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Women’s expo scheduled for October By SAMI HULINGS
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STATE COLLEGE — Bringing together smart, dynamic and motivated women, the Entrepreneurial Women’s Expo provides female business owners with exhibits, workshops, speakers and a day away from the office to learn, network and have fun. In its fifth year, the expo will take place on Oct. 2 at Celebration Hall in State College. EWE founder Jessica Dolan said the idea for the expo came to her after starting her business, Room to Breathe Home Organizing & Staging, in 2004. After attending dry business conferences where she felt uncomfortable, Dolan said it became a goal of hers to create a women-owned business event. “I’m a little bit of an introvert and I don’t network well at big events,” she said. “I’m very uncomfortable, so I wanted to create a day kind of based on how I would like something to go so I feel comfortable.” In Jan. 2009, Dolan decided it was time the plan the event. By May 1, EWE was organized and registration was open. With just a bit of marketing and word of mouth the first expo was very widely received, with more than 150 women attending. EWE’s success and attendance has continued to grow each year.
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ON THE MOVE: Jamie Green, left, helps her daughter Gaby move in to her dorm on Penn State’s campus on Sunday.
Students return for fall semester
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COMING SOON: The fifth Entrepreneurial Women’s Expo will be held on Oct. 2 at Celebration Hall in State College. Opinion ............................. 7 Health & Wellness .......... 8, 9
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UNIVERSITY PARK — They came in droves with their pop-up hampers, their mini fridges. They were looking for their fraternities. They were looking for the Creamery. They were looking for a parking space. On Aug. 24 and 25, much of campus and downtown State College was turned into a temporary construction zone of sorts — it was move-in weekend at Penn State. There were the sounds of rickety carts being pulled across the sidewalks. Orange cones and yellow-vested workers, directing traffic and people, were parked at every corner. There were signs in front of every building, making the names visible from the street, as well as “No left turns” and “No thru traffic.” Of the roads that did remain open, multitudes of cars inched on by, bumper to bumper, and filed into parking lots of some of the clearly labeled dorms and apartment complexes. Moving trucks were in the streets, their blinkers on, taking up what are usually vacant corners. Throngs of students roamed the sidewalks, strolling at a leisurely pace and enjoying the last weekend before the responsibility of
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BOALSBURG — Labor Day weekend is traditionally known as the final weekend of the summer. The last lazy days of summer are filled with cookouts, campfires and a few final laps in the pool. This year, it will be filled with music. The best part? It’s for a good cause. The Bestwick Foundation presents 2013 Mountain Rocks beginning at 6 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Tussey Mountain Ampitheatre. Doors open at 5 p.m. Steve Greer is the event chair. “This is a great local event,” Greer said. “Everyone involved is passionate about what they do. We’re expecting a great night of music.” The lineup of musical acts includes: Ted and HiFi’s, Pure Cane Sugar, Jason McIntyre, Miss Melanie and the Valley Rats, Sons of Resonance and The Whatleys. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Tickets may be purchased in advance at the Tussey Mountain box office. All proceeds go to the Bestwick Foundation, which provides financial support for individuals and families in Centre County who are dealing with cancer.
classes and homework began on Monday, the start of the fall semester. Benches were occupied with tired-looking parents waiting on their children to meet up for a lunch break or to get that last load out of the car. Along College Avenue, there was a line out the door of The Waffle Shop, the doors opening and closing so frequently that the smell of hash browns and pancake batter seemed to fill the whole block. Many businesses had tents set up with coupons, discounts and deals to draw in the sudden swell of new residents. “Now hiring” signs littered the storefronts. Nearly everyone was carrying storage of some type; bins, boxes and tubs were everywhere. Local businesses, like McLanahan’s, were extremely busy. Waiting in the check-out line were John Tyrrell and Aaron Carreras, both freshman engineering students who went to high school together in Doylestown. The duo had just moved into Stewart Hall. Tyrrell’s parents drove three and a half hours on Sunday to help their son move in. They were picking up a few random odds and ends. Carreras pur-
“That’s the big thing,” Greer said. “The money stays local. We’re looking to help the people who can’t pay their bills, can’t make their mortgage. It means a lot to someone when they get a check for $2,500 to help pay their back rent.” If anyone knows what it’s like to fight cancer, it’s Greer. He’s a cancer survivor himself. Mountain Rocks is near and dear to his heart. “I know what it’s like. I’ve been there,” he said matter-of-factly. Mountain Rocks is just one of three events that the Bestwick Foundation is involved with. The others are the Eighth annual Reverse Car
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HELPING THE FIGHT: Pure Cane Sugar, shown here at Benefest, will perform at Mountain Rocks, a concert for the Bestwick Foundation.
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BACK FOR MORE: As the Penn State women’s soccer team begins the 2013 season, they are gunning for a national championship. Head coach Erica Walsh believes it’s within reach. Page 23 ON THE COUCH: The State College Community Theatre winds down its summer season with the comedy “Beyond Therapy.” The comedy opens on Sept. 6 at the Mount Nittany Middle School. Page 30
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STATE COLLEGE — A man was charged Monday with retail theft after leaving a Walmart without paying for nearly $500 worth of merchandise, according to a criminal complaint. Gary Anderson, 41, of Bellefonte, was seen on video leaving the Benner Pike Walmart with a Samsung home theater system, JBL sound bar and Manhattan area rug on Thursday without paying for the items, police said. Besides retail theft, he is charged with driving with a suspended license.
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Anderson has been charged three other times for stealing from the very same Walmart store, according to police. On June 15, Anderson was allegedly seen on surveillance video taking an airbed cot valued at $125 from the store after returning a coffee maker. Anderson was seen again on surveillance video on July 16; this time taking a vacuum and a desk top computer, with a combined value of $676, police said. He was seen a third time on video last Wednesday allegedly taking a Samsung surround sound system valued at $278 from the store.
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STATE COLLEGE — Three people were transported to Mount Nittany Medical Center on Sunday after a car accident in Boalsburg. The collision happened at the intersection of business Route 322 and state Route 45. Police say a vehicle on Route 322 was attempting to turn onto Route 45 when it struck a car traveling in the opposite direction.
The driver who was turning reportedly told officers he thought the vehicles in front of him were going straight through the light at the intersection, but when they all turned he simply followed. All three of the people who were taken to the hospital were in the car that was hit. According to police, a passenger complained of back and chest pain. The driver reported having head pain. A 2-year-old appeared uninjured, but was transported by a private vehicle.
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Sandusky victim: PSU should have stopped him By MARK SCOLFORO The Associated Press
HARRISBURG — Victims of convicted child abuser Jerry Sandusky who have reached settlements with his former employer, Penn State University, express bitterness toward him and the school as university officials say they continue to negotiate with others toward resolving their complaints. At least eight of 31 claims of abuse by the school’s former assistant football coach have been settled, their lawyers say. Among them were deals reached by Sandusky’s adopted son and a Sandusky victim key to longtime coach Joe Paterno’s firing. The men known in court documents as Victims 3, 7 and 10 released statements last weekend through the lawyers, saying that although they are relieved the settlement process is over for them, they won’t get their childhoods back. “Penn State is not great for settling something that could have been stopped years ago,” Victim 3 said. “What makes a school great is stopping these things no matter what negative effect it has on their reputation or what bad press it might bring.” Victim 7 said he regretted knowing Sandusky. “Despite the settlements, my life will never feel ‘back to normal.’ If I had the power to go back in time and not ever meet Jerry Sandusky, I wouldn’t hesitate,” he said. Victim 10 said the settlement would help make amends but couldn’t change what had happened to him. “It’s not about the money. It’s about holding people accountable for the things
that they have done,” he said. Sandusky was convicted in June 2012 of 45 counts, found guilty of raping or fondling boys he had met through the acclaimed youth charity he founded, The Second Mile. At 69, he is serving a decades-long prison sentence. He maintains his innocence, and an appeals hearing is scheduled for next month. Penn State has not announced the deals. A Penn State spokesman said only that settlement talks continued to progress. He declined to comment further. The school has spent nearly $50 million on the Sandusky scandal, not including any payments to the victims and accusers. Seven of those who settled were clients of Philadelphia lawyer Matt Casey, including Sandusky’s adopted son Matt and the young man known as Victim 2 in court records. Casey did not disclose the terms of the settlements but said they took shape some time ago and were completed a week ago. “To say they’re relieved, I think, is a fair statement,” Casey said. “But it’s also accurate to say that while we’ve closed this chapter, there’s a whole lot of this that’s necessarily inadequate. And that can’t be helped, because of how ... really unspeakable this experience has been and continues to be for them.” Matt Sandusky had been expected to be a defense witness for his father until the trial, when he told investigators that he also had been abused by Jerry Sandusky. He has since petitioned for a legal name change for himself and his family. Victim 2 has said he was the boy thengraduate assistant Mike McQueary testified he saw being attacked by Jerry Sandusky in a team shower in 2001. McQueary
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notified Paterno and school officials at the time, but police were never called, an omission that eventually led to Paterno’s firing. Two other Casey clients who reached deals with the school were not part of the criminal case. Another man — Victim 5 in court documents — reached a settlement last week. Sandusky spent three decades at Penn State under Paterno. A 1998 complaint about Sandusky showering with a boy — one of those who testified against him — was investigated by university police, but no charges were filed. McQueary witnessed a different incident involving Victim 2 in the team shower in 2001. The response of university leaders, including Paterno, was heavily criticized in a report commissioned by the school last
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Expo, from page 1 “We get a lot of new faces every year, but we also have a lot of the same faces. It’s really cool to watch the relationships that started five years ago and how they’ve evolved, both personally and professionally,” Dolan said. “I’ve watched that transition and now it’s like a neighborhood party when we all get together every year. People know each other and everyone’s laughing and smiling.” As the sole planner, coordinator and executor of EWE, Dolan said she tries to create different interactions all day long that are very comfortable and include all the visitors to the expo. Dolan starts the day out with icebreakers to encourage those who are shy to talk and network with each other. After the icebreaker, women may visit the expo a bit in the morning. Breakfast, a welcoming talk and the opening speak follow. From there, the day is mixed with speakers, breakout sessions and visits to the expo hall to see the exhibits. Most of the day expo visitors stay together as a group. “I try to keep people together as much as possible during the day so that the networking possibilities are as good as they can be,” Dolan said. Expo attendees eat lunch and an afternoon session similar to the morning follows. At the end of the day the women gather for a cocktail hour to relax and reflect on the day. These different avenues allow women to network, meet new faces, further develop relationships and learn from workshops and speakers. Dolan said the expo not only benefits local women business owners, but the community as whole. This year, a portion of the proceeds from EWE will go to Girls on the Run, a nonprofit organization that teaches young girls about the benefits of healthy living through exercise, eating right and friendship.
“I really want these young girls to know that they are equal and they can do whatever they want,” she said. In support of Girls on the Run, this year’s closing speaker will be Molly Barker, the founder of the organization. Other speakers include Dolan, Sarah Swistak, Cathy Jennings, Patricia Kleban, Patty Kreamer, Ashley Kraige and Michelle Donovan. Each will discuss different topics related to local women in business. “If you’re looking to encourage and support others in the business world and support our local business community, it’s definitely the place to be,” Dolan said. “When you keep your money in the community it better supports everybody. If we can focus and build a strong business community here, it’s just better for
everybody.” Dolan said the day could not happen without support from community sponsors. Having businesses like State College Orthodontics, Elizabeth King, National Penn, Nestlerode&Loy Inc., and Impressions WQH support her mission year after year makes her feel like she is doing something right. Involved with the expo since it began, Impression WQH, a full-service branding, marketing, advertising and trade show agency, serves as a creative sponsor for the event and created EWE’s logo and identity. “I think it’s such a great way to celebrate the unique gifts we bring to the business world as women. I love the camaraderie and I think it’s important to take time, precious as it
is, to not only sharpen our own skills, but to build into others who may just be starting out,” Impressions owner Michelle Damiano said. Diane Ray, orthodontist and owner of State College Orthodontics agreed, saying she is honored to support the event. “Simply put, I believe in the mission of the conference - bringing entrepreneurial women together to share experiences and inspiration. In the past I have left the conference feeling empowered and validated.” Dolan encourages these women who want to better the local community to attend and learn all there is to know about running a business. As she understands it is difficult for a woman to find balance between family, home and business, Dolan uses the expo as a way for women to network, learn and have fun. EWE provides women with opportunities to come together, discover and meet professionals in other area that can benefit their businesses. Experts including banks, advertisers, insurance agents and attorneys are just some of the resources available to women at the expo. “I try to keep it so it’s a one stop shop. You can really come to the EWE and find really good people that you can trust and work with,” Dolan said. “It’s just a day to take a break and reconnect with yourself, recharge your batteries and take it to the next level. It’s really hard when you get so tired and stressed, you lose focus at times. This day lets you regroup and focus on the next phase.” Dolan believes allowing women to take a step back from the business is one of the greatest aspects of EWE. “It is a day you can connect in ways maybe you didn’t expect to connect and having it be so much better than you could have imagined,” she said. For more information about EWE, visit ewesc.com or facebook.com/ groups/EWEsc.
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STERLING NORCROSS, left, of New Jersey helps his daughter, Dale, move into her dorm on Penn State’s campus in State College on Aug. 25. Students, from page 1
chased some postcards to send to his friends, while Tyrrell was buying a few plastic cups. Eileen Tyrrell, John’s mom, had an assorted box of cereal, which wasn’t available at one of the big box stores. She also had another important purchase in hand. “Socks for my niece,” Eileen Tyrrell said, holding up a pair of infant socks with little Nittany Lion logos on them. According to the Tyrrell’s the move went smoothly, and the process took them less than an hour. “It was very organized and everything’s been great,” Eileen Tyrrell said. Around the corner at Baby’s Burgers and Shakes, hungry families crowd the red vinyl booths, worn out from heavy lifting and looking for refreshment and sustenance. Extra chairs are pulled up, maxing out the occupancy limit for the crowded diner. Penn State families crowded the doorway, waited to be seated. The milkshake machine was on constantly, whipping up malts and shakes, trying to keep up with the orders that were flying in. Some students also have part-time jobs, many of which are on campus or downtown. Shifts are suddenly split between more employees, and there are fewer hours to go around. But until students can settle into jobs, some businesses must rely on their summer staff to serve the masses. “We all had to brace ourselves and prepare ourselves accordingly,” said Matt Wyle, the soda jerk working behind the counter. Baby’s employs a lot of Penn State students. This summer business has been a little unpredictable due to summer camps and sports programs. Once students settle in, however, there will be more of a daily grind set into motion. “We have a lot of student regulars,” Wyle said. “People miss this place.”
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STATE COLLEGE — The woman who said last week that she was robbed outside of the Uni-Mart where she worked was charged Thursday with theft by deception and giving a false report to law enforcement, according to a criminal complaint. Diance Chase, 51, of Julian, originally told police Tuesday that she was approached by a man in the East College Avenue Uni-Mart who took a bag of money from her and gave her superficial cuts with a sharp instrument. Chase was treated for four minor lacerations to her arms, police said. State College Police obtained video surveillance of the parking lot. The video reportedly shows Chase leaving the Uni-Mart and taking the money from the bank bag. The missing money amounted to $9,802.94. According to police, Chase eventually told investigators that she made up the story about being robbed. Chase then told police that she was robbed last Monday near Gerald Street, but video surveillance disproved the story. Chase is also charged with receiving stolen property and unsworn falsification to authorities.
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Incoming PSU freshmen hike, camp in state forests By MARJORIE S. MILLER
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PETERSBURG — About 240 incoming Penn State freshmen traded in their cellphones for canoes earlier this month for a weeklong backpacking trip in Rothrock, Moshannon and Bald Eagle state forests. Part of Penn State’s ORION Wilderness Experience, the students spend five days backpacking, one day either canoeing or completing a high ropes adventure, and then conclude the program with a cookout at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, according to Hilary Appelman, outreach news and communications professional at Penn State. The first session began on Aug. 16, with the second beginning Aug. 18. Program director Jen Bean said the goal of the program is to remove the students from everyday distractions such as cellphones and social media so they can make new friends and find out more about college life from upperclassmen leading the trips. “We try to get them to expand their horizons and make new friends,” Bean said in a press release by Penn State. “It makes this campus of 40,000-plus seem so much smaller.” In its 18th summer, the program draws Penn State students from campuses across the state. Matt Duncan, of Medford, N.J., said it
was his first time doing “intense backpacking.” What he enjoyed most during the program, he said, was group talks at night and swimming in a 40-degree river with a fellow student he met on the trip. Duncan, 19, said he did not know anyone in his group before the session. “Two days into it, everybody was friends,” he said. “We all came together as a family.” “We pushed each other,” he continued. “The week flew by. We all came in with different skills. I don’t want to leave now … it’s just so awesome. (However) it’s going to feel good getting back in bed.” Students earn two college credits for taking part in the program, which also requires them to write a reaction paper and do community service. Two related programs run by Shaver’s Creek send firstyear students to inner-city Philadelphia and on a West Coast wilderness excursion, according to Penn State. According to its website, some goals of ORION include: meeting other students and forming solid friendships; engaging in fun, physically challenging outdoor experience; fostering personal growth and increasing confidence; learn outdoor skills that focus on the “leave-no-trace” philosophy; and gain familiarity with the natural offerings of central Pennsylvania. For more information visit shaverscreek.org.
Toftrees Golf Resort vandalized By ADAM LIDGETT StateCollege.com
STATE COLLEGE — Patton Township Police are investigating a series of criminal mischief incidents that occurred during the overnight hours of Aug. 22 near the Woodycrest area of the township, according to a news release from Patton Township Police. Considerable damage was done to the Toftrees Golf Resort and Conference Center golf course. An unknown tool was used to dig holes on a green near Cricklewood Circle. Other minor damage was done to some other greens in the area. Lawn and patio items were also scattered around residences and construction sites in the area. Patton Township Police Chief John Pet-
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STATE COLLEGE — Six new attorneys have been added to represent the plaintiffs in the Paterno family’s lawsuit against the National Collegiate Athletic Association, according to court documents. Attorneys Paul Kelly, Mark Jensen, L. Joseph Loveland, Joseph Sollers, John Commisso and Ashley Parrish were added Monday to the suit. The Paterno family filed the lawsuit earlier this year, seeking to overturn the sanctions placed on Penn State’s football
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STUDENTS FROM across the commonwealth bonded during a backpacking trip through Rothrock, Moshannon and Bald Eagle state forests.
program last summer. The plaintiffs are suing the NCAA, NCAA President Mark Emmert and former NCAA Executive Committee Chairman Ed Ray for breach of contact, intentional interference with contractual relations, civil conspiracy, defamation and commercial disparagement. The plaintiffs, besides the Paterno, include some members of the Penn State Board of Trustees, Penn State faculty members and former Penn State Football players. A hearing in the case is scheduled for 10 a.m. Oct. 29 where all outstanding preliminary objections will be heard.
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Mountain Rocks, from page 1 Drawing, which is coming up on Sept. 19 and the Bike and BBQ, which is scheduled for Sept. 29. Last year alone, the events raised $60,000 for the Bestwick Foundation. “We’re having some growing pains, but we raised $60,000. That’s not chump change. The funds help in so many ways with little things — the utility bills, things like that. We are going to keep helping people so they don’t have to worry,” Greer said. Of course, Greer can’t do it alone. Jamie Bestwick and Dan Rallis are big-time players in the operation. Executive assistant Caitlin Quattrocchi also plays a vital role, according to Greer. “Everyone has a deep and sincere passion when it comes to helping families in the Centre Region. We have all been hit hard by this disease and we just hope that we can make a difference in someone else’s life. We’ve all been through it and we will do whatever we can to assist and make problems go away,” he said. The Bestwick Foundation was co-founded in 2011 by Jamie Bestwick, widely regarded as one of the best BMX vert riders ever. Bestwick captured eight consecutive XGames titles and nine consecutive Dew Cup championships. “I can’t say enough about Jamie,” Greer said. “He puts his heart and soul into everything he does.” In addition to helping those who are battling cancer, the Bestwick Foundation provides support for organizations in the community that support youth and health development. Some of the groups it helps include: The Hope Lodge, Centre Volunteers in Medicine, the Centre County Youth Service Bureau, Tides, Strawberry Fields, St. Joseph’s Academy and Mount Nittany Medical Center. “We have a great relationship with those groups,” Greer said. “We ask them to help our mission, and they do. It’s just a part of keeping everything local.”
