Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from June 2008:
Bullet Just Misses Toddler
Jun 02, 2008; ... Man charged after gunshot into ceiling ends up in neighboringapartment on North Duke. They were watching television Sunday night, their 16-month-old,Ashlee, asleep nearby. Not too long before, the child had beentoddling around on the floor near them. BOOM. Wood ...
Excellent Care Rendered At Lancaster General Susan Veronislititz
Jun 02, 2008 ... Recently, my son was admitted to the Lancaster General Hospitalfor a staph infection and was treated in the Pediatrics Unit forfive days. I want to express my deepest appreciation to the nursing stafffor providing us with such excellent care. Our nurses wereaccommodating, kind ...
Sangrey, Smucker, Garber Are First-Team District 3 All-Stars
Jun 02, 2008 ... BOYS VOLLEYBALL Staff report Shawn Sangrey, the dominating senior opposite hitter who helpedHempfield reach the PIAA Triple-A Final Four last weekend, has beennamed a First-Team District 3 Triple-A All-Star. The Ohio State recruit is one of six Lancaster County ...
Bereavement Programs Planned
Jun 02, 2008 ... Hospice of Lancaster County is offering a variety of programs forthe bereaved in June. These support services are held by the hospice's PATHways Centerfor Grief & Loss. Most programs are free and open to the public.They include sessions for anyone who has lost a loved ...
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Jun 02, 2008 ... We're going to Disney World ,by lingsmom on Wed May 14, 2008 9:28 am Any Disney World pros out there who can offer some suggestionsand tips? ,by MeganE on Wed May 14, 2008 12:40 pm I def. recommend the Nemo and Friends at Epcot they just re-named it and ...
Porta-Potty Incident Luther Henryrapho Township
Jun 02, 2008 ... I sent an angry message to the Obama Web site, complaining abouthis campaign organization placing several portable toilets in thecenter of a police memorial at a Portland, Ore., park, ...
Ex-Stormer Patterson Debuts In Big Leagues ; Former Lancaster Reliever Pitches During Yankees' 5-1 Loss To The Twins.
Jun 02, 2008 ... Scott Patterson threw the first pitch in Clipper Magazine Stadiumhistory. So it's somehow fitting that he becomes the first to reachanother career milestone. On Sunday, the lefthanded reliever became the first player inLancaster Barnstormers franchise history to reach the ...
Collected Books Going To Tanzania
Jun 02, 2008 ... A secondary school in rural Tanzania will be receiving English-language reading materials from Webelos scouts from Pack 125 inLancaster. Scouts collected the books and magazines from RohrerstownElementary School and Landisville Elementary School over six days. The idea came ...
Births
Jun 02, 2008 ... ACOSTA, Jennifer, and Daniel Pantga, Lancaster, a son, at Women &Babies Hospital, Saturday. BALMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Ethan E. (Leah Shunk), Ephrata, a daughter,at Ephrata Community Hospital, Friday. BASSETT, Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. (Hope Walter), Lancaster, a son,at Women & Babies ...
Brides On A Budget ; Gowns. Receptions. Cakes. As Money Gets Tighter, Much About Weddings Is Getting Simpler And Smaller.
Jun 02, 2008; ... As long as people still fall in love, there will be weddings. And there will still be brides who want the special day of theirdreams, complete with a beautiful gown, flowers and a traditionaltiered wedding cake. So, is the recent economic crunch taking a bite out of ...
Frivolous Space At Lgh G.V. Herrmanor Township
Jun 02, 2008 ... Evidently, the Rev. Ulmer never visited the seventh floor of thehospital. Each suite could hold four to six additional beds, if allthe frivolity were done away with. I, for one, only need a bed, a doctor, nurses and medicine. I'msick or had an operation, I'm not a ...
Cobys To Hold Parent/Teen Course At Mccaskey
Jun 02, 2008 ... A program focusing on parent/teenager relationships will be heldThursday evenings in June and July at McCaskey East High School. The course, The Three R's: Relationships, Responsibility andRespect, will instruct parents and young ...
Datebooksupport Groups Special Events
Jun 02, 2008 ... PREGNANCY LOSS: SHARE of Lancaster, for anyone who hasexperienced a pregnancy loss, will meet from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday,June 3, in the second-floor neurocenter conference room at LancasterGeneral Health Campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. The meeting is led by professional grief ...
Energy Independence Bill Jewettwillow Street
Jun 02, 2008 ... As the price of gas flirts with $4 per gallon, we should rememberto adjust for inflation, which makes the price about the same as itwas prior to WW II, when Cokes cost a nickel. Our price is stillamong the lowest in the world among countries that depend heavily onimported oil - a tribute ...
