The CenturionThe Award-Winning, Student-Run Newspaper of Bucks County Community College

Present meetsfuture at forum

What’s InsideBucks NewsStephenGodwin Jr.looks back onwhen awardwinning jour-nalist Kathy Kiely cameto visit the Newtowncampus on April 19.

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Profile Feature

Craig Millerprofiles radiopersonalitySkip Claytonof the WBCB radio sta-tion in Bristol Township.

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Entertainment

Sonia Zam-brana tells ofhow formerBucks musicstudents John Sansoresand Sean Salm arestarting to get discoverd.

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Sports

Stephen GodwinJr. provides therecaps to thelastest Bucksbaseball games.

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WeatherTuesday- Highof 60 with a 40percent chanceof showers.

Wednesday-High of 55 with a30 percentchance of show-ers.

Thursday- Highof 61 with a 20percent chanceof showers.

Friday-High of 61with a 30 percentchance of rain.

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By: lUthEr anDErSOnCenturion Staff A trio of experienced reporters came to Bucks on April 11 to

show students what to expect while working in the news field.“Read, write, live.” Greatadvice for any aspiring writerto live by.Three writers from three

different walks of life spokewith aspiring journalism stu-dents at Bucks on April the11 a journalism forum held inthe Rollins center. every stu-dent hung on every word thateach journalist said.Naila Francis, a feature

writer from the CourierTimes drew the distinction ofbeing the only primary fea-ture writer on the panel. Witha bright smile and even moreilluminating attitude towardher work, Naila was morethan eager to speak with stu-dents about her journey to-ward journalism.Students in attendance who

were looking to go into fea-ture writing as a primaryfocus of their profession wereall blown away by her workload. “Five to six features aweek.” She said to the wideeyed aspiring writers. To hearthe journalism students tell it,five features is a lifetime ofwork.Francis, a journalist of 16

years has always wanted tobe a writer. “I have alwaysloved writing since I was a

Francis, Sielski and Rushton answer questions from prospective journalists during the forum.

“Life in Lala land.”Mike Rushton, a contribut-

ing editor atsportsnetwork.com primarilyworks inside of an office. heis definitely the more intro-verted of the three. “I don’treally like talking to people. Idon’t like it.” he does mostof his reporting by phonewhich suits him well.Rushton says he does about

five to six preview articles a

day as he covers all Philadel-phia sports. Another thingthat distinguishes Rushtonfrom his peers in attendancewas that he actually attendedBucks. Now, students canlook at him and see that ifone Bucks student can do it,why not us? Rushton startedout as the layout editor at ourvery own Centurion newspa-per.

little girl.” She moved to thestates from the Caribbeanwhen she was in the sixthgrade and joined her schoolnewspaper with the assis-tance of an adviser at herschool. “I felt like I found myplace. I love the interviewprocess and asking thingsother people haven’t asked.”Francis’s eclectic upbringingand experiences have also ledher to write her own column

Erich Martin tellsus about the per-formance of jackof all trades Pro-fessor Brahinsky

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tuition hike hits Bucks

Students at Bucks will yetagain see a tuition hike whenthey hit the books next fall.The college’s board of

trustees voted unanimouslyApril 11 to increase rates by$6 per credit hour of instruc-tion, yet without an increaseto student fees. Any full-timestudent taking 12 credit hoursper semester will pay an ad-ditional $72 for a total of$3,720 per semester. Also, out of county students

will see an increase of $12per credit hour of instruction. The board approved the rate

increase to balance an operat-ing budget of nearly $84 mil-lion for the upcoming2013-14 fiscal year. Thatcompares to an operating

budget of $83.6 million forthe current school year, ac-cording to a report by theBucks County Courier Times.Not surprisingly, many stu-

dents were not happy withthe probability of having lessmoneyin theirpocketsin thefall.“I un-

der-standtheecon-omy isdeclin-ing atthe moment, but it’s a shamethat the prices are increas-

By: EriCh MartinCenturion Staff

Less than a year into its ex-istence, students have appar-ently abandoned Bucks’e-mail program and gone

back totheirpersonalGmailorYahooac-counts,possiblydue tothe pro-gram’sconfus-

ing setup. The change started last year

when Bucks switched theirstudent e-mail provider from

Gmail to Microsoft Live. Theswitch occurred because thecollege figured the newprovider would better supporttheir already established“My Bucks” portal.“My Bucks uses Microsoft

Sharepoint technology andsince they are both Microsoftproducts, they work well to-gether, unlike Gmail andSharePoint,” said Bucks’president of information andtechnology, Andrew Lawler. Though college officials

might think the new e-mail isa better fit, students don’tseem to be happy with thesystem. Of the 100 studentssurveyed in a poll by theCenturion staff, 72 said thatthey do not use the new e-

