Thanks, abb.
“I think he had more power in the state of Pennsylvania than anybody.”
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EVENING OF EXCELLENCE - SECOND MILE AND PATERNO SHARE SALUTE
Lancaster New Era (PA) - Thursday, March 20, 1997
Author: GREG GRASA
HERSHEY - It was billed as “A Celebration of Excellence,” a special evening honoring Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno.
But Paterno himself was the first to point out that this night really was a salute to his assistant, Jerry Sandusky , and The Second Mile organization that Sandusky founded nearly 20 years ago.
“It should be a tribute to Jerry Sandusky and the volunteers in The Second Mile,” Paterno said of his defensive coordinator, who has been an assistant coach for 29 of Paterno’s 31 seasons as head coach. “These are special people, it’s a special project and I just feel privileged to be a part of it tonight.”
A crowd of about 600 filled the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center’s main banquet room Wednesday night to honor Paterno and support a noble endeavor. The Second Mile is a charitable organization that gives disadvantaged youth a second chance. More than 105,000 children across Pennsylvania are currently benefiting from the organization’s network of eight prevention, early-intervention and community-based programs.
“In the environment we’re in right now, Jerry and The Second Mile really prophesied what was going to have to happen with welfare - helping people without having the federal government or the state necessarily do it,” Paterno said. “That private sources could do it and could do it well. The Second Mile is a great example of what people can do who have leadership and who want to do it without a massive bureaucracy.”
Sandusky , whose organization grew out of his own experience as a foster parent, credited Paterno for allowing him the time to nurture The Second Mile and his extended family over the years.
“The Second Mile owes a lot to the Penn State football program and Joe Paterno, who allowed me to divert some of my attention to establishing our organization,” Sandusky said. “I don’t believe there is another major football program in the country in which that could have happened.”
In light of that, Wednesday’s event was an appreciation of both Paterno and The Second Mile. Gov. Tom Ridge and Republican state Sens. Robert Jubelirer and David Brightbill headed a list of luminaries in attendance, which also included a Who’s Who of Penn State athletics.
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Bush honors state group as “Daily Point of Light ‘
Patriot-News, The (Harrisburg, PA) - Wednesday, November 7, 1990
Author: Frank Cozzoli, Patriot News
Jerry Sandusky was saving kids from falling through society’s cracks long before President Bush used his “Thousand Points of Light “ slogan during his campaign for the White House.
Yesterday, the President honored Sandusky and the 500 volunteers of the Second Mile as a “Daily Point of Light “ in recognition of a program that has given thousands of Pennsylvania teen-agers a second chance at success.
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PATERNO SAYS HIS SPEECH AT GOP CONVENTION IS NO BIG DEAL
Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) - Tuesday, August 16, 1988
Author: Robert Zausner, Inquirer Harrisburg Bureau
Joe Paterno ended more than a week of silence yesterday about the controversy over his speech for George Bush at the Republican National Convention by saying it’s not really a big deal.
“I was asked if I would do something by a guy I like very much, a guy I respect very much, and I’m doing it. Period,” said the Penn State football coach, who is scheduled to give the seconding speech for Bush tomorrow night.
“I thought it would be an honor for me, an honor for Penn State and an honor for the state of Pennsylvania,” he said, “and I’m a little bit surprised at the reaction. I didn’t think it was that big a deal, to be frank with you.”
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PATERNO WILL TRY TO GIVE BOOST TO BUSH ‘S CAMPAIGN
York Daily Record (PA) - Wednesday, September 23, 1992
Author: TOM ADAMS Daily Record staff writer
President George Bush is calling on an old friend to help him win over the people of Pennsylvania.
Bush is making a campaign stop in State College today, and he’ll be announced by Penn State football coach Joe Paterno .
It will be the second time that Paterno has introduced Bush during a trip to the Penn State campus. The first was in 1980, during Bush ‘s unsuccessful campaign against Ronald Reagan for the Republican nomination.
“I consider it an honor anytime somebody introduces the president of the United States,” Paterno said Tuesday. “I’m not asking everybody to agree with everything he’s done or what he wants to do, but I still think it’s a great honor for me. I was pleased that they asked me.”
In 1988, after Bush won the nomination, Paterno was asked to second the nomination at the Republican National Convention.
“He’s somebody that I’ve gotten to know and like very much,” Paterno said. “He’s been very interested in my family. He’s written to my boy, Jay, who’s a graduate student at Virginia. He’s dropped me notes. He’s called me at different times to ask me how things are going. He’s a person I enjoy being around and that I admire very much.”
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November 16, 2011
Lawyer Says Alleged Sandusky Victim Will Testify to Severe Sexual Assault
By BILL PENNINGTON
Ben Andreozzi, a Pennsylvania lawyer representing one of eight alleged victims in the Penn State sexual child abuse case, called Jerry Sandusky a “coward” on Wednesday and said that Sandusky’s recent comments on television had emboldened his client to pursue sexual assault charges against Sandusky.
“Mr. Sandusky suggested in some of his comments about the victims that maybe people were backing off,” Andreozzi said in a telephone interview from his office in Harrisburg, Pa. “My client heard that and has dug in his heels. He is feeling more comfortable about going through with this. The comments maybe backfired. They have caused victims to be more motivated to testify against him.”
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Andreozzi added: “I have my finger on the pulse of this case. I don’t know of any existing assault victims changing their story or refusing to testify. To the contrary, others are actually coming forward.”
Andreozzi, whose practice has specialized in child sexual abuse cases, also said he was upset that Penn State had not reached out to any of the victims.
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Yep. Like we found the other day...Paterno knew something all along...how could he not???? And he is connected to others who knew....etc...