Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from June 2003:
Eckerd-Kinard
Jun 01, 2003 ... The marriage of Leighann Kinard and Patrick Eckerd, both ofMarietta, took place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 24, at St. Peter'sCatholic Church, Columbia, with the Rev. Kenneth Smith officiating. The bride is the daughter of Harry and Beth Kinard, Columbia. She graduated from ...
No negotiations until terrorism ends [Corrected 06/13/03]
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon is correct when he says nonegotiations until the terrorism stops. Terrorism, violence or anti-Semitism are not gestures of peace. Recently, Mahmoud Abbas, the New Palestinian Prime Minister, madesome remarks about the road ...
Elliker - Miller
Jun 02, 2003 ... Amy Rose Miller, Lancaster, daughter of Robert A. and Sheri L.Miller, Blandon, was married May 25 to Stephen McKim Elliker,Lancaster, son of James M. and Roula S. Elliker, Blandon. The Rev. Thomas Pappalas and Metropolitan Maximos officiated atthe 3 p.m. ceremony at Sts ....
Partners on dance floor -- and at Senior Games // Ballroom dancers Martin and Brockie co-chairthis week's competition at Franklin & Marshall
Jun 02, 2003; ... The co-chairs of the 2003 Lancaster Senior Games believe thatpeople don't need to work hard to stay fit -- they just need to beactive. Ballroom dancers Miles Martin and Mary Ann Brockie are thehonorary co-chairs for the 15th annual competition, which begin at8:45 this morning at ...
LOCAL NOTES
Jun 02, 2003 ... Auto Racing Jim Kearney and the Valvoline Express finished fifth Sunday in aMid-Ohio National at Mid-Ohio Sportscar Course, just outside ofMansfield, Ohio. Steven Davis of Powder Springs, Ga. won the race.Kearney qualified fourth in a field of 20 competitors. The ...
BRIEFLY; CV falls in district lacrosse final
Jun 02, 2003 ... The Conestoga Valley boys' lacrosse team dropped the DistrictThree Division B Championship 7-1 to Hershey at Messiah CollegeSunday. Conestoga Valley (9-10) came into the game on a hot streak,winning five straight. Hershey (10-7) ended the streak with staunchdefensive ...
Julia Ann Eckman, Coatesville native
Jun 02, 2003 ... Julia Ann Eckman, 52, of Galena, Md., formerly of LancasterCounty, died Sunday at home of cancer. A homemaker, she was a member of Olivet United Methodist Church inGalena and Galena Volunteer Fire Company. She enjoyed flowergardening, painting and her pets. Born in ...
DIVORCES GRANTED
Jun 02, 2003 ... The following divorces were granted recently in county court. Lamont F. Alexander of Lancaster and Janice Beverly Shaw ofPhiladelphia. They were married on Nov. 11, 1978. Larry A. Allmond and Linda C. Allmond of Lancaster. They weremarried on April 19, 1995. Michael A ....
Gene Weiler, 72, Enterprise retiree
Jun 02, 2003 ... Gene W. Weiler, 72, of 926 Mt. Zion Road, Narvon, died Sundaymorning at home following a long illness. Weiler retired in 1979 from the former Enterprise Telephone Co.,now Frontier Communications, where he had worked for 33 years as aninstaller and repairman. Born in Salisbury ...
'Al' Vigunas, 75, Warner Lambert retiree
Jun 02, 2003 ... Albert Adolph "Al" Vigunas, 75, of 120 Brusen Drive, Lititz, diedat home Saturday after a long illness. He worked at Warner Lambert for 24 years, serving as manager ofdata processing and chairman of the retirees membership. He alsoworked 12 years for the Dioceses of Harrisburg ...
Marian D. Shoap, 79, lived in Hershey
Jun 02, 2003 ... Marian D. Shoap, 79, of Willow Valley Manor North, formerly ofHershey, died Saturday at home. Death was due to natural causes. She was a member of Zion Luthern Church, Hummelstown. She wasformerly a member of Hershey Country Club, Quentin Riding Club andHummelstown Womens ...
Dorothy Hershey, substitute teacher
Jun 02, 2003 ... Dorothy D. Hershey, 95, formerly of 77 S. Hazel St., Manheim, diedSaturday morning in Pleasant View Retirement Community, Manheim,after a long illness. She lived at Pleasant View for two and a half years. She was a substitute teacher and taught in many Lancaster ...
