Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from May 2002:
Boy Scouts are promoting water conservation in the county
May 01, 2002; ... One of the three key aims in Boy Scouting is participating incitizenship. The Pennsylvania Dutch Council of the Boy Scouts of America isdoing just that in a new campaign designed to promote waterconservation in Lancaster County. The council today announced that the Boy Scouts ...
Reduce Philly school budget, share funds
May 01, 2002 ... We are encouraged by the response of the state House ofRepresentatives to widespread concerns about the need for equitablefunding for public schools. There is general agreement thatstruggling rural and city school districts need more than the 1percent increase most of them would get in ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
May 01, 2002 ... DISTURBANCES NEW HOLLAND: Irene M. Lopatic, 49, of 331 E. Jackson St., NewHolland, will be charged with disorderly conduct and criminaltrespass, police said, as the result of a dispute with a neighborover a parking space Saturday evening. MANHEIM: John K. Thompson Jr., 3729 ...
Farm Bureau delegates backing Tom Armstrong's re-election bid
May 01, 2002 ... Veteran state Rep. Tom Armstrong of Marietta has picked up theendorsement of Pennsylvania Farm Bureau delegates, who say he offers"the kind of character that we need in Harrisburg." From the farm of Larry and Jane Garber, Armstrong thanked statefarm delegates for supporting him, ...
Residents worry about impact of new buildings on city's 'look'
May 01, 2002 ... Community members attending a city architectural forum Tuesdaynight expressed concern that Lancaster could lose its characteristicappearance with the construction of large, new buildings such as theLancaster Convention Center and Pennsylvania Academy of Music. Yet a panel of five ...
Barnett 4th Baron star headed to MU
May 01, 2002; ... We're not sure if Millersville University football coach KevinKiesel is a big poker player. But if he is, watch out, because he's holding four of a kind. Kiesel landed his fourth recruit from Manheim Central thismorning, when Lancaster-Lebanon League All-Star Brad Barnett ...
The stretch run is about to begin for L-L League's spring sports
May 01, 2002; ... It could have been called "Super Monday." And the big day should lead to a super finish to the Lancaster-Lebanon League spring sports season. Here's a taste of what Monday had to offer: 'No less than seven games had a direct bearing on the lead in thefour sections in ...
Overhaul at Overlook; New par 3 is built, an old par 3 is eliminated, 2 other holes lengthened
May 01, 2002; ... Pay your $21 greens fee to play Overlook golf course some weekdayafternoon, and after a couple of holes you might wonder where youare. Overlook doesn't look like Overlook any more -- at least not thefirst few holes. Lancaster County's most popular public golf course, which ...
County gets bad ozone grade
May 01, 2002; ... Summertime smog continues to bring Lancaster County a poor reportcard from a national clean-air group. For the third year in a row, ozone pollution has placed the countyon a list of the 30 worst smog metropolitan areas in the UnitedStates. The American Lung Association's ...
Hershey dividend
May 01, 2002 ... Hershey Foods Corp. on Tuesday declared quarterly dividends of30.25 cents per common ...
Donnelley: 66% drop in net profits
May 01, 2002 ... R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. today reported a 66 percent drop in netprofits, excluding one-time items, for the first quarter due to lowersales. Chicago-based Donnelley had net profits of $9.5 million, down from$27.9 million in the year-earlier period. Sales fell 16 percent to$1.09 ...
Susquehanna to buy King of Prussia firm
May 01, 2002 ... Susquehanna Bancshares Inc., owner of Farmers First Bank, saidTuesday it had agreed to acquire a King of Prussia insurance firm foran undisclosed price. Lititz-based Susquehanna said it intends to buy The Addis GroupInc., a property and casualty insurance brokerage. The move ...
Sterling announces 5-4 stock split
May 01, 2002 ... Sterling Financial Corp. on Tuesday announced a five-for-fourstock split, paid in the form of a 25 percent stock dividend. The stock dividend, which Sterling said is in recognition of itscontinued growth and profitability, will be payable June ...
Women's apparel shop opens here Thurs.