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Bucks students haven’t embraced the email system.

news business exploreddoing mostly online writ-

ing, Rushton writes five tosix articles a day and also hasa weekly column. Not one tomince words, Rushton leftthese words with his audi-ence, “Not everyone can hit afastball. Not everyone canwrite a good feature story.It’s all about how good yourwriting is.”Mike Sielski is certainly the

most accomplished of thethree. As a sports reporter forthe Wall Street Journal, hisalpha male personality cer-tainly fits his position. Themost sharply dressed of thethree, wearing a dress shirtand black tie, Sielski hadplenty to share about whatit’s like to write for the Jour-nal.“There is never a lack of

things to write about in NewYork. After having to coverthe South Bronx, having totalk to Chase utley isn’t toobad” said Sielski.

Time management, attention to detail and working for free are keys to success in journalism.

Sielski certainly had themost to say and was notafraid to say it. WhereasFrancis and Rushton prima-rily spoke about their work-load, Sielski spokedeliberately of the processand competition that goes

into being a journalist for themost widely distributednewspaper in the country.“It’s a competitive field andit’s only getting more com-petitive.” New York suitsSielski’s personality per-fectly. “everyone else better

be on their guard” he added.After spending any signifi-

cant time with Rushton,Fances, and Sielski, it is easyto see why they are journal-ists and why they write whatthey write.The direct and blunt Sielski

ing,” said Adriana Morales,25, liberal arts major fromPhiladelphia. “An educationshouldn’t be as expensive,especially seeing as this is acommunity college.”The basic funding model for

Pennsylvania communitycolleges consists of one-third contributionsfrom students, countyand state govern-ments. Yet, due tothe economic down-turn both lev-els ofgovernmenthave tightenedtheir belts be-cause of a lack oftax revenue. This has put a heavier bur-

den on students, whose tu-ition makes up about 52percent of the revenue col-lected for operating costs.Last year the board approvedan $11 per credit hour hike,which consisted of $6 in tu-ition and $5 in student fee in-creases.

Some students worried thatthe continued tuition in-creases would eventually af-fect their education.“(The increase) is unfair be-

cause it goes up every year,”said Arman Ibric, 20, busi-ness major from Morrisville.“The technology still sucks,people lose connections veryquickly. Books are also over-priced, especially consideringmany are never used.”

Concerns have grownwithin the student body as

to whether the col-lege is still finan-

cially feasible. “We are going here

to afford an educationand these increases are

making it that much harder,”said Carson Jolly, 18, psy-cology major from Mor-risville.

“It’s not fair to increasetuition when people comehere to avoid the cost of four-year institutions,” saidGabrielle delorenzo, 21, acommunications major fromYardley.unfortunately for students,

the increases are a constantreminder of the costs ofhigher education.“It’s not a huge jump, but it

is a pain to increase it everyyear,” said John Fey, 19, lib-eral arts major from New-town. “Nobody ever likes topay more than they have to.”

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belongs in New York. he’sambition suits him well in theworld’s greatest city.Niela is certainly the free

spirit of the group. her easewith words and warm person-ality lend well to her featurewriting. her wide arrays ofinterests also give her columnmuch more substance. MikeRushton is not a big talker;he loves sports, writes aboutit, and goes home.The panel definitely left a

mark on their audience.“It really opened my eyes

what journalists structure is”said journalism major KellyArmstrong.“It was both encouraging

and discouraging” addedArmstrong.Three very different, three

very good writers all gave as-piring journalists a smalltaste of what it means to be ajournalist.

Sielski left students withthis small nugget, “Soak it allin. It’s real!”

tuition increase Student e-mail fizzlesmail. Among other things,students surveyed said the e-mail was confusing or thatthey had forgotten it even ex-isted.

Lawler suggested that stu-dents who have trouble ac-cessing the new emailaccount contact Bucks’ helpdesk. “We are able to diagnose the

specific difficulty for each in-

Continued from page 1 dividual,” he said. however,Lawler said that the collegehas not received any reportsof students not being able touse the new program. One problem that the pro-

gram could be facing is thatthe online homework systemCanvas offers some of thesame advantages. Canvas al-lows students to do home-work, hand in assignmentsand communicate with their

professors. Still, Lawler insisted that

Microsoft Live offers a morein-depth way of communicat-ing with advisors, faculty andstaff members.

The idea of allowing a stu-dent’s personal email accountto become their student emailaccount has been discussed,but worries over changes inemail addresses have been aroadblock. This is becausestudents may change theiremail addresses mid-semes-ter, but not tell the college tomake the appropriate change.

