Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from December 2004:
Plain people and the vote
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: In the recent election, there was some discussionof the local Republican Party's drive to register members of thelocal Plain community and encourage them to vote. Some people much more knowledgeable of the history and traditionsof the Plain community, including the ...
LANCASTER ROAD RUNNERS RACES
Dec 01, 2004 ... In addition to the fun runs, other LRRC events are listed below. January - Eye Opener Fun Run on Jan. 1 (up to 10-K at LancasterCounty Central Park. May - Mrs. Smith's Challenge (women only) on the day beforeMother's Day (five miles at Lancaster County Central ...
Progress on AIDS, but no victory
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Today, Dec. 1, marks the 17th annual World AIDSDay. Recognition of this day began in 1988 as a way to focus globalattention on the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Each year, a specific issue ishighlighted, and this year's theme is "Women, Girls, and HIV/AIDS."The attempt through this ...
Outsourcing, cheap dollar hurting U.S.
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: Alan Greenspan recently told a meeting ofinternational bankers that the high U.S. current account deficit andthe resulting falling dollar pose a serious danger to the futurehealth of our economy. He said that, since the United States mustborrow funds from offshore by ...
Manipulated by the Confederacy
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: If the information I've seen is correct, then 22percent of the electorate cited "moral values" as their chief concernin the presidential race. Of that group, 79 percent voted for GeorgeW. Bush. This means John Kerry took 56 percent of the vote of those ...
Anger management
Dec 01, 2004 ... To say America has an anger-management problem is a vastunderstatement. Last week, in the woods of Wisconsin, a dispute between a deer-hunting party and a hunter they say was occupying their space endedwith the hunter killing six people with a semiautomatic rifle. Almost two ...
Bush's margin was hardly a 'mandate'
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I am writing in response to the letter from Leeand Anita Troup who seem to believe that "W" won a mandate in theelection. A 3 percent margin is in no way a mandate, although heacted as though he had a mandate in the 2000 election, which was evencloser. As for the ...
Where is the F&M security near frat houses?
Dec 01, 2004 ... TO THE EDITOR: I just finished reading the article aboutFranklin & Marshall College and the fraternity houses. If F&M has re-recognized the Greek organizations, why aren't theybetter patrolled by security? I don't mean the red shirts, since theygo off at 10 p.m. and have no ...
World AIDS Day: A time to remember the children
Dec 01, 2004; ... As a child growing up in Manheim through the 1980s, I heard littleabout an emerging disease known as HIV/AIDS. At that time, there werefewer than 300 cases in the United States and Europe. Since then, HIV/AIDS has ravaged countries, communities and families, claiming morethan 20 million ...
Food Bits
Dec 01, 2004 ... Jordan Long, a senior at Lebanon County Career & Technology Centerin Lebanon was awarded a scholarship to Johnson & Wales Universityvalued up to $8,000 and a $300 gift certificate to Aventura Mall inAventura, Fla., for her Victorian-style gingerbread house entered inthe 6th annual ...
PAID OBITUARIES
Dec 01, 2004 ... PAID OBITUARIES Robert G. Keener Robert G. Keener, 78, of 2002 West Main St. Lot# 18 Ephrata,formerly of 217 West Ferdinand St., Manheim, died Monday evening atthe Lebanon Veteran s Administration Medical Center Lebanon, PA,following a brief illness. Born in Penn ...
Cooking spices up youth offerings
Dec 01, 2004; ... Joshua McNamee enjoys painting and faithfully attends thechildren's art classes at Milanof-Schock Library in Mount Joy. When Josh heard the library, as part of the series Wednesdays AreWonderful at the Library, was hosting a children's cooking class onNov. 10, he immediately ...
Goodwill calls for Secret Santa
Dec 01, 2004 ... Goodwill Industries is looking for individuals to be a SecretSanta to nearly 200 clients this holiday season. Goodwill is a nonprofit organization with the mission of fosteringjob training and employment opportunities for individuals withdisabilities and other barriers to ...
Lititz Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Lydia Watson, 79, of 125 W. Lemon St., Lititz, collided with twolegally parked vehicles on Nov. 16 at 8:40 a.m. in the 300 block ofWest Lemon Street. Watson was cited for leaving her lane of travelfor unknown reasons. Two vehicles ...
