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The St. Joe’s football team lost one of its few home games, falling to Fairfield at Memorial Field in State College. The Wolves fell behind early and simply couldn’t recover in a lopsided loss. For more on Week Two of the high school football season, see sports./Page 24
September 8-14, 2016
Volume 8, Issue 36
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District mulls future of elementary schools By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The elementary school landscape in the State College Area School District will be changing. In response to a demographic study of district attendance areas, the district administration has prepared new scenarios for elementary school projects as part of the current district-wide facilities master planning. State College Superintendent Bob O’Donnell talked at length about the process and what’s happening in the district.
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“Our role in this process is to help our board understand what our student enrollment looks like moving forward — we used a demographer to do a study on our community and we shared that,” O’Donnell explained. “We’ve also worked with our design team to look at different scenarios.” At the present time, there are several different options that involve Corl Street, Houserville and Radio Park elementary schools. A recently released report from demographer DecisionInsite included projected enrollments based on analysis of current and planned residential developments within attendance areas, recent kindergarten enrollment trends and changes in grade level cohorts of students within the district. There are several scenarios that will be looked at by the board. ■ In scenario 1, Corl Street is closed and repurposed, while one classroom per grade would be added to Radio Park and Houserville. That means there would be a total of four classrooms per grade for each school. That would make those schools
similar in size to Park Forest, which is the largest district elementary school — it housed 529 students in 2015-16. Under scenario 1, the average building capacity would be 480 students and the estimated net project cost would be $35.07 million. ■ In scenario 2A, Corl Street is closed and repurposed. Houserville retains three classrooms per grade while Radio Park adds two classrooms per grade for a total of five, making it the district’s largest elementary school. Under scenario 2A, the average building capacity would again be 480 students. The estimated net project cost is higher at $35.23 million. ■ Scenario 2B also closes and repurposes Corl Street. Houserville would retain three classrooms per grade, while Radio Park would add one classroom per grade for a total of four. Easterly Parkway Elementary would expand, adding one classroom per grade for a total of four. Elementary, Page 6
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TALKING POINTS: State College Area School District Superintendent Bob O’Donnell talked about the elementary school plans recently.
Parents voice concerns about closing Corl Street By G. KERRY WEBSTER
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STATE COLLEGE — The best part of Terrill Salter’s day is walking or biking with her two daughters, ages 3 and 5, to and from Corl Street Elementary School, about a half mile from her home. She said it’s during those moments her children have her undivided attention and she said she gets to hear every detail about their days. Rebecca Lundin lives two blocks from the school. Her 5-year-old son started kindergarten there this year, and in three more years, another Lundin boy will enter the State College Area School District system. She hopes the brothers will both be able to attend Corl Street Elementary School at the same time. Both women may have to change their routines and ways of thinking as the district has recently completed a demographic analysis of the enrollment areas and decided options are necessary to decide what to do with Corl Street, Houserville and Radio Park elementary schools. Some
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UP IN THE AIR: The future of State College’s Corl Street Elementary is uncertain, with the possibility that the school might close. scenarios see the Corl Street school being renovated, where others show it could be closed entirely. Salter and Lundin both want to see their
neighborhood school remain open; however, both women understand the future needs of the district, and applaud how SCASD brass are handling the situation.
“I’ve been fascinated by watching the board’s progress on this decision. They are gathering information from a variety of sources, asking thoughtful questions and are clearly trying to make the decision that will be best for the students now and in five and 10 years,” Salter said. “The demographic study the board commissioned shows that the district will grow over the next five years, with a significant amount of that growth in the Corl Street area. The district is considering renovating the school and making it slightly bigger. It is also considering closing Corl Street and busing all the students to other schools, which would become slightly or significantly larger.” Lundin said he is happy to see the district collecting community feedback. “The district is carefully and thoughtfully considering options,” said Lundin. “As they have requested feedback from community members, there has been an outpouring of support for Corl Street.” Corl Street, Page 6
September is Suicide Prevention Month in Centre County By LISA BENNATAN correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The Jana Marie Foundation, in collaboration with the Centre County board of commissioners, recently proclaimed September as Centre County Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month. This is a part of a monthlong and county-wide effort to prevent suicide and promote mental wellness. The Centre County Suicide Prevention Task Force, co-chaired by Marisa Vicere, of Jana Marie Foundation, and Shanon Opinion ............................ 9 Health & Wellness .......... 10
Quick, of Centre County Can Help, is encouraging local municipalities to participate in the movement. Many have already joined, including State College and Snowshoe, the boroughs of Phillipsburg, the townships of Benner, Boggs, College, Ferguson, Gregg, Haines, Halfmoon, Marion, Potter, Rush, Snowshoe, Taylor and Union, and the Centre Region Council of Governments. Vicere lost her sister to suicide in 2011 and has since been a part of the Jana Marie Foundation to help end the problems surrounding mental and emotional health.
Education ....................... 11 Family Matters .......... 12, 13
Community ............... 14-17 Gazette Gameday ...... 19-22
On Saturday, Sept. 10, the foundation, as well as its supporting sponsors, the Central PA Chapter of American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Active Minds of Penn State, will host their annual event, “An Evening of Hope, Healing and Remembrance.” This year’s program will feature a performance that focuses on strength, hope, recovery, peace and voice. The event is free and is open to the public, and will take place at Millbrook Nature Center, 548 Puddintown Road, Houserville, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. There will be a brown bag picnic prior to the event at 5:30 p.m. Sports ......................... 24-28 Designs for Living ..... 29-32
In addition, there will be a temporary art installation showcased outside the Fraser Street Garage for the month of September. The installation is designed to raise awareness about suicide prevention. The project, “save144,” will be presented by artist William Snyder II and the Jana Marie Foundation. “We wanted to do something that would draw attention to the statistics,” Vicere said. She knew that Snyder would agree with her. Suicide, Page 7
Around & In Town ......... 33 What’s Happening .... 33, 34
Puzzles ............................ 35 Business ..................... 38, 39
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Front and Centre BABY ON BOARD: There’s more to car seats than meets the eye. Mount Nittany Medical Center’s Kristie Kaufman informs readers what to look for and how to install a seat safely. Page 10
PITT ISN’T IT: The Penn State Nittany Lions look to go 2-0 when they take on the Pitt Panthers this week. The Gazette’s Pat Rothdeutsch takes a closer look at the rivalry. Page 19
SPECIAL CELEBRATION: Calvary Bible Church in Centre Hall recently celebrated its 75th anniversary. The Gazette’s Sam Stitzer was on hand Sept. 4 for the service. Page 16
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Second armed robbery reported By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — A Penn State student reported to University Police that he was the victim of an early morning armed robbery on Sept. 2. This is the second armed robbery reported over the Labor Day weekend in State College. Early Sept. 5, two Penn State students told State College Police they were robbed at gunpoint in the 400 block of East Beaver Avenue. The alleged robbery on Sept. 2, which
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Police seek suspect in retail theft STATE COLLEGE — State College Police are seeking help in identifying a suspect in a retail theft. Police say a man entered Nature’s Pantry, 2331 Commercial Blvd., at 2:18 p.m. Aug. 19 and took merchandise without paying. The suspect is described as a white male with short dark brown or black hair and a muscular build. He was wearing a red Reebok shirt, blue shorts and glasses. Anyone with information about the incident should contact the State College Police Department at (814) 234-7150, by email or by submitting an anonymous tip
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Officials warn of heroin laced with animal sedative By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — Heroin laced with the drug carfentanil, a powerful opioid used as a sedative for large animals, has recently caused overdoses and deaths in neighboring states and could begin circulating in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Secretary of Health Karen Murphy and Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Gary Tennis issued an urgent warning this week to emergency responders and residents about the potentially lethal heroin that is believed to have contributed to 174 overdoses in just six days in Cincinnati. One of the most powerful opioids, carfentanil, is 10,000 times stronger than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl. It is typically used as a sedative for elephants and other large animals. The drug is unsafe for humans and even a small dose can be lethal, according to the state Department of Health. “Carfentanil is a veterinary drug used to sedate large animals and can be lethal to anyone who comes into contact with it — not just heroin users,” Murphy said. “It’s essential that first responders, health professionals and family members of heroin users educate themselves about carfentanil to avoid accidental overdoses.
First responders are urged to utilize appropriate personal protective equipment when treating known or suspected heroin overdoses.” Because carfentanil is absorbed through skin contact, inhalation, oral exposures or ingestion, Murphy urged responders and medical professionals to use extreme caution in treating anyone suspected of taking the drug or when encountering the drug. Officials are not sure if Naxolone, the medication that rapidly reverses heroin and other opioid overdoses, is effective on heroin laced with carfentanil. Because carfentanil isn’t safe for human consumption, no studies have been done to evaluate Naxolone’s ability to reverse its effects. “The combination of heroin and carfentanil is extremely dangerous,” Tennis said. “Given that such a small amount of carfentanil can be deadly and most users of heroin mixed with carfentanil do not realize that is what they are getting, the chances of overdose death are very high.” No overdoses from carfentanil-laced heroin have been confirmed in Pennsylvania. Heroin and opioid overdoses are the leading cause of accidental death in Pennsylvania, and more than 3,500 Pennsylvanians died from drug overdoses in 2015. In the past two years, 43 people in Centre
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HEROIN LACED with the drug carfentanil, a powerful opioid used as a sedative for large animals, has been linked to overdoses and deaths. County died from heroin and opioid overdoses. The first local community forum on addressing the heroin epidemic was hosted by Centre County HOPE in July at Mount
Nittany Medical Center. A second forum, focused on understanding treatment and recovery, will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Mount Nittany Middle School. RSVP at (814) 234-6727.
County seeks assistance to help homeless population By G. KERRY WEBSTER kwebster.ccgazette@gmail.com
BELLEFONTE — The county will be seeking funding from the state to provide rental assistance, security deposits and case management support to homeless individuals and their families for up to 12 months. Natalie Corman, deputy administrator of human services, visited the Centre County board of commissioner’s meeting
Sept. 6 to ask the commissioners for their consent to seek the Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care grant money. She said the grant total is $236,120, with $188,896 coming from federal coffers. She said Centre County must provide a 25 percent match to the grant, if awarded, which could be monetary or in-kind. Corman said the funding would provide nine one-bedroom units and four twobedroom units and serve up to 26 indi-
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Commissioner Mark Higgins also discussed the Pop Up Avenue Urban Flea Market scheduled for the Garner Street parking garage Saturday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. He said it’s the only local curated flea market. “It’s not going to be junky stuff,” said Higgins. “There’s going to be vintage clothes, food trucks and a whole lot more.” Homeless, Page 5
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Second Town Hall meeting scheduled for Sept. 13 By G. KERRY WEBSTER kwebster.ccgazette@gmail.com
STATE COLLEGE — On July 25, nearly 300 concerned residents of Centre County packed the Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis Auditorium at Mount Nittany Medical Center to discuss the signs of opioid-based addiction. It was the the first in a series of town hall meetings organized by the Heroin and Opioid Education Prevention Initiative to raise more awareness of the growing problem with opioid addiction in Centre County. On Tuesday, Sept. 13, from 7 to 9 p.m., the group goes a step further with the town hall series’ second installment, Understanding Treatment and Recovery. The meeting will be held at Mount Nittany Middle School and is free and open to the public. “This town hall meeting is going to focus
specifically on treatment and recovery,” said Catherine Arbogast, program administrator, Centre County Drug and Alcohol. “It is an opportunity for community stakeholders to learn more about treatment options and what is available to residents of Centre County. It is also a chance to learn more about addiction and recovery and what that means for individuals (and their family and friends) who are affected by this disease.” The format will follow the same format as the July meeting. A panel of experts in different areas of drug treatment and recovery will field questions from the audience, and enter discussion based on those questions. “The first town hall meeting was a great success,” said Arbogast. “We had a lot of good questions about the heroin/opiate issue in this county, as well as the current system and how we are working to
meet the needs of individuals. We have also had a number of people reach out to us expressing an interest in assisting with the various projects of the HOPE Initiative. Attendees have told us they learned a great deal about this issue and how it is affecting people here in Centre County.” Arbogast said it’s important that everyone know the latest in the growing crises. “To truly impact substance use issues in a community, we have to come together. Everyone has a role to play in reducing the stigma associated with the chronic disease of addiction,” she said. “It can be as simple as telling others what you’ve learned about heroin/opiate use and addiction in general. Others may be in a position to offer a job or other direct support to an individual who is in recovery and looking to start again. “It may also be an opportunity to encourage someone to seek treatment,” she
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What: Town Hall Series — Understanding Treatment and Recovery When: 7 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 13 Where: Mount Nittany Middle School, State College Admission: Free continued. “Together, we can connect people to the natural, community supports they need to access services and begin a path to long-term recovery.” The final meeting in the town hall series will focus on prevention and education. That event is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Bald Eagle High School auditorium. Arbogast said additional sessions are being discussed.
Remaining claims against county officials dismissed By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — A federal judge has dismissed the remaining claims against Centre County and county officials in a lawsuit filed by District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller. Parks Miller’s claims of illegal search and seizure by the county, Commissioner Steve Dershem, former Commissioner Chris Exarchos, former county solicitor Louis Glantz and former county administrator Tim Boyde were dismissed by U.S. Middle District Court Judge Matthew Brann on Sept. 1. Parks Miller filed a 13-count complaint in August 2015 against the county officials and others alleging defamation, malicious prosecution, legal malpractice and other claims against county officials, a county judge, local defense attorneys and a former paralegal. Brann dismissed most of those
claims in May, but allowed Parks Miller to proceed with an amended complaint that a search warrant executed for her office following allegations she had forged a judge’s signature was a violation of her Fourth Amendment rights. Brann, however, concluded the search warrant was not a violation. He wrote that a neutral, out-of-county judge granted the warrant and that Parks Miller made no claim that the Bellefonte police officer who filed for it had lied or made a misrepresentation. He also wrote that there was sufficient probable cause for a search warrant to be granted in the investigation. Parks Miller has been represented by Bruce Castor, who briefly served as acting attorney general following Kathleen Kane’s resignation in the wake of her criminal conviction in August. Gov. Tom Wolf’s appointee, Bruce Beemer, was approved by the state Senate Aug. 30 to take over the role. Castor defended Parks Miller dur-
ing the local and grand jury investigations, and is seeking $126,000 in payment from the county for his work during that time. The lawsuit arose after her former paralegal, Michelle Shutt, claimed that Parks Miller had forged Judge Pamela Ruest’s signature on a fake bail order as part of a sting operation in a jailhouse murder-forhire plot against a former assistant DA. A grand jury found no wrongdoing by Parks Miller and concluded Ruest had signed the order. A significant part of Parks Miller’s suit stemmed from county officials pursuing an investigation of her after the case had already been referred to a grand jury. The grand jury determined that the county should not have advocated for a renewed investigation by Bellefonte Police after the attorney general’s office had received the case, but noted confusion between the state’s Commonwealth Attorneys Act and the County Code, the latter of which Cen-
tre County used as a basis for pursuing a local investigation. Her amended filing addressing the search and seizure complaint alleged a history of animosity from the county defendants and her and that “each used political and financial pressure to coerce the Bellefonte Police to obtain and execute a defective warrant (with the assistance of Judge Ruest) in search of evidence without probable cause to support what could never be a criminal offence.” Shutt filed a lawsuit against Parks Miller in July alleging retaliation and defamation. Shutt claims Parks Miller’s now-dismissed lawsuit, which originally included Shutt, was retaliation for Shutt for exercising her constitutional rights in signing the affidavit that alleged Parks Miller had forged the signature. Shutt also says Parks Miller defamed her in calling her a “liar” and a “felon” after the grand jury concluded there was no wrongdoing by the DA.
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County court roundup Middle Eastern dancer coming to Webster’s By G. KERRY WEBSTER
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BELLEFONTE — Several cases recently were brought before judges in the Centre County Court of Common Pleas:
MURDERER’S POST-CONVICTION CLAIMS DENIED A man convicted of murder and criminal conspiracy to commit murder has run out of state options for appeal. On Aug. 26, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania denied Ronald Heichel’s petition claiming his trial counsel was ineffective in failing to pursue and present evidence supporting a theory that a pizza delivery person was the real shooter in the case. Heichel was convicted on the murder and conspiracy charges after he was hired in 2012 by his lover, Miranda Boob, as a hitman to kill her husband. The commonwealth submitted evidence that the plot was to kill the husband so Boob and Heichel could start a new life together. On Aug. 23, 2009, at the behest of Boob, Heichel lay in wait in Boob’s garage and shot Samuel Boob at close range. He was sentenced to life in prison on March 22, 2011. Heichel’s direct appeal was confirmed, and on Oct. 2, 2012, the state Supreme Court denied review of the case. In March 2013, Heichel filed his last state appeal, the Post-Conviction Relief Act. After a hearing and the commonwealth’s request to dismiss the PCRA, the PCRA court denied the document and Heichel appealed again. The PCRA court found Heichel had not proved that pursing the theory the pizza delivery person had killed Samuel Boob “would have been successful or even reasonable.” The Superior Court further held that, “He has presented no evidence that trial counsel should have presented evi-
dence regarding (the pizza delivery person).” Centre County District Attorney Stacy Parks Miller said, “This is the last stage of state court appeals for Ron Heichel. May Sam Boob and his family finally rest in peace.”
INMATE FOUND GUILTY OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT FOR SPITTING INCIDENT
A 25-year-old inmate at SCI Benner Township was found guilty on an aggravated assault by a prisoner charge on Aug. 30. The trial was held before Judge Thomas Kistler. According to the Centre County District Attorney’s Office, charges were filed against Jahrell Sibilly following the incident, which occurred Feb. 12. The evidence revealed that during an escort of Sibilly, he became aggressive, confrontational and began threatening corrections officers. Police said he began making “hocking” sounds and threatened to spit on officers. Police said he resisted entering his cell, and the officers proceeded to place the defendant on the ground to gain control of the situation. While doing this, Sibilly looked at an officer and spit in his face, striking him in his eye and mouth with his spit. Sibilly will be sentenced Tuesday, Nov. 15.
STATE COLLEGE MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY ON FORGERY, THEFT CHARGES
Kaniel Linton, 28, was found not guilty by a jury Aug. 26 of forgery, theft and receiving stolen property. Judge Katherine Oliver found Linton guilty of one count of driving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked, a summary offense. Linton was ordered to pay a fine of $200, plus court fees and costs.
Car seat safety checks scheduled BELLEFONTE — The Pennsylvania State Police, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Traffic Injury Prevention Project, will conduct a car seat safety check from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 24, at Mount Nittany Pediatric Group, 129 Medical Park Lane, Bellefonte. The event coincides with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s “Click-It or Ticket” campaign.
The check is free and open to the public for anyone who transports children in a vehicle and would like to have their car seats checked for proper installation. Vehicle crashes are one of the leading causes of death, with most fatalities being attributed to unbelted motorists.
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■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Universal Community Behavioral Health to provide outpatient, mental health crisis intervention and emergency services. The contract total is $395,000. ■ Approved a contract addendum between the county and Centre County Youth Service Bureau to allow for additional money to provide funding for prevention services that otherwise would not be funded in the amount of $83,289.
In other business, the commissioners: ■ Approved a contract between the county and Fullington Trailways for a trip to Hollywood Casino on Thursday, Oct. 13. The trip will be paid for by the participants. ■ Approved a contract renewal between the county and Stenograph to provide service support for two court reporter machines. The contract total is $738.