Real changes could be com-ing for the program to makeit more appealing for stu-dents, according to Lawler.“I am pleased to report thatMicrosoft is updating Live tobecome Office 365. Studentscan access the same great Of-fice 365 tools that businessesaround the world use everyday to stay productive and ontop of their work,” he said. Is there a way to get stu-

dents back to using their offi-cial Bucks’ e-mails? Or hasCanvas and personal e-mailtaken over? Only time willtell if the changes bring theprogram to life.

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Journalist shows need foropen access to information

It could prove interestingdown the road when you seewho these different organiza-tions vote for. “The more weknow about who is pullingthe levers of power, the moreempowered we are,” Kielysaid. The next section was called“Influence Explorer,” whereone could see which candi-date companies favored andhow much money they do-nated to campaigns. Kielylooked at the PhiladelphiaEagles and determined theirfavorite candidate of all-timewas former Gov. Ed Rendell,with Democrat AllisonSwartz being the current fa-

vorite. Located in the rest of thesite was a section to viewwhat companies have beencited by the EPA and whatadvisory companies werehelping the U.S. governmentregulate laws. The “Followthe Unlimited Money” sec-tion provides informationthat allows one to view whatmoney has been spent anddonated for campaigns. The most intriguing sectionof the site was a subsectioncalled “Scout.” This allowedthe public to follow hot top-ics such as firearms or abor-tion and see how frequentlythey have been brought up in

Congress. One fascinating story waswhen Congress tried to pusha bill that would have ex-empted the Food and DrugAdministration from givingopen information to the pub-lic. Essentially, consumerswouldn’t know what theywere eating. When the Sun-light Foundation saw this up-date pop up, they were ableto notify the proper organiza-tions involved, Kiely said.The Sunlight Foundationwebsite even has a sectioncalled “Churnalism” that al-lows users to discoverwhether a news articlethey’ve read has been plagia-

rized from another news site.Students seemed to reallyenjoy Kiely’s talk.“It was intriguing and herbackground was fascinatingto listen to, said AdrianaMorales, 25, liberal artsmajor. “She has worked a lotin politics and it is cool thatshe was a journalist as well,”Morales said. Kiely even has ties to Bucksas a former chemistry labpartner of PresidentStephanie Shanblatt. For email alerts visit sun-lightfoundation.com and forphone alerts call the “Call onCongress” line at 1-888-907-6886.

BY: STEPHEN GODWIN JR.AND ERICH MARTIN

An established journalist, Kiely seemed intent on preparing the next generation for what may lie ahead in the field of reporting. PHOTO BY STEPHEN GODWIN JR.

Renowned journalist KathyKiely came to Bucks April 19in an effort to change mis-conceptions about govern-ment transparency andcitizen journalism by inform-ing people about Sunlight-foundation.com, which aimsto create openness throughtechnology. “Our mission is to put thetools of technology to workmaking government moretransparent and empoweringits owners - in other words,the voters,” Kiely said. After covering politics forthe National Journal, USAtoday and New York DailyNews, Kiely said she is pas-sionate about the SunlightFoundation - of which she isthe managing editor - be-cause she believes they workto fill information gaps. The truth of the matter isthat it is easy to get informa-tion off the Internet, but notall information is good infor-mation. Kiely spoke of how politi-cians would not always giveher reliable information. Inthis information age whereeveryone has a Facebook orTwitter, the public are in factpublishers and should beready to properly report, ac-cording to Kiely. “It is important to know thatinformation is power,” saidKiely that proved true by theend of the lecture. One of the activities of theSunlight Foundation is called“Political Party Time.” Thisdealt with viewing invitationsthat were for fundraisers andevents for different politi-cians. These invitations comefrom anonymous sources andshow the host of the eventsand the beneficiary.

Kathy Kiely brought her message of government transparency in a speaking en-gagement at Bucks on April 19. She highlighted the Sunlight Foundation,which helps to encourage citizens to become active in the field of journalism.

