Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2004:
Keystone Wood earns SHARP certificate
Feb 02, 2004 ... Keystone Wood Specialties Inc., 2225 Old Philadelphia Pike,Lancaster, received the SHARP Certificate from the U.S. Department ofLabor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. "SHARP" is an ackronym for Safety ...
Chamber announces new board members, chairman
Feb 02, 2004 ... The Lancster Chamber of Commerce & Industry announced its board ofdirectors, including George W. Rettew, president of Rettew AssociatesInc. as its chairman. Also joining the board for a three-year term are: Tim Bair, plantmanager at Kellogg Co., Robert Bowman, president of Charter ...
COLLEGES
Feb 02, 2004 ... Women's Basketball Shippensburg's Emily Swingler (Columbia) scored 22 points andkeyed a crucial 11-0 run late in the first half that led the Raidersto a 66-62 win over Clarion on Saturday. Trailing by 10 points in theopening period, Swingler scored nine straight points to lead ...
SDL situation a valuable lesson for youths
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: The immediate past superintendent of the School District ofLancaster hired apparently unqualified consultants to deal withdiscipline problems in the school district. In addition, there was anapparent conflict of interest between he and the consultants. Thiscould ...
Bush policies are failing the U.S.
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Bush's 2004 State of the Union address was an improvement overlast year's. Instead of telling outright lies such as those used tojustify his attack on Iraq and his tax cuts for the rich, this yearhe opted for half-truths, misleading statements, obfuscation ...
Columbia police attack trio
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Columbia joins in on racial profiling and police brutality. Whenwill it end, and when will the faith in our justice system berestored? Never, as long as people of color or race have to fearpolice and the justice system. It really needs to be addressed byofficials ...
Toomey doesn't have a prayer vs. Specter
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Any talk of Pat Toomey beating Arlen Specter in a game of Senateis just nonsense -- a mere pipe dream. There has been little or no investigation of Pat Toomey byconservative Republicans. His candidacy will in my judgment turn outlike that of Steven Friend -- ...
Shocked by severance package
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I was shocked to read about the account of the severance packagethat the county commissioners approved for county administratorTimothea Kirchner. Severance package? First of all, Ms. Kirchner quit after beingemployed for only eight years. In private industry ...
Too much politics
Feb 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Not too long ago, the manner in which the U.S. president waschosen was a dramatic event. The summer before the Novemberelections, a candidate was plucked from the party in a single week atthe political convention. Then, after a short hiatus, the candidatesslugged ...
It's not about the game on Super Bowl Sunday; Fans here have little rooting interest in contest
Feb 02, 2004; ... It was difficult to tell what was drawing more attention Sundaynight at Damon's Clubhouse at Park City Center -- the Super Bowl gameon the multiple TV screens in the popular sports bar or the half-price chicken wings. About 250 people, many of them celebrating Super Bowl ...
Filling the void with VoIP; Voice over Internet protocol offers business a variety of ways to save on long-distance calls
Feb 02, 2004; ... Free - or at least cheap - telephone calls over the Internet? Thisidea represents a hope longed for by most computer users. Reality has finally met and surpassed this hope, deliveringconsiderably lower telephone bills for consumers, along with lots ofproductivity-boosting tools for ...
PROMOTIONS
Feb 02, 2004 ... H. L. Wiker and Sons Inc., Lancaster, has promoted the following: Donna J. Shoff to executive vice president. Shoff, of Conestoga,has been with the organization since its inception in 1988, mostrecently serving as vice president of administration. Shoff is agraduate of ...
COMPANIES
Feb 02, 2004 ... Melissa Schwenk has been named vice president of HavrillaBishop,the newly formed sales and marketing arm of HavrillaGroup.HavrillaGroup's advertising division, HavrillaCorrigan, was foundedin 1980. Schwenk formerly served as director of advertising andcommunication for Univest ...
COMPANIES
Feb 02, 2004 ... PresbyHomes & Services appointed Ed LeBreton chief financialofficer and vice president of finance. LeBreton, of Lancaster, wasformerly director in the senior living services practice of theaccounting ...
COMPANIES
Feb 02, 2004 ... Patricia M. Kearney has been named risk management advisor forSteven & Lee's Captive Insurance Group. She has more than 18 years of experience in the risk managementfield and previously served as director of loss prevention for BonSecours Health System, Marriottsville, ...
