Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from July 2004:
City pharmacy spill forces evacuation
Jul 01, 2004; ... An acid spill in the basement of a city pharmacy closed severalblocks of downtown Lancaster this morning as firefighters andhazardous materials crews worked to clean it up. An employee of Williams Apothecary at 201 E. Chestnut St.accidentally knocked over a 1 pint bottle of ...
Simpson in the spotlight
Jul 01, 2004 ... Seems you can't look anywhere without seeing the smiling face ofpop diva Jessica Simpson these days. And Friday night you can see itin person when she ...
'Fahrenheit' unapologetic
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: I find it interesting that the most fervent critics of the movie,"Fahrenheit 9/11," seem more obsessed with attacking Michael Moorethan in taking on the points he makes in his film. Moore's film offers a dramatic and unapologetic critique of Bushand his ...
New leadership for local volunteers // Simone Lee takes over as executive director of Leadership Lancaster
Jul 01, 2004; ... Simone Lee knows she has a tough act to follow. As the new executive director of Leadership Lancaster, shesucceeds Nancy Neff, who ran the volunteer-training program for 14years, winning national acclaim. "A lot of people have said that, that I have big shoes to fill. Ina lot ...
Red Elvises: rockabilly from Russia
Jul 01, 2004; ... When musician Oleg Bernov first came to the United States from hisnative Russia, he visited Venice Beach, near Los Angeles, Calif. "I saw all these freaks, and I thought &tstr; I'll fit in hereperfectly," he says. More than a decade later, Bernov calls Venice home. And ...
Slots for Pa. 'a one deal'; vote today?; Controversial plan to expand gambling nears passage in Senate, key leaders agree.
Jul 01, 2004; ... State lawmakers are at the brink of approving the largestexpansion of legalized gambling since creating the PennsylvaniaLottery in 1971. The Senate, voting as soon as this afternoon, was expected tolegalize 61,000 slot machines at racetracks and freestanding casinos,none of which ...
Leola man injured in 1-vehicle crash
Jul 01, 2004; ... A Leola-area man was seriously injured and flown to LancasterGeneral Hospital after his pickup truck hit a pole Wednesday morningon Route 897, south of White Horse, state police said. Joseph Hock, 29, of 170 N. Groffdale Road, lost control of his1994 Ford truck as he drove north on ...
July 15 is deadline for Medical Society grants
Jul 01, 2004 ... Thursday, July 15 is the deadline for non-profit organizations toapply for a Lancaster Medical Society Alliance grant. For 17 years, LMSA has offered grant money for new and ...
Hersheypark, King's Dominion discounts
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Ephrata Recreation Center is making it even more affordablefor people to enjoy the summer at Hersheypark and King's Dominion. The center is selling tickets at discounted prices for bothamusement parks. Special Day tickets to Hersheypark are $22, asavings ...
Latino culture focus of library series
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Lititz Public Library will feature a two-part series on Latinoculture beginning July 12. A music concert, performed by Synthesis Latin Band, will kick offthe event Monday, July 12, at 7 p.m. Donna Chambers, Millersville University Spanish ...
Liberty is being handcuffed
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era:There was a printing error in the editorialcartoon of my copy of Tuesday night's New Era. The artist depicted the Statue of Liberty disappearing under thesands and waves, and offered the reader a choice of captions: a.) The last scene from "Planet of the ...
The inns and outs; It may have been a monumental task, but a historic inn lives again
Jul 01, 2004; ... TIM AND TERRI BROWN nicknamed the dilapidated inn the "BatesMotel." The rundown Hull's Stagecoach Inn stood along Route 72 nearManheim, just in front of the Browns' business, Lititz Auto Service. With its rotting front porch and barn roof improvised from a tarp,it reminded the ...
The power of flowers: Julie's gems
Jul 01, 2004; ... "EVERYONE WHO LOVES flowers should have a greenhouse. It's thegreenhouses that allow me to make fresh flower arrangements forchurch," proclaims energetic Julie Lawson, one of Intercourse's mostadmired gardeners. One is an 8-by-12-foot glass house made in England. The other, ...
Independent rockers celebrate Independence Day at Freedom Fest
Jul 01, 2004; ... Last year, Mike Geesey, along with Tom Ponessa, co-owners ofMarion Court Room, hosted a Freedom Fest downtown because there wasnothing happening in the city on the Fourth of July. This year, since the 4th falls on a Sunday, all the hullabaloo isconcentrated during the weekend, and ...