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4 The week of April 30, 2013BUCKS NEWS Bucks-news.com

His passion is musicWhile the teaching profes-sion is fulfilling, sometimesother interests drive the pas-sions of professors at Bucks.For David Brahinsky thatpassion is music.The full time professor ofphilosophy, professionalsinger and songwriter hosteda packed concert on Thurs-day, April 11 in PresserMusic Room in the musicand multimedia building atBucks.“The concert was organizedby Professor Jeff Baumeisterand (Bucks’) Music Club aspart of a series of events,”Brahinsky said. “It was thesecond of a series of what wehope to become an annualevent at this time of year. Idid one last year also to apacked house.”The concert was full to ca-pacity of nearly 50 audiencemembers.During the concert, Brahin-sky was a solo performerranging from playing guitar,to singing, to playing the har-monica simultaneously.The concert lasted roughlyan hour, spanning a total of13 songs from artists such asBob Dylan, Leonard Cohen,Tom Waits and Brahinskyhimself. Stand out songs in-cluded “Lucky Day,” byWaits, “Early Morning Soft-ness Blues,” by Brahinsky,and “Halleluiah,” by Cohen.“The purpose of the concertis to expose students to a par-ticularly American style ofsinger/ songwriter/folk musicthat has prevailed for manydecades in this country and toprovide this kind of enter-tainment for faculty and staffas well,” Brahinsky said.Between songs, Brahinskyoffered up commentary oneach individual song. Onesuch example lies within hissong, “Early Morning Soft-ness Blues,” written in lateAugust 1969. Brahinskywrote the song around 4 a.m.in a dense fog on a porch inNortheastern Pennsylvania.“The fog was so thick you

could hardly see your hand infront of your face,” Brahin-sky said.The audience was very re-ceptive to the songs chosenby Brahinsky. On multipleoccasions, the audiencejoined in on singing the cho-rus, especially during “Hal-

leluiah” and “How does itfeel?”“It was very nice. Hesounded good,” said MikeGirton, 19, a criminal justicemajor from Levittown. “Iwas really glad that I endedup going.”It was evident through

songs that arecommonly performed thatBrahinsky seemed to play ina more “bluesy” manner,playing slower and withseeming heavy beats.“Oh sure, I was only therefor a short bit, maybe a songor two at most, but from what

I heard his illus-trative lyrics were deliveredin a gentle manner, while hisplaying underscored folkthemes and changing times,”said Rob Scordia, 19, aspir-ing music technology majorfrom Fairless Hills. “He per-formed comfortably.”Yet, Branhinsky was just asenamored with his audienceas they were with his music.“A performer needs a goodaudience as much as an audi-ence needs the performer andI really appreciate it whenpeople come to listen,” saidBranhinsky looking back onthe concert. “This is why Irarely play in bars or restau-rants where people come tosocialize with the music asbackground.”For Branhinsky the musicmeans the most.For more information onBranhinsky please visitbrahinsky-folkmusic.com.

BY: ERICH MARTINCenturion staff

Jack of all trades David Brahinsky showcased a variety of musical skills to a packed crowd inside the Press Music Room at Bucks.

Brahinsky with musicians Phil Mcauliffe, Nalani and Sarino Bolton and Guy DeRosa. DeRosa, Brahinsky and Mcauliffe pose for a photograph together during a gig.

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Brahinsky strums his guitar while performing with professionally trained vocalist Jenn Sherry. PHOTO CONTRIBUTED

When Bucks Professor David Brahinsky isn’t teaching philosophy and com-parative religion, he’s usually behind the mic with his guitar in-hand some-where in New York, New Jersey or Vermont for the Roosevelt String Band.

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THE WEEK IN TV/MOVIES/MUSIC/BOOKS

Tuesday 4/30Hell’s Kitchen - FOX - 8:00NCIS: Los Angeles - CBS - 9:00Grimm - NBC - 10:00

Wednesday 5/1American Idol - CBS - 8:00Supernatural - CW - 9:00Nashville - ABC - 10:00

Thursday 5/2American Idol - FOX - 8:00Supernatural - CW - 9:00Elementary - CBS - 10:00

Friday 5/3Fashion Star - NBC - 8:00Touch - FOX - 9:00Blue Bloods - CBS - 10:00

Saturday 5/4Cops - FOX - 8:00House - Ion - 9:00The Big Bang Theory - TBS - 10:00

Sunday 5/5Once Upon A Time - ABC - 8:00Family Guy - FOX - 9:00The Mentalist - CBS - 10:00

BOOKS

TV MOVIES MUSIC

THEATERIron Man 3 (PG-13)When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formida-ble terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts anodyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Directed by: Shane BlackStarring: Robert Downey Jr., GwynethPaltrow, Guy Pierce, Don Cheadle andBen Kingsley.Release Date: 3 May

DVDDjango Unchained (R)A former slave and a German bounty hunter be-come unlikely allies in the battle against a tyrannicalplantation owner in this western from directorQuentin Tarantino.Directed by: Quentin TarantinoStarring: Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Di-Caprio, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jack-sonRelease Date: 16 April

Deep PurpleNew Album “Now What?!”30 April

Lady AntebellumNew Album “Golden”7 May

30 Seconds to MarsNew Album “Love Lust Faith +Dreams”21 May

“12th of Never”Written By: James PattersonIt's finally time! Detective Lindsay Boxer is in labor--while two killers are on the loose. Lindsay Boxer's beau-tiful baby is born! But after only a week at home withher new daughter, Lindsay is forced to return to work toface two of the biggest cases of her career. A rising starfootball player for the San Francisco 49ers is the primesuspect in a grisly murder.

