Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from September 2003:
Learning to ride a school bus is just kid's play
Sep 01, 2003; ... Editor's note: J.J. starts kindergarten Friday. This is the 5-year-old's report from the field, as told by Dad. The wheels on the bus go round and round, Round and round, Round and round. The wheels on the bus go round and round, All through the ...
THEN & NOW; Ideas, fun kept family happy
Sep 01, 2003; ... THEODORE "TED" AND AUDREY HOWE have rolled through 50 years ofmarriage, sometimes in a school bus they converted into a camper longbefore RVs became popular. Ted, who owned Ted Howe Restorations, prides himself on his ideas.He came up with the idea to convert a school bus after he ...
NEW ERA KIDS Summer Reading Club; Congratulations to all our 2003 members!
Sep 01, 2003; ... Ashley Adams Brittany Adams Anne Marie Arters Paris Benfer BenBieganski Matt Bieganski Dylan Bleacher Bridget Boxleitner ColeBoxleitner Eric Breeden Evan Breeden Ben Brubaker Benjamin Bryce Anna Byrnes William Byrnes Aaliyah Capri Cole Shanae Breann ColeShaniece Breanna Cole ...
ERAS PAST; This week in Lancaster County History
Sep 01, 2003 ... 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 ago GIRL ...
CERTIFIED
Sep 01, 2003 ... Paul J. Nikolaus III and Timothy James Staub have earned thecertified planner designation from the American Institute ofCertified Planners. Nikolaus, of Columbia, is a registered architect with Reese LowerPatrick and Scott Architects Ltd. He has worked for the firm for ...
FICTITIOUS NAMES
Sep 01, 2003 ... Elizabethtown/Hershey KOA, Karl F. Schmidt, 1980 Turnpike Road,Elizabethtown. K&G Public ...
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
Sep 01, 2003 ... 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. Coventry Reserve Community ...
3 are named to Horst management posts
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Horst Group has promoted three employees to new managementpositions in its Horst Construction and Horst Excavating divisions. Harry Scheid, of Lititz, has been named field operations managerfor the construction and excavating divisions. He previously wasgeneral superintendent ...
2 join board of HR managers
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Lancaster County Association for Human Resource Management hasannounced the election of two new members to its board of directors. They are: ...
Countian has telecom franchise
Sep 01, 2003 ... David J. Adams has opened a Schooley Mitchell Telecom Consultantsfranchise in his home at 855 Silver Spring Plaza. Schooley Mitchell, based in Stratford, Ontario, has nearly 200franchises. It helps clients increase productivity and loweroperating costs of their telecommunication ...
Centerville man at Flyway Excavating
Sep 01, 2003 ... Flyway Excavating of Lititz has hired Todd M. Hostetter as fieldsupervisor. Hostetter, of Centerville, was previously employed as an engineerby New Holland North America ...
Citizens promotes Lancaster man
Sep 01, 2003 ... Citizens Bank has promoted Orlando Cleaves to manager of itsLititz Springs branch. Cleaves, of Lancaster, joined the ...
SAT scores trend in the right direction
Sep 01, 2003 ... National Scholastic Aptitude Test scores for the high school classof 2003 rose again - by three points in verbal and another three inmath. Those are minor adjustments in tests graded on a 200 to 800point scale, but they are in the correct direction and represent arefreshing change from ...
Expensive name changes
Sep 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: Has anyone involved in the suggestion to change some ofLancaster's street names considered the cost and inconvenience ofsuch a proposal? Forget nationalities. Every resident of any street that wouldundergo a name change would be subject to changing all their ...
Fix bad city intersection
Sep 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: With all the complaints about littering and double parking on citystreets, neither of which are being taken care of, how can I believethe city will do anything about the Columbia Avenue, Orange Streetand Ruby Street intersection? This is one of the most ...
Open the political process
Sep 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: The current problem in the Republican Party with committee memberssigning a prospective candidate's petition should be considered anact of citizenship. Every qualified citizen has the right to run forpublic office. If we want an open democracy, we must add ...
