Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from December 2008:
'Total Devastation And Shock' ; Pequea Valley High School Students And Staff Are Reeling From The Deaths Of 2 Popular Teachers - Within 3 Days Last Week.
Dec 01, 2008; ... Linda Moyer was a veteran English teacher known for pushing herPequea Valley High School seniors to their full potential whetherthey were heading to college or not. Colleagues remember the 59-year-old woman's tough exterior - shewas battling cancer but vowed to get back to the ...
Thanks From The Mouths Of The Thankful
Dec 01, 2008; ... Thanksgiving is over, but I was able to grab a few leftovers tosavor later. As my mother-in-law served the pumpkin pie, I moved mychair to the kids' table to ask our youngest what they were thankfulfor this year, and if they wanted to answer, what wish they wouldmake for the ...
Backstage At Amt ; A Small Army - Mostly Unseen To The Audience - Changes Sets And Scenery, Assists In Wardrobe Switches And Cues Proper Lighting And Sound To Keep Popular Holiday Spectacular Running Smoothly.
Dec 01, 2008; ... Wearing a headset walkie-talkie and dressed all in black, AlexKing smiles, and stops for just a moment. He's standing near a wall, both hands on one of the 48 ropes thathang down from the ceiling backstage at the American Music Theatre. Crew people are going past, walking ...
Young At Heart ; Partnership With Preschoolers Brings Smiles, Memories To Country Meadows Residents With Dementia
Dec 01, 2008; ... The doors - and even the elevators - leading into the Meadows arelocked 24 hours a day, accessible only with a code. The strict security measures protect the community's 44residents, all in the early or middle stages of Alzheimer's diseaseand other forms of dementia. But on a ...
Products Of 'Sinfulness' Dave Weldenwarwick Township
Dec 01, 2008 ... Regarding the recent letter of Don Waite, owner of HempfieldBeverage, who wrote of being denied fuel-oil delivery because thecompany he contacted is a Christian company that won't do businesswith anyone who distributes alcoholic beverages to the public. Ifeel certain it doesn't stop ...
How We Got In This Mess Russ Laudenbergerlancaster
Dec 01, 2008 ... How did we get here? That's what people want to know. Here's mytake on it. The immediate trigger was toxic mortgages that were handed outpromiscuously by banks that bundled them up and shunted themdownstream until the bubble burst. But that's not the root cause ofthe ...
Reproduction 'Facts' Robert Stauffereast Hempfield Township
Dec 01, 2008 ... I feel sorry for all the people who have in some way lost theability to reproduce. The writer must be a very lonely man or hesimply overlooks all the ...
All The Facts Aren't In John T. Leelancaster
Dec 01, 2008 ... I read with interest a letter in the Saturday, Nov. 22, paper. Itwas under the heading, "Cops asking for trouble." Alexander Zellie wrote that the police should not have shot atthat man at all. The only way people could make that comment wouldbe if they were witnesses at the ...
A Pared-Down '09 County Budget
Dec 01, 2008 ... "You have to learn to live within your means," says CountyCommissioner Scott Martin. That's the guiding principle for Martin and fellow commissionersDennis Stuckey and Craig Lehman as they craft a county budget forthe new year at a time when revenues are growing scarce because ...
Programs' Effectiveness Difficult To Determine Paul L. Westlancaster
Dec 01, 2008 ... In her Nov. 24 letter, Pam Lapp suggests that alternatives toincarceration, such as Teen Challenge, offer a responsible publicresponse to solving prison overpopulation and other communityproblems. She also cites statistics on the effectiveness of thisprogram. One has to be very ...
Police - Fire Digesttraffic Checks Drunken Driving Burglary/Theft Crimes
Dec 01, 2008 ... MANHEIM TWP.: During a four-hour period on Wednesday, townshippolice cited 36 motorists for exceeding the 55-mph speed limit onRoute 30, near Harrisburg Pike. The highest recorded speed was 83mph, police said. MANHEIM TWP.: Dean A. Zwally, 49, of 228 Skyview Lane, Lititz,was ...
Day Of Babysitting In Elizabethtown
Dec 01, 2008 ... An Elizabethtown children's center is offering babysitting from 7a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Gears Kids Center, 70 S.Poplar St. Children in preschool ...
Where 'Please Forward This Or Else' E-Mails Go To Die
Dec 01, 2008; ... Subj. "Forward e-mails" 12/1/08 I am responsible for wrecking the economy. Not President George W. Bush, before or after his duck went lame. So to you, your child or friend who lost a job or home duringthese difficult times, let me say, "I'm sorry." And while I'm ...
