Centre County Gazette, April 27, 2017

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County commissioners want Philipsburg barracks funded Board drafting letter of concern to state

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

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PENN STATE football star Saquon Barkley shakes hands with a fan after signing a pair of gloves at an autograph session outside of Beaver Stadium before the annual Blue-White game on April 22.

Mark Allen (8) looks on. Game coverage begins on page 23.

SCASD explores longer school day Move would add 54 minutes for elementary grades

By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

STATE COLLEGE — The State College Area School Board on April 24 discussed a proposal that would extend the elementary school day and shift times for the middle and high school days.

According to the school district, its elementary school days, as currently scheduled, are relatively short compared to peer districts at six hours and six minutes. El-

ementary schools currently start at 8:44 a.m. and end at 2:50 p.m.

Under the proposal, the elementary school day would be extended by 54 minutes, starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 3 p.m.

Middle school start and end times would shift from the current 8:10 a.m. to 3:14 p.m. to 8:40 a.m. to 3:44 p.m. High school times would move from 8:10 a.m. to 3:16 p.m. to 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m.

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BELLEFONTE — The fight to save the Philipsburg State Police barracks continues.

The topic that has grabbed headlines for the past two months was once again raised at the Centre County Board of Commissioners on April 25. Steve Dershem asked the board to draft a letter expressing its feelings and concerns for a proposal that would effectively move state police operations out of Philipsburg and Milesburg and into a combined force at a new station, to be built along the Benner Pike near Bellefonte. Commissioners agreed to draft the letter, to be sent to state officials pending solicitor review.

“I don’t know if this is carved in stone already or not, but we have to hope there is still some consideration not to go forward (with a consolidation),” said Dershem. “We have to let them know we are not in agreement with this.”

Dershem, who attended a citizen-organized question-and-answer gathering with state police officials earlier in April, said few answers came from the meeting, which instead, only raised more questions.

“One of my questions is what would the aftermath look like,” he said. During the public meeting, state police Maj. Maynard Gray confirmed the organization’s plans to combine the barracks in the county into a single facility.

He noted that, in doing so, there would be no drop in the number of troopers patrolling the area, nor would there be cuts in staff from either unit.

Dershem challenged Gray’s “WE HAVE to let statements.

“I remember them know we there used to be are not in agreethree barracks in Centre County, ment with this and when the first (consolidation).” one closed, they said there would Steve Dershem be no reduction county commissioner in manpower and there would be no compromise in coverage,” Dershem said. “But, there was. Is this going to be the same case? What is it going to look like five years down the road? Ten?”

PROPOSAL ‘DOESN’T MAKE SENSE’

Dershem also questioned if special consideration would be given to the residents of the Philipsburg and Rush Township areas, should the proposed merger occur.

“I’m concerned about the distance,” said Dershem.

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Institute helps addicted to find a way out of woods Editor’s note: Part of an ongoing series on the opioid crisis.

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

PORT MATILDA — Deep in the woods of Centre County, in Rush Township, is a small, gated community.

It was once the location of an upscale health spa where the well-to-do in Central Pennsylvania visited to relax, unwind and be pampered. The nine buildings dotted throughout the property’s wooded campus contain state-of-the-art facilities, including hot tubs, wave pools, exercise equipment and guest rooms rivaling any five-star hotel.

It still costs a pretty penny for a stay at the site; however, the new clientele may surprise people a bit.

Police Blotter .................... 2 Opinion ............................ 9

INSIDE: Geisinger on cutting edge in addressing crisis, Page 7 St. Joseph Institute for Addiction has treated thousands of people addicted to drugs and alcohol through a program focusing on individualized treatment — a method rare in treatment facilities across the country, said Max Spiegel, vice president of digital strategies, Summit BHC, which runs the institute.

He does not understand why it is so rare, though, Addicted, Page 7

Health & Wellness .......... 10 Community .................... 13

Kids & Summer .............. 19 Sports .............................. 23

Photo courtesy of St. Joseph Institute

THE CHAPEL on the campus of St. Joseph Institute is used by clients for prayer services, an important component of drug and alcohol addiction treatment.

Spring Golf ..................... 28 Women’s Corner ............ 30

Around & In Town ......... 32 What’s Happening ......... 35

Puzzles ............................ 36 Business .......................... 37

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SIGNATURE HOLES: Local pros highlight the most challenging and picturesque golf holes at Centre County courses.

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ROBOTICS STARS: The Centre County 4-H High School Robotics team has earned an invitation to the West Virginia, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Championship on May 27.

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CANSTRUCTION: Six teams were busy creating full food can sculptures at the Nittany Mall recently. The food will be donated to State College Food Bank.

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POLICE BLOTTER STATE POLICE AT ROCKVIEW

A 55-year-old Howard woman reported to police a known person used her credit card to make online purchases sometime from April 1 to April 6.

Police are continuing to investigate. qqq Police reported a 27-year-old Bellefonte man was charged with harassment following an argument with a 25-year-old Howard woman at a residence on School House Drive, Marion Township, at 11:09 p.m. April 20. qqq Authorities reported a 61-year-old Bellefonte man was arrested after he was found to be under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop along Tracy Dale Road in Boggs Township at 10:45 p.m.

April 20. He was transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center for a legal blood draw.

Charges are pending. qqq Police reported a 38-year-old Bellefonte woman was found to be under the influence of alcohol following a traffic stop along Sparrow Road at 1:35 a.m. April 21.

The woman was transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center for a legal blood draw.

Charges are pending. qqq Police arrested 58-year-old Ralph McChesney on April 21 for alleged public intoxication along state Route 150, north of Tracey Dale Road, in Boggs Township. qqq Police were called to Penns Valley Road in Gregg Township at 6 a.m. April 21 to investigate a single-vehicle crash.

Authorities said Jan Hartman, of Denver, was eastbound when his 2011 Freightliner veered off the south side of the roadway and struck a utility pole.

Police said Hartman continued without stopping, but was later found at Burkholder’s delivering products.

He was cited for not driving on roadways laned for traffic. qqq Authorities reported Jacob Fodor, of State College, was cited for public drunkenness after he was allegedly found visually intoxicated and walking along Interstate 99 on April 22. qqq DUI charges are pending against a 39-year-old Allport man following a routine traffic stop by police along East Sycamore Street in Snow Shoe Township at 12:27 a.m. April 23.

STATE POLICE AT PHILIPSBURG Police reported a 39-year-old Clearfield man was arrested for DUI following a routine traffic stop in the 200 block of Railroad Street, Rush Township, at 2:35 a.m. April 1. qqq Charges of harassment are pending against a 52-year-old man after he allegedly threatened a 38-year-old man with bodily harm along South Smith Street between 3 and 5 p.m. April 2. qqq A known 51-year-old Philipsburg man reported to police someone used his personal information to obtain a credit card sometime between April 4 and April 10.

Police are continuing to investigate. qq Police reported a 28-year-old woman violated a protection-from-abuse order by contacting a 25-year-old man through a dating web site at 3:04 p.m. April 9. qqq Authorities reported Daniel Alexander Police blotter, Page 5

Vote on $5 vehicle fee increase set May 9

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — Centre County residents will know May 9 if they have to tack an additional $5 onto their annual Pennsylvania vehicle registration fee.

At the Centre County Board of Commissioners meeting April 25, the board voted to advertise an ordinance proposing to levy an additional $5 vehicle registration fee for county residents with non-exempt vehicles for public review. Funds raised by the new measure would be used as liquid fuel funds for bridge and transportation projects within the county.

A vote on the measure is expected to occur during the Tuesday, May 9, meeting of the board.

At the April 18 meeting of the commissioners, questioned were raised concerning the additional $2 million in a funding match the state kicked in to encourage counties to adopt such an ordinance, and

whether Centre County would still be eligible for that funding if a “sunset clause” was added to the language of the ordinance.

The clause, as approved by the board of commissioners, allows the county to opt out of the program if the 2022 board of commissioners felt the program was no longer necessary.

Mike Bloom, a senior planner in the county’s planning department, said he contacted authorities at the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and confirmed the $2 million in available match funding would still be available if such a clause was included in the ordinance.

‘TIMING IS CRUCIAL’

Bloom explained that the state set aside a fund, containing an unknown amount of dollars, for counties that adopt an ordinance to add the fee and use Vote, Page 3

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Work progresses on State High ‘learning pods’

By GEOFF RUSHTON

break in January 2018, they will be in the new classrooms. A one-story guidance and career-counseling building and another structure for mechanical systems

and an auxiliary gym also will be ready to go.

At that time work will begin on the existing south building currently occupied

by students, teachers and staff. That phase of work will include gyms, performing arts spaces, offices and a fitness center.

Across the street, part of the north campus will be razed and new space for the Delta Program and the athletic facility will be constructed. That work is expected to be completed in the fall of 2019.

Jones said the classroom pods being built now represent about 90 percent of the classroom space that is part of the project, and about 65 to 70 percent of the overall square footage at the south campus.

Once completed, the south and north campus facilities will be about 700,000 square feet. Jones said an overlay of the plans for the new south buildings show about the same footprint as Beaver Stadium.

On a daily basis, 100 to 150 workers are on site, Jones said.

Jones, site manager Keith Smith, assistant physical plant director Jason Little and current assistant principal Chris Weakland (recently named the next district athletic director) gave several media members a behind-the-scenes tour of the construction site April 21.

duced to the county at the April 18 meeting. Chairman Commissioner Michael Pipe, who has spearheaded the effort to bring information to county vehicle owners concerning the Act 89 initiative, said the proposed ordinance was modeled after a template ordinance already enacted by several counties in the commonwealth.

Since January, Pipe has been distributing information and seeking input concerning the proposal and surveyed municipalities in the community concerning their interest in such a fee. He has also headed up a series of three town hall meetings, complete with PowerPoint presentations of how the fee with be collected and how the county benefits from such a fee.

Of the 19 municipalities that responded

to the survey, 12 were in favor of the measure, including the townships of Boggs, College, Gregg, Patton, Potter and Spring, and the boroughs of Centre Hall, Milesburg, Millheim, Snow Shoe, State College and Unionville. Those not in favor of enacting the fee were Haines, Halfmoon, Harris, Penn and Snow Shoe townships and Bellefonte Borough. Ferguson Township replied that it is a decision for the commissioners to make and would support whichever action the board takes.

According to Pipe, PennDOT numbers recently reflected there were 120,537 non-exempt vehicles in Centre County.

Exempt vehicles are used for public needs, and include plow trucks, police cars and emergency medical services vehicles. Also included in the exempt status are about 1,317 retired county residents who receive

the special discounted registration fee.

Pipe said the county stands to generate nearly $600,000 in additional transportation funding through the measure, and with liquid fuel funding and the state’s match, could reach enough to hit the maximum state match of $2 million.

Commissioner Steve Dershem, who has publicly expressed his disdain for the program and adding another “tax” to residents, motioned to advertise the proposed ordinance.

“I don’t support this surcharge, but I will support publishing this for more public comment,” said Dershem.

The public viewing of the ordinance will be published in a local newspaper and on the county’s website.

For more information, visit www. centrecounty.gov.

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STATE COLLEGE — Nearly two full years into work on the new State College Area High School, construction is progressing on pace and is months away from a major milestone.

In December, crews will have finished the first phase of the project — four interconnected, three-story “learning pods” on the south campus that will be home to the vast majority of learning and instruction space.

“The project is almost four years long of construction but it’s breaking down into a couple of phases, and it’s done that way because of the occupied nature of the existing buildings,” said senior project manager Tim Jones, of Massaro Construction Management Services. “In about eight to nine months the four pods will be done and ready to occupy. At that point everyone’s going to move out of the existing buildings into the new space. Then we’ll start demolishing or renovating the other spaces on campus.”

When students return from winter Vote, from page 2 collected revenue for transportation and bridge projects. He said each county has set aside a certain amount of matching money for liquid fuels; however, he noted the amounts set aside in each county varied according to need, and although a dollar amount was established for each county, he said he feels that funding could eventually dry up as more counties adopt the program.

“Timing is crucial for a vote from commissioners,” said Bloom. He said 14 counties are already taking advantage of the matching funds through the program, and “a handful” more are working toward adopting the measure, much like Centre County.

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THE STATE HIGH construction project is moving along. In December, crews will have finished the first phase of the project — four interconnected, three-story “learning pods” on the south campus.

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Derby racers take to streets of Bellefonte

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — Hundreds of soap box derby enthusiasts from across the Northeast lined Allegheny Street on April 22 and 23 as racers took to their machines for a weekend of downhill excitement.

Thirty-six participants in three separate divisions competed for series points and bragging rights in its return to Bellefonte — once a hotbed for soap box derby racing.

“It’s been a long time since Bellefonte had the opportunity to see the quality of soap box racing it once did. We gave a little taste of it back last year during the Bellefonte Cruise. This weekend, we showed Bellefonte what we are really about,” said Alan Huler, race director. “We got a great response from the fans, the racers and the

community. We’re excited to be returning here to race again soon.”

Soap box derby racing’s popularity was highest during the 1930s and 1940s, and like in many other communities, it was a popular form of competition on the hilly streets of Bellefonte. Last year, during the Bellefonte Cruise, Huler and The DuBois All-American Soap Box Derby, a chapter of the All-American Soap Box Derby, visited the event to educate locals on this type of racing. They also showed examples of the vehicles they race and provided downhill demonstrations of how the cars work.

On April 22 and 23, the group visited again, but this time, it was competition on their minds. Races commenced from about 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days.

“It was a wonderful weekend of racing,” said Huler. “Mother Nature wasn’t too good to us early Saturday, but things

cleared up nicely in the afternoon. Sunday was a beautiful day of racing.”

Registered racers from as far away and Connecticut and Washington, D.C., participated in the sanctioned rally race. The 36 participants were racing for points, accumulated during the season leading up to the naming of the series champion at the end of the season.

COMPETITIVE RACING

The event pitted cars against each other, two at a time, in head-to-head races that began on North Allegheny Street, just above Linn Street, and continued to the finish line, just before Howard Street near the Bellefonte Library. Each pairing of two races consisted of two runs down the hill with the drivers trading wheels and lanes between the first and second runs to eliminate those variables.

“As we thought, we had some really competitive racing,” said Huler. “There was seldom more than a couple times the wins were by hundredths of a second. Many of the races were closer, by the thousandths of a second.”

Huler, who said he spent most of the day at the top of the hill at the race’s starting line, said he was able to see the crowd grow throughout the day as word of the event began to spread through the community.

He said the weather on Sunday brought even more people to Allegheny Street.

“Overall, the residents and businesses in the Bellefonte area have welcomed the return of racing to Allegheny Street with open arms. Further, the support received from the Borough of Bellefonte is unparalleled,” Huler said.

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County looks to save through energy conservation

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

BELLEFONTE — Centre County is always looking for ways to save money, and the local planning office may have found another way to keep a few extra dollars in local coffers.

County controller Chuck Witmer and Centre County planning director Bob Jacobs visited the Centre County Board of Commissioners on April 25 to open a request for qualification proposals for energy conservation services at the seven county-owned facilities.

According to Jacobs, the planning office realized some cost-saving measures

concerning energy efficiency could be instituted at county facilities and felt seeking firms specializing in this type of work would be in the strategic best interest of the county.

As a result of this company-specific targeting effort, two proposals were received. The McClure Co., of Harrisburg, and Noresco, of Pittsburgh, each submitted large boxes containing eight binders of qualifications, as well as three compact discs containing required electronic data.

Jacobs said a review committee will now scrutinize both proposals before making a recommendation to the board of commissioners. The item was tabled by the board until Tuesday, May 16, to allow

Mini-THON set for April 28 at Park Forest Middle School StateCollege.com STATE COLLEGE — State College Area school students will gather at Park Forest Middle School on Friday, April 28, for a night of dancing, entertainment and games at the annual State College MiniTHON. Like the Penn State IFC/Panhellenic Council Dance Marathon, the MiniTHON raises money for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Medical Center to support pediatric cancer patients and their families. Since its inception in 2009, the State College Mini-THON has raised more than $326,000.

Last year, hundreds of students from Mount Nittany and Park Forest middle schools and the Delta program raised more than $62,000. This year’s event is themed “Hope Soars,” and begins at 5 p.m. with a pre-event dinner, special guest speakers and a musical performance.

Then it’s on to the dance marathon, which lasts until midnight.

Friday’s event will feature special guests such as the Penn State men’s and Police blotter, from page 2 Kephart, of Houtzdale, continued to contact a Philipsburg woman April 18 after he was told to stop.

A citation for harassment will be filed, police said. qqq William Teats reported to police someone stole a refrigerator from a Lochlomond Road, Rush Township, location between 8 a.m. April 19 and noon April 20. qqq Barracks, from page 1 The location of the proposed new facility would be about 30 miles away from areas in Rush Township and Philipsburg Borough.

“Regardless of what they say, I don’t think the response times to these areas will be timely, and that’s dangerous,” he said.

Chairman Commissioner Michael Pipe agreed with Dershem’s statements. He said the board’s feelings and concerns should be addressed in a letter to the governor’s office and the office of the Pennsylvania State Police commissioner. Pipe and Dershem decided language in the letter should also include a suggestion to include state funding in the 2017-18 budget to fund operations at the Philipsburg barracks.

“Our concerns are for the residents of Philipsburg and the surrounding communities,” said Commissioner Mark Higgins. “What the governor is forgetting is Centre County is the second-fastest growing county in the state. We have 7,000 to 8,000 new residents every decade, and they want to eliminate a police post. It just doesn’t make sense.”

Tor Michaels, chief of staff for state Rep. Scott Conklin, D-Rush Township, said the office is in full support of the

women’s basketball teams, magicians, clowns and of course lots of dancing, games and food, with the total fundraising reveal at midnight. Four Diamonds families also will speak during the evening.

The State College Mini-THON is a yearlong fundraising effort by State College area middle school students.

Modeled after the Penn State Dance Marathon, MiniTHONs at schools in Pennsylvania and other states have raised more than $23 million since 1993 for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey. Nearly 300 schools in eight states hold Mini-THONs, according to THON. The Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital helps families affected by pediatric cancer offset costs from cancer treatment not covered by health insurance as well as food, housing and travel expenses. The fund also supports a medical team comprised of pediatric oncologists, a music therapist, nutritionist, nurses, a psychologist, researchers and hospital staff members such as child life specialists and social workers.

A person found drug paraphernalia near the Cold Stream Dam Park on April 20 and turned it over to the Pennsylvania State Police, Philipsburg barracks. qqq A 61-year-old East Pine Street, Philipsburg, resident reported to police someone drove through his yard sometime between midnight April 20 and midnight April 23.

Police are continuing to investigate.

— Compiled by G. Kerry Webster commissioners’ letter, and, in fact, has a very similar letter going out to the same people this week.

“We’ve expressed our concerns before, and we’re going to do it again,” said Michaels, noting letters will be mailed to the governor and PSP Chairman Col. Tyree C. Blocker this week. He said the letters, like that of the commissioners, would contain a request to include funding for the Philipsburg barracks in the state budget.

“We support this 100 percent,” Michaels told the Gazette. “We’re going to do whatever it takes and fight and scratch and claw to keep this barracks open. It has to stay open to continue to protect the good people of Philipsburg, Rush Township and in all the surrounding communities.”

Philipsburg resident Nancy Snyder, who organized the first public informational gathering, said she is planning to hold another local meeting on the topic, tentatively scheduled for Thursday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the Philipsburg-Osceola Area Middle School.

“I don’t think this is over yet,” said Snyder. “We need to keep the dialogue open and continue to express our concerns. We need to speak up collectively as a community and tell our government we need to keep our barracks here.”

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CENTRE GIVES, the annual online fundraising program, is scheduled for May 9 and 10 this year, and on April 25, the Centre County Commissioners officially proclaimed those two days as “Centre Gives Days” in Centre County. The program is in its sixth year and already has raised and distributed more than $4 million to nonprofit organizations countywide. This year, a record 147 groups are eligible to receive funding donations. Supporters are asked to visit www.centregives.org to make donations during the 36-hour event. Pictured, from left, are Commissioners Mark Higgins and Michael Pipe, Centre Gives’ Irene Miller and Commissioner Steve Dershem. time for a thorough review.

Commissioner Mark Higgins told the board he talked with several other counties that opted to enact energy saving measures at their facilities, and he said some reported savings “between $60,000 and $100,000” each year.

In other business, the commissioners: ■ Approved a contract renewal with Eli Stolzfus for the lease of the Penns Valley Senior Resource Center in Madisonburg.

The contract is $1,054 per month for a total of $12,648.

■ Approved a grant agreement with the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in the amount of $39,450 for remodeling the Snow Shoe Senior Resource Center.

■ Approved a contract between Comfort Keepers and the Centre County Office of Aging to teach and facilitate the evidence based program “EnhanceWellness” at the Centre Region Adult Center. The cost of the contract is $8,200, which is state funded.

■ Approved a letter of agreement be-

tween the county and Cindi Brown to provide intellectual disability and home services, including utilization of a certified deaf interpreter. The source of funding is $1,430 from the state and $70 from the county.

■ Approved the purchase of a 2017 Ford Interceptor all-wheel-drive sedan equipped with a barrier cage for the Probation Department to replace a vehicle that has met its useful life. The total cost of the vehicle is $25,800.

■ Heard from George Arnold, executive director of the State College Downtown Improvement District. Arnold discussed Happy Valley Music Fest, which is scheduled for Friday, June 2, and Saturday, June 3, in downtown State College.

