Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from December 2008:
Holiday Riddle Contest
Dec 01, 2008 ... Throughout December, Lifestyle will feature four riddles andonline photo clues regarding "secret" spots in the county. Riddleswill appear weekly. At the end of the month, readers who solve allfour riddles will be entered to win a $25 gift card to a musicentertainment store. Our ...
Rothsville Apartment Fire Displaces At Least 15
Dec 01, 2008; ... A Rothsville landmark went up in flames Sunday night, gutting oneapartment and leaving as many as 20 people homeless, officials said. More than 60 firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze at theRothsville School Apartments, 14 Church St., which began shortlybefore 7 ...
Jingle To The Finish Line ; Details
Dec 01, 2008; ... The Jingle Bell Run/Walk will raise money for a cure forarthritis, but the 5K also offers a cure for people who are out ofshape. It cures excuses like, "I don't want to run." "I'm too busy.""I'm too tired." "I'm too old." "I don't want to exercise alone." Several groups in ...
Security Deposit
Dec 01, 2008 ... Little about the American invasion and occupation of Iraq hasgone smoothly, so pardon us if we keep our enthusiasm in check nowthat an outline for our disengagement has been approved by the Iraqiparliament. The security pact calls for all American troops to be out of thecountry ...
Sharp Left Turn Taken
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: On Nov. 4, 53 percent of voting Americans decided to take a sharpleft turn off "Liberty Lane" (however limited the scope of thatliberty actually has been since FDR's quasi-fascist "New Deal"revolution of the 1930's) onto ...
Global Warming Is Real
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: In response to David Marks' - "Not buying the global warmingargument" (Intell, Nov. 20) - comparing climate change to themargarine debacle is preposterous. First of all, the observation ofour planet's increasing warmth is directly measurable, making it afact, not a ...
Give Him Some Time
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Barack Obama hasn't even been sworn in yet and the sore losersare already criticizing his administration. Does Michael Rauch really think that the only things first ladies(as in Hillary Clinton) do overseas is attend "tea parties withforeign leaders' wives?" ...
Museums Need More Funding
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: I am writing to express my concern over a recent letter Ireceived from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commissionregarding General Operating Support (GOS) funding to museums.Museums and Historic Sites in Pennsylvania attract tens of thousandsof visitors from ...
Utley Now A 4-Letter Word
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: I felt better after reading Pat Wood's letter (Intell, Nov. 12)about Chase Utley's verbal gaffe after the Phillies won the WorldSeries. I first thought my ears were playing tricks on me - but heactually swore in front of all those Phillies fans and the ...
Keillor Fan
Dec 01, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: President-elect Barack Obama would do well to appoint GarrisonKeillor as his ...
Gray Not About To Tip His Hand On Candidacy ; The Matthews Meter Want More Madonna?
Dec 01, 2008; ... Mayor Rick Gray Gray's path to re-election appears clear of most -if any - obstacles, even though he's proposing his third propertytax increase in four years. That is, if he wants the job. Gray still won't say, preferring to wait until after Dec. 16,when City Council will ...
Mt Police: Purse Snatcher Thwarted ; 2Nd Alleged Attempt At Giant In A Month
Dec 01, 2008; ... A second attempted purse snatching in less than a month at aManheim Township grocery store was foiled by three quick-actingemployees Sunday afternoon, officials said. Police said a 68-year-old Lancaster woman was pushing her cartthrough the produce section of the Giant Food Store, ...
Watch Your Step
Dec 01, 2008 ... A customer strides through a wet parking lot Sunday at Wal-Marton Fruitville Pike. The region could get some brief showers today,but the remainder of the week ...
Gifts Of L.O.V.E. ; Church Youth Group Gathers Donations For Needy Children
Dec 01, 2008; ... Sunday was gray, cold and rainy, about as far from the idyllicChristmas setting as one might imagine. But the holiday was apparent to many folks in the parking lot ofthe Wal-Mart on Fruitville Pike, where L.O.V.E. in Action wassharing the spirit. "It's cold," Brigitte Juck, ...
Alice E. Balentine
Dec 01, 2008 ... Alice E. Balentine, 84, of Quarryville Presbyterian RetirementCommunity and formerly Delaware Co., entered into rest on Friday,November 28, 2008. Born in Media, PA she was the daughter of the late Carl andKatherine Haus Kristman. Her husband, Charles W. Balentine, Sr. diedin ...
