Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2007:
Dental clinic to offer free exams
Feb 01, 2007 ... Some area youngsters will soon have a brighter smile, thanks tothe dental clinic at Lancaster's Water Street Rescue Mission. On Friday, the clinic will participate in an American DentalAssociation effort to "Give Kids a Smile" by providing free dentalcare. ...
Sorry, that wasn't lasagna
Feb 01, 2007; ... Man convicted when jury doesn't buy his story that he was cookingpasta, not crack cocaine. Was it lasagna or crack cocaine cooking in the Lancasterapartment? Daniel Wimbish, 30, of Philadelphia, told investigators hisfingerprints were inside the glass cookware only ...
An awesome gym teacher'
Feb 01, 2007; ... Garden Spot's Alan Houck, a proponent of "adventure education,"has been named Pennsylvania's Middle School Physical EducationTeacher of the Year. It's 12:15 and a class of eighth-graders takes the court in GardenSpot Middle School for a rousing game of team handball. ...
The Decemberists offer a potent brew of old, new on Crane Wife'
Feb 01, 2007; ... Like the marauding sailors of yore they glorify, The Decemberistshave taken over the seas of indie rock with their most recentrelease, "The Crane Wife." Inspired by folk tales, the album elevates the band's highlyliterary style with a fusion of modern instrumentation and a ...
Get ready for summer adventures near and far
Feb 01, 2007; ... LOCAL REGIONAL U.S., BEYOND When you think of summer camp, what images come to mind? Arts and crafts? Canoeing? Ghost stories around a campfire? These days, there are cyber camps where you can create your ownvideo games. How about sailing in the Caribbean, ...
6 county players named to state all-star team
Feb 01, 2007; ... Matt Balasavage, Nick Downey, Tom Nardo, Ty Bynum, Jay Ridingerand Marcus Zimmerman will represent the East team in PennsylvaniaFootball Coaches Association All-Star game on June 23 in Altoona. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL By JEFFREY REINHART Six Lancaster ...
Misplaced desire for good 'ol days
Feb 01, 2007 ... There isn't enough "free" money from the federal government toturn a bad idea into a good one, but that immutable fact apparentlyis lost on Lancaster city officials. Seduced by the possibility of a $17 million grant from the FederalTransit Administration, Mayor Rick Gray ...
HDC agency receives 2 grants from banks
Feb 01, 2007 ... HDC 3 Corp., which provides supportive services for the Lancaster-based Housing Development Corp., recently received two grantstotaling $10,000. The larger of the two grants, for $7,500, is from the Bank ofAmerica Foundation. That money will help support HDC 3's four ...
A celebration of Catholic schools week in Columbia
Feb 01, 2007 ... Our Lady of the Angels Catholic School, 404 Cherry St., Columbia,will celebrate Catholic Schools Week with a party from 6 to 8 p.m.Friday. The Rev. Peter I. Hahn, pastor of St. Peter's Catholic Church, andthe Most Rev. Kenneth Lawrence, pastor of Holy Trinity ...
Testa takes blame for MU's loss
Feb 01, 2007; ... Star guard held scoreless in Marauders' 72-64 loss to WestChester. COLLEGE BASKETBALL By HAROLD ZEIGLER WEST CHESTER - It was a feeling Greg Testa hadn't felt in overthree years, and a result that local basketball fans would havetrouble believing....
Datebook Clubs Talks/lectures Classes Special events
Feb 01, 2007 ... WOMEN: The Red Rose Women's Connection will meet from 9:15 to 11a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, at the Four Seasons Golf Club, 949 ChurchSt., Landisville. The theme will be "Celebrate Our Presidents." Jo Knipe from GlenBurnie, Md., will discuss "Discovering Reality in a Changing ...
Cocoon boom
Feb 01, 2007; ... Transform your home into a warm family retreat Want to gotropical? NO NEED TO head to the islands for palm-fronded ambience. To get away, just bask in your own home decor. The "cocoon boom" that resounded in the furniture industry after 9/11 has ...
