Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from November 2002:
THE INTELL'S PICKS
Nov 01, 2002 ... Graphic ...
Nowak finds his on-land stride; Lancaster Catholic junior makes splash in Class AA district meet [Corrected 11/02/02]
Nov 01, 2002; ... Whether in the pool or on rough terrain, Derek Nowak's specialtyis long distance. The Lancaster Catholic junior, who has been swimming competitivelysince he was eight years old, surprised many people -- includinghimself -- by finishing third last weekend at the District ...
CV, Knights advance to AAA semis; Hempfield tops Dover; Bucks beat Gettysburg
Nov 01, 2002; ... Hempfield and Conestoga Valley both had their struggles inThursday's District Three Class AAA girls' volleyball quarterfinals,only to come back and mount convincing wins. Pushed harder than they had been all season long, the BlackKnights (23-0) defeated a cagey Dover squad, 15-7, ...
Mounts shut out of district final; Cumberland Valley claims OT victory in Class AAA semis
Nov 01, 2002; ... Sometimes it all comes down to which team gets the lucky breakfirst. That's what happened Thursday afternoon at Conestoga Valley HighSchool as Cumberland Valley defeated Ephrata, 1-0 in overtime toadvance to Saturday's District Three Class AAA soccer championshipgame at ...
LOCAL NOTES
Nov 01, 2002 ... Powerlifting Bruce Spiegelberg of Mt. Nebo took first place in the 65-69 ...
BRIEFLY
Nov 01, 2002 ... Singh, Lowery share lead Vijay Singh hit a 5-wood within 8 inches of a hole-in-one on EastLake's tough finishing hole Thursday, giving him a 5-under 65 and ashare of the lead with Steve Lowery after the first round of the TourChampionship. Singh's score wasn't as good as the ...
COLLEGES
Nov 01, 2002 ... Men's Basketball Elizabethtown has been selected as the favorite to win theCommonwealth Conference this year in preseason voting by the league'scoaches. The Blue Jays received six first-place votes and 61 pointsto finish in front of Widener. Seniors Brian Loftus and Jon ...
James O'Neill Sr., 85, postal worker [Corrected 11/08/02]
Nov 01, 2002 ... James P. O'Neill Sr., 85, of 300 Willow Lakes Drive, WillowStreet, died Wednesday evening at the Glen at Willow Valley after anillness of several months. He worked at the U.S. Post Office in Doylestown from 1964 to 1989,when he moved to Lancaster. A member of St. Anthony's ...
V.N. Shoenberger, civil service retiree
Nov 01, 2002 ... Vivian N. Shoenberger, 87, of Woodcrest Villa, 2001 HarrisburgPike, died of natural causes Wednesday at home. A retired civil service worker, she worked 25 years in theLancaster County treasurer's office. She was a member of Zion United Church of Christ, New ...
Hulda V. Neff, 93, was homemaker
Nov 01, 2002 ... Hulda V. Neff, 93, of Evergreen Estates, 1300 E. King St., died ofnatural causes Wednesday at home. A homemaker, she worked five years at the McCaskey High Schoolcafeteria. She also volunteered for the Lancaster General Hospital auxiliary. She was a member of Otterbein ...
Pride without prejudice in regular-season finales; McCaskey, Reading put it all on the line despite diminished playoff hopes
Nov 01, 2002; ... Success brings expectations and the Lancaster-Lebanon FootballLeague's success in getting its teams into the District Threeplayoffs has generally made the league playoffs-oriented. That's certainly not a bad thing. Every coach and every playerwants his team to be theij best and ...
Thelma Mitchell, 84, was Gimble's clerk
Nov 01, 2002 ... Thelma Elizabeth Mitchell, 84, of Woodcrest Villa, 2001 HarrisburgPike, died Thursday at Lancaster General Hospital after a briefillness. She was a sportswear and lingerie sales clerk for 13 years at theformer Gimble's department store at Park City, retiring in 1982. A ...
Marguerite Grill, 86, homemaker
Nov 01, 2002 ... Marguerite M. Grill, 86, of 2064 Stonecrest Drive, formerly of2047 Pennwick Road, died Wednesday at home after a brief illness.A homemaker, she was a member of Grace United Church of Christ. Bornin Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Howard and LottieHackenberger ...
Blaine E. Gantz, 76, farmer, truck driver
Nov 01, 2002 ... Blaine E. Gantz, 76, of 1505 Cloverleaf Road, Mount Joy, diedWednesday at the Masonic Health Care Center after a short illness. He operated a family-owned farm in Mount Joy Township. He also wasa truck driver for Wenger's Feed Mill in Rheems and a cattle truckdriver for Walter ...