Officers listed by Linden Hall association
Dec 01, 2004 ... The Alumnae Association at Linden Hall School for Girls electedTeddy Cooper Flory (1971) as president. Other alumnae officers are vice president Joey Haubner Yocum ('59)from Newtown Square; secretary Juliana Falk ('90) from Lancaster; andtreasurer Missy Cooper Anderson ('73) ...
Eagle Scout candidate adds dimension to dental visit
Dec 01, 2004 ... St. Joseph Health Ministries' new mobile dental clinic has quicklyearned the nickname the "brush brush bus." Others might mistake it for the "book mobile" due to the effortsof Boy Scout Bobby Green. Green, 16, recently collected 1,450 books as part of an EagleScout leadership ...
Penn moves ahead with sewer solutions // Mandates pumping of septic systems
Dec 01, 2004; ... Wastewater issues challenging Penn Township residents in recentyears are being resolved, a township official said Nov. 22. "The quicker people work with us the quicker we get it done," TomErnharth, township manager, said. "Some (residents) are willing, someare more willing than ...
Seniors earn art awards
Dec 01, 2004 ... Awards for the 11th annual Lancaster County Office of Aging SeniorArts Exhibition were presented recently at Lancaster Senior Expo. County residents 60 years of age and older competed in five artcategories and for a People's Choice Award, which was captured by"Trumpet Solo" by ...
Social club proposed by Republicans in Columbia
Dec 01, 2004 ... Columbia Area Republican Committee is making plans in 2005 toorganize a social club for people who may not take politics tooseriously. Jonathan Lutz, committee chairman, said, "We want to create aforum where Columbia's Republicans can come together and have fun. "Because the ...
Greek immigration lecture set
Dec 01, 2004 ... Nikitas Zervanos, M.D., will discuss Greek immigration to Americain a talk at Lancaster County Historical Society, 230 N. PresidentAve., on Friday at 4 p.m. Zervanos will trace Greek immigration to America from the time ofsailors of the 16th century and include the "infamous" ...
Columbia partners with statewide group to find funds
Dec 01, 2004; ... Thanks to an upcoming contract between Columbia and thePennsylvania State Association of Boroughs, finding extra money forprojects like River Park revitalization could become a whole loteasier. That's according to Columbia Mayor Leo Lutz, who said the newapproach would be a vast ...
Warwick Township
Dec 01, 2004 ... A two-vehicle accident occurred on Nov. 12 on East Newport Roadinvolving Rodney Rhoads, 331 Dead End Road, Lititz, and JeremyDeFiore, Emmaus. The accident occurred near Brunnerville Road duringheavy rain when Rhoads struck the rear of a tractor trailer driven byDeFiore. The trailer ...
Susquehanna Regional
Dec 01, 2004 ... David D. Spackman Jr., 22, of 25 N. Front St., Bainbridge, wascharged with two counts of involuntary deviate sexual intercourse,statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecentassault and corruption of minors following a police investigationinto the reported sexual assault ...
Elizabethtown Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Renee Eckinger, 26, of 32 Cranfield Court, was charged withharassment at the rear of 28 S. Market St. at 1:56 a.m. on Oct. 22. Herbert Ulrich, 24, address unknown, was charged with theft andaccess device fraud in the first block of East High Street at 1:27p.m. on Nov ....
Manheim Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Dale B. Greenly, 60, of 120 S. Grant St., Manheim, was cited for acontrol of alarm devices and automatic dial line services violationon Oct. 31 at 6:30 p.m. after he allowed four false alarms to occurin a four-month period at his residence. A 13-year-old female from Manheim Borough ...
Lititz drafts 10% hike in property tax
Dec 01, 2004; ... Lititz Borough residents may face a 10 percent increase in realestate taxes if the proposed $7 million budget for 2005 is approvedlater this month. In what sounded like good news at first, borough council revieweda proposal to decrease millage in the borough from 1.5 mills to ...