Same old, same old' Irene A. Buch Manor Township
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: After watching on television the Sept. 11 bombing and the horrorof people running for their lives, the brave rescuers and thedescription and sound of people jumping out of buildings and landingon the ground, I prayed for all the people in New York City and ...
National Guard offers new game-lands plan
Feb 01, 2007; ... Fort Indiantown Gap gives up on land swaps, wants to borrow 900acres of forest for 90 days a year. Fort Indiantown Gap officials have proposed a new, scaled-backplan to use the popular Stony Creek Valley game lands north ofHarrisburg as a safety buffer for a firing range. ...
Mama Bear' has a local tie
Feb 01, 2007 ... Chicago Bears owner Virginia McCaskey is the daughter of GeorgeHalas and the widow of Ed McCaskey, a 1937 Lancaster Catholic gradand former team chairman. Staff and wire reports MIAMI - Virginia McCaskey can trace her roots all the way back tothe ...
Crash victim identified
Feb 01, 2007 ... A motorist died early Wednesday morning in Columbia when the Jeephe was driving crashed into a telephone pole, investigators said. Police said William L. Klase II, 41, of Millersville, wasreportedly driving east on Chestnut Street when he crashed around1:22 a.m. ...
Solanco senior wins scholarship
Feb 01, 2007 ... Matthew Jones, a culinary arts student at the Mount Joy campus ofthe Lancaster County Career & Technology Center and a senior atSolanco High School, was awarded a $500 scholarship from KoserJewelers of Mount Joy. ...
Rendell and his cronies Molly Kelly Lancaster
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: I title this letter, "Impeach, tired of secret votes." Hey, Mr. Rendell when are you going to represent the people and dothings the honest way? You are to represent me and use your power todo things honest and out in the open. ...
As spring training nears, Taylor's still unemployed
Feb 01, 2007; ... Barnstormers star is frustrated that his Atlantic League successhasn't led to an invitation to training camp from an affiliatedsquad. It's two weeks until pitchers and catchers report to springtraining and Reggie Taylor is still unemployed. What he thought was a ...
Ladies Lanco dates set
Feb 01, 2007 ... The Lancaster Ladies City-County Golf Association has announcedthe dates of its four tournaments this summer. The elite event, the 45th annual Lanco Ladies Championship, willbe played July 11-12 at the Lancaster Host Resort. Suzette Wenger isthe defending champ. ...
Rash of accidents on county roads
Feb 01, 2007; ... Lancaster County state police troopers investigated a rash ofrecent accidents in which vehicles crashed into trees, poles andother vehicles, but there were no reports of anyone being seriouslyhurt. Shortly before 8 a.m. Wednesday, a car driven by Misty Long, 26,of Mount ...
Farmers: Kill new Rt. 23
Feb 01, 2007; ... Seventy-three landowners, many of them Plain, urge state to drophighway plans between Lancaster and Blue Ball. Two decades ago, more than 1,500 Amish stood in silent oppositionto the construction of a new Route 23. This time, opponents of the resurrected project hope ...
Afghanistan, not Iraq Dylan Shirk Denver
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: Everyone who writes in is certainly entitled to their own opinionconcerning the war on terror. However, there are a few people whocome off as being a bit close-minded. War is a terrible thing, and the one thing about this greatcountry of ...
Leola murder suspect set for June trial
Feb 01, 2007 ... Jesse Dee Wise will go to trial in June for killing six of hisfamily members in their Leola home. But attorneys don't know yet if his confession can be used at thattrial. In a three-day hearing concluded Wednesday, defense attorney JohnA. Kenneff asked Judge ...
Fry, Swarr win latest rounds of GOP polls
Feb 01, 2007; ... Lowell Fry and Jere Swarr, both of whom are Rapho Townshipsupervisors and farmers, won Republican Party straw polls for countycommissioner on their home turf Wednesday night. Fry and Swarr edged out Lancaster County Controller Dennis Stuckeyand Youth Intervention Center ...
Girl charged in false threat
Feb 01, 2007 ... A 14-year-old girl has been charged with giving false reports byNew Holland Police, who say she lied about a shooting threat writtenon a school's bathroom wall. The girl, an eighth-grader at Garden Spot Middle School, admittedto New Holland Detective Jonathan Heisse ...