Release Date: 29 April

“The Interestings”Written by: Meg WolitzerThe summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a sum-mer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decadeslater the bond remains powerful, but so much else haschanged. In The Interestings, Wolitzer follows thesecharacters from the height of youth through middle age,as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction di-verge.Release Date: 9 April

“Trident K9 Warriors”Written by: Micheal Ritland and GaryBrozekAs a Navy SEAL during a combat deployment in Iraq,Mike Ritland saw a military working dog in action and in-stantly knew he’d found his true calling. Ritland startedhis own company training and supplying dogs for theSEAL teams, U.S. Government, and Department of De-fense. He knew that fewer than 1 percent of all workingdogs had what it takes to contribute to the success ofour nation’s elite combat units, and began searching theglobe for animals who fit this specific profile.Release Date: 15 April

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Coloring the music worldTwo Bucks students re-cently learned that in the en-tertainment industry, talent isimportant, but so is network-ing.Last month after a gig atRio Sports Bar and Lounge,John Sansores, 28, and SeanSalm, 27, of the band Coorsreceived the surprise of a lifetime when indie rock super-star and Circa Survive frontman Anthony Green gavethem a unannounced en-dorsement. Social media is currentlyone of the biggest outlets forunsigned bands and musi-cians to get their work outand try to establish a buzzabout their sound. When Salm logged into theband’s Twitter account after aMarch 15 show he noticedsomething right away.A notification popped upsaying Green had re-tweeteda link to the group’s first sin-gle titled “Know When toLeave,” with a message fromthe artist to his fans saying“check these guys out.”Salm said he was floored bythe gesture and earned a new-found appreciation for thepopular singer. “It's nice to see a musicianyou respect and are a fan ofbe into what you are doing,”

Salm said of Green. These two are no strangersto the music scene though.Salm is the ex-guitarist andmastermind behind formerLifeforce Records act Left toVanish which toured from2004 to 2010 and startedwhen he was only a sopho-more in high school. Sansores has been playingand writing music for almost

two decades already. He’sbeen a member of more thanfive local bands and more re-cently filled in on stage forthe group Wrong Answerduring the music festival“This is Hardcore.”The tweet from Green im-mediately became a promo-tional goldmine for thefledgling band. Within minutes of his post,

the band received over 50new ‘likes’ on their Facebookpage and were offered twogig bookings within an hour.Salm says they continue toget fans that say things like,“I heard about you guys fromAnthony Green.”“We really appreciate thathe did that, said Sansores. Itjust goes to show how downto earth he is.”

Sansores studied music the-ory at Bucks and Salm is amostly self-taught tunesmithworking towards a degree inbusiness marketing. Both play multiple instru-ments and have been writingsongs together for four yearsnow.They plan to use their edu-cation at Bucks to navigatethe complicated music indus-try.“My experience as a studentat Bucks was great, Sansoressaid. I learned a lot and ap-preciated all of the staff, es-pecially the musicdepartment who were alwaysthere for me.”Though a lasting career inmusic is not guaranteed byany means, Sansores enjoysthe opportunity to makesomeone’s life better throughsong. “Helping create that gluethat brings people togetherwith the common interest ofyour music is by far the bestachievement,” he said.When asked who theirbiggest musical influenceswere, they both respondedthat their fathers had been akey player in bringing musicinto their lives. The band hopes to havetheir album out by this sum-mer and tour in the fall.

BY: SONIA ZAMBRANACenturion Staff

Colors is an up and coming band in the music industry and is starting to get noticed by the main stream public.

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7FEATUREBucks-news.com The week of April 30, 2013

Local radio veteran offers unique,engaging sports content to fans

events for over 35 years.”In January 1977, Claytonwas laid off at WRCP.Yet, nearly 36 years laterClayton’s drive and materialremain fresh; a walking ency-clopedia of sports knowledgeand an emphatic baseball fan.Sporadically, Clayton getsup to retrieve a Diet Cokefrom his worn Ford bag, oreven to his white sedan to getsomething for the day’sshow. Clayton strides backcomplete with a manilafolder with dozens of pagesfilled withstats, someblank CDs,and a Tri-umphBooks cata-log for the2013 MajorLeagueBaseballseason.He alsoplaceshockeygreatBernie Par-ent’s newbook, “Un-masked,”on the deskjust outsidethe studio.“Got himat2:15(p.m.),” Clayton says.Settling in Philadelphia for33 years, Clayton has alwaysbeen around Bucks County.“I moved out to the suburbsin 1970,” the radio host re-marks.Holding a blank CD, heasks one of the station internsto burn him some audio of aJeff Gordon press confer-ence. The youthful internagrees, with Clayton shoutingfrom the other room: “Howlong does it run?”“14 minutes and 39 sec-onds!”“Excellent!” Clayton ex-

