Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2008:
Bush's transgressions Charles Noble Lancaster
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: It makes no sense in a democracy why so much deception and somuch profiteering and the taking of so many lives, both America andforeign, should go without punishment. This administration is in direct opposition to what Americastands for. ...
MCC sewing-kit supplies sought
Feb 01, 2008 ... Kauffman-Gamber Physical Therapy, 804 New Holland Ave., iscollecting supplies for sewing kits to be donated to MennoniteCentral Committee. New items needed by Friday, Feb. 29, are: ...
DEATHS REPORTED 2/1/2008
Feb 01, 2008; ... Barninger, Harry C. 69, of 1060 Ridge Ave., Columbia, January 31,2008. Clyde W. Kraft Funeral Home, Inc., 684-2370. Blankenbiller, Betty F. 78, of Ephrata, January 30, 2008.Gravenor Home For Funerals, 733-6181. Dougherty, Joeli Grace Stillborn daughter of Sean ...
Teachers earn plenty Katherine Swisher Millersville
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: I just can't stop myself from responding to those who defend thesubject of teachers being "underpaid." I have listened to this argument over the years and I always endup with the same opinion: Teachers get paid enough and, in somedistricts, ...
Sunshine Act gets air time in county
Feb 01, 2008; ... Experts discuss state law that was central to the Conestoga Viewcontroversy. JACK BRUBAKER Strasburg resident May Gaynor regularly takes her boroughofficials to task for not providing public access to their decision-making process. On Thursday night, ...
Weapons charges for county man
Feb 01, 2008; ... JOHN M. HOOBER III City police arrested an East Lampeter Township man Thursday nighton weapons charges stemming from a Jan. 20 investigation. Tyler Jon Newport, 22, of 416 Coreopsis Drive, allegedly droverecklessly in the 600 block of College Avenue at about ...
Dems like chances in 13th - but need a candidate
Feb 01, 2008; ... Only Beiler for auditor Speaking of Wagner (Another) Jack is backIn praise of open records Draft Lou for Congress Draft Santorum forprez McCain-Ridge? Maybe Set your TiVo The county Democrats, who meet on Saturday to endorse candidatesfor the Legislature, see this year as a good ...
These kids can now catch a ride
Feb 01, 2008; ... Thanks to Lancaster AMBUCS, children with disabilities can try abike CATHERINE S. MOLITORIS Elizabeth Tafelski goT freedom for Christmas. The Lancaster 13-year-old, who has a heart condition, cerebralpalsy and scoliosis, got an AmTryke from Santa. ...
Fear, chaos in the sky
Feb 01, 2008; ... 3 countians among Messiah College students on distressed plane. RYAN ROBINSON Nervous. Scared. Shaky. Weak. Confused. Shocked. Then, calm. Amber Wenger, one of three students from Lancaster County on aplane that had to make an emergency landing Wednesday ...
Under lock & key
Feb 01, 2008; ... Lancaster-made padlocks hold the key to this collector's heart. LAURA KNOWLES WHEN MIKE MASTROS was a teenager, his father gave him a simplegift. It was a small Yale padlock, something that the teen had alwaysadmired. What Jim Mastros didn't know was ...
Ephrata goalie Peifer picks Robert Morris
Feb 01, 2008 ... Ephrata's Josh Peifer has verbally committed to accept a partialathletic scholarship to play soccer at Robert Morris University nextfall. Peifer will sign a national letter-of-intent Wednesday. Peifer, a goalie, was a key member of Ephrata's ...
FILLING a NEED
Feb 01, 2008; ... New Community Homeless Outreach Center at Water Street RescueMission averaged 24 daily visitors its first week. On Monday, 82people were there. BERNARD HARRIS Kevin Davis was easy to help. Davis came to Lancaster from Reading last month looking for ...
Pa. pols getting serious on reform
Feb 01, 2008; ... It's early and nothing is etched in stone, but it appears statelawmakers, after months of debate, are about to carry out realreform in Pennsylvania. On two immensely important issues - property-tax relief and openrecords - the Legislature took bold, dramatic steps this ...
