Sunday News Lancaster, PA back issues from September 2003:
Get a big kick out of Trey
Sep 03, 2003 ... Trey is 7 years old and in first grade. He loves the beach, andhis favorite food is crab legs. He is an amazing athlete and excelsin soccer and baseball. His favorite teams are the Washington Wizardsand the Philadelphia Phillies. Trey loves dolphins and aspires to be a marine ...
Eric Wennerstrom, owned body shop
Sep 07, 2003 ... Eric I. "Whitey" Wennerstrom, 77, of 271 Stony Hill Road,Quarryville, died Saturday morning at Lancaster General Hospitalfollowing a brief illness. He was the husband of Christina Pavlides Wennerstrom. Formerly, hewas married to Beatrice Storm Wennerstrom, who died in ...
Colette Mercier Travis, retired secretary
Sep 07, 2003 ... Colette Mercier Travis, 70, of Dayton, Ohio, died Thursday atKettering Memorial Hospital, Kettering, Ohio. She was the wife of Robert J. Travis, to whom she was married 25years. Mrs. Travis retired as a secretary from the subregional office ofthe United Auto Workers after 30 ...
Susquehanna River Water Trail dedicated; It runs 53 miles from just inside Maryland to City Island in Harrisburg
Sep 07, 2003 ... A flotilla of 35 federal, state and county officials andsupporters dedicated the new Susquehanna River Water Trail, lowersection, Saturday by kayaking five miles from Wrightsville to Shank'sMare Outfitters at Long Level. The full 53-mile boat path runs from just below the ...
Spike Lee to speak at F&M
Sep 07, 2003 ... Filmmaker Spike Lee will serve as Franklin & Marshall College'sfall 2003 Mueller Fellow. He is to present "An Evening with Spike Lee," at 8 p.m. Sept. 22in the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. His lecture, part of theRoschel Performing Arts Center Gala Inaugural Season, is ...
August 'Caesar' Shadeck, 79, WW II vet
Sep 07, 2003 ... August M. "Caesar" Shadeck, 79, of East Petersburg, and formerlyof State College, died Tuesday at Essa Flory Hospice Center after abrief illness. He was the husband of Audrey Rolley Shadeck. They were married 55years. Mr. Shadeck worked in the coalmining industry most of his ...
Drive set to recruit Cub Scouts
Sep 07, 2003 ... Information on Cub Scouting will be offered to students in grades1 to 5 and their families during September by the Pennsylvania DutchCouncil, Boy Scouts of America. Parents should look for fliers sent home with students in the nextweek about Cub Scout Round-up in Lancaster County ...
Ruby G. Morrow, 86, seamstress
Sep 07, 2003 ... Ruby G. Morrow, 86, of Conestoga View, 900 E. King St., andformerly of Columbia and New Holland, died Friday at Conestoga Viewof natural causes. She was the wife of the late Harry S. Morrow, who died in 1980. Mrs. Morrow was a seamstress for the former little Prince ...
Russell Mellinger, 89, retired supervisor
Sep 07, 2003 ... Russell B. Mellinger, 89, of 1 Reading Drive, Wernersville, andformerly of 1164 Lincoln Ave., Wyomissing, died Friday evening atPhoebe Berks Home, Wernersville, of natural causes. He was the husband of Frances J. Withers Mellinger. Theycelebrated their 64th wedding anniversary July ...
Marine deployed to Okinawa
Sep 07, 2003 ... Marine private first class Eric J. Eisenberger, son of DeborahLabezius and Thomas Eisenberger Jr., graduated from basic training atParris Island, S.C., and infantry training at Camp LeJune, N.C. A 2002 ...
Pearl E. Jamison, Virginia native
Sep 07, 2003 ... Pearl E. Jamison, 95, of Lancashire Hall, 2829 Lititz Pike, andformerly of Little Britain Township, died Thursday at CommunityHospital of Lancaster. Her husband, Lawerence "Jake" Jamison, died in 1985. A homemaker, Mrs. Jamison also worked in the Little BritainElementary ...
HISTORY LESSONS
Sep 07, 2003 ... Grave Concern Samuel S. Stolzfus will speak at the general meeting of GraveConcern Inc. at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 17, at Lancaster CountyHistorical Society, 230 N. President Ave. His subject will be "AmishFuneral and Burial Customs." The public is invited, and there is ...
