Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from August 2002:
What's your story? Hit the 'Trail of Tales' and find out
Aug 01, 2002 ... Stories unfold all around us continually. But during the Trail ofTales storytelling cooperative between tellers and museums, folkswill know exactly where and when. The big when is Saturday. The little whens vary with the wheres. Here are all the particulars: 'The ...
Troubadour for the generations Folk singer Richie Havens keeps '60s flame burning
Aug 01, 2002; ... FOR RICHIE HAVENS, the '60s never ended. "What I see is a total continuum," says Havens, 61, who willbe performing at Long's Park on Sunday. "The '60s was a socialbreakout, people were speaking out about issues and that was a bigchange. Most of us still feel it and incorporate ...
Return of the golden oldies
Aug 01, 2002 ... It was such a hit a couple years ago, "HitWave" is coming back tothe American Music Theatre, 2425 Lincoln Highway East. The revampedmusical revue that revisits the sounds of the '40s and '50s, opensFriday and continues various days and times through ...
The art of thanks; Etiquette says: handwrite and write often
Aug 01, 2002; ... SHE LEARNED HOW to read and write. She learned how to tie her shoes, and she learned how to ride abike. But Monica Bates says she never learned how to write a thank-youcard. "I didn't get advice from anyone," says Bates, 18. "No one told mehow to write a thank-you ...
Porters of pride; Storyteller recounts chapter of African-American history
Aug 01, 2002; ... AS LUXURY RAIL cars rolled across the country, they served themeals, made the beds and attended to the needs of passengers. "They" were the Pullman porters, the African-American men who cameto symbolize the excellence of service provided by the Pullman PalaceCar Co. during the ...
Knowingly 'Maladroit': some good moves from Weezer
Aug 01, 2002; ... WEEZER HAS DUBBED its fourth album "Maladroit," a French wordmeaning awkward and clumsy. But this correct self-definition isn'tsuch a bad thing. A line from "Dope Nose" sums up this intensely alternative/punkalbum quite accurately: "For the times that you wanna go and bustrhymes ...
True romance
Aug 01, 2002 ... "Romeo and Juliet" is the ultimate tragic teen love story. Here,Max Weidman plays Romeo while Megan Creegan is Juliet, in aproduction to be presented tonight and Friday by the young thespiansenrolled in ...
BEST FRIENDS
Aug 01, 2002 ... Meghan Bower, 13 (left) 8th grade, Manor Middle School Maria Hershey, 14 8th grade, Manor Middle School Their moms call them "the M&Ms." And best friends Meghan and Mariahave more in common than just their first initials. "We're carbon copies," said Meghan. "Everything ...
'People-to-people' diplomacy brings Chinese delegation here
Aug 01, 2002; ... The visit of a half-dozen Chinese municipal officials this weekcould be the beginning of a long and friendly relationship, officialshere hope. The delegation from Anshun Municipality, Guizhou Province, inSouth Central China, is staying with host families in LancasterCounty. They ...
WISER BUYERS; Learn what to look for when buying a used car
Aug 01, 2002; ... SO, YOU'VE GOT your license, and now you want to buy your own setof wheels. If you're like most teens -- meaning that money is limited --you'll probably be browsing through the "used" end of the car lot. To help you make a smart choice, Teen Weekend talked to ElliottEdison, a ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
Aug 01, 2002 ... ACCIDENTS EPHRATA: Xee Xang, 38, Ephrata, was taken to Ephrata CommunityHospital from two-vehicle crash at noon Tuesday on Route 272 in frontof Ephrata Commons Shopping Center. Xang made a left turn into pathof vehicle driven by Michael Shober, 49, Lititz, police ...
Porterfield Auctions moves to Quarryville
Aug 01, 2002 ... Porterfield Auctions has moved to 938 Lancaster Pike, Quarryville,from its previous location in Conestoga. The four-year-old company has constructed a facility of 16,000square feet on a 12-acre location at the top of The Buck. In thepast, Porterfield Auctions would rent temporary ...
Gingerbread Haus debuts in Millersville [Corrected 08/02/02]
Aug 01, 2002; ... Her son's friends joke that the family kitchen ought to be called"Matt's Mom's Bakery," in honor of all the goodies Cheryl Murr makesthere. "For years and years, people have said to me, "You have to opensomething" -- i.e., a shop selling some of her culinary creations --"but I ...
