Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2006:
Route 324 bridge to be closed Thursday
Feb 01, 2006 ... The bridge that carries Route 324 over Pequea Creek betweenConestoga Township and Martic Township will be closed to ...
L-S Rec Commission hires program director
Feb 01, 2006; ... Lampeter-Strasburg Recreation Commission has hired Eric Nash ofLebanon as its program director. During the commissions Jan. 23meeting, commission board member Carole Good said Nash graduated fromPenn State University. Nash, who recently moved to the area fromLebanon, joins Nicholas ...
Bart Township supervisors retain their seats for 2006
Feb 01, 2006; ... Bart Township supervisors met in January for their annualreorganization meeting and their first regular meeting of the newyear. Supervisor Edwin Harnish, who was re-elected in November, wassworn in to a new term as supervisor. He will again serve as vicechairman of the board, which ...
Residents to review Strasburg comprehensive plan
Feb 01, 2006; ... Strasburg-area residents soon will have the chance to review anupdated joint comprehensive plan completed at a Jan. 17 steeringcommittee meeting. The committee is discussing a possible meetingthis month at a neutral site to allow residents to provide feedback.Representatives from the ...
Rulings delayed for legal items related to Drumore Crossings
Feb 01, 2006; ... Rulings on an appeal of a conditional-use hearing and a lawsuit,both involving a controversial proposed Drumore Crossings shoppingcenter, were postponed Monday at the request of the developersattorney. A new date was not announced. Plymouth Meeting-basedWolfson Verrichia Group wants to ...
Millersville University earns Best Value honors
Feb 01, 2006; ... Millersville University has been named one of the top 100 BestValues in Public Colleges, beating out other regional public collegeslike Shippensburg University and Bloomsburg University. The ratingswere released in the January issue of Kiplingers Personal Financemagazine, which ranked ...
Millersville Borough Council addresses personnel issues, requests volunteers
Feb 01, 2006; ... A new police officer, a raise for part-time employees, a vote on acrossing guards paycheck and a call for resumes. When it came to thefirst Millersville Borough Council meeting of 2006, issues relatingto personnel dominated the Jan. 24 proceedings. The first personnelissue before council ...
Local Applebees workers to take Eskimo Plunge
Feb 01, 2006; ... As the brochure says, they will be freeze-in for a reason asemployees of two Lancaster County restaurants take part in the 2006Eskimo Plunge into the Susquehanna River Saturday. Ten workers fromApplebees Neighborhood Grill and Bar, 320 E. Main St. Ephrata, and 10from the Lancaster ...
Scouts Eagle project honors veterans
Feb 01, 2006; ... Matt Koppey appreciates his freedom. He knows that independencecomes with a price. Thats why the 18-year-old chose an Eagle Scoutproject to honor local veterans. Koppey, son of Wayne Koppey of TerreHill and Lee Calibeo of Bowmansville, compiled a comprehensive loglisting all the veterans ...
East Earl officials introduce temporary road master
Feb 01, 2006; ... Dave Zimmerman was introduced as a temporary part-time road masterfor East Earl during the supervisors December meeting. The townshiphas no timeline when they may appoint a full-time road master, butsupervisors are currently working on the personnel issue. His opinionwas quickly needed ...
Retired Elanco teacher bemoans health care coverage
Feb 01, 2006; ... Retired Garden Spot High School teacher George Stroup recentlymade a plea to the Eastern Lancaster County school board members totake a closer evaluation of the districts health coverage. Stroupaddressed the board at its January meeting over concerns he feltaffect the entire community of ...
Salisbury officials OK barber shop
Feb 01, 2006; ... A Salisbury Township barber can conduct a hair-razing business inhis home, despite his neighbors objections. At its Jan. 24 meeting,the township zoning hearing board granted a special exceptionallowing Phillip J. Saggese to operate a barber shop as a homeoccupation in his basement at 866 ...
Rapho sets conditions for house, church proposals
Feb 01, 2006; ... A residential subdivision called the Hills of Jamesfield Manorreceived conditional preliminary approval from Rapho Townshipsupervisors Jan. 19. The seven-lot subdivision off Echo Valley isbeing developed by James Keener. It features six lots ofapproximately 2 acres and a 20-acre lot. The ...
Columbia views property improvements
Feb 01, 2006; ... Property improvements highlighted the discussions of officialsfrom Columbia Borough School District and borough council onThursday. Construction projects under way at Park Elementary andTaylor Elementary schools should be completed before the start of the2006-07 school year. Also, roof ...
