Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from September 2004:
Muscle cars will help disabled
Sep 01, 2004 ... Lancaster's largest car and motorcycle show will cruise into townfor the 5th annual American Legends Show at Long's Park on Oct. 9. Sponsors are Lancaster Harley-Davidson, Faulkner Chevrolet,Lancaster County Corvette Club and Lancaster HOG chapter with allproceeds benefiting ...
Susan Marie Gockley, 56, bank teller
Sep 01, 2004 ... Susan Marie Gockley, 56, of 604 Maple St., East Earl, died Tuesdaymorning at home of natural causes after a six-week illness. A teller at the Akron branch of Ephrata National Bank, sheattended nursing school at North Shore Medical Center. She enjoyed ...
River Lifestyle
Sep 01, 2004 ... This week, we will take a look at life along - and on - theSusquehanna River as it winds down the western edge of the county.Here's what you'll see, ...
Strasburg council purchases tract to protect watershed area
Sep 01, 2004; ... Strasburg Borough Council last week said it purchased a 14-acretract in Paradise Township to protect its watershed area. Council said it paid $650,000 for the Benuel Esh farm at thenorthwest corner of White Oak Road and Peach Lane. Council member Jim Kiscaden said the borough ...
Yard signs
Sep 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: A recent story in the Intelligencer Journalreported that the Lancaster Township zoning officer is telling peopleon Atkins Avenue to remove political signs from their yards. I believe the zoning officer was only responding to a complaintand ...
Editorial cartoon defames all Jews
Sep 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I went to sleep last night in Lancaster, 2004,and amazingly, woke up this morning in Hitler's Germany. How did Iknow? I needed only to look on the Opinion Page of Tuesday morning'sIntelligencer Journal where I saw a cartoon showing a dog marked witha Star of David ...
Midget baseball All-Stars selected
Sep 01, 2004 ... Donegal's New Era Tournament championship team and the CocalicoEagles dominated this year's all-star teams selected by the coachesof Lancaster County Midget Baseball. Donegal, champion of the School League's American Division, placedsix players on the division's first team. The ...
Inconveniences come with war
Sep 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Let's see if I understand this: The government(read President Bush) is supposed to keep us all safe from any harm.More should have been done to prevent the 9/11 tragedy. Now the Sept. 11 Commission is recommending tighter security atairports, and the ACLU is ...
Sickened by attempts to discredit Kerry
Sep 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Outside Ho Chi Minh City, formally known asSaigon, there is a makeshift museum that features some of thehardware of war, hardware beyond guns, hardware that was used to trapand mutilate American and South Vietnamese soldiers. Nearby is a pitwith bamboo spikes in the ...
About that cartoon...
Sep 01, 2004 ... An editorial cartoon in Tuesday's editions depicting a dog withthe Star of David urinating on the leg of Uncle Sam struck a nervewith a number of readers, many of whom found it to be anti-Semitic. In the cartoon, Uncle Sam is holding a newspaper that reads "Molein the ...
Appalled by editorial cartoon
Sep 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Your choice to print a blatantly anti-Jewish"cartoon" on the editorial page of your Aug. 31 issue is appalling!You insult and betray the traditions of tolerance and inclusiontypically embraced by our community and its leaders. You should be ashamed. How am I to ...
Bernard W. Schnably, 88, of Lancaster
Sep 01, 2004 ... Bernard W. Schnably, 88, of 520 Kensington Road, died Mondaymorning at Essa Flory Hospice Center after a lengthy illness. He retired in 1980 from John Herr's Market in Millersville, wherehe managed the meat department. Schnably graduated from Bedford High School and ...
Cora Bannebecker, lived in Schoeneck
Sep 01, 2004 ... Cora B. Pannebecker, 82, formerly of Schoeneck, died of naturalcauses Monday evening at Fairmount Homes, Ephrata. Mrs. Pannebecker retired from the former Cinderella Knitting Mill,Denver, where she worked for 28 years. She was a member of Mellinger's Evangelical Lutheran ...
Mirriam Musselman, 87, education prof
Sep 01, 2004 ... Miriam S. Musselman, 87, of Willow Valley Manor North, 625Lancaster Square, formerly of Quarryville, died of natural causesTuesday at The Glen at Willow Valley. An emeritus professor of education at Juniata College, she startedher career as an elementary school teacher in Hanover ...
