Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA back issues from March 2009:
March Roars In ; Frigid, Gusty, Near-Blizzard Nor'easter Dumps 3-9" Here, Makes Roads Nasty
Mar 02, 2009; ... March is off to a traditional start, roaring in with blowing snowand frigid temperatures less than three weeks before the officialstart of spring. Temperatures dipped into the 20s late Sunday as a storm systemthat arrived with wind gusts up to 30 mph began dumping 3 to 9inches of ...
Missing Memories ; Lancaster Man Searches For Lost Legal-Pad Tribute To His Late Wife
Mar 02, 2009; ... Curtis Troop still has his late wife Patsy's last EKG. The linespeak and dip, then finally go flat. Mementos of his wife of 20 years, who died of muscular dystrophyin 2000, crowd Troop's small, dimly lit apartment in a LancasterCity high-rise. Mrs. Troop's last pair of ...
Diener Slaying Called 'Chilling'
Mar 02, 2009; ... Ray Diener's family and friends sobbed today as the prosecutortold a Lancaster County jury, step by step, how the Elizabethtownbusinessman was shot to death on the doorstep of his home in 2007. And the person who pulled the trigger, First Assistant DistrictAttorney Christopher ...
Racial Slur Sparked Fulton Fight ; Theater-Goer Claims He Slugged Man In Response To Insult Of Girlfriend.
Mar 02, 2009; ... Bruce P. Hines admits he threw the first punch. But he insists he wasn't the one who started the fight. The Lancaster man, charged in a Valentine's Day brouhaha at theFulton Theatre, testified in court Friday that another patronmuttered a racial slur to him about his ...
Why No 1-Hour Delays Anymore?
Mar 02, 2009; ... Superintendent Robert Frick made dozens of phone calls before 5a.m. today as he drove streets to determine if he should enact a two-hour delay or close schools in Lampeter-Strasburg. A few districts in the northern end of the county called two-hour delays but then closed. In ...
Corrections & Clarifications
Mar 02, 2009 ... In a story on playwright Barry Kornhauser in Friday's New Era, anincorrect name was given for one of the writers who wascommissioned, along with ...
Police Seek Suspects In Convenience Store Hold-Up
Mar 02, 2009; ... Investigators are on the lookout for two masked robbers who helda convenience store clerk at gunpoint and demanded cash. Authorities said the two unknown suspects entered the Quick Stopconvenience store at 2952 East Lincoln Highway last Monday. According to a state police ...
County Gets 'Science In Motion'
Mar 02, 2009 ... A 20-year-old Pennsylvania program that is coming to a localcollege will mean "state-of-the-art" science equipment for highschools unable to afford costly equipment and professional facultydevelopment. On Thursday, March 12, legislators, local school leaders andcollege ...
Police - Fire Digestburglary Criminal Mischief Theft From Vehicle Criminal Tresspass
Mar 02, 2009 ... DRUMORE TWP: An unknown suspect entered a home at 1673 Slate HillRoad through a garage door Sunday, police said, and removed a 2005Yamaha YZ85 and a blue and white 2002 Yamaha YZ85 along with someriding gear. MANHEIM TWP: A resident in the 100 block of Manheim Avenuereported that ...
Mt. Joy Twp. Plans Parkland Purchase
Mar 02, 2009; ... Providing parks and open space for their residents is always atop goal of the people who work in local government. And rural-but-growing Mount Joy Township could be about to add anearly 50-acre swath of land, which the township would develop asballfields and other recreation ...
Mom's House Pays Tribute To 2
Mar 02, 2009 ... Mom's House recently held its Candle of Hope Banquet at theWillow Valley Conference Center. The Candle of Hope Award was given to Lancaster Catholic HighSchool principal Dermot Garrett. Jaclyn's Joy Scholarship Award, ...
'Life Smarts?' Cv Kids Have 'Em
Mar 02, 2009 ... A team of Lancaster County high school students captured secondplace this week in a statewide educational competition testing their"life smarts." Conestoga Valley Senior High School's team was among nine highschools invited to participate in a statewide contest held last weekin ...
Heifer Plans Banquets
Mar 02, 2009 ... Heifer International will hold four information/fundraisingbanquets in Quarryville, Manheim, Lancaster and Lebanon. Kelly Doppelhammer, Heifer East Africa Program assistant, willtell of her work coordinating special projects, including HIV/AIDSprojects in Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, ...
'The Kite Runner' Set At Mu
Mar 02, 2009 ... Millersville University Cultural Affairs Committee will present"The Kite Runner," a theatrical adaptation of Khaled Hosseni's book,at 7 p.m. March 21, in Lyte Auditorium in Alumni Hall. The play, a staged verbatim adaptation of the book, will beperformed ...
