Ending The Nittany Nightmare: Penn State Pre-Game Plea, An Open Letter To President Rodney Erickson
An Open Letter to Penn State University President Rodney Erickson
With much respect -Do what I say, and do it today.
Hire the best Public Relations firm in the country for PSU’s needs. I am redacting that recommendation for the publication of this open letter, but it is included in my email to you. Don’t spend the time or manpower to run through the approved vendor lists and bid it out- not that kind of gig. The Board of Trustees can WebEx if necessary and this is the kind of emergency proxy was invented for.
Once retained, have the agency facilitate meetings through their agents with Bill Parcells and Bill Cowher immediately. Specify no leaks to the press until after they occur and by mutual agreement. Cowher may be the low hanging fruit on this one, he is returning to CBS next year.
If neither is interested in a head coach commitment of an 8-1 Big Ten team, follow their recommendations about who to contact next and ask them; beg if necessary, if they would be willing to consider a consulting gig for the recruitment process. Urban Myer is a fine coach and leader, but regardless of who PSU ultimately chooses, efforts to rebuild the PSU brand must start with a nationally recognizable face of a trusted and respected winner, like yesterday.
Champions attract champions and without that, it is like asking collegiate coaching candidates to walk into the lion’s den (pun intended) wearing a raw steak necklace. You will not even get one to tour Lasche, trust me on this.
This strategy would likely also include a public facing spokesperson effort, and worth every penny if that is all you can get a commitment for from either coach.
Pay them to sit in the lobby. Pay them to ride the elevator a few times, but get them on grounds. Pay them to have a motivational meeting with the team.
If you have some strong players they could attach to quickly and produce an “I remember when I was a young fig on the tree” memory synapses, it couldn’t hurt.
Instruct all team members never to roll the eyes should the phrase “When I was your age we played ball with pads made of glass and never wore cleats in the snow”; if they told me that I would believe it.
This is the kind of benchmarking that will revitalize wilting spirits of a young athlete, and the parents with the trembling hand over the eject button.
Half the free world is digging old milk cartons out of the recyclables to see if they recognize any kids they may have seen with Sandusky or on the sidelines of a game- they need a new visual association.
As you already know, if you are lucky enough to get this far, they will advise you to release every staffer from the interim athletic director to the water boys that were ever part of Paterno’s camp or rolled up his pants before the game. Do it.
This might be a good time to allow a try before they buy scenario if either are willing, as “guest coaches” to finish the season.
While I am at it, I might suggest a reality miniseries of the process- I know some folks from HBO familiar with the Hard Knocks of football, I would be glad to make a connection.
Donate those proceeds to Coach Parcells or Coach Cowher’s disadvantaged children’s charity of choice which is vetted in advance by a specially appointed member chosen by the new Ethics officer.
Point is, you need immediate public support and that will require immediate damage control or your Titanic does not even have the measly lifeboat option.
The public perception is that there is more to this horror movie after the commercial, and the commercials are disappearing as well.
Your job is to employ the resources that can change the channel when the public is not looking, and forget what they were watching in favor of the new programming, which includes sponsors aligned with that audience.
It is about as transparent of a plan as I can offer- with hope and promise to the innocent victims of this tragedy.
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That’s “aGain” beejay, sorry for the typos.
Blaming the iphone.
Dr Dranov is campaign chair. McQ’s are in the $25,000+ category.
Here is the 1M+
Galen and Nancy Dreibelbis
Mr. Donald Hamer and Ms. Marie Bednar
Dorothy and Lloyd Huck
Lance and Ellen Shaner
Mr. Joseph V. and Mrs. Suzanne P. Paterno
Dranov is $100K+
Dranov’s message can no longer be linked.
http://foundation.mountnittany.org/commitment/campaign-donors
But Dr. Jonathan Dranov, a State College, Pa., a friend and physician colleague of McQueary’s father, Dr. John McQueary remembers it differently.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/questions-raised-accuracy-penn-state-sodomy-allegation-key/story?id=15133834
Hall of Fame Inductee: John J. McQueary, PA
Chief Operating Officer/Administrative Director
Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C.