claims.For Clayton, the 1970s notonly represented a change inlocation but perhaps offeredthe most thrilling events ofhis broadcasting career.“I covered the’74,’80,’83,’85,’87 and ’97Stanley Cups. The ’74(clinching game) between theBruins and the Flyers was apretty exciting day.”Clayton also managed tocover the 1976 internationalevent at the Spectrum againstthe Philadelphia Flyers and

the Soviet’s HC CSKAMoscow, reflecting on it asthe “second biggest hockeyevent I ever covered.”At around 18 minutes after2 p.m., Bernie Parent of thePhiladelphia Flyers calls in tothe station, with an eagerClayton waiting to discussParent’s new book. Claytonoffers his praise for thebook’s recollection of the ex-goalie’s career, which fea-tured the controversial tradeto the Toronto Maple Leafs,his reuniting with the Flyersand his two Stanley Cupschampionships in the half-

hour inter-view.“Boy, I could talk to him allday.”Clayton then returns to thecomputer in the back to con-tinue his research on thePhillies of the ‘40s and ‘50s.“I started following thePhils’ and (Richie) Ashburnwas my favorite from the get-go. At St. Luke’s Episco-palian Church I became achoir boy and the choir mas-ter took us all to a Philliesgame, a 7-0 (victory) against

the NewYork Gi-ants onMay 15,1948.(Now) 65yearslater, I’mstill amemberof St.Luke’sEpisco-palianChurch,eventhough it’s30 milesawaycomparedto just afew,”Claytonsays.

In 2000, Clayton penned“50 Phabulous Philles” withJeff Moeller, an in-depth lookinto former Phillies’ stories inthe clubhouse ranging fromthe days of the 1915 WorldSeries to polarizing playerslike Dick Allen and MikeSchmidt. Clayton, along withformer Miami Dolphin GaroYepremian, also authored“Tales from the Miami Dol-phins Sideline,” an inquisi-tive look into the Dolphinsperfect 1972 season.“My favorite all-time sportsmoment, Oct. 1, 1950,Phillies win the pennant. Per-

sonally, I have about 100baseball books and have alsoprobably given hundredsaway,” Clayton says.One of Clayton’s favoritemoments covering baseballcame while reporting on the1996 World Series betweenthe Atlanta Braves and NewYork Yankees. The Allen-town Morning Call’s DonBostrom couldn’t make theWorld Series, “so I got a calland said ‘What time we leav-ing?’ And we got therearound 1 p.m. for (game six)and watched the Yankeesclinch that night.”Following the hourly Inde-pendent Radio News update,it’s time for Skip’s signatureshow, “Racing Wrap.”“There was a restaurant inLanghorne—it’s been soldsince—the old LanghorneSpeedway; Merrill (Reese)called me and asked if Iwanted to do a show there. Isaid ‘sure,’ and we did theshow in the restaurant forfour years before moving tothe studio (WBCB). Feb. 7,1997 was the first show.”For Skip, content on hisshow involves being a mem-ber of NASCAR media com-plete with an electronicaccount for press conferencesand information. Claytonoften has two or three guestcallers a week, involved withracing no-less, some morenoticeable name than others.“Jeff Scott did a show—Weekend on Wheels—and heasked me to cover the IndyCar race in Langhorne at thetime, and a couple of weekslater NASCAR has its race inDover—July 6, 1969. Prior tothat, I didn’t knowNASCAR. Growing up, Ionly knew Indy Car (rac-ing),” he says.Clayton enters the studiocomplete with his manilafolder packed with informa-tion. Each paper inside linedup in chronological order,which, given the number ofsheets, seems like a deliberat-ing task to the common per-son. Clayton offers not only hisinsight but a sense of wisdomand knowledge unheard of bymany radio hosts today.Following “Racing Wrap,”Clayton, now in a studio ofabout three or four peoplecompared to the usual ten,puts on his navy blue wind-breaker and signature, wornNASCAR hat, placing thecatalogs and various sportsbooks in his Ford bag. Making sure to say hisgoodbyes and thanks toeveryone left in the studio,Clayton eventually starts tobreak for his car in theWBCB parking lot.“See you next Monday,” saysClayton for the 16th straightyear.