Pa. Probe; Murder Suspect, Ll; Casino
Mar 02, 2009 ... SHORT TAKES Corruption's high cost in dollars and cents comes into sharpfocus in the grand jury probe into legislative staff bonuses andpossible misuse of public resources. The state Legislature has spent $5.8 million so far in taxpayermoney on legal fees and other expenses ...
'Obsessive Antics' Of Radical Anti-Smokers Mark Gerasimeast Lampeter Township
Mar 02, 2009 ... I've lived in apartments since 1970, and I've never heardanything so bizarre or neurotic. This latest unprovoked attack on smokers is just another exampleof one group's desire or need to impose its will on another group.The fact that American privacy rights are being nudged ...
Hershey Plant Closure A.B. Bechtoldleola
Mar 02, 2009 ... The Hershey Company is closing its Reading plant and movingproduction to a new factory in Monterey, Mexico. We, the people ofthe United States of America, are out of jobs because of things likethis. How often ...
'The Lorax' Visits Here Eric Ashleyeast Hempfield Township
Mar 02, 2009 ... I wonder if the picture in Thursday's paper of the timberingequipment clearing the way for the new rail yard reminded anyoneelse of "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss. After the garbage from the old city dump is unearthed and hauledaway, I expect that a lot of fill material will be needed to ...
Animals' Fate Pondered Judy Sandtsarasota, Fla.
Mar 02, 2009 ... As I read the plea to adopt 28 mice from the Humane League (NewEra, 2/25), I was listening to the palm rats scurrying above me inour attic. These huge rats live in palm trees. On colder nights,they jump onto our roof and locate a vent pipe to access warmth.Since I have an aversion to ...
Seat-Belt Crackdown Mel Denlingerstevens
Mar 02, 2009 ... To give "cash strapped states" federal money by threateningdrivers to "better buckle up or pay the price" and giving police theauthority to pull over motorists, just for not wearing seat belts,is a violation of a citizen's rights. Oh yes, the seat belt enforcement laws need to be ...
Amish Population Growth A.S. Lantzeast Hempfield Township
Mar 02, 2009 ... Here is my answer to Phil Holzinger's letter of Feb. 14 and hisconcern over a burgeoning Amish population: So far, Phil, there hasn't been an unmarried Amish girl in her30s having 14 children under the age of ...
Unrepentant Terrorist Scott E. Greenawaltmountville
Mar 02, 2009 ... The public outcry against unrepentant domestic terrorist WilliamAyers coming to Millersville University has more to do with the factthat Mr. Ayers owes a debt to society that he refuses to pay andsmirks at the thought of what he did and publicly states he wisheshe had done ...
Law Firm Sponsors Scholarship
Mar 02, 2009 ... The Georgelis Law Firm recently agreed to sponsor a $5,000scholarship with the Kids' Chance of Pennsylvania Scholars Programfor the next five years. Kids' Chance provides financial support for college andvocational education to children of Pennsylvania workers who havebeen killed ...
Schools And Colleges ; Dean's Listlancaster General College Of Nursing & Health Sciences Kutztown University Shippensburg University Graduatesshippensburg University
Mar 02, 2009 ... Local students named to the fall dean's list are: Joanne Adams, Lititz; Rebecca Adams, Salunga; ChristineArmstrong, Lancaster; Michael Ashner, Lancaster; Erica Blevins,Lancaster; Shelly Blough, Mountville; Megan Bosch, Manheim; JessicaBrown, Strasburg; Amy Brubaker, Lancaster; ...
4-H Horse Club Begins In Lititz
Mar 02, 2009 ... A new 4-H horse club will hold its first meeting at 6:30 p.m.Monday, March 9, at the Brownstone Farm indoor arena, 296 Dead EndRoad, Lititz. Young people need to be accompanied by a parent or legal guardianand bring with them ideas for the upcoming year's activities, ...
Stained-Glass Class By Gears
Mar 02, 2009 ... A class on how to complete stained-glass panels will be held inElizabethtown in March. Being offered by Greater Elizabethtown Area Recreation &Community Services, it will be held Thursdays from March 12 through26, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in Elizabethtown Area Middle School ...
Bowl For Kids' Sake Scheduled
Mar 02, 2009 ... Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lancaster County will hold its Bowlfor Kids' Sake fundraising event at three bowling alleys in March. It will be held March 7 at Clearview Lanes in Mount Joy; March 14and 15 at Leisure Lanes in Lancaster; and March 21 at Dutch Lanes inAkron. Bowl ...
