Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from July 2003:
Wear your colors on your sleeve...or feet
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LOCAL NOTES
Jul 01, 2003 ... Golf Wrightsville's Bill Young, 79, shot below his age both Sunday andMonday at Cool Creek Golf Club. On Sunday Young shot a 77 and onMonday he carded a 76. Several local golfers qualified for the Pennsylvania State AmateurChampionships Monday at Berkleigh Country Club in ...
County sends 15 players to U.S. futures tourney
Jul 01, 2003 ... It is often the first step in a long and sometimes windy road toearning a berth on the national team. For area field hockey players,that first step begins this weekend. A total of 574 of the nation's top young field hockey players --including 132 from Pennsylvania and 15 from ...
Landis returns to Tour; County native near complete recovery from broken hip
Jul 01, 2003 ... STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS Despite suffering a hip injury in January,Floyd Landis will be spending July in France. Landis, a former Farmersville resident and current member of theU.S. Postal Service-Berry Floor cycling team, is in France gettingready for this week's Tour de ...
Tobacco production to be the lowest since 1874
Jul 01, 2003; ... Associated Press WASHINGTON -- It was the nation's first exportand the collateral for financing the American Revolution. But withlawsuits, less smoking, import competition and a soon-to-bedismantled system of government controls, farmers are planting thesmallest tobacco crop this year ...
Tyler M. Yannuzzi, Christiana infant
Jul 01, 2003 ... Tyler Michael Yannuzzi, infant son of April L. Salamone and BrianM. Yannuzzi of 205 S. Bridge St., Christiana, was born and diedFriday in Jennersville Regional Hospital, West Grove. Surviving in addition to his parents are maternal grandparentsSusan Schreck of Atglen and Michael ...
Beatrice Strausser, native of Reading
Jul 01, 2003 ... Beatrice K. Strausser, 96, of 1358 Penn Forest Streams, JimThorpe, formerly of Douglass Street, Reading, died Sunday of naturalcauses in Gnaden Huetten Hospital, Lehighton. Strausser worked as a looper at several knitting mills in Reading,retiring from Spruce Knitting. She ...
John Novack, 68, worked in demolition
Jul 01, 2003 ... John Novack, 68, of 111A Miller Road, Akron, died Monday ofnatural causes in Lebanon Veterans Hospital. Self employed, he worked in demolition and salvage until hisretirement in 1995. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Novack was a member of disabled American ...
Dorothy P. Koller, 79, of West York
Jul 01, 2003 ... Dorothy Paules Koller, 79, of West York died Sunday after anillness in Colonial Manor. A graduate of West York High School and Gettysburg College, sheheld a bachelor of science degree in chemistry. She was a member of the Bird Cage of Memorial Hospital, TheOutdoor Country ...
Mary E. Duncan, 74, of Manor Street
Jul 01, 2003 ... Mary E. Duncan, 74, of 633 Manor St., died Monday in LancasterRegional Medical Center after a brief illness. She was an assembly line worker for the former Penn Dairies from1947 to 1959. Of the Protestant faith, she enjoyed playing bingo and collectingclown and cat ...
Josephine C. Deegan, 80, of Columbia
Jul 01, 2003 ... Josephine C. Deegan, 80, of 3952 Columbia Avenue, Columbia, diedafter a long illness Monday in St. Anne's Home, Columbia. She was employed for 18 years at the Brooklyn, N.Y., Navy Yard andworked for several Brooklyn businesses as a bookkeeper. A Roman Catholic, she attended ...
Betty M. Keller, lived in Brickerville
Jul 01, 2003 ... Betty M. Waltman Keller, 80, of 119 Algonquin Trail, Mulberry,Fla., formerly of North Carolina and Brickerville, died after a briefillness June 23 in Integrated Health Services Center, Lakeland, Fla. A homemaker, she was married to Paul D. Keller. Born in Paradise, she was a ...
Mary R. 'Kitty' Belt, of Willow Street
Jul 01, 2003 ... Mary R. "Kitty" Belt, 76, of Willow Street, formerly of Baltimoreand Bel Air, Md., died Sunday at home after a long illness. She had been an accountant in the Worker's Compensation Commissionfor the State of Maryland for 30 years, retiring in 1983. She ...