Confessions of a die-hard hunter; This Rapho Township suburbanite us a normal guy in many respects. But he admits he's part of a dying breed. And more than a little obsessed. // YOUR STORIES
Jul 01, 2004; ... Bill Gum lives in a comfortable two-story house at the end of aRapho Township cul de sac. He commutes to work, mows his lawn,attends his kids' sporting events and feeds his dogs. In many ways, he is like most of his neighbors and most otherLancastrians. In one way, he is very ...
Trash in Annie's mail
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Shame on you for printing such trash as in the June 22 edition.Even in death nothing is sacred. Is it any wonder our youth behave as some do? Ruth S. CoyLancaster Editor's note: Ms. Coy refers ...
DAY BY DAY; THIS WEEKEND
Jul 01, 2004 ... Thursday: Gretna Theatre opened its 77th season Tuesday with theat-times-hilarious, and at-times-tragic "Amadeus." The winner ofawards on both stage and screen (the 1984 film version won severalOscars), "Amadeus'' is based part in fact and part in speculationaround the life of Mozart and ...
DAILY LOG; DEATHS
Jul 01, 2004 ... FLAHART, Sara O., 87, (Mrs. Richard Campbell), QuarryvillePresbyterian Retirement Community, formerly of Villanova. FRANKHOUSER, Lemar R., 66, Tequesta, Fla., formerly of Terre Hill. GREGG, Harry M., 71, of 361 Keneagy Hill Road, Ronks. HIESTER, Catherine A., 81, (Mrs ....
The gift of history; Thanks largely to donations, the Lancaster Cultural History Museum has nearly 10,000 pieces in its collection - and every one tells the story of Lancaster County
Jul 02, 2004; ... WHEN THE Heritage Center Museum of Lancaster County first openedback in 1976, the rules for collecting were quite strict, thank youvery much. Nothing could be donated that was not made in Lancaster County. Itdidn't matter if it spent its entire existence in Lancaster County.If it ...
Holiday blasts off; With festivities kicking off in Lancaster and Lititz today, the July 4th weekend is under way. Thunderstorms rocked some regions Thursday and are possible throughout the warm weekend.
Jul 02, 2004; ... At Hoover's Farm Market between Ephrata and Lititz, Brenda andVernon Hoover had plenty of hail-damaged cantaloupes and corn thismorning, thanks to Thursday afternoon's storm. "We were glad for the rain, but we didn't want the hail," Mrs.Hoover said good-naturedly. "But just a ...
2 county credit unions honored by state association
Jul 02, 2004 ... Two credit unions in Lancaster County have been honored formarketing and social responsibility by the Pennsylvania Credit UnionAssociation. In the marketing competition, Teamsters Local 771 Federal CreditUnion's annual report won an ...
2 receive Eagle awards in Lititz
Jul 01, 2004 ... Two members of Boy Scout Troop 154, received the Eagle Scout Awardduring a Court of Honor at the Lititz Church of Brethren. Joel Haldeman and Matt Hines, 2004 graduates of Warwick HighSchool, have been part of the troop for a long time. Haldeman joined the Boy Scouts at age 11 ...
DATEBOOK
Jul 01, 2004 ... Clubs WALKING: The Early Birds, Ephrata Community Hospital's walkingclub for seniors, will meet at 7 a.m. Monday, July 12, at EphrataCommunity Hospital, 169 Martin Ave., Ephrata, for breakfast and aspeaker. There will be no walk Monday, ...
Quilt musuem closed
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Lancaster Quilt and Textile Mill and the Lancaster CulturalHistory Museum, ...
DAILY LOG; BIRTHS
Jul 01, 2004 ... BACHMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Jason J. (Jennifer Keener), Marietta, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Tuesday. BECKER, Mr. and Mrs. Derrick C. (Lauri Hawthorne), Elizabethtown,a daughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Monday. CORTES-JACKSON, Carmen, Lancaster, a daughter, at Women & ...
City man gets 12 1/2-35 years in murder/arson
Jul 01, 2004; ... A city man will spend the next 12!-W to 35 years in state prisonfor charges involving a fatal arson fire, plus unrelated drug and gunoffenses. Eddie Vasquez pleaded no contest Wednesday in Lancaster CountyCourt to third-degree murder, arson and conspiracy for his allegedpart in ...
