Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from February 2009:
Admitted Robber Missed Meeting ; Parole Officers Spot His Photo In Bank Heist Here - A Day After His Release From York Jail.
Feb 02, 2009; ... Parole officers wondered why Thuan Tang had missed hisappointment last Tuesday in York. The next day - when they saw the surveillance photos of a robberyin downtown Lancaster, police said -suddenly, they knew. Tang, 36, who had been released from York County Prison onMonday, ...
Drug Task Force 'Barely Making' It ; District Attorney Seeking To Reverse Declining Municipal Funding For Program, Begun Here In 1993.
Feb 02, 2009; ... In 1993, when the Lancaster County Commissioners first asked allmunicipalities to contribute to the expansion of a countywide drugtask force, 54 of 60 municipalities gave $400,000. But last year only 47 municipalities contributed $350,000. Those numbers are headed in the wrong ...
Proud To Be American Kathleen Hooverholtwood
Feb 02, 2009 ... The designations of African-American, Irish-American, etc.,should be the other way around. The steak guy from Philadelphia said it best: "I am an Americanof Italian descent." That is the way people should refer ...
House Call ; Lititz Pediatrician Offers Free Parenting Advice On Monthly Chats At Lancmoms.Com
Feb 02, 2009; ... Imagine if you could ask a doctor anything - without paying foran office visit. LancMoms.com will give parents that rare opportunity duringmonthly live chats with Dr. Stacie Marrie, a board-certifiedpediatrician with Grace Pediatrics, Lititz. Marrie says the chats offer ...
Bush Record On Economy Frank Fryburgmanheim Township
Feb 02, 2009 ... During the four major debates, the Democrat candidates referredfrequently to President Bush's eight years of economic failure.Unfortunately, Sen. McCain never challenged these incorrectstatements. In fairness to President Bush, I believe that it isimportant to set the record ...
Theme Parks Featuring Poor Souls Of Gitmo Tom Glidden, Jr.Rapho Township
Feb 02, 2009 ... Since the potentates in Sacramento and Albany can't balance theircheckbooks, and President Obama is losing sleep over the poor soulsin Guantanamo Bay, here is my dual solution for both problems: Create two theme parks - one in the Presidio in San Francisco andthe other in NYC's ...
Blago; Pettyjohn; Smoking; Pa. Tags
Feb 02, 2009 ... SHORT TAKES Call it the "Blago effect." A York County lawmaker plans to introduce legislation that wouldeliminate the governor's authority to make appointments to theUnited States Senate should a vacancy occur. Instead, the seat would be filled in a special election to ...
Gitmo Prisoners Terri J. Meckleydenver
Feb 02, 2009 ... A distressing consequence that could result from the closing ofGuantanamo Bay was overlooked in your Jan. 27 editorial: Thesecontained terrorists have supporters living all over the world. Barrack Obama is considering moving the captives to the U.S. Ifthe prisoners now being held ...
Facing The 'Choice' Lori Felizzilancaster
Feb 02, 2009 ... In response to the editorial in the Lancaster New Era of Dec. 26,"Keep the conscience-protection rule," and in light of theanniversary of Roe v. Wade (Jan. 22): As a single mother and a recent nursing-school graduate, theeditorial on the conscience-protection rule deeply affected ...
Obama And Afghanistan Teresa Carrascoeast Lampeter Township
Feb 02, 2009 ... Elected to bring change and the troops home from Iraq, PresidentObama is about to redeploy 30,000 combat troops to Afghanistan, aharsh land that has frustrated powerful empires. The British tried to colonize the region, only to be defeated.The Soviet Union, in an attempt to conquer ...
New Dramas To Be Read
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Lancaster Dramatists' Platform will present new works bylocal playwrights on Friday, Feb. 6 at 9 p.m. at the Fulton OperaHouse Clubhouse, 18 N. Water St., directly behind the Fulton. The evening will include readings by local actors of new shortplays by Jim Craig, Ted Miller, ...
Garden Spot Wrestling Coach Dies In Crash
Feb 02, 2009; ... Garden Spot wrestling coach Thomas M. Hecker was killed Sundaynight in a one-car accident in Brecknock Township. "He was good at his job," said district Superintendent RobertHollister. "He was well-liked by the kids and parents." Hecker, 44, was in his third season as Garden ...
Another Gov't Check? Paul Millerlancaster
Feb 02, 2009 ... I'm not in favor of another stimulus check. The first one, whichBush gave out, did not help the economy. If the government really wants to put more money in our pockets,I'd rather see elimination of federal taxes, plus lower the ...