Emily E. Franko, 88, of Lancaster
Jun 02, 2003 ... Emily E. Franko, 88, of 100 Abbeyville Road, formerly of SpringManor Apartments and Tinsmill, Westmoreland County, died Saturday inManorCare Health Services of natural causes after a long illness. Mrs. Franko was a homemaker and member of St. Philip the ApostleCatholic Church in ...
Florence Enck, 95, shoe company worker
Jun 02, 2003 ... Florence V. Enck, 95, formerly of 410 N. Sixth Street, Denver,died of natural causes Sunday morning in Denver Nursing Home. She worked for Berkshire Knitting Mill in Wyomissing and theformer A.N. Wolf Shoe Company, Denver. Born in East Cocalico Township, she was a daughter of ...
Richard H. Coble, 84, school custodian
Jun 02, 2003 ... Richard H. Coble, 84, of The Mennonite Home, 1520 Harrisburg Pike,formerly of Elizabethtown, died there Saturday after a brief illness. Before his retirement in 1987, he worked for Derry Township MiddleSchool as a custodian. In earlier years, he worked as a trimmer forthe former ...
Margit Birinyi, 87, knitting instructor
Jun 02, 2003 ... Margit Kontes Birinyi, 87, of 1941 Benmar Drive, died of naturalcauses Friday at home. Born in Hungary, she was a daughter of the late Mihael andZsuzsanna Szanku Kontes. She was a schoolteacher for 15 years in Hungary. She was also aknitting instructor at the former Watt & ...
Amos L. Beiler, 90, Amish bishop
Jun 02, 2003 ... Amos L. Beiler, 90, of 504 Vintage Road, Paradise, died Sunday athome after a long illness. He was a retired farmer and a pallet shop worker. He was a bishop and a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Born in Ronks, he was a son of the late Jacob Y. and Sannie ...
Ruth C. Beam, 85, of Landisville
Jun 02, 2003 ... Ruth C. Beam, 85, of 2901 Harrisburg Pike, Landisville, formerlyof Manor Ridge Drive, died Saturday after a short illness in Oak LeafManor-North. A homemaker, she also worked for 20 years at Rocky Springs RollerRink. She was a life-long member of St. Luke's United Church of ...
Katie L. Stoltzfus, 95, of Paradise
Jun 02, 2003 ... Katie L. Stoltzfus, 95, of Landis Homes, Lititz, formerly of SouthBelmont Road, Paradise, died of natural causes Saturday at home. Shewas under a doctor's care. Born in Leacock Township, she was a daughter of the late Benueland Fannie Fisher Lapp. Mrs. Stoltzfus was a ...
Eleanor B. Richter, 76, of Lancaster
Jun 02, 2003 ... Eleanor B. Richter, 76, of 1112 Old Eagle Road died of naturalcauses Saturday in ManorCare Health Service where she had residedsince March. She was under the care of Hospice of Lancaster County. She was a 1944 graduate of the former Upper Leacock High Schooland a 1947 gradiate of ...
Paul Newswanger, 96, of New Holland
Jun 02, 2003 ... Paul S. Newswanger, 96, of 353 N. Hoover Ave., New Holland, diedof natural causes Saturday evening at the home of his son Harvey. Born in Caernarvon Township, he was a son of the late David andAnnie Sauder Newswanger. Newswanger, a farmer who retired in 1965, was a member of ...
Gabrielle Morrison, E. Petersburg infant
Jun 02, 2003 ... Gabrielle Lynn "Gabby" Morrison, infant daughter of Jessica LynnMorrison of East Petersburg, died shortly after birth Sunday ofnatural causes at Women & Babies Hospital. In addition to her mother, she is survived by maternalgrandparents Lynn M. Keifer of East Petersburg and Jeffrey ...
'Dotty' Groff, 69, lived in Leola
Jun 02, 2003 ... Dorothy "Dotty" J. Groff, 69, of 305 Rolling Terrace, Leola, diedSunday morning in Essa Flory Hospice Center after a long illness. She retired from Irex Inc. Prior to that, she worked for theformer J.B. Van Sciver, Armstrong Cork Company and the former FieldClothier. She was ...
