Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from December 2002:
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Dec 02, 2002 ... DEAN'S LIST DeVry University. (Ohio) Matthew R. Leaman, son ofRandall and Amy Leaman, 492 Lancer Drive, Columbia, has been named tothe dean's list. He is an electronic engineering major and a graduateof Hempfield High School. IN THE LIMELIGHT Franklin and Marshall College ....
Christmas candlelight tour brightens Marietta
Dec 02, 2002 ... Text ...
Camp Shand scores well in national test
Dec 02, 2002 ... The Lancaster Family YMCA's Camp Shand recently was accredited bythe American Camping Association. ACA-accredited camps meet up to 300 standards for health, safetyand program quality. Before winning ...
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Dec 02, 2002 ... IN THE LIMELIGHT Syracuse University. Josh Bradecich, Landisville, performed in theuniversity's production of "West Side Story," as Toro. He is a juniormajoring in musical theater. STUDYING ABROAD Susquehanna University. Haydn Morris, son of Gary and DebraMorris, ...
SERVICE
Dec 02, 2002 ... Army National Guard Pvt. Thomas E. Bender, son of Karl Bender,Mount Gretna Road, ...
Local musicians to perform at LVC
Dec 02, 2002 ... String-instrument players from Lancaster County high schools wererecently selected to play in the 20th annual Lebanon Valley CollegeHonors String Orchestra. Students were recommended by their instructors. The followinglocal musicians were selected: 'Hempfield: Lisa Daniels, ...
E-town center named after Brossman family
Dec 02, 2002 ... Elizabethtown College is naming its new $12 million campus centerBrossman Commons. At a ceremony Tuesday afternoon, the college will officiallydedicate the center in honor of Anne Brossman Sweigart, who ischairman and president of D&E Communications, and the ...
Lorraine Yeager, was secretary
Dec 02, 2002 ... Lorraine M. Yeager, 80, of ManorCare Health Services, 100Abbeyville Road, died there Sunday after a long illness. A secretary for 10 years at Herr Manufacturing Co., she latermoved to Florida and was a secretary for Rollyson Windows Inc. inLake Worth, retiring in 1985. She ...
Troopers report thefts
Dec 02, 2002 ... An estimated $20,000 worth of musical equipment was stolen in oneof several recent thefts reported to state police in Lancaster. The musical equipment was taken from a barn at the Red Caboosemotel in the 400 block of Paradise Lane, near Strasburg, in ParadiseTownship, Trooper Chad ...
Quarryville farm preserved by Pa.
Dec 02, 2002 ... A county farm is among the latest 34 in the state totaling 3,545acres to be permanently preserved from development. It is the 10 Locust Lane, Quarryville, farm owned by Alice H.Carter. The state's farmland preservation ...
Lydia Fisher, 80, Elverson native
Dec 02, 2002 ... Lydia S. Fisher, 80, of Myerstown, died Saturday at home after abrief illness. She was a member of the Old Order Amish Church. Born in Elverson, she was a daughter of the late Elam G. and SarahSmucker Stoltzfus and stepdaughter of the late Rebecca Stoltzfus. She was ...
Sarah Fisher, domestic worker
Dec 02, 2002 ... Sarah H. Fisher, 79, of 2608 Bachmantown Road, Ronks, died ofnatural causes Saturday at Eastbrook Family Health Center, Ronks. A member of the Old Order Amish Church, she was a domestic worker. Born in Earl Township, she was the daughter of the late Noah andRebecca Huyard ...
Malinda M. Esch, New Providence infant
Dec 02, 2002 ... Malinda M. Esch, the infant daughter of Menno and Fannie MillerEsch, 185 Truce Road, New Providence, died of natural causes Fridayevening at A.I. DuPont Children's Hospital in Wilmington, Del., justhours after her birth. She was born at home. Surviving besides her parents are ...
Betty Texter, 79, factory worker
Dec 02, 2002 ... Betty J. Texter, 79, of Lancaster Avenue, Adamstown, died ofnatural causes Friday at ManorCare Health Services of Sinking Spring,Berks County, where she had lived since last year. She worked for the Bollman Hat Factory in Adamstown. Previously,she worked at the former Narrow ...
