Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA back issues from March 2009:
Teachers Need To Hear Of Creative Approaches
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: I am glad to see the support the Intell has shown for WilliamAyers speaking at Millersville University campus on March 19. Preservice and in-service teachers need to hear creativeapproaches to address issues like urban education if students are toget a quality ...
Cracks In The System
Mar 02, 2009 ... The first thing you think is, "This is so horrible it nevershould happen." An 11-year-old boy takes the hunting rifle he'd gotten forChristmas and blasts his father's fiancee in the back of the head asshe sleeps, killing her and her nearly full-term child. He then gets on the ...
In Like A Lion ; County Is Expected To Get 3 To 8 Inches Of Snow
Mar 02, 2009; ... Just when you thought it was safe to hang up your snow shovel forthe year, winter has reared its ugly head again. A storm moving north along the East Coast caused the NationalWeather Service on Sunday evening to issue a winter storm warningfor eastern and central Pennsylvania ...
Ayers Remains An Unrepentant Terrorist
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: We must respond to the letter from John Goss ("Ayers not an evilman," Intell, Feb. 23) regarding William Ayers' visit toMillersville University. We will not be there to hear or see him -precisely because we do believe that he is an evil man. We are notinterested in ...
Why Buy From A Company That Exports Jobs?
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: There will be no more Kisses for me and my family, nor PeppermintPatties for that matter. I was sickened to read that Hershey Foodshas closed their York Peppermint Pattie plant in Reading, laying off260 workers in favor of a shiny new factory in Monterey, ...
Bush Tax Cuts Raised The Federal Deficit
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: A recent letter from Christopher Brooks ("Bush tax cuts worked,"Feb. 14) lauded the efficacy of the tax cuts President Bushauthorized when he signed the Jobs and Growth Act in May 2003.Brooks wrote that the tax cuts substantially increased federalrevenue in ...
State Should Use Restorative Justice Approach
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: The case of the two corrupt judges who sent thousands of childrento correctional facilities to line their pockets with more than $2million reveals how the justice system can fail to operate in theinterests of the youth or justice. It is time to put in place ...
Restore Strength To Workers
Mar 02, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: The Worker's Freedom of Choice Act is due. For too long workershave let the corporate fat cats walk all over them with wages notkeeping up with inflation, insurance and health-care costs goingthrough the roof. It's time to give strength back to ...
Snakes, Turtles And Lizards, Oh My! ; Museum's Reptiles A Big Hit With Kids
Mar 02, 2009; ... Elena Weaver just couldn't stop giggling. The rosy-cheeked 4-year-old from Lancaster was petting the wetshell of a diamondback terrapin squirming in the hands of NorthMuseum volunteer Sarah Annibali. The Sunday afternoon presentation was held in the Kinsey Room onthe museum's ...
Mu Faces Intense Pressure On Bill Ayers ; Donegal Doings Quotes Of The Week
Mar 02, 2009; ... Nestled in one of last week's news articles about outragedRepublican state lawmakers trying to prevent Bill Ayers from comingto Millersville University was this quote from state Rep. BryanCutler: "At the end of the day, the institution does utilize taxdollars," Cutler said to me ...
Cash's Songs 'Ring' True ; Are Stars Of Show At Dutch Apple
Mar 02, 2009; ... Johnny Cash, who died in 2003, left us a legacy of great music -and it's those songs that are the stars of "Ring of Fire," nowonstage at the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. The cast of excellent voices featured in this fast-paced showtells the story of Cash's life from the arrival of ...
Sertoma Honors Couple For International Cookie Sale
Mar 02, 2009; ... The Lancaster Sertoma Club on Friday presented its 2009 Serviceto Mankind Award to James and Jennifer Weber. "What they have been able to accomplish with different churchorganizations and youth groups sets them apart," said JosephHofmann, president of the club. The award is ...
Regional Force Nabs 27 Speeders
Mar 02, 2009 ... Northwest Regional police ticketed 27 speeders Thursday as partof an ongoing effort to stop aggressive driving. During the department's first detail under the PennsylvaniaAggressive Driving and Education Project, 30 motorists were stopped.Twenty-seven of them drove away with ...
Marriage Licenses
Mar 02, 2009 ... Brian Andre Smith, 49, of 353 E. Chestnut St., 2nd floor, son ofthe late Simon Howell and the late Ethel Janette Smith, and SherriPearl Wheeler, 48, same address, daughter of Lottie Wheeler and thelate Booker T. Wheeler. Daniel A. Martis, 25, of 220 Sable Drive, Marietta, son ...
