Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from August 2003:
His chalkware collection's all in the head
Aug 01, 2003; ... It was about 25 years ago when Robert Williams noticed a smallcarved head at the cigar shop at Park City mall. It was the figure of a pirate, with his head wrapped in a scarfand a parrot perched on his shoulder. Williams was so intrigued thathe bought it, and thus began his ...
Grandmother's arthritis influences Lititz woman's volunteer work and spurs look at adaptive devices
Aug 01, 2003; ... Lititz resident Kate Schreiter witnessed her grandmother Betsy'stransition from walking, to using crutches, to using a wheelchair. "I am the oldest of the grandchildren, and I am the only one whoremembers playing with her," said Schreiter, 21. Rheumatoid arthritis took away her ...
Nation's meat processors honor countian
Aug 01, 2003 ... Lloyd Hess, a partner in Hess's Barbecue Catering of WillowStreet, has won the 2003 Achievement Award from the AmericanAssociation of Meat Processors. Hess won the ...
2002 CV grad in West Earl race
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ben Donahower, a Democratic committeeman who works as theassistant programming and public relations director at Ephrata PublicLibrary, is planning to seek a seat on the West Earl Township boardof supervisors. Donahower, a 2002 graduate of Conestoga Valley High School, willkick ...
Charges dropped against woman
Aug 01, 2003 ... Manheim Township police have dropped a simple-assault chargeagainst a woman who had been accused of holding a knife to herteenage son's throat last month. The single charge was dropped Thursday ...
Lititz student at tech forum
Aug 01, 2003 ... Tyler Garner of Lititz, who will be a senior at Warwick HighSchool this fall, is now taking part in a prestigious nationaltechnology forum in California's Silicon Valley. Garner is among 1,500 high schoolers participating in the NationalYouth Leadership Forum on Technology, being ...
Fido doesn't drive, but he still needs a license // State dog wardens sweeping local neighborhoods, going door-to-door.
Aug 01, 2003; ... Dog owners: beware. The county's dog law enforcement officers are out there. They arecruising neighborhoods. They are looking for dog houses in backyards,"beware of dog" signs and uneven clumps of grass in front yards. They are looking for dogs running loose and listening for ...
Township falls in Legion Regionals
Aug 01, 2003 ... Gettysburg dropped Manheim Township into the loser's bracket inthe American Legion Region 4 baseball tournament on Thursday. Gettysburg scored four runs in the bottom of the eighth inning tobeat Township 12-10 in Middletown. The game was called after eightinnings because of ...
E-town College faculty members get grants
Aug 01, 2003 ... Two grants, totaling nearly $100,000, were recently awarded tothree Elizabethtown College science professors. The National Science Foundation recently awarded $78,042 to DianeBridge, an E-town assistant professor of biology, for a project thatwill examine the cell biology and ...
E. Petersburg church sets vacation Bible school
Aug 01, 2003 ... Trinity United Church of Christ, 2340 State St. in EastPetersburg, has scheduled its vacation Bible school. Titled "Lighthouse Kids: Shining God's Light," it will be ...
City ministry leader visits
Aug 01, 2003 ... Eileen Vincent will speak in services at Ephrata Community Churchat 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Vincent, of San Antonio, will lead a "Tabernacle of David" meetingwith intercession and worship at the church, 70 Clay School Road, at6:00 p.m. Sunday. A preacher and teacher who ...
Connecticut teen choir featured in musical here
Aug 01, 2003 ... A teen choir from Connecticut will present a musical drama atHosanna Christian Fellowship in Lititz at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug.13. Musicon Ministries will present "Starlight Dinner" at the church,29 Green Acre Road. A freewill offering will benefit the choir. The Rev ....
PULPIT, LOFT & PEW
Aug 01, 2003 ... 'Singer and songwriter STEVEN COURTNEY will perform in concert atGrace Baptist Church of Lancaster, 1899 Marietta Ave., at 7 p.m.Friday, Aug. 8, following a "Family Fest' with free games and food at5 p.m. A freewill offering will be received. 'St. John Center Lutheran Church, 599 ...
Film night aids library
Aug 01, 2003 ... Proceeds from a showing of the movie "Time Changer" at theChristian and Missionary Alliance Church on Friday, Aug. 8., willbenefit the Christian Library of Lancaster. The movie begins at 7 p.m. at the church, 210 Pitney Road. Cost is$5 for adults and $4 for children ages 2-12 and ...
