Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from March 2004:
Bessie Welsh, was homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Bessie Glauner Welsh, 96, of 112 Bellevue Ave., Ephrata, formerlyof Brook, died Saturday at Ephrata Community Hospital after anillness. A homemaker, she was an active member of Honey Brook PresbyterianChurch, serving as president of the mission and founder of the youthgroup. She ...
W. James Schelling, 73, bureau chief
Mar 01, 2004 ... W. James Schelling, 75, of 418 Stonegate Court, Millersville, diedSaturday at home after a brief illness. He retired in 2000 as senior bureau chief of the Lancaster cityBuilding & Housing Department. He owned Schelling Construction for 17years. He served on the Millersville ...
Shirley Smucker, 58, was homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Shirley A. Smucker, 58, of 3754 Old Philadelphia Pike,Gordonville, died Friday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center inLakeland, Fla., after becoming ill during a vacation. An autopsy hasbeen scheduled. A homemaker, she was a member of the Worship Center, Lancaster. She enjoyed ...
Lois Richard, 85, nursing supervisor
Mar 01, 2004 ... Lois B. Richard, 85, of 211 Willow Valley Square, died Sunday atArbor View at Willow Valley after a brief illness. A registered nurse, she retired in 1977 as nursing supervisor atCrozer Chester Medical Center, Danville. She also taught nursing atUniversity of Pennsylvania Hospital ...
Lottie Adams, 95, was homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Lottie S. Bender Adams, 95, of Pleasant View Retirement Community,Manheim, formerly of Ephrata, died Friday at home after a briefillness. A homemaker, she also was a warper for many years at the formerStunzi's Silk Mill of Ephrata. She was a member of Hope United Methodist ...
Henry Frailey, 80, Corning retiree
Mar 01, 2004 ... Henry Francis Frailey, 80, of Granger, Ind., died Friday at St.Joseph's Hospital, South Bend, Ind., after a long illness. He worked for more than 30 years in industry, retiring as a vicepresident of Corning Inc. He also taught at the engineering school atUniversity of Notre Dame in ...
Alice Null, 81, was housekeeper
Mar 01, 2004 ... Alice Elizabeth Null, 81, of 121 Cains Road, Honey Brook, diedSaturday at home after a long illness. A former housekeeper at Landis Valley Motel, she also was alaborer at Lancaster Laundry and Consumer Product. Born in Lancaster, she was married to the late ...
Luis Hernandez, 68, New York worker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Luis Hernandez, 68, of 30 Garden Court, Apt. 1, died Saturday atLancaster General Hospital after an illness. Born in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, he worked as a laborer in New YorkCity for most of his life. He was of the Pentecostal ...
Margaret Hildebrand, 87, homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Margaret E. Hildebrand, 87, of Hamilton Arms, 336 West End Ave.,formerly of 4141/2 N. Queen St., died Sunday at Lancaster RegionalMedical Center after a three-week illness. She had been under thecare of Heartland Hospice of Lancaster. A homemaker, she attended New Providence ...
Grace Fahnestock, 92, restaurant owner
Mar 01, 2004 ... Grace Eckroth Fahnestock, 92, of Brethren Village, Neffsville,formerly of 736 Woodcrest Ave., Lititz, died of natural causes Sundayat Brethren Village, where she lived three years. She formerly co-owned Gracie's Restaurant in Reading. She attended Lititz Church of the Brethren ...
Hazel Kuehner, 90, market worker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Hazel Kuehner, 90, of the Mennonite Home, formerly of Allentown,died Saturday at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness. She worked 20 years at the potato chip stand at Allentown Farmer'sMarket, retiring in 2003. She previously worked 12 years in theforeign language ...
Ellen Fox, 84, homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Ellen N. Hoover Fox, 84, of 2411 Division Highway, Ephrata, diedSaturday at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. A homemaker, she was a member of New Holland Mennonite Church,Groffdale Conference. Born in Earl Township, she was the daughter of the late Harvey ...
