Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2009:
Steelers Steal One ; Local Fans Celebrate Pittsburgh's Sixth Super Bowl Win
Feb 02, 2009; ... "They're playing like a team that wants to win," Bill Barry saidat halftime of his beloved Steelers, who were up by seven. "They're playing great - like a team that wants that sixth SuperBowl win. But then again, it's not over until the fat lady sings." Barry had no idea his ...
A Frigid Law
Feb 02, 2009 ... It is shameful that a 93-year-old Michigan man froze to death inhis home after the city shut off his electricity. It is alarming that in the wake of rewritten utility laws, asimilar situation could occur in Pennsylvania. It was reported last week that Marvin Schur, a ...
Questions Of Perception
Feb 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: The Inauguration Day events were very successful. They were anappropriate beginning for the changes many of us hope for in thefuture operation of government. Many people paid more than $1,000 per night to stay in hotels andprivate homes in Washington, D.C., or ...
Ban Smoking In All Bars, Restaurants
Feb 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Many people are dying each year because of smoking and second-hand smoke. There needs to be a stop somewhere along the line.Smoking should be illegal in all bars and restaurants. We can makechanges in this world. One-third of all lung cancer deaths are caused ...
Why I Opposed The 'Stimulus'
Feb 02, 2009; ... I understand people may be frustrated with what they see aspartisanship in Washington. The House passed a $1.2 trillion (whenyou include the interest on the borrowed money) "stimulus" plan thisweek. I, along with all of my Republican colleagues in the House,opposed the bill. Let me be ...
Illegals Part Of Budget Woes
Feb 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: In response to Gov. Ed Rendell eyeing job cuts ("Pa. job cutscoming as finances worsen," Intell, Jan 23), may I say to thegovernor that I'm not whining, I'm screaming! Before he takes the axto hard-working Pennsylvanians, may I suggest that Pennsylvania stopputting ...
Forward To The Past
Feb 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: I've never been a great believer in direct democracy, and thevote against building new schools for Donegal is another example ofits failing. Asking the people to vote on higher taxes - even for thebetterment of the community - is like asking children if ...
Saddened By Lifting Of Ban
Feb 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: I was saddened to hear that President Barack Obama lifted the banon finances going to other countries to facilitate abortions. Notmuch press was given to this issue either. These are lives that arebeing murdered, so no wonder Obama decided to lift the ban quietlyon ...
Gearing Up For 2010 Vote ; Speaking Of Election Years
Feb 02, 2009; ... Imagine this: You're watching evening television. It's September 2010. On yourtelevision screen, in high definition, comes a politicaladvertisement. IMAGE: A husband and wife at a kitchen table. Their faces lookconcerned. They are perusing bills (could be mortgage, ...
Brubaker Bills Seek Mortgage Reform ; Would Protect Whistle-Blowers, Customers
Feb 02, 2009; ... State Sen. Mike Brubaker is taking another crack at reforming themortgage industry. Brubaker, a Warwick Township Republican, intends to reintroduce apair of bills that together would protect whistle-blowers andprevent mortgage brokers from withholding key information from ...
Passhe Predicts Drop In Giving ; State Schools Still Pleased By Support
Feb 02, 2009; ... Universities that are part of the Pennsylvania State System ofHigher Education raised a record $52 million in donations during thelast fiscal year. However, college officials say, that number isbound to drop because of the beleaguered economy. PASSHE spokesman Kenn Marshall ...
Andrew's World ; Wyeth's Icon At Museum To Honor His Life
Feb 02, 2009; ... CHADDS FORD - They lined up by the hundreds Saturday morning,braving the cold, the icy sidewalks and the grayness of aPennsylvania winter's day to pay their respects to a great Americanartist and local boy made good. Andrew Wyeth - whose work often celebrated the simple, ...
Three-Car Crash
Feb 02, 2009 ... Firefighters clean up the scene of a three-car collision Sundayafternoon at Twin Brook Road and Main Street in ...
Fire Forces Family From Home
Feb 02, 2009; ... Fire drove an East Drumore Township family from its home Sunday. Edward M. and Sarah Faulkner, 800 Church Road, and their threechildren were at home when fire broke out in the attic. "They said the lights just went out, and that's when they knewsomething was wrong," said a ...