Bible school uses lighthouse theme
Aug 01, 2003 ... "Lighthouse Kids: Shining God's Light" at Community UnitedMethodist Church will feature a "de-LIGHT-ful" friend named "Beak'n,"according to planners of the event. The vacation Bible school for children from preschool to age 12will be held at the church, 130 Tennyson Drive, from ...
Keller will leave post at seminary
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Rev. Kirby Keller has announced that he will retire aspresident of the Evangelical School of Theology in Myerstown in June2004. Keller, 61, plans to resume teaching at the school uponretirement. He has served as president since 1993. In 1987, he was named the Clyde W ....
E-town UCC's minister retires, baptizes grandson on last Sunday
Aug 01, 2003 ... The longtime pastor of Christ Church United Church of Christ inElizabethtown retired Thursday after more than 38 years in theministry. The Rev. P. Larry Potteiger, 63, served the church at 247 S.Market St. for 22 years. He was honored in a service of appreciation,farewell and ...
Latta Presbyterians welcome new pastor
Aug 01, 2003 ... Latta Memorial Presbyterian in Christiana has a new minister. The Rev. Jane DeFord began her part-time duties at the church, 23Green St., on June 1. She will continue to serve part time aschaplain of Presbyterian Health Care, West Chester, a position shehas held since ...
10 area Episcopal churches join to build for Habitat; "The House That Churches Built" will rise in Lancaster in a Sept. 15-19 "building blitz," and half of the duplex is a project of single denomination.
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ten Episcopal churches in Lancaster County are sponsoringconstruction of a Lancaster Area Habitat for Humanity house in thecity's Emerald Valley community this fall. The churches have raised $23,000 toward a project goal of $40,000,said Jane Baumgardner, coordinator for the project ...
Day camp, teen week in Terre Hill
Aug 01, 2003 ... Berean Bible Fellowship Church in Terre Hill plans its 34th annualday camp and 25th annual teen week Aug. 11-15, with daytime sessionsfor children and evening sessions for teenagers. All the sessions will be held at Greenville Bible Camp, located inthe village of ...
Handbells to ring in Gretna
Aug 01, 2003 ... Handbell choirs from five churches in Lancaster and Lebanoncounties will perform in the 11th annual handbell concert at the Mt.Gretna Bible Festival at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Douglas Floyd Smith will direct the combined choir in thecampmeeting tabernacle. A freewill offering will be ...
PUCKER UP...BIG TIME!; Hershey vies for record with largest-ever Kiss
Aug 01, 2003 ... New Era Wire Services NEW YORK -- Hershey Foods Corp. has unveiled what it calls theworld's largest Hershey Kiss to mark the introduction of the dark-chocolate flavor of the popular treat. The oversized Kiss is roughly six feet tall and six feet wide andweighs 6,759 pounds -- ...
Mount Joy-based bank is spreading its wings
Aug 01, 2003; ... Union National Community Bank plans to step into the immediateLancaster area by opening a Manheim Township office in October. The Mount Joy-based bank, which heretofore has confined its retail-branch network to northwest Lancaster County, will open a 2,000-square-foot office at 38 ...
York-based firm combining sites; Transply, Apple Belting to share facility on Hempland Road in East Hempfield Township.
Aug 01, 2003; ... A York-based industrial equipment and supplies distributor plansto consolidate its two Lancaster operations into one location. This fall, Transply Inc. will move from 330 Centerville Road,where it has done business since 1974, to 3501 Hempland Road. JoiningTransply will be Apple ...
Fulton completes Premier purchase
Aug 01, 2003 ... Fulton Financial Corp., owner of Fulton Bank, said today it hascompleted its acquisition of Premier Bancorp Inc. for $103.5 millionin stock. Premier, based in Doylestown, has assets of $600 million and eightoffices in Bucks, ...
Auntie Anne's soft pretzels 'preferred' by Phila. Eagles
Aug 01, 2003 ... Auntie Anne's Inc. has signed a seven-year marketing deal with thePhiladelphia Eagles, it was announced Thursday. Terms were notdisclosed. The "corporate partnership" makes Auntie Anne's hand-rolled softpretzels the "preferred pretzel" of the team and puts Auntie Anne'ssigns in ...