Denver's High Concrete Structures honored twice by ACI chapters
Aug 01, 2002 ... Two chapters of the American Concrete Institute have honored HighConcrete Structures Inc. of Denver for outstanding construction workon parking-deck projects. ACI's Delaware Valley Chapter presented its grand prize to ...
Cadmus Communications reports profit
Aug 01, 2002 ... Cadmus Communications Inc. on Tuesday reported a profitable fourthquarter and fiscal year, which ended June 30. The results were helpedby the absence of restructuring charges. In the fourth quarter, Cadmus had net profits of $1.6 million,reversing a $1.1 million net loss in the ...
Texter 10 back in Texas tourney
Aug 01, 2002 ... Penn Manor junior Jarred Texter is tied for 55th after two roundsof the EDS Boys Junior Golf Championship at the Oakmont Country Clubin Corinth, Texas. Texter shot a second-round score of even-par 72 on Wednesday for a36-hole total of 148. That's 10 shots behind leader Craig Leslie ...
PM advances in Region 4 tourney
Aug 01, 2002 ... Penn Manor coasted to a second-round victory in the AmericanLegion Region 4 Baseball Tournament, routing Hanover 15-4 Wednesdayat Wenger Field in Fredericksburg. The District 10 champions needed just eight innings to down theYork County representatives by the 10-run rule, pulling ...
Smith takes state amateur title
Aug 01, 2002 ... Nathan Smith of Pinecrest Country Club, Brookville, shot a 1-over-par 73 to win the 89th Pennsylvania Golf Association AmateurChampionship Wednesday at Oakmont Country Club. Smith held a 2-shot lead over Berkshire Country Club's Chip Lutz,but pulled away after Lutz shot an 80 and ...
DEATHS
Aug 01, 2002 ... CARN, Roy G., 77, Sun City, Ariz. COOPER, Grace K., 92, Willow Valley Manor, 211 Willow ValleySquare. FEARING, Richard A., 64, of 2 Chapel View Drive, Reinholds. HESS, Donald Farmer, 83, Pleasant View Retirement Community,Manheim. HOSKINS, Erla June, 64, (Mrs ....
Thank goodness the college football season is fast approaching
Aug 01, 2002; ... College football is right around the corner, so I'm a happy boythese days. Sorry, there will be no ranting this time. Just plenty of raving. I love college football. The pageantry. The pomp and circumstance.Keith Jackson. A cozy campus on a cool Saturday afternoon ....
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Aug 01, 2002 ... The following have applied for marriage licenses in the LancasterCounty Courthouse: Emmett J. St. Clair, 47, of 3086 Colebrook Road, Elizbethtown, sonLois Hamlett and the late Emmett G. St. Clair, and Kathryn A.Collins, 43, same address, daughter of Joyce G. Buckius and the ...
BIRTHS
Aug 01, 2002 ... BOWERS, Mr. and Mrs. Brian (Jennifer Sultzbach), Lancaster, a son,at Women & Babies Hospital, Tuesday. CILIENTO, Mr. and Mrs. Steven (Amy Moneypenny), 1050 ColumbiaAve., a daughter, at home, Wednesday. DEAN, Jamie, and Harold L. Schucker, Lititz, a daughter, at Women& Babies ...
Church not thankful for turkey visit
Aug 01, 2002 ... People are welcome at Chiques Church of the Brethren in RaphoTownship. Turkeys are not. Sometime after 2 p.m. Tuesday, intruders entered the churchbuilding at 4045 Sunnyside Road, Manheim, with a domestically raisedwild turkey, Ephrata state police said. "Once inside, ...
DATEBOOK [Corrected 08/11/02]
Aug 01, 2002 ... Special events CAR CRUISE: Cars, trucks and motorcycles are welcome to join in abenefit car cruise at Weaver Market in Adamstown on Friday, Aug. 16,from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Cruising Crusaders to benefit theAmerican Cancer Society. There will be ...
Wreck blocks Rt. 30 traffic for 2 hours // Sleeping driver hits pole, causing wires to sag over busy highway near Paradise. [Corrected 08/ 23/02]
Aug 01, 2002; ... A sleeping driver caused a two-hour traffic jam late Wednesdaymorning on Route 30 at Paradise, state police said. An eastbound 1997 Jeep Grand Cherokee, operated by an unidentifiedteen-ager who fell asleep at the wheel, struck a utility pole onRoute 30 at Pequea Drive at 10:06 ...
