The Nittany Nightmare Continues: More Financial Incest At PSU- Accused Perjuror Gary Schultz Head of Nittany Insurance Pays First Victim Payout AND His Lawyers
State College, PA & Burlington, VT- In the latest example of financial incest involving PSU, The Second Mile, and a bevy of double-dipping board members and executives, we arrive at the first discovery between an accused suspect in the case and his principal interest in an insurance company that recently paid out a settlement to an alleged victim of Jerry Sandusky. As the filing has likely been sealed as a condition of it’s settlement, it is unknown if Schultz or anyone else within PSU in addition to Sandusky was named in the civil action.
Gary C. Schultz, interim Sr. VP for Finance and Business returned following previous retirement from PSU this past July.
His return to the PSU payroll around the time that a grand jury was meeting about his possible complicity, FOLLOWING his own alleged perjurious testimony begs the question-As Schultz knew he was under investigation as well as Sandusky and Curley-
Did Schultz come out of retirement in anticipation of incurring significant legal fees he did not want coming out of his own pocket?
You read that correctly.
Mr. Schultz, who along with Tim Curley were bound over for trial at their preliminary hearing on perjury charges and a misdemeanor failure to report summons last month, is being provided legal representation costs through Nittany Insurance Company, where he is a paid Director. According to Acting President Erickson, it will also be used to cover any civil settlements and judgements in the Sandusky debacle et al.
This would seem to be in violation of the Vermont Captive Insurance Regulations Section 12, or conflict of interest.
In a letter sent to Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson, Senator Michael Stack (D) Philadelphia, expressed his concern that taxpayers and donors should not be footing the bill for the Universities necessary legal representation for the various civil and criminal issues and potential settlements.
In a response to Senator Stack, President Erickson assured him that such costs would be accommodated by it’s liability insurance. Nittany Insurance Company is listed as the professional liability insurance company of record on the PSU site as well as the provider for PSU students in programs including the Hershey Medical Center.
President Erickson did not reference Mr. Schultz’s directorship position within Nittany Insurance Company although www.blinkoncrime.com was able to confirm with the Vermont Secretary of State that as of this afternoon, there are no pending changes to its registration.
Gary Schultz’s co-director at Nittany Insurance Company, is Allan Anderson, Former VP and Chief Executive Officer for Hershey Medical Center.
While the captive insurance firm is self-administered, as Director, Schultz would be in a position to review, award, accept, negotiate or reject settlements within the framework of their contract with PSU and appropriate regulatory requirements. Captive insurance companies are often developed as part of a risk mitigation strategy and as an entree to the reinsurance market for payouts exceeding a fixed amount. Registered in Vermont, Nittany Insurance Company was formed in 1993.
It would seem a good starting point for questions on the regulatory and compliance matter might be how the bid is/was awarded for initial self-administered liability coverage directed by a potential party and what the premiums, which are deductible to PSU, were and are?
What adjustments to same have been made in relation to the known incidents and corresponding dates alleged against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz?
What else is Nittany Insurance funding it may have had ample heads up about?
Does Schultz have a poster of Ken Lay in the top of his humidor? Bernie Madoff?
www.blinkoncrime.com poster erose contributed to the research of this article.
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@Blink, No need for you and Beejay to call the TSA. I’ll sit back down in my seat and sip my tea. PS. How do you stay so sane? lol.
*ding like the intercom
Everything ok in Aisle J?
Press the red button in the middle should anyone need it?
Carry On.
B
CoffeeCat is great.
Got a wrestling game ring? Wore a PS wrestling jumpsuit when arrested?
You’re not paranoid beejay. Of course he was sending a message, imo to
the AD who’d let him coach informally.
Imo e-rose “shook Gricar to core” was not in the Courts–he’d delight in cleaning up a judicial setting & felt at home there. Imo it was the “untouchable” Paterno
or an occupant at some point of the Executive mansion (State).
@erose: TY for taking on the Hoffman(s). I read you loud and clear. If I know something I can post and think it might help anyone in their individual efforts, I do it. Love back ‘attcha!
I’m a little slow figuring out why some of this legal maneuvering is done. So, here’s where my thinking is now, and would love you guys’ thoughts.
Amendola’s subpoena to TSM. He’s going to try to get more ammo to smear victims 1(Keystone schl dist) and 9(Mifflin; the one Mrs Jer failed to hear screaming in the basement and one of the youngest victims at the time of the early assaults; definitely one the defense needs to discredit before a jury). (they’re poor students, in trouble, lied about non-Jer stuff; whatever he can get to work with) Maybe to try to show they cooked up some of their charges while at TSM’s retirement party for Jer.