Q-Ville Not Likely To Delay New Sidewalks ; Borough Council To Seek Fifth Street Repaving Bids This Week. Sidewalk Installation Would Be Required By October.
Feb 02, 2009; ... Quarryville residents hoping to avoid paying for new sidewalks incoming months should expect bad news when borough council meetstonight. Borough Manager Al Drayovitch said today he does not thinkcouncil will re-examine the contentious issue of requiring sidewalkinstallation along ...
Hastily Getting Ready Before 'Gavin' Gallops In
Feb 02, 2009; ... It could happen any day now. Any day, baby No. 2 could luge into our lives - headlong, we hope- turning our little world upside down (for the better). Although it has been nine months in coming, it still feels as ifwe've been caught off guard by this, despite all the outward ...
Charges Filed In Rifle Theft
Feb 02, 2009; ... Manheim Township police have charged a city resident with thetheft of a semi-automatic rifle in October, and they are still onthe lookout for the gun. Police today charged Tommy Kim, 18, of East Ross Street, withtheft. He was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge ...
Trial Begins In 2007 Homicide On Juniata St. ; Philadelphia Man Is Charged With Shooting Donte Hammond, 21, To Death And Wounding A 2-Year-Old Girl.
Feb 02, 2009; ... A Philadelphia man, charged in a 2007 Lancaster shooting thatkilled a man and wounded a 2-year-old girl, is standing trial thisweek in Lancaster County Court. Dileef H. Strickland, 20, is charged with criminal homicide inthe death of 21-year-old Donte Hammond of Lancaster. He also ...
Orphie Says: Button Up! ; Prognosticating Critter Evades Pirates, Predicts Six More Weeks Of Winter.
Feb 02, 2009; ... Orphie's outlook: Punxsutawney Phil is a fraud. Oh, and there will be six more weeks of winter. While Orphie and Phil agree on their Groundhog Day forecasts thisyear, the members of the Slumbering Groundhog Lodge of Quarryvilletook issue with "that other" groundhog this morning ...
Births
Feb 02, 2009 ... ATKINS, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley B. (Lisa Johnson), Lititz, adaughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Thursday. BEILER, Mr. and Mrs. Eli (Linda S. Esh), 736 Deiter Road,Strasburg, a daughter, at home, Friday. BOWSER, Mr. and Mrs. Brad A. (Lisa Weachter), Ephrata, a son, atWomen & ...
Write A 'Drive-Safe' Ad
Feb 02, 2009 ... High school students are invited to create a public serviceannouncement on safe driving as part of a contest sponsored by thePennsylvania Department of Transportation. Sophomores, juniors and seniors can enter by submitting a 30-second radio announcement focusing on aggressive ...
Datebooksupport Groups Special Events Classes Clubs Health
Feb 02, 2009 ... LOSS: Hospice of Lancaster County's PATHways Center for Grief andLoss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy, will host "Coping Withthe Loss of a Loved One" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 4. For more information or to register, call 391-2413 or 733-0699. CERAMICS: Make a ...
Another 'Nuisance' Snow Expected Overnight ; Arctic Cold Again Settling In.
Feb 02, 2009; ... Like we needed more proof that the groundhog is a weather expert. Just look outside this evening, and you'll probably see someflurries, which could give us a coating to an inch or two of snow byTuesday morning. The noble Octoraro Orphie today predicted six more weeks ofwinter ...
Divorces
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas granted the followingdivorces on Friday, Jan. 16: Cathy Aboelenin, Elizabethtown, and Khaled Aboelenin, Mount Joy.They were married May 22, 2001. Richard Allen Bleacher, Lancaster, and Debra Mae Bleacher,Lancaster. They were married ...
Cv Gets Safe-Driving Grant
Feb 02, 2009 ... Conestoga Valley High School students received a $2,000 grant tospread the word about safe driving. Erie Insurance and its Lookin' Out program awarded the grant. Carcrashes are the leading killer of teenagers. Erie, in a press release, said the program is a student approachof ...
In Briefjob Fair At Hacc March 25-26 United Zion Plans Rededication Local Businessman Wins Towing Honor
Feb 02, 2009 ... The ninth annual "Partnering for Success Job Fair" will be heldMarch 25 and 26 at the Lancaster Campus of Harrisburg Area CommunityCollege, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each day. At last year's job fair, 110 companies from Lancaster Countyinterviewed 750 people, including HACC students ...
Calendar
Feb 02, 2009 ... Lancaster County Association for Human Resource Management.Tuesday, Feb. 10, 7:30 a.m., at the Farm & Home Center. Speaker:Barry Frey of LMA Consulting Group. Information: ...
Fire Damages House In East Drumore Twp.