Arnold said the Spin Doctors will highlight Friday evening’s show and Charles Bradley will be featured on the second night. Several bands are scheduled for the event and two beer gardens will be open.

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Sigma Alpha Mu fraternity suspended after violations

By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State has suspended one fraternity’s recognition for at least two years for violating new restrictions on alcohol use among Greek life organizations.

Sigma Alpha Mu, which has a house on East Prospect Avenue in State College, violated multiple regulations during a Parents Weekend event April 1, the university said in a release.

A ban on fraternity and sorority social functions with alcohol was put into place after student Timothy Piazza died in February from injuries suffered when he fell down the stairs at Beta Theta Pi fraternity during a bid acceptance party. The investigation in that case is ongoing, but police have said Piazza was intoxicated at the time of his fall and that hazing and excessive alcohol consumption may have played a role.

Penn State administrators subsequently issued new restrictions that will be in place for social events and new member recruitment, and Beta Theta Pi had its recognition permanently revoked.

The university, however, granted an exception to the alcohol moratorium for Parents Weekend events. In a blog post on April 10, Penn State President Eric Barron noted nine organizations had violated the new rules, with Sigma Alpha Mu, popularly known as “Sammy,” being the only fraternity mentioned by name.

“Sigma Alpha Mu’s violations include excessive drinking, involving hard liquor, with no third-party server; open access to alcohol with no monitoring; and permitting guests other than fraternity members, their parents SCASD, from page 1 The extended elementary day grew from teachers asking for more instruction time for core subjects, while the proposal for shifted middle school and high school times came from sleep research that shows adolescents need plenty of rest to be able to learn well and for physical and mental health.

The later start times for middle schools and the high school would bring them in line with recommendations by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The proposal will add more time for elementary schools for math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction; an additional five to 10 minutes per day for special subjects such as art, music, library, health and physical education; a fifth special subject period per week for world languages; updated health and wellness curriculum taught by a certified health instructor; and additional teacher planning time.

‘SUBSTANTIAL CHANGE’

The proposal is the result of collaboration between administrators and teachers. Prior to discussing the pro-

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The new restrictions — which include limits on party sizes, no hard liquor (beer and wine only), a certified third-party server and strict monitoring — were in place for Parents Weekend, as well as limits on who could attend and the length of time allowed for social events.

“Sigma Alpha Mu knowingly violated every rule that was imposed,” said Damon Sims, Penn State vice president for student affairs. “This behavior is not consistent with our university values and is in direct opposition to the changes required if we are to have a healthy, successful and sustainable Greek-letter system at Penn State.”

The university statement said that Sims and other student affairs administrators discussed the issues with the fraternity’s leadership and adviser. The chapter president acknowledged the violations, according to the university.

“In a gesture of trust, we believed that Parents Weekend would be the appropriate way to pilot new regulations and gain cooperation from the Greek-letter community,” Sims said. “Unfortunately, this fraternity egregiously took advantage of its trial opportunity, despite our clear expectations and the well-publicized consequences for violations.

“We remain hopeful that our Greek-letter community, including undergraduate members, their parents and alumni, understand the university’s wholehearted commitment to these new expectations, and our determination to help our fraternities and sororities avoid outcomes that threaten their continued success. Only by earnestly working together will we achieve the results the entire Penn State community should expect.”

The violations also were discussed with the chapter’s posal, the board unanimously approved a memorandum of understanding with the State College Area Education Association for contract addendums that will allow for consideration of the proposal for the 2018-19 school year.

Board president Amber Concepcion noted that the MOU does not lock the district in to changing school day times, but allows the discussion and planning to move forward.

Teacher and SCAEA president Eugene Ruocchio expressed his support for the proposal and commended administrators for their “collaborative approach” to the potential changes.

“Teachers and administrators came together to listen to each other and make changes that are likely better for kids and in some cases necessary for teachers to improve the education of our students,” Ruocchio said.

He added that there are challenges that still need to be worked through, but that he is confident the collaboration between teachers and administrators will continue to address them.

“All involved are aware that this proposal is a substantial change and that it’s a work in progress,” Ruocchio said. “As educators we are still working in an educational model that was developed a long time ago, and it’s definitely outdated in 2017.”

Because of the later end time for the high school, principals, teachers, counselors and students will work together to identify the needs of students who participate in co-curricular and extracurricular activities and internships and develop flexible scheduling to ensure no loss of learning time.

TRANSPORTATION STUDY

The board also approved a consulting agreement with Tyler Technologies, for a maximum of $7,000, to conduct a transportation study related to the time changes.

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PENN STATE Vice President for Student Affairs Damon Sims said “Sigma Alpha Mu knowingly violated every rule that was imposed.”

national organization.

In his open letter on April 10, Barron wrote that “After the new rules were announced, an email from an (Interfraternity Council) leader was sent to chapters using a derogatory term to describe women, while encouraging members to have the alcohol upstairs and not have it on the main floor where it risks having checkers discover a violation.”

He also questioned the future of Greek life at Penn State if violations continued and behavior didn’t change. “(T)he stories cited above cannot continue,” he wrote.

“If they do, I predict that we will see many empty houses and then the end of Greek life at Penn State.” president Lars De Lorenzi spoke in favor of the proposed changes.

“You could not throw in more things that we have been trying to advocate for throughout the school year, which includes starting the school day later for high school students, expanding the world language program and implementing that further into the elementary schools,” he said. “We would really like this to happen.”

Board member Laurel Zydney said she had concerns that no alternate options were put forward and that the proposal could result in “too long a day for our students.”

She said she recognized that what is good for teachers is usually good for students. Zydney ultimately voted along with the rest of the board to approve the MOU. Board vice president Jim Leous said this was not the sole proposal, but was the result of collaboration with teachers.

“I think what came out was better than our original proposal,” he said.

A final proposal is expected in October. If approved, it would be implemented in the fall of 2018 for the 2018-19 school year.

In other action items: ■ The board approved the awarding of a low bid of $54,780 to Sargent Enterprises for partial asbestos removal at Corl Street and Houserville elementary schools in advance of the renovation and expansion projects.

Retro Environmental was awarded the low bid of $83,950 for partial asbestos removal at Radio Park Elementary.

RL Abatement was awarded a bid of $55,800 for asbestos removal at the high school south building in anticipation of work as part of the State High project. All removal work will occur during summer months.

■ Mid-State Roofing was awarded a bid of $168,500 for partial roof replacement at Panorama Village Administrative Center, and Glenn O. Hawbaker was awarded a low bid of $271,516 to mill and repave the road and parking lot at Mount Nittany Middle School.

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Geisinger initiative aims to stay ahead of pain curve

By MARK BRACKENBURY mbrackenbury@centrecountygazette.com

The opioid epidemic sweeping the nation and hitting central Pennsylvania hard grew in large part through efforts to manage pain by prescribing pills.

As the prescription medication abuse crisis escalated nationally, the health care community has been taking steps — some innovative — in recent years to curb the epidemic.

Locally, one such effort is Geisinger’s initiative to stay ahead of the pain curve.

The idea is to “prevent acute pain from becoming chronic pain,” said Michael Evans, associate vice president of clinical strategy and innovation and co-director for the Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes at Geisinger.

“The chances of addiction increase exAddicted, from page 1

ponentially after the first 30 days” when a patient seeks a refill of pain medication, he said.

In 2013, Geisinger began giving surgical patients prophylactic and non-opioid medication orally prior to incision. The approach began with orthopedic and OBGYN patients, but it is now used across the health system, he said.

“We use a very limited medical cocktail an hour before incision,” he said. “During surgery and post-op we are already treating the patient for pain.”

The approach has been “extremely successful,” Evans said. “The need for pain medications post-op decreased dramatically.”

In addition to that approach, Geisinger has won accolades for its medication therapy disease management program, which has been in place about 20 years. are still covered under their parents’ insurance.”

because, according to Spiegel, it works.

“We just do things a little different here, and when I say different, I don’t mean we have a radical approach to treatment,” said Spiegel, who has worked on the property for the last eight years. He is also a recovering alcoholic. “We take a good hard look at the individual in recovery and figure out their needs. From there, we create the treatment program our experts deem best for that particular individual.”

It is not cheap. A typical 30-day stay costs clients $18,500 to $26,500. The facility does not accept Medicare or the Access Card. In comparison, low-service treatment facilities cost $12,000 to $16,000 for a 30-day stay; medium-service facilities cost $18,000 to $28,000; and high-service facilities cost $32,000 to $45,000. (These numbers are based on a survey of 14 treatment facilities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, New York and New Jersey.)

“Our clients are people who realize, or whose parents realize, they truly do have a substance abuse problem and that our programs can put them back on the right path,” said Spiegel. “We’ve had all types of clients here, from movie stars and sports heroes to soccer moms and city kids that

INTENSIVE TREATMENT

Spiegel said clients of all sorts seek help at the facility. These include heroin and opioid users, alcoholics and people with cocaine and other stimulant addictions.

Many have entered the facility following prescription medication abuse, while others have given in to peer pressures or have had problems with relapse.

The clients who seek treatment at St. Joseph want to get help, Spiegel said. They are not court appointed into the program, but instead, sign themselves into treatment, or are signed in by a parent or guardian.

“At many other treatment facilities, there are many, many people that just don’t want to be there,” said Spiegel. “We can’t say that about St. Joseph. Our clients know they have a problem and they also know the only way they can get help is through intensive, personal treatment … exactly what we offer them here.”

Spiegel said the facility can accommodate up to 30 people at a time, both male and female. Housing facilities are scattered throughout the buildings, separating males from females. A structured day

The program features clinical pharmacists working with primary care physicians to determine appropriate medications and doses to manage pain.

Geisinger has worked with state officials and others in the health care community on a safe prescribing task force to develop detailed guidelines for various practitioners on the safe and effective use of opioids in treating pain.

GAINING MOMENTUM

Among many specifics, the general guidelines note that, “Chronic pain is best treated using an interdisciplinary, multi-modal approach. The treatment team often includes the patient and his or her family, the primary care provider, a physical therapist, a behavioral health

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MICHAEL EVANS is associate vice president of clinical strategy and innovation and co-director for the Center for Pharmacy Innovation and Outcomes at Geisinger.

Geisinger, Page 8 includes community meals, group and individual treatment and exercise and fitness routines.

“Individual counseling is the core of our program,” said Spiegel. “Our counselors work with clients on emption regulation, behavior modification and cognitive functioning pertaining to beliefs, thoughts, attitudes and rules about life.

“Our clients also participate in family and group counseling, practicing effective life skills like communication, decision-making and conflict resolution,” he continued.

Recreation time allows the clients to socialize, and there are plenty of opportunities on the 62-acre site when time permits. Spiegel said the basketball courts and pool table are popular, as are the miles of walking trails that snake their way through the campus.

“We believe a healthy body parallels a healthy mind,” said Spiegel. “We encourage as much physical exercise as we can, and our clientele seem to enjoy this aspect of our treatment approach.”

ucation. Spiegel said the comprehensive education program at St. Joseph gives clients the tools to support their path toward healing. He said in daily group classes, the instructors provide lectures, materials and discussions about a variety of topics, including the physiology of addiction, co-occurring addictions, understanding self-destructive behavior, healing emotional wounding, finding balance, managing stress and establishing a spiritual foundation for recovery.

So, does the program work?

According to Spiegel, it does. He does admit it is very hard to gauge the success of individuals after they leave treatment in Centre County.

“It’s very difficult to track how people are doing after they leave the facility,” said Spiegel. “But, from my experience, and talking with people who have gone through our program, it does work. We have continuing support for our graduates through regular follow-up, reunions, online seminars and group discussions.”

St. Joseph Institute is located at 134 Jacobs Way. For more information, call (888) 777-1098 or visit www. stjosephinstitute.com.

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“Additionally, considerable help has been received from many other businesses and organizations, including the Logan Fire Co. We’re looking forward to our return later this summer.”

The derby racers will be back in action during the Bellefonte Cruise, Friday, June 16, through Sunday, June 18. Huler said the club will be on hand to showcase vehicles and provide information about the soap box derby car and racing. There will also be another race on Allegheny Street.

“This race will be held with the support and help of the Bellefonte Cruise, in conjunction with the Bellefonte Car Show, and will feature not only our local racers, but will feature teams of fifthgrade students from the Bald Eagle Area Elementary School that have worked as a team to build soap box derby cars.”

He said his special projects taught students about kinetic and potential energy concepts and gave them hands-on opportunities to put those concepts into place.

“Additionally, this race hopes to pair four local businesses against each other in an adult corporate team-building challenge in which four sponsoring businesses will have the opportunity to send teams of five members to construct adult vintage soap box derby cars from kits provided, at the Bellefonte Cruise car show on Saturday, then race the cars on Sunday,” he said.

provider and one or more specialists.”

In the fall, Pennsylvania became the 49th state to launch a prescription drug monitoring program, a statewide database that allows medical providers to check on whether a patient has received prescriptions from other doctors.

“It’s a huge tool for clinicians to identify people who are doctor or pharmacy shopping,” Evans said.

The law now requires prescribers to check the database every time they prescribe an opioid or benzodiazepine (with some exceptions, such as in an emergency department). In addition, it requires dispensers to input prescription data into the database by the close of the next business day.

Prescriptions of opioids to minors are now limited to seven days, with some exceptions, and also require counseling on risks.

Opioid prescriptions in emergency rooms or urgent care centers are also limited to seven days, with exceptions.

Another important step, Evans

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Huler said the DuBois chapter has grown steadily since it was founded in 2008, and since that time, has grown its race home to include Centre County. He said half of the membership of the DuBois All-American Soap Box Derby now is from Centre County.

said, is getting unused prescription medications out of patients’ medicine cabinets and disposed of in a way that does not damage the environment.

Geisinger has a drug take-back program that includes disposal centers. The drugs are picked up by the National Guard and taken to an incinerator. The Geisinger Lewistown Hospital Auxiliary was funding a few boxes locally, but they are not installed yet. Another program through the Centre County District Attorney’s Office has six drop boxes in the county, and Bellefonte Borough also has a drop box.

Evans noted that opioid abuse “has been on a steep incline for quite some time” — locally and across the country.

“It’s been a snowball just continuing to grow,” he said.

But he sees progress in the fight to curb abuse.

“We have a lot of momentum now,” Evans said. “Education for our community is one of the key points — to understand that the risk of addiction is much higher than we ever thought.”

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Encourage men, minorities to teach By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Who’s in front of the class? There are more black, Hispanic and Asian teachers than there were in 1987, a new study shows — but at the front of our nation’s classrooms, men are a shrinking minority.

The report, published by the Education Department’s National Center for Education Statistics, compared survey data from 1987-88 and 2011-12. Over this period, the teaching force went from 12.4 percent minority to 17.3 percent minority. That’s still less than the student body, which was 44 percent minority in 2011-12, but it’s progress.

Just by being there, minority teachers show minority boys and girls, especially those from low socioeconomic-status backgrounds, that they too can achieve respected positions in American society — something no young citizen should doubt, but too many do. Such teachers have advantages in mentoring minority children, not only because they may share common experiences, but because even if they don’t, the students may find it easier to relate to them.

So it’s really too bad that the number of black, non-Hispanic teachers went up only 25 percent — less than whites, Asians and Hispanics.

The other disappointment was gender. Teaching was already a female-dominated profession, and it became more so when it added more than a million women and fewer than 200,000 men, net. Now, just 24 percent of teachers nationally are men.

According to the Census Bureau, 20 million Americans younger than 18 don’t live with their fathers. Some of these children may lack positive adult male role models if they don’t find one at school. But boys need to learn how to be men. To the extent men offer a kind of leadership less commonly found in women, that’s something generations have valued, and it should be passed on. To the extent men who go into teaching are nurturing, they show boys that they can be too.

So there’s a real need to get more men into teaching.

That may take a variety of efforts, much like those we see aimed at getting women into male-dominated fields. At the very least, the notion that only women should work with small children must be destroyed.

It’s time to pursue strategies to recruit and retain more men and minorities to study education and join the classroom.

The teaching profession may never be a perfect demographic mirror of the nation’s students, but it should be closer than it is.

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Another year in the real world ends also died of injuries suffered in a fall.

Hallie Bateman, an artist I have This case, too, may result in criminal known since she and my daughter charges. played “pretend” together as gramWhat is known is that Piazza was mar schoolers, once drew a cartoon pledging for the Beta Theta Pi fraaimed at graduating seniors. “Don’t ternity on campus, that he had been be scared to enter ‘the real world,’” it drinking, that he fell down tells them. “You’ve been in a flight of stairs, and that 12 it the whole time.” hours elapsed before any Ain’t that the truth? of his “brothers” bestirred The idea of the unihimself to call for help. versity as Ivory Tower, as Piazza’s death focused bubble, as rarified space, attention yet again on impervious to the malign blackout drinking, on hazforces of the outside world, ing and on frat houses as exerts a stubborn hold on places where a lot of irthe popular imagination. responsible if not crimBut it has always been the inal behavior occurs. As ideal, never the real. (Think so often happens, it has of the 14th century monks taken a preventable death gone wild in Umberto to galvanize the authoriEco’s “The Name of the ties into action. Penn State Rose.”)

President Eric Barron has Here at the modern threatened the once unAmerican university, as thinkable: the end of Greek elsewhere in our society, Russell Frank life as we know it if the frat are schemers and back- worked as a boys don’t straighten up stabbers, competition and reporter, editor and columnist and fly right. pressure, anxiety and de- at newspapers in Among the restrictions pression, suicide and as- California and already imposed, the one sault.

Pennsylvania for 13 that got everyone’s attenJust this week, a jour- years before joining tion was a reduction in nalism student asked if the journalism the number of bacchanals she could interview me for faculty at Penn from 45 to 10 per semester. a report on my colleague State in 1998. His Forty-five! That was three Ron Bettig, whose body views and opinions boozy bashes per week. Exwas found at the bottom of do not necessarily reflect those of Penn plains a lot, doesn’t it? a quarry last August.

State University.

As one who lived among George Ishler Jr., 39, of them for 16 raucous years, I would Pennsylvania Furnace, is accused of not be at all sorry to see these stately luring Ron to the quarry and pushmansions more nobly repurposed. ing him in as part of a plot to claim For my final exhibit in support of his inheritance. Danelle Geier, 32, Hallie Bateman’s real-world thesis, of Lemont, has been charged with I give you the latest turn of the Sanconspiring with Ishler. The case is dusky screw. Former President Graawaiting trial. ham Spanier, he of the $600,000 per The timing of my interview with annum salary, was convicted of child the student got me thinking about endangerment in March. the grim arc of the waning 2016-17 His underlings, former Athletacademic year. This is the last week ic Director Tim Curley and former of spring semester. Ron Bettig died a Senior Vice President Gary Schulfew days before the start of Fall ’16. A tz, each pleaded guilty to the same few weeks into Spring ’17 was when charge.

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Last weekend, I heard from a disgruntled reader who thought that I, who live in the glass house that is Penn State, should not throw stones.

(I was pelting the eminently deserving Bill O’Reilly, fired from Fox News last week when advertisers, apprised of all the sexual harassment claims he had settled over the years, began giving his show the kryptonite treatment.)

Like so many before him, my correspondent seemed to be pinning responsibility for the Sandusky scandal on all 60,000 of us who work or study at the University Park campus.

Presumably that would include those who arrived on campus after Sandusky retired and had never heard of him until he was indicted by a grand jury in 2011.

I, who have been around here since the mid-’90s, knew who Sandusky was but never met him. If there were whispers about his forcing himself on young boys, I never heard them.

One could make the argument that there was a culture at Penn State that ignored the whispers. I’m inclined to agree, but not all of us were part of that culture. If one of my neighbors is arrested for dealing drugs, does that make me a drug dealer or an apologist for drug dealing? Does it disqualify me from speaking out about other kinds of wrongdoing?

The larger point is, this is a small city — an odd little burg, to be sure, but a city nonetheless, with a variety of subcultures and social problems.

During a good year we are able to focus on the glories of collegiate life: on those among us and those who visit us who enlighten, inspire and entertain through their research, their service, their talent, their wisdom or their courage.

There was much that was glorious here at Dear Old State this year, but the grim stuff, the “real-world” stuff obtruded, as it always will.

Shutdown bad for Congress, us

By The San Diego Union-Tribune The looming threat of a U.S. government shutdown and temporary layoffs starting on April 29 has lessened with the Trump White House no longer insisting that border wall funding be part of legislation Congress must pass to extend authority for federal spending beyond the end of the week. Passage of a shortterm budget resolution funding the government through Sept. 30 seems likely before the weekend.

Good. For months, President Trump and some of his top aides inexplicably believed that Republicans who control Washington could use fear of a government shutdown to leverage concessions from Democrats instead of grasping that such a shutdown would be blamed on the party in power.

But the reality is this: Lawmakers in any party who try to engineer shutdowns are behaving like juveniles, not demonstrating fiscal pru-

dence or responsibility. Past shutdowns have accomplished nothing beyond inconveniencing millions of Americans who rely on federal services.

Yes, the federal government faces an immense long-term fiscal nightmare unless it controls spending. But while Republicans have long depicted themselves as worried about all this red ink, the fact is both parties have supported vast new spending — on wars, additional entitlements and more — and both bear vast responsibility for this history of profligacy.