Officers announced
Dec 01, 2004 ... Members of Grave Concern Inc. announced officers were elected for2005. James B. McMullin will serve as president. Other executiveofficers are Samuel Mecum, vice president; Kathleen Horein,secretary; and ...
East Hempfield Township
Dec 01, 2004 ... Vehicles operated by Edward West, of Lancaster, and a 16-year-oldBird-In-Hand youth collided at the intersection of Rohrerstown andMiller roads on Oct. 31 at 10:46 a.m. A passenger in West's vehiclecomplained of minor injuries, and both vehicles were towed. The youthwas charged with a ...
Columbia Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Royden Douglas Sheesley, 28, of 124 Church St., Mount Joy, wascharged with operation following suspension of registration in the800 block of Blunston Street at 2:03 a.m. on Nov. 12. Jamie M. Rivers, 50, of 170 Locust St., was charged with operationof vehicle without official ...
Penn Township
Dec 01, 2004 ... Police were dispatched to the area of Temperance Hill Road andFruitville Pike on Nov. 7 at 1 a.m. for an incident involving avehicle window being shot out by a BB gun following a fight betweenthe occupants of vehicles involved. Two suspects were taken intocustody and questioned about the ...
MU musicians will perform Sunday
Dec 01, 2004 ... A concert titled "Across the Pond" will be presented byMillersville University Concert Band and Wind Ensemble on Sunday. Free and open to the public, the program will begin at 2:30 p.m.in Lyte Auditorium at Alumni Hall. All of the works are American in character or represent ...
Mount Joy Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Kenneth E. Hollinger, 39, of 62 W. Main St., was charged withretail theft after police said he took merchandise that he did notpay for and dropped it while going out the front door of DollarGeneral Store, 553 W. Main St., at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 24. Stephen M. Charles, 27, of 43 ...
Manheim street repairs are tip of iceberg
Dec 01, 2004; ... Manheim Borough's vitality since its founding in 1762 has hingedon a network of roads and other infrastructure. The challenge of maintaining transportation and other linksaccounts for considerable resources handled by Rob Stoner, boroughmanager. "It becomes, 'How do we ...
Yuletide benefit planned in Warwick Twp.
Dec 01, 2004 ... Warwick Township Police Department is busy raising funds foranother "Blue Christmas" to benefit less fortunate families in theWarwick area. Brenda Gensemer, ...
Strasburg Borough approves preliminary 2005 spending plan
Dec 01, 2004; ... Strasburg Borough Council approved a preliminary 2005 budget atits Nov. 23 meeting. The 2005 preliminary budget shows $1,481,394 in estimatedexpenses, up from this year's estimated $1,440,252. Anticipated 2005income is $1,442,770, compared to the 2004 actual income ...
Local bank now owns beleaguered Red Caboose Hotel
Dec 01, 2004; ... The ongoing dispute concerning the Red Caboose Hotel andRestaurant took another twist recently when a local bank was forcedto claim ownership of the beleaguered tourist attraction. "Essentially, what happened was this: Susquehanna Bank (formerlyFarmer's First Bank) forced a ...
Manor zoning board hears more on proposed Wal-Mart
Dec 01, 2004; ... Testimony resumed Tuesday night in the latest conditional-usehearing for a Wal-Mart proposed for a 29-acre field in ManorTownship. The Arkansas retail giant needs a special exception to build a229,690-square-foot supercenter along South Centerville Road. Thesize of the proposed ...
Kennel gets OK to increase in size
Dec 01, 2004; ... Little Britain Township supervisors took a month to consider thefacts, then met for just 15 minutes on Nov. 23 to vote on and approvea conditional-use request to enlarge a kennel. Though there have been no complaints about the current operationwith its 20 dogs, a number of ...
Board to review revised Spring Ridge plan
Dec 01, 2004; ... Sadsbury Township Board of Supervisors will soon review a revisedplan for a development along Route 41 that includes about 225 townhouses. The township planning commission on Nov. 23 recommended approvalof a master plan for Spring Ridge that includes an access roadintersecting ...
Pequea officials discuss new meeting dates for '05
Dec 01, 2004; ... After 20 years of meeting the first and third Wednesday of eachmonth, the Pequea Township supervisors are debating whether to meeton a monthly basis. "There are enough other townships that meet once a month, and theyget accomplished what they want to do," Supervisors Robert Race ...