MC lands grant for career study
Feb 01, 2006; ... Manheim Central School District has accepted a $17,500 grant forthe promotion of interest in health care and food processing careers.High school nurse Carol Festa presented grant information during ameeting of the district performance committee on Jan. 24. The fundingfrom Temporary ...
Columbia Borough
Feb 01, 2006 ... Amos W. Ortman Jr., 28, of 60 E. Main St., Mountville, was chargedwith operation of vehicle without official certificate of inspectionon South 15th Street at 5:04 p.m. on Jan. 16. Manuel Sanchez Jr., 21,of 63 Foal Court, Lancaster, was charged with careless driving onUnion Street at 1:44 ...
Manheim Borough
Feb 01, 2006 ... Michael L. Miller, 27, of 129 W. Ferdinand St., Manheim, wascharged with indirect criminal contempt on Jan. 11 at 7:23 a.m. afterhe violated a protection from abuse order and went to a femalevictims residence and threatened to knock her teeth out. Arthur G.Westerfer, 19, of 738 Lily ...
Heifer Interational speaker booked for 4 presentations
Feb 01, 2006 ... The rebuilding work of Heifer International in a forlorn area oncedominated by the Soviet Union will be featured at four programs inLancaster County in March. Megan Lewis, the new director of Heifersregional office in Philadelphia, will make presentations inQuarryville, Manheim, East ...
Country Day School offers scholarship
Feb 01, 2006 ... Opportunities to qualify for Lancaster Community Scholarship atLancaster Country Day School will be explained Thursday at 7 p.m.during the session Understanding Tuition and Financial Aid.Candidates for the scholarship are required to attend the session andcomplete the application forms ...
Food, vendors booked for market
Feb 01, 2006 ... Food and antiques will be showcased Feb. 18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.at Historic Columbia Market House, 3rd and Locust streets. The eventis called a Taste of the Rivertowns. Participants are asked toremember local food ...
McCaskey alumni, friends asked to offer recipes, tales
Feb 01, 2006 ... McCaskey High School Alumni Association plans to publish acookbook of recipes offered by alumni and friends of McCaskey High,Boys High and Stevens High schools. Along with recipes, theassociation plans to include selected photos and enlighteninganecdotal incidents related to the ...
Mount Joy Twp. questions 3 development plans for same site
Feb 01, 2006; ... Two overlapping development plans for the same site and by thesame developer might seem excessive. But it turns out PennmarkManagement Co. actually has three plans in the works for a high-profile tract in Mount Joy Township. Pennmark along with its closeaffiliate, Elizabethtown Mount ...
4 teens face charges for car break-ins
Feb 01, 2006; ... Four teenagers face charges of theft, receiving stolen propertyand criminal mischief as the result of vehicle break-ins that tookplace in Columbia Borough during the first three weeks of January.The suspects are Leroy Andres, 19, of 112 S. Front St., Wrightsville;and three juveniles: a ...
Bucher reaps rewards of character education
Feb 01, 2006; ... In the front hall a big green banner says Respect. A purple onesays Honesty. Its all part of the character education at BucherElementary School in Manheim Township School District. Our school isan open school, principal Jennifer Mack said. We have no doors orwalls. We need to teach ...
GRE workshop offered by F&M
Feb 01, 2006 ... A four-session workshop designed to help students and othersprepare for the computer-adaptive Graduate Record Examination will beoffered by Franklin & Marshall College on Feb. 14, 15, 21 and 22 from6 to 9:30 p.m. The workshop, taught by Spiegelberg Associates,provides a thorough ...
Senate hopeful will speak here
Feb 01, 2006 ... U.S. Senate candidate Chuck Pennacchio, a Democrat, will speak inLancaster city today at a meeting of the activist group Democracy forLancaster. Pennacchio will join fellow Democrats Lois Herr, who isrunning for Congress; Lee Heffner, who is running for the stateHouse; ...
Area students earn degrees from HACC
Feb 01, 2006 ... The following area students received degrees from Harrisburg AreaCommunity College. Akron - Linda A. Ashby, Nicole R. Townsley.Annville - Kimberly A. Brickley, Janelle L. Edris, Jesse D. Maciel.Bainbridge - Megan E. Gangemi. Bird In Hand - Christopher L. Minnier.Bowmansville - Ruth M ....
Local students named to deans list at Kutztown U.