Whether Republicans or Democrats split power or had unified control of Washington, the nation has run budget deficits for all but a handful of years since 1975. What’s needed is bipartisan resolve to stop passing kick-the-bucket-down-theroad budgets — not empty stunts like shutting down the government.

Such resolve is hard to find.

Yet the aging of the population is

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Based on America’s present spending and revenue practices, the Congressional Budget Office estimates that interest on the national debt will go from the present $270 billion a year (about 7 percent of the total federal budget) to $712 billion in 2026 and, moreover, will be the third largest category of spending by 2028, after Social Security and Medicare, and the largest by 2050.

While the Trump administration’s proposed budget includes some domestic spending cuts, it also calls for substantially more military spending and would add nearly a half-trillion dollars to the U.S. national debt of $19.8 trillion. Endlessly relying on debt is no way to run a household or a business.

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Study: Moms’ social support impacts infant fussiness

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UNIVERSITY PARK— How happy a mother is in her relationship and the social support she receives may affect the risk of infant colic, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

The study sheds new light on the factors that may contribute to infant fussiness, a common complaint, especially among first-time mothers.

Social conditions related to mental health during pregnancy, such as maternal anxiety and low social support, have

previously been associated with infant colic.

Researchers have also linked postpartum maternal depression with an increased risk of colic.

The study measured first-time mothers’ relationship happiness and general social support, as well as support in taking care of the baby by their partners. The researchers, who reported their findings in a recent issue of Child: Care, Health and Development, looked at these factors during pregnancy and one month after birth in more than 3,000 women, 18 to 35 years old, who gave birth at 78 hospitals in

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Overall, 11.6 percent of mothers in the study self-reported that their infants had colic, defined as crying or fussiness three or more hours a day.

Relationship happiness, general social support and partner-baby support all protected against colic in the study.

The happier a woman reported being in her partner relationship during and after pregnancy, the lower the risk of colic in her infant. This was the strongest association and held even in women experiencing postpartum depression and in those whose partners were not their babies’ biological fathers.

The researchers said it is unknown why this association exists, but offered a few suggestions.

“Maybe the baby cries less if the mom and dad are happier,” said Kristen Kjerulff, professor of public health sciences and senior study author. Another possibility is that mothers in happier relationships may not perceive their baby’s crying as negatively, and may not report it as colic, she said.

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Women who rated their partners as supportive also had babies with a lower risk of colic. In particular, the more helpful their partners were with the baby, and the warmer, more loving and more affectionate they were toward the baby, the less colic was reported.

General social support from friends and family was also associated with a lower risk of colic. Women were less likely to report having a colicky baby if they had someone to turn to for suggestions about how to handle a personal problem and someone to confide in about their problems.

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Interestingly, babies of single women had the lowest rate of colic. Although this association was not statistically significant, the finding further suggests that social support is important for reducing colic. Women in the study who did not have a partner reported having higher levels of general social support, according to Kjerulff.

“If you don’t have a partner you can still have lots of social support, lots of love and lots of happy relationships, and all of that’s going to be better for the baby,” she said. “Love makes a difference.”

The first author of the study, Chandran Alexander, assistant professor of pediatrics at Penn State College of Medicine, said, “Mothers’ significant others have a role to play in reducing the burden of colic. Society should avoid pinning the Fussiness, Page 12

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Social skills programs may boost academic success

By MATT SWAYNE Penn State News

UNIVERSITY PARK — Programs and policies that enhance the emotional and social skills of elementary school students may also improve academic success and even pave the way toward better jobs in adulthood, according to a report from Penn State’s Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center.

In the report, researchers suggest that programs that improve the students’ skills in self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship building and responsible decision making can positively affect other aspects of the learning environment, including classroom behavior and teacher satisfaction. They add that this social and emotional learning — SEL — can benefit the students long after they have left school.

“SEL programs can improve children’s well-being, as well as improve engagement and learning in the classroom,” said Mark Greenberg, Edna Peterson Bennett Endowed Chair in Prevention Research and professor of human development and psychology. “They can reduce barriers to learning and mental health problems, for example, inattention, conduct problems and disruptive behavior.”

Over the past 20 years, research has shown that students who have received lessons in social and emotional learning have also academically outperformed students who did not have the training, according to the report, which was prepared

by Linda Dusenbury, senior researcher, Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning, and Roger P. Weiss-

berg, distinguished professor of psychology and education, University of Illinois.

In an analysis of 213 studies and 270,000 students — also called a meta-analysis — those who received training in SEL showed a 11 percent gain in academic achievement. About 56 percent of these studies were conducted with elementary school students.

“The research supporting SEL that we reviewed in this brief is very strong, now,” said Dusenbury. “There have been hundreds of studies, many of them rigorous, pretest-posttest control-group designs, showing that kids in classrooms and schools implementing these approaches perform better — in terms of academic performance, discipline, prosocial behavior and anxiety — than kids that aren’t exposed to these kinds of instruction and teaching practices.

“More importantly, there are replications and longitudinal follow-ups — the gold standard in research — that provide even stronger evidence for the effectiveness of these kinds of approaches.”

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Besides classroom improvement, the researchers suggest that SEL can benefit the students once they leave school and enter the workforce. A meta-analysis of 82 SEL follow-up studies found that programs that enhanced social and emotional learning lasted months and, in some cases, years after the lessons.

According to the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, for every dollar invested in an evidence-based SEL program, there was an $11 return.

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“Human beings are social and emotional creatures, so social and emotional learning is happening all the time,” said Dusenbury. “We’re always learning, from the moment we’re born and all through our lives, and in every social situation, how to adjust our own behavior and how to approach others, to achieve our objectives and get along with others. It’s human nature.

“But, not all experiences and circumstances support healthy habits and development. Research has identified key factors promoting social and emotional development, including positive school climate and a variety of teaching practices that help students learn to manage their emotions and develop positive relationships.”

Greenberg, who is also the founding director of the Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development, said that schools that are considering adopting SEL programs in their districts should select an evidence-based program that has a quality training model.

“School administrators should be prepared for the long term,” he said. “Full implementation in a school will take about three years or so. A SEL curriculum should not only focus on children’s skills, but also on creating a healthy and caring school environment for both children and adults.”

He added that involvement of the school’s principal is a key factor for each step of the implementation.

The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation supported this work.

Adult children need to carefully consider caregiver’s role Special to the Gazette There are two sides of the caregiving coin. On one side is people who find it a blessing to give back and develop a deeper connection to elder loved ones as they become their companions and helpers. On the other side are the people whose own physical and mental health suffers as they sacrifice everything to provide care when a loved one is ill or disabled.

When an elderly parent needs care, adult children often feel a sense of obligation to do it all, according to a release from Homewatch CareGivers of Central Pennsylvania.

“Many of these parents provided care to their own parents and expect that their children will do the same for them,” said Dr. Barry Jacobs, a clinical psychologist and co-author of “AARP Meditations for Caregivers.”

“But, a sense of fairness isn’t something imposed by one family member on another; it ought to arise from discussions and, if need be, negotiations between family members to reach an accommodation that meets the caregiving and other family and individual needs.”

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Not all family caregiving is created equal. It depends on the needs or symptoms that someone has, and it will depend

on the proximity, availability and feasibility of the potential caregiver. Each family has its own dynamics, history and hierarchy that will come into play, too.

While there are many people who find fulfillment in being a family caregiver, it’s not for everyone. Topics on family caregiver forums include resentment, frustration, isolation and depression, along with requests for practical advice on a whole variety of personal issues related to caregiving. Jacobs is clear that not every parent and child should engage in a caregiving relationship.

“Even if there wasn’t a bad relationship historically, there may be so much conflict between the caregiver and care recipient during caregiving that it is advisable for them to separate and (to find other solutions),” he said.

“Sometimes, the caregiver’s physical and/or mental health are so fragile that they can’t safely take on the primary caregiving responsibilities without running the risk of harming themselves; they shouldn’t sacrifice themselves in this manner.”

Jacobs prescribes good communication for all parties in order to address everyone’s concerns and needs. If someone cannot be a family caregiver, for whatever

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Just BREATHE: Mindfulness can ease college transition

By VICTORIA M. INDIVERO Penn State News

UNIVERSITY PARK — Mindfulness training may be one way to help students successfully transition to college life, according to Penn State researchers.

The first semester of college is a time of great transition for many students — they often are living away from home for the first time, have a much more fluid schedule than in high school and are potentially surrounded by a new peer group. For all of these reasons and more, this can be an incredibly stressful time in a student’s life.

To help ease this transition, researchers offered an eight-session mindfulness training program to first-year students at Penn State, according to Kamila Dvorakova, a doctoral compassion and caring fellow in the Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center and lead author of the study.

In mindfulness meditation, practitioners learn how to develop an accepting, nonjudgmental and kind attitude toward present moment thoughts and feelings, according to the researchers, who presented their findings in a recent issue of the Journal of American College Health.

At the end of the eight sessions, the intervention was associated with significant increases in the students’ life satisfaction, as well as a significant decrease in depression and anxiety, when compared to students who did not participate in the training. There was also an overall drop in alcohol use between the students who took part in the mindfulness program and the control group.

“We offered an experiential, practice-oriented training,” said Dvorakova.

“Rather than telling the students what to do, we had them explore and talk about how to be mindful in their daily lives and discover the benefits for themselves. We

found that underneath the stress that students are experiencing is a deep desire to appreciate life and feel meaningful connections with other people. It is our responsibility as educators to create academic environments that nurture both students’ minds and hearts.”

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Dvorakova and Mark Agrusti, mindfulness and meditation integration specialist, Prevention Research Center, adapted the existing Learning to BREATHE program — originally developed for adolescents by Patricia C. Broderick, research associate, Prevention Research Center — for college students and called it Just BREATHE. The teachings in the eight sessions were themed around the BREATHE acronym: body, reflections, emotions (or awareness), attention, tenderness (or self-compassion), healthy habits and empowerment.

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“The beginning of the college career presents such a unique opportunity — all of these students are going through this same transition at the same time,” said Agrusti. “These freshmen are beginning to acquire habits and perceptions that will shape their lives as students and adults, so it’s a perfect time for them to discover practices such as mindfulness, stress management, self-care and emotional literacy skills.”

Fifty-two undergraduate students participated in the intervention, with another 53 serving as a control. The program included self-awareness practices, emotion-regulation skills and simple mindfulness techniques to help students manage stressful situations, the researchers said.

The participants were also given cards and stickers for home practice to serve as reminders to use mindfulness techniques when they encounter stressful situations.

Fussiness, from page 10 blame for colic on mothers’ competence, self-esteem or depression.”

Alexander, a pediatric gastroenterologist, said he was inspired to study factors that influence colic after observing first-time mothers with colicky babies making frequent visits to their pediatricians and pediatric gastroenterologists. Some of the therapies for infant colic that are currently offered are expensive and unproven, he said.

“We need to impress upon society the importance of supporting families in their care of newborns,” Alexander said.

Next, Alexander and Kjerulff plan to study whether relationship and social-support factors influence child health outcomes associated with colic, such as gastrointestinal problems or food allergies, as children age.

Other researchers on the study were Junjia Zhu, assistant professor of public health sciences, and Ian Paul, professor of pediatrics and public health sciences, both at Penn State College of Medicine.

This research was funded by the National Institutes of Health.

Caregiver, from page 11 “I suggest that he or she be honest and forthright with himself, other family members and the care recipient about this,” he said. “It is much better for the family members to know where a relative stands rather than to see that person fail to uphold a commitment implied or made.”

These decisions are not written in stone, though, and may change as a care recipient’s needs change over time.

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County robotics team excels in competition Special to the Gazette STATE COLLEGE — The Centre County 4-H High School Robotics team made it to the semifinal round at the recent Greater Pittsburgh Regional FIRST Robotics Competition.

Centre County competed against robotic teams from around the Northeast and Midwest, and as far away as Hawaii and China. After two days of qualification matches, the team had the second-highest score among the 40 teams, earning a spot in the playoff tournament.

In addition to reaching the semifinal round —where the team lost to the eventual champions — the group also took home the General Motors Industrial Design Award for having the robot with the best combination of form and function. “Going from homeless at the end of last season, due to a renovations at the Penn State Ag Engineering building, to this semifinal finish is truly remarkable,� said Jason Oakman, CC4H mentor, in a press release. “We have so many people to thank for making this happen,� said Bill Jester, also a CC4H mentor. “We couldn’t have achieved this without Channel Communication LLC, who donated space in their building, and all our major sponsors: ASME Central PA Section, Ben Franklin Technology Partners, Blatek, Blue Mountain Software, FireOne, Loop Software and TechKnowServ. We can’t thank them and the rest of our donors enough for their generous funding.�

Steve Brawley, of Ben Franklin Technology Partners, said, “We want to congratulate the CC4H Robotics team for a tremendous season. Technology and innovation is vital to our community. If we can get kids passionate about STEM early, it will have a huge impact on economic growth in the Centre region.�

Team members include: Lee Conklin, Park Forest Middle School; Cole Daubenspek, home school/State College High School; Mary Davis, Grier School; Zach Jester, home school; Elijah Johnson, home school; Griffen Josephs, State College High School; Matthew Li, State College High School; Michael Mallison, Delta Program; Alex Mullen, Delta Program; Roger Nagel, Bellefonte High School; Jacob Oakman, State College High School; Connor Price; Ben Servey, home school/State College High School; Lachlan Sneff, State College High School; Tom Sowers, State College High School; and Thad Valentine, Delta Program.

Based on its score at the Greater Pittsburgh Regional, the team earned an invitation to the West Virginia, Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Championships on Saturday, May 27. In addition to preparing for that event, the team is already busy with offseason planning, including the

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Penns Valley museum features 3 fresh exhibits

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

AARONSBURG — The Penns Valley Historical Museum will open for the season Saturday, May 6, from 1 to 4 p.m., and it will be debuting three new exhibits.

“Flax: From the Plant to Fabric” shows how fiber from flax plants was hand-spun into yarn, then woven into fabric that was used to make sheets, clothing and other textiles.

“Probably 200 years ago, people around here raised their own flax, and spun their own yarn,” said museum collections chairwoman Kay Gray. “They would take their yarns to a weaver, and he would weave them to whatever they requested.”

The exhibit includes vintage spinning wheels, a loom and a clock wheel, a device on which yarn was wound by hand-turning the wheel. A revolution counter on the wheel let the operator know the total length of the wound yarn. The exhibit also includes an 1850s vintage treadle-powered Singer sewing machine and several examples of handmade linen and cotton tablecloths from that era.

Gray said that some of the exhibit items were on loan, but most were donated to the museum by citizens of the Penns Valley area. She noted that 200 years ago, there were no stores nearby to purchase cloth, so nearly every clothing and fabric item was handmade.

“They never wasted a stitch of material because it was so precious,” she said.

“They used it until it wore out, then it ended up in pieces in quilts and rag rugs.”

Another new exhibit, “Christmas of Yesteryear,” features a portion of a vintage staircase from a demolished 1809

vintage farmhouse, as well as a fireplace mantle and rocking chairs from that era, all adorned with vintage Christmas decorations.

A Christmas tree with vintage toys under it occupies a corner of the room.

It is decorated with ornaments and candles that were used before the advent of electric lights. A tabletop “feather tree,” whose branches are made from greendyed chicken feathers, is also on display.

An early Edison phonograph stands in the room, along with several records of Christmas music ready to play.

The third new exhibit is dedicated to John Hess, a hatter in the early 1800s who lived in the Aaronsburg house — which he built — that is now the museum. Hess’s father, Matthias Hess, was from Boalsburg and he taught his sons the hat-making trade. Numerous artifacts from Hess’s hat business are shown, including several men’s top hats and a wooden mold for a bowler hat. John Hess passed his trade to his son Adam, who also lived in Aaronsburg.

Gray said men’s formal hats were called “felt” hats, which refers to the process of felting, or matting, loose animal fur into a fabric from which the hats were fashioned.

“Beaver was the most coveted and expensive,” said Gray. She noted that from about 1550 to 1850, the popularity of beaver fur hats in much of Europe caused the beaver to become extinct in Western Europe and nearly extinct in Scandinavia and Russia. This situation became the driving force for the North American fur trade.

According to Gray, top hats made from beaver fur often became family heirlooms, handed down to successive generations of men.

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PENNS VALLEY Historical Museum collections chairwoman Kay Gray stands beside an 1800s vintage loom and spinning wheel, pieces in the museum’s new “Flax: From the Plant to Fabric” exhibit.

ter communion set. In remembrance of his generosity, 30,000 people gathered in Aaronsburg on Oct. 23, 1949, for an event that included a huge outdoor pageant on a natural stage just north of the village.

The Penns Valley Historical Museum will be open on Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. through October. For more information, call Gray at (814) 349-5740.

Gray said that in addition to the new exhibits, the museum’s existing exhibit on the Aaronsburg story has been expanded to include several anniversaries of the 1949 daylong celebration of religious and racial understanding.

The town’s founder, Aaron Levy, a Jewish immigrant, donated ground for Lutheran and Reformed congregations in 1789 and presented them with a pew-

Vintage travel posters prove to be popular collectibles

By LEE CARPENTER Special to the Gazette

In the pre-Internet era, booking a vacation meant a trip to a local travel agent. The agent’s office was filled with colorful, descriptive brochures with lots of destination photos, and the walls were covered with posters designed to beckon prospective travelers to destinations domestic and foreign.

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Interested in experiencing Mardi Gras, the Olympics or Carnival? Posters and brochures were created to convince travelers to take that next step toward adventure.

In addition to travel offices, destination posters could also be found in airline and ocean liner terminals and train stations, serving the same purpose — to enchant clients with the prospect of visiting a major city, a national park or another captivating destination via land, air or sea, or engaging in a once-in-a-lifetime event.

The creative process behind the design of these posters was extensive and strategic. Significant resources were invested in communications teams, artists, designers and printers who would together create stimulating visual images and narratives to increase tourism.

Collectors’ enthusiasm for vintage travel posters is evident in the many websites and collectors guides dedicat-

A TOURISM POSTER created in the 1960s for Odense, Denmark, where Hans Christian Andersen was born.

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World War I history comes to life at military museum

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

BOALSBURG — The Pennsylvania Military Museum in Boalsburg marked the 100th anniversary of America’s entry into World War I with a weekend living history program April 22 and 23. Reenactors set up a bivouac with tents and a simulated trench to mimic life on the Western Front.

Gilbert White, a 20-year veteran reenactor from Virginia, was dressed as a German soldier. He showed a collection of authentic German weapons, including a captured MG08 30-caliber machine gun, so named because it was first introduced to the German army in 1908.

“The gun had a firing rate of about 600 rounds per minute,” said White. The MG08 has a water-cooled barrel with a removable armor plate. “If a bullet pierces the water jacket, the water leaks out and the gun becomes useless,” he said. “So they armored the gun.”

White said the machine gun typically required a crew of three men: the gunner, a man to feed the cloth ammunition belt and a man to bring up ammunition and tend to the water supply for cooling.

White showed a medieval-style armored chest plate worn by the gunner.

“This would protect you from some bits of shrapnel, but the real advantage is that the soldier wearing this feels like he’s got some protection, and he may be a little bit braver.”

White spoke of the use of gas in the war.

“The Germans used it first on a large scale, and it was chlorine gas,” he said.

Soldiers were issued gas masks with charcoal filters, which were good for 30 minutes, then had to be replaced. Soldiers donned their masks when they saw clouds of gas approaching.

“A problem with gas is that it’s heavier than air, and you’re in your trench,” said White. “Once the gas starts coming in, you’ve got to get out of your trench.”

He said the gas attacks caused more panic and irritation than actual fatalities.

“The shells coming in would be gas, then the Germans would send in storm troopers, who would overrun the Allied defenses.”

Museum educator Joe Horvath, clad in an American WWI soldier’s uniform, spoke of the causes of the war, which precipitated from a perfect storm of complicated alliances and European political, economic and territorial conflicts laced with militarism and imperialism.

The dominoes began falling after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, of Austria-Hungary, by Serbian nationalists in June 1914.

The war soon erupted, with Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side, and Russia, France, Serbia and Great Britain on the other.

The German navy’s submarines began attacking and sinking merchant ships

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REENACTOR GILBERT WHITE mans a captured German MG08 machine gun from World War I during the Pennsylvania Military Museum’s recent living history presentation. and passenger liners. When the British RMS Lusitania went down in the North Atlantic, American public opinion turned against Germany, which was now seen as a threat to the entire world.

Despite President Woodrow Wilson’s attempt to keep the United States neutral, Congress declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917, and remained in the war until its end on Nov. 11, 1918.

Community bands pair up for joint performance

By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Community Band will hold its free spring concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in the Bellefonte High School auditorium. The event is open to the public.

The band is directed by Joshua E. Long, a Penn State music education graduate who played in the Blue Band.

He has a performance degree in euphonium from the University of Hartford, and is now pursuing a doctorate degree at Penn State. He and his wife, Becky, live in State College.

“Our concert is entitled ‘Marches, Dances and Celebrations,’ which hopefully our audience will connect with, or at least recognize something pertaining to their lives. The concert is intended for audiences of all ages, since our goal

is to have something for everyone,” said Long.

The concert program includes a variety of music genres, with songs such as “Southern Hymn” by Samuel Hazo, Tchaikovsky’s “Marche Slave,” “Havendance” by David Holsinger, “Sinfonia Nobilissima” by Robert Jager, Gioachino Rossini’s well-known “Overture to William Tell,” and others.