Mary E. Rutt, 88, retired from banking
Nov 01, 2002 ... Mary Elizabeth Rutt, 88, formerly of 135 City Mill Road, diedWednesday at the Mennonite Home after a long illness. She retired from First Union Bank's Bridgeport branch after 40years in banking. Previously, she worked for the former State Bank ofParadise and other banks that merged ...
Richard Noel, 59, Armstrong employee
Nov 01, 2002 ... Richard Lee Noel, 59, of Warendorf, Germany, formerly ofLancaster, died Oct. 24 at home after a long illness. He was a 37-year employee of Armstrong World Industries. Since1988, he had served as plant controller of its Armstrong BuildingProducts GmbH plant in Muenster, ...
Richard Newswanger, 65, was taxi driver
Nov 01, 2002 ... Richard E. Newswanger, 65, of 619 E. Orange St., died of naturalcauses Wednesday at Essa Flory Hospice Center. He was a taxi driver for 11 years, retiring in September 2001. Hepreviously worked as a printer for Acorn Press. Born in ...
Glen E. Hay, 79, retired truck driver
Nov 01, 2002 ... Glen E. Hay, 79, of 1591 New St., East Petersburg, died of naturalcauses Wednesday at home. He retired in 1988 after more than 40 years as a truck driver forthe former Penn Dairies. A U.S. Army veteran of World War II, heserved in Europe. He was a member of Ashara Lodge 398 ...
George Golicher, 79, machinist, veteran
Nov 01, 2002 ... George L. Golicher, 79, of 2653 Battleground Road, Cowpens, S.C.,formerly of Lancaster, died Oct. 23 at Spartanburg Regional MedicalCenter after a short illness. He retired as a machinist and tool and die maker for the formerRCA Corp. He moved to South Carolina last ...
Jane Gaynor, 78, led Planned Parenthood
Nov 01, 2002 ... Jane Elizabeth Gaynor, 78, of 23 Ridge Drive, Lititz, died from aheart-related illness Thursday morning at Ephrata Community Hospital. She was a past president and member of Planned Parenthood ofLancaster County for more than 30 years. She was honored for herefforts during ...
Alfred England, 64, was farmer, driver
Nov 01, 2002 ... Alfred R. England, 64, of 104-A Green Tree Road, Quarryville, diedof natural causes Tuesday in Hopkinsville, Ky. A self-employed farmer, he worked 10 years transporting Amish andsupplies between Lancaster and Hopkinsville. Born in Nottingham, he was the son of the late Roger ...
Elizabeth Achtemeier, biblical scholar
Nov 01, 2002 ... Nationally known theologian and author Elizabeth May RiceAchtemeier, 76, died of cancer Friday at her home in Richmond, Va. The former Lancaster Theological Seminary professor was a retiredadjunct professor of Bible and homiletics at Union TheologicalSeminary in Virginia. She ...
May wants confession out of his trial; Faces death sentence for couple's murders
Nov 01, 2002; ... Landon May, facing a death sentence for the murder of an Ephratacouple in their home, wants to block some of the evidence against himfrom being used at his trial. May's capital murder trial began Thursday in Lancaster CountyCourt. He is the first to go to trial of the four people ...
Safe, warm, but such fun; Kids of all ages trick-or-treat in F&M center
Nov 01, 2002; ... Lancaster neighborhoods swarmed with costumed trick-or-treatersThursday night, not only outdoors but indoors as well. At Franklin & Marshall's Alumni Sports and Fitness Center, nearly200 children dressed as pumpkins, Poohs, ghouls and goblins filledthe center for the third annual ...
Seeking a smarter way to fight crime
Nov 01, 2002; ... Want to take a bite out of crime? Try thinking like a scientist. It turns out experimentation, objective analysis and logic are asindispensable to crime fighting as handcuffs. And while the need to use reason to foil bad guys would come as nosurprise to Sherlock Holmes, it's ...
Petolicchio, Wenger vie for Senate seat; Third-party hopeful targets state legislator
Nov 01, 2002; ... State Sen. Noah Wenger and his Constitution Party challenger,Laurel Lynn Petolicchio, share a common interest in chickens. The senator has 12,000 laying hens on his Ephrata-area farm.Petolicchio has a dozen chickens in her Rapho Township backyard. In politics and in poultry, ...
The 16th is race from left to right
Nov 01, 2002; ... With candidates challenging him right and left, Republican U.S.Rep. Joe Pitts says this year's 16th Congressional District election"almost makes me look like a moderate." Challenging Pitts from the right is Constitution Party candidateKenneth L. Brenneman of Millersville, and, from ...
