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.
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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.
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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."
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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:
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• 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
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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
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International Business
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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.
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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"
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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."
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FACT OF THE WEEK
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