Nancy Ferguson, 65, of Ephrata
Jun 02, 2003 ... Nancy Burlile Ferguson, 65, of 234 Church Ave., Ephrata, diedunexpectedly at home Thursday of natural causes. For many years she worked at the F and M Hat Co. in Denver. She last worked as a desk clerk at Denver Comfort Inn. Born in Washington Court House, Ohio, she was a ...
Clair A. Carter, 63, PP&L retiree
Jun 02, 2003 ... Clair A. Carter, 63, of 43 Crystal Drive, Holtwood, died ofnatural causes Saturday in Lancaster General Hospital. Until retiring in 1995 he was employed by Pennsylvania Power andLight for 32 years as a station mechanic at the Holtwood Plant. He was a member of Middle Octorara ...
Judge to decide MT killing case // Moret granted nonjury trial
Jun 02, 2003; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: A portion of this story, which ran in Saturday'sIntelligencer Journal, was misleading. A corrected version of thestory is being published in its entirety today. A Manheim Township man accused of killing his neighbor and burningher apartment to conceal the crime has ...
LGH fails to secure permissionto rezone West Earl tract
Jun 02, 2003; ... Lancaster General Hospital learned at the May 27 West EarlSupervisors' meeting that it failed to win approval to have the 55-acre Garland tract at Routes 222 and 322 in West Earl rezoned as ahealth care district. The hospital proposes to build its North Campus outpatientfacility ...
Help Wanted: Director for SDL board // Someone to fill in for exiting Dan Desmond
Jun 02, 2003; ... School District of Lancaster's board of directors is acceptingresumes from residents interested in serving on what may be a six-month term on the board. The board is seeking to replace Dan Desmond, who resigned at lastweek's meeting to accept an offer to become deputy secretary of ...
DISH at war with WHTM ABC; Two media companies blame each other for programming lapse
Jun 02, 2003; ... DISH Network subscribers checking in to watch the NHL finalsSaturday afternoon instead watched the satellite company's chiefexecutive fire shots at WHTM ABC, Harrisburg. Charlie Ergen, CEO of EchoStar, parent company of DISH Network,said WHTM-TV owner, Allbritton Communications ...
The good ol' ways of hog farming
Jun 02, 2003; ... Waterkeeper Alliance will present its 3rd annual Sustainable HogFarming Summit Saturday in Gettysburg, featuring presentations andpanel discussions on sustainable farming practices, farm-to-marketinitiatives and the impacts of industrial-scale confinement hogproduction on rural ...
Three arrested in county drug task force raid; Police find cocaine, guns, paraphernalia
Jun 02, 2003; ... Lancaster County Drug Task Force arrested two men and a womanFriday during a raid on a city residence. Arrested were Jose Luis Colon, 43, of Lebanon, and SandraVelazquez, 24, and Carlos Cartenga, 22, both of 9 Howard Ave. Task force officers executed a search warrant at 6:30 ...
Retain state library funding
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: As a 10-year-old, I oppose the state budget proposal that takesaway 50 percent of state aid to public libraries. I love books, andmy family and I go to the library about once a week and check outmany books. If these cuts are made, I'm afraid there will be fewer ...
Raising questions about cyberschool gradautes
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: My congratulations to Ian Shannon on his graduation from highschool (Intell, May 26). I'm glad to see that the IntelligencerJournal considers him a graduate because the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania won't. The article about his accomplishment did not specify, but ...
Sad signs of the times
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: Is it a sign that a nation has lost all sense of values and is ona path of self destruction when: A shoe company pays a high school basketball player $90 million toendorse its product? A bank pays Colonial Golf ...
Why stop at slot machines?
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: Two articles in the May 13 Intell concerned gambling (slotmachines at racetracks). The first was on the editorial page, and itstated that if these machines were allowed to be placed atracetracks, the revenue that could be generated would be roughly ...
Land for peace?
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: To promote peace in the Middle East -- in the generous spirit of"land for peace" -- we should respond ...
NASA's next test
Jun 02, 2003 ... Recent tests suggest that it may well have been a piece of foaminsulation that damaged tiles on the space shuttle Columbia andultimately led to its destruction as it re-entered Earth's atmosphereon Feb. 1. Discovering the cause of the accident is vitally important becausethe ...