State College, Pennsylvania
Class of 1968
Induction: 2007
http://pa.mc.duke.edu/Hall-of-Fame/Inductees/John-McQueary/
Dr. John Mcqueary
1850 E Park Ave Ste 201
State College, PA 16803-6706
Primary Care (im, Fp, Gp)
Dr. Anne Mcqueary
1850 E Park Ave Ste 201
State College, PA 16803-6706
Primary Care (im, Fp, Gp)
Dr. John Mcquerry
1850 E Park Ave
State College, PA 16803-6706
Radiology
http://www.healthywage.com/doctors-finder/PA/State-College/8
Serving on the Borad with Dr. Dranov
Director
Ned Book and his wife, Inga, live in State College. Ned is retired chairman and CEO of Hershey Entertainment and Resort Company and former president and chair of the Travel Industry Association of America, a non-profit trade organization that represents and speaks for the common interests of the $740 billion U.S. travel industry.
Ned serves our community in many capacities, including as a SCORE volunteer, providing free and confidential advice to small businesses. He is a member of The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center’s Steering Committee.
Ned has been named a Distinguished Alumnus by Penn State, which is the highest honor bestowed upon Penn State graduates by the University. He continues to be active with many University programs, including serving as a visiting professor for the School of Hospitality Management.
http://foundation.mountnittany.org/about/board-of-directors
John J McQueary’s license information is at hipaaspace.com under Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, PC. The link won’t post, but his NPI number is 1417912692. What bothers me the most is he is listed in pediatrics. What medical professional, never mind pediatric professional, would not insist on finding a child that had just been raped?
Penn State’s Distingusihed Alumnus
Zimmerman, Poole, Paterno…to name a few.
http://alumni.psu.edu/awards/individual/daa/recipients
Charged with investigating the scandal.
http://alumni.psu.edu/awards/individual/daa/docs/2003-distinguished/Frazier.pdf
@erose: not to be picky, and it matters not one whit, but unless John J McQueary has subsequently obtained his MD, he is not a doctor (although patients usually call PAs “Doctor”.) I believe he’s a Physician’s Assistant. What I do care about is the pediatrics designation and just who that is assigned to. To Dr. Dranov? If you can steer me I’d really like to look further into the pediatrics thing.
Because somebody in that group practice should have passed the medical Boards and hold a specialty in pediatrics if they’re claiming that; others in the practice, including the PA, JJMcQ, can work under the pediatric guy’s license. As he does as a PA–IF he’s still a PA and not an MD. PAs must work under a physician’s supervision.
Can you say “Mount Nittany”??
“Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, PC
You have reached the former website for Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, PC. As physicians and staff, we are pleased to announce that we have joined Mount Nittany Physician Group.
With the addition of CMSA physicians and staff, Mount Nittany Physician Group is now 64 physicians strong with 12 locations throughout the region to serve our patients.”
link:
http://www.centremedsurg.com/
Blink and Friends,
Usually I lurk but this case just has me so worked up that I have to comment.
News has it that Amendola was a “volunteer” for TSM in 2005. Isn’t that a conflict of interest?
The co-atty’s stetments are absurd. I would think he would not be so quick to gain that celebrity status knowing that townspeople will start talking about him and his morals. It is a small town and people talk. Especially woman!
@erose,
Depends what the reason for John J. McQueary’s choice to go in to pediatrics was I guess.
@Beejay,
Yes, he is a PA, yet the papers reference him as doctor for reasons you describe and I knew that, in fact past president of the AAPA, 1970-1972.
http://www.aapa.org/uploadedFiles/content/Common/Files/PAOrganizationPresidents-610.pdf
If you google HIPAASPACE and his name you will see many NPI#’s related. I posted the one for pediatrics. There was also an early article that cited him as a pediatrician. I think it matters (and I know you think so, too, and my toes are fine) because he most likely was working under the doc that Mike spilled his guts in front of, the one that is another Penn State stalwart.
