Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from April 2008:
CAMPUS NEWS
Apr 01, 2008 ... DEAN'S LIST Four students from Lancaster were named to the dean's list forthe fall semester at Saint Joseph's University. They are NolanTiedeken, Anne L. Stankiewicz, Thomas I. Walsh and Julie ChristineNewcomer. Jonathan Hohn ...
Obama's campaign draws crowds here
Apr 01, 2008; ... Stumps in Lancaster, Lititz and Manheim He stood in a college named after Thaddeus Stevens. He conducteda press conference within a couple of football fields of ManheimCentral High School. And he tasted a Wilbur Chocolate bud. About the only thing missing from ...
Flood warnings
Apr 01, 2008 ... In case you hadn't noticed, it's been a little wet around herelately. Following a wet but benign winter - not very cold, not very snowy- we're entering spring with high groundwater levels and thepotential for even more rain. The National Weather Service has ...
Marian L. Dommel
Apr 01, 2008 ... Marian L. Dommel, 86, of 2001 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, PA,passed away unexpectedly on Friday evening at the Palm Beach GardensMedical Center in North Palm Beach, FL. Born in Lancaster, she wasthe daughter of the late Joseph B. and Miriam L. Bair Lutton.Formerly of Black Oak Dr., ...
Audrey R. Gerfin Peris
Apr 01, 2008 ... Audrey R. Gerfin Peris, age 73, of Lititz, entered into restSaturday, March 29, 2008 at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born inColumbia, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Charlotte BairGerfin. She was the wife of Roy N. Peris. She worked as a dentalassistant for many years for ...
MILITARY NEWS
Apr 01, 2008 ... ENLISTED Matthew Dickel recently joined the Marine Corps through thedelayed-entry program. A graduate of Lancaster Christian High School, he will attendMarine Corps Recruit Training in May at Marine Corps Recruit Depot,Parris Island, S.C. After ...
Columbia man pleads guilty to sex crimes
Apr 01, 2008; ... A 48-year-old Columbia man nabbed in 2006 by Pennsylvania's ChildPredator Unit pleaded guilty Monday to hundreds of felony sexoffenses. Brian K. Nolt, formerly of 1401 Cloverton Drive, is accused ofhaving explicit online conversations with an undercover agent hethought ...
Alberta A. Bellaire
Apr 01, 2008 ... Alberta "Betty" A. Bellaire, 92, of Lancaster, entered into reston Thursday, March 27, 2008 at Arbor View at Willow Valley. Herhusband, the late Frank R. Bellaire, the ...
James A. Way, Sr.
Apr 01, 2008 ... James A. "Jim" Way, Sr., 71, of Lancaster, passed away on Friday,March 28, 2008 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Born ...
A kiss that was more than just a kiss
Apr 01, 2008; ... Someday Luca will hear all about it. He'll hear all about the dayhe got kissed by Barack Obama. Luca will hear how his grandmother stood in the cold for twohours to get two tickets to Obama's town meeting in Lancaster.He'll hear how his mother, Katherine ...
F&M's Meisenberg honored
Apr 01, 2008 ... Franklin & Marshall's Sarah Meisenberg has earned her second All-America basketball honor this season, being named to the Women'sDivision III News fifth team. Meisenberg is one of six juniors chosen in the top 25 for thisaward. Meisenberg, of Severna Park, ...
Obama can be agent of change
Apr 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Sen. John McCain says he will never negotiate with terrorists. Asa prisoner of war, he was taunted and abused by terrorists. Do youthink he may have a bias against non-American people? The majority,but not all, terrorists come from the world of Islam ....
John G. Walters Firefighter
Apr 01, 2008 ... John 'Jack' G. Walters, 54, of Lancaster went home to be with hisLord and Savior March 30th at Essa Flory Hospice Center. He was the husband of Teresa M. Walters. Born in Lancaster, PA,he was the son ...
Candidate electrifies crowd
Apr 01, 2008; ... Speech every bit as good as I expected,' says one who attended It didn't take long for Sen. Barack Obama to invoke the same"fierce urgency of now" that drove the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.to fight for change in his time. For Obama, the "urgency of now" refers to an ...
MU classes studying climate change close to home
Apr 01, 2008; ... Geography students at Millersville University are studyingwhether tasks as local as campus lawn care can harm the globalenvironment. Students in professor Kathy Schreiber's "Climate and Society"course are charting the impact of greenhouse gases, such as carbondioxide and ...
Comet girls top Hempf ield
Apr 01, 2008 ... Penn Manor's girls' lacrosse team put itself in the driver's seatin Section One with a 19-13 win over visiting Hempfield Mondaynight. The Comets (3-0 L-L League, 3-1 overall) are the defendingSection One champions and have now knocked off their two biggestfoes in the ...