Forget Wal-Mart whining
Sep 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: Every week now, I have read about people whining about a Wal-Martcoming to the Buck. Big deal! I live within 30 minutes of three of them. There arebigger problems to focus on, people. Did you know that there are over 50,000 people in ...
Smart-growth supported in West Lampeter Twp.
Sep 01, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: On behalf of the Building Industry Association of LancasterCounty, our organization congratulates West Lampeter Township'ssupervisors and planning commission for their recent work on atraditional neighborhood design ordinance. This ordinance is facilitating ...
Pack Notes
Sep 02, 2003 ... $1.5 million for hunt-fish museum Gov. Ed Rendell has released$1.5 million for construction of the nation's first hunting andfishing museum, to be built on a 22-acre island in the AlleghenyRiver adjacent to Tionesta, Forest County. Gap hunter briefing scheduled Hunters ...
Rewards in recovery; Despite the pain, Cindy Leonard makes gains after her 116-pound loss; CINDY'S STRUGGLE
Sep 02, 2003; ... FINAL PART IN A SERIES CINDY LEONARD CAN TURN WATER andweight loss into diamonds. As she relaxes in the swimming pool of her Lititz home, the sundances on the glassy surface, creating a prism of crystalline jewels. Like a magician, she swirls her hand in the water and ...
Fishing Hot Line
Sep 02, 2003 ... Lower Susquehanna The river has been back to normal summer levels,no matter how briefly. White mayfly hatches continue in some areasand there is no better smallmouth fishing than under thoseconditions. Action has been reported from about 7 to 8:30 p.m. orlater. Few rising fish have been ...
CALENDAR
Sep 02, 2003 ... TODAY Indoor handgun range, open to public, Manheim Sportsmen's Assoc.,7-10 p.m., range officer on duty. No magnums and lead bullets only.Call 665-7028 or 665-7093. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating skills and seamanship course,Tuesdays, starting today, through Nov. 25, at ...
A foreign country, a sliver of a stream, and an unknown fish
Sep 02, 2003; ... (First of two parts) POFFABRO, Italy-Pack only the bare necessities was the orderhanded down to me. Dragging twin girls and their necessary provisions, a doublestroller, a large suitcase and two carry-ons through three airportsand the canals of Venice is going to be a ...
PSU set for strong offense and weak defense from BC
Sep 02, 2003; ... Penn State didn't exactly set the college football world on fireSaturday with its 23-10 season-opening victory over Temple. But the good news, Nittany Lions fans, is that Boston Collegedidn't either. In fact, the Eagles gave their opener away. Boston College, which is set to ...
Herley contract worth $9.4 million
Sep 02, 2003 ... Herley Industries Inc. has won a $9.4 million contract to supplytransponders to the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command Weapons Divisionfor seven years. Lancaster-based Herley's AN/DPN-90 transponders go on ...
Ephrata, E-town and Elco are picked to win crowns
Sep 02, 2003; ... When the smoke clears in October, a team that begins with theletter "E" will be the overall Lancaster-Lebanon League soccerchampion. Ephrata? Elizabethtown? Elco? League play began today and the races in all three sections of thepromise to be stirring. The "E" teams will be ...
East Earl teen charged in paintball shootings
Sep 02, 2003; ... New Holland police have arrested a 17-year-old boy who went on apaintball shooting spree in the borough last Wednesday, investigatorssaid. The boy, who is from East Earl, shot a paintball at a 12-year-oldboy who was riding his bicycle in New Holland Community Park at 400E ....
Steven P. Carpenter II, stillborn
Sep 02, 2003 ... Steven Paul Carpenter II, son of Capt. Steven P. and Kaitlin G.Powell Carpenter of 94-662 Lumiauau St., Waipahu, Hawaii, wasstillborn Aug. 26 at Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu. Capt.Carpenter is formerly of Lancaster County. Surviving besides ...