Was vandalism a political statement?
Nov 01, 2002 ... TO THE EDITOR: In October, my husband and I enjoyed a wonderful leisure vacationin Lancaster County. We enjoyed scenery, the Millennium Theater, toomuch food and great shopping. This was our third trip to "the county." There was one incidentthat marred our otherwise great ...
Where was the anti-war coverage?
Nov 01, 2002 ... TO THE EDITOR: Where's our anti-war coverage? So much for the so-called "liberal press and media" in LancasterCounty. The Oct. 26 peace march and demonstration in Washington, D.C.against a U.S.-led war on Iraq (which was attended by more than200,000 participants) ...
Anti-tax vote
Nov 01, 2002 ... TO THE EDITOR: I believe the smokers and tobacco growers of Lancaster County mustsend a message to our government. We are a minority group and havebeen burdened with a tobacco tax that should have been levied equallyon all taxpayers. This tax is costing each and every one of ...
A Jeff Smoker memory
Nov 01, 2002 ... TO THE EDITOR: Enough speculation about Jeff Smoker already! I'll share a story Iknow is true. During Jeff's senior year of high school, a closefriend of coach Mike Williams was terminally ill with cancer. Thisfriend, Mark Zellers, was a faithful Manheim Central football fan ...
Hickernell in 98th
Nov 01, 2002 ... The battle for the 98th Legislative District was supposed to havebeen fought in May when Dave Hickernell, Lancaster County Clerk ofCourts, toppled incumbent state Rep. Tom Armstrong by a 3-to-2margin. But Hickernell was facing only one opponent in the primary. In thegeneral ...
DATEBOOK
Nov 01, 2002 ... Support groups Sunday 2 p.m. -- Program for people dealing with grief during theupcoming holiday season, sponsored by Buch Funeral Home and HeiligFuneral Home and Cremation Services, at Acorn Farms Reception andConference Center, Mount Joy. Free. Program is "Creating ...
Brubakers celebrate 55 years
Nov 01, 2002 ... Mr. and Mrs. J. Marlin and Estella (Kreider) Brubaker, Manheim,celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Oct. 25. They weremarried Oct. 25, 1947, at Mount Pleasant Brethren in Christ Church bythe Rev. Monroe Dourte and Bishop Jacob T. Ginder. They are the parents of John A., ...
Student on training flight from Lancaster Airport when aircraft plunges into Susquehanna; 3 hurt
Nov 01, 2002; ... Three people were injured Thursday night when their helicoptercrashed into the Susquehanna River near Marietta during a pilottraining session. Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board andthe Federal Aviation Administration are expected to arrive inMarietta ...
Pa. considers future of medical procedure; Pilot program allows paramedics to use it here
Nov 01, 2002; ... Some of those injured Sunday night when a minivan slammed into ahorse-drawn buggy on a Martic Township bridge received acontroversial treatment that Pennsylvania paramedics might soonperform for the last time. A medical procedure called rapid sequence induction intubation,RSI for ...
Diabetes awareness in county growing
Nov 01, 2002; ... The day after sugar by the ton was ingested by all manner of U.S.residents, the government announced that hospitalization, wherediabetes was diagnosed as the primary or secondary cause, increased16.8 percent from 1997 to 2001. In 2001, diabetes-related illnesses resulted in 16.5 ...
Ready for Christmas? These performers are; With Halloween over, it's time for Christmas at AMT
Nov 01, 2002; ... American Music Theatre's new holiday revue, "AMT Christmas '02,"takes to the stage Tuesday, filled with classic Christmas music,dancing and comedy. Written and directed by Brad Moranz, with the able assistance ofhis wife, Jennifer, and backed by an ensemble of talented singers ...
'Dogtown' a loving memoir of skateboarding's youth
Nov 01, 2002; ... In the early '60s, the sight of an abandoned amusement parkwasting away on the prairie inspired director Herk Harvey andscreenwriter John Clifford to make "Carnival of Souls," a low-budgetfright-phenom that's never lost its hold on horror-film fans. A few years later, a crumbling ...
Fallaci's 9/11 rage, though delayed, is no less potent
Nov 01, 2002; ... DETAILS "The Rage and the Pride" by Oriana Fallaci, Rizzoli, 2002. "The Rage and the Pride" is the book about, and in reaction to,Sept. 11 by the heroic journalist Oriana Fallaci. In it, she has written a blistering critique of European politicalcorrectness and of ...
