Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA articles from March 2004

Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from March 2004:

Douple Agency promotes Zoll

Mar 01, 2004 ... Douple Agency Inc. has promoted Lori A. Zoll to office supervisor. Zoll, of Reamstown, is an Ephrata High ...

12 at Wachovia get trust certification

Mar 01, 2004 ... Twelve advisers at the Lancaster office of Wachovia Trust haveearned their "certified trust and financial advisor" designationsfrom the Institute of Certified Bankers. The employees are: ...

Citizens promotes Shirk to manager

Mar 01, 2004 ... Citizens Bank has promoted Amy Lynn Shirk to branch manager of itsGiant Food Stores branch in Elizabethtown. Shirk, of Manheim, joined Citizens in 2001 ...

Rottmund hired as a Union National VP

Mar 01, 2004 ... Union National Community Bank has hired Jared Rottmund as vicepresident and agricultural relationship manager. Rottmund, of Stevens, most recently was an ...

Hospice names 7 new members to board

Mar 01, 2004 ... Hospice of Lancaster County has named seven new members to itsboard of directors. They are: Thomas "Tim" Beaver III, a financial advisor at Legg Mason;Stephanie Carfley, an associate attorney at Barley Snyder; JeanetteFinkel, director of patient support services at Ephrata ...

Hickes wins therapy service award

Mar 01, 2004 ... Judith H. Hickes has won the "2003 Service Award" from thePennsylvania Physical Therapy Association. Hickes is a physical therapist and president of Basciano, Hickes &Byers Physical Therapy and ...

Health care group names new pres.

Mar 01, 2004 ... Preferred Health Care, a Lancaster-based provider-sponsoredmanaged care network, has named Eric E. Buck president. Buck, of Willow Street, had been senior vice president and partnerat Affiliate Holdings LLC in Fairfax Station, Va., ...

Glass named a VP at Citizens Bank

Mar 01, 2004 ... Randy S. Glass, of Manheim Township, has been hired as vicepresident of the mid-Atlantic region mortgage division of CitizensBank. Glass previously served ...

FICTITIOUS NAMES

Mar 01, 2004 ... Asa Medical, Ryan Artz, 385 Church St., Landisville. B & B Water Scapes, Paul G. Becker, 152 Nicholas Road, Lancaster. Fairmount Woodworking & Finishing, Samuel Zook, ...

Blue Ball names 2 managers

Mar 01, 2004 ... Blue Ball National Bank has promoted Joseph A. Myers Jr. and hiredJeffrey L. Druce. Myers, of Lancaster, has been named senior vice president andsenior trust officer. Myers joined the bank 12 years ago, mostrecently serving as vice president and senior trust officer. He is a ...

ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION

Mar 01, 2004 ... This listing, taken from the Lancaster Law Review, shows recentarticles of incorporation filed by people establishing businessescorporations. The accompanying feature, "Fictitious Names," is a listof names filed by people establishing businesses in other ...

Architect opens specialty firm

Mar 01, 2004 ... Joel K. Sims has opened Sims Architects Inc., specializing ineducational and commercial projects, at 600 Olde Hickory Road, Suite301. Sims, of Lancaster, is a Clemson University graduate who has 19years ...

Adamson heads funeral association

Mar 01, 2004 ... Jacqueline H. Adamson, a funeral director with Charles F. SnyderFuneral Homes, has been elected president of the Lancaster CountyFuneral Directors Association. Adamson, an association director since 2002, is a graduate of thePittsburgh ...

Estella Prescott, 97, was teacher

Mar 01, 2004 ... E. Estella Prescott, 97, of ManorCare Health Services, 320 S.Market St., Elizabethtown, died there Sunday after a brief illness. A teacher in Red Run for several years, she had attended theformer Millersville Normal School. She was a member of Bainbridge Church of God, where ...

Ryan C. Schofer, 22, PV graduate

Mar 01, 2004 ... Ryan C. Schofer, 22, died Saturday at Conestoga View, 900 E. KingSt., where he had been on life support since he was injured in abicycle accident Nov. 30, 2000. Before the accident, he worked at Cracker Barrel restaurant inLancaster. Mr. Schofer formerly lived in Paradise. He ...