John S. Meszaros
Feb 02, 2009 ... John S. Meszaros, 82, of Maytown passed away surrounded by hisfamily on January 31, 2009. He was the loving and devoted husband ofJoan Ryan Meszaros, to whom he was married for 47 years last April. John was a 1944 graduate of the former Bainbridge High School,and later served in ...
Kenneth H. Eshleman
Feb 02, 2009 ... Kenneth H. Eshleman, 82, of Lancaster, formerly of Elizabethtown,passed away on Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Hospice of LancasterCounty, Mount Joy. Born in Rapho Twp., he was the son of the lateRev. Earl G. and Miriam Hoffer Eshleman. He was the husband of VernaG. Hess Edris Bruckhart ...
Saner Elmore Mayton
Feb 02, 2009 ... Saner E. Mayton, 93, of Lancaster, died on Thursday, January 29,2009 at Lancashire Hall, Lancaster, PA. Born May 18, 1915, in Hope, Arkansas, he was the son of the lateCleve and Emma (Fambro) Mayton. Preceding him into heaven was hiswife of more than 67 years, Marie ...
Lillian M. Kilhefner
Feb 02, 2009 ... Lillian Kilhefner, 80, died Jan. 30, 2009, in Lancashire Hall,Neffsville. Born in Brooklyn, NY, a daughter of Valentine andLillian (Gates) Hamilton, her husband Russell R. Kilhefner, diedDec. 3, 1995. Surviving: sons, Russell T. (Carol A. Doll) Kilhefner, Lancaster;and Arthur N ....
Harold Lester Zimmerman
Feb 02, 2009 ... Harold Lester Zimmerman, 82, formerly of Ephrata, died January30th at Brethren Village. He was born in Ephrata, son of the late Harry and Irene AdamsZimmerman. He was the husband of Mildred (Mick) Hummer Zimmerman. Harold was a member of the Ephrata Church of the Brethren ...
Miriam D. Crawford
Feb 02, 2009 ... Miriam D. Crawford, 70, of Lancaster, PA, passed away on Saturdaymorning at her home following a two-year illness. Born in Columbia, PA, she was the daughter of the late Wil-liamK. and Miriam D. Culley Gable. Miriam was the wife of S. JosephCrawford. They celebrated their 51st ...
Carolyn F. Webb
Feb 02, 2009 ... Carolyn F. Webb, 62, of Manheim, passed away on Friday, January30, 2009 at Hospice of Lancaster County in Mount Joy following abrief illness. Born March 20, 1946, in Lancaster, she was the daughter of thelate Jacob O. and Ella P. (Kopp) Gantz. She was the wife of the lateRichard ...
Dorothy M. Balthaser
Feb 02, 2009 ... Dorothy M. Balthaser, 86, of Centerport, died Friday, January 30,2009 at 8:27 p.m. in Lancaster General Hospital where she was sinceSunday, January 25. She was taken there from Oak Leaf Manor,Millersville, where she resided since June 2007. Born in Centre Twp., Berks Co., she was ...
Ellamae C. Glassmyer
Feb 02, 2009 ... Ellamae C. Glassmyer, 78, of Lancaster, PA, passed awaypeacefully on her birthday, Sunday, February 1, 2009, at the EssaFlory Hospice Center surrounded by her loving family. Born February 1, 1931, in Columbia, PA, she was the daughter ofthe late Ervin and Mary (Lockard) Crist. She ...
Peter K. Hoag
Feb 02, 2009 ... Peter K. Hoag, 79, of Lancaster, PA passed away unexpectedly onThursday, January 29, 2009. He was born in Rochester, NY on August12, 1929 to the late Pierre and Helen (Kellogg) Hoag. Peter is survived by his wife Helen (Huff) Hoag. They weremarried in Waterloo, NY on November 3, ...
Angie Rodriguez
Feb 02, 2009 ... Angie Rodriguez, 37, a homemaker, of Lancaster, died unexpectedlyThursday January 29, 2009 at home following complications fromsurgery. She was the wife of Jesus M. Negron for 21 years. Born in Orocovis, PR, daughter of Idelfonso Rodriguez and MariaMiranda; mother of Arleen, ...
Russell E. Armentrout
Feb 02, 2009 ... Russell E. Armentrout, 92, of Lancaster, passed away onWednesday, January 21, 2009 while under the care of Hospice ofLancaster County at the Essa Flory Hospice Center. He was thewidower of his late wife, Catherine Giannotta Armentrout. Born in Penlaird, Virginia, he was the son of ...