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STATE COLLEGE — State College High School Principal Scott DeShong gave a presentation on the updated education model for the high school, which would go along with it’s physical remodeling, at the State College School Board of Directors’ meeting Monday night. The educational model includes the changes that will be made to the high school administration and curriculum structure to improve the students’ learning. The model is separated into the ninth-grade experience and the upperclassman experience. Right now, ninth-graders take classes on a departmental structure, meaning all their subject classes are separated from one another. Students may not see their core subject teachers more than once a day, DeShong said. With the updated educational model, students would be able to see their core subject teachers more than once a day informally to create better relationships with those teachers, DeShong said. Ninth-graders would also take a seminar class that would allow them to interact more with upperclassmen and also help them plan out what they want to do academically for the rest of high school. As for upperclassmen, the slogan “No Student Left Unknown” was created to describe their educational model. A major part of their educational model is to have “a team of core teachers and elective programs working with a group of students.” Upperclassmen would have more collaborative time in their schedules to help create more relationships with teachers across the curriculum, DeShong said. Students would also have more time to do more project-based learning, meaning a group of students would be given a problem where they must use skills they learn from across the curriculum to solve the problem. Teachers would also see a change in the way they operate, DeShong said. Planning time would be given to teachers allowing them to discuss the education of shared students, DeShong said. “This is a structure that would allow (students) to collaborate with teachers who have same kids,” DeShong “It allows them to be able to allow us to make better decisions about teaching and learning.” The planning came about first from a model planning team that included teachers, students and building administrators. This team made visits to other schools that have a similar size and similar demographics to see how those schools addressed the academic needs of students. Board member Laurel Zydney was concerned about students who aren’t involved academically and aren’t interested in school, and how they will be brought into these
By StateCollege.com STATE COLLEGE — State College Police are investigating two sexual assaults that were reported to them this weekend. The first was reported at 3:48 a.m. Friday and was considered a forcible rape, but no address was given. The second was reported around 9 a.m. the same day, and was
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Obama’s options in Syria narrow By Scripps Howard News Service Here is how Secretary of State John Kerry summarized the state of affairs in Syria now that it is almost a certainty that President Bashar Assad launched a large-scale chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of Syrian civilians. “What we saw in Syria last week should shock the conscience of the world,” Kerry said Monday. “It defies any code of morality. Let me be clear: The indiscriminate slaughter of civilians, the killing of women and children and innocent bystanders by chemical weapons is a moral obscenity. By any standard, it is inexcusable. And despite the excuses and equivocations that some have manufactured, it is undeniable.” There are some loose evidentiary ends to be wrapped up, but now it seems clear that Assad, who may have launched some earlier, tentative chemical attacks, felt confident enough that he could blow past President Barack Obama’s red lines and openly use toxic nerve agents on civilians. The problem with chemical weapons and why so many international treaties outlaw them is that they are the classic slippery slope. Once used with impunity, the temptation is to use ever more toxic agents in ever greater amounts. “This international norm cannot be violated without consequences,” Kerry said. Yes to that, too. But who decides on those consequences? The United Nations is out because Syria’s close ally, Russia, exercises veto power on the U.N. Security Council. The European Union would prefer the Security Council to act first, but that isn’t going to happen. Failing that, the EU would like to see a “political solution,” but Assad is flatly opposed because any such solution would necessarily involve his departure from power. The one choice Obama doesn’t have is to do nothing. Indeed, he is reduced to a limited number of military options. While U.S. air power — fighter bombers, missiles and drones — tries to protect the civilian population, much as it did in Kosovo, the president should back Saudi Prince Bandar’s effort to build an Arab coalition to topple Assad. Like President George H.W. Bush on the eve of the Gulf War, Obama should work the phones to cajole our allies into aiding the effort to oust Assad and help pick up the pieces afterward. And, as in Libya, the United States should “lead from the rear,” helping as inconspicuously as possible so that Syria does not become our war.
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NCAA reform needed immediately In 1960, I watched my university get beaten and battered by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, of which it had been a member since the association’s 1906 founding. Indiana University was punished beyond any reasonable fairness and it took years to recover. The penalty for alleged football recruiting violations included restricting all Indiana University athletic program activities and post-season plays for several years. Newspapers across the country universally condemned the NCAA’s action as excessively punitive. As far as I know, a simiDan K. Thomasson lar penalty never is a columnist for has been handed Scripps-Howard News Service. out since. The cost to the school was horrendous. Now, the chief athletic governing body of college athletics is facing more challenges than at almost at any time. The promised reform can’t come soon enough. The NCAA now must contend with the possibility of congressional action that would hurry along something it has avoided in a countless past investigations: establishing a semblance of fairness about its disciplinary actions. Congressional lawmakers from Ohio and Pennsylvania have proposed the national Collegiate Ac-
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countability Act, following the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal involving former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky and the Ohio State University case in which football players were caught trading memorabilia for tattoos. Among other things, this proposal would force the NCAA to institute a system of due process in its investigations and to protect its athletes from arbitrary punishment. There is nothing wrong with the NCAA other than its bloated nightmare of a bureaucracy. It’s run by academics and their top administrators, with a rules book so large and unwieldy that it takes a battery of lawyers at most of its 200-plus topdivision schools to decipher it. Breaking a restriction is so easy that institutional control is almost impossible. Athletes have been punished for such miniscule indiscretions as appearing fully clothed on a sorority charity calendar or trading a sweatshirt or hat for body ink. The joke is that standing still in the wrong place and waving a pennant is likely to bring a suspension. Meanwhile, huge payments to star players in major sports go unpunished for years. The fact is that in the top bracket, the NCAA is anything but what it pretends to be: an overseer of ethical practices designed to benefit both its members and its “student athletes.” That term no longer bears any resemblance to reality in major sports such as football and basketball, whose athletes are purely and simply objects of commerce. In basketball, many players stay in college for just two semesters before heading to the pros.
They are actually engaged in big business without commensurate benefits, including an education they may or may not finish, and this amounts to very little expenditure for the schools. Ironically, it was a former Indiana University president, the late Myles Brand, who as NCAA chief executive from 2002 to 2009 preached a philosophy of scholarship before athletics — but delivered little. Power in the NCAA rests with Division III schools, where the real student athletes reside. Young men and women play without scholarships other than those provided for most of their fellow students. And these institutions simply have more votes in the NCAA’s general assembly, to the frequent dismay of the bigger Division IA and 1AA and Division II schools, which consider athletics major fiscal enterprises. There has been a growing sentiment that the big schools should form their own organization, one more in tune with their goals, which include raising the money from football and basketball to pay for the shortfall in revenues by sports such as baseball, track and soccer. One need only review the stateof-the-art stadiums and arenas of the big-money programs to see where all this is headed. The cry for sharing the wealth among the athletes, at least in the form of some small stipend besides room, board and tuition, grows yearly. The argument is that they already are professionals forced to abide by a pretense of scholastic achievement. Under the circumstances, the old cheer “boola boola” should be changed to “baloney baloney!”
Advances in travel raise questions Visionary Elon Musk’s proposed hyperloop may be as close as we’ll ever get to transportation’s Holy Grail: “Beam-me-up-Scotty” teleportation, as envisioned in “Star Trek.” Imagine stepping into a streamlined capsule in San Francisco and emerging 35 minutes later in Los Angeles, 380 miles away, after whooshing through an enclosed tube at speeds up to 760 mph. Musk claims that a system like this could be designed and built for $6 billion and could carry 7.4 million passengers annually between the two California cities for about $20 per trip. His 57-page proposal for this project has encountered some skepticism, especially his seemJohn M. Crisp ingly low-balled teaches English at price tag of $6 Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, billion. I read the Texas. His column proposal, but I is distributed by don’t have the Scripps Howard scientific or enNews Service. Email gineering backhim at jcrisp@ ground to decide delmar.edu. whether it’s feasible or not. Certainly, the proposal appears to shade quickly over into too-good-to-be-true territory. Still, I like the idea in theory, first because some creative thinking about new ways to get around that
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don’t depend on the internal combustion engine is always welcome. And, second, because on its face the proposal seems like a logical extension of one of my favorite forms of transportation, high-speed rail. But Musk doesn’t see the nearsupersonic hyperloop that way. He would prefer that we skip the highspeed rail stage completely, using his proposal to criticize current efforts to implement high-speed rail in California. And let’s face it: 760 mph is impressive. But here’s a question: What’s the hurry? The over-hyped hyperloop is a long way off. In the meantime, why allow the dream of a highly elusive 760 mph to distract us from implementing proven, currently available technology that runs at a more moderate rail speed of, say, 200 mph? Of course, at 200 mph, the 35-minute hyperloop trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles might take nearly two hours. On the other hand, Musk’s proposal depicts his theoretical passengers packed into tiny tubes like — only this overused metaphor will serve — sardines. This compares unfavorably with the Barcelona-to-Madrid highspeed train, which is smooth, comfortable and roomy. You can recline and watch a movie, or you can walk down to the bar car and have a drink. Dinner includes five types of wine, while the countryside slips past at a comfortable 200 mph. In general, fast is good, of course. But as we struggle with the increasing dilemma of more and more people with fewer resources in a warmer,
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dirtier world, we may find some of the solution — if there is one — in philosophy, rather than science or politics. If our culture hopes to survive more than a couple hundred more years, the Greek ideal of moderation may need to come into play. Sure, 760 mph would be nice, but why not just 200? And speaking of philosophy, the hyperloop raises a second question: What is travel? Teleportation — as in “Star Trek’s” fictional dematerialization and transmission of a human body via radio waves, I guess — might still move us from one place to another, but it also would represent the end of travel as an enriching, stimulating experience, or as an experience, at all. The hyperloop would come close to doing the same thing. One grand element of high-speed rail is that 200 mph is a fine speed — not too fast, not too slow — for observing the landscape, while relaxing with a glass of wine. Musk appears to believe that we still value this experience. His proposal contains this interesting sentence, “Beautiful landscape will be displayed in the cabin and each passenger will have access to their own personal entertainment center.” So as his fully enclosed capsules speed through a fully enclosed tube, passengers will evidently be able to observe “beautiful landscape.” In fact, I suspect they’ll have a choice of “landscapes” to observe. Thus, we take another step on the well-traveled path to the land where all experience is mediated electronically.
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How to pack a healthy lunch for kids From Gazette staff reports HERSHEY — With nearly one-third of American children now classified as either overweight or obese, it’s more important than ever to leave the Lunchables on the supermarket shelf and pay attention to what kids are eating for their midday meal. Dr. Marsha Novick, assistant professor of pediatrics and family and community medicine at Penn State Hershey, offers strategies for both those who prefer to pack and those who select options offered in the school cafeteria. One in four children nationwide are considered to be “food insecure” — in other words, they don’t know where their next meal is coming from. For those who receive free or discounted lunch, the midday meal at school may be the best bet for getting nutritious food. Yet children left to their own devices can make un-
healthy choices in the lunch line. So it’s up to parents to educate their kids about what a healthy meal looks like. Eating from the salad bar two or three times a week is great — as long as kids are selecting three or four different vegetables along with their lettuce base. “A lot of times when they say they are having a salad, it’s a bunch of Iceberg lettuce with bacon bits and cheese and egg and dressing dumped all over it,” Novick says. “That’s not necessarily healthy.” Adding a broth-based soup alongside a salad can also help kids feel full for the rest of the day. Students should bring a bottle of water to school and drink from it throughout the day — including at lunch. Novick recommends that parents encourage their children to bring a bagged lunch from home two or three times each week, if possible. Include children in the shopping process so that the healthy items are ones that the child will eat and not throw into the school trash. “When they pick out a fruit or veggie, they will be more likely to try it and eat it,” she says. “It is very hard to have energy for learning if they are missing meals.” While pre-packaged meals such as Lunchables are extremely popular, Novick says they are high in preservatives, salt and processed carbohydrates. They also won’t keep most kids feeling full through the end of the day. “After an hour and a half or two hours, they’re going to be hungry again,” she said. “I understand that things like that are easy, but they are also expensive and processed. It is much healthier and cheaper to do it yourself.” Create a balanced meal that hits all food groups — fruit and vegetables, protein and grain. Even picky eaters can usually find something in each food group that they will eat. “It’s a matter of being creative and knowing what your child likes,” Novick said
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PALMER WALTER, center, and his mother made birdhouses for the staff and patients to enjoy at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital. Palmer, a former brain injury rehabilitation patient at HealthSouth, wanted to do something to “give back.� Palmer is pictured here with his HealthSouth case manager Amy Adams, left, and his mother, Christine Walter.
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LEWISTOWN — The Diabetes Resource Center at Lewistown Hospital is offering fall diabetes education classes. Classes will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. every Wednesday from Sept. 25 through Oct. 23 at Lewistown Hospital in the cardio conference foom on the fourth floor. Class topics include: diabetes and healthy eating; carbohydrate counting; monitoring and being active; taking medications; and problem solving, healthy coping and reducing risks. Classes will be billed to the participant’s
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Penn State to close Williamsport Center in 2014 From Gazette staff reports UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State will close the Williamsport Continuing Education Center on June 30, 2014. The decision to close this location, located at 1020 Commerce Park Drive in the Water Tower Square complex, was based on decreasing enrollment and declining revenue. The students currently enrolled in courses at the Williamsport Center will receive assistance from Penn State to help them finish their degree programs. The university is exploring partnerships in Williamsport for suitable, temporary classroom space for Penn State faculty-led classes. In addition to a temporary Williamsport location, current students will be counseled on their options for continuing their education at other Penn State locations, including online through Penn State’s
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World Campus. Students also will have access to support services after the center closes, including academic advising, career counseling and financial aid information. In July 2011, the Academic Program and Administrative Services Core Council asked Outreach to carefully review the cost effectiveness of offering courses in Williamsport. The goal of the council was to identify new ways to maintain academic excellence, while helping Penn State become a more efficient and effective institution. Outreach leadership gave the center additional time to realize increased enrollments. With enrollments remaining low, the decision was made to implement the council recommendation. Current Williamsport students can call (814) 865-3443 or (800) 228-1627 for further assistance.
CPI joins Manufacturing Institute list From Gazette staff reports WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Manufacturing Institute recently announced that the Central Pennsylvania Institute of Science and Technology is the newest member of the M-List. Located in Pleasant Gap, CPI is acknowledged for its outstanding advancing manufacturing technology and precision manufacturing programs.
The M-List recognizes high schools, community colleges and universities that are teaching manufacturing students to industry standards. Specifically, these institutions offer students the opportunity to earn NAM-endorsed manufacturing skills certifications as a standard part of their manufacturing education programs. Companies and veterans interested in joining this effort or learning more can visit www.themanufacturinginstitute.org.
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LHU offers social media promotion From Gazette staff reports LOCK HAVEN — Lock Haven University’s marketing students will create free social media promotions for local businesses and non-profits this fall. Pinterest boards are great for organizations that have good visuals. For an example, visit http://pinterest.com/ccep2013 to see a page an LHU student intern created for Clinton County tourism. Pinterest
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DAVIDSON BROTHERS, a family-owned trucking company based in Bellefonte since the 1940s, recently donated a Transcraft 45-foot spread axle, air ride flatbed trailer to the CPI CDL program. From left are Dave Priester, lead CDL instructor; Merle Kellendar, CDL instructor; and Mike and Tom Davidson, brothers and owners of Davidson Brothers Trucking.
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Mount Nittany Health sponsors walk at fair By SAM STITZER
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JOHN WEAVER’S Famous Kaluski stand has become a popular Grange Fair attraction.
Centre Hall man sells unusual food at Grange Fair By SAM STITZER
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CENTRE HALL — Everyone in this area has a list of their favorite Grange Fair foods, like hot sausage sandwiches, pizza, funnel cakes and kaluski. Kaluski? What’s that? Kaluski is the creation of Centre Hall resident John Weaver, who sells the food from his stand at Grange Fair. Kaluski is derived from a Polish dish called haluski, which is a mixture of cooked cabbage, noodles and onions. “Haluski is actually bland,” Weaver said. “Years ago, I decided to do something different, and tried adding different kinds of meats and seasoning, and finally came up with what I have today.” Weaver’s recipe, refined over a period of about 10 years, includes sausage and a secret list of seasonings added to the cabbage and noodles. “It was my recipe — no one else had it, so I changed the name from haluski with an “h” to kaluski with a “k” to give it a distinct name,” Weaver said. Weaver has served his kaluski at community and charity events in the Penns
Valley area for several years, where the dish earned the tongue-in-cheek nickname of “John Weaver’s famous kaluski.” “When we bought this (stand) we said we’ve got to call it John Weaver’s Famous Kaluski,” Weaver said. Weaver had wanted to open a stand at the fair for years, hoping to do it when he retired. In June 2012, Weaver did retire and in July, the owner of the former bingo stand decided to sell it. “I just lucked out,” Weaver said, “We bought the stand in July, and opened it at the fair in August.” Weaver said it took him and his wife a while to decide what items to sell at their stand. Besides kaluski, their menu includes Polish kielbasa and sweet potato French fries. Weaver’s stand has been busy this year, and the kaluski is extremely popular. “I haven’t had anyone say they didn’t like it,” Weaver said. He said another of his creations, fried bologna on a stick, has become very popular as well. “I love people and I love to cook,” he said.
CENTRE HALL — Hardly anyone will dispute that one of the greatest attractions of Grange Fair is the food. Literally hundreds of food vendors dispense all manner of culinary delights, many of them loaded with sugar and fat. Tenters and campers who spend the week there often find themselves gaining weight, sending their blood sugar and cholesterol levels soaring. To combat the negative health effects of sweet and fatty fair foods, employees of Mount Nittany Health created the Mount Nittany Health Walk at the Grange Fair. Event organizer Stacy Olenoski said this is the fourth year for this program, which encourages fair residents to walk a mile each day of the fair. A one-mile prescribed walking route winds through the grounds, beginning and ending at the grandstand and traversing nine different streets. Olenoski said the walkers are issued a passport to record their walks. “You can go to our booth and get it stamped. If you walk five miles and get five
stamps, we have a celebration at the end of the fair, and you get a prize,” she said. Olenoski is assisted by Teresa Jessop and Megan Maney. All are employees of the Mount Nittany Health organization. The kickoff Health Walk for 2013 was held on Aug. 23. About 30 people, including Mount Nittany Medical Center CEO Steve Brown, gathered at the grandstand and began the walk around the grounds. Olenoski said that 30 to 40 people typically complete the full five-mile regimen each year. She said that the Mount Nittany Health booth, located in Commercial Exhibit Building 12 on Garbrick Avenue, has various specialists on hand throughout the week to conduct blood-pressure screenings and to dispense information on health-related subjects such as orthopedics, diabetes, CPR and osteoporosis. They also have a fun health-related activity for children. “We have a germ lab for kids,” she said. “We spray their hands with a substance that glows under black light. They wash their hands and check them again to see how good of a hand washer they are.”
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WALKERS GATHER near the grandstand waiting to walk a one-mile route around the Grange fairgrounds.
Boy Scout troop holds 100th anniversary campout By SAM STITZER
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SPRING MILLS — Boy Scout Troop 31 of State College held a special campout at the Seven Mountains Boy Scout Camp, from Aug. 23-25 to celebrate the troop’s 100th anniversary. The troop was chartered on Jan. 12, 1914, by St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in State College, and has been continuously chartered by St. Paul’s for 100 years. The troop was originally called “Troop 1,” a designation it held until 1930 when the Juniata Valley Council was reorganized into three districts, and the troop became Troop 31. The campout featured many activities for troop members including canoeing, swimming, branding and tent pitching. On display in the trading post were hundreds of troop memorabilia items from the past 100 years. In the dining hall, campout organizer Craig Colwell pointed with pride to a copy of the troop’s original scoutmaster application from December 1913. “This is our Declaration of Independence,” said Frank Savino, who is the current Scoutmaster. “It’s 100 years old and it’s in near-perfect condition.” The document was recently discovered in a Boy Scout Council office. The form had been filled out by Troop 31’s first scoutmaster, Penn State profesSAM STITZER/For The Gazette sor Milton W. Eddy. JOHN LUNDY, left, shows Scouts how to make a shelter with a tarp and ropes. Notable names among the troop’s 30 scoutmas-
ters during the past 100 years are John W. Long, who later became president of Lycoming College, and Amos Neyhart, who developed the nation’s first high school driver training program, which was instituted at State College High School in 1934. At the branding station, Troop 31 alumnus and Eagle Scout Ellis Dunklebarger helped young Scouts use hot irons to brand a special 100th anniversary logo into cork coasters. Dunklebarger had the logo made with a water jet cutter and welded to a long handle. He also made a Seven Mountains Camp insignia. In the tent-pitching area, Troop 31 alumnus John Lundy was showing Scouts how to construct an emergency shelter using just a tarp and ropes suspended between two trees. The deep sense of history of Troop 31 was exemplified by David Eng, who was helping Scouts at the canoeing activity. Eng is one of three generations of his family to become Eagle Scouts in Troop 31. His father, Donald Eng, earned the rank in 1943, then immediately went off to fight in World War II. David Eng earned his Eagle rank in 1969, and his son Anders achieved the Eagle rank in 2010. Following the afternoon activities, a formal dinner was held in the camp dining hall for all the attendees. Campout organizer Craig Colwell said that 131 people attended the dinner, which was followed by a campfire.
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Tickets on sale for dinner LEMONT — Tickets are still available for the 10th annual Gourmet Granary Dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 14 at the historic Thompson Granary, 133 Mt. Nittany Road in Lemont. The dinner, which will feature six courses, will benefit the Lemont Village Association’s efforts to build handicapped-accessible restrooms. The theme is “Local Delicacies With a French Flair.” The event will be catered by ECOEVENTS and will feature Erin Condo and Joshua McCracken. Dinners are $85 a person, or $680 for a table of eight. For more information or to reserve a table, visit www. lemontvillage.org/gourmetdinner.
Fast to be observed LAMAR — The third annual Great American Fast will be observed locally beginning at 6 p.m. Sept. 6 at the Lamar Lighthouse Camp. The program will conclude at 6 p.m. Sept. 7. The fast is a time of seriously seeking the face of God on behalf of our nation and is sponsored by Lifegate Baptist Church in Pleasant Gap. Free overnight lodging is available. For more information call (814) 359-3183 or visit www.thegreatamericanfast. org.
Women’s luncheon planned THE STATE COLLEGE ELKS Veterans Services Committee took a local group of veterans from Hearthside Nursing Home to a State College Spikes baseball game on Aug. 4. Front row, from left, are, Ralph Young, Charles Laird, John Keller, John R. Hall and Walter Freeman. The Elks members in the back row are Larry Cramer, Andy Whiteside, Lee Morris, Vern Crawford (co-chair of the Veterans Services Committee), local resident and volunteer Jenn Bailey and co-chair of the Veterans Services Committee Jack McKinley.