C. Donald Jess, of Lancaster, was teacher, principal, superintendent
Sep 01, 2004 ... C. Donald Jess, 83, of 1868 Villa Court, died Monday at home aftera brief illness. Jess retired in 1976 as superintendent of schools in Bergenfield,N.J. He worked in education for 30 years as a teacher and principalbefore becoming superintendent. He was a decorated U.S. Army ...
Jose A. Bonilla Blancovitch, fisherman
Sep 01, 2004 ... Jose A. Bonilla Blancovitch, 57, of 751 Almanac Ave., diedSaturday at Beverly Manor after a two-year illness. Blancovitch was a retired self-employed fisherman on his boat, ElAntara. He sold his catch in Porto Real, Cabo Rojo, Puerto Rico. He graduated from a Cabo Rojo high ...
Esther Bachman, was a homemaker
Sep 01, 2004 ... Esther M. Bachman, 76, of 1108 Stone Hill Road, Conestoga, died ofnatural causes Friday at home. A homemaker, Mrs. Bachman was an avid gardener. Born in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late John and AnnaHerman. She was the wife of the late Earl F ....
11-year veteran resigns
Sep 01, 2004; ... An 11-year member of Manheim Central school board surprisedofficials with the announcement of his resignation Aug. 24. Jeff Swarr told board members he desired to spend more time withhis family and devote more to his business. "I plan to resign at the end of this organizational ...
Colleges
Sep 01, 2004 ... Field Hockey Senior midfielder Chelsea Phillips (Conestoga Valley) begins herfourth and final collegiate season at Mansfield when they take onKutztown Saturday at 12:30 p.m. Phillips started all 18 games for theMountaineers last season. Junior Lauren Blain (Donegal) of ...
Manheim Twp. salutes 250th year on Sept. 11with Community Day
Sep 01, 2004 ... The 14th annual Manheim Township Community Day Celebration will beheld Sept. 11. as part of the township's 275th anniversarycelebration. Most of the events will be held in Stauffer Park, 1241 Lititz Pike(Route 501), Lancaster The day kicks off at 8 a.m. with the elementary ...
Manheim Central extends superintendent's pact
Sep 01, 2004; ... The superintendent of Manheim Central School District received afive-year contract extension after unanimous approval by the schoolboard on Aug. 24. Superintendent Carol H. Saylor has been with the district foreight years, which makes her one of the more ...
Columbia Borough
Sep 01, 2004 ... Edward Joseph Campbell, 49, of 162 S. 4th St., was charged withdriving while operating privilege is suspended or revoked in the 500block of Union Street at 5:55 p.m. on Aug. 8. Clarence Peters, of Centerville, reported the theft of copperwire, valued at $100, from the back yard of ...
Warwick will replace K-9
Sep 01, 2004; ... Warwick Township will retire Zeus, its veteran K-9 officer, andreplace the dog with a German Shepherd offered at a reduced price byDauphin County Sheriff's Department. Township officials agreed Aug. 18 Zeus suffered career-endinghealth problems. In his place as early as this ...
Deborah A. Vasko, 49, registered nurse
Sep 01, 2004 ... Deborah A. Vasko, 49, of 1464 Dave Circle, Manheim, died Tuesdayat Maple Farm Nursing Center, Akron, after a brief illness. A registered nurse, Mrs. Vasko was a senior risk manager atLancaster General Hospital, where she worked for 23 years. She earned a degree in health care ...
Octorara group to host arts and craft fair
Sep 01, 2004 ... The Octorara Wrestling Booster Club will be hosting an arts andcraft fair on Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Octorara HighSchool gymnasium and cafeteria. There will be more than 70 vendors on display. All proceeds raisedbenefit the wrestling program in ...
Fund-raiser benefits children with neuroblastoma
Sep 01, 2004 ... The families of children with neuroblastoma are inviting thecommunity to participate in the the second annual Lunch for Life tofight the pediatric cancer, which strikes about 500 children in theUnited States every year. The fund-raiser begins today and lasts ...
Time to make dinner? Just bag it!