Linda H. Rupp
Mar 02, 2009 ... Linda H. Rupp, age 65, of Columbia, died peacefully, Friday,February 27, 2009, at the Lancaster General Hospital. Born in Rome,NY, she was the daughter of the late Harry F. and Grace E. PatrickHaupt. She was the wife of Dennis M. "Mickey" Rupp, Sr.; they weremarried June 1, 1963 ....
Henry E. Musser
Mar 02, 2009 ... Henry E. Musser, 61, of Stevens, died on Saturday, February 28,2009 at the Ephrata Community Hospital. He was the husband of BonnieJ. (Hartranft) Musser and the son of the late Martin and Ada(Sweigart) Musser. Henry was a lifelong resident of the Reamstown area. He ...
Betty Yvonne Smith
Mar 02, 2009 ... Betty Yvonne Smith, age 83, of Lancaster, PA, passed away onSaturday, at her home in Millersville, under Hospice care. Born inLancaster, PA, she was the daughter of the late Fred Garvin McVeyand Edith Elizabeth Tomlinson McVey. Betty was the devoted wife ofthe late Robert V ....
James C. Wright, Jr.
Mar 02, 2009 ... James C. Wright, Jr., age 79, of Columbia, died peacefully,Saturday, February 28, 2009, at the Lancaster General Hospital. Bornin Lancaster, he was the son of the late James C., Sr. and CarolynYarnell Wright. He was the husband of the late Beatrice MackeyWright; she died November 15, ...
James L. Mellinger
Mar 02, 2009 ... James L. Mellinger, 72, of Ephrata, entered into rest at EphrataCommunity Hospital, Ephrata on Friday, February 27, 2009. He was born in New Holland, a son of the late Miller L. andLottie L. Meck Mellinger. He was married for 54 years on August 18thof last year to Marian Hirneisen ...
Ivan G. Woomert
Mar 02, 2009 ... Ivan G. Woomert, 91, of Lititz, PA, passed away February 28th. Hewas the loving husband of the late Orpha Flory Woomert. Born inSpring Hill, he was a son of the late Harvey G. and Edna GreenlyWoomert. He was employed at Hartenstine Fabricating for over 30years and was a member of Calvary ...
Dale R. Glick
Mar 02, 2009 ... Dale R. Glick, 59, of Holtwood, died Friday, February 27, 2009,due to a boating accident. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of thelate Robert B. Glick and Ruth (Frey) Glick of Millersville. Dale wasthe husband of Cheryl A. (Weyant) Glick, whom he married on August1st, 2007. Mr ....
Alyce G. Krause
Mar 02, 2009 ... Alyce G. Krause, 94, of Mount Joy, was called home on February27, 2009. Born in Lawrence, Mass. on April 19, 1914, she was thedaughter of the late Richard and Martha Dorn Gremlitz. She wasmarried for 62 years to the late George D. Krause, II, who died in2004. She was a graduate ...
Ernest L. Boyes, Sr.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Ernest L. Boyes, Sr., 57, of Coatesville, passed away on Friday,February 27, 2009 at his home. He was the beloved husband of ElaineMartin Boyes, with whom he would have shared 38 years of marriagethis June. Born in the former Belgian Congo in Africa, he was the son ofHerbert and ...
Ruth (Peters) Richwine
Mar 02, 2009 ... Ruth (Peters) Richwine, 89, of Brethren Village, Lancaster,passed away on Saturday, February 28, 2009 at Brethren Village. Bornin Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late Elwood and LauraFischer. She resided at Brethren Village for eight years. She is survived by two sons, ...
Helen H. Shoemaker
Mar 02, 2009 ... Helen H. Shoemaker, 85, of 1160 Farm Crest Dr., Ephrata, formerlyof New Holland, died Sunday, March 1, 2009 at Ephrata CommunityHospital. She was preceded in death by three husbands, WalterRauscher in 1947, H. Russell Hammond in 1974, and Woodrow W.Shoemaker in 1985. Born in ...
Raymond L. Parrish, Jr.
Mar 02, 2009 ... Raymond L. Parrish, Jr., 32, of Landisville, PA, passed awayunexpectedly from natural causes on Friday evening at his home. Bornin Lancaster, he was the son of Raymond, Sr. and Kathleen AdamsParrish. Ray was a graduate of Hempfield High School in 1995 and hadattended the PA College of ...