Long noted that some of the band’s music is quite difficult to perform.

“My idea is to always improve the Bellefonte Community Band while also entertaining the audience,” he said.

The Central Pennsylvania Community Band, led by director Paul Kellerman, of Mill Hall, also will perform during the concert. The two bands will combine to present the “Americans We” march by Henry Fillmore and the Carmen Dragon arrangement of “America the Beautiful”

by Samuel Ward.

Long said the idea of having a joint concert with another community band is something he experienced while growing up in eastern Pennsylvania, where there was a benefit concert in which four community bands played.

The Bellefonte Community Band participates in a similar venue each year, when some of the band members join the Mid-Penn Band, a group of several community bands in the mid-Pennsylvania area that perform an annual concert.

The Bellefonte Community Band is a group of about 50 volunteer musicians of all ages from Bellefonte and surrounding area. It has been performing for the citizens of Centre County for more than 30 years.

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Posters, from page 14 In fact, the “Antiques Roadshow” website, www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow, is a good source of information for those currently collecting or with a potential interest in collecting vintage travel posters.

ARTISTIC QUALITY

A major reason for collectors’ interest in travel posters is the graphic design/artistic quality. Fortunately for collectors, artists’ names are often included in the poster design or as part of the small print at the bottom of the poster.

Many poster illustrators were well known in advertising and communications circles, and thus to the public, because they also created artwork for magazine covers and advertising campaigns.

Their extensive body of work has increased some artists’ popularity with the collecting public.

In addition to graphic/visual quality, poster collectors are avid readers of the information included at the bottom edge of posters by printers. This information typically includes the printer/company name, year and place of printing, and some sort of printer/company mark.

Sometimes the artist’s name is found there, as well as the company for whom

the poster was designed and the firm that coordinated its creation. These notes at the bottom of posters help to establish authenticity and tell collectors something about the poster’s scarcity.

New collectors should take a look at Coster’s “Vintage Travel” (2015), Rennert’s “Poster Prices” (2009) and Hillier’s “Travel Posters” (1976), among other guides. Information may also be found in many standard annual antiques and collectibles guides, including those assembled by Warman’s, Kovel’s, Antique Trader and Miller’s.

Any of these would be good places to start. And, of course, many websites offer useful information and good images. The U.S. Library of Congress has a particularly good website, www.loc.gov/rr/print/coll/ travel-posters.html.

Many collectors love the art deco or art nouveau period travel posters, but these can be hard to find in good original condition. More examples may be found from the 1930s to the 1960s.

Railroad and airline travel posters are particularly collectible, and these, of course, includes posters for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

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tions on the market. Modern digital printers have made copying genuine vintage posters much easier than it used to be, so collectors should make every attempt to verify the poster’s age before purchasing.

Useful tools in the identification/verification process include a good, strong loupe; descriptive information on the original poster, including dimensions — since modern reproductions are sometimes not the same size as the original; and paper quality — posters printed in the first half of the 20th century were sometimes on linen and sometimes on cheap paper, making the latter brittle.

Having the poster checked by a knowledgeable dealer or another informed collector is also helpful.

PRICING

Turning now to price; as with any collectible, condition matters. For posters, graphic design, subject, artist and rarity also are determining factors in value.

Posters that have been stored in an acid-free tube, away from moisture and pests, or framed carefully are of course the most sought-after.

Since many travel posters hung in offices, terminals and waiting rooms, some wear is not surprising and restoration for small tears and light wear is possible. Ex-

amples with extensive tearing, fading and fleabites should be priced accordingly.

It’s not unusual to see vintage travel posters for sale in antiques co-ops for prices starting in the low hundreds of dollars and up.

Poster collectors become collectors because they are enchanted by the graphics, destinations or artists. Or, perhaps their interest began when they inherited examples from family members.

In my case, my grandmother often traveled overseas. The example shown with this column, which features Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Ugly Duckling,” is from her art and poster collection from her visits to Scandinavia. She knew her granddaughter had a particular love for the stories of Andersen, and this poster was created in the 1960s for Odense, Denmark, where he was born.

The artist, Viggo Vagnby, was a painter and illustrator most famous for his poster of “Wonderful Copenhagen,” created in the 1950s and showing a police officer stopping traffic for a line of ducks. My Vagnby poster is much cherished and reminds me daily of my desire to visit Denmark.

Lee Carpenter is a dealer at Apple Hill Antiques in State College.

Museum plans weekend lectures, film showing BOALSBURG — The Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., has a number of events planned for the weekend of Saturday, April 29, and Sunday, April 30.

Lecturer Sean Reilly will examine the history of “The Bonus Army March on Washington D.C.” at 10:30 a.m. April 29.

More than 20,000 former soldiers and their families occupied the nation’s capital between May and July 1932 to lobby

for promised assistance due to military service in World War 1.

Museum educator Joe Horvath will trace the history of the Pennsylvania Military Museum and 28th Infantry Division’s National Shrine over the past 100 years at 1:30 p.m. April 29.

On April 30, the movie “The Battle of the Somme” will be shown at 2:30 p.m.

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Gospel Night to aid county families in need STATE COLLEGE —Pine Hall Church will present its annual Gospel Night to benefit Interfaith Human Services at 7 p.m. Sunday, May 7, in the church sanctuary, 1760 W. College Ave. The event is targeted to raise $3,000 to help low-income families in Centre County. Organizers said that a pledge will match up to $1,000 of donations received

during the evening.

The program will combine familiar hymns and gospel favorites. Choirs from Pine Hall, Pine Grove Mills and Gatesburg, along with the Penns Valley Men’s Chorus and Tuesday Night Bluegrass Jam, will highlight the evening.

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The Avid Gardener: Welcome frogs of all varieties LORA GAUSS

If the frog of your imagination is a smooth-skinned amphibian that hangs out in moist areas of the garden, you’d be right, but it isn’t the only one. There is another type of lesser-known frog — the flower frog.

This frog is a bouquet-arranging tool with holes or pins. It holds stems of flowers in place in a bowl Avid gardener or vase and has been Lora Gauss lives in doing so since a pracPhilipsburg. Email tical pyramid style arher at community@ centrecountygazette. ranger was patented in the United States com. way back in 1875.

No one is sure where the term flower “frog” originated. It may be because the device sometimes squats in water, much like its namesake.

Recently, I was treated to an enjoyable presentation about flower frogs by Rosalie Bloom-Brooks, president of the Ferguson Township Garden Club, who has been gathering these beautiful artsy treasures ever since the first green Depression era one was gifted to her at the age of 13 by her neighbor.

According to an article in Vintage Garden Style magazine, the use of flower frogs is believed to date back to 13th-century Persia with vases with side spouts, and in early ikebana, a Japanese flower-arranging art form, where the frogs were made from things like charcoal chunks, wads of straw or small stones.

Once flower frogs caught on here in the United States, they were all the rage in the 1920s and ’30s, with figures made from glass and pottery.

Bloom-Brooks shared highlights of her extensive collection, which includes lovely green satin as well as carnival glass, metal trench art, ceramic figures, hairpin and metal loop arrangers, and needlepoint holders. Many of the pottery frogs were, not surprisingly, of aquatic motifs — frogs, turtles, fish or lily pads — and came in all sizes.

According to Bloom-Brooks, two names stand out in the annals of flower frog history.

The first is Ida Sinclair, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, a continual first-prize winner of the famous Ohio State Fair flower arranging contest. No one could figure out the secret to her perfect arrangements until it was revealed that she had crafted a homemade frog out of a lead base spouting bent bobby pins. She went on to patent her invention, the Blue Ribbon Flower Holder, in 1936. It is still being manufactured today, as pictured in a recent Charleston Gardens catalog.

The second person of note is V. L. Smithers, a chemist from Akron, Ohio, who in 1954 invented Oasis, a wetable floral foam, which ended up replacing frogs in professional flower arrangements.

Today, vintage flower frogs are more difficult to find. They may be at yard sales or online and can be worth anywhere from 5 cents to $10 for a typical basket, needle and glass block frog, up to $2,000 or more for a flower frog and bowl made

by Tiffany and Co. I came home with a new-found appreciation of the variety and beauty of these vintage garden collectibles.

MUDDY PAWS FROG FEST 2017

If all this talking about frog objects has given you a desire to see the real things in their own environment, be sure to head out to the Penn State Extension Frog Fest 2017 at Muddy Paws Marsh on Saturday, May 13, from 3 to 6:30 p.m. There is no charge, and the program will occur rain or shine.

Muddy Paws Marsh is in the wetlands next to the Cooke Tavern near Spring Mills at 4158 Penns Valley Road, home of Greg and Mary Kay Williams. This will be a fun day for the kids (as well as their adults), in boots and old clothes, to learn about wetland conservation and enjoy nature through hands-on learning stations that feature art and science.

Mary Kay Williams tells me that at Muddy Paws there are five species of frogs and toads — the spring peeper, American toad, pickerel frog, green frog and the bullfrog. These all undergo metamorphosis, in which eggs hatch into tadpoles that feed on algae and eventually form into froglets and mature adults. Both toads and frogs reproduce and develop in water, and both eat insects such as flies and mosquitos; larger frogs even eat small snakes, mice and baby turtles.

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ROSALIE BLOOM-BROOKS, president of the Ferguson Township Garden Club, with a collection of flower frogs.

On hand will be Jim Julian, an instructor in biology at Penn State-Altoona who has been involved in amphibian research with the U.S. Geological Survey and National Park Service and who loves to teach children about frogs and fun in nature.

The nature stations will be presented by Penn State Extension Master Gardeners of Centre County, Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center and Penns Valley Conservation Association.

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Here are a few surprising facts about real frogs, courtesy of Smithsonian.com.

■ There are more than 4,800 authenticated species worldwide, many in tropical rainforests.

■ A group of frogs is called an army, colony or knot.

■ A frog completely sheds its skin about once per week.

■ The deadly golden poison dart frog can kill 100,000 people with 1 gram of the toxin its skin produces.

■ A frog blinks while swallowing its prey. This pushes its eyeballs down on top of its mouth to help push the food down its throat.

“Frogs are some of the most fragile, most environmentally vulnerable species on earth. They are our mining canaries for the entire planet,” according to Bill Hamilton, assistant professor of biology at Penn State’s New Kensington campus.

“It’s the same permeable skin that sometimes serves in their defense that makes them more susceptible to environmental trauma and pollution.”

The declining populations of the world’s frogs is causing great concern for global ecosystems, according to scientists.

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The Blonde Cucina: Hit the road, winter weight CIARA SEMACK

For all you folks who fell off the New Year’s resolution train of wanting to lose weight and hit the gym, now is the time to get back on.

The sun is shining, you’ve probably started planning your summer vacation and you’ve been seeing ads all over Facebook, television and elsewhere for those dreaded things we call swimsuits.

Ciara Semack is I’ll pause a mothe owner of The ment while you run Blonde Bistro in outside and scream.

Bellefonte. Her I’m here to tell you column appears that, yes, it is hard, every other week and yes, you’ll want in the Gazette. to eat that butterContact her at ciara@semack.net. cream birthday cake on your counter, and the cookies and the Rice Krispie treats (all of these things currently are on my kitchen counter, and I’ve cheated). You’ll probably want to give up.

But, first and foremost, you have to want to accept this new lifestyle. It’s not a temporary fix designed to get you into that killer swimsuit, because if it is, we will be here again in a year.

Many of us struggle with weight.

I have a friend who recently moved to Arizona. He said to me, after being out there a month and getting back into his lifestyle routine, “Ciara, why didn’t you tell me I was getting fat?”

I also have a friend, who happens to be a police officer, say to me, “Ciara, I need a salad — no more risotto or pasta or bread.

I need to cut, or my doctor will be after me.”

I own a restaurant and I work, easily, 11 to 14 hours a day, need to get rest, make time for the gym, eat right and spend time at home. Still, I manage to work out 1 1/2 to two hours a day, six days a week. I do this because I want to and it’s helping me cultivate a lifestyle I want.

There are days where working out is hard because I’m tired or I’ve failed on one of my lifting sets. However, the hardest part of staying in shape is the eating.

You need to get that metabolism going and keep it going. For the lifestyle I’m trying to cultivate for myself, I eat 1,500 cal-

CWRT to discuss Lincoln’s funeral procession BOALSBURG — The Central PA Civil War Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2, at the Pennsylvania Military Museum auditorium, 602 Boalsburg Road.

Sue Kellerman will speak on the “150th Anniversary of President Lincoln’s Funeral Procession.”

Using a PowerPoint presentation, Kellerman will describe her experience attending the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s funeral procession in Springfield, Ill.

Kellerman also will present original newspapers from the April 1865 event. She will donate these Civil War era newspapers to the round table for a raffle.

Anyone who is interested in joining the Central PA Civil War Round Table is invited to attend.

For more information, contact the group’s vice president, Jim Bloom, at (814) 880-7138.

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Central PA Observers plan sky watch FERGUSON TOWNSHIP — The Central PA Observers will host a free public sky watch, clouds and weather permitting, from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, April 28, at Tudek Park, 400 Herman Drive.

The evening will include viewing of the night sky through telescopes. Telescopes are provided, but attendees also can bring

their own.

The Central PA Observers is a State College-based amateur astronomy club founded in 1997. The group presents sky watches along with Centre Region Parks and Recreation.

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Kids & Summer CRPR staff sprucing up parks for busy season

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

STATE COLLEGE — Grass needs mowing. Hedges need trimming. Parking lot curbs need painting.

Flowers need planting.

The “to do” list is a mile long for the men and women of the Centre Region Parks and Recreation authority as spring time means park time in the Centre Region. With about 1,020 acres to tend to in 56 different locations, upkeep and maintenance is an all-day, every-day thing for a department that swells from about 20 in the heart of winter to more than 200 during the sweltering days of summer.

“Yeah, we’ve been busy all right,” said CRPR seasonal worker Hank Cramer from the cab of his mower. Cramer was cutting the grass of the soccer fields at Orchard Park on April 20.

“It’s always the busiest time of the year. We have to get all the parks in order for the public, and at the same time, we have to battle with Mother Nature to get all the work in while working around her schedule. It’s definitely a tough balancing act, but we get it done every year.”

From playground equipment and walking trails to basketball courts, tennis courts and waterfront views, CRPR parks have something to offer to everybody, said Beth Lee, CRPR recreation supervisor. She said the spring rush to get everything prepared has become routine for many of the longtime workers CRPR has returning year after year.

“We do have a wonderful group of people who take pride in keeping these parks looking great,”

said Lee. “We always receive comments about how good the parks look and how well maintained they are. That says a lot about the people taking care of them. They take care of them like they are their own.”

She said maintenance on the parks occurs yearround; however, the bulk of the work is the preparation for the spring and summer months. She also said maintenance crews have a pretty good handle on the annual maintenance that is typical. Other teams inspect the different areas of each park to find any issues that need to be addressed.

“Our main concern is for the safety of the visiting public,” said Lee. “We want to take care of any problems or issues that could hurt somebody first.

Thankfully, there aren’t too many of those situations that come up, but when they do, they need to be addressed immediately.”

As the season rolls into summer, Lee said the expanded crew will continue to mow grass and handle landscaping duties on a regular basis, and crews will be constantly monitoring the parks for any issues of safety that might arise.

“Getting them all ready is one thing,” said Lee. “Keeping them beautiful and enjoyable for people and families is the challenge we have after people start visiting them regularly. I think we do a pretty good job of that.”

Lee said several youth groups and sports teams regularly use the fields and they respect the rules outlined by CRPR. She said if others visiting the CRPR, Page 22

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HANK CRAMER, a seasonal worker with Centre Region Parks and Recreation, mows grass on a soccer field while a game of pickup basketball goes on in the background.

Area parks ‘have a little something for everyone’

By G. KERRY WEBSTER kerry.ccgazette@gmail.com

STATE COLLEGE — Alyssa Carroll, of Bellefonte, visits a local park a couple times each week during the spring and summer.

On April 21, her husband, Jason, needed to tend to his fishing supplies, so while he went to replenish his tackle box, she packed up their children — 2-year-old Kurt and 1-year-old Hayley — and headed to Orchard Park.

“Well, we figured we had a couple hours to spend so we decided to come here,” said Carroll. “It’s a beautiful park and there are lots for the kids to do here. It’s pretty open, so I’m not worried about them running off and getting lost. They have a great time here, and it gives me a little time to release some stress.

“Just being out in the air and watching my kids run around with big smiles on their faces takes the stress out of me.

It’s one of my favorite things to do.”

Carroll said she visits Orchard Park

frequently. Tudek Park is also one of her favorites. She said she likes to visit other parks in the area just for variety, too.

That’s common, said Beth Lee, recreation supervisor with Centre Region Parks and Recreation.

“We know a lot of families who travel to different parks for different things,” said Lee. “That’s what’s nice about the parks in our region. We have a little something for everyone. You just need to search things out. There’s lots to find if you just take the time to get out and explore.”

With 56 properties covering just more than 1,000 acres, there’s plenty of CRPR public space to explore.

“Our big parks always get a lot of visitors,” said Lee. “Orchard Park has a little of everything and it’s in a very good location. Of course, Tudek Park, with the dog park and butterfly garden, always has a lot of people using it and its amenities. Spring Creek Park is beautiful being on the waterside and a lot of sports teams really enjoy the fields there.

“Circleville Park is very big and has some wonderful pavilions families love to use,” continued Lee. “It seems like all our parks, even our smaller ones, are being utilized more and more. It’s great to see families enjoying themselves there.”

There are always new additions as well.

This year, disc golf courses are available to play on at Circleville Park and Burnell Road Park, which is also locally known as “Airport Park.”

“It’s a really cool, airplane-themed park that’s really starting to grow in popularity,” said Lee. “It’s really popular with the kids.”

Lee said in addition to the benefit of healthy exercise a park provides, it also offers a great social location, for young and old alike.

“Kids meet new people at the park, but so do the parents of the kids,” said Lee. “Going to the park is a great social tool for everyone who makes a visit. It’s hard to visit a busy park and not leave with a new friend.”

ALYSSA CARROLL, of Bellefonte, helps her children, 2-year-old Kurt and 1-year-old Hayley, down the slide at Orchard Park in State College.

Carroll said the family tries to visit a local park once or twice a week.

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Summer Day Camps: Ages 3-18 KIDVenture Camp • Teen Treks Camp Musical Theatre Camps: Sound Of Music or The Lion King

Art Camps • Kayak & Canoe Camps & Many More Outdoor Explorer Camps!

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Millbrook Marsh Nature Center Birthday Parties

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Your Recreation Destination www.crpr.org (814) 231-3071

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County offers variety of summer activities for kids There are a wide variety of activities that are offered throughout Centre County this summer.

HIKING AND CAMPING

(Information courtesy of the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau) Bald Eagle State Park 149 Main Park Road, Howard (814) 625-2775 Black Moshannon State Park 4216 Beaver Road, Philipsburg (814) 342-5960 Centre Region Parks and Recreation 2643 Gateway Drive, No. 1, State College (814) 231-3071 Mount Nittany Conservancy State College (814) 237-0400 Stone Valley Recreation Area 325 Charter Oak Road, Petersburg (814) 863-1164

SUMMER CAMPS

Art Alliance of Central Pennsylania Summer art camps at the Art Alliance include multiple camps for kids ages 5 through teens. Activities range from pop-art to tie-dye to 3-D paper and clay. Camp sessions run from late June to August and are limited to 12 students.

For more information, visit www.artalliancepa.org.

C. Barton McCann School of Art This nonprofit in Petersburg supports emerging artists of all ages, using a “hands-on, experiential approach.”

Camps — which are open to all skill levels and focus on a range of disciplines, including painting, sketching and ceramics — are offered from early June through August.

For more information, call (814) 667-2538 or email admissions@mccannart.org.

Camp Green Lane Located in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains, Camp Green Lane is a seven-week coed overnight summer camp, committed to providing a “nurturing Jewish atmosphere.” Camp Green Lane offers outdoor sports and indoor crafts, and serves children entering third through 11th grades. Session choices are half summer (3 1/2 weeks) or full summer (seven weeks).

For more information, visit www.greenlane.com.

Camp Lohikan Camp Lohikan is a coed sleep-away camp for children ages 6 to 15. The camp is located in the northeast Pocono Mountains and has been in existence for more than 40 years. Activities include various water sports, land sports, performing arts, horseback riding and creative arts.

For more information, call (908) 470-9317 or email info@lohikan.com.

Camp Timber Tops Located in Greeley, Camp Timber Tops is one of the oldest girls’ overnight summer camps in the United States. Camp activities include outdoor recreation, athletics, creative arts and aquatics.

For more information, email info@timbertops.com or call (215) 887-9700.

Camp Woodward Located 25 miles from State College, Camp Woodward offers summer camp programs for skateboarding, BMX, in-line skating, gymnastics, cheerleading, snowboarding/ skiing and digital media. It is a custom-designed overnight camp that attracts both campers and professional athletes. Camps are offered to children ages 7 to 18, with no experience required. Programs take place on a weekly basis lasting from early June through late August.

For more information, visit www.campwoodward. com.

The Center for Arts & Crafts at Penn State The center offers a wide variety of art camps for children entering grades 1st-9th, and are taught by Art, Art Ed and Education majors and graduate students. Examples include: wheel thrown pottery, drawing, acrylic & watercolor painting, multicultural art, mixed-media camps, themed based camps and much more.

