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Fans turn out in droves for annual scrimmage

By CHRIS MORELLI and SARAH WEBER Centre County Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — For many Penn State football fans, there was no better way to spend a spring Saturday.

On a sun-splashed afternoon in Happy Valley, the Blue and White faithful descended on Beaver Stadium for the annual Blue-White Game.

A later kickoff — 4 p.m. this year — aided those fans who made a day of it.

Conditions were perfect. Temperatures climbed into the mid-70s by kickoff and not a drop of rain fell from the sky. More than 65,000 fans turned out to get a sneak peek at the 2015 Nittany Lions.

“I know it’s baseball season, but I get really excited for football at any time of the year … it really helps with the withdrawal,” said Mark Davis, a Penn State season ticket holder. “We come to the Blue-White Game every year — rain or shine. It’s just a great day with family and friends. For a lot of us (tailgaters), it’s like a reunion because we haven’t seen each other since the fall.”

Davis said that he hadn’t seen his beloved Nittany Lions since a thrilling over-

time victory in the Pinstripe Bowl in New York City at the end of 2014. He was excited to see a “new and improved” version of second-year head coach James Franklin’s squad.

“It’s always nice to get an early look at the team. I’m really excited to see how the offensive line looks,” Davis said.

But the Blue-White Game is much more than just a scrimmage that marks the end of spring practice.

For most fans, it’s a weekend event. The RVs began rolling into town on Friday afternoon.

The lots opened early Saturday morning and filled up quickly.

Before the game, the tailgaters were out in force. There was plenty of food and drink in the parking lots. There were a large number of cookouts as fans grilled everything from hamburgers and hot dogs to chicken and steak.

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TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PICTURE PERFECT: Fans tailgated in the Beaver Stadium parking lots prior to the April 18 BlueWhite Game. More than 65,000 watched the Blue defeat the White, 17-7, as the squad closed out spring practice.

INSIDE Penn State closes out spring practice with a victory for the Blue squad. Page 20

County commissioners wade through projects

By GREGG KOHLHEPP correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

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MORE MEALS: Meals on Wheels in State College recently announced that it is expanding its service from three days a week to five. The organization is currently looking for additional volunteers.

Meals on Wheels expands service, seeks volunteers

By ALEXA LEWIS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Serving about 1,000 meals a week to community members in need and set to expand its days of service, State College Area Meals on Wheels is looking for more volunteers.

“We have most of the resources we need, except for volunteers,” said Christine Tyler, executive director of the organization.

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occupying a space in the Grace Lutheran Church at 205 S. Garner St. — is a program that delivers meals to individuals at home who are unable to purchase or prepare their own food.

While the group already delivers meals to clients on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, Tyler said that the board of directors has always envisioned expanding its service to five days a week.

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BELLEFONTE — Centre County commissioners are working through the process of two projects designed to benefit county residents: starting to review a bid for meal services for the elderly, while also nearing completion of the 911 system upgrades.

County controller Chuck Witmer unveiled the sole bid for the Hot Meals Service, which works to provide seniors with home-delivered meals, as well as meals at six senior centers and two adult living facilities.

J.R. Reed, the director of the Centre County Office of Aging, explained that the bidding for the food services goes out every five years. This bid for the meal services came from Nutrition Inc., based in Irwin.

“We served a total, in 2014, of 76,271 meals,” said Reed.

He further explained that this number translated to serving 697 individuals, unduplicated.

The commissioners agreed to table any action on the bid for three weeks, giving Reed and his staff time to look over and work with the bid. Commissioner Steven Dershem believes that taking this amount of time to review the bid is the proper thing to do.

“We understand the importance of these programs,” he said.

Commissioner Michael Pipe explained that the service actually does more than just provide food for elderly residents of the county.

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“It also gives them some company and human interaction,” said Pipe. “Three times a week, they (Nutrition Inc. employees) are meeting with the residents, and that face-to-face time is very important, to make sure they are okay.”

Nutrition Inc. holds the current contract that is set to expire with the county.

Under the current contract, the cost of all types of meals is $3.67. Under the new bid offered to the county, the cost of meals is set to rise to $4.13 for most meals and $4.26 for shelf-stable meals.

Pipe has some initial concern over the rise in the cost of the meals, but believes that work can be done with that over the next three weeks.

“I hope that there’s a place that we can meet in the middle,” said Pipe.

The commissioners also moved into the final stages of completing the new 911 computer-aided dispatch system, approving a contract with Mission Critical Partners to provide support with antenna placement, to assist with CAD implementation and to offer general consultation services.

The contract agreed to represents a savings to the county of $10,000. The contract with Mission Critical Partners is not to exceed $70,000. This agreement comes after a re-working of two separate contract offers that had a total cost to the county of $80,000.

The 911 upgrades began about 18 months ago, and the commissioners are happy with the hardware systems and trainings that have been implemented at Commissioners, Page 2

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HULL OF A GUY: Former Penn State and current NFL star Josh Hull recently spoke at a fundraiser for the Penns Valley Youth Center. The event was held at the Old Gregg School in Spring Mills.

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GETTING DIRTY: It’s time to get out the shovels, get your hands dirty and start landscaping. A special Lawn and Garden section will tell you everything you need to know about gardening this spring.

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PROUD COMMUNITY: The Borough of Howard is featured in this week’s Community Profile. Howard residents say the area is one of Centre County’s hidden gems.

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BACKYARD BRAWL: Softball powerhouses Philipsburg-Osceola and Bald Eagle Area hooked up on the diamond on April 21. The Lady Mounties prevailed in a 7-6 thriller.

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STATE COLLEGE — A California man has pleaded guilty to defrauding a jewelry store in State College as part of a crime spree across several states.

Phil Nguyen, of Garden Grove, Calif., entered his guilty plea with the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on April 17. He had originally pleaded not guilty, but later changed his mind as part of a plea agreement with federal prosecutors.

According to court documents, Nguyen has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud, which carries a maximum sentence of 30 years behind bars and a $250,000 fine. In return for the guilty plea, prosecutors are expected to drop charges of identification documentation fraud, access device fraud, interstate transportation of stolen property and aggravated identity theft.

Prosecutors say Nguyen used fake identification and fraudulent credits cards to rip off jewelry stores in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Nevada. Nguyen’s crime spree allegedly took place between January and July 2014, totaling more than $74,000 worth of stolen property.

Of that amount, Nguyen reportedly used his fake credit cards to purchase a Rolex watch worth about $13,000 from Kranich’s Jewelers.

According to court documents, Nguyen

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A CALIFORNIA MAN recently pleaded guilty to defrauding Kranich’s Jewelery store in State College. used afake California driver’s licenses to apply for credit cards and loans in other people’s names. In addition to five different jewelers, Nguyen also reportedly ripped off three different banks as part of his crime spree. Prosecutors say the total damage caused by Nguyen totals more than $114,000.

As part of his plea agreement, Nguyen has agreed to pay nearly $87,000 of restitution to his victims.

State College man faces variety of charges

By StateCollege.com staff STATE COLLEGE — State College man faces a slew of charges after getting arrested twice on the same day.

Police say they first encountered Daniel Mondelice, 22, at his residence shortly before 4 a.m. on April 18. Police were responding to a call about an assault at a Calder Way apartment.

Witnesses reportedly told police that Mondelice and another man had been debating whether LeBron James or Michael Jordan was a better basketball player, but the argument soon grew heated.

The victim, who reportedly tried to avoid a fight with Mondelice, told police that Mondelice broke a glass bottle over his head. Police say the victim had fresh bruises and cuts on face and neck. Investigators say Modelice continued to threaten the victim’s life as the man pulled broken glass from his neck.

Police located Mondelice and arrested him on felony aggravated assault and misdemeanor charges of making terroristic threats and simple assault. Mondelice was released on $30,000 unsecured bail, but police say that wasn’t the last time they had to deal with him.

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With the vote, Commissioner Chris Exarchos said that is the last piece to the upgrade for the 911 system, which should

Later that same day, police responded to a report that Mondelice was trespassing on private property. According to court documents, Mondelice went to his girlfriend’s old apartment on April 19 because he couldn’t return to his own apartment due to the alleged assault that had occurred earlier in the day.

Although his girlfriend no longer lived at the East College Avenue apartment, he reportedly asked his girlfriend’s friends and former roommates if he could stay there. The women later told police that they were uncomfortable with Mondelice being there “because of violent tendencies in the past,” according to court documents.

When one of the women asked Mondelice to leave, he reportedly went on a profanity-laced tirade and refused. Officers say he left after the roommates called the police.

Officers caught up with Modelice and arrested him a second time, charging him with felony trespassing and misdemeanor harassment.

Mondelice was being held in the Centre County Correctional Facility pending a preliminary hearing for both sets of charges. take six to eight months to be completed.

However, Exarchos understands that completion is a relative term.

“The 911 system is computers, software, a lot of technology, so upgrading the system is an ongoing process,” he said.

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Park Forest Middle School students enjoy Health Fair

By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — With another day of PSSA testing in the books, students at Park Forest Middle School headed to the school’s gymnasium to unwind.

Inside the gym, which bustled with activity, they found a variety activities. There was a golf station, an inflatable hockey goal, an aerobic dance booth and, of course, healthy food. It was all a part of the school’s annual health fair, which was held on April 21.

More than 850 students and 125 members of the school’s faculty and staff took part in the fair, which featured more than 40 businesses from Centre County and beyond.

“The kids just finished PSSA testing this morning and each day after the test, we have a special afternoon activity,” said Andrea Buchan, a math instructor at the school. “Today, it just happens to be the health fair. We have vendors coming in.

They’re showing the kids how to be active, how to eat healthy. This is nice. It’s a way to decompress after the test.”

The goal on this day was simple — get the kids moving and teach them something along the way.

“It’s really important. We need to make sure that kids just aren’t sitting at home, playing video games. We want to make sure that they’re outside. Go outside … go for a walk, go hit balls. This is just something to give them ideas and keep them active,” Buchan said.

The students certainly made the most of the opportunities to blow off some steam.

Matt Shaffer, an orchestra instructor at the school, was there representing CrossFit Nittany. CrossFit is a popular form of exercise that is growing by leaps and bounds.

“It’s really for anyone,” Shaffer explained. “No matter where you are on the spectrum, it’s all scaleable. We have elite athletes in our gym who go to the CrossFit games in California, but we also have the average person who just wants to stay in shape.”

Several students stopped by the CrossFit Nittany table to find out what it was all about.

“Anybody can do it,” Shaffer explained.

“You can come in off the street and workout next to an elite athlete. Everyone is doing the same thing and people see results when they do it. That’s the big thing that drives it. It definitely changes you.”

Shaffer said that it’s important to get in on the ground floor with kids as far as working out is concerned.

“If we can give them the building blocks of fitness, it will help them throughout their life,” Shaffer said.

Nearly every sport was represented at the health fair.

Danny Orton is the president of the Penn United Soccer Association and the State College Area High School boys’ squad.

With two children of his own, Orton said he realizes the importance of keeping children fit and healthy.

“Kids who are involved in organized sports or stuff through schools or just playing out in the front yard … that’s huge, it’s important,” Orton said. “The research is out there. At the end of the day, they’ll flat out be healthier. That’s the way it is.”

Orton has played soccer his entire life.

He knows firsthand the benefits of the sport.

“With soccer, you’re required to run a lot,” Orton said. “There’s not a lot of down time. You’ve got to be very fit, no doubt.”

With summer on the horizon, most students gravitated toward the outdoor sports.

However, one table getting a lot of action was manned by Elizabeth Horner.

She’s a volleyball player and coach for Relentless Club Volleyball.

Those stopping by the table could hit a volleyball and learn about the club’s travel teams, summer camps and league play.

Horner talked about her passion for the sport.

“I know for me and a lot of people, once you get involved in a sport, it becomes a lifestyle and a love and passion,” she said.

CHRIS MORELLI/The Gazette

PENN STATE Hockey Director Ryan Patrick watches as Park Forest Middle School students take shots on goal during the school’s annual Health Fair on April 21.

“We’re here to introduce kids to a sport that maybe they’ve never played before.

We can start them at a young age and teach them the right way. We’ve seen them go and do great things.”

For some students, maybe sports aren’t their thing.

That’s OK, because there were options for them as well.

Elizabeth Hansen is the team building facilitator of Stone Valley Vertical Adventures, which runs from April through October at the Stone Valley Recreation Area.

“We have a summer camp, Camp Adventure, which involves a lot of climbing on our ropes course and team challenge course. It’s a lot of fun,” Hansen said.

But if the ropes course or climbing isn’t quite your speed, there’s also a day camp which involves sailing.

“We have a camp that teaches kids how to use boats on the lake safely and effec-

tively,” Hansen said.

One of the most popular tables at the health fair was the one being run by LaCreta Holland, of State College.

Why? Her station featured food.

On this day, Holland was making chocolate chip banana crepes. She also had fresh-cut cucumbers and carrots with a spicy yogurt dip.

“These (crepes) are really super easy to make,” Holland explained to a group of students who were watching her cook.

“They’re made with tortillas. They’re a better alternative to the Hostess-type snacks.”

Parent Jennifer Walter was impressed with the health fair. She said that she always tries to get out to school events. You never know what you might learn, she said.

“I’ve learned a lot coming to our fairs,” Walter said. “You can always find something to bring home, try out and make your life better.”

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Council concerned about finances and budget

By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT

same time period. The borough’s refuse fund has brought in an extra $281,000 thanks to a state grant, but also had to spend more than $156,000 for a new refuse truck.

Council member Evan Myers pressed Miller and the rest of the borough’s financial staff to provide financial updates more frequently. He said he would like to see the borough’s budget broken down into monthly reports on revenue and expenses, which he thinks would allow council to make more informed financial decisions.

“We are stewards of the public money, so when we spend it we know how and why, and so does the public,” Myers said.

Even though council only finished drafting this year’s budget a few short months ago, council member Sarah Klinetob said she thinks its time to start looking toward next year’s budget.

Most of the borough’s funds are in the green so far, but Klinetob said the more important figure to keep in mind is a roughly $811,000 deficit built into the 2015 budget.

She also reminded council that next year’s deficit is expected to be even larger, so the sooner council begins to thinks of ways to cut costs or raise revenues, the better.

In other news, council passed a resolution declaring the State College borough a “fair trade community.” Council president James Rosenberger said the borough supports efforts to raise consumer awareness about sustainable and humane business practices, and that the borough will purchase fair trade goods whenever possible.

Council also approved the closure of part of South Fraser Street from Monday, May 18, to Friday, May 22, to accommodate the erection of 227-foot-tall crane at the Fraser Centre construction site.

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TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

A SUNNY DAY and a late-afternoon start was perfect for the annual Blue-White Game on April 18 at Beaver Stadium.

Fans, from page 1 For Robert Vitale, of York, the day is opportunity to get the routine perfected before fall.

“It’s a dress rehearsal,” Vitale said with a laugh. “It’s a practice for the players and it’s essentially a practice for us. No one takes it too seriously. We have a few drinks, some good food and call it a day. No one has their game face on yet. But we will in September. We’ll be ready.”

For the second consecutive season, the popular pre-game autograph session was back.

It took a one-year hiatus during the Bill O’Brien tenure, but Franklin brought it back last year.

Needless to say, it’s here to stay — and fans are thrilled.

“Personally, I think it’s the best part of

the day,” said David Majewski, of Altoona.

“You see these guys play, but you never have a chance to meet them up close and personal. It’s a really nice opportunity to thank them for their efforts on the field.”

