Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from April 2008:
Healing ceilings
Apr 01, 2008; ... Skyscapes calm patients with soothing illusions Grand illusionSky inside In a windowless room generally defined by stark whites andunforgiving fluorescents, Thelma Wilkin never expected to see thesky. Staring ceiling-ward from a CT-scan bed in the Lancaster ...
Corrections & Clarifications
Apr 01, 2008 ... Incorrect dates for an AARP driver safety refresher course atWoodcrest Villa were included in a story in the March 24 New Era.The course will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m Tuesday andWednesday, April 29 and 30. To register, call Nancy Parmer at 390-4188. ---...
Pa. crop insurance premiums reduced
Apr 01, 2008 ... Pennsylvania farmers who signed up for an eligible crop insurancepolicy by March 17 will receive a premium reduction of up to $175,Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said last week. The ...
Noted director will talk at F&M
Apr 01, 2008 ... Jonathan Miller, acclaimed theater and opera director, physicianand author, will visit Franklin & Marshall College today for apublic presentations. Miller will talk about his ground-breaking BBC series "A BriefHistory of Disbelief" that explores the origins of his own lack ...
Charges in copper thefts
Apr 01, 2008; ... An East Cocalico Township man has been charged with stealing$6,400 worth of copper welding supplies from two Lancaser Countybusinesses, police reported today. Larry Lee Weaver, 43, of 2567 N. Reading Road (Route 272),Denver, allegedly stole copper welding cable and copper ...
Colby expects to make MU a winner
Apr 01, 2008; ... The former Northwestern defensive coordinator says he's excitedabout becoming the Marauders' head football coach. Assistant Sports Editor Greg Colby realizes there are doubters. Some people don't think Millersville's football team can be awinner again ....
Meals Special events Classes Support groups
Apr 01, 2008 ... Datebook VEGETARIAN: The Lancaster Vegetarian Society will host a plant-based banquet, family-style meal at 6 p.m. Sunday, April 6, at Olive& Jasmine Asian Bistro, 2323 Lincoln Highway West. A vegetarian (vegan) meal will be prepared and served by thestaff ...
Welcome to Knittin' Day, Flittin' Day and A' Fools' Day
Apr 01, 2008; ... Come to F&M, get free candy! One of the original wing ladies' Today is Knittin' Day in Ronks, where old and young, but mostlyold, take out needle and thread and knit swim trunks in preparationfor the pool season. As we observe this fittin' day for knittin' trunks in ...
Truckers weigh call for strike
Apr 01, 2008; ... Despite calls from some independent truckers for a nationwideshutdown, it remained unclear how many drivers were parking theirrigs today to protest the rising cost of diesel fuel. David Wise, an independent trucker in Denver, said he was notparticipating in the shutdown. ...
Meisenberg gets another honor
Apr 01, 2008 ... In brief Sarah Meisenberg, Franklin & Marshall College's star basketballplayer, earned her second All-American honor. She was named to the Women's NCAA Division III News fifth team,one of six juniors chosen. The Severna Park, Md., native was alsonamed ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING FIRES ASSAULTS DISTURBANCES PHARMACY-ACT CHARGES SCHOOL INCIDENTS THEFT CRIMES THEFT CHARGES
Apr 01, 2008 ... Police - Fire Digest WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Township police arrested Jason Smith, 37,who is from New Jersey, for suspected drunken driving following athree-vehicle crash at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday on Marietta Avenue atHilltop Drive. Police said Smith pulled from a stop sign on ...
Countian gets prison for friend's shooting death
Apr 01, 2008; ... Berks judge says loaded gun, drinking are the realities sendingManheim Township man to prison for up to 16 years. READING - The fatal shooting came down to two basic facts, thejudge told the Lancaster County residents gathered in his courtroomon Monday. "If the gun ...
Catholic High grad awarded Bronze Star
Apr 01, 2008; ... He could have just sent them a message - but Lt. Col. Ward Quinnknew it would mean more to his troops, spread out over Iraq, to seehim in person. So Quinn chose to travel by helicopter late at night to thedifferent bases - subjecting himself to possible rocket and ...