Club Has Simple Goal, Easy Dues ; Susan Hagen Was Energized Two Years Ago To Form An Official "Spirit Of Kindness Club" Here, Spreading Good Will Around The Lancaster Area.
Mar 02, 2009; ... Susan Hagen remembers wanting to do something to spread a spiritof kindness after 9/11, shocked that "someone could hate so much." So the Ephrata native and Lancaster resident began performing atleast one good deed a day. That included when she was in the hospital recovering ...
City May Use Stimulus Funds To Rehab Homes
Mar 02, 2009; ... The massive federal economic stimulus package may start small inLancaster City - as small as a single house in a neighborhood. City officials are considering a program that would speed therenovation and resale of vacant homes using Community DevelopmentBlock Grant money available ...
Motel Eyes Expansion On Rt. 30 East Strip ; East Lampeter Leaders Will See New Plans Tonight And Vote On Farmstead Conversion, Housing Proposals.
Mar 02, 2009; ... East Lampeter Township supervisors tonight will consider newhotel rooms, reuse of a historic farmstead and a 22-unit housingplan. It's clear the recession has not halted development in theLancaster suburb known for its tourists, retail outlets andentertainment ...
Mom's Mantra: May The Tai Chi Force Be With You
Mar 02, 2009; ... Maybe it's from watching too many episodes of "Walker, TexasRanger," but I've always wanted to learn a martial art. So when my sister-in-law invited me to take a tai chi class ather church, I jumped at the chance. This is tai chi for arthritis, so there's no flipping people ...
Mt Police Cite 32 For Speeding
Mar 02, 2009 ... Police in Manheim Township cited 32 drivers for speeding Saturdayas part of the year-round "Drive Safe PA" program. Police said the highest speed cited was 81 mph, in a 55 mph zone. Police didn't release the location of the speed detail Saturdayevening. The "Drive Safe ...
Datebookspecial Events Classes Talks/Lectures Meals
Mar 02, 2009 ... BENEFIT KICK-OFF: The Arthritis Foundation will hold a LancasterArthritis Walk kick-off event from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, March 5, atDoc Holliday's, 931 Harrisburg Pike. Light fare and drinks will be served. Anyone interested inlearning about the walk and putting together a team is ...
Births
Mar 02, 2009 ... ARMENTROUT, Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. (Erika Mansfield),Millersville, a daughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Wednesday. BADINGER, Mr. and Mrs. David M. (Amy Good), Ephrata, a son, atEphrata Community Hospital, Sunday. BEILER, Mr. and Mrs. David (Anna King), 476-A Quaker Church ...
Ephrata: No Plans For Bypass Through Farm
Mar 02, 2009; ... Ephrata Township does not plan to build a road through a popularorganic farm. Township Manager Steve Sawyer's phone has been ringing off thehook with calls on the matter, and he wants to set the recordstraight. He said a few residents have been going door to door ...
Sewing Project Is A 'Way To Give Back' ; Bed And Breakfasts, Penn Manor Students Team Up To Turn Pillowcases Into Clothing For Orphans In Mexico.
Mar 02, 2009; ... What do you get when you take some gently used or new pillowcasesfrom Authentic Bed & Breakfasts of Lancaster County and give them toa class of Penn Manor High School textile arts students? The result is a wardrobe of dresses for five girls and pajamabottoms for 10 boys at the ...
Orchestra Trio Provides Inviting Gate Into Its Classical World
Mar 02, 2009; ... CONCERT REVIEW Classical musicians, like many other musicians, like to get outfrom under the umbrella of larger groups and take the spotlight insmaller ensembles. The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra's new chamber music series putviolinist Igor Yuzefovich, the orchestra's ...
Sewer Decision Delayed In Manor
Mar 02, 2009; ... It's not a million-dollar question. But to the hundreds of residents in two older Manor Townshipneighborhoods, it is possibly a multi-thousand-dollar question. And an answer to the question - whether the Letort Manor andPerth Hills neighborhoods will be hooking up to public ...
Calendar
Mar 02, 2009 ... Lancaster County Association for Human Resource Management.Tuesday, March 10, 7:30 a.m., at the Farm & Home Center. Speaker:attorney Eric Athey on human-resource legal news ....
Graduation, Career Fair At Ready2work Training Program Launches Thursday Ppl Increasing Stock Dividend Pnc Slashes Its Dividend By 85% Lititz Builder Wins Statewide Honor Eastern Supports Brush. Brush. Smile!