Rendell and education

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Whatever happened to the promises Gov. Rendell made during hiselection campaign that education funding was a number one priority.Even so much as changing the taxation to achieve same, of course thatnever happened. Now how come Lancaster is short millions in ...

Cell phones in eateries

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: While driving east on Route 30 on Monday, Feb. 16, we decided tostop at a nice little restaurant beyond Route 41 after we got overthe Gap Hill. We ate breakfast in the most peaceful restaurantbecause there was a notice as you entered the place: "Turn your ...

Permit gambling at new city convention center

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: I expect that taxpayers will be forced to rescue the Lancasterhotel and convention center, but anticipate it after a bond default.Why wait, the developers are demanding their 18 millions ofPennsylvania taxpayer dollars up front! Guess the partners want tograb the ...

Gibson's 'Passion'

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: When I was a young girl, I had the privilege of seeing a moviereleased in 1951. I saw this movie six times over the extent of itsshowing at the "Strand" on Manor Street. Of course, the price was amere 15 cents at that time. This movie at such a young age ...

'Reinaker for judge'

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: I would like to take this opportunity to express my disappointmentwith the Lancaster Bar Association for "not recommending" DennisReinaker for judge. As many of you may or may not know, the Bar Association representsover 700 attorneys in Lancaster County. How ...

Hooray for Martha!

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Regardless of the outcome of the Martha Stewart trial, I, as aPenn State home economist, feel she has the most informative, well-organized, positive hour on TV these days. And, as a grandparent and ...

Banning homosexuals?

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: We came from England to what is now the United States of Americato escape persecution. To be allowed to believe and practice what wewant to without being harassed. To believe in any deity, or to notbelieve in any deity. Our founding fathers, though they may ...

Homosexual 'behavior'

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: As the gay-marriage debate gains momentum, we must not be misledinto believing that a fight for gay marriage is worthy of comparisonwith the civil rights battles of the past. This perpetuates themisguided notion that a person is homosexual in the same way that ...

Justice is elusive in McCaskey East scam

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: I would like to applaud the investigation and all of itsthoroughness in regards to the former School District of Lancastersuperintendent, Mr. Ricardo Curry. The appointment of Mr. John R. Bonfield as successor to Mr. Curryis a wonderful choice. I first met ...

No way to treat a child

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Monday (2/23), the front-page headline of the New Era read,"Giving bad kids a good scare." The article went on to describe howthree children, 12 to 14 years of age, were taken on a tour of theLancaster County Youth Intervention Center. There the children ...

Man faces charges in assault at nightspot

Mar 01, 2004; ... A Chester County man faces several charges stemming from a fightlate Saturday night at a New Holland nightspot. Shortly before midnight, Leonard Simcox, 25, of 110 Bulltown Road,Elverson, got into an argument and then a fight with other patronsand staff at the Ritz ...

Windstein helps Navy finish 2nd

Mar 01, 2004 ... The Navy women's swimming team finished second in the PatriotLeague Championship Meet over the weekend, thanks in part toHempfield grad Jenn Windstein. Trailing Colgate by 6.5 points entering the final event, theMiddies finished first in the 4x400 freestyle relay to wrap ...

It's tourney time for F&M, E-town; Diplomats win title, earn bye

Mar 01, 2004; ... For all the success and balance that his basketball team had shownthis season, deep down, F&M coach Glenn Robinson had some doubt. When asked last week if his team was Final Four worthy, he talkedabout its maturity, balance and unselfishness, and about how itcreates problems for ...

It's tourney time for F&M, E-town; If Jays win Thursday, they'll play F&M in 2nd round

Mar 01, 2004; ... Elizabethtown College basketball coach Bob Schlosser has two sonswho are reserves on Lancaster Catholic's boys' basketball team. He has seen a number of Catholic games the past two seasons, hasviewed the Crusaders' state championship run last season firsthand,and was along for the ...