He brought his daughters to the autograph session.

“They’re really big Christian Hackenberg fans,” Majewski said.

On the field, the Blue defeated the White, 17-7. But in the end, it wasn’t about the final score.

The game has become a party of sorts.

The fact that more than 65,000 watched the game in person made Franklin sit up and take notice.

“We had great attendance from our fans,” he said in his postgame news conference. “I think we had 66,000 fans, which I am unbelievably appreciative of and it was a great environment.”

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STATE COLLEGE — It’s already onefourth of the way through 2015, so State College Borough is reviewing its finances to make sure everything is going according to plan.

Dwight Miller, the borough’s manager of financial services, told the State College Borough council that most of the borough’s funds are “right on track” with expectations for the first quarter of 2015.

So far this year, revenues for the borough’s general fund are up by about $62,000 when compared to the first quarter of 2014. Miller also said that general fund expenditures are down by $212,000 from the same period of last year.

Miller said the main reason that general fund expenditures are down by so much is because the 2015 budget didn’t fill three open positions in the State College Police Department, including two police officer positions and one record technician position.

Revenues are up and expenses are down in several smaller borough funds as well, Miller said.

The parking fund has taken in $36,000 more than it did during the same period of 2014, and expenditures are even lower — $368,000 less than the first quarter of last year. The borough’s sanitary sewer fund is also in decent shape so far, with $54,000 of additional revenue and a decrease in expenses to the tune of $161,000.

But not all the news is quite so cheerful. Miller said the Centre Tax Agency may have taken in $21,000 more than the first quarter of 2014, but the agency has also spent $36,000 more this year during the

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‘Big Brother’ hopefuls audition at Nittany Mall

By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — The popular reality show “Big Brother� began in the Netherlands, but has become a staple of American television.

State College earned a chance to be represented on the show, hosting open auditions at the Nittany Mall on April 19 for the program’s 17th season.

The show, which puts contestants in a house under constant surveillance and with no contact with the outside world, ends with one of them winning a grand prize of $500,000.

More than 150 people visited the mall to record twominute audition tapes, showcasing their personalities in hopes of earning a shot at the half million dollars.

One person who auditioned, Huntingdon native Jake Barnish, said he’d love nothing more than to compete on one of his all-time favorite shows. “I’ve been watching ‘Big Brother’ since I was 11 or 12.

Season six was the first one I saw, and I’ve watched every season since then,� Barnish said. “I heard a couple people here saying that, too, but I really love the game. For me, it’s not even about the fame. A lot of people go on trying to increase Twitter followers. I don’t even have Twitter. It’s about the $500,000.�

Barnish hopes that his audition tape and application are eye-catching enough to earn him a spot in the “Big Brother� house and a shot at that prize. He feels that he stands out from the crowd. “I’m a pretty unique person with a unique background.

I stand out,� he said. “My high school voted me homecoming king and most unique. I’m not the average guy. I think I’d be good for the show.�

As for an audition strategy, Barnish didn’t really have one. He was nervous when the time came to film his pitch for the show. “Honestly, I didn’t really know what to say in the audition,� Barnish said. “I kind of winged it, but I feel I have a legitimate shot.�

Contrary to Barnish’s quiet demeanor, Byron Locke went with a more flashy approach at his Sunday audition.

Locke drove more than three hours from Teaneck, N.J., to try out for “Big Brother.� “I had to make a quick stop at Burger King and get my energy up, but it was worth it,� he said. “They got to see me, so that’s all that matters.�

Locke bought a brand new blazer, complemented by a suave pocket square, for his audition.

It wasn’t just his outfit that exuded confidence, however. “I’m funny, I’m social, I’m handsome and I got style,�

Locke said. “This is a new blazer. I wore it just for this. I just really hope I get on the show. It would be a life-changing experience, the best moment of my life.�

Like Barnish, Locke has his eyes on the grand prize.

He attended college for three years, but doesn’t have the money to finish his degree. “This would be a great opportunity to finish school, help my family out and just set my life up for the future,� he says. “That’s why I drove three hours.�

About half of those who auditioned made a fairly

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BYRON LOCKE, of Teaneck, N.J., drove more than three hours to State College to audition for the CBS television show “Big Brother.� lengthy commute to Nittany Mall. The other half took a short drive from within Centre County.

Andy May lives in Bellefonte, and says he couldn’t pass up the opportunity to drop by the mall and vie for a bed in the “Big Brother� house. “I like to explore, adventure and better myself whenever I can,� May said. “I think I could do well. I’m great with people, but if I have to I can be cutthroat. I have that kind of mindset. I’ll be your buddy, and you could never tell if I really wasn’t.�

Dropbox CEO: Find problems you want to solve

By MICHAEL MARTIN GARRETT StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Everyone has problems. But if you want to be happy, you need to have problems you can get excited about solving.

That’s what Dropbox founder and CEO Drew Houston thinks. You might not recognize his name, but if you’ve ever worked on a group project, or needed to send someone a file that was too big for email, then you’re probably familiar with his work.

Speaking at Penn State’s IST Startup Week on April 17, Houston said he got his start as an entrepreneur by starting an SAT prep company. But how many times can you write math problems about parallel lines before you get bored with it?

Houston needed a new challenge to tackle, one he could get excited about solving. In his own life, he’d dealt with the uniquely frustrating problem of transferring files between multiple computers and operating systems.

That wasn’t a problem for most people, but Houston was in luck. The world was about to change. “This was late 2006, just before the iPhone was announced,� Houston said. “The smartphone was really the dawn of a new era where everyone has two computers: one in their pocket, and their laptop.�

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He gave the gathered students some fairly standard advice, like making the most of their classes, taking internships and surrounding themselves with people who inspire them to grow. But Houston said there’s more to the college experience than just those pieces of advice.

Houston encouraged every student to start or join some kind of group that they can care about, and to take on as much responsibility as they can. If you can learn to work hard with the weight of the responsibility on your shoulders at an early age, then Houston thinks you’ll have a fighting chance at anything you set your mind to.

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Houston had been programming since he was a child, so the technical aspect of building Dropbox was like an enjoyable puzzle for him to solve. But as the company began to grow into its current multi-billion dollar incarnation, he faced a new challenge. How do you get a large group of people to do anything efficiently?

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Meals, from page 1 on Wheels is now campaigning to finally make that change.

In a survey that is not fully complete, about 40 percent of current clients have already said they would be interested in signing up to receive meals five days a week, Tyler said.

Increased service is tentatively planned to start June 15, according to one of the group’s flyers.

But expanding services to support more community members and serve more meals means that Meals on Wheels would need about 50 new volunteers, Tyler said.

Currently, the organization has about 100 volunteers who deliver about 320 meals each delivery day to approximately 160 clients.

Volunteers working in the kitchen arrive on service days at 8 a.m. and finish at about 10 a.m. after they prepare both cold and hot meals for clients and sort the meals based on assigned delivery routes.

Meals on Wheels assigns each client to one of the nine delivery routes, Tyler said.

Drivers who deliver the food arrive at the Grace Lutheran Church by 10 a.m., along with volunteers called “visitors,” who actually deliver the food from the car to the client’s door.

These volunteers have the chance to interact directly and become close with the clients,

but volunteers also develop close bonds with one another.

Tyler, who has worked State College Meals on Wheels for a year and a half, but has worked in similar services for 30 years, said the camaraderie that volunteers develop at the organizationis unlike any she’s ever seen.

“Each morning there is a different atmosphere among the volunteers,” Tyler said. “On Fridays, the kitchen volunteers have coffee together every morning and just chat.”

Meals on Wheels is hosting an open house at the Grace Lutheran Church on Monday, May 18, Wednesday, May 20, and Friday, May 22, from 9 a.m. to noon.

The organization’s 10th annual benefit is set just a few days earlier on Thursday, May 14, at the Nittany Lion Inn. The benefit is one way that Meals on Wheels can support itself, since the organization opts out of government funding, Tyler said.

The public is invited to attend benefit, which includes a live and silent auction, and can purchase tickets for $125.

Those interested in volunteering, becoming a client or purchasing tickets for the benefit can call (814) 237-8135.

“Volunteers don’t have to be here, but they choose to be here and I think that is the real beauty of it,” said Tyler.

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Shameful acts go viral on Net we make a decision or do something All it takes is a camera, someone that doesn’t meet our expectations doing something stupid and the Inor standards. Shaming is when we atternet. It’s called shaming. tempt to do it to others.

When my daughter’s mini-dachsResearcher and author Dr. Brene hund puppy spent the weekend with Brown has done groundbreaking us last year, her comical personality work in the area of shame. In inter(and looks) as well as the fact that she viewing tens of thousands of individwas not potty-trained gave me the uals, Brown has found that shame is perfect opportunity for a little “dog a common human experience. Her shaming.� definition of shame is our belief that I made the sign, took the picture our decisions and our actions make and instantly posted it on Facebook. us unworthy of love or beThe number of likes that I relonging. ceived on the picture indicatShame can destroy reed that other’s thought it was funny too. lationships, interfere with Shaming. The act of bringour potential for success ing shame to another. The inand damage our feelings tentional infliction of hurt or of self-worth. According embarrassment on another — to Brown, the secrecy and sometimes publicly and often the silence with which anonymously — because you most of us respond to believe their decisions or befeelings of shame is made haviors do not meet your stanworse by the judgment of dards. others.

A little funny when it’s a How many of us have dog. Not so funny when it’s a looked at the People of person.

Walmart pictures? Those Last week’s release of the Patty Kleban, unusual photos often video of ESPN reporter Britt who writes for show obese people who McHenry in an interaction StateCollege.com, are dressed in outrageous caught on camera is a case is an instructor (and perhaps staged) outat Penn State, study on shaming. In her frus- mother of three fits with ridiculous hair tration and anger at having her and a community styles or other peculiar car towed, Miss McHenry ver- volunteer. She is a characteristics. Maybe bebally attacked or “shamed� the Penn State alumna cause we believe on some woman behind the counter at who lives with her level they aren’t real or befamily in Patton the towing agency. cause we don’t know the In what appears to be a Township. Her people in the pictures, the relatively short but horrific in- views and opinions shaming becomes enterteraction, McHenry lashes out do not necessarily tainment. reflect those of Penn at the woman and includes de- State.

The advent of the Interrogatory statements about the net has made it easier to woman’s supposed education, work engage in shaming. Not only can we setting (a trailer) and her teeth. It apjudge and criticize others, technology pears that she knew the camera was has given us the ability to add to their rolling and didn’t care. Her parting shame by posting a picture or a video comment to the woman at the towing on the Internet. I can’t imagine what agency is to “lose some weight, Baby it’s like to go through the awkwardGirl.� ness of adolescence in today’s culture In their release of the video which of the Internet, anonymity and shamimmediately went viral, the towing ing. company got in a little shaming too.

But, as we saw with the recent picMcHenry has been suspended from tures posted on Facebook by a local her duties at ESPN for a whole week. fraternity and with one ESPN reportOne week for off for bringing bad er, shaming apparently has no age publicity to one’s employer. Consider limitations. this article a little ESPN shaming of I’m ashamed to say I’ve done it my own. myself. Driving downtown on a SatWhat made McHenry’s reaction urday or Sunday morning. The young so shocking to the millions who have woman walking alone in her bare feet seen it was the ease at which she at 9 a.m., carrying party shoes, with seemed to disrespect another human hair and make-up smeared. The overbeing. Miss McHenry looks pretty sized sweatshirt over her dress. The comfortable in the video demonstratwalk of shame. On more than one ocing not only disrespect and shaming casion I have said to the other person but with incredibly bad manners. My in the car, “Her mother would be so guess is that she has done it before. proud of her right now.�

Shame. A painful, hurtful emotion Shaming. Judging others by our that we inflict upon ourselves when standards and using their decisions

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A perilous trend arises for teens By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette There’s one bit of good news in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest survey on teenage smoking — only 9.2 percent of teens in 2014 said they smoke cigarettes. That’s a sharp drop from 12.7 percent of the year before, the biggest one-year decline in more than a decade.

But that positive news was offset by the tripling of teens who said they use electronic cigarettes — a smokeless, tobacco-less alternative that contains nicotine, which is addictive. According to the CDC, 2 million high school students, or 13.4 percent, said they used e-cigarettes last year, compared with only 4.5 percent the year before. In 2014, 450,000 middle school students, or 3.9 percent, used e-cigarettes — a jump from 1.1 percent in 2013.

The CDC considers it a worrisome trend because of the possibility that young people could migrate to tobacco eventually if hooked on nicotine. The illusion that e-cigarettes are “safe� could be creating a new generation of adult smokers.

Although the Food and Drug Administration regulates cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco, it has no authority over e-cigarettes. It may issue a rule in June, though, giving itself the power. For the sake of healthy Americans, young and old, it won’t come a day too soon.

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to make them feel bad.

If you google the word “shaming� you see the gamut of pictures and videos, sometimes with people holding up signs. Drunk shaming.

There is even “formula shaming� by the proponents of breastfeeding with pictures snapped of parents bottle feeding. Kids holding signs that say “I don’t do my homework� or “I skipped school today� posted on a parent’s Facebook page. There are Internet sites for the shaming of passengers on airplanes.

A mother of three recently took heat because she posted a picture of herself and her incredibly fit body in a bathing suit with her three small children and titled it “What’s your excuse?� The ensuing uproar about her alleged fat shaming made national news.

According to Dr. Brown and her research on shame, the level of hurt and self-denigration that comes with shame can be lethal to our personal growth and development. According to Brown, the antidote to shame is empathy.

I can empathize with Britt McHenry’s frustration at the towing company. A few years ago, my car was towed from a space in downtown State College that I paid for every month. When we got to the towing office, they wouldn’t let us access the purse or wallet in our car , behind the fence on their lot despite the fact that the driver just didn’t see our parking sticker. When we finally returned with the $85, it would have been very easy to lash out at the woman behind the counter.

Instead, when the transaction was over, I said, “You had the opportunity to be kind tonight and you didn’t take it.�

Shame on you, Britt McHenry.

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Health & Wellness

Metric units make for more accurate medication doses HERSHEY — Before giving a child medication, don’t reach into the kitchen drawer and grab a spoon. Instead, use a syringe that uses metric units and be sure the dose is accurate.

The American Academy of Pediatrics recently issued a set of recommendations on how orally administered medications should be both prescribed and given to a child. Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital pediatrician Dr. Ian Paul was the lead author of these recommendations as part of the academy’s Committee on Drugs.

“It’s important to educate people that medication errors and overdoses are common, but most are preventable,” Paul said.

Each year, more than 70,000 emergency department visits occur due to unintentional overdoses.

The AAP recommends that pediatricians write prescriptions in metric units using milliliters, which will help children receive a more precise amount of medication.

“There’s a variation in tablespoons and teaspoons that people use at home,” Paul said. “People sometimes confuse tablespoons and teaspoons, and give their child too much medicine. Parents should administer both over the counter and prescription medications with a syringe that has metric units, preferably one that has a flow restrictor.”

Syringes are available at any drug store and should be provided free with prescription medication upon request. A dosing cup with metric markings is an acceptable alternative, but a syringe is preferred.

The AAP’s recommendations for health care providers, caregivers and the medication industry include:

■ Orally administered liquid medications should be dosed exclusively by using metric-based dosing with milliliters to avoid confusion and dosing errors associated with common kitchen spoons.

