Watershed association to celebrate with talks
The Spring Creek Watershed Association will host two speakers to mark its 15th anniversary.
Caren Glotfelty, director of the Heinz Endowments Environment Program, will speak Tuesday at the Spring Creek Education Building at Millbrook Marsh, 548 Puddintown Road, in College Township.
In the 1990s, Glotfelty held a chair position in forestry and environmental resources at Penn State and served as president of ClearWater Conservancy’s board.
R. John Dawes, executive director of the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds, will speak Oct. 18 at Millbrook Marsh. Dawes, who has worked on projects in areas affected by acid mine drainage, will talk about how watershed initiatives can work.
Both events start with coffee at 7:30 a.m., followed by the talks at 8 a.m. and the association’s meeting at 9 a.m.
Police to check mirrors, car seats at Kohl’s
BELLEFONTE — The state Department of Transportation will offer free child seat checks from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Kohl’s department store, 275 Colonnade Blvd., State College.
PennDOT safety officer Dawn Walls told county commissioners Tuesday that this year’s seat check will also include a car fit program for older drivers. Adults can make sure their mirrors and seats are positioned correctly to eliminate blind spots.
Commissioners declared Sept. 18-24 “Child Passenger Safety Week.” Three in four child seats are not installed correctly.
Walls said the seat checks take about 20 minutes. Parents are asked to bring the seats’ instruction booklets with them. Parents and guardians who can’t make the seat check Friday can also check with state police and some municipal police departments that have officers trained as car seat technicians.
For more information, call Walls at 765-0598.
Experts to discuss state of health care in U.S.
A panel of medical professionals and industry analysts will discuss the state of health care in America during a forum being held at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26, in the HUB Auditorium on Penn State’s campus.
The forum, titled “Sorting Fact from Fiction,” will feature panelists representing health care providers, educators and industry. The panelists include Chris Calkins, health portfolio and engagement director, Penn State Outreach; Stephen Cohen, associate provost and executive vice dean, Weill Cornell Medical College; and Ken Fasola, CEO and president, HealthMarkets Inc.; and Dr. David Han, associate professor of surgery and radiology, Penn State Hershey. Mary Wakefield, administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will deliver taped introductory remarks.
The discussion will be moderated by Chris Brady, dean of the Schreyer Honors College.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit shc.psu.edu/events
Township leaders to meet in Howard
Officials representing second- class townships in Centre County will convene for their annual Fall Dinner Convention Sept. 29 at the J.K. Yearick Center in Howard.
The purpose of the convention is to provide the officials with up-to- date information and give them an opportunity to exchange ideas on local government issues. It will feature several speakers, including Ginni Linn, communications director of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.
Linn will talk about legislation affecting townships of the second class, association programs and services for townships, and issues of importance to townships and their residents. The association represents the state’s 1,455 second-class townships, 25 of which are in Centre County.