COMPANIES
Feb 02, 2004 ... Ryan Horan has joined Northwestern Mutual Financial Network, theLancaster Financial Group as a financial representative. Horan interned with Northwestern Mutual last summer and ...
PROMOTION
Feb 02, 2004 ... Robert Freedenberg has become a partner in the law firm BarleySnyder, and chairs the firm's tax law group. Prior to joining the firm in 1999, Freedenberg was employed in thetax department of a Fortune 500 international manufacturer. He alsoworked with the Internal Revenue ...
Whittling away at stereotypes; Woodcarver Anita Geiger of Garden Spot Village makes her mark in a hobby dominated by men
Feb 02, 2004; ... Woodcarving is not just for men, Anita Geiger has discovered. The 77-year-old Garden Spot Village resident carves six to eightbirds - waterfowl, songbirds or shorebirds - each year from tupelowood. She also makes jewelry, such as feather earrings and pins. "If I didn't ...
Esther E. Shirk, 88, factory worker
Feb 02, 2004 ... Esther E. Ney Shirk, 88, of 6 Stackstown Road, Maytown, died ofnatural causes Saturday at home. Mrs. Shirk worked 50 years for Donegal Industries, formerly knownas Maytown Manufacturing. She retired in 1996 at the age of 80. She attended the former Maytown High ...
Lester Sensenig Jr., 65, truck driver
Feb 02, 2004 ... Lester S. "Dutch" Sensenig Jr., 65, of 5580 Umbletown Road, Gap,died Saturday after a brief illness at his son's home, 5135 LaurelLane, New Holland. He worked as an Amish hauler since 1990. For 25 years before that,he was a truck driver for various companies. Sensenig enjoyed ...
John R. Reilly, 60, house painter
Feb 02, 2004 ... John R. Reilly, 60, of 3327 Main St., Conestoga, formerly ofDuBois, died Friday at Lancaster Regional Medical Center after anillness. A self-employed house painter, he worked for Villages of LancasterGreen. In DuBois, he owned and operated the former Reilly's ...
Diego Pea-Tapia, mushroom worker
Feb 02, 2004 ... Diego Pea-Tapia, 90, of Conestoga View, died Friday at the homeafter an illness. Pea-Tapia worked for HMR Mushrooms in Chester County. He was a member of San Juan Bautista Catholic Church. Born in Quiroga-Michoacan, Mexico, he was the son of the lateHilario Pea and ...
Catherine Neale, 79, homemaker
Feb 02, 2004 ... Catherine Laird Neale, 79, formerly of Klinesville, died ofnatural causes Friday at Brethren Village. A homemaker, Mrs. Neale was a member of St. John's EvangelicalLutheran Church, Columbia. She graduated from Columbia High School. She enjoyed sewing, gardening, ...
Mary Eva Miller, 92, of Strasburg
Feb 02, 2004 ... Mary Eva Miller, 92, of 110 S. Jackson St., Strasburg, died athome Saturday after a brief illness. Mrs. Miller was a homemaker and, until two weeks before her death,she tied fish hooks at home for the former Pequea Works, now Angler'sChoice, a fishing tackle manufacturer. She ...
Clarence G. Hubler, 82, electrician
Feb 02, 2004 ... Clarence G. Hubler, 82, of 19 Beverly Road, Willow Street, died ofnatural causes Friday at Quarryville Presbyterian RetirementCommunity. Hubler was a self-employed ...
John D. Giorgio, 93, ran tax business
Feb 02, 2004 ... John D. Giorgio, 93, of 2134 Fruitville Pike, died Saturday atEssa Flory Hospice Center of natural causes. Giorgio ran a tax business from his home since 1975. Earlier, hewas a district manager at Baltimore Life Insurance Co., Norristown,from 1939 to 1965. He then became a tax ...
Beulah Giberson, 74, nurse's aide
Feb 02, 2004 ... Beulah M. Giberson, 74, formerly of 606 S. Prince St., diedSaturday at Conestoga View after a long illness. She was a nurse's aide at Conestoga View for 12 years. Mrs. Giberson was a member of Smithville Church of God. She enjoyed collecting dolls, reading about ancient ...