Know when to criticize U.S.
Jul 02, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: As July 4th approaches and we prepare to celebrate our nation'sindependence, I would encourage my fellow New Era readers to considerthe concept of patriotism and ponder what our country means to peopleof various political persuasions. Particularly in this election ...
Local tobacco-compliance checks are unreasonable
Jul 02, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: The articles regarding tobacco-compliance checks were not only one-sided, but illogical, as well. First, the teenager profiled was applauded for essentiallybreaking the law and jeopardizing the financial stability of somehardworking individuals. Are ...
Martic Forge fire heroes
Jul 02, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Following the Martic Forge Hotel fire, we wish to express ourdeepest thanks to everyone for their help and prayers. To all emergency workers, firefighters and crew of the ConestogaAmbulance - for treatment then transportation to their firehouse,giving us a ...
HEY MOM, I'M BORED; COOKING WITH KIDS; Can't take the heat? Try the kitchen; What beats the summer blues more than playing with your food?
Jul 02, 2004; ... CHICKEN NUGGETS, corn dogs, macaroni and cheese and pizza. If itwere up to my children, this would be their daily menu. While I dooccasionally cave to their culinary demands, I also try to serve thema variety of healthy options (you know, some fruits and vegetables,for example, after ...
Fireworks safety begins at home
Jul 02, 2004 ... Here's something you probably haven't thought about as you getready to light sparklers and set off fireworks this July 4th holidayweekend: It's not only what can happen when you do, it's what can happenwhen you don't. While sparklers and fireworks still pose a fire/safety ...
Texter still in hunt at North-South Amateur
Jul 02, 2004 ... Jarred Texter's disappointing loss in the Lancaster County Amateurlast weekend didn't get him down. He just pulled himself together, went on to the next tournamentand tried to do better. And he has. The 18-year-old Penn Manor grad with a partial golf scholarship ...
MSU names Smoker male athlete of year
Jul 02, 2004 ... Jeff Smoker has been honored as Michigan State's male athlete ofthe year. The 6-3 1/2, 220-pound quarterback from Manheim was announced asthe winner of the George Alderton Award Thursday. Smoker led the Spartans to an 8-5 record and a spot in the 2003MasterCard Alamo ...
'Century' comes to a close ; Ben Rowe, nicknamed for a 100 round at Four Seasons last fall, wins 3rd LCJGT event.
Jul 02, 2004; ... Ben Rowe had an embarrassing round of golf last year, and hisfriends still razz him pretty good about it. In a high school match at Four Seasons, the junior-to-be at PennManor shot 100. It was a stunningly high number for a player who hadshown great potential as a junior ...
Were the Sixers watching when Brown taught the NBA a valuable lesson about superstars?
Jul 02, 2004; ... The last thing I saw on television before we flew over The BigPond was The Big Choke by the Lakers. If I hadn't just choked down a stale, tasteless soft pretzel thathad dropped anchor like a salty boulder in my roiling stomach, I'dhave sworn I was in Detroit and not ...
PULPIT, LOFT & PEW
Jul 02, 2004 ... THE JACOBS BROTHERS, of Dillsburg, will perform in a concert ofgospel favorites and American classics at Fivepointville BibleConference, Route 897, Denver, at 6 p.m. Saturday. Refreshments willbe served, and a freewill offering will be received. Grace Evangelical Congregational ...
Moravians will honor 2 Marines during lovefeast
Jul 02, 2004 ... Two local Marines will be honored during the annual patrioticlovefeast service at Lancaster Moravian Church at 10 a.m. Sunday. Other military personnel, past and present, also will berecognized in the service at the church, 1460 Eden Road. The Bravura Brass ...
Vacation Bible school: Letting God's spirit grow
Jul 02, 2004 ... Bonnie Hoover describes teaching vacation Bible school as plantingseeds and letting God's spirit grow in young hearts. For one week each summer, Hoover, of Hinkletown Mennonite Church,takes a carful of children along with her to the program at thechurch. By the end of the ...