Robert E. Murray, Army veteran
Dec 02, 2002 ... Robert E. Murray, 73, of 26 E. Main St., Brownstown, died Thursdayat the Essa Flory Hospice Center. He had been ill with cancer for along time, according to a family spokesman. He retired in 1968 following more than 20 years in the U.S. Army.During his military career, he was ...
Amos K. King, 75, was shop owner
Dec 02, 2002 ... Amos K. King, 75, of 122 Krantz Mill Road, New Providence, diedSaturday at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness. He was a self-employed woodworker and carriage top maker whooperated his own shop. King also was a bishop in the Old Order AmishChurch. Born in West ...
Edna Hershey, had market stand
Dec 02, 2002 ... Edna H. Hershey, 91, of Lancaster, died unexpectedly of naturalcauses Saturday at home. Her husband, Park R. Hershey, died in 1995. Before retiring, Mrs. Hershey and her husband operated a stand atCentral Market for many years, selling poultry, vegetables, bakedgoods and ...
Wilbert Frey, Simplex supervisor
Dec 02, 2002 ... Wilbert H. Frey, 93, died of natural causes Saturday at St. Anne'sHome and Village, 3952 Columbia Ave., Columbia. He was a retired supervisor for the former Simplex Paper Box Co.of Lancaster and Columbia. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, Wrightsville, and ...
DEATHS; DAILY LOG
Dec 02, 2002 ... ANKRUM, Robert Scott, 81, Arbor View at Willow Valley, 211 WillowValley Square. BAILEY, Bertha M., (Mrs. Howard T.), Village Vista Skilled NursingCenter, 1941 Benmar Drive. BOYD, Col. Donald E., 85, Brethren Village, 3001 Lititz Pike. CHAPMAN, J. Wilbur, 93, of 2614 ...
J. Wilbur Chapman, 93, of E-town
Dec 02, 2002 ... J. Wilbur Chapman, 93, of 2614 Bainbridge Road, Bainbridge,formerly of 203 E. Park St., Elizabethtown, died Friday at the EssaFlory Hospice Center after a long illness. He would have been 94 on Saturday, Nov. 30. He worked 40 years at the former State Crippled Chidren's ...
BIRTHS; DAILY LOG
Dec 02, 2002 ... BEASLEY, Cheryl, 541 Poplar St., a daughter, at Women & BabiesHospital, Sunday. BEILER, Mr. and Mrs. Elam K. (Barbara L. Lapp), 154 Mentzer Road,New Holland, a son, at home, Friday. EBERSOLE, Mr. and Mrs. Daryl (Vonda Stoltzfus), Elizabethtown, adaughter, at Women & Babies ...
DATEBOOK
Dec 02, 2002 ... Plays MANHEIM CENTRAL: The Manheim Central Theater Department invitesthe public to "Arsenic and Old Lace", held at Manheim Central HighSchool on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Dec. 5, 6, and 7. All showsstart at 7:30 p.m. and admission is $4 for students and seniorcitizens, and ...
Feeling blessed, the sisters of St. Joseph Hospital gave all
Dec 02, 2002; ... The sisters are gone now, except for two who still volunteer. Thehospital facade has been altered. Even the name has been changed. St. Joseph Hospital, Lancaster County's first general hospital,now goes by the rather antiseptic name of Lancaster Regional MedicalCenter. But ...
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Dec 02, 2002 ... It's Christmas time in the city. This morning, workers fromMillwood Landscape Gardners of Willow Street raised a 40-foot Douglasfir in Penn Square ....
Ironville fire hall demolition questioned
Dec 02, 2002; ... When it buys the old Ironville Fire Company headquarters onProspect Road, West Hempfield Township plans to tear down the agingbuilding and create a park for township residents. But a citizen who is also a local Boy Scout leader claims the firehall building could still be used as a ...