Lorraine G. Getz, 91, career secretary
Feb 02, 2004 ... Lorraine G. Getz, 91, of 2355 Harrisburg Pike, died Thursday atManorCare Health Services after a long illness. A secretary, she worked for Lancaster Mental Health & Retardation,Farmers Bank, Manpower and for attorney Charles Achey. In 1981, shewas named Secretary of the ...
Arthur Denlinger, 91, Paradise native
Feb 02, 2004 ... Arthur A. Denlinger, 91, of 1639 Fourth Ave., York, formerly ofMountville, died Friday at Memorial Hospital in York of naturalcauses. Denlinger worked at Lampeter Turkey Farms in Mountville for 22years. He also did yardwork and was a maintenance person for PennfieldCorp., ...
John Dawber, 70, Lititz native
Feb 02, 2004 ... John Vernon Dawber, 70, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Lititz,died Thursday at home after a long illness. He owned Sand Dollar Motel, Myrtle Beach. A mail carrier, heretired from the Myrtle Beach post Office. Dawber was a member of Myrtle Beach Assembly of God ...
Mary Ann Brobst, crafts stand holder
Feb 02, 2004 ... Mary Ann Meisenberger Wissler Brobst, 62, of 108 Charles Road,formerly of Cabbage Hill, died Thursday at Audubon Villa NursingHome, Lititz, from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. She worked in the arts and crafts business with Victorian SweetThings and kept a crafts stand at Root's ...
Montana J. Smoker, 1, of Gap
Feb 02, 2004 ... Montana J. Smoker, 1-year-old daughter of Benuel L. and Lanita R.Petersheim Smoker, of 32 Spring Road, Gap, died Saturday at home. Anautopsy has been scheduled. Surviving in addition to her parents are a sister, Morgan A., athome; a brother, Austin T., at home; maternal grandmother ...
Stephen E. Morris, 53, was CPA
Feb 02, 2004 ... Stephen E. Morris, 53, of 1005 Grandview Blvd., died Saturday atLancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. Morris was a self-employed certified public accountant. Earlier, he worked at Global Tax Management; Newtown Square;Armstrong World Industries; Sun Oil Co. and ...
M. Ann Magee, 78, McCaskey graduate
Feb 02, 2004 ... M. Ann Magee, 78, of Cape May, N.J., formerly of Lancaster County,died Thursday at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital, Cape May CourtHouse, N.J. A 1942 graduate of McCaskey High School, she was a retiredexecutive director and administrator of Jersey Cape VisitingHomemakers of Cape ...
Evelyn Lehman, 87, owned business
Feb 02, 2004 ... Evelyn G. Lehman, 87, of 1840 Harrisburg Ave., Mount Joy, diedFriday at Essa Flory Hospice Center after a long illness. For 35 years, she and her husband owned and operated the formerLehman Cleaners in Middletown. She retired in 1997 after working as atailor, seamstress and counter ...
Allen Bomberger, 95, phone co. retiree
Feb 02, 2004 ... Allen H. Bomberger, 95, of Pleasant View Retirement Community,Manheim, formerly of Leola and Newport News, Va., died Saturday atEphrata Community Hospital after a brief illness. Bomberger worked six years for the former Denver and EphrataTelephone Co. He left to farm for 17 years ...
Mad cow disease may prove costly to Pa. farmers
Feb 02, 2004; ... The cost of a single case of mad cow disease found on a Washingtonstate farm late last year could cost Pennsylvania livestock producersas much as $75 million, according to Bill Henning, professor of dairyand animal science at Penn State University. Henning says it's the perception ...
Donald Peters Sr., 72, bricklayer
Feb 02, 2004 ... Donald D. Peters Sr., 72, of Old Colebrook Road, Marietta, died ofnatural causes Friday at Essa Flory Hospice Center. A self-employed bricklayer and stonemason, he worked forBricklayers Union of Chester. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Peters was a member ...
Carmen Lugo, 63, in housekeeping
Feb 02, 2004 ... Carmen Lugo, 63, of 727 S. Marshall St., died Thursday at home.She was under a doctor's care. She retired in 2001 from the housekeeping department at BrethrenVillage. Mrs. Lugo was a Catholic. She collected ceramic figurines and enjoyed gardening, dancing ...