Feb 01, 2006 ... Akron Amanda R. Martin, bachelor of arts, English/professionalwriting. Avondale Erin E. Carty, bachelor of science in educationspecial education/speech language pathology; Sandra L. Hughes,bachelor of science in business administration. Christiana Tyler M.Dunn, bachelor of science in ...
Local students make deans list at East Stroudsburg University
Feb 01, 2006 ... The following area students were named to the deans list for thefall semester at East Stroudsburg University. Kimberly D. Strow,senior, media communications and technology, Coatesville; Meredith J.Dombach, senior, physical education teaching., Honey Brook; KathrynM. Burke, sophomore, ...
Columbia school cashes in caps
Feb 01, 2006 ... Supporters of Our Lady of the Angels School in Columbia saw thefirst returns recently on their fund-raising effort supported byTurkey Hill Minit Markets. Principal Theresa Burg accepted a checkfor $50 for participation in the convenience stores Moo Money projectfrom Erin Dimitriou Smith, ...
Harriet N. Hoerner
Feb 01, 2006 ... PAID OBITUARIES Harriet N. Hoerner, 82, of Rheems, formerly ofFalmouth died on Sunday, January 29, 2006, at Rheems Nursing Center.Born in Londonderry Twp., she was the daughter of the late HarryMonroe and Sadie Alice Nauss Guttschall. She was the wife of Harry L.Hoerner of Rheems. Mrs ....
Ruth S. (Winter) Frey
Feb 01, 2006 ... PAID OBITUARIES Ruth Susan (Winter) Frey, 86, of Ephrata, died atEphrata Manor on Tues., Jan. 31. She was the wife of the late ElwoodE. Frey and had lived in Ephrata since 1945. She was born in Drumore,Twp. to the late Clyde A. and Letitia (Fisher) Winter. She graduatedfrom Quarryville ...
Marcia O'Hagan
Feb 01, 2006 ... Marcia O'Hagan PAID OBITUARIES 87, LPN Marcia Mary GeigerO'Hagan, 87, of Narvon, died unexpectedly on Saturday afternoon. Alicensed practical nurse, O'Hagan spent many years during and afterWorld War II in Quaker service units. She went to Finland and Germanyto help with post-war ...
Calvin W. "Cal" Benne
Feb 01, 2006 ... Calvin W. "Cal" Benne PAID OBITUARIES Calvin W. "Cal" Benne, 48,of Reinholds, entered into rest unexpectedly on Monday, January 30 inan automobile accident in Maidencreek Twp., Berks County. Born inPottstown, he was a son of the late Paul and Josephine (Chirieleison)Benne. Cal and his ...
Verna Loump
Feb 01, 2006 ... Verna Loump PAID OBITUARIES Verna (Misel) Loump, 82, of Columbia,died peacefully January 31, 2006. She was the wife of the late DaleEugene Loump. Born in Columbia March 28, 1923, she was the daughterof the late John and Anna Elizabeth (Null) Misel. Verna was a lovingand caring ...
Odetta Alston
Feb 01, 2006 ... PAID OBITUARIES Odetta Alston, 84, of Columbia, died Monday,January 30, 2006, at the Essa Flory Hospice Center surrounded by herfamily. She was the wife of the late Lewis Alston who died in 1970.Odetta had worked as a Nurse's Aide at the former Reformed MennoniteHome on the Millersville ...
Kim Sue Triick
Feb 01, 2006 ... Kim Sue Triick PAID OBITUARIES Kim Sue (Hunsecker) Triick, 49,died Friday, January 20, 2006 at her residence in North CodorusTownship. She was the wife of Jeffrey M. Triick, to whom she wasmarried for 14 years. A celebration of life tribute will be 3 p.m.,Sunday, February 5, 2006 at ...
Gwendolyn Rose Beecher
Feb 01, 2006 ... PAID OBITUARIES Gwendolyn Rose Beecher, the infant daughter ofWyatt A. and Tammy L. (Meiler) Beecher, was stillborn on Monday,January 30, 2006 at York Hospital. She is survived by her parents,York, three brothers, Zachary, Christian, and Wyatt Ethan, who resideat their home in York; ...
Joan Petrasek Grubb
Feb 01, 2006 ... PAID OBITUARIES Joan Petrasek Grubb, age 62, of Bel Air, Md.,died on January 29, 2006, at her home. Born in Haddonfield, N.J., shewas the daughter of the late Aurel George and Joyce Divine WeaverPetrasek. She was a computer systems analyst for Millennium InorganicChemicals in Hunt ...