■ The only appropriate abbreviation for milliliter is “mL,” and the use of alternatives (e.g., ml, ML, cc) for dosing orally administered liquid medications should be avoided.

■ Milliliter-based dosing should include leading zeros preceding decimals for doses less than 1 mL (e.g., 0.5 mL) to avoid 10-fold dosing errors.

■ Trailing zeros after decimals should not be included when dosing in whole number units to avoid 10-fold dosing errors.

■ The concentration (strength) of all orally administered liquid medication (e.g., in milligrams per milliliter [mg/mL]) should be clearly noted on prescriptions to enable accurate calculation of the medication dose administered.

■ Pediatricians should review milliliterbased doses with patients and families at the time that orally administered liquid medications are recommended or prescribed to ensure adequate health literacy for metric dosing units.

■ Pharmacies, hospitals and health centers should dispense orally administered liquid medications with metric dosing on the label and should distribute appropriate-volume milliliter-based dosing devices with all orally administered liquid medications.

■ Syringes (optimally, those designed to partner with flow restrictors) are the preferred dosing devices for administering oral liquid medications. Cups and spoons

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WHEN IT COMES TO administering medication, a metric measuring device is a parent’s best bet. calibrated and marked in milliliters are acceptable alternatives.

■ Dosing devices should not bear extraneous or unnecessary liquid measure markings that may be confusing to caregivers.

■ When possible, dosing devices should not be significantly larger than the dose described in the labeled dosage to avoid twofold dosing errors.

■ Manufacturers should eliminate labeling, instructions and dosing devices that contain units other than metric units.

■ Researchers should study the effect of caregiver health literacy on dosing precision to determine the best strategies to prevent unintended dosing errors among minorities, immigrants and those with low health literacy.

Lean business approach helps hospitals run more effectively HERSHEY — Implementing a well-established business approach allowed physicians to shave hours off pediatric patient discharges without affecting readmission rates in a recent study conducted at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The approach could help hospitals around the country open up existing beds to more patients, and reduce emergency department crowding and lost referrals without investing significant capital.

Most hospitals have a fixed number of staffed beds available for patients. When hospitals are at or exceed capacity, admitted patients may be kept in the emergency department (called “boarding”), elective and urgent care may be delayed, or patients may be referred to another hospital that can accommodate them. Nationwide, these limitations in access to care are producing overcrowding and safety concerns across health care organizations, specifically in emergency departments.

Reducing inpatient discharge delays could free up beds and improve patient flow without compromising quality of care.

To investigate how to discharge patients more efficiently, Dr. Michael Beck, associate professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, and a physician at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, turned to Lean Six Sigma, a methodol-

ogy widely used in other industries that is increasingly being applied to health care.

LSS aims to improve effectiveness and efficiency by eliminating waste in hospital processes.

“Lean Six is designed to reduce delays, defects and deviations through waste elimination and creation of standard practices,” said Beck. “It emphasizes creativity over capital by finding the most efficient sequence of steps in a process to improve quality without adding significant costs.”

Process changes were implemented in the Children’s Hospital’s Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine to reduce discharge delays from the general pediatric service. In most academic medical centers, rounds are staffed by teams led by an attending physician. Depending on the size of a service line, a single attending physician may oversee the care of as many as 15 patients. With rounds typically lasting about180 minutes, each patient is seen for only 10 to 11 minutes. This model rushes doctors, limits the amount of time they spend with patients, residents and medicals students, and ultimately delays discharge times because there is not enough time to conduct the entire discharge process at the bedside.

During this study, an additional rounding team was formed. This created two functional teams each consisting of one

The Children’s Hospital diverted only one referral during the study, compared to 20 during the same six-month period the previous year. The financial effect was estimated at between $275,000 and $412,000 in additional revenue. Emergency department boarding hours — the time patients waited without an available room for inpatient admittance — were reduced by 22 percent.

As discharge delays decreased, patient satisfaction increased. Surveys found that 75 percent of patients said they would recommend the hospital to others, compared to 53 percent before the study.

Physicians within the group were also more satisfied with the new model. This is important, since staffing two teams meant that doctors worked an average of two to three extra weeks during the intervention period. Despite this, 100 percent of them voted to continue with the new model.

“We spend more time in the patients’ rooms, engaging them in discussions and teaching the residents and med students,” Beck said. “So, not only does this newer model appear to be effective and more efficient, it appears to be a staff and customer satisfier, which are key elements in sustainability.”

Also on this paper is Kirk Gosik, department of public health sciences, Penn State College of Medicine.

attending physician and at least one senior resident and one intern. They worked in parallel and equally divided up the caseload. Discharge checklists were also introduced to standardize the process, and the teams completed each patient’s departure paperwork at their bedside. Another aspect of the intervention was to introduce an evening team huddle that included all support staff to identify and eliminate barriers for patients the hospital planned to discharge the next morning.

Over the six-month study, the Lean Six interventions significantly sped up discharges in the intervention group, when compared to historical controls. The intervention generated the opportunity to conduct the entire discharge by 10:45 a.m. compared to 2:05 p.m. for the control group, a 200-minute difference. The median time of discharge was 93 minutes earlier in the intervention group than in the control group. The researchers published their results in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.

“We successfully eliminated an hourand-a-half off all of our discharge times — consistently, predictably and reliably —f or the busiest months of the year,” Beck said.

“We were discharging 45 percent more patients per day, faster than the control groups, without increasing length of stay or increasing seven-, 14- or 30-day readmission rates.”

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Support group to meet STATE COLLEGE — A breast cancer support group will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 4, at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, located at 1800 E. Park Ave. in State College.

The meeting will be held in the ground floor conference rooms.

The support group is for patients newly diagnosed with, recovering from or survivors of breast cancer.

For more information, email Angelique Cygan at angelique.cygan@mountnittany.org or call (814) 231-6870.

‘Joint Venture’ class set STATE COLLEGE — “A Joint Venture,� a free class on hip and knee replacements, will be held from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday, May 5, in conference room 1, 2 or 3 at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Avenue in State College.

For more information, contact Val Coakley at vcoakley@mountnittany.org, or call (814) 278-4810.

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KENTON STUCK, CEO of In Home Services of Central PA, recently announced new management team members. Pictured, from left, are Cindy Gaisior, business operations coordinator; Andrea Haubrick, staffing coordinator; Rhonda Henry, nurse and vice president of client services; Stuck; Donna Berhosky, nurse and director of corporate compliance and Centre County marketing; Connie Fenner, outreach coordinator; and Carlen McClure, Juniata and Mifflin County marketing coordinator. In Home Services of Central PA is a state-licensed home care agency made up of caring service providers who provide a multitude of services to senior citizens in their homes. In Home Services of Central PA is locally owned.

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KIM BAHNSEN, of Port Matilda, RN supervisor for Home Nursing Agency’s Nurse-Family Partnership in Centre County, recently earned her master’s degree in nursing education from Western Governors University. Bahnsen also holds a bachelor of science degree in Nursing from Florida Atlantic University and has been with the agency since 2004.

CVIM steps up to meet needs in Centre County STATE COLLEGE — For more than 10 years, Centre Volunteers in Medicine representatives have been telling their donors and volunteers that there are more than 11,000 individuals in Centre County who do not have health insurance.

With the ever-changing health care landscape — the Affordable Care Act, Healthy PA and expanded Medicare — CVIM’s board and staff at one time wondered if there would still be a need for the organization’s services. That question has been answered, as the new numbers released from the county’s health rankings indicate that there are now more than 18,000 individuals living in Centre County who do not have health insurance.

In the past few months, CVIM has recruited six new physicians to provide free

primary care, eliminating the waiting list for patient care. “Our vision at CVIM is that all Centre County residents have access to health and dental care,� said Cheryl White, CVIM’s executive director. “We hope that anyone in Centre County who does not have health insurance will call to make an appointment to find out if they qualify for our care.�

Individuals are urged to establish an active patient status before they face an emergency or illness. “Establishing a baseline to their care is important when trying to diagnose proper care and treatment,�

White said.

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Is half-day parochial kindergarten right for your child?

Kindergarten is a milestone in every child’s life and a launching pad for future success, so it’s important to choose the learning environment that best matches your child’s needs.

During this pivotal year, children ideally develop strong self-esteem, a sense of self and community, curiosity about the world and a love of learning.

If these elements are overlooked, the remaining 12 years can be challenging, even if a student is academically capable of learning.

Although many children perform well in a public school environment, some benefit from a private school with smaller class sizes and a familylike environment that addresses their unique needs.

A half-day, faith-based program has the same curriculum requirements, but typically a different apLaurel Sanders is the executive proach, from a public school setdirector of Grace ting. Faith-based programs provide a Lutheran Preschool “second family” environment to help and Kindergarten. students build a strong sense of comShe can be reached munity and self. Strong human bonds at (814) 238-8110 or help to produce caring, confident glpk@glcpa.org. children who contribute to the lives of others around them in meaningful ways, even in their formative years.

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time and attention they need to reinforce and polish newly acquired skills. Special activities are easily customized based on individual and group needs. Frequent one-onone attention lets teachers maximize strengths and address individual struggles. A close-knit environment encourages team building, giving students a strong sense of identity, uniqueness and respect for others. All of this helps to ensure their readiness to face the subsequent rigors of first grade — academic, social and behavioral.

A half-day program with a small teacher-to-student ratio lets teachers cover material quickly, and teachers can easily customize curriculum to meet individual needs.

Parents can extend the day when a child is ready, not just because the child’s birth certificate says he or she is old enough.

Half-day kindergarten also lets parents decide whether their child is ready to move on to first grade or would benefit from repeating the kindergarten curriculum in an all-day program. A primary goal is to give students skills they need to be positioned for future successes. Academic readiness is only one indicator that a child is ready to transition to first grade. Repeating kindergarten to solidify skills is easier than bearing the stigma associated with repeating another grade.

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Penn State graphic design student wins poster competition

By STEPHANIE SWINDLE Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — Alexis Arra, a sophomore in the graphic design program at Penn State, has won the Betreff Gentner Prize at the 2015 “Water Is Life” International Student Poster Competition in Berlin. Arra received a prize of 1,500 euros for her design. There were more than 4,800 entries from 81 countries and only five prizes awarded in total.

“It is a humbling experience to have been recognized in an international graphic design poster competition as a second-year graphic design student,” said Arra, who entered the competition as part of a class taught by Fang Chen.

“My concept developed as a result of the research of water impact in Third World countries, where water is a much more precious and scarce resource. I then compared our treatment of water to those countries’ treatment and found a strikingly apparent difference,” said Arra. “The color palette I chose came from traditional African colors representing those who I found in my research that went to extreme lengths just to get clean water. The texture added a level of complexity that represented the tangibility of the issue of clean water.”

Chen said he has seen many excellent poster designs on the topic of water, so it can be difficult to create something unique. “How to avoid clichés in this design for any designer is undoubtedly a huge challenge,” noted Chen.

“[Alexis] utilized the contrast method — which I have been emphasizing in my classes — to create a strong and sharp poster, which expresses complicated and profound meanings in a simple way.”

Arra, originally from Media, always knew that she wanted to attend Penn State.

“I chose Penn State because it has been my dream school ever since I was little. After hearing about my Uncle Billy’s experience with Penn State and seeing all that he accomplished after college, I knew that I wanted to follow in his footsteps and become a Nittany Lion.”

Arra has already accomplished quite a feat, beating out graphic design students across the world, many with more experience. Chen said he has watched her skills develop over the course of two semesters in his class, noticing “great strides of improvement in her work and her willingness to learn and grow as a designer.”

Arra said her graphic design instructors have pushed her to reach her full potential as a designer. “They have always made sure that I stay on top of my work and succeed in the classroom,” she added. “This award has definitely made me work even harder to achieve my goal as a designer. I am more confident in my design work and feel that I have the skills I need to develop into the designer I aspire to be.”

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ALEXIS ARRA, a sophomore at Penn State’s, won the Betreff Gentner Prize at the 2015 “Water Is Life” International Student Poster Competition in Berlin with this poster design.

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Practitioners given technological developments at Sonographers’ Symposium STATE COLLEGE — The faculty of the diagnostic medical sonography program at South Hills School of Business and Technology recently held their fourth annual Sonographers’ Symposium.

The event provided 118 participants from the ultrasound community with an opportunity to expand their sonographic knowledge and network with leaders in the profession, while earning continuing medical education credits needed to maintain their credentials.

“The symposium fulfills a need that has been present in our community for some time,” said Paul Wagner, director of South Hills’ DMS program. “Our clinical affiliates especially appreciate the opportunity for their staff to earn CME credits, tuition-free, as part of our partnership agreement with their institutions.”

Sonographers from several states, as well as sonography students enrolled at the school, attended the conference.

Attendees heard from medical imaging specialists and researchers from Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Penn State Hershey Medical Center and other prominent hospitals in New York, Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Emily Ammerman, a first-year student in the South Hills medical ultrasound program, said she enjoyed being exposed to lectures from a variety of specialized sonographers and physicians, all experts in their respective fields, because this information will help her decide upon a particular specialization to focus on later in her training.

In addition to specialty lectures, the symposium showcased interactive technical demonstrations by a number of ultrasound equipment vendors.

Representatives were able to present their latest technologies, including 3-D cardiac imaging and multimodality fusion technology. Robert Taggart, a GE Healthcare applications specialist, said he appreciated South Hills’ well-organized, first-class conference in which to give his hands-on demonstrations of GE’s state-of-the-art medical imaging systems and equipment.

“We appreciated the golden opportunity to interact with the people who use the ultrasound systems on a daily basis,” Taggart said.

“It was good to come back to see past graduates, but very exciting to learn about the latest technology and research in our field of medical ultrasound,” said Johnna Ruse, a vascular sonographer at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown and a 2014 South Hills graduate. “I’m able to take a lot of helpful information back to my workplace.”

Tricia Turner, assistant director of South Hills’ diagnostic medical sonography program and lead organizer of the event, said, “We are excited to provide the local and regional sonography communities with the opportunity to earn continuing education credits by learning from leaders in the field, while networking with like-minded professionals.”

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Hull addresses Penns Valley Youth Center fundraiser

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — A fundraising dinner was recently held at the Old Gregg School Community Center in Spring Mills to benefit the Penns Valley Youth Center, which is located in the building.

The youth center, which opened in 2011, was founded by the Penns Valley Community Church, which also meets in the Old Gregg School.

The PVYC provides numerous programs for students in grades seven through 12 in the Penns Valley area, including after-school programs with snacks, recreation, video games, help with homework, workshops and more. The center is staffed by adult volunteers.

Jamie Felker, president of the PVYC board of directors, welcomed the crowd of about 240 people to the banquet.

He noted that the banquet is the only major yearly fundraising event held by the center, and that some additional funds are being sought through government grants.

Penns Valley student Lillee Martin addressed the group, praising the youth center.

“This is my home away from home,” she said. “The people here have put me on the right path.”

Keri Miller, the youth center’s program and outreach coordinator, took to the stage to introduce the evening’s guest speaker, Josh Hull, a Penns Valley and Penn State graduate who has played football in the NFL for the St. Louis Rams and the Washington Redskins.

“The center is focused on providing an environment that allows the youth to strive in areas such as health, academ-

ics, physical activity, worship and Christianity,” said Hull, an academic All-American at Penn State. “PVYC acts as a platform for children to establish healthy relationships with peers, as well as adults.”