Lancaster-Lebanon League Girls Track and Field Capsules
Apr 01, 2008 ... Section 1 Cedar Crest Hempfield Manheim Township McCaskey PennManor Solanco Warwick Section 2 Cocalico Conestoga ValleyElizabethtown Ephrata Garden Spot Lampeter-Strasburg Lebanon ManheimCentral Section 3 Annville-Cleona Columbia Donegal Elco LancasterCatholic Lancaster Mennonite ...
DEATHS REPORTED 4/1/2008
Apr 01, 2008; ... Albright, John Cooper 54, of Lancaster. March 28, 2008. Andrew T.Scheid Funeral Home, 872-2266 Brown, Lanae A. 22, of Lancaster. March 29, 2008. Charles F.Snyder Funeral Home, 393-9661 Courtney, Catherine L. 98, of Lancaster. March 31, 2008. KearneyA. Snyder ...
Making sense of mortgage terms
Apr 01, 2008; ... In the past two years, the Bush administration has offered a listof initiatives aimed at ending a housing-market crisis that hasstalled the U.S. economy and led to turmoil in the global financialmarkets. Among the initiatives is a proposal to increase access to ...
Climbing as a lofty goal
Apr 01, 2008; ... "There, ahead all he could see, as wide as all the world, great,high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top ofKilimanjaro." Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro Timothy Patterson is not a technical climber. Nor does he have aburning ...
Can Obama pull off a stunning Pa. comeback?
Apr 01, 2008; ... Analysts and insiders say Casey support and bus tour may fuelsurge. So here we are, Lancaster County. Barack Obama's campaigned here. Hillary Clinton's campaigned here. Now what? There are three weeks to go - 21 long ...
MU locks down campus
Apr 01, 2008; ... Student, possibly armed, considered a threat. Millersville University ordered students and faculty to lockthemselves inside rooms this morning because of a student on campuswho may be a threat to the community. Students were alerted twice by text messages and the ...
Clinton under fire' Kathleen Hoover Holtwood
Apr 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: A mistake is an error, but a lie is deliberate. Hillary liedabout being under fire during her Bosnia visit in 1996. Hillarycalled it a ...
Want to learn how to sight tornadoes?
Apr 01, 2008 ... The Lancaster County Emergency Management Agency will host aSkyWarn training class at 7 p.m. April 8 at the Lancaster CountyPublic Safety Training Center, 101 Champ Boulevard, Manheim. The 1 1/2 hour class, being held in cooperation with the NationalWeather ...
F&M isn't close to paying its fair share of taxes Keith Cole Lancaster
Apr 01, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: Nancy Collins, vice president for college communications atFranklin & Marshall College, in two recent letters to the editor ofthe Lancaster New Era, has defended the college's decision not tomake an in-lieu-tax payment on the college's tax-exempt ...
Confidence in relievers takes a hit
Apr 01, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA - Charlie Manuel stuck his head inside theoverflowing press room, hesitated, wiped his brow and shook hishead. The Phillies manager knew the questions were coming - questionsabout his bullpen, which imploded Monday afternoon, in front of44,553 Opening Day ...
New market manager a longtime fan
Apr 01, 2008; ... Michael Ervin, who began shopping at Central Market with hismother in the 1940s, brings lots of experience to his new task. Central Market seems to have always been a part of MichaelErvin's life. As a child, his mother took him through the aisles of marketstands ...
3 face trial in alleged 2-week crime spree
Apr 01, 2008; ... Three people will stand trial in connection with a series ofcrimes that included the robbery of an elderly Washington Boro womanin her home. Antwan Ressel, 21, of East Marion Street; Randall James HeckerJr., 18, of Calvert Lane; and Ashley Smith, 21, of River ...
County gets $123,000 to fight West Nile virus
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lancaster County will receive $123,029 to monitor and fightmosquitoes that might carry West Nile virus this summer. The county's share is among $5.3 million in grants to everycounty in the state. Gov. Ed Rendell's proposed 2008-09 budgetincludes $7 million for the West ...
The Beat
Apr 01, 2008 ... Fibromyalgia awareness Parenting class The Lancaster Fibromyalgia Awareness and Education Group,sponsored by Lancaster General Hospital and the ArthritisFoundation, will meet 7 to 8 p.m. today, in the third-floorconference room at the Lancaster General Health Campus, ...