Dorothy I. Walter
Feb 01, 2006 ... Dorothy I. Walter PAID OBITUARIES Dorothy I. (Imhoff) Walter, 83,Akron, died at the home of her daughter following a brief illness onMonday, January 30, 2006. She was born in Lititz, a daughter of thelate Burnell Imhoff and the late Helen (Blantz) Imhoff. She was thewife of the late ...
William "Bill" Buterbaugh
Feb 01, 2006 ... William "Bill" Buterbaugh PAID OBITUARIES lliam Bill Buterbaugh,62, of 1935 Quigley Drive Chambersburg, died on Monday, January 30,2006, in his home. Born on June 1, 1943 in Waynesboro, he was a sonof the late Mildred F. (Crouse) Buterbaugh, and Jackson G. Buterbaughof Chambersburg. A ...
Gerald H. "Jetter" Grove
Feb 01, 2006 ... Gerald H. "Jetter" Grove PAID OBITUARIES Gerald H. Grove, 88, of241 North Market Ave., Mount Joy passed away after a brief illness,with his family at his side on Monday, January 30th, 2006 at Hospiceof Lancaster Co.Fondly known by his family and friends as Jetter hewould have been ...
Roy S. Bair
Feb 01, 2006 ... Roy S. Bair PAID OBITUARIES Roy S. Bair, 87, of 900 E. King St.,Lancaster, formerly of 149 W. Main St., Terre Hill and 146 E.Franklin St., Apt. 215, New Holland, died Tuesday, January 31, 2006at Conestoga View, Lancaster, of natural causes. Born in New Holland,he was the son of the late ...
New Holland man stole $3,000 from mother, police say
Feb 01, 2006 ... A 32-year-old New Holland man was charged Tuesday with stealingmore than $3,000 from his mother. Frank V. Helman, of 221 W. MainSt., is accused of stealing checks and a credit card from his mother.He allegedly used the checks and the credit card at businesses fromOct. 11 until Nov ....
Pilot issues statement about crash
Feb 01, 2006 ... Following is a statement released Tuesday by pilot Donald Belskyregarding Saturdays plane crash: With the understanding that all ofthe facts in reporting an event sometimes go unanswered and thatimportant items are often overlooked, even by one being interviewed,the following, although ...
Student pilot says he reported problems with doomed plane
Feb 01, 2006 ... A student pilot said Tuesday he reported experiencing mechanicalproblems in a plane six days before it crashed in East LampeterTownship. However, Advantage Aero at Lancaster Airport, the businessthat owns the plane, found no problems with the aircraft duringrecent trips. Federal Aviation ...
Solanco adjusts drug-testing proposal
Feb 01, 2006; ... Use it or lose it. Thats the word Solanco School Districtadministrators heard from the U.S. Department of Education concerninga three-year grant totaling $45,000. The grant is to implement amandatory random drug-testing policy for all students who drive toschool and who participate in ...
Norlanco Blue sets sights on nationals
Feb 01, 2006; ... A girls volleyball team with lofty aspirations last year is backthis year to try again for another shot at national glory. TheNorlanco Blue 16-year-old Select team won a regional tournament atTemple University Martin Luther King weekend, proving to head coachShannon Sahm the team is ...
Community center proposal hits snag
Feb 01, 2006; ... The fate of the proposed Cocalico Community Center is unclearafter West Cocalico Township officials last week expressed concernswith a plan to purchase the 20-acre former Four Seasons Produce Inc.site to house the complex. West Cocalico Township supervisors willmeet at 7 p.m. Thursday in ...
Tornado, Comets remain tied
Feb 01, 2006 ... Doug Mealing and Kevin Aguilera combined for 14 points in thefourth quarter, and 31 for the game, as McCaskey controlled the finalquarter and edged Hempfield, 60-51, in Tuesdays Section One action.The Red Tornado remain tied atop Section One with Penn Manor afterthe Comets beat Cedar ...
McCaskey clinches section share
Feb 01, 2006 ... McCaskey wrapped up a share of the Lancaster-Lebanon LeagueSection One title Tuesday night with a 48-43 win at Hempfield. TheRed Tornado, now two games ahead of second-place Cedar Crest in thesection standings, was led by Cherelle Simmons and Teasia Myers whoeach scored 10 points. With ...