BOALSBURG — The Women’s Mid Day Connection Luncheon will be held at 11:45 a.m. Sept. 10 at the Mountain View Club in Boalsburg. The feature will be “A Stitch in Time.” The music will be provided by vocalists Graham Sanders and John Carpenter. Patricia Loudenschlager will be on the keyboard. For reservations or cancellations, call Margo at (814) 355-7615.
Colyer Lake fundraiser scheduled for Sept. 15
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From Gazette staff reports BOALSBURG — A fundraiser will take place at noon on Sept. 15 to help raise funds and show community support for the funding campaign to help restore Colyer Lake. The main activity of the fundraiser
is to fill the lake with as many kayaks, canoes and rowboats that can fit. A commemorative aerial photo will be taken of the lake filled with the boats as a way to show community support for Colyer Lake. The fundraiser will also include fun outdoor-oriented workshops,
local entertainment, mountain biking, road biking, hiking and refreshments. There will be demo boats to paddle and demo bikes to ride. To participate, a registration donation of $20 per person or $40 for families is requested.
BELLEFONTE — There will be a roast beef dinner from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 9 at Faith United Methodist Church, 512 Hughes St. in Bellefonte. Cost is $8 for adults, $4 for children. For more information, call (814) 355-3358.
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THE STATE COLLEGE Elks Lodge participated in the Memorial Day festivities in Boalsburg, the home of Memorial Day. The Lodge officer and volunteers sell food and drinks in an effort to raise funds for the Elks Home Service Program.Volunteers Van Arvin, left, and past Exalted Ruler Lisa Schroeder took a shift at the food stand.
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SOROPTIMIST INTERNATIONAL of Centre County installed new officers for the 2013-2014 club year. They were installed by North Atlantic Region Gov. Deb Cook at their June meeting held at the Atherton Hotel. Cook gave the new officers cowgirl hats so they would be ready to “ride into action” when the new year started in August. From left are Sharon Dixon-Brytczuk, vice president; Sharon Norenberg, secretary; Brenda Wagner, president; Dee Bagshaw, director 2 year; Kathy Mayberry, director 1 year; Carol Walsh, corresponding secretary and delegate; Georgiana Gallaher, treasurer; and Martha Musser, delegate. Missing from photo are Donna Merrill, director 1 year and Linda Wilson, director 2 year. Seated is Gov. Deb Cook.
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A heart for Nicaragua — 10 years and counting When Gail Drake, daughter of the founder of Mountain T.O.P. (Tennessee Outreach Project), asked Bob Johnson to become part of a team to train leaders for short-term mission trips to Nicaragua, he could not have conceived the outcome. That first day after he considered the request he said, “What am I doing? I’m not even sure where Nicaragua is?” He did go, trained, and along with his wife, Bonnie, led the first team into Nicaragua in 2004. The group balanced medical clinics, educational activities and construction projects at Hebron Baptista Iglesia, a church/school. They built an addition to the school. Some members taught English. Dr. Rick Vaughn was the physician for the medical team. Joanne Steindorf and Jim Martin were pharmacists with Nicaraguan translators. During the second week there, Dr. Chuck Rohrbeck and licensed pharmacist Ike Rosensteel joined the group. The mission group, backed by the St. Paul’s United Methodist Church in State College, had caught a “bug” that Connie Cousins covers Centre has touched more than 173 people in County for the the 10 years since. Most of the people Centre County who go on missions return more than Gazette. Email her once. In 2005, the team from St. Paul’s at correspondent@ undertook the building of the Los Cecentrecounty dros Children’s Home, one of only two gazette. com Child of Destiny Homes in Nicaragua. St. Paul’s raised money and the 2005 team built it to the bottom of the windows, and money left was used to finish it. Other teams came and worked to complete the building, which today is home to approximately 30 infants and toddlers. The medical team now stays at both an older children’s home in Jinotega and also at Los Cedros in the dormitories that have been built. Los Cedros was broken into a week ago by 10 armed men, who cut through fencing, overpowered the armed guard there, tied up the nannies and robbed the home. The $8,000 that was stolen was money the missionaries were saving to purchase a better vehicle for the home. Computers were taken, as well as the only vehicle, a truck that was later found demolished. The Randall family, the missionaries currently living there, were thankful that no one was hurt, but it has increased their need for help. St. Paul’s UMC, with its many members who are teachers and its heart for education, has initiated many programs for Nicaragua. Their backpack project debuted in 2004. That year the team gave out 600 backpacks filled with school supplies. By 2013, 28,000 backpacks were placed into eager students’ hands. None of these things are made available to students in Nicaragua through the schools, which, especially in the mountains, are little more than small cement block and metal shacks with desks. Outhouses are the only facilities for the students. The scholarship program is a valuable one to St. Paul’s that has blossomed to include 200 scholarships for students in kindergarten through 12th grade, as well as 48 university scholarships. “St. Paul’s is very proud of our students. We have one student in a school for the deaf, several in engineering programs and one in veterinary training,” said Bonnie Johnson. Bonnie was eager to explain to me the sewing projects that St. Paul’s has started in Nicaragua. “These classes have empowered women there. We have collected sewing machines and several team members, including Lisa Voight, who is a team leader, Barbara Taylor and I have given the women a skill that enables them to teach others and to sell items to make some money,” she said. Bonnie also has led teacher-training workshops in a school that the team renovated, three elementary schools and four preschools. Teachers, some of whom were college educated and many who were not, learned math manipulations and other helpful teaching aids. Another ongoing project for the mission teams is the sports camp at El Salero, a healthy place for children and youth to learn and grow. Every time a team goes there, they add more to the sports camps, such as new basketball courts. Holle and Kathy August and Amanda VanDeman Guti-
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Plenty of events on tap for Labor Day weekend By SAMI HULINGS
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Though the calendar says changing leaves and crisp nights aren’t upon us quite yet, Labor Day marks the unofficial end of summer in Centre County. Before the school routines officially set in and Fridays and Saturdays are full of high school and Penn State football, enjoy one last summer fun-filled weekend.
FRIDAY, AUG. 30
Dollar Day at Lakemont Park Where: Lakemont Park When: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. What: Park guests can ride and slide all day. Special Dollar Day discounts at the gift shops and concession stands. Enjoy a free Wendy’s Jr. Frosty with your Dollar Day wristband. www.lakemontparkfun.com “Wine & Tapas” End of Summer Gala Where: Mt. Nittany Vineyard & Winery When: 6-8 p.m. What: The third annual festival “celebrates the grapes,” as the harvest is just weeks away. Enjoy a glass of sangria while enjoying the easy-listening jazz of Jay Vonada’s Swing Nova. Experience a wide range of appetizers paired with Mt. Nittany wines. Special event discounts on wines will be offered. www.mtnittanywinery.com State College Spikes v. Jamestown Jammers Where: Medlar Field at Lubrano Park When: 7:05 p.m. What: Attractions include last
post-game fireworks show, “4 for $44 Friday” promotion, “College 3-2-1” night, Sgt. Bob Timney’s acoustic series, post-game “Kids Run the Bases,” Central PA Food Bank food drive night and more. www.statecollegespikes.com Movies on the Mountain: “The Avengers” Where: Tussey Mountain Amphitheater When: 8 p.m. What: Bring a blanket or lawn chair and watch a fun flick outside. Show starts at dusk. Classic movie popcorn, candy, hot dogs, hamburgers and other food provided. www.tusseymountain.com Zedd Where: Bryce Jordan Center When: 8 p.m. What: As German wunderkind Zedd’s track “Clarity” continues to explode, the 23-year-old artist/producer/songwriter’s The Moment of Clarity Tour will stop in State College. www.bjc.psu.edu
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DELGROSSO’S AMUSEMENT PARK in Tipton will offer all sorts of specials on Labor Day weekend. When: 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. What: Contemporary Christian concerts with Lindsay McCaul and Matt Maher plus 321 Improv. www.frontlineministries.com “Mountain Rocks” Fundraiser Where: Tussey Mountain Amphitheater When: 6 p.m. What: The inaugural “Mountain Rocks” will feature performances by Ted and the Hi Fi’s, Pure Cane Sugar, Jason McIntyre, Miss
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Harrisburg to host ‘Dairy Oxen Demo’ By CONNIE COUSINS
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HARRISBURG — I’ll bet you paused at the words “Dairy Oxen” — didn’t you? I found out from Darwin Braund, chair of the six-member Dairy Oxen Demo Committee, that any breed might become an ox. A castrated bull of around four years of age that has been trained to work is an ox. The pair that Braund will be taking to Harrisburg is Jersey and named Frye and Burg, after a town in Maine. The pair is 34 months old. After an absence of 200 years, oxen will be coming from several states to participate in a Dairy Oxen Demo in Harrisburg. At least four teams of oxen from Centre County will be there. From 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 7 and 8, a DOD will be held at the 50th All-American Dairy Show. Abe Allebach, from Spring Mills, Braund, from State College, and Justin Clouser, from Madisonburg, will exhibit teams from Centre County.
IF YOU GO What: Dairy Oxen Demo Where: PA Farm Show Complex and Expo Center, Harrisburg When: 1-4 p.m., Sept. 7 and 8 More info: www.allamerican.state.pa.us
The demonstrations will feature 46 animals, representing 21 teams and four singles. Exhibitors are coming from five states from Maine to Georgia, and 26 of the animals are native to Pennsylvania. A rare breed of Randall Oxen is coming from Massachusetts. The event promotes and celebrates the rich legacy of dairy cattle to the industry and the public, according to Braund. Dairy cattle played a key role in providing pulling (draft) power that helped create an agricultural revolution, cleared land, harvested timber and pulled the early settlers across the United States in wagons to tame a new land. “That part of history has been forgotten,” Braund said. The program starts each day at 1 p.m. with a Grand Parade of participants with an introduction of teams and teamsters by the judge or announcer. There will be a timed competitive obstacle course, and demonstrations of single cars, covered wagon, log sled, log slalom, weighted sled and log pulling. Who knew oxen could do all that? There is even a special Youth-Only class for those younger than 18 to exhibit. Fullington Bus Company will run a tour bus from Central Pennsylvania to the DOD on Sept. 8. There is information at their website and at www.allamerican.state.pa.us. For more information about the Dairy Oxen Demo, contact Darwin G. Braund, 445 Waupelani Drive, Apt. L-16, State College, PA 16801, call (814) 861-3057 or email dgbraund@ gmail.com.
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UNIVERSITY PARK — The Penn State football team almost never opens a season away from the friendly confines of Beaver Stadium like it will on Saturday against Syracuse at Met Life Stadium. That’s fitting. Penn State has never embarked on a campaign that remotely resembles the one that lays ahead in 2013. Even more so than last year, the Nittany Lions will be sailing into uncharted waters — fraught with unanswered questions and uncertainty at almost every turn. But also filled with great potential. This season was supposed to be the beginning of dark times for Penn State. The bowl ban and scholarship reductions were supposed to be taking full effect by now. Yet, head coach Bill O’Brien and his staff are heading into the Syracuse game with solid and experienced players across the board on both offense and defense. How they will hold up over a full season and how O’Brien can add depth (and keep what he has) with only 65 scholarship players on hand are the questions of the day. For Penn State fans itching to get the new season started, there will be a lot to look forward to on Saturday afternoon.
THE LINES
What coach in this sport has not said that football games are won in the trenches? That is good news because the Nittany Lions look solid across both lines, especially on the offensive line. Time was, it seemed that every season Penn State was rebuilding its offensive line
and much depended on how the new line progressed. This season, fifth-year seniors John Urschel (right guard), Ty Howle (center) and Adam Gress (right tackle) will anchor an offensive line that is experienced and will be one of the strengths of the team. Miles Dieffenbach (left guard) and Donovan Smith (left tackle) look to complete the starting five, with Eric Shrive, Garry Gilliam, Angelo Mangiro (in three positions), Anthony Alosi and Wendy Laurent ready to go. “We’re looking good,” Urschel said. “We have really picked up the nuances of the offense that Coach O’Brien has tried to implement. I think we’re looking strong.” On defense, there are some major holes to fill, but tackle DaQuan Jones and end Deion Barns will be a handful for any defensive coordinator to try to stop. CJ Olaniyan and Kyle Baublitz will probably fill out the starters, with Anthony Zettle, Austin Johnson, Derek Dowrey and Evan Schwan also in the mix. The depth was hurt with the loss of DE Brad Bars due to injury, but O’Brien is upbeat overall about the line. “We have a group of very talented guys there,” he said. “Baublitz has really played well this training camp, and Austin Johnson had a great practice yesterday, so those guys will roll in there. DaQuan Jones has been really good. He’s tough to block and he’s a bull in there.”
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Zach Zwinak is back after a breakout 1,000-yard season in 2012, and at 6-foot-1, 240 pounds, he’ll be a battering ram again coming out of the PSU backfield.
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PENN STATE freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg has been battling junior college transfer Tyler Ferguson for the starting job this fall.
Quite simply, Kyle Carter, Jesse James, Matt Lehman, Brent Wilkerson and freshman Adam Breneman are the best tight-end group in the country. Combine that fact with a coach who knows how to use them, and anything can happen at any time. Add Allen Robinson, Brandon Moseby-Felder and Eugene Lewis spread out wide, and there promises to be lots of open receivers for the quarterbacks to choose from. O’Brien recently said that Breneman, basically, is too good of an athlete and tight end to red-shirt and he will see significant playing time. How — and how much — he is used on Saturday will be another interesting facet of the game.
DEFENSIVE BACKS
This unit went from being almost completely depleted after the 2011 season to one of great potential on this year’s team. Safeties Malcolm Willis and Adrian Amos lead the group, with Trevor Williams and Jordan Lucas taking care of the cornerback positions. Stephen Obeng-Agyapong, Anthony Smith, Ryan Keiser, Da’Quan Davis and Malik Golden are also in the mix and will vie for playing time.
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Bill Belton, quicker and highly motivated after an injury-filled 2012, returns as well, along with promising red-shirt freshman Akeel Lynch. These three backs are diverse and talented, and whoever steps under center as the quarterback will find life much easier because of them. How they are used and in
Of all the front line units, the linebacker position seems to be drawing the most concern, mostly because of the depth issue. Glen Carson, Nyeem Wartman and Mike Hull are solid players and fit right into the mold of Penn State linebackers, but the only others on the depth chart are Ben Kline, Garry Wooten and Charles Idemudia. And, Kline is just coming off a shoulder injury that until recently has kept him out of contact drills. Uncharted, Page 22
Mercurial season leads to newfound motivation By JOHN PATISHNOCK
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UNIVERSITY PARK — The moment is still ingrained in Bill O’Brien’s memory. As the Penn State football coach ran on a treadmill earlier this summer, he looked outside and saw Sam Ficken kicking field goals on the practice field. Ficken was alone, and despite not having any defenders in his way, the junior wore a helmet (more on this later). A year removed from a mercurial season in which he missed four field goals in an early-season loss to Virginia but lifted Penn State to an overtime victory in the finale against Wisconsin, Ficken was clearly motivated. “He was trying to get some work just
on his own, and that says it all about Sam Ficken,” O’Brien said. “Hopefully, he’ll come back and have a strong year for us. He sure has worked at it.” Not counting his 1-for-5 performance in the 17-16 setback to the Cavaliers, Ficken made all but three of his other 16 attempts, including a perfect 3-for-3 day against the Badgers. “It definitely helps, being in a position where I got to play the whole season and really gained some experience and then really kind of, I think, meet my potential at the end of the season,” Ficken said. “I had the early-season struggles but it really helps to gain confidence throughout spring ball. I did really well then, and through camp so far it’s been going really well.”
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Ficken said the season couldn’t have ended any better and added the on-campus vibe he felt afterward “was definitely different from the start of the season — in a good way.” As Ficken mightily struggled over the first half of last year, missing six of his first eight attempts, he ignored all of the negativity directed at him on social networking sites. Instead, he continued to kick, even if he sometimes missed out on opportunities for more attempts as Penn State continually went for it on fourth down when many other coaches would have tried a field goal. Ficken attempted just two kicks his freshman season but finished strong last year, making his final 10 tries. “I feel a lot more comfortable going
out there in front of the whole team, that doesn’t really bother me anymore,” Ficken said of how he’s a different kicker this season. “Last year, I was still kind of nervous. It was my position, but at the same time, until you gain that game-time experience, you don’t really know exactly what it’s like.” Just like last year when he encountered the on-field hiccups, Ficken has spent the offseason by connecting with people who better understand the pressures hoisted upon a Division I athlete at a school that receives national exposure. He ran into former Penn State letterwinners as he and three teammates visited Wall Street recently. Ficken, Page 22
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1 Bill Belton RB Jr. 1 Malcolm Willis S Sr. 2 DaeSean Hamilton WR Fr. 2 Jake Kiley S Fr. 3 Da’Quan Davis CB So. 3 Austin Whipple QB Fr. 4 Adrian Amos S Jr. 4 Chris Geiss WR Fr. 5 Tyler Ferguson QB So. 5 Nyeem Wartman LB Fr. 6 Malik Golden S Fr. 7 S. Obeng-Agyapong S Sr. 7 Eugene Lewis WR Fr. 8 Allen Robinson WR Jr. 8 Gary Wooten LB Fr. 9 Jordan Lucas CB So. 10 DeShawn Baker WR So. 11 Brent Wilkerson TE Fr. 12 Jack Seymour QB Fr. 12 Jordan Smith CB Fr. 13 Jesse Merise CB So. 14 Kasey Gaines DB Fr. 14 Christian Hackenberg QB Fr. 15 Alex Kenney WR Jr. 15 Tom Pancoast DB Fr. 16 Devin Pryor CB Jr. 17 D.J. Crooks QB Fr. 17 Dad Poquie DB Fr. 18 Deion Barnes DE So. 19 Richy Anderson WR Fr. 20 Neiko Robinson DB Fr. 21 Brian Tomasetti RB Fr. 22 Akeel Lynch RB Fr. 22 T.J. Rhattigan LB So. 23 Ryan Keiser S Jr. 24 Anthony Smith CB Fr. 25 Von Walker RB Fr. 26 Brandon Bell LB Fr. 27 Adam Geiger RB Fr. 27 Collin Harrop S Fr. 28 Zach Zwinak RB Jr. 29 Brock Baranowski RB Fr. 30 Charles Idemuia LB Fr. 31 Brad Bars DE Jr. 32 Kyle Searfoss LB Fr. 33 Chip Chiappialle RB Fr. 34 Dominic Salomone FB Fr. 35 Matthew Baney LB So. 35 Pat Zerbe FB Sr. 36 Hunter Crawford LB Fr. 36 Deron Thompson RB So. 37 Chris Gulla K/P Fr. 38 Ben Kline LB So. 39 Jesse Della Valle S Jr. 40 Glenn Carson LB Sr. 41 Parker Cothren DT Fr. 42 Carter Henderson LB Fr. 43 Mike Hull LB Jr. 44 Tyler Yazujian KS Fr. 45 Alex Butterworth P Sr. 46 Adam Cole LB Fr. 47 Brandon Smith LB Fr. 48 Ryan Ammerman LB Fr. 49 Garth Lakitsky LB Fr. 50 Mike Wiand LB Fr. 51 Drew Boyce LB So. 52 Curtis Cothran DE Fr. 53 Derek Dowrey DT Fr. 54 Sean Corcoran KS Fr. 55 Wendy Laurent C Fr. 56 Anthony Alosi G/T So. 57 Tanner Hartman G Fr. 58 Adam Gress T Sr. 59 Andrew Nelson T Fr. 60 Ty Howle C Sr. 64 John Urschel G Sr. 65 Miles Dieffenbach G Jr. 66 Angelo Mangiro C/G So. 67 Andrew Terlingo OL Fr. 68 Bryan Davie G Jr. 71 Brendan Mahon G Fr. 72 Brian Gaia DT Fr. 73 Austin Fiedler OL Fr. 74 Evan Galimberti OL Fr. 75 Eric Shrive G/T Sr. 76 Donovan Smith T So. 77 Garry Gilliam T Jr. 78 Tom Devenney OL Fr. 79 Kevin Blanchard T So. 80 Matt Zanellato WR So. 81 Adam Brenneman TE Fr. 82 Gregg Garrity WR Fr. 83 Luke Vadas WR Fr. 84 Kyle Baublitz DT Jr. 84 Matt Lehman TE Sr. 85 B. Moseby-Felder WR Sr. 86 C.J. Olaniyan DE Jr. 87 Kyle Carter TE So. 88 Tyrone Smith DT Jr. 88 Jonathan Warner WR Fr. 90 Garrett Sickels DE Fr. 91 DaQuan Jones DT Sr. 92 Albert Hall DE Fr. 94 Evan Schwan DE Fr. 95 Carl Nassib DE So. 97 Sam Ficken PK Jr. 98 Anthony Zettel DE So. 99 Austin Johnson DT Fr.
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Nittany Notes: Kiley switches to receiver By BEN JONES
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UNIVERSITY PARK — If you check Penn State’s official roster (posted on www.GoPSUsports.com) from time to time you might just catch a position change or two that goes unannounced. That was the case this past weekend when Penn State redshirt freshman Jake Kiley made the switch from the Nittany Lion secondary to the receiving corps. Kiley was listed fourth on the depth chart at the safety position heading into the fall. The switch may not lead to any immediate reps behind an equally talented receiving group but nevertheless the move is now official. While in high school Kiley was most skilled at the defensive back position but played receiver as well — meaning the switch is not an unfamiliar one. Also while in high school Kiley accounted for 40 career touchdowns:
22 rushing, 12 passing, five receiving and one kick return. Penn State announced that it will release a final depth chart and roster later on Monday which should give fans a look at how the 2013 Nittany Lions are shaping up. Depth charts often change as the season goes along but can provide insight into which players on the “lower end” of the roster were able to raise their stock over the offseason.