Ready for Christmas? These performers are // AMT presents an array of stars in 2003
Nov 01, 2002; ... Ray Charles, Pat Boone, Anne Murray, Glen Campbell and KennyRogers are just a few of the bright spots in a galaxy of starsheading for the American Music Theatre in 2003. The AMT's star-studded lineup begins in January with the ever-popular Elvis Birthday Bash. Back for their fourth ...
Seventh Sister enjoys goofing on Greek tragedy
Nov 01, 2002; ... DETAILS "A Phoenix Too Frequent," Thu. through Nov. 24, Theater ofthe Seventh Sister, Fondersmith Auditorium, 31 S. Duke St., $18,seniors $16, students $14, children 12 and under $12, two-for-one daySun. Nov. 10, 396-7764. "Fiddler on the Roof" was a matchmaker for Matt and April ...
From Russia, with love of technology; Soviet brings synth sounds to Chameleon
Nov 01, 2002; ... DETAILS Stereo Total, Soviet, The Mystechs, Sat., 9 p.m.,Chameleon Club, 223 N. Water St., $10, 393-7133. Keith Ruggiero, the leader of the electro-pop band Soviet, said heremembers when New Wave was a fad. "Music from the late '70s and early '80s had all this synthesizerin ...
Tonight's show: Dave Wilson and the supergroup
Nov 01, 2002; ... Lancaster saxophonist David Wilson has summoned Lebanon's SteveMeashey (bass), York's Jeff Stabley (drums) and Elizabethtown's KirkReese (piano) -- four of the area's most progressive-minded jazzmusicians -- for what should be the reunion of the year, tonight atthe Belvedere Inn, 402 N ....
'It's important that people love music' // Jeremy Weiss has been stoking the fires of Lancaster's indie rock scene for years -- and he's not about to stop
Nov 01, 2002; ... DETAILS Albert React, Sadaharu, Superstitions of the Sky, tonight,6 p.m., Chameleon Club, 223 N. Water St., $8, 393-7133. At 15, Jeremy Weiss had a love for punk rock -- with the mohawkand attitude to match. "I wanted to organize a show at the Chameleon Club," he said. "SoI ...
BRIEFLY
Nov 02, 2002 ... Gafrarar Rookie of Year Chuck Gafrarar, a Lancaster County native, finished on top in asport dominated by people south of the Mason-Dixon Line. The Hempfield grad, who has been running in the NASCAR Goody'sDash Series since February, came away with the Rookie of the Yearaward ...
Kim Harclerode reaches PIAA singles semifinals
Nov 02, 2002 ... The good news for Manheim Township's Kim Harclerode is that sheadvanced to the semifinals of the PIAA Class AAA TennisChampionships. The bad news is that she meets defending championHilary Mintz of Bensalem in this morning's semifinal round. Harclerode, the L-L League champ and ...
COLLEGES
Nov 02, 2002 ... Men's Soccer Allegheny freshman David Roberts (Hempfield) had an assist in a 2-1 overtime win over Ohio Wesleyan Wednesday. Women's Soccer Messiah junior Erin Benedict (Warwick) scored two goals in ...
Blazers edge Susquenita in district semis, 1-0 ; Lancaster Mennonite to face Palmyra for AA title; Hershey tops Warriors in AAA semifinals
Nov 01, 2002; ... Bad things supposedly come in groups of three, but for theLancaster Mennonite field hockey team, every third year seems to bethe charm when it comes to winning district titles. The Blazers, who won the District Three Class AA championship in1996 and 1999, will play for the 2002 ...
Elizabeth Gunzenhauser, 90, homemaker
Nov 01, 2002 ... Elizabeth Alyce Gunzenhauser, 90, of Fairmount Nursing Home, 219Cats Back Road, Ephrata, formerly of Narvon, died Wednesday at homeafter a long illness. A homemaker, she graduated from the former Stevens High School in1929. She was a 53-year member of Honey Brook Presbyterian ...
Strong to the finish
Nov 01, 2002 ... CoreSource employees pose as "Popeye" characters Thursdayafternoon during the company's Halloween parade in Steinman ...
Drug task force nabs 3 in city on drug charges
Nov 01, 2002; ... The Lancaster County Drug Task Force arrested three men Thursdayin two separate drug busts. Teodoro Lopez, 44, of 753 Beaver St., was arrested at 6:40 p.m.and charged with three counts of unlawful delivery of cocaine. Lopez owns the city business The Corner Cut, according to a ...
Pull out the creative stops and add some life to your furniture knobs
Nov 01, 2002; ... A great way to give an old cabinet or piece of furniture a newlook is to change its knobs. This can be done numerous ways withouthaving to run out to the local home decor store to purchase customknobs for an exorbitant amount of money. A coat of paint or polymer clay can yield fun ...