Sep 01, 2004; ... This is one of my favorite chicken recipes. The chicken is soflavorful and tender, and so easy to prepare, that this one recipe isreason enough to buy a box of oven bags. You can either remove theskin from the chicken prior to serving, or you can serve it Chinese-style, with the skin ...
Penn Manor votes for alternate bid for work at Manor barn
Sep 01, 2004; ... Penn Manor School District voted Monday night to obtain analternate bid for possible work to be done to the Manor barn. The barn, which is next to Manor Middle School, is in need ofrepair, according to school officials and residents. Superintendent Donald Stewart said the ...
Down on the farm; Fish hatcheries offer fresh bass for dining along the Susquehanna River
Sep 01, 2004; ... Susquehanna Aquacultures, a commercial fish farm on Brunner Islandjust below the York Haven Dam, recently sold, in one month, 61,000pounds of fish. The average size of one fish - preferred by theircustomers for a single serving - is one and a-half pounds. Ponds on the island/farm ...
Clay couple blames adjacent properties for rat problem
Sep 01, 2004; ... Clay Township supervisors recently learned of a rat problemplaguing a Hopeland couple. Stanley and Cindy Roof, of 775 Maple St., told supervisors attheir August meeting that upon returning from a vacation July 28,they discovered their row house was infested with rats. Stanley ...
Collection conservation help needed at Landis Valley
Sep 01, 2004 ... Pennsylvania Conservation Corps is hiring young adults for acollections care project underway at the Landis Valley Museum inLancaster. PCC members who work on the collections crew will clean, catalog,photograph and store historical artifacts. No experience or diplomais ...
Manheim Borough
Sep 01, 2004 ... Nathan Earhart, 20, of 164 N. Laurel St., Manheim, was chargedwith possession or use of marijuana on Aug. 6 at 12:20 a.m. afterpolice approached a vehicle with five individuals seated insideparked at 26 Market Square and a strong smell of burned marijuanaemanating from the vehicle. All ...
Five compete at Jr. Olympics
Sep 01, 2004 ... Five area players competed in field hockey at the Junior OlympicGames in Des Moines, Iowa, in August. The players were named toJunior Olympic teams after competing in the National FuturesTournament in Virginia Beach, Va. in July. Competing at the Junior ...
Barbara A. Leisey, 50, was phlebotomist
Sep 01, 2004 ... Barbara A. Leisey, 50, of 2806 Wyoming Drive, Spring Township,Berks County, was found dead Monday afternoon at home. The BerksCounty coroner's office is investigating the death. Miss Leisey was a phlebotomist for St. Joseph Medical Center,Reading, for two years. A U.S. Air ...
Local Notes
Sep 01, 2004 ... Softball The Lord's House of Prayer Warriors, members of the United ChurchModified ...
Landis may leave SPS team; Report: CV graduate ready to sign with Swiss-based squad
Sep 01, 2004 ... Floyd Landis may have found a new mountain to climb. Known as one of the best climbers in the grueling mountain stagesat the Tour de France, Landis may be leaving the U.S. Postal ServiceTeam at the end of 2004 to sign with Swiss-based Phonak HearingSystems. The Farmersville ...
Lester L. Stohler, 78, Raymark supervisor
Sep 01, 2004 ... Lester Lee Stohler, 78, of Quentin, died of natural causes Tuesdayat Lebanon Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Stohler was a retired supervisor for the former RaymarkIndustries, Manheim. After retirement, he worked at Highland Tanks,Manheim, and as an usher at the Giant Center for ...
Hempfield's principal players
Sep 01, 2004; ... Three new top administrators at Hempfield High School may berelatively young, but they already are gaining a reputation as adynamic trio. Julie Frey, Jim Dague and Heather Nuneviller began the 2004-05school year Tuesday as new house principals at Hempfield High School.John Smith ...
Mount Joy Borough
Sep 01, 2004 ... Wayne M. Swords, 32, address unknown, was charged with violationof a protection from abuse order after police say he phoned a victimat 15 S. Lumber St. and left two messages containing harassing andthreatening language on the answering machine at 3:26 a.m. on Aug. 8. Amanda L ....
Catfish cuisine
Sep 01, 2004; ... Sharon Prudhomme teases patrons at Prudhomme's Lost Cajun Kitchenin Columbia that they'll never run out of catfish because she hasfishermen with poles at the ready to pull catfish from theSusquehanna River, just five blocks away. Prudhomme doesn't really use river catfish at the ...
