10 Nazareth YMCA Swimmers Qualify for State Meet

The Nazareth YMCA sent 10 of their top swimmers to the 2013 YMCA State Championships at Penn State University.

After 5 months of 4-night-a-week practices, and regular weekend meets around Eastern and Central PA, the Nazareth YMCA sent 10 of their top swimmers to the 2013 YMCA State Championships at Penn State University in State College to compete in 17 different events. Six boys from the Cadet and Prep divisions (9-12 year-olds), and four girls from the Prep division (11-12 year-olds) were able to meet the qualifying times and compete successfully at the YMCA Central PA Division swim event held earlier in March to get a seed at the prestigious State Championships. "We’re extremely proud of this year’s State Championship team and the effort they all made to help make our 2012/13 program so successful" said Nazareth Blue Fins Head Coach Sara Evasic…

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Senate Says Penn State $60M Fine Must Stay in Pa.

Penn State's NCAA fine will be used for child sexual abuse prevention efforts, training of mandated reporters and other victim assistance efforts based in Pennsylvania.

HARRISBURG -- The state Senate has unanimously approved legislation sponsored by Senator Jake Corman (R-34) which would ensure that all proceeds from Penn State’s $60 million fine are used to fund programs within Pennsylvania.   Lehigh Valley Sen. Bob Mensch, R-24, is a co-sponsor of the bill. The bill passed 50-0. The fine -- which will go into an endowment for programs to prevent child sex abuse or help abuse victims – is one of a number of sanctions imposed on Penn State by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).  Penn State paid its first $12 million installment into an escrow fund in December but the NCAA has agreed not to disperse the money while a lawsuit filed by Corman is pending. Senate Bill 187 would require Penn …

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Penn State Names Athletic Integrity Officer

Julie Del Giorno, chief of staff at Moravian College, has been named the new Penn State athletics integrity officer.

  Penn State has issued the following press release: UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Julie Del Giorno, chief of staff at Moravian College and Moravian Theological Seminary in Bethlehem, has been named athletics integrity officer at Penn State. Del Giorno, whose position has been newly created, will be responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of policies and practices within the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics that ensure compliance and ethical conduct. She will begin work on a part-time basis in March and will commence full-time work in her position on April 1. "Julie is an outstanding choice for this position," said Penn State President Rodney Erickson. "As she begins her work here at Penn State, she will draw on more …

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Tom Corbett: Doing the Right Thing for the Wrong Reason

Gov. Tom Corbett's involvement in the Penn State child rape scandal continues to be controversial

By G. Terry Madonna & Michael L.Young It was a shocker. And it grabbed headlines, not just in Pennsylvania butacross the nation. Governor Tom Corbett in an abrupt turnabout is suing the NCAA for sanctions imposed on Penn State University in the notorious Sandusky scandal. But how should we interpret Corbett's now widely reported intentions? Are they the brilliant political strategy of a governor determined to right a wrong and defend his state against the bullying tactics of an out of control regulatory body? Or are they the desperate flailing of an embattled governor feverishly trying to rescue his own career from a political defeat some predict? What do you think of Corbett's NCAA lawsuit? Tell us in the comments section below. Certainly…

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Tell Us: Is Corbett Right to Sue NCAA?

Do you agree with Gov. Tom Corbett's decision to sue the NCAA over Penn State sanctions?

Gov. Corbett Sues NCAA Over Penn State Sanctions

The state of Pennsylvania is suing after the NCAA sanctioned Penn State.

  Gov. Tom Corbett announced Wednesday that he is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its sanctions against Penn State University. Corbett called the sanctions arbitrary and illegal, saying they would hurt the university, the state and Pennsylvanians. What do you think of this lawsuit? Tell us in the comments section below. (Scroll to below the complete text of Gov. Corbett’s statement.) Press Release: Governor Tom Corbett today announced that he is suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), calling its sanctions against Penn State University arbitrary and illegal, saying they would result in irreparable economic damage to the university, the commonwealth and its citizens. “Penn State football has played …

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The Real Miracle on 34th Street: Santa Was Alone with a Child

What was Maureen O'Hara thinking when she let Kris Kringle tuck her daughter in?

There was the most amazing thing on television the other night. No, Survivors weren’t eating live snakes and the gang of “Jersey Shore” didn’t join a 12-step program.  Rather, Old Kris Kringle -- in civilian clothes – was sitting on the edge of the bed of a young Natalie Wood in the 1947 Christmas classic film “Miracle on 34thStreet” talking to the little girl who was tucked under the covers, ready for sleep. Why was that amazing? Because what mother in her right mind would allow a near-stranger alone with her child in a bedroom? Scenes like that oh-so-innocent one have gone the way of the dodo bird, as nearly extinct as heroes who casually smoke in TV dramas and sitcoms. But while we cheerfully say goodbye to glamorizing smoking on TV, …

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tamarya

9:16 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012

Will try to comment nicely however schools expect parents to teach that stuff, and now you really cannot leave children unattended where we were most likely taught in school that stuff because we were unsupervised a majority of the day and night, when outside playing. And schools would rather teach our kids other things, not important stuff.   more ›

Auditor General Calls for Penn State Reforms In Wake of Sandusky Scandal

Pa. Auditor General Jack Wagner issues 124-page report on reforming Penn State following the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal

  HARRISBURG - Auditor General Jack Wagner has called on the General Assembly and Gov. Corbett to take charge of reforming Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child sexual-abuse scandal, saying that the university’s board of trustees has shown little appetite for enacting the reforms necessary to enhance governance, improve transparency, and restore the university’s tattered reputation. “In spite of its public vow to accept in totality the Freeh Report and adopt its suggestions, the Board of Trustees has taken few substantive steps over the past year to reform itself,” Wagner said at a press conference today on the release of his report on Penn State governance-related issues. “It’s time for the General Assembly, the …

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Top PSU Officials Charged in Sandusky Scandal

Attorney General Linda Kelly announced that former Penn State University leaders Graham Spanier, Gary Schultz and Tim Curley are facing multiple charges in connection with an alleged cover-up of the child abuse of Jerry Sandusky.

By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Three men who headed Penn State University are accused of covering up the horrific child abuse committed byJerry Sandusky. If found guilty, they could face not only prison time but potentially the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in retirement benefits. Attorney General Linda Kelly has announced five charges brought against former PSU president Graham Spanier, and additional charges to former senior vice president Gary Schultz and former athletic director Tim Curley. “This case is about three men who used their positions at Penn State to conceal and cover-up for years the activity of a known child predator,” said Kelly at a news conference here. All are facing perjury charges, among …

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Nazareth Man's Name Stripped from Penn State Building

Penn State trustees will decide whether to change the name of a child care center that formerly honored Nazareth native Gary Schultz

  Penn State trustees will discuss renaming a university child care center formerly dedicated in honor of Nazareth native Gary Schultz, according to a Centre Daily Times report. A Penn State spokesman said changing the name of the "Gary Schultz Child Care Center at Hort Woods" would be in the interests of families who bring their children there and the general public. Schultz, a retired senior vice president, and another former administrator were charged with perjury and failure to report abuse in the Jerry Sandusky child rape scandal. Schultz’s name was removed from the center soon after. Schultz maintains his innocence. Sandusky was convicted in June of abusing 10 boys. The perjury trial of Schultz and former athletics director Tim …

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