Paradise Township looks to hold line on taxes in 2005
Dec 01, 2004; ... Despite the addition of a new Amtrak station and new municipalheadquarters, Paradise Township isn't planning to increase propertytaxes in 2005. "This is a balanced budget, with the emphasis on the word'balanced'," supervisor Dennis Groff said Nov. 23. "We've alteredsome of our ...
Amanda C. Saner crowned Miss Solanco
Dec 01, 2004; ... The golden anniversary of the Miss Solanco Scholarship Pageant wasan experience that Amanda C. Saner will never forget. Saner, who was crowned Miss Solanco at Saturday night's event heldat Solanco High School, won a $1,500 scholarship after competing in apersonal interview, talent, ...
Millersville Borough adopts '05 budget with 10% tax hike
Dec 01, 2004; ... Millersville Borough Council adopted a 2005 budget with a 10percent tax increase Nov. 23. However, council members pledged to give taxpayers a break bycanceling a sewer hike scheduled for July. The budget passed 4-1. Council president Mary Ann Gerber andmembers Jack Gardner, ...
Resting place of Civil War veterans restored; Willow Street teen works toward Eagle Scout Award
Dec 01, 2004; ... Another Lancaster County cemetery has been rediscovered as amemorial to Civil War soldiers. Boy Scout Justin Stahl, of Willow Street Troop 105, has set thingsright by cleaning up and restoring the graveyard to its proper state. Stahl, 17, of 8 Kay Drive, Willow Street, will be ...
Bovines sublime
Dec 01, 2004; ... Leroy Miller raises Jersey cows in a way that he has designed toproduce dairy products with high butterfat. Miller visually judgesbutter by the intensity of its yellow color, an indicator of richbutterfat. Miller chose to reduce his dairy herd from 50 cows to 25 cows overthe past ...
Public seminar slated
Dec 01, 2004 ... Sally Fallon, president of The Weston A. Price Foundation for WiseTraditions in Food, Farming, and the Healing Arts, and editor of"Nourishing Traditions," will present a six-hour workshop about"Traditional Diet" in Lititz on Thursday, March 3, 2005. Her ...
Happy cows, healthy kids...or political football? // MILK
Dec 01, 2004; ... Leroy Miller is 50 percent farmer and 50 percent businessman. Hestrongly believes in the healing, helpful qualities of milk frompasture-fed cows as well as the benefits to be gained from all theorganic produce on his farm. Organic farming is labor-intensive. It takes a good manager ...
House tour raises funds for Adamstown Area Library
Dec 01, 2004; ... Beautiful fall weather and an interesting mixture of local homescontributed to making the 22nd annual Pumpkin Path House Tour on Nov.7 a great success. According to Brenda Hinden, chairman of the tour, nearly 650tickets were sold, and the profit is expected to be ...
New Holland Borough to host third Christmas in the Park
Dec 01, 2004; ... Celebrate New Holland at Christmas in the Park is designed to helppeople get into the holiday spirit. Sponsored by New Holland Business Association, the Dec. 11 eventis a thank-you from all the businesses to their patrons. The eventwill be held from 5:30 to 8 p.m. "It's our ...
Ephrata Borough
Dec 01, 2004 ... Joy R. Faust, 37, of Blue Ball, was charged with DUI on Nov. 7 at3:12 a.m. following a traffic stop in the 900 block of West MainStreet. Two 14-year-old boys were charged with disorderly conduct on Nov.15 at 7:50 a.m. following a fight inside Ephrata High School. Police ...
W. Earl Township supervisors deny developer's request
Dec 01, 2004; ... Ten Thousand Villages and $10,000 shared the stage in West EarlTownship last week. At their Nov. 22 meeting, township supervisors heard a request bydeveloper Robert Redcay to apply the $10,000 he paid for roadimprovements to help synchronize traffic lights at Cloverbrook, ...
Salisbury Twp. board grants sculptor's variance request
Dec 01, 2004; ... When statutes met statues in Salisbury Township, officials made amonumental decision, carving out space in the township's ordinance togive a sculptor the room he needs for large works. At its Nov. 23 meeting, the township zoning hearing board grantedRichard Blake's request for a ...
