Penn State’s Kelly Jekot turns an eye toward coaching once her playing days are over
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Former Cumberland Valley standout Kelly Jekot drives to the basket in Penn State s win over Coppin State in November 2020. Jekot had a double-double and scored her 1,000th-career point in the victory. (Photo by Mark Selders/Penn State Athletics)
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STATE COLLEGE Kelly Jekot’s first season at her “dream school” was short-circuited in January when she tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in practice. The Penn State women’s basketball graduate student could have easily retreated from her team to rehab her injury on her own and spent time with her family during the coronavirus pandemic. It would have been understandable.
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A desire to introduce people to the natural resources the area has to offer inspired Katie Caputo Noll to launch Roambler, a web-based business which brings together those seeking to learn more with those who know more.
“About five years ago, I got the idea for Roambler because I was thinking about our area and how we have all these amazing natural that we can explore, but there are a lot of people who maybe feel they can’t explore them because they don’t have a host or mentor to show them these experiences,” Caputo Noll said, describing the moment when the idea was germinated.
PSSA standardized tests are coming back to schools this year: What parents need to know
Updated Apr 15, 2021;
Last year Pennsylvania students got a break from having to take the PSSAs (Pennsylvania System of School Assessment) due to COVID-19. This year, despite the fact that the pandemic is still ongoing, they don’t get the same pass.
“Students do not have the option of opting out of PSSAs due to COVID-19,” said Middletown School District’s Assistant to Superintendent Chelton L. Hunter. “If students do not participate in testing due to COVID-19, the district is penalized in the area of the overall participation rate.”
Mercer was born on January 17, 1725, at Pitsligo Kirk, the family farm in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His parents were William Mercer, a Presbyterian minister, and Ann Monro Mercer. By 1744, he had obtained a medical degree from the University of Aberdeen. Mercer and his family were Jacobites, meaning that they supported the restoration of the Stuarts to the English throne. The Stuart king James II, a Catholic, had been deposed in 1688 by the Dutch Protestant William III and his wife, Mary, who was King James’s daughter. Queen Anne, another of James’s children, ruled from 1702 to 1707, after which the Hanoverian kings succeeded to the throne. When Charles Edward Stuart, Anne’s brother, arrived in western Scotland, in July 1744, Mercer promptly joined the cause, fighting with “Bonnie Prince Charlie” at Culloden on April 16, 1746.
Here are the new casinos, stores and other businesses coming to central Pa. despite the pandemic
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The former Kmart property at Summerdale Plaza in East Pennsboro Township will be redeveloped into a Tractor Supply store and an AutoZone.
January 12, 2021.
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Plans are moving forward for casinos, stores and other business.
Penn National says that casinos in York and Berks counties are expected to be completed by the end of the year. The owners of Park Casino still have their eyes on the Shippensburg area and are moving forward with plans to build the casino on the sight of a former Lowes store.