Betty J. Welch, 85, Quarryville teacher
Jul 01, 2003 ... Betty J. Welch, 85, of 21 Owen Drive, Quarryville, died Sunday athome after a long illness. She was a teacher for more than 50 years. Mrs. Welch was a member of Calvary Independent Baptist Church,Quarryville, where she and her husband co-founded Calvary ChristianAcademy and ...
Ronald L. Van Til, 67, energy consultant
Jul 01, 2003 ... Ronald L. Van Til, 67, of 23 Pinewood Avenue, Lititz, died Sundayin Virginia Medical Center Hospice Unit, Petersburg, Va., following about with cancer. He retired as an energy consultant from EIC/Comfort Home andrecently worked as an independent contractor for the company. He ...
Nathan A. Stauffer, 15, of Port Trevorton
Jul 01, 2003 ... Nathan Auker Stauffer, 15, of Port Trevorton RR1, drowned Sundaywhile swimming in a pond at home. He attended White Oak School in Chapman Township and RiverviewMennonite Church in Trevorton. Born in Lewisburg, he was a son of Jonathan B. and Mabel ...
Sara F. Schlotzhauer, 89, of Lancaster
Jul 01, 2003 ... Sara F. Schlotzhauer, 89, of 200 N. West End Ave., died after along illness Sunday in Lancaster Regional Medical Center. She retired from Lancaster County Credit Bureau as a clerk after14 years. She previously was an office clerk at the formerDarmstetters and a sales clerk at the ...
Francoise Pratt, historic preservationist
Jul 01, 2003 ... Francoise Arlenia Pratt, 62, of 53 E. Main St., Strasburg, diedafter a long illness Sunday in Essa Flory Hospice Center. She was a personal lines agent with Insurance Masters of LancasterLtd. She was a charter member of Sertoma Club of Strasburg and a memberof Strasburg ...
Steward 'Stu' Paul, 78, Armstrong retiree
Jul 01, 2003 ... Steward "Stu" Paul, 78, of 754 Emerald Drive, died Monday, ofnatural causes in Community Hospital of Lancaster after a briefillness. He worked for Armstrong World Industries in the lubricationdepartment. After retiring, he worked at Franklin & Marshall Collegefor Woods Food ...
Mark D. Lefever, 13, of Quarryville
Jul 01, 2003 ... Mark D. Lefever, 13, of 1067 Holtwood Road, Quarryville, diedSunday at his home. According to Dr. Barry Walp of the Lancaster County Coroner'sOffice, an autopsy conducted Monday concluded the cause of death wasa self-inflicted gunshot wound. Mark was an eighth-grade honor ...
Russell Dobbins, formerly of Lancaster
Jul 01, 2003 ... Russell Clyde Dobbins, 86, of Clayton, Ga., formerly of Lancaster,died Sunday at home after fighting liver, colon and pancreaticcancer. In 1974, he moved from Buffalo, N.Y., to Clayton, Ga., where heworked 30 years in sales and sales management with Buffalo TankCompany. A ...
Heather M. Crozier, 23, of Mount Joy
Jul 01, 2003 ... Heather Marie Crozier, 23, of Mount Joy, died unexpectedlySaturday in Mansfield. The cause of death has not been released andis pending the results of toxicology tests. She was a certified nursing as sistant at Oak Leaf Manor North,Landisville. A graduate of Elizabethtown ...
Robert Aulthouse, worked in electronics
Jul 01, 2003 ... Robert J. Aulthouse, 79, of Brethren Village, 3001 Lititz Pike,died after a long illness Saturday in Brethren Village. Aulthouse was a U.S. Army veteran, serving with the 106th InfantryDivision from 1943 to 1946. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge. Hewas a reservist from 1946 to ...
Traffic tops list of MT worries; Neighbors of proposed LCHS project speak out
Jul 01, 2003; ... Traffic remains the leading concern about a development proposedfor the intersection of Route 30 and New Holland Pike in ManheimTownship. About 20 people attended a public hearing before the townshipcommissioners Monday night at Lancaster Catholic High School'scafeteria to ...
Of child psychiatry and saving Grace
Jul 01, 2003; ... "I like to get up in the morning and think, "Oh, today is going tobe a good day.' But just about every day is a bad day in our house." Jean English (not her real name) was talking about life with her11-year-old daughter, Grace, whose frequent profanity-laced outburstsinclude ...