Hull noted that PVYC activities are focused on hope, worth and friendship. He cautioned the audience against total reliance on it to achieve one’s goals, saying that hope must be used as a catalyst combined with actions for teenagers to succeed in the adult world.

“If we live our lives relying solely on hope, we soon find ourselves in a fool’s paradise. Individuals set themselves up for failure if they only hope to get good grades, or hope to be good friends with their peers, or hope they can make healthy and wise decisions,” he said. “Initiatives must be taken in order to guarantee success.”

Hull noted the importance of self-worth in teenagers’ lives.

“At this point in their lives, it is important that teens are allowed to freely contribute,” he said.

“It is essential that the youth be given important roles and jobs in their community. In turn, it is equally important that the community identifies, accepts and values the participation and tasks the youth have completed.”

Hull emphasized that adults need to provide emotional support and words of approval to teens to increase their self-esteem.

“Empowering statements will be remembered for an eternity,” said Hull. He stated words his father said to him as a youngster.

“Quitters never win, and winners never quit,” he said. “The second statement was taught to me by Coach Paterno, who said ‘You’re either getting better, or

A GROUP OF around 240 people attended the Penns Valley Youth Center fundraising dinner. you’re getting worse — you can never remain the same.’”

Citing his own experience, Hull cautioned the audience to never idolize career or financial success. “The number of tackles I had on Sunday and the size of my bank statement began to fuel my passion for life,” he said. “It’s a dangerous path to find yourself on.”

Hull also credited his Christian faith for pulling him from that path.

“False idols are temporary, but God is, was, and always will be — he is constant,” Hull said.

“By placing your self-worth in

him, you are assuring yourself that you will always be valued as a person, regardless of your success, profession or bank statement.”

Mentioning the importance of friendships to teenagers, Hull urged them to surround themselves with friends who share the same morals and ethics.

“Quality friendships are important in the lives of everyone,” he said. “The power of a quality friendship should never be underestimated.”

He encouraged adult mentors to guide youth in choosing quality friends.

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The audience was encouraged to give financially to the center, as well as to volunteer their time to help with the various programs. PVYC director Darren Narber spoke, offering thanks to the banquet attendees and the PVYC staff for their support of the center and its programs.

A fundraising auction was then conducted by auctioneer Mike Dilliard. Items for auction included handmade quilts and wall hangings, weekend getaways and many other items.

For more information on the Penns Valley Youth Center, call Keri Miller at (814)422-3345.

Penns Valley streams busy on opening day of trout season

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

SPRING MILLS — Some of the best trout fishing streams in the state — some say the entire country — are located right here in Centre County. Three of them, Elk Creek, Penns Creek and Sinking Creek, pass through rural Penns Valley, and they always draw a crowd of hopeful anglers on the opening day of trout season.

This year’s opening day on April 18 was no exception, as shown by the throng of anglers along Sinking Creek and Penns Creek, stretching from Potter Township to Coburn.

Parked vehicles lined the roads at every turn, and many anglers lined the banks of the creeks, with some wading well into the streams.

The warm, sunny weather was perfect for fishing, and a familyouting atmosphere prevailed in the area, with numerous canopies, lawn chairs and barbecue grills set up and being enjoyed by anglers and their families.

At a popular spot on a curve on Sinking Creek Road, about a dozen men fished along the stream banks.

The water in Sinking Creek was somewhat muddy due to recent rains, making fishing difficult.

“You’re really working for them today,” said fisherman Barry Horner, of Spring Mills.

However, shortly after he spoke, Horner hooked into a nice 21-inch rainbow trout and reeled it in, much to the delight of his fellow fishermen.

He used a spinner for bait.

About a mile downstream, Stacy Thomas and his son Jacob, of Loganton, also cast their lines in the waters of Sinking Creek. Stacy reeled in a 12-inch trout, and only minutes later Jacob landed a nice 22-inch rainbow.

Penns Creek, between Spring Mills and Coburn, was also dotted with many anglers, with some of them wading into mid-stream in the shallow sections.

Taking advantage of the crowds in Spring Mills, Grace United Church of Christ held a Fisherman’s Brunch, serving breakfast foods, hamburgers, hot dogs and barbecued chicken to hungry anglers for several hours.

Church member Mike Arthur said this was the third year for the brunch.

Proceeds from the event benefit the church’s mission projects.

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Bellefonte Community Band to hold spring concert

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Bellefonte Community Band will hold its first spring concert, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rhythm in Motion,â&#x20AC;? Sunday, April 26, at 3 p.m. in the Bellefonte Area Middle School auditorium.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served after the concert.

The band is directed by Joshua E. Long, who was appointed to the position in August 2014 after former director Natalie Stanton stepped down.

Long earned a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree in music education from Penn State University, where he was a member of the Blue Band, playing the euphonium.

He earned a performance degree in euphonium from the University of Hartford, and is now pursuing a doctor-

SAM STITZER/For the Gazette

JOSHUA LONG leads the Bellefonte Community Band in rehearsal for its upcoming spring concert. ate degree at Penn State. He previously directed a high school band and a pep band, as well as assisted with a drum and bugle corps. He also operates the Art and Music Emporium in Bangor. He and his wife, Becky, live in State College.

Long is enthusiastic about the spring concert. â&#x20AC;&#x153;An indoor concert lets us play some more serious pieces which donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t come across well with outdoor acoustics,â&#x20AC;? he said.

The concert program will feature Gustav Holstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;First Suite in E Flat,â&#x20AC;? John Williamsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;March from 1941â&#x20AC;? and Johannes Brahmsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hungarian Dance Number 5.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elsaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Procession to the Cathedral,â&#x20AC;? from Richard Wagnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Lohengrinâ&#x20AC;? opera, and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Procession of the Noblesâ&#x20AC;? are majestic, classical numbers. In a lighter mood, two marches by Karl King are included in the program: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Eclipse Gallopâ&#x20AC;? is a high-speed traditional

circus march and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Walking Frogâ&#x20AC;? is in the style of an 1890s two-step dance.

The Bellefonte Community Band is a group of about 50 dedicated volunteer musicians of all ages from Bellefonte and the surrounding communities. The band has been performing for the citizens of Centre County for more than 30 years and plays about a dozen outdoor concerts during the spring and summer, including the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts, the Bellefonte Craft Fair, Talleyrand Park and at retirement communities, as well as an annual Christmas concert as part of the Bellefonte Victorian Christmas celebration.

The band holds rehearsals on Tuesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. at the Bellefonte Middle School band room, and new members are always welcome, no auditions required. For more information, or to join the band, call the band office at (814) 826-4237.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Everyday Ironâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; kicks off spring season at musuem

By VALERI SMITH Special to the Gazette

BOALSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; As the snow finally melts and the flowers begin to grow, the Boalsburg Heritage Museum will soon reopen its doors.

The museum recently announced that its 2015 exhibit hours will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Saturdays, May through November. Patrons can also schedule appointments to visit on other days.

This season, the museum will be premiering a totally new exhibit that is definitely worth a look. But at this time, the museum isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t doing it alone.

This April, the museum will be partnering with the Centre County Historical Societyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyday Ironâ&#x20AC;? to hold two exhibits focused on the importance of iron in local history. The museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s portion, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyday Iron: From Forge to Hearth,â&#x20AC;? is guaranteed to be a good time. The exhibits will be packed with loads of interesting and fun lectures that conclude with demonstrations on blacksmithing and hearth cooking.

On Saturday, April 25, head over to the Boalsburg Blacksmith Shop at 2 p.m. for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Artisans of the Forge: A History of Blacksmithing and Blacksmiths Shops, 1820-1920.â&#x20AC;?

This exciting lecture will be led by John Wood, a blacksmith and esteemed preservation specialist, who will begin with a brief history of the 19th- and 20th-century

blacksmith trade and will conclude with a discussion on blacksmithing techniques.

Topics will vary from the impact that blacksmiths had on rural towns to architecture and the layout of blacksmithsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; shops.

This discussion will segue into an actual demonstration of the material. Wood will educate and excite all audiences as he skillfully displays just how important iron is to blacksmithing.

Next, visit the museum on Sunday, April 26, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iron in the Fire: Early American Culinary Iron Objects and Their Use.â&#x20AC;? The opening exhibition reception will begin at noon and will be followed by a lecture given by hearth cooking enthusiasts Debra and Charles Nydegger at 1 p.m.

Throughout the lecture, the Nydeggers will cook up some delicious treats that demonstrate the importance of iron in early cuisine. Anyone who has been to a class in the museumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summer kitchen can vouch for how much fun it is to cook with these wonderful chefs.

The museum would love to have plenty of visitors this weekend as it explores the importance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Everyday Iron.â&#x20AC;?

All events are free, although donations are always appreciated.

For more information, like the museum on Facebook by searching â&#x20AC;&#x153;Boalsburg Heritage Museumâ&#x20AC;? or visit www. boalsburgheritagemuseum.org.

Tusseyville church holds â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Blessing of the Tractorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; service

By SAM STITZER

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TUSSEYVILLE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; In its 203-year history, the Emmanuel Union Church in Tusseyville has seen many kinds of church services. But, on April 19, the congregation of about 40 people gathered in the church community room for a service of a type which they had never seen before: It was the inaugural â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blessing of the Tractors.â&#x20AC;?

According to Emmanuel Church member Mary Carol Frier, tractor blessing services are fairly common in the Midwestern states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In some places, they have a tractor blessing in the spring, and a blessing of the combines (harvesters) in the fall,â&#x20AC;? she said.

The concept dates back centuries, well before the existence of modern motorized equipment. In medieval times, the blessing was called â&#x20AC;&#x153;rogation,â&#x20AC;? from the French word meaning â&#x20AC;&#x153;to beseech.â&#x20AC;? The people of those times asked God to bless their crops, and also to be delivered from plagues and natural disasters common in those times. As time passed and agricultural mechanization increased, the blessings evolved into prayers for the proper functioning of tractors and other equipment essential to producing abundant, quality crops, as well as for the safety of the farmers.

The service began with music, prayers and responsive readings, then adjourned to the church parking lot, which was filled with tractors owned by local farmers. Interim Pastor Leigh Pick led the congregation in blessings of soil, seeds, water and the farm machinery. Pick led the congregation in a prayer, which included the biblical reference, â&#x20AC;&#x153;May we always beat our swords into plows, and our spears into pruning hooks.â&#x20AC;?

The service then concluded with a benediction: â&#x20AC;&#x153;May the rains sweep gentle across your fields. May the sun warm the land. May every good seed you have planted bear fruit, and late summer find you standing in fields of plenty.â&#x20AC;?

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DEBRA NYDEGGER demonstrates hearth cooking for OLLI students in the summer kitchen. These techniques will be featured in the new exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iron in the Fire.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Cornhole Classicâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; set STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Builders Association of Central Pennsylvania is sponsoring the first-ever Charity Cornhole Classic at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 25, at 3406 W. College Ave. in State College.

The event benefits Centre Volunteers in Medicine, Centre County PAWS and the State Theatre.

For more information, contact Sue Forster at (814) 2314043.

Chicken barbecue planned STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Ferguson Township Lions Club will hold a barbecue chicken dinner from 4 to 6 p.m.

Friday, April 24, with eat-in or takeout available. Cost is $9 for a dinner or $5 for a half chicken.

For more information, call (814) 238-6695.

Choral concert scheduled REBERSBURG â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Brush Valley Community Choir will perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tomb is Empty,â&#x20AC;? a spring choral concert, at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 26, at the United Methodist Church in Rebersburg.

For more information, contact Debbie at (814) 2376837.

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EMMANUEL UNION CHURCH Pastor Leigh Pick holds seeds aloft for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blessing of the Tractorsâ&#x20AC;? service.

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Howard offers peacefulness, pride and pumpkins

By T. WAYNE WATERS correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

HOWARD â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Some 20 miles from State College, about halfway between Bellefonte and Lock Haven in the lower Bald Eagle Valley, the Borough of Howard sits in a peaceful spot by the Foster Joseph Sayers Lake.

The Township of Howard is all around the Borough of Howard. Though the population of the township slightly exceeds that of the borough, most of Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s municipal and business activity is centered in the heart of the borough. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small, vibrant borough thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sort of lost in Centre County,â&#x20AC;? said Irv Hoy, longtime Howard resident. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People usually live here and commute to their employment, often in State College. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a clean town with a low crime rate, a good park system, and we have our own water and sewer system. So, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a small, nice borough to raise a family.â&#x20AC;?

Hoy served as secretary-treasurer of the Howard Borough council for 46 years before he recently retired from the officer position to become a regular council member. He thinks Howard is â&#x20AC;&#x153;one of the best-kept secrets of Centre County.â&#x20AC;?

Folks started settling in this area in the last third of the 18th century. The first house in the area was reportedly built in 1800; the first significant business, an iron works operation, and the first store were up and running by 1830. A canal was completed to Howard in 1837, followed by the Bald Eagle Valley railroad line. The growing township was incorporated into a borough in 1864.

The character and demographic pro-

file of Howard have changed through the years, according to Hoy. Though once a community of large families and a substantial elderly population, Howard now has become, he said, essentially a bedroom community for the Centre County region made up of younger adults and middleagers, without many senior citizens. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a change from seniors to people in their 20s and early 30s coming into the borough,â&#x20AC;? said Hoy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Much of it has to do with the apartment rental rates, which are a lot less than they are in other municipalities in Centre County.â&#x20AC;?

The biggest business â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and one of the newest â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in this one-stoplight town is the Woodcraft Industries manufacturing plant that opened up recently in the old Woolrich manufacturing plant. The repurposed facility now employs about 15 people who make unfinished kitchen cabinets.

After the recent re-opening under new ownership of the old CafĂŠ on Walnut Street restaurant, now renamed Kitchen Witch CafĂŠ, Howard is home once again to two restaurants. Brotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pizza is on East Main Street in the old bank building.

The ever-popular Howard Uni-Mart convenience store is also still operating.

Howardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proximity to Bald Eagle State Park and the lake, typically called simply Sayers Lake, means excellent outdoor recreation opportunities for residents and visitors. There are more than 14 miles of hiking trails available at Bald Eagle and lots of camping spots and picnic areas. All sorts of watercraft can be rented at the lake, as well as bikes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lots of outdoor recreation around this community and lots of people take advantage of it, particularly at the

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ASK ANYONE who lives there and they will tell you that the Borough of Howard is one of Centre Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hidden gems. lake,â&#x20AC;? said Hoy. Many Pennsylvanians, even those from Centre County, may have little knowledge of Howard in general, but know it as the approximate location of the wildly popular Fall Punkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Chunkin,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; held at Bald Eagle State Park in October and operated by the Howard Fire Company. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That brings 25,000 to 30,000 people to the borough every year!â&#x20AC;? exclaimed Hoy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It takes place in the state park and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very competitive. Competitors come from all over to compete in the contest.â&#x20AC;?

Folks take their pumpkin chunking seriously at this festive event. The large, ribbed orange and yellowish orbs are sent skyward with (mostly) homemade trebuchets of the sort used by medieval warriors.

These catapults are used to hurl pumpkins at targets sitting in Sayers Lake.

Lots of other fun activities take place during this one-day extravaganza, such as hay rides, musical entertainment, square dancing, a pie-eating contest and browsing through the offerings of food and crafts vendors.

DRESS UP DAY CENTRE LINE RIDERS members present a check for $653.25 to the New Hope Lutheran Church Food Bank.