Landscape architect delays request for waivers for proposed Clay development
Sep 01, 2004; ... The landscape architect for a proposed development in ClayTownship will wait until the end of this month to request waiversrelated to the project. During the Aug. 23 Clay planning commission meeting, DavidChristian decided to delay requesting the waivers as well as ...
Pennsylvania team wins big at annual Pa. Barbecue Championship
Sep 01, 2004; ... They came from all over the country and Canada to compete for thetitle of Pennsylvania State Barbecue Champion, and the honor went toa Pennsylvania team. Captain & His Piglets, of Tunkhannock, won the coveted title andtook home a trophy plus $3,375 in prize money that went with ...
Ephrata school board OKs $23 million loan; Move ensures voters won't be asked to approve bond, even if district accepts gambling money
Sep 01, 2004; ... Ephrata Area school board members voted Monday to authorize thedistrict to borrow up to $23 million before the state gambling law -Act 72 - goes into effect Friday. Members voted 7-2 to authorize issuing a bond of up to $23 millionto fund several maintenance projects in the ...
Auction promises fast-moving items
Sep 01, 2004; ... Can't afford a Harley or a cruise this year? Ten bucks and a bucket of luck could get you both. Big-ticket items will be on the auction block at the 20th annualHospice of Lancaster County Labor Day Auction, a two-part sale onSaturday and Monday, which includes a $5-a-chance ...
Drumore Twp. residents react to accounting scandal; Fear taxes will rise, call for supervisors to resign
Sep 01, 2004; ... Drumore Township residents are concerned their taxes will go upand their roads will fall apart if the township has to pay back some$800,000 in state and federal highway maintenance funds the townshipmight have misappropriated. Some even think the allegations of state auditors are ...
Drumore Twp. residents react to accounting scandal; Want shopping center put on hold until air clears
Sep 01, 2004; ... Want shopping center put on hold until air clears Southern Lancaster County residents fighting a proposed shoppingcenter in Buck say the permitting process should be put on hold untilstate and federal officials determine whether Drumore Townshipofficials have been cooking their ...
John W. Sweigart, 100, was engineer, pilot
Sep 01, 2004 ... John W. Sweigart, 100, of Garden Spot Village RetirementCommunity, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland, formerly of Morgantown,died of natural causes Monday evening at Lancaster General Hospital. Sweigart was a foreman, tool designer and plant and constructionengineer at the former ...
Police patrols asked for 'Rt. 72 avoidance road'
Sep 01, 2004; ... State Police will be asked to step up patrols on a "Route 72avoidance road" in Rapho Township. Supervisors agreed to make the request following their meetingAug. 19 when they heard complaints about traffic from Rich Lull, whobuilt a home along Prospect Road about six years ...
Under arrest
Sep 01, 2004 ... City police officers surround Pedro Almodovar, who was arrestedTuesday night in the 100 block of Church Street. After being takeninto custody, ...
Mary C. Bittner, 82, Grinnell worker
Sep 01, 2004 ... Mary C. Bittner, 82, of 844 Wright St., Columbia, died of naturalcauses early Tuesday morning at Essa Flory Hospice Center. Miss Bittner worked in the ordering and billing department of theformer ITT Grinnell Corp. She retired in 1983 after 33 years. She was a member of Holy ...
Native American powwow to be held at Muddy Run
Sep 01, 2004; ... The remaining members of Lancaster County's Susquehannocks, alongwith representatives from the Cherokee, Shoshone, Lenape, Cheyenneand Pawnee tribes, will hold their fifth annual Native Americanpowwow Sept. 11-12 at Muddy Run Recreation Park in Holtwood. "This is not just something ...
Lititz Borough
Sep 01, 2004 ... Vehicles operated by Robert Funk and Holly Widdowson, both ofLititz, collided in the 300 block of North Broad Street on Aug. 20 at9:05 p.m. after Funk struck the rear-end of Widdowson's vehicle asshe was making a left turn from her lane of travel. Justin Keller, 23, of Abbington, ...