Fleeing motorist stung by cops in W. Lampeter
Dec 02, 2002; ... Roaring down Willow Street Pike from Engleside, William JayShowalter was probably unaware that police were setting a trap forhis fleeing car. As Showalter approached Yorgey's Cleaners, 2300 Willow StreetPike, at about 1:20 a.m. today, West Lampeter Township police placedrows of ...
New rules on racks cause some hunters to hesitate on 1st day of deer season; Does the buck have three points on one side of antlers? Hunters must scrutinize before shooting.
Dec 02, 2002; ... Thousands of Lancaster County hunters fanned out across localwoodlots and the deep woods of Pennsylvania's mountains today for theopening of the traditional buck season. Only it wasn't so traditional. Hunters this year faced the formidable task of having toscrutinize the ...
Learn to drive safely
Dec 02, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I would like to respond to the Nov. 15 letter from Marvin Kellerof Dillsburg. Mr. Keller suggests that "legislators enact a law toremove the horse and buggy from roads that are designed for fast-moving, motorized vehicles." I'm wondering if Mr. Keller would ...
Disarm Iraq to set example for world
Dec 02, 2002 ... As the U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq make their early rounds toobvious sites, observers who want to avoid further conflict withSaddam Hussein are buoyed. See, they say, there's nothing there, so what was all that nastytalk about a war? They want to believe that Saddam has ...
Provide better education
Dec 02, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I was extremely pleased to see and support the participation ofLancaster students in the Good Schools Pennsylvania Youth March forEducational Justice in Harrisburg held last month. The state of public education is desperate for students in ruraland urban ...
Pilots should have guns
Dec 02, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: It seems Dan Thomasson (column on "Arming Pilots ....") thinks verylittle of the pilots who wish to arm themselves, making such remarksas "slinging lead" and "blow the foot off a copilot." Just who do you think these people are, Mr. Thomasson? You mean totell ...
Why should taxpayers aid county pension fund?
Dec 02, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: I am writing on behalf of all the people in Lancaster County whoare property owners. I would like to know why $2 million must be madeup for the county workers' pension fund. Maybe I'm missing something, but I do know everyone who has apension fund took a ...
Build a new high school
Dec 02, 2002 ... Editor, New Era: As Manheim Township taxpayers and parents of two elementary schoolage children, we would like the Manheim Township Board of SchoolDirectors to proceed with the construction of a new high school. There have been numerous articles, meetings and opportunities ...
Dawson-Shank
Dec 02, 2002 ... Amy J. Dawson and Jeffrey S. Shank, both of 138 E. Washington St.,Elizabethtown, announce their engagement. The future bride is the daughter of Pamfilo Joseph Zinobile,Rockledge, Fla., and Ann M. Farrell, Camp Hill. Her fiance is the sonof Paul Shank, Hershey, and the late Mary Ann ...
Winter watch: A bit more snow and avg. cold; MU forecasts 'typical' season
Dec 02, 2002; ... Snow lingered in parts of the county on Thanksgiving Day. Blustery winter-like weather hit the area this weekend. And, for weeks, Mother Nature has brought recurring cold-and-wetweather. Is this a sign of a fierce winter to come? (Winter officallyarrives at 8:14 p.m. on ...
Pathologist details torture of principal, her husband; Testimony begins in penalty phase of convicted killer Landon May. The jury must decide whether to sentence him to death.
Dec 02, 2002; ... The approximately four dozen stab wounds to Terry Smith's chestwent progressively deeper and deeper with each thrust, a jury wastold today. But they weren't deep enough to kill him, forensic pathologist Dr.Wayne K. Ross testified, just torture him. Today, the same Lancaster ...
In 1st month, 2,000 complaints claiming 'Do Not Call' violations
Dec 02, 2002; ... It is 7 a.m. Sunday, and the phone rings. "Hello, how are you? Er ... I have your name here, uh yes, Janet,Janice .....," the caller says. If there is anything worse than a telemarketer who awakens youfrom a deep sleep on your day off, perhaps it is a fumblingtelemarketer who ...
Eras past; This week in Lancaster County history
Dec 02, 2002 ... Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the LancasterNew Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched andcompiled by New Era staffer Tim Buckwalter. Full versions areavailable on microfilm at the Lancaster Area Library, 125 N. Duke St. 25 years ...