May 01, 2002 ... Dots, a women's apparel retailer, will open Thursday at ManorShopping Center, next to Regal Cinemas, on the Millersville Pike. Store managers will give a free pair of movie tickets to the first25 customers each morning between Thursday and Saturday. Also,shoppers can register to ...
UGI dividend increases
May 01, 2002 ... UGI Corp. raised its dividend on Tuesday by 1.25 cents, to 41.25cents per common share, payable July 1 to shareholders ...
Armstrong, floor-plant workers expected to resume talks on Thurs.
May 01, 2002; ... Negotiators for Armstrong World Industries and for the unionrepresenting production workers at the company's Lancaster floorplant are scheduled to resume contract talks Thursday. Meanwhile, the 750 members of Local 285 of the United Steelworkersof America remain on the job under an ...
SCHOOLS & COLLEGES
May 01, 2002 ... IN THE LIMELIGHT Susquehanna University. Quirine Fischer, daughter of Marie andJohn Fisher, Lancaster, was one of 36 orchestra members toparticipate in "The Magic Flute, " the first full-length operaperformed by the university in more than 20 years. A dean's list student, the ...
Chihuahua pup is stolen at kennel
May 01, 2002 ... Call it a case of puppy love. The thief who broke into a Paradise kennel Monday night ignoredall the other puppies and pilfered just one -- a tiny Chihuahua. Weighing only one pound, the black and tan male puppy is 9 weeksold, according to state police. The owners of ...
Manheim Twp. man back in 'Jeopardy!' in Million Dollar Masters Tournament
May 01, 2002; ... Manheim Township resident Brad Rutter will make his firstappearance on the "Jeopardy!" Million Dollar Masters TournamentThursday night. The tournament, which begins tonight, unites 15 of the "mostmemorable Jeopardy! contestants." Rutter was the 2001 Tournament of Champions ...
County preserves Elizabeth, E. Donegal, Manor, E. Earl farms
May 01, 2002; ... Lancaster County preserved five farms today. The farms, which carry perpetual easements, are in Elizabeth, EastDonegal, Manor and East Earl townships. The County Commissioners approved the conservation easementrestrictions that assure the farms will remain in ...
Survivors named for Martha C. Shank
May 01, 2002 ... Additional survivors have been named for Martha C. Shank, 90, of1234 Main St., Oberlin, formerly of Elizabethtown, who died Sundaymorning at ...
Carl C. Owens, 77, businessman
May 01, 2002 ... Carl C. Owens, 77, of 315 E. Main St., Ephrata, died at HersheyMedical Center Monday of complications from heart surgery. Owens owned and operated Ephrata Lock and Key Co. for 47 years. A former Ephrata Borough Council member, he represented Ephrata's4th Ward. He was a ...
Edith Y. Nordine, 83, homemaker
May 01, 2002 ... Edith Yingst Nordine, 83, of Oakleaf Manor Retirement Home, 2901Harrisburg Pike, Landisville, died Tuesday morning at LancasterGeneral Hospital after a short illness. Mrs. Nordine was a homemaker. She was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Gardners. Born in Gardeners, ...
Pauline E. Lively, 81, postal worker
May 01, 2002 ... Pauline E. Lively, 81, a retired postal worker who lived at 931Cardinal Road, died Tuesday at the Essa Flory Hospice Center after along illness. Mrs. Lively retired in 1990 from the U.S. Postal Service afterworking in its finance department for 15 years. A U.S. Marine Corps ...
Richard Geist, community leader
May 01, 2002 ... Richard D. Geist, 84, a New Holland community leader for decades,died of natural causes Tuesday at Ephrata Manor, 99 Bethany Road,Ephrata, where he had lived since 1998. Geist, known to his family and friends as "Rit," retired in 1981as an assembly welder from the former Sperry New ...
DEATHS; DAILY LOG
May 01, 2002 ... BELVIN, William, 28, of 765 Garfield Road, Mount Joy. FAHNESTOCK, Ruby J., 74, (Mrs. Charles G.), Diamond Station Road,Ephrata. GEIST, Richard D., 84, Ephrata Manor, Ephrata. HEIM, John William, 87, Madison, Va., formerly of LancasterCounty. KEENER, Clarence L., ...
