John Hook
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A Local’s List for the Holidays in State College
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In the three years I’ve been writing for StateCollege.com I have used the last column of the year as a “list” column – my 12 favorite holiday songs in 2014, then cornucopia lists in 2015 and 2016. This year I’d like to offer a few tips for all the Centre Region folks who are…
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The College Football Playoff Is Not the Answer
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As I gazed this week at the media circus which culminated on Sunday in several hours of television drama announcing the bowl game matchups, I realized the quest for one true national champion in major college football has devolved into a College Football Playoff with some fairly interesting rational
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If You’re Gluten-Free Like Me, Options Are Looking Up
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The greatest pizza advancement as this gluten-free groundswell takes hold is that you can now order a gluten-free pizza from many of your favorite pizza places. And I have.
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Population Growth for Pennsylvania’s Fourth Largest ‘City’
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It’s good to see continued population growth in Pennsylvania’s fourth largest city. With Philadelphia having lost 25 percent of its population since its historical high in 1950, Pittsburgh having lost 55 percent of its population since its own 1950 historical high, and Allentown showing a small 13 percent growth since 1950, it was a positive…
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The Grocery List
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The internet loves lists and one of the most popular is the annual ranking of America’s favorite grocery retailers. In Happy Valley we have two of the top three favorite grocery retailers right in our midst and several others that make the ranking.
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The Two C’s of High School Sports Fandom
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Many of those parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, friends, and neighbors have become experts in two very important aspects of the outdoor scholastic sports experience. No, not the rules or referees. They have become experts in the two C’s of scholastic fandom – concessions and comfort
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Let’s Outlaw Homework
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It’s that time of year again when anger fills the air in many homes. When the unfairness of life is placed front and center in the days of parents and their children. When those in charge make sure their charges know who’s in charge. That’s right. It’s time for some homework.
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A Soft-Serve Sunday
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As summer winds down, what is a dedicated local to do when he gets a craving for that soft ice cream containing less milk-fat and a little more air and also needs a true-blue soft-serve drive-up roadside experience? Well, here are my favorite places for that wonderful soft-serve ice cream
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Think About Kids’ Needs When Planning Local Projects
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There have been a few times recently when I’ve felt some of the people and institutions in Happy Valley with a heavy influence on our youth have been doing that annoying thing and forgetting what it was like to be a kid — what needs kids have, how they think and understand, and taking the…