Elizabethtown wins finale
Feb 01, 2008 ... GIRLS BASKETBALL Staff report For a team that struggled throughout the season, ElizabethtownHigh's girls basketball team capped its season in fine fashionThursday night. Becca Bigler matched her career-high with 19 points and JenDunkelberger ...
Warwick Warwick tops Hempfield on Resch's last-bout decision
Feb 01, 2008; ... Two years ago, in a post-match interview, Warwick coach NedBushong was asked about his then-freshman 140-pounder Eric Resch. "Iwish I had 12 more like him," Bushong quietly replied. Which was nota knock on the other wrestlers wearing the Warriors' colors thatyear. It was, rather, a ...
No secret, no surprise about centenarian's longevity
Feb 01, 2008; ... LAURA KNOWLES Frank Denlinger is 100 years old today. While most everyone else is surprised and impressed that he hasmade it to the century mark in life, Denlinger is not. "I always knew I would live to be 100," says Denlinger, whoresides at ...
FALSE ID SCAM
Feb 01, 2008 ... Police - Fire MANHEIM TWP.: Michelle R. Hough, 39, Roosevelt Boulevard, wascited for allegedly giving police false identification; police werecalled to a noise complaint Tuesday night, they said, and shereportedly gave officers a false name. MANHEIM TWP.: ...
Chocolate Moose Daze
Feb 01, 2008 ... Bullwinkle, the stuffed moose, sits among the model dinosaurs atthe North Museum of Natural History and Science, for the popularChocolate Moose Daze. The event, being held this weekend, combinesfamily activities with ...
Elbow room diminishes while cars and computers multiply
Feb 01, 2008; ... In Lancaster County, there's more than one acre for each residentand more than one vehicle for each driver. Trees come down onMulberry Let's rub some numbers together. From the Susquehanna River to the Gap in the hills, LancasterCounty contains 602,000 acres of land ....
Super weekend: Take a walk on the mild side
Feb 01, 2008; ... Ice, rain make for messy morning. CINDY STAUFFER Did you slide down your walk this morning like receiver RandyMoss looking for a long pass? A brief period of freezing rain slicked roads and sidewalks earlytoday, delaying the start of school and leading ...
Support groups Special events
Feb 01, 2008; ... Datebook PREGNANCY LOSS: SHARE of Lancaster, for those who haveexperienced stillbirth, miscarriage, SIDS or any pregnancy loss,will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, in the second-floorneurocenter conference room at Lancaster General Health Campus, 2100Harrisburg ...
Politics and the gospel Bob Cooper Millersville
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: People are debating whether churches should support candidates. Iwould suggest the issue really is whether churches have the courageto admonish their members to apply Christian beliefs and principlesduring political discussions this year. ...
Warriors still standing
Feb 01, 2008; ... Warwick tops Hempfield on Resch's last-bout decision DISTRICT 3 TRIPLE-A TEAM WRESTLING TOURNAMENT DAVE BYRNE Two years ago, in a post-match interview, Warwick coach NedBushong was asked about his then-freshman 140-pounder Eric Resch. "I wish ...
Authority re-elects Morris as chairman
Feb 01, 2008; ... Sharron Nelson, Julianne Dickson are fresh faces on conventioncenter board. BERNARD HARRIS As members of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authorityboard took their seats Thursday night, some faces were different. But the man in the middle provided ...
Barn burns
Feb 01, 2008; ... 70 firefighters struggle with icy rain as blaze levels largestorage building near East Petersburg. CHAD UMBLE An early morning fire leveled a large storage barn northwest ofEast Petersburg today, a firefighting effort hampered a bit by coldrain and icy conditions....
Mennonite schools night
Feb 01, 2008 ... Lancaster Mennonite School will hold open houses at the Kraybill,Lancaster, Locust Grove and New Danville campuses on Monday from 6to 8:30 p.m ....