Mar 02, 2009 ... Nearly 300 residents will graduate Wednesday from the Ready2Workprogram, run by CareerLink, the local Workforce Investment Board andThe Lancaster Chamber. After the 9 a.m. ceremony at Liberty Place, a career fairfeaturing nearly 40 employers will be held there. The fair is opento ...
Mu Women To Host Kutztown
Mar 02, 2009 ... Millersville University's women's basketball team begins itsquest for a conference championship with a home game at 7 p.m.Tuesday against Kutztown. The Marauders earned the first-round home game by finishingsecond to West Chester in the PSAC East. Millersville (22-5, 11-3 ...
8-26 Years For Serial Burglar ; Woman Apologizes, Jailed For Spree Of 19 Break-Ins.
Mar 02, 2009; ... A confessed burglar who hit nearly two dozen homes in Lancaster'saffluent suburbs to feed a growing drug habit in 2007 faced one ofher victims for the first time this morning. "I am very sorry for taking your security away and making youfeel scared in your own home," sobbed ...
Waiting Game ; Diplomats Might Miss Ncaa Tourney After Loss To G-Burg
Mar 02, 2009; ... CENTENNIAL CONFERENCE MEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP By ED GRUVER / Sports Staff The scoreboard in Mayser Center late Sunday afternoon told partof the story of the Centennial Conference men's basketballchampionship, though not all of it: Gettysburg 73, Franklin & ...
Pain Leads To Gain
Mar 02, 2009; ... DISTRICT SWIMMING MECHANICSBURG - If you really think about it, 11 seconds doesn'tamount to much. It's just a blink of the eye in real terms. There are millions of11-second intervals over the course of one's lifetime. Then again, 11 seconds can make all of the ...
Quick Strikes Beat Bruins ; Three Goals In A 1:46 Span Lift Hershey Over Providence.
Mar 02, 2009; ... HERSHEY - A hockey team knows it's playing well when goals comein bunches. For the second night in a row, a quick three-goal strike vaultedthe Hershey Bears to victory. A goal by Chris Bourque and two in a row from Alexandre Giroux inthe span of a minute and 46 seconds lifted ...
Blue Jays Ponder What Could Have Been ; E-Town, Which Had Its Chances In Season-Ending Loss To Widener, Hopes To Build On Gut-Wrenching Defeat.
Mar 02, 2009; ... LOCAL COLLEGE BASKETBALL By GORDIE JONES / Sports Correspondent CHESTER - Somebody told Phil Schaffer late Saturday afternoon,just a few minutes after he became a former college basketballplayer, that when one door closes, another opens - meaning, ofcourse, that another ...
New Generation Finds Pa. Dutch ; Reduced To Whispers During The World Wars, The Language Is Openly Being Spoken Again, At Kutztown University, No Less.
Mar 02, 2009; ... READING - It's hip to be Deitsch. That's good news for Pop-Pop, bad news if you bet the farm thatPennsylvania German would disappear from the face of the Earthduring your lifetime. But it's still here. Any way you say it, Pennsylvania German, Pennsylvania Dutch,Deitsch or ...
Eras Past ; This Week In Lancaster County History 25 Years Ago 50 Years Ago 75 Years Ago 100 Years Ago
Mar 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. HARRISON FORD: Actor ...
Deaths Reported 3/2/2009
Mar 02, 2009 ... Boyes, Ernest L., Sr. 57, husband of Elaine Martin Boyes, ofCoatesville, February 27, 2009. Wilde Funeral Home, (610) 857-5551. Ebersole, Rita* 65, of Lancaster, February 27, 2009. ReynoldsFuneral Home, 786-3272. Giantonio, Pollyanna Y. of Lancaster, February 16, 2009 ....
Friend: Accused Killer Boasted ; Witness Links 4 Suspects To Diener Slaying.
Mar 03, 2009; ... Abraham Sanchez told a friend that he and his friends "robbed andshot a guy and they took his cell phone." But the friend, Marcus Pendelton, who recounted the conversationtoday in Lancaster County Court, stopped short of specificallyidentifying Sanchez as the person who shot and ...
No Agreement So Far For Lgh, Ephrata ; Joint-Venture Talks Nearly A Year Old But Proving 'More Intricate' Than Either Envisioned.
Mar 03, 2009; ... They have been dating for almost a year. But there's no wedding date. Not even a ring. Relationships can be complicated, and there are several reasonswhy the two are taking their time. Ephrata Community and Lancaster General hospitals announced inApril that they were ...
'Ring Of Fire' Hot On Music But Simmers As Drama
Mar 03, 2009; ... THEATER REVIEW "Ring of Fire," the tribute to Johnny Cash that's playing at theDutch Apple Dinner Theatre, features a terrific band and a strongcast of singers. Too bad the show itself is ill-conceived. Turning Cash's iconic music into a theatrical event is a tough ...