O’BRIEN GIVES FIVE RUN-ONS SCHOLARSHIPS
Penn State head coach Bill O’Brien has long said that one of the downsides of the NCAA sanctions is that it limits his ability to grant players scholarships who would have otherwise earned them. Run-ons who have worked hard often can earn a scholarship with the team after a great training camp or a breakout season. But that didn’t stop the coach from giving five runons scholarships this season.
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FRESHMAN WIDEOUT Richy Anderson has been impressive during camp. According to coach Bill O’Brien, Anderson is in the mix for playing time.
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Overall: 0-0 Big Ten: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Coach: Bill O’Brien, second season Record at Penn State: 8-4 Overall record: 8-4 vs. Syracuse 0-0
Overall: 0-0 ACC: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Road: 0-0 Neutral: 0-0 Coach: Scott Shafer, first season Record at Syracuse: 0-0 Overall record: 0-0 vs. Penn State: 0-0
Team leaders (2012)
Team leaders (2012)
RUSHING Zach Zwinak 203 for 1,000 (4.9) Michael Zordich 80 for 301 (3.8) Bill Belton 60 for 263 (4.4)
RUSHING Jerome Smith 227 for 1,171 (5.2) Prince-Tyson Gulley 158 for 830 (5.3) Ryan Nassib 84 for 142 (1.7)
PASSING Matt McGloin 270 of 446, 3,266 yds., 24 TD, 5 int. Alex Butterworth 0 of 1, 0 yds.
PASSING Ryan Nassib 294 of 471, 3,749 yds., 26 TD, 10 int. Charley Loeb 1 of 1, 8 yds.
ZACH ZWINAK RECEIVING Allen Robinson 77-1,013 (13.2), 11 TD Kyle Carter 36-453 (12.6), 2 TD B. Moseby-Felder 31-437 (14.1), 1 TD Matt Lehman 24-296 (12.3), 3 TD
RECEIVING Alec Lemon 72-1,070 (14.8), 7 TD Marcus Sales 64-882 (13.7), 8 TD Jarrod West 43-588 (13.6), 2 TD Beckett Wales 35-389 (11.1), 2 TD
SCORING Sam Ficken 81 pts. (14 FG, 39 PAT) Allen Robinson 66 pts. (11 TD) Zach Zwinak 44 pts. (7 TD, 1 two-point conversion) Matt McGloin 30 pts. (5 TD)
SCORING Ross Krautman 88 pts. (15 FG, 43 PAT) Prince-Tyson Gulley 68 pts. (11 TD, 1 two-point conversion) Marcus Sales 50 pts. (8 TD, 1 two-point conversion) Alec Lemon 48 pts. (8 TD)
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Offense PENN STATE 144.8 3.7 272-456-5 273.2 417.9 5.4 29.1
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Defense SYRACUSE 187.0 4.4 295-473-10 289.0 476.0 6.0 30.0
PENN STATE 128.4 3.5 244-430-10 225.0 353.4 4.9 19.1
RUSHING/GAME RUSHING/ATT. PASSING PASSING/GAME TOTAL/GAME TOTAL/ATT. SCORING/GAME
SYRACUSE 144.7 4.0 252-397-9 234.1 378.8 5.7 24.7
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Running Back 28 Zach Zwinak, 6-1, 240, Jr. 1 Bill Belton, 5-10, 205, Jr. 22 Akeel Lynch, 6-0, 214, Fr. Fullback 35 Pat Zerbe, 6-1, 231, Sr. 34 Dominic Salomone, 5-10, 230, Fr.
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OFFENSE Quarterback 10 Terrel Hunt, 6-3, 219, So. 14 John Kinder, 6-2, 187, Jr.
Running Back 45 Jerome Smith, 6-0, 226, Jr. 23 Prince-Tyson Gulley, 5-10, 190, Sr. 27 George Morris II, 6-0, 203, Fr. H-back 1 Ashton Broyld, 6-2, 221, So. 20 Brisly Estime, 5-9, 170, Fr. Wide Receiver Sean Avant, 5-11, 180, Fr. Adrian Fleming, 6-3, 200, Sr. Alvin Cornelius, 6-1, 187, Fr. Franklin Santos, 5-10, 175, Jr.
Tight End — Y 18 Jesse James, 6-7, 249, So. 84 Matt Lehman, 6-6, 260, Sr.
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Tight End — Y/F 87 Kyle Carter, 6-3, 244, So. 81 Adam Breneman, 6-4, 235, Fr.
Tight End 85 Beckett Wales, 6-3, 255, Sr. 89 Josh Parris, 6-2, 255, Fr. 42 Jacob Green, 6-1, 245, So.
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Wide Receiver Allen Robinson, 6-3, 211, Jr. Eugene Lewis, 6-1, 201, Fr. Alex Kenney, 6-, 195, Jr. Brandon Moseby-Felder, 6-2, 199, Sr. Matt Zanellato, 6-3, 202, So. Richy Anderson, 5-11, 171, Fr.
Center 60 Ty Howle, 6-0, 292, Sr. 66 Angelo Mangiro, 6-3, 303, So. 55 Wendy Laurent, 6-2, 283, Fr. Right Guard 64 John Urschel, 6-3, 307, Sr. 66 Angelo Mangiro, 6-3, 303, So. 56 Anthony Alosi, 6-4, 280, So. Right Tackle 77 Garry Gilliam, 6-6, 303, Jr. 58 Adam Gress, 6-6, 317, Sr. 75 Eric Shrive, 6-6, 317, Sr. Left Guard 65 Miles Dieffenbach, 6-3, 297, Jr. 66 Angelo Mangiro, 6-3, 303, So. Left Tackle 76 Donovan Smith, 6-5, 327, So. 75 Eric Shrive, 6-6, 323, Sr. 59 Andrew Nelson, 6-5, 297, Fr. DEFENSE Defensive End 86 C.J. Olaniyan, 6-3, 251, Jr. 94 Evan Schwan, 6-6, 242, Fr. 91 53 72 84 99 88
Defensive Tackle DaQuan Jones, 6-3, 318, Sr. Derek Dowrey, 6-3, 308, Fr. Brian Gaia, 6-3, 280, Fr. Kyle Baublitz, 6-5, 286, Jr. Austin Johnson, 6-4, 297, Fr. Tyrone Smith, 6-4, 264, Jr.
Defensive End 18 Deion Barnes, 6-4, 249, So. 98 Anthony Zettel, 6-5, 257, So. 43 38 26 5 26 46 30
Outside Linebacker Mike Hull, 6-0, 226, Jr. Ben Kline, 6-2, 227, So. Brandon Bell, 6-1, 226, Fr. Nyeem Wartman, 6-1, 240, Fr. Brandon Bell, 6-1, 226, Fr. Adam Cole, 5-11, 219, Fr. Charles Idemudia, 5-11, 235, Fr.
Middle Linebacker 40 Glenn Carson, 6-3, 240, Sr. 8 Gary Wooten, 6-2, 233, Fr. 10 12 24 9 3 16
Cornerback Trevor Williams, 6-1, 189, So. Jordan Smith, 5-11, 184, Fr. Anthony Smith, 6-0, 187, Fr. Jordan Lucas, 6-0, 192, So. Da’Quan Davis, 5-10, 164, So. Devin Pryor, 5-10, 171, So.
Safety 1 Malcolm Willis, 5-11, 213, Sr. 23 Ryan Keiser, 6-1, 205, Jr. 39 Jesse Della Valle, 6-1, 194, So. 4 Adrian Amos, 6-0, 211, Jr. 7 S. Obeng-Agyapong, 5-10, 207, Sr. 6 Malik Golden, 6-1, 193, Fr.
Left Tackle 60 Sean Hickey, 6-5, 291, Jr. 76 Kyle Knapp, 6-4, 284, Fr. 98 Kendall Moore, 6-5, 241, Fr. Left Guard 55 Rob Trudo, 6-3, 284, So. 57 Omari Palmer, 6-2, 309, Fr. 70 Jesse Woulf-Gould, 6-4, 328, Jr. 59 78 74 71
Center Macky MacPherson, 6-2, 290, Sr. Jason Emerich, 6-3, 280, Fr. Seamus Shanley, 6-1, 266, So. Alex Hayes, 6-2, 280, Fr.
Right Guard 68 Nick Robinson, 6-5, 297, So. 56 John Miller, 6-2, 308, So. 67 Michael Lasker, 6-4, 320, So. Right Tackle 72 Ivan Foy, 6-4, 313, So. 64 Daniel Anyaegbunam, 6-3, 290, Sr.
94 81 54 92 87 93 81 53 91
Nebraska Nov. 23 Beaver Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
Wisconsin Nov. 30 Camp Randall Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
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Depth charts OFFENSE Quarterback 14 Christian Hackenberg, 6-3, 218, Fr. 5 Tyler Ferguson, 6-3, 213, So. 17 D.J. Crook, 6-1, 206, Fr.
Purdue Nov. 16 Beaver Stadium Time: TBA TV: TBA
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DEFENSE Defensive End Robert Welsh, 6-3, 256, Jr. Ron Thompson, 6-4, 286, Fr. Kennedy Kodua, 6-1, 220, Jr. Tyler Marona, 6-3, 235, So. Trevon Trejo, 6-5, 240, Jr. Micah Robinson, 6-4, 265, Jr. Ron Thompson, 6-4, 268, Fr. Lucas Albrecht, 6-2, 258, Jr. Isaiah Johnson, 6-4, 270, Fr.
CONFERENCE Leaders W-L Illinois 0-0 Indiana 0-0 Ohio State 0-0 Penn State 0-0 Purdue 0-0 Wisconsin 0-0
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Eastern Michigan at Penn State Cincinnati at Illinois Navy at Indiana Missouri State at Iowa Notre Dame at Michigan South Florida at Michigan State Minnesota at New Mexico State Southern Miss at Nebraska San Diego State at Ohio State Indiana State at Purdue Tennessee Tech at Wisconsin
Nosetackle 52 Eric Crume, 6-0, 305, Jr. 77 Zian Jones, 6-4, 311, Sr. 99 Ryan Sloan, 6-2, 326, So. 96 97 55 95
Defensive Tackle Jay Bromley, 6-4, 285, Sr. John Raymon, 6-5, 323, So. Marcus Coleman, 6-1, 266, Fr. Josh Manley, 6-2, 269, Fr.
38 41 40 58 35 7 27
Outside Linebacker Cameron Lynch, 5-11, 230, Jr. Lewellyn Coker, 6-1, 230, Sr. Zachary McCarrell, 5-11, 201, Sr. Hernz Laguerre, 6-0, 220, So. Dyshawn Davis, 6-2, 220, Jr. Oliver Vigille, 6-2, 220, So. Josh Kirkland, 6-2, 204, Jr.
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Middle Linebacker Marquis Spruill, 6-1, 224, Sr. Luke Arciniega, 6-2, 241, Jr. James Washington, 6-1, 218, Fr. Femi Aliyu, 5-11, 228, Sr.
8 21 19 25 9 4 24 15
Cornerback Keon Lyn, 6-1, 201, Sr. Julian Whigham, 6-1, 187, So. Joe Nassib, 5-9, 180, Sr. Eric Jackson, 5-7, 160, So. Ri’Shard Anderson, 6-0, 190, Sr. Brandon Reddish, 5-11, 186, Jr. Jaston George, 5-10, 175, So. Chauncey Scissum, 6-1, 195, Fr.
Strong Safety 3 Durrell Eskridge, 6-3, 207, So. 6 Ritchy Desir, 5-11, 187, Jr. 26 Josh Mims, 6-0, 187, Jr. Free Safety 28 Jeremi Wilkes, 5-9, 179, Sr. 2 Wayne Morgan, 5-10, 197, So. 18 Darius Kelly, 5-11, 194, Jr.
SPECIALISTS Placekicker 97 Sam Ficken, 6-3, 172, Jr.
SPECIALISTS Placekicker 37 Ross Krautman, 5-7, 160, Sr.
Punter 45 Alex Butterworth, 5-10, 206. Sr.
Punter 46 Jonathan Fisher, 6-1, 209, Jr.
Kickoff Returner 1 Bill Belton, 5-10, 205, Jr. 22 Akeel Lynch, 6-0, 211, Fr.
Kick Returner 25 Jeremiah Kobena, 6-0, 182, Jr. 2 Wayne Morgan, 5-10, 197, So.
Punt Returner 39 Jesse Della Valle, 6-1, 194, Jr.
Punt Returner 6 Ritchy Desir, 5-11, 187, Jr. 30 Steven Rene, 5-7, 187, Sr.
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Ashton Boyd RB Quinta Funderburk WR Wayne Morgan CB Durell Eskridge FS Mitch Kimble QB Brandon Reddish CB Luke Arciniega LB Austin Wilson QB Ritchy Desir SS Troy Green QB Oliver Vigille LB Drew Allen QB Keon Lyn CB Ri’Shard Anderson CB Terrel Hunt QB Marquis Spruill LB Ryan Norton K Corey Winfield WR John Kinder QB Chauncey Scissum DB Keenan Hale WR Charley Loeb QB Christopher Clark WR Joe Nassib CB Noah Douglas DB Brisly Estime WR Julian Whigham CB Adrian Flemming WR Prince-Tyson Gulley RB Jaston George CB Eric Jackson DB Jeremiah Kobena WR Josh Mims DB Josh Kirkland LB George Morris II RB Jeremi Wilkes FS Devante McFarlane RB Steve Rene RB Clay Cleveland FB Travon Burke FB Margez Hodge LB Adonis AmeenMoore FB Dyshawn Davis LB Macauley Hill WR Ross Krautman K Cameron Lynch LB Eric Anthony DB Greg Tobias RB Zachary McCarrell LB Lewellyn Coker LB Jacob Green TE Joe Stanard DB Franklin Santos WR Jerome Smith RB Jonathan Fisher P Sam Rodgers LS Eric Morris LS Alryk Perry LB Femi Aliyu LB Donnie Simmons DE Eric Crume NT Lucas Albrecht DT Kennedy Kodua DE Marcus Coleman NT Rob Trudo OG John Miller OL Omari Palmer OG Hernz Laguerre LB Macky MacPherson C Sean Hickey OT Daniel Anyaegbunam OT Jamar McGloster OL Michael Lasker OL Nick Robinson OG Keith Mitsuuchi LS Jesse Wolf-Gould OG Alex Hayes OL Ivan Foy OG Jon Burton OL Seamus Shanley C Kyle Knapp OT Zian Jones NT Jason Emerich C Tyler Provo TE Alex Schoen DB Ron Thompson DE Alvin Cornelius WR Sean Avant WR Ben Lewis WR Beckett Wales TE P.J. Batten TE Kendall Moore OL Jarrod West WR Josh Parris TE James Washington LB Isiah Johnson DL Tyler Marona DL Micah Robinson DE Robert Welsh DE Josh Manley DE Jay Bromley DT John Raymon DE Trevon Trejo DL Ryan Sloan DT
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Uncharted, from page 19 O’Brien said recently that just “four or five” linebackers are game-ready, and that the staff may even experiment with players from other positions at the linebacker spots. This is another area that will be very closely watched, especially if someone like Amos was to move up into one of the positions.
QUARTERBACKS
Speculation about the starter at quarterback has been intense and unrelenting. Tyler Ferguson and freshman Christian Hackenberg have been battling for the spot, and O’Brien seems to be getting tired of saying that they are close and he hasn’t made up his mind yet. He’s also said that he is very happy with the performance of both players, and that both of them will see action. Which one actually starts the Syracuse game may not be that earth-shattering unless he plays exceptionally well. And with the cast that will surround him, either one of these players could easily do exactly that.
There are many other questions surrounding O’Brien’s plans for this season that we’ll get at least some partial insight into Saturday, such as: Will new defensive coordinator John Butler’s group be as aggressive — or moreso — than Ted Roof’s defense last season? Will Penn State continue to roll the dice on fourth down? Or will we see more of kicker Sam Ficken, who made 10 of his final 11 attempts last year, including the game-winner against Wisconsin? How will the new quarterback(s) handle the hurry-up offense? Will any new players emerge and will any of them be “run-ons”? And so on. It is finally time to play, and in almost every respect, the Nittany Lions are on more solid footing than when they stepped onto the field against Ohio last September. Things could — and will — go wrong of course, but who knows what this team can do if it finds the grit and determination that marked the 2012 team. Answers are due to start coming in on Saturday.
TIM WEIGHT/For The Gazette
PENN STATE kicker Sam Ficken endured his share of ups and downs during the 2012 season. Ficken, from page 19
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SECOND-YEAR head coach Bill O’Brien refused to name a starting quarterback for Saturday’s season opener with Syracuse.
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Ficken, a finance major who’s interested in a career in banking or trading after football, said it was reassuring to hear their advice. He also spoke with his cousin Robbie Hummel, the former Purdue basketball standout who overcame his own share of adversity after suffering multiple ACL tears in college. The two got together to play a round of golf earlier this summer when Ficken was home on vacation. “I think because he has been in a situation, similar to where I was, not in the sense that he’s a kicker, but college sports, he’s been through good times, bad times,” said Ficken, who attended Valparaiso High School in northern Indiana. “It was good to hear from him.” Ficken also reached out to former Penn State kicker Robbie Gould, who told him
to slow down and focus on the fundamentals. Simple advice, but Gould knows what he’s talking about — the Lock Haven High School graduate ranks sixth all-time in NFL field goal percentage, making nearly 86 percent of his attempts during his eightyear career. Gould’s message: Just because it’s summer and no one else is around doesn’t mean you can’t create the type of atmosphere that will make you a better kicker. “Every time I go out here and kick, one thing that Robbie Gould taught me was, you try and make it as game-similar as possible,” Ficken said. “So when I go out there with my helmet on, it’s a different feeling than just kicking without your helmet on, and focusing on every kick, making it perfect. Not just, ‘Hey, I went 10-for-12, that’s OK.’ I need to go 12-for-12 every time and that’s really the mentality that carried over from camp.”
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Sports
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Almost There
PSU women’s soccer team looks to finish the job by winning a national title By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
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UNIVERSITY PARK — One more step. That’s how close the Penn State women’s soccer team came to the NCAA College Cup National Championship in 2012. After their unprecedented 15th consecutive Big Ten championship, a 21-4-2 overall record, and tournament victories over LIU Brooklyn, Boston College, Duke and Florida State, the Nittany Lions fell, 4-1, to North Carolina in the finals of the cup in San Diego last December. Getting so agonizingly close to winning it all has been on the minds of the eight returning starters and seven seniors this entire off-season. Now, as the team embarks on the 2013 campaign, the focus is squarely on returning to the national championships and taking that final step. “Last year’s season was a tremendous one,” midfielder and 2013 co-captain Emily Hurd said during media day on Monday, “and obviously it ended not the way we wanted it to. And I think the great thing about last year is that we know that we can get there. “We always had a goal to make it to the final four. Playing for the national championship was a big step for our program, but by no means is it something that we are going to tip our hats off to. We are going to go out and continue to challenge in the Big Ten and into the post season. “It is absolutely one of our goals to win the whole thing this year, and I think we did the work in the off season to prepare for that. One of the learning experiences for me was the depth that North Carolina had at the end of the season that we did not necessarily have. It is up to all 28 or 29 players on our roster to make sure we have that depth come this December.” Penn State took its first paces in that quest last weekend in the Penn State Invitational at Jeffery Field with games against West Virginia and Hofstra, and those paces were tentative ones at best. In the opener against West Virginia, the Lions stormed from a 2-0 deficit over the final 10 minutes of play to earn a 2-2 tie with the Mountaineers. Then on Sunday afternoon against Hofstra, Penn State got quick goals from Mallory Weber and Maya Hayes to forge a 2-0 lead less than 20 minutes into the game. But that was it. Penn State gave up an early second-half goal to the Pride and then turned the game over to its defense to outlast Hofstra, 2-1, and win the Lions’ first game of the season. “The first 30 minutes were quite good,” Penn State coach Erica Walsh said. “They looked sharp, their passing was sharp, and we had some great chances and we put a few away. I thought we were off to the races, but obviously it came to a screeching halt. “They (the PSU players) look like they’re in early season form still. Balls are bouncing over our heads, we’re not making good contact, and that’s all stuff that comes from not playing the game for a while.” Penn State dominated the first period of play. Hayes scored first on six-yard shot right in front after a perfect crossing pass from Emily Corollo. Eight minutes later, Weber stole a goalie kick, turned, and fired in PSU’s second goal, and the Lions were on top, 2-0. Penn State finished the half with a 9-4 shot advantage and didn’t allow Hofstra a corner kick. That would change in the second half. “We knew they like to play short from the scouting report,” Weber said about her goal, “and I saw the goalie look to a player on the right side, and she played it and I took a touch and finished it. “But everyone was disappointed. That’s (the second half) not how we play and we were expecting so much better and we just didn’t show it today.” After the break, Hofstra immediately went on the offensive and the Pride finally broke through when Leah Galton scored an unassisted goal five minutes into the half to cut the PSU lead to 2-1. The Pride kept the pressure on the entire period, getting six shots and seven corners. Penn State, however, with
goalie Britt Eckerstrom’s six saves, was able to hold on for its first win. “Probably the biggest thing was that we took our foot off the gas, and they put their foot on it,” Walsh said. “I think it was a combination of the two. I do think the players really cared about the result, but I think they did not know how to care. “We are trying to build a new group of leaders here, and we had a discussion about how to deal with those types of situations. “Early in the second half, we were leaking. Credit to Hofstra. They came after us, and they continued to come after us. Our team has to realize they have a target on their backs, and they have to enjoy being on this side of that moment.” Now it’s off to Virginia for a game against the Cavaliers on Friday night in Charlottsville, and the Lions will be looking to make improvements. “(That’s) one of the things we try to impress upon each team,” Walsh said, “in particular this team after such a successful season, is they have to have their own personality. We’ve got to have our own way of doing things. We have to define what this team is all about, not only just on paper or with our words, but on a daily basis. “They have a pretty good idea of what they want to be about, now it is putting into play and showing the younger players as well what it takes to be a successful Penn State women’s soccer player.”