Mount Joy man an associate attorney
Dec 02, 2002 ... The Lancaster law firm of Gibbel, Kraybill & Hess has hired RodneyA. Myer as an associate attorney in the firm's estate planning andcorporate law ...
Lancaster man VP at Charter Homes
Dec 02, 2002 ... The Charter Homes Group has hired William Randal Rainey as vicepresident of operations. Rainey previously was vice president of construction operationsfor U.S. Home of Denver, Colo., where he ...
Landisville man at Kegel's Produce
Dec 02, 2002 ... Kegel's Produce has hired Bill Scepansky as corporate chef. Scepansky, of Landisville, most recently worked as executive chefwith Wood ...
Former countian VP of Virginia company
Dec 02, 2002 ... Former Willow Street resident Clarence R. Bauman has been hired asvice president of DeWitt & Associates, a Richmond, Va.-baseddevelopment consulting firm. Bauman, of ...
Food/beverage manager is appointed
Dec 02, 2002 ... Dutch Wonderland Family Entertainment Complex has hired Mike Dottias manager of the food and beverage department. A Hershey resident, Dotti joined Dutch Wonderland owner HersheyEntertainment & Resorts in ...
2 get director posts at Rettew
Dec 02, 2002 ... Rettew Associates has promoted two employees to directorpositions. Douglas Parkins has been named director of commercial andresidential markets. He has worked with Rettew since 1985, mostrecently as director of land development services. Parkins, of ...
FICTITIOUS NAMES
Dec 02, 2002 ... E-Town Trolley Shop, Vickie A. Cocker, 352 Hershey Road,Elizabethtown. Kantpinch, A. Christine Kinsey, 181 Hereford Road, Elizabethtown. Heavenly Soaps and Scents, Linda W. Neiss, 11 Landis Valley Road,Lititz, conducting business at 37 E. Main St., Lititz. The Main ...
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Dec 02, 2002 ... This listing, taken from the Lancaster Law Review, shows recentarticles of incorporation filed by people establishing corporations.The accompanying feature, "Fictitious Names," is a list of namesfiled by people establishing businesses in other forms. BZA, ...
Hostetter-Nunn
Dec 02, 2002 ... Jennifer M. Nunn and Leon C. Hostetter, both of Palmyra, weremarried at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1, at Apple Tree Chapel, Damascus,Va., with District Justice Reese officiating. The bride is formerlyof ...
Moose Warnock's Armstrong; Maurice J. "Moose" Warnock capped a 50- year career at Armstrong in 1976. Now, he's looking forward to his 100th birthday this month-the first centenarian among ex-Armstrong chiefs.
Dec 02, 2002; ... On Dec. 28, Maurice J. Warnock will achieve a perfectly balancedlife. On that day, Warnock will turn 100 years old, having spent halfthat time as an Armstrong World Industries employee and half not. Warnock started his remarkable career as a salesman trainee andretired as ...
Schools and Colleges
Dec 02, 2002 ... IN THE LIMELIGHT Millersville University. Area residentsperforming in the university's theater production "Two Rooms" are: Emily K. Hill, daughter of Drs. David and Patricia Hill, 306 RiverRoad, Conestoga; Leah Rhinier, daughter of Ronald and Carol Rhinier,202 Broad St., ...
CERTIFICATION
Dec 02, 2002 ... Two employees of Miller & Miller Certified Public Accountants haveearned the certified payroll professional designation from theAmerican Payroll ...
LGH holds blood drives
Dec 02, 2002 ... Lancaster General Hospital will hold blood drives at ninelocations in December. Donors at these community drives will receive a free T-shirt andbe eligible for door prizes. To schedule an appointment, call 290-4931. The drive sites and times include: from 3 to 7 p.m. today at ...
Shaeffer survivor
Dec 02, 2002 ... An additional survivor has been named for Nancy E. Shaeffer ofLancaster, who ...
