Local Briefs: Thursday

Board stands behind move of Miles Twp. first-graders

There will be no first-grade students at Miles Township Elementary School this fall.

Last month, Penns Valley school board members approved sending about 10 incoming first-graders from Miles Township to Penns Valley Elementary School. Board members said they’d reconsider the vote if enough parents opted to send their first-grade students to Miles Township. Superintendent Brian Griffith originally suggested 10 additional first-grade students at Miles Township could justify canceling the planned switch.

At Wednesday night’s school board meeting, Griffith reported that three families had volunteered to send their 2009-2010 first-grade students to Miles Township. The board took no action, thus upholding its June vote.

Miles Township will continue to have kindergarten, second-, third-and fourth-grade students.

Man charged with assaulting relative with knife

State College police charged a man with assaulting a relative with a knife during an argument Tuesday.

Police say Lloid Whei caused minor injuries to the victim during the alleged assault at a home on the 900 block of Stratford Court, and was booked on aggravated assault and underlying assault charges.

The victim didn’t need medical attention, police said.

Corman to be featured on "Budget Battle" program

WPSU-TV and seven other public television stations across the state will broadcast a second “Inside the Budget Battle” program focusing on the Pennsylvania state budget for fiscal year 2010.

Airing at 9 p.m. Friday, the hour-long, commercial-free program will feature Sen. Jake Corman, R-Benner Township, and chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Rep. Kathy Manderino, D-Philadelphia, a member of the House Appropriations Committee and chairwoman of the health subcommittee.

Both Corman and Manderino will appear on the set at the same time, responding to questions posed by WITF-TV’s “Smart Talk” host Nell McCormack Abom.

The first “Inside the Budget Battle” program, which aired June 24, featured Gov. Ed Rendell and Senate President Joe Scarnati, R-Jefferson.

Rockettes to perform at Bryce Jordan Center

The Bryce Jordan Center will host three performances of the “Radio City Christmas Spectacular,” starring the world-famous Rockettes, at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20 and 1 and 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21.

The production was specifically designed for large-scale venues and replicates the grandeur of the show at Radio City Music Hall.

Groups of 10 or more may reserve seats immediately, and save 10 percent, by calling 863-1812 or e-mailingsld31@psu.edu. Individual tickets to the show will be available at 10 a.m. Sept. 1 and will be priced at $49.50 and $69.50, plus applicable charges. Tickets will be available for purchase at the Bryce Jordan Center, Eisenhower Auditorium, Penn State Tickets Downtown, the Penn State Altoona Campus outlet, online at www.bjc.psu.edu or by phone at 865-5555. The arena tour debuted in 18 cities in 2008 with the launch of the biggest production in the show’s 77-year history, and, due to its success, will this year expand to 30 cities across North America.