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PENN STATE women’s soccer coach Erica Walsh speaks to the media at Penn State’s fall sports media day.
GAZETTE STAFF PREDICTIONS THE CENTRE COUNTY
Dave Glass Last week: 0-0 Overall: 0-0
Sami Hulings Last week: 0-0 Overall: 0-0
Chris Morelli Last week: 0-0 Overall: 0-0
John Patishnock Last week: 0-0 Overall: 0-0
Pat Rothdeutsch Last week: 0-0 Overall: 0-0
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Penn State
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Georgia at Clemson
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Alabama vs. Virginia Tech
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Mississippi St. vs. Oklahoma St.
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Northwestern at Cal
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Florida State at Pitt
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This week’s games Bald Eagle Area at Bellefonte Penns Valley at Juniata
Mercyhurst Prep at St. Joe’s Penn State vs. Syracuse
LSU vs. TCU
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New starting unit should uphold Linebacker U reputation TIM TOLLEY
Tim Tolley is the founder of the website www. victorybellrings. He covers recruiting for The Centre County Gazette. Email him at psutimm@gmail. com.
UNIVERSITY PARK — With Gerald Hodges and the mythical Michael Mauti off playing on Sundays, much has been made about the Nittany Lions’ current depth at linebacker, or lack of. While the familiarity of No. 42 and No. 6 roaming the field may be gone, in its place is a starting linebacker unit that most teams in the Big Ten would die for. Nyeem Wartman, Mike Hull and senior Glenn Carson are slated to take the first snap on defense
and will bring to the table 25 career starts. What’s alarming is that Carson claims all but one of those starts. A former New Jersey state wrestling qualifier, Carson has played in every game over the last three years and has started 24 in a row. During that time, he has amassed more than 160 tackles and is the quiet leader of this Penn State defense. While his play doesn’t have the flash of Hodges or the intensity of Mauti, Carson’s experience allows him to trust his instincts which rarely lead him out of position. The best linebacker, and maybe player on the team, Mike Hull, will finally get his shot as the next great product of Linebacker U. Hull has spent the last couple seasons backing up future NFLers Hodges, Mauti and Nate Stupar, but he has shown flashes of what he is capable of in limited snaps. When Mauti went down with a knee in-
jury in the Indiana game, Hull stepped in with an 11-tackle performance. On the season, he had 58 tackles, an interception, a fumble recovery for a touchdown and he blocked a punt in the end zone against Ohio State. Due to a lack of depth in the secondary last year, Hull played the majority of his snaps on passing downs, in a package called “roadrunner.” Essentially, he came on the field in situations that a fifth defensive back would to combat extra wide receivers. One could argue that Mike Hull would have been a starter on 99 percent of the teams in the country last year. The final starting linebacker for this year’s Nittany Lions will be redshirt freshman Nyeem Wartman. The 241-pound Wartman will take the place of Hodges on the weak side, after starting his career backing up Carson last
year. Though his season ended on the opening kickoff in the Virginia game, he caught the attention of many by blocking a kick in the first week against Ohio. Maybe the most intriguing thing about Nyeem is his speed. As a high school competitor in the 100 meter dash, he was once clocked at 10.9 and consistently ran in the low to mid 11-second range. While that may not mean much to the casual fan, the 100-meter dash is usually an event more suited for the Alex Kenneys of the world. Wartman possesses a rare blend of size and speed that makes him a candidate to have a breakout season in 2013. One thing remains true in Happy Valley: A linebacker corps coached by Ron Vanderlinden is going to be prepared. With that preparation, the group he will field this year has the athleticism and potential to carve its own place in Penn State lore.
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Week One: Area teams begin 2013 season with a clean slate By PAT ROTHDEUTSCH
Outlook — The Raiders will have a new attitude and a new outlook, as well as new schemes on both sides of the ball. Anything can happen — last season’s opener between the two teams was very competitive — but BEA seems just too experienced and seasoned for the new-look Raiders to stop, especially in the first game of the season. Kickoff at Rogers Stadium is set for 7 p.m.
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Can it really be high school football season already? Yes, it can, and all of our local teams are diving in this Friday night with a full slate of games that will open the 2013 season. A closer look at the games:
BALD EAGLE AREA AT BELLEFONTE
STATE COLLEGE AT BETHLEHEM LIBERTY
New Bellefonte head coach Shanon Manning will not have to do very much scouting of his first opponent, Bald Eagle Area, because he was the BEA defensive coordinator last season. Manning moved over last spring to the Red Raiders to begin the rebuilding job on a team that was 2-8 last season and 3-17 in the last two years. And if Manning knows the ins and outs of BEA, he also knows that the Eagles will be a steep challenge on Friday night for his Raiders. BEA had its first winning season last year since 1994, and the Eagles return a solid core of players from that team on both offense and defense. Running back Dakota Bartley leads the returnees as the leading scorer and rusher on the 2012 team. Bartley rushed for 695 yards on 100 carries and scored 56 points. Receiver/ running back Bryan Greene also returns and will add speed and versatility on the outside of the Eagle offense. On defense, BEA returns linemen Hunter Hall, Tanner Cramer and Levi Cramer, along with linebacker Jordan Kobularcik and backs Austin Cowher and Greene. Bellefonte will try to shore up its defense from last season in which it gave up 40 or more points seven times. Manning’s defenses at BEA were traditionally physical and tough, and he will be trying to instill some of that into the Raiders. Offensively, the Raiders will be replacing not only players who graduated, but others — like running back NuNu Buey — who transferred to St. Joseph’s Academy for its first season. Top receiver Nick Leiter returns, as does Doylan Dietrich, Matt Querns and Zach Danns. Leiter caught 49 passes last season for 721 yards, but who his quarterback will be this season is up for grabs because of the graduation of Jordan Fye.
State College lost almost its entire set of skill players from last season’s district championship team, but SC coach Al Wolski feels that there is enough talent in the 100-plus players who came out for the team to make up for the losses. Plus, starting quarterback Pat Irwin returns to guide what promises to be a very inexperienced offensive unit. “We have some experience at quarterback (Patrick Irwin),” Wolski said, “and it’s the second time in a row that we have a quarterback return who was the starter in his junior year. So if he can stay healthy, he’s a nice thrower, he can run, good leader, and he does a great job in that area.” As far as the skill people, Wolski said there are some “good athletes” with “nice speed” who will be battling for the spots. On defense, with a number of linemen and linebackers back from last season, the focus will be on the backfield, which will have to be completely replaced. And that presents a problem going against the Hurricanes on Friday. K.J. Williams, potential All-American wide receiver and Syracuse recruit, returns to a passing game that rolled up 1,688 yards last season. Williams caught 59 passes for 986 yards and 10 touchdowns last season. He holds Liberty career records for receptions (99), yards (1,691) and touchdowns (22). With new head coach John Truby coming in to take over at Liberty, and with a sizeable senior class returning, there will be a new energy that will all be directed toward the Little Lions in the first game of the season for both teams. Outlook — The Little Lions will be untested and playing on the road against a pass-oriented team. If Wolski can find those athletes and get them into the right
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THE BELLEFONTE AREA High School football team will begin the Shanon Manning Era when the Red Raiders face Bald Eagle Area on Friday night at Rogers Stadium. places, the Little Lions could hold on for another close win like last season. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Bethlehem Liberty.
PENNS VALLEY AT JUNIATA
Penns Valley will look to avoid another slow start — they began 0-5 last season — and they have the offensive punch to do that. Quarterback Cam Tobias, running back Taylor Collison and receiver Luke Weaver lead a strong offense for the Rams that will be able to put up points in a hurry. Collison led the Rams in both rushing and receiving last season, and Tobias threw for 1,260 yards passing and ran for another 350. Weaver, an athletic wide-out, will be Tobias’ favorite target down the field. If the Rams can keep their turnovers at a minimum — a persistent problem early
last season — PV looks to be competitive in every game this season.
P-O AT LINE MOUNTAIN
The new look — and healthy — P-O Mounties will be looking to put away that losing streak right out of the gate on Friday against Line Mountain. With 19 returning lettermen, key position changes, and a 6-foot-3, 240-pound mobile quarterback in Curtis Matsko, P-O will be a challenge for most, if not all, teams this season. This is another team with turnover problems that haunted it all season in 2012 (P-O was -42 in turnovers), and head coach Jeff Vroman and his team have that as a major point of emphasis going into 2013. If that improves, there is no telling how much the Mounties can improve as well. Kickoff at Line Mountain is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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Area high school football capsules By SHAWN CURTIS
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
Special to The Gazette
A closer look at several area high school football teams:
CENTRAL
2012: 8-3, District 6 Class AA qualifier (lost to Forest Hills in quarterfinals) Key 2013 matchup(s): Sept. 6, at Tyrone; Sept. 13, Clearfield; Oct. 4, Fort Hill. Keep your eyes on: Austin Cunningham passed for 1,406 yards and rushed for 809 more as a junior. Only Bradi Moore (914 yards) rushed for more last season. Moore is back too. Zac Emerick, the Scarlet Dragons’ second leading tackler, is back to aid a defense which held opponents to just 15.1 points per game in 2012.
2012: 5-6, District 6-9 Class AAAA qualifier (lost to State College in semifinals) Key matchup(s): Sept. 6, at State College; Sept. 20, Bellefonte; Oct. 18, Tyrone. Keep your eyes on: Justin Lucas returns as the Wildcats’ second leading tackler from a year ago. Offensively, Central Mountain was hit hard by graduation but it does return Travis Turchetta, who passed for 305 yards in five appearances. Tyler Pavalko, who caught 27 passes for 380 yards, also returns.
CLEARFIELD
2012: 11-1, District 9 Class AAA champion; Subregion 5-6-8-9 Class AAA qualifier (lost to University Prep in championship). Key matchup(s): Sept. 13, at Central;
Oct. 11, Tyrone; Oct. 18, Bald Eagle Area. Keep your eyes on: Dual-threat quarterback Christian Lezzer threw for 1,445 yards, rushed for 1444 more and accounted for 42 touchdowns on offense — 21 rushing, 20 passing and one receiving. Oh, and he also had 12 ½ sacks last season. Tyler Stratton, who rushed for 1,151 yards in 2012, also returns to the Bison fold this season.
HUNTINGDON
2012: 1-9. Key matchup(s): Aug. 30, Mt. Union; Oct. 11, at Bald Eagle Area; Oct. 18, Philipsburg-Osceola. Keep your eyes on: Eighteen of the Bearcats on this year’s squad are seniors. For a team bouncing back from a one-win
campaign, any kind of senior leadership is welcome. Having almost half of your roster occupy upperclassman status is helpful for any squad hoping to reverse their fortunes.
TYRONE
2012: 8-4, District 6 Class AA semifinalist (lost to Richland in semifinals) Key matchup(s): Aug. 30, at BellwoodAntis; Oct. 11, at Clearfield; Nov. 1, Greater Johnstown. Keep your eyes on: James Oliver scored 27 rushing touchdowns for the Golden Eagles as a junior. His 1,893 yards led the team and paved the way for a smooth transition for new coach Steve Guthoff. Quarterback Erik Wagner passed for 1,128 yards during his junior campaign.
Fleckenstein records third career ace BOALSBURG — Obviously, the hardest thing to achieve in the game of golf is a hole-in-one, so kudos to Mountain View Country Club’s Bill Fleckenstein on his third career ace. Fleckenstein recently recorded his third career hole-in-one when he aced the par-3, hole No. 2, 115-yard hole at the Boalsburg golf course using a nineiron. Fleckenstein’s playing partners were Bob Horner and Mike Brigandi. When it comes to sinking a holein-one, Golf Digest has reported that a PGA Tour pro’s chances are one in 3,756 and an amateur’s at one in 12,750. Golf Digest states the odds of making a hole-in-one do vary somewhat, depending on the source and the numbers used for calculating the odds. One problem is that nobody knows the true number of aces made John Dixon covers every year. golf for The Centre There are numerous organizations County Gazette. that track holes-in-one, but not every Email him at ace that is made is reported. And, as sports@centre we all know, not every ace that is recountygazette.com. ported was actually made. Fleckenstein’s third ace is a rare feat indeed, with a mere 9 percent of the millions of golfers that made ace accomplishing the hole-in-one more than once.
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On average, 450 million rounds of golf are played annually in the United States with one ace for every 3,500 rounds. While more than one hole-in-one is rare enough, Fleckenstein likes to joke that he actually has 3½ hole-in-ones. He recorded his first ace on Mountain View’s no. 10, 176-yard, par-3, downhill shot in 1992 and then had his second hole-in-one again on No. 2 in 1995. Most golfers would proceed to pocket the ball used for their first career ace — but not Fleckenstein. “I was playing with then-assistant club professional Bob Millard late on a Saturday evening and we played number 12 and 13 and I proceeded to hit my drive out of bounds,” said Fleckenstein. “Millard asked if I had put the hole-in-one ball in my bag. I said no and he said I should look for it in the morning. “So, early next morning I went tramping through the high grass looking for that ball,” laughed Fleckenstein. “I had found about 12 balls and none were the one I used for the hole-in-one. Scotty Fry, former Elks Pro, now the PGA professional at Nittany, came driving by in a cart and told me that at that time he had one hole-in-one as well and he went on in his round only to hit his special ball in the water and it was never to be seen again. “So after 17 balls, and thanks to Scott’s encouragement, I found that special ball which sits slightly higher than the second ace than the .5 ball on a trophy on my desk.” And if there is anyone that can relate to the old golf adage, “if I could only have hit my second shot first,” it would be Fleckenstein. “The half hole-in-one came in 1994 when I hit a ball on no. 11 at Punxsutawney Country Club in the woods and hit my next shot in the hole for par,” explained Fleckenstein. “The next day in the member-guest a hole-in-one on that hole was for a $15,500 Grand Am. And that’s why I claim a half hole-in-one.”
UPCOMING EVENTS WILDLIFE FOR EVERYONE ENDOWMENT FOUNDATION
While the Wildlife For Everyone Endowment Foundation will hold its annual golf tournament in the fall, the organization is attempting to generate more funds by holding a raffle that will take place on Sept. 21. In a joint fundraising raffle with the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Wildlife for Everyone will sell only 200 tickets, at a cost of $100 per ticket, in an effort to generate needed funds for the respective organizations. If all tickets are sold, the prizes are $5,000, $3,000 and $1,000. If all of the tickets are not sold, the funds would be 25 percent (first), 15 percent (second) and 10 percent (third). One does not have to be present to win. Tickets and payment must be received in the PFSC office by Sept. 18. For more information, call (717) 232-3480 or email pfsc@pfsc.org.
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The Bellefonte Wrestling Association is conducting a golf tournament with the goal of raising money for a scholarship for a prospective senior student-athlete and/ or manager scholarship to be awarded each year. The tournament will be held at 8 a.m. at the Nittany Country Club in Mingoville on Sept. 28. Cost of the event is $75 for non-members and $60 for NCC members. Anyone interested in golfing, tee hole sponsorship, forms, donations or information can contact head coach Mike Maney at mmaney@basd.net or visit the Bellefonte wrestling page at www.basd.net.
20TH ANNUAL GERI REEVE OPEN AT PENN STATE
The 20th annual Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament will be held on Sept. 9 on the Penn State Blue and White Courses. The 19 previous annual events have generated more than $287,000 to support Centre County Breast Cancer Coalition and the American Cancer Society. “The 20th annual Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament will be a day of celebration for breast cancer survivors, a time to remember our loved ones who have suffered through this disease and a day to bring hope for everyone that one day a cure may be found,” explained Geri Reeve, the inspiration behind the tournament. “The Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament Committee, working with the Centre County Breast Cancer Coalition and the local chapter of the American Cancer Society, would like to invite all women to play with us this year or be involved in some way to help beat this dreaded disease. “The tournament, which began in 1994 as a small local event of 42 golfers, raised $393 for the American Cancer Society,” explained Reeve. “We are excited to share that in 2012 we raised $24,475, pushing our 18-year total to nearly $287,021. “Again, special thanks to the 2012 Geri Reeve Open donors and we look forward to their continued support in 2013. It is only through the efforts and support of local residents, organizations and businesses that we can continue to grow and make an impact in the fight against this deadly disease.” The event is a four-person scramble and begins with golfer registration at 7 a.m. Breakfast will be available. The cost of the event is $125 per person and includes breakfast, team photo, greens fee, cart, gift and lunch. There are also two golfers packages available. Contact Carolyn Follett at (814) 353-4855 for more information. Players may register as an individual golfer, twosome or foursome. The tournament will be scored using the Penn State Golf course handicap system. Prizes will be awarded, both net and gross, for first and second place winners on the Blue and White Courses. There will also be prizes for the “on course” events for each course. In addition, the event will have “hit closest to the pink ribbon” and “let the pro take your shot.” Remember to take a few extra dollars onto the course to participate in these events. Mulligans will be available for purchase.
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Mount Nittany Medical Center holds annual Golf Classic From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — The 23rd annual Mount Nittany Medical Center Golf Classic raised $132,000, with all proceeds supporting the medical center’s bronchial thermoplasty service, a new technology for treating patients with severe asthma. In total, more than $1,816,450 has been raised to help advance healthcare in the region since the golf classic’s inception. “We have been extremely lucky to have the support of so many community members who have come out to play, volunteer and support Mount Nittany Medical Center,” said Dr. John Cox of the Mount Nittany Physician Group. “The golf classic committee is proud to help advance care and technology provided by Mount Nittany Medical Center.” Mount Nittany Medical Center is the only facility performing bronchial thermoplasty within a 63-mile radius of State College. Bronchial thermoplasty is a threeweek procedure that has been successful in reducing the frequency of asthma attacks and emergency department visits and hospitalizations for patients with severe respiratory distress, as well as in maintaining improved respiratory function for at least two years.
The golf event was held on Aug. 17 at Penn State Golf Courses. The event had 252 golfers tee off and 120 volunteers assist with coordination of the day. A unique feature of Mount Nittany Medical Center’s Golf Classic is the random drawing awarding one registered golfer a grand prize of $10,000 or a Chevrolet Cobalt car. This year’s winner was Dean Johnson, who chose the cash prize. Team prizes for each flight were also awarded to the top 16 teams placing one through four in both net and gross scores. The four first place teams on Blue Course and White Course, gross and net scores, were: n Team gross score: Blue Course — Greg Kight, Jim Reeder, Sam Auker and Skip Moerschbacher. n Team net score: Blue Course — Ed Bell, Stephanie Bell, Mike Sgriccia and Tom Coombs. n Team gross score: White Course — Aaron Morrison, Doug Leitzell, Josh Leitzell and Steve Wager. n Team net score: White Course — Marla Moon, Norah Gaughan, Sean Gaughan and Randy Marcott. Additionally, prizes were awarded for longest drive, straightest drive, closest to the pin and longest putt.
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MOUNT NITTANY Medical Center’s Golf Tournament Chair Dr. John Cox presents a check to foundation director Kim Neeley.
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THE MOUNT NITTANY Medical Center Golf Classic Committee raised $132,000 at the 23rd annual event. All proceeds supporting the Medical Center’s bronchial thermoplasty service, a new technology for treating patients with severe asthma.
Girls fastpitch 12U tryouts scheduled STATE COLLEGE — The 12U State College Scrappers, a girls’ fastpitch softball team, will be holding an open tryout for all positions for the 2013-2014 season from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sept. 8 at API Field in State College. This is a competitive year-round travel softball team and is open to all Central PA area players born in 2001 or 2002. Expect to play in 12 to 14 tournaments starting
in Fall 2013 to the end of Summer 2014. The roster size will be limited to 12 players. Anyone interested may register on site at 1:30 p.m. or by emailing Rich Wolfe at wolfes52@comcast.net. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. Players are encouraged to attend both tryout dates, but only one is required. API Field is located at 1900 W. College Ave. in State College.
