rimary victories set for council candidates
ULA FROKE
Collegian Staff Writer ,
Lough the May 15 primary
on is more than two months
, each of the candidates , for
College Municipal Council
ly is assured of victory.
the 5 p.m. deadline Tuesday,
two Democratic and three
dican council cnadidates had
the required nominating
ns in Centre County Cour-
. Four council seats are
, so, barring any successful
in candidates, each primary
date for the office 'will
la tically advance to the
:mber general eleition.
luded among these candidates is
-sity student John M. Tobin
ommunity development).
, a Democrat, said last night he
of intend to run "as a student."
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think there's a division between
andidates file petitions for local primaries
following candidates for State College and
'e County offices have filed nominating
Ins for the May 15 primary election. The
ine for filing was 5 p.m. Tuesday.
mbers in parentheses indicate the number of
to be filled. Candidates for State College Area
board and judge of the county Court of
ion Pleas may cross-file in both parties.
,e College Municipal Council (4 must be
College resident) Democrats: J. Stephen
imer, John M. Tobin (6th-community
apment). Republicans: Joseph Wakeley, Jr.,
Honsberger, Mary Ann Haas ( incumbent).
State ,College Constable (1 must be State
le on ebollege resident) Democrats: Richard W. Hoff
ated mi nan, Thomas E. Strebel. Republicans: William C.
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the campus and town communities,
and I don't want to create one."
Even though Tobin said h 6 does not
see such a split himself, he thinks
some people do believe a conflict
exists between students and town
speople. This attitude, he said, should
be eliminated.
"There is no fence around the,
University; longtime State College
residents and Penn State students
both have basically the same.
problems, such as housing and
transportation. I would like to get
people working together to solve
these problems," he said.
Naming any one topic as the most
important or pressing problem facing
the community is difficult, Tobin
said, but added he would like to see
the council deal more with the
"problems of people," such as human
services for the youth and elderly,
transportation and housing.
The other Democratic candidate
for council, J. Stephen Dershimer,
said he sees a major problem facing
Duane J. Doty, State College (incumbent); Joseph
B. Filko, State College; Sally Lima, State College;
Kay Rossi, State College. Republicans: Webster C.
Moriarta, State College.
Centre County Board of Commissioners (3)
Democrats: Stanley R. Gryczuk, Millheim; Donald
Hillard, Bellefonte RD; John T. Saylor, Bellefonte
(incumbent). Republicans: Jeffrey M. Bower,
Lemont; John Glatz, State College (incumbent);
Hubert H. Haugh, State College; Russell 0. Spicher,
Pleasant Gap
(Second) Judge of the Court of Common Pleas
Cross-filed: Charles C. Brown, Jr., Bellefonte.
Controller (1). Democrats: Cubby Bair, State
Cbllege. Republicans: Donald Asendorf, State
College (incumbent).
Coroner (1) Democrats: Michael P. Krehel,
Bellefonte. Republicans: W. Robert Neff, Howard
(incumbent).
State College which "has not yet been
addressed."
"That;" he said, "is the problem of
our future.
"State College has a finite boun
dary which basically is almost filled
at present by residents and
businesses, so the tax base is
limited," he said. "We have to look to
improve that base."
Although he said he has no im
mediate plan for improving the tax
base, Dershimer said he thinks the
"no-growth policy which area
businesses seem to have adopted" is .
not necessarily good.
Republican candidate -Joseph
Wakeley, Jr., an electrical engineer
at the University's Applied Research .
Laboratory, said he decided to run for
the council to "serve the community
and assure that State College'citizens
have adequate representation."
Wakeley., who ran unsuccessfully
for the council in 1977 and the State
College Area School Board in 1975,
said he believes his interests are
more in' line with what the council
deals with than with what the school
board involves.
Wakeley said he thinks the council
must work to keep taxes within
"some reasonable limit."
Republican Mary Ann Haas, the
only incumbent running in this year's
council election, said she thinks many
of State College's problems "can be
boiled down to the problem of
maintaining good balances."