For more information, visit www.studentaffairs.psu. edu/hub/craftcenter/camps or email craftcenter@psu. edu.

Centre Elite Olympic Sports Themed Summer Camps For more information, visit www.centreelite gymnastics.com or call (814) 380-0894.

Centre Region Parks and Recreation CRPR offers camps for children ages 3 to 17. Most of the camps get participants outdoors, interacting with nature. Camps include fly fishing, kayaking, canoeing and a brand new “Nature Adventures” art camp directed by local artist Susan Nicholas Gephart. CRPR also offers a martial arts camp and “Camp Bill,” a youth theater camp that combines voice, movement, dance, puppetry, stage combat and text.

For more information, visit www.crpr.org.

Centre Tennis Play Day Bring your kids and bring your racquets for Centre Region Tennis Play Day. Children 10 and under can enjoy games and drills (racquets provided), children ages 11plus can experience fun and educational drills, and there will be leveled rotation play for adults. Participants can enjoy free popcorn and raffle prizes as well. Come out to Spring Creek Park Tennis Courts on May 20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. for a day of tennis and fun.

Child Development and Family Council Summer Camps These camps are for school-aged children and are located at the Easterly Parkway and Penns Valley elementary schools. Activities include field trips to destinations such as the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire, DelGrosso’s Amusement Park and state parks. Additionally there are weekly swimming trips, and hands-on enrichment activities such as arts and crafts, science, cooking, indoor/

ART CAMPS PENN STATE

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Summer Camps

July 31-August 4, August 7-11, August 14-18 A variety of camps including Shakespeare, Puppets, Music, Art, and Acting.

Age range Preschool-middle

More Info: (814) 360-2960 acswartz@gmail.com

For children entering grades 1st through 9th June 19-July 28

Register online!

Questions, email craftcenter@psu.edu

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outdoor sports and games, excursions and speakers.

The camps are state-licensed, offer scholarship and subsidy programs, employ highly qualified teachers and offer nutritious snacks.

For more information, call (814) 238-5105 or visit www. cdfc.org.

Day Camp at Krislund Day Camp at Krislund is the perfect way to get your child engaged with the outdoors and make new friends.

Transportation options are available from State College, Boalsburg, Bellefonte and Centre Hall. Sign up for one week or multiple weeks.

For more information, call (814) 442-8878 or visit www. krislund.com Grier Summer Located in the Allegheny Mountains, the Grier all-girls summer camp uses the campus of the Grier School, a historic girls boarding school. Grier summer camp offers musical theater, horse riding and arts and dance programs for girls ages 6 to 17.

For more information, call (814) 684-3000, extension 113, or email bestcamp@grier.org.

International Sports Training Camp Located in the Pocono Mountains, this camp is a weeklong coed sports camp offering activities such as gymnastics, soccer, basketball and football.

For more information, call (570) 620-2267 or email office@international-sports.com.

Lake Greeley Camp This private coed overnight summer camp is located in the Pocono Mountains. With more than 60 daily activities to choose from, the camp accommodates boys and girls ages 6 to 15. Enrollment is limited to 275 campers, and sessions are available in two-, four-, six- and eight-week periods.

For more information, call (570) 842-3739 or visit www. lakegreeley.com.

Lake Owego Camp An overnight camp for boys located in the Pocono Mountains, Lake Owego Camp offers a variety of activities including sports, outdoor adventures, boating, swimming and creative arts.

For more information, email info@lakeowego.com.

Mach One Kayak Team Get into whitewater kayaking this summer through the Mach One Kayak Team. Active basic camps occur once a week starting April 24; three-day camps happen from June 7 to 9 or June 14 to 16 and a four-day camp is set for Aug. 1 to 5.

For more information, call (814) 222-0052.

MindBodyArt School of Dance MindBodyArt, a new studio joining the State College community this summer, is focused on achieving exceptional standards of dance. The studio provide dance classes, as well as dance summer camps. “Learning to Move” camps are for dancers ages 4 to 6 and feature ballet, hip hop, lyrical and tumbling. “Dance & Movement” camps for dancers ages 6 to 18 feature ballet, jazz, hip hop, lyrical and tumbling options. All skill levels are welcome.

For more information, call (814) 571-3309 or visit www. mindbodyartdance.com Penn State Bug Camp Scheduled for June 26 through June 29, this educational day camp is for children ages 8 to 11.

Campers observe and collect insects and participate in hands-on laboratory exercises to learn a broad range of biological, ecological and environmental topics.

Each camper will receive an insect-collecting kit, including a net, magnifying lens, forceps, ID book, collection box and journal, as well as a camp T-shirt, photo and diploma.

Enrollment is limited to 20 campers.

For more information, visit http://ento.psu.edu/ public/kids/bug-camp-for-kids.

Penn State Sports Camps Penn State offers a variety of summer sports camps Activities, Page 21

Summer Camps

Enrolling Now!

• Bat League! • Stop Motion Animation!

• City Architects & Engineers!

• Journey to a Galaxy Far Away!

814-574-2211 bricks4kidz/State College

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THE CENTRE COUNTY GAZETTE For more information, visitwww. outreach.psu.edu/weather-camp.

ranging from rugby to figure skating. Sports camps are offered for athletes in grades four through 12. Athletes get the opportunity to interact with others their age, and are given feedback and instruction by Penn State coaching staff in order to improve and develop skills. Costs vary, but include housing, meals and instruction.

For more information, visit www. gopsusports.com/camps/home.html.

Penn State Science Camps (Science-U) An outreach program of the Eberly College of Science, Science-U offers day and resident camps for kids entering second through 12th grades. Exposing young learners to the wonders of science, the camps’ programs include “The Science of Toys,” “Advanced CSI Forensics” and “Ecology Camp: The Wild Wonders of Your Own Backyard.”

For more information, visit www. sciencecamps.psu.edu.

Penn State Weather Camp Weather camp is a hands-on experience of the entire weather-prediction process, including the forecast.

Participants will also step into the meteorologists’ shoes by presenting their own TV weathercast. Penn State offers both Weather Camp, June 18 through June 23, and Advanced Weather Camp, June 25 through June 30.

Weather Camp is available for students entering grades eight through 12 and Advanced Weather Camp is open to 11thand 12th-graders.

Penn United Soccer Camp Penn United features several summer soccer retreats. There is a residential camp which is open to players ages 9 through 18. There is also a goalkeeping camp, also open to players ages 9 through 18. Penn United also offers Friday Night Lights, a Grass Roots Camp and a Preseason Training Camp.

For more information, visit www. pennunitedsoccer.org.

Pine Forest Camp Owned and operated by the same family for more than 80 years, Pine Forest Camp is located in the Pocono Mountains.

The coed overnight camp offers sporting and fitness-related activities, outdoor adventures, aquatics and creative arts.

For more information, call (215) 8879700 or email info@pineforestcamp.com State College YMCA The YMCA offers three different day camps for school-aged children, including Explorers (ages 5 to 8), Trailblazers (ages 9 to 12) and Tussey Mountain (ages 8 to 12).

The goals of the camps are to enhance physical, social, educational and moral well-being of each camper, but also allow participants to have fun and build lasting friendships. The program includes field trips to Lincoln Caverns, The Festival of the Arts, A Day With the Spikes and the Little League World Series.

The YMCA also offers a Teen Team Camp in July. This camp is open to mem-

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bers and non-members ages 13 to 17 and aims to develop leadership, volunteerism, human relations and teamwork. The Teen Camp schedule includes trips to Northland Bowling and Whipple Dam, and a daylong visit to Knoebels.

For more information, visit www. ymcaofcentrecounty.org.

Stone Mountain Adventures Located in Huntington county, Stone

Mountain Adventures is a coed, overnight, teenage summer camp located in the heart of central Pennsylvania. Young teenagers have the opportunity to challenge themselves to step beyond their own abilities: to ride with confidence, to climb with technique and more.

For more information, call (814) 6673874 or visit www.sma-summers.com Activities, Page 22

A Fun Summer Camp For Kids

Summer Daycamp for kids grades K-6

June-August, 2017 Weekdays: 7am - 6pm Kids can discover the wonder of their world through a wide variety of creative experiences. Morning & afternoon snack provided. Option to pack a nut-free lunch or buy. We believe learning is FUN!

Abba’s House

Child Development Center

Call or send us an email for more information.

814-574-2211 • bricks4kidz/State College

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Inspired Care,

From Generation to Generation.

Penn State Medical Group at Park Avenue is welcoming new patients.

Call 814-235-2480 to make an appointment.

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Activities, from page 21 Shaver’s Creek Shaver’s Creek Summer Camps include outdoor opportunities for campers ranging in age from 4 to 14, as well as “Leaders in Training,” a program in which 14-to-18-year-old youth can assist with younger campers.

For more information, visit www. shaverscreek.org.

Summer 2016 Art Camps These camps, at the Art Alliance of Central Pennsylvania, provide art experiences for children ages 5 to 8 (9 a.m. to noon) and ages 7 to 12 (1 to 4:30 p.m.). Each week of camp is themed and includes several different art mediums and projects.

Classes are small, with a maximum of 12 campers.

All art supplies and peanut-free snacks are provided.

For more information, visit www. artalliancepa.org/camps.

The Susquehanna Conference Camp & Retreat Ministry The ministry offers Bible camps for all ages that focus on exploring the outdoors and making a “connection with God.” For more information, visit www. susumcamps.org or write Mulberry Drive, P. O. Box 2053, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.

SWIMMING

McCoy Natatorium, Penn State 108 Bigler Road, University Park (814) 865-1433

State College YMCA 677 W. Whitehall Road, State College (814) 237-7717 Bellefonte Borough Swimming Pool 236 W. Lamb St., Bellefonte (814) 355-4009 Park Forest Community Pool 2100 School Drive, State College (814) 238-4515

SCIENCE AND NATURE CENTERS

Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center 3400 Discovery Road, Petersburg (814) 863-2000 Shaver’s Creek is Penn State’s nature center, offering fun and educational environmental programs and events for the whole community.

For more information, visit www. shaverscreek.org.

Discovery Space of Central Pennsylvania 112 Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College (814) 234-0200 With the mission “to provide engaging science experiences which spark creativity, curiosity and imagination,” Discovery Space offers exhibits and educational events and programs.

For more information, visit www. mydiscoveryspace.org.

Lincoln Caverns and Whisper Rocks Visit the Lincoln Caverns, where science, adventure and discovery are naturally fun for visitors of all ages. Experience the cavern tours, pan for real gems and enjoy the hiking trails and picnic pavilions.

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For more information, call (814) 6430268 or visit www.lincolncaverns.com Millbrook Marsh Nature Center 548 Puddintown Road, State College (814) 235-7819 Operated by Centre Region Parks and Recreation, Millbrook Marsh Nature Center is a 62-acre site that consists of a 12-acre farmstead area with a large bank barn, farmhouse and several outbuildings, as well as an adjacent 50-acre wetland.

For more information, visit www.crpr. centreconnect.org.

Penn’s Cave and Wildlife Park 222 Penns Cave Road, Centre Hall (814) 364-1664 America’s only all-water cavern and wildlife park, Penn’s Cave offers a guided one-hour cavern tour by motorboat on an underground stream. Along the limestone corridors, stalagmites, stalactites, flowstone cascades and draperies decorate the interior rooms, while underwater, trout swim and jump for feed.

The farm and wildlife tour is a guided 90-minute motorized tour over 1,500 acres of Penn’s Cave forests and fields which have been carefully preserved as a natural habitat for birds, plants and animals. North American animals such as bears, wolves, elk, deer, bobcats, bison, longhorn cattle and mustangs, as well as the Penn’s Cave icon, the cougar, can be seen, and there also is an African adventure museum.

For more information, visit www. pennscave.com.

AMUSEMENT PARKS

Delgrosso’s Amusement Park Delgrosso’s is the home of “Famous Fun and Family Food!” The park also is home to more than 30 rides and attractions, including Kids’ Kingdom for the little ones. Also, visit the Italian-themed water park, Laguna Splash, to cool off from the summer heat. Daily park hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.

For more information, visit www. mydelgrossopark.com Knoebels Make new memories the old-fashioned way at the largest free admission amusement park in America. Knoebels offers rides for small children to thrill seekers, plus swimming, dining, golf and a campground.

For more information, visit www. knoebels.com — Compiled by Allie Taggart CRPR, from page 19 parks would also pay attention to the park rules, the outdoor recreation areas can be enjoyed by many for years to come.

“Just pay attention to the signs at the park and listen to what they say,” said Lee. “It doesn’t take a lot to keep our green spaces looking beautiful. With a little help from those who visit, our parks can be fresh and green and beautiful every day.”

In addition to maintaining 56 parks in the Centre Region, CRPR also maintains Park Forest Pool and William Welch Memorial Pool, as well as several summer camp programs and other activities.

Get into the Whitewater Splash Wagon With Mach One Kayak Team

Join Ava & The Boys!

Active Basic Camps Once A Week Starting April 24 Three-Day Camp: June 7-9 or June 14-16 Four-Day Camp: August 1-5 $125 covers the instruction & all paddling equipment to the end of the year.

If you have questions, contact Dave Kurtz Call at 814-222-0052 or find us on Facebook at Mach One Slalom Team

Explore.

Learn.

Discover.

YOUTH DAY CAMPS Future Lion Football Camp Baseball Day Camp Tennis Day Camp I Boys Basketball Day Camp Softball Little Lion Day Camp Girls Volleyball Day Camp Tennis Day Camp II

June 7 June 14-16 June 18-22 June 19-23 June 20 July 6-8 July 16-20

YOUTH CAMPS

Girls Gymnastics Camp June 18-21 Boys Developmental Gymnastics Camp June 23-25 Lady Lion M.A.D. Skills Basketball Camp June 25-27 Girls Soccer Middle School Camp July 9-12 Girls Field Hockey Middle School Camp July 16-18

For more information on any camp or in reference to registration, contact: Penn State Sport Camps, Gardner House, Elm Road, University Park, PA 16802 Phone: 814-865-0561 E-mail: SportCampInfo@athletics.psu.edu In accordance with NCAA guidelines, all Penn State University Sport Camps and Clinics are open to any and all entrants, limited only by specified number, age, grade level and/or gender of its participants.

www.GoPSUsports.com/Camps

Weekly themed Summer Art Camps from June 19 through August 25 Morning Sessions: Ages 5-8 Afternoon Sessions: Ages 7-12 Also Options for Preschoolers and Teens

Come in and explore your creativity, curiosity and imagination.

112 W. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801 814.234.0200 MyDiscoverySpace.org

SPORTS

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Bierly, Culver lead PV at league meet

By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH

1600 with an even stronger performance in the 3200.

“She (Bierly) is a hard worker,” Penns Valley girls’ coach Kendyl Paolini said, “and we are really hoping to get her to states this year. It’s been a goal of hers. She had an awesome cross-country season this fall — made it to states — and we are hoping to continue that this spring.”

Culver was just as impressive as Bierly. Culver won the 400 (59.48) and the 200 (27.45), and was on PV’s winning 1600 relay team. Culver’s time in the 400 was one-hundredth of a second off the league meet record of 59.47.

Another Rams’ sprinter, Marissa Stecko, won the 100-meter in a time of 13.94.

Other local winners were Bellefonte’s Madison Marucci in the shot put (30-1) and Summer Shirey in the triple jump (32-10).

Bald Eagle Area tied for fourth place in the overall standings, and Philipsburg-Osceola finished in eighth place.

sports@centrecountygazette.com

CLEARFIELD — Penns Valley distance runner Rebecca Bierly has her eyes set on qualifying for the PIAA meet in the 3200-meter race after her decisive win at the Mountain League Championships on April 27 at Clearfield.

The senior, who will be running for Lock Haven next year, may want to add the 1600 to her to-do list as well. That’s because there wasn’t anyone in sight when she crossed the finish line in that event either.

Bierly clocked a time of 5:36.14 in the 1600, 17 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor.

In the 3200, she was even more dominant, finishing almost a minute in the clear with a time of 11:43.04.

Bierly and sprinter Isabella Culver were both double winners for the Rams on a rainy day, and they led the Penns Valley girls’ team to a second-place finish overall with a total of 118.3 points. Clearfield edged the Rams by just five points to take the girls’ team championship, with Bellefonte coming in third with 78.4 points.

“It was pretty good,” Bierly said about her win in the 1600.

“It felt like a comfortable pace.

It wasn’t my PR (personal record), but I was running for a place today. It was a little warm, warmer than I thought it would be, but overall a good race.

“I use (this meet) to gauge where I’m at and get ready for

BOYS’ MEET

PAT ROTHDEUTSCH/For the Gazette

PENNS VALLEY’S Rebecca Bierly is all alone as she wins the girls’ 1600-meter race in the Mountain League Championships on April 25 in Clearfield. districts, what I need to work on.

My goal is to make it to states in the 2-mile at least.”

Apparently, what constitutes a warm day for a distance runner is different from the rest of us,

but Bierly nevertheless went out and perfectly positioned herself after following up the win in the

In the boys’ meet, Clearfield and Tyrone finished one-two with 151 and 140 points, respectively. Bellefonte had a strong showing as well, coming in third with 95 points.

The Red Raiders had three winners for the day. Nathan Wert won the pole vault (12-0), Brett Pope won the 3200 (9:57.67) and Bierly, Page 27

Blue-White MIAs show strength of PSU program

By MIKE POORMAN StateCollege.com

The missing-in-action list for Penn State and coach James Franklin at the Blue-White game April 22 was substantial.

And, it wasn’t just for starters.

Healthy scratches included Saquon Barkley, Marcus Allen, Mike Gesicki, Jason Cabinda and Grant Haley.

Together, here’s what that group did not bring to the Beaver Stadium playing field by not playing: ■ 4,053 yards of offense on 574 touches for 36 touchdowns ■ 546 tackles, with four interceptions, 29 pass break-ups and 30 sacks and tackles for a loss ■ 121 career starts To put that kind of experience and depth into perspective, consider this: The 2012 Nittany Lions went into their season

opener against Ohio University with an entire roster that had a combined 132 starts.

That comparison, as much as anything, underscores the rebuilding, rebirth and renaissance of Penn State football.

That those five guys did not play is also an indication of the relative strength of the Penn State program. Franklin has a fistful of players who had nothing to prove by piling up stats against second-stringers in a glorified spring scrimmage.

It was addition by subtraction. They did their work in the spring, some more than others.

But, most of all they didn’t get injured.

“Mike Gesicki and Cabinda and Marcus Allen and Saquon Barkley took a bunch of reps this spring,” Franklin said after the game. “Took a bunch of reps. Only thing they didn’t

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

STAR RUNNING BACK Saquon Barkley suited up for the Blue-White game, but spent the afternoon on the sidelines. Here he is interviewed by former Nittany Lion Anthony Adams, now of the Big Ten Network.

do was live work. ... The good thing about today, too, is that we stayed healthy.”

Another comparison: The 2012 Blue-White game drew around 60,000 fans, but the next year attendance dropped to 28,000 amidst ever-changing weather conditions. On April 22, Penn State put the crowd in Beaver Stadium at an estimated 71,000 — ranked No. 4 in the country this spring, behind Ohio State (80,134), Nebraska (78,312) and Alabama (74,326).

MORE MISSING

Here’s another list, not as well-publicized, yet also indicative of the relative depth and strength of Franklin’s 2017 squad and his overall program.

In addition to the aforementioned Fab Five, these key — and a few more with potential to be key — players did not appear in the Blue-White game. Injuries, both of the current and recovering variety, played a big role in their non-appearance, although not in all cases. Specifically, they include: Saaed Blacknall, Nick Bowers, Ryan Buchholz, Tyrell Chavis, Jake Cooper, Danny Dalton, Brelin Faison-Walden, Steven Gonzalez, Joey Julius, Brendan Mahon, Michal Menet, Andrew Nelson, Tom Pancoast, John Petrishen, John Reid and Miles Sanders.

That group includes: ■ Two veteran offensive tackles, with a combined 56 starts, and two other potential starters along the O-line ■ A senior receiving star who had two TDs and 155 yards in the Big Ten championship game ■ America’s favorite tackling kickoff specialist ■ Three tight ends ■ Barkley’s backup, who was the country’s No. 1 running back recruit from a season ago

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

BACKUP QUARTERBACK Tommy Stevens shined in the Blue-White game, throwing three touchdown passes.

■ A starting corner/top punt returner/fanatical computer geek A few years ago, that many absences would have been serious cause for calling off the BlueWhite game. Now, Penn State played on. It’s a good indication of the Nittany Lions’ depth.

Imagine if they, like Barkley and his boys, also had played.

It could have been the competitive game that Franklin kind of, sort of, bait-and-switch promoted with his 1s vs. 2s pronouncement. And, it may have been like Nick Saban’s spring scrimmage at Alabama, which the family of ESPN channels, apps and watches covered ad infinitum. That game came down to a few final, almost-thrilling (I kid you not) moments, when the Crimson beat the White 27-24 on a game-ending field goal in a contest that featured 661 yards through the air.

Penn State’s not quite there

yet. (Who is?) But, it’s not too difficult to imagine the Bristol folks showing up at Beaver Stadium next year to cover Franklin and the Nittany Lions as 85,000 watch in the stadium and hundreds of thousands more see it on ESPNU. With the way Franklin dispenses hugs to kids doing between-quarter promotions and reporters catching (and not) punts at halftime, he and PSU are good TV. Again.

