Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from August 2008:
Barnstormers Game Recapbarnstormers 2, Patriots 1
Aug 01, 2008; ... BARNSTORMERS' RECORD AND THE RACE Lancaster is 11-8 and leads second-place York by two games in theFreedom Division. PLAYER OF THE GAME Nick Renault. Lancaster's starter allowed just one run on fourhits in six innings. The righthander earned his first win since June20 ...
Conservation Tax Credits Available
Aug 01, 2008 ... Farmers soon can apply for the Resource Enhancement andProtection program, which provides tax credits for conservationpractices. The State Conservation Commission will ...
Burkhart Hangs On To Earn Title
Aug 01, 2008; ... LANCASTER COUNTY JUNIOR GOLF TOUR PHILIP GLATFELTER Matt Burkhart wasn't terribly impressed with his round. But it was good enough to give him a two-shot victory in theLancaster County Junior Golf Tour Championship Thursday at ConestogaCountry Club. I really ...
Support Groups Clubs
Aug 01, 2008 ... Datebook MENTAL ILLNESS: NAMI PA, Lancaster County Affiliate's annualpicnic will be held in the Commons at Homestead Village, 1800Village Circle, at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 5. NAMI will provide beverages and paper goods. Persons attendingare asked to bring food items to ...
Sdl Board Member On Casino Theft Charge: I Thought It Was The $100 I Had Dropped
Aug 01, 2008; ... Monday afternoon, Janelle Simms says she withdrew money from anATM inside the Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course. Shortly afterward, the Lancaster School Board member was fixingher jacket while standing at a slot machine when she realized shedropped a $100 bill. The ...
Raffle Will Aid Muscular Distrophy
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Lancaster Harley Owners Group is helping to organize amotorcycle raffle to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Lancaster Harley-Davidson donated the 2008 105th Anniversary DynaWide Glide Motorcycle, one of only 1,800 produced, that will beraffled of at the Saturday, ...
Doris Schaub To Head Towne Club
Aug 01, 2008 ... Doris Schaub of Lancaster has been elected the president of theTowne Club of Lancaster. Serving with her as officers will be: Rosalie Antonsen, vicepresident; Mary Jeanne deGroot, ...
Roadside Memorials Struck By Thieves, Vandals In Pequea
Aug 01, 2008; ... At least two roadside memorials at the same intersection inPequea Township went missing recently. Another was destroyed.Authorities don't know how it happened. The crosses were in memory of the late Bonnie Brown ofQuarryville, Thomas Mahan of Peach Bottom and Ernest Vernon of ...
Dean's Listlancaster General College Of Nursing And Health Sciences Graduatesdrew University Rutgers University Harvard University Graduate School Of Arts And Sciences Northwestern University
Aug 01, 2008 ... The following area residents were named to the dean's list forthe spring semester: Rebecca Adams, Salunga; Shauntara Angelo, Lancaster; ChristineArmstrong, Lancaster; Brandon Aukamp, Peach Bottom; Stephanie Axe,Manheim; Kristy Berkihiser, Lancaster; Shelly Blough, ...
Glide On A Dyna Wide Pledge To Witf For Police Tickets
Aug 01, 2008; ... People, Places & Things Susan Jurgelski Raffle Help the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and get a chance to wina Harley. The Lancaster Harley Owners Group Chapter has partnered with theMDA to raffle off a 2008 Harley-Davidson 105th Anniversary Dyna WideGlide ...
Home Free ; New Money-Management Classes Help First-Time Buyers Achieve The American Dream
Aug 01, 2008; ... Buying a home might seem like an impossible dream. Can you really afford that $300,000 farmhouse with the wraparoundporch? School taxes are how much? And what exactly are points, anyway? But Linda Kosich, branch manager of Lancaster mortgage firmAmericaHomeKey, ...
Childbirth Classes Set At Ephrata
Aug 01, 2008 ... Ephrata Community Hospital will hold three six-week childbirthclasses. The classes will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Sessions will be heldTuesdays, from Aug. 5 to Sept. 9; Wednesdays, Aug. 6 to Sept. 10;and Thursdays, ...
Vandalism False-Id Charges Theft Charges Theft Crimes Casino Incidents Disturbances
Aug 01, 2008; ... MARTIC TWP.: Vandals smashed a mailbox on the property of IonaFrancis Ledford, 74, of the 900 block of Susquehannock Drive,Holtwood, on Tuesday night, Lancaster state police said. EAST LAMPETER TWP.: Township police charged Jerome Johnson, 22,of Harlan Street, Philadelphia, with ...