Estella Prescott, 97, former teacher
Mar 01, 2004 ... E. Estella Prescott, 97, of 320 S. Market St., Elizabethtown, diedSunday at ManorCare Health Services, Elizabethtown, after a briefillness. A teacher in Red Run for several years, she had attended theformer Millersville Normal School. She was a member of Bainbridge Church of ...
Brian Demmy, 47, Ephrata graduate
Mar 01, 2004 ... Brian Elliot Demmy, 47, of Lititz, formerly of Ephrata, diedduring surgery at Ephrata Community Hospital Friday. He worked at the former Ephrata Shoe Co. A graduate of Ephrata High School, he played guitar, performed innumerous ...
John Cosgrove, 72, tavern manager
Mar 01, 2004 ... John T. Cosgrove, 72, of Gordonville, died Friday at LancasterGeneral Hospital after a long battle with cancer. He managed Revere Tavern in Paradise for 33 years. He previouslywas a truck driver for the former Consolidated Freightways,Philadelphia, for more than 17 years. A ...
Charles Gallagher, 68, Lancaster native
Mar 01, 2004 ... Charles C. Gallagher, 68, of Conestoga View, died Friday atCommunity Hospital of Lancaster after a long illness. He worked for Towes, Ayers & Huber and Aaron Reif. A member of St. Anthony's Padua Church, he enjoyed fishing ...
Marion Burbrink, 79, was homemaker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Marion M. Burbrink, 79, of 87 Valley Brook Drive, died Sunday atEssa Flory Hospice Center after a brief illness. A homemaker, she was a member of St. John Neumann Church, St. AnneNeuman Seniors, Silver Threads and AARP chapter 530. She enjoyed bridge and traveling to North ...
Arthur Weaver, 87, stone salesman
Mar 01, 2004 ... Arthur B. Weaver, 87, of 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, formerlyof Ephrata, died of natural causes Saturday at Garden Spot Village.He was under the care of Hospice of Lancaster County. He was a dispatcher from 1967 to 1982 for the former David M.Burkholder Inc. He retired in 1986 ...
Ten sentenced in county court
Mar 01, 2004 ... STAFF REPORTS The following people were sentenced recently inLancaster County Court by visiting senior Judge Emmanuel Cassimatisafter pleading guilty to criminal charges filed against them. Melissa L. Hershman, 36, of Harrisburg, to 3 years' probation forshoplifting $642 in ...
Mission of Hope to spread Easter cheer to veterans
Mar 01, 2004 ... Mission of Hope Church recently began its 18th annual VeteransEaster Ministry and is seeking contributions for the project. Since1986, church members and friends have taken boxes of Easter candy toVeterans Affairs hospitals in Lebanon, Coatesville, Philadelphia andWashington, D.C., and ...
A leap into spring; Sunday's high of 62 degrees sets record for Feb. 29
Mar 01, 2004; ... Sunday's springlike weather sent the temperature soaring all theway to 62 degrees, a new record high for the date, according toAccuWeather. The record, however, is somewhat tainted because Feb. 29 arrivesonly during leap years. "It not unusual to have 60-degree temperatures ...
Bankers battle it out at S. June Smith Center benefit
Mar 01, 2004; ... It's all about the cash flow. At least it was Sunday during the S.June Smith Foundation's Battle of the Bucks. About 170 people from 17 different financial institutionsparticipated in the 17th annual fund-raiser held in Pucillo Gym atMillersville University. The foundation ...
Smith, F&M rise to challenge; Diplomats top Johns Hopkins for title, 69-58
Mar 01, 2004; ... Challenged by Franklin & Marshall head coach Glenn Robinson andspurred on by his senior teammates prior to Sunday afternoon'sCentennial Conference championship game, Brandon Smith responded. Registering game-high totals with four 3-pointers and five steals,the sophomore guard ...
Disappointing day for county's top AA hopefuls; PV's Adam Broomell is lone PIAA qualifier
Mar 01, 2004; ... WEST LAWN -- There are two ways to look at and react to a loss inthe semifinals of a double-elimination wrestling tournament. The best outlook comes from seeing the guy that just beat you goon and win the title. At least you know you were beaten by the best. Pequea Valley ...