Couple, working together, robbed city residents
Feb 01, 2006; ... A Lancaster couple has pleaded guilty to committing four armedrobberies by using various ruses to gain entry into city residentshomes. Hector Luis Burgos, of 2 Garden Court, Apt. 3, and XiomaraFigueroa-Nieves, 25, of 546 Pershing Ave., pleaded guilty to fourcounts each of robbery, ...
Watching TV, with a purpose
Feb 01, 2006; ... A crowd of Franklin & Marshall College students overwhelminglyDemocrats released a collective groan when President George W. Bushasked Congress to renew the Patriot Act during his State of the Unionaddress Tuesday night. They laughed when he called the economyvigorous and applauded as ...
Local youths earn a taste of hockeys big time
Feb 01, 2006; ... BURT WILSON Intelligencer Journal Sports Writer Al Nejmeh, BrendenRishell and Steven Dombrosky all hope to play professional ice hockeysome day. Later this month, the trio will get the chance to feel likebig-time hockey players when they participate in the 47th QuebecInternational ...
County ready for new voting machines
Feb 01, 2006; ... The May 16 primary election is a long way off. But between now andthen, Lancaster County election officials are expected to be busygearing up for the use of the countys new voting system. MaryStehman, chief clerk of the countys Board of Elections, unveiled anaggressive schedule Tuesday ...
Driver in shooting to serve 3-7 in jail
Feb 01, 2006; ... The man accused of driving the getaway car following a 2004shooting of a young man on South Prince Street was given a sentencemuch longer than guidelines call for, but was told it could bereduced if he would help police apprehend the shooter. The mother ofa young man shot more than a ...
Bears gain ground on Lebanon
Feb 01, 2006; ... JASON FULGINITI Intelligencer Journal Sports Writer Afterward, thebiggest challenge was figuring out which was more bizarre. ThatElizabethtown managed to hold Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Twoleader Lebanon to two thats right, two first-half points Tuesdaynight, or that the Bears, ...
Boyds bill weds a bad idea and bad politics
Feb 01, 2006; ... Is Pennsylvania a great state or what? We have underfundedlibraries, and our roads can jar shock absorbers off cars. And, yeah,many of our industrial workers are now retrieving shopping carts atWal-Mart. But at least marriage is safe in our state, thanks to Rep.Scott Boyd. Last week, ...
Columbia reopens budget, cuts tax hike
Feb 01, 2006; ... Just a month after its initial approval, a 1-mill increase intaxes in Columbia Borough has been slashed in half. The boroughsfinance committee concluded a series of three special meetingsTuesday by recommending a reduction in the 2006 spending plan. Ifcouncil on Feb. 13 accepts the ...
Indians dominate Panthers
Feb 01, 2006; ... PETE KAUFFMAN Intelligencer Journal Sports Writer The odds were 50-50 the coin toss would come up green for the hosts. If it did,Donegal knew its chances of winning would improve dramatically. Whenit did, it practically guaranteed the Indians theyd get the matchupsthey wanted, and the ...
No need for amendment
Feb 01, 2006 ... TO THE EDITOR: Why in the world are we even discussing anamendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution to ban gay marriages? Isntmarriage a religious institution, and dont we have something in thiscounty called separation of church and state? How can this even beconsidered? With this ...
Irked by school fitness criteria
Feb 01, 2006 ... TO THE EDITOR: In the 2005-2006 school year, fitness tests andskill level play a big part in a students gym grade. I do not believeit is fair to grade a student on how fast he or she can run a mile orhow many pull-ups they can do. This school year is the first time ithas been required to ...
Columnists reasoning on Iraq flawed
Feb 01, 2006 ... TO THE EDITOR: This letter is in response to a recent column by E.J. Dionne Jr. (Intell, Jan. 10). Dionne compares the Iraq war toMogadishu, but his reasoning is flawed. First, he says we lost inMogadishu, and we are losing in Iraq. But tell me what are ourcasualties compared to theirs? ...
Maintain citys architectural charm
Feb 01, 2006 ... TO THE EDITOR: Amid most of the current downtown developmentproposals, it appears the matter of architectural compatibility ofnew construction so crucial to maintaining the character, ambianceand unique appeal of historic downtown Lancaster has again beenlargely dismissed. A Lancaster ...
Bush breaks wiretapping law
Feb 01, 2006 ... TO THE EDITOR: President Bush has called upon the American spiritand the pride of being an American citizen on numerous occasions toadvance his agenda. He has appealed to those who are proud Americancitizens by giving himself the image of being a proud American. Well,while American ...