Sniffing out arson; Onyx has a nose for fire starters and community fires up donations
Aug 01, 2003; ... LT. TOM ARNOLD'S firefighting partner has a nose for arson. He can sniff out a fire-setter from head to toe. When an 11-year-old with kerosene and a match started a fire nearan old oil tank at a Marietta mobile home park last year, Arnold'spartner helped pin the arson on the ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
Aug 01, 2003 ... BURGLARIES RAPHO TWP.: Thieves stole a four-wheeler all-terrain vehicle July25 from Galen Benner's Bed and Breakfast establishment, 1020Pinkerton Road, Mount Joy, state police said. The vehicle was laterfound at Farmdale Elementary School in West Hempfield Township,police ...
Columbia woman on Pa. commission
Aug 01, 2003 ... A Columbia resident has been reappointed to the PennsylvaniaCommission for Women. Donna L. Kreiser, an attorney who works in Harrisburg, will be oneof 24 Pennsylvanians who will comprise the commission, Gov. Edward G.Rendell announced this week. The commission, which was ...
Fatherhood topic at Ephrata library
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Ephrata Public Library, in its continuing effort to be "AFamily Place," has announced a cooperative effort between the libraryand The Lancaster Family Center. Beginning Sept. 24, the library will host a 12-week workshop forfathers called "Foundations of Fatherhood." The ...
'Bridge Bust' set for Saturday, Oct. 4
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Susquehanna Valley Chamber of Commerce is seeking vendors forits 15th annual "Bridge Bust," to be held this year on Saturday, Oct.4, on the Route 462 bridge between Columbia and Wrightsville. The show will be held from 8 a.m. to ...
B. Franklin Waid, 78, letter carrier
Aug 01, 2003 ... B. Franklin Waid, 78, of Lincoln Heights Avenue, Ephrata, diedearly Thursday morning at home after a long illness. Waid was a letter carrier at the Ephrata post office for 29 years.He retired in 1985. He previously worked for 12 years as a tailor forBrenberger & Maier, Frank ...
John J. Dinkel, tool and die maker
Aug 01, 2003 ... John J. Dinkel, 86, of Maple Farm Nursing Center, 204 Oak St.,Akron, formerly of Lancaster, died Thursday at the center after along illness. Dinkel retired in 1980 from the former Hamilton Watch Co., wherehe worked 36 years as a tool and die maker. He was a member of Sacred ...
DEATHS; DAILY LOG
Aug 01, 2003 ... BRENNAN, Gilbert J., 78, of 1743 Stonemill Drive, Elizabethtown. CHANT, Kristina Rae Smith, 35, (Mrs. Richard), Pottstown. COVER, Margaret J., 92, (Mrs. Hyland S.), 198 Black Gap Road,Fayetteville, formerly of Lancaster. DEMMING, George N., 88, Adamstown. DINKEL, ...
Wires snapped at shopping center
Aug 01, 2003 ... Snap, Crackle, Pop. Power was out at several businesses in the Lancaster ShoppingCenter in Manheim Township Wednesday afternoon after a delivery trucksnapped some low-hanging wires. At around 2:45 p.m., a truck driven by Daniel Lugaro, 48, of 38Central Blvd., Camp Hill, ...
St. Anne-Neumann Seniors list officers
Aug 01, 2003 ... The new officers for St. Anne-Neumann Seniors have been named for2003-2004. They are: Joseph Grey, president; Yvonne Nafe, second vicepresident; Claire Moyer, secretary; and Ed Carty, treasurer. Meetings are open to all seniors and are held on the fourthTuesday of each month ...
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Aug 01, 2003 ... The following have applied for marriage licenses in the LancasterCounty Courthouse: Jay B. Escobar, 25, of 710 S. Lime St., son of Armando and RuthEscobar, and Kimberly R. Fritz, 22, same address, daughter of ThomasA. Fritz and Deborah A. Bucher. Timothy Roy Haak, 22, of 167 ...
11 cited for underage drinking in MT
Aug 01, 2003; ... Manheim Township police broke up an alleged underage-drinkingparty on Pleasure Road early today and made 11 arrests. Eleven young adults were drinking beer outside a home at 977Pleasure Road, at 12:04 a.m., police said. Hunter F. Kauffman, 19, who lives at 977 Pleasure Road, ...
DATEBOOK
Aug 01, 2003 ... Special events CAR CRUISE: The Salvation Army and the Rotary Club of ColumbiaScholarship Fund will benefit from the Susquehanna View Car Cruise,being held on Saturday, Aug. 2, at Columbia High School. Registration starts at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m., cars will travel throughColumbia, ...