Pollyanna Young Giantonio
Mar 02, 2009 ... Pollyanna Young Giantonio of Willow Valley, Lancaster, diedMonday, Feb. 16, 2009 in Lancaster. She was the wife of the late John E. Giantonio, with whom she wasmarried for 45 years. Born in Narberth, she was the daughter of thelate Allan N., Young and the late Lillian ...
Ruth R. Sensenig
Mar 02, 2009 ... Ruth R. Sensenig, 85, of 30 Glenwood Drive, Ephrata, PA, diedFriday, February 27, 2009 at her home. Born in Caernarvon Twp., shewas the daughter of the late Jacob H. and Rebecca (Martin) Gehman.She was married to the late Isaac K. Sensenig, who died April, 2007.She was a member of the ...
Dorothy M. King
Mar 02, 2009 ... Dorothy M. King, 82, of Lancaster, died Friday, February 27, 2009at Moravian Manor, Lititz. She was the wife of John W. King withwhom she shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Philadelphia, she wasthe daughter of the late Samuel M. and Ella Green Hicken. She was aformer member of Honey ...
Thaddeus Stevens College Of Technology Names Dean's List ; Freshmen Sophomores
Mar 02, 2009 ... The following area residents were named to the dean's list forthe fall semester at Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology. Adamstown - Josh Fritz. Akron - Jason Zimmerman. Annville - Dana Crawford. Atglen - Harry Breitenbach. Centerville - Joseph ...
Central Pa. College Names Area Students To Dean's List
Mar 02, 2009 ... The following local residents were named to the dean's list forthe fall semester at Central Pennsylvania College, Summerdale: Abbie Fulton of Brogue, a criminal justice administration major;Joan Hilton of Conestoga, a business administration major; AdamSchaeffer of Conestoga, an ...
Area Students Named To Slippery Rock U. Dean's List
Mar 02, 2009 ... The following area residents were named to the dean's list forthe fall semester at Slippery Rock University. Coatesville - Andrew J. Kievit. Elizabethtown - Rachel A. Caskey Kelsey M. Grassel Jacqueline T.Martin, Jenna M. Stine. Enola - Rebekah S ....
Campus News ; Honors Dean's List
Mar 02, 2009 ... Abram Mellinger of Ronks is a member of the Juniata Collegechapter of the Society of Physics Students, which recently receivedthe national Outstanding Chapter Award for the 2007-08 academicyear, the 10th straight year the group has received the honor fromthe club's national ...
The American Recovery And Reinvestment Tax Act Of 2009
Mar 02, 2009; ... Part 2 - Business tax provisions On Feb. 17, President Barack Obama signed The American Recoveryand Reinvestment Tax Act of 2009 ("Recovery Act") which is known asthe economic stimulus act. The new law contains an estimated $75billion in tax benefits for businesses for 2009 and ...
Deadly Bullets ; Loss To Gettysburg Leaves Diplomats In Limbo For Ncaas
Mar 02, 2009; ... Sports Staff The scoreboard in Mayser Center late Sunday afternoon told partof the story of the Centennial Conference men's basketballchampionship, though not all of it: Gettysburg 73, Franklin & Marshall 65. In the lobby outside the gym, Diplomat assistant Pete ...
Moments Of Pain, Long-Term Gains ; County Swimmers Reap Many Rewards At District Meet
Mar 02, 2009; ... MECHANICSBURG - If you really think about it, 11 seconds doesn'tamount to much. It's just a blink of the eye in real terms. There are millions of11-second intervals over the course of one's lifetime. Then again, 11 seconds can make all of the difference in ascholastic ...
Bottom-Line Birds Do It Again ; As Dawkins Walks, Decision Process Must Be Questioned
Mar 02, 2009; ... Of course, it evokes an emotional, frustrated response. How couldany card-carrying Eagles fan who has watched Brian Dawkins play forthe last 13 years, watched him lead this team on and off the field,baring his soul along the way, feel any differently today? Ultimately, though, the ...
Quick-Striking Bears Blitz Bruins ; Giroux Fuels 3-Goal Flurry In 6-4 Decision Over Providence
Mar 02, 2009; ... Assistant Sports Editor HERSHEY - A hockey team knows it's playing well when goals comein bunches. For the second night in a row, a quick three-goal strike vaultedthe Hershey Bears to victory. A goal by Chris Bourque and two in a row from Alexandre Giroux inthe span ...