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of '03
Jun 02, 2003; ... On May 28, President Bush signed the Jobs and Growth Tax ReliefReconciliation Act of 2003 into law. This is the third major tax lawin three years. You really need a scorecard for the tax laws these days. The newlaw creates a maze of new rules; accelerations of benefits passedlast ...
COMPANIES
Jun 02, 2003 ... The Philadelphia law firm of Montgomery, McCracken, Walker &Rhoads has hired Tricia J. Sadd as an associate attorney in thefirm's litigation ...
ORGANIZATIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... The Nursing Foundation of Pennsylvania has named Jessie F. Rohneras president of its executive committee. Rohner, of Elizabethtown, is retired as executive administrator ofthe Pennsylvania State Nurses Association, a position she held formore than 10 years. She ...
ORGANIZATIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... The Lancaster Medical Society Alliance has elected Marcia Barr ofManheim Township as its president. Also serving for 2003-2004 are:treasurer, Linda Hutt of Manheim Township; recording secretariesTracy Carroll of Lancaster Township and Andrea Miller of ManheimTownship; and corresponding ...
COMPANIES
Jun 02, 2003 ... Richard J. King Jr. has joined the Harrisburg office of Wolf,Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen as a partner. King, of Lancaster, had been vice president and associate generalcounsel for the Lancaster General health system since 1997. Before that, ...
COMPANIES
Jun 02, 2003 ... High Safety Consulting Services, an affiliate of High IndustriesInc., has hired Kevin Keith as manager of business development. Keith, of ...
PROMOTIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... Fulton Financial Corp. and one of its subsidiaries, FultonFinancial Advisors, has promoted three employees to managementpositions. They are Barth B. Bailey of Lititz, Angela J. Schadt of Akron andMelissa D. Wissler of Leola. Bailey is vice president and director of ...
PROMOTIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... Wohlsen Construction Co. has promoted Daryl J. Evans to directorof construction. Evans, of East Lampeter, was previously a senior project manager.He has ...
PROMOTIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... Alan Ernst has been promoted to vice president of sales andmarketing for Gamber Container and its Bacon Jug Co. division inLittleton, N.H. Ernst, of Adamstown, was ...
ORGANIZATIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... James M. Deitch, chairman and chief executive officer of AmericanHome Bank, has been appointed to the Pennsylvania Bankers AssociationEducation Training Services Policy Committee. The committee directs, monitors and approves PBA educationalschools and academies to ensure they meet ...
COMPANIES
Jun 02, 2003 ... Amber Waves Software, Lancaster, has received a $750,000 SmallBusiness Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes ofHealth to develop software that will enable researchers and studentsto understand how neighborhoods and ghettos form. Amber Waves is leading a team that ...
Why not turn a competitor's closing into your gain
Jun 02, 2003; ... Sometimes, business flows in to us from unexpected good fortunewith which we really had nothing to do. Other times, it takes someinitiative on our part to send it in our direction. I write a weekly newsletter, "create your own luck" ( to sign up,e-mail azriela@mindspring.com), and ...
CERTIFICATION
Jun 02, 2003 ... Lancaster County funeral director Loren Bender has been awardedthe Certified Preplanning Consultant designa tion, a national programto standardize certifica tion for consultants who help families planfuneral services in advance. Bender, of New Holland, is funeral director with ...
New test awaits Warwick; Warriors take on '02 runner-up Neshaminy
Jun 02, 2003; ... While Warwick's softball team goes in search of its first PIAATournament victory today, the Warriors' opponent, Neshaminy, isseeking a return to the Class AAA finals. That's where the study in contrast begins for the District Threechampion Warriors and the District One third-seeded ...
Mentally, physically, Knights measure up; PIAA three-peat speaks to Hempfield's total game
Jun 02, 2003; ... SHIPPENSBURG -- We'll leave it to Upper St. Clair assistant boys'volleyball coach Jarred Fajerski to describe what it's like to playHempfield. "In the second game of our match, we thought we put a real goodplay together. Our setter got the ball to (6-foot-11) Andrew (Atman)and he ...
