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Lunch with Mimi: Kathleen L. Rhine, president and CEO of Mount Nittany Health
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After a nationwide search, Kathleen L. Rhine became president and CEO of Mount Nittany Health in January 2017. With more than 25 years of serving in healthcare leadership, Rhine held executive positions at several hospitals and health systems, including the Saint Joseph Mercy Health System, in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she served as chief operating…
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Magical Journey: Mother and daughter turn a hobby and a childhood whimsy into a bestselling children’s book
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The mother-daughter duo of Heather Herzog and Cat Eskey set out on a creative journey long before thinking a top-selling children’s book was in their future. Bunny Bath, A Counting Book, written by State College resident Herzog and illustrated by Eskey, a State High and Penn State grad who now lives in Colorado, recently…
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Snapshot: A classic general store has served the Penns Valley community for more than a century
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From Millheim’s rise as a flourishing industrial town in the mid-1800s, through the decline of the mills that once sustained it, to the town’s current cultural revitalization, one store has been there through it all, serving the needs of residents and farmers in Penns Valley for well over a century. Hosterman and Stover, a family-owned…
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The Ice Man: Jared McAlister creates elaborate ice sculptures for First Night State College
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For many local residents, New Year’s Eve is spent in downtown State College, admiring hundreds of ice sculptures, watching children enjoy the ice slide, and even getting a chance to witness ice carvers armed with chainsaws and blowtorches work on the large sculptures on South Allen Street. What visitors to First Night State College…
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Lunch with Mimi: Christine Bishop, soon-to-be CEO of the Youth Service Bureau
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Christine Bishop, director of operations of the Centre County Youth Service Bureau since January, will move into the CEO’s chair when Andrea Fisher retires within the next year. YSB celebrates its 50th year of growth creating programs with the mission to ensure that children, youth, and families in Centre County have opportunities to fulfill their…
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After her own personal journey, the new ‘Hair Lady’ finds her calling
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A childhood dream of becoming a hairdresser, some professional and extremely personal experiences with cancer, and one key component – compassion – have led Katherine Fagan to find a new calling. As the new owner of The Hair Lady wig boutique, Fagan specializes in helping women who are dealing with hair loss because of cancer…
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For the 25th year, United Way Day of Caring volunteers will exemplify the spirit of Col. Gerald Russell
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Thousands of volunteers will pick up their paint brushes and tools to work on more than 100 projects across Centre County on October 4 for the 25th United Way Day of Caring. In 1994, Gerald Russell, a retired Marine colonel, realized that there were many Centre County citizens willing to spend their time to…
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Lunch with Mimi: OLLI director Sarah Anderson says lifelong learning offers joy, connection – and meaning
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The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Penn State began as the Community Academy for Lifelong Learning in 1996 and, together with Penn State Outreach and Online Education, applied for, and received, a grant to become an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in 2006. OLLI dissolved its 501(c)(3) nonprofit status and officially became a part of…
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Great Outdoors: Adventure on the Water
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From adrenaline junkies to those who just want to relax, kayaking offers a bond with nature
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The Glennland, State College’s first ‘high-rise’ apartment building, will live on as a hotel
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This year and next, when the current renters’ leases expire, the five-story Glennland Building on East Beaver Avenue at South Pugh Street will be turned into an upscale “boutique” hotel. It will have a restaurant, a coffee shop, and conference facilities. Its façade is not expected to change nor will, of course, its historic place…