CORRECTIONS/CLARIFICATIONS
Nov 01, 2002 ... Because of an editing error, a story in Thursday's IntelligencerJournal misstated Neil Kinsey's opinion of the possible expansion ofboards of supervisors in Penn and Manor townships. The sentenceshould have read: Residents should not use board expansion to settlepolitical ...
Warriors blank Ephrata for Male Trophy; Brenner's big plays help Warwick pull away from Mountaineers for 36-0 triumph
Nov 02, 2002; ... Ephrata's Ross Buckwalter came out firing and continued to do so,but Warwick's Joe Brenner made the difference Friday night during theWarriors' 36-0 victory for the George Male Trophy at Joseph GroshField. In the season finale for both teams, Ephrata's strength was in thearm of ...
Brubaker's third-quarter TD run keys Pioneers; L-S finishes season with seven straight victories
Nov 02, 2002; ... Nick Brubaker was finishing his conversation with a visitor lateFriday night when he was suddenly whisked away by a Lampeter-Strasburg teammate. "Sorry," his teammate said. "He'll have to talk on the go." On the go seems to be the preferred course of action these daysfor the ...
PV pounds out first .500 finish; Offensive line opens door to 33-26 victory over Raiders [Corrected 11/03/02]
Nov 02, 2002; ... Robert Shifflett and Craig Thompson stood on a muddy field,surrounded by their offensive linemen and big grins of joy. Both Pequea Valley running backs showed signs of a fierce battle -- Shifflett had blood all over his pants while Thompson, sporting aMohawk, had sweat dripping ...
MU (1-6) AT EAST STROUDSBURG (5-2)
Nov 02, 2002 ... When: Today, 1 p.m. Where: Eiler-Martin Stadium. Radio: WLPA-AM (1490), 12:45 p.m. History: ESU leads the series, 29-23-1. About Millersville: Millersville coach Kevin Kiesel earned hisfirst win of the season last week when the Marauders defeatedKutztown ...
ILLINOIS (3-5) AT PENN STATE (5-3)
Nov 02, 2002 ... When: Today, 3:30 p.m. Where: Beaver Stadium, University Park. TV: ESPN. Radio: WLAN-AM 1390. History: PSU leads 9-2, but dropped a 33-28 decision to theFighting Illini last year in Champaign. About Penn State: The 20th-ranked Nittany Lions were limited to ...
Buckskins overcome Spartans; Defense paces CV past Garden Spot
Nov 02, 2002; ... A lot of things did not matter to Garden Spot's first-year headcoach Eric Spencer heading into Friday night's contest with ConestogaValley. It did not matter that the Buckskins (6-1 Section Two, 8-2overall) were heavily favored, and it certainly did not matter thatthe Spartans ...
Hempfield swamps Streaks for 7-3 season; Blair leads Black Knights with 248 yards rushing -- in six carries -- and four TDs
Nov 02, 2002; ... Every team wants to end its season on an up note, but the BlackKnights of Hempfield ended on a sky-high note, as they overwhelmedManheim Township 53-10 Friday night in Neffsville. "It was real important for us to finish 7-3 overall," saidHempfield coach Tom Getz. "After what these ...
Eagles forge three-way tie for section title; Tide drubs Donegal, secures top seed in district tourney
Nov 02, 2002 ... Columbia clinched its share of the Section Three title with a 47-0 shutout of Donegal Friday night at Columbia. The section title was the Crimson Tide's third in the last fouryears. Last year Columbia went unbeaten to win the title outright.The Tide shared the title with Donegal ...
Eagles forge three-way tie for section title; Janis paces Cocalico to season-ending win over Crusaders, 22-8
Nov 02, 2002; ... In his final high school game on the final night of the regularseason, Brett Janis reminded fans, and particularly Eagles coach PhilKauffman, why the senior quarterback will be missed when next seasonrolls around. On a brutally cold night, for spectators anyway, in Denver, ...
Barons punch playoff ticket, win section title; After 24-0 victory, Central has a first-round playoff date with either Northern or Lower Dauphin
Nov 02, 2002; ... Brandon Shank, like all of his other Baron teammates, shuddered atthe thought of not making the district playoffs. "That'd be the worst thing in the world," said Shank. After all, the Barons are the 10-time defending Class AAAchampions and have appeared in 13 of the last 14 ...
STUDY ON APOCALYPSE
Nov 02, 2002 ... Greg Carey, associate professor of New Testament at LancasterTheological Seminary, will look at the apocalyptic message ofRevelation from many venues at Highland Presbyterian Church, 1801Oregon Pike, on Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 9 and 10. On Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon, Carey will ...