and sophomore years, but he was cleared to play football at State High as a junior and earned a letter as a senior.

During the ceremony, Bonsell was presented with awards and accolades from Terrie Hendrickson, senior vice commandant of the Nittany Leathernecks Marine Corps League of Centre County; former state representative and College Township council member Lynn Herman; FBI

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WADE BONSELL, center, stands with four family members who also achieved the Eagle Scout rank.

Pictured, from left, are his father, Allen Bonsell, cousins Derrick and Mark Bonsell and uncle Jack Bonsell. agent Gary Cramer; Jonathan Risely of the Air National Guard; state Rep. Kerry Benninghoff; Ub Bakker, from the State Col-

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If you have any doubts about how adult mentors can impact youth, take a minute to take this simple quiz: 1. Name the 2015 Heisman trophy winner.

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Stop Hunger Now event planned

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THE ANNUAL Retired and Senior Volunteer Program Recognition Luncheon recently took place at the Penn Stater Hotel and Conference Center, and featured Ray Fortunato, at the piano, playing standards from yesteryear.

CENTRE HALL — Stop Hunger Now is an international hunger relief organization whose mission is to end hunger in our lifetime. The program works by having volunteers package meals for distribution to some of the poorest communities in the world.

A local meal-packing event will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, at Trinity United Church of Christ in Centre Hall.

Volunteers are needed to help unload the truck, set up and take down the assembly area, fill bins with ingredients, scoop products into meal bags, weigh and seal bags, box and stack finished products on pallets, and load the pallets and equipment back onto the truck.

The goal is to package 10,152 meals, the minimum required, and the process should take approximately two to three hours.

Financial support is also needed. The cost to package one meal is 29 cents.

For more information on the local event or to make a donation, call the church at (814) 364-2120, email trinucc@verizon.net or mail Trinity UCC, P.O. Box 212, Centre Hall, PA 16828.

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The Centre County Economic Development Partnership Update July will publish quarterly and will 30, 2015 feature the people & businesses who are shaping economic growth & development in Centre County.

New chamber partnership will support competitiveness and growth.

“CBICC members are committed to strengthening Centre County’s private sector economy. A critical component of that mission is taking care of our own; helping local companies succeed and grow,” said CBICC president and CEO Vern Squier.

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JANUARY 21-27, 2016

THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

Joseph named new CBICC board chairman

By LESLEY KISTNER Special to the Gazette

First National Bank senior vice president Bill Joseph was named the new Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County board chairman for 2016.

Joseph assumed the chairmanship from Ted McDowell, regional vice president of AmeriServ Bank. He is joined on the CBICC executive team by vice chairman Robert O’Donnell, of the State College School District, treasurer William Kelly, of AccuBILL JOSEPH Weather, and secretary David Gray, of Penn State University.

“I welcome the opportunity to help advance the CBICC’s mission in 2016,” said Joseph.

At the CBICC’s Jan. 20 board meeting, McDowell was presented with a commemorative gavel and thanked for his prior service to the board.

“Ted demonstrated tremendous commitment and leadership over the past several years,” said CBICC president and CEO Vern Squier. “CBICC members are appreciative of his work. We look forward to working with Bill and the entire board in continuing to strengthen the chamber and its mission of improving the competitive advantage of Centre County businesses and growing the private sector economy.”

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Chamber announces 2016 Business After Hours schedule

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JANUARY 21-27, 2016

On a Roll

Penn State wrestling team continues to dominate the Big Ten opposition

By ANDY ELDER For The Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — It was another weekend of domination for the No. 1 Penn State wrestling team.

The Nittany Lions defeated No. 7 Nebraska, 24-10, Jan. 15 at Rec Hall and then flew to Illinois, where they blasted No. 25 Northwestern, 46-4, Jan. 17 at Evanston.

Penn State outscored its two opponents by a combined 70-14 by winning 16 of 20 bouts and amassing a 47-7 combined edge in takedowns.

“That comes from the head coach,” head assistant coach Casey Cunningham told the Penn State Sports Network after the Northwestern win. “He preaches ‘Who cares if you make mistakes?’ Go out there make mistakes, score points, make up for mistakes with hustle. That’s what’s preparing them for the end of the year.”

No. 4 125-pounder Nico Megaludis, No. 5 133-pounder Jordan Conaway, No. 1 149-pounder Zain Retherford, No. 3 157-pounder Jason Nolf, No. 1 174-pounder Bo Nickal, No. 13 184-pounder Matt McCutcheon and No. 1 197-pounder Morgan McIntosh all won both of their matches.

Of those seven, though, Retherford had the weekend to remember. In successive matches he faced off with the Nos. 5 and 4 wrestlers at his weight. He outscored them by a combined 27-8 in a pair of lopsided major decisions.

On Friday, he used five takedowns, an escape and a point for 3:17 in riding time advantage to dominate No. 5 Jake Sueflohn. On Sunday, he upped the ante, using six takedowns, an escape, a penalty point for stalling and a point for 3:33 in riding time advantage to suffocate two-time All-American and 2014 NCAA champion Jason Tsirtsis, 15-5.

“I think with Zain you get the same guy every time. He’s going to get after you. You better be ready to go for seven minutes. He is not going to stop,” Cunningham said.

McIntosh hit a milestone on Sunday, earning his 100th win. His career record is now 100-18. He’s the 32nd Nittany Lion to amass 100 wins.

“He’s been a quiet leader. He’s not ‘rah rah.’ He’s more laid back. For him to come across the country for the last five years and be a part of this program, has been huge,” said Cunningham. “For him to get 100 wins, that’s a big milestone. We are happy for him, but he and us have bigger goals for him so that’s what he is working towards now.”

The coach was clearly referencing winning a national championship.

Before looking back at the two wins, there’s a big reason to look forward. Penn State wrestles at 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, in Champaign, Ill., against the Illini (10-3).

The marquee bout of the dual meet will come at 157 pounds. Nolf, who improved to 20-0, will meet undefeated defending champion Isaiah Martinez, who has started his college career 61-0.

“Friday night he wrestled a guy who beat him a year a a half ago,” Cunningham said. “And then he teched him. He’ll wrestle hard, at a fast pace. It should be a fun match, a lot of points on the board.”

PENN STATE 46, NORTHWESTERN 4

The Nittany Lions won the first nine bouts before the Wildcats broke through for their only win.

Penn State roughed up Northwestern, which is coached by former State High and Penn State wrestler Matt Storniolo. The Nittany Lions notched three falls, an injury default, a forfeit, a technical fall, two major decisions and a decision.

“The guys came out with a purpose today,” Cunningham said. “They wanted to get their hands on them and score points today, and for the most part they did that.”

Conaway notched his first fall of the year. Nolf and Nickal pinned their opponents, too. No. 13 Jimmy Gulibon received

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE’S Zain Retherford picked up a pair of big wins for the Nittany Lions in victories against Nebraska and Northwestern. a forfeit at 141. McCutcheon had a firstperiod injury default over his opponent, who defaulted after being pulled into concussion protocol.

Megaludis started things off with a technical fall. Retherford and McIntosh added major decisions. Shakur Rasheed was back in the lineup at 165 pounds and earned a 6-0 decision.

Northwestern’s lone win came at heavyweight, where Conan Jennings rolled up a 10-0 major decision on Wes Phipps. Jennings outweighed Phipps by 76 pounds.

PENN STATE 24, NEBRASKA 10

Even with 10 ranked wrestlers, Nebraska was no match for Penn State. The Nittany Lions (9-0, 3-0 Big Ten) won seven of 10 bouts and easily won the takedown battle,

19-5, in a 24-10 win over the Cornhuskers (9-2, 3-2) in front of 6,537 Rec Hall fans.

In a testament to the Nebraska’s tenacity and talent, Penn State could manage just two bonus point wins.

“I think our guys did what they had to do. They did pretty well. I don’t feel like we were at our best, but we probably shouldn’t be at our best tonight,” Nittany Lion coach Cael Sanderson said.

“We won some close matches, but those bonus points are obviously what we’re looking for. But it depends on who’s wrestling who. A win when it’s a big win is great.”

Two of those “big” wins came at 149 and 184.

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Despite offseason, plenty of PSU football news to chew on It may be the middle of winter and cold outside, but in the sports world, it’s always hot somewhere. In this area, that hot spot right now is surrounding the Penn State football program.

Penn State fans are not used to the kind of turnover that’s happened since the loss to Georgia in the TaxSlayer Bowl. Just to recap, here’s what has been going on.

■ Players gone: Christian Hackenberg (QB) — to the NFL Austin Johnson (DL) — to the NFL Akeel Lynch (RB) — will transfer to another school (not yet known) for his senior year Troy Reeder (LB) — transferred to Delaware Geno Lewis (WR) — transferred to Oklahoma for senior season Pat Rothdeutsch is Gary Wooten (LB) — will transfer a sports writer for Daquan Worley (DB) — will transfer The Centre County ■ Coaches gone: Gazette. Email him John Donovan (OC) — let go after at sports@ the bowl game centrecounty Bob Shoop (DC) — left for same pogazette.com sition at Tennessee Herb Hand (OL) — left for same position at Auburn Jim Hazlett (consultant) — returning to the NFL with the Bengals Quite a list, and if it is looked at altogether, it can certainly seem like there has been a large exodus out of head coach James Franklin’s program.

There might be some of that, but if each case is taken individually, it looks like it’s less, “I’m getting out of Penn State,” and more, “I’m doing what’s best for me and my situation.”

Shoop and Hand are good examples of this. It is true that both are leaving for the same position at their new schools, but there is more to it than that. It’s no secret that Shoop liked it in Tennessee (he was with Franklin at Vanderbilt), and when he was offered the job for the Vols, who are on a definite up tick, he felt he had to take it. Tennessee is ready (he even said that the Vols are not a “rebuild”), and a very successful year or two could lead to other and bigger things.

Same with Hand. He’s moving back to the South and rejoining a good friend in head coach Gus Malzhan. Auburn

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was 7-6 this season (same as Penn State), but the Tigers crushed Memphis in the Birmingham Bowl and are looking to make big strides next season.