Additionally, requesting the whole darn guest list via the seating arrangements. And wants RSVPs, too. That’s a fishing expedition for kids, maybe their parents, plus everyone else in the freakin’ town who was there. IDK what else to make of that.
I ran across this story from March and it was really worth a reread for me. Much of what Amendola asked for was standard, motion to compel production stuff. We know it ain’t Perry Mason with surprises at the trial. AG has it now, they better produce it during discovery if they don’t want a mistrial:
“A similar suppression motion was filed regarding conversations between Sandusky and two alleged victims, identified as Victim 1 and Victim 9 in court records. Amendola said prosecutors have said they plan to use at trial a seven-minute conversation with Victim 1 in June 2009, as well as a conversation with Victim 9 about four days after Sandusky was arrested in early November.
…He asked Cleland to force disclosure of any juvenile adjudication records of all potential witnesses.” [beejay's comment: um, so he can try to discredit them; takes time to get the dirt]
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7723108/jerry-sandusky-asks-judge-dismiss-criminal-charges
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Just out this am: Hearing is scheduled May 9 to discuss all the motions to quash. (I always want to say “squash”!)
@WordGirl: love to you; thank you for hanging in on this
@erose and beejay
I would report it to Governor Christie first as a neutral party, then the PA attorney general and have my piece already written before they subpoena me and seal it, lol.
Not my first rodeo.
Daniel R Hoffman:
http://www.centredaily.com/2012/04/30/3179885/longtime-district-judge-to-hang.html
What a lame salary. No wonder he wants to return to private practice. What firm is he affiliating with? Everyone else in the local legal field is making moolah from PS, Gerry, TSM, school districts, Board members, etc. I know–he says he’ll just be a hobbiest gramps.
–retiring after 18.5 years, not 20?
–retiring 6 mos after a reelection to a 6 yr term?
–leaving a heavy District workload vacant for 1.5 years (in a Courthouse to which he should have some collegial loyalty) until a 2013 election?
–swings (files for election as both a Drm & Republican) both ways?
–retired as a State College police investigator in 1993?
–proud of his truancy work?
What’s coming down the pike?
Isn’t it true that it was State College District Court judges tgat remanded or informally counselled all those truants, or charged, or adjudicated juvies to the care & custody of TSM? or placed them
in TSM foster care ststem as an adjudicated juvenile? Or jawboned first timers or non-convicted or pleaders into TSM support programs? Imo he knew Ger & his programs from college LE days & I’d love to see how many foster kids he remanded to TSM residentially to be earmarked by TSM for Sandusky home placements. And did he also adjudicate adoptions? I betcha.
Forthwith yet…
Sandusky attorney Joe Amendola made a pair of legal filings Thursday, one in response to attacks by the attorney general’s office and others to defense subpoenas. The other is a “motion to compel” that asks Judge John Cleland to order the release of prosecution materials “forthwith.”
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Sandusky-defense-defends-subpoenas-seeks-AG-info/ES8q99kaWkiou3en72OSbw.cspx
Agree.
Rose says:
May 3, 2012 at 3:45 am
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Even then it sounds like at least one Gov’t contractor was completely incompetant re one victim’s sex abuse report to cps.
Besides the conversation and education, it’s good to know we have a lady with a plan. (Not that we ever doubted it.)
Blink says:
May 3, 2012 at 10:05 am
@Beejay, Rose and All
The thing about the “shook Gricar to the core,” is that if true, once RG had the knowledge, or proof, that person/entity was/became aware enough of RG’s investigation to act on removing him, IMO.
Blink: I second erose! Glad someone has a plan. So, should any of us be so lucky as to get our hands on it, we’ll just throw it in your lap. Great!
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@erose: I can totally see what you said:
erose says:
May 3, 2012 at 2:27 pm
@Beejay, Rose and All
The thing about the “shook Gricar to the core,” is that if true, once RG had the knowledge, or proof, that person/entity was/became aware enough of RG’s investigation to act on removing him, IMO.
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I’m still reading, and digesting today’s posts by you all. But I’m on another track; to wit: who were Jer’s friends? Adult ones, I mean. Created a doc and will post separately in its entirety. Then back to the mystery of the two judges.
OK, I’m just starting on Jer’s friends. Found ONE, so far. Though not sure if he was a child or not when the friendship began.
Today, Juniata College has joined the others in asking to quash Amendola’s subpoena. Carmen Felus was their football coach when Sandusky applied to volunteer coach there but was denied. The background check came back quickly, showing him under investigation due to the boy at Clinton H.S. They got no details. He was told to have no contact with the football team, but did. Felus got the blame for it and is no longer at Juniata.