W. Karl and Nancy Findley
Sep 07, 2003 ... W. Karl and Nancy Findley, Quarryville, celebrated their 50thwedding anniversary at a family dinner held Sunday, Aug. 17, atHistoric Strasburg Inn. They were married Aug. 11, 1953. They are the parents of Donna,wife of Frank Mapstone, Wrightsville; Terry, husband of ...
Grace B. Dulio, 73, enjoyed baseball
Sep 07, 2003 ... George B. Dulio, 73, of Heatherbank Nursing & RehabilitationCenter, Columbia, died there Saturday morning of natural causes. She was the wife of Samuel J. Dulio Jr. They would have celebratedtheir 16th wedding anniversary in October. Previously, she wasmarried to Benjamin G. Emery, ...
DEATHS
Sep 07, 2003 ... BROWN, Elizabeth Forney Weaver, 85 (Mrs. Robert J.), Mount Gretna,formerly of New Holland. DULIO, Grace B., 73, (Mrs. Samuel J. Jr.) Heatherbank Nursing &Rehabilitation Center, Columbia. JAMISON, Pearl E., 95, (Mrs. Lawrence), Lancshire Hall, 2829Lititz ...
Countian earns national post
Sep 07, 2003 ... George Keebler, Lancaster, was elected third vice president in thePennsylvania Division of the Travelers Association of America. He wasprevious ...
Elizabeth Brown, 85, schoolteacher
Sep 07, 2003 ... Elizabeth Forney Weaver Brown, 85, of Mount Gretna and formerly ofNew Holland, died Thursday at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, aftera brief illness. She was the wife of the late Edward Weaver and the late Robert J.Brown. Known as Betsy, Mrs. Brown taught at New Holland ...
BIRTHS
Sep 07, 2003 ... BLANK, Mr. and Mrs. John S. (Anna Mae Stoltzfus), Gordonville, ason, at Ephrata Community Hospital, Saturday. BOTZUM, Lisa L., and Robert J. Hennessey, Lititz, a daugther, atEphrata Community Hospital, Saturday. KAUFFMAN, Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. (Angela ...
Free smoke alarms
Sep 07, 2003 ... A few months ago, the Lancaster City Fire Department offered mesmoke alarms, plus free installation. I was told that money slated for another project wasn't all used,so the fire department ...
Same time ...
Sep 07, 2003 ... "Same Time Next Year," by Bernard Slade, one of the most popularcomedies of the American theater, will be presented as a specialperformance to benefit the Millersville University Theatre Friday-Sunday, Sept. 12, 13 and 14. The play, in which a couple meets the same weekend every ...
Choice of nature
Sep 07, 2003 ... Henry, Henry, Henry Shave. Surely you jest. Do you really thinkthat the whole world could become gay? That would include you, Henry. But seriously, I am sure that I cannot convince you that gay andlesbian lifestyles are not a personal choice but a choice of naturemade before a ...
Piranha routs Lightning, 51-0
Sep 07, 2003 ... Quarterback Tom Porr led the Central Penn Piranha to a 51-0victory over the Lancaster Lightning Saturday night in a NorthAmerican Football League game at McCaskey High School. Porr had 11 completions on 16 attempts for 184 yards and fourtouchdowns. The Piranha's Walter Bland ...
An ethical test
Sep 07, 2003 ... Gil Smart really is! In his column (Aug. 24) "Undermining theclaim that gays undermine the family," he managed to cut throughcenturies of irrelevant moral, religious and ethical discourse byproposing a definite ethical test, the "dog poop" test. If somebodypicks up his dog's mess, he ...
Miller wins Gettysburg race
Sep 07, 2003 ... Manheim Township sophomore Craig Miller held off CumberlandValley's Brian Fuller at the tape to win the Gettysburg Cross CountryInvitational Saturday at Gettysburg High School. Miller, who led Fuller by seven seconds at the mile mark, survivedFuller's fast finish, hitting the tape ...
Lower Dauphin drops E-town
Sep 07, 2003 ... Aren Johnson's 28-yard, fourth quarter touchdown run marked thedifference as Lower Dauphin came from behind to defeat Elizabethtown,21-14, Saturday night at Hersheypark Stadium. Elizabethtown took a 14-6 lead into halftime on A.J. Shippling's 4-yard run and a ...
CASTING CALL
Sep 07, 2003 ... Lancaster County Youth Symphony, Lancaster County Wind Ensembleand Lancaster County Junior Orchestra 2003-2004 season; studentmusicians, grades 4-12, 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 14, Stager Hall,Franklin & Marshall College, College ...