Survivors named for William Belvin, 28
May 01, 2002 ... Survivors have been named for William Belvin, 28, of 765 GarfieldRoad, Mount Joy, who died Saturday night along Milton Grove Road inRapho Township from a gunshot wound. State police are investigating the homicide. Belvin, who formerly lived in Buena Vista, Ga., worked as ...
DATEBOOK
May 01, 2002 ... Support groups LYME DISEASE: The Lyme Disease Coalition of Quarryville, sponsoredby New Hope Community Life Ministry, will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday,May 9, at the New Hope office, 114 TownsEdge Center, Quarryville. Newmembers are welcome. For more information call New Hope at ...
BIRTHS; DAILY LOG
May 01, 2002 ... ANDERSON, Mr. and Mrs. Bobby L. (Melissa Garman), Ephrata, a son,at Ephrata Community Hospital, Tuesday. AXE, Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. (Jennifer Carson), Conestoga, a son,at Women & Babies Hospital, Tuesday. BONILLA-PEREZ, Mayra, Lancaster, a daughter, at Women & ...
City students soak up visit by veterans
May 01, 2002; ... After a touch of awkwardness at the start, standing in front ofthe upper-elementary-school kids soon becomes "just like talking tomy grandchildren," one of the veterans says. And the youngsters, after hearing a presentation by those who wentto serve in U.S. wars, are "just ...
Young artists offer tribute to America
May 01, 2002; ... When Mountville Elementary School art teacher Bruce Richterassigned his sixth-grade students to design memorials to the victimsof the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, he was both amazed and deeplymoved by what he saw. "I am thrilled and proud of what these 11- and 12-year-olds ...
Neighbors say stored tires source of mosquitoes near Rohrerstown
May 01, 2002; ... East Hempfield officials are considering "whatever action isnecessary and within our rights" to make a township business, aRohrerstown tire service, clean up its property. The township has tried for years to work with Paquin's TireService, 720 Elizabeth St., and get it to improve ...
Marietta Day activities slated
May 01, 2002 ... The Marietta Area Business Association announced Marietta Day willbe held Saturday, May 18, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., rain or shine. The activities include attic and cellar sales, crafts, art andantiques, food and family entertainment. Display areas are located on the streets ...
W. Chestnut closed
May 01, 2002 ... West Chestnut Street, between North Prince and North Marketstreets, was closed today and will be closed again on Thursday,between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. The ...
Man is killed, brother hurt in city shoot-out
May 01, 2002; ... A 22-year-old city man was killed and his brother wounded in ashooting Tuesday night in front of a Lancaster middle school in the600 block of West Walnut Street, police said. Shalimar Herna Espinosa, 22, who lived nearby at 256 Nevin St.,was found dead and his 18-year-old brother, ...
Little League tips hat to 'hometown heroes'
May 01, 2002; ... Baseball, hot dogs and hometown heroes marked the beginning of theLampeter-Strasburg Little League season on Saturday. Using a "Hometown Heroes" theme, the league rolled out the redcarpet for "sung and unsung heroes." It was a day when nearly 1,000 players, family members and ...
Volunteers sought for Lung Assn. bike ride
May 01, 2002 ... One of two scenic bike rides to raise money to help those withlung diseases in central Pennsylvania will be centered in MountGretna. The Clean Air Challenge by the American Lung Association ofPennsylvania will be held Saturday, June ...
'Big Truck Day' a big hit in New Holland
May 01, 2002; ... Wide-eyed youngsters watched in awe as the big trucks moved intoplace last Wednesday for the Kinder-Haus "Big Truck Day." The event, which was held at 428 Ranck Ave., New Holland, was partof Kinder-Haus' "Community Helper Month" theme. "The idea behind "Community Helper Month" ...
Trash, prescription drugs discussed by 100th District candidates in Strasburg
May 01, 2002; ... Discussing topics from out-of-state trash to community service,the four candidates vying for the open 100th District state Houseseat took their campaigns to the voters in Strasburg Tuesday night. The three Republicans and lone Democrat in the May 21 primaryoutlined their platforms ...