As for the players, they all have reasons of their own.

Hackenberg and Johnson both feel ready for the NFL and see no reason to play another season in college. Lynch saw his playing time seriously diminish with the emergence of Saquon Barkley, along with a large group of young backs, and he likely felt that he could find a much greater chance of playing more football elsewhere.

Playing time was probably also a big issue with Lewis, Wooten and Worley, while Reeder is from Delaware and his brother just committed to play for the Blue Hens beginning in 2016. He will have much more of a chance to show off his talent there than here at Penn State, especially with Nyeem Wartman-White expected to return for next season.

Then there is the matter of who is coming in. Joe Moorhead was hired away from Fordham to be the new offensive coordinator, and linebacker coach Brent Pry was promoted to defensive coordinator. Matt Limegrover, from Minnesota, will coach the offensive line, and it was just announced Jan. 18 that former Illinois coach Tim Banks was hired to be the co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.

All of these guys come highly regarded, especially Moorhead, and at very least they will bring new (and experienced) perspectives as the Nittany Lions move forward.

So, no, the sky is not falling. And as for James Franklin being under more scrutiny in his third year at Penn State, he was going to be anyway. This is the year in which the program begins to fully emerge from the sanctions, and all eyes were going to be focused on how the Lions perform as they get back to full strength in any case.

Comes with the territory these days, just like the higher turnover.

■ It may have been a disheartening loss at Denver for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC playoffs, but that loss shouldn’t take away from what the Steelers accomplished, sometimes just by pure force of will.

The team lost, at different times this season, both running backs, its all-pro quarterback and perhaps the best receiver in the game, and still made it to the second round.

And with both backs still out, Antonio Brown sidelined with a concussion and Ben Roethlisberger, let’s face it, less than 100 percent, the Steelers still took the No. 1 Broncos

TIM WEIGHT/Gazette file photo

PENN STATE coach James Franklin, shown here shortly after he was hired, has faced massive departures from the football program since the end of the season.

to the wall. Could have won, too, if a few “what ifs” had fallen into place.

■ In Philadelphia, everyone knows about Chip Kelly being fired, and now the Eagles announced on Jan. 18 that Doug Pederson has been hired to replace him.

It being Philadelphia, the announcement was met with cheers and, of course, an almost equal amount of jeers. As usual, the jeers were the loudest: Pederson’s too safe, and he’s just like Andy Reid (for whom he coached in 2015).

Team owner Jeffery Laurie is going backward instead of looking forward, and Howie Roseman will be in control of the team (which is apparently a bad thing) no matter what Pederson does.

One guy wanted the Eagles to think about firing him because he didn’t win a playoff game yet. I assume that guy was kidding.

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JANUARY 21-27, 2016

THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE

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McAdam’s play carrying the PSU men’s hockey team UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State men’s hockey team earned six crucial points in the Big Ten standings as they swept Wisconsin Jan. 15 and 16 at Pegula Ice Arena.

The Friday game was closely contested and came down to an overtime winning goal from David Goodwin.

It was the first time in nearly a month that Penn State looked like they did earlier in the season. Penn State carried play throughout the evening and ended the game outshooting Wisconsin 58-25 en route to their 3-2 overtime victory.

In total, the Nittany Lions attempted an Jim Meinecke eye-popping 98 shots covers Penn State hockey for the on goal.

Centre County Saturday’s game Gazette. Email was much different. him at sports@ Penn State did carry centrecountygazette. play for some of the com. game, but it was much more evenly played. Penn State scored timely goals on the way to their 4-1 win, but they also gave up a number of odd man chances to a young, but dangerous, Wisconsin team. As he has done all season, however, Eamon McAdam was up to the task making big saves at crucial points of the game, particularly on shorthanded opportunities by Wisconsin.

In the first period, with the game still scoreless, Penn State earned its first power

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play of the evening. The Nittany Lions proceeded to give up a great scoring chance to Wisconsin, but McAdam made a huge right pad save on a Luke Kunin breakaway attempt. Less than a minute later, Eric Scheid set up Curtis Loik for the first goal of the game. Head coach Guy Gadowsky talked about the importance of those two minutes.

“When you give up a chance like that and get a huge save, and (Penn State) comes back to get (a goal),” Gadowsky said, “that is a huge swing (in momentum).”

Another sequence saw Penn State leading 2-0 in the Saturday game and earning a power play about five minutes into the second period. Instead of putting the game away, the Lions gave up a shorthanded goal on a two-on-one from Wisconsin’s Luke Kunin. Wisconsin went on to get two more quality shorthanded chances during Penn State’s power play, but McAdam was able to shut the door and keep the score 2-1 in favor of Penn State.

If there was any doubt coming into the season who Penn State’s number one goaltender would be, McAdam has answered those questions. He has had back-toback quality starts stopping 40 of 42 shots against Minnesota on Jan. 8, and then 39 of 40 shots against Wisconsin on Jan. 16.

When asked if McAdam is just locked in recently, Gadowsky was hesitant to jinx his starting goaltender. “I don’t know what it is,” Gadowsky said, “but I’m not touching it.”

McAdam is tied for 13th nationally with a .932 save percentage, and he is 21st in goals against average with 2.18. Those numbers are good enough to be the best

Roll, from page 18 Top-ranked 149-pounder Retherford absolutely wore out No. 5 Jake Sueflohn, racking up five takedowns in a 12-3 major decision.

“I thought Zain wrestled really well. Sueflohn’s a tough kid. He’s one of the better kids in the country,” Sanderson said.

“Zain had some really nice takedowns, really clean. His No. 1 Penn State 24 No. 7 Nebraska 10 (Jan. 15 at University Park) 125: No. 4 Nico Megaludis, PSU, dec. No. 9 Tim Lambert, 8-5.

133: No. 5 Jordan Conaway, PSU, dec. No. 12 Eric Montoya, 5-3.

141: No. 20 Anthony Abidin, NEB, dec. Kade Moss, 4-1.

149: No. 1 Zain Retherford, PSU, maj. dec. No. 5 Jake Sueflohn, 12-3.

157: No. 3 Jason Nolf, PSU, won by tech. fall over No. 17 Tyler Berger, 19-3 (7:00).

165: No. 14 Austin Wilson, NEB, dec. Geno Morelli, 3-2.

174: No. 1 Bo Nickal, PSU, dec. No. 14 Micah Barnes, 10-3.

184: No. 13 Matt McCutcheon, PSU, dec. No. 5 T.J. Dudley, 8-7.

197: No. 1 Morgan McIntosh, PSU, dec. No. 16 Aaron Studebaker, 2-1 TB. 285: No. 17 Collin Jensen, NEB, maj. dec. Wes Phipps, 9-1.

Referee: Matt Sorochinsky; assistant referee: Nate Chapman Attendance: 6,537 Ridge Riley Award winner: Zain Retherford, 149 pounds Takedowns: Nebraska 5; Penn State 19 Records: Nebraska 9-2, 3-2 Big Ten; Penn State 9-0, 3-0 No. 1 Penn State 46 No. 25 Northwestern 4 (Jan. 17 at Evanston, Ill.) 125: No. 4 Nico Megaludis, PSU, won by tech. fall over Garrison White, 23-7 (5:40).

133: No. 5 Jordan Conaway, PSU, pinned Dominick Malone, 4:39.

141: No. 13 Jimmy Gulibon, PSU, won by forfeit.

149: No. 1 Zain Retherford, PSU, maj. dec. No. 4 Jason Tsirtsis, 15-5.

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PENN STATE goalie Eamon McAdam has been a brick wall in net for the Nittany Lions. in the Big Ten, and Michigan’s Steve Racine is the only goaltender with a higher win percentage than McAdam’s .818 on the season.

There is no doubt many factors have led to Penn State’s success this season and their 15-4-3 record. They have the secondand third-leading freshmen scorers in the Big Ten with Andrew Sturtz (11) and Chase Berger (10). Their special teams have been outstanding with the sixth-ranked power play and 12th-ranked penalty kill in the nation. They lead the nation with nine shorthanded goals.

first takedown was awesome.”

Retherford didn’t sound concerned with his top ranking or the fact that by most accounts he’s wrestling better than he ever has.

“Right now I’m having fun. That’s my mindset going into every match. I’m trying to have fun with it more than worry about rankings or anything, all that negative outside stuff,” he said.

Another “big” win came at 184 where No. 13 McCutcheon converted a takedown with a second left in the match for an 8-7 win over No. 5 T.J. Dudley.

Trailing 6-3 midway through the third period, McCutcheon escaped and scored a tying takedown. But with 20 seconds left Dudley escaped and was on his way to a win before McCutcheon’s late heroics.

“I wasn’t really sure on the time. I just knew I had to finish the right way. I let my head slip out a few times.

That’s something I’m going to have to work on later. I had to finish, keep my head under and get the takedown,” McCutcheon said.

“I think that I should have tried to ride harder there.

I gave him an easy escape. That’s something I need to change. He got to his feet and I peeked at the clock and I knew I had time to score. I let him go and went back to my leg attacks and got a quick takedown.”

Penn State burst out to a 15-3 lead through the first five bouts, but it wasn’t easy early.

Megaludis went into the third period at 125 pounds with No. 9 Tim Lambert and the match tied 4-4. Megaludis, though, escaped scored a takedown and added a point for 1:36 in riding time advantage for an 8-5 win.

At 133, Conaway recorded takedowns in the first and second periods and escaped in the third for a workmanlike win over No. 12 Eric Montoya.

Nebraska broke through at 141, as 20th-ranked Anthony Abidin stayed a step ahead of Kade Moss in a 4-1 decision.

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Penn State bounced right back with back-to-back bonus point wins at 149 and 157.

And, third-ranked Nolf remained undefeated in his freshman campaign as he tore up No. 17 Tyler Berger, a four-time Oregon state champ, cruising to a 19-3 technical fall in seven minutes.

At 165, Sanderson sent out Geno Morelli instead of Shakur Rasheed. Morelli wrestled gamely but lost a 3-2 decision to No. 14 Austin Wilson.

