June 2018
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Five SCASD students earn Eagle Scout honors
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STATE COLLEGE — Boy Scouts Eugene Ryoo, Hayden Davidson, Noah Witt, Troy Heatwole and Joe Messner, students at State College Area High School, have each achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. All five are members of Boy Scout Troop 31. They were formally presented their Eagle Scout awards at a Court of Honor ceremony…
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Bellefonte woman’s collection reflects appreciation for buttons
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BELLEFONTE — ‘Button, button, who’s got the button?’ Lynda DeBrasky, of Bellefonte, may or may not have played that game as a child, but, she certainly has a button now — many, in fact. After collecting the fasteners for more than 20 years, the Bellefonte woman has accumulated quite a beautiful and extensive selection…
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Author reminisces about Penns Valley of an earlier time
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PENNS VALLEY — In 1759, Gen. James Potter reached the top of Mount Nittany, looked out at the view of Penns Valley and remarked that he had “discovered an empire.” Potter’s empire soon sprouted several villages, from Centre Hall eastward to Spring Mills, Millheim, Aaronsburg and Woodward. Brush Valley, running parallel to Penns Valley,…
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College Conversations: Is a gap year for you?
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Several years ago, my family and I had the opportunity to live in Sydney, Australia, and Christ Church, New Zealand, where we discovered that many of the college students we met took time off before starting college. They traveled, or worked on sheep farms, in restaurants or in the tourist industry. In other words, these young…
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YSCP receives special status for behavior system
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STATE COLLEGE — At the Pennsylvania Positive Behavior Support Implementers’ Forum, held in Hershey on May 22 and23, Young Scholars of Central Pennsylvania was awarded banner status for implementing with fidelity positive behavior interventions and supports program at the universal level for Tier 1. YSCP also received a score of 100 percent on its…
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Haak, Ochs receive legislative citations
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BELLEFONTE — Christopher Haak and Monica Ochs, both of Bellefonte, recently were honored with a state legislative citation for their commitment to leadership development. Haak and Ochs dedicated their abilities as members of RULE XVII in the Pennsylvania Rural-Urban Leadership Program, a statewide adult two-year leadership development course based at the Penn State Extension.…
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Port Matilda man reunited with tractor after 43 years
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PORT MATILDA — The last time Quay Reese saw the John Deere G tractor, sometime around 1975, he figured that was exactly what it was — the last time he would see the trademark green and yellow workhorse. He had put thousands of hours of seat time on it, plowing and dicing the fields…
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Booklet highlighting county barns now available
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‘Centre County Barns,’ a 48-page booklet issued by the Historic Barn and Farm Foundation of Pennsylvania as part of its recent tour of six county barns, is being placed in libraries and historical societies throughout the county. In addition to detailed histories of six barns written by experts, the booklet contains an essay, ‘Centre…
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Grimes honored with national poetry award
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UNIVERSITY PARK — Nikki Grimes, 2018 winner of the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, will receive the national children’s poetry honor at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 12, in the Downsbrough Community Room at Schlow Centre Region Library, 211 S. Allen St., State College. Following the presentation, Grimes will speak about her writing and read from her award-winning…
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Taylor earns world team berth at Final X
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UNIVERSITY PARK — For David Taylor, giving up a takedown is like a boxer getting hit with a jab to set up an uppercut. The former Nittany Lion wrestler knows that eventually he’ll generate more offense than his opponent and score a big win. In the first match of his best-of-three Final X series June…