Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from September 2007:
Fast start for Barons
Sep 01, 2007; ... Justin Myer boots a school-record 47-yard field goal and JeremyKnosp racks up 207 total yards as Manheim Central opens the season inimpressive fashion with a 31-7 rout of Lower Dauphin. HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL JEFFREY REINHART Just a hunch, but Friday ...
Births
Sep 01, 2007 ... BASHORE, Lesley, Reinholds, a son, at Ephrata Community Hospital,Friday. DULL, Leanne, and Derek Jenkins, Ephrata, a son, at EphrataCommunity Hospital, Friday. FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. (Anne Faith Smucker), New Holland,a son, at Ephrata Community Hospital, ...
Corrections & Clarifications
Sep 01, 2007 ... An out-of-date phone number has been printed in some recent NewEra articles for the arts and crafts festival at Long's Park thisweekend. The correct number is 735-8883. The festival runs throughMonday. The New Era regrets the error. --- The Lancaster New Era corrects errors ...
Marriage Licenses
Sep 01, 2007 ... The following have applied for marriage licenses in the LancasterCounty Courthouse: Ryan W. Phillips, 28, of 244 Elm St., son of Gerald Phillips andDonna Smith, and Laura M. Kozakowski, 23, of 11 Ford Road,Nottingham, daughter of John and Patricia Kozakowski. Colin J. Roynon, ...
LANCASTER NEW ERA RED ROSE
Sep 01, 2007 ... The only thing missing from Lancaster's first-ever ItalianFestival was the prime mover behind the event, restaurateur GiovanniDi Somma. Di Somma, co-owner of Rosa Rosa Ristorante Italiano on NorthCharlotte Street, was seriously injured Aug. 18 in a motor scooteraccident in ...
Brooks leads Solanco past Penn Manor
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report It didn't take long for Solanco's Golden Mules to start kicking upa fuss. Senior scatback Mike Brooks rushed for 72 yards and hauled in atouchdown catch, and Solanco gained 150 yards on the ground Fridaynight in its 27-14 non-league victory over ...
Cocalico holds on to surprise L-S
Sep 01, 2007; ... PHILIP GLATFELTER It looked like Cocalico would be a big underdog in Friday night'sseason opener at Lampeter-Strasburg. But a glance at some of the statistics made it look like theEagles were runaway winners. Neither was the case. ...
County official a national leader
Sep 01, 2007 ... Steve McDonald, the county's recorder of deeds, is the newpresident of the International Association of Clerks, Recorders,Election Officials and Treasurers. Founded in 1971, the International Association provides seminarsand networking for its more than 1,500 members, ...
York blanks Reading
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report For the second year in a row, Reading took on York High in itsseason opener. And for the second year in a row, York High hung a goose egg onthe Red Knights. York High piled up 214 yards of total offense - 175 on the ground -and, ...
Lititz lover
Sep 01, 2007; ... His group has been quietly improving the town for 40 years. CHAD UMBLE Lititz Improvement Inc., a private investment group that begannearly 40 years ago partially as a way to remove a crumbling downtowntheater sign, has been a major force in downtown Lititz ever since ....
Wrightsville talent contest set Sept. 22
Sep 01, 2007 ... Amateur singers of all ages and musical groups are being soughtfor the second "Wrightsville Has Talent Contest," to ...
If al-Qaida strikes again ... Robert L. Wichterman Manheim Township
Sep 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era: The other Democratic presidential candidates have criticized Sen.Hillary Clinton for telling the truth: If the Islamic terroristsattack America before the November 2008 election, a la 9/11/01, itwould help the Republicans. The public's ...
Lancaster woman dies in E. Lampeter crash
Sep 01, 2007; ... BERNARD HARRIS A 39-year-old Lancaster woman was killed early Thursday in a two-car crash in East Lampeter Township. Lisa Jo Smithson, of 1110 Penn Grant Road, was pronounced dead atLancaster General Hospital as a result of injuries sustained in theaccident, ...