Sign of weak mind
Aug 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: The recent news items concerning ethnic slurs and the obscene"lyrics" of "rap" and other forms of so-called music, repeated alltoo often by our younger people, inspired me to submit the followingarticle, which I carried during my Navy service. Thus, "I ...
Throw book at 'em
Aug 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I am infuriated after reading the article entitled, "Why listsports efforts?," in connection with the assault in Ocean City. Lady,this is news and it's what sells papers. These boys allegedly committed a criminal act. One had a 4.0average in high school and ...
Suit isn't answer to Web site parody
Aug 01, 2002 ... One Web site uses the name "Lancaster Convention Center." The other uses "Lancaster County Convention Center." Guess which one is the official site of the Lancaster CountyConvention Center Authority. Not sure? Click on the first one. Handsome photographs of Central ...
Pa. should tax booze even more
Aug 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: The fact that Gov. Schweiker has decided to tax cigarettes againis outrageous. I am a smoker, and it's my opinion that we are not thepeople he should be turning to to be responsible for fixingPennsylvania's financial problems. For once, it should be the ...
Recipe for disaster
Aug 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: It's time to go after the anti-God forces in this country,starting with the ACLU, extending to federal judges and the SupremeCourt. If foreign enemies had strategized for our downfall, they couldhave done no better than to take the Bible and prayer out of ...
Free smokes for Denise
Aug 01, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: As a non-smoker who pollutes the air 100 times more than DeniseWendler's smoking, driving my car to and fro, I have a way Denise canget free cigarettes. If Denise would buy a hybrid/electric car from a reputable carmanufacturer such as Honda, for around ...
County declared dreist in State; No rain, heat hike drought woes here
Aug 01, 2002; ... July's combination of sultry temperatures and little rainfall hasput the month in the record books. Consider these weather statistics: 'Lancaster County is now the driest county in the state, accordingto the National Weather Service. 'Mother Nature only dropped about ...
CORRECTIONS / CLARIFICATIONS
Aug 01, 2002 ... Kready's Country Store Museum and Cafe in Lititz hopes to transfera liquor license from West Cocalico Township. A story in Wednesday'sNew Era incorrectedly reported the license would come from anothermunicipality. The New Era regrets the error. ------ The Lancaster New Era ...
E-town makes pitch for Rt. 283 ballpark
Aug 01, 2002; ... Business leaders trying to bring minor-league baseball back toLancaster County want a site for a ballpark that's both along ahighway and has plenty of available land. Elizabethtown-area officials, as they consider possible uses for arecreation complex they're planning at a 168-acre ...
Police warn women: Walk in pairs, vary your routes
Aug 01, 2002; ... She regularly took a morning walk on the rural roads of ClayTownship, an area dotted with neat farms in northern LancasterCounty. Last week, a man saw the 43-year-old woman walking. He drove pasther three times. The next morning, the man returned to the same area, found ...
City mounted patrol gets $12,000 [Corrected 08/11/02]
Aug 01, 2002 ... CitiGroup Corp. has donated $12,000 to the city's mounted patrolunit. City Councilman Harry Stoltzfus (left), who works forCitiGroup, presented the grant at the Lancaster Boys ...
Does your district spend a lot? Report evaluates all schools
Aug 01, 2002; ... The Warwick School District produces moderately above averagestudent achievement results with comparatively low spending. The Hempfield School District is well above average in studentachievement but has an exceptionally above average achievement gapbetween white and Hispanic ...
Railroad Museum of Pa. gets loan of 2nd-oldest U.S. coach [Corrected 08/11/02]
Aug 01, 2002; ... It rode a lot of rails in its day. But for the trip from theSmithsonian to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, rails gave way tothe highway and a flatbed truck. The 1836 Camden & Amboy Coach No. 3, the second oldest survivingpassenger railroad coach in the United States, arrived ...
Anh Tai Ly survivors
Aug 01, 2002 ... Anh Tai Ly, 61, of 2042 Pennwick Road, who died Sunday, is alsosurvived by two ...
