Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from December 2006:
2 city men indicted by feds
Dec 01, 2006; ... Drug and gun charges could lead to life sentences. JANET KELLEY Two Lancaster City men were indicted Thursday for drug and guncharges under the Project Safe Neighborhoods - which means they couldspend the rest of their lives in prison if convicted. ...
McCaskey the team to beat in Section 1
Dec 01, 2006; ... LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE SECTION 1 GIRLS BASKETBALL PREVIEW JEFFREY REINHART It was a Red Tornado runaway in last year's Lancaster-LebanonLeague Section 1 girls' race. McCaskey led wire-to-wire, reaching the league title game andwinning the ...
County's farm report: Still Pa. leader
Dec 01, 2006; ... Annual snapshot shows livestock, farm products sales of $978million here in 2005, although egg sellers took a hard hit. PoultryDairy Livestock Farms Crops RYAN ROBINSON Some poultry farmers took a major income hit in 2005, but countydairymen squeezed out their second ...
Lost' plan for Route 23 Paul H. Ripple Lancaster
Dec 01, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: I remember, several years ago, a proposed Route 23 East could goalong the Welsh Mountains. This is not farmland and the ...
Ensemble makes Fulton's Oliver!' a holiday treasure
Dec 01, 2006; ... THEATER REVIEWS CINDY STAUFFER I woke up this morning and sang a medley in the shower, startingwith a rather dainty version of "I'd Do Anything," swinging into "OomPah Pah" (with imaginary mug in hand) and ending with a rousingrendition of "It's a Fine ...
Coalition set to launch campaign to oust crows
Dec 01, 2006; ... This year, no poison is involved. AD CRABLE Let the crow-shooing begin. The nonlethal campaign to drive crows out of the city and itssuburbs will begin with a boom on Monday, Dec. 11. For two weeks, volunteers and municipal employees ...
Tornado warning
Dec 01, 2006; ... Four top players return as McCaskey looks to defend its Section 1and District 3 Quad-A championships. JEFFREY REINHART It was only a passing drill on the second full day of practice,but McCaskey's girls' basketball players were going warp speed.Rebound ....
Fixing our bridges
Dec 01, 2006; ... Preliminary work is under way on the $7.5-million renovation andreplacement of Dillerville Road bridges. The work will force theclosing of the heavily-used road in mid-April. CHAD UMBLE A $7.5 million construction project is under way to rehabilitatethree bridges and ...
Blodgett gift of life helps as many as 40 people Howard M. Nathan President and CEO Gift of Life Donor Program Philadelphia
Dec 01, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: In light of recent stories surrounding David Blodgett, there hasbeen much misinformation put forth regarding the circumstances of hisorgan donation. Speaking on behalf of Gift of Life Donor Program - the organ-procurement organization for ...
Stadium still clipped from city budget
Dec 01, 2006; ... BERNARD HARRIS Lancaster Mayor Rick Gray's proposed $44 million budget for nextyear includes the usual spending - money to pay for employeesalaries, office supplies, gas for city trucks and money for thephone and light bills. One of the items the budget - ...
Stehman's candor; election '06; reform
Dec 01, 2006 ... SHORT TAKES: POLITICS Editorials OK, so the inaugural use of EScan and ESlate voting machines in ageneral election didn't go exactly as planned. There were problems -some poll workers didn't tear off the receipt on the EScan, jammingthe machine. A number of EScans ...
Toy train museum plans book signing
Dec 01, 2006 ... The National Toy Train Museum, 300 Paradise Lane in Strasburg,will host a children's book signing from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Illustrators Megan Halsey and Sean Addy will sign copies of theirbook, "Trains: Steaming! ...
Iowa physician will be MU commencement speaker
Dec 01, 2006 ... A 1974 Millersville University graduate, now an Iowa physician,professor and researcher in transplants and clones, will return tothe school as commencement speaker this month. Dr. Elizabeth H. Field, professor of internal medicine at theUniversity of Iowa College of ...