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STATE COLLEGE — One of Egypt’s top performers, Vanessa of Cairo, is making a few stops during her U.S. tour this summer, and State College is on her itinerary. Vanessa will perform at Webster’s Bookstore Cafe, 133 E. Beaver Ave., at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10. She will be headlining the Middle Eastern Dance Showcase, which will feature dancers from across the East Coast. The family-friendly show will highlight the classic and folkloric dances of Egypt. During her visit to State College, Vanessa also will teach a series of Egyptian dance workshops at Movement Arts Studio. “In today’s political and social climate, it’s easy to overlook the huge importance that the arts have for society,” said Vanessa. “The arts can bring joy and reach the hearts of many. It is a beautiful thing. It is a common ground to love, to move, to feel important and to be inspired. “It is such an honor for me to have
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Scenario 2B makes Radio Park and Easterly Parkway the district’s largest elementary schools. The estimated project cost is $38.27 million. ■ There’s also scenario 3, which does not involve closing Corl Street. There would be one classroom per grade added to Corl Street, giving it a total of three. Houserville and Radio Park retain three classrooms per grade, keeping them similar in size to most of the district’s elementary schools. Scenario 3 keeps all elementary schools comparable in size and each building would have a capacity of 437 students. However, the cost of the project is $45.39 million. The board is also considering two additional scenarios — six buildings with four classrooms per grade and five buildings with five classrooms per grade — but those scenarios are strictly for informational and cost analysis purposes only. “We have three attendance areas and four schools involved in the consideration. We’re looking at those three attendance areas because the schools that serve those attendance areas are our most out of date facilities,” O’Donnell said. With the massive cost of the high school project, O’Donnell said that he’s pleased that the district is in a position to talk about updating the elementary schools. “We feel pretty fortunate to be here because in 2011, I don’t think any of us thought we’d be at the point where we’d have the ability to update some of these really old elementary schools. So here we are,” he said. Ultimately, he said, the elementary school decision will made by the school board. “The decision lies with the board,” he said. “They’ve been open to community thinking all along.” With that in mind, there will be a pair of public forums to discuss the elementary school plan. The next one will take place at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 19, at the Mount Nittany Middle School. The second will occur at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 17, also at Mount Nittany Middle School. “People can ask questions, people can get a sense of understanding. Obviously, there are different beliefs around, such as school size and how that impacts the community,” O’Donnell said. According to O’Donnell, the board will begin the “down-select” process until they decide on one option. The ultimate decision, he said, will likely be made sometime on or before Monday, Nov. 14. “That time frame,” O’Donnell said, “allows us to stay on course.” More information about the planning is available at www.scasd.org/elementaryplan.
Both Salter and Lundin are part of a very active community group known as “Save Corl Street,” a group trying to keep Corl Street Elementary School in the neighborhood. “We have created and distributed street signs, we maintain a presence at school board meetings, and we have a website and Facebook group we use to keep the community involved,” said Salter. “Personally, I talk to almost everyone I encounter about this issue. I had a long conversation with my hygienist at the dentist’s office about it last week.” Lundin said the group is working to actively understand the school board’s concerns and work to find solutions that do not involve the closure of Corl Street. “For example, the board is concerned about increased charter school enrollment and requested insight into reasons that people choose charter schools,” Lundin said. “From talking to charter school parents, one of the most attractive aspects of charter schools is the intimacy and smallschool feel. Renovating Corl Street would ensure that the ‘regular’ public schools maintain that benefit ... a balanced approach where schools are modestly sized addresses both cost efficiency and the broader needs of the community.” Should the recommendation to close Corl Street Elementary School pass, Salter and Lundin said it would have a definite and immediate impact on the lifestyles of their families; however, both said the issue would reach much further. “I hope that the district continues to solicit feedback, but more importantly, I hope they recognize that this decision is about much more than just one school,” said Lundin. “Closing Corl would affect our entire district. It would necessitate significant enlargement of other schools in the near term and it would lay the foundation for additional enlargements down the road. “At the same time, it would hollow out our town center, lessening its appeal for non-student residents and pushing future development and growth to the edges of the district,” she continued. “Whatever you think about school size or facilities, that is not good city planning policy and would not be good for the Centre region as a whole.” “If the school is closed, I would lose the connection with my neighbors and community that I get from walking 2 miles back and forth every day to take my kids to and from school,” said Salter. “On that walk, I meet people whose kids have long since graduated from elementary school and stop to chat with parents whose kids are still too young for kindergarten. As a newcomer to the town who is still working to find my place in the community, these interactions are very valuable to me.” Salter said the board should renovate the school into a 2.5- or three-unit school, meaning the school has three classrooms per grade. “This would allow room for the district to grow and would keep all the schools in State College between three and four units,” she said. This allows all the students in State College
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PARENTS HAVE organized a “Save Corl Street” movement online. Yard signs have been popping up throughout State College.
and surrounding townships to continue to attend schools that are small enough for them to be noticed and known by their teachers and classmates, and allows State College parents to have schools that are close enough and small enough for them to easily be involved in their childrens’ schooling.” Salter said the closure of Corl Street could affect who chooses to move to town and where young families choose to live. “By choosing to renovate Corl, the school board would be promoting walkable urban development and fighting sprawl,” she said. “Futhermore, several of the school board’s proposed scenarios would result in almost 700 students at Radio Park, making that school the largest in the district. Other scenarios have both Radio Park and Easterly Parkway increasing to more than 550. “Although almost no studies exist comparing schools of 700 to schools of 400, teachers I have spoken to tell me that smaller schools feel more like communities than larger schools.” As a firm decision on what the district will do, the Save Corl Street group believes it has already made an impact on the subject, and knows there’s more work to do. “I believe we have raised a number of important questions that the board is taking into consideration during this more recent round of proposals,” said Lundin. “Most importantly, I hope we’ve communicated that this is a conversation about more than just educational outcomes. It affects neighborhoods and our town as a whole.”
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Pursuant to the original joint resolutions, the proposed amendment was to be submitted to the electors of Pennsylvania at the General Primary to be held on April 26, 2016. However, on April 12, 2016, the General Assembly passed H.R. 783, a concurrent resolution that directed the Secretary of the Commonwealth to remove the proposed amendment from the General Primary ballot and to place the proposed amendment on the General Election ballot in November 2016. The Secretary of the Commonwealth, therefore, has once again caused the proposed amendment to be published here, in anticipation of the General Election. In accordance with the mandate of H.R. 783, the Secretary of the Commonwealth will submit the proposed amendment to the electors of Pennsylvania in the form of a ballot question at the General Election to be held on November 8, 2016. If a ballot question is approved by a majority of electors voting on it, the corresponding amendment becomes part of the Constitution. Those parts of the joint resolution that appear in BOLD PRINT are the words of the Constitution that are proposed by the General Assembly for addition or deletion. If an amendment were approved, the words UNDERLINED would be added to the Constitution and the words in BRACKETS (e.g., [Constitution]) would be deleted. The unbolded words would remain unchanged in the Constitution. Following the proposed amendment is the text of the question that will be placed on the ballot. Below the question is a “Plain English Statement” prepared by the Office of Attorney General, and published as required by law, indicating the purpose, limitations and effects of the ballot question upon the people of this Commonwealth. Anyone who needs help reading this advertisement or who needs the text of the proposed amendment in an alternative format may call or write the Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Commissions, Elections and Legislation, Room 210 North Office Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-5280, ra-BCEL@pa.gov. Pedro A. Cortés, Secretary of the Commonwealth ——————
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16(b) of Article V be amended to read: § 16. Compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of [70] 75 years. Former and retired justices, judges and justices of the peace shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. Except as provided by law, no salary, retirement benefit or other compensation, present or deferred, shall be paid to any justice, judge or justice of the peace who, under section 18 or under Article VI, is suspended, removed or barred from holding judicial office for conviction of a felony or misconduct in office or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section
1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly. —————— PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges, and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years? Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. Justices of the peace are currently referred to as magisterial district judges. If the ballot question were to be approved, justices, judges and magisterial district judges would be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years rather than the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. This amendment to the mandatory retirement age would be applicable to all judges and justices in the Commonwealth, including the justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, judges of the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, county courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal courts in the City of Philadelphia, and magisterial district judges. The ballot question is limited in that it would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution related to the qualification, election, tenure, or compensation of the justices, judges or magisterial district judges. The effect of the ballot question would be to allow all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to remain in office until the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. This would permit all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to serve an additional five years beyond the current required retirement age.
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Sandusky attorneys want judge to review records By GEOFF RUSHTON StateCollege.com
BELLEFONTE — After raising questions about repressed memory therapy, attorneys for Jerry Sandusky asked a judge to review with a qualified expert the therapy notes of individuals who say they were sexually abused by him. In a brief filed with McKean County Senior Judge John Cleland, who is specially presiding in the case, attorneys Al Lindsay and Andrew Salemme. Cleland indicated after Sandusky’s Aug. 22 evidentiary hearing that “repressed memory issues warranted further exploration,” they wrote. Sandusky, who was convicted in 2012 on 45 counts related to child sexual abuse, is seeking a new trial under the Post Conviction Relief Act. He claims the ineffective counsel and government grand jury leaks should result in his conviction being overturned. One of the issues his attorneys have raised is that his trial lawyers did not question the concept of recovered memories, which is a controversial topic in the psychological field because of the lack of scientific evidence to distinguish repressed memories from false memories. “Mr. Sandusky has provided both trial record evidence and post-trial evidence, including statements from the Office of Attorney General itself, that confirm that recovered memories/repressed memories were at issue,” Lindsay and Salemme wrote. “Numerous accusers testified regarding therapy enabling them to recall abuse... The accusers delayed in coming forward and each changed their story, frequently attributing the change to therapy enabling the to better remember the events.” They note that members of the prosecution team from Sandusky’s trial testified last month that they did not believe a man who identified himself as Victim 2 in part because of his changing story. Lindsay and Salemme also say that man was represented in civil action by attorney Andrew Shubin, who represented three other men “whom evidence shows that recovered
memory and repressed memory therapy were in play.” Lindsay and Salemme cite a court ruling which they say interprets existing law to allow in camera review of mental therapy records. Specifically, they want Cleland and an expert to look at the notes of psychologist Michael Gillum, who treated Aaron Fisher, the man who has publicly identified himself as Victim 1. Gillum and Fisher wrote a book together in which Gillum “discussed the importance of Mr. Fisher’s therapy in his revealing allegations of sexual abuse.” They also requested the judge review the notes of the therapist for one of several other victims who testified at Sandusky’s trial that through therapy they were able to recall memories of abuse that they had blocked out. In a separate filing, Sandusky’s attorneys said the grand jury presentment issued in 2011 should be quashed and resulting charges against him dismissed because of alleged leaks of grand jury information, an issue that was addressed during evidentiary hearings in August. They claim that for nearly two years after Fisher’s allegation was turned over to the Office of the Attorney General, investigators had failed to find any other victims. They say former Harrisburg Patriot-News reporter Sara Ganim’s March 2011 story with information from the grand investigation led to others coming forward and contend that the state was responsible for leaking information to Ganim. Prior to that, the attorneys say, the only other allegation was the report by former Penn State assistant coach Mike McQueary of seeing Sandusky abusing a boy in a locker room shower. Victim 2 was not identified at trial. A state investigator’s report showed that Ganim had directly contacted the mother of a potential victim and provided contact information for an agent who would be interested in speaking to her. No investigation was made into who the agent was, Sandusky’s attorneys wrote. Prosecutors in the case testified last month that they were concerned about grand jury leaks follow-
ing Ganim’s articles and set up an internal sting operation that did not yield any results. The original grand jury presentment against Sandusky also “was improperly leaked and placed online.” Then-Attorney General Linda Kelly ordered an investigation which was ultimately turned over to the Judicial Conduct Board on the belief that someone in the office of the district judge where it was filed had been responsible. Two victims came forward after seeing the original presentment. “Mr. Sandusky’s right to an impartial grand jury proceeding was unquestionably prejudiced because the government,in violation of grand jury secrecy laws, provided information to the media,” Lindsay and Salemme wrote. They argued that convictions on charges related to Victims 3 through 10 should be thrown out because they came after the media reports on the grand jury investigation. A new trial should be granted for the charges related to Victim 1 and Victim 2, they say, because “it is impossible to delineate how the prejudicial impact of the improperly admitted evidence bled through and bolstered the case as to those accusers. Prosecutors testified last month that the leaks could have come from individuals Suicide, from page 1 “As an artist, I also have an interest in making work that depicts data in a new way, which might stir conversation, reflection and action on the chosen topic. So when Marisa connected with me regarding the Jana Marie Foundation, I did a bit of research for some statistics related to suicide,” Snyder said. The numbers were staggering. “I was shocked to find the statistic for PA is that one person dies by suicide every five hours. With a bit of calculation just to see the potential of human loss for the month of September, it wound up being 144,” he explained. Vicere and Snyder knew this could be
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ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING Jerry Sandusky asked a judge to review the therapy notes of individuals who say they were sexually abused by Sandusky.
who were interviewed by investigators or who testified to the grand jury. an effective way to share the truth. “My hope is that this conversation would be brought to light, that love and purpose would abound, and that we could squelch that statistic. If I could help that happen, I’ll do my part. Let’s save 144,” said Snyder. When talking about key measures to take in order to help prevent suicide Vicere feels the community can play a major role. “It’s important for the community at large to look out for each other and recognize when something seems off and just ask, and let them know that we care,” Vicere explained. Vicere also wants the public to be aware of the National Suicide Hotline which is always open at (800) 237-TALK.
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The Oaks at Pleasant Gap plans expansion PLEASANT GAP — Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries recently announced that a groundbreaking ceremony was held on Aug. 31 on a cottage expansion project at The Oaks at Pleasant Gap. The expansion will add an additional cul-de-sac of cottages to the current Village Cottages community at The Oaks. The residences will feature 10 duplexes and eight single independent houses for persons 55 and over. The single cottages will be 1,850 square feet plus garage. The duplex cottages will be 1,500 square feet plus garage. This state-of-the-art homes will have three bedrooms, two baths, living room, dining room, kitchen, laundry area and a two-car garage. The expansion is expected to continue through late winter of 2017. The program expansion is a result of an increasing demand for independent living senior cottages. Dr. Patricia Savage, ALSM’s president and CEO, shared, “We are pleased to have the opportunity to serve the housing needs of persons over 55
COMFORT SUITES of State College, 132 Village Drive, recently celebrated National Waffle Day by inviting local first responders to a waffle brunch. The event was one of hundreds of similar Comfort brand waffle celebrations that took place between Aug. 17 and 24. Pictured, front row, from left, are Jayme Johnson, Comfort Suites employee; Nicki Wertz, Comfort Suites assistant general manager; Fenil Patel, Comfort Suites employee; and airline pilot Ramiro Cabrera. Back row, from left, are Lisa Ripka, Comfort Suites general manager; airline pilot Chris Henard; and Scott “Woody” Woodring, of Centre LifeLink.
who are seeking a secure environment in which to live. It is the desire of ALSM as we also expand our Medicare certified home health program to enable persons to live in place as they age.” The cottage community at Oaks at Pleasant Gap was designed to support the wish of many older adults to remain living in their own home. ALSM provides a full continuum of care to residents. The spacious, environmentally friendly cottages are designed to support independence at home. ALSM is beginning to offer in-home skilled nursing and rehabilitation therapies in Centre County. These services will assist individuals in remaining in their homes. ALSM’s in-home continuum of care services will also be available to residents of Centre County who do not reside in the cottage community. The Oaks at Pleasant Gap is accepting reservations for the cottage expansion. For more information contact Nichole Walker, administrator of The Oaks, at (814) 359-2782.
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A GROUNDBREAKING ceremony was recently held at The Oaks at Pleasant Gap. Pictured, from left, are Rev. Michael Rhyne, Bishop Allegheny Synod, ELCA; Nichole Walker, administrator of The Oaks at Pleasant Gap; Helen Brenneman, board chair of Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries Board of Trustees; Dr. Patricia Savage, president and CEO of Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries; Bill McMath, Spring Township manager; Centre County commissioner Steve Dershem; Centre County commissioner Michael Pipe; and Mark Long on behalf of Representative Kerry Benninghoff’s office.
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Please Join Us in Welcoming Adam Bloom, M.D. The Medical Staff at The Meadows/ Universal Community Behavioral Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam Bloom, M.D., Psychiatrist. Dr. Bloom will provide treatment to individuals at The Meadows Psychiatric Center. Dr. Bloom received his education at Penn State, Erie and Ross University School of Medicine. He completed his residency at West Penn Allegheny Health System in Pittsburgh. He has completed fellowships in both Forensic and Child/Adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Bloom is looking forward to connecting with the community as he was born and raised in Pennsylvania. He is also looking forward to working with the individuals and their families. He believes that “in order to treat the patient most effectively, we must incorporate those pieces of their social life and their family into the treatment plan. Communication is key. Getting supports involved from the start can help facilitate compliance and overall patient satisfaction.
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Postcard not a scam STATE COLLEGE — Pennsylvania residents who received a postcard with information about a possible settlement reward from a $20 million class fund should know that it is not a scam, according to state Rep. Mike Hanna. Hanna, who represents parts of Centre and Clinton counties, said the postcard is being mailed to residents by Stern & Eisenberg PC and Kramer & Kramer LLP and is related to the litigation Muscarella v. Commonwealth. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court on Aug. 2 approved a settlement in which Pennsylvania created a $20 million class fund to pay real estate tax rebates to the estates of certain deceased Pennsylvania homeowners under the Senior Citizens Property Tax and Rent Rebate Assistance Act. Estates can claim rebates from the fund if the individual died in between 2004 and 2009, paid their real estate property taxes in the year of death and received a property tax rebate in the year before death. Information on how to file a claim can be found at www.parebatesettlement.com.
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Apple bitten by tax payback By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette A levy by the European Commission of $14.3 billion plus interest in Irish taxes on the ostensibly U.S. firm Apple called attention to the loaded question of to whom — if anyone — do large internationally operating firms pay taxes? In the case of Apple, the claim is that it owes this amount in taxes for the period 2003-2014 to Ireland, to which, under deals negotiated in 1991 and 2007, its shadow office in Ireland paid taxes at a rate of 0.0005 percent in 2014, for example. Apple’s profits in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India were thus, in principle, taxed in Ireland at close to a zero rate. Apple’s “head office” in Ireland has no premises and no employees. Ireland offers firms like Apple deals like that to attract investment. Ireland apparently plans to appeal the commission’s decision at the Court of Justice of the European Union, calling it wrong and not wishing to jeopardize other such deals it has or seeks with offshore companies. The commission calls the Ireland-Apple relationship, based on the tax benefit, “illegal state aid,” disadvantaging Apple’s competition. Other theoretically American companies, including Amazon, McDonald’s, Mylan and Starbucks, have advantageous deals with other EU countries, such as Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Apple computer owners shouldn’t worry. The $14.3 billion tax bill won’t break the bank. Apple’s reserves are $120 billion. In an election year in which economic inequality is a central issue, the question of to whom major companies pay taxes is of great interest. Put that question alongside the one of why Washington has not achieved tax reform at a time when the flight of American jobs overseas has impoverished the country’s middle class while its very rich have become even richer, and the Apple in Ireland matter becomes of much more than passing interest.