Frances Higgins, 95, Phila. native
Feb 02, 2004 ... Frances M. Higgins, 95, of Calvary Fellowship Homes, died Saturdayat the home after a lengthy illness. Miss Higgins worked in the bookkeeping department of JohnWannamaker Department Store, Philadelphia, for many years. She was a member of Calvary Church and a former ...
Lancaster General takes over alternative medicine program
Feb 02, 2004; ... Twenty years ago, reflexology was a hard sell in Lancaster County. Any "alternative medicine" tended to conjure more images of wildmedicine men dancing over patients than the kind of studiedrelaxation that has since been proven to work wonders on mind andbody. At St. Joseph ...
A new spin on an ancient art; Chinese acrobats wow MU crowds with dazzling displays of balance and grace
Feb 02, 2004; ... Believe it or not, the Chinese Golden Dragon Acrobats aren'tsuperhuman - but they're the next best thing. Sunday afternoon at Millersville University's Lyte Auditorium, ahefty crowd watched as 10 of the acrobats piled onto a moving bicycleand formed a pyramid. Just when the ...
Keeping down the cost of auto emissions tests; State posts prices of certified inspectors
Feb 02, 2004; ... Emissions testing became mandatory for Lancaster County motoristsSunday, and the state wants to help drivers find the cheapest placeto get it done. Drive Clean Pennsylvania, a joint venture of the state Departmentof Transportation and the state Department of ...
Preparing for the worst: Do-it-yourself wills
Feb 02, 2004; ... If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why mostpeople laugh at their own jokes - Bob Edwards Last week's Wall Street Journal (Jan. 20) carried a column byHannah Kate Kinnersley entitled "Testing the Do-It-Yourself Will." The author dutifully reviews five of the ...
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Feb 02, 2004 ... Bride has second thoughts about second time around DEAR ABBY: I am engaged to be married on Valentines Day. He is awonderful man; we have been together for three years. It will be thesecond marriage for both. I really like this man. Hes funny, witty and kind. He loves me ...
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Feb 02, 2004; ... Tests tell when Alzheimers patients should stop driving Determining the fitness of someone with Alzheimers to be behindthe wheel can be a touchy subject. New study evaluates various teststo see which best make the call. Tests that evaluate spatial relationships between objects ...
[ Wiping up may not be enough ]
Feb 02, 2004; ... Wiping up may not be enough No kitchen is sterile, but certain steps can help cut back onbacteria. Microwave sponges and dishcloths on high for at least one minute. Regularly launder dish towels. Make sure tap water (and thus, the dishwasher) can exceed ...
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Feb 02, 2004; ... Where are the apologies, Mr. Bush? George Bush promised to bring honor and integrity back to theWhite House. Instead, he got rid of accountability. Surely even supporters of the Iraq war must be dismayed by theadministrations reaction to David Kays recent statements. Iraq, ...
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Feb 02, 2004; ... Remit for emitting There are a number of misconceptions about the states new autoemissions testing program that went into effect Sunday. One is that this is a state mandate. Another is that motoristsbelieve if they fail the test, all they need to do is spend $150 toobtain an ...
Commissioner closes his restaurant // Shellenberger says he needs to concentrate on 'what he was elected to do'
Feb 02, 2004; ... County Commissioner Dick Shellenberger believes he can betterserve the people of Lancaster County if he stops serving them food. Shellenberger, who has owned the Eatery at Granite Run with hiswife, Pam, for nearly five years, announced Sunday that he is closingthe popular ...
William Welch, 77, federal worker
Feb 02, 2004 ... William H. "Herman" Welch, 77, of 2614 Robert Fulton Highway,Peach Bottom, died Saturday after a long illness at Lebanon VeteransAffairs Hospital, where he was a patient for 13 months. A heavy equipment operator, he retired in 1969 after 21 years atAberdeen Proving Ground in ...
PROMOTION
Feb 02, 2004 ... Dennis Klos has been promoted to senior vice president ofdevelopment & production at Spectra, a subsidiary of Netherlandsbased VNU. A Lancaster native, Klos has more than 17 years with Spectra andlocally based Market Metrics, prior to a corporate merger in 1995 ....