“We wanted to give him another shot. They’ve been kind of back and forth. We wanted to give Geno a shot and see how he would respond,” Sanderson said.

Top-ranked 174-pounder Nickal didn’t look particularly sharp, but still managed a 10-3 decision over No. 14 Micah Barnes.

At 197, top-ranked McIntosh didn’t look himself, either. No. 16 Aaron Studebaker forced the match into the tiebreaker tied, 1-1. McIntosh escaped after starting on bottom in the first 30-second period and then rode out Studebaker for a 2-1 win.

Nebraska got its final win and only bonus point of the night at 285. No. 17 Collin Jensen majored Wes Phipps, 9-1. Jensen outweighed Phipps by 45.2 pounds in Phipps’ first match in a year and a half as he battled injuries.

“That’s a solid heavyweight,” Sanderson said. “That’s Wes’ first match in a long time, so I think he did a nice job.

He tried to horse him in a good position and he’s strong enough that he almost did it. He just has to figure out how to wrestle heavyweights.”

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157: No. 3 Jason Nolf, PSU, pinned Anthony Petrone, 2:13.

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All of that being said, McAdam will be the most important piece in Penn State’s journey moving forward toward a Big Ten title. He has helped to steal big conference wins in back-to-back weeks for Penn State over Minnesota and Wisconsin.

He will need to continue his outstanding play in the upcoming weeks as Penn State hits the road against Ohio State, then plays conference leader Michigan for a home game Thursday, Jan. 28, and a neutral site contest at Madison Square Garden in New York City Saturday, Jan. 30.

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Banks hired as co-defensive coordinator, safeties coach

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE running back Akeel Lynch recently announced that he will transfer.

Lynch leaving PSU football

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State running back Akeel Lynch announced his intent to graduate and transfer for his final year of eligibility Jan. 13. Lynch, a longtime member of the Nittany Lion backfield, leaves Penn State with 262 carries and 1,318 rushing yards.

“I want to thank Joe Paterno for making my dream come true by offering me a scholarship,” Lynch said in a statement he posted on Twitter.

Lynch had just 55 carries in 2015 for 282 yards and two scores. Expected to be the primary running back this past season, Lynch was passed over for star freshman running back Saquon Barkley early on.

Barkley’s effective ground attack greatly limited Lynch’s carries. Lynch was used while Barkley nursed an ankle injury, but carried the ball just six times in the final nine games of the season.

The news comes as yet another transfer out of the program this week that includes linebackers Gary Wooten and Troy Reeder, cornerback Daquan Worley and receiver Geno Lewis.

Generally speaking, all the transfers make sense on their own, although the collective exodus has certainly raise eyebrows around State College.

Additionally, Lynch’s departure means no Penn State player will ever wear the No. 22 again, the number having been retired two years ago to honor Penn State’s only Heisman winner, John Cappelletti.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State head coach James Franklin announced Jan. 18 that Tim Banks has been hired as the Nittany Lions’ co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach.

Banks has 20 years of coaching experience, including nine as a defensive coordinator. He most recently spent four seasons at Illinois as the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach.

“I am excited to have Tim join our Penn State Football family,” Franklin said. “Tim and I worked together at Maryland and built a great relationship there. He is a veteran coach with experience as a Big Ten coordinator and has strong Big Ten and regional recruiting ties.

“He is a fantastic person and will have a strong impact on our players and our program. We would like to welcome Tim and his wife, Robin, to Happy Valley.”

“I am excited about having an opportunity to work with Coach Franklin and his staff,” Banks said. “James is one of the brightest football minds in the country and it was just an opportunity that I couldn’t pass up.

Growing up in the Midwest, I saw Penn State play on TV almost every weekend and I know the history and tradition that this program has, so this is very much an honor and a humbling experience to join the Penn State family.”

Banks helped the Fighting Illini get to the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl in 2014.

Prior to his time in Champaign, Banks spent the 2010 and 2011 seasons as the codefensive coordinator and defensive backs coach at Cincinnati, helping the Bearcats become 2011 Big East Co-Champions.

Banks spent three seasons as the defensive coordinator at his alma mater, Central Michigan, assisting the Chippewas win two Mid-American Conference titles.

CMU led the MidAmerican Conference in scoring defense, ranked second in TIM BANKS rushing defense and third in pass efficiency defense in 2009.

The defense led the 2009 Chippewas to a 12-2 overall record and the MAC Championship, with an 8-0 mark, and an appearance in the 2010 GMAC Bowl.

Banks spent four seasons at Maryland, serving as the inside linebackers coach from 2003-05 and the defensive backs coach in 2006. He helped guide the Terps to the 2006 Champs Sports Bowl and the 2004 Gator Bowl. Banks and Franklin worked together for two seasons (2003-04) at Maryland when Franklin was the wide receivers coach and Banks was the inside linebackers coach.

Banks has also made coaching stops at Memphis as the defensive backs coach (2002) and outside linebackers coach (2001), Bowling Green as the defensive backs coach (2000) and running backs coach (1999), Ferris State as the defensive backs coach (1997-98) and Bowling Green as a graduate assistant (1996). At Memphis, the Tigers were ninth in FBS in pass defense in 2002.

Banks graduated from Central Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in industrial management in 1995. A native of Detroit, Banks graduated from Martin Luther King High School.

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Penn State snaps losing skid with win at Northwestern

By DANIEL CORREA correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

Following an embarrassing 17-point, 74-57 blowout loss to the No. 24 Purdue Boilermakers, the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 71-62, at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Jan. 16. With the win, Penn State snapped a two-game losing streak.

Here are the game grades for Penn State’s victory over Northwestern:

BACKCOURT — A

Guard Shep Garner collected nine points in the game and was 2-8 from the field and 4-6 from the line. Garner also went 1-5 from 3-point range. Guard Devin Foster also finished with nine points on the evening, as he went 2-5 from the field and shot 50 percent from beyond the arc, going 1-2. Foster also added a steal.

As a team, Penn State shot 43.2 percent (1944) from the field. Penn State’s free throw percentage for the game was an impressive 72.7 percent, 26 percent better than the Wildcats’ free throw percentage of 46.7 percent. Collectively, the Nittany Lions had six points off turnovers.

FRONTCOURT — A

Penn State led by as many as 18 points, their largest lead of the game, with 8:06 to go in the second half. A large part of Penn State’s offensive success throughout the game was credited to the brilliant play by forwards Brandon

Taylor and Donovan Jack. Taylor had a teamleading 19 points in the game and shot a robust 4-7 (57.1 percent) from beyond the arc, while Jack collected 14 points and nine rebounds.

Brandon Taylor anchored seven rebounds.

Forward Payton Banks also finished in double figures with 10 points on the evening. Center Jordan Dickerson finished with five points for the game, while collecting four rebounds and added one block.

Penn State out-rebounded Northwestern for the game, 42-34. Penn State also led Northwestern in the blocks in the game, 5-1.

NORTHWESTERN GUARD Tre Demps, right, drives to the basket against Penn State forward Brandon Taylor during the second half of the Jan. 16 game at WelshRyan Fieldhouse in Evanston, Ill. The Nittany Lions won, 71-62.

BENCH — A

Penn State’s bench played exceptionally well, and the team collected 26 bench points compared to the Wildcat’s 19 bench points. A total of 14 of Penn State’s 26 bench points came in the second half. Foster scored nine of the team’s bench points, while Jack was credited with scoring over half of the team’s total bench points. Forward Deividas Zemgulis chipped in with three points off the bench.

COACHING — B+

Penn State outscored Northwestern 30-23 in the first half and outscored them 41-39 in the second half. Penn State held Northwestern to a 38.8 percent field goal clip for the entire game.

The Penn State Nittany Lions’ next game is Thursday, Jan. 21, when they will host Wisconsin. Opening tip-off is set for 8 p.m. at the Bryce Jordan Center.

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Thinkin’ Pink: Lady Lions fall in annual Pink Zone Game

By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State women’s basketball team fell behind early to Michigan in the annual Pink Zone Game on Jan. 17 at the Bryce Jordan Center, and the Lady Lions spent the rest of the game scrambling to catch up.

They never did.

In a game filled with scoring streaks by both teams, the Wolverines took a nine-point, first-quarter lead, and then extended that to as much as 17-points in a back-and-forth second half. Every time things began to look comfortable for Michigan, Penn State would rally back into contention.

In the end, the Wolverines held on one last time, making 11 of their final 12 foul shots down the stretch, and survived for a 91-87 win over the relentless Nittany Lions.

Michigan was led by guard Katelyn Flaherty, who tossed in 23 points that included four of five from beyond the arc and nine of 10 from the line. Flaherty had help from freshman center Hallie Thome (18 points), point guard Madison Ristoviski (15) and forward Jillian Dunston (10). In all, Flaherty, Thome, Ristoviski and Dunston converted 22 of 26 from the line for the night while Michigan as a team was 27-33. “That was a great win for us,� Michigan coach Kim Barnes Arico said. “We’ve been in this situation many times this season and haven’t been able to finish down the stretch. I thought Penn State did a tremendous job of fighting and fighting and battling back. “Every time we got up 10 or 12 points, they would make another run, and we just made our free throws to hold on.�

Penn State countered in this game with some impressive guard play of its own. Freshman two-guard Teniya Page scored 31 points, mostly on drives to the basket or pull-ups, senior transfer Brianna Banks had 19, and point Lindsay Spann added 17 for the Lions. That’s a total of 67 total points from the guard spots alone. “The first half I had a bunch of layups but I missed two,�

Page said, “and even though I started the second half missing two layups, the pull-up was there instead of trying to

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get all the way to the basket. “In transition, I actually took my time and made the layups and some 3s. I shot when I was open, and looked for spaces in their man (defense).�

Yet it wasn’t enough. Michigan broke out early to that nine-point lead and stretched that to double-digits in the second quarter.

Penn State, though, went on a 13-7 run and pulled to within 37-33 going into halftime.