Top W. Hempfield Post An Easy Fit For New Manager
Dec 01, 2008; ... He first got into municipal government in the middle of anothereconomic downturn 26 years ago, Ron Youtz recalls. Serving residents in the public sector is "just something I'vealways enjoyed doing, and it felt comfortable from day one," he saysnow. "I just felt like I was in ...
2 Women Still Hospitalized From Gap Crash
Dec 01, 2008; ... Two women remained hospitalized today from a fiery fatal crashFriday on Route 30 near Gap. Kristy Lynn Noel, 30, of Gap,. died in the three-car accident,which was reported at 10:30 p.m. Friday near Hoffmeier Road inSalisbury Township, Lancaster state police said. Cheryl ...
Portraying Baby Jesus In Strasburg
Dec 01, 2008 ... Wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger ...The babies whowill portray the infant Jesus in the annual Christmas pageant atStrasburg's Wesley United Methodist Church are shown with theirmothers. From left: Ashley Hershey with baby Sam, Elizabeth Smithwith baby Elaina, and ...
Fires Strike Home, Apartments ; No Injuries As Rapho Township Home Destroyed And Warwick Township Apartment Building Damaged.
Dec 01, 2008; ... Fire destroyed a Rapho Township home and damaged a Rothsvilleapartment building over the weekend. There were no injuries at either fire, according to Trooper TonyThomas, a state police fire marshal. On Sunday night, about 20 people fled safely from the RothsvilleSchool ...
Stolen Pizza Car Delivered To Cops
Dec 01, 2008; ... A Lancaster woman might have had second thoughts after sheallegedly stole a pizza delivery man's vehicle late Sunday night. About 15 minutes after city police received word of the 11:35p.m. vehicle theft at Lancaster General Hospital, officers spottedthe missing 1998 Mitsubishi ...
'Intelligent' Designs On County's Growth Mark A Half Century
Dec 01, 2008; ... In the spring of 1958, the Lancaster County Commissionersconcluded that creating a county Planning Commission would be "themost intelligent approach to guide the growth and development of thecounty." County planners, community leaders and volunteers from theprivate and public ...
Births
Dec 01, 2008 ... FISHER, Mr. and Mrs. Abner S. (Sarah Jane Fisher), 2467 HarvestDrive, Gordonville, a daughter, at Birth Care & Family HealthServices, Bart, Saturday. GREIG, Katelyn, Christiana, and Taylor Lyons, Parkesburg, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Thursday. HART, Mr. and Mrs ....
Datebookspecial Events Bus Trips Bazaars
Dec 01, 2008 ... OPEN HOUSE: The Janus School, 205 Lefever Road, Mount Joy, willhold an open house from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 4. The event will include a review of the school's mission, a tour,student panel and question-and-answer session. The Janus School is an independent school ...
Deer Hunter Fires Shot Into W. Cocalico Home
Dec 01, 2008; ... Pennsylvania Game Commission officers were trying to locate thedeer hunter who shot through the bedroom window of a West CocalicoTownship home today. Around 7:35 a.m., a shotgun slug broke the glass of a window andput a hole through the curtain in the bedroom of a farmette ...
Eras Past ; This Week In Lancaster County History 25 Years Ago 50 Years Ago 75 Years Ago 100 Years Ago
Dec 01, 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. BIGGER MISSION: With ...
Deaths Reported 12/1/2008
Dec 01, 2008 ... Balentine, Alice E. 84, of Quarryville Presbyterian RetirementCommunity, November 28, 2008. Dewald Funeral and Cremation Services,786-3530. Bauder, Olive G. 96, of 1325 Union Grove Road, Terre Hill,November 28, 2008. Eckenroth Home for Funerals, 445-5122. Benner, Dorothy A ....
Foster Care: Does It Deliver? ; A New Statewide Report Suggests Lancaster County Children In Foster Care Languish Too Long In The System Before Finding Secure, Permanent Homes.
Dec 02, 2008; ... For children in foster care, the journey to a stable home is longand sometimes never ending. Here in Lancaster County, the median length of stay for a childin foster care is 19 months, according to a new report. Of the 517 children in foster care in Lancaster County as ...
Robbery Suspect Nabbed By Officer
Dec 02, 2008; ... Three men fled after allegedly robbing and beating another manMonday night on a Lancaster street, but not all of them got away. Moments after the 9:49 p.m. robbery in the 400 block of NorthMarket Street, city police had a 22-year-old Coatesville man incustody. Officer Justin ...
Nurse To Stand Trial In Boy's Morphine Death ; District Judge Rules There Is Sufficient Evidence To Try Joy O' Shea Woomer For 2002 Death Of Brent Weaver.