Concert planned at Lititz school
Dec 01, 2006 ... The Lititz Area Mennonite Middle School chorus and orchestra willpresent their annual Christmas concert at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and 7p.m. Thursday. Cheryl Gingrich will direct the ...
Arthritis office coupon books
Dec 01, 2006 ... The Arthritis Foundation is continuing to sell entertainmentcoupon books for 2007. The coupon books, which contain discount coupons for ...
City's special events' arm gets nonprofit status & new mission
Dec 01, 2006; ... Jennifer Baker will return to spearhead fundraising and laygroundwork for new, multi-day arts festival. BERNARD HARRIS Jennifer Baker may be coming back to her old City Hall office, butit won't be the same. Baker, who headed the Mayor's Office of ...
White powder causes scare
Dec 01, 2006 ... Two Lancaster County offices were disrupted for several hoursThursday when secretaries opened letters containing white powder. Although Haz-Mat officials determined the powder was talc -nothing dangerous - two judges were unable to get into their officesuntil investigators were ...
A historical and whimsical sale
Dec 01, 2006; ... Among highlights of two-day Horst auction: image of Cloisterfounder Conrad Beissel and hard-boiled egg dispenser. LAURA KNOWLES Despite his role as leader of the Ephrata Cloister, it seems thatConrad Beissel might have been rather a shy guy - at least when itcame to ...
Little orphan ancestor is difficult to trace
Dec 01, 2006; ... THE OXFORD ENGLISH Dictionary defines an orphan as "a person, esp.a child, both of whose parents are dead (or, rarely, one of whoseparents has died). In extended use: an abandoned or neglected child." You may be thinking of Little Orphan Annie or Oliver right now, orsome cold ...
Easily the funniest Pa. Dutch Paitch on the Vorld Vide Vep
Dec 01, 2006; ... The Scribbler did have something better to do the other day whenhe stumbled upon "Bop's Pa. Dutch Vorld Vide Vep Paitch.'' But the Paitch destroyed all sense of responsibility. The rest ofthe day was utterly shot. What a mess of funny stuff! For example, here ...
Are Patterson and Salisbery still on course for pro careers?
Dec 01, 2006; ... Now that December has arrived, here's something to chew on betweenholiday meals. Food and Christmas are the key words for two former teammates whorank right up there with the greatest athletes to play for McCaskey. Controlling his calorie intake was the secret to ...
1 gun victim very critical'; IDs withheld on 3
Dec 01, 2006 ... One city man was wounded as he tried to flee from three bailbondsmen. City police released no further information today about a rash ofshootings Wednesday night that injured four people, one critically.All four victims remained hospitalized Thursday night, one of themin ...
Traffic lights out of sync in west end of city
Dec 01, 2006 ... To motorists on the west side of Lancaster City: it's not you. Thetraffic lights really are out of whack. Lancaster City officials acknowledged Thursday that the city'straffic signal system - especially along Marietta or College avenues -are not properly synchronized. ...
A holiday of giving
Dec 01, 2006 ... To help, contact LINC, 291-LINC. THE LODGE, LANCASTER Description: Housing program that assists mental-health consumerswith finding and maintaining adequate housing Needs: Two live Christmas trees LUMINA, LANCASTER ...
12-step program for Iraq? Estelle Sheesley DeVries Manheim Township
Dec 01, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: There are many expressions of the 12-step programs in Lancaster.The best known is Alcoholics Anonymous. Others are Overeaters,Narcotics, Gamblers, and probably many more. The common bond for themis allegiance to the 12 steps. The first step ...
Bostick selected Pa. player of year
Dec 01, 2006 ... Pat Bostick has added another accomplishment to his growingresume. Manheim Township's star quarterback was named Pennsylvania's highschool football player of the year this morning. Bostick was a three-year starter for the Blue Streaks. The 6-5,220-pound ...
Weather delays ice rink, alters city, E-town plans
Dec 01, 2006; ... Stadium skating won't start until Sunday or later. Downtown tubaChristmas moved to Central Market. Elizabethtown parade delayed untilSunday. DAVID O'CONNOR During the summer, Clipper Magazine Stadium is like Lancaster'sboardwalk, some have said. ...
