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Kids and summer
With the end of the school year right around the corner, parents have to start thinking about how to keep the kids active. In this week’s Gazette, look for the Kids’ Summer Fun Guide. In it, you’ll find out everything you need to know about places to go and things to do./Pages 19-21
April 28-May 4, 2016
Volume 8, Issue 17
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Trump, Clinton, McGinty score big wins By ALEXA LEWIS, CHRIS MORELLI and G. KERRY WEBSTER Centre County Gazette
The primaries in Pennsylvania and four other states on April 26 helped the Republican and Democratic presidential frontrunners further solidify their quests for party nominations. Trump won all five of the GOP primaries in Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Rhode Island with at least 54 percent of the vote in each state. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton took Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut and Pennsylvania, while Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders won the Rhode Island Democratic primary. Before the primaries on Tuesday, Trump had 845 of the 1,237 needed for the Republican nomination. But Tuesday boosted his delegate count to 950 compared to Sen. Ted Cruz, who finished the night with 560 and Ohio Gov. John Kasich with 153. “This to me was our biggest night,”
Trump said in his victory speech. “I con10,269 votes to Clinton’s 8,431; however, sider myself the presumptive nominee.” The Associated Press reported Clinton took more than 55 percent of the total votes in Voter turnout to Centre County’s 91 the commonwealth. precincts was “about what we expected,” Trump, on the other hand, won eassaid Centre County Director of Elections ily throughout Centre County. He grabbed Joyce McKinley. All told, 109,607 registered 10,016 Republican votes to voters cast ballots Tuesday, just 5,195 for Ted Cruz and or 36.89 percent. There were John Kasich. 45,955 Democratic voters, In Pennsylvania, the 43,071 Republican voters and Democratic nominee must 20,422 nonpartisan voters. secure 2,383 delegates to win “On Monday, I was prethe party’s nomination. The dicting a turnout of between Republican nominee must 38 and 40 percent,” McKinhave 1,237 delegates to win. ley told the Centre County Numbers as of Tuesday this Gazette. “That number, of week showed Clinton held course, is not official yet. But, 1,946 while Sanders held overall, I say it was a good Results are unofficial 1,192 with 1,627 delegates turnout for a presidential yet to be allocated. Donald year election.” until verified. Trump has 845 delegates to Although Pennsylvanians Cruz’s 559 and Kasich’s 148. chose Trump and Clinton as There are still 733 Republican delegates a whole, Centre County voters gave their remaining available. nod to Bernie Sanders. Trump still has a way to go before ofRepresented on ballots across the ficially reaching the number of delegates state’s 91 precincts, Sanders pulled in
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needed for the nomination, but his added haul mean that neither Cruz nor Kasich can get a majority of delegates. For the Democrats, Clinton widened her lead over the Vermont senator, boosting her total delegate count to 2,141. Sanders holds 1,321 delegates after the results from April 26. In Centre County, Sanders picked up almost 54 percent of the vote. On April 19, Sanders hosted a rally at Penn State targeting millennials, the senator’s strongest base.
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Bellefonte police uses Medicine Drop Box program By G. KERRY WEBSTER correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
PATRICK MANSELL/Penn State University
PENN STATE senior Shelby Nease posed for graduation photos with her 3-month-old puppy Koda outside Old Main on April 24. Nease, one of hundreds of seniors getting photos in cap and gown at locations around the University Park campus over the weekend, will graduate this semester with a bachelor’s degree in integrative arts.
Rural road ecology course to offer students real-world training By ALEXA LEWIS news@centrecountygazette.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Not many people think about the roads they use on a daily basis, but Penn State’s Center for Dirt and Gravel Road Studies does. The center, which provides education Health & Wellness ..... 10, 11 Education ....................... 12
to minimize the impact of unpaved roads and trail on the natural landscape, is implementing a new course on rural road ecology and maintenance this fall for students in majors associated with environmental management and protection. Ecology, Page 7
Community ............... 13-17 Mother’s Day .................. 18
Kids & Summer ......... 19-21 Golf ............................ 22-24
BELLEFONTE — Since the end of 2013, the Bellefonte Borough Police Department has collected more than 1,300 pounds of pills and other medications through its Medicine Drop Box program. According to Bellefonte Police Officer Shawn Luse, that number alone speaks for the need of such a collection opportunity in the community. “To be honest, I’m not surprised with the number,” Luse said. “People just don’t really have a place to discard their unused or expired medication safely. That’s what we provide here at the station: A safe place to get these kinds of medications out of medicine cabinets and get them destroyed so they aren’t harming the environment and, even more so, human lives.” Luse said the idea to start a medicine drop box originated before he was hired as a Bellefonte police officer. He said he was working with the Mifflin County Police Department and running parademic calls for Mount Nittany when the idea struck him. “I thought to myself, ‘There has to be a place where people can dispose of they stuff they aren’t using anymore’,” Luse said. “When I came here, Sgt. (Jason) Brower began discussing it. We went to the post office and they were gracious enough to donate an old, unserviceable mailbox. With a little work, we were able to transform it into a box that fit our needs.” That box is located inside the Bellefonte Police Department on West Lamb Street. Sports ......................... 25-29 Women’s Corner ....... 30, 31
G. KERRY WEBSTER/For the Gazette
INNOVATIVE IDEA: Bellefonte Borough Police Officer Shawn Luse stands near the medicine drop box inside the Bellefonte Borough police station.
According to Luse, residents are encouraged to bring all unused or expired prescriptions, prescription patches, prescription medication, prescription ointments, over-the-counter medications, Drop Box, Page 5
Around & In Town .... 32, 33 What’s Happening ......... 34
Puzzles ............................ 35 Business ..................... 37, 38