Lititz recCenter slates reopening week activities
Sep 01, 2007 ... The newly remodeled Lititz recCenter will host a week ofactivities Sept. 17 to 23 to celebrate the re-opening of the formerLititz Community Center. Membership specials and free programs will be offered throughoutthe week. An official ribbon cutting will be ...
Dine Out' night to help AIDS fight
Sep 01, 2007 ... Eat food. Fight AIDS. That's what organizers of Dine Out 2007 hope local residents willdo later in September. From 5 p.m. to their closing time on Wednesday, Sept. 26,participating area restaurants will contribute 25 percent of theirorders to help fight ...
Local teacher Freedom Writer'
Sep 01, 2007 ... Only one private school teacher nationwide has qualified as a 2007-2008 Freedom Writer Teacher. She is Lancaster Catholic High School English teacher AnneSchober, the lone private school teacher among 150 teachersnationwide selected for the honor, which includes a ...
LBC outlines Sept. lunch, speakers, homecoming
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lancaster Bible College & Graduate School will offer severalprograms open to the community in September. Richard Allen Farmer, a pastor and college chaplain from Dallas,will speak during chapel periods during this year's Spiritual LifeConference, to be held Tuesday through ...
Open dance auditions
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Nee Danse Company, a Harrisburg-based modern dance repertorycompany, is holding open auditions for dancers Wednesday at 7 ...
PV falls to Upper Dauphin
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report The Curtis Waltman era at Pequea Valley didn't exactly get off toa flying start. Scott Lucas rushed for 133 yards and scored a touchdown and UpperDauphin racked up 331 total yards in a 33-6 non-league victory Fridaynight in Kinzers. ...
Things to do
Sep 01, 2007; ... CATHY MOLITORIS SUNDAY, SEPT. 2 Bring the kids to Children's Fantasy Weekend at the PennsylvaniaRenaissance Faire, Route 72, Manheim. 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (AlsoSaturday and Monday.) $9 to $27.95. 665-7021. MONDAY, SEPT. 3 It's ...
DEATHS REPORTED 9/1/2007
Sep 01, 2007; ... Daughton, Hiley E. 85, of 1428 Slate Hill Rd., Peach Bottom,August 30, 2007. Reynolds Funeral Home, 786-3272. Garber, Evelynne C. 79, Mount Hope Nazarene Retirement Community,Manheim, August 31, 2007. Spence Funeral Services, 664-2270. Harrington, Lillian, C.* ...
Vandals, thieves hit New Holland area
Sep 01, 2007; ... JOHN M. HOOBER III Vandals and thieves struck several times in the New Holland areaon Thursday night, borough police said. Paintballs were fired at the Elanco Library, 11 Chestnut Drive,and at vehicles and residences in the Garden Spot Village complex,both ...
GEARS begins karate hour Tuesday
Sep 01, 2007 ... Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation and Services will beoffering Moo-Duk-Kwan karate classes this month, for people 5 yearsof age and older. The classes will be held on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays,Sept. 4 through 27, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Moo-Duk-Kwan ...
Garden Spot runs away from Twin Valley
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report This was the kind of start Garden Spot was hoping for. Having to rebuild their entire offensive line, and having to copewith some untimely injuries, the Spartans jumped out to a 23-0 leadon the way to a 37-15 non-league victory over Twin Valley on ...
Columbia grad puts memories in perspective as college starts
Sep 01, 2007; ... Teen of the Week JENNA SPINELLE Tara Anspach has only just begun her freshman year at Penn StateUniversity, but her blood has long run blue and white. Her brother, 23-year-old Aaron, attended the school for the pastfour years and is now ...
Seniors' art expo entries invited
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Lancaster County Office of Aging will host the 14th AnnualLancaster Senior Arts Exhibition at the Lancaster Health CampusTuesday to Thursday, Oct. 30-Nov. 1. The event is open to non-professional artists, age 60 and older,who live in Lancaster County. Entries may be ...
DISTURBANCES THEFTS
Sep 01, 2007 ... Police - Fire MANHEIM TWP.: Javier Jay Plaza, 24, South Prince Street, wascharged with criminal trespass, criminal mischief and harassment,police said, after he allegedly caused a disturbance outside his ex-girlfriend's residence in the 100 block of Manheim Avenue on ...