Down and dirty; Players hit the mud during Schreiber Center's annual Softball Weekend
Jun 02, 2003; ... By Sunday evening, the dugouts in Stauffer Park consisted of twobig puddles. The first base line looked like a giant Slip 'n Slide,and the rest of the infield looked like a venue for mud wrestling. Players this weekend splish-splashed their way through 48 hours ofsoftball, and when ...
A fresh start; Former Chameleon Club owner Rich Ruoff undertakes a new career as a bike-race promoter
Jun 02, 2003; ... All the while Rich Ruoff was booking acts and managing hisChameleon Club in downtown Lancaster, he was also an avid bicyclist. Now that he's no longer involved in the club, he has chosen tomake cycling -- and running -- his life. "It took me a little while to figure out what I ...
Summer concert series opens on unseasonable night; Gaelic Storm draws 5,000 to show at Long's Park
Jun 02, 2003; ... Keith and Maryann Rutter had a special reason for attending GaelicStorm's performance at Long's Park Sunday night: They were married inKilarney, Ireland, in March and went to the show to reminisce. "It's a little bit of Ireland over here," Mrs. Rutter said. "Youdon't have to fly ...
Queen Street merchants benefit from rain; Weather drives people from party outside to merchandise inside [Corrected 06/12/03]
Jun 02, 2003; ... Gene Kelly would have been proud of the couples who danceddauntlessly on a rainy street Sunday, when the 300 block of NorthQueen Street hosted its first annual block party. The party officially started at 11 a.m., but one key guest, thesun, arrived fashionably late. Gusty winds and ...
Do your own investigating
Jun 03, 2003; ... If you and your spouse think that cord blood collection might be agood idea for your family, Nitin Tanna makes the followingsuggestions to guide you: 1. Consult with your obstetrician and yourchild's pediatrician 2. Research various cord blood banks on theInternet and ask your ...
Banking on research, parents save cord blood
Jun 03, 2003; ... When Mahisha and Manushi Tanna entered the world Christmas Eve, anurse collected blood from the twin girls' umbilical cords that mayprotect them from future blood diseases. Shortly after the blood was collected, Nitin Tanna sent hisdaughters' blood to Cord Blood Registry in ...
LOCAL NOTES
Jun 03, 2003 ... Wrestling Lancaster's Team Xtreme competed in the USA Wrestling CadetNortheast Regionals in East Stroudsburg, Pa. over the weekend.Galloway Longenecker (Manheim) won in the Greco competition and wasfifth in the freestyle and Cory Getz (Lititz) was second in Greco andfirst in ...
Richard Dieterle Sr., Hershey teacher
Jun 02, 2003 ... Richard K. Dieterle Sr., 78, of 110 Landis Ave., Millersville,died of natural causes Friday in Lancaster Regional Medical Centeremergency room. He was a vocational drafting teacher at Milton S. Hershey School,Hershey, for 22 years before retiring in 1988. He began his career asa ...
Troops deserve support year 'round
Jun 02, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: People keep saying they are for the troops but not the war. Thatis fine; that is what America fights for, the freedom to choose. But,where are they during the year? Where is their support on Veteran'sDay? Where is their support on Memorial Day? Why aren't they ...
From Our Archives; Abridged from Lancaster Weekly Intelligencer June 24, 1903
Jun 02, 2003 ... Captain Pershing Tells How the United States Troops FoughtGallantly and Won In a letter to a friend in the War Department, Capt. John J.Pershing, who was in command of he troops at the fight at Lake Lanaoin the Philippines, thus describes the battle: "I suppose your mail ...
Summer concert sries opens onseasonable night; June not starting better than rainy, chilly May
Jun 02, 2003; ... The chilly, rainy days that characterized much of May carried overinto the first day of June on Sunday, along with high winds thatknocked out power and phone service to some Lancaster Countyresidents. About 51 PPL customers were without power and phone service atnoon when winds ...
Concrete plan wins 3 airport contracts
Jun 02, 2003 ... Terre Hill Concrete Products has won contracts from three areaairports to supply precast concrete products for the expansion ofexisting facilities. At Baltimore-Washington International, the company was chosen bythe Maryland Aviation Administration to expand the airport's Pier ...
PROMOTIONS
Jun 02, 2003 ... Dutch Gold Honey has promoted Norman Randall to vice president ofoperations. Randall, of Landisville, joined the company in August asoperations ...