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Teen accused of indecent assault

A 14-year-old boy from Centre Hall is being investigated by state police at Rock-view after reports that he assaulted one girl and struck another girl at the Rebersburg School playground in Miles Township April 16.

The incident was listed as an indecent assault investigation in a press release.

Police say the girls are 12 and 13 years old.

Anyone with information is asked to call state police at 355-7545.

Fogleman Fields Park to be dedicated

COLLEGE TOWNSHIP — The College Township Council and the Centre Region Parks and Recreation agency will dedicate the upgraded Fogleman Fields Park at Houserville Elementary School, 211 Scholl St., at 11 a.m. today. The dedication ceremony is open to the public.

Amateur Radio Club to celebrate 100 years

In 1909, when an ice storm destroyed telegraph lines along the main railroad serving State College and Altoona, the Penn State Amateur Radio Club stepped forward to provide emergency communications until the lines could be fixed.

That was early in the history of the club that will celebrate its 100th anniversary Saturday and Sunday.

The club will hold an Open Station Day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, when the public will be invited to visit the radio station at the top of the stairs in Penn State’s Wagner building and see it in operation. Club members will operate a “Special Station” with the call sign K3PSU and talk to people around the world.

At 2 p.m. Sunday, the club will hold a Foxhunt — an exercise in finding a hidden transmitter using radio direction- finding techniques. No experience or licenses are needed to participate. For more information, contact Nick Leghorn at nbl5006@psu.edu or 914- 714-2441. Rendell recognizes ClearWater’s work

ClearWater Conservancy was one of 15 Pennsylvania businesses and organizations recognized by Gov. Ed Rendell for their work to protect the environment, reduce pollution and advance stewardship of the state’s natural resources.

ClearWater, based in State College, was recognized for its annual Watershed Cleanup Day. The event involves local people in cleanup efforts while educating the public on the dangers of littering and illegal dumping.

Since 1997, Watershed Cleanup Day volunteers have collected and disposed of 1,872 tons of trash.

This year’s cleanup day will take place from 8 a.m. to noon April 25 at sites throughout Centre County. A picnic will follow from noon to 3 p.m. at Millbrook Marsh Nature Center.

To volunteer, call Brianna Hutchison a 237-0400 or visit www.clearwaterconservancy.org/ events.htm. Writer to discuss oil, gas boom impact

Award-winning writer Alexandra Fuller will discuss the impact the oil and gas boom have had on Wyoming during a talk at 4 p.m. Monday in room 26 of Hosler Building on the Penn State campus.

Fuller’s talk, “The Heartbeat at the End of Our Light Switch: How Families, Communities and the Environment Pay with Their Lives for Our Energy,” is open to the public and is part of the 2009 EarthTalks spring colloquium series, “The Marcellus Shale Play: Boon or Burden?”

Fuller is author of “Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight — An African Childhood,” a book about growing up in white-dominated Rhodesia.