Blue Jays Left With Frustrating Finish ; Sluggish Start Proves Costly In Commonwealth Final Loss To Widener
Mar 02, 2009; ... BY GORDIE JONES Sports Correspondent CHESTER - Somebody told Phil Schaffer late Saturday afternoon,just a few minutes after he became a former college basketballplayer, that when one door closes, another opens - meaning, ofcourse, that another opportunity will come along for ...
Mu Women To Host Kutztown
Mar 02, 2009 ... Millersville University's women's basketball team begins itsquest for a conference championship with a home game at 7 p.m.Tuesday against Kutztown. The Marauders (11-3 PSAC East, 22-5 overall) earned the first-round home game by finishing second to West Chester in the ...
Colleges
Mar 02, 2009 ... Indoor Track & Field Millersville senior Priscilla Jennings (Solanco) finished secondin the mile (4:54.90) and 800 meters (2:14.76) Sunday at the PSACIndoor Championships at East Stroudsburg. Jennings' time in the miletopped her season-best by nearly five seconds and earned her ...
Alleged Child Abuser Captured ; Suspect Had Fled To Delaware
Mar 02, 2009; ... An alleged child abuser who was profiled on the "America's MostWanted" Web site is in Lancaster County Prison after being on therun since May. Felton Lee Gardner was arrested Jan. 28 in Delaware andextradited to Lancaster late last week, according to officials. Lancaster city ...
Quarryville Man Makes It Himself
Mar 02, 2009; ... Although 92-year-old Dominic Eppolite attended school throughonly the eighth grade, he says he has always been fascinated withthe way things work. Eppolite, who later earned his GED, bounced around doing variousjobs such as tool-and-die maker, diesel engine mechanic, ...
Failing To Think
Mar 03, 2009 ... Two judges handed out life-changing sentences last week. But eventhey must wonder if the sentences will change the gun climate inLancaster city. Wednesday, Judge Dennis Reinaker issued a life sentence to 22-year-old Abdul Walton for the March 2007 shooting death of 19-year-old Ty ...
Administration's Authoritarian Elitists
Mar 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Stick it to those wealthy people. I want my free healthcare/daycare/mortgage - name any entitlement. You see, there is just one little problem. The top two percent ofearners in America already pay nearly 60 percent of taxes. How dothese top two percent create ...
Ephrata Might Reimburse Some Electric Bills
Mar 03, 2009; ... Ephrata residents shocked last month by soaring electric billsmight see some relief. At its nonvoting meeting Monday, borough council laid out stepsto deal with more than 2,000 customers whose February power billsdoubled and even tripled. Under an ordinance that will be voted ...
Snow Forces Schools Into Tough Calls ; Angry Parents Rip Manheim Twp., Sdl
Mar 03, 2009; ... Predicting the weather can be a real crapshoot. Just ask Gene Freeman. The Manheim Township School District superintendent had to decideby 5:30 Monday morning whether his district's 5,700 students wouldhave school that day. The roads were only dusted with snow, and ...
Unions Want Payback For Election
Mar 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Only one month into Obama's presidency and the unions arepressing for their payback. And, what a payback. If unions have their way, Americans will lose two significantfreedoms: our right to a secret ballot and freedom of speech - allthis to promote union ...
Not Concerned By 14 Children
Mar 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: A mother who chooses to have a large family and wants all of herchildren does not cause me any concern, even when her childrennumber 14. I am much more concerned about mothers who have even one childthat is ...
Jindal Turns Back On Residents
Mar 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: Louisiana is one of the poorest states in the nation. Its biggestcity was ravaged by Hurricane Katrina. Its citizens suffer some ofthe poorest health in the country. Boy, I bet those people could usesome of that recovery money from the newly passed stimulus ...
Government Interventionism
Mar 03, 2009 ... TO THE EDITOR: America's founding idea was individual freedom secured by limitedgovernment - and the consequences flowing from that idea were thecreation of the freest and most prosperous nation in the history ofmankind. Step by step over the years, America has repudiated the ...
What's Outside Sways Fate Of Inmates ; Repeat Offenders Community's Role
Mar 03, 2009; ... HARRISBURG - Until scientists come up with something to put inthe water that keeps people from anti-social or self-destructivebehaviors that get them in trouble, we're going to need prisons. That means we're going to continue paying for prisons, and theydon't come cheap. In ...
More Minorities Taking Ap Tests ; But Numbers Remain Low
Mar 03, 2009; ... While a rising number of minority high school students areenrolling in and mastering Advanced Placement courses, there stillare not as many participating as their white counterparts, accordingto the College Board. A "Report to the Nation" released recently by the College Board,a ...