Feud, crash trigger 9 charges for driver
Dec 01, 2006; ... JOHN M. HOOBER III A Thanksgiving Day accident on Delp Road has resulted in ManheimTownship police charging a Lancaster man with nine offenses,including reckless endangerment and simple assault. The accident happened at 5:50 a.m. in the 300 block of Delp ...
Full-fledged casino state Jack L. McSherry Jr. Conestoga
Dec 01, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: The state Legislature has passed a law to allow casino managementto give free alcoholic beverages to the patrons of the casino. This will create an atmosphere for the patrons to lose all oftheir money instead of the amount that they had planned ...
Man convicted in murder of Kinzers woman in Miss.
Dec 01, 2006; ... James Arthur Fannings Jr., formerly of Lancaster, was sentenced tolife in prison for killing his girlfriend, Stacey Lynn Hazelton in2004. JANET KELLEY A Mississippi jury has convicted a former Lancaster City man ofkilling 22-year-old Stacey Lynn Hazelton of Kinzers, ...
Penn Manor top pick in hotly-contested race
Dec 01, 2006; ... JASON GUARENTE Penn Manor's boys basketball players know their history. They werereminded of it when they came so close last year. The Comets' goal is to change history - and they have a reallygood shot. For perhaps the first time ever, Penn ...
County budget deficit falls further
Dec 01, 2006; ... ANYA LITVAK What a difference good news makes in the county courthouse. The projected budget deficit for 2007 is now at $6.5 million.That's 75 percent lower than the $26.4 million hole projected justtwo months ago. As the county's budget team ...
Key cog for Comets
Dec 01, 2006; ... Widener looking to complement big men as Penn Manor seeks Section1 crown LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE SECTION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL PREVIEW JASON GUARENTE In the age of AAU ball, Brandon Widener is a throwback. Penn Manor's 6-foot senior guard ...
Keep Golden Gloves' here Cathy Reinhold New Providence
Dec 01, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: I don't understand why there is no help from Lancastrians for ourown hero, Barry Stumpf. He has a proven record of dedication, perseverance and undyingdevotion and humanitarianism to our beloved city's youth. ...
City lures back public works chief
Dec 01, 2006; ... BERNARD HARRIS Nearly six months after beginning a nationwide search to replacePublic Works Director Charlotte Katzenmoyer, Lancaster City again hasa full-time public works director: Charlotte Katzenmoyer. Katzenmoyer, who has worked for the city for more than ...
Robber hits suburban bank
Dec 01, 2006 ... A robber who said he had a gun held up a Fulton Bank in WestHempfield Township this morning. The robber handed the teller a note demanding $20,000 just before10:30 a.m. today. The note said he had a gun. The robber fled the bank, at 305 Highland Drive, north ...
PCN will air Lititz parade Saturday
Dec 01, 2006 ... Viewers across the state can catch a glimpse of the Lititz 250Grande Parade Saturday, beginning at 7 p.m., on Pennsylvania CableNetwork (PCN). Airing as part of the network's "PA Cable Showcase" series, theSept. 9 parade marked the 250th anniversary of the naming of ...
BURGLARY THEFT CHARGES THEFTS VANDALISM DISTURBANCES INVESTIGATIONS ACCIDENTS
Dec 01, 2006 ... Police - Fire MANHEIM TWP: Robert and Joyce Trigg, told police someone stole$245 in cash from their wallets inside their home at BrethrenVillage, 3001 Lititz Pike. Also stolen was the Triggs' silver 2002Toyota Camry, police said. Both incidents occurred between 10:30 ...
Churches begin live nativities
Dec 01, 2006 ... Donkeys braying, bales of hay, and a star shining in the east areall part of telling the true meaning of Christmas. And beginning this weekend, local churches are sharing the storythrough narration, displays, skits and music at live Nativity scenesand interactive walks....
Band-aid for Columbia? Anna Gerlitzki Columbia
Dec 02, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: Citizens of Columbia, don't be fooled! Council members, except forDr. Perry, are patting themselves on the back for not raising taxes.Cutting services, slashing the budget and fiddling with cost-itemaccounting are not going to solve our debt problem now or ...