Examples of these balances, she
said, include the necessity, of com
promising good zoning ordinances for
better land development, or weighing
the needs of the elderly versus the
needs of the youth.
Haas said that although University
students sometimes are "a bit
disruptive," in general she said she
believes the students benefit the
community.
Fred Honsberger, the third
Republican candidate for council,
could not be reached for comment on
his candidacy.
Prothonotary (1) Democrats: Ruth C. Rudy,
Centre Hall RD (incumbent). Republicans: Robert
T. May, Bellefonte RD 5.
Recorder of Deeds, (1) Democrats: John W.
Mills, Julian RD (incumbent). Republicans: Louis
W. Hanscom, Julian RD.
Register of ' Wills (1) Democrats: Samuel
Barnhart, Bellefonte; Elmer D. Kessling, Port
Matilda RD. Republicans: Harry R. Burd,
Aaronsburg (incumbent).
Sheriff (1) Democrats: Samuel Barnhart,
Bellefonte; Elmer D. Kessling, Port Matilda RD.
Republicans: Harry R. Burd, Aarorlsburg (in
cumbent).
Sheriff (1) Democrats: Andrew P. McKinley,
Milesburg; Philip E. Witmer, Jr., State College.
Republicans: Richard V. Waite, Bellefonte (in
cumbent).
Nursing discontinued
at Behrend College
The two-yuear nursing program at
Behrend College will be discontinued at
the end of Spring Term 1980 as a result of
the decision of Hamot Medical Center in
Erie to cut off financial support of the
program, according to University
President John W. Oswald.
The Behrend nursing program was
begun in 1974, with financial support
from Hamot amounting to $lOO,OOO a
year. That same year, Hamot discon
tinued its own diploma program in
nursing.
Hamot's board of trustees notified the
University last March that the Medical
Center would withdraw its support ef
fective March 1980.
"Penn State is unable to pick up
Hamot's share of the cost of the nursing
program, especially at a time when
inflation is rising rapidly and the
University is having its own severe
Spikers fail at record but
succeed in raising $l5OO
Twelve members of Renaissance
House (4th floor Leete) failed to set a
volleyball marathon record but raised
$l5OO to benefit the Association for
Children with Learning Disabilities.
The marathon lasted about 44 hours
and fell short of the world record by
seven hours.
"About seven people wanted to keep
going after we lost one player to
exhaustion," Michael Cowan (6th
biology) said. He added that all 12
players had to complete the marathon
for the event to receive recognition as a
record.
"It's a little bit of a disappointment not
to set the record, but I don't think anyone
could be upset about it," he said.
But one player, Myron Horn (9th
general arts and sciences) said he was
disappointed.
"I was one of those who voted to stop,
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financial problems," Oswald said. "We
regret very much that elimination of this
program is necessary."
Oswald emphasized that the decision
on the nursing program in no way
lessens the University's strong com
mitment to Behrend College.
"We will continue to provide quality
education to its students and to be
responsive to the needs of the Erie
area," Oswald said.
In a letter to the president of Hamot's
board of trustees, Donald S. Leslie,
Oswald noted that the joint venture with
Hamot has been a "valuable and fruitful
one" and expressed concern that other
nursing programs in the Erie region
may meet "the challenge of supplying
the flow of nurses at the associate degree
level." To date, the program has
graduated 60 registered nurses.
—by Lorraine Ryan
but about an hour after that I started to
feel like a quitter. I'm glad we quit as a
team, rather than some of us trying to go
on like heroes."
Jeff Kroll (6th-speech com
munication) said he was disappointed
because many people from the floor
helped the players, yet they weren't able
to set the record.
"I think the disadvantage we had
opposed to the Dance Marathon is the
size of the work force," he said. He
added that there were about 70 people
involved in the marathon.
"The main objective was to bring the
floor together. A lot of caring has come
out in so many people from• Renaissance
House and we raised a lot of money for
the kids, and that's more important than
setting a record," he said.
—by John Meadows