If you use my goggle instructions + NPI # 1487609012, it lists McQ as Chief Operating Officer/Administrative Director. The Centre Clinic also has a lab FWIW. of the clinic as recently as 2008.
I just have a problem with a doctor and a PA (who see young patients in their practice and understand the biology, physiology and psycology) listening to one’s 28 year old son describe the rape of a little boy and decide they would go talk to JoePa. Tomorrow.
John McQueary Pediatrics MD019154E PA NPI#1881651016
This provider is in Bellefonte, operating as Centre Medical and Surgical Clinic.
Go figure. Want to bet Highmark has them on the PPN?
beejay says:
December 15, 2011 at 6:50 pm
Can you say “Mount Nittany”??
When county officials heard Sandusky’s name, they decided quickly to kick the case up to state child welfare investigators. Of course they knew Sandusky as a prominent Penn State defensive coach, and they also knew that his charity, The Second Mile, had a contract with the county that paid $47 each day per child to provide foster care.
“I think his affiliation with The Second Mile program precluded the county from doing it,” said Jerry Lauro, the state Department of Public Welfare investigator who handled the complaint.
Together, Lauro and Ronald Schreffler, the lead detective from the university police, interviewed Sandusky about his shower with the 11-year-old. The grand jury report says Sandusky promised he would never shower with boys again.
Lauro eventually found no indication of abuse by Sandusky. “Boundary issues are one thing, but substantiated child abuse is another level,” Lauro said.
The social services worker said he didn’t have access to the criminal investigative file, which made an argument for charging Sandusky. Schreffler’s still-sealed report runs about 100 pages.
Schreffler declined comment. The grand jury report that led to the first 40 charges against Sandusky on Nov. 5 cites extensively from his work.
Schreffler testified that his boss, then-campus police chief Thomas Harmon, told him to close his investigation, and the county prosecutor decided there would be no charges, for reasons that remain unknown today. Harmon served as an administrator under Gary Schultz, then Penn State’s senior vice president for finance and business.
http://bostonherald.com/news/national/northeast/view.bg?articleid=1387842&format=&page=2&listingType=natne
Just found a good (and short, for a change) legal commentary on what might be expected to happen today at the Curley/Schultz hearing. Says the perjury charge should be the easier to prove; the failure to report much harder. IIRC, we’re aware of why, but here’s a reminder:
“The state law on reporting child abuse is found in 23 Pa.C.S. Section 6311, which was amended in 2007 to include anyone who hears about abuse secondhand. In this case, that is Schultz and Curley.”
But the law that applies to the 2002 event, and should apply to Schultz/Curley’s actions, and protect them against the charges is, according to these authors:
“That law required the child to come directly into contact with a person “in their professional or official capacity” in order for that person to be a mandated reporter.”
link:
http://www.law.com/jsp/pa/PubArticlePA.jsp?id=1202535812782
So, continuing from my earlier post, Mike McQueary would, under the law in effect in 2002, be a mandated reporter (since he came into the child victim directly while in his official capacity, assuming “official” applies to a coach). MMcQ’s testimony against Schultz/Curley would more likely indict him–not them. Or was it sufficient for Mike to report the incident to campus police, as he did?
Another article, with this interesting statement:
“In Pennsylvania, prosecutors must corroborate a lone witness’ testimony with either physical evidence or a second person’s testimony to meet the probable cause threshold, Ohlbaum said.”
So, the second witness available would be the child victim. OR, medical records; I haven’t read that the child was immediately examined, however.