Dec 02, 2008; ... Joy O'Shea Woomer, a licensed practical nurse, will stand trialon a charge that she administered a lethal dose of morphine to an 11-year-old East Hempfield Township boy more than six years ago. But no one knows how much morphine was in the boy's body orwhether other drugs found in ...
Will Pa. Bond Help Fund Manor Twp. Sewer Project?
Dec 02, 2008; ... In case anyone missed the point, it was clear again Monday nightthat residents in two Manor Township neighborhoods want answers toan ongoing problem. The problem is a financial one in Letort Manor and Perth Hills,where residents face the prospect of an expensive switch from ...
Sex And Procreation Shannon Bucherlancaster
Dec 02, 2008 ... I feel compelled to respond to Larry Benedict's letter of Nov.26. Wow, Larry, really? Are you married? If so, she is apparentlyvery unhappy. Have any children? If so, you've only had sex once,twice or maybe three times? How sad and incomplete your life mustbe. Now, explain ...
'A Christmas Carol' Is A Gift To The Community
Dec 02, 2008 ... In recognition of tough financial times and as a gift to theLancaster community, the entire run of Theater of the SeventhSister's holiday show will be on a "pay what you will" basis. An adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" by TSSartistic director and co-founder Gary ...
Manheim 'Lockup' Aids Muscular Dystrophy Assocation
Dec 02, 2008 ... Prominent business people in the Manheim area are volunteering to"serve time" in a mock jail next week ... all for a good cause. The lockup at the Country Table Restaurant, Manheim, will be heldThursday, Dec. 11, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. to raise money for theMuscular Dystrophy ...
Traffic Stop In City Leads To Drug Charges
Dec 02, 2008; ... A simple traffic stop for speeding led to a significant drugarrest Saturday afternoon, police said. Shortly after 3 p.m., city police said, Hiram Lebron-Figueroa,25, of the 500 block of Locust Street, was stopped for speeding onSouth Broad Street. But Officers Glen Stoltzfus ...
End To Bush-Bashing Urged Paul Buckwaltereast Hempfield Township
Dec 02, 2008 ... On Monday, Nov. 24, Regina Garreth writes in her letter, "What ifClinton had passed on a U.S. state of affairs like the one Bush isleaving Obama?" First of all, it must be pointed out that if President Bush andMcCain and other senators would have been able to get Obama andChris ...
Rendell Redaction Fees Unnecessary
Dec 02, 2008 ... Last month, Terry Mutchler, director of the fledgling Office ofOpen Records, issued an order that limits to a quarter per page theamount that various government entities can charge citizens seekingcopies of most public records. But Mutchler's attempt to hold down costs for ...
Officers Doing Duty Steven Shannonmillersville
Dec 02, 2008 ... In regards to Mr. Zellie's recent letter, "Cops asking fortrouble." I also believe using a weapon against another human beingshould always be the last resort. Given the facts reported in that incident, when one is asked tokeep your hands where they can be seen by an officer of the ...
On Road To Dictatorship? Bernie Schrivermanheim
Dec 02, 2008 ... On Nov. 4, 53 percent of voting Americans decided to take a sharpleft turn off "Liberty Lane" (however limited the scope of thatliberty actually has been since FDR's quasi-fascist "New Deal"revolution of the 1930s) and on to ...
Lee Iacocca, Where Are You When We Need You? Arno E. Richterlancaster
Dec 02, 2008 ... What America's auto industry needs is Lee Iacocca, or at leasthis approach. It was 1979 when he went to Washington to ask for a loanguarantee to save Chrysler. He traveled in a style that was befitting a man who needed help.He also came with a plan, which included his K Car - ...
Friendly Lancastrians James R. Haugcolumbia
Dec 02, 2008 ... On Tuesday morning, Nov. 25, as I was on my way walking towardsCentral Market, I could feel I was getting out of breath and,finally, outside the market, I stopped and held on to one of thewooden posts to catch my breath. This very nice lady asked me if I was OK. I explained to her ...
Elusive Mountain Lions N. Charles Bolgianoeast Hempfield Township
Dec 02, 2008 ... The Pennsylvania Game Commission took extraordinary measures todeal with a farmer who claimed to have shot at and wounded a largeanimal, possibly a mountain lion, in the vicinity of his home nearChristiana in Southern Lancaster County. The shooting occurred onOct. 9 and has been termed ...
Obama Ready To Go Bob Yeagernew Providence
Dec 02, 2008 ... I'm writing in response to Michael Rauch's letter on Saturday,Nov. 22, "Usual politics from Obama." Evidently your man didn't win the election so you're not stupid.So I guess a huge majority of Americans are stupid as you referredto in your letter. And as for President-elect ...