Bellefonte Teener League sign-ups set BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte VFW Teener League will be holding sign-ups for the 2014 regular season and the 2013 fall ball season. Sign-ups will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 4 and 5 at the Bellefonte Teener
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Wheaton’s impact could be huge for Steelers Will Markus Wheaton make Steelers fans forget about Mike Wallace? In a word: No. Wallace’s gift of speed and ability to seemingly get behind any defender — even when a cornerback would line himself up to get about a 10-yard head start when Wallace’s pattern sent him deep — was enough to make anyone take notice of the speedster from Ole Miss. It was the kind of speed that made it okay to be a receiver wearing No. 17. The wheels Wallace possessed sold a ton of jerseys. No word yet if fans converted their Wallace jerseys to honor rookie receiver J.D. Woods, who was released by the team on Sunday. Heck, when Ben Roethlisberger deems it possible to overthrow you — as he’s said about Wallace — you’re pretty much NASCAR fast. But Wallace is in Miami now. Overthrowing passes to Wallace will be Ryan Tannehill’s Shawn Curtis issue, not Roethlisberger’s. covers Pittsburgh That isn’t to say that Wheaton is a sports for the slouch in the departments that WalCentre County Gazette. Follow lace thrived in. Still no word on if Rohim on Twitter ethlisberger can throw a ball too far for @shawncurtis430. Wheaton, but there’s a little bit of time for the pair to try that whole thing out and possibly stumble upon a few touchdowns along the way. The third-round pick from this past spring, Wheaton ran a 4.40 40-yard dash at the NFL’s scouting combine and was also a sprinter at Oregon State, running anything from 60 to 400 meters – and doing it all quickly. Wallace’s 40 time at the combine was 4.33. While linebacker Jarvis Jones and running back Le’Veon
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Bell were picked ahead of Wheaton, having been taken in the first and second round, respectively, Wheaton’s skillset and relative anonymity amongst football fans who tapped out on the NFL draft after the second round could lead to him being the Steelers’ most pleasant rookie surprise. The potential is also there for Wheaton to generate the biggest impact among Steelers rookies. The Steelers want speed at the receiver position and Wheaton gives that to Pittsburgh for days. While he’s not eclipsing Antonio Brown, Jerricho Caothery or Emmanuel Sanders on the team’s depth chart any time soon, Wheaton could create chaos for defenders whenever he steps on the field. Sound familiar? That was pretty much the path of Wallace’s rookie campaign in 2009. The years that followed saw Wallace emerge as one the game’s best deep threats and a touchdown waiting to happen when his hands were anywhere near as effective as his legs. Wheaton, who is Oregon State’s all-time leading receiver, capped his career in Corvalis, Ore., with a 91-catch, 1,244-yard season. His footwork, athleticism and flexibility should also keep the Arizona native gainfully employed in the NFL. Late in the third quarter during Pittsburgh’s 26-20 overtime loss to Kansas City, Wheaton got himself behind a pair of Kansas City defenders when Bruce Gradkowski executed a play-action fake before heaving the ball 34 yards to Wheaton in the end zone. That gave the Steelers a shortlived 17-10 lead. “We got the look we wanted,” Wheaton explained. “(It was a) perfect ball. I ran my route. It was a corner route and it was a perfect ball. It pretty much just felt it in my lap. The defender just missed it.” Knile Davis — a Chiefs running back and kick returner from Arkansas — is also fast. He washed out the Steelers’ lead with a 109-yard kickoff return just seconds later. But this isn’t about Davis, who is averaging 94 yards per kickoff return this preseason.
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PITTSBURGH WIDE RECEIVER Markus Wheaton hands the ball to the official after scoring a touchdown against the Kansas City Chiefs on Saturday night at Heinz Field.
Wheaton has grown in huge bounds since the Steelers’ first preseason tilt on Aug. 10 when he caught one pass for 8 yards against the Giants. Against the Chiefs he was targeted eight times, catching three passes for 54 yards and the aforementioned touchdown. His day against the Redskins on Aug. 19 saw him snag three passes for 52 yards. While the former Beaver is still learning the NFL ropes, the mental aspect of the game for a rookie — absorbing knowledge and adjusting to the speed of the NFL — is giving way to second-nature reactions and applying what he’s learned on every snap. “I would definitely say I’m reacting a little bit more,” Wheaton said. “(In) the first game, I made some pretty dumb mistakes. Just being out there, everything was moving so fast. So it kind of has slowed down a little bit. I’m more relaxed and just playing football.” That isn’t to say that he’s beyond the learning point of life in the NFL. Nor is any rookie on the roster. “I think we’re doing pretty good,” Wheaton said. “Obviously, we are making rookie mistakes. Myself, I’m making small mistakes that I shouldn’t be making. So there’s still a lot to be fixed. I’m not sure if they all think the same thing, but they are making plays, and I do feed off of them.”
Bellefonte to field middle school cross country squad BELLEFONTE — The Bellefonte Area Middle School is preparing to field its first-ever cross country team this fall. Practices will begin at 3:45 p.m. on Sept. 9. Any Bellefonte student in seventh or eighth grade must have a completed physical packet to participate. Packets are available at the main office at the middle school, or can be downloaded from the BASD athletics website. For the first practice, runners will meet near the gymnasium entrance at the middle school. For more information, visit the school’s website at www.basd.net or email kgasper@basd.net. Pizza oven and fireplace
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‘Beyond Therapy’ winds down SCCT’s summer season By ANNE WALKER
correspondent@centrecountygazette.com
BOALSBURG — As summer winds down, State College Community Theatre still has a hot little number up its sleeve. The Christopher Durang comedy “Beyond Therapy” will open Sept. 6 at Mount Nittany Middle School, and fans of absurdist theatre will really enjoy this off-thewall drama. At times romantic and at times bizarre, this show seems custom-made for the talent SCCT has to offer.
IF YOU GO What: “Beyond Therapy” Where: State College Community Theatre, Mount Nittany Middle School When: 8 p.m., Sept. 6, 13; 2 and 8 p.m., Sept. 7 and 14 More info: www.scctonline.org Local actress Valerie Harper plays a 30-ish single girl Prudence, who replies to a singles ad and meets Bruce, played by Jonathan Hetler. Awkward doesn’t begin to describe their first date. “She didn’t like me, then threw water in my face,” Bruce later recalls while speaking to his therapist. Bruce makes a lousy first impression on Prudence by immediately commenting on her breasts and following that up by mentioning his bisexuality and his live-in lover. Then he proceeds to break into tears. If Bruce seems like he really needs the therapy, he does. “He’s on an emotional roller coaster all
the time,” Hetler said. But his therapist of choice has bigger issues than he does. Ellysa Cahoy plays Charlotte, Bruce’s therapist. Charlotte confuses words, referring to patients as “porpoises.” She uses a Snoopy dog to encourage Bruce to discuss his issues. She repeatedly mentions a string of ex-husbands and can’t seem to remember which client she has on the couch at any given moment. Cahoy doesn’t play Charlotte for laughs. She doesn’t need to because the character doesn’t realize her own absurdity. But you can’t help but laugh at Charlotte’s antics. “She’s well-meaning, warm and supportive,” Cahoy said. “She’s cares deeply, but she’s pretty much insane.” Prudence doesn’t escape whacko therapy sessions, either. Her therapist, Stuart, has an ego the size of Manhattan and machismo to match. Played with an almost elegant condescension by Eric Lindquist, Stuart tries to excuse his non-stop attempts at seduction by claiming, “I like women. Most men don’t.” Rounding out the cast, veteran SCCT actor Michael Tews plays Bob, Bruce’s lover. Bob, of course, doesn’t take kindly to Prudence, who comes to accept Bruce as a love interest and perhaps even marriage material. “He’s hostile,” said Tews, “but he also tries to win her over. He wants to convince her that Bruce is crazy.” As the action progresses, all the characters seem crazy. And as Charlotte says, “If you take psychological suffering in the right frame of mind, you can find humor in it.” Director David Williams, in his first
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VALERIE HARPER, left, and Jonathan Helter star in “Beyond Therapy.” The comedy will be performed at the Mount Nittany Middle School on Sept. 6, 7, 13 and 14. show with SCCT, knows how to interact with characters he describes as “outlandish, but real.” A relic from the 1980s, “Beyond Therapy” uses the decade’s self-absorption for comedy. “It’s cutting-edge, still relevant, with a lot to offer a contemporary audience,” Williams concluded.
He also stresses that this show has strong language and adult situations. But it does have a fun cast who hope to present their characters as real and human as opposed to caricatures. The comedy will run two weekends, with 8 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday. There is a 2 p.m. matinee on Saturdays.
Museum honors Sharon McCarthy By CONNIE COUSINS
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DARK STAR ORCHESTRA will bring its dynamic show to The State Theatre on Dec. 4
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Dark Star Orchestra to perform From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Presenting its critically acclaimed live show to Deadheads both young and old, Dark Star Orchestra is set to perform locally on at 8 p.m. on Dec. 4 at The State Theatre. Continuing a long and strange trip since humble beginnings more than a decade ago, Dark Star Orchestra’s determined commitment to “raising the Dead” has drawn nationwide acclaim: “Quite possibly the most talented and accomplished tribute band out there ... they’ve definitely mastered their inspiration’s vagabond nature.” — RollingStone.com “Recreates the Dead concert experience with uncanny verisimilitude... In fact, Dark Star Orchestra often sounds more like the Dead than the Dead sometimes did.” — Chicago Tribune Critics aren’t the only ones singing Dark Star Orchestra’s praises. Numerous original members of the
Grateful Dead have played alongside DSO. “A couple of times when I had my back to John onstage and he started to sing, I had this weird sense that it was Jerry,” said Bob Weir, Grateful Dead co-founder/vocalist/guitarist and frequent DSO guest. Offering a continually evolving artistic outlet within the Grateful Dead’s musical canon, members of Dark Star Orchestra seek out the unique style of each performance era and offer their own interpretations and improvisations at each show. Using entire set lists from the Grateful Dead’s decades of touring as a launching pad, Dark Star Orchestra recreates song-for-song performances straight from the set lists of these historic shows. Made up of Jeff Mattson (Jerry Garcia), Lisa Mackey (Donna Jean Godchaux), Dino English (Bill Kreutzmann), Rob Koritz (Mickey Hart), Kevin Rosen (Phil Lesh), Rob Eaton (Bob Weir) and Rob Barraco (multiple keyboardists), Dark Star Or-
chestra does not try to match Grateful Dead live songs note for note. Anything so formulaic would quickly dispel the free spirit embodied in the music. While faithful improvisation is pinnacle, precision is of equal importance with DSO, which positions the stage plot based on the year of Grateful Dead show to be performed, adapting phrasing, voice arrangements, and even arranging for eraspecific musical equipment. At the end of each performance, the band announces the date and venue where the original show just covered took place. Dark Star Orchestra dips into every incarnation of the Dead, so most fans can “see” shows that happened long before they were born. Dark Star Orchestra isn’t a cover band. Its shows are not even meant as tributes. What Dark Star Orchestra tirelessly strives for and achieves is a continuation of the spirit of what has now become more than 40 years of the Grateful Dead’s timeless music.
BELLEFONTE — Bellefonte Art Museum executive director Patricia House and artists celebrated the life of artist Sharon McCarthy on Aug. 25 with an herbal tea reception and a view of the garden that was created in her memory. Harriet Rosenberg hung her flower banners in the small garden space just off the tea room gallery. Herbalist Jennifer Tucker, Sharon’s close friend, displayed a scanned and framed image of a dahlia, one of Sharon’s favorite flowers in the garden. She also brewed the herbal teas, including Sharon’s Remembrance Hibiscus Flower Herbal Tea. Teas were served along with other tea-table food items. Her colleagues miss McCarthy. “She would have loved seeing the guests admiring the garden. She was an avid gardener herself,” said Tucker. Tucker and husband, Gerald, collaborated on the digital photography pictures shown in the garden. Gerald Tucker was an early innovator of digital art photography. He initiated the digital photography program in 1996 at Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture. Mary Prendergast, gardener at the Bellefonte Art Museum, cares for the memory garden.
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THE BELLEFONTE ART MUSEUM celebrated the life of Sharon McCarthy with an herbal tea reception on Aug. 25.
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From Gazette staff reports STATE COLLEGE — Judy Collins will perform at 8 p.m. on Sept. 19 at The State Theatre. It’s her second appearance at there, having first appeared in 2009. Collins is a legendary American singer and songwriter known for her eclectic tastes in the material she records, which includes folk, show tunes, pop, rock-n-roll, and standards. Collins is also known for her social activism. The music of Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger, as well as the traditional songs of the folk revival of the early 1960s, created Collins’ interest and love of lyrics. Playing local college parties and venues, she eventually made her way to New York’s Greenwich Village, where she signed with Elektra Records, the label she was associated with for 35 years. In 1961, Collins released her first album, “A Maid of Constant Sorrow,” at the age of 22. With her 1967 album “Wildflowers,” Collins began to record her own compositions, beginning with “Since You’ve Asked.” The album also provided Collins with a major hit, and a Grammy award, in “Both Sides Now,” which reached No. 8 on the Billboard Hot 100. By the 1970s Collins had a solid reputation as an art song and folk singer and had begun to stand out for her own compositions. She was also known for her broad range of material: her songs from this period include everything from traditional Christian hymns to the Stephen Sondheim Broadway ballad “Send in the Clowns,” and a recording of Joan Baez’s “A Song for David” as well as her own compositions, such as “Born to the Breed.”
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LEGEND JUDY COLLINS will bring her show back to The State Theatre on Sept. 19.
“Judy Collins is a legendary performer, with her first album released in 1962. She is an irreplaceable part of the musical fabric of the American music scene and we’re honored to have her back to grace our stage,” said Richard Biever, artistic director at The State Theatre. In more recent years Collins has taken to writing, producing a memoir, “Trust Your Heart,” in 1987, and a novel, “Shameless.” Collins more recent memoir, “Sanity and Grace,” tells of her son Clark’s death in January 1992. Collins still actively tours and shares her genuine love of lyrics and song. For more information about the show, visit www.thestatetheatre.org.
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Palfey’s works to be featured at Bellefonte Art Museum From Gazette staff reports BELLEFONTE — Pastel drawings by Nancy Palfey will be on display from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 1 at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County. The opening reception is open to the public. It will be held in The Community Gallery, upstairs in the museum. About her work, Palfey’s said, “In 2004, I did my first portrait in soft pastel. I love the medium of pastel and the versatility of it. My favorite subjects are people. I enjoy drawing them in an activity or situation. I have also done formal sittings. I want to convey, in my art, the feeling the individuals have in their particular situation.” Admission is free.
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NANCY PALFEY’S work “Gracie” will be on display at the Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre County.
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Thursday, Aug. 29 through Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2013 AMERICAN ALE HOUSE, 821 CRICKLEWOOD DRIVE, STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-9701 Thursday, Aug. 29 Friday, Aug. 30 Sunday, Sept. 1 Wednesday, Sept. 4
Domenick Swentosky, 8 to 11 p.m. Tommy Wareham, 6 to 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. to midnight Ted and Molly, 8 to 10 p.m. Scott Mangene, 8 to 10:30 p.m.
THE ARENA BAR & GRILL, 1521 MARTIN ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-8833 Thursday, Aug. 29 Friday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Aug. 31
The CID, p.m. Hate Grenade, 10:30 p.m. Big Daddy Bangers, 10:30 p.m.
THE AUTOPORT, 1405 S. ATHERTON ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-7666 Thursday, Aug. 29 Friday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Aug. 31
Kate and Natalie, 9 p.m. Matt Bodacious B, 8 p.m. Blackstone, 8 p.m.
BAR BLEU, 112 S. GARNER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-0374 Friday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Aug. 31
Lowjack, 10:30 p.m. Ted McCloskey & The Hi Fis, 10:30 p.m.
CAFE 210 WEST, 210 W. COLLEGE AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-3449 Thursday, Aug. 29
Public Domain, 8 p.m.
THE BREWERY, 233 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-2892 Wednesday, Sept. 4
Karaoke, 9:30 p.m.
ELK CREEK CAFÉ AND ALEWORKS, 100 W. MAIN ST., MILLHEIM, (814) 349-8850 Thursday, Aug. 29 Saturday, Aug. 31
The Jameson Boys, 7:30 p.m. The WIYOS, 8 p.m.
THE GAMBLE MILL, 160 DUNLAP ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 355-7764 Friday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Aug. 31
Happy’s with Jmac & Junior, 6 to 8 p.m. Poe Valley Troubadours, 7 to 9 p.m.
GOVERNORS PUB, 211 W. HIGH ST., BELLEFONTE, (814) 353-1008 Thursday, Aug. 29 Wednesday, Sept. 4
JT Blues, 6:30 p.m. Biscuit Jam, 6:30 p.m.
THIS OIL PAINTING of Mount Nittany will be up for auction at Good Spirits 2013.
Artwork to be auctioned off From Gazette staff reports
DJ Kid A.V., 10 p.m. DJ Fuego, 10 p.m. DJ Ca$hous, 10 p.m.
An oil painting of Mount Nittany by Jennifer Kane and many more pieces of original artwork will be auctioned off at the event. Good Spirits 2013 will feature an afternoon of art, wine and good company at Seven Mountains Wine Cellars. Enjoy watching artists in action on the grounds while listening to live music. There will be Mediterranean appetizers to complement the wines and a live and silent auction featuring more than 40 pieces. Tickets are available at www.artalliancepa.org using PayPal, or by calling the office at (814) 234-2740.
SPRING MILLS — The Art Alliance’s signature fundraising event — Good Spirits 2013 — will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sept. 8 at Seven Mountains Wine Cellars in Spring Mills.
IF YOU GO What: Good Spirits 2013 Where: Seven Mountains Wine Cellars, Spring Mills When: 2-5 p.m., Sept. 8 More info: www.artalliancepa.org.
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Scott Mangene, 8 to 10 p.m. Miss Melanie and the Valley Rats, 9 p.m.
THE PHYRST, 111 E. BEAVER AVE., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 238-1406 Thursday, Aug. 29 Friday, Aug. 30 Wednesday, Sept. 4
Jason & Dan, 8 p.m., Maxwell Strait, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dom & the Fig, 8 to 10 p.m. Ted and the Hi-Fi’s, 10:30 pm to 2 a.m. The Nightcrawlers, 10:30 p.m. to 2 a.m.
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THE RATHSKELLER, 108 S. PUGH ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-3858 Friday, Aug. 30
Mr. Hand, 10:30 p.m.
THE SALOON, 101 HEISTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 234-0845 Thursday, Aug. 29 Friday, Aug. 30 Saturday, Aug. 31 Tuesday, Sept. 3
My Hero Zero, 10:30 p.m. John and Chad, 8 to 10 p.m. Velveeta 18th Birthday Party, 10:30 p.m. Mr. Hand, 7 p.m. Shake Shake Shake, 10:30 p.m.
Z BAR AND THE DELI RESTAURANT, 113 HIESTER ST., STATE COLLEGE, (814) 237-5710 Sunday, Sept. 1
Jazz Brunch with Jay Vonada, noon to 2 p.m. — Compiled by Marjorie S. Miller
Schedules subject to change. Call the venue for details. The Centre County Gazette is committed to providing readers with a complete list of upcoming live entertainment in Centre County. If your establishment provides live entertainment and would like to have it listed free in The Gazette, simply email listings to mmiller@centrecountygazette.com.
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WHAT’S HAPPENING To be included in What’s Happening, submit your events by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@ centrecountygazette.com or mail information to The Centre County Gazette, Attn: What’s Happening, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801.
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Bookmobile — Centre County Library Bookmobile is a fully accessible library on wheels. Look for it in your community and join Miss Laura for story times, songs and fun. Visit the website at www.centrecountylibrary.org for days and times. Bingo — Tickets are on sale for the Centre County Library and Historical Museum’s second annual Vera Bradley bingo fundraiser to be held Saturday, Sept. 14, from 1-4 p.m., at Lambert Hall, 303 Forge Road, Bellefonte. Doors and concessions will open at 12:30 p.m. Food items for sale will include homemade soups from Village Eatinghouse Marketplace and Café, and a selection of breads, desserts and beverages. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at any Centre County Library branch and The Village Eatinghouse Marketplace and Café in Pleasant Gap, or by calling (814) 355-1516. All proceeds benefit the Centre County Library. Visit www.centrecounty library.org. Exhibit — “A Legacy of Creative Endeavors,” featuring Penn State School of Visual Arts’ alumni of Centre County, will be on display through Sept. 29 in the Windows of the World Gallery, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre Country, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1-4:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Call (814) 355-4280 or visit www. bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — A photographic series exhibit, “Convergence Theory,” by Dana Morrison, will be on display through Aug. 30 in the Community Room, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre Country, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1-4:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Call (814) 3554280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — Artwork by Susan Nicholas Gephart, Maxine Levin and Alyce Ritti will be on display through Aug. 30 in the Tea Room Gallery, Bellefonte Art Museum for Centre Country, 133 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Gallery hours are 1-4:30 p.m., Friday through Sunday. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Call (814) 3554280 or visit www.bellefontemuseum.org. Exhibit — “Penns Valley Through the Artists’ Eyes,” featuring various artists, will be on display through Sunday, Sept. 1, at the Green Drake Gallery and Arts Center, 101 B W. Main St., Millheim. Gallery hours are 5-8 p.m., Thursday; noon to 8 p.m., Friday; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m., Sunday. Visit www.green drakeart.com, email at greendrakeart@ gmail.com or call (814) 349-2486. Exhibit — The Centre County Historical Society exhibit “A Common Canvas: Pennsylvania’s New Deal Post Office Murals,” will be on display through Dec. 22 at the Centre Furnace Mansion, 1001 E. College Ave., State College. Exhibit hours are 1-4 p.m., Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. Visit www.centrecountyhistory.org or call (814) 234-4779. Exhibit — “Hearth Cooking: The Heart of the Home” will be on display from 2-4 p.m.
on Tuesdays and Saturdays through Nov. 30 at the Boalsburg Heritage Museum, 304 E. Main St., Boalsburg. The exhibit features a recreated hearth of the 18th through early 19th centuries. Admission is free, but donations are accepted. Call (814) 466-3035 or email info@boalsburgheritagemuseum.org. History/Genealogy — Learn about local history and genealogy with expert researchers at the Historical Museum and PA Room, 203 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Wine Festival — The 2013 WPSU International Wine Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 29, at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., State College. Events include A Taste of Italy Wine and Food Pairing Seminar from 1-2 p.m. and Grand Tasting Indoor Wine Market from 1:30-5 p.m. Tickets are available at www.wpsu.org/winefestival.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 29
Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30-10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Science Program — Preschoolers ages 3-5 can work on sciencethemed activities with “Science Adventures: Chemical Frenzy” from 11-11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 2340200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org, or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Family Movie Night — “The Princess and the Frog” will be shown as part of the Summer Reading Program “Dig into Summer” from 6-7 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Movie is rated G. Activities are for children in kindergarten to sixth grade. Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable,” written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise, at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St., State College. To purchase tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX or (814) 863-0255, or visit www.theatre.psu.edu.