Also, the failure to report, which doesn’t even seem to me to apply under the law that was in effect in 2002, is–LEGALLY speaking–a rather minor offense. (NOT morally speaking)
“Curley, 57, and Schultz, 62, face up to seven years in prison if convicted of perjury. The other charge is a summary offense, less serious than a misdemeanor.”
http://www.nbc29.com/story/16337394/accused-penn-state-higher-ups-face-perjury-hearing
Here’s one link I found showing John J McQueary with a relationship to pediatrics. But, he was serving as Administrator, hiring pediatricians.
link–article up top on far left; a new (older) practice’s name, at least to me:
http://archpedi.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/151/9/968.pdf
BTW, Physicians Assistants (PAs) often run (serve as administrators, and see patients when the nurse-practitioners need services they aren’t allowed to provide) those doc-in-a box/minor emergency clinics that have popped up everywhere. Nurse practitioners usually provide direct care. An MD has to be involved somewhere to make the whole operation legal. Oh, and even in MDs’ private practices a patient now will often see a PA rather than the MD.
I’ve been thinking that IF Dr Dranov testified to the grand jury a different account that Mike McQ did, didn’t that make things a bit awkward with Dranov and Daddy McQ? I’m thinking somewhere that Daddy McQ was the administrator of Dranov’s practice. So, does Daddy McQ (Jonathan J McQueary) still work with Dranov now that Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, PC. has joined Mount Nittany Physician Group?
Or was there a falling out wrt his son?
PA Sec of State shows that JJMcQ job recruiting ad for pediatricians, using the practice name of INTERNAL MEDICINE ASSOCIATES OF STATE COLLEGE is a fictitious business name registered in 2000 with Sec of State.
https://www.corporations.state.pa.us/corp/soskb/Corp.asp?1832033
And that named group is still an active registration. And it shows up in Bellefonte and other cities around. There’s nothing suspicious about any of this, on the face of it. Lots of physicians are located in the same office space, use same front desk, but have different practice names. Patients may not be aware of that.
Dranov has been hugely successful in managing his practice and affiliates. JJMcQ is lucky(financially)if he’s still employed by Dranov.
@erose, yes ma’m; I do too:
“I just have a problem with a doctor and a PA (who see young patients in their practice and understand the biology, physiology and psycology) listening to one’s 28 year old son describe the rape of a little boy and decide they would go talk to JoePa. Tomorrow.”
I’m sure no one EVER thought this would come to light. And it matters NOT at all to me whether there was anal rape, or “merely” genital touching, or whatever. Clearly, from what we’ve read, the parties involved were discussing meeting the letter of the law. NOT protecting that child victim.
Today McQueary is now denying he used the word “intercourse”
when he told Paterno about the shower incident. Legal
backpedaling to protect Paterno?
If you remove McQueary’s evidence of verifed sexual
encounter – then all you have is the sound of flesh
being slapped, and two naked people in the shower.
No crime, they could argue.
I’ll be very interested to see all the facts after
today’s hearing.
Sherlock
Well said! And this is their moral culpability at the minimum.
beejay says:
December 16, 2011 at 6:57 am
Clearly, from what we’ve read, the parties involved were discussing meeting the letter of the law. NOT protecting that child victim.
There seems to be three witnesses to Sandusky’s crimes:
1) Joe Miller, Wrestling Coach, Clinton County HS – Victim #1
2) Mike McQueary, Penn State Grad Asst Coach – Victim #2
3) James Calhoun, Custodian – Victim #8
As we know Calhoun is not able to testify, and McQ’s testimony might be discounted, but they still have to contend with Miller. Granted, his account is not as incriminating at McQ’s, but Victim #1 is the most recent assault. I think Victim #1 coupled that with Victim #6, and the mother’s testimony plus the sealed 100 page report that was ordered closed by PSU, would be enough to convict. This case does not just hinge on one man’s account. JMO.
I don’t have the time I wish I had to read everything written here but have you’all realized there’s probably a dead little boy somewhere forgotten. He was probably a throw-away child no one cared about but since being seen in that shower had to be disposed of. Someone, somewhere is missing a young boy between 10-12 years old who went missing in the spring of 2002. He probably had something to do with Second Mile. Don’t you think?
erose
In reference to your post on the 15th about the AAU position and testimony. There IMO is one thing that the AAU did not address regarding schools and that is all states should cease to certify LE agencies that report to school administrations.