Michigan threatened more than once to put the game away in the third quarter. The Wolverines broke out to leads of 44-33, 50-38 and 57-40, but baskets by Banks, Page, Candice Agee and Kaliyah Mitchell kept Penn State within striking distance at 57-48 by the end of the quarter. “I love the fight that we have,� Penn State coach Coquese Washington said, “and we showed it in the first quarter and the first half as well. We don’t stop playing until the final buzzer, and that’s a great thing for a coach, knowing that your kids are going to be in it and fight for the whole 40 minutes.�

Penn State needed every bit of that fight when Michigan again opened up a double-digit lead to begin the last quarter. After a 3-pointer by Ristovski at the seven-minute mark, Michigan was back on top by 13 at 69-56.

But Page, Banks and Spann slowly brought Penn State back to 80-76 after a Spann 3 with just under a minute to play. In that final minute, the Lions got two baskets from Page and three foul shots, another basket by Spann and a layup by Jaylen Williams, but after each score, Penn State was force to foul. And Michigan came through to the tune of 11 of 12 made from the line to stay just out of reach. “One of the things we always talk about is how long the game is,� Washington said. “So if it’s the third quarter or even the fourth quarter with six minutes left, there’s still a lot of basketball and possessions left. So we really have to focus on that — a couple possessions at a time and get some mini-runs. “There were stretches in the game where our assertive-

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BRIANNA BANKS (3) looks for an opening during the Lady Lions’ game with Michigan Jan. 17 at the Bryce Jordan Center. The Lady Lions lost the annual Pink Zone Game, 91-87.

ness wasn’t where it needed to be. So we had to get back into the moment and start playing more assertively and aggressively.�

Penn State’s record after the loss fell to 6-11 overall and 1-5 in the Big Ten. Michigan is 11-6 and 3-3.

Penn State will now be on the road for two games at Iowa and Illinois before returning home Tuesday, Jan. 26, to host Maryland.

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High School Sports Schedule Jan. 21-27 STATE COLLEGE:

Boys’ basketball — Jan. 22, at Central Dauphin; Jan. 26, Chambersburg Girls’ basketball — Jan. 22, Central Dauphin; Jan. 26, at Chambersburg Indoor Track and Field — Jan. 23, at Kevin Dare Invitational Swimming — Jan. 26, at Cumberland Valley Wrestling — Jan. 21, Carlisle; Jan. 27, Jersey Shore

BELLEFONTE:

Boys’ basketball — Jan. 25, at Juniata; Jan. 26, at P-O Girls’ basketball — Jan. 22, at Clearfield; Jan. 25, Jersey Shore; Jan. 27, P-O Gymnastics — Jan. 23, at St. Mary’s Invitational; Jan. 27, at Ridgeway Swimming — Jan. 21, Jersey Shore Wrestling — Jan. 26, Central

BALD EAGLE AREA:

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THE PIRATES may have seen enough of Gregory Polanco to extend his contract.

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Pirates may be poised to offer Polanco extension

JASON ROLLISON

When any baseball fan turns his or her attention to the best outfields in the game, the Pittsburgh Pirates are often mentioned.

Having locked up two-thirds of the acclaimed trio — Andrew McCutchen and Starling Marte — to team-friendly extensions, is it time for the Pirates brass to do the same with Gregory Polanco?

Can lightning strike a third time?

Recent reports suggest that Polanco is now open to an extension with the team, after initial talks stalled in 2014. In 2015, “El Coffee� made incredible steps forward. His batting average of .256 may not overwhelm, Jason Rollison is but he made serious contributions on an experienced the base paths with 27 stolen bases.

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Polanco recorded 35 doubles, showHe endeavors ing an ability to drive the ball for extra to meld the bases. At a still-maturing 24 years of advanced analytic age, Polanco’s power stroke has yet to aspect of baseball with old-school fully develop. thinking. Email Polanco will be just 24 for the bulk him at jason@ of the 2016 season, and already has piratesbreakdown. shown improvement in some vital com. metrics. Polanco’s strikeout percentage remained static year-to-year. Coming in at 18.9 percent in 2014 and following it up in 2015 with an 18.6

Boys’ basketball — Jan. 22, P-O; Jan. 26, at Central Girls’ basketball — Jan. 22, at P-O; Jan. 27, Central Wrestling — Jan. 21, West Branch; Jan. 26, BEA

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percent figure may not seem like a sizable leap forward, but factor in that Polanco saw twice as many plate appearances in his second year, and it becomes more impressive.

To improve in strikeout rate in what could effectively be considered his first full MLB season shows that Polanco is adjusting to major league pitching, and not the other way around.

Polanco still has holes in his game that might give the Pirates pause. Despite having natural gifts that seemingly have him destined for a lead-off position, Polanco only carried an 8.4 percent walk rate in 2015, down from 9.6 percent in 2014. As mentioned, he is a consistent stolen base threat, yet is beginning to get a reputation for running into outs.

Polanco has shown great defensive skills, and his 13 outfield assists found him just four shy from the lead in the National League. However, he is prone to taking inefficient routes to balls in play, resulting in runners taking extra bases. His swing can sometimes grow long, causing unfavorable matchups against pitchers with high velocity.

For the Pittsburgh Pirates to truly consider an extension for Gregory Polanco, they will likely need to see more. Despite the team’s productivity as a whole that is shown when Polanco leads off, the makeup of the 2016 club means that the team has viable options should he falter.

The Pirates struck at exactly the right time with McCutchen and Marte.

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Boys’ basketball — Jan. 22, at Belleville Mennonite; Jan. 23, at Harrisburg Academy; Jan. 25, Jersey Shore Girls’ basketball — Jan. 22, at Belleville Mennonite; Jan. 23, at Harrisburg Academy; Jan. 26, at BEA Football, from page 18 The point is, though, to give Pederson a chance. Pederson may not have been the coaching choice with the most style points, but maybe a little boredom and consistency is what the Eagles need right now.

And a quarterback. That, too. Sam Bradford, who began to play very well at the end of 2015, is now a free agent and Mark Sanchez is the only quarterback currently under contract. ■Speaking of Chip Kelly, the former Eagle coach landed in San Francisco as the new 49ers head coach. Much of the talk out there since has been about how and if Kelly can reclaim the career of quarterback Colin Kaepernick. Kaepernick seems to be the perfect fit to run Kelly’s offense, the narrative goes, so the two of them will help to redeem each other.

Not impossible, but there’s a lot more work to do in SF besides getting a quarterback.

And too bad SF and the Eagles do not play in 2016. They do, however, meet in 2017 in Philadelphia, so that is something to definitely look forward to. â– It is always inspiring to see the floor at the Bryce Jordan Center filled with cancer survivors during halftime of the Pink Zone Game. On Jan. 17, more than 600 survivors came out and cheered as they heard story after story of women successfully beating cancer.

After the game, a 91-87 loss for the Lady Lions to Michigan, Penn State senior Brianna Banks said it best. “Even if we don’t make it to a championship game,� she said, “I still think this is the best game of the season because of what it means and who we play for.�

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Guster to perform songs from ‘Evermotion’ album STATE COLLEGE — The State Theatre recently announced the return of indie band Guster to its stage Friday, Jan. 22.

Guster sought out Shins keyboardist and Black Keys bassist Richard Swift to produce their most-recent album, “Evermotion.” They recorded it at Swift’s Cottage Grove, Ore., studio for three weeks in January 2014.

“I told Swift that our last two records took a year each to make,” said Guster’s Ryan Miller. “He told me he’d never spent more than nine days on an album.”

The band and producer got together anyway and the result is an album of raw acid-soaked chamber pop, and a stylistic departure that no one saw coming.

“It wasn’t hard to figure out where we overlapped with Swift,” said percussionist Brian Rosenworcel. “It was just a matter of trusting ourselves to go big and commit. Richard is the type of artist that’s always standing back and taking in the whole canvas.”

With a new looseness and swagger, Guster pushed the acoustic guitars into the background, instead exploring deeper drum grooves, keyboard textures and atmospheric noise — a language they shared easily with Swift. The band that emerged from this session sounds like one that is no longer evolving, but has

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THE BAND GUSTER will appear Jan. 22 at The State Theatre in downtown in State College. evolved into something else entirely.

“Richard helped us figure out what was important about recording,” said guitarist Adam Gardner. “We had just one microphone over the drum kit, used whole takes, didn’t obsess over vocals or really edit things at all — it’s a raw version of our band,

mistakes and all, that feels more relevant. He helped us tremendously with the big picture.”

Evermotion’s first single, the infectious “Simple Machine,” was hailed by Time magazine for its “frantic beats and crawling synthesizers.” Guster shows it is still learning new tricks with the variety heard in the album’s

other songs: the chiming lullaby of “Long Night,” the shimmering “Endlessly,” the distorted steel drums and Bacharach melody of “Doin’ It by Myself,” the a cappella Beach Boys harmonies in the gently breezy “Lazy Love,” the dream pop of “Expectation,” the British Invasion beat of “Gangway,” the woozy trom-

bones and whistling of “Never Coming Down” and the psychedelia of “It Is Just What It Is.” Since forming at Tufts University in 1992, Guster has become one of the leading indie/alternative bands, releasing seven critically acclaimed albums in 20 years, starting with Parachute in 1995. “Evermotion” is the followup to 2010’s “Easy Wonderful,” which earned the band its highest-ever chart debut on the Billboard 200 at No. 22, while reaching No. 2 on both the SoundScan Alternative and iTunes charts.

The 2010 addition of multiinstrumentalist Luke Reynolds to the core group of founding members Miller, Gardner and Rosenworcel, added immeasurably to Guster’s expanding musical palette. Evermotion marks the first time that Reynolds joined for the pre-production and writing process, which took place in Rosenworcel’s Brooklyn basement during 2012 and 2013. Reynolds’ stamp is clear and his passion is all over the record, from his guitar melodies on “Lazy Love” to his fuzz bass on “Doin’ It By Myself.”

The new album also features sax and trombone accompaniment by Jon Natchez, whose stints with the War on Drugs, Beirut, Passion Pit and others have led NPR to call him “indie rock’s most valuable sideman.”