Spirited Conestoga band offers to play - for free Jack L. McSherry Jr. Conestoga
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: This letter is in response to an article in the New Era on Jan.19, concerning the American Spirit Parade scheduled for April 26 ofthis year in Lancaster. Apparently the parade is in jeopardy as the result of a shortageof funds. The ...
Bringing home the bacon Al Hocke West Lampeter Township
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: An open letter to the candidates for the 13th District Senateseat: As I ponder my vote, I have this request: Please, noClintonesque, vague political speech. I long for the candidate whowill have the courage to reply with a simple, ...
BRIDGING THE INTERIM
Feb 01, 2008; ... JOAN KERN The Rev. Guy Dunham calls himself a "professional interim." "I'mwired that way," he says. "That's where I do best. I go in, size itup and figure out what needs to be done." And his profession is a popular one. As fewer people enter ...
Ephrata vets-support group Ellen Snyder Ephrata
Feb 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: On Saturday, Feb. 23, at 1 p.m., the Ephrata Veterans of ForeignWars & Ladies Auxiliary is starting a support group meeting forfamilies of veterans to get together and talk and share informationon their loved ones who are serving overseas. ...
Mennonite mastery
Feb 02, 2008; ... Blazers take Sec. 4 with 23-point playoff win over Catholic JEFFREY REINHART The look on Katelyn Vanderhoff's face was priceless. Lancaster Mennonite's junior guard cradled the Lancaster-LebanonLeague Section 4 championship trophy in her hands, held it ...
Downtown group names leaders
Feb 02, 2008 ... L.E.A.D.S., the non-profit organization that decorates downtownlampposts with flower baskets each spring and summer and withlighted greenery over the winter holidays, has elected a slate ofofficers for 2008. The new president of the 12-member board ofdirectors is Jane Eddy. Jack Hughlett ...
Warwick news coverage Mariann Slater Lititz
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: This is an open letter to Lancaster Newspapers and the otherlocal news media: I am the parent of a Warwick High School Marching Band member,and I must say that I am disappointed and disgusted by what youpeople are printing in the papers and ...
Mom's House receives $2,000
Feb 02, 2008 ... Mom's House recently received $2,000 from the Kroger Foundationfor its operating expenses. The facility, which receives no government funding, provides freechildcare and other ...
Bent Creek to host county's top 2 tourneys
Feb 02, 2008; ... Both the Lancaster Amateur and Ladies Lancaster Amateur will beat the same site for just the seventh time ever. LANCASTER COUNTY GOLF HAROLD ZEIGLER Bent Creek will be the center of the Lancaster County golfuniverse this summer. The ...
L-L girls tournament is too tough to call
Feb 02, 2008; ... Handicapping the Lancaster-Lebanon League girls basketballplayoff brackets - one of my duties since 1993 - is never an easychore. This season is no different. When you have a first-round game featuring two of the best teamsin District 3 - Triple-A No. 1 seed ...
Heart Month' at United Zion
Feb 02, 2008 ... As part of its celebration of "American Heart Month" duringFebruary, the United Zion Retirement Community in Lititz is offeringprograms promoting heart health for its residents and the public. On Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 1:30 p.m., Elizabeth Eshbach, aregistered nurse and supervisor ...
Stimulus package isn't the way to go
Feb 02, 2008 ... The House's economic-stimulus plan has stalled in the Senate, andthat's just as well. There's a far better way to restore the health of the nation's$14 trillion economy: Make President Bush's 2003 tax cuts permanent. By doing so, billions would be added annually to the ...
Brubaker addresses ag leaders
Feb 02, 2008 ... State Sen. Mike Brubaker (R-36th District) spoke to nationalleaders in agricultural and rural issues about the Commonwealth'sKeystone Innovation Zone program at the recent 2008 U.S. LegislativeAgriculture Chairs Summit. The annual summit brings together state House and ...
Athletics & art: Teen reflects on redefining his chief talents
Feb 02, 2008; ... Teen of the Week WENDY S. CALDWELL Scott Garber wants to redefine several stereotypes. First, athletes can also be artists. And secondly, he is showing that some artists discover theirtalents a little later than others do. ...