(Tim Curley’s nephew, Greg Curley, was basketball coach there and rather than hire a new football coach, Juniata gave GC both duties. Let’s assume Greg and Tim did not communicate about Sandusky.)
Since whptv broke the story, I’ll quote from them, just a snip (there’s more there):
“The school’s former athletic director Larry Bock, who is one of the top volleyball coaches of all-time and now heads the program at Navy, confirmed he reiterated the college’s stance to Felus after the F&M incident in September 2010. He recalled that he never spoke to Sandusky directly — Felus told him he would do it.
When asked by Bristol if he would be surprised to hear that Sandusky continued to interact with the football team, Bock replied that it wouldn’t; given Felus’ “relationship” with Sandusky.”
Link:
http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/Sandusky-still-coaches-Juniata-College/GemajxS3mkGwHLfChNsgtw.cspx
[Uh, Felus’ “relationship”? I was just wondering this a.m. who Jer’s adult friends were.}
Well, in late 2011, Juniata’s President wrote, and published on their website, a thorough explanation to all their students/families/friends of the school. If you haven’t read it, it’s good. Here’s what that letter said about Felus and Jer:
“We do not know and will not speculate on the relationship between Sandusky and the former head coach, nor do we know or wish to speculate on the reasons Felus had for continuing to enable Sandusky to be present.”
[Really? That’s what I’d say publicly, too, lest litigation fall on my head. But Beejay would be all over that relationship in private—lol!]
Here’s the link:
http://www.juniata.edu/takingaction.html
So, anything you guys know about it, please share! Here’s a little background on Felus, from Juniata’s website, when he first came there in Dec 2008, as football coach:
“A native of Lilly, Pa., Felus graduated from Penn Cambria High School, and was a two-year letterwinner as a quarterback and wide receiver at Lock Haven University between 1990-92….”
[So, he’s a good bit younger than Jer, possibly having graduated h.s. around 1989ish. One shudders at the possibilities.]
http://www.juniata.edu/services/news/index.html?action=SHOWARTICLE&id=3679
@rose, and all:
IDK about the retirement dinner that TSM got the subpoena on. I think I was wrong. I think it’s referring to the PSU retirement dinner for Sandusky, which was late summer, 1999, I think.
What do you guys think from the subpoena? Which retirement dinner does it refer to?
Maybe TSM just played a big role in putting it on. A poster on one of the Hershey School sites said a retirement dinner for Jer was held at the Hershey School.
@Beejay. My exact question about KH! Seems since entering adulthood they were not many and/or not close. I would more see him as a regular, but not close to adult males, in a fraternal assn like Knights of Columbus, Rotary etc.
@erose: I apologize for throwing you offtrack. I throw myself at your feet and ask for mercy. You were right; I was wrong. I think.
Thru some convoluted thinking I won’t share, I thought there were 2 judge hoffmans, and the retiring one was making room for a relative of his to win the next election. Wrong!
The ONLY places I’ve found a Daniel A. Hoffman are in a couple of different AP photos, both captioned as Sandusky and DAH’s courtroom.
I’ve also seen reference to a Judge Dan Hoffman. Mostly references to Judge Daniel R. Hoffman (II). Here’s where his official listing is, so we can proceed to direct any research into him, by his several legitimate names:
District Judge Daniel R. Hoffman, II
Serves the Boroughs of Bellefonte, Milesburg, Howard, Unionville; Townships of Benner, Boggs, Curtin, Liberty, Marion, Spring, Union, Walker, and Howard
District 49-3-02
from website for the 49th Mag. District. And also here:
http://www.pacourts.us/NR/rdonlyres/10696F5C-BC63-4D92-A437-B26152528B44/0/centre02d23.pdf
It bears scrutiny. Or, maybe he knew of some of Sandusky’s activities, because he had a lot of contact with kids and families thru his position. So, he could be one of the good guys.
Alternatively, with all that 24-hr-on-call, plus the unexpected uproar of the Sandusky mess in his courtroom, at his age maybe he’s just worn out. Did he just reach early-eligibility for Social Security age? I can see any of these rationales myself.
He is applying to become a Senior judge, which cuts out all the overnight on-call stuff, and cuts his workload to 3 days a week. They don’t fill his position either, so it saves the county $. Here’s what was said about thatThere won’t be a district judge appointed in the interim. It is up to Gov. Tom Corbett to nominate someone to fill a district judge vacancy, but he hasn’t made any nominations since he took office last year at the request of the state court system to save money.
So, Hoffman plans to apply for senior judge status, which would let him work part time until the next district judge takes over. That means he’d be in the office three days a week but not on-call as the other district judges are. He’ll need approval from county court and the state Supreme Court.