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to visit Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK — Celebrating 38 years of transcending traditional boundaries of dance, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago visits Penn State’s Center for the Performing Arts with a performance of four works at 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Eisenhower Auditorium.

The scheduled program includes “Out of Keeping,” a 2015 work choreographed by Hubbard Street dancer Penny Saunders to music by Ólafur Arnalds, Hilary Hahn and Volker Bertelmann (who mostly performs and records under the name Hauschka); “N.N.N.N.,” choreographed

by William Forsythe to music by Thom Willems; an excerpt of “Second to Last,” created by Hubbard Street resident choreographer Alejandro Cerrudo to music by Arvo Pärt; and “Gnawa,” choreographed by Nacho Duato to music by various composers. The program is subject to change.

Hubbard Street is one of the hardest-working dance companies in the business, with performances scheduled year-round throughout the world. Under the guidance of artistic director Glenn Edgerton, the company is known for tackling groundbreaking works by some of the dance world’s notable choreographers. Hubbard Street has commissioned and presented almost 200 new and acquired dance works of various genres including jazz, modern, ballet and theatrical styles. Since 2000, the company has also championed choreography from within the troupe.

According to Hubbard Street dancer Alicia Delgadillo, working with American choreographer Forsythe on “N.N.N.N.” was a turning point for the troupe.

“I don’t think anyone is the same dancer they were before this program,” she said. “It seems like we’ve all elevated.”

Tickets can be purchased online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and the Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.).

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PENN STATE’S Eisenhower Auditorium will host Hubbard Street Dance Chicago at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2.

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Local musician to perform songs of love STATE COLLEGE — Pianist and singer Bethany Dixon will perform jazz and blues standards at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 12, in The Attic at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave. Dixon has been at the piano since the age of 4. After two decades of classical training she was inspired to branch into jazz and blues by some Bessie Smith records and a heavy dose of “Honeysuckle Rose.”

Now performing as a singer, accompanying herself on piano, Dixon continues to be inspired by the memory of her grandparents, long-time State College residents Maralyn and S. Paul Mazza, dancing in the dining room to the Count Basie Orchestra.

With Valentine’s Day happening soon after the show, it’s unavoidable that love songs were first in mind when Dixon planned the set list. She found that almost every song is a love song, be it love of a place (“Georgia on My Mind”), love of dreams just out of reach (“Moon River” and “Over the Rainbow”), new love, old

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UNIVERSITY PARK — Described as “‘The Simpsons’ meets Malcolm X at a Notorious B.I.G. concert,” The Mayhem Poets will share a love of wordplay with a slamthemed performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 28, in Schwab Auditorium.

The Mayhem Poets met while students at New Jersey’s Rutgers University and honed their craft to win a business development grant in the 2006 Microsoft Idea Wins Challenge. The trio — Scott Raven, Mason Granger and Mikumari Caiyhe — blends hip-hop rhythms, music and standup comedy in a theatrical presentation aimed at helping people find their own voices.

In a video pitch to the Microsoft contest, the poets had fun with alliteration, rhyme, meter play and syllable emphasis to further their vision of popularizing poetry.

“For the past five years, our verbal tacticians have been researching the human need for personal expression,” a voice in the video states. “They have each come to the same conclusion: People of all demographics have been flocking to this new form of lyrical stimuli — a high-energy, diverse, theatrical style of poetry known as slam.”

The trio’s name is derived from the 1999 film “Fight Club,” but the poets are language lovers, not fighters. “Their only

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THE MAYHEM POETS will perform at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in Schwab Auditorium. weapon is words, specifically the snappy, streetwise art known as slam poetry,” wrote a New York Times reviewer. “And they deploy it brilliantly … .”

The performance will include adult language.

Artistic Viewpoints, an informal moderated discussion featuring the three performers, takes place in Schwab one hour before the performance and is free for ticket holders.

For more information about the presentation and for ticketing information, visit The Mayhem Poets website or call (814) 863-0255.

Rick Hirsch 4 to perform at Elk Creek Cafe MILLHEIM — The Rick Hirsch 4 will perform at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 31, at the Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks in Millheim.

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AROUND & IN TOWN 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.

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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.

Meeting — Calvary Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Monday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. Visit www.liferecovery statecollege.com.

Club — The Schlow Knitting Club meets at 5:30 p.m. every first and third Monday. Knitters of all skill levels are welcome. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org.

Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets the second Monday of every month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-

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Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 every Monday night at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921.

Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667.

Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081.

Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College,

100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org.

Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262.

Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@ yahoogroups.com.

Community meal — A free hot meal is from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe.

Meeting — The State College Alliance Church hosts a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State College. Visit www. liferecoverystatecollege.com.

Performance — Jazz artist Jay Vonada and his duo play from noon to 2 p.m. every Sunday at The Deli, 113 Heister St., State College. Call (814) 237-5710.

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The start of the new year is often the perfect time to turn a new page in your life. The top New Year’s resolution for most people is to lose weight and eat healthy. Now there is an app that can help the Penn State community stay on track to a healthier lifestyle.

The Undressed Foods app is a wellness program that is nutrition-focused, customized to the user, and helps track caloric, fat, protein, alcohol and caffeine intake of meal choices at both on-campus and off-campus eateries in the Penn State community.

For more than a year, founder Jennifer Swistock has gathered the data, and with the help of Rowland Creative and West Arete in State College, the Undressed Foods app launched in December. It is a free app with a premium

upgrade and is available for download at www.undressedfoods.com.

Swistock used her background in the food industry and her experience as a chef to gather all the nutritional information.

“I made friends with a lot of the chefs and general managers of the restaurants to get exact recipes for the dishes,” she said. “With a lot of the dishes, I would go to the restaurant and order it a few times and then get it to go so I could go home, dissect it, weigh all the components and make very well-educated guesstimates on the nutritional information.”

How the app works is, as the user, you select if you are looking to lose weight or to maintain your weight, and based on your age, weight, height, activity level and goal, the app tracks your calorie intake. You can then search the alphabetic list of restaurants and view the suggested meals

with nutritional information.

The app also indicates what meals at your chosen restaurant are healthy options. As of December, there were 77 off-campus restaurants with nutritional information available on the app. The on-campus portion of the app includes all dining halls, HUB eateries, Pegula Ice Arena and Beaver Stadium concessions.

In addition, there also are general guides to help users with food choices when they are not dining at a restaurant.

In the general guides, there are sections for eating at a tailgate, amusement park, in your dorm, at home and out of town.

“It’s broken up into ethnic cuisine like Greek or Indian,” Swistock said. “It also includes recipes for meals to make at home, as well as cocktails with caloric intake and alcohol units.”

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Children’s activity — There will be a preschool story time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays throughout January at the Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org.

Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout January at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Toddler story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays. Family story time will be held from 6:30 to 7 p.m.

Tuesdays. Book Babies will be held from 9:30 to 10 a.m.

Wednesdays. And, a preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. Visit www.centrecounty library.org.

Children’s activity — A variety of story time groups will be held throughout January at the Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. “Mother Goose on the Loose,” a baby story time group, will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m.

Tuesdays. Preschool story time will be held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays. There will also be elementary-level activities from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursdays. Visit www.centre countylibrary.org.

Exhibit — “Coded Language” will be on display from Friday, Jan. 22, through Thurday, March 3, at the HUBRobeson Galleries, HUB-Robeson Center, University Park.

Call (814) 865-2563.

Children’s activity — “Wobbly Scientists” will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Saturday, Jan. 23, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 24, at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., State College. Visit www.mydiscovery space.org.

Event — Customer Appreciation Days will be held through Saturday, Jan. 30, at the Gallery Shop, 824 Pike St., Lemont. Visit www.gallery-shop.com.

Exhibit — “Print Gallery” will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 3554280.

Exhibit — “Dinor Bleu: The Vanishing American Diner” will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. through Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-4280.

Exhibit — “Consciously Surreal: Photography, the Uncanny, and the Body” will be on display through Sunday, May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672.

Exhibit — “From Dada to Dali: Surrealist Works on Paper” will be on display through Sunday, May 8, during operating hours at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672.

UPCOMING THURSDAY, JAN. 21

p.m. at Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park. Visit www.english.la.psu.edu/events.

Concert — The Penn State School of Music Undergraduate Recognition Recital will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park. Call (814) 865-0431.

FRIDAY, JAN. 22

Lecture — “Consciously Surreal: Photography, the Uncanny, and the Body” will be presented by graduate art history student Keri Mongelluzzo from noon to 1 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park.

Call (814) 865-7672.

Concert — Hops & Vines will perform from 6 to 8 p.m. at Big Spring Spirits, 198 Match Factory Place, Bellefonte.

Visit www.hopsnvinesband.com.

Concert — Professor Christopher Guzman will hold a piano recital from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park. Call (814) 865-0431.

Concert — Indie rock band Guster will perform at 8 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

Concert — Miss Melanie & the Valley Rats will play from 9 to 11 p.m. at Otto’s Pub & Brewery, 2235 N. Atherton St., State College. Visit www.missmelanieandthe valleyrats.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 23

Children’s activity — The State College Elks Local Lodge Hoop Shoot will be held at 8:30 a.m. at Mount Nittany Middle School, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College.

Competition is open to boys and girls ages 8 through 13.

Call (814) 272-4050.

Open house — Grace Lutheran Preschool and Kindergarten will be open for tours and meetings with faculty and staff from 9 to 11 a.m., 205 S. Garner St., State College. Visit www.glcpa.org.

Community meal — A soup lunch will be served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at The Greater Buffalo Run Valley United Methodist Church, 126 Apple St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 360-5675.

Children’s activity — Saturday Stories Alive will be held from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. No registration is necessary. Visit www. schlowlibrary.org.

Fundraiser — The State Theatre’s fifth annual “Strawberry Fields Forever” fundraiser will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

Concert — Trio Marah will perform at 8 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.

SUNDAY, JAN. 24

Community meal — A soup lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church, 144 W. Main St., Howard. Call (814) 625-2722 or (814) 6252182.