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STUDENTS FROM across Centre County compete in a tug-of-war game at the annual “Blessing of the Backpacks,” which will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sept. 1 at Faith Church, 512 Hughes St. in Bellefonte. St., State College. To purchase tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX or (814) 863-0255, or visit www.theatre.psu.edu. Concert — Levels Nightclub will host Zedd, German artist, producer and songwriter, as part of the Moment of Clarity Tour at 8 p.m. at, the Bryce Jordan Center, University Park. Tickets are on sale at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Downtown Theatre, Altoona Campus Ticket Outlet, online at www.ticketmaster.com or www.bjc.psu. edu, or by calling at (800) 745-3000.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 31
Acting Seminar — Arts Connection at The State will feature “Shakespeare Inside and Out” led by the Nittany Valley Shakespeare Company from 1-6 p.m. at The State Theatre, 130 W. College Ave., State College. The seminars are for seventh through 12th grade students. The fee is $25. To register, call Rich Biever at (814) 272-0606 ext. 307, email rich@thestatetheatre.org or go online to www.thestatetheatre.org. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable,” writ-
ten by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise, at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St., State College. To purchase tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX or (814) 863-0255, or visit www.theatre.psu.edu. Concert — The Wiyos will perform at 8 p.m. at the Elk Creek Cafe and Aleworks, 100 W. Main St., Milheim. Call (814) 3498850 for rate of admission.
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1
Community Picnic — The fifth annual Blessing of the Backpacks and Community Picnic will be held from 4-7 p.m. at Faith Church, 512 Hughes St., Bellefonte. School-aged children attending are encouraged to bring their backpacks for a special blessing for a safe and healthy school year. Children will receive free school supplies and a gift certificate for school clothes and shoes, plus free dental screenings, vision screenings and haircuts. Games, a bounce house, hot dogs, baked beans, chips and ice cream will be availWhat’s Happening, Page 34
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Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Concert Series — The Lemont Village Green Concert Series presents Suzi Brown, singer and songwriter, performing from 7:30-9 p.m. at the Lemont Village Green, 133 Mt. Nittany Road, Lemont. Picnickers are welcome. Concerts are free, but donations are accepted to support the Granary renovation projects. Visit www.lemontvillage.org. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable,” written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise, at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen
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Mission Central HUB — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 9-11 a.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
Seniors Hiking Group — Enjoy a moderate hike in the great outdoors at 9 a.m. at various locations in and around State College. The hikes are free except for car pool donations. To register, call (814) 231-3076 or visit www.crpr.org. Coffee Time — Bring a friend and savor that second cup of coffee and conversation from 9:30-11 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, Howard United Methodist Church, West Main Street, Howard. Preschool Story Time — Children ages 3 and younger and an adult can participate in a musical rhyming adventure during “Mother Goose on the Loose,” from 10:3011:30 a.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Class — The Mount Nittany Medical Center will sponsor “A Joint Venture,” a class on hip and knee replacements, from 11 a.m. to noon in Conference Room 1, 2 or 3, Entrance A, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Contact Val Coakley at vcoakley@mount nittany.org or call (814) 278-4810. Story Time — A preschool story time with stories and crafts for children ages 3-6 will be held from 1:30-2 p.m. at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. The theme is “Miss Kathleen’s Favorites.” Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education.
Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Farmers Market — The Boalsburg Farmers Market will be held from 2-6 p.m. the Pennsylvania Military Museum, 51 Boal Ave., Boalsburg. Yoga Class — A gentle yoga class will be held from 5-6 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is designed to have all flows on the floor. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 6252852 or email kathieb1@comcast.net. Diabetes Class — The Mount Nittany Medical Center will sponsor “Life with Diabetes,” a four-day education series that teaches how to live with and manage your diabetes, from 5:30-8 p.m. Tuesdays in September at Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Heather Harpster at (814) 231-7194 or email hharpster@mountnittany.org for fee and registration information. Yoga Class — A basics level yoga class will be held from 6:30-8 p.m. at the Howard United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 144 W. Main St., Howard. The class is intended for those who may have had some prior yoga experience. Gain flexibility and strength and leave feeling calm, open and rejuvenated. Call Kathie at (814) 625-2852 or email kathieb1@comcast.net. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 7 p.m. at the Mt. Nittany Residence, 301 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Model Railroad Club — Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. at Old Gregg School Community and Recreation Center, Room No. 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable,” written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise, at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St., State College. To purchase tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX or (814) 863-0255, or visit www.theatre.psu.edu.
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Time,” with books, music and languagebuilding activities to stimulate a child’s brain growth, will be held from at 9:3010:30 a.m. at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Story Time — A preschool story time with stories and crafts for children ages 3-6 will be held from 1:30-2 p.m. at Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. The theme is “Miss Kathleen’s Favorites.” Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Call (814) 3551516 or visit www.centrecountylibrary. org. Preschool Story Time — Stories and crafts for preschoolers will be held from 10:30-11:30 a.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. The theme is “Great Grandparents.” Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Call (814) 3421987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Line Dancing — Centre Region Parks and Recreation presents line dancing at 10:50 a.m. at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. No experience necessary or partners needed. Call (814) 231-3076. Mission Central HUB — Bellefonte Area Mission Central HUB will be open from 1-3 p.m. at the Trinity United Methodist Church, 128 W. Howard St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-9425. Children’s Science Program — Preschoolers ages 3-5 can work on sciencethemed activities with “Science Adventures: Chemical Frenzy” from 2-2:30 p.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200, email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St., State College. To purchase tickets, call 800-ARTS-TIX, (814) 863-0255 or visit www.theatre.psu.edu.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 5
Wild Series — Growing Up Wild Series will meet from 10-11:30 a.m. at the Environmental Learning Center, Bald Eagle State Park, 149 Main Park Rd., Howard. Bring children to an interactive program designed for ages 3-5 years old. A variety of basic crafts, stories, short walks and nature games will be available. The event could take place inside or outside so please dress for the weather. Preregistration is required by calling the Environmental Learning Center at (814) 625-9369. Story Time — Preschoolers can enjoy stories and songs at the Thursday story time from 10:30-10:50 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Story times are free with paid admission. Call (814) 234-0200 or email info@ mydiscoveryspace.org. Children’s Science Program — Preschoolers ages 3-5 can work on sciencethemed activities with “Science Adventures: Chemical Frenzy” from 11-11:30 a.m. at Discovery Space, 112 W. Foster Ave., Suite 1, State College. Activities are free with paid admission. Call (814) 2340200 or email info@mydiscoveryspace.org or visit www.mydiscoveryspace.org. Knitting Program — Bring your projects to the Centre County Library’s “Hooks and Needles” program and share ideas and tips with others who knit, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Centre County Library and Historical Museum, 200 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1516 or visit www.centre countylibrary.org. Preschool Story Time — Stories and crafts for preschoolers will be held from 2-3 p.m. at Holt Memorial Library, 17 N. Front St., Philipsburg. The theme is “Great Grandparents.” Story time programs meet Pennsylvania learning standards for early childhood education. Call (814) 342-1987 or visit www.centrecountylibrary.org. Play — The Penn State School of Theatre will present “Doubt: A Parable,” written by John Patrick Shanley and directed by Jim Wise, at 7:30 p.m. at the Penn State Downtown Theatre Center, 146 S. Allen St., State College. To purchase tickets, call (800) ARTS-TIX or (814) 863-0255, or visit www.theatre.psu.edu.
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GROUP MEETINGS The Gazette will publish the regular meeting dates and times for all Centre County social and service groups, organizations, clubs, etc. that have membership open to the public. To be included in the weekly listing send information by Wednesday one week prior to publication to community@ centrecountygazette.com or mail to: The Centre County Gazette, Attn: Group Meetings, 403 S. Allen St., State College, PA 16801. Adult Bible Study and Kids Program offering practical help from the Bible and a fun and productive time for kids will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Nittany Baptist Church, 430 Mountain Back Road, Spring Mills. Call (814) 360-1601 or visit www.nittanybaptist.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Men’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays. Call (814) 2375220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc.org. Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Women’s Support Group sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center, meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Wednesdays. Call (814) 237-5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit ccwrc.org. ALIVE Teen Club meets at 6 p.m. Sundays at First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-5678 or visit www.fbcbellefonte.org. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Groups meets the first Friday of every month at 1 p.m. and second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m., Mount Nittany Dining Room at The Inn at Brookline, 1930 Cliffside Drive, State College. Call or email Anne at (814) 234-3141 / teadmin@brooklinevillage.com or Janie at (814) 235-2000 / iwpcommrel@brooklinevillage.com for more information. AWANA Club meets at 6 p.m. every Sunday at the First Baptist Church, 539 Jacksonville Road, Bellefonte. Activities and Bible lessons will be held for children ages 3 through sixth grade. Materials provided. Call (814) 355-5678 or visit www.fbc bellefonte. org. Bald Eagle Grange No. 151 meets at 7 p.m. the first Tuesday of every month at the Grange Hall in Runville. Bald Eagle Watershed Association meets at 7 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Milesburg Borough Building, 416 Front St., Milesburg. Visit www.baldeaglewatershed.com. The Bald Eagle Area Class of 1959 meets at 6 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month for dinner. Location changes each month. Call Joyce at (814) 383-4337 or email ljt2342@ embarqmail.com. Bald Eagle Area Class Of 1960 meets for lunch at 11:30 a.m. the third Thursday of every month at The Bestway Restaurant, 1023 N. Eagle Valley Road, Howard. Call Barb (814) 466-6027. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1962 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Bestway Truckstop Restaurant, state route 150, Milesburg. Call Sandy at (814) 387-4218. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1964 meets for breakfast at 9 a.m. the fourth Saturday of the month at the Bestway Restaurant, State Route 150, I-80 exit 158, Milesburg. Dinner will be at 5:30 p.m. on the third Friday of the month at the Bellefonte Moose, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Sue (814) 625-2132 or bea.1964@ yahoo.com. Bald Eagle Area Class of 1965 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the last Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Bob (814) 383-2151. Bellefonte High School Class of 1956 meets for dinner at 5:30 p.m. the second Friday of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Call Kay at (814) 359-2738. Bellefonte High School Class 1967 meets for breakfast at 8:30 a.m. the first Saturday of each month at Sunset West, 521 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The location is subject to change. Call Vic (814) 360-1948. Bellefonte Elks Lodge meets at 7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Bellefonte Elks, 120 W. High St., Bellefonte. Bellefonte Encampment No. 72 and Ridgeley Canton No. 8 meets 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month, Windmere Hall, 454 Rolling Ridge Drive, State College. Bellefonte Garden Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at the First Presbyterian Church, 203 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Visit www.facebook.com/bellefontegardenclub or call (814) 355-4427. Bellefonte Historical Railroad Society meets at 7 p.m. the first Monday of each month, Train Station, Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-1053 or www.bellefontetrain.org. Bellefonte Kiwanis Club meets at noon Tuesdays at the Moose Club, 125 N. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call Richard King, (814) 355-9606 or email kings430elinn@yahoo.com. Bellefonte Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:30 a.m. Fridays, Diamond Deli, 103 N. Allegheny St., Bellefonte. Call Mary Jane Fisher (814) 355-5905. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 meets 8 p.m. the second Thursday of every month, Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Bellefonte Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1600 Ladies Auxiliary meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month, Post Home, Spring Street, Bellefonte. Better Breathers Support Group meets at 2 p.m. the third Thursday every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call James Williamson, RT, respiratory manager at (814) 359-3421. Better Breathers are affiliated with the American Lung Association. Business Networking International meets at 7 a.m. Thursdays, Celebration Hall, 2280 Commercial Blvd., State College. Members share ideas, contacts and business referrals. Fee is $10 for room and breakfast. Call Kelly Swisher (814) 280-1656. Boy Scouts of America BSA Troop 66 meets from 7-8 p.m. every Tuesday at Pleasant Gap United Methodist Church, 179 S. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Email Scoutmaster Bill Weaver at standinten@aol.com. Brain Injury Support Group meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Sharon Poorman, CRRN, nurse manager at (814) 359-3421. There will be no meetings in January and February. Breast Cancer Support Group meets from 5:30-7 p.m. the first Monday of every month in the ground floor conference rooms, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. If the first Monday of the month is a holiday, the meeting will be held on the second Monday of the month. Call Cheri (814) 231-7005. Catholic Daughters of the Americas social begins at 6:30
p.m. and meets at 7 p.m. first Thursday of every month at St. John’s Catholic School auditorium, 134 E. Bishop St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 355-7730 or email jmoest@yahoo.com. Central Pennsylvania Holistic Wellness Group will meet to share and learn about many methods and techniques to support a holistic, homeopathic and spiritual life style from 6:30-8 p.m. the second Wednesday of each month at the Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883-0957 or visit www.meetup.com/central-pa-holisticwellnessgroup. The Centre County Down Syndrome Society meets from 7-9 p.m. on the second Thursday of the month in the offices at 111 Sowers St., Suite 504 in State College. Email ccdssociety@ gmail.com or visit www.centrecountydownsyndrome.org. Centre County Greens meets at 7:15 p.m. the first Monday of every month at Webster’s Bookstore & Café, 133 E. Beaver Ave., State College. Centre County Real Estate Investment Club meets from 7-9 p.m. the third Thursday of every month at RE/MAX Centre Realty, 1375 Martin St., State College. Call (814) 280-5839 or email len@decarmine.com. Visit www.centrecountyreiclub.org. Centre Hall Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month and at 7 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of the month, Centre Hall Lions Club Building, 153 E. Church St., Centre Hall. Centre Line Riders — ABATE of Pennsylvania, Chapter 18 meet at noon the third Saturday of each month at the Centre Hall American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Centre Pieces Quilt Guild meets from 7-9 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month (March through December) at the Mount Nittany Middle School Cafeteria, 656 Brandywine Drive, State College. Visit the web site at www.centrepieces guild.org or call (814) 237-6009. Centre Region Model Investment Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month, Mazza Room, South Hills Business School, 480 Waupelani Drive, State College. Call (814) 234-8775 or email cr20mic@aol.com. The Compassionate Friends Group meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Bellefonte Middle School. TCF is a national non-profit support organization offering understanding, friendship, and hope to families following the death of a child of any age, from any cause. Contact Peg at (814) 3559829 or Amanda at (814) 321-4528. FHA Center for Weight Management and Nutrition hosts a bariatric surgery support group from 6-7 p.m. the third Thursday of each month in Classroom 4, Lewistown Hospital, 400 Highland Ave., Lewistown. Sessions are moderated by Virginia M. Wray, DO, CNSP. Call (717) 242-7099 or visit www.my familyhealthassociates.com. Girls of Bald Eagle Area High School Class of 1961 meets at 11:30 a.m. the second Tuesday of each month at the Mt. Valley Diner, 850 S. Eagle Valley Road, Wingate. Call (814) 355-3686. Halfmoon Garden Club meets at 1 p.m. the first Thursday of the month. Membership is open to Halfmoon Township residents. Call Alice McGregor (814) 692-7396, almcgregor@ comcast.net or Susan Kennedy (814) 692-5556, susank81@ gmail.com. Halfmoon Grange No. 290 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of every month at the Grange Hall in Centennia. Call Diane at (814) 692-4580. Hearing Loss Association of America meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month, Foxdale, 500 E. Marylyn Ave., State College. Learn the latest technology available for hearing loss. Heart Failure Support Group will meet at 4 p.m. the fourth Monday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. Call Traci Curtorillo, CRRN, nurse manager at (814) 359-3421. I.O.O.F. Centre Lodge #153 meets at 7:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month, I.O.O.F. Lodge Hall, 756 N. Main St., Pleasant Gap. Junior Rockhounds meets at 5 p.m. the third Wednesdays of each month, Room 121, Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 867-6263 or visit www. nittanymineral.org. Keystone Guild of the Watchmakers Association of Pa. meets at 1 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month, Bull Pen Restaurant, Washington Avenue at First Street, Tyrone. Call George at (814) 238-1668. Ladies Grief Support Group meets at 2 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday at Living Faith Church, 113 Sunset Acres, Milesburg. Call Hazel at (814) 387-4952. Marion Grange 223 meets at 7 p.m. the second Thursday of every month at the Jacksonville Grange Hall. For more information, call Brenda at (814) 383-2796. The Milesburg Lions Club meets 7 p.m. first and third Tuesday every month, Milesburg Center across from Uni-Mart. MOPS, Mothers of Preschoolers, sponsored by New Hope Church is designed to nurture every mother with children from pregnancy through kindergarten meets the first and third Thursdays of each month at The State College Evangelical Free Church, 1243 Blue Course Drive, State College. Childcare is provided for each monthly meeting. Visit www.statecollegemops. com. The Mount Nittany Health’s Diabetes Network diabetes support group meets from 10:15-11:15 a.m. the second Wednesday of every month at the Centre Region Senior Center, 131 S. Fraser St., No. 1, State College. Call Carol Clitherow at (814) 231-3076 or visit www.mountnittany.org/diabetes. Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at 6 p.m. every third Tuesday at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. The support group is affiliated with the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Harrisburg office. Call Steve Uberti, PTA at (814) 359-3421. National Alliance on Mental Illness meets at 7 p.m. every second Tuesday at South Hills School, State College. June is the last meeting of the summer. Meetings will resume in September. Call Dave (814) 238-1983. The Neuropathy Support Group of Central Pennsylvania will meet at 2 p.m. the fourth Sunday at the Mount Nittany Medical Center, Conference Room 3, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call David Brown at (814) 531-1024. Nittany Knights Barbershop Chorus meets at 7:15 p.m. every Monday, South Hills School, State College. Men who like to sing are welcome. Visit www.nittanyknights.org or call Bill (814) 355-3557. Nittany Valley Model Railroad Club meets at 7 p.m. Tues-
days at Old Gregg School, room 1A, 106 School St., Spring Mills. Call Fred at (814) 422-7667. Nittany Mineral Society will hold a social at 6:30 p.m. and meet at 7:30 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month in Room 116 Auditorium of the Earth and Engineering Sciences Building, University Park. Call (814) 867-6263 or visit www.nittanymineral.org. Nittany Valley Woodturners meet from 7-9 p.m. every first Thursday, the woodworking shop, State College Area High School, South Building, 650 Westerly Parkway, State College. Email reg@marketvaluesolutions.com or www.visit nittanynalleywoodturners.org. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets for an earlyrisers breakfast at 7 a.m. every third Wednesday at The Waffle Shop, 1610 W. College Ave., State College. The Nittany Valley Writers Network meets from 7-8:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Parent Support Group for Children With Eating Disorders meets from 7-8 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month in Conference Room 3, Mount Nittany Medical Center, 1800 E. Park Ave., State College. Call Kristie Kaufman at (814) 466-7921. Penns Valley Grange No. 158 meets at 7:30 p.m. the second Thursday of every month, Grange Hall, Railroad Street, Spring Mills. Pleasant Gap Rotary Club meets at 6 p.m. every Thursday at the Oaks, 220 Rachel Drive, Pleasant Gap. Reiki group will meet from 6:30-8:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of themonth at Inspired Holistic Wellness, 107 S. Spring St., Bellefonte. Call (814) 883-0957, email beth@inspiredholisticwellness.com or visit www.inspiredholisticwellness.com. RSVP is appreciated. The Romans 12:2 Group meets from 7-8:30 p.m. Mondays at 204 W. High St., Bellefonte. The group is an addictions breakaway program sponsored by Lifegate Baptist Church, and is open to all who are suffering from any form of addiction as well as to family members that may be affected by the addict’s behavior. Call (814) 353-1942. Sacred Harp Singing meets from 7-8:30 a.m. the second and fourth Mondays at the University Mennonite Church, 1606 Norma St., State College. Visit www.StateCollegeSacredHarp. com. The Snow Shoe Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. on the first and fourth Wednesday of every month at the Moshannon Community Center, State Rte. 144, Snow Shoe. Soroptimist International of Centre County meet at 6 p.m. the first Monday of the month at the Atherton Hotel, 125 S. Atherton St., State College. Call (814) 234-0658 or email hjlaw11@aol.com. State College Area High School Class of ’65 meets for brunch at 10:30 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month at Way’s Fruit Market, 2355 Halfmoon Valley Road, Port Matilda. State College Downtown Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Elks Lodge meets 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at Mountain View Country Club, 100 Elks Club Road, Boalsburg. State College Lions Club meets at 6:15 p.m. the first and third Thursdays of the month at Damon’s, 1031 E. College Ave., State College. State College Rotary Club meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Nittany Lion Inn, Faculty Staff Lounge, 200 W. Park Ave., University Park. State College Sunrise Rotary Club meets at 7:15 a.m. Wednesdays, Hotel State College, 106 S. Allen St., State College, above The Corner Room. State College Weavers Guild meets from 7:30-9 p.m. on the third Thursday of the month, September through May. Meetings are held in members’ homes. Refreshments are served at 7 p.m. For meeting location visit the website at www.statecollege weaversguild.weebly.com or call (814) 234-7344. Support Group for Family & Friends of Childhood Sexual Abuse Survivors sponsored by The Centre County Women’s Resource Center meets from 5:30-7 p.m. Mondays. Call (814) 237-5220 ext. 247, email edteam@ccwrc.org or visit www.ccwrc. org. Stroke Support Group meets at 4 p.m. last Tuesday of every month at HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital, 550 E. College Ave., Pleasant Gap. There will be no meeting in August and December. Call Caroline Salva-Romero, M.A., CCC-SLP-L, speech therapy manager, or Linda Meyer, M.S., CCC-SLP-L, speech-language pathologist, at (814) 359-3421. TOPS, Take Off Pounds Sensibly, will meet at 6:20 p.m. every Tuesday at the American Legion, 2928 Penns Valley Pike, Centre Hall. Weigh-in will be held from 5:30-6:20 p.m. Call Aurelia Confer at (814) 574-1747. TRIAD, a public safety group for senior citizens, meets each second Thursday in various locations. Call Helen Evans, chair, (814) 237-8932. Trout Unlimited, a non-profit conservation organization, meets at 7:30 p.m. every first Thursday, Comfort Suites Hotel, 132 Village Drive, State College. Walker Grange #2007 will meet the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at the Walker Township Building, 816 Nittany Valley Drive, Bellefonte. Weight Loss Challenge will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Park Forest Baptist Church, 3030 Carnegie Drive, State College. The class will also meet at 7 p.m. Thursdays at the Faith Baptist Church, 647 Valley Vista Drive, State College. Membership fee is $35. Call Darlene Foster at (814) 238-8739 or email at rdf55@ verizon.net. WiNGs, the Women’s Network Group for women entrepreneurs, will have a social from 8-8:30 a.m. and meet from 8:3010:30 a.m., the third Wednesday of every month at the Patton Township conference room, 100 Patton Plaza, State College. Email membership@wngs.org or call (814) 360-1063. Women’s Welcome Club of State College meets at 7 p.m. the second Wednesday of every month, Oakwood Presbyterian Church, 1865 Waddle Road, State College. Visit us on the web www.womenswelcomeclub.org or email wwcmembership@ gmail.com. Young at Hearts Club meets for Red Pin bowling at 1 p.m. the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Millheim Lanes, Main Street, Millheim. A yearly $5 donation is requested to join the club. — Compiled by Gazette staff
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Ways to stop misusing ‘reply to all’ and ‘cc’ When I complain about the misuse of “reply to all” or “cc:” in emails, heads nod in agreement and glaring examples are provided. It happens regularly because we don’t answer some basic but key questions. Four questions to answer before responding to emails: 1. Do I need to respond? You don’t need to respond all the time. Sometimes you are just being updated or “kept in the loop.” Use judgment when deciding whether or not to respond. I’m not saying you can ignore emails. Simply use discretion to save everyone time. David M. Masto2. What happens if vich is president of I don’t include each MASSolutions Inc. person? For more When you are writinformation, go ing an initial email, deto www.mas cide how each person solutions.biz. will use the information. If it’s not obvious that they need the email, don’t “cc:” them. When responding, you also don’t need to hit “reply to all” if your response isn’t useful to each person on the email string. If you have a quick clarification or constructive feedback that involves only the sender, you probably shouldn’t copy everyone. I realize some readers might feel the
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need to cover themselves by including more people on emails. But you’re also wasting people’s time by unnecessarily creating cluttered email strings. 3. How would you handle it if you were having a face-to-face conversation? When multiple people are emailed via the “to” box, you should “reply to all” unless something is confidential to only the original sender. Think of what you would do in a real conversation. If someone said something to you and another person at lunch, would you respond by whispering in that person’s ear? Probably not. You’d likely talk to both people. Do the same thing in an email. 4. Does everyone on this email need the information to do their job? When three or four people are working on a project and your response impacts them, remember to hit “reply to all.” Forgetting to do so frustrates everyone who is left out and stifles productivity. The converse is also true. Don’t add people to the recipient list unless you’re sure they need the information to do their job. You might think these tips are obvious or common sense. Take a quick look through your inbox and sent folders. You’ll realize it’s not as obvious or common as you think. Do what you can to change things. Start asking and answering these four questions and improving your email communications. Email me your favorite, or should I say “least favorite,” examples of people misusing the “cc:” or “reply to all” and I’ll send you more tips on making the most of your email communications.