Feb 02, 2009 ... Authorities are still investigating the cause of a fire thatdrove an East Drumore Township family from their home Sundayevening. Edward M. and Sarah Faulkner, 800 Church Road and their threechildren were home when the blaze started in the attic. About 70 firefighters from ...
Education Expo At Jcc On Feb. 8
Feb 02, 2009 ... The Jewish Community Alliance of Lancaster's Academy will host anearly education expo from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 8, at theLancaster Jewish Community Center, 2120 Oregon Pike. The event will have vendor displays of education products andprograms for young children. It will ...
Heritage Bill Revived
Feb 02, 2009 ... U.S. Sens. Arlen Specter and Bob Casey have reintroduced a billin Congress to designate Lancaster and York counties as theSusquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area. The senators introdued the bill last September, but it did notpass in the last session of Congress. The ...
School Signup To Begin In Ephrata
Feb 02, 2009 ... Ephrata School District officials are reminding districtresidents that if they have a child who will be 5 years old beforeSept. 1, the child is eligible to register for kindergarten for the2009-2010 school ...
Police - Fireharassment Accident Theft From A Vehicle Retail Theft Charge
Feb 02, 2009 ... FULTON TWP: State police charged Brenda L. Davis, 22, of PeachBottom with harassment after she allegedly punched William R. Kyle,32, of Peach Bottom, in the eye on Sunday. PROVIDENCE TWP: State police said an unknown driver operating agreen Dodge pick-up truck crashed into a van ...
Eras Past ; This Week In Lancaster County History 25 Years Ago 50 Years Ago 75 Years Ago 100 Years Ago
Feb 02, 2009 ... 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. FLED BANK: Five ...
Deaths Reported 2/2/2009
Feb 02, 2009 ... Armentrout, Russell E. 92, of Lancaster. January 21, 2009. WildeFuneral Home, 610-857-5551. Balthaser, Dorothy M. 86, of Centerport. January 30, 2009.Leibensperger Funeral Homes, Inc., 610-562-7823 Crawford, Miriam D. 70, wife of S. Joseph Crawford, of Lancaster.January 31, ...
Jobless Rate Here Highest In 23 Years ; Hits 5.5% In December. Unemployment Office Adds Staffers, Extends Hours, Opens On Sundays.
Feb 03, 2009; ... The unemployment rate in Lancaster County soared to a 23-yearhigh in December, the state Department of Labor & Industry announcedtoday. Continuing its astounding one-year ascent, the jobless rate herehit 5.5 percent, up from 5 percent in November. Yet, as usual, other parts ...
E-Town Seeks 5Th Quiz Bowl Title Lancaster-Lebanon Quiz Bowl Seeding ; Defending Champs One Of Three Lancaster County Schools Ranked In Top Five For Next Week's Lancaster-Lebanon Tournament.
Feb 03, 2009; ... In the past six years, they have won the Lancaster-Lebanon QuizBowl League Tournament four times. Elizabethtown High School has won the tourney more than any otherteam since its inception in 1997. Manheim Township won three times. "We are the defending champions," Elizabethtown ...
Cardiac Chill ; Methodically Lowering The Body Temperature Of Someone In Cardiac Arrest Can Lessen Damage To The Brain. The Chilling Treatment Has Been Used At Lgh Since July.
Feb 03, 2009; ... A drug sedates and paralyzes them. Then their chest and thighs are wrapped in a blanket that hascold water running through it. Their intravenous medicines arechilled. The thermostat is turned down in their hospital room. Degree by degree, their body temperature is methodically ...
The Search For Answers ; Lancaster General's Expanding Genetic Counseling Program Measures Cancer Risk
Feb 03, 2009; ... A New Frontier in Cancer Prevention By MARY BETH SCHWEIGERT / New Era Staff Writer Kelsey Landis' future is full of exhilarating uncertainty. Where will she live after college? What job will she take? But another, darker question looms over Kelsey's future: Will ...
Plan Aims To Plug Gap In Health Care ; State Senator Wants To Match Uninsured Patients With Volunteer Health-Care Professionals
Feb 03, 2009; ... A groundbreaking program in which hundreds of health-careprofessionals volunteer to treat low-income patients here who don'thave health insurance and can't get government help could serve as amodel for a similar statewide network. Sen. Mike Brubaker is proposing to match up ...
The Beat ; Heart Smart Have A Heart
Feb 03, 2009 ... The Penn State Hershey Heart and Vascular Institute will sponsorseveral free presentations on heart health in February. Topics include an "Update on Heart Failure Treatment andResearch" and "Girl's Night Out - Love Your Own Heart," including acooking demo and ...