Winters Heritage to hold auction
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Winters Heritage House Museum in Elizabethtown will host abenefit auction on Thursday, Sept. 20, at 4 p.m. on the grounds at 33E. High St., adjacent to the museum, 47 E. High St. Antiques, Rexall pharmacy items, advertising, coins, jewelry,household goods and a ...
Donegal falls in double overtime
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report It took two overtimes, but Daniel Boone withstood Donegal's wildsecond-half rally Friday night. Jared Mertz kicked a 29-yard field in the second OT, giving Boonea thrilling 24-21 non-league victory over Donegal in Birdsboro.Donegal ...
Catholic allows Trinity to escape
Sep 01, 2007; ... Colin McCall's potential game-winning field goal from 27 yards outbarely misses to the left in the Crusaders' 15-14 loss. KEITH SCHWEIGERT It looked like Lancaster Catholic was scripting a miracle finish. Trailing Trinity by one with under two minutes left, the ...
Encampment set for Sept.15-16
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Lancaster County Historical Society will hold its 19th annualCivil War Encampment the weekend of Sept. 15-16. A presentation by Civil War author Tom Huntington on Friday, Sept.14, at 4:30 p.m. will kick off the weekend. More than 50 re-enactors will ...
Ephrata senior earns Eagle
Sep 01, 2007 ... A project to improve an area near the state game lands in Cornwallhas earned Boy Scout John Les of Ephrata the highest award inscouting. Les was recognized earlier this month at an Eagle Scout court ofhonor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Ephrata, where he washonored ...
Actor Richard Thomas to perform at MU
Sep 01, 2007 ... Actor Richard Thomas will present "A Distant Country Called Youth"in Lyte Auditorium at Millersville University at 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept.23. Best known for his role as John Boy in the TV series "TheWaltons," Thomas will perform in the one-man play adapted by SteveLawson ...
Scout recruiters to visit schools
Sep 01, 2007 ... Volunteers from the Boy Scouts will be visiting Lancaster Countyelementary schools, setting up mock campsites on playgrounds andintroducing boys in first to fifth grades to scouting. The volunteers, from the Harvest District of the PennsylvaniaDutch Boy Scout Council, will ...
Crimson Tide rolls in opener
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report The Tide was most definitely rolling in its season opener. Columbia piled up 441 yards of total offense, and seniorquarterback Mike Seibert and senior running back Ben Guiles accountedfor three touchdowns apiece to lead the Crimson Tide to a 50-6 ...
Bike & Hike scheduled to benefit COBYS
Sep 01, 2007 ... COBYS Family Services will hold its annual Bike & Hike event onSunday afternoon, Sept. 9, beginning at 1 p.m., at the Lititz Churchof the Brethren, 300 W. Orange St., Lititz. The Bike & Hike includes a three-mile walk, 10- and 25-milebicycle rides, and the 60-mile Dutch ...
Hallman carries E-town over Middletown
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report Jordan Hallman was a busy boy Friday night. Elizabethtown's senior multi-purpose enjoyed perhaps his best gameas a varsity football player, rushing for 107 yards and scoring atouchdown to lead the Bears to a 27-7 non-league victory ...
So you ignore tickets...
Sep 01, 2007; ... Drivers with 6 or more unpaid parking citations would lose licenseplates under state plan created by Lancaster mayor. TOM MURSE Yo. Scofflaws. The days when you can just park your cars willy-nilly on citystreets, shrug off the meters and tear up those ...
Governor Mifflin earns 3rd straight victory over Wilson
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report Make it three in a row for Governor Mifflin. The host Mustangs jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarterand went on to defeat Wilson 28-16 in a Berks County showdown non-league game Friday night in Shillington. Mifflin topped ...
Stormers can't get even as Ducks rally for victory
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report The Lancaster Barnstormers have tried six times to bring theirrecord back to even. Six times they've failed. That more than anything sums up the plight of this team, which hasbeen climbing uphill since it went 3-11 to start the ...
