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Hetrick Center, a Middletown institution, is sold By Dan Miller
Dr. Paul R. Hetrick, right, founder of the Hetrick Center, a well-known physical therapy clinic in Middletown, and new owner Dr. Scott Colman, who bought the business with his wife, Mary. “We see big things that are going to be happening here in Middletown,” Colman said.
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When a business doesn’t have a plan and things go wrong, it’s big news. The business closes, jobs are lost and customers are abandoned. None of this is happening at the Hetrick Center in Middletown. When founder Dr. Paul R. Hetrick decided it was time for a change, he already had a plan in place. Not that Hetrick is going anywhere. He’s just no longer the man in charge – unless you’re his patient, that is. On Dec. 8, Hetrick transferred ownership of the center that bears his name to Drs. Scott A. and Mary J. Colman, married chiropractors who have been with the Hetrick Center since 2001. Colman is keeping the Hetrick Center name and,
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perhaps more importantly, Hetrick himself. “It’s a strong name in the community,” Scott Colman said of the Hetrick Center. “Everyone knows the Hetrick Center. They don’t know the Colman Center.” One condition of the transfer is that all current staff of the Hetrick Center would continue in their positions. About 40 people are employed by the Hetrick Center, most at the Middletown location at High and North Union streets where the corporate offices are based. The transfer of ownership from Hetrick to the Colmans also includes the center’s three other locations in Mount Joy, Mechanicsburg and Harrisburg. Also, an employment agreement was drawn up that allows Hetrick to stay on at the center as a chiropractor seeing patients as long as he wants. Hetrick is in no hurry to hang it up, although he does Please See HETRICK CENTER, Page A6
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NEWS Lower Dauphin student dies from gunshot wound A 15-year-old Lower Dauphin High School student died on Thursday, Jan. 14 after suffering a gunshot wound at a Hummelstown home, borough police said. Police said they are continuing to investigate the death of Caleb Wehry, of Hummelstown. The Dauphin County coroner’s office scheduled an autopsy for Tuesday, Jan. 19. Counselors were available at the school on Friday, Jan. 15 and Monday, Jan. 18 even though classes were not held because of a scheduled teacher in-service day and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the district said.
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Dr. Ellen Castagneto, superintendent of the Steelton-Highspire School District, was scheduled to return from medical leave on Monday, Jan. 11, but is still not back to work – and district officials have refused to talk about specific details regarding the status of her employment. The Steelton-Highspire School Board originally approved Castagneto’s leave through early December, then approved an extension in early January to continue the leave until Jan. 11. Travis Waters, acting superintendent, said Castagneto has not returned to the district, but was unable to provide any additional information. Waters said that Castagneto remains an active employee of Steelton-Highspire and is currently being paid. During a school board meeting on Thursday, Jan. 14, board members did not mention Castagneto nor her status with the district. The board met prior to the meeting in a closed session, citing personnel and legal issues, as it does every time it meets. Sources in the district said Castagneto’s office was cleaned out in October, leading to speculation on whether she planned to return. Following the school board’s meeting, board President Mary Carricato and board member Natasha Woods posted responses to questions about Castagneto on Facebook. Carricato posted, “That information is 1. Confidential, 2. Personal and 3. Will not be considered for discussion by the Board or any employee of the district...since it would all be hearsay. Some things are not community rights.....Personnel is one!” Carricato added, “There are certain items that are not for discussion. The district is following the laws that are in place.” Woods posted, “I understand the frustration, but know that there are things that cannot be said... the duties of her position are being fulfilled.” “When we are able to say things, they WILL be shared to the community,’’ Woods promised in her post. “I believe in transparency, but legally we are also bond to confidentiality. If anyone has any concerns, you are always welcomed to contact me.” Carricato and Woods did not respond to questions about whether Castagneto is an active
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Kylie Costik poses with her award-winning lamb at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
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ylie Costik, a Londonderry Twp. teen, spent countless days training, shearing, cleaning and blow-drying the lamb she was raising. And the work and commitment paid off at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Costik, daughter of Brian and Mary Costik and a member of the Lower Dauphin Livestock 4-H Club, placed fifth in the Junior Crossbred Market Lambs category – Division 4 weight class – and earned the prestigious chance to sell her lamb at the Farm Show’s livestock auction on Tuesday, Jan. 12. The lamb was purchased by Karns Foods. Farm Show officials could not provide a sale price before the Press And Journal deadline. Costik prepared her lamb for presentation a week before the show. Check out photos of her preparation and experience at the Farm Show on page B8.
Kylie Costik presents her lamb during a livestock auction at the Pennsylvania Farm Show.
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here are no farms in the urban neighborhoods of Steelton or on the suburban streets of Highspire – but there’s farming going on. Steelton-Highspire High School’s School to Table program, where students grow vegetables from fish waste and sell them to local restaurants, was featured at the 100th Pennsylvania Farm Show – and drew the attention of First Lady Frances Wolf. Students showed curious Please See FARM FRESH, Page A6
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First Lady Frances Wolf, right, visits a Pennsylvania Farm Show display of Steelton-Highspire High School’s School to Table program and greets, from left, Bob Welsh, of Wheelhouse Education Programs, which oversees the School to Table initiative; student Ishmael Hodge; and student Zuleyka Folk.
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Kratzer picked as football coach By Eric Wise and Jim Lewis Press And Journal Staff
Gregory Kratzer, a long-time assistant coach for the Lower Dauphin High School football team, will take over as head football coach in 2016, following his appointment by the Lower Dauphin School Board on Monday, Jan. 11. The board voted 7-0 to promote Kratzer, who served 12 years as the Falcons’ offensive line coach, to the head coach position. He had also served as junior varsity head Gregory coach and offensive coordinator for Lower Dauphin. Prior to joining Lower Dauphin, Kratzer coached for Newport High School in Perry County and Upper Dauphin Area High School in Elizabethville. He was a three-year starter on the Lebanon Valley College football team.