Morissette keeps her edge sharp on 'So-Called Chaos'
Jul 01, 2004; ... If you could apply one adjective to the notoriously pissed singerAlanis Morissette, it certainly would not be "giggly." Never one to take heartbreak delicately, she has a reputation forbiting blatancy and admirably never holding back fighting words. Inher first hit album "Jagged ...
Thibault will head Lancaster Twp. GOP
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Lancaster Township Republican Committee has elected formercounty Commissioner Paul R. Thibault as its chairman. The committee, voting on Thursday, also elected Tony Allen as ...
Solanco soph is back in saddle for Nationals
Jul 01, 2004; ... Diana Williams already had the tape cued up when she popped itinto the VCR. "You gotta see this!" her son, A.J. Williams, said as he settledinto a cozy seat on the sofa in his spacious basement. The big-screen TV flickered and an image of a guy on a horsesuddenly appeared ....
Underage-smoking laws
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Law enforcement's use of underagers to entrap store clerks whosell them tobacco products is a feeble deterrent to underage smoking. Beyond that, the practice is nothing but destructive, andhugely so. The primary victim is the store clerk - already underpaid ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
Jul 01, 2004 ... ACCIDENTSRAPHO TWP.: Car driven by Donna A. Sheaffer, 38,Lititz, struck back of car driven by Susan R. Thompson, 33, Lititz,at 8 a.m. Tuesday on Route 772 at Lefever Road, Ephrata state policesaid. Thompson had a minor neck injury, police said. SALISBURY TWP.: Car driven by ...
Penalty handed trucker doesn't suit his crime
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: After reading the article (6/29 New Era) concerning the death ofMichael Jablonski due to an "accident," I felt compelled to write.How is it possible that Mr. Novak can kill another person with atruck that he was driving with a suspended license and he only ...
Lauxmont Farms to propose park plan sparing their land
Jul 01, 2004 ... The owners of Lauxmont Farms believe they have found a way toallow development of a state park on their land near Wrightsville,while saving their farming business there. Members of the Kohr family, who have owned the land for 32 years,planned to unveil their proposal this afternoon ...
Hot Stuff; Controversial film "Fahrenheit 9/" opens here, with the first showing drawing a hearty round of applause and some strong sentiments from members of the audience, many of whom admit they came with intense feelings against President Bush.
Jul 01, 2004; ... As far as Sheila Cohen is concerned, the people of LancasterCounty have a moral obligation to go see "Fahrenheit 9/11," MichaelMoore's anti-Bush documentary, which opened at the Regal theatersWednesday. "Everyone in the country should see this movie," Cohen, who is inher 60s, ...
Go meatless on July 4th
Jul 01, 2004 ... Editor, New Era: Whatever happened to the good old days, when the Fourth of Julywas just Independence Day and the worst things we had to fear weretraffic jams and wayward fireworks? Recent findings by the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that foodpoisoning ...
The Rockets' RED Glare
Jul 01, 2004; ... The Fourth of July isn't all about fireworks. OK, sky-splintering pyrotechnics are the grand finale, the bigenchilada, the raison d' etre, of any Independence Day celebration.(Excuse the Mexican and French allusions to this very Americanholiday). But fireworks aren't the only ...
Family Fun Days at Conestoga Pines
Jul 01, 2004 ... The Lancaster Recreation Commission is making sure families do notget bored this summer. The commission has created Familly Fun Days at the Conestoga PinesPool, on various Saturdays and Sundays. The first "pool party" will be Sunday. The pool will be open from11 a.m. to 7 ...
Construction to begin at E-town College
Jul 01, 2004 ... Work on a new $18 million science, math and engineering centerwill begin at Elizabethtown College after the school received$400,000 in grants. Construction and renovation is expected to beginthis summer and run through 2007. The project will include construction of a new wing ...
Too little time spent on slots' downside
Jul 01, 2004 ... Want to get a glimpse into what possibly will be Pennsylvania'sfuture? Consider what is already happening in West Virginia. West Virginia has done what Pennsylvania apparently is about to do&tstr; expand gambling. The competition for gambling dollars in West Virginia is ...
Creighton to help judge ice cream at Crank Fest
Jul 01, 2004 ... The second annual Crank Fest will be held July 10, from 11 a.m. to1 p.m., at Farm Show Building 1 in Manheim. "A crank fest is a contest to see who can make the best homemadeice cream," said Rep. Tom Creighton (R-Lancaster), who created theevent last year. Creighton will be a judge ...
