4 BEHREND BEACON October 30, 2009 www.thebehrendbeacon.com LOCAL NEWS Ask five-time mayoral candi date Jack Anderson his strategy for winning this time around, and he tells a story about his grandfather. John B. Anderson. a staunch Democrat. walked into his polling station and voted the party line, every election. every office. "You could have had John Dillinger and Al Capone run ning on the Democratic ticket, and he would have voted for them,' said Anderson. a 72- year-old Republican. Anderson has spent much of his time since the municipal primary in May trying to con vince Democrats not to do the same thing -- a strategy he hopes will pay off when he faces Erie Mayor Joe Sinnott in the general election on Nov. 3. Its no easy task in a town with a nearly 3-to- I Democratic voter registration edge. ITIWTOThiq In the winter, the 13-year old, Bill Shaulis. Meadville man can be found running the gym floor at a local church, where he and other Crawford County Special Olympians compete in games. During Spring and summer, Shaulis runs up and down that same gym. "I'm a gifted runner, Shaulis said. ' I run, and lve always been running." The gift has paid off, filling a scrapbook and a shoebox with ribbons and 37 medals that he won at various sports events dating hack to the late 19705. It has also given him the op portunity to test his legs, at the track-and-field Special Olympics Pennsylvania Sum mer Games earned him a spot in the Special Olympics 201(1 USA National Games in sum mer 2010. TITUSVILLE A 'Titusville man was flown by medical helicopter to Erie after a three-car crash in War ren Counts'. Gary S. Bedow, 10, was listed in serious condition on Sunday at Hamot Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said. A 6-year-old hov, seated on the passenger side, was taken to Warren General Hospital. His name wasn't released by police, and his condition wasn't available. State police at Warren said the crash happened Saturday at about 4:45 p.m. on Route 27 in Deerfield Township. Bedow's car spun into the parking lot and hit a parked Dodge Caravan belonging to Lawrence L. Murphy J_ 58. of Erie, police said. 11'1n1'..gocric.c0111 monday 50 39 mostly cloudy tuesday 4 840 partly sunny wednesday 51 40 partly cloudy t ayhursd D 6 0 , ~ WORLD NEWS 1. South Korea sci entist convicted SOUTH KOREA -- A South Korean court has convicted the disgraced cloning scientist Hwang Woo-Suk of embezzle ment over his stem cell re search. He was given a two-year sen tence and suspended for three The 56-year-old scientist's work had raised hopes of find ing cures for diseases such as Alzheimer's. But his research was de clared bogus in 2005, and he was put on trial the following year for embezzlement and ac cepting money under false pre tences. BBC' Wrn . ld News 2. Germany's con sumers feel worse GERMANY -- Consumer con fidence in Germany fell in Octo- Have Your Say: Jen Slane Freshman Psychology 'To save 3 lives. If I was ever in that situation, I'd want someone to do it for me." c/t?',D ;40 Cin looq The Center for Service here at Behrend will be hosting Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week 2009 begin ning on Nov. 2 and ending on Nov. 6. One of the events during the week will be Cardboard. City, which will take place from Thursday, Nov. 5 to Friday, Nov. 6. This event hightlights the struggle of the hungry and the homeless. All proceeds from this event will benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Erie. To volunteer or gain more infor mation, contact Cynara Stubbs, the Coordinator for the Center of Service, at coslo@psu.edu. Cardboard City Rules and Guidelines: .r -- ' • Collect money at your box and turn it in to the Smith Chapel front desk with the attached form. • Inform Penn State Behrend (through the Center for Service) of where your box will be located. • Fill out a community service report form located at: http://pennstatebehrend.psu.edu/affairs/campus min/Service.htm • Participate in the vigil remembering and recognizing those who have struggled with the affects of hunger and homelessness at 6:00 p.m. on Nov. 15 at the Smith Chapel. • Be considerate of other organizations participating in the program (no vandalizing of other boxes). • Be considerate to pedistrians in your area. • Refrain from using any paint, duck tape, nails, etc. of any kind on University Structures/Property. • Be mindful of the type of boxes you use, keeping in mind the words or images on the boxes. • Be careful of how much you spend on materials (boxes; tape, etc), keeping in mind that every dollar spent on supplies is a dollar that could have been donated to the Second Harvest. • • Refrain from conducting any additional fundraising/event from your Cardboard City location. • Do your best to attend other events during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness WeOt 09 from Nov. World & National News 41. ° ber for the first time since September 2008, according to the GFK economic research in stitute. Rising petrol prices and tore casts for higher unemployment were blamed for the drop in the index to 4.0 from Septembers figure of 4.2. Over the weekend, the new German government promised 24bn euros (S:ibbn: ti22br) of in come tax cuts. 3. Fuel depot fire in Puerto Rico PUERTO RICO -- Investiga tors don't know if the massive fire at a fuel storage facility near San Juan was deliberately started or was an accident, the agent in charge of the FBl's San Juan office said Monday. The blaze, which started with an explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. facility in Bayamon municipality early Friday, was extinguished Sun day, firefighters said. Aaron Morelli Freshman International Business "To help people, I'd hope "0 neg is in high de they'd do the same for me." mand. It's convenient to do it at school" i .( n 44, tr- v 1 , 4 t , --.. • I ,• J „ J r , , NATIONAL NEWS 4. 'Jane Doe' found in N.Y. identified NEW YORK, New York -- Authorities have identified a teenager believed to be suffer ing from amnesia who was found on the streets of New York two weeks ago. Police sav a CNN viewer in Maryland identified the young woman, who mysteriously turned up in Manhattan two weeks ago. claiming to have no memory of her family, her home or even her own name. The 18-year-old, whose name is not yet being released, is in the process of being reunited with her family. 1;1?(' tV,,11,1 s.'Ba!loon boy' dad had hoax in mind, wife says FORT COLLINS, Colorado -- The wife of a Colorado father at the center of the - balloon boy" Why did you choose to donate blood? Local & National ~~----, .2.`5 Shawn Browne ' ( 1101 Accounting ...:, Wf 2. g .2. saga told authorities that the giant helium balloon was specifically created for a hoax to draw media atten tion, according to court docu ments released Friday. Mayumi Heene told Larimer County investigators that she and her husband, Richard Heene, knew that their 6-year old son Falcon was hiding at their Fort Collins home the en tire time, 6. Children recov ered, alleged child pimps arrested WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Law enforcement authorities have recovered 52 children and ar rested 60 pimps allegedly in volved in child prostitution, said the FBI. More than 690 people in all were arrested on state and local charges, the FBI stated. The arrests were made over the past three day. -BBC World News John Mlakar Sophomore Aerospace Engineering "To save children's lives all over the world." BEACON ONLINE The new Beacon website, www.thebehrendbeacon.com, is your online source for cam pus news. 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