If one believes the statements supposedly by JoPa being reported by the AP, then you can see the falicy of allowing an administrator to be in charge of LE. JoPa stated that when he reported this to the person in administration, it was in his thinking like reporting it to the police or to a district attorney. Do I believe JoPa is telling the truth? Not at all.
Posted this over on the Sandusky thread, (never sure where to post here).
Dateline ought to be interesting tonight. Discussion of possibility of Gricar being murdered in regard to Sandusky case.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45695504#45695504
@lizzy says:
December 13, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I can’t find the specific reference back, but it certainly looks like each kid (or at least almost all) was associated with Second Mile for at least a year before Jerry began personally hanging out with them, etc. Then he would begin the grooming process.
Seems like a screening year to me. Was somebody helping filter which kids would be most vulnerable. Or did he have access to confidential counseling files?
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That would be MO as well, unfortunately, he did not do this alone. At the very least someone in that *charity* knew what was going on.
Trying to catch up on my reading here. Just want to add that both my husband and I were absolutely shocked and repulsed when Sandusky’s idiot lawyer compared this to a football game. Unfreakin’ believable!
Mike McQueary confirms what he initially stated – in court today:
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-12-16/penn-state-s-mcqueary-says-he-told-of-sandusky-sexual-acts-.html
Penn State’s McQueary Says He Told of Sandusky ‘Sexual Acts’
December 16, 2011, 4:43 PM EST
Dec. 16 (Bloomberg) — A Pennsylvania State University assistant football coach told a judge that he reported seeing Jerry Sandusky “sexually molesting” a 10-year-old boy in a campus shower in 2002.
This statement can mean that Mike McQ went into greater detail on the phone with his father, than he did in person while Dr Dranov was in the room. This could account for what might be construed as McQ’s wavering, when in fact there were two conversations and Dr. D was only privy to one of those conversations.
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McQueary’s father also testified on Friday. He said his son had called him the night of the incident and later spoke to him in person. He said he told him of the sexual assault.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/17/sports/ncaafootball/mcqueary-testifies-about-sandusky-assault.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2
This is what I don’t understand, never understand. Someone cannot verbalize a sexual act, yet they allow it to occur. If it is so offensive to say, then obviously it must be more offensive to have it perpetrated.
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McQueary said. “You don’t go to Coach Paterno and describe in detail those kinds of sexual acts. I wouldn’t do that. I told him it was extremely sexual.”
http://abcnews.go.com/US/joe-paterno-delayed-sex-abuse-report-ruin-officials/story?id=15169824
Did ya’ll notice that Matt Sandusky got married last Saturday?
It is my understanding (from a party conversation with one of the physicians a year or two ago) that CMSA joined Mount Nittany as a matter of financial necessity, due to gross mismanagement.
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/collegesports/2017034699_pennstate17.html
@Sherlock. Just touched down after a 36 hr RT drive & missed it all today.
–reporting-mandated persons under the then law must only report suspected sexual abuse & do not make a determination of its occurance.
Only the State investigating agency (in DC it was a particular LE group, not CPSD) makes the determination as to whether there is probable cause sexual abuse occured (and so charges). John Q Public (McCready, Curley, etc) were not to make that determination. Had the responsible party whom Paterno reported to made the report of a suspicion or indicia of sex abuse, the agency investigator would have located the boy close in time to the incident & used skilled techniques to more likely than not get at a finding of what likely transpired. The Penn State “police” and university cheated the boy & his parents of protection & a proper investigation.
“Schultz, the former senior VP, testified that he was given the impression Sandusky had wrestled with the boy in the shower and grabbed his genitals. He also said it was inappropriate.
• At one point, Schultz testified to this: “I don’t know what sexual conduct’s definition is.”