Bessie G. Welsh, 96, homemaker

Mar 01, 2004 ... Bessie Glauner Welsh, 96, of 112 Bellevue Ave., Ephrata, formerlyof Honey Brook, died Saturday at Ephrata Community Hospital after anillness. A homemaker, she was an active member of Honey Brook PresbyterianChurch. Mrs. Welsh was president of the mission and founder of theyouth ...

Martha M. Stoner, ex-countian

Mar 01, 2004 ... Martha Mae Stoner, 81, of Jonestown, formerly of Terre Hill, diedSaturday at United Christian Church Home, Annville, of naturalcauses. She and her husband, Clarence B. Stoner, were married 60 years. A homemaker, Mrs. Stoner was a member of Meckville MennoniteChurch, ...

Hazel Kuehner, market worker

Mar 01, 2004 ... Hazel Kuehner, 90, of the Mennonite Home, 1520 Harrisburg Pike,formerly of Allentown, died Saturday at Lancaster General Hospitalafter a long illness. She worked 20 years at a potato chip stand at Allentown Farmer'sMarket, retiring in 2003. She previously worked 12 years in ...

Arthur Weaver, stone salesman

Mar 01, 2004 ... Arthur B. Weaver, 87, of Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave.,New Holland, died there Saturday of natural causes. A former Ephrata resident, Mr. Weaver was a dispatcher from 1967to 1982 for the former David M. Burkholder Inc. He retired in 1986after four years as a stone ...

Shirley Smucker, 58, homemaker

Mar 01, 2004 ... Shirley A. Smucker, 58, of 3754 Old Philadelphia Pike,Gordonville, died Friday at Lakeland Regional Medical Center inLakeland, Fla., after becoming ill during a vacation. An autopsy hasbeen scheduled. A homemaker, she was a member of the Worship Center, Lancaster. She enjoyed ...

Alice Null, 81, was housekeeper

Mar 01, 2004 ... Alice Elizabeth Null, 81, of 121 Cains Road, Honey Brook, diedSaturday at home after a long illness. A former housekeeper at the former Landis Valley Motel, she alsowas a laborer at Lancaster Laundry and Consumer Products. Born in Lancaster, she was married to the late Elmer F ....

John C. Gallagher, 68, Lancaster

Mar 01, 2004 ... John C. Gallagher, 68, of Conestoga View, 900 E. King St., diedFriday at Community Hospital of Lancaster after a long illness. He worked for Towes, Ayers & Huber and for Aaron Reif. A member of St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, he ...

Henry F. Frailey, Corning retiree

Mar 01, 2004 ... Henry Francis Frailey, 80, of Granger, Ind., died Friday at St.Joseph's Hospital, South Bend, Ind., after a long illness. After a career spanning more than 30 years in industry, Mr.Frailey retired as a vice president of Corning Inc. He also taught atthe engineering school at ...

Grace Fahnestock, 92, Lancaster

Mar 01, 2004 ... Grace Eckroth Fahnestock, 92, of Brethren Village, 3001 LititzPike, formerly of 736 Woodcrest Ave., Lititz, died of natural causesSunday at Brethren Village, where she had lived three years. She formerly co-owned Gracie's Restaurant in Reading. She attended Lititz Church of the ...

Marion Burbrink, 79, homemaker

Mar 01, 2004 ... Marion M. Burbrink, 79, of 87 Valleybrook Drive, died Sunday atthe Essa Flory Hospice Center after a brief illness. A homemaker, she was a member of St. John Neumann Catholic Church,St. Anne-Neuman Seniors, Silver Threads and AARP Chapter 530. She enjoyed bridge and traveling ...

DEATHS; DAILY LOG

Mar 01, 2004 ... ADAMS, Lottie S. Bender, 95, (Mrs. William W.), Pleasant ViewRetirement Community, 544 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, formerly ofEphrata. ADAMS, Michael Kenneth Sr., 40, of 108 Hershey Road, Lititz. BURBRINK, Marion M., 79, (Mrs. James P.), 87 Valleybrook Drive. COSGROVE, ...

DIVORCES

Mar 01, 2004 ... The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas granted the followingdivorces Feb. 27: Jose M. Rodriguez, Lancaster, and Carmen M. Rodriguez, Reading.They were married Feb. 23, 1974. Wendy S. Butler, Lancaster and Stanley B. Butler Jr., Lancaster.They were married Dec. 21, ...