School opens with eye on distant test
Sep 01, 2004; ... Monday was his first day of fourth grade, and Michael Dieter wasready. All of his pencils were sharpened. He had a spiffy new knapsack.But, he paced and watched the clock. In a few minutes, 24-year-oldMichael Dieter became "Mr. Dieter." He took on the responsibility ofteaching 20 ...
A cemetery's secret; Martic Township officials want to know who owns 19th century graveyard
Sep 01, 2004; ... About two miles south of Mount Nebo, just off of River Road inMartic Township, lies a "lost" 19th century graveyard that may, ormay not, have a connection to the Lewis and Clarke Corps of Discoveryexpedition of 1804. And Martic supervisors admit they have "hit a wall" in ...
East Hempfield Township
Sep 01, 2004 ... Rosa Rosario of Lancaster reported someone tore the dash of avehicle parked in the 600 block of Good Drive on Aug. 17. The losswas $100. Migdalia Ramirez of Lancaster reported someone scratched a vehicleparked in the 100 block of Rohrerstown Road on Aug. 16. The loss ...
Police nab stabbing suspect
Sep 01, 2004; ... Police arrested a Lancaster city man Tuesday minutes after heallegedly stabbed a teenager in the face. Pedro J. Almodovar, 21, of 114 Church St., is accused of attackingan 18-year-old man in the 400 block of Pershing Avenue. Witnesses identified Almodovar as the perpetrator of ...
Columbia approves booster clubs
Sep 01, 2004; ... In an effort to promote better accountability among students'extra-curricular activities, Columbia school board recently approvedbasketball and football booster clubs for Columbia Junior/Senior HighSchool. "This is part of a new board policy that provides greater controlfor the ...
9/11 plantings will be refreshed by Rangers
Sep 01, 2004 ... Columbia Park Rangers will hold a work detail Sept. 9 at 6 p.m. atGlatfelter Field, Lancaster Avenue and 12th ...
Warwick Township
Sep 01, 2004 ... Police recovered four bicycles between Aug. 16 and 18. One bicyclewas found on Pheasant Lane, another on Chickadee Drive and two onNorth Oak Street. Anyone who is missing a bicycle should contactWarwick Township Police. A resident of Meadow Lane reported on Aug. 17 someone entered ...
Susquehanna Regional
Sep 01, 2004 ... A 16-year-old male East Donegal Township resident was charged withharassment after police say he threw a soda can at a 10-year-oldfemale in a passing vehicle and struck her at Endslow Road andFarmingdale Lane, East Donegal Township, at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 13. Thegirl was not ...
Hicks, McBride trials open; Men accused in separate slayings
Sep 01, 2004; ... Prosecutors and defense attorneys offered opening statementsTuesday in the trials of two men accused in separate slayings. In the case of Isaac L. Hicks Jr., Assistant District AttorneyVincent Mazeski outlined why the jury should convict him of first-degree murder. Mazeski ...
Me and my big rebuttal
Sep 01, 2004; ... I seldom spend much time rebutting some of the goofier mail Ireceive for fear of getting into a pointless verbal sparring matchwith the writer. There are exceptions, however. In a column two weeks ago, I recalled the letters I received afterthe publication of a series I ...
NRC sees little Peach Bottom progress; Ongoing problems at nuclear plant could mean more federal oversight
Sep 01, 2004; ... Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station received a warning this week toimprove its routine maintenance work or face increased federaloversight. In a letter sent Monday to the CEO of Exelon Nuclear, PeachBottom's operator, Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials said theplant continues ...
Petition shows residents oppose shopping hub; Official at Drumore Crossings hearing says signatures irrelevant, then accepts them
Sep 01, 2004; ... Drumore Township residents have voiced their opinion on theproposed Drumore Crossings shopping complex. But the question is:Will anyone listen to them? About 150 people assembled at the Solanco High School auditoriumon Aug. 24, where they saw citizens group SORCE 196 (Save Our ...
John G. Dommel, 88, was stock broker, insurance agent
Sep 01, 2004 ... John G. Dommel, 88, of 3001 Lititz Pike, died of natural causesMonday at home. Dommel was a stock broker for Hornblower, Weeks, Hemphill andNoyes. He previously was a Prudential Insurance agent. Afterretirement, he did custom framing. A U.S. Navy veteran of World War II, he ...