That setup is already happening at one Centre County district office. Ronald Horner is filling in for former District Judge Jonathan Grine, who last year won election to a county judge seat.”
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/04/30/3179885/longtime-district-judge-to-hang.html#storylink=cpy
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Who cares what “job”the retirement par-tee was for?
The entity receiving the subpoena imo was the party-planner
and party-payor and legally responsible for the party.
If for retirement from any number of jobs, or just one at PSU, and not a TSM job, even better because Amendola is making the prosecution’s case as to JS’s persona being so entertwined with TSM children & parents–noting how many were invited & attended–and so rntertwined with any PR & fundraising excuse, he was a de facto agent or employee of TSM. And if TSM put on a party, as a business entity, and paid for a PS retirement party,!even better for a civil rico suit —one more factoid establishing co-conspiracy.
i see jerry as someone who after 90 days in the pokey without bail
would start confessing & dealing. where are those drug charges?
Friends of Jerry. I agree with your above assessments. He didn’t have many close ones.
Kip Richael met Jer when he was 18 and has known him all of his life.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7219828/no-one-seems-really-know-former-penn-state-assistant-coach-jerry-sandusky
A friend of the Sandusky family, who ‘grew up with the former Penn State’s coach’s chilren,” Jeff Byers, says he was close enough to Dottie to know she had “a talk” with Jerry.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2011/12/27/penn-state-jerry-sandusky-wife-dottie-how-much-did-she-know
From Feb. 10 when Jer requested visits with grandchildren he indicates he had friends and “thousands of young people” before this whole mess happened.
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/colleges/10562616-419/jerry-sandusky-all-of-a-sudden-these-people-turn-on-me.html
“Outside the courthouse, Sandusky told reporters he wanted to be able to see his grandchildren — who he said wanted to see him, too — and old friends.
“Our home has been open for 27 years to all kinds of people,” Sandusky said.
With his wife, Dottie, at his side, Sandusky said he had associated with thousands of young people over the years, before prosecutors filed sex abuse charge against him in November. “All of a sudden these people turn on me. It’s been difficult for me to understand.”
“Now I can’t take my dog on my deck and throw out biscuits to him,” he said.”
All of a sudden.
All of a sudden doesn’t exactly happen that way.
In an excellent Wikipedia article on Pedophilia, scholars say victims invariably mount up over the years, especially when begun at an early age. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia
Abel, Mittleman, and Becker[(1985) and Ward et al. (1995):
“…Pedophilic offenders, however, often start offending at an early age; often have a large number of victims who are frequently extrafamilial; are more inwardly driven to offend; and have values or beliefs that strongly support an offense lifestyle. …one study estimated that by the time of entry to treatment, nonincestuous pedophiles who molest boys had committed an average of 282 offenses against 150 victims.”
*when the offender had begun at an early age.
I’m digesting your posts.
@rose: You’re right; it doesn’t matter which retirement–for the reasons you stated. The only reason I want to know is to get a better direction for my own research efforts. With the possible party dates a decade or so apart, it’d help to know. To correlate with other people and events.
I’m guessing that TSM did NOT give an official TSM-retirement party for JS in 2010 (?) when they told him to stay away. But I don’t see where PSU gave him one either, when he retired as coach at end of Dec, 1999.
Now I’m back to that TSM subpoena referring to the only “retirement” dinner I can find: the April 14, 2000 Roast for Sandusky.
“February 28, 2000
University Park, Pa. — MBNA America has agreed to be the lead sponsor for the MBNA Jerry Sandusky Testimonial Dinner and Roast, scheduled for Friday, April 14, 2000.
…Net proceeds from the event will benefit The Second Mile through a newly established Second Mile/Jerry Sandusky endowment fund. Longtime defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions, Jerry Sandusky, 55, retired last year…
For ticket information please call Intercollegiate Athletics at (814) 863-0351. Reserved table sponsorships are available. Contact Hank Lesch, The Second Mile vice president of development, (814) 237-1719, ext. 104, or e-mail at….”
http://www.psu.edu/ur/2000/sanduskydinner.html
That’s the event that Paterno is variously said to either have not attended (I think that’s incorrect), or to have attended only briefly and then left (having made some required introductions or remarks).
Here’s the summer youth football camps brochure for 2010 from Juniata College. Scrolling to the second pg, you see Carmen Felus. I’m sure JS would’ve been interested in that type of programming:
http://www.juniata.edu/services/conferences/documents/FootballCampsBrochure_001.pdf
“Juniata College football players say Jerry Sandusky routinely parked next to the college’s child education center while waiting for football practice to start.”