Bikers deserve right to be helmet-less
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: Tucked away for 35 years has been my soon-to-be-dry-cleaned woolenbiker's hat. With the Senate repeal and governor's support, the billoptimistically heads for the House. The issue of personal choice overan already-intrusive government signals a win. A majority ...
End discrimination against gays
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: I would like to be among the first to commend the Intell for itseditorial in Friday morning's paper regarding the Supreme Court's 6-3 decision to strike down the Texas sodomy law, as well as the 1986Bowers v. Hardwick decision. I was filled with pride to see ...
What will 2004 election cost?
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: In Taylor Caldwell's book "The Captains and the Kings," one of thecharacters says, "I don't want to be president, I want to buy it." My question is "Who is buying the presidency" for 2004? I always thought that we the people vote for our presidents, ...
What were soldiers cleaning?
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: On one of the Sunday morning talk shows, I watched a piece thattruly angered me as a veteran who served in both the U.S. Marines andthe U.S. Army. The film showed U.S. soldiers in Iraq cleaning debrison the grounds of what I assume was a university. Standing ...
Road follies
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: I had to laugh as I read the article about Route 30 "Heat causessection of Route 30 to fall apart." Eastbound traffic was ...
Judeo-Christian rules, laws
Jul 01, 2003 ... TO THE EDITOR: I am one person that believes we are better off if our lawsharmonized with Judeo-Christian principles. If there is nocondemnation, then no mercy applies. We need condemnation. Instead weget rid of all forms of discipline, all rules, excepting rulesagainst ...
Patriot concerns
Jul 01, 2003 ... Attorney General John Ashcroft has been very busy lately, and thatworries a lot of people. His own inspector general couldn't help but criticize him forabusing our nation's civil liberties, especially when Ashcroftapproved the detainment of 11 immigrants without legal ...
Man gets 20-40 in killing
Jul 01, 2003; ... A Lancaster city man convicted of third-degree murder in May forkilling his friend was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in stateprison. Last July, Ruben "Choco" Serrano, 20, of Queen Street, shot todeath Luis E. Contreras-Machin, 22, after an argument. Contreras-Machin was ...
Reunited, and it feels so good; Fresh Air children return to host families in county for two weeks of fun
Jul 01, 2003; ... When 8-year-old Avion Jones stepped off the bus into "fresh air"Monday evening, his eyes sparkled and his smile was contagious. Avion, of Brooklyn, N.Y., knew coming back to Lancaster Countymeant two weeks of summer vacation -- full of picnics, berry picking,trips to the pool, ...
A reel role model [Corrected 07/04/03]
Jul 01, 2003 ... There is a wondrous irony to Katherine Hepburn's life. On onehand, she broke all the rules about what women were supposed to be.She was brash, not demure; headstrong, not accommodating; a businesswoman, not a first lady. She even wore pants at a time when it wasconsidered unlady-like to ...
Planned Parenthood volunteer honored; Dr. Alistair Grant has seen times change
Jul 01, 2003; ... When Dr. Alistair Grant's bride-to-be went to the pharmacy to buycontraception for use after their wedding, the pharmacist said, "Wedo not serve unmarried women." That was the 1950s. Later, the now-retired obstetrician and gynecologist saw a lessbenign reminder that women's ...
Legislators are unable to complete state budget; Potential crisis looms for schools
Jul 01, 2003; ... HARRISBURG -- An impasse between the state's Republican-dominatedLegislature and its Democratic governor began Monday as the final dayof the fiscal year sputtered to a close -- without a completedbudget. State Rep. Mike Sturla, a Lancaster city Democrat, said it is hightime for a ...
F&M settles suit with Italian company; Company uses college's name on clothing line
Jul 01, 2003; ... Franklin & Marshall College and an Italian clothing manufacturerthe college sued earlier this year because it uses the college's nameon its clothing have settled their differences and gone into businesstogether. The college and Cortez/Franklin & Marshall Clothing of Verona,Italy, ...
Intersecting flight paths; England native now living in Lancaster cared for weary bird
Jul 01, 2003; ... Ernest is his name and pigeons are his game. Or at least they used to be, when he lived in England just fouryears ago. Since then, Ernest Garrett fell in love with Tamara Coble,married her and moved to her home city of Lancaster. The Liverpool native figured he wouldn't have a ...