Evelyn Summers, camp manager
Sep 02, 2003 ... Evelyn B. Summers, 79, of Earl Drive, New Providence, died ofnatural causes Monday at home. She lived in New Providence for 11years. She was a secretary for her husband's business until his death,then became manager of Dutch Wonderland Campgrounds for the past 26years. A ...
Ruth Shelly, 91, was retired nurse
Sep 02, 2003 ... Ruth Z. Shelly, 91, of Mount Hope Church Home, Manheim, diedSunday morning at Lancaster General Hospital after a brief illness. A nurse, she worked in various nursing home facilities andprovided in-home care for Lancaster County residents. A member of Mount Hope Mennonite ...
Eagles cut former MU star Scott
Sep 01, 2003 ... Former Millersville University wideout Sean Scott was among thefinal roster cuts made by the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday. The 6-2, 190-pound wideout, who is MU's career leader inreceptions, receiving yards and touchdown catches, may make theEagles' practice squad. The Eagles can ...
Freshman from Hempfield eyes MU's starting quarterback job
Sep 01, 2003; ... As Kevin Wolpert politely answered questions, his more experiencedMillersville teammates made playful wisecracks as they walked past. A freshman engaged in a newspaper interview? Perish the thought. "A freshman who is third-string," Wolpert pointed out with asmile. The ...
Millersville is seeking return to its glory days; The once-proud football program has slipped in recent years, but coach Kevin Kiesel and the Marauders believe they're ready to turn things around.
Sep 01, 2003; ... Preseason polls mark the one time a coach isn't worried aboutwhere his team finishes. In fact, sometimes lower is better. When news spread to Millersville's football players that they werepicked sixth in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference East,coach Kevin Kiesel wasn't ...
Former coach glad to see he's back on the right track
Sep 01, 2003; ... Welcome back, Jeff Smoker. The former Manheim Central star played a great game in his returnto the football field for Michigan State, after enduring the mostdifficult year of his young life. First he came forward last October and announced to a shockedaudience that he had a ...
New F&M students already pitching in to help community
Sep 01, 2003 ... Text ...
DEATHS; DAILY LOG
Sep 01, 2003 ... BUCH, Ethel, 84, of 352 Copley Drive. FISHER, Levi Z., 77, of 606 Puseyville Road, Kirkwood. HAWK, Robert E., 89, Quarryville Presbyterian Retirement Village,Quarryville. KNIGHT, Doris I. Smith, 69, of 4066 Columbia Ave., Columbia. RENNINGER, Melvin F., 90, of 21 ...
Seminary seeks award nominees
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Lancaster Theological Seminary is accepting nominations fortwo ministry awards. The seminary wants to honor graduates who promote, identify,nurture and encourage gifts for ordained ministry. The awards will begiven out in 2004. The Allen S. Meck Award is for distinguished ...
Was it a prank or frustrated golfer?
Sep 01, 2003 ... Golfers who are getting low on balls might want to contactofficials who run the New Holland Swimming Pool. On Saturday night, vandals climbed over the fence surrounding thepool in the ...
House fire in Earl Township
Sep 01, 2003 ... Six New Holland-area fire companies and ambulance crews respondedto a house fire call this morning at 530 Reidenbach Road, north ofNew Holland. Lancaster County Control received the call at about 9:15 a.m.Dispatchers sent New Holland, ...
DATEBOOK
Sep 01, 2003 ... Reunions PENN MANOR: The Penn Manor High School Class of 1988 will hold its15-year class reunion on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 3 and 4. For moreinformation, call 871-1246 or 284-0168. Clubs WALKERS: The Early Birds, Ephrata Community Hospital's walkingclub for seniors, ...
E-town College seeks singers
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Elizabethtown College Community Chorus has opening for singersof all ranges, ages and abilities. No audition is required. The chorus will be singing selections from Felix Mendelssohn's"Elijah," on Oct. 18 and Dec ....