Why is state targeting local clubs?
Apr 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Why is Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement - a section of thePennsylvania State Police - targeting local clubs and charitableorganizations? Aren't there enough serious crimes, drug sales and other illegalactivities going on at nuisance bars ...
A reason to hope
Apr 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Why did this lifelong evangelical Republican voter switch hisregistration to the Democratic Party after 28 years? One word: hope. As I ponder this upcoming election and its impact on the 80-plussixth-grade students I teach each day, one candidate ...
Man gets life for role in city killing
Apr 01, 2008; ... Convicted murderer Jacquin Carr apologized to his victim's familyMonday, minutes before he was sentenced to spend the rest of hislife in prison. "I have sympathy for your son," Carr told Shawn Hutchinson'sfamily. "I didn't know him and didn't know this was going to ...
Martha G. Longenecker
Apr 01, 2008 ... Martha G. Longenecker, 90, formerly of Hawthorne Drive, aresident of Willow Valley, died on Sunday, March 30, 2008 atLancaster General Hospital. She ...
Robert F. Pearson, Sr.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Robert F. Pearson, Sr., 56, of Snow Shoe, formerly of Lancaster,died on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at his home. Born in Lancaster,January 6, 1952, he was the son of the ...
Lanae A. Brown
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lanae A. Brown, 22, of Lancaster died March 29, 2008 at LancasterGeneral Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Tim A.Brown of Columbia and Diana Brewer Brown Hornberger and stepdaughterof Thomas Hornberger of Lancaster. Lanae worked for the cleaningservice, Image Keepers ....
John Cooper Albright
Apr 01, 2008 ... John Cooper Albright, 54, of Lancaster, died at his home onFriday, March 28, 2008 after a courageous battle with pancreaticcancer ....
Mary Ann Henry
Apr 01, 2008 ... Mary Ann Henry, 91, formerly of Strasburg, died Saturday, March29, 2008, at the Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Community. Bornin Martic Twp., she was the daughter of the late Lester M., Sr. andElizabeth Byers Henry. Mary Ann first worked as a dispatcher for the former ...
L-L LEAGUE BASEBALL 2008, SECTIONS THREE AND FOUR
Apr 01, 2008 ... Section Three ELCO DONEGAL LAMP.-STRASBURG LEBANON N. LEBANONMAN. CENTRAL Section Four ANNVILLE-CLEONA PEQUEA VALLEY LANC.MENNONITE COLUMBIA LANC. CATHOLIC LEB. CATHOLIC COACH-Chris Weidner LAST YEAR'S RECORD- 15-11 KEY PLAYER S LOST- Brent Nolt, ...
Obama wins over pair of Republicans
Apr 01, 2008; ... When Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama spokeMonday at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, not only did hewoo hundreds of members of his own party, he swayed some Republicansas well. Former Lancaster city Councilman Luis Mendoza had a front-rowseat ...
Gammache plan on hold in Manheim Twp.
Apr 01, 2008; ... Manheim Township residents will have to wait until May to learnthe fate of a 45-acre tract bordered by Route 30, New Holland Pikeand Pleasure Road. Originally, Manheim Township commissioners planned to discuss thepossibility of rezoning the land with represenatives of ...
Judith K. Rouse
Apr 01, 2008 ... Judith K. Rouse, age 61, of 12 Silver Mine Road, Conestoga, PA,died unexpectedly at Lancaster General Hospital on Saturday morning.Judi and her husband, William L. Rouse, celebrated 38 years ofmarriage on April 11, 2007. Judi was born in Manhattan, Kansas, adaughter of Charlotte Louise ...
Doris A. Mull
Apr 01, 2008 ... Doris A. Mull, 73, of Lancaster, passed away on Sun., March 30,2008 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center. She was preceded in death byher husband, Gene M. Mull in 1977 ...
Colby takes aim at two goals
Apr 01, 2008; ... MU's new coach expects success on f ield as well as in classroom "I'm excited as much as I ever have been in my career." - Greg Colby, who was introduced as Millersville University's newfootball coach on Monday. Colby is excited to be a head coach for ...
Walter G. Minnich, Jr.
Apr 01, 2008 ... Walter G. Minnich, Jr., 79, of Quarryville, entered into rest onThursday, March 27, 2008. Born in Quarryville, he was the son of thelate Walter and Ella Evans Minnich. Walt and his wife, Elsie PetersMinnich, celebrated 49 years of marriage in March. Walt worked forthe Post Office in ...
Bladergroen signs with Barnstormers
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Lancaster Barnstormers have signed first baseman/outfielderIan Bladergroen to a contract, club vice president of baseballoperations Keith Lupton announced Monday. Lancaster acquired the rights to Bladergroen last week from theexpansion Southern Maryland Blue Crabs in ...
