C4 Centre Daily Times, Sunday, September 20, 2015

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Life as a child of WWII

out in the light of day reWeve only lived in Cengardless of how much
tre County for about nine
people may try to hide
months now, but in that
them. But Ive also worked
time, my wife, Terri, and I
have fallen in love with this with people who were on
the verge of hopelessness
beautiful area the
mountains and farm lands, and despite what others
might think, have nowhere
the friendliness of the
else to turn.
people and the way
in which people
After struggling
help one another in
with these issues for
times of need. Our
many years, Ive
local churches play
learned that Id rather
a big role in this.
err on the side of
A healthy conbeing too generous,
gregation is one
of giving from my
where people love
heart and trying to
and respect one
demonstrate Christs
Dave love through my
another, where
people follow
regardless of
Downer actions,
through on their
what might be motivacommitments and seek to
ting the person Im helping.
share the love of Christ
My prayer is that through
not just among ourselves,
these actions, others might
but with those in our comsee the unconditional love of
munities.
Christ and come to accept
Our churches should be that love in their own hearts.
places where people can
It doesnt always work, but
feel safe and among those
Christ commanded us to
they can trust. And pernever tire of doing good for
haps most importantly, a
others (2 Thessalonians
place where we can all find 3:13). I pray we can all seek
forgiveness and underto do the work of Christ in
standing when we fail in
this world without tiring, but
this sometimes harsh and
thats why we as a family
unforgiving world.
serve together to uphold
I am sometimes apand encourage one another
proached by others about
when the frustrations come.
people taking advantage
of me when they sense
Dave Downer is the paswere doing too much for
tor at Trinity United
someone. Having worked
Church of Christ in Centre
in the homeless communi- Hall.
ty for several years in
Northern Virginia, Ive
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many times. I also know
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Growing up in a
war-torn Germany

Births

Hitlers conquests, his

defeat, the Allied bombing,
the Allied invasion and
occupation, the collapse of
East Prussia and the Holocaust a child lives the
life of a child within a childhood transformed by war.
Therefore, the war did not
change my life, it determined it in innumerable
ways. Growing up then
simply meant that our view
of the world would be
shaped differently than
children growing up in
peace and prosperity.
When peace began in
1945, survival took on a
different meaning. Food
and every other necessity
ran out. Eventually Germans started to rebuild the
country, but the wounds of
war were deep and lasting
and are still present.
Fortunately my father
made his way home early
in 1945, giving our little
family a chance to revive
itself.
Yet, peace was almost as
hard as the war at times,
but in time the limitations
of the life of postwar Germany began to be lifted.
Of course, we lived in
what became West Germany in contrast to East Germany, a nation divided
under the rule of a military
occupation. The economic
disaster of those early
postwar years ran parallel
to the developing Cold
War, and the dark outlook
only began to lift somewhat around 1949.

Photo provided

Manfred Keune grew up in Hitlers Third Reich.

As I grew into a teenager, I began to understand

the moral dilemmas of
German history better. I
went to work at age 14 but
resolved to get myself
more educated and came
to America in 1957.
I have lived here ever
since. I often look back
today at my years of survival in disbelief and gratitude. The old specters of
death and destruction still
haunt me, and I look with
compassion at the children
of war in our time.
This topic will be presented by Manfred Keune
from 10-11:30 a.m. Oct. 2, 9,
16 and 23 as one of the
2015 fall term OLLI courses. OLLI membership is
open to all adults who love

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BRAYDEN SCOTT
HEALY
Dan and Natalie (Nau)
Healy, of State College,
announce the birth of their
son on September 8, 2015,
at Mount Nittany Medical
Center. The infant, named
Brayden Scott Healy,
weighed 6 pounds 9
ounces. He has one sister
and one brother.
Maternal grandparents are
Denny and Sally Nau of
Bellefonte.
Paternal grandparents are
Daniel and Maureen Healy
of Emmaus.

JOSLYN
JOSEPHINE
HALL
Travis R. and Tina A.
(Sherry) Hall, of Snow
Shoe, announce the birth of
their daughter on August
13, 2015, at Mount Nittany
Medical Center. The infant,
named Joslyn Josephine
Hall, weighed 9 pounds 0.4
ounces.

MILO RAYMOND
RISHEL
Phillip and Tasha (Rearick)
Rishel, of Pleasant Gap,
announce the birth of their
son on August 20, 2015, at
Mount Nittany Medical
Center. The infant, named
Milo Raymond Rishel,
weighed 5 pounds 2
ounces.