Decision tonight on suburban crossroad
May 01, 2002; ... A final decision could be reached tonight on how best to improvethe accident-plagued intersection of Landisville and Colebrook roads,in suburban East Hempfield Township. Township officials are considering three options and hope to "moveforward" and reach a decision, East ...
Mixed reaction to planned merger of Conestoga and Pequea police
May 01, 2002 ... Conestoga residents had a mixed reaction to a plan to merge thePequea and Conestoga township police departments Tuesday night. Many of the 60 people who attended the special supervisors meetingat the Conestoga fire hall supported the proposed merger, includingfire Chief Paul ...
Car strikes 2 New Holland boys as they try to board school bus
May 01, 2002 ... Police said two New Holland boys were struck by a car and slightlyinjured while they were trying to board a school bus Tuesday morning. The boys, a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old, were hit just before 7a.m. by a car that didn't stop for the bus's red lights, Officer JohnYanarella ...
Hospice offers May programs
May 01, 2002 ... "Getting through special days" will be the theme of supportprograms offered this month by Hospice of Lancaster County, 685 GoodDrive. Meetings are free and open to the public. Groups are designed forthose who have lost parents, a child, a ...
Fuel spill snarls Rt. 283 traffic
May 01, 2002 ... A stretch of eastbound Route 283 near Landisville Road was jammedduring evening rush hour Tuesday after a tractor-trailer spilled fuelon the roadway. Debris in the roadway near the Landisville Road bridge rupturedthe tractor-trailer's fuel tank about 2:40 p.m., said John Young ...
Why not bike to work?
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: May is National Bicycle Month, May 13 to 17 is Bicycle to WorkWeek and May 17 is Bicycle to Work Day. But please consider theadvantages of bicycle commuting all year. It is less expensive than car commuting. Engine wear and airpollution occur at a faster rate ...
Stop rapping Catholics
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I and I'm sure most other Catholics in Lancaster County did notappreciate the cheap-shot cartoon, if that's what you can call itssick humor, "Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil," on theeditorial page of the April 29 edition of the New Era. I am ...
Not that many smoke
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I feel that the article about teen smoking in the New Era (April22) gave Warwick Middle School a bad name. The quote, "It's 95percent" referring to an estimate of the percentage of Warwick MiddleSchool students who smoke is an outrageously off number. It is ...
Poetry from the garden
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: You recently ran a story in which local folks gave their reasonsfor their love of gardening. This simple verse, also used in ourchurch sanctuary, cites our ultimate reason why, side by side, wehave ...
Don't put the ballfield so close to the city
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I guess the Manheim Township Supervisors just don't get it. Youand your political cronies are making plans you haven't asked yourconstituents to approve. Jere Strittmatter, is this one of your "Gee, I wish I was a kidagain; golly, I wish I could have been ...
The truth about Rendell
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I was disappointed to read the misinformed and malformed epistleof Robert L. Wichterman on April 20. It's bad enough that Ed Rendelland we, the voters, have to suffer from the dirty, negativecampaigning of Bob Casey. Wichterman's letter is a gross ...
Church leaders and sin
May 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I'm confused. The Holy Scriptures warn against causing a child tosin, because such a person will suffer dire consequences at God'shands. (Mark 9:42). How can church leaders (who profess faith in God) allow theircomrades to continue to prey upon our children? ...
Elizabethtown gearing up for weekend Scots-Irish Festival
May 01, 2002; ... Elizabethtown's Scots-Irish Festival Weekend will be held Fridaythrough Sunday. The events are part of the nine-month celebration ofthe 175th anniversary of the incorporation of Elizabethtown Borough. The Scots-Irish Festival Weekend kicks off Friday with a one-daylecture series ...
Senior expo set for Ephrata
May 01, 2002 ... The third-annual Northern Lancaster County Senior Expo isscheduled from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., May 22, at the Ephrata RecreationCenter, 130 S. Academy Drive, Ephrata. The expo celebrates Older Americans' Month and is coordinated byOn-Line Publishers Inc. enior News and the ...