There’s video. So, it wasn’t just getting a shot at summer youth football camps?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Thfa0GdujJo
This is the most frightening thing I’ve seen yet. I’m more worried as time goes on and it might appear to him that he could face prison time. He’s plain scarey.
Things that caught me eye in the Hoffman story:
“It behooved me to go now.”
As for retiring six months into the term…
He ran unopposed in 1999, 2005 & 2011.
District judges do not need law degrees.
Worked on truancy rates in Sandusky’s “hot spots.”
It’s no wonder we can’t keep track of these judges, they seem to be playing musical chairs. Aye-aye-aye, enough with the judges for now, I think you are on a better track, Beejay and I with ya!
Hank Lesch, Retired Executive Director TSM, 23 years 5 months
left January 2012
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hank-lesch/1a/44a/7a2
Also noteworthy are the salaries of the top employees at The Second Mile, who gave themselves raises almost every year, even as the economy withered. The Second Mile’s president and CEO Jack Raykovitz has cleared over $1 million in direct compensation since 1998. Raykovitz’s total in that span: $1,300,145.
Raykovitz’s right-hand-woman, Katherine Genovese, has been with the charity since 1998 and made almost as much money as her boss. Genovese’s total direct compensation since then: $912,563. The other longtime employee of the charity is Henry Lesch, who started with Genovese. He made $793,667 in the same span.
Here’s an inexpensive graph I made of the salaries:
http://deadspin.com/5858533/sandusky-made-half-a-million-dollars-at-the-second-mile-after-admitting-he-showered-with-a-boy-according-to-tax-records
I gotta say, have no clue how that writer did not know Genovese and Raykovitz are married. They met at the TSM and Raykovitz divorced his wife Deb, gave ole Cat a job
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Sandusky Judge Rules Against Prosecutors
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304743704577382672325706052.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Attorney Joe Amendola was accused by prosecutors of violating the judge’s order to keep confidential the names of Sandusky’s eight known accusers, but in court papers filed this morning, Amendola said he’s “taken every reasonable step possible to maintain the anonoymity of the (alleged victims) … (and) believes his efforts to maintain their anonymity was not legally required but done as a courtesy.”
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/05/jerry_sandusky_attorney_says_s.html
First class jerk.
I am surprised to see a one line ruling, because if the goal is a fair trial, and I certainly support due process, then case citations are essential, or an opinion based on law, duh.
I HOPE and I have to believe that the AG office and their individual representation has educated the victims in the process, anticipated this activity thrice-fold, and prepped them accordingly.
I really do not think they anticipated slaying this dragon would be easy, or without serious stress to the victims. Is that right? No. Is that our adversarial justice system? It is.
As I said before, victims of long term sexual abuse, perpetrated as children, are going to show the signs of same in their life and the prosecution will secure the expert (s) necessary to counter any re-victimization efforts by Amendola/ Sandusky.
It is tempting to look at the ruling as the writing on the wall, but I am not there yet and I have been shock offer the PA jurisprudence antics for months.
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Incumbent ag trustee re-elected at Penn State
Two agricultural trustee seats were up Thursday. Besides Shaffer, the other incumbent, Barron Hetherington, opted against running after becoming an adviser last year to Gov. Tom Corbett.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/05/03/3184552/incumbent-ag-trustee-re-elected.html#storylink=cpy
Can you say inner-circle? Come on guys. You can’t tell me there weren’t a few round table talks about Sandusky.
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It was time. The Penn State football team had finished the 2004 season with a record of 4-7. The previous year, the Nittany Lions had gone 3-9. People had begun saying out loud what they had long been whispering: The game has passed Paterno by. The leaders of Penn State agreed that the coach, then 78, should retire.
Paterno had been thinking the same thing. And he had invited Spanier, Penn State chief financial officer Gary Schultz, athletic director Tim Curley and trustee Steve Garban to his house to discuss the possibility, sources say. But on the Sunday before Thanksgiving in 2004, as the men sat at Paterno’s kitchen table nibbling on cookies, he instead announced he wasn’t ready to go.
http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7770996/in-wake-joe-paterno-death-sandusky-sex-abuse-scandal-power-struggle-spread-penn-state-state-capital
After all this, and evaluating their education, experience, social connections, circumstances of appointments to the bench, and subsequent work products, did you expect otherwise? Remember all those foster kids, but more likely adjudicated juveniles, got put in Jerry’s home by Court order, including over parent & professional objections, adopted , etc, and also put by Court order I have no doubt in the homes of Jerry acquaintances–other TSM special foster care placements which subject is as yet unexplored, by this very Judge group, closely associated if not in same County by bar & judicial & political & social groups.
Keep in mind it is important imo to give Amendola wide latitude to ensure no fair trial appealabke issues.