5 environmental projects here receive state grants
Dec 02, 2006 ... The state continued this week to fund watershed restoration andprotection efforts here through its Growing Greener programs. Five local projects received $861,500 from the state Department ofEnvironmental Protection, part of $27 million devoted to 153 projectsstatewide. ...
Stadium rink won't open Sun.
Dec 02, 2006 ... Mother Nature has cost ice skaters one more day at the rink.After being forced to postpone today's planned start of the "IcePark at Clipper Magazine Stadium," organizers today announced thatskating also won't happen on Sunday. The Lancaster ballpark will be ...
County escapes serious damage
Dec 02, 2006; ... But cold front brings abrupt end to record warm weather. Windscause some minor power outages. JANE HOLAHAN The winds hit 45 mph, we got some rain and more than 1,500 homeslost power for a time in Lancaster County Friday night. But we can consider ...
No cubicle' for this math whiz, he enjoys working with people
Dec 02, 2006; ... Teen of the Week WENDY S. CALDWELL While Redmond Brubaker knows he's academically gifted, he alsobelieves he knows where to place the credit. "I'm thankful for the blessings God has given me, but I don't wantto be boastful," he says. ...
Santa at Watt & Shand Dennis Kaiser Lancaster
Dec 02, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: While looking at pictures of Christmas past, I couldn't help butrealize a tradition that so many parents and children in Lancasterwill not be able to look back on and tell their children. To me, there was always a Watt & Shand, and that is ...
Suspects sought in bank, hotel holdups
Dec 02, 2006 ... An armed robber held up an East Lampeter Township hotel Fridaynight, police said. The suspect, described by police as a white man in his late 30s,displayed a gun to an employee at East Brook Inn, 21 Eastbrook Road,around 8 p.m. He left the hotel with a "large amount of ...
Funds raised for fire department
Dec 02, 2006 ... A recent benefit breakfast at a Mount Joy restaurant raised morethan $5,000 for Fire Department Mount Joy. "Were it not for the Mount Joy firefighters, I wouldn't HAVE myrestaurant," said Gus Kourgelis. He's the owner of Gus's Keystone ...
Olympic skater returns to Quarryville to give back
Dec 02, 2006; ... Johnny Weir speaks to kids at his alma mater, QuarryvilleElementary, and donates $1,000 to school's library. JOAN KERN They wanted to know if he is rich, what his dreams are and if hewill ever live in Quarryville again. Olympic ice skater and ...
Derek sets good example Kandice Null East Hempfield Township
Dec 02, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: What a great story you had about Derek Henson in the New Era onTuesday evening. I hope that Derek sees this letter because I would like him toknow what an encouragement it is to all of us to see how he tookresponsibility for his actions and ...
Pulpit, Loft & Pew
Dec 01, 2006; ... CONCERTS The Lancaster Chamber Singers will perform "CHANT & CAROL" in itsannual Christmas concert at St. John's Episcopal Church, 321 W.Chestnut St., at 8 tonight; at Lititz Moravian Church, 8 ChurchSquare, Lititz, at 3 p.m. Sunday; and at Trinity Lutheran Church, 221E. Main ...
PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS
Dec 01, 2006; ... Ian update Materials as inspiration Ian Swarr will soon have a brand new bedroom, compliments of thecommunity. Building is underway for the first-floor bedroom/treatment-roomaddition for 8-year-old Ian, of Washington Boro. Last summer, the 45-member Ephrata Area Rescue ...
NEWS & NOTES
Dec 01, 2006; ... Celebrating Advent through song Christmas Fest planned Help forshoppers, treat for kids Ephrata church offers free gift-wrapping ANight of Nativities' What more magnificent way to begin Advent than with Bach'sMagnificat? The 2006-2007 Fine Arts Series of the Lutheran Church ...