Girl Scout cookies on way to Iraq
Apr 01, 2008 ... Thanks to a group of Willow Street Brownie Girl Scouts, boxesupon boxes of Girl Scout cookies are on their way to Iraq and "somepatients who really love them." The girls from Hans Herr Brownie Troop 134 each donated a box ofcookies and also raised funds through family and ...
College students on the right unfazed by academic bias
Apr 01, 2008; ... Two of my young friends, April Kelly-Woessner, the chairwoman ofElizabethtown College's Political Science Department, and herhusband, Matthew Woessner, a junior professor at Penn StateHarrisburg, have undertaken truly productive research. Their bookproject, which is still being worked on ...
The moment could be right for Warriors
Apr 01, 2008; ... Hitters like Zach Shank and Andy Thompson, and pitchers like MikeFreeman and Jason Griffith make Warwick the team to beat in Section1. Warwick Hempfield Manheim Township Cedar Crest Penn ManorMcCaskey LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE SECTION 1 BASEBALL PREVIEW By DAVE BYRNE, ...
3 take item from store, threaten clerk
Apr 01, 2008; ... Three men threatened a clerk at a Warwick Township hobby storebefore fleeing with a $299 boat, township police said. The alleged robbery at Winkie's Toys and Hobby, at the Shoppes ofKissel Village complex, happened at about 5:20 p.m. Sunday, just asthe shop was about to ...
Pa. impasse on malpractice subsidy
Apr 01, 2008 ... Lawmakers at odds over whether taxpayer help for doctors shouldbe tied to more help for uninsured adults. Staff and wire reports A five-year, $1 billion taxpayer subsidy to help Pennsylvaniadoctors buy medical malpractice insurance lapsed Monday, forcingphysicians to ...
Rt. 897 roadwork begins
Apr 01, 2008 ... Motorists are advised to avoid a 3-mile stretch of Route 897 innorthern Lancaster County this week. Starting today, Route 897, from Route 272 in Swartzville to RidgeRoad in East and West Cocalico townships, will be limited to asingle lane of traffic, according to the ...
At least 2 hurt in 3 county crashes
Apr 01, 2008; ... Two-vehicle accident at New Holland Pike and Eden Road closesintersection. Three traffic accidents, including two with reported entrapment,kept Lancaster County police and rescue crews busy this morning. The accident locations were: Route 322 at Pool Forge ...
Births
Apr 01, 2008 ... ADAMS, Mr. and Mrs. Greg J. (Casey Kuipers), Wrightsville, a son,at Women & Babies Hospital, Friday. ALLAN, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew (Mary Elizabeth Autrey), Lancaster, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Saturday. ALMOTAWA, Mr. and Mrs. Abdulkarim B. (Dalal ...
Marriage Licenses
Apr 01, 2008 ... The following have applied for marriage licenses in the LancasterCounty Courthouse: Charles E. Browne, 27, of 28 S. Broad St., Lititz, son of John C.and Anne Browne, and Megan R. Ford, 34, same address, daughter ofRichard R. II and Pamela S. Reardon. Michael ...
New Era Healthy Habits Club
Apr 01, 2008; ... FIGHT ARTHRITIS WITH APPLAUSE Arthritis isn't kid stuff. But on Sunday, local children will hit the fashion runway to helpraise money to benefit those who suffer from all forms of juvenilearthritis. Applause!, a children's fashion show sponsored by the ...
Calendar
Apr 01, 2008 ... Today Indoor handgun practice range, 7-9 p.m. every Tuesday at ManheimSportsmen's Assn. Lead-only bullets and no magnums. NRA-certifiedrange officer on duty. Cost: $5 for nonmembers. Call 665-7093 or 569-1153 for more information. Community forum on the ...
Manheim views cost of spring leaf pickup
Apr 02, 2008; ... Manheim Borough council will investigate the cost of adding aspring leaf pickup this year. Council acted March 25 on the suggestion of resident Rod Geib. Geib told council, "Often we get winter weather before the lastscheduled pickup in the fall. Can we eliminate ...
Sad situation' for family John Blowers East Lampeter Township
Apr 02, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: I am more than a bit perplexed by the meaning of Mr. Rauch'sletter to the editor last evening. ("Uncertain future for singlewomen and kids," 3/31 New Era). In what appeared to be a critical observation of a picture theNew Era ran of a mother ...