Drinking Charges At Bonfire
Mar 03, 2009; ... Police called to investigate the noise from a bonfire over theweekend said the gathering featured alcoholic beverages - and about20 partygoers too young to enjoy them. Just after 10 p.m. Sunday, state police were called toinvestigate a "noise disturbance" on Lamparter Road in ...
Teacher Jailed 3-9 Yrs. ; Former Warwick Band Director, Music Educator Apologizes For Affair With Student.
Mar 03, 2009; ... A former teacher and band director at Warwick High Schoolacknowledged betraying his family, students - and the teenage pupilwith whom he had a lengthy illicit relationship. "There isn't anything I can say that can make up for what I havedone," Todd Sheerer said today in court. "I ...
Sdl To Begin 16-School Renovation Program
Mar 03, 2009; ... Washington Elementary School's gym roof leaked while studentswere inside performing a concert. A teacher's chair busted through the floor of his 20-year-oldmodular/trailer classroom. So, for those and other reasons, it's understandable that there'ssome excitement about next ...
Births
Mar 03, 2009 ... ARMENTROUT, Mr. and Mrs. Scott E. (Erika Mansfield),Millersville, a daughter, at Women & Babies Hospital, Wednesday. ATTA, Romany Faiez, and Rasha Mousa Latif, Columbia, a daughter,at Women & Babies Hospital, Saturday. BLAZIC, Lindsey, and Michael A. Calhoun, Mountville, a son, ...
Datebooksupport Groups Special Events
Mar 03, 2009 ... DIVORCE: Lancaster Evangelical Free Church, 419 Pierson Road,will offer DivorceCare recovery seminars beginning Friday, March 6,from 7 to 9 p.m. Topics include anger, loneliness, new relationships andforgiveness. Childcare is provided. For more information, call ...
W. Vine St. Shooting Probed
Mar 03, 2009 ... Lancaster City Police said they discovered a Lancaster man with agunshot wound of the leg Monday evening after responding to a reportof a shooting. An ambulance took the 39-year-old to Lancaster General Hospitalfor treatment. Today police said they were not releasing the ...
2Nd Teen Charged In Robbery
Mar 03, 2009 ... Manheim Township police said they will charge a 16-year-old boyfor allegedly taking part in a robbery outside Lancaster CatholicHigh School in October. Police said they will file juvenile charges against the 16-year-old Manheim Township resident for possession of a weapon on ...
Investors Wonder: How Low Can Stocks Go? ; Jitters Spread After Market Falls To Lowest Close Since '97.
Mar 03, 2009 ... Just when you thought the numbers couldn't get any worse, theydo. The stock market has lost more than half its value since the peakin October 2007, dropping sharply again Monday, and investors stillhave no confidence that the financial system has found its level. The latest ...
Manheim Twp. Working On Ways To Keep Students From Dropping Out
Mar 03, 2009; ... Most students who drop out of high school say they want to quitbecause it's boring. They simply do not like it. Manheim Township High School educators have heard the same mantrafrom its students who were headed out the door. "Studies have shown when students don't like school, ...
Injunction On Bulova Fails Again
Mar 03, 2009 ... A federal judge has denied again a union's request to freeze thepersonal assets of the president of defunct Bulova Technologies LLC. However, the union's amended December lawsuit seeking to collectunpaid wages for its 40 members is continuing against Bulova and itsfive top ...
Criminal Mischief Public Drunkeness Theft Burglary Disorderly Conduct Harassment Criminal Trespass
Mar 03, 2009; ... SALISBURY TWP: The Loose Caboose Campground, 5130 Strasburg Road,reported that an unknown suspect damaged one of their campers forsale with spray paint sometime between Thursday night and Fridaymorning. EPHRATA: Tabitha Cummings, 35, South State St., was cited withpublic ...
Dems Can't Shake Corruption Label
Mar 03, 2009 ... It's only two months old, but the new Obama administration andits Democratic allies in Congress are already caught up in asignificant number of ethical issues. Ron Kirk, President Barack Obama's choice to be U.S. traderepresentative, provides just the latest example. Kirk, a ...
Boycott Ayers' Visit Shirley Aukampwillow Street
Mar 03, 2009 ... I have read Lisa Morgan's letter of Tuesday, Feb. 24. I wasshocked at reading about the many crimes William Ayers hascommitted, but for which he was never charged. There were manyreasons not to have him at one of our colleges as a speaker. With the cost of college, I see no reason ...