Karen Dabney
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Living Their Faith Through Service: Husband-Wife Ministry Team Celebrating Milestones in April
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STATE COLLEGE — Throughout the month of April, Unity Church of Jesus Christ is celebrating two major milestones — the 46th anniversary of the church’s founding and 45 years of ministry for Senior Pastor Harold McKenzie, in partnership with his wife, Sister Sherren McKenzie. The “HIGHER: From Generation to Generation” 2023 anniversary celebration will include…
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BEA Forestry and Wildlife Management Students Use Nature as Their Classroom
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WINGATE — For students who enjoy the outdoors and practical, hands-on learning, the innovative forestry and wildlife management program at Bald Eagle Area High School could be a great fit. “The majority of the days, we’re outside looking at what Mother Nature put there,” said Jade Thompson, the teacher who developed the program with input…
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A Joyful Song: Essence 2 Ltd.
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Essence 2 Ltd. has delighted audiences for 23 years. “Our focus is on the music from the African and African American choral traditions that includes sacred and secular music,” says the choir’s conductor and founder, Anthony T. Leach, emeritus professor of music at Penn State. “It includes music from various African countries. As far as…
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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…