BACK IN BUSINESS CHARLES REIGHARD and Eileen Cramer have reunited. The duo is back together at The Hair Loft by Charles, at 413 E. Calder Way in State College. Cramer began her career in 1978 with Reighard as her manager at Pietro’s of Italy in Calder Square. After a few years, both opened up their own salons, The Hair Loft by Charles and A New U. In 1984, Cramer gave up her salon to start a family. In 1993, she came back to work with Reighard for another five years. The pair remained friends and have decided to partner up again. Submitted photo
DEED TRANSFERS The following property transactions were compiled from information provided by the Centre County Recorder of Deeds, Joseph Davidson. The Gazette is not responsible for typographical errors. The published information is believed to be accurate; however, the Gazette neither warrants nor accepts any liability or responsibility for inaccurate information.
RECORDED AUG. 5-9, 2013 BELLEFONTE
Tricia A. Miller to Tricia A. Miller and Michael J. Lanzone, 343 Deer Creek Lane, Bellefonte, $1. Gerald L. Morgan and Christial L. Morgan to Gerald L. Morgan, 109 Edward Drive, Bellefonte, $1. Shawn R. Wolfe by sheriff and Richard D. Wolfe by sheriff to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., 127 Willow Bend Drive, Bellefonte, $7,559.27
BOGGS TOWNSHIP
DeChaune Roane and Brandy Roan to Brandon K. Redmond and Amber D. Redmond, 1210 Zion Road, Bellefonte, $167,000. Michael A. Aquaviva, Lauren VanLew Kern and Lauren VanLew Aquaviva to Karen Sapia, 207 E. High St., Bellefonte, $119,000.
Michael T. Dorman to Michael T. Dorman and Tracy S. Dorman, 149 Tracy Dale Road, Howard, $1.
BENNER TOWNSHIP
COLLEGE TOWNSHIP
James D. Thorpe, Mary G. Thorpe, Jack D. Thorpe, Barbara J. Thorpe, Richard J. Lorenzo and Cynthia M. Lorenzo to Clifford C. Weitzel and Delphine D. Weitzel, 910 Spring Creek Road, Bellefonte, $198,000.
BURNSIDE TOWNSHIP
Doris J. Ensminger to Stacey P. Hemphill and Rebecca L. Hemphill, 124 Meadow Drive, Pine Glen, $70,000. Michael E. Gates to Christopher J Reynolds and Kristen M. Reynolds, 701 Henszey St., State College, $201,000. Ilya V. Aseyev to Ilya V. Aseyev and Deed Transfers, Page 38
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Suggestions for creating buzz for your business baker received some nice promotion. Create reasons to come back. One of my restaurant clients gives out two coupons for free appetizers to new patrons. He asks the customer to use one when they come back and to give one coupon to a friend. Again, this promotes word of mouth advertising. Create themed events. A gourmet baker/restaurant I know offers cupcake decorating parties for kids at a reasonable cost. This brings more moms to his establishment and exposes the business to new prospects. A pizza restaurant in the Philly area offers pizza-making parties for kids where each child creates a pizza and, of course, takes home a coupon toward a future pizza. Partner with other businesses. Movie theaters have been doing this for years; show your ticket and get a discount at a local restaurant or ice cream shop. This marketing tactic can work for other businesses as well. For example, a computer store could offer coupons to clients for office supplies; a hair salon could give out clothing store coupons and get a reciprocal deal from the clothing store. Create a mascot. Have you ever driven past a store where some big costumed character is waving you in for an event? Ronald McDonald has been used by McDonald’s for years and so has Mickey for Disney World. If you are hosting an event or a sale, hire a college kid and rent a character costume to give your event more pizzazz. As you can see, creating buzz for your business does not need to be expensive and can be really fun. It just takes some creativity to find what works best for your business and clientele.
In the marketing world, creating buzz for your business means getting people talking about your business to create word-of-mouth advertising. Creating buzz can take many shapes and forms. The bottom line is that by getting your customers and prospects to talk about your business, you can find new customers. Here are a few ways to create buzz: Hold an event at your facility. Professional organizations are often looking for places to hold events or meetings. If you have a nice facility or a conference room, offer to host the event at your business. Janet Chambers Do something difis president and ferent. If you have an owner of Beacon Marketing Soluopen house or event tions, a marketing for prospective cuscommunications tomers, do something firm serving Central to stand out. Hire stuPennsylvania. For dents to dress like cemore information, lebrities, hire a mime call (814) 643-3383 or set up a fun demo of or visit www.BeaconMarketingSolu- your products. Make the event fun and tions.com. memorable. Promote your business at another businesses event. I once helped a client host a chamber event at his facility. A specialty baker offered to bring gourmet finger desserts for free, as long as we displayed his business cards. The desserts were delicious and the
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Deed Transfers, from page 37 Darya Aseyev, 134 Spring St., State College, $1. William R. Donley and Margaret Nellis Donley to Michael Gates and Jacqueline M. Gates, 742 Tussey Lane, State College, $205,000. Michael P. Quinn to Michael P. Quinn and Dawn M. Quinn, 1225 Mayberry Lane, State College, $1. Melissa Beattie-Moss to Ann Beattie-Moss, 107 Spencer Lane, State College, $200,000. Carolyn J. DeGregory Towart and Carolyn J. DeGregory to Yibo Zhong and Huajuan Zhang, 422 Gerald St., $165,000.
FERGUSON TOWNSHIP
John L. Hargis and Lauren G. Hargis to Maren Walseth, 132 Beagle Court, State College, $325,000. Robert E. Prough and Nancy L. Prough to Albert C. Tayor and Tammi L. Deibler, 745 S. Nixon Road, Pine Grove Mills, $0. Irene M. Amick to Sandra R. Ross, 125 S. Osmond St., State College, $280,000. Sean Xixian Zhou, Xixian Zhou and Yuru Liu to Xiuyu Hu, 1127 Teaberry Lane, State College, $132,000. Mary E. Rogers to William L. Butler and Jean S. Giddings, 1974 Harvest Circle, State College, $221,900. Mathew F. Schimler and Kelley A. Schimler to Daniel T. Sweeney and Jacqueline L. Sweeney, 1192 Barnstable Lane, State College, $555,500. Michael Masood Arjmand and Monica Mitra Arjmand to Monica Mitra Arjmand, 481 S. Nixon Road, State College, $1. Russell C. Tuttle Estate and Stephen R. Tuttle executor to Stephen R. Tuttle, Marengo Road, Port Matilda, $1. Stephen R. Tuttle to Stephen R. Tuttle and Margaret B. Frysinger, Marengo Road, Port Matilda, $1. Doris L. Sunday, Doris L. Sunday-Harpster and James Lee Harpster to Stoy L. Sunday and Helen A. Sunday, 685 S. Nixon Road, Pine Grove Mills, $1. F&H Real Estate II to Bernard Cantorna and Margherita Cantorna, 1518 N. Allen St., State College, $325,000. Harry W. Johns by attorney to Richard Weiss and Kristie Weiss, 1627 Glenwood Circle, State College, $220,000.
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Larry W. Fry and Lynn R. Fry to Adam G. Weis and Seana A. Wood, 747 Teal Lane, State College, S247,900. Kelly Green Barter to Marty L. Byrd and Kristi M. Byrd, 2608 Acacia Drive, State College, $371,000. Cole W. Camplese and Kristin A. Camplese to Joel A. Torretti and Jennifer M. Torretti, 227 Grace Court, State College, $450,000.
GREGG TOWNSHIP
Derek L. Auman and Brittany M. Auman to Derek L. Auman, Brush Mountain Road, Spring Mills, $1.
HAINES TOWNSHIP
Rose Marie Moyer, Kenneth Moyer, Michael D. Weyman and Sandra L. Weyman to Alan J. Ard and Kylie S. Ard, State Route 45, $1,000. Lynn Dobash to Alan V. Erdley and Katherine M. Mitchell, 127 Brisbin Way, Boalsburg, $375,000.
HALFMOON TOWNSHIP
Robert D. Lee to Betsy J. Boyd, 304 Sawmill Road, Port Matilda, $165,000.
HARRIS TOWNSHIP
Hicky Abramson and Associates and Hicky and Abramson Associates to Hicky and Abramson Associates, 221 Belle Ave., Boalsburg, $1. Semyon Slobounov and Elena Slobounov to Brent D. Veronesi and Robin E. Oliveri-Veronesi, 624 Rosslyn Road, Boalsburg, $675,000. Terrence E. Roof Jr. and Pamela A. Roof to Jaidoop Sood, Bhavna Sood and Promila Sood, 118 Ramsey Way, Boalsburg, $677,701.
HUSTON TOWNSHIP
Paul S. Roberts and Leslie A. Roberts to Jason K. Van Velsor and Laura A. Velsor, 265 Maurer Lane, Julian, $412,000.
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP
William R. Hoover and Sheryl L. Hoover to Ronald Charles Newberry and Darlene K. Newberry, 250 Upper Polecat Road, Liberty, $55,000.
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MARION TOWNSHIP
Jason E. Shay and Robin E. Shay to Jonathan T. James and Andrea D. Royer-James, 151 Burris Road, Bellefonte, $200,000.
MILES TOWNSHIP
Robert L. Marquette, John E. Melocik, Teresa G. Melocik, Mark A. Trimmer, Sandra J. Trimmer, Kenneth J. Miller and Sarah A. Miller to Robert L. Marquette, John E. Melocik, Teresa G. Melocik, Mark A. Trimmer, Sandra J. Trimmer, Kenneth J. Miller and Sarah A. Miller, State Route 45, $0. Kenneth J. Miller and Sarah A. Miller to Robert L. Marquette, Madisonburg Pike Road, Madisonburg, $9,950. Robert L. Marquette to Robert L. Marquette, 777 Madisonburg Pike Road, Madisonburg, $1. Kenneth J. Miller and Sarah A. Miller to Kenneth J. Miller and Sarah A. Miller, Madisonburg Pike Road, Madisonburg, $1.
PATTON TOWNSHIP
Richard C. Lies Sr., Richard C. Lies Jr., Andrea L. Swanger and Andrea L. Lies to Joshua Leone and Michelle C. Leone, 340 Douglas Drive, State College, $240,500. Paul Gotzel and Siobahn Gotzel to Benjamin T. Adams, 2113 N. Oak Lane, State College, $204,000. Pinnacle Development LLC, Pinnacle Development 2 LLC, Pinnacle Development 2/Gregory LLC I and S&A Homes Inc. to Gilberto Soto and Maria Soto, 115 Alma Mater Drive, No. 103, State College, $172,900. Laura L. Rothkopf to Dennis Hickman and Jane Hickman, 263 Varsity Lane, State College, $312,000.
PHILIPSBURG BOROUGH
Robert G. Harris Jr. and Dora L Harris to James R. Thor and Patti L. Thor, 123 N. Fourth St., Philipsburg, $ 58,000. Daniel P. Watson by sheriff and Jenny E. Watson by sheriff to Federal National Mortgage Association, 505 Philips St., Philipsburg, $3,376. Ruth Webster to Scott A. Webster, 206 Philips St., Philipsburg, $131,000. William T. Foreman to Joseph P. Coval, 414 N. Fourth St., Philipsburg, $60,000. Ronald E. Hancock and Emilie K. Hancock to Dustin E. Steiner, 431 S. Centre St., Philipsburg, $69,900.
RUSH TOWNSHIP
Vericrest Opportunity Loan Trust 2011 to Shannon Roddy, 112 Walnut St., Philipsburg, $44,900. Matthew Welker, Matthew L. Welker, Lois Welker and Lois A. Welker to Kevin Sean Smart, 3753 Casanova Road, Munson, $116,000. Alfred F. Martin to Alfred F. Martin Jr. and Jonathan A. Martin, 176 Mill St., Munson, $1. John D. Whitehead and Susan J. Whitehead to Craig K. Stodart and Melinda S. Pusey, 1475 Tyrone Pike, Philipsburg, $175,000. Stacie LeGrand by Sheriff to Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, 508 Kinkead St., Philipsburg, $4,721.28
SNOW SHOE TOWNSHIP
Gulf USA Corporation to Stephan P. Chicko, 155 Chicko Lane, Clarence, $10,000.
SPRING TOWNSHIP
Charles R. Zimmerman, Brandy E. Corman and Brandy E. Zimmerman to Charles R. Zimmerman and Brandy E. Zimmerman, 188 South Main St., Pleasant Gap, $1. Siltop Visions LLC to RRB1 LLC, E. Rolling Ridge Drive, Bellefonte, $125,000. Christopher Upgrove and Beth E. Upgrove to Mary E. Rogers, 149 Arbor Bluff Drive, Pleasant Gap, $199,000.
STATE COLLEGE BOROUGH
477 Beaver LP to HFL Leasing, 477 Beaver Ave., State College, $0. Temporary Housing Foundation Inc. to Liam Jackson and Sharon Jackson, 715 Westerly Parkway, State College, $179,000. Lois E. Summers to Chris A. Summers and David R. Summers, 330 E. Prospect Ave., State College, $1. Joseph Wakeley Jr. by agent, Esther Christine Wakeley and Esther C. Wakeley by agent to Rudolf J. Schilder and Aleksandra B. Slavkovic, 825 W. Foster Ave., $390,000. Wei Luo and Yuan Li to Larry R. Murphy and Lois Murphy, 934 Grace St., State College, $314,900.
TAYLOR TOWNSHIP
Todd K. Woodring and Heidi J. Woodring to Alex Tishchenko and Olga Tishchenko, 151 Hickory Hollow Road, Port Matilda, $52,000. James N. McClellan Jr. Estate, Sally J. Woomer executor, Susan J. Yothers and Sharon K. Schmidt executor to Maxwell Centre Real Estate LLC, Miller Road, Tyrone, $200,000.
UNION TOWNSHIP
Donald B. Flick and Catherine M. Flick to Sarah J. Keck, 499 Unionville Pike, Julian, $150,000.
WALKER TOWNSHIP
Jason Stewart Hovis, Carrie Richey Hovis and Carrie Lyn Richie to Jason Stewart Hovis and Carrie Richey Hovis, 991 Nilson Road, Bellefonte, $1. Eric Veneziano and Erin C. Veneziano to Scott A. Lepley and Beth A. Lepley, 165 Jefferson Circle, Bellefonte, $305,000. William B. Bryner and Jennifer L. Bryner to Jamie Campbell, 1171 Zion Ridge Ave., Bellefonte, $191,000. Zion Associates to Kayleigh N. Buda, 606 Mountain Stone Road, Bellefonte, $141,900. â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Compiled by Gazette staff
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$ ADULT WALKER: $20 Call (814) 378‑8463 COLEMAN GRILL: 2 burner, folding legs. In‑ cludes cover & additional griddle. Like New. $125 Call (814) 466‑7168 COMIC BOOK SALE $10 We have a ton of great comics for sale with a wide variety to choose from. Batman, Super‑ man, X‑Men, you name it. Great prices too. Check us out at: http://botropolis. ecrater.com HUSQVARNA: Tractor / Plow /52” mower deck $1,200 Call 814‑404‑9075
$690/year walk to Town/Campus
Short walk to Town/Campus Private, paved parking for 3 cars in a quiet res‑ idential neighborhood near S. Allen, S Fraser Sts. 217 Crestmont (rear) $690/year due with lease signing. Contact Lori at 814‑364‑1125 or email lcowell@msn.com
DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON PARKING
Save your money by buy‑ ing or renting a scooter from Campus Skooters. Don’t pay a fortune to park a car. Scooters can easily be parked just about anywhere! Check us out at www.Ca‑ mpusSkooters.com for more information.
PARKING
V6, PW, PDL, 3rd Row Seat
FUTON: Red, Ikea, PS Murbo $100 Bellefonte Call (814) 353‑7707
WANTED:
Parsons Firewood & Tree Service
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COUNTRY 5 min. from town. This 3 bdrn home sits on 1/2 acre with open living room, dining room, and kitchen. Three car garage. Bellefonte area. Asking $250,000 firm. Ph. 814.222.3331.
Baby Needs
FAMILY OWNED FOR 22 YEARS (814) 696‑1601 2013 Specials are as following: 1 room‑ $40 2 rooms of carpet cleaning‑ $59.90 2 room/steps/hall‑ $89.95 5area special‑ $139.95 Call for special/work guarantee (814) 696‑1601
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HOUSES FOR SALE
Extreme Custom Cycles Pleasant Gap
(814) 353-4622 1969 PONTIAC Firebird. Good condition. All origi‑ nal. $4,000 Call (814) 355‑2511
1980 R100T BMW: Wind Jammer fairing & other accessories in‑ cluded, needs work $1,500 Call 814‑692‑9886
Some ads featured on statecollege. com
University Gateway Building College Ave. across campus. Available August 15th, $90/month Call (814) 482‑0078.
PARKING SPACES
Close to Campus and Downtown Parking spaces for rent, open and covered. Lo‑ cated at 315 S. Atherton Street, State College. Open spaces ‑$65/ month, Covered spaces ‑ $75/ month. Call 814‑238‑1329
FALL & SPRING PARKING
Parking on church parking lot, 600 block of East Prospect Ave. Fall and Spring $260 each. First Church of Christ, Scientist. Call Mike at 814‑237‑8711 or email m7h@psu.edu.
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The Centre County Gazette
August 29-September 4, 2013
MOUNT NITTANY HEALTH
SURGICAL CARE
NOW IN MIFFLIN COUNTY. Easy access to advanced surgeons finds another home. Our general surgeons are joining our cardiology and urology practices already treating patients at our Mifflin County location. Mount Nittany Physician Group offers expert general surgical care from dedicated, respected providers. Outstanding surgical options, where you live. That’s L I F E F O R WA R D. Schedule an appointment today, or visit mountnittany.org for more information.
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Theodor Kaufman, MD, FACS | Robert Hall, MD , FACS | Stephen Miller, MD
905 University Drive | State College, PA 16801 | 814.238.8418 301 S. Logan Boulevard | Burnham, PA 17009 | 800.837.6062
©2013 Mount Nittany Health