LOCAL NOTES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Field Hockey Sutter's Brigade Under-16 team qualified for the National IndoorTournament by finishing fourth Sunday in a National Indoor Tournamentqualifier at Kutztown. Local players on the squad, who allparticipate in the Simply Field Hockey Program at the LANCOFieldhouse, ...
BRIEFLY
Mar 01, 2004 ... Local boxers claim victories Three local boxers emerged victorious Friday night in a showhosted by Blaze Boxing Club in Columbia. In a bout matching two local boxers, John Portillo of Blaze gaineda three-round decision over Steve Overly of Terry Nye's Gym in their125-pound ...
Things just 'work out' for Craig; Morning skate, night start pay off for Bears
Mar 01, 2004; ... HERSHEY -- With Travis Brigley on a conditioning assignment toHershey, Ryan Craig was told he would not play in Sunday night's gameagainst the Binghamton Senators. Knowing that, the Bears forward went through a grueling Sundaymorning skate. After the workout, Brigley was ...
Program educates city residents about gun crime // Amnesty offered for surrender of illegal weapons
Mar 01, 2004; ... The message of Project Safe Neighborhood is simple: commit a crimewith an illegal gun, and you may be facing a lengthy mandatoryfederal prison sentence. Last week, members of the PSN task force of local citizens,prosecutors from the Lancaster County District Attorney's office ...
Bush policies threaten civilization
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Britain's "Observer" newspaper reported this week that the Bushadministration suppressed a Pentagon report predicting that climatechange over the next 20 years could produce mega-droughts,significant coastal flooding, and plunge parts of the northernhemisphere into ...
Is it legal for government to lie?
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Just a quick thought regarding the government's prosecution ofMartha Stuart. They say she lied to them and that's against the law.My question: Is it against the law for the government to lie toMartha Stuart, or to us? In the aftermath of the Olympic bombing ...
Now conservatives embrace Hollywood
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I find it completely amazing that with the imminent release of themovie, "The Passion of the Christ," the county's Christianconservative religious are suddenly "awakening' and embracingHollywood's liberal screen ...
Don't equate gay marriage to civil rights
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: As the gay marriage debate gains momentum, we must not be misledinto believing that a fight for gay marriage is worthy of comparisonwith the civil rights battles of the past. This perpetuates themisguided notion that a person is homosexual in the same way that heor ...
Using movie to start Lent
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: My husband and I and some of our friends saw "The Passion" on AshWednesday. As part of our Lenten season, we Catholics pray theStations of the Cross on Fridays as a church and some individuals dodaily. As one prays the stations, travels the path of the cross ...
Standing with Smithgall
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I respectfully request that the Intell photographer do a follow-up photo of the first three retired firemen doing their favoriteretired activity as they walk away with more city tax dollars thanthe three firemen who will take their place and actually be ...
Bush's baffling marriage ban
Mar 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I find President Bush's recent actions toward marriage a mitebaffling. On one hand, he wants to promote marriage among folks who haveshown a historic lack of interest in the institution. This is hismuch-heralded Marriage Initiative, aka "The Cupid Project." ...
Opportunity knocked, and Demuth answered; Age-old firm is on a roll, thanks to two veteran cigar makers from Cuba
Mar 01, 2004; ... Jesus and Xenia Hernandez don't say much while they work, buttheir skilled hands and fingers never stop moving. Arriving from Havana, Cuba, three years ago, the couple now hand-roll cigars for Demuth's Tobacco Co. LLC, 830 N. Prince St.. inLancaster. Geoffrey Ranck, ...
A prospectus primer, chapter 2: What does it cost?
Mar 01, 2004; ... "There is no such thing as a free lunch." Investments have fees. Some you can see, some you can't. The prospectus will tell you about all of them. Let's take mutualfunds for an example. It costs a lot of money to run a mutual fund. There are personnelcosts for money ...
