Still Life

With four guide ropes attached to it, the east-side clock face is raised into position. While it didn't seem that windy on the ground on Saturday, Jan. 28, winds higher up were strong, requiring extra guidance to bring the clock face safely to the Old Main bell tower.

Old Main clock faces installed

Ben White of New Vibrations Audio and Video works on a ledge of the Old Main bell tower, to remove the speakers from the old chime system. The company installed a new carillon system today (Jan. 27) that will play a digital recording made of the original Old Main bell that now sits adjacent to Old Main and other bells of comparable sizes.

New carillon, restored clocks being installed

The funeral procession for Joe Paterno made its way past Beaver Stadium and down Porter Road as crowds applauded on Jan. 25. Thousands lined the procession route through the University Park campus and downtown State College to bid a last farewell to Joe Paterno.

Joe Paterno's funeral procession

Coach Joe Paterno was on the field for the first half of the Nittany Lions' football game. Penn State beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 13-3 on Oct. 8, 2011, in front of an enthusiastic crowd at Beaver Stadium.

Joe Paterno through the years

Katie Knobloch and Andrew Adamietz, members of the a capella group Blue in the Face, shared a candle at the vigil held Sunday, Jan. 22, to mourn the death of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno, who passed away earlier in the day. Several thousand members of the Penn State and State College community came out to the Old Main lawn on Penn State's University Park campus for the vigil.

Thousands mourn Paterno's passing

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The Gosselin family biographical information

Monday, April 5, 2004

Mother: Kate Gosselin, age 29. As of April 28, Gosselin has hit her 28th week of pregnancy with sextuplets.
Father: Jonathan Gosselin, age 27
Children: Twin 3-year-old girls, Cara and Madelyn
Residence: Wyomissing, Pa.

Background
Kate was born at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in 1975. She was raised in the Hershey area, where she lived until she left to attend The Reading Hospital School of Nursing. She is a labor and delivery nurse at The Reading Hospital.

Jonathan was born and raised in Wyomissing. He is an information technology specialist, Microsoft certified.

Jonathan and Kate were married in1999.

Donations
-- Monetary donations: Make checks payable to Calvary Bible Fellowship Church. In the memo section, note “Gosselin Sextuplets’ Fund.” Send donations to Calvary Bible Fellowship Church, 4891 Penn Ave., Sinking Spring, PA 19608.

-- Other donations: Call the donation voicemail box at (610) 898-0611, mailbox 60, and someone will return the call.

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