Barnstormers add two left-handed relievers
Apr 02, 2008; ... Staff report The Lancaster Barnstormers have added a pair of lefties to theirbullpen. The team announced Tuesday that it had signed relievers RyanCullen and Patrick Cassa. Cullen, 27, spent the last three seasons in the New York Mets'farm ...
Celebrating spring along the river
Apr 02, 2008; ... The event begins at 1 p.m. April 12 at the Blue Rock HeritageCenter. Naturalist Jack Hubley and his wild animals, the LowerSusquehanna's riverkeeper and a new contest to give prizes toconservation-minded landowners headline the Chestnut GroveFoundation's fifth annual Spring ...
Party planned for school's 80th
Apr 02, 2008 ... A gathering of old schoolmates from 4 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April11, will celebrate Highland Elementary School's 80th anniversary. A student from the Ephrata school building's first graduatingclass, the Class of 1928, is also expected to attend thecelebration. The ...
Neffsville nursery accepting applicants
Apr 02, 2008 ... Neffsville Christian Nursery School is accepting fallregistrations. The school is an outreach of the Long Memorial United ...
Get in fashion: Lose weight and smile, if you're able
Apr 02, 2008; ... I was surfing the Internet the other day and I saw a "Style" sitethat asked which hairstyle looked more stylish on Mary-Kate Olsen.One had her with ratty straight hair, the other with, well, rattyuncombed hair. The site had a number of other pictures of Mary-Kate, ...
DEATHS REPORTED 4/2/2008
Apr 02, 2008; ... Bachman, Robert Jr. 51, of Quarryville. March 30, 2008. Fred F.Groff, Inc. 397-8255 Burkholder, John H. 94, of Fairmount Rest Home. April 1, 2008.Stradling Funeral Homes, 733-2472 Demmy, Clara M. 67, wife of Earl H. Demmy, of Denver. March 31,2008. Gravenor ...
Stolen cards used to make $3,000 in purchases
Apr 02, 2008; ... Manheim Township police have obtained and released videosurveillance photos of two men who allegedly used stolen creditcards to purchase gift cards at a township supermarket. The two men entered the Giant store, 1605 Lititz Pike, at theLancaster Shopping Center, at about ...
Charges in copper thefts
Apr 01, 2008; ... An East Cocalico Township man has been charged with stealing$6,400 worth of copper welding supplies from two Lancaser Countybusinesses, police reported today. Larry Lee Weaver, 43, of 2567 N.Reading Road (Route 272), Denver, allegedly stole copper weldingcable and copper welding leads ...
Welcome to Knittin' Day, Flittin' Day and A' Fools' Day
Apr 01, 2008; ... Come to F&M, get free candy! One of the original wing ladies'Today is Knittin' Day in Ronks, where old and young, but mostly old,take out needle and thread and knit swim trunks in preparation forthe pool season. As we observe this fittin' day for knittin' trunks in Ronks, ...
F&M isn't close to paying its fair share of taxes Keith Cole Lancaster
Apr 01, 2008; ... Editor, New Era: Nancy Collins, vice president for collegecommunications at Franklin & Marshall College, in two recent lettersto the editor of the Lancaster New Era, has defended the college'sdecision not to make an in-lieu-tax payment on the college's tax-exempt properties this ...
Climbing as a lofty goal
Apr 01, 2008; ... "There, ahead all he could see, as wide as all the world, great,high, and unbelievably white in the sun, was the square top ofKilimanjaro." Ernest Hemingway, The Snows of Kilimanjaro Timothy Patterson is not a technical climber. Nor does he have aburning goal to stand on top of the ...
Truckers weigh call for strike
Apr 01, 2008; ... Despite calls from some independent truckers for a nationwideshutdown, it remained unclear how many drivers were parking theirrigs today to protest the rising cost of diesel fuel. David Wise, anindependent trucker in Denver, said he was not participating in theshutdown. "I'm ...