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Catching up with familiar names Adrienne was equally as celebratSeven-year-old Gianna is 11 inched as a high school athlete before es taller than the average for her age. joining the Lady Lion team. She was She plays volleyball and flag footthe leading scorer in the state of Inball. Last year, she told her parents diana her senior year. After limited she wanted to try the Punt Pass and playing time her freshman Kick competition that was year at Penn State, Adriadvertised in their comenne was presented with munity. Her parents have the Robin Lombard Award been amazed at how she as the “spirit of the Lady can throw but weren’t sure Lions” her sophomore about her kicking ability. year. Adrienne still holds After winning the local comthe national free throw petition, she took first place season percentage record at both sectionals and refor the NCAA. gionals. She ended up havThey met their first seing an amazing kicking day mester at Penn State. “My at the state finals at Lucas roommate was hanging Oil Stadium (home of the out with one of Anthony’s Indianapolis Colts) but her teammates,” said Adripass was 2 inches short of enne. “We would all hang the winning throw. At only 6 out in the ‘Mix’ at Pollock years old, Gianna took sec- Patty Kleban, commons at night after ond place in the state for her who writes for study hall. It would be, like, age group. StateCollege.com, 10:00 and all of the athletes Gianna’s last name is is an instructor would be over there.” She Morelli. She is the daugh- at Penn State, laughed as she said, “Now ter of former Penn State mother of three we are in bed by 10:00.” quarterback Anthony Mo- and a community volunteer. She is a They dated throughout relli and Adrienne (Squire) Penn State alumna college and were engaged Morelli, former Penn State who lives with her before graduation. Adriwomen’s basketball player. family in Patton enne completed her degree I met Anthony and Adri- Township. Her in 3½ years by taking classenne more than a decade views and opinions es every summer. She gradago when they were stu- do not necessarily dents in a class I taught in reflect those of Penn uated after an internship in conferences and event the Recreation, Park and State. planning with the Penn Tourism Management Stater. They were married in 2008, program. Both were students in the three weeks before the NFL draft. major. I remember that they came Anthony wasn’t drafted but was into class the first day that semester, offered opportunities as a free agent in a classroom in Borland Lab, carwith several NFL teams. They chose rying coffees from the Creamery next to go to Arizona. That try with the door. They sat in the front row, acNFL and attempts with both the UFL tively engaged with me and with their and Arena League football didn’t peers, and seemed oblivious to their work out, so they opted to relocate campus celebrity status. to Indiana to be near Adrienne’s famI have stayed in contact with the ily. In that time, Anthony finished his Morellis since they left Penn State. undergraduate degree and earned a Anthony Morelli was one of the master’s degree from California Unitop recruited high school quarterversity of Pennsylvania in Exercise backs and likely the most celebrated Science and Health Promotion. athlete to come out of Penn Hills High “I always wanted to be a strength School near Pittsburgh. After a tough coach for a university football pro2003 season for the Nittany Lions that gram” said Anthony. “We had made saw only three wins, the team ended the decision to stay in Indiana so I up third in the nation and co-Big Ten was looking for options.” champions with a record of 11-1 in “We were partners in another just two years. Anthony, who was the RPTM class and we had to come up starting quarterback during his junior with a business plan,” said Adrienne. and senior seasons, is still listed at “Our plan for the assignment was to No. 6 and No. 8 in the top 10 season open a fitness center. We dusted that high passing records at Penn State.
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off and used many of the pieces from that old plan.” In 2011, the Morellis opened X-Factor Sports Performance and QB Academy in Westfield, Ind.. Adrienne manages the books and plans special events from home while Anthony manages the operations on site. After opening at their first location, the Morellis have moved the business twice to increase both the size of the facility and the services they provide. They offer weight training and speed and agility training for teens as well as personal training for adults. Anthony is also working with approximately 30 high school quarterbacks from all over the region. Adrienne posts pictures of their family attending high school football games in the area to watch the quarterbacks that Anthony trains. The Morellis live in Westfield, Ind., with their three children — Gianna (7), Briley (5) and Max (3). Briley loves soccer and is “our girly-girl” according to Adrienne. Max is “all boy” and likes to help out at the gym and go fishing with his dad. It’s a sign that I am getting old when my former students are running businesses and having babies. Their time at Penn State was not without controversy. Adrienne quit the Lady Lions before Christmas her junior year, despite her success, in response to the climate surrounding the discrimination allegations around Coach Rene Portland. As is often true with quarterbacks, Anthony sometimes took the brunt of criticism from frustrated fans and the press when the team was unsuccessful. The questions that all Penn Staters faced in the wake of the Sandusky scandal were particularly rough for former athletes. Despite the rough spots, they look back on their time at Penn State with fondness. “We learned a lot” said Anthony. “When we built our business, we had the confidence to say if we build it they will come. It’s worked out really well so far.” “Those coaches taught me a lot about life. I wouldn’t change any decisions that I made” said Adrienne. “Sports taught us that you have to work hard to get what you want in life. It prepared us for this crazy roller coaster of life.”
Chaos in Venezuela calls for new leader By the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Demonstrations of hundreds of thousands of people fill the streets of Venezuelan cities. One watches the events like a traveler eyeing a suspicious-looking bag on a railway platform — waiting for it to blow up. The charismatic President Hugo Chavez died in 2013, succeeded by the notably inadequate Nicolas Maduro. Since then, Venezuela — a theoretically oil-rich country of 32 million — has been horribly plagued by a range of problems. These include corruption, a bloated civil service and military, and impossibly high rates of inflation. As shortages of essential staple products, including food, continue, the crime rate has skyrocketed. The misery of the Venezuelan peo-
ple, confronted with the difference between the country’s wealth and the sharp contrast to the standard of living of its elite, has brought its political situation to a crisis point. Some, in white shirts, insist on Maduro’s resignation. Others, in red shirts, support him as the heir of the party of the late Chavez. The problems plaguing Venezuelans started during the rule of Chavez, president from 1998 until his 2013 death. His rule was interrupted briefly in 2002 by a failed coup d’etat, which the administration of President George W. Bush appeared to support, leaving a bad legacy in U.S.-Venezuelan relations. America’s relations with Venezuela are based fundamentally in trade. The United States is Venezuela’s biggest client and supplier, amounting to about $44 billion a year.
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HEALTH & WELLNESS
Car seat safety a priority for new parents KRISTIE KAUFMAN
Having a baby is an incredible experience, but you’ll find there are many new decisions you must make as a parent. One of those important decisions is the type of car seat you’ll use for your little one. The type of car seat you choose should be based on your child’s age and size. There also are seats that are considered all-in-one, which can change from rear-facing to forwardfacing and convert into a booster seat when appropriate. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf recently signed into law new legislation that states a child under age 2 must be securely fastened in a rear-facing child Dr. Kristie Kaufman passenger restraint system, “which is has been a to be used until the child outgrows pediatrician with the maximum weight and limits desMount Nittany ignated by the manufacturer.” Physician Group for As your child grows, a forward-fac12 years and serves ing car seat with a harness and tether as one of three can be used for children through age pediatricians with the Centre County 7. When your child reaches the top Children’s Advocacy height or weight limit based on the Center. seat’s manufacturer, a booster seat can then be used. Children are usually ready for a booster seat between the ages of four and seven, depending on their size. To maximize safety, your child should be kept in a car
seat for as long as possible, as long as he or she fits within the height and weight requirements provided by the seat’s manufacturer. When your child can fit into a seat belt properly, make sure that the lap portion of the belt lies snugly across the hips/upper thighs, not the stomach. The shoulder belt should lie across the shoulder, and not the neck. Through age 12, your child should be kept in the back seat, even if using a seat belt. The back of the car is the safest place for your child. For parents who choose to purchase a used car seat, there are a few points to keep in mind: ■ The seat should have the manufacturer label and model number still intact. Knowing this information will allow you to find out if there is a recall on the car seat. ■ The seat should not have been involved in any type of crash, as the seat’s safety and reliability could be compromised. ■ The seat should have all of its parts. ■ The seat should have its instruction booklet. If the booklet is missing but the seat is still in good condition, you may be able to order a replacement booklet from the manufacturer. ■ The seat should have no recalls. If there is a recall on the seat but the seat is still in good condition, contact the manufacturer, as the issue may be fixable. After choosing the best type of car seat for your child’s needs, it’s essential that the seat be installed correctly in your vehicle. To begin, read your vehicle owner’s manual about installing a car seat, and also read the car seat’s instruction manual. Once you’ve read the instructions, place the car seat in
the back of your vehicle and make sure it’s secured tightly. It should not move more than 1 inch (either side-to-side or front-to-back) when pulled. In rear-facing car seats, make sure that you’re following the correct reclining angle. If it’s forward-facing, make sure you anchor and tighten the tether strap, so head movement is limited if a crash occurs. Lastly, once the seat is installed properly, take some time to fit your child into the seat. Remember that it might take you a few tries to get the routine down. ■ First, properly position the harness on your child. In a rear-facing seat, the harness straps should not be twisted, and should be placed through the slot located below your child’s shoulders. Make sure the straps lie flat. ■ In a forward-facing seat, place the harness straps through the slot near your child’s shoulders, and make sure the straps are not twisted. ■ Then, buckle the harness and chest clip, and tighten snugly. Make sure the chest clip sits at armpit level. There are numerous types of car seats available that will fit you and your child’s needs. If you are unsure about which to choose, or which option will fit your child based on his or her height and weight, visit www.safercar.gov and use their interactive “find a car seat” app. If you are ever unsure about whether the car seat is installed correctly, or if you want to make sure your child is properly secured, many local organizations offer free car seat safety checks. At Mount Nittany Physician Group Pediatrics in Boalsburg, free car seat safety checks are offered four days a week from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. To make an appointment, call (814) 466-7921.
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Studying in China provides rich student experiences By ANDREW KLEIT Special to the Gazette
UNIVERSITY PARK — Getting a summer internship is a great way to gain real-world work experience. Securing an internship with the largest petroleum company in China would be even better. And that is what Penn State students got the chance to do this summer through Penn State’s Energy Business and Finance program. Through internships with Dalian Petrochemical, a subsidiary of PetroChina — China’s biggest oil and gas producer — Penn State students had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the petrochemical industry. Located in the port city of Dalian in Liaoning Province on China’s northeast Pacific coast, Dalian Petrochemical is one of PetroChina’s main refineries. As part of the internship, each student was paired with a mentor from Dalian Petrochemical and given a specific project to work on. Taylor Clayton, a junior in EBF, was assigned the task of evaluating the impact of PetroChina meeting U.S. regulatory requirements, using the company’s internal capital cost estimator. “This internship gave me the chance to put into practice what I have learned from my studies in the EBF program,” said Clayton. “The PetroChina internship has opened my eyes to the inner workings of a petroleum company. This internship provides a valuable set of experiences for anybody participating in it. I also had a great opportunity to learn from my PetroChina mentor.” The internships are part of a summer study abroad program offered by the EBF program in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences’ John and Willie Leone Family Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering. EBF partnered with the Dalian University of Technology to produce the six-week study abroad program focusing on how China is dealing with the energy and environmental challenges caused by the growth of the Chinese economy. This is the third consecutive summer that the EBF study abroad program took students to DUT and this summer’s cohort of six students indicated they had a great time in China. “Everyone was so nice — from the DUT staff, to the DUT faculty, to the DUT students and all the people we met during our travels,” said Nur Hafid Mohadi, a senior in EBF. “This has been a truly wonderful experience.”
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Students took two challenging three-credit classes at DUT: Chinese economic history and Chinese environmental policy, taught by DUT resident faculty. “I usually don’t find history interesting,” said Yubaihe
Zhou, who is majoring in statistics. “But since 1949, with the cultural revolution and the market reformation, the course of China’s economy has been fascinating.” In discussing China’s tradeoff between economic growth and protecting the environment, Xiangzun Leo Wang, a sophomore in chemistry, said that “it looks like China is really trying to deal with its environmental challenges.” Students also were able to take classes in Chinese calligraphy, cooking and martial arts. “It was so much fun to see how beautiful calligraphy can be,” said Fatin Nor Azizi, a senior in anthropology. Chance to experience China’s culture Students in the Penn State program also had the opportunity to visit other parts of China. In May, they visited Shenyang, the provincial capital and largest city of Liaoning Province, which is a three-hour bullet train ride north of Dalian. There, they toured Mukden Palace, the imperial palace of the early Qing dynasty and a designated UNESCO World Heritage site. The Mukden Palace is the site of the original Forbidden City, predating the Forbidden City in Beijing by 20 years. In June, Andrew Kleit, professor of energy and environmental economics and director of EBF’s Energy Land Management option, joined the Penn State students and Du Lao Ban, study abroad coordinator at DUT, on the visit to Chengdu in southwest China. Out of many cities in China, the students chose to visit Chengdu because there are two significant sights to see in the area. The first is the Grand Buddha of Leshan, another UNESCO World Heritage site, and the second is the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. The Grand Buddha of Leshan is a 233-foot tall stone statue completed in the year 830. It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers. It is the largest stone Buddha in the world and it is the tallest pre-modern statue in the world. “This place is truly amazing,” said Yiyi Chen, a junior in EBF. “It helps me to understand who the Buddha was.” Kleit, who in 2015 was appointed a “Hai-Tian” (SeaSky) Scholar by DUT in recognition of his contributions in the areas of energy and environmental economics, said, “Probably the best part for me was when I overcame my dislike of water-borne craft and hopped in a speedboat with the Penn State group. With the wind blowing through my scalp, we dashed up the river right up to the base of the Buddha. The students then let me be part of their group selfie, a first for me.” The students also got a chance to visit the world’s largest collection of pandas at the Chengdu Panda Base, whose stated goals are the “preservation of endangered wild-
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STUDENTS TRAVELED to China and studied at the Dalian University of Technology though one of the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences summer study abroad programs. Pictured, from left, are Taylor Clayton, Xiangxun Leo Wang, Fatin Nor Azizi, Nur Hafid Mohadi, Yiyi Chen and Yubaihe Zhou with a Ming dynasty character in front of Mukden Palace in Shenyang. life, integrating scientific research and breeding of giant pandas, conservation education, tourism education and panda cultural events.” “These animals are cute. I think I am spoiled for all other zoos,” Zhou said. Kleit said, “For me, the best part was my eyeball to eyeball standoff with a rare red panda. I suspect the panda won the contest.” About the EBF summer DUT study abroad program Summer 2014 marked the launch of the DUT study abroad program, which takes advantage of a strong collaborative relationship between Penn State and DUT that started in 2009. Due to DUT’s excellence in engineering and energy and environment research, Penn State has established close ties with DUT through the development of the Penn State and DUT Joint Center for Energy Research, which facilitates collaborative research ventures in technology and energy sciences and promotes the exchange of faculty and students. The Dalian summer program is open to all Penn State students. U.S. students are also eligible for a $600 living stipend from the Sino-American Humanities Exchange Program. For more information, visit http://www.eme. psu.edu/ebf/dalian online.
Students participate in poster contest BELLEFONTE — St. John the Evangelist Catholic School second- through fifth-grade students in Barbara Uadiski’s art class received hands-on experience designing posters to promote the school. Mark D. Dello Stritto, owner of Bellefonte-based advertising and design agency Loaded Creative, visited the classes and discussed graphic design and the techniques and approaches used to create poster artwork. The students participated in a presentation that reviewed different poster styles that highlighted recognizable musical acts, TV shows, causes, places and movies. After discussing the many creative methods to developing posters, the students were given a class assignment to write and design their own poster as part of a school-wide art class contest.
Dello Stritto judged the posters and winners were chosen from each grade. The winners each received an enlarged, laminated color print of their poster design. “Over the past few years, I’ve worked with the students in St. John’s art classes to discuss the different types of commercial and graphic art,” said Dello Stritto. “It’s always exciting to see their eyes light up each time they see advertising and design that promotes the things they’re into as kids — TV shows, movies, music, sports, toys. They see that what they’re learning in art class can be applied to graphic design and they now pay attention to the advertising they come across.” “The students are all very creative,” said Uadiski. “I was blown away by this year’s creativity and the thought process each of them took to arrive at their final piece.”
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STUDENTS AT St. John’s Catholic School in Bellefonte recently took part in a poster-designing contest aimed at promoting the school.
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SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2016
Family Matters
Form collaborative relationships with child’s school JESSICA DIRSMITH
Charlie Brown is a 10-year-old child who attends the Peanuts Elementary School. He lives at home with his mother, father, younger sister and dog. One day, Charlie brings home a paper that says he failed his history of the World War II flying ace exam. Feeling like her child was unfairly assessed and wasn’t able to demonstrate Jessica Dirsmith is his knowledge on this a certified school test, his mother calls psychologist. She the school, asking practices in the to speak with both State College Area Charlie’s teacher, School District and Mrs. Lucy, and the also teaches at Penn principal, Mr. Pigpen. State. Following a somewhat difficult phone conversation with his teacher and principal, in which emotions
ran high on both ends, Charlie’s mother, Mrs. Brown, feels increasingly detached from her child’s school. She begins to stop coming in for open houses and conferences. This scenario outlines a potentially very harmful interaction between Charlie’s parent and school staff. Although the scenario did not provide a detailed description of the school’s reaction to an upset Mrs. Brown, it was noted that emotions were running high, which only caused the rift between home and school to widen. Interactions such as these can erode the relationships between a child’s home and school, undermining the overarching goal of both parents and school staff, which is the academic, behavioral and social success and competence of students. Since school is such an important facet of children’s lives, it is very important that parents and school staff work together in the best interest of the students. Many school systems throughout the country have incorporated home and school partnership initiatives as part of their missions or goals. Decades of research have yielded
similar results: When schools and families work together, students demonstrate improved outcomes. These outcomes include, but are not limited to, improved academic achievement, improved behavior, increased homework completion and improved school attendance for students. Additionally, educators report greater job satisfaction and more positive associations with parents and families when there is a sound home-school partnership in place. Not surprisingly, these benefits also extend to students from diverse cultural, ethnic, linguistic and socioeconomic backgrounds, as per the National Association of School Psychologists. Christina Yuan Kim, school counselor for the Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland, reports that one of the most important initiatives at her very culturally and linguistically diverse school is their home-school partnership. Yuan describes a culture night where families are invited to bring an ethnic dish that describes their culinary tradition from their family background or home country. In doing so, the school is bringing together students and their families from various backgrounds to share a meal and learn more about one another. Students and families are given a passport that is to be stamped when they visit a “country” or station that has cuisine rep-
resentative of that family’s heritage. The school learns more about its families, the families learn more about the school and the children benefit tremendously from these two systems connecting with one another in a way that they may not have had without this event. According to NASP, additional strategies to boost positive relationships between home and school that have proven efficacy includes frequent, positive, bidirectional communication. Parents and schools can also work together to establish mutual goals for students and engage in shared decision-making with a focus on outcomes and solutions. For example, Charlie Brown’s parent and teachers could sit down to discuss their mutual desire for Charlie to fare well on exams and talk about strategies for home and school to help make these goals attainable. And, finally, parents and schools can work together in a structured problemsolving, goal-oriented, fashion that focuses on the solutions and not solely just “admiring” or complaining about the problem. There are many benefits to building strong partnerships with your child’s teacher and school. Decades of research have revealed that in order to maximize a child’s academic, emotional and social potential, it is imperative that schools and parents work together.
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Make your home a place of interactive learning As kids are getting into back-to-school mode, it’s a great time to get little ones ready for the year ahead. And while they’re busy learning their ABCs and 123s in the classroom, it’s important to keep them exploring, discovering and engaged at home as well.
CREATIVE SPACES
Children are naturally creative if given the time and space to design. Inspire kids to express themselves freely and creatively by dedicating spaces in your home to open-ended play. Parents can encourage discovery and fun by placing books, musical instruments and arts and crafts supplies at children’s eye level, while the availability of dress-up clothes and role-play items can inspire imaginative play.
INTERACTIVE TOYS
Interactive toys are another great way for kids to explore and discover at home. “Research shows that early interactions with language, letters, vocabulary and reading are the basic building blocks of literacy and language development,” says Dr. Deborah Libby, early childhood
language and reading expert and an expert panel member at VTech. “(Toys such as) the VTech Touch & Learn Activity Desk Deluxe offer a variety of engaging content that introduces important developmental concepts at an early age.”