Judge Backs Bulova Over Employees
Mar 03, 2009; ... Bulova Technologies LLC, once a pillar of downtown Lancaster'sindustrial community, has won the first round in a series of federalsuits filed on behalf of 40 laid-off employees. A federal court ruled Thursday that the assets of CEO Stephen L.Gurba can't be seized and held against ...
Robber Sentenced To 8 To 26
Mar 03, 2009 ... Amanda Ziedonis, who pleaded guilty to multiple counts ofrobbery, was sentenced Monday to 8 to 26 years in prison for astring of robberies in Lancaster's affluent suburbs that shecommitted in 2007. Lancaster County Judge Howard F. Knisely also ordered Ziedonis topay more than ...
Deal ; Man Wins $22K On Game Show
Mar 03, 2009; ... Ryan Reed never thought he'd appear on one of the country's top-rated game shows ---- but he did, and he came out a winner. Reed, of Elizabethtown, appeared on the hit syndicated game show"Deal or No Deal," which aired at 7:30 p.m. Monday on the CWnetwork. Although Reed ...
Clarence M. "Muss" Harnish
Mar 03, 2009 ... Clarence M. "Muss" Harnish, 87, of Willow Street, went home to bewith the Lord on Monday, March 2, 2009, at his residence. BornNovember 8, 1921, in Willow Street, he was the son of the lateChrist C. and Annie (Eshleman) Harnish. He is survived by his wifeof 62 years, D. Marie (Miller) ...
Hotel Expansion Proposedat Site Of Italian Villa In E. Lampeter
Mar 03, 2009; ... East Lampeter Township supervisors on Monday night looked at anearly sketch plan for an estimated $7 million project that wouldcreate 122 hotel rooms at 2331 Lincoln Highway East. Mark A. Magrecki, director of land development with SteckbeckEngineering & Surveying Inc., told ...
Theodore W. "Ted" Schell
Mar 03, 2009 ... Theodore W. "Ted" Schell, 87, of Lancaster, entered into rest,with members of his family at his side, on Sunday, March 1, 2009 atMaple Farms Nursing Center, Akron, PA following a brief illness. Born April 10, 1921, in Philadelphia, he was the son of the lateHarold and Henrietta ...
John C. Kirsch
Mar 03, 2009 ... John C. "Jack" Kirsch, 83, of Lancaster, died Sunday, March 1,2009 at home. He was the husband of Phyllis (Brubaker) Kirsch for 48years last August 20. Jack retired from Armstrong World Industries after 45 years ofservice. Born on Cabbage Hill, he was the son of the late John ...
Betty J. Storm
Mar 03, 2009 ... Betty J. Storm, 67, of Mount Joy, passed away on March 2, 2009 atHospice of Lancaster County, Mount Joy. Born in Columbia, PA, she was the daughter of the late RussellFlowers Sr. and Anna (Frank) Flowers. Ms. Storm retired from DonegalIndustries and was a member of the American ...
Melvin E. "Mel" Shoff, Sr.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Melvin E. "Mel" Shoff, Sr., 72 yrs., of Honey Brook, PA, diedsuddenly on Sunday, March 1, 2009 at the Lancaster General HospitalER. He was born in Red Lion, PA on March 2, 1936. He was the son ofthe late Allen and Thelma (Snyder) Shoff. He was the husband ofSusie (Kurtz) Shoff, ...
Ida Sylvia Selfon
Mar 03, 2009 ... Ida Sylvia Selfon, 87, of Lancaster, died Sunday, March 1, 2009at Manor Care in Lancaster. Born September 22, 1921, in Lancaster, she was the daughter ofthe late Albert and Bertha (Levine) Benn. After her mother's death,her stepmother, the late Rose Benn, helped raise Mrs. Selfon ....
Karl R. Rohe, Sr.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Karl Robert Rohe, Sr., 86, of Hamilton Lane, Lexington, NC,formerly of Christiana, PA died Friday, February 27, 2009 at AlstonBrook Nursing Center after declining health. He was born July 12, 1922 in Overton, PA, to Clair Rohe and NetaMolyneaux Rohe. He retired from Shick Electric ...
Paul L. Levering
Mar 03, 2009 ... Paul L. Levering, 76, of Palmyra and formerly of Hummelstown,passed away Saturday, February 28, 2009, at home. Born in Ephrata, on August 31, 1932, he was the son of Elam andCatherine Eckman Levering. Paul retired as the Produce Manager ofPronio's Market, Hershey. He was an Army ...