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SPRING MILLS â&#x20AC;&#x201D; On April 15, the Centre Line Riders,the Centre County chapter of the Alliance of Bikers Aimed Toward Education, presented a check for $653.25 to the New Hope Lutheran Church Food Bank in Spring Mills.

The motorcyclist group members had collected the money from raffles and donations at their monthly meet-

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Landscaping: It’s all about that base

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With the weather finally turning to spring here in central Pennsylvania, most residents are eager to get outside and enjoy themselves. As that happens, many are looking to find a way to stay outdoors more often in the coming months.

That fresh air may be calling you to get outside and expand and improve your personal space in 2015. No matter the size of your yard or the size of your budget, there are several opportunities for those wanting to find themselves comfortably outdoors this year.

Getting started involves clearing away the clutter. To really access your outdoor space and what it has to offer, you need to have a clean slate to work with.

The brainstorming begins with preparation. Raking up those leftover fall leaves, gathering downed tree branches and sticks, or clearing away old plantings can give one a chance to approach a new landscaping project with all the opportunities at hand.

This step might even involve some demolition, if there are patio stones or rock walls that are no longer serving their purpose.

John Ziegler, of John Ziegler Landscaping in State College, sees this phase as vital to the success of any landscaping project. “It is important because you can’t envision the finished product if you have something in the way that’s not working for you,” said Ziegler.

Once the area is cleared, one can start seeing the possibilities. Brainstorm what type of personal space you are looking for. Visualize how you want the surroundings to be.

It’s then best to take accurate measurements and create a diagram on a piece of paper of how you want the project to turn out. Changes are more easily done with an eraser now than with a shovel and a stone-cutting saw later on.

Nancy DuBois, from College Gardens in State College, suggests having pictures of the project area. “Bringing in printed-out pictures, along with the measurements, really helps us advise people,” said DuBois. “It definitely helps us come up with the right selection of plants for their space.”

Once your landscaping dreams are coming together on paper, it makes sense to collect a list of supplies and materials that you will need and match that with a budget that you have in mind. This can typically involve talking with the some experts, doing online product research or shopping around for the best price.

Ziegler also suggests having a long-range plan for sizable projects, depending on the budget. Most landscaping ventures can be broken into stages. It is prioritizing the timing and order of these stages that will help alleviate stress involved with finances and completion.

Some projects will involve hardscape, with patios or walkways or seating areas. Whether it is a quiet place to read or somewhere that can host your friends and family, your personal space starts at the bottom — literally.

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The other area of importance to your personal space is the surroundings. The plantings that you select should work toward meeting your specific needs.

If your space is in need of privacy, there are several options at nurseries and garden centers that would work well to serve that purpose. You can choose options best suited to the height, width and density that you desire.

Ziegler suggests taking your time with making your selections.

“You want to understand the look of the project in the future,” said Ziegler, “looking down the road with mature plant materials.

“Make sure to read the tags carefully,” he added. “It tells you a lot about the plant. Does it need sunlight or shade to thrive? How tall and wide will it end up being? Does it need protection from harsh winds on your property? That is all very important information when making those decisions.”

DuBois illustrates that importance of plant maturity with the selection of arborvitae at College Gardens. “We have one arborvitae that grows to about 15 feet tall with a 4- to 5-foot base, while the other can reach 30 feet in height with a much larger base,” said DuBois.

One’s plantings also might simply be chosen to be aesthetically pleasing. Colors and sizes matter here as well, allowing people to create wonderfully attractive planting

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With planting beds, Harter suggests investing in some weed fabric to reduce the maintenance needs of your beds. “This really does help prevent weeds from going up through the soil and allows you to enjoy your space with less work in the end,” said Harter.

To hold down the weed fabric, as well as dress up the new plantings, a fresh layer of mulch adds the perfect finishing touch.

So, whether your personal landscaping project will involve a couple spring weekends or take a few years to complete, the time to start is now.

According to the National Recreation and Park Association, work is the number one factor that keeps persons and families from enjoying the outdoors, even in summer.

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Spring is here: Clean up, dig up and spruce up Now that some legitimate spring weather has arrived, anyone with any gardening genes is eager to get outside and dig in the dirt.

Clearing away leaves, trimming some errant branches and preparing the soil for new plants are all reactions to the spring gardening virus that many catch in April.

And, local gardening suppliers are waiting to give you advice and fill your orders for seeds, plants or mulch.

I discovered I had a nose for news, when it involves flowers and shrubs. The myriad containers at Tait Farm, filled with brilliantly colored and scented flowers, called out to be examined and sniffed. Tait Farm is located on Route 322, seven miles east of State College. There, you will find annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs.

“We are preparing Connie Cousins for a gardeners’ workcovers a wide shop on May 2. The variety of events in owners are also deCentre County for signing classes for the the Centre County spring,” said Suzanne Gazette. Email her Grieb, an employee at at ccous67@gmail.

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On the Tait Farms website, I found that they have scheduled a discussion and demonstration, “All About Herbs,” at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 25, given

by Cindy Law and Kim Tait.

At 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, is the Gardeners’ Open House, with classes and speakers presenting through 3 p.m.

Tait Farm’s Community Harvest is a part of a Community Supported Agricultural program. A member pays for a share and comes to the farm weekly, June through November, or biweekly, December through May, to pick up fresh organic produce. To sign up to become a member of Community Harvest, call (814) 466-2386 or visit www.taitfarmfoods.com.

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Wheatfield Nursery, located at 1948 General Potter Highway in Centre Hall, is currently in the process of constructing a new permanent greenhouse. The nursery will then be able to offer an expanded selection of annuals and perennials. Right now, Wheatfield’s own container-grown trees will be available in sizes that the home gardener can easily plant.

There are tips for spring clean-up and care on the Wheatfield Nursery website. It is a good time to prune out broken branches on trees and shrubs right now, as it is best to do it early in the growing season to give the plants time to heal before the summer heat.

And, gardeners should clean debris from flowerbeds in the spring because diseases and rodents hang out where old leaves and twigs collect. If your plants need feeding, this is also an optimum time for giving them a boost.

Perhaps landscaping or patio work is on your to-do list this spring. Stop over at Nature’s Cover, 3093 Benner Pike in Bellefonte, and check out everything — but the plants — to enhance your property.

The business, owned by Rick Shawley, offers, bark, mulch, paving blocks and much more.

“Mother Nature has finally given us the weather we need to be ready for summer projects,” said Paula Furl, who works at Nature’s Cover.

Fox Hill Gardens, 1035 Fox Hill Road in State College, has received hundreds of plants and more will be arriving in the next week. What I saw that really caught my eye at Fox Hill were the containers of berry bushes — blueberries and black and red raspberries. Now is the optimum time to plant those.

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Create a healthy ecosystem in your own backyard This season, help promote a healthy ecosystem by learning to identify and control damaging plants and insects in your yard.

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Invasive weeds can out-compete native species, changing the local ecosystem.

Many varieties, first introduced as flora to plant in gardens, can be confused with similar, native varieties.

Here are two common damaging ones to watch out for: ■ Purple loosestrife, native to Europe and Asia, is found in most states. One plant can produce more than two million seeds annually.

■ Tree-of-Heaven, native to China, was widely planted as an ornamental plant for many years and is often confused with other trees having similar leaves, such as black walnut, butternut and most sumac.

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Invasive insects can also have a severe negative impact on native species by outcompeting them for food and resources.

Many also cause and carry disease and prey on native species.

Two common ones to look out for include: ■ The emerald ash borer, native to Asia, is prominently found across the northeast, midwest and southeastern United States.

The larvae do the most damage, killing ash trees by feeding on the inner bark.

■ The zebra mussel, native to lakes in southern Russia, is found in hundreds of waterways throughout the United States.

The species commonly clog water intakes, damage boats, and can cause cuts and scrapes if they grow on rocks, swim rafts and ladders.

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Did you know native plants and insects can cause damage, too?

■ Ticks can transmit Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. Left untreated, Lyme disease infects the joints, heart and nervous system. After time spent outdoors, check for ticks, especially in and around your ears, inside your belly button, behind your knees, around your waist, on your scalp and in your hair.

■ Mosquitoes can carry West Nile Virus.

While most people may show few symptoms, 20 percent of people develop a fever along with headaches, body aches, joint pains, vomiting, diarrhea or rash, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Follow the “three Ds” to protect yourself: Drain standing water, stay indoors at dusk and dawn, dress in long-sleeves and pants and use DEET-based mosquito repellent.

■ Poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac can lurk in backyards. Almost 85 percent of people develop a rash when they come into contact with these weeds.

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Take into account the size of your property. A smaller lawn requires a smaller machine.

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■ Consider using a seed-starting system that takes some of the gardening guesswork out of the equation.

■ Add new nutrients to the seedlings every two weeks and keep the water at full level. Feeding your plants more than the recommended amount will not make them grow faster. In fact, it could hurt the plants.

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■ Save and reuse your seed starter tray for the next season. Once the spring plants have been transplanted outdoors, you will be free to get a head start on your summer crop.

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Penn State closes out spring practice with annual Blue-White Game

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UNIVERSITY PARK — With another Blue-White Game in the books, Penn State football fans will now turn their attention toward summer camp and the beginning of the 2015 season at Temple in September.

With perfect weather conditions, the game drew almost 70,000 fans, and even though it was without any big revelations and a bit light on drama, there were some surprises.

Quarterback Christian Hackenberg, for example, played a lot.

He was supposed to be in for a series or two, according to head coach James Franklin, but due to an undisclosed problem with Trace McSorley, there were only three quarterbacks available. So Hackenberg played most of the game.

He completed 17 of 29 passes for 180 yards, a touchdown and an interception.

He engineered two nice touchdown drives — 64 and 75 yards — and completed a combined total of 12 passes to Saeed Blacknall and Geno Lewis.

It being the spring, Hackenberg barely threw a pass longer than 10 yards, mostly short slants and out patterns, although Blacknall did break one for 41 yards.

In all, Hackenberg looked experienced, poised and pretty much ready to start preparing for 2015.

“I kind of had an idea going into the game that I would be playing this much,” Hackenberg said. “I enjoyed it. I got to work with these guys and go through the ups and the downs of the game with the team as a unit.

“A lot of those guys were young coming in last year. Being able to work throughout the winter and getting to know how they see things has really helped a lot.

I think we can only get better from here.”

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TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

ALL EYES WERE on quarterback Christian Hackenberg, shown here scrambling out of the pocket for yardage during the Blue-White Game on April 18. call it that, was the running of red-shirt freshman Nick Scott.

Scott, a slashing north-south runner, carried nine times for 77 yards, including a 51-yard, thirdquarter touchdown.

Scott’s yardage wasn’t wasn’t what was surprising; rather, he did it against the Blue defenders who look to be the starters next season.

For his part, Franklin was happy with Scott and his fellow redshirt freshman Mark Allen, and he’s also looking forward to welcoming two recruits who will be coming in this summer.

“I know today Nick Scott made a couple of big runs and that’s a positive,” Franklin said.

“I am really happy to see that, but I think overall, Mark Allen had a really strong spring. We did have Jonathon Thomas, a guy we are really excited about and I am

hoping he will be ready to go by camp.

“We got some guys coming in as well that I think are going to be able to compete and create some competitive environments in practice with Saquon (Barkley) and Andre (Robinson), so we are excited about those two guys, too.”

Probably the most-watched aspect of the whole game was the play of the offensive lines. Transfer Paris Palmer and freshman Sterling Jenkins drew the most interest at left tackle, where Penn State has to replace future pro Donovan Smith.

It’s difficult to gauge how effective the lines were — no one was allowed to hit the quarterbacks — but Hackenberg, Tommy Stevens and Billy Fessler did seem to have lots of defensive company in the backfield.

On the flip side, both teams combined for 173 yards rushing (before taking out 58 yards in losses) and the two touchdowns

by Scott and Akeel Lynch.

The verdict, according to Franklin, was lots of progress, but tons of work still to do.

“I think we are way ahead of where we were at this point last year,” he said. “As a group, we still have a situation now where we still have guys trying to learn left tackle, which I think showed up at times today. But as a group, four out of the five in totality of it, we still have a lot of work to do.

“Like I told you guys last year, it wasn’t going to be like we were going to be able to flip a switch and it’s going to change overnight. I am confident that between now and the start of camp, we can take another step and then continue to grow during

camp and be ready to go.”

With that said about the offensive lines, the other units on the team looked solid.

The defensive teams, up and down the roster, have impressive players — and not only among the starters. Penn State is at least two deep at every defensive position, except perhaps defensive end.

And defensive end is one of the positions Franklin singled out for high praise.

“I thought all spring our defensive ends played really well,” he said. “I made a comment a couple of weeks ago that I didn’t think that would be a question mark anymore. I think that it is a little different on the defense than it is on the offensive line, especially on the defensive line.

“I think (defensive line) Coach (Sean) Spencer has done a great job with that unit. We felt that way last year. We felt like we had depth and talent. We lost some guys, but that depth is still showing up for us at that position.”

The same could also be said for the wide receivers and tight ends.

Both of those positions look stronger and deeper than they did at this time last year.

So, overall, the feeling was definitely upbeat as spring ball ended. The Lions need a kicker, but there are lots of candidates (and Joey Julius sailed four kickoffs out of the back of the end zone).

And, oh, the Blue Team defeated the White Team, 17-7.

Now, it’s full steam ahead toward Lincoln Financial Field and the new season.

“I think, overall, we had a really effective spring,” Franklin said, “and I just told our players, this has to be a players-driven program now until we start camp.

They need to take ownership of the program. We will be as good as they decide to be in the offseason with their preparation and work.”

Handing out the grades: Blue-White Game

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Grading the performances of a spring scrimmage can be a little difficult.

The personnel packages are rarely the same for long.

The defense often knows what is coming and nobody is really trying to fool anyone.

It’s a chance to get some meaningful practice in a situation where the pressure is a little greater and there are far more people watching.

That’s not to say it doesn’t matter, though. And after 60 minutes of play (even if the clock was always running in the second half) there are a good number of things to take away.

OFFENSE: C

The good looked good, the bad looked bad. Christian Hackenberg’s interception was preventable, his 41-yard toss to Saeed Blacknall was a beauty. The offensive line gave him time on some occasions, on others Paris Palmer struggled with his learning curve at left tackle. It was everything fans could expect to see at the end of the spring.

Good and bad.

That being said, the tackles for a loss with the full firstteam offensive line, and some of the struggles with secondand third-team players, bring this grade down a bit. That’s not to say every quarterback should be expected to look like Hackenberg, but there were enough “blah” moments

to take notice of the team’s youthful side.

Everything about the offense is a work in progress, and that’s okay, but it also means this unit doesn’t get a glowing review. Gene Lewis and Blacknall hauling down 61 and 71 yards, respectively, is a good mark for that group.

DEFENSE: B+

Penn State’s defense was the best unit on the field all game. Some of that is simply the fact it was never really challenged with the offense trying to work hard down the field. On the other hand, guys like Carl Nassib at the defensive end spot really stood out from the first snap.

The five “sacks” on Hackenberg were legit, but everything is easy in two-hand touch. It would have been nice to see the first team defense force a turnover, but the chances to do that were fairly limited. All in all, the unit looked solid as expected.

Malik Golden’s seven tackles led the way. Torrence Brown and Curtis Cothran combined for three sacks for an impressive outing for two more under-appreciated workers on the defensive side of the ball.

SPECIAL TEAMS: A

Joe Julius hit all of his kickoffs out the back of the end zone and Chris Gulla hit the only field goal of the day from 25 yards out. The longest punts of the day were 49 and 53 yards, with minimal shanks.