1st-ever tours in upper floors of Cloister building
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Ephrata Cloister will open previously closed floors in itssisters' dormitory on Sunday, Sept. 9, with public guided tourstaking place from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tours will cover the second and third floors of the building. Thethird floor has hardly been used since the ...
Skating, hockey, rugby for kids
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Manheim Township Parks and Recreation Department will offerseveral youth sports and other activities in September and October.Learn to Ice Skate sessions, for beginner and continuing skatersage 3 and older, will be held Fridays, Sept. 7 through Oct. 19, atLancaster Ice Rink, ...
Lawmakers urged to make veterans' care a priority Claudia Kirk Paradise
Sep 01, 2007 ... Letters to the Editor Editor, New Era: There is a cemetery here in eastern Lancaster County where thereis a grave, decorated with many flags and flowers, of a soldierkilled in Iraq. His name is Cpl. Brandon Hardy, USMC, and he was bornin 1981 and died in ...
Balasavage scores TD in Temple's loss
Sep 01, 2007 ... Lancaster Catholic High grad Matt Balasavage caught a touchdownpass for Temple University in the Owls' 30-19 season-opening loss toNavy Friday night at Philadelphia. The 6-5, 240-pound freshman tight end caught a 23-yarder from AdamDiMichele with 7:28 to play in the game ...
Snyder dominates as Warwick romps
Sep 01, 2007 ... Staff report It looks like Warwick is serious about proving last year was nofluke. The Warriors, coming off a District 3 Quad-A playoff berth lastfall, opened the 2007 season in impressive fashion with a 47-20blowout of Harry S. Truman. ...
A picture perfect' weekend
Sep 01, 2007; ... Sunny and pleasant are key weather words for a Labor Day holidayfeaturing picnics, craft shows and auctions. DAVID O'CONNOR A highlight of the big Hospice of Lancaster County Labor Dayauction is when they raffle off a snazzy Harley-Davidson motorcycle,followed by an ...
Budweiser Clydesdales coming
Sep 01, 2007 ... The world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the eight-horse hitchthat's been a symbol of the huge Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co. for morethan 70 years, will make an appearance in Lancaster on Monday, LaborDay. The horse team will be harnessed and hitched to their famous ...
Conestoga Township, Lampeter Road repaving projects to start
Sep 01, 2007 ... Road crews will begin resurfacing Main Street in ConestogaTownship beginning Tuesday. That two-week project will be followed byresurfacing of Lampeter Road. Workers for McMinn's Asphalt Co. Inc. of Lancaster, under a $1.22million contract with the state Transportation ...
Balanced attack helps Township rout Ephrata
Sep 01, 2007; ... Blue Streaks rush for 189 yards and pass for 175, while defense isdominant in 27-0 win. HAROLD ZEIGLER One game into its post-Bostick era, we've learned the followingabout Manheim Township's football team: The Streaks are a lot more balanced, a lot ...
Holiday plea: Don't drink and drive
Sep 01, 2007 ... It's Labor Day Weekend, a time to honor the nation's working menand women - and do a little end-of-summer celebrating. That's fine with us, so long as the partying doesn't get out ofhand. It too often does, sorry to say. Far too many people drink to excess ...
Walk to school: Is 1.8 miles too far?
Sep 01, 2007; ... ANYA LITVAK Jenna Geiter is a sweet and polite 14-year-old girl, with purpletoe-nail polish and neat braids freshly woven for her first day ofhigh school. In her raspy voice, Jenna says things like "okey dokeyartichokey," and talks about her new sneakers, a ...
County sportsmen's club facing charges for killing protected birds
Sep 01, 2007 ... A longtime Beagle Club member also pleads guilty to killing birdsin pole trap set on Martic Township club grounds. One of Lancaster County's oldest sportsmen's clubs has been bustedby Pennsylvania Game Commission and federal officials for trappingand killing raptors and songbirds ...
$200,000 Weed & Seed funding delivered by U.S.
Sep 01, 2007 ... The Weed & Seed program has been a success story in reducing crimeand improving the quality of life in troubled neighborhoods inLancaster in recent years, officials say. And this week, the U.S. attorney for eastern Pennsylvania joinedtop Lancaster County, city and other ...