'Grey's Anatomy' Consultant Speaks
Feb 03, 2009; ... Medical professional Daniel Shapiro has responded to medicalcrises in real hospital settings. As a consultant to the TV series "Grey's Anatomy," he has alsocounseled those creating a fictional hospital experience. Shapiro, the new Penn State College of Medicine Department ...
Tonight's Snow: Expect A Broomer, Not A Shoveler
Feb 03, 2009; ... Just as the snow and ice from last week melts away, LancasterCounty will see a new coating of white by Wednesday morning alongwith much colder temperatures. Odds are, though, it will be an inch or less of snow. And thefrigid temperatures will be out of here by the end of the ...
Borrowing Future Wealth Greg Wilhelmpequea
Feb 03, 2009 ... I feel obliged to apologize to all citizens under the age of 25.The generation that preceded my own borrowed future wealth (mine) topay for and maintain their lifestyle. So it is that my generation isborrowing future wealth (yours) in an attempt to pay for andmaintain its ...
Lending A Hand Michael T. Winterslancaster
Feb 03, 2009 ... I would like to take an opportunity to thank the fine folks outat the Lancaster County Prison who took time from ...
Authority's Sweet Deal Mel Luchteast Hempfield Township
Feb 03, 2009 ... How is this for a sweet deal at a time when the economy is sodepressed? Lancaster County Solid Waste Management Authority is being paid$1 million to sell a parcel of land containing an old municipaldump. Then, they receive another $3 million in state monies to cleanup that same ...
Landlord Bill Gets Mixed Reviews ; City Plan Would Target Disruptive Tenants, And Landlords Who Tolerate Them.
Feb 03, 2009; ... A proposed Lancaster City law intended to crack down on problemtenants and problem landlords got mixed reviews, but few outrightobjections, from landlords Monday. About 15 landlords attended a City Council committee meeting toraise questions about the proposal, which would ...
Illegal Rooming Houses On Rise? ; Some See Demand In City Increasing As Economy Worsens.
Feb 03, 2009; ... Walter Wright has been living on the edge of homelessness for thepast few years. Two weeks ago, through no fault of his own, he found himself overthe line. Wright, 49, came back to his rented room in the 200 block of WestVine Street to find a letter from Lancaster City ...
Health Care For More Pa. Citizens
Feb 03, 2009 ... One of the more interesting proposals in the ambitious 15-billHeathNET PA package offered by Senate Republicans is one from stateSen. Mike Brubaker. Brubaker's legislation would create a statewide program of health-care providers to treat low-income people at no charge. As ...
Ag Security Area Eyed For Leacock
Feb 03, 2009; ... Four townships in Lancaster County do not have an agriculturalsecurity area. Soon, it could be three, or even fewer. Leacock Township supervisors tonight will receive a petition fromfive farmers requesting that a 369-acre ag security area be formedin the largely rural ...
Illinois Corruption Joseph Sebelistmanheim Township
Feb 03, 2009 ... "I've got hope." Do you remember these words that were spread during the electioncampaign? Well, guess what? Here are some real facts not heard ofduring the election: Who ran Illinois government? Senators Barack Obama and DickDurbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., former governor ...
Of 18 Presidents, 12 Were Slaveholders Daniel Spigelmyermillersville
Feb 03, 2009 ... On July 4, 1776, 56 men put their lives on the line by signingthe Declaration of Independence. Of these men, about one-third ownedslaves, and among those were two of the three actual architects ofthe document itself. After the Revolution and failed Articles of Confederation, ...
Amish Increasing Five Times Faster Than The Rest Of Us ; Local Cemetery To Star On Tv Biography Coming On Ted Parker
Feb 03, 2009; ... More than 1,000 Amish babies were born in the Lancaster Countysettlement in 2008. That's according to a correspondent for The Diary, an Old OrderAmish monthly newspaper published in Gordonville Katie Beiler, of Paradise, provides a variety of statisticsrelated to the local ...
Special Events Concerts
Feb 03, 2009 ... Datebook DINNER PARTY: The Susquehanna Valley Couples Connection will hosta "Love Makes The World Go Round" dinner party at 7 p.m. Saturday,Feb. 14, at Yoder's Restaurant, 14 S. Tower Road, New Holland. Punchwill be served at 6:40. Frank and Jo Knipe of Maryland will speak, ...
Injured Cat Recovers, Finds A Home
Feb 03, 2009 ... Shelly, the cat who was shot multiple times in the face and neckby a pellet gun sometime in late November, might have lost her eyesight, but she's gained a loving home. The cat, who was found along Trailside Drive near Denver in earlyDecember, had not only been shot, but was ...