Ballroom Dancing Offered In E-Town
Jun 02, 2008 ... Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation and Community Services willoffer a ballroom dance class for anyone 18 or older from 7 to 8 p.m.Thursdays, June 5-26, at the Elizabethtown Masonic ...
Let Bar Owners Decide Paula Lucianolancaster
Jun 02, 2008 ... Please allow Pennsylvania business owners to continue to decidefor themselves whether to allow smoking or not, based on theirclientele. As a part-time resident of Maryland, I have seen the damage thesmoking ban, passed on Feb 1, has done to our local bar. It used tobe packed to ...
Motorcycles Collide In Brecknock Twp.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Two motorcycles collided Sunday morning on Route 222 in BrecknockTownship, and one of the bikes caught on fire, Ephrata state policesaid. Joseph Anthony Pianka III, 23, of Mohnton, was operating thecycle that burned. He fled the scene, leaving his 2001 Suzuki inflames in the ...
Fundraiser Set For Mccrery Family
Jun 02, 2008 ... Several businesses have joined forces to raise money to help paythe medical bills for the family of Olivia McCrery, a HambrightElementary School fifth-grader who died two months ago. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday the community is invited toBrereton Manor Personal Care Home, 3028 ...
Zap! Back Pain Gets Burned ; Outpatient Procedure Uses Electrode-Loaded Needle To Burn Away Nerves.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Doing her dishes and making the bed cause Marian Madonna topositively wince. Walking through the grocery store entails gingerlyhanging onto a cart. Getting out of a car? Whew. Going up and down steps? Horrible. The 74-year-old Millersville woman has arthritis in her ...
3 Pupils Win Essay Contest
Jun 02, 2008 ... Fifth-grade students from 14 schools in Lancaster County wrote 97essays for consideration in the annual Office of Aging My SeniorFriend contest. The essays described a meaningful relationship between thestudent and a senior citizen who has made a positive impact on ...
Lame Duck; Copper Thefts; Top Schools
Jun 02, 2008 ... SHORT TAKES Pennsylvanians want more productivity out of their statelegislators, not less. So a decision by Senate Republicans to closeup shop early and go home would seem to be counterintuitive. But in this case, it's not a bad idea. The GOP-led Senate announced on ...
Dui Driver Picks Wrong Friend To Call For Lift ; State Police Make Second Arrest When, They Say, Man Shows Up At Barracks Drunk To Pick Up Pal.
Jun 02, 2008; ... A young man went to the Lancaster state police barracks on Route30 East early Sunday morning to pick up a buddy who had beenarrested for suspected drunken driving, troopers said. But the would-be chauffeur also wasn't sober, troopers said. Sohe, too, was arrested for suspected ...
Minority View Excluded G. Scott Riekerswest Lampeter Township
Jun 02, 2008 ... The Government Study Commission's responsibility is to provideunbiased information to the general public about the possibility ofadopting a home-rule charter for Lancaster County. GSC members assured the county commissioners that the $50,000 intaxpayer money allocated for educating ...
Eras Past ; This Week In Lancaster County History 25 Years Ago 50 Years Ago 75 Years Ago 100 Years Ago
Jun 02, 2008 ... Summaries of local news stories from the pages of the LancasterNew Era appear in this space each Monday. They are researched andcompiled by New Era staffer Tim Buckwalter. Full versions areavailable on microfilm at the Lancaster County Library, 125 N. DukeSt. LAKE TROUBLE: The ...
Gas Nozzle To Our Heads, We're Rethinking Our Suv
Jun 02, 2008; ... When I think back over all the really dumb things I've done inrecent years - and believe me, they make up quite a list - perhapsnone matches up to the decision my wife and I made in the summer of2003. Gird yourselves. We (gulp) bought an SUV. At the time, with our ...
In Brieffirm Changes Name To Energywise Consulting
Jun 02, 2008 ... Expense Reduction Services has changed its name to EnergyWiseConsulting, reflecting its new concentration on energy and wateruse. Founder and owner Nelson C. Hoover said the ...
Moving On To The Real World
Jun 02, 2008; ... I watch as my student struggles to close the box of yearbooks. He folds the end flap, then he folds the other end. Another twofolds, and the box top is closed ... temporarily. The flaps immediately flip open. He tries again, this time starting from the opposite ...
Footloose' Entertaining Despite Uneven Spots
Jun 02, 2008; ... THEATER REVIEW Footloose, the musical that opened at the Dutch Apple on Thursdaynight, is an energetic and fun show about a misunderstood highschool kid who loves to dance but finds himself living in a townwhere dancing is illegal. The no-dancing law was put into effect when ...