Births
Dec 02, 2008 ... ALBRECHT, Mr. and Mrs. Matthew D. (Kathleen McCarter),Christiana, a son, at Women & Babies Hospital, Saturday. BEDOLLA, Carmen, Lititz, a son, at Women & Babies Hospital,Friday. CARROLL, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew T. (Anne Kinderwater), Lancaster, adaughter, at Women & Babies ...
Datebookspecial Events Bazaars Meals
Dec 02, 2008 ... EXHIBIT: An opening reception for Tracy Feldman's "For the Loveof the City" exhibit will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5,at Mulberry Art Studios, 19-21 N. Mulberry St. Feldman's showing will consist of mostly new pieces in oil, withjust a few previously shown ...
Eatery Gives Way To Apartments ; Revised Plan Calls For Student Housing At Former Zellem Printing Building On North Charlotte Street.
Dec 02, 2008; ... A former tobacco warehouse that most recently served as home fora printing company is headed for another use. The former Zellem Printing building, at 526 N. Charlotte St.,will house 45 Franklin & Marshall College students under plansapproved by Lancaster City officials. The ...
Time To Order Columbia Blankets
Dec 02, 2008 ... Pre-holiday orders are now being accepted for cotton throwblankets depicting several sites in the Columbia area. Included on the blanket are such well-known sites as the NationalWatch & Clock Museum, Columbia Public Library, Susquehanna ValleyVisitors Center, Veterans Memorial ...
Haircut And Hemline: Barter Away Your Money Troubles ; The Twin Pools Of Brookside Discouraging Telemarketers
Dec 02, 2008; ... The Scribbler got a haircut the other day. The haircut was good, but the story that came with it was better. The hair cutter explained how she is saving money during tougheconomic times. She is cutting the hair of a seamstress. The seamstress is not paying her ...
Man In Bank Photo Not A Suspect, Police Say
Dec 02, 2008 ... Manor Township police say banking errors resulted in the releaseand publication of the wrong man's picture in an alleged illegal ATMwithdrawal case. The man in a bank-surveillance photo published in the Wednesday,Nov. 24, New Era is not a suspect in connection with the ...
Here's How You Can Be Sitting Pretty
Dec 02, 2008; ... Susan Jurgelski So maybe Mom was right. People should sit up straight, because it could be affectingtheir health, according to a new book released by Posture Press. "The Science of Sitting Made Simple: How to look and feel betterwith good posture in 10 easy steps," by ...
Coping With Cancer Stress In America
Dec 02, 2008 ... "Helping Your Children Cope with Your Cancer: A Guide for Parentsand Families" (Hatherleigh Press, 2008), by Peter van Dernoot, waswritten to help families in the aftermath of the death of a lovedone from cancer. Dernoot collected letters from cancer patients and theirfamilies, ...
Police - Firedrunken Driving False-Id Charges Fires Theft Charges Burglary/Theft Crimes Disturbances
Dec 02, 2008 ... MANHEIM TWP.: Karen L. Fox, 33, of 302 Iris Glen, Lititz, wasarrested for suspected drunken driving following a traffic stop at8:50 p.m. Friday on Golf Drive, near Lititz Pike, township policesaid. MANHEIM TWP.: Jorge A. Rodriguez, 54, of 199 Indian Head Road,Columbia, was ...
Cookie Sale To Benefit Quarryville Library
Dec 02, 2008; ... Too busy to bake cookies? The Friends of Quarryville Library canhelp you put homemade cookies and candies on your holiday table withno fuss and no mess. The group is hosting a cookie and candy sale from 10 a.m. to 4p.m. on Friday and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday at ...
Tickets Available For Christmas At The Cloister
Dec 02, 2008 ... Tickets are still available for Ephrata Cloister's 43rd annualChristmas at the Cloister program Monday, Dec. 8, and Tuesday, Dec.9, at 6:30, 7:45 and 9 p.m. Advance tickets are required and may be purchased in The MuseumStore or by mail. Mail requests for tickets must include ...
50 Local Children Get Free Glasses
Dec 02, 2008 ... It's one less thing, but a very important one, for children andtheir families to worry about this holiday season. Park City shopping center's Lenscrafters store is hostingcomplete eye exams and providing glasses for 50 members of the Boys& Girls Club of Lancaster today. With ...
Food Bids Invited For Video Games
Dec 02, 2008 ... Six Feet Under Games, 844 W. Main St., New Holland, will hold abenefit auction for Water Street Rescue Mission at 11 a.m. Dec. 27and 1 p.m. Dec. 28 to benefit the Water Street Rescue Mission. Instead of ...