Crews begin slicing Fruitville Pike bridge
Dec 02, 2002; ... Construction workers used high-powered saws to cut through the 20inches of concrete and asphalt that make up the Fruitville Pikebridge deck today. It was the beginning of a monthlong process to dismantle thedilapidated, 75-year-old span. The crews are slicing the bridge deck ...
Warnock served his community, too
Dec 02, 2002; ... Maurice J. Warnock probably has an award, civic post, professionalappointment and membership for every candle on his birthday cake. Warnock, the retired chairman, president and chief executiveofficer of Armstrong World Industries who turns 100 later this month,was deeply involved ...
Armed robber strikes Manor St. Turkey Hill
Dec 03, 2002; ... A robber walked into a Manor Street convenience store early todaywith a handgun tucked under a shirt sleeve, Lancaster police said. "This is a robbery. It's not worth dying over," the suspect saidto a 48-year-old female clerk at the Turkey Hill Minit Market at 870Manor ...
PACK NOTES
Dec 03, 2002 ... Five local hunters get bears At least five Lancaster County hunters took bears during lastweek's season. Local successful bear hunters include Korte Shearer, 17, of 809Central Manor Road, Washington Boro, who got a 165-pound bear inCameron County; Herbert D. Parmer, 50, of ...
Dog stolen from Leacock kennel
Dec 03, 2002 ... A "dognapping" was reported Saturday at Clearview Kennels inLeacock Township. Between noon and 12:15 p.m., a man and woman apparently took an 11-week-old, black-and-brown Yorkshire Terrier from the kennel at ...
CALENDAR
Dec 03, 2002 ... THURSDAYBookworm Club meeting, 10-11:30 a.m., meet in theEnvironmental Center in Lancaster County Central Park for this no-presssure reading club for homeschool students and others from K to7th grade. Parental participation is required. To register, call 295-2055. SATURDAY...
MU stays unbeaten with 5th straight win
Dec 03, 2002 ... Millersville's men's basketball team continued its early-seasonhot streak with a 68-49 victory over host West Virginia WesleyanMonday night. Michah Davenport scored a game-high 14 points and Toochi Udeinyaadded 11 points and 12 rebounds for the undefeated Marauders, who wontheir ...
Flynn helps E-town rally past Dickinson
Dec 03, 2002; ... Maybe it was a hangover from last Wednesday's double-overtime lossto county rival F&M. Maybe it was the last of the holiday haze,stubbornly refusing to let go. Whatever it was, Elizabethtown College was more than halfwaythrough the first half of its non-conference game against ...
DEATHS
Dec 03, 2002 ... BOUDER, Florence Mae, 66, of 102 Lilly Drive, Ephrata. DIEHL, Loretta Valentine, 90, (Mrs. Homer S.), Brethren Village,3001 Lititz Pike. FITZ, Marion Kramer, 96, (Mrs. Mark A.), Fairmount HomesRetirement Community, Ephrata. GROFF, Esther E., 98, (Mrs. William J.), ...
Outdoors superstore; Outfitting giant Cabela's will build a store the size of four football fields in Berks County. It will be Capela's first East Coast store.
Dec 03, 2002; ... Even before the first spadeful of dirt is turned, it has beenanointed as Pennsylvania's top tourist attraction, beating out theLiberty Bell. After four years of wooing by the state and pleading by thousandsof loyal Pennsylvania customers, Cabela's has announced it will buildits ...
Fries chairs local Pa. Economy League
Dec 02, 2002 ... Stephen K. Fries has been elected chair of the Lancaster CountyCommittee of the Pennsylvania Economy League. Fries, of Lancaster, is manager of human resources development ...
Lancaster man gets IT position at Fulton
Dec 02, 2002 ... Fulton Financial Corp. has promoted David T. Strangarity tonetwork administration manager. Strangarity joined the bank holding company in ...
Community WISH LIST
Dec 02, 2002 ... THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, take the opportunity to make life a littlebrighter for others in your community. Each year, United Way LINC and the Volunteer Center in Lancastercompile a Holiday Wish List as a confidential way of noting the needsof the less fortunate in Lancaster County. The ...