Marriage Licenses
Dec 01, 2006 ... The following people have applied for marriage licenses in theLancaster County Courthouse: Douglas S. Ruth, 48, of 41 E. Park St., Elizabethtown, son ofHelen Ruth and the late Jacob Ruth, and Kathy J. Swope, 48, sameaddress, daughter of Kay Elizabeth Miller and the late ...
Births
Dec 01, 2006 ... BENTZ, Mr. and Mrs. Chad M. (Kari Troain), Oxford, a son, at Women& Babies Hospital, Wednesday. BILA, Mr. and Mrs. Bradford W. (Barbara Andrews), Lancaster, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Monday. ESH, Mr. and Mrs. Amos E. (Ruth Glick), Ronks, a daughter, atEphrata ...
For Penn State, an F' for diversity
Dec 02, 2006; ... University says Education Trust analysis "seriously flawed." CHAD UMBLE While Penn State's minority enrollment has increased over the lastdecade, it received an "F" from a group that studied how the nation'slargest public universities serve minority and lower-income ...
McCaskey High School sets holiday shows
Dec 02, 2006 ... McCaskey High School has scheduled three events for the holidayseason. The J.P. McCaskey High School Gospel Choir will perform its winterconcert on Saturday, Dec. 9, in the auditorium of the school, 445 N.Reservoir St. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the program ...
Pequea Valley halfway to last year's win total
Dec 02, 2006 ... BOYS ROUNDUP Staff report Pequea Valley won only two boys' basketball games last season. After opening night, the Braves are halfway to matching thattotal. Matt Schatzmann scored 16 points and Joe Horvath added 15 to leadPV to a ...
Brubaker posts district contacts
Dec 02, 2006 ... State Sen.-elect Mike Brubaker announced Friday that residents ofthe 36th Senatorial District can contact him at offices in Ephrataand Harrisburg. The mailing addresses are: 1248 W. Main Street, Ephrata, PA, 17522. The phone number there is738-1600. ...
Cutler opens office in Quarryville
Dec 02, 2006 ... State Rep.-elect Bryan Cutler has announced the opening of hisdistrict office. It's at 207 E. State St., Quarryville. The office will be fully operational by Dec. 26, with hours from9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In the meantime constituents are invited to call the ...
Crusaders coast to 18-point win in opener
Dec 02, 2006; ... The Section 4 favorites use defense and Eric Spence's 21 points tobeat Central York. HAROLD ZEIGLER YORK - If there is a bull's-eye on Lancaster Catholic's back asthe Section 4 favorite in the Lancaster-Lebanon Basketball League, itcertainly didn't affect the ...
Jarvis praised for efforts to advance theater here Jeanne Clemson Lancaster
Dec 02, 2006; ... Editor, New Era: Second, I would like to amend an erroneous impression that mayhave been given by something I said. During my tenure at The Lancaster Country Day School, John Jarvis,headmaster from 1965-1990, not only supported the vision for theSteinman ...
Heritage Chorale holiday concert
Dec 02, 2006 ... The Heritage Chorale of Lancaster will present a concert, "God isin Bethlehem," 4 p.m. Sunday at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church, 308Petersburg Rd., Neffsville. Barry Sawyer is the director. A freewill offering will ...
Grateful or greedy? Scott E. Greenawalt Mountville
Dec 02, 2006 ... Editor, New Era: I'd like to address the recent scamming of a church in Memphis,Tenn., by a couple who say they were victims of Hurricane Katrina. The couple came to the church with their hands out and a sob storyclaiming they lost everything in the hurricane. ...
A new beginning
Dec 02, 2006; ... After posting losing records last season,Township, Hempfield openwith wins HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL TIP-OFF TOURNAMENTS JASON GUARENTE Manheim Township and Hempfield have more in common than their long-standing rivalry. Both have proud ...
ACCIDENTS
Dec 02, 2006 ... POLICE-FIRE DIGEST BART TWP.: Two Nottingham teens escaped injury after the Jeep theywere riding in crashed on rain-soaked Quarry Road Friday morning.Sierra Filliaux, 19, and her passenger, Ryan Filliaux, 15, were bothwearing seatbelts, state police said, when the Jeep ...