Traffic calming device
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Local boxing Hall of Fame's first class
Sep 07, 2003 ... Seven charter members were inducted into the East Side AthleticClub's Boxing Hall of Fame Saturday. Inducted, from left, were ...
Accidents waiting to happen; At Route 501 and a feeder road to Route 30, the sounds of squealing brakes and crunching metal are all too familiar. Why do so many drivers run red lights.
Sep 07, 2003; ... Zane Rudy was looking for a science fair project. His dad, Troy,owns Allied Home Inspections at 1604 Lititz Pike, just down from oneof the worst intersections in the county. Zane didn't have to look very far. So last January, with the help of his mom, the seventh-grader ...
Commissioner-to-be seeks delay in sale of suburb sewer system; Downing will voice feelings before vote Monday. Only one now in office agrees.
Sep 07, 2003; ... An incoming Manheim Township commissioner is making a last-ditchappeal to delay the sale of the township's sewer system, arguing thatan independent consultant should review the proposal first. In a statement, Republican nominee Larry Downing is asking thecurrent commissioners for a ...
COUNTY ROADWORK
Sep 07, 2003 ... Following is the roadwork schedule for Lancaster County projectsthis week. Normal work hours are 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. except wherenoted. This list is compiled by Marvin Maurer for the LancasterCounty Planning Commission. Major PennDOT projects Route 283, Dauphin County, at ...
REUNIONS
Sep 07, 2003 ... Sherick family The third Sherick Family Reunion will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday,Sept. 20, at Washington Boro Community Park. All descendants of theWashington Boro Sherick family are welcome. Bring your own place settings, beverages and a covered dish toshare. Items are ...
Rare book filled with watercolors brings $38,000
Sep 07, 2003 ... Jay and Luke Witman of Witman Auctioneers Inc., Manheim, are usedto selling rare Lancaster County items that bring thousands ofdollars. But they had their topper Saturday afternoon when an 11-page bookof watercolors, drawn from 1810-1816 by Warwick Township artist AbramKauffman, ...
FIRST STRIKE; Boston College's early scoring onslaught was too much for the stunned Nittany Lions to overcome
Sep 07, 2003; ... UNIVERSITY PARK - The glass-half-full take on this would havesomething to do with the unrecognized monster that is Wake Forest. Still, Penn State's glass seems close to empty right now. The Nittany Lions were beaten with embarrassing ease by BostonCollege Saturday, 27-14 before ...
Motorcyclist is critically injured
Sep 07, 2003 ... Seth Gehman, 18, Reinholds, was listed in critical condition atLancaster General Hospital Saturday night after his motorcycle slidinto a car Friday evening on Route 272 in Adamstown. East Cocalico police said the 6:04 p.m. accident happened nearBoehringer's Drive-In ice cream shop ...
Beiler rakes in the bucks
Sep 07, 2003; ... A Marine just back from Baghdad leading the Pledge of Allegiance.A medley of patriotic songs. A giant flag strung behind the dais. Ameal (chicken and filet mignon) made for all the Atkins dieters inthe crowd. Former county GOP chairman Chet Beiler and his team are known ...
Phils young enough to get (wild) carded?; The drama swirling around the Phillies and their manager has added spice to the National League wild-card race
Sep 07, 2003; ... PHILADELPHIA - You hoped for a playoff race from the Phillies.Melodrama, you thought, was too much to ask for. But now we have a soap opera, or maybe a miniseries. "As the Phillies Turn: Tyler Houston, We Hardly Knew Ye." First there was a death march of a 13-day road ...
Count on their toes the fun you'll have
Sep 07, 2003; ... Felicity and Salem came into the shelter as unweaned kittens. The pair went into foster care together where they had to bebottle-fed every two hours. They were adopted together, but a yearlater their owners moved to Hawaii and could not bring the cats. Salem and Felicity are ...
Freshman keys A-C over Pequea Valley
Sep 07, 2003; ... Statistics can be deceiving. Saturday's L-L League Section Three football game game betweenAnnville-Cleona and Pequea Valley is a perfect example of that fact. PV finished the game with a total of 324 yards, compared to theLittle Dutchmen's 262. However, the one stat ...