A little snow, then cold
Feb 01, 2007; ... Lancaster County's groundhog watchers will see snowflakes Fridaymorning, but forecasters aren't expecting more than an inch or two ofsnow in the area. "February is our snowiest month,'' Eric Horst, MillersvilleUniversity meteorologist said this morning, "and that starts ...
Blaring headlines Debra Antol Stevens
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: As a parent of students at Cocalico Middle School, I feel the needto question the publicity given to the recent school- shootingthreats. From the time we learned of the threat at Cocalico, it wasapparent that it was a copycat of the ...
The Shins give good songs space to breathe
Feb 01, 2007; ... CD reviews Newspaper layout necessitates just as much white space as blackink. Margins and spacing don't exist as just arbitrary guidelines, butrather they exist because our optical attention span depends on text-less rests to give our eyes a break. ...
John Kuchinski
Feb 01, 2007; ... Face in the crowd Age - 16 School - Lancaster Catholic High School, junior Favorite class - religion Favorite school activity - FBLA Favorite food - chicken pot pie Favorite music - all types of ...
Life in America today Scott E. Greenawalt Mountville
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: In America, you can eat yourself into obesity, then sue McDonald'sfor making you fat. In America, you can march on the U.S. Capitol, besmirching thepresident for attacking terrorism, while defending another presidentfor lying under oath. ...
E-town ends 7-game slide
Feb 01, 2007 ... Elizabethtown snapped a seven-game losing streak Wednesday nightby beating Susquehanna 84-74 in Selinsgrove. F&M, meanwhile, suffered a painful last-second 67-66 loss atGettysburg. Chad Piersol scored 17 points, Warwick grad Chris Fairbanks added14, and ...
Scientists set to issue grim climate-change forecast
Feb 01, 2007; ... International panel says manmade greenhouse gases are "verylikely" to blame for global warming. New Era wire services By 2100, retired snowbirds will be joined by "sun birds" - whoflee north to escape oppressively hot, humid summers not just inMiami, but Milwaukee as ...
Police say contractor rented condemned Manheim apartment
Feb 01, 2007; ... Embattled contractor Ralph F. Kline Jr. is in trouble again - thistime for allegedly renting out a condemned apartment in Manheim. Kline, who has been sued by former clients of his remodeling-roofing business and has been investigated by the state attorneygeneral, faces a ...
Why commissioners should be replaced Jane E. Albright East Lampeter Township
Feb 01, 2007 ... It's time for the county commissioners to go! Did you know that through a pattern of secrecy and deceit: Henderson, Shaub and Shellenberger are the first commissioners inthe history of county government to be investigated by a grand jury? ...
2 more join contest for Shaub seat
Feb 01, 2007; ... Just a few days ago, there seemed to be no takers for the job ofinterim county commissioner. As of this morning, there were seven seeking appointment by theLancaster County Court. Jeff Pijanowski and R. Carl Pickel are the newest candidates inthe race to ...
DEATHS REPORTED 2/1/2007
Feb 01, 2007; ... Alveno, Mario 42, husband of Maria Ofelia Mendez Hernandez. Jan.26, 2007. Young Funeral Home, 299-7371. Beiler, Amos L. 71, husband of Sarah King Beiler, 135-A MontereyRd. Jan. 30, 2007. Furman Home for Funerals, 656-6833. Brady, Elizabeth M. 80, ManorCare ....
Elanco threat sparks debate
Feb 01, 2007; ... Superintendent frustrates, angers parents, teachers. Meetingsslated. A threatened school shooting did not happen but it unleashed angerand frustration in the Eastern Lancaster County School District. Under fire for not informing parents about the threat last month,the ...
Massage and more? Len Eiserer Millersville
Feb 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: The case of the Lititz shopkeeper who allegedly went too far withhis massages is quite fascinating (1/27 New Era). First, a woman supposedly goes into a shop to buy a book and endsup stripping on a backroom table for the shopkeeper, who then ...