His Old Desk Waits - For 5 Years ; East Hempfield Twp. Welcomes Back A Planning And Development Official Who Learned A Lot About Logistics And Supply As A Reservist In Iraq And Kuwait.
Jun 02, 2008; ... It's surprising how it all comes back to you pretty quick, DaveBlackman says. You walk into the office the first day you're back, thinking, OK,how much of this stuff have I forgot?' The phone starts ringing, the e-mails start coming in, and you'rethe only one in the office ...
Bears 8, Barnstormers 3 Barnstormers' Record And The Race
Jun 02, 2008 ... BARNSTORMERS GAME RECAP Lancaster is 13-23 and trails first-place Newark by 9 1/2 gamesin the Freedom Division. PLAYER OF THE GAME ,Mike Bumstead. Newark's starting pitcher, who entered the daywith a 5.34 ERA, pitched seven shutout innings. He allowed two hitsand ...
6 Graduate From Police Academy
Jun 02, 2008 ... Six Lancaster County men recently graduated from the municipalpolice academy training program at Harrisburg Area CommunityCollege. One of the group, Jason J. Dagen of Paradise, received an awardas the most inspirational class member. Dagen and four others - Sean J. Sargen, ...
What A Relief ; The Addition Of Veteran Reliever Jose Cabrera, A Former Major Leaguer, Has Helped Stabilize The Barnstormers' Bullpen.
Jun 02, 2008; ... Jose Cabrera sat with his feet propped on his locker and aportable video game in his hand. It was about 90 minutes until the first pitch and one of theLancaster Barnstormers' newest relievers was trying to kill sometime. Based on this image alone, you'd never know Cabrera is ...
Tender Moments ; Volunteer Photographers Provide Tangible Memories For Parents Who Lose An Infant
Jun 02, 2008; ... The Fisher family wanted to freeze-frame the image of the newbornbaby girl they knew they would never get to see grow up. As Lancaster photographer Krisha Martzall documented moments inone of the final days of the infant's life, Mom and Dad hugged theirdaughter close, gently ...
Deaths Reported 6/2/2008
Jun 02, 2008 ... Bingeman, Arthur 89, Lebanon, June 1, 2008. Rohland Funeral Home,272-6673. Brooks, Edward W. 74, of 1682 Furniss Road, Drumore, May 30-2008. Auer Memorial Home and Cremation Services, 800-720-8221. Crossley, A. Elizabeth* 93, of Willow Valley RetirementCommunity, May 31, ...
Thieves Hit Homes, Cars In County
Jun 03, 2008; ... Lancaster County police are investigating another recent rash ofburglaries, car lootings and other theft crimes A resident of the 700 block of Janet Avenue spotted two peoplelooking into and trying to open vehicles in his block shortly before1:30 a.m. Sunday, Manheim Township ...
Historic Trust Wants To Banner Stevens, Smith
Jun 03, 2008; ... The first exhibit of a planned Thaddeus Stevens and LydiaHamilton Smith museum could go on display next month for everyone tosee. The stern face of Stevens, Lancaster's 19th-century abolitionistand legislator, and Smith, his housekeeper confidante, could belooking down at ...
Cyberbullying 2.0 ; Meet The Next Generation Of High-Tech Intimidation. More Kids Than Ever Are Victims. And Those Threats Are Turning More Violent.
Jun 03, 2008; ... An argument on MySpace escalated recently to a confrontation in aCaernarvon Township parking lot. Three girls - a 17-year-old and two 14-year-olds - allegedly toldthe person who was driving their car to run over a 16-year-old girl,State Police at Ephrata said. Their target was a ...
Prudential Homesale Buys E-Town Firm
Jun 03, 2008; ... Prudential Homesale Services Group has acquired Elizabethtown-based Preferred Realty for an undisclosed price, effective today. The transaction doubles Prudential's business in fast-growingnorthwest Lancaster County, boosting its market share there to morethan 40 ...
Obelisks Highlight Penn Manor Students' Design Skills
Jun 03, 2008; ... ROXANNE TODD Some Penn Manor High School art students are leaving their markbehind for all to see. With the help of Kathy Buckwalter, a long-term substitute artteacher, and Kevin Lehman, an artist in residence, students workedin groups of about eight to create ceramic tiles ...
Police - Fire Digesttraffic Checks Morals Offenses Drunken Driving Accidents School Incidents Theft Crimes Theft Charges Drug Charges Vandalism Disturbances Fires
Jun 03, 2008 ... WEST HEMPFIELD TWP.: Township police issued 11 citations forspeeding and seat-belt violations between 4 p.m and 8 p.m. Tuesdayon Prospect Road at Spooky Nook Road. The speed limit is 45 mph, andthose cited drove between 57 and 62 mph, police said. MOUNT JOY TWP.: Northwest Regional ...