Leola Eagle Scout project complete
Dec 01, 2004; ... Nathan Whatmore told the Upper Leacock supervisors at their Nov.18 meeting that he had completed his Eagle Scout project to improvethe courtyard of the township's community building in Leola. Whatmore, who lives on Harclay Place in Lancaster and belongs toTroop 99, passed around ...
Cocalico officials hear report on systems for troubled students
Dec 01, 2004; ... Cocalico School District students and families can access avariety of support programs for psychological needs, but sometimesthe help they need can't to be found locally. At its Nov. 15 meeting, Cocalico school board heard specialreports on several systems in place for troubled ...
Johns leads F&M to first victory of the season
Dec 01, 2004 ... Junior point guard Dana Johns scored 25 points to lead Franklin &Marshall to its first win of the season, an 86-58 home victory overHaverford Tuesday night. Senior center Lauren Dodrill added 16 points and 22 rebounds tocomplement Johns, who is the early-season leading scorer in ...
WGAL will carry Barons on Friday // BRIEFLY
Dec 01, 2004 ... WGAL-TV Channel 8 has announced that it will air the PIAA ClassAAA Eastern final football playoff game between Manheim Central andBerwick beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at Shamokin High School. In the booth will be area sports broadcaster Jed Donahuedelivering play-by-play and WGAL's ...
Colleges
Dec 01, 2004 ... Men's Basketball Franklin & Marshall moved up one spot to No. 6 in the Nov. 30D3hoops.com poll after wins last week over DeSales (81-67) andMcDaniel (85-54). The Diplomats (1-0 Centennial, 2-0,) continue theseason at 4 p.m. Saturday at home versus Haverford. Women's ...
In the News
Dec 01, 2004 ... Hempfield's Austin Kinney won Section One MVP honors for thesecond straight year and became one of seven ...
New Holland sign features borough service clubs
Dec 01, 2004; ... Mingling with the stop signs, street signs, speed signs andtraffic signs in New Holland is a new sign featuring the borough'sservice clubs. Motorists driving west through town can view the newly erectedsign that announces the nine active service clubs in New ...
COUNTY CALENDAR
Dec 01, 2004 ... Hat/mitten donation Hartz Physical Therapy, 100 Highlands Drive, Suite 100, Lititz, iscollecting hats and mittens for the children of Milagro House, Mom'sHouse, Deb's House and Cobys Family Service. Items may be dropped offat the Hartz office from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Mondays ...
Museum must address sewage glitch
Dec 01, 2004; ... Paradise Township officials give Toy Train Museum attraction untilspring to install new system Four months after announcing National Toy Train Museum's sewagesystem was disintegrating, Paradise Township officials are now givingthe museum until the spring to prevent a possible ...
East Cocalico looks to hold line on taxes; Rising cost of police services boosts proposed 2005 budget up 15 percent [Corrected 01/26/ 05]
Dec 01, 2004; ... The rising cost of police services is driving East CocalicoTownship's 2005 budget up 15 percent, although supervisors have notproposed a tax increase, and property owners will see the millagerate drop slightly due to real estate reassessments. Supervisors have approved a proposed ...
Light of reality to shine in Penn Square on AIDS Day
Dec 01, 2004; ... It's easy to become infected with HIV. Remember that when you see the candles in red bags liningLancaster's Penn Square tonight. That's why they will be there. On the 16th annual World AIDS Day, one message is more importantthan any other: You're at risk, too. "HIV ...
Local jobless rate climbs
Dec 01, 2004 ... The October seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the LancasterMetropolitan Statistical Area rose two-tenths of a percentage pointto 3.8 percent, reversing last month's three-tenths' decrease. Theemployment count contracted by 800 individuals, while 400 people wereadded to the ...
It's all about how you look ... and how you feel
Dec 01, 2004; ... You've got to hand it to the Bush administration and internationalterrorism: Together they have made life wonderful for airportsecurity guys who have always been looking for a way to legally gropewomen. I am referring to a New York Times story last week that told ofthe increasing ...