Foundation under way for center
Feb 01, 2007; ... Concrete caissons being poured as final portions of Watt & Shandbuilding come down behind preserved facade. The erector-set supports outside the former Watt & Shanddepartment store are up and the last of the building behind thefacade will soon be coming down. ...
Births
Feb 01, 2007 ... DEES, Mr. and Mrs. Tony (Danielle Etchberger), Elizabethtown, ason, at Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Jan. 25. FOX, Mr. and Mrs. Glendon J. (Janet B. Weaver), Ephrata, a son, athome, Wednesday. KAUFFMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin (Bethshebe Geesey-Alleman), ...
What to look for
Feb 01, 2007; ... Choosing a summer camp can be a daunting task. Here are a fewwords of advice from vendors at the Summer Activities Fair heldSaturday at Lancaster Country Day School. "Choose a camp that will allow you to do different things," saysHector Vazquez, assistant director and part ...
Anabaptist center in E-town gets new director
Feb 02, 2007 ... Jeffrey A. Bach will begin new post in August. A new director has been named for the Young Center for Anabaptistand Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. Jeffrey A. Bach, currently an associate professor of Brethren andhistorical studies at the Bethany Theological ...
Couple to speak Sunday on Iran
Feb 02, 2007 ... Matthew and Laurie Pierce will present "Perspectives on Iran" from2 to 4 p.m. Sunday in Fondersmith Auditorium at Trinity LutheranChurch, 31 S. Duke St. The event is being presented by Lancaster Interchurch ...
Alleged killer had '85 conviction here
Feb 02, 2007 ... A Lebanon County man, charged this week in the murder of anotherman, was convicted of insurance-related theft in Lancaster Countymore than 20 years ago. Vincent Cascardo, 62, of Palmyra, was arrested and charged withcriminal homicide Wednesday in connection with the ...
People
Feb 02, 2007 ... Sensory integration In the corps Chip of a lifetime TMB hours Thanks to Ronald McDonald House Charities, Schreiber PediatricRehab Center has a new sensory-integration room in its occupational-therapy department. The Ronald McDonald House Charities of CentralPennsylvania donated ...
Who's on trial here? Glenn Stoltzfus Penn Township
Feb 02, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: When I read the New Era on Wednesday evening, I had to read onearticle a few times to make sure I understood it: A young man beat,stabbed and strangled six family members. Then he continued to livein their home (while the bodies were in the basement), ...
Sheetz in Altoona now selling beer
Feb 02, 2007; ... State approval includes strict conditions. Stores here are notexpected to follow suit, company spokeswoman says. JOAN KERN Folks in Altoona can now run out to a Sheetz convenience store andpick up a six-pack of beer. But the likelihood that folks in ...
Too bad McNabb can't also solve his coach's family dilemma
Feb 02, 2007; ... You have to wonder how Andy Reid will survive this winter ofdiscontent in Philadelphia. Earlier this week the Eagles' coach's "adopted" son did his bestto help him after two of Reid's five children failed their father. On Wednesday Donovan McNabb called a press ...
Buck-passing by candidate Clinton
Feb 02, 2007; ... Hillary Clinton is not ready for the White House. She didn't mean to, but she said as much during a town hall-stylemeeting in Iowa on Sunday. "I am going to level with you," the New York senator told an IowaDemocrat who asked her to defend her vote to ...
Tut's treasures
Feb 02, 2007; ... Extraordinary exhibit offers rare glimpse inside the tomb ofEgypt's famed Boy King TUTANKHAMUN AND THE GOLDEN AGE OF THE PHARAOHS MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT KING TUT LIVES in Philadelphia. The mythical Boy King ruled Egypt for less than a decade beforehis ...
Where they stand
Feb 02, 2007; ... 6 GOP hopefuls for commissioner address key issues. Farmlandpreservation County taxes Convention center Route 23 Home rule TOM MURSE The six Republicans running for county commissioner supportfarmland preservation. But they say times are tough, money is tight,and ...