Kindercare signups in E-town
Feb 02, 2008 ... The Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation and Services Kindercareis now accepting registrations for the 2008/2009 school year. The program offers care from 6 a.m. through the start ofafternoon kindergarten for children attending Rheems and Bainbridgeelementary schools. It ...
Horse whisperers' at Farm Show site
Feb 02, 2008 ... Many practicing "horse whisperers" will gather at the Farm ShowComplex in Harrisburg Feb. 21-24 for Pennsylvania ...
Rain sets record, ice spurs problems
Feb 02, 2008; ... Soggy 1.77 inches sets new mark for Feb. 1. Overnight ice leadsto 15 to 20 accidents. ANYA LITVAK If it seemed like Friday was the wettest day ever, it's becauseit kind of was. The 1.77 inches of rain that battered the county was a recordrainfall for ...
HACC looking on Bright Side
Feb 02, 2008 ... Beginning this fall, Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC)will offer courses at the Bright Side Opportunities Center. The catalog will include developmental courses in math andEnglish and beginner college classes in psychology, sociology andother subjects. ...
A spring in his step, but not in his forecast
Feb 02, 2008; ... After spying his shadow and a big crowd, Octoraro Orphie predictssix more weeks of winter and scurries back underground. CINDY STAUFFER Now let the word go out across the land, six more weeks of winteris at hand. That was the prediction of the one, the ...
THEFT CRIMES THEFT CHARGES ROBBERIES ACCIDENTS DRUNKEN DRIVING DISTURBANCES VANDALISM
Feb 02, 2008 ... Police - Fire Digest SALUNGA: Harry Gibble had a 20003 Cargo King trailer stolenTuesday night from the first block of Summer Street, Salunga, WestHempfield Township police said. BRECKNOCK TWP.: A homemade go-cart for a child was reportedstolen Jan. 20 from a ...
Strasburg Fire Co. gets $53,000
Feb 02, 2008 ... Strasburg Fire Company No. 1 has gotten a financial boost fromtwo new grants. The first is a $32,016 "assistance to firefighters" grant fromthe federal Department of Homeland Security. Also, it was announced that the ...
Under lock & key
Feb 01, 2008; ... Lancaster-made padlocks hold the key to this collector's heart.LAURA KNOWLES WHEN MIKE MASTROS was a teenager, his father gave him a simplegift. It was a small Yale padlock, something that the teen had alwaysadmired. What Jim Mastros didn't know was that his gift would ...
Fear, chaos in the sky
Feb 01, 2008; ... 3 countians among Messiah College students on distressed plane.RYAN ROBINSON Nervous. Scared. Shaky. Weak. Confused. Shocked. Then, calm. Amber Wenger, one of three students from Lancaster County on aplane that had to make an emergency landing Wednesday night, feltall of ...
Authority re-elects Morris as chairman
Feb 01, 2008; ... Sharron Nelson, Julianne Dickson are fresh faces on conventioncenter board. BERNARD HARRIS As members of the Lancaster County Convention Center Authorityboard took their seats Thursday night, some faces were different. But the man in the middle provided stability. Art ...
People, Places & Things
Feb 01, 2008; ... New ground Adoptions from the Heart In the swim Friendship Community is calling on the community.The nonprofitChristian ministry serving people with developmental disabilities isseeking monetary and product donations, as well as volunteers toassist with an ongoing building project ....
NEWS & NOTES
Feb 01, 2008; ... A Super' chili contest Faith in the NFL New Billy Graham bookFasnachts for sale Whip up your favorite chili recipe and take it to The TableCommunity Church on Saturday. You may win a prize. The church, meeting at Lancaster Mennonite School, 2176 ...
PULPIT, LOFT & PEW
Feb 01, 2008 ... CONCERTS CONFERENCE EDUCATION FELLOWSHIP FILM MEDITATION NEWFACES OUTREACH THE LANCASTER BRASS QUINTET will perform in concert at theLutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 750 Greenfield Road, at 3 p.m.Sunday. The event will mark the quintet's 25th anniversary. Afreewill offering ...