STELLA
MARION
ABEREGG
David and Megan
(Schneider) Aberegg, of
Bellefonte, announce the
birth of their daughter on
August 17, 2015, at Mount
Nittany Medical Center.
The infant, named Stella
Marion Aberegg, weighed 6
pounds 15.5 ounces. She
has one sister and three
brothers.

there are local entities that

Last month I touched on
have put many zero waste
the concept of zero waste as
practices into place:
well as some interesting facts
about the recycling
Benjamins Caterindustry. Part two of
ing in Pleasant Gap
this zero waste
offers zero waste catercolumn will focus on
ing events; The State
the benefits of zeroTheatre is composting
waste, highlight
and buying compossome of the busitable containers.
nesses that have
Park Forest
achieved zero waste
Elementary School
and highlight some
has a zero waste
Amy committee,
of our local entities
composts
who are striving to
Schirf all lunchroom leftget there.
overs, utilizes water
bottle filling stations instead
Benefits
of single use bottles and
uses TerraCycle for hard-toAdopting a zero-waste
recycle items.
model benefits both the busi Harrisons Wine Grill &
ness sector as well as our
communities. The benefits of
Catering purchases ecozero waste practices for busifriendly catering supplies and
nesses include: Money savoffers zero waste events.
ings, reduced liability, lower
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The benefits to our communi- electronics.
ties include: Green job cre Central Pennsylvania
ation, local sustainability,
Institute of Science and Techpromoting local food and
nology uses environmental
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dents.
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To me, its simple less
frying oil into diesel fuel,
trash is just better.
composts in their horticulture
program and donates used
Zero waste achievers
clothing to the FaithCentre.
For a business to be cate Videon recycles the
gorized as a zero waste
metal used in their electronics
business, it must document
manufacturing process, rethat it has diverted at least 90
uses packing material, compercent of its waste stream.
posts coffee grounds/kitchen
The following are just a few
scraps and promotes Earth
businesses that fall into this
Day activities.
category: Disneyland Resort
AE Works practices
Circle D Corral, General
sustainable design capaMotors, Honda, Miller/Cobilities, which include green
ors, Pillsbury, Ricoh Electron- roof design and energy
ics, San Diego Wild Animal
efficient infrastructure
Park, Sierra Nevada Brewing, solutions.
Subaru, Toyota and Xerox.
These are just a few of our
They are leading the way and
local entities taking steps
setting models for others to
toward zero waste. If your
follow.
business, school or organizaIn addition, there are comtion is proud to be green,
munities across the U.S. that
visit www.centrecountyrecyhave adopted a zero waste
cles.org for a Centre County
goal. A few of these communi- Green Business Partnership
ties include: Seattle, Chicago,
application. We love to hear
Austin, Texas, Telluride,
what eco-friendly ideas are
Colo., Sedona, Ariz., Atlanta,
practiced locally.
the Central Vermont Waste
Finally, ask yourself this
Management District and our question if you are not for
very own Centre County
zero waste, how much waste
Recycling & Refuse Authority. are you for?
With the right guidance and
community support, zero
Amy Schirf is education
waste goals can be met.
coordinator for the Centre
County Recycling & Refuse
Striving to get there
Authority. For more recycling
Besides the Centre County
news, email aschirf@cenRecycling & Refuse Authority, trecountyrecycles.org.

to learn. For a free fall

catalog, call OLLI at Penn
State, at 867-4278 or visit
www.olli.psu.edu.
Manfred Keune, a Penn
State professor emeritus of
German studies, grew up in
Germany during World War
II.

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There are many reasons

why we tell our stories. It
helps us to make sense of
our lives and our way of
being in the world. The
most frequent question I
am asked as a GermanAmerican is: Do you remember World War II? I
always say yes, and on
occasion I tell some anecdotes.
World War II is a seemingly endless river of stories ranging from heroic
military adventures to
catastrophic collapses of
civilizations. My version
will be a very personal
perspective based on experience and memory within
a historical context called
German history of the 20th
century. As a child, growing up in Hitlers Third
Reich, my story is part of a
larger story, but it is not
the story of a victim. It is a
story of that war like the
piece of a mosaic which
might add to a deeper
understanding of the catastrophe the German people
had to endure. Above all, it
is the story of a childhood
and what war can do to the
children who survive the
challenges of such times as
witnesses and observers.
These challenges are
about hunger, destruction,
fear and the ultimate failure of a nation to maintain
a civilized place in the first
part of the 20th century.
Within all the great
events in that history

By Manfred Keune

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