The real battle will come down to getting irrelevant or inflammatory facts into the record during trial. That is where the Judge needs to balance interests and bar irrelevant matter not germane to the accusation of sexual abuse & sodomy.
Amendola can’t generally impeach the vics based on general character issues. Prosecutorneeds to hire a Rules consultant for Trial if they are confused and don’t know their objections and caselaw cold on each item of the subpoenaed material.
@word girl. overwhelming info.
I guess the question with Jerry has to be when did he start, where, and under who’s tutelage?
Imo he started acting out after his coaching tenure at PS began and he had job security,
and had failed sexually with his wife.
I don’t see him as organized
or courageous enough to start earlier.
All that adulation from young team recruit males & locker room atmosphere probably pushed him over the edge
of what had been a genuine attempt to please his parents, marry, and be normal. My theory is
he became associated at PS with another coach (what, 40 years ago) who taught him the ropes,
personally, and with boys.
I see no reason to rule out all
coaches as Jerry’s tutor.
Someone arranged Jerry’s
honorable, quiet retirement
& generous packages.
J Edwards is proof having a wife, parents,
and lovely family is no evidence of sexual
conformity.
Duh. Isn’t that one of the primary reasons they would have been referred to TSM? I hope the prosecution “goes with” these accusations as a strategy. Here is victim A, and his problems pre-Sandusky/TSM. After his involvement with Sandusky/TSM his negative behavior escalated. This man/charity did not improve the course of these children’s lives, he damaged them ala his own foster child whose behavior escalated in the Sandusky home. I hope they don’t fight this defense, I hope they use it. Let Amendola make their case.
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The defense thinks the alleged victims were treated for mental health or behavior problems before they met Sandusky through The Second Mile.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/05/04/3185127/amendola-looks-to-call-out-accusers.html#storylink=cpy
Just throwing some old time names out and good ol’ days out there…
Fran Fisher was the original Mr. Penn State, a man that led pep rallies like none other.
Fran, former athletic director Jim Tarman and Paterno would jump in a car and head to outlying areas and visit radio stations with the hope of convincing them to carry the Penn State football games on those stations, offering anything they could — legally, of course — to entice them to be members of the Penn State football radio network. Once again, we know where that has gone, with stations carrying the games to every corner of the state.
When growing up, I had the good fortune of traveling to many bowl games with our family and seeing wonderful places such as Tempe, Ariz., New Orleans, Miami, Jacksonville, Fla., and more. During those bowl trips, the families all became familiar with each other, including the kids on the trips. It was during these trips I got to know the Tarman boys, the Paterno clan, former Dean of the College of Physical Education Robert Scannell and his boys. Penn State’s athletic program was under the College of P-E umbrella for years before becoming independent, and Dr. Scannell was in charge back then.
http://www.statecollege.com/news/columns/jerry-fisher-passion-for-penn-state-stems-from-father-fran-fisher-982989/
Don’t recall what month in 2010 that Jer said he was gonna kinda resign to “spend more time with family and take care of some personal things.” I’m thinking August.
Anywho, he had to be looking for a new recruiting grounds for playmates. In May 2010 his application was in to volunteer coach at Juniata College. Aside from the child care center where he regularly parked his car, look at all the interesting youth-related activities that college football team was into:
From 2010-11 Juniata College FB recruiting guide:
Juniata Football’s Community Service Projects since 2009 Participated in mentoring program with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Huntingdon. Raised over $1,100 through participation in American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Active in Huntingdon’s Habitat For Humanity. Served as chaperons for youth dance at Huntingdon Community Center. Helped with tear down at production site following Huntingdon PRIDE telethon. Provided free coaching clinic for all youth football coaches in Huntingdon County. Entire team volunteered with Juniata College’s “Science Olympiad” hosted on campus. Hosted local youth football teams at practices, and participated in interactive skill development drills with kids. Raised just over $1,000 for “4 Paws for Ability” to help a Huntingdon youth obtain a service dog.
http://issuu.com/juniata/docs/10_fb_guide
@erose: As you know, I’ve been trying to find which football commentators made remarks about Sandusky. The only one I’ve found so far is Fran Fisher. And i think that was not on-air, but in a published interview. Still looking.
Again ran across Ben Novak’s remark that people knew back in the early 1990s to keep their kids away from Sandusky. Of course, Novak was at the time of the statement running for a Trustee position.
WHY did Carmen Felus defy his bosses and continue to allow Sandusky around? I know he wanted the coaching tips. But he was a married man with one child (dau, born Dec 2008). Wife had resigned her teaching job. Second child born, I think, while he was still a Juniata. Is he a trust fund baby? Or is the Juniata administration lying?