Mary Elizabeth Harrah Hartsog
Dec 01, 2008 ... Mary Elizabeth Harrah Hartsog, 84, died peacefully and withoutfear and pain at her home in Lancaster in the loving care of herfamily. She was the wife of the late H. Dale Hartsog, her husband of55 years. She was born in Stanaford, West Virginia, a daughter ofthe late Robert and Islan Mc ...
Michael A. "Pete" Wolfgang
Dec 01, 2008 ... Michael A. "Pete" Wolfgang, of 337 Oak Hill Drive, Middletown,entered into eternal rest on Friday, November 28, 2008 at his home.He was born on May 2, 1954 in Columbia Pa. and was the son of thelate, L. Allen and Joann Walters Wolfgang. Michael was President and CEO of Pennfirst ...
Doris J. Plows
Dec 01, 2008 ... Doris J. Plows, 81, of Lititz, died Saturday November 29, 2008 atEphrata Community Hospital. She was the widow of Clarence W. Plows,Sr. who died in 1991. Born in Hooversville, PA (Somerset County) shewas the daughter of the late Frank and Edith (Johns) Koontz. She wasa homemaker and a ...
Harry R. Esbenshade
Dec 01, 2008 ... Harry R. Esbenshade, 81, of Galeton, PA, formerly of Lancaster,PA, died on Saturday, November 29, 2008 at Soldiers & SailorsHospital, Wellsboro. Born January 27, 1927 in Strasburg, PA, he was a son of the lateIsaac R. and Anna (Pierce) Esbenshade. Mr. Esbenshade was a veteran ...
Kyle R. Fulginiti
Dec 01, 2008 ... Kyle R. Fulginiti, 21 of Elizabethtown, died on Monday, November24, 2008 from injuries sustained in an auto accident. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Tammy Helm of Elizabethtownand the late James Fulginiti. Kyle was a 2005 graduate of the Milton Hershey School, where ...
Dr. Barry H. Penchansky
Dec 01, 2008 ... Barry Howard Penchansky, 62, of Lancaster, died peacefully athome Saturday November 29th. Born in Bayonne, NJ, he was the son of Samuel & SophiePenchansky. An Eagle Scout, he graduated from Bayonne High School, RutgersUniversity (cum lauda), and Jefferson Medical ...
Dorothy A. Benner
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dorothy A. Benner, 65, of Lancaster, passed away Saturday,November 29, 2008 at her home. Born December 16, 1942, in Lancaster, she was the daughter of thelate George Shaeffer and Helen E. Wertz. She was married to the lateJohn D. Benner who died August 10, 2007. She will be ...
Jason L. Campbell
Dec 01, 2008 ... Jason L. Campbell, 43, of 132 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl,PA, formerly of Hagerstown, MD, and Clear Spring, MD, was called tobe with his Lord on Saturday, November 29, 2008. Born in Lexington,VA, he was the son of Arnold and June Priest Campbell of ClearSpring. He was a member of ...
Carrie N. "Sis" Grove
Dec 01, 2008 ... Carrie Nentwig Grove, 85, of Mount Joy passed away on Sunday,November 30, 2008 with her family by her side at Hospice ofLancaster County, Mount Joy. Fondly known as "Sis" she was thedevoted wife of the late Gerald H. "Jetter" Grove who died Jan. 30,2006. A loving mother and grandmother ...
Olive G. Bauder
Dec 01, 2008 ... Olive G. Bauder, 96, of 1325 Union Grove Road, Terre Hill, passedaway Friday, November 28, 2008 at Fairmount Homes after a briefillness. Born in Gouglersville, she was the daughter of the late Frank P.and Ella L. (Beavens) Texter. Her husband of 50 years, Paul E.Bauder, died ...
Lester G. Risser
Dec 01, 2008 ... Lester G. Risser, 90, of Corner Road, Mercersburg, PA diedNovember 30, 2008 in Menno Haven Nursing Center, Chambersburg, PA. Born October 11, 1918 in Brunnerville, PA he was a son of thelate David and Mabel Greenly Risser. He was raised in Bearville, PA and married his wife ...
Marybeth H. Bonner
Dec 01, 2008 ... Ephrata resident Marybeth H. Bonner, 66, died at her home onNovember 27, 2008. Born in Coatesville, she was the daughter of Grace L. (Lower)Hamill of Honey Brook and the late Samuel F. Heffner, who served asmayor of Coatesville in the early 1950s. Prior to moving to Ephrata ...