North Museum going extinct with 'Weakening Web'
Sep 07, 2003; ... The dinosaurs went extinct. Passenger pigeons went extinct, and American chestnut trees haveall but vanished. Humans are traveling the same path. "Extinction is normal," said Roger Thomas, Earth & Environmentprofessor at Franklin & Marshall College. "Every species ...
A time of transition; After 16 years of doing everything from dishes to the books at Harb-Adult/Transitional Living Center, Jay Kiralfy moves on, and will be missed.
Sep 07, 2003; ... Jay Kiralfy always left the light on for ya, and then some.Besides managing the 54-bed former King Douglas Hotel at 105 E. KingSt., he changed the light bulbs. He cleaned the gutters and thebathrooms. When his Harb-Adult guests were ready to move on, he evenhelped them find new ...
Methodists kick out the jams for Jesus
Sep 07, 2003; ... Jammin' for Jesus has grown like, well, musicians riffing. Wouldn't it be cool if a few United Methodist churches' praisebands got together to help other churches with contemporary worship? That was last September. Wouldn't it be cool if the bands staged a seminar to teach ...
New center offers advocacy, support and more
Sep 07, 2003; ... A new resource for people with disabilities is now available inLancaster County. In March, the Center for Independent Living Opportunities openedat 1380 Harrisburg Pike in Northwest Business Center. It has twoemployees, both with disabilities, and covers Lancaster and ...
Rev. Russell Hobbs sails biblical seas as Captain Hawk
Sep 07, 2003; ... A yo ho ho and Jesus loves me? To pirate Capt. Hawk, children's Christian storyteller, thecombination makes perfect sense. "Many of the stories about Jesus take place at the seaside, so Ithink a pirate is appropriate," said Hawk. "And the treasure chest,by opening God's word ...
Lions look 'unsettled' with Huskers on horizon
Sep 07, 2003; ... UNIVERSITY PARK - Joe Paterno is big on old adages, with which hefigures he bats about .500. "Sometimes they ring true, sometimes they don't," he admittedSaturday. After last week's lackluster win over Temple, Joe Pa applied theone about how football teams have their biggest ...
Manheim Township: Just like California, with sewers
Sep 07, 2003; ... Now I'm going to bore you to tears by addressing something no self-respecting columnist would ever write about: Sewers. (See, I've lost respect for myself already.) But this is a special case. This is about sewers in ManheimTownship, a community where, as we have seen ...
F&M wins opener for new coach
Sep 07, 2003; ... Shawn Halloran was hoping for a fresh start Saturday afternoon inhis first game as Franklin & Marshall's head football coach. The Diplomats delivered with a fast start, dominating OberlinCollege from the second quarter on en route to a 30-6 non-conferencewin at sun-drenched ...
New place to dock; More than 80 years ago, Christian Shenk's dad bought him a special model. Now he's passing the 'relic of Lancaster' on to historical society.
Sep 07, 2003; ... It was around 1920 that young Christian H. Shenk first laid eyeson the ship in a Lancaster antique shop. "In the window, mind you, was a model," he said. "I kept buggingPop about this. A year later he bought it for me." But the 28-inch-long, full-rigged sailing ship was more ...
Time hasn't healed this family's wound; For Cooks, September and Eagles remind them even more of the loss of Dennis.
Sep 07, 2003 ... It was a special night, one that took on extra significance a fewdays later for Dave Cook. Cook says the "coolest thing" happened just before September 11,2001. He, his uncle and his brother, Dennis, were on an all-night,deep-sea fishing trip for bluefish off the New Jersey ...
CATCHING UP ON THE NEWS
Sep 07, 2003 ... The following is a look back at local news events during the pastweek. SUNDAY Aug. 31 - Calis Jamaal Coley, 21, Philadelphia, and Nigel Goodman,24, Lancaster, were found with gunshot wounds in the 300 block ofBeaver Street around 5 a.m. Police had a warrant for a third ...
Taste of the town in Bird-in-Hand
Sep 07, 2003; ... When the fire siren wails, Melvin Stoltzfus, 17, a juniorfirefighter for the Bird-in-Hand Volunteer Fire Co. leaps out of bed,hitches up his suspenders and jumps on his waiting scooter. "It gives me a fast start," said the Amish youth, one of the firecompany's 63 active members. "I ...
It's more than a ballpark; Like a fast pitch down the middle, planning group sees chance to hit a home run for northwest neighborhood. Public meeting is Sept. 26.