Memorial trees have new place to flourish; Planted at new elementary school site
Jul 02, 2003; ... Trees planted in memory of a young student and a crossing guardfound a new home June 25. Both pine trees, planted in memory of Charles Joseph "C.J."Lisovich and Marie Good, were moved from 5 N. Roberts Ave. to NewHolland Elementary School's new location at 126 Eastern School ...
Reward posted for suspect in gun theft
Jul 02, 2003 ... Police are looking for Patricia Lynn Kopf, whose last knownaddress is 17 N. Fourth St., Columbia. Up to $1,000 in reward money is being offered by the LancasterCity-County Crime Stoppers organization for information leading toKopf's arrest. Kopf, 24, reportedly took two ...
Ephrata/Cocalico Relay For Life raises $218,000
Jul 02, 2003 ... The 2003 Ephrata/Cocalico Relay for Life, sponsored by theAmerican Cancer Society, raised more than $218,000 for cancerresearch, advocacy, education and patient service programs. The 24-hour event was held at Cocalico High School and began at 4p.m. June 20 and ended at 4 p.m. June ...
Library to show documentary 'The Flute Player'
Jul 02, 2003 ... Ephrata Public Library, 550 S. Reading Road, will hold a screeningof a new documentary titled "The Flute Player" at 7 p.m. Monday atthe library. "The Flute Player" explores the life of Cambodian genocidesurvivor Arn Chorn-Pond and his work to heal himself and his countrythrough ...
Susquehanna Regional
Jul 02, 2003 ... Numerous charges have been filed against the driver involved inthe fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred on Musser Road in EastDonegal Township at 4 p.m. on April 2. Kimberlee M. Hackedorn, ofPerry County, was charged with homicide by vehicle, reckless drivingand driving vehicle at ...
New Holland Borough
Jul 02, 2003 ... David Allen Brown, 18, of 100 Sunset Drive, Quarryville, wascharged with burglary, theft by unlawful taking and criminalconspiracy after he confessed in an interview on June 16 that he wasinvolved in the burglary of Grace Brethren Church, 415 S. KinzerAve., on June 9, according to a ...
Carnival planned Aug. 15-16
Jul 02, 2003 ... Food, fun and prizes will be featured at the two-day carnivalorganized Aug. 15 and 16 to benefit Manheim Fire Company. Activities start Friday at 4 p.m. with the sale of chicken cornsoup. The carnival, starting at 5 p.m., will be held at the Manheim FarmShow Complex near ...
Manheim Borough
Jul 02, 2003 ... Joshua V. Bruce, 23, of 302 W. Sun Hill Road, Manheim, was chargedwith DUI after a traffic stop in the 300 block of South CharlotteStreet at 2:03 a.m. on June 21, according to a police report. Shawn Hugh Roberts, 32, of 1032 Sunwood Drive, was charged withDUI ...
Staff Summer Favorites; Chicken of the woods
Jul 02, 2003; ... Editor's note: This series spotlights summer produce chosen asfavorites among staff members while introducing our readers to someof the people behind the Intelligencer Journal. Lois Maharg joined the Lifestyle department about 2 /4 years agoas a part-time features reporter, ...
Library System of Lancaster to hold Press Day
Jul 02, 2003 ... Library System of Lancaster County and sponsors of its summerreading program will celebrate literacy, public libraries and thecommunity with a special Press Day today from 5 to 8 p.m. at CountryBarn Farm Market, 211 S. Donnerville Road. Country Barn Farm Market is offering a ...
County jobless rate slips to 4%, 3rd best in state
Jul 01, 2003; ... The number of Lancaster County residents without jobs declinedsignificantly in May, with the seasonally adjusted unemployment ratedropping to 4 percent, from 4.3 percent the month before. That was the lowest unemployment rate in Lancaster since November2002, according to the ...
William L. Eby, 70, former mail carrier
Jul 01, 2003 ... William Lawrence Eby, 70, of Millsboro, Del., formerly ofLancaster, died in an automobile accident Saturday near Seaford, Del.Delaware State Police are investigating the accident, and they had noinformation on it Monday. Eby was employed for 35 years as a mail carrier for the ...
CORRECTION
Jul 01, 2003 ... A name was misspelled in the obituary of Lloyd Scheid, which ranin Monday's ...
Local drug dealer sent to federal prison; Indicted under Project Safe Neighborhoods
Jul 01, 2003; ... A federal court judge Friday sentenced a drug dealer to 13 yearsin federal prison for selling crack and marijuana near an EastLiberty Street parochial school. Jamar Brooks, 26, of Lancaster, pleaded guilty in February tocarrying 48 grams of crack, 233 grams of marijuana, a loaded ...