QUALITY AND QUANTITY

It’s not about the game. That the score of scratches on April 22 weren’t the story shows you how little the Blue-White game means in the long run. It also shows you that the level to which Franklin has restocked the larder in both quality and quantity.

Sure, it made for good copy that Tommy Stevens had three TD passes and has vowed not Blue-White, Page 26

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Snyder shines on mound, at plate as PV tops Bellefonte

By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

BELLEFONTE — The Penns Valley baseball team has to be very happy that Luke Snyder showed up for the game at Bellefonte on April 24.

The 6-foot-4 senior was everywhere for the Rams. He started the game at catcher, moved to the mound in relief of PV starter Luke Sharer, squashed a Red Raiders’ rally, and pitched four shutout innings in Penns Valley’s big 4-3 victory over arch-rival Bellefonte.

And, oh yeah, he drove in teammate Keith Butts with the winning run after a two-out single in the top of the fifth inning.

“We never like losing to Bellefonte,” Snyder said.

“Beating Bellefonte is always one of the best things. I play three sports and haven’t beaten them yet this year. At least getting this win feels great, especially beating a team at the top of the division with only a few losses. It’s really special to do that.”

For a large part of the game, mostly early, it didn’t look good for Penns Valley to even be in the game. Bellefonte came right out in the first inning and put three runs on the board.

Raiders’ first baseman Logan Mathieu took care of the first two. After Tyler Kreger walked to open the game and an out, Mathieu lofted a Sharer fastball far over the right-center field wall for a two-run homer and a 2-0 lead.

Cade Fortney followed that with a walk, stole second and then scored on a Garrett Reiter single that put the Raiders ahead by three.

“I was a little upset there in the beginning,” PV coach Jon Bowersox said. “I thought we took a couple. It didn’t matter anyway. We fought back. It was a good hard-fought game. We’ve now won five out of our last six so we finally turned things around from our 0-7 start.”

FIGHTING BACK

Penns Valley actually fought back all the way in just one inning. In the top of the third, Andrew Tobias led off

with a single, and after an out, leadoff hitter Jared Kines put two men on with another single.

Butts was next, and he lined a shot over the head of Fortney in center field for a triple that scored Tobias and Kines. The Raiders then tried to make a play on Butts at third, but the ball got away and Butts came in with the tying run.

With a new start, Sharer got a 1-2-3 third inning, but he immediately got into trouble with two leadoff walks in the Bellefonte fourth.

With Sharer apparently tiring, Snyder came on in relief, but he was in a tough, two-on, no-outs situation.

No problem. Kreger sacrificed both runners with a bunt, but Snyder then struck out C.J. Funk and got Mathieu to pop out to second base to end the inning.

“I love catching,” Snyder said, “but pitching is just another aspect that is one of my favorites. I just try not to think about how tired my legs are from catching. I went out there in a sticky situation with two runners and I just forgot about everything else and tried to hit my spots.

“I’ve been pitching a lot so I’ve been in shape for it and I’ve done it before, so I’m used to it by now.”

ON THE SPOT

As it happens so often in baseball, Snyder was immediately put on the spot again as a hitter in the top of the fifth. With one out, Butts drew a walk and immediately stole second. Kreger, now pitching for the Raiders, struck out Hunter Homan for the second out, which brought up Snyder with two outs.

Snyder took a curve ball for a strike and then lined a clean single to left field, scoring Butts with the go-ahead run.

“I knew he was going to come back with another curve ball,” Snyder said, “so I just sat back on it, caught it on the end of my bat and snuck between the two fielders. It felt good.”

The game was still just a one-run affair, however, and Bellefonte still had three at bats to make up the run.

Snyder stranded runners in both the Raiders’ fifth and

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENNS VALLEY’S Luke Snyder, seen at left in this file photo, led the Rams to a 4-3 victory over arch-rival Bellefonte on April 24.

sixth innings without damage, but Dylan Deitrich connected for a one-out double in the seventh inning.

Deitrich moved to third on a wild pitch — one of the few mistakes Snyder made — and represented Bellefonte’s last chance.

But Snyder was up to the challenge. He struck out Fortney for the second out and then got Reiter to pop out to first for the final out.

“I just rushed that (wild) pitch,” Snyder said, “got a little away from me. In a situation like that, you never want to make a bad pitch and when it bounced in the dirt, I knew nothing good was going to come of it. But I bounced back and got the ‘W.’” That W was Penns Valley’s fifth of the season, against eight losses, and the Rams’ fifth win in their last six games.

Bellefonte is now 7-4.

Goalie’s commitment gives PSU a family affair Men’s lacrosse earns Big 10 tourney bid

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State hockey has its first family affair, as goalie Oskar Autio, brother of current senior defenseman Erik Autio, verbally committed to the program April 25.

At just 5-foot-11, Oskar Autio currently plays at the international level in the Finnish prospects program. While stats about Autio’s career are somewhat limited, in 2016-17 he did start in goal for 29 games posting a .918 save percentage over that span.

Unfortunately, for those hoping to see the two brothers on the ice at the same time, Oskar is likely a season or two removed from arriving at Penn State.

It’s currently unclear which recruiting class Autio will eventually commit to. Unlike football and basketball, hockey’s recruiting window is somewhat larger with a fair amount of flexibility when it comes to the initial enrollment. Penn State forward Denis Smirnov was originally slated to join the program in 2015-16, but eventually joined in 2016-17.

While slightly speculative, Autio’s 1999 birthday would seem to align him with the 2018-19 recruiting cycle. Penn State currently has six commits for that class already.

Penn State hockey now has its first family pipeline. Only time will tell if Oskar Autio’s impact will reach the level of his older brother, whose double-overtime winner against Minnesota in the Big Ten Tournament locked up an NCAA Tournament bid.

By MATT CASTLE StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — The No. 9 Penn State men’s lacrosse team (11-2, 2-2 Big Ten) entered senior night April 23 losing back-to-back games against Maryland and Johns Hopkins.

Penn State turned the tide by improving at the face-off circle and was able to down No. 14 Rutgers, 13-7, behind a pair of hat tricks from Mac O’Keefe and Kevin Hill. With the win, the Nittany Lions secured one of four spots in the Big Ten tournament.

TAKEAWAYS

■ The Nittany Lions won the first seven face-offs, which paid countless dividends. Penn State was constantly knocking on the doorstep and was able to sustain offensive zone pressure due to its success winning draws.

■ Penn State got a stranglehold on the game during the second quarter. Out-scoring an opponent 5-2 during any stretch of a game has been proven to be beneficial to a team’s success.

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The Nittany Lions will then move on to the Big Ten semifinals Thursday, May 4, in Columbus, Ohio. The conference championship is scheduled Saturday, May 6, in Columbus.

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Struggling BEA aims to gain confidence, have fun

By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com

Contrary to the wishes of its coach, the Bald Eagle Area baseball team has not been having very much fun recently.

After a rocky start, the Bald Eagles won three games in a row and looked to be turning things around, but they’ve now run into another rough stretch.

Following a 2-0 win over Tyrone, BEA was shut out two games in a row, lost a game continued from Week 1 against Penns Valley, dropped a non-league contest, 8-3, to Bellwood-Antis on April 22, and then was shut out again, 5-0 at home

by Philipsburg-Osceola on April 24, making it five losses in a row.

The Eagles (3-8) were set to host St. Joseph’s on April 26, after Gazette press time.

A young team, the Eagles seemed to be pressing, and the Bellwood loss was a perfect example of that.

Bellwood broke out with three unearned first-inning runs due to an error and had a total of five unearned in the game. BEA also committed three other errors, something head coach Jim Gardner said was “extremely uncharacteristic” of his team.

“Defense has been a strength all year,” he said, “but today we hurt ourselves quite a bit with our defense.”

Compound all of that with having three Eagles’ players thrown out at home — two arguably on base-running errors — and all the makings were there for an unpleasant afternoon.

OBSTACLES TO OVERCOME

“Bellwood played a nice game,” Gard-

ner said. “This is their field and they play nice defense on it and they did a nice job there.

“But it’s just not rolling our way right now. We need to make that happen. We need to make our breaks and overcome some obstacles.”

The tone of the game was set in the bottom of the first inning. After a single by center fielder Brendan Kowalski to open the inning, a one-out error and a passed ball accounted for Bellwood’s first run.

Another single and then a two-out, tworun base hit by shortstop Nevin Wood gave the Blue Devils a 3-0 lead.

BEA came back in the second and put four runners on base, unfortunately without scoring a run. Garrett Barnhart walked and Grant King singled to lead off, but after a sacrifice bunt by Jordan Jones, both Barnhart and King were thrown out at home for the second and third outs in the inning.

“We had three base-running errors,” Gardner said. “We go through those situations, and about a million things can happen on any one pitch, and they have to have the baseball knowledge. I think they do, but they just didn’t think. We took ourselves out of three innings with that kind of stuff.”

The Eagles did come back to make it 3-2 in the third. Matt Reese singled, Hunter Eminhizer walked and Brian Eagan doubled to drive in Reese for BEA’s first run. Eminhizer scored on a Bellwood error, but two fly-outs and another putout at the plate kept the Eagles out of a bigger inning.

The Blue Devils regained their threerun lead in the bottom of the third on RBI hits by Jordan McCracken and Travis Lu-

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BEA CATCHER Kyle Gill turns to throw after making a force out at home in the Eagles’ 8-3 loss at Bellwood-Antis on April 22. ensmann and then went ahead by 7-2 on another RBI by Luensmann and another unearned run in the fifth.

Luensmann, who was 3-for-4 on the day and drove in three runs, plated the final Bellwood run with an RBI single in the sixth.

Also in the sixth inning, Eminhizer gave BEA its third run with an RBI single.

“I just want this to be a positive experience and for us to get better,” Gardner said, “but as I said it’s not happening.

They have to be having fun, and we are trying to do things to have them be successful, but it’s tough right now. So we encourage them to keep their heads up and be confident in themselves. I tell them I’m confident in them, but ultimately it comes down to No. 1.”

BEA will try to get on the winning track with games against Central (Thursday, April 27), DuBois (Monday, May 1) and Huntingdon (Tuesday, May 2) in the Eagles’ immediate future.

Nittany Lions await answers on downfield threats

By BEN JONES StateCollege.com

UNIVERSITY PARK — There is a tendency at times to put too much stock in a scrimmage that most coaching staffs come up just shy of disregarding. Not to

TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette

PENN STATE’S Juwan Johnson had a solid performance in the Blue-White game, capping off a strong spring.

say that there aren’t repercussions to a bad performance, but it was the previous 14 practices that dictated many of the offseason roster moves and various internal evaluations.

But, as Trace McSorley threw the ball down the field on several occasions in the Blue-White game April 22, the absence of Chris Godwin was noticeable. Albeit, the likes of Saeed Blacknall and Mike Gesicki didn’t see the field, but McSorley’s deepball-on-a-prayer successes of 2016 wasn’t exactly reflected during the Blue-White game.

While this particular instance might not mean much, it does highlight a theme that will need to be addressed sooner rather than later for Penn State. That theme is the need to establish a No.1 receiver and decide if Penn State’s aerial attack will be based on deep threats and speed, or in the air battles won by Nittany Lion receivers more often than not.

“A guy like Allen Robinson that could make big-time plays,” James Franklin said after the game. “I have watched the tapes.

How many times did that guy go up in double coverage and come down with the ball? He is still doing it (in the NFL). (Chris) Godwin’s been that guy. How many times has he had guys hanging all over him and he makes the contested catch? People call

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Who steps up into that role remains to be seen, although most would put their

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High School Sports Schedule April 27-May 3 BALD EAGLE AREA

Baseball — April 27, at Central; May 1, DuBois; May 2, Huntingdon Softball — April 28, Central; May 1, at Huntingdon; May 2, at Williamsport Track and field — May 1, at Bellwood-Antis

BELLEFONTE

Baseball — April 27, at Clearfield; April 28, Huntingdon; May 2, P-O Softball — April 27, at Central Mountain; May 1, at P-O; May 3, at Huntingdon Track and field — April 29, at Central Mountain; May 2, at Brookville

PENNS VALLEY

Baseball — April 27, at P-O; May 2, Central Softball — April 28, P-O; May 1, Central Track and field — May 1, at Bellwood-Antis

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Baseball — May 2, Bellefonte; May 3, at Penns Valley Softball — April 27, Punxsutawney; April 28, at Penns Valley; April 29, Altoona, Moniteau; May 1, Bellefonte

ST. JOSEPH’S ACADEMY

Baseball — May 1, Glendale; May 3, Tyrone

STATE COLLEGE

Baseball — April 27, Red Land; April 29, McDowell; May 2, at Chambersburg Boys’ lacrosse — April 27, at Mechanicsburg; May 1, Trinity Girls’ lacrosse — April 27, Mechanicsburg; May 1, at Trinity Softball — April 27, at Red Land; April 29, at Big Spring Tournament; May 2, Chambersburg Boys’ tennis — April 26-27, District 6 singles at Altoona; May 3-4, District 6 doubles at Altoona Track and field — April 28-29, at Penn Relays; May 2, at Central Dauphin Boys’ volleyball — April 27, Chambersburg; April 29, State College Invitational; May 3, at Bishop Guilfoyle

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Lions, from page 25 standout over the past few weeks of spring practice.

“It’s just having that attitude, that focus and confidence,” Johnson said of winning those balls in the air.

“That’s the only thing that you need to have as a receiver.

You have to have that mindset that when the ball is in the air that it’s yours. I know that sounds like a cliche, but it’s the truth. Whenever that ball is up there it isn’t a 50-50, it’s your ball.”

BREAKOUT PLAYER

Johnson has nearly unanimously been the breakout player of the spring according to players and coaches.

Johnson’s seven-catch, 81-yard outing in the Blue-White game was solid but hardly memorable, perhaps simply because of the lack of stakes.

But, it was a welcome sight for a Penn State team in the early stages of searching for an important answer. If not Johnson or Blacknall, Penn State could turn to the speedsters Brandon Polk or DeAndre Thompkins and simply beat teams over the top.

“You need a guy that’s going to be a playmaker, and there are a lot of different ways to do it,” Franklin said.

“We’ve had guys like those two (Robinson, Godwin) that have been able to go high point the ball and that have been able to go get it in traffic. But, you can have other guys that can just blow the top off the coverage and that can go 80, or just make people miss.

“You need somebody to step up in that role. We have a lot of guys like DaeSean Hamilton who have played a lot of football and have a lot of experience. Obviously, Saeed Blacknall has shown flashes that he can be that guy. Juwan Johnson has been a guy that has really come on — he is 6 foot 4 inches, 230 pounds and has made a bunch of plays. Polk showed some good things today.

“We have some guys, but there needs to be someone that steps up and says, ‘I’m the guy when the game is on the line. Come to me and I’ll make the play.’ I would also put Mike Gesicki in that role as well, because of the way

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And, that D-end Shareef Miller had three tackles for a loss.

But for starters, they aren’t starters — although the latter two have a good shot at it in 2017.

In the end, the final score mattered little. Neither did the fact Penn State continued its Blue reign of terror, as the Blue squad continued a string of victories that since Franklin took over in 2014 have looked like this: 37-0, 17-7, 37-0 and 26-0.

Soon enough, the real work begins again.

It’s 100 days until Tuesday, Aug. 1, and with the potential of Penn State starting official summer practice earlier than usual this year, the countdown to the 2017 season has already begun.

“We still have a lot of work to do,” said Franklin early into his post-Blue-White presser on April 22.

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BELLEFONTE’S ANDREA LINN competes in the high jump at the Mountain League Championships April 25. The Red Raiders finished third in the girls’ team competition.

Bierly, from page 23 Cole Hovis won the 400 (53.35). Penns Valley’s Jared Hurd won the 300 hurdles in a time of 43.06, and BEA’s Mike Salvanish won the shot put (42-6).

Bellefonte finished second in the 3200 relay, with BEA fourth and Penns Valley fifth.

Other place winners in the boys’ meet were: Marcus Woodford (PV), second in the 110 hurdles and in the high jump;

Sam Gray (PV), third in the 1600 and the 800; Luke Hollar (BEA), third in the 400; Max Kroell (Bellefonte), third in the shot put; Garrett Fleck (PV), third in the discus; Moryelle Fernandez (Bellefonte), second in the long jump and triple jump; Dane Soltys (P-O), third in the triple jump; and Andrew Hovis (Bellefonte), third in the pole vault.

Penns Valley finished fourth in the team scoring, BEA was fifth and Philipsburg-Osceola came in seventh.

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Boyle carries on family golfing tradition at Centre Hills

By JOHN DIXON sports@centrecountygazette.com

CENTRE HILLS — State College native Jeb Boyle didn’t have far to roam from home to find his true love — golf.

Boyle, who begins his 30th season as the head golf professional at Centre Hills Country Club, had mentors right in his own backyard.

The Boyle family name is synonymous with the game of golf locally. The patriarch of the golfing clan was Joe Boyle, Jeb Boyle’s father, the legendary Penn State golf coach who died at age 87 in 2008.

Jeb Boyle is a 1980 Penn State grad. Following graduation, he became an assistant to Tom Hanna at Centre Hills. He then headed south to become an assistant at Rosemont Country Club in Orlando, Fla. He ventured back home in 1983 to become an assistant to Jim Masserio at Toftrees Golf Resort.

Two years later, the opportunity to become the head professional sent Boyle back to Rosemont for a couple of years. He returned again to Happy Valley as head PGA professional at Centre Hills.

“I’m a State College native, so it’s a natural to be here at Centre Hills,” said Boyle. “It’s been a quick and great 30 years for me here at the club, and, hopefully, for the members as well.”

Besides the obvious mentoring from his father on the finer points of the game of golf, Boyle said others who influenced his passion included former Penn State coach Earl Boal, Masserio and David Leadbetter, one of the leading golf instructors in the game.

“Earl Boal and I were real close,” said Boyle. “And I learned an awful lot from him, as well as working for Jim Masserio at Toftrees, and David Leadbetter.

“The great thing about this game is you never stop learning. I love being around the game and getting to know people and develop relationships.”

But, as in every profession, there is always the minus that brings on a little gray sky in an otherwise sunny day on the golf course.

“The downside is the huge time constraint,” said Boyle.

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STATE COLLEGE native Jeb Boyle is entering his 30th year as head golf professional at Centre Hills Country Club. ing. That’s six days a week, 10- to 12-hour days, but still really enjoyable.”

Once the golfing season is over in the Centre region, Boyle heads south for a little competitive golf. The PGA sponsors several tournaments for club professionals, and Boyle made it through the two-stage process of the Ace Classic in Naples, Fla., this winter by qualifying in a ninehole prequalifer and an 18-hole qualifier. He’s also been fortunate to play with PGA tour members Bobby Clampett and Jim Nelford in two rounds of a PGA event.

As he celebrates his 30th anniversary as head golf professional at Centre Hills and his 37th year in the golfing business, Boyle has no plans for retirement any time soon.

“I still enjoy working,” said Boyle. “I’ve never really thought of doing anything else in the future, so I guess I’ll just have to see what happens.”

LINKS TO HISTORY

Boyle’s father began his Penn State life in 1941 when he enrolled as a freshman. After his first year, he left Happy Valley to serve in the Navy during World War II. He then returned to Penn State in 1946, where he began playing on the golf team. A true link to the very beginning of Penn State golf, Joseph Boyle was the captain of Penn State’s 1949 team, which was led by the Nittany Lions’ first coach, Robert “Pop” Rutherford.

From 1946 to 1949, Joe Boyle competed on the men’s

golf team and played on Penn State’s 1948 Eastern Intercollegiate Championship team, the first non-Ivy League team to claim the title.

The elder Boyle graduated from Penn State in 1949 and chose to remain in Happy Valley to serve as assistant coach to the men’s golf team under Rutherford’s son Robert Jr. He remained assistant coach until 1957, when he took full responsibility as head coach of the Nittany Lions.

Joe Boyle guided the Nittany Lions for 25 seasons, leading Penn State to seven Eastern Intercollegiate Championships (1963, ’64, ’66, ’67, ’71, ’72, ’73), two Big Four Championships (1971 and ’72) and a 197-38-1 record in dual meet competition.

Jeb Boyle said his father was a big influence on him and his brothers when it came to the game of golf, but mom is due credit, too.

“Obviously, our father was a big influence in our lives both on and off the golf course. But our mother, Dolly, was the family anchor, having to put up with three sons who played sports and a father that was a golf coach. We are what we are because of her.”

Boyle’s brother Jim is the PGA professional at Cadillac Country Club in Cadillac, Mich. Brother Mike, president of Brooks Courier in Wilmington, Del., is a member at the DuPont Country Club, where he won the Dupont Open in 2015 and in the last 10 months has recorded three aces.

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Pros discuss signature holes at county golf courses JOHN DIXON

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Following the changes to the course, Brennan has selected No. 12, at 392 yards from the blue tees and 383 yards from the white tees, as the signature hole.

“The hole has a 183-yard narrow landing area with two ponds protecting the left side of the fairway and a sand trap guarding the right side of the green,” said Brennan. “Those two factors make No. 12 a very tough hole to navigate and requires all of the golfer’s skills to make par on this hole.”

■ Nittany Country Club, Mingoville — No. 4, 221 yards, par 3 The picturesque hole No. 4 is a par 3, 221 yards downhill off an elevated tee sitting high atop the hill overlooking the golf course.