Veryl C. Kimes, 73, telephone lineman
Feb 02, 2004 ... Veryl C. "Pint" Kimes, 73, of 1209 Oak St., New Providence, diedFriday at home after a one-year illness. A retired lineman, he worked 37 years for Commonwealth TelephoneCo. in Quarryville. He also worked three years for PPL. Kimes was a member of Southern Lancaster County ...
Donald Dean Jr., 79, security guard
Feb 02, 2004 ... Donald Dean Jr., 79, of 426 N. Prince St., Millersville, died ofnatural causes Tuesday at home. Dean was a security guard at Manheim Auto Auction. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A graduate of Franklin & ...
From Our Archives; Lancaster Intelligencer, Feb. 2 1892
Feb 02, 2004 ... The Ground-Hog's Prophecy Today the ground-hog came to the surface of the earth, accordingto his long established custom of observing Candlemas Day and findingthat the cloudy sky foretold an early spring, he wisely determinednot to renew his winter slumbers. Incredulous ...
Carrie A. Blevins, 78, seamstress
Feb 02, 2004 ... Carrie A. Blevins, 78, of 114 Morrison Mill Road, Kirkwood, diedof natural causes Friday at Essa Flory Hospice Center. A seamstress, she worked 15 years at the former Tidy's Products ofQuarryville, retiring in 1968. Mrs. Blevins was a member of Nottingham Missionary Baptist ...
Remit for emitting
Feb 02, 2004 ... There are a number of misconceptions about the state's new autoemissions testing program that went into effect Sunday. One is that this is a state mandate. Another is that motoristsbelieve if they fail the test, all they need to do is spend $150 toobtain an exemption. And a third ...
When salespersons have to deal with their consciences
Feb 02, 2004; ... I begin this column with a disclaimer. Bill Thomas, owner of H & T Home Inspections, an independent homeinspector in Glens Falls, NY, wrote to me to educate me about lessonshe learned when he was in the business of selling windows and siding. This is not a column designed to ...
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Feb 02, 2004; ... Today the ground-hog came to the surface of the earth, accordingto his long established custom of observing Candlemas Day and findingthat the cloudy sky foretold an early spring, he wisely determinednot to renew his winter slumbers. Incredulous people may smile in their wisely ...
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Feb 02, 2004; ... An election call to arms WASHINGTON This may be the most nation-shaping election since1932, not only or even primarily because of the parties foreignpolicy differences. Those differences, about sovereignty,multilateralism, pre-emptive war and nation-building, concern ...
[ B2Ks You Got Served hoofs it to No. 1 debut with $16 million ]
Feb 02, 2004; ... B2Ks You Got Served hoofs it to No. 1 debut with $16 million LOS ANGELES Recently split teen R&B band B2K put the moves on thebox office as its dance flick You Got Served debuted at No. 1 with$16 million. The other new wide releases debuted weakly over Super Bowlweekend, ...
[ Arthur Denlinger, 91, Paradise native ]
Feb 02, 2004; ... Arthur Denlinger, 91, Paradise native Arthur A. Denlinger, 91, of 1639 Fourth Ave., York, formerly ofMountville, died Friday at Memorial Hospital in York of naturalcauses. Denlinger worked at Lampeter Turkey Farms in Mountville for 22years. He also did yardwork and ...
[ Mad cow disease may prove costly to Pa. farmers ]
Feb 02, 2004; ... Mad cow disease may prove costly to Pa. farmers The cost of a single case of mad cow disease found on a Washingtonstate farm late last year could cost Pennsylvania livestock producersas much as $75 million, according to Bill Henning, professor of dairyand animal science at Penn ...
[ Donald Dean Jr., 79, security guard ]
Feb 02, 2004; ... Donald Dean Jr., 79, security guard Donald Dean Jr., 79, of 426 N. Prince St., Millersville, died ofnatural causes Tuesday at home. Dean was a security guard at Manheim Auto Auction. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. A ...
COMPANIES
Feb 02, 2004 ... Eric A. Birkness has joined Miller & Miller CPAs, LLP as aconsultant with the firm's business advisory services group.Previously, he was majority owner and general manager of MeadowviewWoodwork, LLC. He is a 1987 graduate of the University of ...