Karen Dabney
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Black History Project Uncovering Centre County Stories
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The Black History in Centre County Project is uncovering the stories of local people of color in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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Susan Lechtanski Honored for Volunteer Work with Service Dogs
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UNIVERSITY PARK – In 2016, Susan Lechtanski began volunteering as a puppy sitter with Roar for More — the Penn State chapter of Susquehanna Service Dogs (SSD). “They say these dogs change lives,” she said. “The thing they don’t tell you is the first life they change is your own.” Six years later, on Nov.…
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School Districts Challenged by Staffing Shortages
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Statewide, the number of new teachers has plummeted. “Ten years ago, 20,000 new teachers were entering the field each year. Last year, only 6,000 did so,” said acting secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Education Eric Hagarty on Sept. 30. Representatives for local schools told The Centre County Gazette what impact the educator staffing shortage…
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Shaver’s Creek Staff Win Awards for Snake Training Program
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PETERSBURG — The groundbreaking venomous snake training program at Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center earned two awards at the American Association of Zoo Keepers conference in Toronto last month. That’s right — the venomous snake training program. Joe Whitehead, the amphibian and reptile (herp) program coordinator, and Meredith Bashaw, professor of psychology at Franklin and Marshall…
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‘Write What You Know’: Jennifer Delozier’s Path to Success as a Physician and Author
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Dr. Jennifer Delozier describes her life as “small-town girl does good.” She overcame the limitations of childhood poverty to achieve success as a physician and award-winning author of thrillers, mysteries, and science-based fiction. Her fifth book hits stores this month. “I am a self-made woman,” Delozier says. “Everything I did, I had to work for.…
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Cub Scouts Celebrate Successful Fundraiser for CVIM
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Cub Scout Pack 380 is celebrating their successful Mile of Pennies fundraiser for Centre Volunteers in Medicine. The Cub Scouts met on Sept. 21 at the Lions Community Building in Boalsburg to count their pennies and share the results with their guest, Cheryl White, the executive director of CVIM. “We did it,” said assistant cubmaster…
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Headstone Preservation Gets a Lift at Bellefonte’s Union Cemetery
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Preservation efforts at Bellefonte’s historic Union Cemetery took a major step forward on Aug. 20 when Steve Snyder, of Snyder and Co. Monuments, lifted several fallen headstones back to their original vertical positions. “I just love doing this stuff,” Snyder said. “I love bringing things back to life. This is my passion.” Snyder said he’d…
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Free for All Event Invites the Community to Shop
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STATE COLLEGE– On the last Saturday of every month, the community is invited to shop for free at Woodycrest United Methodist Church. The Free for All Shop offers donated clothing for all ages, housewares, small appliances, books, toys, backpacks, holiday decorations and more. Members of the church started the Free for All Shop in 2010.…
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Community Work Day Brightens More Headstones at Union Cemetery
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Bellefonte’s historic Union Cemetery is an often-overlooked local treasure that is gaining more attention and support. The Bellefonte Cemetery Association is working to restore the cemetery, founded in 1806, and hopes it will become a destination that visitors and locals use like a park. To make its dream a reality, the association needs the community’s…
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Scouts Collecting a Mile of Pennies to Benefit CVIM
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BOALSBURG — Cub Scout Pack 380 in Boalsburg is collecting a mile of pennies to raise funds for Centre Volunteers in Medicine. How many pennies are in a mile? Assistant cubmaster Kevin Bender did the math to find out. “If you lay pennies out right next to each other, it takes 16 pennies to make…