BIRTHS; DAILY LOG
Aug 01, 2003 ... HARNISH, Mr. and Mrs. R. Laverne (C. Joanne Breckbill), 241 BrickRoad, Oxford, a son, at Dr. John Rutt's office, Gordonville,Wednesday. HORNING, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence S. (Aimeta B. Hoover), 159 N. ShirkRoad, New Holland, a son, at home, Wednesday. HORST, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Z ....
Humid, wet weekend expected
Aug 01, 2003; ... Soggy and muggy. That about sums up the weekend forecast. The weekend and beyond, that is. According to meteorologist John LaCorte of the National WeatherService, the same weather pattern will be sticking around at leastthrough next Thursday. "It's the result of ...
Funding for new judge held up in Pa. budget
Aug 01, 2003; ... The state budget impasse is holding up scores of programs acrossPennsylvania, and if it lasts much longer, Lancaster County couldmiss out on $65,000 in funding for its newest judge. The bare-bones spending plan passed by the Legislature in Marchdid not include money for county ...
Shopping center designers, opponents spar in Drumore Twp.; An engineer said the plan meets all the zoning requirements. Critics questioned provisions for water, sewer and emergency services.
Aug 01, 2003 ... The designers of a proposed shopping complex near the Buckdefended their plans Thursday, while opponents said the applicationwas incomplete. Drumore Township officials believe the 370,000-square-footdevelopment would be anchored by a Wal-Mart. The engineer handling the design ...
Burglary suspect suffers glass cuts
Aug 01, 2003; ... A burglary suspect injured himself while breaking into a MarticTownship home late Tuesday night, state police said. Russell Clint Coldren, of 83 Pittsburg Hill Road, Conestoga, cuthimself as he broke into the George H. Garrett home in the 400 blockof Martic Heights Drive, Holtwood, ...
Visions of a better future; Blind Association wrapping up $4.5 million expansion
Aug 01, 2003; ... When Steve Patterson looks at the handsome brick building risingabove North Queen Street, he sees a vision coming to life. The president and chief executive officer of the SusquehannaAssociation for the Blind and Vision Impaired said the expansion ofthe association's headquarters ...
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES
Aug 01, 2003 ... GRADUATES Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Two local womenearned Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degrees. Michelle Long, daughter of Donald and Jessica Long, Lancaster,earned a bachelor of science degree in biology from PennsylvaniaState University in 1998. She is ...
Highland Preschool taking registrations
Aug 01, 2003 ... Highland Presbyterian Preschool, 1801 Oregon Pike, has openingsfor 2-year-olds and 4-year-olds. The class for 2-year-olds meets from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursdays ...
Museum gets $3,000 for its 'ArtsReach'
Aug 01, 2003 ... The Lancaster Museum of Art recently received a $3,000 grant fromthe Ressler Mill Foundation in support of the museum's ArtsReachoutreach program. The program provides visual art experiences for educators ...
Here's a great name: Lancaster Lunatics
Aug 01, 2003; ... The Scribbler had planned to sit out the contest to nameLancaster's new baseball team, but the PR firm for team ownerKeystone Baseball forwarded several early submissions and theScribbler thinks he can do better. The team has received more than 3,000 entries in a contest ...
New Route 23 plan: a hog is still a hog
Aug 01, 2003 ... If the powerful forces determined to build a new Route 23 spent asmuch time and money improving the existing Route 23 as they do"studying" ways to build an expensive, land-grabbing bypass aroundit, many of the current traffic problems would be resolved by now. Bypass backers have ...
HEY MOM, I'M BORED; Bowling / Having a ball
Aug 01, 2003; ... ALTHOUGH SUMMER IS THE PERFECT TIME to be outside, there are dayswhen indoor activity is especially appealing. When the humidity getsto be too much or thunderstorms threaten your pool time, duck insideLeisure Lanes in Lancaster and pick up a bowling ball. While bowling may ...
Man gets 11 to 22 years for 6 store robberies
Aug 01, 2003; ... A New Jersey man who pleaded guilty to committing six armedrobberies at three Turkey Hill Minit Markets was sentenced today to11 to 22 years in state prison. "What you did was extremely serious," President Judge MichaelGeorgelis told Rafael Gonzalez this morning in Lancaster ...