BIRTHS; DAILY LOG
Sep 01, 2003 ... ARMOLD, Angela, New Providence, a son, at Women & Babies Hospital,Saturday. AUKER, Mr. and Mrs. William Jay (Carol Ann Witmer), 130 GreenvilleRoad, Denver, a son, at home, Sunday. BENDER, Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. (Sheri Eshelman), Lancaster, adaughter, at Women & Babies ...
Is it OK to read this column, or should you just do nothing?
Sep 01, 2003; ... Picture four women trying to decide if it is OK to do nothing. Not the "nothing" of watching television while Rome or dinnerburns. Not the nothing of idle telephone chatter to which you mustconfess to your mate that you did "nothing all day." And it's noteven the nothing you bought ...
City police investigate double shooting
Sep 01, 2003; ... Lancaster police continue to investigate a Sunday morning doubleshooting in the 300 block of Beaver Street. Calis Jamaal Coley, 21, of Philadelphia, and Nigel Goodman, 24, ofLancaster, both were seriously wounded and admitted to the traumaunit at Lancaster General Hospital, police ...
Growing demand for organic produce here, grocery stores say
Sep 01, 2003; ... If you picked up produce at a grocery store for your Labor Daypicnic, you probably noticed more organic vegetables and fruits thanever before. A recent check of local stores revealed that several are devotingmore floor space to organic options. Giant Food Stores spokesman ...
County deeds office recovering from computer crash
Sep 01, 2003; ... Struck with a computer failure two weeks ago, the Lancaster CountyRecorder of Deeds office is making up for lost time. The county courthouse office, which processes and recordsmortgages, deeds, property liens and other documents, has nearlycompleted rebuilding its computer system, ...
'Hometown Day' downtown is set
Sep 01, 2003 ... Hometown Day will be held in downtown Lancaster on Saturday, Sept.13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Stores will be open for sidewalk sales andspecial bargains. The Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County will participate ina country auction being held in Penn Square beginning at 11 a.m ....
Arts contest winners named
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Court Queen of Peace No.1023, Lancaster, recently announced the winners of the organization'sstate-level education contest. They include: Steven Zell, Our Lady of the Angels School,Columbia, first place, division I, in the art competition; ...
Life lessons bloom in a Manheim dahlia garden; For starters, if you love it and nurture it, it will grow.
Sep 01, 2003; ... The bee lies on its side, barely stirring, in the center of thewhite dahlia. The worker momentarily is intoxicated with the flower's pollen.Mervin Weaver smiles and gently pushes the sluggish insect from thesnowy blossom. "We don't care for bumblebees walking on the petals," ...
Back to work, back to reality // Yep, it's Labor Day. The traditional end to our care-free, kick-back summer. For families and workers and students, it's a signal that life's getting back to normal -- too soon.
Sep 01, 2003; ... After today you can put away the swimsuits, store the picnicbasket and scrape the gas grill clean. It's Labor Day. Better celebrate. On Tuesday, summer unofficiallyends. Sniff. Whimper. Sob. Labor Day was created more than 100 years ago as a day tocelebrate the great American ...
Blood drives set in Ephrata, Columbia
Sep 01, 2003 ... The American Red Cross is holding a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. on Wednesday at the Wal-Mart store at 890 E. Main St., Ephrata. Appointments are required. Call 721-6680 to reserve a time. Donorswill receive a free hot dog. Another drive is ...
Giant retractable vinyl tarp has Manor Twp. landfill base covered; In addition to extending the Frey Farm Landfill's life, the tarp frees up landfill employees for other work. And it saves money by cutting down on soil that would have to be purchased for cover.
Sep 01, 2003; ... Bulldozing waste into a hole in the ground and then covering itwith dirt don't seem to offer much room for technologicalbreakthroughs. But at the county landfill near Washington Boro, which receivesroughly 1,000 tons of mainly nonburnable construction-and-demolitiondebris each ...