Free Speech Is Street Preacher's Salvation ; York County Man Found Not Guilty Of Violating Lancaster's Noise Ordinance.
Aug 01, 2008; ... Daniel Gowen, a street preacher from York County, believes theFirst Amendment has set him free. Free of a potentially large fine under Lancaster's noiseordinance. Gowen, of Delta, said he was in Penn Square just preaching Bibleverses about the salvation of Jesus Christ when ...
Pitts (Bank) Roll: Fundraising Flourishes As Support Slips ; The Other Guy Ware Quits Finland Post Beiler Challenges Wagner Mccain Gathering Speedy Recovery Double Whammy Calendar
Aug 01, 2008; ... U.S. House Minority Leader John Boehner will travel to LancasterCounty on Aug. 10 to help raise money for U.S. Rep. Joe Pitts' re-election campaign. Not that Pitts needs the help. The Chester County Republican has raised nearly half a millionbucks for his re-election campaign ...
Fire Company Gets Federal Grant
Aug 01, 2008 ... Kinzer Fire Company has received a $25,080 federal grant to helpwith its operations and safety. The money comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security'sAssistance to ...
Daylight Thief Hits W. Hempfield Home
Aug 01, 2008; ... West Hempfield Township police are looking for a bold daylighthouse burglar. Police said a member of the Bruce Stuhlman family returned to thefamily home in the 2000 block of Foxwood Drive, Columbia, at about 1p.m. Wednesday and found the front door standing open. An ...
Celebrating A Heart-Care Milestone ; It's Been 25 Years Since First Open-Heart Surgery Was Performed At Lgh. Surgeon In That Procedure To Throw Out First Pitch Saturday At Clipper Magazine Stadium.
Aug 01, 2008; ... It was Sept. 7, 1983. Gary Ghee, of Leola, was preparing for a triple bypass, the firstopen-heart surgery to be performed at Lancaster General Hospital. I don't think I ever had any fear that you were gonna die oranything like that, Ghee said. Maybe my brain was too slow. I ...
Narkiewicz Is Township's New Wrestling Coach Lititz Captures Legion Crown
Aug 01, 2008; ... In brief JEFFREY REINHART You can take the coaching vacancy sign down outside ManheimTownship's wrestling room. Longtime Lancaster County wrestling guru Joe Narkiewicz will benamed the Blue Streaks' next head coach, pending school boardapproval, the New Era has ...
Bike Theft Has Happy Ending Bike Theft Has Happy Ending
Aug 01, 2008; ... This is a story of love, loss and restoration. This is a story about a man and his bicycle. Tracy Bowman, 42, had ridden bicycles since he was a child. Hewould drag home bikes other people put out with trash. A dozen years ago, Bowman walked into a bike shop in Red Lion ...
Sheetz Planning Store At Busy City Intersection ; Could Be First Of Several Buildings At Corner Of Manheim Pike And Dillerville Road.
Aug 01, 2008; ... High visibility, high traffic and high availability. Those three qualities make the corner of Manheim Pike andDillerville Road very attractive to an expansion-minded retailer. A retailer such as Sheetz. The convenience-store chain wants to build its initial ...
Lack Of Respect Bill Bonannorapho Township
Aug 01, 2008 ... I can't believe Sen. Armstrong's lack of respect for a statedeputy game warden when he refers to him as a cowboy, like there'ssomething wrong with being a cowboy - all because his 37-year-oldson was arrested for breaking the state law when he had a loaded gunin his car. He told ...
Stockyards For Rail Ed Goldenmanheim Township
Aug 01, 2008 ... Have Mayor Gray and F&M's John Fry considered relocating the railyard to the Stockyards property instead of impacting a residentialneighborhood at the proposed relocation ...
Bring Back Fairness' Joe Lintnercolumbia
Aug 01, 2008 ... This letter is in response to your editorial of July 28 on theFairness Doctrine. Why wouldn't conservatives want a return to the FairnessDoctrine, given that conservative talk-show hosts whine aboutdomination of the airwaves and other media outlets by the liberalmedia? Such a ...
E. Hempfield Out Of Control J. Eugene Mummaueast Hempfield Township
Aug 01, 2008 ... Two very significant events occurred in Lancaster County thispast week, both of which cannot and should not go unnoticed. Theyboth indicate a willingness of ordinary citizens to step up to theplate and take matters into their own hands for the benefit of thewhole. The manager who ...
Banish Sex Offenders Dawn Kimmetephrata
Aug 01, 2008 ... I would like to applaud the picketers at Tom Armstrong's house. Here's an idea for those like Mr. Armstrong who are helping outthe sexual offenders: Look for a town where the population wouldonly be you and the number of house guests in your house. I have no tolerance or ...