“One needs a 3- to 5-fairway wood or a long iron by a real good player to have a chance at making par on this hole,” said PGA professional Scott Frey. “No. 4 is an altogether difficult hole when the wind is blowing. It has the longest green on the course, but still plays the toughest on the course. On top of that, you have an exciting view from top to bottom looking toward the clubhouse.”

■ Penn State Golf Courses, University Park — Blue Course, No. 14, 190 yards, par 3 “This par 3 is all carry,” said PGA pro Joe Hughes. “A pond fronting the green must be carried from the tee. Two wellplaced bunkers behind the green will collect any long shots, leaving the golfer with a sand shot at a green sloping toward the water hazard. The green slopes severely from back to front, so it will hold a tee shot, however, unless you are below the hole, chances are the putt will have a severe break.”

■ Penn State Golf Courses, University Park — White Course, No. 14, 210 yards, par 3 “This par 3 is one of the original de-

The signature hole at a golf course is the one hole that the course has decided is the most aesthetically pleasing and most photogenic.

A signature hole may or may not be representative of the golf course, but because of its beauty or dramatic design it is the hole featured when talked about around the club and the general playing public.

The PGA professionals at Centre County’s golf facilities feel these are their clubs’ signature

holes: ■ Centre Hills Country Club, State College — No. 7, 182 yards, par 3 “I would say No. 7 is the signature hole at Centre Hills,” said head golf professional Jeb Boyle. “The hole is a par 3 with five bunkers on the hole that plays to 182 yards from the blue tees. It has a very small green with a fence that is out of bounds on the left side running very close to the green.”

■ Mountain View Country Club, Boalsburg — No. 12, 392 yards, par 4 PGA professional Jack Brennan is in his fourth season at the Boalsburg course, and he’s certainly familiar with the layout of the course since recent changes were made.

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■ Skytop Mountain Golf Club, Port Matilda — No. 16, 190 yards, par 3 According to PGA professional Jeremy Crawford, No. 16 is one of the most picturesque golf holes in Centre County.

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■ Toftrees Golf Resort, State College — No. 9, 392 yards, par 4 “The hole is accented with fountains.

That makes this water hazard force the golfer to carry nearly 240 yards of watery grave from the longest set of tees,” said PGA professional Cody Ceccato. “Once over the water, the hole can be a birdie for many players, yet the anxiety it creates on the tee shot results in dozens of lost balls every day.

“This lake not only serves as a giant ball wash, but is home to an array of wildlife and has become a favorite for the State College Bird Club.”

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Women’s Corner

Lemont resident found niche in newspaper business

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Betty Shields’ family was living in Oklahoma at the time of her birth, but she actually was born in Kansas, because that’s where the nearest hospital — on the second floor of a “five-and-ten” store — was in 1925.

Shields was on only child, and when her parents separated, she went with her mother to the Butler, Pa., area. She remembers fondly the trips that alternated between Philadelphia and Bellefonte to visit relatives. Her stepfather was born in Aaronsburg, and the family would go back to that area to visit.

After graduating from Butler High School in 1942, she attended Miss Connie Cousins Conley’s Girls School. Her jobs after covers a wide graduation included working for variety of events in Westinghouse, and later running her Centre County for own children’s shop. the Centre County Shields and her husband, an inGazette. Email her dustrial engineer, settled in Sewickat ccous67@gmail. ley, in Allegheny County, after their com. wedding. Her husband’s family was among the first families in Sewickley, and their family home was an impressive building that still stands.

The couple had one son, and Shields began to find that she had time to spare. She looked around for new endeavors. She had an interest in trees and began to study more about them. That led to her giving talks for the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy on native trees.

“I started to think I should write about them,” she said.

She wrote a column, “Out in the Open,” for two years for the Sewickley Herald, and eventually approached the editor to request a paid position. A new career in the newspaper business was born from that day forward.

Shields’ duties grew along with the weekly newspaper.

She did it all, including writing, pasting and setting type.

Back then, the newspaper used linotype, a technique that prints an entire line, instead of each character, on a piece of metal known as a “slug.” It was used until the late 1960s or early 1970s, when offset lithography and early computerized methods replaced it.

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One hallmark of the papers in the days before they went online was that they were primary sources of local history, according to Shields.

“I was always interested in history and did a column on that, also,” she said. “I was instrumental in starting the Sewickley Valley Historical Society and became its executive director. I’m proud to say that the historical society flourished.”

In researching this column, it was interesting to read

an article about the “Sewickley Malaise” of 1950 that eventually turned out to be caused by contaminated water. Shields, then editor of the Sewickley Herald, was instrumental in informing the public and ensuring readers that the information was accurate, both as the illness developed and as investigations uncovered the cause.

Her husband died shortly before 9/11, and Shields moved to Lemont in 2005. She likes the area and is an active participant in community life. She is on the board of The Granary in Lemont and still takes an interest in all things historical.

Schreyer honors scholar, med school prof get inaugural ‘All In’ awards Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — A Schreyer Honors College scholar and a professor at the College of Medicine recently received the inaugural “All In at Penn State” awards.

The honor is designed to recognize a student, faculty or staff member for embodying the university’s commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.

The first recipients are Patricia Silveyra, assistant professor of pediatrics and a research associate in the Penn State College of Medicine, and Candice Crutchfield, a Penn State junior and Schreyer Honors College scholar.

“The All In award is an important step for the university to recognize individuals for their contributions to Penn State’s diversity, equity and inclusion mission,” said Marcus Whitehurst, vice provost for educational equity. “Both of these award winners have demonstrated exceptional accomplishments, leadership and innovation in working to create an inclusive climate, transforming education and advancing diverse communities.”

Whitehurst announced the recipients during the All In conference, held April 18 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel. Recipients received a $1,500 stipend.

Nearly 50 nominations were submitted.

Crutchfield, of Woodbridge, Va., is majoring in criminology and communication arts and sciences. She is a member of the Presidential Leadership Academy and the Phi Alpha Delta International Law Fraternity and one of the co-founders of the independent student media website, The Underground. She is currently the head of brand strategy for The Underground, which is dedicated to covering stories focusing on diversity and inclusivity and now counts more than 30 students among its members.

Crutchfield is also a Bunton-Waller Fellow, a member of the Black Student Union at Penn State and a public relations intern for the Schreyer Honors College. She hopes to attend law school and work in the field of criminal justice.

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PATRICIA SILVEYRA, assistant professor of pediatrics and a research associate in the Penn State College of Medicine, was recognized April 18 with the “All In at Penn State” achievement award. staff who are actively striving to improve campus climate and relations with underrepresented communities, I’m overjoyed and honored to have been nominated, let alone become a recipient of the All In award,” Crutchfield said.

“With this being the inaugural award, I hope doors are opened for more people to make positive changes and continue working toward inhabiting a truly diverse campus.”

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Vaccinations protect kids against life-threatening illnesses JOSEPH WIEDEMER

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many parents don’t realize how important it is to vaccinate their children, beginning at birth.

IMMUNIZATION SAVES LIVES

Dr. Joseph Wiedemer, program director, and Dr. Alka Sood, chief resident, are both part of the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine Residency at Mount Nittany Medical Center.

All parents want to help their children grow up as healthy as possible. One of the best ways to do that is by making sure each child receives all the vital immunizations that protect against serious illnesses.

Because vaccines have been so successful over the decades in eradicating diseases, most of today’s parents have no personal experience with these illnesses.

Grandparents might remember suffering from chicken pox, measles or mumps, but the days of U.S. polio outbreaks that left paralyzed victims in “iron lungs” are long gone — thanks to vaccines. As a result, Awards, from page 30 “If there is one person on Penn State’s campus who embodies the spirit of diversity and inclusion, it is Candice Crutchfield,” wrote nominator Sumit Pareek, also a Schreyer Honors College Scholar.

“In her time at Penn State, she has served as a voice for the Penn State community and at large. Her devotion to understanding the pluralism of cultures at Penn State has not only led her to create change in these respective communities, but also to learn more about her own life in the process.”

‘A ROLE MODEL’

Silveyra’s contributions range from being actively involved in the Dean’s Council on Diversity to leading handson programs that serve young people in Pennsylvania. Silveyra served as leader of the Dean’s Council on Diversity from 2012 to 2015 and interim director for Diversity and Inclusion in Education in 2015-16.

“As a first-generation immigrant, a woman in science, a Latina, the first in my family to get an advanced degree and as someone whose first language is not English, I can relate to many of the issues and circumstances faced by our students and patients,” Silveyra said. “I find it re-

Vaccinations are one of the easiest and most effective ways to protect the health of a child, the child’s family and the entire community.

■ Immunization can save a child’s life.

Diseases that used to injure or kill thousands of American children each year are no longer common in the United States, primarily due to the widespread delivery of safe and effective vaccines.

■ Immunization is safe for children.

Today’s vaccines are the safest in history. The most common side effect is minor, temporary redness or swelling at the injection site. Serious allergic reactions are rare and reports linking immunizations to autism have turned out to be false.

■ Immunization protects other family members and friends.

Some people cannot be immunized against certain diseases, such as newborn babies who are too young, or people with weak immune systems. By vaccinating all children who are eligible, we help prevent the spread of disease to those who cannot be vaccinated.

■ Immunization makes financial sense.

Measles, whooping cough and other diseases can keep children and a caretaking parent home for a week or more, all ally easy to connect with them when they need help or support, and when they want to do something for themselves or to help others.

“I love to empower them and support their initiatives, and I love seeing them achieve their goals. I also think it is my responsibility to serve as a role model for those who are from similar backgrounds, and for the younger generations.”

In her nomination of Silveyra, Rose Baron, inclusive program coordinator at Penn State Hershey, wrote that Silveyra “is a role model for students and a person who really cares about the community.”

“For her professional work in science, her leadership in women’s issues, her community service and outreach, and her involvement with local organizations, I believe Patricia is truly deserving of the ‘All In’ achievement award.”

Silveyra’s laboratory investigates genetic and environmental factors that contribute to the development of asthma, and she is an advocate of healthy habits in the community. Silveyra has advised several student groups, and she has participated in outreach activities at local schools.

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while adding to medical bills. Immunizations are usually covered by insurance or available at no charge to children not covered by insurance.

■ Immunization can eliminate disease.

The childhood immunization schedule used to include the smallpox vaccine, but that deadly disease was eradicated worldwide thanks to vaccination. Today, children do not need to be vaccinated against smallpox because the disease no longer exists.

Research shows that the earlier a child is immunized, the longer the immunity lasts. So, not only does delaying immunization increase the risk that an infant or child will contract a life-threatening disease, that delay also could decrease protection decades later in the child’s life.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have established a widely accepted schedule of childhood vaccinations, beginning with a hepatitis B vaccine at birth and continuing with various immunizations through age 18. View the current schedule at www.cdc.gov/vaccines.

Immunization to protect vulnerable infants actually begins before birth. Pregnant women should receive the whooping cough vaccine during the third trimester of each pregnancy so their babies will be protected until age 2 months, when they can receive their own vaccinations.

Many parents are diligent about keep-

ing up with young children’s vaccinations, but that diligence can fade as scheduled doctor visits become less frequent.

Among the immunizations recommended for older children and young adults are: ■ Human papillomavirus at age 11 to 12 HPV is a sexually transmitted disease, so many parents are reluctant to immunize a relatively young child. However, early vaccination gives longer-lasting protection against a disease that can lead to cancer.

■ Meningitis at college age This bacterial infection spreads easily among young adults living in close quarters, such as residence halls. Some universities, including Penn State, require students to be immunized against meningitis.

■ Influenza every year, throughout adulthood The immunization changes each year, depending on which strain of flu is expected to be most prevalent. An annual flu shot helps protect not just the person being vaccinated, but also other vulnerable family and community members for whom the flu can be life-threatening.

Parents who have concerns about their children receiving vaccines should discuss those concerns with their family doctor.

Science has proven that vaccines work.

Immunization protects babies, children and adults against severe illnesses. Vaccines save lives.

cine students with physicians treating patients who don’t speak English.

Now, Silveyra is working to implement a system at Penn State Hershey that allows for in-house interpreters when needed, rather than turning to an outside contractor. Scheduled to launch this spring, the website will allow nurses to find and schedule the trained student interpre-ters.

The program not only provides interpreters, but also helps the medical students develop their own skills listening and having empathy for patients.

Another initiative Silveyra has spearheaded is creating a mentoring program that matches undergraduates in the area — some whose parents who don’t speak English — with role models, to help them see what they can achieve and understand that they don’t have to change who they are to do it.

“I’m lucky to come from a very service-oriented family,” she said. “Even though I didn’t have much growing up in South America, I learned that one can provide time, knowledge, skills or just listen to others and make a difference.”

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Art show features beauty of coastline

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STATE COLLEGE — The quiet beauty of the Northeast coastline is captured in paint and canvas by artists Brienne Brown and Beverly Klucher.

The exhibit — “Ship to Shore” — can be viewed at the State College Framing Co. and Gallery beginning Satur-

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A PAINTING by artist Beverly Klucher that will be featured in the show “Ship to Shore,” opening April 29 at State College Framing Co.

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Following an opening reception honoring the artists, the show will continue through Saturday, June 10.

John McQueary, owner of the State College Framing Co., conceived of the idea of an exhibit depicting landand seascapes near and at the American East Coast.

“We do three to five shows a year,” said McQueary.

“This one really came from Beverly Klucher. She wanted to feature seascapes. Especially New England sea towns.”

McQueary said the exhibits are an opportunity for the entire community to see fine art and a first-class gallery for its viewing.

He said that the success of this event, for him, is not about the sale of paintings. Instead, it lets local artists know that they have a gallery for their work. The event also brings McQueary’s store to the fore and introduces other artists who want to be featured.

“We hope to attract between 75 and 125 people to the opening night reception on April 29th,” McQueary said.

“There will be a nice spread of food, including much seafood. Come, meet two outstanding artists. It’s a nice prequel to a date night.”

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BELLEFONTE — A solo exhibit, “Through the Surface — New Works by Alice Kelsey” will be featured at the Bellefonte Art Museum from Friday, May 5, through Sunday, May 28.

This series of paintings, drawings and monotypes by Kelsey, a national award-winning artist from Warriors Mark, was created during the past year. She used varied art materials to capture the imagery and mystery of a single site — a central Pennsylvania spring-fed pond.

More than 15 new works will be shown in the exhibition, welcoming visitors to immerse in imagery of water lilies, iris and reflections, and explore ways in which the textures and surface qualities of different materials affect the look and feel of artwork.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a book Kelsey wrote about the series. It contains images of the show’s works, as well as descriptions of the materials used and

how their distinct qualities influence the look and mood of the artwork.

“I’ve been so excited in creating this body of work,” Kelsey said in a press release. “There’s so much that appeals to me at the pond that it is both immensely captivating and daunting to paint here. From the large patterns to small details, astonishing color and graceful lines, it’s so challenging to know where to begin, or take any one part of it to place on ALICE KELSEY paper or canvas.”

This intense interest and artistic challenge led Kelsey to explore the working traits of many media — oil, pastel, gouache, monotype, silverpoint, acrylic, pen and graphite — harnessing variations in texture, opacity and gloss in Exhibit, Page 33

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New show by artist Pete Schulte opens at Woskob Family Gallery

By HALEY FINNEGAN Penn State News

UNIVERSITY PARK — The Woskob Family Gallery will feature “A Letter Edged in Black 6: We’re Finally On Our Own,” a solo exhibition by Pete Schulte, Thursday, April 27, to Saturday, June 17.

In his ongoing “A Letter Edged in Black” series, Schulte, of Tuscaloosa, Ala., organizes works on paper next to in-situ wall drawings. The artist treats the gallery as a work in and of itself, incorporating its architectural idiosyncrasies into the site-specific drawings. There will be an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, April 27.

Schulte’s work employs the language of abstraction, engaging with its potential to create meaning. In the work, colors are restricted to grey, black and white. The palette — white flags of surrender and black flags of anarchy — is one of solemnity and punk rock. Small graphite, charcoal and gouache works on paper arrange fundamental shapes — squares, lines and x’s — reminiscent of flags or marks on maps.

These shapes repeat in the wall drawings,

but the shift in scale proposes alternative cross sections of the architecture itself.

In addition to the works on view, the gallery is offering a series of related programs.

On Thursday, April 27, Schulte will give an artist’s talk at noon in 121 Borland on Penn State’s campus. Kelsey Rieger, manager of the Art Alliance Downtown Gallery, will offer a guided conversation about the exhibition from 5 to 6 p.m.

Thursday, May 11. Additionally, the gallery will host screenings of three films selected by Schulte, at 7 p.m. on three Thursdays, May 25, June 8 and June 15.

The Woskob Family Gallery is a contemporary art space located at 146 S. Allen St. in downtown State College. Run by Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture, the gallery serves as a laboratory for exploring how the arts can catalyze creative placemaking.

Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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For more information, call (814) 8635353 or visit www.woskobfamilygallery. psu.edu.

All-Sports Museum highlights Nittany Lions in World War I Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State All-Sports Museum has announced the opening of “Field to Front: Nittany Lions at War, 1917-1919.” The new exhibit is located in the museum’s upstairs changing exhibition space and will run through April 2018.

Timed to coincide with the American centennial of World War I, “Field to Front” chronicles the contributions of Nittany Lion lettermen during the conflict and follows their service from training in the United States to fighting in France and Italy. Utilizing a variety of photography, letters and diaries, “Field to Front” provides visitors with a firsthand understanding of service provided by notable Nittany Lions such as Bob Higgins (football), James “Red” Bebout (football), Levi L. Lamb (football, wrestling and track), and Harry C. Jester (basketball).

While “Field to Front” follows former lettermen into the trenches of the Western Front, it also takes to the skies to introduce individuals such as Richard S. Davis (football) and William “Whitey” Thomas (football) who made names for themselves in the fledgling U.S. Army Air Service. On the ground, “Field to Front” includes the story of U.S. Army Ambulance Service Section 529 — a unit recruited at Penn State and

whose enlisted ranks were entirely comprised of Penn Staters — and its service with the Italian Army.

In telling the remarkable stories of those Nittany Lions who fought overseas, “Field to Front” recognizes the supreme sacrifice made by eight former lettermen during World War I. In the course of the fighting in France, seven Nittany Lions fell in battle —Lamb, Bebout, Milton L. Bishop (basketball), Kirby B. Sleppy (basketball and track), Thomas E. Kriebel (lacrosse), Edward L. Moore (baseball) and Dr. James M. McKibbin (football) — while one, D. Blair Mingle (baseball), perished in a plane crash after the war.

One of the oldest lettermen in France, McKibbin was mortally wounded while attempting to rescue a wounded soldier and posthumously received the Distinguished Service Cross.

Opened in 2002, the Penn State AllSports Museum is located at the southwest corner of Beaver Stadium and honors the achievements of the men and women who have built the proud tradition of Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics.

The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Admission is by suggested donation of $5 for adults and $3 for children, seniors and students.

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“WATER LILIES REACHING LIGHT,” an oil on panel by artist Alice Kelsey.

Exhibit, from page 32 her choice of materials to best capture a scene. She also used a variety of surfaces, including linen, canvas, wood panel and several kinds of paper, since this part of a painting also significantly affects its expression.

The artwork is presented in custom frames made with native Pennsylvania hardwoods, connecting it back to the land that inspired it.

“In some magical way beyond me, I think that these works speak of what I feel so touched by at this place — interconnections in the large and the small, the tangible and ‘something more,’” said Kelsey.

“It means a great deal to me to share these works with others in this exhibit.”

Coastline, from page 32 There is no charge for the reception and the public is invited.

Brienne Brown’s path to a painting career started with a degree in chemistry.

She worked in toxicology before she started to paint.

“I started to paint more and got into plein air,” she said. Plein air is a style in which paintings are physically created “in the open air” rather than painted indoors.

She gravitated to landscapes and has been involved in many plein air competitions.

“I am mostly drawn to harbors and everything that goes on there,” said Brown.

“I love what I do. And putting this show together has been really entertaining and fun. Our work looks great together.”

Not doing art makes both painters miserable. Expressing themselves artistically and creatively is important to their hap-

Kelsey will give gallery talks from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 6, and from 2 to 3 p.m. Sunday, May 21. A reception will be held from noon to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 7, where Kelsey will discuss her work with visitors.

Book signings are scheduled from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 6, and Sunday, May 14. Books will be available for purchase.

Admission to the exhibit is free and open to the public, and the artwork will be available for purchase. The Bellefonte Art Museum is located at 133 N. Allegheny St. in Bellefonte, with gallery hours from noon to 4:30 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, or by appointment.

For more information, visit www.bellefontemuseum.org or www.alicekelsey. com. piness. “Creative outlets help to balance your life. They bring joy,” said Brown.

Klucher started loving art when she was 8 years old.

“I lived in England for three years and there I had a teacher who told me to never stop doing art. I have been an artist ever since,” Klucher said.

Like Brown, she has been attracted by scenes along the coast.

“I hope to inspire people to notice the beauty of the shore and take notice of the atmosphere the shore creates. I want people to find peace in my art. I think that’s what art does. It gives them a sense of inner tranquility, a sense of accomplishment.”

Klucher noted that art gives her a sense of worth and value. “It always brings me back to the center of life. I especially love working with light. I am always looking to capture light.”

For Brown and Klucher, art is a gift they want to share.

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

ONGOING

Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun.

Visit www.centrecountylibrary.org.