Sep 07, 2003; ... If you build it, they will come. But will they stick around to geta bite to eat afterward? Will they feel safe enough to walk the streets at night? Will theybe charmed by the selection of shops and the surroundingneighborhood? And maybe most importantly, will they come back ...
Build new basketball court at Crystal Park; Playgrounds mold youths
Sep 07, 2003 ... Despite our society's becoming more and more "money, money,money,'' we need to remember our own childhood. How many times did weplay at the playground? How did that positively affect us? We learnedsocial skills. We learned to share, take our turn and to betterunderstand our playmates, ...
Navy junior wins YMCA triathalon
Sep 07, 2003; ... Saturday morning was perfect for plunging into the cool waters ofthe Speedwell Forge Lake for nearly 500 participants in the 21stedition of the Lancaster YMCA Triathlon. As members of his team had done for the last few years, BrandonSecrest, 21, of the U.S. Naval Academy, did again ...
Never forget; a searcher in the rubble of the World Trade Center remembers and argues all Americans should too.
Sep 07, 2003; ... This Thursday will mark two years since the terrorist attacks onthe United States. Approximately 3,000 people died that day, thelargest number of war-related deaths on any single day since theCivil War. For many Lancaster County residents, this date will always have aspecial ...
TRAVELS, TRIPS & TOURS
Sep 07, 2003 ... If your school or non-profit club or organization is offering atrip or tour to locations outside Lancaster County or a travelogueopen to the public, please send us a typed notice care of Travels,Trips & Tours, c/o Sunday News, P.O. Box 1328, Lancaster, Pa. 17608-1328. Our fax ...
Tone it down
Sep 07, 2003 ... There's nothing wrong with arguing over the wisdom of renaming twostreets in Lancaster's Southeast for important men in Hispanichistory. (It's possible, for instance, that African Americans who live inthe same neighborhoods might want similar attention for key figuresin their ...
How do same-sex couples threaten the family?
Sep 07, 2003 ... I am baffled by the responses to Gil Smart's article on gaymarriage. I cannot for the life of me understand how a same-sexcouple in a loving and healthy relationship could possibly threatenthe family. My daughter is married. It is a traditional, heterosexualmarriage. She and her ...
A story of one man's legacy at L-S
Sep 07, 2003; ... You will never find the name of Eugene M. Snyder inscribed inhistory books or hear of him in legends of folklore. These facts makehim no less a hero. To those who knew him, Gene Snyder will always bea model on which to fashion our lives. A man who loves his job; wholoved those with whom ...
A right to know
Sep 07, 2003 ... The hush-hush discipline that county Republican leaders have beenimposing on errant committee members, chairman Dave Dumeyer saidrecently, was kept under wraps because the party is a "privateorganization." To an extent, Mr. Dumeyer is correct. But the committee members he has ...
Dowd bashed Clinton, also
Sep 07, 2003 ... It is amazing how selective the memories of some Sunday Newsreaders seem to be. I refer to the constant complaints about MaureenDowd's column (including the letter on Aug. 24). When I began reading her opinions about five years ago, I assumedshe was a conservative, given her ...
For hunters, autumn is the best time to prepare
Sep 07, 2003; ... Sept. 7 - you've got to be kidding! Early Canada goose and dove seasons opened; good weather for theformer, terrible for the latter. Archery season is less than a month away. Then comes early black-powder season for doe. Small game, including turkey - don't forgetgrouse, then ...
Build new basketball court at Crystal Park; Turn Rodney Park into playground for younger children
Sep 07, 2003 ... Recently I had the good fortune to get the OK from the city zoningfolks to allow the neighborhood children to continue using thebasketball half-court behind my house on Ruby Street. We call it"Tornado Alley." So far it has been a smashing success. Many childrenhave to wait in line to ...
'Omen' loss shows signs of disarray
Sep 07, 2003; ... UNIVERSITY PARK - With 6:21 left in the first quarter, the pressbox announcer mentioned that the Nittany Lions' 21-point deficit wastheir biggest in the first quarter since 1994 at Illinois. This time, there would be no comeback. Boston College punched Penn State in the nose in ...
Manheim Twp. history book debuts at festival
Sep 07, 2003 ... "From the Beginning: A History of Manheim Township" is a new bookby C. Nat Netscher, written in honor of Manheim Township's upcoming275th anniversary. Netscher and other members of the Manheim Township History TaskForce will introduce the 272-page hardcover at Manheim ...