MIDDAY REPORT: A senior ball at Beaver Stadium; PSU athletes winners with new facilities; time for Dem tug-of-war to end?

LOOKS like Bellefonte students will have a senior ball to remember.

They're heading to Beaver Stadium Saturday for their big event to be held in the Mount Nittany Lounge, above the south end zone. The lodge serves as a private club during Penn State football games and offers THE view of Mount Nittany, as football fans know.

This was in the works for awhile by education teacher Rob Irwin, and Bellefonte students are pretty happy with the surprise.

"There are other kids from other classes who are begging seniors to take them,” class secretary Kristi Hartsock told reporter Dena Pauling for today's story. "... It’s a really popular location. Mr. Irwin really pulled this one for us. It’s just exciting that we are the first class that gets to do it in such a well-known place, and we have a lot of sports fans.”

She said about 200 students will attend.

State High held a senior ball at Beaver Stadium a few years ago. Bellefonte now gets a chance at the special place.

This tops the midday report on a beautiful Happy Valley Wednesday. Thanks for joining us.

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PENN State athletes will benefit from venue improvements on campus, no question.

Included is a $9.5 million softball stadium, currently in the design phase, as Lauren Boyer reports today.

Softball, soccer, golf ... read about it all today as we preview the athletic facilities improvements at University Park.

Meanwhile, Penn State student athletes are in good academic standing, according to data released by the NCAA.

Read the report online today.

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WELL, Barack Obama won big in North Carolina and Hillary Clinton won a tight battle in Indiana.

Anything change in the Democratic tug-of-war?

Some say it may be time for Clinton to review the math, which may not add up for her.

What do you think? Talk about it in today's politics "your turn" and vote in our new poll asking whether it's time for Clinton to call it quits.

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TONIGHT is the second public forum on Centre County's voting machines.

Do you like them? Do you need a paper trail?

You can talk about this online today and vote in our ongoing poll, and look for our coverage of tonight's forum in the Centre Daily Times and back here online.

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TODAY is the deadline in our "Pay it Forward" challenge, and thanks to nearly two dozen people who've sent in great ideas for good deeds.

Do you have an idea to help a neighbor, a school, your community? If so, send it today to Ed Stoddard, our market development manager, at estoddar@centredaily.com. Put "Pay it Forward" in the subject line.

A panel of judges will pick a winner from all entries received by the end of today, and the winner will receive $500 to carry out this good deed.

We'll tell you about the winner's good deed in a few weeks. Today, this is just the reminder to share your idea if you'd like.

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Have a great Wednesday.

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