Hog heaven; Local Harley buff launches unique hearse-for-hire. He's hoping to attract fellow bikers who want 'an extraordinary farewell'.
May 01, 2002; ... Al Skinner is a strapping, tattooed 46-year-old with no intentionof dying anytime soon. But when he goes, he wants to be carried to his grave on athundering, chrome-plated Harley-Davidson, trailed by a procession ofmourners in leather and riding thrumming, two-wheeled beasts made ...
Reading pays off; E-town freshman wins Pa. Citizen Bee, $5,000
May 01, 2002; ... He knew which president presided over the end of the Cold War andthe Persian Gulf War but lost a second-term bid (George H.W. Bush),what the city where county governmental offices is called (a countyseat) and how Afghanistan schools recently have changed (they areadmitting ...
County FFA students win honors in competition
May 01, 2002 ... The Eastern Region FFA Leadership Career Development events wereheld April 19 at the Millcreek Lutheran Church in Newmanstown. The top three speakers in each of five speaking divisions qualifyfor state competition at Penn State University in June. Following arethe students from the ...
Take a chance on a foreign film and you may be pleasantly surprised
May 01, 2002; ... I saw a wonderfully charming movie over the weekend. It's about all the trials and tribulations of a big familywedding. The bride has second thoughts. The rich uncle causes a familyrift. The father worries about the bills. The mother mourns over herlittle girl growing up and ...
US Airways vows to remain here
May 01, 2002; ... No matter what, commercial air travelers should be able to catch aflight in and out of Lancaster Airport in years to come, though on asmaller scale. Lancaster Airport officials were disappointed to learn Tuesday thefederal government has refused them a $650,000 grant that would ...
Learning is an art for students at Donegal Middle School
May 01, 2002; ... Last year artists Ron Carper and Wayne Fettro painted a mural inthe Donegal Middle School gym. Although the students could not assist with painting the actualmural, they did paint the lettering. This year, Carper returned to continue the mural with assistancefrom Lebanon-area ...
Quarryville Elementary students recognized for thinking positive
May 01, 2002; ... Quarryville Elementary students feel good about themselves, othersand their school. Their positive thinking recently earned the schoolrecognition as a designated Positive Action School in Pennsylvania. The Positive Action Company in Twin Falls, Idaho, informedQuarryville's ...
No arguing: the cheesesteak reigns supreme
May 01, 2002; ... THOMAS MARKET boasts that it offers "the cheesesteak to end allarguments," begging the question: Do people really argue aboutcheesesteaks? Yes, they do, says William Thomas, who owns the Lancaster eaterywith his wife, Nicole. "It's definitely a big thing in thePhiladelphia area ...
4 more are released from charges of assault at city club
May 01, 2002 ... Assault charges were dismissed Tuesday against four men tied to aDecember brawl outside a city nightclub. Soon after that brawl, twomen were shot to death near the club. Tuesday marked the second time since February that DistrictJustice Richard Simms has dismissed assault charges ...
Nurses sought for Pa. awards
May 01, 2002 ... The Nightingale Awards of Pennsylvania is looking for outstandingnurses for its annual awards. The Nightingale Awards, which the organization refers to as its"Oscars," are given in six categories of nursing. Also, theorganization will give a Patient's Choice Award. Patients ...
Godfrey employees getting peek at new digs at Christian Street Court
May 01, 2002 ... The entire 70-employee staff of Godfrey Advertising was scheduledtoday to visit, for the first time, its future office in downtownLancaster's Christian Street Court. Godfrey, the county's largest advertising agency, will be theanchor tenant in the $4.3 million project, which ...
Mayor urges gov. to OK funds for Academy of Music
May 01, 2002; ... Lancaster Mayor Charlie Smithgall has added his voice to thosepleading with Gov. Mark Schweiker for the release of funds to expandthe Pennsylvania Academy of Music. In a letter signed on Friday, Smithgall wrote that the academy'sexpanded programs and a state of the art recital hall ...