Mennonite first to resume fall classes, Warwick last
Aug 01, 2002; ... Attention all students: enjoy your summer while it lasts. It won't be long before schools open again around the county. Forsome students, the first day -- whether anticipated or dreaded -- isonly a few weeks away. Lancaster Mennonite is the first to open, with classes ...
Everything's coming up; ROSES // Growing, showing and using them, all at Hershey Gardens' 'Days of Vines and Roses'
Aug 01, 2002; ... THEY'RE A UNIVERSAL symbol of love, friendship, beauty and peace.They hold a place in the lives of everyone, marking occasions such asgraduations and anniversaries. They're America's National FloralEmblem, and this is their year. As proclaimed by the U.S. Congress last year, 2002 ...
Lancaster Opera Company plans 'H.M.S. Pinafore,' 'Madame Butterfly'
Aug 01, 2002 ... The Lancaster Opera Company will present "Madame Butterfly" and"H.M.S. Pinafore"at the Fulton during its 51st season. A preview of the upcoming season will be the subject of the freeLemonade Concert being held on Thursday, August 22, at 7:30 p.m. atHighland Presbyterian ...
Tyson Foods: $107 million net profit
Aug 01, 2002 ... Tyson Foods Inc. has reported a $107 million profit for its fiscalthird quarter ended June 29. That's about a six-fold increase from the same quarter last year,when the company reported profits at $19 million. Third-quarter saleswere $5.9 billion, compared to $1.92 billion last ...
ASSETS Lancaster program in Spanish
Aug 01, 2002 ... ASSETS Lancaster, a training program for beginning or somewhatestablished entrepreneurs with very small businesses, will offer itscourse entirely in Spanish for the first time this fall. ASSETS (A Service for Self-Employment Training and Support) ...
Austin powers Black's title run; Hempfield blanks SWS to win crown
Aug 01, 2002; ... Who ever said playing "little ball" can't get you a bunch of runs? Hempfield Black stayed patient and manufactured a five-run fifthinning to defeat Strasburg/Willow Street Red 7-0 Wednesday night anddefend its New Era Tournament Midget Division title. Hempfield (20-5-1) scored ...
Austin powers Black's title run; Hinkle fires 3 shutouts in tourney
Aug 01, 2002; ... Move over, Austin Powers. This summer's hottest hit isn't about a hip, 70s-somethingundercover agent whose mission is to keep a certain villain fromspreading his brand of evil. Oh, behave! This summer's hottest hit is about a pitcher. But not just anypitcher, baby ....
Vandals damage mailboxes, cars in Manheim Township
Aug 01, 2002; ... Vandals did more damage in Manheim Township early Wednesdaymorning -- this time in developments near the Lancaster Airport. Mailboxes and car windows were shattered at homes on RosemontDrive and Coach House Lane in Carriage Hill Estates, on Harvest Drivenear Reidenbaugh Elementary ...
Pitts will tour 4 farms
Aug 01, 2002 ... U.S. Rep. Joseph R. Pitts will visit four Lancaster and Chestercounty farms on Friday, Aug. 9, to discuss important issues facingthe agriculture community. The Republican from Kennett Square, who represents the eastern two-thirds of Lancaster County in the 16th Congressional ...
Does your district spend a lot? Report evaluates all schools
Aug 01, 2002; ... The Warwick School District produces moderately above averagestudent achievement results with comparatively low spending. The Hempfield School District is well above average in studentachievement but has an exceptionally above average achievement gapbetween white and Hispanic ...
Owner of club fined $3,000
Aug 01, 2002; ... The State Police Bureau of Liquor Control Enforcement has finedthe owner of the Chameleon Club $3,000 in connection with a raid onthe downtown dance and music venue last year. The club's owner, Rich Ruoff, has plead guilty for interferingwith a liquor control officer and the police ...
Rothsville slates community picnic
Aug 01, 2002 ... The village of Rothsville will hold its community day on Saturday,Aug. 17, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Warwick Township Lions Park onTwin Brook Road. The theme will be community renewal. The picnic will feature hot dogs, ice cream and sodas for 25 centseach, face painting, ...
Intell Printing holds design, photo contest
Aug 01, 2002 ... College students studying graphic design or photography areinvited to enter a contest to win $500 and have their entry featuredin Intelligencer Printing Co.'s 2003 calender. The competition is open to full-time or part-time college studentswho attend school in Connecticut, ...
'Frankenfish' now illegal in Pa.