Savings Bonds: good deal
Aug 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: It is unfortunate that many people are not aware of the superiorinterest rates paid by U.S. Savings Bonds, Series-I. And they are assafe as anything you can put your money into. The interest rate changes every six months, and I-Bonds arecurrently paying 4.66 ...
Graph misrepresents MT millage rate increase
Aug 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: An open letter to the founders of FEDUP, the Foundation forEducated Decisions Using Prudence: As the K-12 mathematics program coordinator and teacher ofadvanced placement statistics at Manheim Township School District, Iwas most interested to read the data, ...
Ballroom dancers set 4 exhibitions
Aug 01, 2003 ... Ballroom dancers Miles Martin and Mary Ann Brockie will betwirling and gliding at four Lancaster County senior centers inAugust. With the support of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, theHappy Hearts Club will presenting exhibitions by the duo at: 'The Rodney Park Senior ...
Local schools relieved but wary as gov. vows funding; Rendell pledges to cover schools' expenses if budget crunch lingers.
Aug 01, 2003; ... Until today, Ken Klawitter was a very worried man. Klawitter, Columbia School District's superintendent, has beenanxiously watching the state budget tangle, which has put a giantquestion mark over education funding and property tax relief. Thursday, however, Gov. Ed Rendell ...
Church ushers: cheerful volunteers
Aug 01, 2003 ... As Lancaster's Bright Side Baptist Church choir settles in for aworship service, white-gloved usher ...
NEWS ANALYSIS; Could MT make big profit if it keeps sewers?
Aug 01, 2003; ... Manheim Township's elected officials have said repeatedly that thesuburb's aging sewer system could be a money pit in upcoming years. The sooner they sell it off, the better, they have said. But financial projections prepared by the township itself show thesystem could generate ...
Down but not washed out; Catholic High is asking for donations to recover the $100,000 it failed to raise during its rain-ravaged June carnival. At stake: funding for its athletic program.
Aug 01, 2003; ... "Lashing rainstorms ... and ankle-deep water and mud." Remember June? So do the volunteers who served at the 22nd annual LancasterCatholic High School Carnival this year, which turned into a washoutbecause of bad weather. As a result, the school sent letters to more than ...
Bridge work to start Monday
Aug 02, 2003 ... The state Department of Transportation will begin work on MohlerChurch Road bridge, over U.S. 222 north of Ephrata, on Monday. After the initial preparatory work, a detour will direct trafficaround the bridge by way of Ridge Avenue, Glenwood Drive andHahnstown Road. The detour is ...
Relay for Life raises $219,000
Aug 02, 2003 ... The American Cancer Society raised more than $219,000 during thefourth-annual Relay for Life event on June 20 at Cocalico HighSchool. Funds raised from the event support the American Cancer Society'sprograms for cancer research, education and services to local ...
Road Warriors are hoping to find a home in Lancaster next season
Aug 02, 2003; ... CAMDEN, N.J. -- "Take a look at this pregame spread," PennsylvaniaRoad Warriors manager Bert Pena said Thursday, pointing to a coupleof boxes of half-eaten Kentucky Fried Chicken. "And we had to send one of our guys out to get it!" he added witha chuckle. Welcome to life with ...
Knox, defending-champ Sweeney eye Open title
Aug 02, 2003; ... John Sweeney and King Knox need to compare notes before the 31stannual Lancaster Open golf championship Monday at Lancaster CountryClub. Sweeney has won two Lancaster Open championships and is thedefending champion. Yet he has never won a Lancaster Amateur. Knox has won a ...
Camden park is worthy of its No. 1 reputation; ; A day at the ball park... with the Reinharts
Aug 02, 2003; ... EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the eighth in a series of stories featuringthe observations of New Era Sports Writer Jeffrey Reinhart and hiswife, Rebecca, as they travel to ballparks in our area. CAMDEN, N.J. -- If you make a trip to one last ballpark thissummer, make it Campbell's Field, ...
USHERS: Cheerfully doing the Lord's Work // Greeter and go-fer, psychologist and plumber. The church usher's job is to be friendly and welcoming to worshippers - and quick with solutions for Sunday's little emergencies.
Aug 01, 2003; ... Carrying the bouquet like a homecoming queen, a smiling WaltBechtold walks with the dozen roses down the aisle and out the backdoor at the Worship Center. The roses aren't for him -- they're a thank-you for Amy Fennimore,the departing choir director at the Leola church. And since ...