PROMOTIONS
Mar 01, 2004 ... Paul Walters of Marietta has been promoted to group leader ofLancaster Laboratories' Pharmaceutical Quality Systems Group. Walterswill manage metrology analyses and method validation, overseetraining ...
PROMOTIONS
Mar 01, 2004 ... The Board of Directors of Union National Financial Corporation andits subsidiary, Union National Community Bank recently promoted thefollowing employees: Timothy Mott to PC/network manger. Mott graduated from DonegalHigh School and Lancaster Career and Technology Center with a ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... FASTSIGNS(r) has entered into a multiyear agreement withCorbis(r), a visual solutions provider, to give FASTSIGNS(r) centersaccess to 65,000, high-resolution, royalty-free Corbis(r) images, thecompanies ...
AWARD
Mar 01, 2004 ... For the second year in a row, Penn Manor School District'sinformation technology department has received an Award ofAchievement for 2004 for its entry titled "Custom Built Computers:Fusing Creativity and Student Talent to Cut Costs and MaximizeLearning," from PASBO (Pennsylvania ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Robert William Stough of Millersville has accepted a position withNASA at the George Marshall Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., in theaerospace vehicle design and mission analysis ...
ORGANIZATIONS
Mar 01, 2004 ... The board of trustees of The Pennsylvania Academy of Music electedPaul W. Ware as chairman, replacing retiring chairman Robert B. FalkJr., who served for 10 years. Ware has been an active board member ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Lancaster-based Kegel's Produce has promoted Karen Lewis to thenewly created position of director of retail sales. Lewis had been asales consultant since joining Kegel's Produce in 2001. Lewis has more than 20 years of experience in the produceindustry, and previously worked for ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Interiors Inc. has hired Janice Reardon as an interior designer inthe showroom, Katie Martin as a showroom sales consultant, and KimFerich as Bargain Warehouse sales consultant. Reardon graduated from The Fashion Institute of Technology, NewYork City, and has a degree in textile ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Lapp Electric announced it has moved to 2420 Gehman Lane and willlease space in its former ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Robert Imperato, of Branford, Conn., has joined American Home Bankas president of the bank's wholesale division. He comes to AmericanHome Bank with more than 30 years of ...
COMPANIES
Mar 01, 2004 ... The Pennsylvania Dutch Convention & Visitors Bureau recently hiredtwo new employees, Audrey Bialas of Camp Hill and Cara O'Donnell ofElizabethtown. Bialas joined the bureau in the newly created position of specialprojects manager after spending the past 11 years with ...
ORGANIZATIONS
Mar 01, 2004 ... The board of managers of the Danner Home elected J.D. Young Jr.president, A.R. Hetrich vice president, and John I. Blanck secretary/treasurer. Other board members ...
AWARD
Mar 01, 2004 ... A HavrillaCorrigan Advertising campaign created for ElizabethtownCollege's adult degree program won three awards in the 19th annualAdmissions Advertising Awards competition. The awards included two bronze for newspaper advertisements and amerit award for outdoor ...
Part-time work, full-time work, housework and more
Mar 01, 2004; ... Tucked into a one-paragraph news release in a recent USA Todaynewspaper was this provocative research finding: According to a National Institute for Occupational Safety andHealth study of 98 female doctors in dual-career marriages, workingpart time can be harder on a marriage than ...
Master Gardener Symposium coming this month
Mar 01, 2004; ... The 12th annual Penn State Master Gardener Symposium will be heldMarch 20 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Lancaster Farm and Home Center,1383 Arcadia Road. Lectures will include: "Pest Management and the Art of Getting Along" by Pat Christopher,developer and instructor for ...
Primary changes
Mar 01, 2004 ... Pennsylvanians have until March 29 to register for this year'sprimary election. For many voters or would-be voters, however, thequestion is: Why bother? This year's primary election will be held April 27. Because thisis a presidential election year, the primary is being held ...