DATEBOOK

Mar 01, 2004 ... Programs GARDENING: The North Museum of Natural History and Science willhost a "Coffee and Conversation" program from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. onTuesday, March, 2. Presenter Shirley Wagner, a master gardener, willshare information on the Penn State Cooperative Extensioncertification ...

BIRTHS

Mar 01, 2004 ... ALLEN, Dianna, and Ulises A. Plaza, Lancaster, a daughter, atWomen & Babies Hospital, Thursday. ALLER, Cherie, and Brent C. Melhorn, Mount Joy, a daughter, atWomen & Babies Hospital, Saturday. BAIR, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley P. (Julie A. Nolt), Quarryville, adaughter, at home, ...

Quarryville man, 22, critically hurt as car hits tree in Providence Twp.; In a separate incident, another young man was injured in a fiery crash Sunday afternoon on Route 501, near Brickerville.

Mar 01, 2004; ... A young Quarryville man was badly hurt in a weekend crash near theBuck in Providence Township, state police said. Jason Malles, 22, of Quarryville, lost control as he rounded aleft curve in the 100 block of Buck Heights Road at 11:10 p.m.Saturday, Trooper David Howanitz ...

The simple act of a country barber binds a community

Mar 01, 2004; ... For 20 years, I have sped past the aging two-story farmhouse inthe middle of nowhere off Route 896 in Bart Township and wonderedabout the peppermint barber's pole in front. The other day, I drove down there to find out. I walked onto thesqueaky porch and was greeted by an ...

Girl, 14, among 16 suspects netted in 'major drug sweep'; Police were after "street level'' drug dealers during the weekend operation, which concluded Sunday morning.

Mar 01, 2004; ... Lancaster police racked up a winning record against suspected drugdealers this past weekend. In what police officials described as a "major drug sweep,''Street Operations Group officers and detectives arrested 15 males anda 14-year-old girl in various areas of the city. Most were ...

Promoter hopes to bring bit of Tour de France here; Former owner of the Chameleon Club turns to bicycle racing (and running), scheduling 30 events throughout the county in 2004.

Mar 01, 2004; ... Rich Ruoff says he's seen them: young Mennonite boys on fastbikes, hoping to be the next Floyd Landis. Ruoff believes interest in the sport of bicycle racing has beenfueled in recent years by the success of Lance Armstrong, five-timewinner of the Tour de France, and in Lancaster ...

Spokeswoman for city school district resigns

Mar 01, 2004; ... School District of Lancaster spokeswoman Hope Banner has resignedher position. Banner, who has worked for the school district for about a year,has taken a job with a company that she declined to identify today. Banner, whose last day will be March 26, has spent most of ...

Kerry off (book) mark

Mar 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: I see in Friday's paper that the Kerry supporters are coming outof the woodwork. They had a meeting at Borders, home to allintellectuals. One said that he thought that "Kerry would have stood in the way"of his job loss to China, where Mr. Bush (I believe it's ...

THEN & NOW; James and Mary McLain; For Jim, there was something about Mary

Mar 01, 2004; ... A CO-WORKER who annoyed Mary Miller by rearranging items on herdesk invited her to movie one day. "Since he had a sharp yellow convertible, I agreed to go," Maryrecalls. Mary and her husband James McLain, who now live in St. Petersburg,Fla., met when they worked at Penn ...

Roles reversed: Serious scenarios for today's parents

Mar 01, 2004; ... NO ONE EVER SAID parenting was easy. What is your parenting style?How well would you handle today's parenting dilemmas? I asked a groupof high school students to compile realistic scenarios that couldthreaten a parent's sanity. They smiled as they created the followingsituations. Take a ...

Spring preview; Daytime highs around 60. Planting flowers and playing golf. Yes, spring is in the air here, and forecasters say the spring-like pattern will remain all week.

Mar 01, 2004; ... This is the week to squeeze in a game of basketball outdoors, dosome yard work or take a long leisurely walk. "March is in like a lamb," said Eric Horst, MillersvilleUniversity's meteorologist. Beginning today and lasting through Saturday, Lancaster Countyresidents will see ...