PLAY TIME While social skills will be enhanced in preschool and other out-of-the-house settings, you can continue this important development at home. Set up regular playdates with other children. Spend time with young children conversing, reading and playing. Make sure games include physical activity and time spent outdoors. Encourage kids to explore plants, flowers and local wildlife in your own backyard. The benefits of both exercise and connection with the natural world are extensive. Parents can foster future success in school and beyond by taking a few important steps at home. Early childhood opportunities for growth, development and discovery are crucial. With a little thought and planning, they can also be fun. — Content courtesy StatePoint.net
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Crickfest draws crowds to Coburn Park By SAM STITZER
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COBURN — The Penns Valley Conservation Association hosted its 14th annual Crickfest in Coburn Park on Sept. 4. The name of the event, derived from “crick,” a slang term for creek, is appropriate — Elk Creek and Pine Creek both flow into Penns Creek at Coburn. The PVCA fundraising event celebrates conservation of the environment and watershed, and attracts hundreds of citizens of Penns Valley and the surrounding area each year. PVCA board member George Kelly said he believed this year’s attendance was the largest in the event’s history, due in part to the perfect weather of the day. The PVCA serves as a steward of the Upper Penns Creek watershed and all its communities. The organization works to protect and conserve Penns Valley’s waters, farmlands and forests by organizing and supporting activities that promote healthy natural systems and aid local economies. Crickfest features live music, prepared local foods, a petting zoo and many fun and educational activities for the whole family. Several nonprofit conservation-oriented groups had display booths set up to inform the public of their activities and goals. Profits from Crickfest help to finance the PVCA’s environmental education program in the Penns Valley Area School District, and several other projects. Rubber duck races are a very popular event at Crickfest. Entrants in this event purchased numbered yellow rubber ducks, which were released in a swift-flowing section of Penns Creek. Prizes were awarded to the first few ducks to cross the finish line, about 60 yards downstream. Spectators cheered as the ducks raced, riding the swift, midstream channel. Four heats were run hourly during the afternoon. New to Crickfest this year was zucchini boat races. Using spoons and knives, entrants carved boats from ripe zucchinis, much like the dugout canoes of ancient times. Bamboo skewers became masts to hold sails made from large leaves. Some used pieces of cucumbers as outriggers for stability, and some were painted and carried a cargo of flowers as they raced down Penns Creek to the finish line, eliciting cheers and applause from the crowd of watchers. A popular children’s activity at Crickfest is launching water rockets. The launch area had stations with a vertical piece of plastic water pipe with a rubber seal on the bot-
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THE 14TH ANNUAL Crickfest brought a large crowd of attendees to Coburn Park for food, music and fun family activities. tom. Each child filled a 2-liter soda bottle about a third full of water, then place it inverted on the pipe. The kids used tire pumps connected to the pipes to pump up the air pressure in the bottle, then pulled a string releasing the bottles, shooting them high into the air, spraying out a stream of water as they climbed. When the right balance of water and air pressure was achieved, the rockets often flew higher than the nearby trees. Members of the Penns Valley High School soccer team ran this event. In the park’s covered pavilion, a silent auction and a
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Kids compete in Grange Fair sand castle contest By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — The playground located beside the headquarters building on the Grange Fairgrounds has provided a safe and enjoyable place for children to play for many decades. On Aug. 23 and 24, the playground sandboxes were the site of sand castle building contests at the fair. The contest was conceived by fair committee member Eileen Cramer, who, along with other committee members, including Grange Fair secretary Art Reede, served as judges for the evening event. On the first night of the contest, a half dozen teenagers hit the sand, reliving their younger days of playing in the sand. They worked in teams of two, except for Judith Barbara, of State College, who worked alone on her dragon-shaped creation. The
teens were allowed to use only the buckets, shovels and sand molds provided to sculpt their castles. A large bucket of water was also provided for the builders to keep their sand moist and malleable. Prizes of food coupons from Yancy’s Pizza and Pasta in Centre Hall were awarded in categories of most unique, best Grange Fair theme and best overall. Builders were given one hour to complete their creations, finishing up in near darkness. Barbara’s dragon won in the most unique category, while Emma Kline and McKenzie Hanna, of Beech Creek, took the best Grange Fair theme award, and Tim and Deborah Neal, from Port Matilda, won the best overall prize. The next day, 12 teams of 5- to 12-yearolds competed, judged by Millheim artist Karl Leitzel. “This is a tough job,” said Leitzel. “They’re all so good.”
THE GRANGE FAIR sponsored two days of sand castle building for children and teens this year.
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Centre Hall church celebrates 75 years By SAM STITZER pennsvalley@centrecountygazette.com
CENTRE HALL — Calvary Bible Church, located near the top of Mount Nittany along Route 144 in Potter Township, celebrated its 75th anniversary Sept. 4 with a special service. The church originated as the Assembly of Believers in Christ on March 29, 1941, meeting in the Spring Mills home of John Wesley Gobble. In July 1941, the church purchased a former school building in Penn Hall. It had grown to 85 members during its first 10 years. In September 1953, the church moved to a newly constructed concrete block building on top of Centre Hall Mountain. The name of the church was changed to the Independent Church of Believers in Christ. In 1965, David K. Hertzler became the pastor, and served until his retirement in in 1987. Under his ministry, the church grew in attendance and a larger building was constructed in 1969. The church was again renamed in 1967, this time to Calvary Bible Church. During his tenure, Hertzler directed the addition of the AWANA club, a bus ministry, a prison ministry, formation of the Centre County Christian Academy and a radio ministry. Hertzler was followed by pastors David A. Annan, James D. Gray and Richard L. Gilbaugh. Gilbaugh, the current pastor, previously served the church as a youth
leader from 1982 to 1989 while employed as a teacher at the Centre County Christian Academy. Hertzler, Annan, Gray and Gilbaugh were present during the celebration service, and each spoke to the congregation, sharing memories of their times with the church. Gilbaugh opened the service, calling members to “look back and also look forward,” emphasizing the church’s mission of “showing to the generation to come.” Several church members also shared their memories of the church’s early times. Hallie Bair noted that the church building was originally fitted with used theater seats instead of pews. “You had to be careful when you stood up because the seats came up, too,” she said, drawing laughs from the large congregation. Fred Bechtol remembered those seats. “When we got those seats, we worked for days scraping gum off the bottoms,” he said. He also remembers helping build the church building in 1953. “I was 13 years old, and I helped mix concrete for the sloping floor,” he said. Marlene Saxion shared memories of her youth in the church, including church camp, singing in the choir and church picnics at Kishacoquillas Park in Burnham. “We had all the ice cream we could possibly eat,” she said. “It came in 5-gallon tubs packed in dry ice. We were eating ice cream all day long.” Saxion mentioned that she and her husband, Tom, were married in the church
Fly-fishing, from page 14 “Without the brave sacrifices of our military personnel, we would not be able to enjoy many freedoms, including the ability to hunt and fish,” said Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation executive director Vern Ross. “We take great pride in our military, as well as Pennsylvania’s outdoors heritage. This event recognizes both and is a great opportunity for two outstanding organizations to work together.” Sponsors and veterans are also scheduled to participate in fly fishing Sunday, Sept. 11, at HomeWaters. An exclusive dinner for sponsors and veterans will feature a presentation by Jay Stauffer on fishes of Pennsylvania. Charles “Sarge” Speakman will address attendees at Monday’s post-tournament ceremony. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing Inc. is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities, including education and outings. Since launching in 2005 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Project Healing Waters has grown into a nationwide organization aiding wounded veterans returning home. For more information, visit www.projecthealingwaters. org.
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CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH, in Potter Township, celebrated its 75th anniversary with a special service Sept. 4. 56 years ago, and that two of their three children and two granddaughters are still active in the church’s ministries. The service also included congregational hymns, choir songs, prayers and scripture readings. Following the service,
Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation was established to provide permanent private support for wildlife habitat enhancement, wildlife research and education, land preservation and for the establishment of a Wildlife Education and Research Center. The foundation celebrates the rich heritage of Pennsylvania wildlife, habitat, sportsmen and sportswomen. To date, Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation has raised and provided more than $2 million dollars on habitat improvements and educational programs throughout Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.wildlifeforeveryone. org.
a church picnic was held at Governors Park in Bellefonte. In his address, Gray summed up the 75th anniversary celebration. “History is important,” he said. “It helps us to look back and see God’s blessings in our lives.”
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The Avid Gardener: Gardens help in healing process “Nature is but another name for health.” — Henry David Thoreau
SPENDING TIME in a private zen garden can help reduce stress. leafy plants. Some symbolic elements are used. One is the dry mountain water, which is a void, a sea of emptiness, representing impermanence. It is comprised of sand or gravel and raked to represent water. Others are “islands” of rock that project from the “water.” These can be interpreted as individual thoughts or emotions that are disturbing the calm sea of the mind. Clean, clear water represents the mind, not contaminated by thoughts and emotions and reflecting a perfect image of everything around it, so it is often included in a water feature. The final design may include an area of raked sand with rocks as stelas; a traditional water feature made from a bamboo tube, pool or fountain; a bridge; a tea
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with the Ferguson Township Garden Club, and all agreed that it provides an appealing and calming space for patients and their families, staff and community. There are two other types of healing gardens. One type, a therapeutic garden, is used as an actual component of a treatment program like physical therapy, occupational therapy or horticulture therapy. It can be a part of a larger healing garden. The gardens of Centre Crest Nursing Home fulfill this purpose when residents use them for outdoor gardening sessions. The other type is a restorative garden, which can be public or private. Its main function is to provide an environment that is conducive to clearing the mind, reducing stress, aiding in emotional recovery and enhancing physical and mental energy. Can a restorative garden be created at home? While many would argue that any type of garden is healing, the Japanese Zen garden, also called a dry garden, is one that traditionally is thought to provide tranquility and harmony. The purpose is to make a miniature stylized landscape through carefully arranging a number of components. These may include rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and shrubs, as well as gravel or sand. Usually, a Zen garden is somewhat small and surrounded by a wall. Classical Zen gardens were made at the temples of Zen Buddhism in Kyoto, Japan, during the Muromachi Period. The idea was to imitate the essence of nature, not its actual look, and to help with meditation into the true meaning of life. When the monks first came to Japan from mainland China and Korea, the imperial classes rejected their austere approach; later, when the military took over, Zen Buddhism was accepted. Influences included Chinese paintings of rugged mountain peaks and waterfalls brought by the monks, as well as Taoism and aspects of Shinto, which was a form of nature worship and the prevailing religion in Japan. The idea is to generate an atmosphere of serenity. This is done by having empty space as an integral part of the design. The minimalist idea to keep in mind is “less is more.” There should be smooth, clean lines and no unnecessary flourishes, both in plantings and hardscaping. Also, the number of colors is very restricted so that it is possible, for example, to appreciate the many shades of green in
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UNIVERSITY PARK — With victories over Villanova and Kent State secure, Pitt and Penn State can now get down to the business of reestablishing a long dormant but still seething rivalry on Saturday, Sept. 10, in Pittsburgh. Not that Villanova or Kent State were pushovers — hardly — but it didn’t take long for this game to come up in the locker rooms after either of those victories. It was obvious that this matchup was bubbling just beneath the surface, and it all started coming out even before the players’ uniforms came off. For the record, Pitt beat Villanova 28-7 after taking a 14-0 halftime lead, and then Quadree Henderson broke it open with a 96-yard touchdown return of the secondhalf kickoff. Villanova made it 21-7 with a 3-yard fumble recovery touchdown four minutes later that kept it within striking range. The ‘Cats continued to hang tough until Pitt scored on a fourth-quarter, 10-play drive that put the score at 28-7 with six minutes left to play. Quarterback Nathan Peterman hit wide receiver Jester Weah with a 16-yard strike for the score — Peterman’s second of the game — and the Panthers rode the game out from there. Peterman finished with 19-33 for 175 yards and the two touchdowns, while the running game added 86 yards and another touchdown by James Conner. Conner, a 6-foot-2, 235-pound All-American making a comeback after battling cancer, led Pitt with 57 yards on 17 carries. Perhaps more important in the Panthers’ win was the performance of their defense. They didn’t give up an offensive touchdown and didn’t allow Villanova to drive closer than the Pitt 41-yard line. The Wildcats managed just 53 yards rushing and 119 passing yards all afternoon. It is no surprise the Panther defense was so effective. That ultra-aggressive unit returned eight starters including senior defensive end Ejuan Price, who had 11.5 sacks last season.
Sophomore safety Jordan Whitehead led the team in tackles in 2015 (109) and was named the ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year. Whitehead lines up almost anywhere on the field for the Panthers. On offense, Conner’s return from a serious leg injury and his battle with Hodgkins lymphoma has been a big lift for Pittsburgh. If he can return to form — he rushed for 1,765 yards and 26 touchdowns in 2014 — the Panthers will field a very dangerous offense. That will be especially true if Peterman continues to improve. The Tennessee transfer took over as the starter last season and led the ACC in completion percentage and was third in touchdown passes (20). Starting wide receiver Dontez Ford, tight end Scott Orndorff and three of five offensive linemen also return for 2016. “We were locked in,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said about his team’s effort against the Wildcats. “We just didn’t execute like we would like to. When you walk out of meetings you always ask your guys, ‘How was it?’ And, our guys were really locked in. It was quiet, which is good. They were locked in and we played hard last week. “If you watched us we were flying around offensively and defensively. We just didn’t execute early on. Offensively, we want to pound it at you. There isn’t a whole lot of change between last year and this year. We wanted to line up with extra guys in the backfield. That’s what we do, and we’re going to continue to do that.” In many ways, the Penn State game against Kent State was similar to the Pitt game. Kent State didn’t score an offensive touchdown (but two field goals), and the Golden Flashes’ only touchdown came on a fumble return. Penn State’s new offense, faster and spread out, took some time to begin to function, but in the end it yielded 354 total yards, 19 first downs and three touchdown drives. Saquon Barkley ran for 105 yards and a touchdown, and Trace McSorley completed 16 passes for 209 yards and two touch-
downs in his first start as the Penn State quarterback. Penn State’s defense was at it again with seven sacks for 54 yards in losses, but Kent State was able to rush for 150 yards on the day. Part of that was from two trick plays, but
the Flashes still gained good yardage in chunks against the new PSU defensive front. Few would argue that sophomore Amani Oruwariye’s 30-yard pick-6 changed the complexion of the game. It was also a sign of the Lions’ very aggressive — and experienced — defensive backfield that gave up only 129 passing yards to KSU. It is also worthy of note that freshman punter Blake Gilligan averaged 47 yards per punt, Tyler Davis made both of his fieldgoal attempts, and the Lions’ cover teams, in general, were effective — something that will need to happen again, especially against the Panthers’ Henderson. This game has been dubbed the Keystone Classic, CHRIS KNIGHT/AP Photo and Heinz Field in PENN STATE tight end Pittsburgh is
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sold out. The teams haven’t played since 2000, but they have met 96 times before, with Penn State having a small 5042-4 advantage. It is safe to say that this is already a big game for both teams, even though it’s just the second one of the season. It’s the Big 10 against the ACC. Penn S t a t e against Pitt. And t w o schools fighti n g to get back i n t o prominence, both in their conferences and nationally, not to mention the bragging rights and recruiting angles. At the Sept. 5 pre-game press conference, Narduzzi summed up what the game meant to him and his team. “Obviously, it’s a huge game for many reasons,” he said. “First, it’s an ACC-Big Ten matchup. It
will go a long way to show where we are as a football conference. This is two Power Five conferences. It’s going to be a battle. “It’s going to be a lot of fun Saturday at noon. We’re excited; it’s obviously an inRivalry, Page 22
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KENT STATE Sept. 3 Beaver Stadium Result: (W) 33-13 Attendance: 94,378
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SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2016
at Pitt Sept. 10 Heinz Field, Pittsburgh Time: Noon TV: ESPN
TEMPLE Sept. 17 Beaver Stadium Time: Noon TV: Big Ten Network
at Michigan Sept. 24 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, Mich. Time: TBA TV: TBA
MINNESOTA Oct. 1 Beaver Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
MARYLAND Oct. 8 Beaver Stadium Time: Noon TV: TBA
The good, the bad and the ugly: Barkely looks impressive UNIVERSITY PARK — Week One is in the books. Penn State’s 33-13 win over Kent State may not have been the prettiest of home openers, but it certainly was better than last season’s shocking upset at Temple. The Nittany Lions had a scant 16-13 lead at halftime, but they dominated the second half en route to a 20-point victory. There certainly was plent of good, bad and ugly to go around on a sun-splashed day at Beaver Stadium.
THE GOOD — SAQUON BARKLEY
The sophomore running back racked up 105 yards on 22 carries and one touchdown in the win. His longest run of the afternoon went for 28 yards. He had some impressive moves and looks like he hasn’t missed a beat since 2015.
THE BAD — THE FIRST HALF
The Nittany Lions looked sluggish, to say the least. They let the Golden Flashes hang around and had a scant three-point lead at half. A slow start is fine against a team like Kent State, but those slow starts will doom you in a conference like the Big Ten. Head coach James Franklin need to have his squad ready to play from the opening kickoff.
THE UGLY — KENT STATE
The opponent was not exactly challenging on this day. The poor Golden Flashes couldn’t get out of their own way and, ultimately, it doomed them. Too many times, they shot themselves in the foot. Turnovers, penalties and silly play-calling made this an easy afternoon for the Nittany Lions.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette
THE PENN STATE defense got off to a sluggish start, but pitched a shutout in the second half of the season opener against Kent State.
— Chris Morelli
PENN STATE
PITT
Overall: 1-0 Big Ten: 0-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Coach: James Franklin, third season Record at Penn State: 15-12 Overall record: 39-27 vs. Pitt: 0-0
Overall: 1-0 ACC: 0-0 Home: 1-0 Away: 0-0 Coach: Pat Narduzzi, second season Record at Pitt: 9-5 Overall record: 9-5 vs. Penn State: 0-0
Team leaders
Team leaders
RUSHING Saquon Barkley: 22-105 (4.8, 1 TD) Trace McSorley: 14-47 (3.4)
RUSHING James Conner: 15-53 (3.1, 1 TD) Qadree Ollison: 7-30 (4.3) Darrin Hall: 6-13 (2.2)
PASSING Trace McSorley: 16 of 31, 209 yards, 2 TD RECEIVING Chris Godwin: 7-67 (9.6) Mike Gesicki: 3-49 (16.3, 1 TD) Saeed Blacknall: 2-24 (12.0)
SAQUON BARKLEY
PASSING Nathan Peterman: 19 of 32, 175 yds., 2 TD RECEIVING Scott Orndoff: 5-68 (13.6) Jester Weah: 4-38 (9.5) Quadree Henderson: 4-35 (8.8)
SCORING Tyler Davis: 9 points (2 FG, 3 PAT) Four players tied with six points apiece
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SCORING James Conner: 12 points (2 TD) Quadree Henderson: 6 points (1 TD) Jester Weah: 6 points (1 TD)
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GAMEDAY OHIO STATE Oct. 22 Beaver Stadium Time: 8 p.m. TV: ABC/ESPN/ESPN2
at Purdue Oct. 29 Ross-Ade Stadium West Lafayette, Ind. Time: TBA TV: TBA
SEPTEMBER 8-14, 2016
IOWA Nov. 5 Beaver Stadium Time: 7:30 p.m. TV: TBA
PSU
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OFFENSE Wide Receiver Jester Weah, 6-3, 210, Jr. Aaron Mathews, 6-4, 195, Fr. Zach Challingsworth, 6-2, 195, Jr. Dontez Ford, 6-2, 210, Sr. Tre Tipton, 6-0, 190, Fr. Quadree Henderson, 5-8, 190, So. Rafael Araujo-Lopes, 5-9, 185, So.
Running Back 26 Saquon Barkley, 5-11, 223, So. 6 Andre Robinson, 5-9, 216, So. 8 Mark Allen, 5-6, 181, Jr. Wide Receiver-X 12 Chris Godwin, 6-1, 205, Jr. 84 Juwan Johnson, 6-4, 213, So.
Tight End 83 Scott Orndoff, 6-5, 255, Sr. 31 Jaymar Parrish, 6-2, 260 Sr.
Wide Receiver-Z 13 Saeed Blacknall, 6-3, 212, Jr. 3 DeAndre Hopkins, 5-11, 185, Jr.
Left Tackle 69 Adam Bisnowaty, 6-6, 305, Sr. 60 Aaron Reese, 6-5, 310, Jr.
Wide Receiver-H DaeSean Hamilton, 6-1, 205, Sr. DeAndre Hopkins, 5-11, 185, Jr.
Tight End 88 Mike Gesicki, 6-6, 252, Jr. 89 Tom Pancoast, 6-3, 235, Sr.
Left Guard 53 Dorian Johnson, 6-5, 315 72 Carson Baker, 6-5, 320, Jr. Center 63 Alex Officer, 6-4, 335, Jr. 76 Connor Dintino, 6-3, 310, So.