Museum cited for art catalog
Sep 01, 2003 ... The Lancaster Museum of Art has won an honorable mention from theAmerican Association of Museums in its Museum Publications DesignCompetition. The museum won for its exhibition catalog for "Masks From Aroundthe ...
CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS
Sep 01, 2003 ... A story in Saturday's New Era about the Long's Park Art & CraftFestival had numerous typographical errors due to productionproblems. The price of an asparagus sculpture was $20,000, not$210,000. The New Era regrets the errors. ------ A New Era story on Friday contained ...
Bekhit Gouda, 80, pastor in Egypt
Sep 02, 2003 ... Bekhit Gouda, 80, of Cairo, Egypt, died Sunday of natural causesat home in Cairo. He was a pastor in the Faith ...
DEATHS; DAILY LOG
Sep 02, 2003 ... BROWN, Elva, 77, (Mrs. Lester M.), 110 Landis Valley Road, Lititz. CARPENTER, Steven Paul II, stillborn son of Capt. Steven P. andKaitlin G. Powell Carpenter of 94-662 Lumiauau St., Waipahu, Hawaii. EDWARDS, Arbutus B., 89, (Mrs. Theodore O.), Beverly Manor HealthCare, 425 N ....
Florence M. Erb, 67, retired clerk
Sep 02, 2003 ... Florence M. Davis Erb, 67, of 86 Barr Road, New Providence, diedMonday at Lancaster General Hospital after a long illness. She retired in 2002 after 28 years as a clerk at Buck Co. ofLancaster Pike, Buck. A 1953 graduate of McCaskey High School, she was a member ofHighview ...
BIRTHS; DAILY LOG
Sep 02, 2003 ... ARRAYO, Iliana, and Jahmal B. Griffin, Lancaster, a daughter, atWomen & Babies Hospital, Wednesday. BOURNE, Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. (Jaye McKinney), Columbia, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Friday. DARRENKAMP, Mr. and Mrs. James W. (Sherri Moore), Mount Joy, ...
'Invincible' driver is sentenced for death
Sep 02, 2003; ... Like many young men, the Lancaster judge noted, Rashon Nixon musthave been feeling "invincible" behind the wheel of his car on thenight of June 7, 2002. He was driving nearly twice as fast as the 45 mph speed limit on awinding country road through Colerain Township when he lost ...
Downpours dump several inches, cut power
Sep 02, 2003; ... When it rained, it absolutely poured Monday night, drenchingseveral communities. A broad band of rain passed over Lancaster County, but "embedded"in it were numerous powerful thunderstorms. Ephrata and Millersville both got a soaking 2.64 inches of rain,most of it falling ...
Plans for adult community in Manor dropped
Sep 02, 2003; ... After several months of debate, it appears developers have droppedplans for a large 55-and-older community in Manor Township, just westof Millersville. Township officials today confirmed that the developers of ArborGate, a 330-unit age-restricted community eyed for a farm along ...
On the move
Sep 02, 2003 ... This house at 118 W. State St. along Route 222 in Quarryville wasnot built on stilts. The ground the home sits on will ...
GOP committee loses 2 more over Clymer; Signatures on petition have cost at least nine people their positions.
Sep 02, 2003; ... At least two more Republican committee members who signed a third-party candidate's petition to run for county commissioner haveresigned. Solanco Republican committeewoman Arlene Harnish and WarwickRepublican committeeman Deryl Hurst have resigned from theirpositions rather than ...
Convocation marks art school's shift to college
Sep 02, 2003; ... The students and faculty at the Pennsylvania College of Art &Design started the first day of classes today with a bang. Literally. Nearly 300 students, faculty, staff and community members gatheredthis morning at a special convocation ceremony to celebrate the newname of the ...
Trashy library books
Sep 02, 2003 ... Editor, New Era: I must respectfully disagree with Lancaster County Library AdultServices Manager, Cathryn Smyth, regarding library funding. A goodcut in funding may be just what is needed to reexamine the expensivebook purchases the library makes each year. Our family is a ...