City Residents Must Stand Firm Against Park Vandals David W. Greinerlancaster
Aug 01, 2008 ... I was thrilled by a recent article about the city's intentions torenovate a number of parks. But another part of my brain asks, Whywaste the time? I don't really mean this, but no matter how much the city does,there will be an element that does not respect those efforts nor ...
Fire Hits Home On Hunsicker Rd.
Aug 01, 2008 ... Suburban fire companies responded to a house fire this morning inthe Mondamin Farms residential area of Manheim Township. Lancaster County Control sent firefighters to the home of Dr.Persila Mertz, 1440 Hunsicker Road, at 9:12 ...
Scooter In River Investigated
Aug 01, 2008 ... Manor Township police and several rescue boats were surveying theSusquehanna River this morning after someone spotted an abandonedscooter partially in the water on the York County side. Soon after 9 a.m., a Roketa scooter was reported ...
Nutcracker' Auditions Aug. 23
Aug 01, 2008 ... The Ballet Theater of Lancaster is holding auditions for itsDecember performance of the Nutcracker Ballet. Auditions will be held Aug. 23 at the Lancaster School of Ballet,214 W. Grant St. All dancers must be enrolled in a ballet class. Those under 18must be accompanied by a ...
24-Hr. Longest Day' Bike Ride To Aid Mom, Ill Baby
Aug 01, 2008 ... Bicyclists Mike Ridgeway and Robin Smith will be taking turns onthe pedals this weekend to raise money for a single mother and herbaby daughter, who has been diagnosed with brain tumors. Ridgeway, founder of the local Dream Ride for Lancaster bicyclerides, and Smith will be doing ...
View From The Top View From The Top
Aug 01, 2008; ... Pedestrians in downtown Lancaster's Penn Square haven't beenlooking at where they are walking in recent weeks. Their eyes have been turned skyward, watching as the Penn SquareMarriott Hotel tower pushes toward the clouds. Construction workers are almost done raising the tower ....
Popular Pesticides More Dangerous Than You Think ; Poisonings, Even Deaths, Tied To Safe' House, Farm Chemicals.
Aug 01, 2008; ... Some pesticides very commonly used by homeowners and farmersalike may not be as safe as previously thought. A first-time analysis of Environmental Protection Agency data bythe Center for Public Integrity found certain pesticides believed tobe not nearly as toxic as most actually ...
Bank-Deposit Law Should Be Redone
Aug 01, 2008 ... The prosecution of Levi Stoltzfoos, the 39-year-old former Amishman who was sentenced last week to 2 to 10 years in state prison forattempting to avoid bank-reporting requirements, remains troubling. Stoltzfoos says he was unaware he was breaking the law in 2006when he made ...
Lost Your Cell Phone? Here's How Finder Can Trace It Home ; When Rodents Overran Market
Aug 01, 2008; ... Carol Morgan recently received a call from her son in California. Mom, you lost your cell phone," said Matthew Morgan. I did not," said his mother. You did," he insisted. Go check and see if you've got it." Carol looked in her pocketbook. Her cell phone was ...
Well Beyond Reckless' Driver Jailed For Death ; 41-Year-Old Lancaster Man Caused Rt. 222 Fatality That Also Permanently Disabled Passenger.
Aug 01, 2008; ... A city man's driving on Route 222 went well beyond reckless" whenhe crashed into another car, killing a woman and leaving herpassenger permanently disabled, a Lancaster judge said today. As a result, Judge Margaret Miller sentenced Miguel Rivera to 11!-W to 23 months in county ...
Honorstemple University Tyler School Of Art Edinboro University Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine Penn State University Graduatesexcelsior College St. Olaf College The Art Institute Of York
Aug 01, 2008 ... Anne E. Buckwalter, daughter of Terry and Melissa Buckwalter, ofMountville, has received the art school's West Family Scholarship inpainting. The award was established by the descendants of StellaElkins Tyler, who founded Tyler School of Art. Buckwalter, a risingsenior, graduated in 2005 ...
Victim Of Fatal Shooting In City Is Identified
Aug 01, 2008 ... The young man who was shot to death Wednesday in the city'ssoutheast area was 19-year-old Curtis Charles Howard of Pittsburgh,Lancaster police said. Howard died at Lancaster General Hospital after being shot in thehead just before 11:30 a.m. at Penn Avenue and Green ...