The door slowly creaksopen around mid-day everyMonday; behind it a manwho, at first, may seem a bitdauntingly stoic, but has as-similated himself in thesports media world fordozens of years.A fixture in Bucks Countywith his auto racing-themedshow, appropriately titled“Racing Wrap” which airsevery Monday at 5 p.m., SkipClayton takes a seat in thedesk opposite the studioboard in the cozy, blue-walled studio known asWBCB 1490AM.The start of the 73-year-old’s day wouldn’t be com-plete without his blue YocumFord bag and tethered whiteNASCAR cap, complete withhis lunch, which usually con-sists of a sandwich and somesliced melon in a plasticbowl, along with some vari-ous media guides and cata-logs. This time it’s aVillanova Basketball mediaprogram.“I might go to that; haven’tdecided yet. I haven’t been toa Villanova game in so long,so long,” says Clayton,slumping back in the leatherchair while offering a bag ofUtz pretzels to anyone insight.After WBCB’s “Speak YourPiece” starts up, Clayton’s at-tention shifts to a Dell com-puter in the back of thestudio, sandwiched right inthe middle of the program di-rector’s office and the audioroom where shows arerecorded. It’s lunch time forSkip, but not before talkingto WBCB Program DirectorMatt Mirro.“Hey Skipper!” remarksMirro in routine fashion.“Matt, did you watch the Su-perbowl?” asks Clayton as heremoves his lunch from aplastic Wawa bag.“Of course!” shouts backMirro while in the process ofphoning various highschools.After e-mailing a few peo-ple, as well as publishers,Clayton turns to MerrillReese, general manager ofWBCB and the voice of thePhiladelphia Eagles.“Merrill, what’d you thinkof the hall of fame class forthe NFL? I thought they wereall deserving.”The sports media veterangot his start as the sports di-rector at WRCP (an ABC af-filiate in Philadelphia) backin the 1960s. Eventually,Clayton found himself work-ing for ABC Radio Networkas well as WRCP, saying he“had a lot of fun.”“I covered everything youcould think of,” Clayton says.“They asked me to cover

BY: CRAIG MILLERCenturion Staff

A seasoned veteran of radio broadcasting, Clayton sits at his desk inside the WBCB studios. PHOTO BY CRAIG MILLER

The WBCB radio station has been a staple of Levitown since 1957. PHOTO BY CRAIG MILLER

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Mustangs silence CenturionsComing off a double headerwhere they scored 16 runscombined against the Cum-berland Dukes, the BucksCenturions (3-11) were heldto two hits by MontgomeryMustangs (5-3) pitcher ZachWasson in an 8-1 loss onApril 23 at MontgomeryCounty Community College. Wasson was spectacular ashis final line consisted ofseven strikeouts and threewalks spread over nine in-nings of work. Wasson reliedheavily on keeping the balldown as he recorded 13ground ball outs. “I just wanted to keep theball low and hit my spots andmix up my slider andchangeup once in a while andhopefully use my defense asa tool,” said Wasson on hiseffectiveness over the Centu-rion lineup. The turning point of thegame came in the second in-ning when the Mustangsscored three runs for theirmost productive offensive in-ning. Mustangs centerfielderDon Woodruff would get thebig hit that drove in two runs.“I was just trying to go op-posite way and get those runs

in and Iwas able toput in be-tween sec-ond andfirst for thesingle,”Woodruffsaid. OpposingWassonwas RobertHayes forBuckswhose lackof controlled to sixwalks insix inningsresulting insix runs al-lowed.Hayes gaveup threeeasily runson threewildpitches. After allowing two hits,Hayes gave up a sac-fly RBIto left fielder EricLewandowski for a 1-0 lead. The Centurion lineup wentdown in quick fashionagainst Wasson. Anotherclutch hit from Woodruff inthe third inning put the Cen-turions in a 4-0 hole.

Wasson would eventuallygive up a hit and walk twobatters, but the Centurionsover aggressiveness on thebase paths cost them as twoCenturions were caught steal-ing to allow Wasson to es-cape the jam. In the bottom half of thethird Hayes uncorked histhird wild pitch and gave up a