Denver-To-Denver Bike Ride Against Cancer ; Cocalico High Grad Hopes To Raise $100,000, With Help From Lance Armstrong.
Jun 03, 2008; ... Chet Andes' family had to face a monumental challenge the lasttwo years. So he decided to honor them by creating a new one to takeon himself. In 2006 and 2007, Andes' grandfather, great-grandfather, and thenhis mother, were all diagnosed with different forms of cancer. Hecame up ...
Revamped Wycliffe Bible Translators Closing Office Here ; Wycliffe's Leadership Thinks It Will Be Cheaper And More Effective To Have Members And Volunteers Spread Out Across Their Respective Regions.
Jun 03, 2008; ... Wycliffe Bible Translators is closing all six of its regionaloffices, including one here, as it restructures its domesticoperations. The big picture is, with all the communications technologyavailable today, the need for regional offices has diminished, saidWycliffe's John ...
Riversharks 8, Barnstormers 1 Barnstormers' Record And The Race
Jun 03, 2008 ... BARNSTORMERS GAME RECAP Lancaster is 13-24 and trails first-place Newark by 10 games inthe Freedom Division. PLAYER OF THE GAME ,Chris Young. Camden's starting pitcher allowed just fourbaserunners in seven innings. He became the latest pitcher tocompletely shut down ...
The Beat ; Talk And Tour Buckle Up, Baby
Jun 03, 2008 ... Ephrata Community Hospital's Family Maternity Unit will offer aTalk and Tour for expectant parents, 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday, June 12,at the hospital, 169 Martin Ave., Ephrata. Participants will tour the maternity area, meet staff and askquestions. To preregister, call the Family ...
Insider Criticizes Bush Dan Dolteast Lampeter Township
Jun 03, 2008 ... In a slapstick comedy when the punch-drunk fighter wakes up onthe canvas, the first thing he asks is, Wha happened? After years of being bullied around by George Bush, ScottMcCellan, a Bush insider, has awoken and asked the question on manyAmericans' minds, What ...
Church, Cobys Set Parenting Courses
Jun 03, 2008 ... San Juan Bautista Catholic Church and COBYS Family Services arepresenting two parenting courses this summer. The courses run concurrently on June 10 and 17 and July 1, 8, 15and 22, from 6 to 8 p.m. at San Juan Batista. Guiding Good ...
Coming: 90 ; Do We Have Hot News For You. After An Unusually Mild Late Spring, Heat And Humidity On Way.
Jun 03, 2008; ... Remember 90 degrees? Well, it's coming back. After a cooler-than-normal May, a summer weather scenario iskicking in, bringing with it humidity, thunderstorms andtemperatures hitting 90 by Friday. The pattern has definitively changed. ... We're going to be inthe thick ...
Obama's Naivet On Foreign Policy
Jun 03, 2008 ... Iran's fickle president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is singing the sameold down-with-Israel tune. It's getting tiresome. In 2005, Ahmadinejad said Israel should be wiped off the map. He repeated the verbal attack again this week, saying thecriminal and terrorist Zionist ...
Celebrate Life
Jun 03, 2008; ... Lori Rineer has an upbeat sense of humor about breast cancer. During chemo, she painted her bald head and invited a card-playing group of friends to her regular treatments. After she underwent a double mastectomy, she considered gettingher chest tattooed and going on the TV ...
Pressure Canner Gauge Tests Set
Jun 03, 2008 ... A Penn State Cooperative Extension home economist will test dialgauges in pressure canner lids. Dates and locations: June 12, 1-3 p.m., at Weaver's HardwareStore in Leola; June 13, 1-3 p.m., at Weaver's Store inFivepointville; June 16, 6-8 p.m., at the Farm and Home Center, ...
Ephrata Teachers Win Grants
Jun 03, 2008 ... The Ephrata Area Education Foundation has awarded 11 venturegrants totaling more than $10,000 to teachers in the Ephrata SchoolDistrict. The grants, which are sponsored partially by local businesses,allow teachers to offer programs not typically supported by thedistrict's ...
Signs Of Change At Doneckers
Jun 03, 2008; ... By TIM MEKEEL and ROBYN MEADOWS / New Era Staff Writers Doneckers still isn't talking about its future. But its actions say plenty. Doneckers has started sales at its clothing store and finefurniture gallery that suggest the businesses might be closing. Although ...