Births
Aug 01, 2008 ... BROWN, Melissa, and Kirk D. Davis, Lancaster, a son, at Women &Babies Hospital, Tuesday. CROSSEN, Mr. and Mrs. Herman B. (Stacie Excell), Lancaster, ason, at Women & Babies Hospital, Tuesday. EVERWINE, Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Jr. (Lara Williams), NewHolland, a son, at Women & ...
Deaths Reported 8/1/2008
Aug 01, 2008 ... Lavoie, Jeremy A. 27, of Lititz. July 30, 2008. Charles F. SnyderJr. Funeral Home and Chapel, 560-5100 Lehman, Myrtle M. 81, of Landis Homes, Lititz. July 29, 2008.Nissley Funeral Home, 653-1151 Lentz, Charles J. 86, of Lancaster. July 29, 2008. Fred F. Groff,Inc ....
Earnings
Aug 01, 2008 ... PPL Corp. today reported a 45 percent drop in second quarter netprofits, compared to the year-ago quarter that was boosted byseveral special items. Excluding those impacts, net profits were down 23 percent,largely due to higher costs for coal, a key fuel. Revenues fell ...
Richard Hohenwarter Andrew Dumm Ian Huffmyer
Aug 01, 2008 ... Pvt. Richard Hohenwarter, son of Rick and Anne Hohenwarter,Lancaster, has graduated from basic U.S. Marine Corps Depot trainingat Parris Island, S.C. He is currently stationed at the Camp Geiger,N.C., School of Infantry. He graduated in 2007 from Manheim Township High ...
I Can't Believe It' ; The Shock Of The Brutal Slaying Lingers In The Community After Nearly 2 Weeks. Although Not A Surprise, The Murder Charges Add To The Pain.
Aug 04, 2008; ... While the news that Michael Roseboro was arrested and chargedSaturday with murdering his wife was not unexpected for some, theshock of the nearly two-week-old crime remains. I can't believe it. I cannot believe it, Brenda Lutz, 67, saidwhile going to the bank this morning in ...
Affair Called Motive For Roseboro Murder ; Accused Husband Disabled Pool Lights To Cover Crime, Court Documents Reveal
Aug 04, 2008; ... By JANET KELLEY and TOM MURSE / New Era Staff Writers Michael A. Roseboro wanted to end his marriage. He couldn't live" anymore without his girlfriend, according tocourt documents. And end the marriage Roseboro did, police said, by beating andstrangling his wife, Jan, ...
Gunman Linked To Green St. Slaying
Aug 04, 2008; ... Lancaster City police this morning charged a city man inconnection with last week's shooting death of a Pittsburgh-areateenager at Green Street and Penn Avenue. But Carlos Oyola, 19, of the 200 block of Juniata Street, may notbe the only person charged in the shooting. Detectives ...
Live Still Pleases Crowd, No Matter How Small
Aug 04, 2008; ... CONCERT REVIEW HERSHEY -The closest thing to a hometown show and Live couldn'tfill a small hockey arena Friday night. Bringing along BluesTraveler and Collective Soul - two other bands whose hit-making daysare a decade gone - didn't help. Maybe it's too early for 1990s ...
Child-Rape Case Due Another Look
Aug 04, 2008 ... The U.S. Supreme Court owes the people of Louisiana a new day incourt. In a controversial decision handed down on June 25, a 5-4majority declared unconstitutional the Louisiana statute that allowsfor the execution of a man who had raped his 8-year-oldstepdaughter. In doing ...
Church, State, Tax Code Stephen Hornbergermanheim Township
Aug 04, 2008 ... In your July 30 edition of the New Era, there was a letter byPaula Luciano, which criticized a letter from Julie Killian on July28, about separation of church and state. Ms. Luciano states in herletter, It means that no laws should be made based on one form ofreligion. If one ...
Obama Puts On An Act Jacqueline Hallettlititz
Aug 04, 2008 ... I will first ask you to excuse my handwriting as I am legallyblind. Second, I will say I am a Democrat, but I have a fewquestions about Senator Obama. If he turned down all the big-paying jobs to help the poor, howdid ...
Labor Unions Endorsed Leilani A. Marchandholtwood
Aug 04, 2008 ... This letter is directed to the president of Associated Builders &Contractors, Inc., Keystone Chapter: Labor unions are not all cigar-smoking fat cats with big cars. Myfather was a union ironworker. He lived here in Lancaster County,but his union was out of Reading. Union ...
Red Signs Vs. Blue Signs Richhi Rosslancaster Township
Aug 04, 2008 ... It's a beautiful day for a walk past Wheatland, down NorthPresident Avenue. The homes are well maintained and it's a truewonder how, in a short distance, you can have such a variety ofhomes, from mansions to duplexes. For the most part, people are rarely in their front yards, ...