Left Tackle 70 Brendan Mahon, 6-4, 320, Sr. 73 Paris Palmer, 6-7, 304, Sr.
Right Guard 78 Alex Bookser, 6-6, 315, So. 62 John Guy, 6-7, 310, Sr.
Left Guard 52 Ryan Bates, 6-4, 305, So. 62 Michael Menet, 6-4, 296, Fr.
Right Tackle 70 Brian O’Neill, 6-6, 300, So. 55 Jaryd Jones-Smith, 6-7, 325, Jr.
Center 72 Brian Gaia, 6-3, 295, Sr. 55 Wendy Laurent, 6-2, 297, Sr.
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Quarterback Nathan Peterman, 6-2, 225, Sr. Manny Stocker, 6-2, 215, Sr.
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Tallback James Conner, 6-2, 235, Jr. Chawntez Moss, 5-11, 210, Fr. Darrin Hall, 5-11, 225, So. Qadree Ollison, 6-2, 230, So.
Right Guard 53 Derek Dowrey, 6-3, 323, Sr. 66 Connor McGovern, 6-5, 310, Fr. Right Tackle 59 Andrew Nelson, 6-6, 301, Sr. 77 Chasz Wright, 6-7, 343, Jr. DEFENSE Defensive End 94 Evan Schwan, 6-6, 263, Sr. 19 Torrence Brown, 6-3, 257, Jr. 41 54 30 93
Defensive Tackle Parker Cothren, 6-4, 290, Sr. Robert Windsor, 6-4, 305, So. Kevin Givens, 6-1, 275, So. Antoine White, 6-2, 286, Jr.
Defensive End 90 Garrett Sickels, 6-4, 260, Sr. 97 Ryan Bucholz, 6-6, 270, So. Outside Linebacker 40 Jason Cabinda, 6-1, 232, Jr. 33 Jake Cooper, 6-1, 230, So.
DEFENSE Defensive End 8 Dewayne Hendrix, 6-4, 260, So. 92 Rori Blair, 6-4, 245, Jr. 5 Ejua Price, 6-0, 255, Sr. 40 James Folston Jr., 6-3, 245, So. 96 Allen Edwards, 6-4, 245, Jr. Nose Tackle 6 Tyrique Jarret, 6-3, 335, Sr. 93 Shane Roy, 6-4, 280, So. 66 Mike Herndon, 6-3, 315 Defensive Tackle 52 Shakir Soto, 6-3, 290 34 Amir Watts, 6-3, 270, Fr. 10 Keyshon Camp, 6-4, 275, Fr. Money Linebacker 30 Mike Caprara, 6-0, 225, Sr. 4 Bam Bradley, 6-2, 220, Sr.
Will Linebacker 5 Nyeem Whartman-White, 6-1, 240, Sr. 11 Brandon Bell, 6-1, 233, Sr.
Mike Linebacker 47 Matt Galambos, 6-2, 245, Sr. 58 Quintin Wirginis, 6-2, 240, Jr.
Middle Linebacker 40 Jason Cabinda, 6-1, 232, Jr. 5 Nyeem Whartman-White, 6-1, 240, Sr.
Star Linebacker 29 Oluwaseun Idowu, 6-0, 215, So. 25 Elijah Zeise, 6-2, 225, So.
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Cornerback Grant Haley, 5-9, 185, Jr. Amani Oruwariye, 6-1, 201, Jr. John Reid, 5-10, 191, So. Christian Campbell, 6-1, 194, Jr.
Free Safety 2 Marcus Allen, 6-2, 202, Jr. 28 Troy Apke, 6-1, 206, Jr. 6 7
Strong Safety Malik Golden, 6-0, 205, Sr. Koa Farmer, 6-1, 222, Jr.
Strong Safety 9 Jordan Whitehead, 5-11, 190, So. 20 Dennis Briggs, 5-10, 190, So. Free Safety 2 Terrish Webb, 5-11, 195, Sr. 15 Reggie Mitchell, 6-0, 200, Sr. 14 11 38 32
at Indiana Nov. 12 Memorial Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
at Rutgers Nov. 19 High Point Solutions Stadium Time: 8 p.m. TV: Big Ten Network
MICHIGAN STATE Nov. 26 Beaver Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
BIG TEN STANDINGS
85 6 80 19 5 10 82
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Depth charts OFFENSE Quarterback Trace McSorley, 6-0, 205, Jr. Tommy Stevens, 6-4, 218, So.
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Cornerback Avonte Maddox, 5-9, 175 Dane Jackson, 6-0, 180, Fr. Ryan Lewis, 6-0, 200, Sr. Phillipie Motley, 5-10, 175, So.
SPECIAL TEAMS Punter 93 Blake Gillikin, 6-2, 182, Fr. 92 Daniel Pasquariello, 6-1, 197, Jr.
SPECIALIST TEAMS Punter 18 Ryan Winslow, 6-5, 210, Jr. 45 Nick Goldsmith, 6-2, 210, So.
Placekicker 95 Tyler Davis, 5-11, 180, Sr. 99 Joey Julius, 5-10, 258, Jr.
Placekicker 12 Chris Blewitt, 5-9, 195, Sr. 97 Alex Kessman, 6-3, 180, Fr.
Long Snapper 44 Tyler Yazujian, 5-11, 235, Sr. 41 Zach Ladonis, 6-2, 236, Sr.
Long Snapper 61 Pat Quirin, 6-1, 230, Sr. 81 Nathan Bossory, 6-3, 235, Jr.
CONFERENCE East Ohio State Michigan St. Penn State Michigan Maryland Indiana Rutgers
W-L 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0
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W-L 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1
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West Wisconsin Illinois Northwestern Minnesota Nebraska Purdue Northwestern
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W-L 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-1
% 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000
BIG TEN SCHEDULE
THIS WEEK’S GAMES Friday, Sept. 9 Maryland at Florida International Saturday, Sept. 10 Penn State at Pittsburgh North Carolina at Illinois Ball State at Indiana Iowa State at Iowa
Central Florida at Michigan Indiana State at Minnesota Wyoming at Nebraska Illinois State at Northwestern Tulsa at Ohio State Cincinnati at Purdue Howard at Rutgers Akron at Wisconsin
2 Ffrench, Maurice 2 Webb, Terrish 3 DiNucci, Ben 3 Hamlin, Damar 4 Bradley, Bam 4 Peterman, Nathan 5 Price, Ejuan 5 Tipton, Tre 6 Jarrett, Tyrique 6 Mathews, Aaron 7 MacVittie, Thomas 7 Miller, Henry 8 Hendrix, Dewayne 8 Stocker, Manny 9 Whitehead, Jordan 10 Camp, Keyshon 10 Henderson, Quadree 11 Flowers III, Ruben 11 Jackson, Dane 12 Blewitt, Chris 12 Schneider, Bo 14 Maddox, Avonte 15 Mitchell, Reggie 16 Coleman, Therran 17 Weaver, Rashad 18 Winslow, Ryan 19 Ford, Donetz 20 Briggs, Dennis 21 Henderson, Malik 22 Hall, Darrin 24 Campbell, Phil 24 Conner, James 25 Zeise, Elijah 26 Moss, Chawntez 27 Garner, Bricen 27 Lodovico, Nico 28 McKee Jr., Anthony 29 Ibrahim, Rachid 30 Caprara, Mike 31 Parrish, Jaymar 31 Pugh, Kaezon 32 Motley, Phillipie 34 Bernsdorff, Mark 34 Watts, Amir 35 Aston, George 35 Boatright, Rob 36 Pine, Chase 36 Wood, Shawn 37 Ollison, Qadree 37 Sellers, Erik 38 Lewis, Ryan 39 Brightwell, Saleem 39 Vreen, Kyle 40 Folston Jr., James 40 Lively, Colton 41 Williams, Jalen 43 Stocker, Jay 44 Reynolds, Elias 45 Edwards, Devon 45 Goldsmith, Nick 46 Dorsey, Rimoni 47 Galambos, Matt 48 McAlone, Kellen 49 Schuster, Alec 50 Cuono, Dom 50 Grimm, Mike 51 Medure, Jim 52 Soto, Shakir 53 Johnson, Dorian 53 Popp, Brian 55 Brake, Conrad 55 Jones-Smith, Jaryd 56 Ford, Brandon 57 Knight, Jake 58 Wirginis, Quintin 59 Pilato, Tony 60 Reese, Aaron 61 Quirin, Pat 62 Guy, John 63 Officer, Alex 64 Britton, Aaron 66 Herndon, Mike 67 Morrissey, Jimmy 68 Benbrook, Kyle 69 Bisnowaty, Adam 70 Hamilton, Calvin 70 O’Neill, Brian 71 Hargrove, Bryce 72 Baker, Carson 74 Paulina, Alex 76 Dintino, Connor 77 Galiyas, Alex 77 Morgan, Justin 78 Bookser, Alex 80 Challingsworth, Zach 81 Bossory, Nathan 82 Araujo-Lopes, Rafael 83 Orndoff, Scott 84 Poker, Zach 85 Weah, Jester 87 Clark, Chris 90 Wheeler, Rashad 91 Jones II, Patrick 92 Blair, Rori 93 Roy, Shane 94 Taleni, Jermeiah 95 Gilbert, Zach 96 Edwards, Allen 97 Kessman, Alex 98 Cunha, Tristan 98 Schifino, DeAndre
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Penn State surges in second half to rout Kent State By ZACH SEYKO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — Overcoming a rough start, Penn State could not be stopped after the first half, winning their home opener by a final score of 33-13 over Kent State. With the help of stout defensive plays that forced three turnovers, redshirt sophomore quarterback Trace McSorley was able to lead the Nittany Lions to victory in his starting debut. “Overall, I think there are some really good things to build off of, but we have a lot of things we need to get cleaned up,” said head coach James Franklin. The Nittany Lions could not muster much offense against the Golden Flashes in the first quarter punting the ball on their first two drives. Kent State was the first on the board after a 26-yard field goal by Shane Hynes. The Blue and White responded on the following drive with their first touchdown of the season courtesy of a pass from McSorley to redshirt junior DaeSean Hamilton. Penn State opted to go for two, but could not convert. The Golden Flashes drove down the field again, but could only manage to put up another Hynes field goal before the end of the first quarter. Penn State took momentum into their own hands late in the opening quarter when junior safety Marcus Allen forced and recovered a fumble by Myles Washington to set up Saquon Barkley’s first rushing touchdown of the 2016 season. “At that point right there it just sparked
the defense to make more turnovers and it also set up the offense in a great way so that we were able to score,” said Allen. Kent State did not go down easily as they bounced back to force a fumble of their own. McSorley dropped back to pass before being blindsided by defensive end Terence Waugh. McSorley coughed up the football and it was scooped up by senior linebacker Elcee Refuge and taken to the house to tie the game at 13. Penn State would enter halftime with a 16-13 lead after a Tyler Davis field goal. The Nittany Lions came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders to start the second half. On the second play following the kickoff, sophomore corner Amani Oruwariye picked off Justin Agner and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown, bringing the crowd back to life. “I was just running. The stadium went silent and all of a sudden I turned around and I was in the end zone celebrating with my teammates,” said Oruwariye. Davis sent another kick through the uprights later in the third and McSorley connected with junior tight end Mike Gesicki for a touchdown with just more than two minutes remaining in the fourth. McSorley found his place in the offense, as he looked composed in the first start of his career. It was not perfect, but number nine showed the awareness and accuracy that made him the favorite to win the job when he was battling redshirt freshman Tommy Stevens during camp. McSorley fits Franklin’s offense well totaling 256 yards, 209 through the air and 47 with his legs.
TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette
PENN STATE quarterback Trace McSorley looks downfield during the Sept. 3 game with Kent State. “I thought his composure was really good. That’s kind of just who he is. He’s been that everyday since I’ve seen him on campus through the recruiting process,” said Franklin. “Trace did a great job, I think he handled the pressure well,” said Gesicki. “I think for his first time in Beaver Stadium, really playing, getting in there playing some meaningful minutes, starting, that kind of stuff.” The defensive line was stellar through-
out the game accumulating seven sacks and pressuring Kent State on almost every play. The toughness and skill level the group was doubted after losing three starters to draft from a season ago, but the D-line put those thoughts to rest. The Nittany Lions face a tougher test as they travel to Heinz Field to face off against the Pittsburgh Panthers in a renewal of a once intense rivalry Saturday, Sept. 10, at noon.
Grading the Lions: PSU wins with an OK performance By BEN JONES StateCollege.com
UNIVERSITY PARK — One down and 11 more to go. Penn State took care of business Sept. 2 with a good and bad 33-13 victory over Kent State that had its fair share of shining moments coupled with the occasional miscue. The Nittany Lion offense showed glimpses of what it can become under Joe Moorhead, while the defense managed to hold Kent State out of the end zone despite a handful of missed tackles and mistakes. All told it wasn’t a great performance, but it wasn’t a bad one either. Here are this week’s grades.
OFFENSE: B-
Penn State’s offense certainly showed the signs of what it can do, and potentially do really well, but this game was a far cry from reaching peak potential. Trace McSorley played well, going 16-of-31 for 209 yards and 60 yards rushing, but even he will need to show improvement as the games get harder and harder. The offense as a whole went 4-of-5 in the red zone, but only scored two touchdowns. A 5-of-14 mark on third down isn’t great either, but was a far cry from the complete third down ineptitude of the past few years. All told, Chris Godwin’s seven catches for 67 yards coupled with Saquon Bark-
ley’s 105 yards rushing and McSorley’s 209 through the air led to a fairly balanced attack. The execution wasn’t always great, and there is room to grow, but end of the day Penn State has put together far worse performances as of late on this side of the ball. This grade is lower because it’s clear how much better it can get, but all told it wasn’t that poor of a performance.
DEFENSE: B
Seven sacks grab the headlines, but giving up runs of 21, 28 and 16 yards respectively as well as 37-yard reception show a defense that still is finding its way. Kent State never scored more than two field goals when it had the ball, but a personal foul on the Golden Flashes almost certainly kept them out of the end zone as they knocked on the door. Jason Cabinda picked up where he left off last year with 11 tackles just ahead of Brandon Bell’s eight, and a team total 10 tackles for a loss isn’t a bad way for a new defensive front to start its season. Marcus Allen and Amani Oruwariye both forced turnovers in the secondary and a 5-of-17 third down conversion rate is fairly acceptable all things considered. Tackling was an issue during this game, something that has plagued the Nittany Lions the past few years. But clean up the big plays and the missed tackles and this
TIM WEIGHT/For the Gazette
PENN STATE running back Saquon Barkley finds a hole during the season opener with Kent State. Barkley rushed for more than 100 yards in the victory. isn’t a bad performance, especially by a unit with a lot of new faces in new roles.
SPECIAL TEAMS: A
Finally, you might say. Just about everything you need to know can be found in Blake Gillikin’s 49-yard punt early in the game receiving a standing ovation from the crowd all too familiar with the punting woes of year’s past. Gillikin averaged 47 yards a kick on Saturday while Joey Julius not only had the biggest hit of the day but recorded touchbacks on six of his seven kickoffs. Tyler Davis was 2-of-2 on field goals both from under 30 yards, but good is good. The return game still appears to be an area Penn State is feeling out a bit as three different players gave it a shot. Nick Scott led the way with a 30-yard return. John Reid was serviceable with his punt returns with a 21-yard return, but you get the feel-
Rivalry, from page 19 state rival. We need to embrace it. You get limited opportunities to do it. I have a lot of respect for what they are doing over there, what they have. Being an old Big Ten football coach (Michigan State), I know a lot about the conference; it’s big, it’s physical and it’s fast. The ACC has all three of those as well. “To me, that’s where it starts — it’s a
ing in both areas Penn State left some yards on the field. All told though this was a vastly improved unit from last year and it’s clear to see that continued improvement and consistency could turn it into a strength for Penn State, something hardly believable given recent memory.
OVERALL: B
There was good and there was bad, but really there wasn’t a surplus of either. This game was really what you make it. If you want to say Penn State is average then there is an argument to be made for that; if you want to say Penn State showed potential, nobody would say you were wrong. What happens over the next few weeks will give everyone a better idea of which direction that is trending, but right now it appears more positive than negative. Room to grow, but it looks like this group might be capable of growing.
conference battle and an in-state rival. It will be a battle in all of those aspects. “They are really fast and I think they’ve got great speed. They are big and physical, like most Big Ten teams. They fly around to the football. One thing you notice is that they really play hard. He’s (James Franklin) got them playing really hard, which as a football coach I have a lot of respect for.” The game will be shown on ESPN, and game time is noon at Heinz Field.
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Bald Eagle Area pounds Philipsburg-Osceola, 55-0 By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH sports@centrecountygazette.com
PHILIPSBURG — Everything the Bald Eagle Area football team does is fast, but nothing is much faster than the turnaround this team has made under new head coach Jesse Nagle. It is admittedly very early in the season, but after two games, BEA has outscored its opponents by 109 points and already dulled the memory of some very painful recent seasons. After a 54-point trouncing of St. Joe’s in Week 1, the second Eagle outburst of the new season came on Sept. 2 at Philipsburg Memorial Field against the P-O Mounties. BEA broke out with two long touchdowns in the first quarter against the Mounties, extended its lead to 28 points by halftime, and then sprinted away in the second half for an imposing 55-0 win. The Eagles ran up 563 yards of offense, including 356 rushing yards on 35 attempts and another 207 via the arm of dual-threat quarterback Tanner Kresovich. Fullback Andrew Dubbs led the rushing charge for BEA with 89 yards and a touchdown on seven attempts, with Hunter Hockenberry adding 82 yards and two scores and Ethan Moore chipping in with 80 and a touchdown. Impressive freshman speedster Gage McClanahan also scored two touchdowns, the first on a 43-yard run and the second
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BALD EAGLE AREA’S Hunter Hockenberry fights off a would-be tackler against Philipsburg-Osceola on Sept. 2. on a 10-yard pass from Kresovich. “I think we’ve responded very well to what we’ve brought in here,” Nagle said. “I think the kids are buying into everything.
Nothing against P-O, they came out and smacked us, but there are still some things that we have to clean up and get better. “But I think the biggest thing is that all the coaches and kids
when we took over in February bought in. They bought into the speed-agility stuff, they bought into the weight room and now it looks like there are weapons everywhere.”
It didn’t take the Eagles long to get started. P-O turned it over on downs after its eight-play opening drive, and BEA took just under two minutes to cover the 53 yards it had left for the first touchdown of the night. Hockenberry did the honors from 19 yards out, and BEA took the lead, 6-0. Three minutes later, after a P-O fumble, Kresovich found McClanahan open for a 43-yard TD strike that put the Eagles in front 12-0 going into the second quarter. Two more takeaways, an interception and another fumble, led to two more scores by Hockenberry and McClanahan in the second quarter as BEA was on its way with a commanding 28-0 halftime lead. “Right from the beginning, I mean three turnovers in the first three series,” P-O coach Mike Mann said, “and BEA played tough. They’re a good team, and we got beat.” The second half was more of the same for the impressive Eagle offense. Andrew Cohen scored on a 5-yard Kresovich pass after another P-O turnover (the Mounties had five in the game) and Rilee Bechdel put the game under the mercy rule with a 76yard catch-and-run of another Kresovich pass. In all, Kresovich completed 13 of 23 passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns and added another 40 yards on the ground. Bald Eagle, Page 27
Burnett ruins hometown game for Wolves By MICHAEL D. KRESOVICH correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — The Wolves of St. Joseph’s returned to Memorial Field in downtown State College on Sept. 2, but it did not go the way they or their fans expected it to go. Hosting Fairfield, in the first-ever meeting between the two schools, the Wolves’ offense struggled immensely the entire night. After a 3-and-out by the Wolves on their opening possession, Fairfield’s Charlie Burnett took a punt return 45 yards to the house, putting the Knights on the board. Burnett had a special night to say the least, scoring four touchdowns. He bounced off Wolves defenders and outran anyone who tried stopping him, en route to a 166-yard night on only nine carries. St. Joe’s head coach Steve Guthoff didn’t really expect a breakout game from the 5-foot-11, 185-pound sophomore.