Event — The Nittany Valley Running Club will hold its annual winter blood drive from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 250 E. College Ave., State College. Call (814) 238-5918.

Concert — The Poe Valley Troubadours will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Elk Creek Café, 100 W. Main St., Millheim. Call (814) 349-8850 or visit www.elkcreekcafe.net.

Lecture — The Penn State Creative Writing Program will host fiction writer Charlotte Holmes from 7:30 to 8:30

Children’s activity — A National Kazoo Day Celebration will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. No registration is necessary. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org.

Lecture — “A Comparison of Formal Events in Three Paintings” will be presented from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Call (814) 865-7672.

MONDAY, JAN. 25

Lecture — “The Road Through the Paris Climate Agreement” will be presented from noon to 1:30 at Foster Auditorium, 102 Paterno Library, University Park. Visit www. rockethics.psu.edu.

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THE AWARD-WINNING film “The Wolfpack” will be shown at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at The State Theatre.

Movie — “The Wolfpack” will be shown at 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

Community meal — A ham and chicken pot pie dinner will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. at Bald Eagle Valley Community United Methodist Church, 111 Runville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 353-8870.

TUESDAY, JAN. 26

Concert — The Nittany Valley Symphony will perform from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium, Eisenhower Road, University Park. Visit www.nvs.org.

Concert — The Yonder Mountain String Band will perform from 8 to 9 p.m. at the State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.thestatetheatre.org.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 27

Concert — University of Delaware professor of music Xiang Gao will present a violin masterclass from 1 to 2 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park.

Call (814) 865-0431.

Club meeting — The Afternoon Book Club will discuss Harper Lee’s “Go Set a Watchman” from 2 to 3 p.m. the Schlow Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. No registration is necessary. Visit www.schlowlibrary.org.

Concert — The Penn State School of Music Faculty Spotlight Concert will be held from 8 to 9 p.m. at Esber Recital Hall, Music Building I, University Park. Call (814) 865-0431.

— Compiled by Gazette staff

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Invent Penn State initiative welcomes six startups STATE COLLEGE — Happy Valley LaunchBox recently announced its inaugural cohort, an entrepreneurial class of six business startups who will participate in Invent Penn State’s no-cost business pre-accelerator program. The teams will complete 10 weeks of business startup training, have access to no-cost legal and marketing consulting and enjoy no-cost co-working space available to their teams 24 hours daily.

The final six entrepreneurial teams submitted applications in early December, along with more than 40 other companies or entrepreneurial teams, and were selected from 11 finalists in a highly competitive process. All finalists were interviewed and pitched their business idea to the LaunchBox selection committee, which was made up of a mix of entrepreneurs and business startup service providers. The process yielded a diverse mix of Penn State students, faculty and community entrepreneurs comprising the finalist cohort teams.

“We believed, based on research, that there was a need for LaunchBox — a dynamic and collaborative university-community entrepreneurial environment,” said Neil Sharkey, vice president for research. “But, we were pleasantly surprised by the high number of applications and the diverse mix of entrepreneurs and startups that applied for our first cohort. There are a lot of great ideas to be commercialized. We made tough choices.”

The inaugural six LaunchTeams include

the following: ■ Lockeroom, a platform for managing youth sports teams and leagues that automates and expedites registration, scheduling and communication processes for team and league management, is led by Brook Hart, Kurt Collins and Joe Gazza.

“Something I don’t think any of us realized growing up here was how many talented and successful entrepreneurs there are in this community,” said Hart. “We are looking forward to being able to learn from many of the talented people who have achieved the type of success that we are working toward.”

■ Project Vive is a speech assistance technology that aims to give a voice to individuals who cannot talk by providing a low-cost, effective device. The team is led

by Mary Elizabeth McCulloch and Rodney Miller.

“Securing space downtown is a huge step for Project Vive to be integrated into the State College community,” said McCulloch. “It is a perfect opportunity to have an office space and awesome mentorship all in the same place.”

■ ReDi Index provides guidance and methods to measure an organization’s recycling efforts with a two-number system to measure improvement and progress toward zero waste. Brendan Bagley, Al Matyasovsky and Shulin Chen lead this team.

“The opportunity that Invent Penn State provides through LaunchBox is a great one,” says Bagley. “We have had

what we think is a viable product for nearly two years with very few customers. We hope that the expertise provided through the LaunchBox program will assist us in improving our product, our marketing or whatever we need to bring us to the next level.”

■ Scenomics, led by Steve Haynes and Bryan Adams, is a software-as-service concept that helps health care organizations identify and quantify the value of their technology investments.

“We’re very excited to be working with this talented group of mentors, in a new and exciting space, and with a fascinating group of like-minded startup entrepreneurs,” said Haynes.

■ Somnus is a medical device that can diagnose sleep apnea at home, instead of requiring patients to check into a sleep clinic. The team is led by Nick LaBarbera and Michael McPhail.

“Our team is thrilled to be selected for the Happy Valley LaunchBox,” said LaBarbera. “The workshop and training opportunities provided by the LaunchBox will be instrumental in getting our concept off the ground. We are especially excited to learn from experienced entrepreneurs and business people from the State College area.”

■ Squid Bioadhesives is a protein-based bioadhesive that is 10 times stronger than other natural adhesives and is capable of bonding underwater, as well as self-repairing. The material was inspired by the suction cups of squids and has potential as a

surgical adhesive. Leading this team are Abdon Pena-Francesch and Huihun Jung.

“We are honored to be selected for the LaunchBox program. We are looking forward to taking our ideas out of the lab and making a difference,” said Pena-Francesch.

During the 10-week LaunchBox program, LaunchTeams will commit three hours per week to in-class time and five hours per week to out-of-class time. After the training, the teams will be eligible to retain their seats for an additional nine months to continue to develop their business concepts. Additionally, staff will connect teams who need capital with potential investors.

Following the inaugural cohort, LaunchBox will expand to accept 10 LaunchTeams for each session, including summer and fall of this year. Ongoing, LaunchBox will select three cohorts per year, for an ultimate capacity of 30 business startups.

“If you have an idea, you should connect with us at invent.psu.edu,” Sharkey said. “Due to the collaboration facilitated by the Invent Penn State initiative, every team that applied to LaunchBox is now a part of our entrepreneurship family and has been referred to proper mentors and programs in our ecosystem to grow their ideas. We expect they’ll apply for the Summer Founders Program, the LaunchBox summer session or TechCelerator when they’re ready.”

ClearWater Conservancy elects new board members STATE COLLEGE — Three new board members officially began service to ClearWater Conservancy Jan. 1.

Kevin McGarry, Dr. Thomas Butler and Matt Hardy were elected to two-year terms during the conservancy’s annual meeting in November.

McGarry is partner-in-charge of the State College office of Urish Popeck. There, he is responsible for all aspects of each accounting and tax engagement, from planning through reporting, for small businesses and their owners and high net worth individual clients.

McGarry joined Urish Popeck in 2003 after working as a consultant for a global compensation and benefits consulting firm and senior accountant for a regional accounting firm in Wilmington, N.C. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Penn State and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants and an associate member of the American Society of Appraisers.

In addition to ClearWater Conservancy, McGarry volunteers for College Heights

Association, Centre Region Estate Planning Council and St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.

Butler is the executive director of Appalachia Intermediate Unit 8, an educational service agency serving four counties and 35 school districts in rural central Pennsylvania. Previously, he served as a superintendent, principal, guidance counselor and teacher in rural school districts across Pennsylvania. He received his doctorate in educational leadership from Penn State, researching the effects of globalization on rural schools and communities in the United States.

Butler is a husband and father of three children and lives in Penns Valley. He grew up in rural Tioga County, working on his grandparent’s farm. He learned to appreciate the gift of a clean, natural habitat through hours of working outdoors.

Hardy, a Penn State graduate, is the director of The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center and earned his Certified Fund Raising Executive credential in June 2013. He was previously employed by Lock Haven University, serving as director of major gifts and planned giving. During his

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THREE NEW MEMBERS have been elected to the ClearWater Conservancy board. Pictured, from left, are Matt Hardy, Kevin McGarry and Tom Butler. tenure there, more than 100 new named scholarship funds were created. Hardy also worked on fundraising projects for a new $40 million science center and a 688-bed

suite style residence hall.

A Centre County native, Hardy grew up in Bellefonte and resides in State College with his wife, Dana, and their two children.

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made a philanthropic commitment to name a new laboratory in Penn State’s Steidle Building, home of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The building is currently being renovated and is slated for completion in June. The $50,000 gift will support the Arkema Additive Manufacturing Laboratory.

“Arkema is committed to the development of innovative, high-performance materials to meet the needs of today and tomorrow, and we are pleased to reinforce our collaboration with Penn State by making a contribution to support the promising field of additive manufacturing,” said Ryan Dirkx, vice president of research and development at Arkema Inc. “ We are proud to have our name associated with this laboratory and look forward to future discoveries from the Penn State researchers engaged in this exciting area of research and development.” Dirkx has

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Additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, refers to a process in which objects are produced layer by layer from a digital file or model. Uses for this technology and the materials it will employ have the potential to revolutionize nearly every aspect of life, and it is already in use in the areas of architecture, medicine, electronics and specialty manufacturing of all kinds. This technology has the potential to find new applications for virtually every material, as well as the potential to create new alloys and composites not previously possible.

Arkema Inc.’s gift will be used to purchase new equipment and other necessary materials and supplies. The new laboratory will allow students to explore the technology and integrate the process into their research. It will impact all of our students through its use to enhance undergraduate laboratory courses.

“Additive manufacturing is an exciting, rapidly growing area in materials science that holds the potential to create new materials with unique functions,” said Michael Hickner, associate professor of materials science and engineering, and chemical engineering. “Arkema’s support of this laboratory will give our students a leg up with hands-on experience in this fast-paced field. We are eagerly looking forward to the new research innovations and unique educational experiences that will result from having this lab at Penn State due to Arkema’s generosity.”

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DEED TRANSFERS The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County recorder of deeds, Joseph Davidson.