Lena Mae Weaver
Feb 02, 2009 ... Lena Mae Weaver, 82, of Ephrata, entered into rest at DenverNursing Home on Friday, January 30, 2009. She was born in East Earl Township, a daughter of the lateCharles and Martha (Wanner) Smith. She was the wife of the lateRichard A. Weaver who died in 1989. She attended the ...
Norman R. Reese
Feb 02, 2009 ... Norman R. Reese, 70, of Landisville, formerly of Lancaster, diedunexpectedly, Saturday, January 31, 2009 in the ER of LGH. He was the husband of the late Janice (Staudte) Reese, who diedin 1968. Norm had retired from the Fuller Company, Manheim, where he was ...
William W. Robertson, Jr.
Feb 02, 2009 ... William W. Robertson, Jr., 89, of Oxford, passed away on Friday,January 30, 2009, at the Manor Care Nursing Home, Lancaster. He was the husband of the late Wanda Roberts Robertson. Born in Ancon, Panama, he was the son of the late William W. andMary Brown Robertson, ...
Richard G. (Dick) Ruth
Feb 02, 2009 ... Richard G. (Dick) Ruth, 77 years old, of Harrisburg, PA, went tothe Lord on January 31, 2009, with his family at his side. He is survived by his wife, Carol; daughter, Donna Speelman andher husband Ron of Harrisburg; son, Jeff Ruth and his wife Paula ofMiddletown; daughter, Laurie ...
Helen B. Greenawalt
Feb 02, 2009 ... Helen B. Greenawalt, 90, a lifetime resident of Quarryville,entered into rest on Saturday, January 31, 2009, at Conestoga View.Born in Quarryville, she was the daughter of the late Miller andKathryn Todd Book. Her husband, Earl M. Greenawalt, died in 1996.Helen was a housewife and ...
Jorge O. Buides Roque
Feb 02, 2009 ... On January 26, 2009, Jorge O. Buides Roque, 55, a laborer, ofLancaster; surviving is family in Cuba and a host of friends inLancaster. Mass of Christian Burial from San Juan Bautista Catholic Church,425 S. Duke St., Lancaster on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at ...
Area Residents Earn Yti Degrees
Feb 02, 2009 ... The following area students recently received degrees from YorkTechnical Institute. Included with the students' names are their areas of study. Columbia - Jannette Rufrano, culinary arts and restaurantmanagement; Laura Yohe, dental assisting; Megan Hando, medicalbilling and ...
Local Residents Graduate From Lock Haven U.
Feb 02, 2009 ... Nine area students received degrees recently from Lock HavenUniversity. They are: Jenny DeGeorge of Columbia, early childhoodeducation; Melissa Weaver of Denver, health sciences; Erin Hipple ofElizabethtown, communication media; John Betts of ...
Area Students Named To Wvu President's List
Feb 02, 2009 ... The following area students were named to the president's listfor the fall semester at West Virginia University. Christopher Dolan of Willow ...
Marriage Licences
Feb 02, 2009; ... The following have applied for marriage licenses in LancasterCounty Courthouse: Nickolas M. Berry, 23, of 3 Hilldale Drive, Ephrata, son of DirkO. Berry and Suzanne Leed, and Jodee L. Peters, 20, same address,daughter of Scott W. and Connie Peters. Andrew J. Snader, 25, of ...
Local Students Graduate From Harrisburg Area Community College
Feb 02, 2009 ... The following area students recently received degrees fromHarrisburg Area Community College. Adamstown --Paul R. Funk. Akron --Janet L. Horst, Duane E. Yoder, Dwayne A. Zeiset. Annville --Samantha L. Deshong, Kristen M. Frey, Erin K. Hirons,Brittany N. Munz, Anhthu T ....
Orphie Might Say Spring, But Snow Lurks ; Forecaster: We'll Dodge Big Storm
Feb 02, 2009; ... It's not likely that Octoraro Orphie will see his shadow thismorning, meaning spring is just around the corner. But first there is the matter of the Groundhog Day blizzardthat's been forecast for the past week. According to the National Weather Service, the big storm is ...