“He’s somebody we didn’t see a whole lot of,” Guthoff said in reference to the scrimmages they had on tape. The Knights found themselves leading 27-0 at the end of the first half. Wolves starting quarterback, junior Brendan Robinson, left the game after taking a vicious hit to his ribs. Robinson was replaced by sophomore Christian Chirielieson, who made his first-ever appearance at the quarterback position. And, what a debut it was for the young sophomore. He finished his Friday night by going 10-of-17 for 118 yards and two touchdowns, only throwing one interception. The Wolves went the first seven quarters of their season without putting any points on the scoreboard. That was until there was 4:56 remaining in the game. With the Knights leading 47-0 at the time, Chirielieson found speedy freshman Zach Decarmine across the middle of the field. Decarmine used his shifty moves to put the Wolves on the scoreboard for the first time in 2016.
“It was huge … it gave us momentum for the future,” Guthoff said. Those were not the only points put up by the Wolves. Chirieleison found Jake Stormer on a slant-route from 10 yards out, and a touchdown came with 17 seconds left in the game. The Knights recovered an onside kick,and took a knee to solidify the 47-15 win for the night. As for the Wolves, they now drop to 0-2 on the season. “It is about making the baby steps,” Guthoff said. The Wolves seem to be on the right path. At the end of the game, you could see a shift in both the attitude and demeanor of the young team from Boalsburg. They’ve finally broke through the “shutout barrier” and put points on the scoreboard. “Our focus is to get better every week, that is what it comes down to,” Guthoff said. The Wolves travel to Perkiomen next, where they’ll try to break into the win column.
Bellefonte picks up its first win of the season By CHRIS MORELLI editor@centrecountygazette.com
HUNTINGDON — For most of his four seasons as head coach of the Bellefonte Area High School football team, Shanon Manning has talked about “winning the county.” On Sept. 2 at Huntingdon, the Red Raiders broke new ground as they posted a thrilling 21-20 victory over the Bearcats. “It was a big win,” Manning said. “It’s about time that damn thing bounces the right way, huh? Wow. This doesn’t happen often. Bellefonte does not come to Huntingdon and win … we did it tonight.” During Manning’s tenure, the Red Raiders (1-1) had only won against Centre County teams — Bald Eagle Area, Penns Valley and Philipsburg-Osceola. Much like its season opener, Bellefonte was involved in another nailbiter. The Red Raiders grabbed a 7-0 lead in the second quarter when Cade Fortney pulled
in a 25-yard pass from Chase Gardner. Travis Billett’s extra point made it 7-0. But just over a minute later, Huntingdon’s Ian Border scored on a 35-yard touchdown run. The extra point made it 7-7 at the intermission. In the second half, the Red Raiders took a 14-7 lead when Dexter Gallishaw scored from six yards out. Again, the PAT was good. However, Huntingdon again answered, this time through the air on a 39-yard TD pass. But Gallishaw gave the Red Raiders a 21-14 lead, scoring on a 19-yard TD run. With a little over two minutes remaining, Border again scored, this time on a 13-yard run. However, the snap on the PAT was bad and the two-point conversion attempt failed. “We were gonna kick it,” said Huntingdon head coach Mike Hudy. “Bad snap. We have that designed when the snap is bad. Bellefonte, Page 27
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BELLEFONTE QUARTERBACK Chase Gardner gets ready to unleash a pass against Jersey Shore in Week One. The Red Raiders picked up a 21-20 victory over Huntingdon in Week Two.
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Week 3: County teams clash in backyard brawls By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
Rams do that, and punch in a few scores of their own, this will be a close game decided late in the final quarter.
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The third week of Centre County high school football includes two big county matchups, a State College game at Hollidaysburg and a long trip for St. Joseph’s Academy to Pennsburg for a game against the Perkiomen School.
PENNS VALLEY (0-2) AT BALD EAGLE AREA (2-0)
The records of these two county rivals might be deceiving. Penns Valley has lost two games so far to defending District 11 Class A champion Marian Catholic, 27-21, in overtime and to perennial power Clearfield on Sept. 2 by a score of 21-7. PV scored first in the Clearfield game, only to see the Bison tie it up on a 90-yard pass play from Isaac Rumery to Ryan Lezzer in the second quarter. Clearfield scored again in the third quarter, and then put the game away with another touchdown with just over two minutes to play. The Rams were there all the way, however, with running back Takota Bubb gaining 73 yards on 17 carries and Andrew Tobias completing 13 passes for 121 yards and a touchdown. BEA, on the other hand, went over the century mark in points in only its second game of the season — a 55-0 victory at Philipsburg-Osceola on Sept. 2. The Eagles have unveiled a no-huddle, spread offense that is stocked with dangerous skill people. It all starts with dual-threat quarterback Tanner Kresovich, who so far has passed for 359 yards and five touchdowns and run for another 96 yards in two games. Kresovich is surrounded by productive skill people in his offense: Ethan Moore, Hunter Hockenberry, Andrew Dubbs, Blake Roberts, Derek Henry, Andrew Cohen, Rilee Bechdel and freshman Gage McClanahan. Hockenberry and Dubbs lead the runners on the team with 135 and 125 yards respectively, while McClanahan (107 yards) and Bechdel (104) lead the receivers. Penns Valley won this game last year, 32-20, but this is a much more dangerous—and confident—BEA team that will show up at home this week. Look for PV to try to control the tempo and keep the BEA offense off the field. If the
PHILIPSBURG-OSCEOLA (0-2) AT BELLEFONTE (1-1)
After a disheartening loss to Jersey Shore in its opener, Bellefonte traveled to Huntingdon and picked up its first win, 21-20, over the Bearcats. Dexter Gallishaw had a breakout night for the Raiders, running 27 times for 137 yards and two touchdowns, including the go-ahead score with just over two minutes left in the game. Raider quarterback Chase Gardner completed 11 passes for 127 yards and a touchdown, but it was Gallishaw’s 19yard, fourth-quarter run that stood up for the Raiders. Just barely, though. Huntingdon scored a few seconds later after a long kickoff return by Jonathan Price and a 13-yard run by Ian Border. The Raiders won when the Bearcats’ try to tie the game was fumbled and their subsequent desperation pass fell incomplete. Close or not, it was the kind of big win the Raiders have been searching for since head coach Shannon Manning took over three years ago. In contrast, things have not yet begun to turn around for the Mounties. In two home games so far, P-O lost to West Branch, 54-28, and BEA, 55-0. In fairness, both West Branch and BEA have high-powered offenses with multiple ways to score, but Philipsburg is still giving up turnovers and big plays at precisely the wrong times. There’s ability there with quarterback Dan Slogosky, running backs Matt Johnson, Brandon Anderson and Levi Hughes, and receivers Emarion Wallace, T.J. Thompson and Noah Jefferies. But the Mountie defense needs to make some stops, something that will again be very difficult against Gallishaw, Gardner and the rest of the Raiders.
STATE COLLEGE (1-0) AT HOLLIDAYSBURG (1-1)
It’s been a tale of two games so far for the Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers. Game one was a forgettable, 35-7 trouncing at the hands of Central on Aug. 26. Hollidaysburg fell behind by 14 at halftime, and Central just kept it up throughout the
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second half. The Tigers managed just 102 yards rushing, 49 through the air, and were never in the game. On Sept. 2, Hollidaysburg turned it around against Silver Oak Academy from Maryland. Behind 13-10 at the half, the Tigers outscored Silver Oak 28-6 in the second half to pick up the 38-19 win. With 370 yards of offense — 243 on the ground — the Tiger offense was much improved. Senior Cory Storm led the way with 157 yards and two touchdowns, but there were also four other backs with double-figure numbers for HHS. Senior quarterback Jarrett Cavalet completed nine passes for 117 yards, most of which was to fellow senior Vybomy, who grabbed six balls for 98 yards. Last week, State College held on in its first game for a 24-13 win at J.P. McCaskey in Lancaster. The Little Lions broke out 14-0 at the half, but McCaskey cut that lead to 14-7 in the third quarter. A 33-yard field goal by Jack Sheehan to begin the fourth quarter and then a 6-yard pass from Tyler Snyder to Noah Woods saved the day for the Little Lions. Still, 303 yards of offense and 16 first downs were not a bad start, but SC was slowed down by two lost fumbles and an interception. SC will be looking to improve on both sides of the ball this week, but the Lions should expect another round of improvement with the Tigers as well.
ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY (0-2) AT PERKIOMEN (0-0)
St. Joe’s had has two difficult weeks, and the long trip to Pennsburg will likely not help the Wolves. However, Perkiomen has just 23 players on its roster, and it has yet to play a game this season. Last year, the Panthers were 8-2 with wins over teams like Calvary Christian, Academy of the New Church and Pennington, N.J., but nine seniors are gone from that team, including the quarterback, two running backs and two wide receivers. St. Joe’s looks to improve on both sides of the ball, but especially on defense, while quarterbacks Brendan Robinson and Christian Chirieleison, running back Jake Stormer and wide receiver Zach Decarmine will have to help the Wolves put up some points.
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Local country clubs hold championships NITTANY ANNOUNCES CLUB WINNERS
The Nittany Country Club men’s club champion was Mike Hoy, winning 3 and 2 over Brad Fritchman for the title. The beaten winner was Roy Reeve with a 1 up win over Bill Sieg and Chuck Colyer. Scott Gray claimed the first flight win, 1 up over Denny Glunt, while Ryan Mattern was the beaten winner with a 3 and 2 win and Mark Johnson a 1-up consolation winner. Second flight went to Jim Bierly, 3 and 2 over Ken Bean, and the beaten winner was Tom Urban, 5 and 3, and consolation winner was Ken Lannan, 2 and 1. Third flight had John Dixon covers Charlie Doland 1 up golf for The Centre over Scott McKee, County Gazette. Email him at with Dave Pfaff a 2 up sports@centre beaten winner and countygazette.com. Dave Smith the consolation winner. Fourth flight had John Kowalchuk with a 1 up win over Craig Duck, while Randy Moyer posted a 4 and 2 beaten winner and John Wallace was the consolation winner with 4 and 3. Fifth flight went to Whitey Noll with 32 points to runner up Jim Hoy’s 29 points. Barb Roberts won the women’s championship with a 1 up win over Sally Fletcher, while Cathy Gray took the first flight with a 6 and 5 win over Jean Gerber.
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PHILIPSBURG ELKS’ CZAP AND HERRINGTON CLAIM TITLES
The Philipsburg Elks Country Club men’s club championship saw Zack Czap claim his first title, over Adam Timchak, using the match play format for the event. Defending champion Pat Brown finished third. Czap’s mother, Jody, has won 18 women’s club championships, while his father,
Michael, has claimed three titles and his grandfather Mike won 12 titles. The first-flight winner was Payton Guelich, followed by Carter Fischer and Bob Sankey. Fischer was the club’s medalist with a qualifying 36-hole score of 138. Second-flight winner was Tyler Singer, followed by Tim Ronan and Tom Dunsmore. Third flight saw Jon Whitman defeat Dean Woodring, while Andy Reifer was third. Fourth-fight winner was Doug Detwiler over Ray McMullen, with Aaron Potter finishing third. Dave Brown won the fifth flight over Jack Vesnesky, with Ray Miller third. Sixthflight winner was W. Randy Way over Paul Neidrick and Nick Wasilko. Seventh-flight winner was John Frank over Rob Bressler, with Dick Wood third. Lynn Herman claimed the eighth flight over Jim Moskel and Girard Kasubick. Halle Herrington, a sophomore at Philipsburg-Osceola Area High School, claimed the women’s title, defeating Daria Danko for the trophy. First-flight winner was Val Patrick over Georgiann Way, while Gerry McCully claimed the second flight over April Adams and Melissa Elliott.
STATE COLLEGE ELKS HOLDS CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS
The State College Elks recently conducted their women’s and men’s club championships. The women’s club championship had Ginny Hosterman defeating Janine Andrews, 2 and 1. The win gave Hosterman’s her fourth title at Mountain View Country Club. She also claimed 13 titles as a member of the State College Elks Country Club. Other flight winners of the women’s club championship were Suzii Owens defeating Donna Merrill in the first flight, while Shai McGowan defeated Judy Bechman in the second flight. The men’s flight winners had Matt Dougherty winning his first club championship at Mountain View Country Club, defeating three-time defending champion Mike Braniff. Dougherty defeated Braniff 1-up on the 19th hole. The first-flight winner was Don Fetzer, defeating Todd Horner.
Travis makes the NFL By ETHAN KASALES StateCollege.com
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Ross Travis, Penn State basketball’s third-leading rebounder in program history, can now call himself an NFL tight end. Travis made the Kansas City Chiefs’ final 53-man roster Sept. 3. Travis initially gave his football dream a shot last year when he participated in Penn State’s Pro Day and eventually earned a preseason camp invite with Bill O’Brien’s Houston Texans. However, the 6-foot-7, 235-pound former hoops standout would head to Kansas City and impress head coach Andy Reid enough to earn a spot on the Chiefs’ 2015 practice squad. The Chaska, Minn., native was a highflying force for the Nittany Lions during his career in Happy Valley, proving athleticism certainly wouldn’t be an issue for
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the 23-year-old, but hammering down the intricacies of playing tight end in the NFL — especially learning how to block — came naturally to Travis. He’s currently listed third on the depth chart out of four tight ends to make the roster, joining ROSS TRAVIS starter Travis Kelce, Demetrius Harris and James O’Shaughnessy. Travis recorded four catches for 28 yards during the preseason and could make his NFL debut as soon as the Sunday, Sept. 11, 1 p.m. season opener at Arrowhead Stadium against the San Diego Chargers.
COMING UP ACES
If you have never had a hole-in-one you might want to play the Philipsburg Elks Country Club golf course, where aces seem to be happening on a regular basis. Recently, Brent Becker aced the 130yard 13th hole using a 6-iron while playing with Doug Detwiler and Ray Miller. Doug Ammerman followed suit the next day with an ace on the 130-yard fourth hole using a 9-iron while playing with his wife, Patty. It was his first career hole-inone. This is the 12th time in 25 years that a hole-in-one on back-to-back days or the same day has occurred at the Philipsburg Elks Country Club. And, twice, the club has had three on the same day, in 2000 and this August.
NCPGA EVENT HELD AT SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY COUNTRY CLUB
Traditionally, members of the Bucknell Golf Club make their presence known at the NCPGA summer series events. The latest event, held at Susquehanna Valley Country Club in Hummels Wharf, was no different, as each of the four divisions found their champion representing Bucknell. Medalist Jeff Ranck fired a 74 to lead the 60-69 age divisionm as well as all golfersm on the day. Other division winners representing Bucknell were Bill Snyder in the 50-59 division, Gary Fry who tied with Dale Bievenour in the 70-79 division and Dick Beck leading the 80 and older group. Bill Snyder’s 81 was enough to hold off White Deer’s Bruce Hoover in the 50s division by three strokes. Shade Mountain’s Tim Jordan finished well off the pace with a 92 for third. In the 60-69 age bracket, Ranck seemed to avoid any huge mistakes on his way to his 4-over-par round. While Ranck ran away with his division, the battle appeared to be for second as Belles Springs’ Rick Everett bogied the last hole for a 79, but it was enough to hold off Randy Lynch, of Mill Race, and George Jones, of Frosty Valley, by one stroke in the division. The 70s were highly contested, as Gary Bellefonte, from page 24 We just missed (the throw). What are you gonna do?” After falling to Jersey Shore in Week One, Manning said that he made sure the Red Raiders were focused in Week Two. They were, he said, bound and determined to not let one loss define their season. “We talked about the same things over and over. Being physical, finishing plays and expecting good things to happen. Too often, we wait for the bad things to happen. Tonight, we made some good things happen. It’s a mindset,” Manning said. The Red Raiders got a big night from Gardner and Gallishaw. Gardner com-
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Fry and York County’s Dale Bievenour both led the way with 77s. The 80-and-older division found Dick Beck on top of the leader board as he carded a 90 to lead the way. A multiple winner on the 2016 tour, Pete Reasner finished four behind Beck as his 94 was one stroke better than Bucknell’s Boyd Mertz, who finished third in the division.
PENN STATE BLUE SPONSORS LADIES’ EVENT
The Penn State Blue Course Ladies’ League’s latest event was the Throw Out Worst Hole format for both the nine-hole and 18-hole groups. Judy Swisher, followed by Nanette McAtee, won the nine-hole first flight. Second-flight winner was Jane Wallick, while Marge Johnson and Nancy Guild tied for second. Third-flight winner was Bonnie Grant, with a tie for second by Jan Leslie and Julianne Sills. The 18-holes group first-flight winner was Rose Rath, with Maribel Lies in second. Second-flight winner was Patty Nellis, followed by Sue Cross, while there was a tie for the top spot in the third flight by Brenda Wagner and Linda Echard.
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSTS THURSDAY EVENING MEN’S LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
The Mountain View Country Club Thursday Evening Men’s League recently held its 2016 league playoffs, with Blaise Alexander edging Wisecrackers for the championship. Ramada Inn outlasted K&J Machine Shop for third place. In the championship match, six players from each team competed, wherein one player won one match for two points apiece. In addition, there were four onepoint ties, resulting in a six-to-six draw. In a play-off between the top seeded players from each team, Michael Braniff bested Digger Ellenberger, with a par on the first extra hole. In the quarterfinals, K&J Machine Shop bested Michelle’s, while Ramada Inn beat Bartley’s. In the semifinals, Blaise Alexander won over K&J, and Wisecracker’s beat Ramada Inn, setting up the finals.
pleted 11 of 16 passes for 127 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Gallishaw was a workhorse, rushing for 137 yards on 27 carries and the aforementioned touchdowns. Manning said that Gallishaw’s effort was a long time coming. “It’s about time,” Manning said matter-of-factly. “That’s what we’ve expected from him since day one. We’ve worked him hard. He got the game ball tonight.” Manning was also impressed by Gardner’s effort. “Chase played the game banged up,” he said, “but he gutted through it.” The Red Raiders will try to get over the .500 mark Friday, Sept. 9, when they host county rival Philipsburg-Osceola.
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Spikes set attendance mark, reach playoffs By JASON ROLLISON correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — An all-time State College Spikes record crowd of 6,111 on Sept. 4 saw the team pad their highwater mark for season wins to 49. To hear manager Johnny Rodriguez tell it, the team didn’t get there on talent alone. “Someone told me during a game earlier this year, ‘You guys are the best team in the league,’” Rodriguez told reporters after the record-setting win. “I said, ‘Nope.’” To hear Rodriguez talk that way about a team that leads the NYPL in several offensive categories is surprising yet truthful. In Rodriguez’s view, the team lacks a consistent power threat but has “gotten by” on grit. “We grind. If you’ve got grinders, a lot of slow heartbeat guys, I thought we had a shot to be special,” Rodriguez said. It was a unique moment. As the fireworks that accompanied the final regular-season home game boomed, Rodriguez seemed almost wistful about the early-season makeup of his club. “I’ve always said, we’re not better than anyone in this league, we’re just grinders.” It was then that Rodriguez’s thoughts snapped back to the upcoming playoff series, and he let us in on what a potential pitching rotation might look like as the NYPL playoffs begin. Bryan Dobzanski will get the call for the first playoff game. He will be followed by young hurler Jordan Hicks, with Carson Cross starting a third game in the first round if necessary. ❑❑❑ A quick refresher for the New York Penn League playoffs. Four teams make it in — three division winners and one wild card. The combatants are already set, though the seeding is not. The Lowell Spinners and Hudson Valley Renegades join the Spikes as division winners, while the Staten Island Yankees will serve as the league’s wild card team. All series are best of three, and all series begin with a game at the lower-seeded team’s home, followed by two games at the higher seed’s park. ❑❑❑ The Spikes won their 50th game of the year on Labor Day against Williamsport, clinching home field advantage throughout. The road to the NYPL championship will thus go through Medlar Field. As is baseball tradition at any level, some year-end awards were handed out at the Spikes’ last home regular season game of 2016. Tommy Edman deservingly took home team MVP honors. Edman has been the steadiest bat for the Spikes all season long, and his .402 on-base percentage and 45 walks through Sunday led the New York Penn League by a fair margin. Edman has played shortstop and second base Bald Eagle, from page 24 Ahead by 41 and with the P-O defenders tiring, BEA added two more touchdowns on long runs to complete the scoring. Dubbs took the first of the quarter with a run of 64 yards, and then Moore finished up the night with a 73-yard scamper with just over four minutes left to play. “We also haven’t given up a point,” Nagle said. “They
equally well this year, making him a fantastic playmaker as well as a capable table-setter. When asked what his number one takeaway would be from his first year in pro baseball, Edman was self-deprecating to a fault. “The one thing that comes to mind is just how long the season is; how important it is to keep the same consistent approach. You’re going to have some streaks where you’ll be really hot, or really down, but you can’t change your approach because of the last couple of games,” Edman said. Steven Farinaro took home the Pitcher of the Year award. While the young right-hander missed a chance
to become the first 10-game winner in Spikes history, he stretched his impressive streak of innings without an earned run to 26. He will finish the year 9-1. Danny Hudzina is the recipient of the Josiah D. Viera Perseverance Award. The award was introduced in 2014 as a tribute to the Spikes’ honorary bench coach. Viera faces challenges everyday due to Hutchinson/Gilford progeria, but has become a rallying point for the Spikes over the past three seasons thanks to his determination, perseverance and joyous spirit in the face of adversity. Hudzina overcame a 1-for-24 start at the plate before becoming an important everyday player in the Spikes’ lineup.