• Someone from the university had contacted an agency that followed up with an investigation, Schultz said. He could not identify that agency, despite several attempts to get him to do so.
• Schultz also said he didn’t think it was criminal for a grown man to grab a child’s genitals.
Link:
http://deadspin.com/5868882/joe-paterno-didnt-want-to-disturb-anyones-weekend-with-child-sex-abuse-allegations-and-other-things-we-learned-today
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Seriously, Schultz? Now I’m looking at this man outside of perjury, and the ignoramus defense that is apparently being used.
Even if it’s “merely” perjury to protect jobs or organizations, where does that leave PSU for putting a person in oversight of campus police, and failing to provide him sufficient training in the law to know that it is very much a crime for a grown man to grab a child’s genitals. WTF?? Lying or self-delusion? Ya’ll know where this goes…
Also unfortunate PR for PSU since in July 2011 the Gary Schultz Child Care Center had been opened there and so named, “The center was named in honor of Gary Schultz for his “family values.”” In early Nov that building’s new sign was vandalized and maintenance people later removed it, due to the damage.
Link:
http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2011/11/11/schultz_sign_torn_down.aspx
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And my other candidate for further exploration now, on a lifestyle choices, is Raykovitz.
I am really wondering why they are so many Foster care children missing in the state of Washington. I haven’t had time to look at other states yet and see if the ratio seems similar. Have you all seen this?:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2807252/posts
@lizzy: I can’t find it. Do you know if John J McQueary moved with the CMSA staff when they joined Mt Nittany? Does JJM still work with Mt. Nittany?
@beejay says:
December 17, 2011 at 11:09 am
Good Lord Almighty, what kind of fools are these men? “Don’t know what sexual conduct is?” Grabbing a child’s genitals is A-Ok with them? Grown men showering with 10 year old boys, that’s all good too. WTF is right!! ‘Scuse me while I barf. I’m sorry, these men are supposed to be intelligent, upstanding people. Perjury is bad enough, but they have just sunk to the bottom of the pond IMO. ITA about Raykovitz as well.
(P.S. mods, I have some posts from yesterday hanging out here and on Ky’s forum.)
“It’s not my job, man”
That’s what I heard said yesterday.
And, thanks erose, for “If it is so offensive to say, then obviously it must be more offensive to have it perpetrated.”
I know one gets shocked at first. But within minutes, or certainly hours, don’t “normal” questions set in? Or is my own sense of “normal” what’s warped? The normal early questions are: did he really do it? what exactly did he do? is the child physically injured (big man; small child)? where’s the kid? where’s his parents? has this happened before? will it happen again–or something even worse?
There are times when we have to rise to the occasion and DO something. I replay a happier fantasy in my mind of the hours after the shower assault (whether anal or whatever makes ZERO difference in one’s response.). Mike, with daddy, go to JoPa’s. JoPa says, “Oh, Noooo; he’s at it again. Come on guys; we’ll pick up a bunch of our players and go have a talk with Jerry. Let’s find out who the kid is and go find him and his parents; see if he’s okay. Then we’ll figure out where to go from there.”
That daydream makes me happy. Followed up by a permanent rotating “detail” of 2 big guys shadowing Jer’s every move. Explained to him as a means of providing him witnesses as protection against his reputation being ruined by any future accusations. Give the “detail” course credits for it; certainly college athletes have received credit for doing far less worthwhile things.
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@T.Ruth: if you get that data on missing Foster kids in PA I’d love for you to post it here. Think there’s a lot of parental abductions going on??
@ Boz says:
December 16, 2011 at 1:50 pm
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I agree it’s possible; it’s been on my mind that Gricar knew something about that little boy’s fate, too.
I hope you’re so wrong on that.
@beejay, I don’t think JJM went with them. Not sure some of the doctors whose practices he ran into the ground would have gone if he went. But I don’t know for sure; that’s anecdotal only.