Ryan Schofer, 22, Pequea Valley graduate
Mar 01, 2004 ... Ryan C. Schofer, 22, of Conestoga View, formerly of Paradise, diedSaturday at home from injuries suffered in a Nov. 30, 2000, bicycleaccident. Before the accident, he worked at Cracker Barrel restaurant inLancaster. He was a 2000 graduate of Pequea Valley High School and ...
Closing revenue office makes no sense
Mar 02, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Recently, employees at the Pennsylvania Revenue Office on JamesStreet were informed that the office would close June 30 in order tohelp meet the department's goal to cut its budget by 3 percent. Shockturned to disbelief as we tried to understand the rationale ...
From 'Bloom County' to 'Outland' and back again: A familiar face comes home to roost; Penguins roost, right?
Mar 02, 2004 ... An old friend returns today to the pages of the IntelligencerJournal. "Opus," a once-a-week comic strip from Pulitzer-prizewinnign cartoonist Berkley Breathed, will appear on the Intell's BackPage every Tuesday. Breathed was the creator of "Bloom County," a wildly popular ...
LOCAL NOTES
Mar 02, 2004 ... Advance Tickets Tickets will be available for the McCaskey girls Class AAAA statetournament game against Berwick at the following times and locations:Wednesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the athletic office,Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. in the main lobby and Friday from 8 a.m ....
COLLEGES
Mar 02, 2004 ... Ticket Sales Franklin & Marshall will sell tickets for it's NCAA Division IIITournament second round game Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from noonto 7 p.m. in the front lobby of Mayser Gymnasium. Tickets are $4 forgeneral admission and $3 for students, senior citizens and ...
Chirrup! The 17-year cicadas are coming back; Giant swarm of vocal insects to emerge soon
Mar 02, 2004; ... Part of the largest population of 17-year cicadas known to existin Pennsylvania is due to emerge from Lancaster County soil nextmonth. Often referred to incorrectly as locusts, these cicadas liveunderground, feasting on tree roots for 17 years before instinctivelydigging their ...
Sticky fingers; Curiosity, sweet tooth satisfied at County Park's tree-tapping demonstration
Mar 01, 2004; ... Those who attended the annual maple sugaring demonstrations atLancaster County Central Park were sweetly rewarded Sunday afternoon. About 200 visitors had a chance to enjoy pleasant weather in apicturesque setting as a sugary aroma wafted in the air. The free samples of candy ...
COLLEGES
Mar 01, 2004 ... Correction In one paragraph of the Elizabethtown College versus Widener men'sbasketball preview story, which appeared in Saturday's Intell, E-town was reported to be playing for the Centennial Conferencechampionship on Saturday. The Blue Jays were playing for theCommonwealth ...
Learning from a bunch of Knit Wits // Seniors teach their caregivers how to knit
Mar 01, 2004; ... At many retirement communities, staff members teach and organizethe senior citizens. But at Hearthstone Manor, Mount Joy, a group ofsenior citizens has switched roles and is teaching the staff to knitscarves. "It all started with my mother making some scarves for gifts forme to ...
NAACP reaches out to Latinos at service // State cabinet member speaks at King tribute
Mar 01, 2004; ... Every year the local chapter of the NAACP celebrates the life andwork of Martin Luther King Jr. This year, it made history. Sunday's Martin Luther King Jr. memorial service, which wasrescheduled from Jan. 18 because of a snowstorm, marked the firsttime in its history that a ...
Rex Kelly, 74, tool and die maker
Mar 01, 2004 ... Rex E. Kelly, 74, of St. Anne's Home, Columbia, formerly ofDonegal Springs Road, Mount Joy, died Saturday at home after a longillness. He was a tool and die maker at the former AMP Inc. in Landisville,retiring in 1995 after 30 years. He previously worked at HamiltonWatch Co. in ...
Michael Adams, 40, machine operator [Corrected 04/08/04]
Mar 01, 2004 ... Michael Kenneth Adams Sr., 40, of 108 Hershey Road, Lititz, diedThursday at home. An autopsy has been performed. He was a machine operator at Berk-Tek, near Ephrata. A 1982 graduate of Ephrata High School, he was a member of CherryStreet Garage Group and restored antique ...