All in all, this unit panned out as expected. Julius seems primed for kicking duties, while Pasquariello seems poised

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

KICKER JOE JULIUS was impressive, as all of his kickoffs cleared the end zone.

to improve on his punting. Sure, it’s not overly exciting when special teams gets the day’s highest grade, but Julius’ threat to be an automatic touchback is a real asset to have that shouldn’t be overlooked.

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Lady Mounties edge rival BEA, 7-6

By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

PHILIPSBURG — By her own admission, PhilipsburgOsceola pitcher Maggie Peck was not at the top of her game against Bald Eagle Area on April 21.

Peck was having control problems and was uncharacteristically issuing walks — and allowing runs. After P-O took an early two-run lead, Peck walked three Eagles as P-O fell behind after a four-run BEA second inning.

Peck, though, isn’t only a pitcher. She came up in the bottom of that inning with two on, two out, and a chance to redeem herself. She didn’t miss.

Peck sent the first pitch from BEA pitcher Moreta Dyke far over the centerfield wall for a three-run homer that propelled the Mounties back into the lead and onto a tense 7-6 win over arch-rival BEA. Peck’s blast gave P-O a 5-4 lead in a game that was ultimately tied at 6-6 before the Mounties pushed across the winning run (without a hit) in the bottom of the fourth.

“That (the three runs) was really big,” Philipsburg coach Jim Gonder said. “I mean obviously up 2-0 with Maggie (Peck) pitching, we had a little confidence there.

“But to their credit, they come back and score four runs.

And then us coming back with four and with Maggie hitting that three-run homer obviously was a big part of the game.”

The win gave P-O a sweep of the regular-season series against BEA, but no one expects this game to be the final meeting of the two District 6 Class AA heavyweights.

It wasn’t the kind of day, cold and blustery with the wind blowing in from left field, very conducive to the long ball, but the teams combined for seven runs on three home runs anyway.

P-O third baseman Haylee Hayward got things rolling in the first with a two-out shot that scored Kenzie Burge ahead of her to give P-O the early lead.

“I’ve been in a slump,” Hayward said, “but with the support from my teammates and the coaches, it really helped me out. So pretty much I owe that hit to our team.”

In the second inning, BEA began to sense Peck’s troubles. Peck hit a batter and walked two before the Eagles struck with RBI singles by Olivia Andrews and Mikala Smith to tie the game.

Then, with two outs, Haley Giedroc’s wind-blown fly to right was misplayed and two more runs crossed, putting BEA ahead 4-2.

“That could have gone south quickly,” Gonder said about BEA’s inning. “You could see them (BEA) fire up, but then (we) bounced back and scored the runs.”

P-O, however, almost didn’t bounce back. After left fielder Chelsea Henry led off with a single, Jayde Burge flew out for the first out. DH Cameron Frank reached on a badhop liner past second base, but then Hannah Thompson grounded into a fielder’s choice for the second out.

With two outs, that bought up Peck, and she took the first pitch she saw over the center-field fence.

“I was calm, I didn’t think about it,” Peck said, “and I just got a good hit. It was low and down the middle and it was a nice pitch. It was high, but it cleared the fence.

“I was ecstatic.”

Hayward capped the inning with her third RBI on a single that scored Megan Bainey, and P-O held a 6-4 lead.

Andrews still had something to say for BEA though.

Hitting eighth, she tied the game at 6-6 with a one-out, two-run homer that also flew far over the center-field wall.

But P-O answered — as the teams is this rivalry so often do — this time in two ways.

The Mounties scored a go-ahead run on a walk, error, and an RBI ground out by Kenzie Burge.

And they handed the ball, with that slim lead, to freshman pitcher Morgan Thompson.

Thompson proceeded to retire nine of the eleven batters she faced as she closed out the 7-6 win for the Mount-

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PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA’S Maggie Peck is greeted at home plate after hitting a three-run homer during the April 21 game with Bald Eagle Area. The Lady Mounties won, 7-6.

ies. She gave up only a sixth-inning double to Megan Kresovich and a seventh-inning single to Marissa Tobias on the way to what was, undoubtedly, the biggest save of her career.

“Morgan (Thompson) came in, threw strikes, and gave them a little different look,” Gonder said. “She looked pretty comfortable out there. She was, like, give me the ball, I’m throwing. I liked her tempo a lot.”

Peck and Hayward both had three runs batted to lead the Mounties, while Andrews had three RBIs and two hits for the Eagles.

Both teams will next be in action on Friday, April 24.

BEA will travel to Central, and P-O will be at Penns Valley.

Community shows support to Shaw in battle with ALS

By ZACH BERGER StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — When there’s a Penn Stater in need, the community has proven time after time that it will come out in full force to help however it can.

Tim Shaw, a former football player who was diagnosed with ALS, saw that in action on April 18.

The Best Man Tim Foundation, which was created to raise awareness and funding for the debilitating and deadly progressive neurodegenerative disease, held an autograph session at the Family Clothesline store before the Blue-White Game.

Among eight signers sitting at a table in the clothing store was Jay Paterno, who was a football coach when Shaw played linebacker at Penn State from 2003 to 2006.

“It was a no-brainer (to participate in the event). One of the things we’ve always preached at Penn State is that once you’re a part of that football family, you’re always a part of it,” Paterno said. “When family members need help, we help each other. When they asked me to come down, there was no question I would be here.”

Paterno says that being philanthropic is an inherent trait of the proverbial Penn Stater, from THON’s effort to end pediatric cancer to the community’s support of Leah

Still, the daughter of football player Devon Still who is battling cancer.

“We rally around each other and that’s a hallmark of Penn State,” Paterno said. “That’s what we’re about and that’s what we’ll always be about.”

Shaw was extremely thankful for the support in his fight against ALS. He announced his diagnosis in August and has seen Best Man Tim, which was started by his best friend, strongly backed by Penn Staters.

“The love and support that Penn State shows to its own is really unmatched,” Shaw said. “The fact that teammates came out today and people I’ve never played with or even met before stand up for me just because of my connection to Penn State is an amazing feeling. And the fans always show up. We know that Penn State’s fans always show up.”

Without a cure for the fatal disease, Shaw stresses how important events like the autograph session are to raise awareness and raise funds for research.

“It’s so important, because people that are diagnosed with ALS don’t have much hope,” he said. “They don’t have hope because there’s no answer, no solution for what they’re going through. The more awareness and money we can raise, the more people that can be helped.”

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“To have someone with Paul’s ambition, drive and determination on your side is a great thing,” Shaw said. “He’s going to push the envelope and make things happen.”

Omekanda says that his greatest joy is being able to fight ALS alongside his best friend. He was thrilled with the large turnout from Penn State fans, who came out to get autographs from Shaw, Lydell Sargeant, Kelly Mazzante, Miles Dieffenbach, Derrick Williams, Stefen Wisniewski, Jordan Hill and Devon Still.

Paterno reminisced about Shaw’s time on the Penn State football team nearly a decade ago.

“He was a fierce competitor, a great athlete and a guy that did whatever he was asked to on this team,” Paterno said. “He was a competitor on and off the field, and you see that now.”

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Tebow apparently has been working with a quarterback coach on his throwing motion, and heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s said to be in top condition. Besides, the Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; offense relies on run-options, quick reads and short pass routes (something like Floridaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s?). With the addition of DeMarco Murray and Ryan Matthews in the backfield, it looks like the Eagles are going to be more of a running team, and it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hurt to have a big, bruising (and resilient) quarterback who can get out to the edge.

Kelly is well aware of what Tebow can do and what he

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Tebow also had a job, a good one, as an analyst, and I doubt very much that he would have given that up just to come into camp and be cut.

It has been said that Tebow himself and his popularity will become a distraction to the Eagles team, but that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to be a big deal either.

Kellyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a guy, after all, who cut his top, Pro Bowl receiver in 2014, and then traded his top running back and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sign his top receiver in 2015. Doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t look like he cares much about controversy or distractions.

Maybe it wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t work. Maybe Tebow is not NFL material after all and he canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t help Philly. If thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case, what have the Eagles lost?

On the other hand, it is true that the Eagles have not had a quarterback play a full season without missing a game since Donovan McNabb in something like 2010, and Tebow is extremely durable.

He also brings an unconventional set of skills to the table, which is just the kind of thing Chip Kelly likes.

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PSU men’s lacrosse squad collects first Big Ten victory

By TREY COCHRAN correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State’s men’s lacrosse team picked up its first Big Ten conference win on April 19 with a thrilling 11-6 victory over Rutgers during a emotional senior night game.

“We have had a tough season and this was a great opportunity for us to make it to the Big Ten tournament,” said senior Pat Manley. “Our underclassman were jacked up to play for us. It’s such a special moment; we had a wounded warrior come in today and talk to us, so there was a lot of motivation and a lot of excitement.”

Despite falling down two goals for a majority of the first quarter, the Nittany Lions clawed their way back from a 3-1 deficit to go up 5-3 to conclude the first.

Scott Bieda, the Scarlet Knights’ leading point getter, added two to his season total to give Rutgers the quick jump to start the game.

With just more than four minutes left, Jules Heningburg dumped in an easy goal to give Rutgers its third of the game. However, led by Manley, the Nittany Lions were not rattled.

“We have been in this position before; we have got ourselves into deep holes before. When we saw it was just a two-goal lead, we just told ourselves not to panic,” said Manley.

In just slightly more than four minutes, the Nittany Lions mounted a four-goal comeback.

Leading goal scorers T.J. Sanders and Mike Sutton hammered home two goals a piece to give Penn State the cushion.

Sanders’ second goal, to give Penn State the one-goal lead, was a highlight reel behind the back goal that left Rutgers’ Kris Alleyne in the dust. Manley also added two assists in the first quarter.

The second quarter was a much slower and more methodical frame. With only two balls finding the back of the net, Penn State entered the half with a 6-4 lead.

The Nittany Lions and head coach Jeff Tambroni were content to close out the

first half with a two-goal lead after going down two men twice in the second quarter.

“Credit to Coach Toner and Coach Doctor who work on our special teams. Man up and man down, those guys did a great job this week, and I thought the guys really did a great job on the field.” said Tambroni.

In the final two quarters Penn State put in five goals, while the Scarlet Knights only could produce two. Once the Nittany Lions made it 10-6 with just 10 minutes left in the game, they proceeded to dominate possession and not allow Rutgers a chance to have the ball.

“I feel really good for our seniors; they have worked so hard. We have gone through a very difficult stretch and when your losing for a four- or five-week period, its just not easy to keep coming back everyday like these guy have,” said Tambroni. “They continued to believe in the system, and they continued to believe in each other.”

Manley capped off his senior night by getting four points in the team’s first conference victory.

“All year we have had trouble with initiating offense — too much one-and-done taking the ball to the goal — so I just took it upon myself to just look for the open guy today,” said Manley. The midfielder went on to commend his coaching for the scouting that helped the team prepare for the Scarlet Knights.

Tambroni attributed a lot of the offensive success to the leading goal scorers, Sanders and Sutton, who both added three goals. But, he did not forget his goaltender.

“I thought Connor (Darcey) gave us a lot of confidence defensively,” said Tambroni. “He played really well and gave us a chance.”

The win elevates Penn State into a tie for fourth place in the Big Ten with the Michigan Wolverines.

With one game left in the regular season, Penn State will travel to Ann Arbor, Mich., Saturday, April 25, where the winner will secure a position in the Big Ten Tournament.

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PENN STATE’S Nick Aponte takes a shot against Rutgers goalie Kris Alleyne during the April 19 Senior Day game at University Park. The Nittany Lions won the contest, 11-6.

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THE CHAAR MARTIAL Arts Center in State College had a team of students compete at the USA National Qualifier for Taekwondo, an event that takes place every year in Coatesville.

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Women’s Corner Room to Breathe helps clients restore order to their lives

By GREGG KOHLHEPP correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — For Room to Breathe’s founder, Jessica Dolan, what began as a childhood interest has grown into an entrepreneurial passion — a business designed to organize and balance the lives of others.

Crossing between work in the residential and business areas, Dolan, a self-professed “Bringer of Order,” seems to bring one common bond to her livelihood — making a difference.

Ginger Hall, the communications director for Calvary Baptist Church, explained it quite clearly.

“She (Dolan) helps lighten the load, helps you lose all the clutter that is weighing you down,” Hall said.

Many of Dolan’s clients are drawn to the business as part of either residential organization, interior redesign or management plans. The expertise of these offerings seeks to decrease stress and increase productivity, leading to healthier lifestyles.

Over the years, Dolan’s two-fold approach is really one thematic piece. The Room to Breathe design work is paired with getting clients organized and setting up functional systems for them while creating a beautiful home or office.

“We believe that if you have a space you enjoy being in, you are more likely to keep it organized. It all plays into each other,”

said Dolan.

One such client is Calvary Baptist Church, based in State College. Room to Breathe started work with the church a couple of years ago. As part of the process, Dolan and her team looked at the overall resources and helped organize the offices and use of space, resulting in a much more efficient workplace.

Hall laid out the process that Dolan uses.

“She brings a new perspective, sometimes challenges your perspectives, but in the end, she helps everyone stay on track and work towards your goals,” Hall said.

Dolan started her business in October 2004 and generally serves Centre, Blair, Huntingdon, Clearfield and Lycoming counties. However, she is not confined to central Pennsylvania. In addition to some bordering states, Dolan loves to travel, working with clients as far away as Colorado, Minnesota and California.

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Tambroni spent several years in Ithica, N.Y., restoring older homes. After her move to Pennsylvania, she teamed up with Dolan, bringing efficiency and transforming routines through order. “We look to simplify clients’ lives, helping them be more productive on a daily basis.”

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JESSICA DOLAN started her own business, Room to Breathe. She helps individuals and businesses to organize their surroundings. from, Dolan herself is particularly proud of an ongoing success story — involving a family that has transformed from clutter and inefficiency to clarity and happiness.

“They (the family) started with arguing, tension and stress,” Dolan explained.

Over the course of a few years, her team has added storage solutions and custom work space tailored to family members.

With Dolan’s maintenance visits, she has seen a complete resurgence within the family.

“Everyone is happy; the house is clean.

And the best part, the family now travels all the time,” she said.

Another couple claims that Dolan and her team have saved their marriage.

“The clutter was a huge battle between the two of them,” said Dolan. “By implementing some easy-to-follow systems, the fights disappeared.”

She added that having a well-managed environment has led to healthier lives for clients, including stress reduction and even weight loss.

These and other personal success stories are part of what keeps Dolan and the Room to Breathe team going during the busiest part of their year.

“It gets started in January with ‘getting organized’ topping the New Year’s resolution lists. It then rolls into home sellers preparing their houses for the spring market and then gets coupled with spring cleaning. It all hits at once,” she said.

At times like these, Dolan admitted that the long hours of physically and emotionally exhausting work would be impossible to sustain without a passion for what she does.

“I have a strong desire for order and living within your means,” Dolan said.

And this philosophy carries over to Dolan’s own life.

“I don’t want to waste one precious moment of life searching for something. I believe in living with less and having time to do fun things, spend more time with family, doing what you want,” Dolan said.

Besides personal success stories, Room to Breathe has a practical side with great financial benefits — home staging. Over the past seven years, Dolan has worked closely with Steven Bodner of RE/MAX Centre Realty, meeting with sellers to determine their needs.