Faster, Easier, Convenient - For Patients And Employees ; New Lancaster General Downtown Pavilion Is Designed To Meet Many Needs - From Outpatient Blood Tests And X-Rays To Employee Fitness Center And Convenience Store.
Dec 02, 2008; ... People can have their blood tested or X-rays taken at the newbuilding across Duke Street from Lancaster General Hospital. Theycan see a doctor or bed down for the night for a sleep test. Lancaster General employees may work out in a fitness centerhere, or stop on their way home for ...
Road Salt Prices Here Up 30-40% Road Salt Prices ; But Penndot Says Supply In "Good Shape."
Dec 02, 2008; ... The price of the salt that is spread on roads to melt ice issoaring, but local availability is not threatened. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and severaltownships here say they are paying 30 to 40 percent more for saltthis year, but are dodging the more drastic ...
Changing Times Shutters High-Tech Nichia ; Mountville-Area Firm Closing, Victim Of Evolution To Flat-Screen Tvs, Computers.
Dec 02, 2008; ... The gleaming Nichia America plant along Route 30 stands as atestament to the promise of high-tech business. Built on a site once eyed by Wal-Mart, the Mountville-areafacility represents the best of economic development - good jobs,low traffic. But even high tech can get laid ...
In Briefcounty Home Sales Slide 13.7 Percent K-D Tool/Danaher Luncheon Saturday
Dec 02, 2008 ... Home sales in Lancaster County continued to tumble in October,falling 13.7 percent. The Lancaster County Association of Realtors said Monday that 364homes were sold here in October, down from 422 in October 2007. The average selling price dipped 3.5 percent to $188,000 ...
Calendar
Dec 02, 2008 ... Lancaster County Association for Human Resource Management.Tuesday, Dec. 9, 7:30 a.m. at the Farm & Home Center. Speakers: ChipCargas of Cargas Systems, Joe Bertotto of Graystone Bank and GregoryReiff of Quality Custom Cabinetry on "Attracting ...
Lining Up ; Catholic's Offensive And Defensive Fronts Have Been Key To Success
Dec 02, 2008; ... PIAA CLASS AA FOOTBALL By ED GRUVER / Sports Staff HERSHEY - The hook-and-ladder play, code-named "Boise" inLancaster Catholic's playbook, that resulted in a stunning scorejust before halftime? Kyle Smith's 324 yards passing? Jordan Stewart's 152 ...
Corrections & Clarifications
Dec 02, 2008 ... The "Celebrate Christmas" concert that will be presented Saturdayat Oregon Community United Methodist Church, 1218 Creek Road,Lititz, will begin at 6:30 p.m. Due ...
Deaths Reported 12/2/2008
Dec 02, 2008 ... Bruno, Zelda K. 91, of West Chester. December 1, 2008. Groff-High Funeral Home, 354-0444 Critz, Richard 86, of 406 Red Oak Drive, Manheim. November 18,2008. Spence Funeral Services, 664-2270 Fitzkee, Arthur W. Sr. 73, husband of Anna Mary (Cramer) Fitzkee,of Landisville ....
Ah, Nuts! Where Are All The Acorns? ; Poor Crop A Result Of May Freeze, Insects, Dry Conditions - And It's Cyclical.
Dec 03, 2008; ... Where have all the acorns gone? Nut-bearing trees here and in parts of surrounding states havedropped few of the nuggets important to the survival of squirrelsand mice, and a main diet of many other creatures, from turkeys toblue jays to deer. Ron Laughlin, a professor of ...
Egg Tossed At Cruiser Leads To Chase, Crash ; Manor Twp. Man Hurt When Vehicle Strikes Fence, Flips.
Dec 03, 2008; ... The early-morning pursuit started when a motorist threw an eggthat splattered on the windshield of an occupied state policecruiser on Route 462, just east of the city, troopers said. But it lasted only about a minute, ending shortly after 3:30 a.m.today when the fleeing vehicle ...
Reflecting On The Season
Dec 03, 2008 ... The holidays are fast approaching ... as shown by the lightsreflecting off this large ...
2 Cops Justified In Gunman's Shooting ; Da Says Officers Believed Fleeing Man Was Trying To Pull Gun On Them.
Dec 03, 2008; ... Two city police officers were justified in using force against aman they shot during a traffic stop last month, the county districtattorney said today. Officers Jay Hatfield and Andrew Mease shot Charles Robert Lewisafter they believed he was trying to pull a gun on them ...