Campus News ; Dean's List Graduations
Feb 02, 2009 ... Brandon W. Ryder was named to the dean's list for the fallsemester at Temple University, where he is a junior majoring incriminal justice. A 2006 graduate of Lancaster Catholic High School, he is the sonof Bill and Mary Jane Ryder of Lancaster. Mike Wagner was named to the ...
No Smoking For Beneficiaries. No Marriage Either?
Feb 02, 2009; ... Duncan Bannatyne, the British entrepreneur, businessman and bestselling author terminated his daughter's interest in a trust afterhe caught her smoking. He set up a trust fund for his children, but he is determinedthat they will not get a penny from him unless they demonstrate ...
Steelers Used To Holmes Deliveries ; Wideout Caps Stellar Postseason With Game-Winning Catch
Feb 02, 2009; ... BY MATT PAWLIKOWSKI Sports Correspondent TAMPA, Fla. - All week long, most of the hype surrounding SuperBowl XLIII revolved around the Arizona wide receivers, especiallyLarry Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald set records in the game, but it was one of theSteelers underrated ...
Pioneers Overcoming The Odds ; Despite 0-7 Start, L-S Boys Back In Jumbled Section Playoff Picture
Feb 02, 2009; ... The season began with a feeling of optimism for Lampeter-Strasburg. The Pioneers had four returning starters and coach John Achillehad his team mentally penciled in as a championship contender inSection Three of the Lancaster-Lebanon League. By the time Christmas arrived, all ...
Intriguing Finish On Tap In Section Two ; Girls' Race Will Come Down To The Wire Among Evenly-Skilled Squads
Feb 02, 2009; ... It's become the forgotten race. Understandably, perhaps, considering all that's been taking placearound it the last two months. There was the story of reborn Manheim Township storming back ontothe local girls' basketball map, past traditional powers Cedar Crestand Hempfield, ...
Short Hops
Feb 02, 2009 ... Kevin Freeman / Intelligencer Journal Elizabethtown graduatesNancy Keene Schweigert, left, and Sue Kreider Gingrich helped theBlue ...
Harrison's Interception Return One For The (Record) Books
Feb 02, 2009; ... BY MATT PAWLIKOWSKI Sports Correspondent TAMPA, Fla. - Some will say that David Tyree's catch last yearwas the greatest play in Super Bowl history. Then there is JoeMontana to John Taylor in Super Bowl XXII in the final seconds tobeat the Bengals. And of course Lynn ...
A Prized Possession ; E-Town Women's Basketball Team Commemorates 20Th Anniversary Of D- Iii National Championship
Feb 02, 2009; ... On March 18, Nancy Schweigert will sit down at her computer andcompose an e-mail message. As she has done for many years now, she will send it to herteammates and coaches and all the people that made that date one shewill always cherish. On March 18, 1989, Schweigert, whose ...
Colleges
Feb 02, 2009 ... Track and Field Shippensburg junior Don Graybill (Cocalico) won the heptathlon atthe Bucknell Bison Open Saturday afternoon by recording 4,916points. Graybill's performances included winning the ...
Family Tree Branches Out Into The Web
Feb 02, 2009; ... When Fritz von Bergen's sixth cousin once removed contacted him,it sent him on a journey of discovery. "Almost 15 years ago, I got a call on a Sunday afternoon. 'Myname is John D. von Bergen. I was born and raised in Scranton ...but traced my roots to Switzerland. I'm calling any ...
Corrections / Clarifications
Feb 02, 2009 ... The fitness Web site co-owned and operated by Ryan Mayberry, whowon $100,000 on the MTV show "The Money and the Power" ...
Local Jobless Rate Up ; At 5.5 Percent, It's Highest Since Ronald Reagan Was President
Feb 03, 2009; ... Unemployment in Lancaster County jumped in December to itshighest level since the middle of the Reagan administration. The state Department of Labor & Industry reported Monday that theadjusted unemployment rate for the Lancaster region increased one-half of a percentage point in ...
This Move Was A Bear Of A Job ; North Museum Gets A (Mounted) Polar Bear
Feb 03, 2009; ... Six more weeks of winter was Octorara Orphie's forecast Monday,but at the North Museum of Natural History & Science winter is goingto last another four months. A polar bear arrived by truck Monday and will be at the museumuntil May 15. It took six "polar bearers" to hoist the ...