COLLEGE CORNER
Feb 01, 2007 ... Messiah College senior forward Jared Yoder (Lancaster Mennonite)scored his 1,000th career point in the Falcons' 70-50 win overMoravian Jan. 24. Yoder is second in scoring for the Falcons (14-5, 8-1 inCommonwealth Conference), who suffered their first conference lossTuesday, 76-67 ...
ONGOING
Feb 01, 2007; ... MUSIC/CLUBS Chameleon Club - All-Age Shows. Sat.: Thursday, Fear Before theMarch of Flames, Murder By Death, Heavy Heavy Low Low. 6:30 p.m. $18advance/$20 day of show. Tues.: Hunt, Negative Space, Condition K,Odd Thomas. $8 advance/$10 day of show. Next Thurs., Feb. 8: ...
Stevens church dedicating new orphanage in Kenya
Feb 02, 2007; ... After more than 2 years, Harvest Blessing Centre is complete. RYAN ROBINSON "We are here for the day of the harvest!" Harvest Fellowship Church in Stevens features that quote at thetop of its home Web page. This week, the harvest is in ...
Cameras' pivotal role in bank-robbery arrests John A. Fry President Franklin & Marshall College
Feb 02, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: It was encouraging to learn that surveillance-camera footage fromboth the Lancaster Shopping Center and Franklin & Marshall College'sRace Avenue CCTV systems were instrumental in the apprehension andarrest of suspects in the robbery of the PNC Bank last ...
Landis not optimistic for 2007 start Lititz Mennonite wins tournament
Feb 02, 2007 ... In brief Floyd Landis doesn't believe he will race in 2007, due to the timeit will take to finish his doping hearings. According to the ProCycling Web site, Landis told ESPN that he had"pretty much written off this season" although he still hopes to beable ...
E. Hempfield apt. complex sued over ban of seeing-eye dogs
Feb 02, 2007; ... Feds move against Barrcrest Manor. ROBYN MEADOWS A local apartment complex has refused housing to visually impairedindividuals who use guide dogs, the U.S. Department of Justice saysin a lawsuit filed this week. The Justice Department filed suit ...
Former mayor's spin' Milton Goldstein Lancaster Township
Feb 02, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: I knew former Republican Mayor Art Morris when we served togetheras directors of the United Cerebral Palsy Foundation. At that time,he consistently refused to acknowledge plain facts when they were notin his interest. Thus, I was dismayed, ...
City stalker tries again
Feb 02, 2007; ... Driver targets 2 more females. JANET KELLEY A man who reportedly tried to lure two girls into his light-bluesport utility vehicle two weeks ago has apparently struck again. Twice. Police said the incidents have all been in the northwest ...
Henderson's role in sale Art Morris Lancaster
Feb 02, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: Maryann Oestreich's Jan. 30 letter to the editor leaves out somevery pertinent information. First, while she states that "Republican Art Morris has beencalling on Democratic Commissioner Molly Henderson to resign," sheforgets to say that I ...
Helpline' offered for drug abusers
Feb 02, 2007 ... The South Central PA Area of Narcotics Anonymous offers a"helpline" for those who have a problem with drug abuse. ...
E. King garage plan may hit fast track E. King garage plan may hit fast track
Feb 02, 2007; ... BERNARD HARRIS Members of the Lancaster Parking Authority are expected next weekto push ahead with a plan to raze the former Lancaster Laundrybuilding on East King Street to create a surface parking lot. But, that may be just a preliminary step. ...
Manheim Twp. U' Joe Rineer Manheim Township
Feb 02, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: Living in Manheim Township for 45 years, I recently viewed theconstruction site for the new Manheim Township University! How lucky we are to have our school board spend $82-84 millionwithout our having a chance to vote on spending that ...
DEATHS REPORTED 2/2/2007
Feb 02, 2007; ... Danielson, Marion J. 82, 1712 Windsor Ave., Lancaster. Feb. 1,2007. Kearney A. Snyder Funeral Home, 394-4097. Gebhard, James R. 62, husband of Eleanor Scheetz Gebhard, 12 KayDr., Lancaster. Jan. 31, 2007. Fred F. Groff, Inc., 397-8255. Good, William R. 71, ...