Universal Pa. health care Kay Garrity-Roth Lititz
Sep 01, 2007 ... Editor, New Era Hardly anyone I talk with is aware of what's happening in our ownPennsylvania Legislature regarding health care. For example, we have two extraordinary bills, HB 1660 and SB 300,called "Family & Business Health Care Security Act." ...
LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE FIELD HOCKEY
Sep 03, 2007 ... Section 1 Cedar Crest Conestoga Valley Hempfield Manheim TownshipMcCaskey Penn Manor Solanco Warwick Section 2 Cocalico ElizabethtownEphrata Garden Spot Lampeter-Strasburg Lebanon Manheim CentralSection 3 Annville-Cleona Donegal Elco Lancaster Catholic LancasterMennonite Northern Lebanon ...
Hempfield makes a happy return
Sep 01, 2007; ... Justin Fuhrman's 82-yard kickoff return provides the winning TD in30-23 win over CV. DAVE BYRNE It was all slipping away. And the unease was growing on the Hempfield sideline as ConestogaValley erased every bit of the Black Knights' 16-point half ...
9 displaced in Manheim fire
Sep 01, 2007; ... Two-alarm fire destroys one house, damages four others. Loss setat $210,000. JOHN M. HOOBER III A two-alarm fire roared through a row of homes overnight in the200 block of South Charlotte Street in Manheim, causing $210,000damage and displacing at least nine people. ...
LaRue can't carry Tornado to victory
Sep 01, 2007; ... Talented running back racks up 131 of McCaskey's 197 total yardsand accounts for both of its touchdowns, but it's not enough to lifthis team over Downingtown East. JASON GUARENTE DOWNINGTOWN - It's pretty obvious that McCaskey's football teamwill go as far as Jerome ...
Special Olympics sets golf tourney
Sep 01, 2007 ... Special Olympics of Lancaster County will hold its 17th annualgolf tournament on Friday, Sept. 7 at the Lancaster Host Resort andConvention Center, 2300 Lincoln Highway East. Registration is at noon. A shotgun-style start is at 1 p.m. Awards will be given for ...
HACC plans family festival Sept. 15
Sep 01, 2007 ... Harrisburg Area Community College will hold a Family Fall Festivalin the parking lot of its Lancaster campus, 1641 Old PhiladelphiaPike, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15. The festival, held rain or shine, will acquaint the community withthe campus. It will feature ...
For Charles family, mowing together, growing together
Sep 03, 2007; ... Father-son lawn mower race is highlight of Manor Township family'sannual reunion. On a dirt track rimmed by asparagus, soybean and corn fields anddozens of cheering fans, Scott Charles bested his father, uncle andfour cousins to prevail in the 12th annual Charles Family Lawn ...
Schreiber center lists skill classes
Sep 03, 2007 ... Swim and social-skill lessons and water-based physical therapy areamong the 12 programs, offered by Lancaster's Schreiber PediatricRehabilitation Center, that begin in September. They include sessions on social skills, helping youngsters age 7to 12 with developmental or ...
Hopes fade for Barnstormers after split
Sep 03, 2007; ... Lancaster trails division-leading Somerset by 6 1/2 games with 12to play after splitting Sunday's twinbill with the Road Warriors. The Lancaster Barnstormers find themselves 6 1/2 games out offirst place today with just 14 games left. Does that strike a chord with ...
W. Va. cyclist injured critically in Rt. 72 wreck
Sep 03, 2007; ... A West Virginia man was badly hurt late Sunday night when hismotorcycle flew into a cornfield on Route 72, north of Manheim,Ephrata state police said. Robert Myers 37, of Martinsville, W. Va., was in criticalcondition at Lancaster General Hospital, a hospital ...
Naturalization set for 70
Sep 03, 2007 ... A Naturalization Day ceremony for new U.S. citizens will be heldFriday, Sept. 14, at the Lancaster County Courthouse. The ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. in the courthouse's ceremonialcourtroom, with Judge Leslie Gorbey presiding. Seventy people areexpected to become U.S ....