Police: Feud Leads To Stabbing ; Say Victim Knifed At Least 13 Times
Feb 03, 2009; ... A Lancaster man has been charged with stabbing another man morethan a dozen times late Sunday night during what police called a"callous attack" in the city's southern end. Jaime DeJesus-Montes, 20, used a military-style survival knife tosettle an ongoing grudge with another ...
Car Smashes Buggy ; Five Injured In Accident On Route 741 In Paradise Twp.
Feb 03, 2009; ... Five occupants of a horse-drawn buggy were sent to the hospitalMonday when their carriage was struck from behind by a car inParadise Township. The riders, all from southern Lancaster County, were taken toLancaster General Hospital with injuries, according to state police. Two ...
Day Of Smiles ; Family's, Friend's Grief Turns Into Relief For Others
Feb 03, 2009; ... BY CLAUDIA W. ESBENSHADE Jane McCartney of Lancaster says that a smile is a little curvethat helps to straighten things out. On Friday, she and others willspread smiles in memory of her daughter and son-in-law Erin and MaxNusbaum. On Feb. 6, 2005, Erin and Max Nusbaum were ...
Antiquated Road System Requires Upgrade
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: There has been a tremendous amount of discussion on this pagerecently addressing ways to make Oregon Pike safer. Some very goodideas have been proposed and hopefully decision makers, who can makepositive steps, will evaluate these options and implement the ...
Reversing Conservative Judicial Activism
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: The editorial, "Ledbetter Day" (Intell, Jan. 30), rightfullypraised the first piece of legislation President Barack Obamasigned. It reversed "a famous 2007 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Courtthat split 5-4," and reinstates the deadline for filing paydiscrimination ...
Frivolous Proposal
Feb 03, 2009 ... A proposal by the state Board of Education to open "no-frills" -no football, no fancy dorms - colleges in Pennsylvania has attracteda lot of publicity. Of course there's no funding for the plan. That would be up tothe governor and the Legislature. And, given the budget situation ...
Blue Lights For Non-Emergency Vehicles
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: In reference to the article, "Alleged fake cop charged" (Intell,Jan. 24), I would like to respectfully make a correction to whatManheim Township police Sgt. Tom Rudzinski said about blue lights.He said, "Lots of people use them for post office or garbage trucks,for ...
Enjoyed Letter
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: I really liked H. Prange's letter "Moral Approach" (Intell, Jan.23). If people could just understand and read his inspirationalwisdom. If we, who know the Ten Commandments, would only followthem. Perhaps most people would if they realized that the TenCommandments ...
What A Good Role Model Can Do
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Every four years, regardless of who becomes our new president, Iam moved by the peaceful transition of power - which the squabblesand worse in other countries remind us never to take for granted. But this year something superseded my joy in that. We have takena ...
City Should Cut Spending
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Why aren't the residents of Lancaster city calling the mayor'soffice and yelling, "No more spending?" Now Mayor Gray is spending millions to try and make Lancaster'sdowntown beautiful. Lancaster was a great city and had everythingdowntown - but each mayor ...
Picture Evokes Sad Memory
Feb 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: The Jan. 26 Intell published a photo of Palestinian constructionworkers building a new tramway in Jerusalem. As they were working,they were being heckled by a group of Orthodox Jewish men and boys. As a child of nine, I saw a picture in the New York Post of ...
One Area Firm Is Counting On Stimulus ; High Steel Hopes To Build Bridges
Feb 03, 2009; ... Even companies that have not been touched by the ailing economyfear that their industry could be steamrolled if the financialcrisis doesn't improve soon. High Steel Structures Inc. has not laid off any of its 650workers in Lancaster and Williamsport. Jeffery L. Sterner, ...
Loggers Set To Give Gov. Dick A Trim ; Will Remove Trees Killed By Gypsy Moths
Feb 03, 2009; ... Chain saws are expected to start buzzing this week in thewoodlands of Clarence Schock Memorial Park at Governor Dick. An effort to clear trees killed by gypsy-moth caterpillarinfestations the past two years on 67 acres of the 1,105-acre parkon the Lancaster-Lebanon county line is ...
Second Chance Can Be Hard To Come By ; Myths Undermined Beyond Penalties
Feb 03, 2009; ... Thomas Pauli paid dearly for committing a sex crime. Society madesure of that. Convicted of having sex with a child, Pauli spent more than 11years in a Michigan prison. Sufficient punishment? Apparently not. After his release in 2003, the stigma of "sex offender" clung ...