Janet P. Lewis
Dec 01, 2008 ... Janet P. Lewis, age 84 of Garden Spot Village, New Holland, PAformerly of Bart, PA passed away on Saturday, November 29, 2008. Shewas the wife of the late Charles L. Lewis who passed away onFebruary 28, 1995. She was born in Bart Twp., daughter of the lateGeorge E. & Annie Brown Welk ....
Evelyn M. Hanzelman
Dec 01, 2008 ... Evelyn M. Hanzelman, 90, of Columbia, Pa., passed away Saturday,November 29, 2008, in the Hospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy.She was the wife of the late Stanley C. F. Hanzelman, who died in1967. Born in Schoenersville, she was the daughter of the lateHarvey L. and Mamie I. (Buss) ...
Earl Martin, Jr.
Dec 01, 2008 ... Earl Martin, Jr. of Myerstown, PA, went to be with the Lord onNovember 28, 2008, at the age of 87 years. He died of natural causesat the home of his son at 50 Green Pastures Lane, Mifflin, PA. Bornon January 25, 1921 in Hagerstown, MD, he was the son of the late J.D. Earl and Edna Grace ...
William Wayne Metzler
Dec 01, 2008 ... William Wayne Metzler, age 86 of the Mennonite Home of Lancasterformerly of Kinzers entered eternal peace on Saturday, November 29,2008. He was preceded in death by his wife of 49 years, Darthy M.Kramer Metzler who passed away in 1993. He was born in Ronks, son ofthe late Isaac & Rhoda ...
Althea J. Crawford
Dec 01, 2008 ... Althea J. Crawford, age 90 of Christiana where she had livedsince 1952. She passed away at the Essa Flory Hospice Center ofLancaster on Saturday, November 29, 2008. She was the wife of thelate Clyde D. Crawford who passed away April 23, 1970. She was bornin Colver, PA , daughter of the ...
John W. Eberly
Dec 01, 2008 ... John W. Eberly, 97, of Pleasant View Retirement Community,formerly of the 300 block of Front Street, Lititz, passed away onNovember 28, 2008, at the home. Born in Penn Twp., he was the son of the late Menno H. and KatieWhitmyer Eberly. He was married to Esther I. Keneagy Eberly who ...
Dorothy E. Desmond
Dec 01, 2008 ... Dorothy E. Desmond, 86, of Lancaster, passed away Sunday,November 30, 2008 at Village Vista Manor of natural causes. She wasthe wife of the late Edward J. Desmond who passed away in 1982. She was born in Lynchburg, VA, daughter of the late John L. andKathryn Pinson White. She was ...
Richard H. Fellenbaum
Dec 01, 2008 ... Richard H. Fellenbaum, 72, of Lancaster, passed away, Saturday,November 29, 2008 at Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Harold and Beatrice(Shea) Fellenbaum. He was the husband of Anita J. Knight with whomhe would have celebrated 54 years of ...
'... I Am Him' ; Local Chabad Service Pays Tribute To Lives Of Rabbi, Wife Slain In Mumbai
Dec 01, 2008; ... When Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife, Rivka, were killed byterrorists in Mumbai, India, last week, "the world got a little bitdarker," Rabbi Elazar Green said Sunday night. So Green and his wife, Shira, who are regional directors ofChabad Jewish Enrichment Center in Lancaster ...
Jean M. Butler
Dec 01, 2008 ... Jean M. Butler, of Marcus Hook, PA, died on November 28, 2008. Beloved daughter of the late John & Margaret Bennett Butler,sister of the late James W. & Carl J. Butler, she is survived by herclose cousins, Roy & Judy Ashby, sister in law, Edith M. Butler,nephew & spouse, Carl J ....
Year-End Tax Planning
Dec 01, 2008; ... The usual approach to year-end tax planning is to defer thepayment of tax by accelerating deductions into 2008 and postponingrecognition of income items into 2009. This year might be different.Because of the state of the nation's economy, some commentators arepredicting an increase in ...