I think maybe he kept all or part of the medical laboratory services . . . but I haven’t found a recent webpage to show that to be true.
Check out Second mile’s annual report.
The percent of what they spent on fundraising costs relative to what the took in is amazing. Lots of golf games & cocktail parties & dinners for contacts to be cultivated were expensed out imo. One way for the fundraisers in chirf of TSM to live grandly. Add in management line item & imo you see a poorly run charity. But the interesting item are the foster care expenses. But the State says TSM hasn’t taken in kids since’98?? Who is the “foster care payments going to? (hope not Jer). For how many boys? (oops, kids). Are these payments to State licensed foster homes? Licensed gtoup homes? Have the kids been placed there legally by a Court so tgere is casework supervision & accountability? Or is this just an informal arrangement?
T Ruth
These guys are only playing the fool in an attempt to lessen their responsibility. Anyone with an ounce of integrity knows better than this. Obverting the story plays into the plan. Shall we say legal defense at work.
Upstanding in this case appears to be the ability to act upstanding while engaging in a protection racket to protect the bad behavior of some in the athletics department and the reputation of the school.
All the lawyerly quibbling about intercourse or not based on McQ’s view of a penis hidden by Sandusky’s entire body is silly. McQ knew what the totality of Jerry’s body locked in coitus (ugly image) looked like–the rigidity, the intensity, the grip on the partner, the lost facial expression (described by McQ as “blank”). It is impossible to see someone in coitus & not recognize it based on the 5 senses (yes, sound too) and seeing the thang in the boy was unnecessary–and indeed there need br no insertion for severe sexual abuse to exist. I want to get this trial done & Jerry put away
imo McQ’s problem was small town trust of authority figures to do the right thing
hasn’t Dottie put 2 & 2 together yet?
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January 5, 2011
Mount Nittany and Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, PC, (CMSA) announced today that they have completed the transactions, effectively bringing their employees and physicians into the Mount Nittany Physician Group in the interest of establishing a locally based, integrated healthcare delivery system in the Centre County region.
“Centre Medical and Surgical Associates has been at the forefront of developing new and advanced medical services in our community. The community has relied on us to set the pace for healthcare in the region,” said Jonathan Dranov, MD, board president of CMSA.
As part of the agreement, Mount Nittany offered employment contracts to all physicians in the group. Fifty-one physicians from CMSA joined Mount Nittany’s physician group. Additionally, the CMSA staff, including nurses, technicians, administration and other support staff were offered and accepted employment with the new group.
Formal discussions began in 2009,…
http://www.mountnittany.org/articles/mount-nittany-and-cmsa-begin-relationship-to-improve-healthcare-delivery-in-region
All of CMSA’s 274 employees, who provide primary and specialty outpatient medical care from offices in State College, Boalsburg, Bellefonte, Huntingdon and Lock Haven, have been offered employment as part of the Mount Nittany Physician Group, and 51 of 52 of CMSA’s doctors have agreed to the arrangement.
CMSA President Dr. Jonathan Dranov. “The most important benefit is the community will continue to receive the highest level of care, and both sides realized it would be a whole lot better to do it together than do it apart.”
No CMSA locations will move or close and no doctors will change locations, said Tom Stoessel, the hospital’s senior vice president for business development.
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/01/05/2433583/hospital-absorbs-doctors-practice.html#ixzz1gsxu5lC0
“CMSA hopes to achieve a new level of efficiency through a paperless record system,” said John J. McQueary, CMSA’s Chief Operating Office and Administrative Director.Centre Medical and Surgical Associates is a private multi-specialty medical practice providing primary and specialty care to central Pennsylvania since 1974. Dr. Jonathan Dranov is the founding member who established an Internal Medicine and Nephrology practice bringing subspecialty medical care to the region for the first time. He also developed the region’s first kidney dialysis unit at Mount Nittany Medical Center. Since that time, CMSA has grown in response to community needs, and today includes 4 locations providing 19 medical specialties and a range of diagnostic services such as radiology and medical laboratory. The practice strives to stay at the leading edge in responding to community needs, whether with advanced technology, additional subspecialties, or increased levels of service.
http://investor.allscripts.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=112727&p=irol-newsArticle_print&ID=1191160&highlight=
Paula Wray
Displaced medical practice associate administrator very happy to have a job again.