He tried to define Jer’s role as being his guest/friend–ie, not attached to the football program (as per his bosses’ instructions). I found this, published on Sept 26, 2010. A sports coverage story about the Franklin & Marshall (Troxell was head coach) v. Juniata game (Felus head coach):
“Notes: Observed sitting in the Juniata coaching area of the press box was longtime Penn State defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who assisted at Juniata for one season — 1967 — before settling in at Happy Valley.
Sandusky, who retired from coaching at Penn State following the 1999 season, recently retired from the board of The Second Mile charity he founded in 1977.
Juniata head coach Carmen Felus, an Altoona native and 1995 grad of Western Maryland (now McDaniel), in his second year at the helm in Huntingdon, downplayed the significance of Sandusky’s being here, saying, “Jerry and I are friends, but there’s no official … tie to Juniata. He just happened to be at the game.”
But Troxell, when asked, offered this observation: “Carmen said [Sandusky] is doing a great job in consulting and getting back into the Xs and Os. I think he’s helped tremendously in terms of giving Carmen someone to bounce ideas off of.”
Columbia grad Brandon Felus, a freshman and cousin of Carmen Felus, started for the Eagles at defensive end and played the first half.
Read more: http://lancasteronline.com/article/local/293901_F-M-routs-Juniata-with-big-2nd-quarter.html#ixzz1tw2aFYV9
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I also found that Felus brought in scores of quality new players to Juniata and cemented recruiting relationships with central PA high schools. Who helped with that?
Internet rumor: Sandusky helped get (at least) one Second Mile kid into Juniata.
So, I still can’t find the mystery of where Carmen Felus first met Sandusky. IMO, Felus was aware of why Jer was under investigation. Did he just want the coaching help, and maybe help with recruiting for Juniata? Or, was there another reason he’d play fast and loose with his own job?
@Rose
List of Lion assistant coaches and years at Penn page 139.
http://www.huskermax.com/games/2011/files/10pennstate_mediaguide11.pdf
If I am comprehending, Anderson was grad assistant in 1963 when Sandusky first got to PSU 1963-1965. Their coaching careers would have overlapped 1970-1983 [when Anderson left for Rutgers for six years] and then 1990-1999 [when Sandusky retired]. 23+ year history of working at the same “office.”
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Anderson, a native of Queens, New York, played tight end and defensive end at Penn State for coach Rip Engle from 1960-1962. He played in the 1961 and 1962 Gator Bowls and also captained the Nittany Lions baseball team.[3] Anderson earned a Bachelor’s degree in physical education from Penn State in 1963. He was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in the 29th round of the 1963 AFL Draft and by the Cleveland Browns in the 17th round of the NFL Draft, but Anderson opted to remain at Penn State as a graduate assistant while earning his Master’s degree and playing for the semi-pro Newark Bears on the weekends.[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Anderson_(American_football_coach)
Correction: Anderson was at Penn U not PSU from ’70- 72.
He followed an interesting guy to PU. A guy that seemed to have the same downward career path as Sandusky, starting at JC and college sports and ending up as a high school.
Harry T Gamble
Helped Rider to two undefeated seasons in football. Harry was voted South Jersey Coach of the Year for an undefeated 1960 season at Audubon High School, winning the Group III Championship. He served as head coach at Lafayette College (1967-70) and University of Pennsylvania (1971-80). He is a member of the American Football Coaches Association and went from volunteer assistant coach to President of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1985-1994. Named Pro Sports Executive of the Year by NJ sports writers in 1993.
http://www.gobroncs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=20200&ATCLID=1372308
Maybe the majority of coaching careers end up this way. Not my forte.
Two more organizations seek to quash Sandusky case subpoenas
Clinton County Children and Youth Social Services Agency and Bald Eagle Area School District filed motions this afternoon in the case, in response to subpoenas they received.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/05/04/3185862/two-more-organizations-seek-to.html#storylink=cpy
good thinking erose
it’s his strategery though.
And someone bet the house on it
history lesson
begin at 1930
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/about/history.html
names: McCoy: would’ve hired Sandusky?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_McCoy_(athletic_director)#section_3
My bad on Gamble, too. Sorry for another mistake. He did not have a downward career spiral. Looks like he climbed the labber from high school coach to President of the Eagles.
Sandusky on his retirement announcement, quote talking about his “personal situation” not being a “distraction.” If you read on in the article, Paterno says Sandusky has integrity and character. Curley praises him for all the children he touches through TSM. Sorry Beejay, not finding that retirement party.