Columbia zeros in on truck solutions
Jul 01, 2004; ... The 18-wheel truck approached the corner in the heart of downtownColumbia, noisily and tentatively, then began making the slow,looping turn. "Yeah, he's going to make it - just barely," the North ThirdStreet resident said this morning, coffee mug in hand, showing avisitor the ...
Akron Restaurant gone, but not for very long // Local landmark closes after 50 years. New owners plan to reopen within weeks - and keep it much the same,
Jul 01, 2004; ... There was Mary Kay and Dottie and the red velvet cake and thebaked chicken pie and the guy at the end stool who always had cerealwith a banana on it for breakfast. That was the Akron Restaurant, a place where waitresses knew theregulars by name and the world's problems were often ...
At 19, countian launches both career and church
Jul 02, 2004; ... They said he couldn't. They said he shouldn't. But he said with God, all things are possible. "I was called to do this at a young age," said the Rev. James E.Epperly. "I've been training for this most of my life." Epperly, 19, has founded a Pentecostal, ...
Cool summer combo: Cookies and books
Jul 02, 2004 ... Promise kids a good book, a cookie, and a little singing, andthey'll come! At St. John's Episcopal Church this summer, there's an hour ofreading aloud on Wednesday nights for neighborhood children. The church's quiet, flower-lined courtyard (pictured above)beckons children ...
Workforce board receives funds
Jul 02, 2004 ... The Lancaster County Workforce Investment Board will receive $1.7million in federal funds for the new fiscal year that began Thursday,it was announced this week. The local money is part ...
Free seminars slated in Lititz
Jul 02, 2004 ... Lititz Public Library will continue its series of free seminarsfor start-up businesses with a Thursday, July 22 program onmarketing. The 7 p.m. program at the 651 Kissel Hill Road library will be ...
3-day gospel sing begins at Landisville
Jul 02, 2004 ... The Pennsylvania State Singing Convention will hold a gospel singat the Landisville Camp Meeting grounds today through Sunday. More than 30 gospel groups and singers will perform at thegrounds, Church and Campmeeting roads, from 6-11 p.m. today and noon-11 p.m. Saturday and ...
Dorothea Scherer, nurse's aide
Jul 02, 2004 ... Dorothea L. Scherer, 73, of 224 Longwood Court West, died Thursdayat ManorCare Health Services, 100 Abbeyville Road, after an illness. She retired from Conestoga View, where she was a nurse's aide. Mrs. Scherer was a 1949 graduate of ...
M. Irene Nissley, 79, Sico retiree
Jul 02, 2004 ... M. Irene Nissley, 79, formerly of Landisville, died Thursday atthe Mennonite Home, 1520 Harrisburg Pike, after a long illness. An office worker, she retired in 1993 after 50 years at Sico OilCo., Mount Joy. Miss Nissley was a member of Kauffman's Mennonite Church, ...
MT's retiring superintendent takes post at Pa. Education Dept.
Jul 02, 2004; ... Sharron Nelson will step down as superintendent of the ManheimTownship School District in August. But there will be no lounging around for this busy woman, who is66. The same month she will hop into another job as the director ofthe bureau of teacher certification and ...
Dorothy Macmillan, 90, librarian
Jul 02, 2004 ... Dorothy Macmillan, 90, formerly of New Jersey, died Wednesday atLakeside of Willow Valley, 300 Willow Valley Square, Willow Street. Mrs. Macmillan was an elementary-school librarian for 18 years.She retired from Lincoln School, New Providence, N.J., where sheworked 16 ...
POLICE-FIRE DIGEST
Jul 02, 2004 ... ACCIDENTS RAPHO TWP.: Nancy Haas, 51, address not listed, was treated forminor injuries at Lancaster General Hospital following a Saturdaymorning two-vehicle crash at Hossler Road and Breneman Road, Ephratastate police said. A pickup truck driven by Dale Earl Pyzer, 62,address ...
Rendell vetoes Hickernell school-funding measure
Jul 02, 2004 ... HARRISBURG - As he promised in May, Gov. Ed Rendell vetoed a billThursday that would have ensured funding for school districts duringprolonged budget stalemates. The bill, introduced by Republican state Rep. Dave Hickernell ofWest Donegal Township, would have required the state to ...