Dolan’s work “adds value through staging — organizing furniture, overseeing items to keep, items to go away and color schemes,” said Bodner. “Jessica and her team are very well-skilled and educated in working with clients to bring them the greatest amounts of success.”

That success is echoed by Tambroni, who considers staging homes for the market to be one of her specialties.

“I don’t think people realize the impact it (staging) will make on selling their home,” Tamboroni said.

“The difference is night and day,” she continued. “Staging a home brings in deals at that highest asking price and often leads to quicker sales.”

Looking at the big picture, Dolan finds every aspect of the journey to be truly selffulfilling.

“Transforming how people live, work and interact is about as good as it gets,” Dolan said. “Making lives better … what is better than that?”

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Arts & Entertainment

Retired Penn State professor publishes new book

By SARAH WEBER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com

STATE COLLEGE — Robert Lima, a poet, literary critic, bibliographer, playwright, editor, biographer and translator, has published a new book, “Some People!

Anecdotes, Images and Letters of Persons of Interest.”

A former English professor at Penn State, Lima has written books on Spanish literature and comparative literature, and done poetry translations.

When he retired in 2002, Lima decided to recall his memories and figure out projects he had been forming in his head since the 1960s, including this book.

“Some People! Anecdotes, Images and Letters of Persons of Interest” is a book on the many inspiring and important people he has encountered throughout his life. The most meaningful one, he said, was Mother Teresa.

“It’s the only occasion I’ve had in my life where I met a saint. It was a wonderful encounter,” Lima said. “It was not a very long involved meeting; it was just kind of a fast thing. She was not well and we were at this international conference in Italy. They took her to a home run by local nuns and

I arranged for a couple of us at the conference to see her.”

He said because she was at a convent, he was not allowed inside, so they wheeled her to a window with bars and they had to talk to her from outside through them.

Lima gives much of his credit to his mentor at New York University, as he pushed Lima to write and eventually became his first publisher. Lima says his mentor completely changed his life path when he encouraged him to pursue teaching, something Lima had never even considered.

“I had never taught anything in my life,” he said, “but you have to find your niche in life.”

Currently, Lima is writing his family memoir, which includes the history of his family on both sides all the way up to him and his life story.

“At the moment, that’s my favorite project,” he said, “because it’s ongoing and it’s my legacy to leave to my kids.”

Lima’s new book is currently available on Amazon.com and many of his other works can be found at Webster’s Bookstore, 133 E. Beaver Ave. in State College.

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Video games can go from fun to meaningful experiences

By MATT SWAYNE Special to the Gazette

UNIVERSITY PARK — It may be “game over” for critics who claim that video games are nothing more than a fun diversion. A team of researchers suggests that many games can be meaningful entertainment experiences for players.

In a study of people’s experiences with video games, players indicated that they not only enjoyed playing games, but that they also frequently appreciated them at a deeper, more meaningful level. These findings should be encouraging to video game developers who want to invest in producing games that examine more meaningful, poignant or contemplative topics.

“Video games are often stereotyped as something that is just fun and entertaining, but not something that is deeply appreciated,” said Mary Beth Oliver, distinguished professor in media studies and co-director of the Media Effects Research Laboratory at Penn State. “Video games do not seem to have the same critical acclaim as, for example, books and plays or even music.”

Participants in the study suggested that story details in the game were critical to feelings of appreciation. They also indicated that more meaningful games were associated with heightened feelings of insight or enrichment.

“That insight could be anything from an emotion or virtue — like courage — to an insight on human spirituality,” said Oliver.

The researchers, who report their findings in the current issue of Psychology of Popular Media Culture, said games may hold promise of providing players with enriching or gratifying experiences.

“It’s certainly true that there are some

games that are silly or shallow, but that’s the case for almost all forms of entertainment,” said Oliver. “Our research suggests that contrary to stereotypes, games have the potential to be as meaningful to players as other, more esteemed forms of entertainment such as literature or cinema.”

Games may also provide players the opportunity to experience valuable situations and emotions that other forms of entertainment may not do as frequently, Oliver added.

“Whereas viewers and readers typically watch characters make decisions in movies and books, many video games allow the player to actually make those choices, resulting in feelings such as guilt or pride,” she added.

Creating games with more interactive and more meaningful story lines is a challenge for developers, but could be worth the investment, the researchers indicate.

The increased focus on narrative and emotions is a natural evolution in video games, said Nick Bowman, assistant professor of communication studies and a research associate at West Virginia University, who worked with Oliver.

“The earliest video games really had very little in common with other forms of narrative entertainment,” said Bowman.

“Games have grown from simple pointand-click twitch games to incredibly engrossing emotional experiences and games now have the potential to give us the same sorts of feelings that great novels and music do.”

For example, Bowman said at one point in the game “Spec Ops,” the player is faced with the moral decision to use chemical weapons on an enemy.

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PARTICIPANTS IN a recent study suggested that story details in video games were critical to feelings of appreciation. They also indicated that more meaningful games were associated with heightened feelings of insight or enrichment. attack. The player is forced to witness the results of his or her actions, triggering a mix of emotions.

“Such an experience gives players a space to challenge how they see the world, just as movies like ‘Schindler’s List’ or novels like ‘Animal Farm,’ did for past audiences,” said Bowman. “Video games have grown up.”

In the study, 512 video game players were assigned to one of two random groups and asked to recall games that were particularly fun or particularly meaningful.

They then rated their perceptions about the game. While participants reported that they found both types were fun to play, they said they had more appreciation for the more meaningful games they played Oliver also worked with Julia K. Woolley, assistant professor of communication studies at California Polytechnic State University, Ryan Rogers, assistant professor in communication and the arts at Marist College, and Brett Sherrick and Mun-Young Chung, both doctoral candidates in mass communications at Penn State.

Church to host gospel concert on April 26 PORT MATILDA — International recording artist Jim Worthing will present a concert of gospel music at 7 p.m.

Sunday, April 26, at Halfmoon Christian Felowship Church.

Worthing has made singing his profession for his entire adult life. In a career spanning more than three decades, he has appeared in 48 states, Canada, the Bahamas and Switzerland, performing live for millions of people. Worthing’s unmistakable pure tenor voice can be heard on more than 60 nationally and internationally released recordings.

For the past 16 years, Worthing has toured as a solo artist and has produced six solo projects, including his newest release, “Committed to Love.” A native of Altoona, Worthing makes his professional home base in Nashville, Tenn.

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Nittany Valley Symphony to perform â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Spanish Impressionsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; STATE COLLEGE â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Nittany Valley Symphony presents â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spanish Impressionsâ&#x20AC;? at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 25, at Penn Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eisenhower Auditorium. The symphony will perform Maurice Ravelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Morning Song of the Jesterâ&#x20AC;? and Manuel de Fallaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nights in the Gardens of Spainâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Three-Cornered Hat.â&#x20AC;?

During the performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Morning Song of the Jester,â&#x20AC;? the symphony will feature soloist Jose Ramon Mendez on piano.

Mendez, a professor of piano at Penn State University, is one of todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most exciting Spanish pianists.

He was performing by the age of seven on Spanish television and radio stations, and made his solo debut at 11 at the Oviedo Philarmonic Society in Oviedo, Spain.

His studies brought him to the U.S., where he has been a guest performer at many music festivals and a collaborator with distinguished artists such as Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman. His teaching career brought him to Penn State in 2014, where he is an assistant professor in the School of Music.

During the performance of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The ThreeCornered Hat,â&#x20AC;? soloist mezzo soprano

Celebrating its 48th year, the Nittany Valley Symphony performs â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spanish Impressionsâ&#x20AC;? as the last show of the season.

Nittany Valley Symphony is comprised of more than 80 professional and volunteer members, lead by Jinbo, who is in his 25th season as music director and conductor.

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Amanda Silliker will be featured.

Silliker teaches voice and piano in her Bellefonte studio and frequently performs in the State College area and beyond.

Regarding this upcoming performance with NVS, Silliker said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Spanish music resonates with me, in particular the music of Manuel de Falla. I was truly delighted when Maestro (Michael Jinbo) invited me to sing â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The Three-Cornered Hat.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; The melodic flashes and trills suit my Sicilian personality â&#x20AC;&#x201D; I love throwing and weaving my voice around in this incredibly passionate way.â&#x20AC;?

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Bookmobile â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 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.centrecounty library.org for days and times.

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Meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Calvary Church will host a Christian Recovery meeting every Monday night from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 1250 University Drive, State College. For more information, visit www.liferecovery statecollege.com.

Meeting â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The State College Alliance Church will host a Christian Recovery meeting every Friday night from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at 1221 W. White Road, State Col-

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Safety Checks â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at their 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.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hidden Mother,â&#x20AC;? curated by Laura Larson, will be on display through Sunday, April 26, at the Palmer Museum of Art, Curtin Road, University Park. Several parts of the exhibition will be shown Tuesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sundays, noon to 4 p.m.

Call (814) 865-7672 or visit www.palmer museum.psu.edu.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cartoon Art: Drawing on Imaginationâ&#x20AC;? will be on display through Sunday, April 26, at the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit www.bellefontemuseum.org.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An exhibit of photographs by Michele Randall will be on display through Sunday, April 26, in the Sieg Gallery of the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St, Bellefonte. Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For

more information, visit www.bellefonte museum.org.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An exhibit of paintings by Anne Kenyon and Theresa Crowley Spitler will be on display through Sunday, April 26, in the Tea Room Gallery of the Bellefonte Art Museum, 133 N. Allegheny St, Bellefonte. Museum hours are 1 to 4:30 p.m., Fridays through Sundays. For more information, visit www.bellefonte museum.org.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonsai Treesâ&#x20AC;? will be on display through Thursday, April 30, at the Betsy Rodgers Allen Art Gallery, Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call (814) 237-6238 or visit www.schlowlibrary. org.

Exhibit â&#x20AC;&#x201D; An exhibit of photographs

by Dan Mohney will be on display through mid-May in Founderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall, Lock Haven University-Clearfield Campus, 201 University Drive, Clearfield. The exhibit is available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Mondays through Thursdays, and 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Fridays. For more information, contact Rebecca Ogden at rogden@lhup. edu.

time from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org.

Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Program â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Preschoolers ages 3 to 5 can work on science-themed activities with â&#x20AC;&#x153;Science Adventuresâ&#x20AC;? from 11 to 11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace. org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org.

Performance â&#x20AC;&#x201D; â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Nile Projectâ&#x20AC;? will perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Eisenhower Auditorium, University Park Campus. For ticket information, call (814) 863-0255 or visit www.cpa.psu.edu.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

Line Dancing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.

Event â&#x20AC;&#x201D; The Ferguson Township Lions Club will host a Chicken BBQ from 4 to 6 p.m. in Pine Grove Mills. For more information, call (814) 238-6695.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25

Event — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host a “Spring Spruce-Up/Park Partner Day” event from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 2643 Gateway Drive No. 1, State College.

For more information, call Dave Barnett at (814) 234-1657 or contact dbarnett@crcog. net.

Breakfast — The Centre County Democrats will host their annual spring breakfast at 9 a.m. at the Ramada Inn and Conference Center, 1450 S. Atherton St., State College. Doors will open at 8:30 a.m. For more information, call Carol White at (814) 238-0315 or contact whitecone@msn.com.

Event — Lock Haven University’s Clearfield Campus will be hosting an open house from 9 a.m. to noon at 201 University Drive, Clearfield. For more information, call Caser Friberg at (814) 768-3402.

Dinner — B.E.A. Lady Eagles Youth Basketball will host a chicken barbecue dinner from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Bellefonte Elks #1094, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. For more information, contact Kurt Wellar at (814) 404-6555.

Event — Moshannon Community Center will host the Williamsport Honda Snow Shoe Rails to Trails’ second annual Spaghetti Dinner Ride and Central Mountain ATV Dice Run starting at 11:30 a.m. in Moshannon. For more information, visit www.ssrt.org.

Dance — St. John’s Catholic School will host a Spring Fling Mother-Daughter Dance, hosted by the Tara’s Angels team, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in the auditorium of 116 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Proceeds will benefit Relay for Life. For more information, contact Tara Ripka at tararipka@ yahoo.com.

Games — Snow Shoe EMS will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 492 W. Sycamore St., Snow Shoe. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Performance — The Nittany Valley Symphony will perform “Spanish Impressions” at 7:30 p.m. at Eisenhower Auditorium on the University Park campus. For more information, call (814) 231-8224 or visit www.nvs.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 26

Event — The Centre County Out of the

The CenTre CounTy gazeTTe Darkness Walk will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Sidney Friedman Park, 241 S. Fraser St., State College. Registration will take place at 11 a.m. and the walk will begin at 1:30 p.m. For more information, call Shanon Quick at (814) 364-2161, contact shanon.quick@uhsinc.com, or visit www.outofthedarkness.org.

Performance — The Brush Valley Community Choir will perform “The Tomb is Empty” at 3 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Rebersburg. For more information, call Debbie Strouse at (814) 237-3687 or (814) 404-8084.

Concert — Jim Worthing, an international gospel recording artist, will perform a concert at 7 p.m. at the Halfmoon Christian Fellowship Church, 1776 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda. For more information, call (662) 417-4773, contact jworthing@bellsouth.net or visit www. reverbnation.com/jimworthing.

MONDAY, APRIL 27

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.

Workshop — A free knitting workshop will take place from 3 to 7 p.m. at the Friendship Community Library, 127 Main St., Beech Creek. For more information, call (570) 962-2048.

Event — The Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation will host “Explore, Discover and Understand Wetlands Through the Lens of a Camera” from 5:30 to 7 p.m. at the Governor Tom Ridge Wetlands in Centre County. For more information, call (814) 238-8138 or contact info@ wildlifeforeveryone.org.

Class — Attend a creative art and journaling class at 6 p.m. at Kalina’s Studio in Indigo Wren’s Nest Wellness Center, 111 S. Spring St., Suite 8, Bellefonte. Create mixed-media art while honing your creative writing, painting and other artistic skills.

Meeting — The Cancer Survivors’ Association will host a caregivers support group from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

For more information, call Keri O’Shea at

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(814) 357-0181.

Bingo — The State College Knights of Columbus will host bingo at 7 p.m. at 850 Stratford Drive, State College.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28

Program — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host “Early Morning Bird Walks” at 7:30 a.m. at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. For more information, contact Molly Hetrick at mhetrick@crcog.net, Centre Region Parks and Recreation at (814) 231-3071, or visit www.crpr.org.

Seniors Hiking Group — Enjoy a moderate hike in the great outdoors at 9 a.m. at various locations in and around State College. The hikes are free except for car pool donations. To register, call (814) 231-3076 or visit www.crpr.org.

Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation from 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main St., Howard.

Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will take place from 4:30 to 5 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor.

Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@ comcast.net.

Program — Centre Region Parks and Recreation will host “Get the Dirt on Backyard Composting” at 6:30 p.m. at the Millbrook Marsh Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, State College. For more information, contact Molly Hetrick at mhetrick@crcog.net, Centre Region Parks and Recreation at (814) 231-3071, or visit www. crpr.org.

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed.

Call (814) 231-3076.

Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29

Children’s Program — Children ages 6 months to 2 can explore science through books and movement during “Baby Explorers” from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.my discoveryspace.org.

Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.

Volunteering — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte.

Call (814) 355-9425.

Book Club — Join the afternoon “Elementary Explorers” book club from 3 to 5 p.m. at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Talk about your favorite books, authors and characters with other kids your age. Visit www. schlowlibrary.org.

