May 2015
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Two Decades of Students Give Retiring Choir Director Surprise of a Lifetime
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“I walked in and heard singing and it was magical,” Drafall says. “It was shocking and then as I looked at people and I realized how far they are from here, from California, Washington, Colorado, Louisiana. It was really touching to know they would rearrange their lives to be a part of this.”
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Memorial Day Parade a Family Tradition in Boalsburg
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“The children have grown up with it and now it’s the grandchildren with me at the parade,” Jeff Selvage says. “It’s great seeing the fellowship with the community. You can’t say enough for the firemen and other volunteers and all they do to support the effort for Memorial Day.”
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Community Profile: Boalsburg Means Memorial Day, Museums, Tussey Mountain and More
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Three Boalsburg ladies, as the story goes, decorated the graves of Civil War soldiers in the Boalsburg Cemetery in 1864, a custom that was continued every year since in the village. The practice became commonplace in communities around the nation.
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Carnival Features Rides, Fried Food, and Bingo to Support Boalsburg Fire Company
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“This is one of the reasons we love Boalsburg so much and one of the reasons we moved here,” resident Patrick Hockey says. “It’s just because of the family atmosphere and neighborhood and events like this that all play a part.”
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Flames Destroy Backyard Deck, Menace Home, Alert Neighbors Save the Day
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“I was downstairs watching the Pirates,” says Norm Brown who lives next door. “My wife yells down and says, ‘There’s a lot of smoke coming from the back.’ And all of the sudden she goes, ‘Oh, there’s flames!'”
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Alum Unveils Corbett’s Involvement in Freeh Selection for Investigation
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“It’s hard to find a concrete link that the candidates were forced on the board, but the fact that the only two candidates they seriously considered were two of the three from Corbett’s list is fairly close,” Penn State alumnus Ryan Bagwell says.
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Penn State Football: For Franklin, Data Is The Key In Season Evaluations
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“The data doesn’t lie. A perfect example of that is the wildcat (formation). The wildcat was one of our most efficient formations and one of our most efficient plays. You go back and study the data because we all have emotional bias, and being able to study the data takes that part out of it.”
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Adopt-A-Pet at Centre County PAWS
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Cleveland Dozer has not had the easiest time of things, but he’s still purr-fect. This cat was found in a dumpster. C-D was rescued by good Samaritans and turned over to Centre County PAWS. Thanks to lots of TLC from PAWS volunteers, he’s now a sleek young cat.
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State College Man Sentenced for Dealing Heroin
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Besides the heroin, worth $10,000, police reportedly found a shoe box containing $1,630, empty gelatin capsules used to package heroin, a digital scale, multiple cell phones, grinders and a marijuana smoking device.
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Vets Discuss Vietnam War Experiences and Perspectives
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“We fought it according to World War II strategy and tactics, but it was a different war,” says McCombie. “My experience was from absolute, complete boredom to sheer terror. I think that can be said for any war,” adds Pasquinelli.