The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information.

RECORDED DEC. 28-31, 2015 BENNER TOWNSHIP

Wells Fargo Bank to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 119 Cambridge Lane, Bellefonte, $10.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Margaret L. Teaman estate, Kenneth L. Teaman, co-executor, and Lori T. Cummings, co-executrix, to Rodney N. Wellar and Sherri L. Wellar, 625 Old 220 Road, Bellefonte, $145,000.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Paula M. Zoretich estate, Stephen G. Zoretich, and Thomas J. Zoretich to Stephen G. Zoretich and Julia L. Zoretich, 144 Spring Hill Lane, State College, $1.

Vickie Ann Stephens estate, Jann Richard Duck and Mary Lou Duck, co-administratix, to Daniel R. Batcho and Sing Hong Wong, 1234 E. Branch Road, State College, $226,000.

Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County and Douglas W. Johnson by trustee to I-Regen LLC, 410 Pike St., State College, $29,000.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

S&A Homes Inc. to Yanming Wang, 165 Red Willow Road, State College, $332,000.

Johnson Farm Associates, Thomas F. Songer by attorney, and S&A Homes Inc. to Michael A. Morgan, 310 Hawknest Road, State College, $380,494.

S&A Homes Inc. to Dawn M. McFadden, 154 Red Willow Road, State College, $372,892.

Mark C. Kline, Eileen C. Kline, Norris Zachary Muth and Barbara Allyson Muth to Norris Zachary Muth and Barbara Allyson Muth, 119 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1.

Norris Zachary Muth and Barbara Allyson Muth to Norris Zachary Muth and Barbara Allyson Muth, 119 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1.

Mark C. Kline, Eileen C. Kline, Norris Zachary Muth and Barbara Allyson Muth to Mark C. Kline and Eileen C. Kline, 107 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1.

Mark C. Kline and Eileen C. Kline to Mark C. Kline and Eileen C. Kline, 107 W. Pine Grove Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1.

Nicholas P. Roscoe Jr. and Elena J. Roscoe

to David J. Rizzo and April D. Rizzo, 122 E. Irvin Ave., State College, $425,000.

S&A Homes Inc. to Baigang Zhang and Jing Hu, 168 Red Willow Road, State College, $356,947.

Ryan W. Nordgren and Julie A. Nordgren to Blake Burdette and Nicole Reynard, 2401 Pinehurst Road, State College, $455,000.

Johnson Farm Associate, Thomas F. Songer by attorney, and S&A Homes Inc. to Xiaojun Lian, 390 Hawknest Road, State College, $316,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Delores J. Richardson to Chris E. Richardson, 133 West St., Spring Mills, $1.

John R. Boston and Karen J. Boston to Scott M. Breon, 103 Two Steeples Lane, Spring Mills, $95,000.

DKT2 LLC to Robert S. Decker and Jill M. Decker, Viola Lane, Spring Mills, $1.

DKT2 LLC to Duane E. Tobias, Martin A. Tobias, and Laura S. Tobias, Brush Valley Road, $1.

DKT2 LLC to Robert C. Kapinus and Kathleen Kapinus, 129 Viola Lane, Spring Mills, $1.

HAINES TOWNSHIP

George Chilcote by attorney to Mark Robert Clouse and Deanna Lynn Clouse, 161 Lick Hollow Road, Woodward, $500,000.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

S&A Homes to Timothy L. Eshelman and Susan C. Eshelman, 149 Harness Downs Road, Port Matilda, $427,587.

Daniel F. Hughes and Donna M. Hughes to Tammy Sue Gibbons and Ronald L. Eaken Jr., 106 Hummingbird Lane, Port Matilda, $160,000.

Halfmoon Land Company LLC to Half Moon Acres LLC, State Route 0550, Port Matilda, $1.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

Ryan K. Whiting and Ashley K. Whiting to Jason A. Chelik and Jessica Chelik, 149 Colgate Court, Port Matilda, $421,750.

Jason C. Haas to Jason C. Haas, trustee, 340 Timberton Circle, Bellefonte, $1.

Gray’s Woods and S&A Homes Inc. to Rita D. Manis, 197 Glenndale Drive, Port Matilda, $263,465.

Halfmoon Land Company LLC to Half Moon Acres LLC, State Route 0550, Port Matilda, $1.

Tamara Folda and Tamara S. Folda to Donald Travis and Susan Travis, 624 Galen Drive, State College, $160,500.

PENN TOWNSHIP

Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County and unknown owner to Derek G. Hart, Standing Bear Lane, Aaronsburg, $5,600.

Diana M. Prough to Norman J. Yoder Jr. and Anna E. Yoder, 122 Thompson Lane, Spring Mills, $113,000.

MILES TOWNSHIP

David F. Stoltzfus, Rachel B. Stoltzfus, Paul

Genevieve Sankey and Mark Sankey to Genevieve I. Sankey, 396 Phoenix Road, Philipsburg, $1.

Mark R. Sankey and Genevieve I. Sankey to Mark R. Sankey, 3571 Tyrone Pike, Philipsburg, $1.

Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County, Stephen F. Novak by trustee and Margaret C. Novak to Pasquale V. Romano Jr., State St., Philipsburg,

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Linda M. Burnsworth to Jeffrey St. Clair, 7975 S. Eagle Valley Road, Port Matilda, $40,000.

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Tyler Del Martz and Destiny Rae Martz to National Residential Nominee Services, 117 Meadow Lane, Bellefonte, $182,040.

National Residential Nominee Services to Todd Braughler, 117 Meadow Lane, Bellefonte, $182,040.

S&A Homes Inc. to Russell Lee Kennedy and Kathleen L. Kennedy, 217 Jefferson Circle, Bellefonte, $268,502.

Ronald R. Cravener and Verna L. Cravener to John A. Goins and Casey M. Ring, 1195 Blue Spruce Drive, Bellefonte, $195,876.

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Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County and Grace Noll Estate to Jose A. Rodriguez, South Main Street, Pleasant Gap, $954.14.

David W. Cramer and Sandra L. Cramer to Nathan M. Smeltzer, 115 Harvey St., Pleasant Gap, $119,900.

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Scott F. Bosak, Marcia E. Bosak, Ronald L. Surovec, Christine M. Surovec, Patrick J. Besong and Corrine M. Bosak to Superior Appalachian Pipeline LLC, Rusnak Hill Road, Snow Shoe, $185,000.

Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County and Marcella D. Crestani to Lisa M. Dickinson, 131 Summit Road, Snow Shoe, $5,221.69.

Robin W. Gillette and Joann Gillette to Headquarters TLD, 235 Ferds Road, Snow Shoe, $79,000.

POTTER TOWNSHIP

people worldwide and operates in close to 50 countries. In North America, Arkema Inc., a subsidiary of Arkema, employs nearly 3,000 people and operates 41 sites in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil. Arkema Inc. is headquartered in King of Prussia and is the company’s main research and development location.

This recent gift continues Arkema’s generosity to the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Penn State. During the past six years, Arkema has consistently donated to the department to support graduate fellowships, the department’s graduate colloquium in materials and undergraduate student travel.

For more information about the Steidle Building renovation, visit www.matse.psu.edu/steidle.

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SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Tax Claim Bureau of Centre County and Scott Linden Carbaugh to Brett Stewart and Shannon Stewart, 715 E. Laurel St., Philipsburg, $4,750.

PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH

RUSH TOWNSHIP

Susan Rankin and Allison F. Subasic to Susan R. Rankin and Allison F. Subasic, 167 Hogan Lane, Howard, $1.

Bradley D. Comly to Bradley D. Comly and Kerri S. Comly, 201 Mill St., Howard, $1.

$1,294.95.

Leroy E. Johnston Jr., Leroy Johnston and Cindy Johnston to Karen Lewis, 609 Walnut St., Philipsburg, $66,000.

Greta B. O’Toole to Yoonsik Kim, 533 Orlando Ave., State College, $292,000.

Bryce G. Burkentine and Paul D. Burkentine to Bryce G. Burkentine, 122 E. Irvin Ave., State College, $1.

John R. Rodgers and Colleen A. Rodgers to ARC of Centre County PA Inc., 614 E. McCormick Ave., State College, $280,000.

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Thomas M. Gilmore and Linda S. Gilmore to Millheim Borough, Park Avenue, Millheim, $1.

Georg F. Gosa and Darla E. Gosa to Tyler Payne and Kaly Eckenroth, 502 Belle Ave., Boalsburg, $220,000.

Gordon L. Jensen and Sarah A. Jensen to Leslie A. Stewart, 120 Laurel Meadow Lane, Centre Hall, $570,000.

West Penn Power Company to Sam Malizia and Mauvette Malizia, Kennard Road, State College, $1.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

“Materials science and engineering at Penn State consistently ranks highly among materials programs and it is critical that we have state-of-the-art facilities to remain competitive and attract top-quality students and researchers. We are extremely grateful to Arkema Inc. for this generous gift,” said Susan Sinnott, materials science and engineering department head.

Arkema, headquartered in Colombes, near Paris, is a world leader in materials for coatings and paints and develops state-of-the art specialty chemicals and polymers. Reporting annual sales of 7.5 billion euros in 2014, the company employs more than 19,000

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Ronald D. Phillips to Ronald D. Phillips, 3040 General Potter Highway, Spring Mills, $1.

Philip R. Struble Income-Only Trust, Virginia L. Struble Income-Only Trust, Virginia L. Struble, Cathi Jane Baker, trustee, Charolette Ann Waltz and Cyndra Lee Kessinger, trustee, to David A. Klinger Jr., 135 Horseshoe Lane, Spring Mills, $170,000.

Joseph C. Griffin to Jack Ray and Sarah Decker, 105 Grow Lane, Centre Hall, $216,150.

Larry B. Campbell Living Trust and Larry B. Campbell, trustee, to Beryle Palmatier, Huckleberry Lane, Spring Mills, $85,000.

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B. Stoltzfus and Katie B. Stolzfus to David F. Stoltzfus and Rachel B. Stoltzfus, 4841 Brush Valley Road, Rebersburg, $1,000.