Zumba — New Hope United Methodist Church will sponsor a free Zumba class at 6 p.m. at the church, 1089 E. College Ave., Bellefonte. Call Amanda at (814) 321-4528.

Group Meeting — Celebrate Recovery will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Christ Community Church, 200 Ellis Place, State College. The group uses the “Eight Recovery Principles” with a 12-step approach to help members cope with life’s troubles.

For more information, visit www.cccsc.org or call (814) 234-0711.

Event — The League of Women Voters of Centre County will be hosting the 2015 Primary Season Candidates’ Night at 7 p.m. on the third floor of the State College Borough Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. For more information, call Rosanne Bennett at (814)862-9185 or contact rtb620@gmail.com.

— Compiled by Gazette staff

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Sunday, April 26, 2-4 pm SPRING SCAVENGER HUNT AT MILLBROOK MARSH NATURE CENTER Families work together to explore the marsh for signs of spring and have a fun time together with this eco-friendly scavenger hunt! This event is FREE but donations are appreciated.

Saturday, May 2 OAK HALL REGIONAL PARK GRAND OPENING & DAY OF PLAY

Activities will be scheduled throughout the day, including a variety of local youth and nonprofit organizations with informational displays & activities.

Saturday, May 2, 10:30 am 2015 PITCH, HIT & RUN CONTEST - LOCAL COMPETITION AT THE NEW OAK HALL REGIONAL PARK This FREE event is for boys and girls ages 7-14.

For more information contact CRPR c/o Jeff Hall at 231-3071.

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Now’s the time to ‘spring clean’ your finances UNIVERSITY PARK — It’s not just your house or apartment that might need sprucing up this time of year. Your finances can benefit from a spring cleaning, too.

April is National Financial Literacy month, and Penn State financial literacy manager Daad Rizk recommends taking the opportunity to clean out your financial clutter, both electronic and on paper.

Whether or not you’re a student, here are some of her top tips for getting organized: ■ Identify what clutter means to you. If your desk is covered with stacks of paper but you can find what you need when you need it, then it may not be clutter. But, if the piles are stressing you out, that’s clutter that needs to be tackled.

■ Collect documents in one place and sort by category (bills, pay stubs, tax forms, warranties and user manuals, etc.), decide which documents are permanent, which are temporary and which you don’t need.

If you can get a copy of a document online for free, you don’t need to keep it. Throw out ATM, charge card, grocery and miscellaneous receipts once they are reconciled with your monthly statements and budget.

■ Create a financial emergency kit.

Keep permanent records in a designated folder that you can get to if the unexpected happens. Permanent records include: marriage licenses; divorce or separation agreements; birth certificates; death certificates; Social Security cards; passports; wills, living wills and advance medical directives; trust and estate documents; powers of attorney; deeds; and records of paid

mortgages.

■ Keep these documents for one year: pay stubs, for comparing to W-2 and Social Security records; utility bills, unless using for taking a home office tax deduction; canceled checks and bank statements; and quarterly investment statements.

■ Keep these documents for three years: income tax returns (you may want to keep these indefinitely); medical bills; canceled insurance policies; records of selling a house or stock; receipts, canceled checks and other documents that support income or deductions on your tax return; home improvement records; and annual investment statement (keep for three years after selling investment).

■ Keep documents showing you have paid off student loans or other loans for seven years.

■ Keep current, active documents such as contracts, insurance policies, stock certificates, records of pensions and retirement plans. When you receive a new version of an insurance policy, throw the old one out.

■ Review your W-4. If you were owed a refund or owed money, recalculate your federal withholding to make the gap between your liability and your withholding as small as possible. The withholding calculator at www.irs.gov can help you determine the right withholding amount.

■ Review investments and bank accounts to see if they should be consolidated or closed. You don’t need more than one or two bank accounts (checking and savings). If you don’t have a savings ac-

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■ Review credit cards and credit reports. Request your free annual credit report from www.annualfreecreditreport. com and review it for errors. Choose two or three credit cards to help you build a healthy credit history, and plan to pay your bills on time and in full each month.

■ Clean out your wallet. Make copies of

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 MARCH 30-APRIL 2, 2015 BELLEFONTE BOROUGH

John E. Keeler, Kathryn A. Roadarmel and Kathryn K. Roadarmel to Kathryn K. Roadarmel and Edward L. Roadarmel, 836 E. High St., Bellefonte, $1.

Richard H. Sager to Crossman Enterprises LLC, 131 N. Thomas St., Bellefonte, $170,000.

Ralph L. Spearly and Christine T. Spearly to Tanner Harter, Joanna Harter and Bruce K. Heim, 903 E. High St., Bellefonte, $195,000.

Shelley R. Watson and John E. Watson to David M. Spaar, 436 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte, $199,900.

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your credit cards — front and back — and keep the copies in a safe deposit box or fire and waterproof box in a safe location in your house.

■ Designate a drawer or cabinet for paper financial records, and a space on your computer hard drive for electronic information. Don’t forget to back up your hard drive.

Congratulations

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Mitchell Port

East End Partnership to Roger A. Dagen and Toni N. Dagen, 119 Midway Drive, Bellefonte, $336,282.17.

BOGGS TOWNSHIP

Darlene Wolfe-Confer and Michael R. Confer to Benjamin L. Scott and Shana M. Martin, 1244 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $145,000.

Jeanette E. Robinson to Kathleen Woomer, 1075 Little March Creek Road, Howard, $1.

Edwin L. Witherite and Melody L. Witherite to Albert E. Viselli and Nickole M. Viselli, 265 Sumter Woods Lane, Bellefonte, $250,000.

We would like to congratulate Mitchell Port for his excellent showing at the 2015 NCAA wrestling tournament. As a 3 time All-American at Edinboro University, Mitch has the commitment and drive to be a leader in his sport.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

College Township and Boyd A. Brumbaugh to Boyd A. Brumbaugh and College Township.

Marlin J. Dunlap and Helene M. Dunlap to Watoga Investments LLC, 1004 Greenbriar Drive, State College, $455,000.

Robert C. Finley and Gertrude B. Finley to Edit Pena and Adriana Pena, 801 Stratford Drive, State College, $135,000.

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Deed Transfers, from page 29 Grant W. Keener to Boyd A. Brumbaugh, 555 Boalsburg Road, Lemont, $260,000.

Eric J. Porterfield to Eric J. Porterfield and Kelly Porterfield, 240 Kennedy St., State College, $1.

Hannelore Simkovich to Thomas J. Jones and Rachel I. Jones, 841 Oak Ridge Ave., State College, $245,000.

Jacob S. Stoltzfus and Sallie B. Stoltzfus to Michael Rushing, Shamrock Avenue, State College, $83,500.

Boalsburg Investment Group to Five Blind Mice LLC, 294 Discovery Drive, Boalsburg, $325,000.

Rittenhouse Real Estate Ventures Inc. to Loraine B. West, Misty Hill Drive, State College, $1.

TOA PA IV LP to Richard D. Reilly and Joanne M. Reilly, 166 Plymouth Circle, Boalsburg, $287,994.58.

Joseph A. Wykoff and Carol A. Wykoff to Wykoff Family Trust, Joseph A. Wykoff trustee and Carol A. Wykoff trustee, 111 E. Harris Drive, State College, $1.

HUSTON TOWNSHIP

Jeanette E. Robinson to Susan E. Confer, 311 Four Springs Lane, Howard, $1.

David R. Spaugh and Susan N. Spaugh to John E. Watson and Shelley R. Watson, 103 Myers Lane, Julian, $195,000.

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CURTIN TOWNSHIP

Stephen E. Forrer, Audrey M. Forrer and Kimberly N. Levis to Clavel A. Gempesaw, 1885 Huntington Lane, State College, $172,000.

Michael P. Hume and Christie J. Hume to Robert J. Sheroke and Jessica L. Sheroke, 263 Sycamore Drive, State College, $195,000.

Doris J. Malkmus to Christian J. Fosmire and Gwyn A. Johns, 1461 Curtin St., State College, $192,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Kenneth W. Sr. & Lulu G. Blessing Living Trust and Kenneth W. Blessing Jr. trustee to Kenneth W. Blessing Jr. and Tammy A. Blessing, 136 School St., Spring Mills, $1.

Joann F. Stake to Darryl S. Stake, 157 Long St., Spring Mills, $1.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

Karen J. Aikey estate, Michael Aikey executor, David A. Ishler, Diane Ishler, Helen Ishler, Thomas W. Ishler, Marjorie Ishler, James L. Ishler, Eilene Ishler, Mildred E. Ishler, Norman L. Bickel, Normal L. Bickle and Samuel E. Ishler to Kris D. Oliver and Gail B. Oliver, 240 Windmill Road, Boalsburg, $240,000.

Paul D. Hanko and Melissa V. Hanko to Drew A. Trump and Judith R. Trump, 157 Eagles Nest Road, Beech Creek, $123,500.

Joseph H. Hicks and Sharon R. Hicks to Mark A. Knaub and Mary T. Knaub, 386 Siglerville Millheim Pike, Spring Mills, $42,500.

PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH

Thomas R. Clouser and Ruth E. Clouser to Thomas R. Clouser, 249 Madisonburg Pike, Madisonburg, $1.

Evan A. Homan and Lorna M. Homan to Evan A. Homan, 157 Abbott Lane, Rebersburg, $1.

MILLHEIM BOROUGH

PORT MATILDA BOROUGH

Gerald W. McCool estate and David G. McCool executor to Star E. White, 101 Stoner Lane, Millheim, $170,000.

Betty L. Adams to Mark S. Adams, Lori Adams, Kevin Adams and Robert D. Adams, 208 S. Main St., Port Matilda, $1.

PATTON TOWNSHIP

RUSH TOWNSHIP

MILES TOWNSHIP

Joseph J. Bowman, Holly A. Bowman, Carole M. Dudis and Michael R. Dudis to Marquis Estate Development LLC, 128 Whisper Ridge Drive, Port Matilda, $120,000.

William L. Browder and Gerry R. Browder to Aaron P. Chamberlain and Bethany K. Chamberlain, 657 Stoneledge Road, State College, $285,500.

Ryan J. Jabco to Andrew D. Nollman and Me-

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Bank of New York Mellon to Lori Palmieri, 20 N. Second St., Philipsburg, $19,000.

James S. Henderson and Marie A. JonesHenderson to James S. Henderson and Marie S. Jones-Henderson, 106 Hillcrest Drive, Philipsburg, $1.

Joyanne Kennedy to Joann Shaffor, 428 N. Sixth St., Philipsburg, $6,000.

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gan R. Nollman, 3328 Buffalo Run Road, Bellefonte, $231,000.

Steven A. Kellogg and Rebecca J. Kellogg to Jonathan H. Kremser and Heidi May Ritter, 519 Kristina Circle, State College, $325,000.

Barbara J. Rowe to Michael S. Cudwadie and Terese M. Cudwadie, 153 Beaumanor Road, State College, $299,000.

Chris Sanchez and Elsa Sanchez to Jared P. Carlsen and Jennifer K. Karre, 551 Brittany Drive, State College, $227,000.

Robert L. Tolliver and Christina G. Tolliver to Christina G. Tolliver, 158 McKivison Court, State College, $1.

% APR*

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*APR = Annual Percentage Rate. Rates are dependent on your credit score and the loan term. Above rates require the best credit score. Must borrow $5000 additional money or a $500 fee applies to refinance a current Penn State Federal Home Equity Loan. No other discounts apply. Loan-to-value may not exceed 80%. $100 Appraisal Fee will apply. A 60 month loan at 3.00% APR* would have monthly payments of $17.97 per $1,000 borrowed. An 84 month loan at 4.00% APR* would have monthly payments of $13.67 per $1,000 borrowed. A 120 month loan would have monthly payments of $10.61 per $1,000 borrowed. See Rate & Fee Schedule for rate details. Rates subject to change at any time.

All other standard home equity loan conditions apply. Membership eligibility required. Penn State Federal is federally insured by the National Credit Union Administration. Penn State Federal is an Equal Opportunity Lender. Penn State Federal is an Equal Housing Lender.

Freddie Mac and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation to William E. McCusker, 2682 Black Moshannon Road, Philipsburg, $61,000.

SNOW SHOE BOROUGH

Rena Nastase estate and Margaret Nastase executrix to Bradley Meyer and Jenna Meyer, 205 W. Laurel Lane, Snow Show, $9,500.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

Pamela Callahan, Pamela S. Barnes and George Callahan to Pamela Callahan and George Callahan, 602 Blanchard St., Bellefonte, $1.

Andrew B. Cook to Andrew B. Cook and Margaret E. Cook, 824 W. Water St., Bellefonte, $1.

Genevieve M. Gordon estate, Genevieve Maxine Gordon estate, Lester E. Gordon executor and Robert C. Gordon to Witherite Property Management Inc., Forge Road, Bellefonte, $10,000.

Genevieve M. Gordon estate, Genevieve Gordon estate, Lester E. Gordon executor and Robert C. Gordon to Witherite Property Management Inc., 274 Forge Road, Bellefonte, $70,000.

Nicholas Pasquarello and Kerry Pasquarello

aPril 23-29, 2015 to Vanessa M. Tagg, 157 Arbor Bluff Drive, Pleasant Gap, $200,000.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Michael L. Hecht and Ann E. Bolser to Paul Damaske and Sarah Damaske, 730 E. McCormick Ave., State College, $587,000.

Rachel A. Smith and David George Narehood to Gary M. Chinn and Molly A. Martin, 550 Ridge Ave., State College, $400,000.

Patricia L. Thompson to Roger F. Herbein, 801 Stratford Drive, State College, $125,000.

Travers Residuary Trust, Susan T. Geering co-trustee and David A. Baker co-trustee to 255305 LLC, 255 E. Beaver Ave., State College, $15,000.

Travers Residuary Trust, Susan T. Geering cotrustee and David A. Baker co-trustee to 255305 LLC, 255 E. Beaver Ave., State College, $15,000.

Travers Residuary Trust, Susan T. Geering co-trustee and David A. Baker co-trustee to 255305 LLC, 255 E. Beaver Ave., State College, $135,500.

Louis A. Ucci and Karen A. Ucci to Sean E. Hanna, 804 Stratford Drive, State College, $117,000.

WALKER TOWNSHIP

John B. King and Susanne B. King to Samuel J. Byler and Dorothy S. Byler, Hubler Ridge Road, Bellefonte, $250,000.

Gregory J. Rosati and Sharyna Krystle Rosati to Elizabeth Fegert and Jeremy Fegert, 256 Jefferson Circle, Bellefonte, $299,000.

Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White to Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White Revocable Trust, Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White trustee and Timothy D. White trustee, Blue Ball Road, Spring Mills, $1.

Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White to Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White Revocable Trust, Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White trustee and Timothy D. White trustee, Little Sugar Valley Road, Howard, $1.

Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White to Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White Revocable Trust, Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White trustee and Timothy D. White trustee, Little Sugar Valley Road, Howard, $1.

Timothy Donovan White to Timothy D. White Revocable Trust, Timothy D. White trustee and Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White trustee, Blue Ball Road, Spring Mills, $1.

Timothy D. White to Timothy D. White Revocable Trust, Timothy D. White trustee and Gwendolyn E. Morgan-White trustee, 532 Blue Ball Road, Spring Mills, $1.

WORTH TOWNSHIP

Walter L. Witherite Jr. and Debra J. Witherite to Mark A. Moreland and Michelle L Moreland, 217 High Road, Port Matilda, $255,000.

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