Varlamov Tends To Business As Bears Rally Past Norfolk ; Rookie Goalie Comes Up Big, Jourdey Scores With 2:10 Left In Third To Sink Admirals, 3-2
Dec 01, 2008; ... Assistant Sports Editor HERSHEY - Nobody at Giant Center Sunday night would have beensurprised if this was the night the Hershey Bears didn't win. The team was riding an eight-game winning streak, so maybe aloss, based on odds alone, was inevitable. The team was playing ...
Sound Investment ; After Hearing Aid Changed His Life, County Man Dedicated Himself To Opening The Ears Of Others
Dec 01, 2008; ... When Jay R. Booser attended a one-room school in Bachmanville, hewas considered inattentive and a slow learner. What people didn't know was that Booser had a hearing impairment. But it was only after Booser was married in the early 1940s whenfriends of his parents sent a ...
Colleges
Dec 01, 2008 ... Basketball Lebanon Valley senior guard Kyle Enoch (Hempfield) scored ...
Corrections / Clarifications
Dec 01, 2008 ... Single mothers make up 66 percent of all homeless families,according to a 2008 survey by ...
List Helps You Help Others, Locally ; Donations Needed Volunteers Needed
Dec 02, 2008 ... Although any time of the year is the right time to remember thosein need, the holiday season seems to bring those less fortunate tothe forefront of compassionate minds. If you would like tocontribute to any of the following agency needs, contact United WayLINC at 291-5462, Monday-Friday ...
Nurse Faces Trial In Death Of Boy, 11
Dec 02, 2008; ... A licensed practical nurse will stand trial on the charge sheadministered a lethal dose of morphine to an 11-year-old EastHempfield Township boy. District Judge David Brian on Monday ordered Joy Oshea-Woomer totrial after prosecutors presented evidence that she had sole custodyof ...
Holiday Riddle Contest
Dec 02, 2008 ... Throughout December, Lifestyle will feature four riddles andonline photo clues regarding "secret" spots in the county. Riddleswill appear weekly. At the end of the month, readers who solve allfour riddles will be entered to win a $25 gift card to a musicentertainment store. Find a link ...
Home Sales See Big Dip Across County
Dec 02, 2008; ... It's been a tough year for Lancaster County homeowners, buildersand real estate professionals, but it's no time to panic. That's the message from Lancaster County Association of Realtors,which reported Monday that home sales in the county were down by13.7 percent in October ...
Blurred Vision
Dec 02, 2008 ... The grand vision of Lancaster Square is coming down piece bypiece. Planned as a downtown mecca for shoppers and businesses, thecomplex included two connecting parking garages, movie theaters, ananchor department store, a bank, a hotel and tiny shops, boutiquesand business offices ...
Providing Accessibility To Hiv Treatment
Dec 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Monday marked the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. This daywas first declared by the World Health Organization in the U.N.General Assembly in 1988 and since then has become one of the mostsuccessful international days for raising awareness on a ...
Congress Must Amend Profligate Ways
Dec 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Does it bother anyone that Congress doesn't value our money orhow hard we work for our money? They certainly don't spend it veryjudiciously. If they run out of money, they raise our taxes. It doesnot occur to them to cut back on the spending of our ...
Do Not Cut Funding For Libraries
Dec 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: It has come to my attention that the current Pennsylvania stategovernment has systematically cut funds to our libraries to anunconscionable degree. Many county and local governments arefollowing suit. This shortsightedness is almost beyond my comprehension. I ...
Casino Capitalism
Dec 02, 2008 ... TO THE EDITOR: Karl Marx believed that capitalism would destroy itself. WallStreet is coming close to doing just that. Hedge funds, derivatives, swaps and naked short selling havelittle do with funding successful enterprises. Some do not representreal wealth. They have the ...
Vanishing Revenues Give City The Budget Blues ; Gray's Proposed Tax Hike Seen As Only Way To Make Up For Shortfalls
Dec 02, 2008; ... Lancaster City Council members struck a supportive but soberresponse Monday night to the Gray administration's proposed 2009budget. Council met with Mayor Rick Gray and Patrick Hopkins, the city'schief financial officer, inside Southern Market Center to review forthe first time ...
Coming Attractions ; Amt Fills Schedule With Celebrities And Original Shows
Dec 02, 2008; ... Whether it's the star-studded schedule of celebrity concerts orthe lavish home-grown productions, American Music Theatre promisesto pursue a more aggressive lineup in 2009. In recent years the theater's celebrity concerts have numberedabout 55 a year, while AMT also produces three ...