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Paint is an easy way to make a big change By JODI MORELLI correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
STATE COLLEGE — Color can affect people in many ways. Sunny yellow. Cherry red. Burnt orange. More than likely, just reading these words evokes specific images. Certain colors — or groups of colors — tend to spark similar thoughts for most people. However, the variations in those colors come from the shades or tones used. Simply adding a pop of color here or there can vastly change the look of something, whether it’s a picture, an outfit or a house. In fact, some experts say that the colors of rooms in a home are a direct reflection of a person’s personality. Room color can influence moods and thoughts. This is why it’s so important to choose colors wisely when it comes to decorating. Painting a house has many benefits. House painting is a fast and inexpensive way to update a home and to keep it looking clean and fresh. And the great thing is painting is a relatively easy home improvement project that produces immediate results. Helping customers choose color is a big part of the job for Steve Ellenberger, owner of Porter’s Paint and Wallcovering of State College. Ellenberger knows how important it is for his customers to find the right colors. He makes it his mission to help them figure out the best way to use color to transform their homes. Ellenberger has a lot of years of experience in the color business. He has owned Porter’s for 12 years and been working in the painting business for more than four decades. He has seen trends come and go, but knows that the trick of the trade in making a home beautiful is to choose colors that reflect the preferences and personalities of those who live there. “Painting is the least expensive way to make the biggest change,” Ellenberger said. His business has been helping people transform their homes for more than a century, as Porter’s was established in 1913, and is currently the oldest independent paint retailer in the region. Porter’s offers every paint and wall covering product imaginable, in addition to specializing in three major types of paint, plus lacquers. In addition to the wide array of products, one of the most popular and mostrequested services includes matching, Ellenberger said. “The biggest thing is custom matching. People bring in fabrics, pictures from magazines, material from a chair, and we create a color scheme around it,” he said. For those looking to transform a room by changing a color scheme, he said that homeowners can easily match a room’s colors to their personal tastes and to the
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A FRESH COAT of paint can dress up any room in the house. of your home’s primary lines of defense against weather, insects and other damage, so it’s an important aspect of home maintenance to keep up on as well. In addition to painting, Ellenberger said that his business also does a lot of work in the cabinet and furniture business, in terms of lacquers and custom stains. As with painting, matching is an important part of that aspect of the business as well. He said that people might bring in a wood sample and request a stain to match. He mentioned that custom glazing is also big — for example, wood graining or creating a grain overlay on a cabinet. Another method of sprucing up a home is through wallpapering. “Wallpaper is booming right now. We have a huge selection. There are always new and different ones coming out,” he said. Whether it’s by paint, wallpaper or custom stain, redecorating a home in this day and age is constantly changing and evolving. People see so much online in terms of interior decorating, Ellenberger said. He said they see something that catches their eye on a website or in a magazine and de-
cide that’s what they want. They bring the picture in to him to help them get started on a project. “We guide customers the whole way through jobs from start to finish. A lot of people don’t know where to start. They see something, they have an idea in mind, but they’re not sure where to begin. They want a change, but might be a little nervous about changing the whole scheme of things. We do a lot of explaining and teaching. We guide them and help them find the right products for whatever project they’re doing,” he said. He said although he has many, many years in the business, he is constantly training and learning in order to keep up to date on the newest trends and developments. It’s important to stay current, because in addition to homeowners, he also does a lot of industrial and commercial work. “It’s been a long process, being in this business and understanding colors and figuring out what each customer has in mind. There’s always a lot to learn and a lot to keep up on, because every single customer is unique.”
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The kitchen: A favorite makeover area
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CENTRE HALL — Ask anyone what they would most like to update in their house, and more often than not, they will select the kitchen. Many hours are spent there and the kitchen is often considered the “heart of the home.” Today’s families often choose a more open floor plan, rather than a kitchen and traditional dining room. With the open spaces concept, it is no wonder that beautifying the kitchen has moved up on many a to-do list. Kitchens have always been a place where good neighbors and friends collected to share a cup of tea or coffee or a meal. Homework is often Connie Cousins completed at the kitchen table. In covers a wide some families, the meal spent around variety of events in the table is the only time that all Centre County for members connect and converse. It is the Centre County no wonder when remodeling ideas Gazette. Email her at ccous67@gmail. crop up, that the kitchen becomes a com. first priority. Many young couples like to cook together and enjoy that time together. The sooner the children are included in planning and preparing meals, the more likely it is that they will appreciate and enjoy nutritious meals. So, making your kitchen bright and inviting can produce rewards beyond just looking nice. In beginning an update in your home, there are as many ideas about what is trendy as there are persons remodeling. According to HGTV, dark woods are being chosen more than oak, but the woods are also being mixed. In cabinets, gray is the new white. You can view gray cabinets with richly stained wood in the same kitchen. Shunk’s Kitchens, at 108 Wilson St. in Centre Hall, has been a presence in Centre County since 1975. Jim Shunk, the first owner of Shunk’s, retired in 1999. Brad Noll now owns the store. He employs three sales persons and an office manager. If you stop by, you can view their displays and discuss your particular needs. They offer free consultations and estimates. An estimate can take as long as the customer needs to make up their mind about quartz versus granite for the countertop, or any of the other decisions. Apron sinks are still popular and most are deep enough for a large pot to soak. Sinks are available in porcelain, granite or stainless steel. More choices are available, but it can all be overwhelming to the average homeowner.
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Trend in flooring: Not your grandparents’ vinyl By VINCENT CORSO correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
LEMONT — Every step you take in your home should be on the floor that you want, whether it’s the comfort of carpet, the classic style of a hardwood flooring or the strength and durability of tile. The biggest trend in flooring today is higher quality luxury vinyl tile that looks almost indistinguishable from hardwood flooring or traditional tile, said Matt Druzba, co-owner of Complete Flooring in Lemont. In new homes, carpet and hardwood remain the most common flooring because
of their classic look and comfort, said Druzba. But for someone looking to remodel, LVTs become attractive options for a number of reasons, said Druzba, the first being that look and feel of the newer products is indistinguishable from wood or tile. “This isn’t your grandparents’ vinyl flooring. This stuff looks nice, like wood or tile,” said Druzba. In the five years that Druzba has owned the store, he said the quality of the LVTs has improved greatly, and it has become a very popular and viable product. Along with the look, the feel of the flooring is important. Everyone knows the un-
pleasantness of stepping on a cold floor in the morning, and the new LVTs don’t have that cold feeling. So, a person can walk across their kitchen on a cold morning for their cup of coffee without getting the chills first. Most remodelers are thinking about bottom line as they look to improve their home, and the cost of LVT is a fraction of hardwood flooring, and still cheaper than carpet. Installation of LVT is also much easier, said Druzba, and is something that a typical handyman could do themselves. For the less handy, he said a crew of professionals could complete a large room in a day. The vinyl pieces snap into place easily, with the biggest trouble of installation being if there are many corners that have to be maneuvered around, said Druzba.
The ease of installation also helps keep cost down if your hire professionals to do the job. The most common areas for people to use vinyl flooring is still the areas that may get wet, such as the bathroom, kitchen, laundry room or basement because of their durability and ability to hold up against water damage. But with quality that is out there now, it is not uncommon to see vinyl throughout the house, said Druzba. LVTs are a common popular choice that have a number of benefits, but a homeowner needs to decide what is the best choice for them when it comes to flooring. “People always ask what is popular or in style,” said Druzba, “so I always tell them that I’ll tell you what’s popular, but you have to go with what you like, what is going to make you happy, whether that be hardwood, carpet, tile or the LVTs.”
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What to look for when investing in a new roof Between strong winds, heavy rains and threats such as fire and natural disaster, simply having a roof over one’s head is not always enough. When choosing a strong roof designed to protect your home and its occupants, here are some things to consider:
FIRE PREVENTION
Real wood shake roofs can be extremely combustible and serve as kindling for wildfires. If you live in an area with even a remote possibility of wildfires, consider investing in a roof that resists flame spread. While no roof will resist a “ground up” fire that engulfs the entire home, polymer roofing tiles that are installed with proper underlayments can help protect a home from wind-driven embers that can ignite the roof.
IMPACT RESISTANCE
Whether you live in an area prone to direct or indirect threats of tornadoes or hurricanes, or you simply live in a region that experiences strong storms, take note: flying debris associated with severe weather can become dangerous in high winds. Damage from airborne tree branches and flying loose items can be devastating to a roof not equipped for impact. Having a synthetic roof that has achieved the high-
est ratings on impact resistance tests can help protect your property. “Even if your roof has stood up to strong weather conditions in the past, it’s important to make sure it’s still in shape before the next round of bad weather hits,” says Mark Hansen, vice president of sales and marketing for DaVinci Roofscapes, which makes polymer roofing products. Examine the roof yourself or have a professional roofer assess for damage you may not be able to see from the ground. They can make repairs or recommend a new roof replacement.
DURABILITY
No matter where you live, it’s important that roof tiles can handle wear and tear. Ideally, roof tiles should resist curling, fading, cracking, mold, algae, fungus and insects. Roofing products that come with a strong warranty can offer you peace of mind.
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SPHINX VIRTUOSI will perform Sept. 29 at Penn State’s Eisenhower Auditorium.
Orchestra explores musical heritage UNIVERSITY PARK —Sphinx Virtuosi, a self-conducting orchestra featuring 18 string-instrument soloists of AfricanAmerican and Hispanic descent, will celebrate diversity in classical music with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, in Schwab Auditorium. The program —“Latin Voyages: Viajes Latinos”—will feature Argentine tango and audial representations of Mexico and Latin heritage in works by Astor Piazzolla, Alberto Williams, Javier Álvarez, Heitor VillaLobos, Cesar Espejo, Osvaldo Golijov and Alberto Ginastera. The orchestra’s visit to Penn State features a variety of no-cost engagement events for students and the public. Sphinx Virtuosi — featuring Catalyst Quartet, which made its Penn State debut during the center’s 2015-16 season — highlights the talents of prize-winning alumni of the internationally renowned Sphinx Competition. The annual contest is open to young black and Hispanic string musicians with the goal of encouraging the love of classical music in underserved communities. A New York Times reviewer described the orchestra’s 2004 Carnegie Hall premiere as “first rate in every way.” “The Virtuosi’s playing combined zest, attention to detail, tight ensemble, and glistening or deeply amorous tone quality, as the music called for,” wrote a Washing-
ton Post critic in reaction to a Kennedy Center performance in 2013. The Sphinx Organization, founded by musician and author Aaron Dworkin and now led by Afa Sadykhly Dworkin, aims to cultivate an appreciation of the arts among minorities through advocacy, opportunity and mentorship. Historically, blacks and Latinos were not included in classical music performance and academia, Sadykhly Dworkin said. “Many of the young people we touch through our educational and grass-roots programs … don’t feel included in this field and don’t feel it’s an integral part of their culture, so we’re working to overcome a much more complex set of circumstances,” she said in an interview with Lexington Herald-Leader in 2013. Tickets for the concert — $42 for adults, $15 for University Park students and $32 for those 18 and younger — are available online at www.cpa.psu.edu or by phone at (814) 863-0255 or (800) ARTS-TIX. Tickets are also available at four State College locations: Eisenhower Auditorium (weekdays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.), Penn State Downtown Theatre Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.), HUB-Robeson Center Information Desk (weekdays, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) and Bryce Jordan Center (weekdays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.). A grant from the University Park Allocation Committee makes Penn State student prices possible.
WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@ centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, ATTN: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecounty library.org for days and times. Open house — Rhoneymeade Sculpture Garden and Arboretum will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. every Sunday through October at 177 Rimmey Road, Centre Hall. Visit www.rhoneymeade.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. 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. Book workshop — AAUW has moved its Used Book Workshop to a new facility at 176 Technology Drive in Boalsburg Technology Park, accessible via Discovery Drive off Route 322 East from State College. The workshop is staffed 6 to 9 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. During workshop hours, book donors are asked to bring donations to the door and ring the bell for assistance. Blue donation bins are available at the driveway entrance for days the workshop is not open. Club — The Centre Region Model Investment Club meets from 6:30 to 8:30 What’s Happening, Page 34
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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 — Support meetings, including a dinner, for families in need are held at 6 p.m. every Tuesday at 1400 Fox Hill Road, State College. The group offers support for families who are going through difficult circumstances. For more information call (814) 571-1240. Performance — The Nittany Knights perform at 7:15 p.m. every Monday at South Hills School of Business and Technology, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanyknights.org Meeting — The Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets every Tuesday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Old Gregg School, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call (814) 422-7667. Meeting — The Centre County Advisory Council to the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission holds a meeting the second Tuesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the State College Municipal Building, 243 S. Allen St., State College. Meetings can also be broadcast to laptops and iOS or Android devices, or participants can join by phone. Call (814) 689-9081. Club — The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7 to 8 a.m. every third Wednesday of the month at the Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. Email nvwn@ yahoogroups.com. Meeting — The State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 7:15 a.m. at the Hotel State College, 100 W. College Ave., State College. Visit www.statecollege sunriserotary.org. Support group — The Home Nursing Agency hosts a free grief support group from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of every month at its Centre County office, 450 Windmere Drive, Suite 100, State College. Call (800) 445-6262. Club — Bellefonte Community Children’s Garden Club will host “Ask a Gardener” from 6 to 8 p.m. every Wednesday throughout September behind the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Visit www.bellefontegardenclub.org. Meeting — The Nittany Baptist Church will be conducting a series on “spiritual building” at 6:30 p.m. every Wednesday at Mount Nittany Residences, 201 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Visit www.nittanybaptist.org.
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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. Community meal — A free hot meal is served from 5 to 7 p.m. every Thursday at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church Community Cafe.
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Exhibits — The Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County, 133 N. Allegheny St. in Bellefonte is hosting “Cuban Art, A Family Workshop,” in the Windows on the World Gallery, through Sunday, Sept. 25. Call (814) 3554280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Children’s activity — Join Miss Laura for books, music and literacy-enriching activities especially designed for toddlers at 10:30 a.m. every Monday in September at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. After story time, parents and caregivers are invited to stay while your child plays. Children’s Club — The Top Secret Book Club, designed for elementary-aged kids who find reading difficult or just don’t think they like to read, will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday at Centre Hall Library, 109 Bierly Lane, Centre Hall. Kids will explore reading with eBooks, audio books and traditional books to find a reading style that appeals to them. Join in discussions and activities to make reading fun. Family activity — Join Miss Kathleen for evening story times for families of preschoolers and their siblings at 6:30 p.m. every Tuesday in September at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St. Bellefonte. Listen to stories, sing and rhyme and end with crafts for the whole family. Nonfiction companion books will be on display to encourage further reading on the varying themes. Children’s activity — Join Miss Kathleen for interactive singing, reading, movement, and bubbles in the Book Babies program at 9:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Parents and caregivers can interact with other families and while children meet new friends. Stories vary from week to week, and are especially for babies up to 1 year old. Children’s activity — Join Miss Laura for books, music and literacy-enriching activities at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. These activities are especially designed for preschool-aged children. Club — The Hooks and Needles Club will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. every Thursday at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Bring projects and ideas to share with others who love to knit. Children’s Club — A Lego club will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. every Thursday in September at Centre County Library, 200 N. Allegheny St. Participants can build whatever they want with blocks, and the projects will be on display until the following week. Children’s activity — “It’s Elementary” will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. every Thursday in September at Centre Hall Library, 109 Bierly Lane, Centre Hall. Activities and presentations are appropriate for children in kindergarten through sixth grade. Tours — Tours of Curtin Mansion and Eagle Ironworks will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays and from
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Workshop — The “Selling to the Government: The First Steps” workshop, conducted by SEDA-COG’s procurement technical assistance staff, will be held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Williamsport/Lycoming Chamber of Commerce, 102 W. Fourth St. in Williamsport. Contact Kristen Moyer at (570) 524-4491 or kristen@seda-cog.org.
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Festival — Greenwood Furnace Folk Gathering begins at 3 p.m. at Greenwood Furnace State Park, 15795 Greenwood Road, Huntingdon. Activities for all levels and all ages of musicians, 47 workshops, two concerts, a contra and square dance and opportunities to jam. Visit www. folkgathering.com. Saturday, Sept. 10 Event — An urban flea market will be held from 10 a.m to 6 p.m. in the Garner Street Parking Lot, 150 S. Garner St. in downtown State College. Contact Brad Groznik at (814) 689-9121 or get@ popupave.com. Event — A “Then and Now Living History Bivouac” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. A battle dress and uniform show with a weapons demonstration will be held at 1 p.m. Visit www.pamilmuseum.org or call (814) 466-6263. Reunion — The Jostens Reunion Picnic will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. at Fairbrook Park, 1210 Tadpole Road, Pennsylvania Furnace. Former and current employees are invited to attend. Cost is $3 for adults; kids 12 and younger eat for free. Contact Cyndi Snyder at (814) 234-4985 or cyndi470@hotmail.com. Event — WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler Ted DiBiase will host a men’s event at 7 p.m. at Freedom Life Church, 113 Sunset Acres in Milesburg. Call (814) 355-4947 or email centreco@freedomlife. tv.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
Event — A “Then and Now Living History Bivouac” will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. A battle dress and uniform show with a weapons demonstration will be held at 1 p.m. Visit www.pamilmuseum.org or call (814) 466-6263. Event — WWE Hall of Fame professional wrestler Ted DiBiase will share his personal story at 10 a.m. at Freedom Life Church, 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Call (814) 3554947 or email centreco@freedomlife.tv. Event — A 9/11 Heroes Run 5K race to benefit the Travis Manion Foundation will be held at noon at the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park Campus Contact statecollege@911heroesrun.org.
MONDAY, SEPT. 12
Support group — A heart grief and loss support program will meet at 6:30 p.m. at 2214 N. Atherton St., Upper Level. This seven-week program is for parents/couples who have experienced pregnancy loss, stillbirth or infant death. Visit www.heartofcpa.org.