Bus Trips Concerts Special Events
Jun 03, 2008 ... Datebook NIAGARA FALLS: Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation andCommunity Services will sponsor a trip to Niagara Falls fromSaturday, June 7, to Sunday, June 8. The bus will leave the parking lot of Elizabethtown Area HighSchool, 600 E. High St., at 6 a.m. Saturday and ...
$1.25 Million Bail Set For Former Band Director
Jun 03, 2008; ... A former Warwick High School band director will remain in countyprison, unless he can raise $1.25 million cash bail. Todd Sheerer, awaiting trial on charges that he had a sexualrelationship with a student, did not contest the allegations that hehad contact with the teenager last ...
Dairy Farm To Art School, Solanco Grad Will Do More'
Jun 03, 2008; ... JOAN KERN Solanco High School senior Nicole Welk has had a many-splendoredlife. I'm hoping to do more, said the teen, who graduates this evening.I want to take advantage of whatever I can. Welk, 18, daughter of Mark and Kristina Welk, of Quarryville, isan artist, ...
Parade Of Homes Starts June 14
Jun 03, 2008 ... The 2008 Parade of Homes, featuring 54 homes in Lancaster andLebanon counties, will be held Saturday, June 14, through Sunday,June 22. The event is co-sponsored by the Building Industry Association ofLancaster County and the Lebanon County Builders Association for thethird ...
Of Mice And Trees ; Efforts To Rebuild Strips Of Woods Along Streams Here And Nationwide Are Being Hindered By Dying Tree Saplings. Mu Professor's Studies Shed Light On The Problem.
Jun 03, 2008; ... The furry little meadow vole, having spent the night confined ina live trap baited with rolled oats on a farm just west ofMillersville, responds to its liberation by sinking its teeth intothe hand of David Zegers. The Millersville University biology professor has ...
Schools And Colleges ; Honorsindiana University Of Pennsylvania Scholarshipsarmstrong Foundation Awards Towne Club Awards
Jun 03, 2008 ... Tiffany Taylor, daughter of Frederick and Pamela Taylor,Lancaster, won third place in the best short-form video category ofthe university's annual Animation and Multimedia Production Awards.A communications media major, she is a 2004 graduate of LancasterMennonite High ...
Manor Twp. Talks Sewers, Wal-Mart
Jun 03, 2008; ... The first issue is a big one to the two older neighorhoods' 200homeowners - people who say they won't be able to pay to hook up topublic sewers, as they might have to. The second is one of the longer-running disputes ever in ManorTownship, over plans to build a Wal-Mart supercenter ...
I Definitely Want To Improve' ; At His Exelon Invitational, Manheim Township Grad Jim Furyk Laments The State Of His Putter And Hopes To Tighten His Game For The Upcoming U.S. Open.
Jun 03, 2008; ... LAFAYETTE HILL - A beautiful June day. A beautiful golf course.Four outstanding golfers. And while the main focus of the day Monday was enjoying theExelon Invitational, hosted by Manheim Township High grad Jim Furyk,there were other thoughts for the competing golfers. Like ...
3 Mini-Marts Held Up By Lone Gunman Overnight
Jun 03, 2008; ... Two Turkey Hill convenience stores in northeastern LancasterCounty and one in neighboring Berks County were held up by a lonegunman Monday night and early today, police report. A fourth Turkey Hill store robbery that happened early Saturdaymorning in northern Lancaster County also ...
Gears Outlines 4 Summer Camps
Jun 03, 2008 ... Summer camps organized by Greater Elizabethtown Area RecreationServices will take place throughout July. To register for any of the following programs, visitwww.getintogears.org or call 367-0355. CSI E-town will introduce campers ages 9-12 to the world offorensic science. The ...
It's No Longer Your Country William Overlymanheim Township
Jun 03, 2008 ... To you middle class working people who may not yet get it, allowme to explain: This country belongs to the powerbrokers, not you.It's their country, not yours. Whatever PPL wants, PPL gets. However Comcast prefers it, that'sthe way it will be. School boards put on their mock ...
Ephrata Student Wins Design Prize
Jun 03, 2008 ... Ephrata High School junior Logan Auker has won the firstPennsylvania School Boards Association architectural designcompetition. The competition was open to all of Pennsylvania's schooldistricts and vocational schools. Nearly 60 students competed. Students were invited to ...
Pack Notes ; New Bridge Coming For Stony Creek Rail-Trail
Jun 03, 2008; ... The Pennsylvania Game Commission has hired a contractor to builda new bridge over the historic stone-arch Rausch Gap bridge on thepopular Stony Creek rail-trail on Game Lands 211 in Lebanon County. A partial collapse of the bridge from flooding closed the bridgeon March 24, ...