Woman Whose Son Died In Gunfight With Police In '05 Withdraws Lawsuit ; Federal Suit Had Named 19 Defendants, Including 5 Police Departments, 4 Municipalities And The Da.
Feb 03, 2009; ... A woman who sued several law enforcement departments involved inkilling her son after he shot a Lititz policeman has withdrawn herlawsuit. Sandra Faust filed the lawsuit claiming police used "excessiveand unjustified deadly force" when they killed her 23-year-old son,Daniel, ...
Step By Step ; Crusaders' Steady Climb Has Gotten Them To The Section 4 Lead
Feb 03, 2009; ... LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE BASKETBALL By JASON GUARENTE / Sports Staff It was Lancaster Catholic's version of the 12-step program. When Lancaster-Lebanon League boys basketball play resumed inJanuary, the Crusaders knew they needed 12 consecutive wins toguarantee ...
Knights Rain On Streaks' Party ; Hempfield Keeps Manheim Township From Clinching The Section 1 Title With A 49-34 Win.
Feb 03, 2009; ... Kelsey Hohman insisted she didn't have any special feeling priorto Monday's game. No unusually smooth rhythm in her jump shot during pregamewarmups. And no feeling of vengeance in spoiling another team'smoment of glory. In fact, the only feeling she did have was the one that ...
Police - Fire Digestpublic Drunkenness Accidents Retail Theft Theft Harassment Criminal Trespass Warrant Arrest Drunken Driving
Feb 03, 2009 ... EPHRATA: Gerald W. Dull, 48, of Columbia was arrested for publicdrunkenness Saturday at 3:41 p.m. after police responded to reportsof an intoxicated man knocking on doors within the area of 16 N.State Street. EPHRATA: Melissa R. Shonsky, 30, of 23 Sunflower Drive, was citedwith ...
New Benchmark President ; Mike Callahan Advances As Firm Expands Leadership.
Feb 03, 2009; ... In 1985, Mike Callahan and his wife were recent MillersvilleUniversity graduates, living in Delaware County, but eager to returnhere. Their neighbor, who also was looking to move here, had gotten aLancaster newspaper to check the help-wanted ads for himself. But as the ...
Ottawa Fires Hartsburg
Feb 03, 2009 ... Craig Hartsburg lasted less than one season with the unravelingOttawa Senators, who suddenly have a revolving door behind thebench. Unable to turn around a team that reached the Stanley Cup finalsin 2007, Hartsburg was fired as coach Monday just 48 games into aseason in which the ...
Quigley Closing E-Town Plant
Feb 03, 2009 ... Quigley Corp. said today it will close its Elizabethtown plant"in the coming months," idling all 24 workers. Doylestown-based Quigley said the plant's production of hardcandies will be moved to its Lebanon plant. The profitability ...
Winter Camping Truths: Inconvenient But Inspiring
Feb 03, 2009 ... "It was very warm - barely 10 below zero - and the men did notmind." - Jack London from a short story, "An Odyssey of the North" ANSONIA, Tioga County - Our group of five seem a long way from"The Call of the Wild" as we start our annual winter backpackingtrip into the ...
Ephrata Closes In On Section Title
Feb 03, 2009 ... LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE GIRLS ROUNDUP Staff report Ephrata inched closer to winning its first section championshipsince 1991 on Monday night, when the Mountaineers topped Garden Spot44-39 to clinch an L-L League girls basketball playoff spot. Ephrata, which can finish ...
Pioneers Control Fate In Section 3 Playoff Race ; L-S Will Earn An L-L Postseason Berth With A Win Over Manheim Central On Wednesday.
Feb 03, 2009 ... LANCASTER-LEBANON LEAGUE BOYS ROUNDUP Staff report The playoff picture in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section Threebecame a little clearer Monday night despite the fact all threeteams that are tied for second place won. Lampeter-Strasburg had the biggest win, handing ...
Hershey's Giroux Honored
Feb 03, 2009 ... Hershey Bears forward Alexandre Giroux was named the AHL Playerof the Month Monday. Giroux broke Brett Hull's AHL record for goals in consecutivegames when he scored in 15 straight. He also recorded points in 23straight games, breaking a club record that stood since the ...
Births
Feb 03, 2009 ... BUCHER, Mr. and Mrs. Keith A. (Amanda Gochnauer), Mount Joy, ason, at Women & Babies Hospital, Friday. ESH, Mr. and Mrs. Enos R. (Elsie Stoltzfus), Paradise, twindaughters, at Ephrata Community Hospital, Monday. FRAIN-GEHMAN, Diane, and Mark A. Gehman, Ephrata, a son, ...