Easy Go, Easy Come Stan And Irene Buchmanor Township
Aug 04, 2008 ... Here we sit, eagerly wondering how long we must wait to readabout how many bonus bucks the Armstrong World Industries highrollers will be paid ...
Duling A Trailblazer Robert Mclanemillersville
Aug 04, 2008 ... Lancaster County has moved out of 14th-century thinking with thehelp of its own Joan of Arc - Lois Duling. Recently transplanted, she embraced Lancaster's farming cultureby revealing the intent of ag-security zones to East Lampetersupervisors through the court. Petitioning ...
Hemophilia Patients Deserve Better Care Ann E. Rogersexecutive Directornational Hemophilia Foundationdelaware Valley Chapter
Aug 04, 2008 ... Order for a Disorder was right on point (7/29 New Era). As manyPennsylvania insurance companies look for ways to contain healthcare delivery costs, while reporting huge surpluses, patients withhemophilia must grapple with harmful restrictions on their access toneeded medicines and ...
Refton Fire Grant
Aug 04, 2008 ... Refton Community Fire Company has been awarded a $52,676 grantfrom the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal ...
Lovell Sisters Light Up Long's Park With Bluegrass Sound
Aug 04, 2008 ... Fine weather and good music came together despite challengesSunday evening. An audience of about 4,500 people at the Long's Park amphitheaterwere treated to a concert by the Lovell Sisters, a Georgia bluegrasstrio, that was booked as a replacement act in the past month. And, ...
Police - Fire Digestdrunken Driving Theft Crimes Vandalism
Aug 04, 2008 ... LITITZ: Robert Esbenshade, 30, of 357 Creekside Lane, Lititz, isbeing charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants and ahit-an-run offense from an accident that happened at about 2:30 a.m.Friday in the 100 block of South Oak Street, Lititz police said.Esbenshade was driving ...
New Director For County Gop
Aug 04, 2008 ... The Lancaster County Republican Committee this morning named anew executive director. William Coder will fill the administrative position left vacantby the departure of Andrew Heath in May. Coder most recently worked for Union National Community Bank as apersonal financial ...
Winning Powerball Sold In Willow St.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The winning Powerball lottery ticket for Saturday's drawing wassold at the Turkey Hill store on Willow Street Pike in WillowStreet. The ticket is worth $86.3 million in an annuity payment plan, or$42.5 million in one payment. A news ...
Elanco And Slots Judy Mousleyblue Ball
Aug 04, 2008 ... Isn't it wonderful? Elanco School District is so rich that it canturn down $448,000 from lottery and casino money to lower the ...
Neighborhoods Unite For National Night Out ; Annual Events To Boost Crime Awareness And Police-Community Relations Will Be Held Across County Tuesday.
Aug 04, 2008; ... For the last 25 years, neighborhoods around the country haveturned on their porch lights on the first Tuesday of August insupport of National Night Out. The event, sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch,pushes for closer police-community relations and heightened ...
4 Facing Charges In Gas Station Holdup Try
Aug 04, 2008; ... A group of young city residents apparently picked the wrong timeto rob an East Lampeter Township service station. An off-duty state police trooper was pumping gasoline into hisprivate vehicle at Tom's Mobil, 1954 Old Philadelphia Pike, lateSunday night when 18-year-old Paul Allen ...
Lititz Dealer To Begin Selling All-Electric Vehicles ; Chinese-Made Zap Xebras Go As Fast As 40 Mph And Can Travel Up To 40 Miles On A Charge. Prices Start At $11,500.
Aug 04, 2008; ... Mike Cronin sees opportunity in adversity. As high gas prices squeeze the budgets of businesses andconsumers alike, his Lititz firm soon will offer an antidote to painat the pump: Electric vehicles. Cronin's Lititz Car Co. is set to supplement its used-carbusiness by ...
Sure, Air Conditioning Is Cool ... To A D-D-D-Degree
Aug 04, 2008; ... Ah, here it is August. Dog days. The locusts are buzzing, the fireflies are glowing inthe heat and humidity. Maybe you spent the day at the pool trying tocool off ... Oh, would you excuse me a minute. Typing is getting difficultwith the icicles starting to form on my fingers ....
Boscov's Files For Bankruptcy ; But Park City Store To Stay Open.
Aug 04, 2008; ... Boscov's today filed for bankruptcy reorganization, blaming adrop in consumer spending due to the weak economy. As part of its reorganization, the Reading-based department storechain will close 10 of its 49 stores at an unspecified date. However, its Park City Center store - ...