Safety checks — Mount Nittany Health sponsors free car seat safety checks from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at its Boalsburg location, 3901 S. Atherton St., State College. Certified car seat safety educators will check to make sure car seats are installed correctly. Call (814) 466-7921.

Children’s activity — Literacy-enriching activities for toddlers featuring books and music are held from 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

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Children’s activity — A story time featuring songs, rhymes, finger plays and crafts for kids ages 2 to 5 is held 10:30 to 11 a.m. every Monday at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall.

Performance — Visitors are welcome to view the Nittany Knights practice at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org.

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

Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month in the Mazza Room at the South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or contact cr20mic@aol.com.

Support group — The Bellefonte chapter of the Compassionate Friends Support Group, for bereaved families and friends following the death of a child, holds a meeting from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of every month at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Contact Peg Herbstritt at (814) 353-4526 or mherb162@gmail.com.

Children’s activity — Children can improve reading skills by reading with Faolin, a trained therapy dog, from 3:30 to 5 p.m. every Tuesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Register for 20-minute sessions by calling (814) 355-1516 or visiting the library.

Support group — A drug and alcohol support meeting for families struggling with loved ones’ addictions is held at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday at Watermarke Church, 116 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 571-1240.

Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m.

THE CENTRE COUNTY Library and Historical Museum in Bellefonte will host a book discussion at 1 p.m. April 28 on “The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper.”

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in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081.

Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www. statecollegesunriserotary.org.

Children’s activity — “Book Babies,” featuring interactive singing, reading and movement for babies 1 and younger, meets at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

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AROUND & IN TOWN What’s Happening, from page 34 Children’s activity — A pre-K story time featuring developmentally appropriate stories, songs and rhymes is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Children’s activity — A story time featuring related activities and interaction with peers for preschool-aged children is held at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Children must be accompanied by an adult.

Meetings — The Nittany Baptist Church holds master’s clubs for children ages 3 to 11 and small groups for teens and adults at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at the church, 3939 S. Atherton St, State College. Visit www. nittanybaptist.org.

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

Healing circle — A healing circle will be held from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. on the first Wednesday of every month at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 111 S. Spring St., Bellefonte.

Contact Beth Whitman at beth@inspiredholisticwellness. com or (814) 883-0957.

Meeting — The Nittany Mineralogical Society meets at 6:45 p.m. for a social hour and 7:45 p.m. for the main program the third Wednesday of each month, except June, July and December, in Penn State’s Earth and Engineering Science Building. All are welcome to attend; parents must supervise minors. Visit www.nittanymineral.org.

Thrift shop — The State College Woman’s Club Thrift Shop will be having “Open Thursdays” from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 902 S. Allen St., State College. Call (814) 238-2322.

Meeting — The Hooks and Needles Club for knitters meets from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Children’s activity — A Lego club exploring block play and other activities that address topics in science, technology, engineering, art and math is held at 3:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe, 208 W. Foster Ave., State College.

Children’s activity — Activities and presentations for children in grades kindergarten through sixth are held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg.

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

Meeting — The State College Toastmasters meet from 6 to 8 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month at Mission Critical Partners, 690 Gray’s Woods Blvd., Port Matilda. Visit www.statecollegetoastmasters.toastmasters clubs.org.

Meeting — PARSE meets at noon on the third Thursday of each month, except for June, July and August, at Hoss’s, 1459 N. Atherton St., State College.

Meeting — Celebrate Recovery, a faith-based recovery program, meets at 6 p.m. every Friday at Freedom Life Church,113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Registration is not required and individuals are welcome to join at any time.

Email restorationCR@freedomlife.tv or call (814)5711240.

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Pet adoption — Nittany Beagle Rescue holds an adoption event from 10 a.m. to noon every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 692-4369.

Pet adoption — A kitten and cat adoption event is held from 2 to 8:30 p.m. every Saturday at Petco, 40 Colonnade Way, State College. Call (814) 238-4758.

Community sing — Rise Up Singing, a community singing group, meets from 4 to 6 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at the State College Friends Meeting, 611 E. Prospect St., State College.

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Adult program — Free financial planning reviews are being offered by Trinity Wealth Group from noon to 4 p.m. Mondays in April and May at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 574-3209.

Children’s activity — STEM Pillars Program, hands-on STEM learning with a scientist or engineer, for parents and children ages 6 to 10 working together, will be held from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays in May (except May 16) at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Space is limited and registration is required; call (814) 355-1516.

Exhibition — “Unraveling the Threads of History,” featuring examples of 19th-century samplers from Centre County and afar, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, through Sept. 24, at Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave. Visit www. centrehistory.org.

THURSDAY, APRIL 27

Open house — A open house for grades kindergarten through eighth will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at State College Friends School, 1900 University Drive, State College. Call (814) 237-8386 or visit www.scfriends.org.

Discussion — An Interfaith Initiative Centre County panel discussion, “Transformative Power of Unselfishness,” will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 617 E. Hamilton Ave., State College.

Participants also can attend by phone by calling (973) 528-0000 and entering Code 162749#. Panelists include Lois Carlson, Christian Science practitioner; the Rev. Dean Lindsey, of State College Presbyterian Church; and Rabbi David Ostrich, of State College Congregation Brit Shalom.

FRIDAY, APRIL 28

Sale — The Mingoville community yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. off of Route 64 on Hecla Road, between Bellefonte and Lamar.

Technology training — Drop in for free one-on-one training and get answers to technology questions from 11 a.m. to noon at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall.

Book discussion — “The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper,” by Phaedra Patrick, will be discussed at 1 p.m. at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 Allegheny St., Bellefonte.

Forum — A Democratic Party candidates forum for primary election for the State College Borough Council

will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Foxdale Village, 500 E. Marylyn Ave. All eligible voters are invited.

Barbecue — The Ferguson Township Lions Club sponsors a chicken barbecue from 4 to 6 p.m. at the club, Route 45, Pine Grove Mills. Eat in, or takeout is available.

Cost is $9 for a dinner and $5 for a half chicken. Call (814) 238-6695.

SATURDAY, APRIL 29

Sale — The Mingoville community yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. off of Route 64 on Hecla Road, between Bellefonte and Lamar.

Open house — A pre-kindergarten open house will be held from 9:30 a.m. to noon at State College Friends Schoolhouse, 611 E. Prospect Ave., State College. Call (814) 308-8388 or visit www.scfriends.org.

SUNDAY, APRIL 30

Concert — Brush Valley Community Choir’s 20th annual spring choral concert will be held at 3 p.m. at Christ United Church of Christ, 113 Madisonburg Pike, Madisonburg.

MONDAY, MAY 1

Meeting — 100 Women Who Care Centre County’s quarterly meeting will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Foxdale Community meeting room, second floor, 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College. The meeting is open to the public. Contact Renee at 100wwc.cc@gmail.com.

Knitting group — Whether a beginner or experienced with crocheting or knitting, work together to learn new skills and socialize with fellow needle workers from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg.

TUESDAY, MAY 2

Presentation — Learn about hip or knee replacement from 11 a.m. to noon at Lady Lions Resource Center, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Val Coakley at vcoakley@mountnittany. org or (814) 278.4810 Home-school activity — Home-schooled families of students in first through fourth grades will examine and identify various rocks and minerals, study types of rocks and soils, and explore volcanoes and caves from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall. Registration required; call (814) 364-2580.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 3

Children’s activity — The After-School Science Club, for school-aged kids, will explore the science of geology from 3 to 4 p.m. at Centre Hall Area Branch Library, 109 W. Beryl St., Centre Hall.

Support group — A support group for patients newly diagnosed with, recovering from or survivors of breast cancer will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. in conference rooms 1, 2 and 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College.

— Compiled by Gazette staff

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Visitors bureau launches search for new director Special to the Gazette STATE COLLEGE — The board of directors of the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau has begun the search process for a new executive director.

Longtime executive director Betsey Howell recently announced her retirement, effective Friday, May 12. She has led the agency for 31 years.

CPCVB board president Bob Ricketts, of Fasta and Ravioli Co., said that with a search committee in place, the board has retained the services of a consulting firm with extensive experience in the tourism industry to conduct a nationwide hunt for Howell’s successor.

“As we prepare for the next chapter of the Central Pennsylvania Convention and Visitors Bureau, we have an opportunity to move forward as an organization in exciting new ways, building on the lead-

ership and programs currently in place,” Ricketts said.

“Our goal is to find an individual that will fully embrace this opportunity and the potential it holds for Centre County.”

Ricketts said that in addition to looking nationwide, the CPCVB board is open to considering area residents interested in the executive director’s position.

The board hopes to have a new executive director in place by Friday, Sept. 1, which is traditionally the start of a busy time welcoming both first-time and returning visitors to the area.

Ricketts said the search for a new CPCVB leader is the initial step in the effort to ensure that Centre County is not only a premier destination to visit, but to invest, learn, live, work and play.

Area interested applicants can contact Hope Johnson at hope@pyramindsearch. com.

Penn State to begin financial system upgrade Penn State News UNIVERSITY PARK — Early next year, Penn State will launch an enterprise-wide project to replace IBIS, its homegrown financial system, with what it describes as an innovative and comprehensive third-party solution. The new system, expected to roll out in 2020, will enable the university to plan, budget, manage and steward its assets and resources effective-

ly and meet internal and external stakeholders’ expectations, the university said.

Developed in the early 1980s, IBIS comprises a variety of business applications and systems that provide financial and related information for budget development and management, fiscal controls, and data analysis and reporting. Contemporary needs and technological advances Penn State, Page 38

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VOLUNTEERS BUILD a structure of cans at the Nittany Mall as part of “Canstruction,” which benefits the State College Food Bank. The structures will be on display through April 30.

‘Canstruction’ at mall to benefit food bank

By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — Six teams of volunteers have been busy recently designing and building in the middle of the Nittany Mall.

Their building materials? Cans of food.

The volunteers are taking part in “Canstruction,” an international food charity competition being sponsored locally by Hoffman Leakey Architects, of Boalsburg, the Nittany Mall and Wegmans. All of the full cans of food used in the building of the structures will go to the State College Food Bank.

Participating teams in the event, which is run by volunteers, design and build visually interesting, freestanding structures entirely out of full food cans.

The structures will remain on display until Sunday, April 30, and awards will be presented at 3 p.m. Friday, April 28. The entries have been judged and awards will be given for “Best Use of Labels,” “Structural Ingenuity,” “Best Meal,” “Most Cans” and “Best Original Design.” There will also be the “People’s Choice Award” voted on by the public.

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

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

RECORDED APRIL 3-7 BELLEFONTE

William P. Burns and Cheryl L. Burns to Donielle M. Holderman, 1126 Centre St., Bellefonte, $200,900.

Jacqueline P. Contois to Julia Diane Plummer, 132 N. Monroe St., Bellefonte, $212,000.

Cecil S. Giscombe and Katharine E. Wright to Benjamin R. Enders, Emilie Enders and John G. Enders, 428 N. Spring St., Bellefonte, $127,000.

BENNER TOWNSHIP

Thomas G. Benner, Larry S. Shaffer and Discount Remodelers to DMCK Lee LCC, 3076 Benner Pike, Bellefonte, $195,000.

Matthew J. Bassett and April D. Bassett to Crystal L. Pecht, 201 Amberleigh Lane, Bellefonte, $177,000.

Grove Park Associates Inc. to Parkside Homes LLC, 190 Teasel Way, $44,562.

CENTRE HALL BOROUGH

Curtis D. Vonada and Brenda K. Vonada to Brenda K. Vonada, 127 Second St., Centre Hall, $1.

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP

Harry B. Taylor and Kathy J. Taylor to Jonathan B. Powers and Barbara L. Powers, 191 Aberdeen Lane, State College, $412,000.

Steven R. Rossman and Laura A. Rossman to Brian D. Kramer Jr., 1095 Shamrock Ave., State College, $395,000.

Daniel G. Workman and Melissa D. Workman to Mark N. Washik and Jia Shen, 347 First Ave., $254,000.

Fieldstone Investors Group LLC to S&A Homes Inc., 110 Windrush Road, $160,000.

Fidelis O. Ejianreh to Wayne K. Lowman and Debra Lowman, 224 Gerald St., $128,000.

Gerald B. Henderson Trust, Susan C.B. Hill, co-trustee, and Thomas J. Hoyne, co-trustee, to Susan C.B. Hill Trust and Thomas J. Hoyne, trustee, 1040 Haymaker Road, $1.

Bonita A. Frederick to Susan C.B. Hill Trust and Thomas J. Hoyne, trustee, 117 Wellington Drive, $289,500.

James C. Wambold, Alice E. Wambold and

E. Alice Wambold to Jodi Hakes, 126 Randy Lane, $80,000.

FERGUSON TOWNSHIP

Richard R. Coons and Susan R. Coons to Stephen H. Phillips II and Kathleen E. Phillips, 7 Sandra Circle, State College, $374,000.

Bangzhi Liu and Yi Zhang to Xiaodan Liu Gan and Merquil Liu Peng, 2168 Quail Run Road, $258,000.

Poole Family Limited Partnership to S&A Homes Inc., 111 Red Willow Road, $377,500.

Hannah J. Tuggy to Kyle R. Wright and Shannon M. Wright, 175 Irion St., $130,000.

GREGG TOWNSHIP

Mary Maye Horner Estate, Sharon M. Horner, co-executrix, Tammie K. Cahoon, co-executrix, and Laron E. Horner, co-executor, to Thomas Aaron Riley III and Sarah D. Liddick, 125 Railroad St., Spring Mills, $110,000.

Victor G. Shvenke, Julia R. Shvenke and Valentino V. Shvenke to Matthew E. Compton-Clark, 107 Toolshed Lane, Spring Mills, $204,000.

HAINES TOWNSHIP

Rufus C. Zook and Saloma E. Zook to Reuben J. Zook and Emma E. Zook, 185 Eli Drive, Woodward, $150,000.

Reuben E. Yoder and Fannie A. Yoder to Rufus C. Zook and Saloma E. Zook, 190 Blue Heron Drive, Woodward, $292,000.

MILES TOWNSHIP

PATTON TOWNSHIP

Christine Karg-Palreiro to Barbara Jones and William Jones, 128 Honors Lane, $343,000.

Gray’s Woods Professional Development LLC to James A. O’Connor, 650 Grays Woods Blvd., $1.

Gray’s Woods Professional Development LLC to Gray’s Woods Professional Development LLC, 1019 Ghaner Road, $1.

Galen J. Mellott to James A. O’Connor, 650 Gray’s Woods Blvd., $1.

Galen J. Mellott to Galen J. Mellott, 670 Gray’s Woods Blvd., $1.

James A. O’Connor to Gray’s Centre LLC, 650 Gray’s Woods Blvd., $340,000.

Christopher Green and Jennifer McElhoe to Stephanie L. Cutler, 1924 Park Forest Ave., State College, $232,000.

Pinnacle Development LLC to S&A Homes Inc., 113 Deans Way, $160,000.

Alfred J. Pelland and Sonya E. Pelland to Xiuwen Chen, 454 Amblewood Way, State College, $151,000.

Allie M. Love and Russell G. Love to William J. Herbick and Kelly A. Herbick, 205 Centennial Hills Road, Port Matilda, $330,500.

S&A Homes Inc. to Joyce Jose and Anoop Narayanan, 69 Stable View Drive, Port Matilda, $546,162.

HARRIS TOWNSHIP

RUSH TOWNSHIP

Brian E. Bortz, Jennifer S. Bortz, Charles M. Cummins, Norman F. Horn and Sean P. Farrell to Andrew G. Freeman, 116 W. Main St., $360,000.

GTW Associates to Christopher H. Turley, 140 Reuben Way, $65,500.

HOWARD TOWNSHIP

Sylvia R. Nyman Estate, Sylvia Ruth Nyman Estate and Gail Miller, administratix, to Lance S. Gates and Stacy R. Gates, Township Building Road, $232,500.

LIBERTY TOWNSHIP

Tyler S. McCall to Kalen Long, Robin Road, $21,500.

STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH

Jeffrey A. Biber and Bettyann C. Biber to Rupal Brindesh Dhruva and Brindesh Rahul Dhruva, 726 N. Allen St., State College, $357,000.

Walter A. Koltun, Catherine A. Koltun, Alex J. Koltun and Debra Marie Maclellan to Louis P. Leite, Kelly R. Leite and Kathryn E. Leite, 140 S. Patterson St., $444,500.

Alice M. Worthen to Anthony R. Richardella and Heidi M. Lorimor, 1338 Penfield Road, State College, $307,000.

Kostadin Ivanov to Kostadin Ivanov and Maria Avramova, 540 Westview Ave., $1.

POTTER TOWNSHIP

Laurie A. Linton to Daniel W. Saltsgiver and Jennifer L. Saltsgiver, 123 Ridge Ave., Centre Hall, $189,000.

Valley Business Associates LP, Pauline R. Nicosia and Salvatore L. Nicosia Jr. to Chad R. Packer and Ashley D. Packer, 130 Pepper Ridge Drive, Spring Mills, $65,000.

Valley Business Associates LP, Salvatore L. Nicosia Jr. and Pauline R. Nicosia to David D. Lingle LLC, Pepper Ridge Drive, $59,000.

HALFMOON TOWNSHIP

Brooks and Deborah K. Brooks, 101 Bending Oak Drive, $1.

James A. Bellis III to Bristol Global Mobility LLC, 141 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $265,000, Bristol Global Mobility LLC to Matthew J. Jones and Brittany L. Dodson, 141 Rosehill Drive, Bellefonte, $265,000.

JFDC Land Acquisition LLC to Marie A. Sagen and Stephanie L. Kirkpatrick, 204 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $189,900.

JFDC Land Acquisition LLC to Michael A. Baughman and Jessica L. Baughman, 187 Jonathan Lane, Bellefonte, $257,214.

Leslie K. Root to Adam M. Lynch and Taylor V. Lynch, 824 N. Harrison Road, Bellefonte, $135,000.

Jacob K. Esh Jr. and Mary E. Esh to Aaron Z. Esh and Katie L. Esh, 200 Shaffertown Road, $1.

SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP

Robert Fye and Sharon Fye to Teri A. Rudy, 425 Elm Road, Moshannon, $1.

TAYLOR TOWNSHIP

Hilda J. Weaver and trustee, T. Wesley Weaver Jr. and trustee, T. Wesley Weaver Jr., Hilda J. Weaver, Nathanael Lee Weaver and Wade T. Weaver to T. Wesley Weaver Jr., Hilda J. Weaver, Wade T. Weaver Jr. and Nathanael Lee, 462 McMonigal Lane, Port Matilda, $1.

Dona Navasky to Steven T. Rusnak and Melanie J. Rusnak, 163 Easy St., Philipsburg, $195,000.

UNIONVILLE BOROUGH

Kyle H. Clymire to Philip Watson, 3050 S. Eagle Valley Road, Julian, $122,000.

SPRING TOWNSHIP

Geneieve A. Newman to Dean Arthur Woodring and Catherine Renee Woodring, 1113 W. Springfield Drive, Bellefonte, $298,000.

Jason Sincavage and Colleen Sincavage to Jason Sincavage, 210 Melanie Lane, Pleasant Gap, $1.

Stephen V. Ripka and Jan M. Ripka to Bradley S. Holzapfel and Duane A. Herr, 322 S. Main St., $250,000.

Paul H. Neff and Sarah L. Neff to Dennis C.

WALKER TOWNSHIP

Canstruction, from page 37

food insecurity also often live in homes that are not eligible for federal nutrition assistance, and they turn to the State College Food Bank for help.

The State College Food Bank has been in service since 1982. In 2016, it distributed 406,076 pounds of food.

For the Canstruction event, one structure alone will be the equivalent of 1,666 meals.

Anyone can follow along with the event’s progress on the State College Canstruction Facebook page.

Thomas J. Ebersole and Maryanna L. Ebersole to Kirsch L. McMaster and Melinda S. McMaster, 316 Meadow Lane, Bellefonte, $238,000.

Darlene F. Packer to Thomas James Deysher and Margaret Strong Deysher, 1060 E. Springfield Drive, Bellefonte, $365,000.

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planning the event with the State College Food Bank last summer and in July successfully registered State College as a Canstruction site.

The goal of the event is simply to help feed Centre County families and children.

Approximately 15 percent of Centre County residents lack consistent access to nutritious food, and that percentage is larger for children under 18. Many facing

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The university planned to send reJOE DONCSECZ quests for proposals to potential software vendor partners in April. Presentations by proposal respondents are scheduled to begin this summer, and Penn State hopes to select a vendor partner for the project in the fall.

The IBIS replacement project is the last of three university-wide efforts to replace antiquated legacy systems with more efficient and modern ones that fully leverage current technologies. LionPATH, the university’s student information system, rolled out in August 2016, and WorkLion, a new human resources and payroll system, will deploy later this year.

that will support them make now an optimal time to find and implement a new financial system, according to the university.

“While replacing IBIS will be a major undertaking, the resulting benefits will more than justify the effort,” said Joe Doncsecz, Penn State’s associate vice president for finance and corporate controller. “Our new solution will increase efficiency; enhance services; improve utility for students, faculty and staff; and save Penn State considerable money and other resources over time.”

Penn State recently hired Michael Andre to manage the IBIS replacement project. Andre previously worked on enterprise projects for the College of Engineering and the ONEForest Windows Active Directory project. Before coming to the university, Andre was the manager of information technology at a construction and mining company.

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