Catherine L. Courtney
Apr 01, 2008 ... Catherine L. Courtney, 98, of Lancaster, passed away Monday,March 31, 2008, at the Glen at Willow Valley. Born in Connellsville,Pa., she was the daughter of the late Sidney A. and Martha MaeCrossland Moser. She was the wife of the late Harry F. Courtney whodied in 1984. ...
Some students feel left out
Apr 01, 2008; ... Campaign gives Stevens Tech 30 tickets to event "We love you, Barack!" yelled a young woman as the large bus madeits way onto the campus of Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology."Go Obama!" cheered a young man. About two dozen students lined the sidewalk ...
Truckers call for national stoppage
Apr 01, 2008; ... Today may be April Fools' Day, but independent truck driversacross the nation are not in a joking mood. Diesel prices are at an all-time high, shipping rates are beingslashed and small owner-operator trucking businesses aredisappearing. The situation has ...
Rosalie K. Landis
Apr 01, 2008 ... Rosalie K. Landis, 87 of Lancaster died Friday, March 28, 2008 atEssa Flory Hospice Center. Born in Philadelphia, she was thedaughter of the late Paul and Kathryn Harkey DeLany. Rosalie wasmarried to John C, (Ted) Landis for 57 years. She was a homemakerand a member of St. Philip the ...
Singling out Y' leaders
Apr 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: G. Scott Riekers' letter ("A reason to celebrate," Intell, March20) celebrates the forthcoming construction of YMCA facilities atVillage Park in West Lampeter Township without any tax dollarsinvolved. Many Lampeter-Strasburg community leaders have ...
At last, Orioles have plan
Apr 01, 2008; ... More struggle ahead, but youth movement means hope for future BALTIMORE - True believers. How else can you label a group of people who have faith beyondwhat the eye can see? The 2008 Orioles. Nearly every baseball prognosticator figures ...
Jessie V. Stone
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jessie V. Stone, 68, of Nottingham, PA, formerly of Otisfield,ME, passed away on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at Christiana Hospital,Newark, DE. ...
Lena Z. Reiff
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lena Z. Reiff, 98, of New Holland, entered into rest at theresidence of her son John Aaron Hoover, Denver on Sunday, March 30,2008. Born in East Earl, she was a daughter of the ...
IN THE NEWS
Apr 01, 2008 ... Adam Bukowski is one reason Lampeter-Strasburg could be a team towatch in ...
Study changes how eye doctors see corneas
Apr 01, 2008; ... As it turns out, "fresh eyes" might have less to do with age thaneye doctors thought. The National Eye Institute today is releasing results of a five-year study showing cornea transplant success rates are consistentregardless of the age of the donor. The ...
David A. Klingseisen, Sr.
Apr 01, 2008 ... David A. Klingseisen, Sr., 45, of Lancaster, died Monday, March31, 2008 at ...
LOCAL NOTES COLLEGES
Apr 01, 2008 ... Softball Warwick ace Alexandra DiGiacomo threw a no-hitter in theWarriors' 9-0 win over McCaskey on Monday. DiGiacomo went thedistance with 13 strikeouts and four walks. Lacrosse Towson freshman Tim Stratton (Manheim Township) had two goals ...
Clay zoners give tentative support to new community
Apr 02, 2008; ... Correspondent The Clay Township planning commission had an opportunity lastweek to look at a sketch plan for a proposed new active adultcommunity. At its March 24 meeting, the board reviewed possible amendmentsto subdivision and land-development ordinances ...
School execs back new path of Rt. 441
Apr 02, 2008; ... Correspondent Columbia school board members hope their support will hasten aproject to redirect Route 441 around the borough. The proposed project, expected to cost $18 million, is meant todirect heavy truck traffic around the borough, rather than throughit ....
Wendy M. Foundling
Apr 02, 2008 ... Wendy M. Foundling, 77, of Lancaster, entered into rest onMonday, March 31, 2008 at the Essa Flory Hospice Center. ...
Quarryville Lions collecting old cell phones for charity
Apr 02, 2008 ... Quarryville Lions Club is collecting old cell phones as itslatest fundraising endeavor. The club has placed cell phone drop boxes at Ferguson & Hassler'sgrocery store in TownsEdge Shopping Village and in the lobby of theQuarryville Library. Collection bags are located at ...
Pete Iaccarino
Apr 02, 2008 ... Pete Iaccarino, 54, beloved husband of Jane L. (Horning)Iaccarino, of Laureldale, passed away March 31st in St JosephMedical Center. ...