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SPRING SUBLET at LIONS CROSSING $450.00 Rent is $499/ mo and internet and cable are included and all you have to pay for is gas and electric, which usually total to 40-60.

You’ll have your own room as well.

(610) 998-5956

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Pet Friendly Private Bedroom / Bath Ground level bedroom with a den room. Furnished: full sized bed, desk, dresser, a futon in the den, and a huge closet. Private bedroom and a private bathroom with a tub. A laundry room with a washer and dryer. Parking is right outside. Rent is $560 per month not including electric/heat. You will be taking over my lease as such you will need to pay the $405 to take it over . Let me know if you have any questions.

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ROOM For Rent In Family Home. $450.00 Furnished bedroom for one person. Includes utilities in Port Matilda home located in a lovely wooded area. 10 Miles to PSU. Towels and linens provided.

Access to living areas, laundry, kitchen (dishes, pots & pans) & pool.

Month to month lease.

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ROOM 4 RENT 2016 SPRING SEMESTER $500.00 one private bdrm in a 3 bdrm / 2bath Univeresity Terrace apt.925 Bellaire Ave. To share with 3 senior males. $500.00/mon. + utilities (approx $55.00/mon).

Includes: single bed, dresser, closet.

Full kitchen and bath.

(732) 606-6914

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Centre County Mutual Fire Ins. Co., P. of H. will hold its Annual Policyholders Meeting on Tuesday, March 1, 2016, at 10:00 A.M., in Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College, PA. The purpose of the meeting is to review the 2015 financial report, election of directors, and conduct any other business which may be presented.

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COUNTRY 5 min. from town. This 3 bdrn home sits on 1/2 acre with open living room, dining room, and kitchen. Three car garage. Bellefonte area.

Asking $250,000 firm.

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Co m m u n i t y He l p Ce n t r e ’ s 24-hour hotline is now accepting volunteer applications. T raining topics include active listening, problem solving, short term counseling skills, and crisis intervention. Deliver appropriate support regarding issues related to emotional well-being, mental health, substance abuse, and referrals and connection to community resources. G reat on-the-j ob experience and a chance to contribute to the community’ s well-being. F ree training in return for fulfilling a volunteer commitment. May lead to part-time paid work. Applications are due Wednesday, January 27.

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Program Leaders/ Naturalists at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center; Y outh Start Smart B asketball Instructor; Adult olleyball eague Officials Summer Day Camp Leaders; Nature Center Interns; Y outh & Adult T ennis Instructors; Swim Lesson Instructors; Softball T ournament Staff; Parks Caretakers.

P a y r a t e : $ 8-$ 15 depending on position qualifications

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LOOK ING F OR EX P ERIENCED TAX P REP ARERS We are looking for income tax preparers with experience in personal and small business tax preparation.

A background in accounting is a maj or plus for this part time position.

WE OF F ER • Highest payout in the industry for qualified applicants • ery e ible hours • Paid personal days for qualified applicant • Immediate qualification to participate in retirement plan.

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GRAPHIC DESIGNER Fast, economical, quality work. Flyers, resumes, brochures, ltrhds, bus. cards, labels, ads, forms, certificates, posters, newsltrs, catalogs, book/jacket designs, logos, menus, programs, invitations.

CALLS ONLY, (814) 237-2024 COMPUTER REPAIRS I have over 15 years of experience in repairing desktops, laptops and servers.

I can easily remove viruses, spyware, and malware and get your PC back to top form.

Please email Mike at mnap11@ hotmail.com or Call 814-883-4855.

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Snow removal, Painting, Electrical, Carpentry, Plumbing, Flooring, Driveway sealing, Mulching, Brush removal, Leaf blowing

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Clothing

GIRLS DRESSES INFANT -TEEN Beautiful, Local, Handmade Tulle Dresses.

Several different styles and colors.

Custom made to fit your princess.

Prices start around $12 and go up according to size.

You can also check out my eBay store called MelliesDress (814) 470-0615

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NECK TIES: dozens of men’s silk neck ties. like new. $2.00 ea. Call (814) 466-7235

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MIXED SEASONED HARDWOOD For Sale Cut And Split Oak And Ash, Varying Length From 12” To 16” Dried 3 Months.

Ready To Burn Delivered $150.00 Cord & Ranked $175.00.

Call (717) 247-4667

Wine BIGMAN Handle Chaise Recliner $495.00 Rolled and padded arms. Banded base rail.

Dimensions 45” W x 47” D x 49” H. Comes with new (never used) arm pads. Recliner was used very little.

This recliner is in great shape with no damage and from a smoke-free home. $495. Hardly used.

(610) 588-1884

Walks Firewood & Lawn Care Seasoned, Barkless, Oak Firewood. Cut to your length, Split, & Delivered. We sell our firewood year round.

Dont hesitate to call.

Call Now: Matthew R. Walk (814)937-3206

DINING ROOM TABLES & ENTERTAINMENT CENTERS Two kitchen tables, $50 and $75.

Entertainment Center (new) $200.

Fire place TV stand (new) $200.

(814) 422-8460

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PA HOUSE dining room table & 6 side chairs, excellent condition, 52” apron round w/ two 15” apron leaves for extension. $1,100. Call (814) 308-8622

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COUNTRY 5 min. from town. This 3 bdrn home sits on 1/2 acre with open living room, dining room, and kitchen. Three car garage. Bellefonte area.

Asking $250,000 firm.

Ph. 814.222.3331.

Musical & Stereo Equipment For Sale

Yamaha Electronic Keyboard PSR-170 with adapter!

Excellent working condition. $60 (814) 880-2815

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BOXING EQUIPMENT I have some boxing stuff for sale including nice silver Everlast heavy bag, 2 sets of gloves/ wraps and bag gloves. Includes instructional DVD also.

Boxing with the heavy bag is a great workout. $85.00 (814) 933-6169

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WHITE TAIL, Venison, whole fresh venison, we can butcher it or you can have it butchered yourself, Call (814) 441-2127

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WANTED MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Wanted to buy, musical instruments in any condition.

Mainly brass and woodwind instruments but would consider string instruments.

Sorry no interest in guitars or drum equipment.

Call/text 610-588-1884

X BOX 360 PACKAGE WHY PAY MORE. Xbox 360 package includes games like battlefield 3, halo 4, reach, need for speed hot pursuit and more! includes wireless controller / text pad and microphone. $200.00 (814) 933-6169

REGISTERED NURSES Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you considering a new career path in the New Y ear? If so, then we at Centre Crest are looking for you. We are currently seeking individuals who possess the following qualities to oin our team The qualified candidate should possess critical thinking skills; have strong clinical and assessment skills, along with effective leadership ability. Long term care and or hospital supervisor experience preferred but not req uired, and must possess an active PA Registered Nurse license. We are also accepting applications for PRN and Part T ime Registered Nurses to complement our staff. Attend an informative introduction to long term care on January 13, 2016 from 2: 00 to 4: 00 P.M. or you may complete an application and we will be setting up interviews for the New Y ear. If you wish to complete an application please visit our website at w w w . c e n t r e c r e s t . o r g or stop by at 502 East Howard Street, B ellefonte, to complete an application at the front desk.

LICENSED P RACTICAL NURSE

Quality Control (QC) Technician II First Quality Tissue, an industry leading manufacturer of paper towel and bath tissue products is looking for a Quality Control (QC) Technician II for our state-of-the-art manufacturing facility located in Lock Haven, PA. This position is primarily responsible for performing finished product lab testing, visual inspections and assisting with plant trials when necessary.

These The QC Tech II is a 12-hour, night shift position.

Qualifications: 1. Standard knowledge of computers and basic office software.

2. Familiarity with a formal Quality System (ISO 9000, GMP/ QSR, etc.) preferred.

3. Math skills including algebra required; statistics knowledge a plus.

4. Attention to detail, mechanical aptitude, good verbal and written communication skills.

5. Ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

6. High school diploma or equivalent required.

7. Post-secondary education or experience in quality or laboratory testing preferred.

We recently increased our wages at Centre Crest for the LPN’ s to stay competitive in our field f you are seeking a new opportunity, and are talented, driven, and a clinically strong leader; ability to multi task as well as work independently, then we would like to hear from you. If you wish to complete an application please visit our website at w w w . c e n t r e c r e s t . o r g . Attend an informative introduction to long term care on January 13, 2016 from 2: 00 to 4: 00 P.M. or you may also complete an application. We are also accepting applications for PRN and Part T ime LPN’ s to complement our staff. Please call us at 8 1 4 - 3 5 5 - 6 777 if you should have any q uestions on this position or other employment opportunities that are available.

NURSE AIDE CLASSES Centre Crest is currently taking applications for individuals who are interested in our next NURSE AIDE CLASS. If you are seeking a career in a Long T erm Care setting, consider taking the Nurse Aide Class on Centre Crest, tuition paid and on j ob training during the course of the program. We are seeking caring, hardworking, loyal and dependable individuals who want to make a difference in people’ s lives. Attend an informative introduction to long term care on January 13, 2016 from 2: 00 to 4: 00 P.M. If this sounds like you, please complete an application by visiting our website at w w w . c e n t r e c r e s t . o r g or stop in at 502 East Howard Street, B ellefonte, to complete an application at the front desk.

First Quality provides a safe, clean work environment with excellent wages and benefits including bonus and incentive programs, medical/dental benefits, 401k plan with company contribution, recognition programs, education assistance opportunities and a work schedule that provides a great work, life balance.

Please visit our website at www.firstquality.com and follow the careers link to Lock Haven job openings to apply for all open positions.

NURSING ASSISTANTS Centre Crest is currently taking applications for Part T ime positions on all SHIF T S. If you are a driven, hardworking, committed to q uality of care individual then we want to hear from you The qualified candidate should possess their Certification as a Nursing Assistant Attend an informative introduction to long term care on January 13, 2016 from 2: 00 to 4: 00 P.M. Please complete an application by stopping in to see us at 502 East Howard Street, or by visiting or website at w w w . c e n t r e c r e s t . o r g

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