Amid mad cow fears, MCC switches to canned turkey

Mar 01, 2004; ... Two days before Christmas, Mennonite Central Committee workers hadto get on the phone - and fast. More than 30 countries announced that day they would no longeraccept imports of American beef, due to fears over mad cow diseasebeing found in a Washington state cow. And MCC ...

Drug deals; Local cash prices of the same generic drug can be as much as six times higher at one pharmacy than another. [Corrected 04/ 08/04]

Mar 01, 2004; ... Dr. David Emmert learned his lesson the hard way. In the past, the family doctor sometimes would prescribe a drugwithout checking if the patient had prescription insurance. Later Emmert might discover the patient hadn't bought the drugbecause he lacked insurance and couldn't ...

PACK NOTES

Mar 02, 2004 ... Mine cleanup to aid Conestoga The owners of the former Bethlehem Steel Grace Mine in BerksCounty and the state have reached a cleanup agreement that wouldremove iron-ore pollution from the East Branch of the ConestogaRiver. Hay Creek, an exceptional-value-rated stream by the ...

To die for?; Naughty or nice March will determine winter deer kill in Pennsylvania

Mar 02, 2004; ... Never mind that Pennsylvania's deer herd is supposed to be knockeddown. Hunters wince when they are told large numbers of deer may dieslowly in a cold, snowy winter. That could be the case in the mountains of Penn's Woods in theweeks ahead. "Has anyone been finding any winter ...

CALENDAR

Mar 02, 2004 ... TODAY Indoor handgun range, open to public, Manheim Sportsmen's Assoc.,7-10 p.m., range officer on duty. No magnums; lead bullets only. Call665-7028 or 665-7093. 3-D shoot, at Mt. Joy Sportsmen's Assoc., 9 a.m.-noon and 5-8 p.m.every Tuesday until March 30. At clubhouse on ...

A lesson in openness for downtown project

Mar 02, 2004 ... For the past month, city and county residents have learned, totheir astonishment, of the considerable financial misdeeds of morethan a few administrators in the School District of Lancaster. They have read how a superintendent, now a former superintendent,funneled money to ...

ERAS PAST; This week in Lancaster County

Mar 01, 2004 ... 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 ...

Schanz named chair of The Mix

Mar 01, 2004 ... The Mix at Arbor Place has elected Laura L. Schanz, president andchief operating officer of The Securus Group, its 2004 board chair. Other officers elected are: first vice president, Violet Apple;second vice president, the Rev. Tommy L. Stoudt Jr.; treasurer, ...

Business professor named SBI fellow as fellow

Mar 01, 2004 ... J. Douglas Frazer, a professor of business administration atMillersville University, has been named a fellow of the SmallBusiness ...

Overlander elected law firm partner

Mar 01, 2004 ... Oliver C. Overlander III has been elected a partner in the lawfirm of Post & Schell PC. Overlander, of Marietta, has worked at Post & Schell since 2000 asa workers' compensation defense attorney, representing ...

A new kind of feast at Shady Maple; Construction begins on banquet hall that will seat 800.

Mar 01, 2004; ... Marvin R. Weaver figures he's taken the smorgasbord concept aboutas far as it can go. For his East Earl Township restaurant business to keep growing, heneeds to find a new concept. And he thinks he has, by listening tohis customers. Weaver, whose Shady Maple Smorgasbord is ...

Police: Woman drinks in store, then crashes car

Mar 01, 2004; ... The woman, holding a small child, seemed to be intoxicated and wasdrinking beer in a Manheim Township store, callers told police. But before officers could get to the Lancaster Shopping Centeraround noon on Thursday, the woman had driven north on Lititz Pikeand crashed her car into ...

Inmate sentenced for break-in, theft

Mar 01, 2004 ... A 23-year-old county prison inmate was sentenced in LancasterCounty Court to time served to 23 months in prison for criminalconspiracy to commit burglary and theft by deception. Daniel J. Van Aulen III was also given two years probation byvisiting Senior Judge Emmanuel ...