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Event — A “Boomers to Business” seminar will be held at 9 a.m. at the Penn State Federal Credit Union, 123 Amberleigh Lane, Bellefonte. This event is for workers over age 50 who are turning interests, hobbies or skills into small businesses. Admission is free; registration is required. Visit www.sbdc.psu.edu/seminars. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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Bellefonte Work Force Housing Enjoy the amenities of living in downtown Bellefonte. 1&2 Bedroom units are available in a newly constructed Garman House located at 112 East High Street. Additional 2&3 bedroom units are available in a beautifully restored Cadillac Building. Property Management Inc is expecting an August move-in for these convenient new location. Both locations include on-site laundry facilities, energy efficient appliances (including a dishwasher), Vinyl Wood Plank flooring in the living spaces, carpeted bedrooms and spectacular views. Rents range from $774.00 - $1097/ month. Lower rates may be available to disabled persons. Please visit www.rentpmi.com Utilities Included: Sewer Water Trash One parking space Tenant Paid Utilities Electric Internet Phone Cable Applicants will be screened for creditworthiness, background and income qualification. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING 814.548.7393
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State College Office Space If you are in or starting a business, then this is the place for you. With ready made offices and high speed Internet Access at your fingertips, this space will meet all of your needs. Here is what our facility has to offer: 2000-3000 Square Feet of Prime Office Space to Rent Below Market Office Prices per Foot Experienced and Established Local Employers Convenient Access to Atherton Street and Route 322 Ready to Rent Offices Complete with Utilities and High Speed Internet Access
3 bedroom, 1 bath close to downtown ROOMMATE MATCH Quaint three bedroom, 1 bath apartment boasts a unique two-story floor plan. Close to downtown yet still offers enough distance to be away from the hustle and bustle. Washer and dryer included, off street parking included. Walking distance to camp. Each bedroom has a privacy lock for added safety and privacy. Please call for a showing. Graduate students and professionals only. 3 person occupancy available 8/6/16. 814-278-7700
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Harris Township is seeking an individual to serve as its finance assistant. This part time position is responsible for assisting with real estate tax collection, account processing and office proj ects as assigned. The selected candidate will work 2 0 hours per week. A background in finance or accounting is req uired. K nowledge of municipal government is also desired. Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to the Township Manager, 224 East Main Street, P.O. Box 20, Boalsburg, PA 16827 or by email at manager@harristownship.org by September 19th.
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House for rent in borough State College Single family home at 977 Crabapple Dr., in quiet neighborhood in borough. Short distance to campus. 3 bedroom, 2.5 baths. Fenced back yard. $1900 plus utilities. (814) 574-2836
Furnished bedroom for one person. Includes utilities in Port Matilda home located in a lovely wooded area. 10 Miles to PSU. Towels and linens provided. Access to living areas, laundry, kitchen (dishes, pots & pans)& pool. Call or Call or e-mail..NO TEXTS. 814-692-0004
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HELP WANTED Looking f or more pay? L ook no more. We provide you with an ex ceptional training program that rewards you with a raise at the completion of each level. That’s up to 3 raises in your first year! We also offer great promotion opportunities, flexible scheduling, paid vacation, benefits and a 401K savings plan.
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Potter Township is accepting applications through September 15 for the position of Secretary/Treasurer. Experience with Quickbooks, Payroll MS Word and Excel required. Candidate must be bondable. Send letter of interest along with resume to attention of: Chairman, Board of Supervisors, Potter Township 1 2 4 Short Road Spring Mills, PA 1 6 8 7 5
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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF DINING SERVICES Centre Crest is recruiting for an Assistant Director of Dining Services. This position will work in unison with the director to oversee dining service operations with a primary focus on production, menu enhancements, food procurement, with a strong oversight of dining services team. Candidate must be ex perienced in health care food production, culinary skills, menu management, procurement programs and cost containment. Strong knowledge of menu software programs, Microso t ould be beneficial. osition re uires leadership, flexibility ith hours, and ex cellent organizational skills. Requirements include at least year experience and and CDM preferred. Degrees in Culinary Service and F ood Service Hospitality and Management, may also be considered. Please call 814-355-6777 and speak to Z ack Buchmoyer, Director of Dining Serv ices. Centre Crest is an Eq ual Opportunity Employer ( M/ F / D/ V)
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Financial Literacy Center helps people manage money UNIVERSITY PARK — Creating and balancing a budget, managing credit cards, saving for a rainy day, applying for student loans — managing your money can be daunting without help. Penn State has a number of resources available to students, faculty and staff to help navigate these topics and build the skills necessary for healthy financial literacy. Daad Rizk, manager of the Financial Literacy Center at Penn State Outreach and Online Education, said that the university is committed to providing members of the Penn State community with the resources needed to make informed decisions regarding money management. “Financial literacy is a soft skill that we all need to learn in order to become savvy consumers. At Penn State, we are deliberate in providing the knowledge and skills needed by our students to build a future founded on the concept of financial security and freedom,” said Rizk, who received the Shirley Hendrick Award for service to adult learners in 2016 from the university. “We want to help our students become confident in their abilities to make informed financial decisions that could affect the rest of their lives, such as graduating with a reasonable amount of student loan debt, and making a plan to pay it off comfortably,” she added. “We want them to learn the basics of financial literacy — especially the concepts of proper budgeting, managing credit card and other consumer debts, and saving and investing — but most importantly, reaching for a future life based on the concepts of financial security and freedom.” In 2013, the Penn State Commission for Adult Learners sponsored the creation of the Penn State Financial Literacy website to promote financial literacy knowledge to
students, parents, stakeholders and others in the Penn State community. The center offers free, public, one-hour workshops on topics focusing on budgeting fundamentals, credit cards, student loans, debt management, back-to-school tips, financial clutter and more. “Money Counts: A Financial Literacy Series” is an umbrella program developed at Outreach and Online Education to house all the available workshops, webinars and presentations. Additional topics are presented from time to time, including finances for military personnel and special financial considerations for women. Workshops for 2017 are currently being planned; in the meantime, prior sessions and materials are archived and available for viewing on the website. Penn State community individuals and groups also can request their own private financial literacy session, guest speaker, webinar, presentation or freshman seminar class session, through the website. “Anyone at Penn State can request a private session,” said Rizk. “Faculty of any department and those who teach freshmen seminars have been requesting sessions for their classes. We also receive requests from departments for their staff, and from student clubs and organizations on campus for their members. We do a lot of professional development sessions and graduating senior sessions.” The website also offers a number of links to financial resources, including budget, savings and repayment calculators; budget planners and loan information; retirement planning tools; and finance tips. Rizk said additional initiatives are in the works for the program, including a set of online self-study modules. The first module, “Budgeting,” will be available in
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MANAGING YOUR MONEY can be daunting without help. Penn State has a number of resources available to students, faculty and staff to help navigate these topics and build the skills necessary for healthy financial literacy. September, with future modules on credit card management and student loans currently under construction. Penn State’s Student Financial Education Center offers peer-to-peer financial counseling to students by request. Administered by the Penn State University Libraries in partnership with the University Park Undergraduate Association, student volunteers are trained, tested and advised
by the Financial Literacy Center at Outreach and Online Education. The SFEC offers these one-on-one personal finance sessions with students who have trained as peer educators in financial literacy, as well as an online financial literacy resource guide. For more information, visit https:// financialliteracy.psu.edu/ or email finlit@ psu.edu.
Regulatory burdens take money away from communities JUDY LOY
In every industry and in life, there are people and businesses trying to do the right thing. No person or business is perfect, and there are plenty of gray areas, but a majority of financial advisers, police officers and other good people are in their careers for the right reasons. It is merely the bad apples who get the headlines. Recently, a report Judy Loy is came out about a a registered hedge fund manager investment who paid terminally adviser and CEO ill patients to use their at Nestlerode & names in a bond-buyLoy Investment ing scheme. The manAdvisors in State ager paid the patients College. She can be reached at jloy@ $10,000 to use their nestlerode.com. names in joint ownership to buy bonds and certificates of deposit at a discount and
when the terminally ill patients died, he redeemed them at par (a special feature of some securities). The scheme generated $9.5 million in profits and the SEC is crying foul. There is always the infamous bad guy in every industry. Certainly the financial industry’s black eye is Bernard Madoff because of the amount stolen, people affected and how long his Ponzi scheme existed. An adviser with Next Financial in Altoona was recently barred by FINRA from the industry for misappropriating investor funds, purportedly including the Ashville Veterans of Foreign Wars account. These are a few of my industry’s villains, and the bottom line is no one wants their field judged by the lowest common denominator. However, when it comes to regulation, it happens. Take for instance the latest Department of Labor rules coming to the table. The DOL overtime rule was updated and becomes effective the beginning of December. The new rule takes the salary threshold for paying overtime to $47,476 per year. This is an increase from the existing amount of $23,660 per year, doubling
the pay needed for employees to be exempt from overtime (paying time-and-ahalf for any work over 40 hours per week). This rule is geared toward businesses that pay a minimal salary but expect workers to slave extended hours, thus making their hourly wage incredibly low. There are exemptions, but they are few and far between. Many businesses cried foul, including the National Retail Federation, which called the overtime rule a “career killer.” The avenue most businesses are taking is to switch affected workers from salaried to hourly workers with an equivalent hourly wage commensurate with the overtime hours actually worked. In the end, it doesn’t help most employees and it adds to the employer’s burden of figuring and paying employees. The additional estimated cost to tracking hours under the new rule is $745 million. That money must come from somewhere. When the government laments about middle class wage stagnation, they need to be reminded of the increased cost of health care to businesses (I recently heard of a small business whose premiums jumped
52 percent this year) and the increasing burden of regulation. The new DOL fiduciary rule is targeted directly at the financial industry and is being hailed as the industry’s Affordable Care Act. Ameriprise estimated costs so far to comply with the rule at $11 million, and Morningstar’s study puts the cost to the entire industry at $2.4 billion. That’s not chump change. In my firm’s case, we are cutting back on advertising, including charitable contributions, and maintaining staff levels due to the increased regulatory burden. Until the rule is fully implemented and our costs are known, belts are tightened. Money going toward regulatory burdens takes money from communities, employees and innovation. In my opinion, it doesn’t create solutions or eliminate problems. Those that wish to be unethical or pull a Madoff won’t be stopped by rules or laws or regulations. The answer comes from the culture of the firm. Ethics and a client-oriented culture need to be built into the everyday practices and interactions. Culture creation through regulation is a myth.
Job fair scheduled for Sept. 9 PHILIPSBURG — PA CareerLink Centre County staff is partnering with DuBois Business College staff to offer a job fair for local residents from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 9, at the college, 200 Shady Lane, Suite 100 in Philipsburg “Individuals who are looking for new opportunities should take advantage of this event and come out to visit with employers face to face,” said Jan Pepperday, acting director for DuBois Business College. She reminds anyone who is attending that this is a chance to make a great first impression. She advises attendees to dress professionally and arrive early so that they have time to talk to every employer of interest. “Employers are looking forward to the opportunity to interact with individuals who are serious about obtaining employment,” said Sarah Travis, business services
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SEDA-COG forms natural gas cooperative Energy savings and more jobs are one step closer for industries, businesses and residents in Centre, Clinton and Mifflin counties with the formation of the SEDACOG Natural Gas Cooperative Inc. The cooperative, which recently had its first board of directors meeting in Centre County, will seek to provide project funding and form partnerships to expand natural gas distribution infrastructure in those counties. While central Pennsylvania sits on a large reservoir of natural gas, limited existing distribution infrastructure presents a problem that the cooperative hopes to help solve.
The availability of lower-cost energy alternatives such as natural gas can be a key component in attracting new business and industry to the region, and access to natural gas in residential areas is commonly sought. Because the cost of building new delivery pipelines can be expensive, the cooperative aims to create partnerships and seek external funding opportunities to facilitate development of new natural gas delivery infrastructure. The cooperative expects to work with landowners, natural gas distribution companies, local, regional, state and federal governments, economic development
agencies, and private industry to help provide infrastructure to areas that were identified in a recently completed SEDACouncil of Governments Regional Gas Utilization Initiative study project. This study identified and prioritized potential areas for new natural gas distribution service. The cooperative board will further consider these areas (http://ow.ly/ sKV5302Tsp7) to implement infrastructure projects. It is hoped that revenues from the future provision of gas service in the threecounty area by the nonprofit cooperative can be reinvested in the cooperative’s re-
gion to provide continued development of new natural gas infrastructure projects. In order to support the cooperative’s operations and project development, the board approved the submission of a $60,000 grant application to the U.S. Appalachian Regional Commission to fund the development of a business plan. The plan will serve as a road map for first steps through project implementation for natural gas delivery infrastructure. The initial 10-person cooperative board includes three directors from each county, plus one non-voting member from SEDACOG. SEDA-COG is the primary administrative support agency for the cooperative.
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.
John H. Mitchell Jr., Maria E. Mitchell and Haubert/Mitchell Partners to Brandall Investments LP, 150 Matilda Ave., State College, $57,000. Wilmington Trust to Rodney John Hendricks and Andrea Marie Rupert, 323 Matilda Ave., State College, $252,000.
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Ladislaus M. Semali to Nicholas A. Inverso and Maria M. Inverso, 2257 Autumnwood Drive, State College, $345,000. S&A Homes Inc. to Jiang Jin and Wei Jiang, 173 Red Willow Road, State College, $326,909. Jeremy J. Koncoski and Erin Koncoski to Cathy Moses, 4826 W. Whitehall Road, Pennsylvania Furnace, $160,000. Joseph M. Baretincic by attorney and Geraldine L. Baretincic by attorney to Gregory T. Kline and Carolyn E. Kline, 2314 Autumnwood Drive, State College, $347,500. Geoffrey S. Ehringer, Krista L. Ehringer and Krista L. Gallant to Matt A. Sanderson and Victoria M. Sanderson, 2430 Autumnwood Drive, State College, $320,000. Brian D. Baker, Michelle Kerry Baker and Paul L. Dangiuro to DCM LLC, 784 W. Aaron Drive, State College, $198,000. Sally A. Glenny and Harry R. Glenny to Steven Weaver and Allison Glenny, 200 S. Water St., Pine Grove Mills, $250,000.
Pennymac Corp to RD Bishop St. LLC, 424 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte, $90,000.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
Beth A. Bierly to Christopher W. Wolf and Melissa D. Wolf, 116 Willow Bend Drive, Bellefonte, $303,000.
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
Dean L. Hurd and Toyna M. Hurd to Brian C. Yearick and Doris M. Yearick, 519 Runville Road, Bellefonte, $45,000.
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
Wells Fargo Bank to Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 496 Pine Glen Road, Moshannon, $1. Harvey H. Redcay and Sharon L. Redcay to Lakesha Weisel, 150 Sycamore Drive, Karthaus, $8,000. Loran D. Foresman and Jon E. Foresman to Cecelia B. Glace, 175 Hilltop Drive, Karthaus, $16,030. Cecelia B. Glace to Cecelia B. Glace, 175 Hilltop Drive, Karthaus, $1.
CENTRE HALL BOROUGH
Cathy K. Moses to Bradley A. Stoner and Sherry M. Stoner, 338 W. Church St., Centre Hall, $169,900.
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
Patricia J. Decke and Karl Stoedefalke, 305 Village Heights Drive, State College, $175,500. Jonathan Hetler to Kevin K. Murphy and Kimberly J. Murphy, 132 Quincy Ave., State College, $200,000. John C. Donovan and Stacy S. Donovan to Matthew R. Denezza and Christina M. Denezza, 112 Ramsey Way, Boalsburg, $645,000. Daniel M. Craig to Amanda Bernier, 210 Shady Drive, State College, $147,000.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
GREGG TOWNSHIP
Abner Z. King and Hannah K. King to Paul R. Leah and Kari A. Leah, 179 Blue Ball Road, Centre Hall, $176,000.
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP
S&A Homes Inc. to Erik C. Sohn and Schalyn N. Sohn, 94 Stable View Drive, Port Matilda, $ 581,823. Richard C. Curtis and Janene E.A. Curtis to Robert Segura, 216 Cennennial Hills Road, Port Matilda, $416,000.
HARRIS TOWNSHIP
John C. Warburton and Kerry E. Warburton to Laura A. Rossman and Steven R. Rossman, 350 W. Crestview Ave., Boalsburg, $495,000. Matthew R. Denezza and Cristina M. Denezza to Brian W. Shippert and Michelle N. Shippert, 366 Hylbert Road, Boalsburg, $940,000. David A. Nembhard and Harriet Black Nemb-
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LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
Arthur P. Staddon and Marcia Robb Staddon to Arthur P. Staddon and Marcia Robb Staddon, 351 N. Beach St., Beech Creek, $1.
MILLHEIM BOROUGH
Thomas E. Haupt Sr., Thomas Haupt, Trudi T. Haupt and Trudi T. Hill to Thomas E. Haupt Sr. and Trudi T. Haupt, 220 Hillcrest Ave., Millheim, $1.
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Karyn D. McKninney and Karyn M. Marvasti to Karyn M. Marvasti, 335 Douglas Drive, State College, $1. Keith W. Silliman to Karen V. Israelian and Marina Nikolaye Israelian, 2037 Mary Ellen Lane, State College, $150,000. Seth T. Hostetler and Sarah Hostetler to John F. Coleman Jr. and Julie A. Coleman, 344 Fifth Ave., Port Matilda, $124,000. Stephen G. Simpson, and Padma Raghavan to Alan G. Hawbaker, 221 Pantops Parade, Port Matilda, $675,000. Andrew N. Kleit and Susan R. Kleit to Melissa McAbee, 542 Lanceshire Lane, State College, $315,000. Christopher W. Wolf and Melissa D. Wolf to Andrew R. Rehmeyer and Jennifer M. Rehmeyer, 437 Douglas Drive, State College, $211,000. Roy L. Walk to Roy L. Walk and Angela K. Walk, 443 Stevenson Road, Port Matilda, $1.
POTTER TOWNSHIP
Shirley A. McKelvey and Richard G. McKelvey to Scott Rebert, Chris Rebert and Penny Ayers, 305 Village Heights Drive, State College, $25,000.
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Sandy Summit Lodge, Wallace A. Kephart, Roger L. Kepart, Rodger L. Kephart, Eleanor Kephart, Edwina Kephart, V. Eleanor Rowles Estate and Gregory W. Rowles, executor, to Sandy Summit Lodge LLC, 352 Fire Tower Road, Sandy Ridge, $1. Stacey M. Harris to Gertz Properties LLC, 461 S. Centre St., Fleming, $46,500. Live Well Financial Inc. to Tonya M. Scott, 284 State St., Sandy Ridge, $13,300. Jeffrey Suhoney and Jessica Suhoney to Clifton M. Gilson and Lisa D. Gilson, 267 State St., Sandy Ridge, $1. Clifton M. Gilson and Lisa D. Gilson to Rebecca D. Crust and Ethaniel A. Lewis, 267 State St., Sandy Ridge, $117,900. Eric P. Schmidt, Eric Paul Taylor- Schmidt and Ann Marie Taylor-Schmidt to Eric P. Schmidt, Eric Paul Taylor- Schmidt and Ann Marie TaylorSchmidt, 680 State St., Sandy Ridge, $1.
SPRING TOWNSHIP
S&A Homes Inc. to Brian J. Douglas and Kathleen R. Douglas, 150 Shady Hollow Drive, Pleasant Gap, $240,000. Jody S. Miller and Jody S. Niemi to Richard C. Curtis and Janene E. Curtis, 157 Faust Circle, Bellefonte, $173,500.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
Olaf A. Dahlke and Jennifer W. Dahlke to Karen V. Israelian and Marina Nikolaye Israelian, 810 Stratford Drive No. 5, State College, $116,500. James E. Sweetland to Jeremy J. Koncoski and Erin N. Koncoski, 1152 Smithfield Circle, State College, $339,500. Frank Revtai, Tam E. Revtai and Jonathan A. Revtai to Jonathan A. Revtai and David M. Revtai, 1160 Oneida St., State College, $1. Ronald Neal Glass and Ivy Sutherland Glass to Arnold M. Kring and Melinda Kay Kring, 808 Stratford Drive No. 35, State College, $122,000.
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Lisa V. Peters to Karen V. Irsaelian and Marina Nikolaye Israelian, 309 Chadham Court,Bellefonte, $135,300. Steven W. Nyman to Troy Gardner and Stephanie Gardner, 105 Black Walnut St., Howard, $15,000. — Compiled by Lana Bernhard
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