Births
Feb 01, 2008 ... ANDREW, Mr. and Mrs. Corey D. (Anne Marie Boltz), WashingtonBoro, a son, at Women & Babies Hospital, Monday. BEILER, Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. (Susie S. Stoltzfus), Narvon, ason, at Reading Hospital and Medical Center, Wednesday. BINGAMAN, Jennifer, and Gabriel ...
DEATHS REPORTED 2/2/2008
Feb 02, 2008; ... Burrell, Louis T.* 49, Lancaster, January 27, 2008. Andrew T.Scheid Funeral Home, 872-2266. Butzer, Mary K. (Bollinger) 95, of United Zion Home, WarwickTownship, January 31, 2008. Stradling Funeral Homes, 859-1230.Doutrich, L. Jean 81, of 333 Wheatridge Dr., ...
Retiree feeling left out of stimulus package Mildred Comfort Manheim Township
Feb 02, 2008 ... Letters to the Editor Editor, New Era: Regarding the government's economic-stimulus package: We, the people, who live on SSI, Public Assistance or SocialSecurity and pay no income tax, are being shut out, and we need thebenefit the most. ...
CV's McNally is 7th in boys Millrose mile
Feb 02, 2008 ... Staff and wire report NEW YORK - Conestoga Valley senior Vince McNally finished seventhin the high school boys' one-mile run Friday night in the MillroseGames at Madison Square Garden. McNally completed the distance in 4:19.69. Kyle Merber of ...
Super busy...
Feb 02, 2008; ... Pizza shop co-owner Francesco Gambino is preparing for one of hisbiggest days of the year: Super Bowl Sunday. CHAD UMBLE Francesco Gambino needs to get his stretching in before Sunday'sSuper Bowl - expanding the dough for those six-foot party subs takestime. ...
Where GOP stands on war Joseph Hughes West Donegal Township
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: I had been registered "no party affiliation" in the state ofPennsylvania for 43 years. Two weeks ago, I changed to Republican tosupport Ron Paul for president because of his opposition to the warin Iraq. Republicans in Florida voted 97% in ...
Things to do
Feb 02, 2008; ... CATHY MOLITORIS SUNDAY, FEB. 3 Sunday, Feb. 3 Watch Super Bowl XLII and chow down on recipesfrom www.mccormick.com. MONDAY, FEB.4 February is Black History Month. Visit www.visionaryproject.orgfor ways to celebrate. ...
... Super fans: Pats-backers here seek a perfect ending
Feb 02, 2008; ... DAVID O'CONNOR New England native Kevin St. Cyr was at a conference in Hawaiithe year his beloved football team was taking it on the chin in theSuper Bowl. Every time he looked up, it seemed, his New England Patriots weregiving up a touchdown as they lost ...
Black History Month at HACC
Feb 02, 2008 ... Harrisburg Area Community College's Lancaster campus willcelebrate Black History Month in February in film and live drama. The college, at 1641 Old Philadelphia Pike, will present the HBOcivil rights documentary, "Little Rock Central High: 50 YearsLater," at noon Wednesday, Feb ....
Sanchez wrongfully fired Angela J. Irato Gap
Feb 02, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: The firing of Lisa Sanchez from Lancaster County Parks andRecreation calls into question the human resources policies andprocedures of Lancaster County government. What confidence can we, the general public, have in our countygovernment if a ...
Woman dies in city rowhouse fire, 4 hurt
Feb 02, 2008; ... Cause undetermined but DA, police assisting fire marshal inprobe. JOHN M. HOOBER III A Lancaster woman died and four people were hurt in a raginghouse fire early today in the west end of the city. All available city firefighters rushed to 532 First St ....
Bar Association names officers, new members
Feb 02, 2008 ... Attorney Richard C. Low was installed as president of theLancaster Bar Association during the group's recent annual meeting. Other officers are: James H. Thomas, of Blakinger Byler & Thomas,president-elect; Michael W. Wagman, of Bennett Bricklin & Saltzburg,vice president; James ...