Search for bear still on in Manheim Twp.
Jul 01, 2003; ... Police are asking residents to be vigilant while the search for alarge but elusive bear continues in Manheim Township. The 250-pound bear was last seen about 2:30 a.m. Monday after itdisappeared into a wooded area along the 800 block of Pleasure Roadnear Nathan Schaeffer Elementary ...
Lancaster Christian School hands out scholarships, awards
Jul 02, 2003 ... Lancaster Christian School presented awards and scholarships to 16students at its 22nd commencement June 6. Students receiving awards or scholarships are: Chad Imgrund of Lititz: Co-Valedictorian Award, Student CouncilAward and K-12 Award; Kelley Hanks of Lancaster: ...
Columbia Borough
Jul 02, 2003 ... Denise Gentzler, of the 1100 block of Ironville Pike, reportedsomeone entered her vehicle between May 23 and 24, while parked ather residence, and stole a cell phone valued at $100 and $5 inchange. Officials of the National Watch and Clock Museum reported someonestole a ...
DEP to hold public hearing on Lanchester expansion proposal
Jul 02, 2003 ... The state Department of Environmental Protection will hold apublic meeting Tuesday regarding an application by Chester CountySolid Waste Authority to expand Lanchester Landfill in CaernarvonTownship. The meeting is from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Caernarvon Townshipmunicipal building, ...
Ramen salad gets healthy
Jul 02, 2003; ... Dear Jeanne, We love this recipe, but it is far too rich. Can yourevise it? Thank you so much for your help. Marcy Hall, Visalia,Calif. CHINESE CABBAGE SALAD 2 packages ramen noodles (discard flavorpkg.) 1/2 cup sesame seeds 1 small pkg. slivered almonds 1/2 cupbutter 1 cup ...
Lancaster County Conservancy honors students; Awards handed out for Outdoor Classroom Contest
Jul 02, 2003 ... The Lancaster County Conservancy recently announced the winners ofits inaugural Outdoor Classroom Contest for student artists andwriters. Sponsored in part by grants from the Pennsylvania Department ofEducation, the Lancaster County Foundation and the LancasterEnvironmental ...
Salisbury supervisors discuss emergency response
Jul 02, 2003; ... Emergencies and disasters were on the agenda on a placid eveningin White Horse. At its June 17 meeting, Salisbury Township supervisors welcomedvisitor Kyle Wallace, supervisor of operations at ChristianaAmbulance Company. Wallace informed the board that Christianarecently moved ...
Quarryville to host its inaugural Relay For Life
Jul 02, 2003 ... Quarryville will host its inaugural Relay For Life at 9 p.m. July25. During the American Cancer Society event, luminaria candles willbe lit in honor of cancer survivors and in memory of those who havedied from the disease. The luminaries will line the pond adjacent to ...
Auditions for cast of musical scheduled July 12-13 at Fulton
Jul 02, 2003 ... Actors Company at the Fulton will hold auditions for equity andnon-equity adults and non-equity children (ages 9 to 13) for "Josephand the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat." The auditions are July 12 and 13, rehearsals begin Aug. 19 andperformances are Sept. 11 through ...
Marietta plans youth recreation
Jul 02, 2003 ... Marietta Borough's five-week summer recreation program will beginJuly 7 and run through Aug. 8 at War Memorial Park. The elementary program for kindergarten through fifth grade willrun daily from 9 a.m. to noon, and the middle school program for ages12 to 18 will be held from 1 to ...
2 agencies benefit from hair-raising event; Cut-a-thon rakes in more than $11,000
Jul 02, 2003 ... More than 300 clients and hair stylists in 11 salons raised arecord amount of money June 14 for families in need. The fourth annual Lancaster Cares Cut-a-thon raised $11,078.93. Ayear ago, the effort raised more than $10,000. Proceeds benefit Loving & Caring in Greenfield ...
Penn Township faces sewer capacity crunch; Housing boom forces hasty expansion
Jul 02, 2003; ... The housing boom in Penn Township may be a bust if townshipofficials don't expand the area's sewer capacity. Penn Township supervisors considered the quandary at their June 23meeting. "We're not even close to meeting these developments needs,"township manager Tom Ernharth ...