DRUNKEN DRIVING FIRES ASSAULTS DISTURBANCES PHARMACY-ACT CHARGES SCHOOL INCIDENTS THEFT CRIMES THEFT CHARGES
Apr 01, 2008; ... Police - Fire Digest WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Township policearrested Jason Smith, 37, who is from New Jersey, for suspecteddrunken driving following a three-vehicle crash at 10:20 p.m.Wednesday on Marietta Avenue at Hilltop Drive. Police said Smithpulled from a stop sign on Hilltop Drive ...
Confidence in relievers takes a hit
Apr 01, 2008; ... PHILADELPHIA - Charlie Manuel stuck his head inside theoverflowing press room, hesitated, wiped his brow and shook hishead. The Phillies manager knew the questions were coming -questions about his bullpen, which imploded Monday afternoon, infront of 44,553 Opening Day fans in Citizens ...
Tougher standards on casino licenses
Apr 02, 2008; ... In 1991, when state legislators were considering approval ofriverboat gambling and other forms of betting, the chairman of thethen-Pennsylvania Crime Commission warned of the likely entry oforganized crime. "If you build it, they will come," said Michael J. Reilly ....
Births
Apr 02, 2008 ... AMUDALA, Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. (Rachel Buckwalter), Denver, adaughter, at Ephrata Community Hospital, Tuesday. BEILER, Mr. and Mrs. Enos (Fannie Smucker), 363A Georgetown Road,Strasburg, a daughter, at home, today. CHU, Jesssica, and Michael M. Huy, Ephrata, a ...
Police - Fire DRUNKEN DRIVING THEFT CHARGES DRUG CHARGES
Apr 02, 2008 ... MOUNTVILLE: Tonya M. Swift, 42, of 423 Old Blue Rock Road, wasarrested for suspected drunken driving after her vehicle almoststruck a marked police vehicle at Lemon Street and Main Street at2:08 a.m. on March 23, Manor Township police said. MANOR TWP: Sean Michael Hjelm, ...
Rookie' Barack Obama Paul Buckwalter East Hempfield Township
Apr 02, 2008 ... Editor, New Era: God forbid that the rookie, Barack Hussein Obama, gets into theWhite House. He knows absolutely nothing about preventing ournuclear annihilation. I understand that even now the materials are ...
Datebook Support groups Clubs Classes Special events
Apr 02, 2008 ... BIPOLAR: A support group for parents and caregivers of bipolarchildren and teens will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3,at Providence Presbyterian Church, 1215 Church Road, York. LancasterCounty residents are welcome. For more information, call 767-2092 or e-mail ...
Car break-in suspects questioned, then more break-ins reported
Apr 02, 2008; ... Did two teens who were released by police after being questionedabout Saturday night car break-ins around Neffsville return to thesame area and loot more vehicles? "We're looking into that possibility,'' Manheim Township policeSgt. Thomas E. Rudzinski reported this ...
New city chief was easy pick
Apr 02, 2008; ... Keith Sadler, of Philadelphia, was top choice of Lancasterofficials and high-ranking officers who screened applicants. Criminals don't recognize municipal borders. They move freelyamong Pennsylvania's eastern cities, Keith Sadler said this morning. And those cities share the ...
Danger: Bad 911 directions
Apr 02, 2008; ... Twice within 7 weeks, the same data error misdirected localambulances on life-and-death calls at the same home. Officialsinsist such mistakes rare. Marsha Wagner held her foster daughter in her arms. The 2-year-old did not breathe. Her heart did not ...
Divorces
Apr 02, 2008 ... The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas granted the followingdivorces on Friday, March 28: Shane W. Remp, Akron, and Carinne M. Remp, Manheim. They weremarried Sept. 5, 1998. Regina F. Russo, Ephrata, and Dominic F. Russo, Lancaster. Theywere married Oct ....
LBC offers course on cults
Apr 02, 2008 ... A course discussing major cults in the United States is beingoffered by Lancaster Bible College next month at New Holland'sGarden Spot Village. The continuing education course, "The Major Cults in AmericaToday: Their Teachings and Relationship to Christianity," will ...
Warwick fires suspended band director
Apr 02, 2008; ... Superintendent hopes board's decision brings healing to thoseaffected by Todd Sheerer's alleged 2-year sexual relationship withfemale student. Warwick School District wanted to fire Todd Sheerer sooner,Superintendent John George said. But the Lancaster County ...