Karen Walker
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Representation Matters: Diversity in Schlow Library Kids’ Books
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As the head of children’s services at Schlow Centre Region Library, Paula Bannon believes representation matters. “From a children’s librarian standpoint, you just want every kid to be able to come into the library and feel welcome, and like they matter, and to see themselves in books,” she says. So when she started her position…
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Local Retired Couples Check Off Their Travel Bucket Lists
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Three couples from The Village at Penn State have been checking off their travel bucket lists in retirement. A Three-Year Quest: Cliff & Doris Wurster As a retired military couple, Cliff and Doris Wurster are certainly accustomed to travel. Doris served as a nurse in both the U.S. Army and Air Force, retiring as a lieutenant…
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Eyes to the Skies: Professional and Amateur Astronomers Help the Public Observe and Learn About Stars and Planets
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When Galileo saw Jupiter, Venus, and our own moon clearly for the first time through an early version of the telescope in 1609, his observations changed our view of the world … and beyond. Four centuries later, stargazers are still being changed by the very same views, according to Eric Feigelson, professor of astronomy and…
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Get Personal: Trainers Provide Extra Motivation for Those Seeking to Get Fit
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Once thought of as a luxury reserved for the rich and famous, personal training has exploded in popularity over the past decade or so. Today, more and more people are turning to personal training as an accessible and effective way to get in shape and stay healthy—largely because it’s hard for most people to come up…
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Rest, Recovery, Healing and Bonding: Postpartum Doula Helps New Mothers
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As any new mother can attest, life with a newborn baby can be overwhelming. Learning how to breastfeed, getting enough sleep, caring for other children in the home, even finding time to eat and shower, all while physically recovering from delivery and dealing with changing hormones and the resulting swirl of emotions—it’s challenging, to say the…
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‘Ethically Handmade:’ A Talent for Sewing and Disdain for ‘Fast Fashion’ Lead to Teen’s Small Business
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Page Powell was in third grade when her grandmother gave her a great gift—teaching her how to sew. Sewing became Powell’s passion, and she has spent the past eight years honing her skills. Now 16, she has turned that passion into a small business, Lazanya Sunwear, whose name in part pays homage to her late…
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Night at the Races Event Will Benefit Local Cancer Patients
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For the first time in three years, the Bob Perks Cancer Assistance Fund is bringing back its popular fundraising event Night at the Races. The event will take place at 7 p.m. on July 30 at Good Shepherd Catholic Church, 867 Grays Woods Boulevard, Port Matilda. The event revolves around a series of 10 real…
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‘Miracle Kid’: Local Preschooler Thrives Through Medical Challenges
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SPRING MILLS — Aiden Getz loves fire trucks, the movie Trolls, getting dirty and going to preschool. In other words, he’s a pretty ordinary four-and-a-half-year-old boy — and that makes him extraordinary. That’s because he has overcome a lot of medical challenges in his young life. Born prematurely at just 28 weeks, Aiden spent his…
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Bring on the Tourists: Sports & Entertainment Commission Seeks to Attract Events—and Visitors—to Centre County
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When the COVID-19 pandemic brought a temporary halt to normal life in 2020, it became abundantly clear just how much the State College community’s economy depends on Penn State. With few students in town and without graduation and home football weekends to fill up hotels, restaurants, and shops with thousands of out-of-town visitors, local businesses…
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Free Stuff & Friendship: The Buy Nothing Project
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When Amanda Becker recently threw a party to celebrate a milestone birthday, she overheard a few of her guests talking. As they mingled in a living room filled with décor Becker got for free from members of a Buy Nothing Facebook group, the guests were enjoying food cooked in a crockpot Becker borrowed from a…