Location
State College, Pennsylvania Area
Industry
Medical Practice
Education •Penn State University
IT Director Centre Medical and Surgical Associates, P.C.
November 1989 – December 2010 (21 years 2 months)
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/paula-wray/2b/224/70
Diabetes guilt by Paula A. Wray
Publication Date:
08/15/2011
Today I am in the 6-month pre-surgery program consisting of support group meetings, classes, doctor visits, medical testing, weight loss, daily exercise, and practicing new eating methods.
Paula Wray is a Penn State graduate in Health Policy and Administration who lives in Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. She publishes a personal blog at http://www.adventuresofpolly.com
http://www.pcod.info/content/diabetes-guilt-paula-wray
Back to Work
Things are getting a little uncomfortable at work. One day a client told me she was planning to attend Penn State taking Health Policy and Administration. I pointed out my degree behind me in just that, and she looked stunned that I would end up a receptionist. So as not to dissuade her, I pointed out that I did have a good career going for many years. The same day another young lady looked at my diploma and asked if you need a college degree to be a receptionist. “No, Sweety,” I assured her, “it is not necessary.” Maybe I should take my diploma back home.
I’ve spent 10 years checking out groceries, 21 years in a nice office with my name on the door, and now 3 months as a receptionist. I am now reminded that there is a distinct difference in the way some people treat you according to your station. They don’t make eye contact; they chat with each other when I’m trying to make an appointment; their eyes glaze over when I relate a story. I’m also used to people valuing my opinion. I know a fair amount about health care administration after 21 years in the field. But now I need to zip my lips (which I suck at) about things I don’t agree with. They did not hire me or ask for my opinion about how to run the office. This is a tough situation for me.
I hope you all have a job that fulfills you!
http://www.adventuresofpolly.com/
Penn-State-Gate Timeline
http://www.adventuresofpolly.com/2011/11/pennstategate-timeline/
No inside info on the Penn State Gate, shucks. I’ll bet she has some. 22 years working under McQ and Dranov. Looks like Paula got the shaft when the clinics combined with Mt Nittany despite pressers.
A Centre County judge ordered last week that all “past and future records” in a custody case between Jerry Sandusky’s son and his ex-daughter- in-law be sealed.
The custody case is between Matthew Sandusky and his ex-wife Jill Jones. Judge Thomas King Kistler signed the order Thursday.
The records can’t be opened without a court order.
Also on Thursday, a marriage license was filed in the county’s Register of Wills Office for Matthew Sandusky and Kimberly Gemmill.
Read more: http://www.centredaily.com/2011/12/04/3008254/custody-records-sealed-in-sandusky.html#ixzz1gtB8dKZ9
I agree. The fact that the world already doesn’t work that way baffles me.
A Texas Grandfather says:
December 16, 2011 at 3:18 pm
erose
In reference to your post on the 15th about the AAU position and testimony. There IMO is one thing that the AAU did not address regarding schools and that is all states should cease to certify LE agencies that report to school administrations.
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I had the same thought and hoped that maybe I was over reacting. You have confirmed to me that this a reasonable possibility.
Boz says:
December 16, 2011 at 1:50 pm
I don’t have the time I wish I had to read everything written here but have you’all realized there’s probably a dead little boy somewhere forgotten.
Hey, Blinkers…
I found this interesting–Mike Lupica’s take on the Penn State Pope, Joe P. While I’m not well versed in the Boston massacre, I do get the message. I tend to agree with Mike.
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/joe-paterno-footsteps-cardinal-bernard-law-penn-state-sex-abuse-scandal-article-1.993277