RBI singleto secondbasemanNickStrizziereto widenthe gap to6-0. Centurioncenter-fielder An-drewCheckwouldshow offhis wheelsin thefourth in-ning bybeating outa groundball andeventuallyscore on aMustangthrowingerror to getBucks on

the scoreboard. “We just tried to do toomuch,” Check said on the of-fense being stannic. “Wecouldn’t get good swings atthe ball. I mean even my hitwas just an infield hit, so itwasn’t pretty.”With the Centurion lineupheld silent by Wasson, Hayes

would keep his team in thegame by throwing two con-secutive scoreless innings. The day would end for Hayesin the sixth though as twocostly errors would lead totwo more Mustang runs andmake the score 8-1. Centurion relief pitcherMatthew Creevey wouldcome on and pitch two score-less innings to end the game,but that was also it for theCenturion offense as Wassonwould cruise to the victory.“It was not our best per-formance,” Centurion secondbaseman Brandon Romansaid. “I thought we came outpretty flat. The pitcher wasprobably one of the betterpitchers we have seen, but hewas not good enough to dowhat he did today.” Bucks needed a lot of helpcoming into the game to havea chance at the playoffs, butthe loss left little hope for theCenturions. However, Check said theteam would stay motivatedfor the final three games ofthe season. “We’ll play for each other,play for pride and if we canknock someone out of theplayoff race that would benice,” he said.

BY: STEPHEN GODWIN JR.Centurion Staff

Centurions finish off at home in styleIn their last game at home in2013 the Centurions (2-8)called on ace pitcher PatrickO’Leary, who delivered witha complete game over nineinnings with seven strikeoutsand two walks to hand histeam a 10-1 win over theDelaware County Phantoms(1-9) on April 25.O’Leary was locked in fromthe start and worked quickinnings through the game,but pointed behind the plateat his catcher Drew Sica forthe reason for his effective-ness.“It was really pitch selec-

tion,” O’Leary said. “Thecatcher just set me up withsome good calls and I justfollowed what he did and hitmy spots.The turning point in thegame came in the sixth in-ning when the Centurionsscored four runs in the inningwith outfielder Joe Aloia’striple driving in two runs.

Aloia would add anothertriple later in the game as hewould lead the Centurionswith three RBIs.“I struck out twice earlierand (Phantoms pitcherChristopher Catenacci)started throwing me a lot ofcurve balls, so I just tried tohit something up the middleand possibly the other wayand he threw a really nicepitch so I just gave it all Ihad,” Aloia said.Catenacci lacked controlearly, but did not fully paythe price until the sixth in-ning when he chased fromthe game after giving upseven runs while striking outonly four and walking five

over five and a third innings.The Centurions got thejump on Catenacci right outof the gate when shortstopZachary Stuebing hit a sac-fly to drive in the first run ofthe game after back-to-backsingles from Andrew Checkand Brandon Roman.In the bottom of the third in-ning the Centurions nearlysquandered a scoring chancewith Roman and Check onsecond and third, but out-fielder Erik Mazurkiewiczreached on an error that al-lowed both runners to scorefor a 3-0 lead. Phantoms thirdbaseman Michael Calvecchiowould bobble the potentialground out and overthrow

Mazurkiewicz.O’Leary would use the playas momentum and revertback to his early game formby dominating Phantoms hit-ters, striking out three of hisnext four batters at one point.O’Leary was dominant, butwas also the beneficiary ofstellar defense from Stuebingand Check.Catenacci seemed to havesettled down after his earlystruggles, but began to un-ravel in the sixth after allow-ing two straight walks thatdrew a meeting at the mound. “I just had a rough day outthere,” Catenacci said. “I feltpretty good going out theretoday, but then I tightened up

Wasson kept the Centurion lineup at in at bay all day long.

BY: STEPHEN GODWIN JR.Centurion Staff

Bucks Baseball

April 16Bucks 2 Luzerne 3

April 18Bucks 4 - Lehigh Carbon 9

April 20Game One

Cumberland 8 - Bucks 6Game Two

Cumberland 20 - Bucks 2

MLB

April 23Pirates 5 - Phillies 3

April 24Pirates 6 - Phillies 4

April 25Pirates 6 - Phillies 4

April 26 Phillies 4 - Mets 0

April 27Phillies 9 - Mets 4

April 28Phillies 5 - Mets 1

PHOTO BY STEPHEN GODWIN JR.

and started losing my loca-tion out there.”Catenacci would then giveway to teammate ChrisDesiderio, who would retirethe next three men on onlythree pitches as the Centuri-ons seemed eager to pick onthe Phantom reliever.Cruising into the eighth in-ning O’Leary was only at 78pitches, but would see thatnumber rise as an errorwould allow the Phantoms toget within 7-1. The Centuri-ons would more than makeup for that though in the bot-tom half of the inning whenStuebing, outfielder’s MikeKlimowicz and Chris Wallwould add RBIs to extend thelead to 10-1.Despite Centurion headcoach Jeff Cochran warmingup reliever Matthew Creevey,it was O’Leary who wouldfinish what he started for thewin.

Centurion ace Patrick O’Leary kept the Phantoms lineup silent for most of the afternoon. PHOTO BY MELISSA ROWLING

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