Two Face Narcotics Charges
Dec 02, 2008; ... Two suspected drug dealers were arrested recently in separatebusts in Lancaster city. Hiram Lebron-Figueroa, 25, of Locust Street, and Roberto Taveras-Diaz, 35, of College Avenue, were charged with felony drug offenses.Taveras-Diaz is being investigated as a possible illegal ...
It Grows, But It Endures: Lancaster County Marks A Half-Century Of Land Planning
Dec 02, 2008; ... Lancaster County residents of the past felt there was somethingspecial about this place. Modern residents can feel that, too,thanks in part to the work of Lancaster County Planning Commission. The commission was formed 50 years ago. Because of its work sincethat time, "this is one ...
Gathering Gloom
Dec 02, 2008 ... Dark storm clouds loom over Pheasant Run Farm on Marticville RoadMonday. According to AccuWeather, about .54 inches of rain and sleetfell in the county in a 24-hour period between Sunday and ...
Theater Of The Seventh Sister To Offer Budget 'Carol'
Dec 02, 2008; ... Times might be tough, but there's one entertainment event comingup that should fit any family's budget. For the first time in the 19-year history of Theater of theSeventh Sister, the entire run of an upcoming holiday show will beoffered on a "pay what you will" basis. An ...
Marriage Licenses
Dec 02, 2008 ... Jake E. Fisher, 22, of 35 Lesal Road, Gordonville, son of Amos S.and Emma Mae Fisher, and Rebecca R. King, 21, of 291 S. Kinzer Road,Paradise, daughter of David and Anna King. Christopher M. Herbert, 26, of 1205 Janet Drive, Mount Joy, sonof Dale and Taamar Herbert, and Kellye M ....
B. Merle Streich
Dec 02, 2008 ... B. Merle Streich, 81, of Ephrata, PA, passed away at FairmountHomes in Ephrata on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 after suffering fromParkinson's for many years. He was the husband of Nancy ChamberlainStreich, with whom he celebrated 50 years of marriage on Oct. 18,2008. In addition to ...
Arthur W. Fitzkee, Sr. Auto Mechanic
Dec 02, 2008 ... Arthur W. Fitzkee, Sr., 73, of Landisville, passed away onDecember 1, 2008 at Hospice of Lancaster in Mt. Joy. He was born onSept. 22, 1935 in Conestoga, PA to the late Oliver and Mable(Gebhart) Fitzkee. Arthur was the husband of Anna Mary (Cramer) Fitzkee. They weremarried on ...
Robert E. Patton
Dec 02, 2008 ... Robert E. Patton, 88, of New Holland, died Monday morning,December 1, 2008 at Pleasant View Retirement Community. He was thehusband of Ruth Elizabeth "Betty" (Stief) Patton, who passed awayJuly 9, 2000. Born in Gordonville June 2, 1920, he was the son of the late Johnand Margaret ...
Beverly Marie (Bowman) Martin
Dec 02, 2008 ... Beverly Marie (Bowman) Martin, 55, of Lititz, entered into restat Denver Nursing Home on Monday, December 1, 2008. Born in Ephrata, she was a daughter of the late Luther E. andEvelyn Mae (Herman) Bowman. She enjoyed painting, sewing, crafts of all types and dogs. Shealso ...
Annie Mae Quinn
Dec 02, 2008 ... Annie Mae Quinn, 89, of Lancaster, entered into rest on Saturday,November 29, 2008 at Conestoga View, Lancaster, PA. Born January 28, 1919, in Manning, SC, she was the daughter ofthe late Elijah and Mattie (Brogden) King. She was married to thelate George Quinn who passed away in ...
Rutt Siblings Build A Legacy At Lms ; Academic Center To Open Today
Dec 02, 2008; ... On a steamy summer day in 1942, 11-year-old Clarence Rutt Jr.helped his father clear tangles of briars, weeds and shrubs from theformer Yeates School property in East Lampeter Township. The Rutts were among a group of volunteers clearing theovergrowth so the school buildings, which ...
Richard Critz
Dec 02, 2008 ... Richard Critz, 86, of 406 Red Oak Drive, Manheim, PA diedpeacefully at his home on Tuesday, November 18th, 2008. Born in Starkville, MS to parents, E. Lucile Ferguson and HarryCritz, Richard was a devoted husband to the late Carolyn Herrick for57 years. Richard attended ...