Aug 01, 2002; ... When Stephen Ott comes into the room, his 8-year-old pet cobrasnakehead fish zips to the aquarium glass and wiggles its whole bodyin puppy-like excitement. In a couple weeks, Ott, like perhaps hundreds of Lancastercountians, will be a lawbreaker unless he kills or gets rid of ...
County declared driest in state; These are dog days for our farm animals, too
Aug 01, 2002; ... Try giving milk several times a day, standing outside in a woolsweater, pulling a plow in the afternoon heat or cramming togetherwith hundreds of your kind on these hot, sweaty days. Not your idea of fun? Consider what some farm animals go through during a heat wave likewe're ...
'Walk Thru' Bible seminar Aug. 24
Aug 02, 2002 ... Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Landisville will offer a "WalkThru the Old Testament" seminar Saturday, Aug. 24. The seminar at the church, 85 Brandt Blvd., will be from 9 a.m. to3:30 p.m. Cost, ...
PULPIT, LOFT & PEW
Aug 02, 2002 ... 'Mt. Pleasant Mennonite Church, White Oak and Mt. Pleasant roads,Paradise, will present SUNNYSIDE, a bluegrass gospel group, in anoutdoor concert at 7 p.m. Sunday. Those attending may wish to bringlawn chairs. In case of rain, the concert will be held indoors. 'St. John Center ...
Auditions slated for 'Holy Smoke'
Aug 02, 2002 ... Promise Players will hold auditions for their fall production,"Holy Smoke," from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 25. Auditions will be held by appointment at Lampeter Church of theBrethren, 1900 Lampeter Road. For an appointment, call Julie Beittelat 569-1335. Actors will read from ...
Will cornerstone reveal new bits of church's past?
Aug 02, 2002; ... Mystery shrouds a 150-year-old Manheim church cornerstone thatwill be opened later this year. Will the contents be the same at those listed in an old ManheimSentinel news account of the 1852 cornerstone laying? Or will there be some surprises, items added by members of ...
Scrambling to beat the heat? Bible school is cool diversion
Aug 02, 2002 ... School in summer can be a bore, but a circus school -- now that'scool. A school under the big tent is just one offering for vacationBible school at area churches this month. Details follow. 'Mount Calvary Evangelical Lutheran Church, 308 Petersburg Road,Lititz, will ...
Rallying 'round at 275 years; A bagpiper and Declaration of Independence "signer" will lend notes of antiquity to Sunday's celebration of a long-enduring congregation -- Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church.
Aug 02, 2002; ... Presbyterian Scots and Scotch-Irish fled religious persecutionunder British rule and settled in the wilds of the New World frontierwhere they built a little log cabin for worship in 1727. On Sunday, the church founded by the settlers -- Middle OctoraraPresbyterian Church (USA), ...
Bishop, professor preach at Gretna
Aug 02, 2002 ... Two theology professors and a Boston-based United Methodist bishopwill be the featured speakers in the second core week of the Mt.Gretna Bible Festival Sunday to Sunday, Aug. 11. Services will be held in the Mt. Gretna Campmeeting Tabernacle,off Route 117. Freewill offerings will ...
Phila Keaggy to play here
Aug 02, 2002 ... Guitarist Phil Keaggy will perform in concert at Grace BrethrenChurch in Lititz at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. For three years Guitar Player Magazine readers voted him as one ofthe top fingerstyle guitarists. The concert at the church, 501 W. Lincoln Ave., will feature ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
Aug 02, 2002 ... ACCIDENTS EAST DRUMORE TWP: William J. Waltman, 87, New Providence, andDonald B. Dorwart, 17, Quarryville, sustained minor injuries in a two-vehicle crash at 1:20 p.m. Saturday at Cinder Road and Route 372,state police said. Dorwart was driving a Ford 150 truck west on Route372 ...
New Holland firm may turn to layoffs
Aug 02, 2002 ... A New Holland-based garment-making company may cut 100 or moreworkers from two of its plants in northeastern Lancaster Countyunless business picks up in the coming weeks. The state Bureau of Workforce Investment Thursday confirmed thatSkip's Cutting Inc. likely will permanently lay ...
Walters alternate in U.S. Amateur qualifier
Aug 02, 2002 ... Hempfield grad Dan Walters failed to advance in qualifying for theU.S. Amateur golf championship on Thursday ...