Scotten named E-town women's soccer coach
Apr 02, 2008 ... Elizabethtown College has named Bob Scotten as its head women'ssoccer coach, director of athletics Nancy Latimore has announced. Scotten succeeds Barry Dohner, who stepped down in January aftercompiling a 189-85-19 record in 14 seasons as head coach of the BlueJays. ...
Warwick teacher fired
Apr 02, 2008; ... and LAURA KNOWLES Intelligencer Journal Correspondent The Warwick school board Tuesday voted to fire high school musicteacher and band instructor Todd Sheerer for allegedly having a two-year sexual relationship with a female student. The board ...
Nonsensical
Apr 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Are any of our so-called government leaders capable of making anintelligent decision? It's costing $42 million to notify us that wewill be receiving checks in May or ...
Christiana Legion makes stand for pending state law
Apr 02, 2008; ... Correspondent For Christiana's Benner-Shoff Post 865 of the American Legion,Thursday was "Awareness Day." To that end, the organization opened its doors to special guestsfrom the community organizations it supports, and to state Reps.Bryan Cutler and Gordon ...
East Cocalico
Apr 02, 2008 ... A 15-year-old male was charged with possession of a weapon onschool property March 26 after an incident at Cocalico High School,S. Fourth St., Denver. Vehicles operated by Alyssa Christ of Homestead Drive, Denver,and Valerie Reiff of James Drive, Reinholds, collided at ...
PPL set to sponsor Earth Day celebration
Apr 02, 2008 ... The Quarryville Library's Earth Day celebration, featuring avariety of programs, will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 19.Naturalist Jack Hubley will present "Critters Beyond Your BackDoor" at 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Sponsored by PPL, theprogram will look at ...
Clara M. Demmy
Apr 02, 2008 ... Clara M. Demmy, 67, of Denver, PA, died on Monday, March 31, 2008at the Ephrata Community Hospital. She was born in Lancaster, PA tothe late Lester P. and Grace Y. (Young) Myers and was the wife ofEarl H. Demmy. In addition to her husband, she is survived by four ...
Susanna W. Lefever
Apr 02, 2008 ... Susanna W. Lefever, 69, of 74 Sego Sago Rd., Manheim, went to bewith her Lord and her husband on Monday evening, March 31st. She was the wife ...
Fittery goes 1-2 at NCAAs
Apr 02, 2008 ... Cocalico graduate Matt Fittery of Lock Haven University competedat the NCAA Wrestling Championships held in St. Louis this pastweekend. Fittery opened his tournament with a win at the very deep andtalented 149-pound weight class. He downed Missouri's Joshua ...
School candidate stands above others
Apr 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: I attended the community meeting hosted by the School District ofLancaster school board to provide them with feedback about thesuperintendent selection. Several things were made very clear to me:The format was not community-friendly and not intended to get ...
Manheim views cost off spring leaf pickup
Apr 02, 2008; ... Correspondent Manheim Borough council will investigate the cost of adding aspring leaf pickup this year. Council acted March 25 on the suggestion of resident Rod Geib. Geib told council, "Often we get winter weather before the lastscheduled pickup ...
'Bots are back in Adamstown
Apr 02, 2008; ... Museum owner hosting BotStock V Correspondent The 'bots are coming. The weekend of April 18-20 will find at least 50 collectors oftoy robots and space toys converging on Stoudtburg Village inAdamstown for BotStock V, the fifth-annual gathering of ...
Mary H. Volpone
Apr 02, 2008 ... Mary H. Volpone, 76, of Lititz, PA, beloved mother, grandmotherand friend, went to be with the Lord on March 31, 2008 after acourageous battle with cancer. Her quick wit, easy laugh and lovingtouch will be greatly missed. She is survived by her seven children, Annemari ...
Manheim Borough will get a lift
Apr 02, 2008; ... Municipal building renovation includes elevator, costs $260,000 Intelligencer Journal Correspondent Manheim Borough is preparing to install an elevator this summerin the borough office building at the primary entrance, 15 E. HighSt. "The elevator will ...
Three hurt in Brecknock crash
Apr 02, 2008; ... A male motorcyclist and two female bicyclists were in criticalcondition Tuesday night after the motorcycle crossed the center lineand struck the women on a back road in Brecknock Township, policesaid. Ephrata state police said the motorcycle was traveling west onPleasant ...
Section One Section Two
Apr 02, 2008 ... L-L GIRLS' LACROSSE, TEAM-BY-TEAM CEDAR CREST HEMPFIELD LCD/McCASKEY MANHEIM TWP. PENN MANOR COCALICO CONESTOGA VALLEY EPHRATALAMP.-STRASBURG WARWICK COACH - Jeanie Snyder (First season) LAST SEASON - 0-19 KEY PLAYERS LOST-G Rebecca Ehrgood, C Kelly ...