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“I’m looking forward to the 1999 season,” Sanduky said. “We have an opportunity to be a good football team if our players can continue to develop their athletic skills and to maintain their focus on the things that are important to team success. I won’t permit my personal situation to be a distraction in any fashion.”
Sandusky said he elected to make the announcement prior to the season to take advantage of a retirement option available to long-time Penn State employees only for a limited time.
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/070199aab.html
That’s interesting erose- let’s find out who else was entitled to the Jerry plan- under that auspice of course.
B
August 1999: Penn State players honor Sandusky at the team’s media day event, saying they only wanted him in the photo with them, not Paterno. After Paterno moves out of camera range, Sandusky jokes: “I’ve waited 30 years for that!”
Jan. 10, 2000: The American Football Coaches Association honors Sandusky as the Division I-A assistant coach of the year. The group donates a $5,000 academic scholarship to Penn State in Sandusky’s name. Sandusky later addresses the convention, speaking on the topic, “Working With Young People.”
Jan. 17, 2000: The Philadelphia Sports Writers Association honors Sandusky with its Career Achievement Award.
April 1, 2000: Sandusky and the Second Mile are honored at a Celebration of Excellence in Hershey.
April 2, 2000: Sandusky delivers the keynote speech at the Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Football Foundation’s annual banquet.
April 14, 2000: Nearly 1,200 people attend a testimonial and roast for Sandusky at the Bryce Jordan Center, the Penn State basketball arena, including Paterno and University president Graham Spanier. Paterno leaves early claiming a prior commitment. In his brief remarks, Paterno says Sandusky is, “what Penn State is all about.” Spanier says, “There are very few people in Penn State’s history who have made the impact he has made. His impact was not only as a coach, but also as a person. I think it’s a unique combination. He’s someone who has changed the lives of tens of thousands of people.”
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/timeline-sandusky-s-double-life-in-public-a-saint-in-private-an-alleged-monster-1.1234866#ixzz1txdJUxVZ
Sept. 2, 2000: Penn State plays its first home game since Sandusky’s retirement, a 24-6 loss to Toledo. Fans are incredulous that Sandusky, who is sitting in the stands, is not honored or even mentioned before or during the game.
Read more: http://citizensvoice.com/news/timeline-sandusky-s-double-life-in-public-a-saint-in-private-an-alleged-monster-1.1234866#ixzz1txfqKSkO
Sure would love to know when the 1998 case was closed for real- not just as on the way to the fieldhouse with Sloane and Gricar.
B
The Vindicator December 1999
Devoted Coach
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Then came the football banquet.
“It was so moving that I was speechless,” Paterno said.
…an attractive retirement plan offered to state employees this summer.
http://bustedcoverage.com/2011/11/10/jerry-sandusky-would-troll-state-college-looking-to-give-kids-tix-take-home/
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rktIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6IEMAAAAIBAJ&pg=1101,6123737&dq=joe+sarra+second+mile&hl=en
Haven’t read last evening’s posts here. But did read the most recent on Sandusky and wanna get that up here for everybody to go read. It’ll be all over the place since it’s an AP article.
Snips:
“New documents filed by the attorneys for former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky suggest there are at least 17 accusers in the child sexual abuse case, a much higher number than described in criminal charges.
…The April 16 discovery request asked for information on “uncharged conduct evidence,” while the one filed a week later pertained to employment records.
…”This in all likelihood means that there are other people who have come forward who have accused him of improper sexual conduct,” said Wes Oliver, a Widener Law School professor who specializes in criminal law.”
link:
http://news.findlaw.com/apnews/e634cd9205e8433495d196549ab19cd7
Thanks beejay- I am not understanding how Rominger can be quoted at all. Gag orders apply to him as well.
B
I don’t think PSU threw a retirement party for JS. If they did, it’s been totally scrubbed from the internet and that’s just not possible. It’d be cached somewhere. (Alt: we haven’t found it yet, because it’s so well hidden).
Maybe JS didn’t want them to. Maybe he wanted to use the opportunity for TSM when they hosted his roast April 14, 2000. They used live streaming video, available worldwide. Then avail rest of April. Here’s some factoids about that:
–webcast produced by D’Elia Wittkofski, producers of the Emmy Award winning Penn State Football and Hoops Show
–Bryce Jordan Center
–host at the roast/testimonial event was by Fran Fisher. The voice of Penn State Football, Steve Jones, will introduce former players
–Roasters included: Tom Bradley, who had taken over as defense coach; All-American Greg Buttle; and a surprise roaster (IDK who)
–Video segments included something about him as a coach, and another video, said to be a Second Mile tribute highlighting “the man.”
–Proceeds will benefit the Second Mile Foundation.
–for more info you were to contact Hank Lesch at TSM
link:
http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/041100aab.html