Kratzer is a social studies teacher at Lower Dauphin and lives in Grantville with his wife, Natalie and son Finley. The board hired him to replace former coach Rob Klock, who resigned after 14 seasons to spend time with his family – older son Trey, a former Falcon tight end, currently plays for Georgia Tech, and younger son Tommy, a senior who played quarterback last fall, will head to college next fall. Klock compiled a record of 101 Kratzer wins and 57 losses at Lower Dauphin, including a District 3 Class AAAA championship in 2013. Lower Dauphin Superintendent Sherri Smith said that while many qualified applicants applied for the head coach’s job, she was pleased
A summary trial is scheduled for March 9 for Sgt. James Bennett, a Middletown police officer charged by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office with disorderly conduct and public drunkenness stemming from an alleged incident at an off-duty party on Pine Street on Dec. 24. The charges, originally filed with District Judge David Judy, were transferred to District Judge Dominic Pelino of Derry Twp. to avoid a conflict of interest. Judy typically hears cases brought by Middletown police. Bennett has been suspended without pay since Dec. 28, when the charges were filed against him as non-traffic citations by Dauphin County District Attorney Ed Marsico. Middletown Borough Council voted 6-2 on Dec. 30 to uphold suspending Bennett without pay.
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Dan Dougherty Dan Robert “Doc” Dougherty, 65, passed from this world to the next on Thursday January 14, 2016 with his family by his side. Dan fought hard against his cancer for the past year, driven by a desire to do more with and for the people he loved, remaining characteristically strong until the very end. Dan was born on November 21, 1950 to Doris Menear Dougherty and the late George Robert Dougherty. Grandson of the late George and Meta Dougherty and Russell and Meriam Menear, he was raised in Londonderry Township and graduated from Lower Dauphin High School. Dan is survived by his loving wife Pamela Kay Dougherty, with whom he spent the last 29 years; his mother; his brother Michael Dougherty; and loving stepchildren Stephanie and husband Steve Goff; Scott and wife Jodi Higgins; and his beloved grandchildren Christopher “Yogi” and Cameron “Moose” Goff, and Bridget “Git”, Mason “Pete” and Connor “Re-Pete” Higgins, all nicknames given by Dan. To say that Doc lived life to the fullest would be a huge understatement. He proudly served his country as a United States Marine and worked for 30+ years at Three Mile Island, a place he helped both build and operate until his retirement. Dan was a lifelong rugby and ice hockey player, but was most happy in the woods hunting, angling, trapping and scouting ground in Pennsylvania and virtually everywhere he traveled. His many close friends and family know well his love of the outdoors, especially in Northern Pennsylvania at the family’s
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Tioga County hunting camp. In recent years Dan became a certified outdoor guide in Maine, and supporting our veterans in the outdoors was one of his many passions. A memorial service will be announced by the family in the near future. In lieu of flowers the family asks that contributions be made in Dan’s name to the Wounded Warrior Project. We love you “Doc”, you will be missed. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com
Nancy Hayward Nancy Hayward, a lifelong resident of Middletown, passed away on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 in Lancaster. Nancy was the wife of the late Robert Hayward, who passed away in June of 2010. Nancy was born on January 15, 1933 at her family homestead, to Sara (Espenshade) and Harold Whye. She was a member, volunteer and active participant of Geyers United Methodist Church. Nancy was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star - Astro Chapter 380, and an officer of the Elizabethtown Professional Business Women’s Association. After retirement she volunteered with the American Red Cross. Nancy graduated from Middletown High School and immediately began her career in banking. She worked
at several banks in the Middletown/ Elizabethtown area, eventually working her way to branch manager. She retired in 1995. In addition to her husband and parents, Nancy was preceded in death by three brothers. She is survived by her sister Betty Ebersole of Elizabethtown and her brother Jay R. Whye of Hershey. In her retirement, Nancy found joy in spending time with her grandchildren. She will be greatly missed by her two children Robert (Anne) Hayward, and Leslie (Glen) Bootay; grandchildren Leah, Evan, Tess Hayward, and Bailey and Gage Bootay. Memorial services were held on December 28 at Geyers Church. Interment will be private at the convenience of the family. Memorial contributions may be made to Grane Hospice, 3501 Concord Rd., Suite 110, York, PA 17402. Arrangements were made by the Cremation Society of Pennsylvania.
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Lebanon police arrested Kelly Spearman, 39, of Steelton, following an incident during a girls’ basketball game between Steelton-Highspire High School and Lebanon Catholic High School on Dec. 5 in which the Catholic school’s athletic director was injured, police said. Michael Miller, the athletic director, was speaking to fans who were yelling during the game at Lebanon Catholic, then asked Spearman to leave the gymnasium, police said in court records. Spearman “struck him on his chest, knocking him backward and causing him to fall to the ground,” according to the affidavit of probable cause filed in the incident. A PIAA report of the incident said Miller temporarily lost consciousness. Police charged Spearman with aggravated assault-teaching staff member, a felony. He was released from Lebanon County Prison after posting
bail on Dec. 7. Spearman has waived his right to a preliminary hearing, according to court records. Spearman is prohibited by the district from attending athletic events pending the outcome of the case, said Travis Waters, Steelton-Highspire’s acting superintendent. Willie Slade, Steelton-Highspire’s athletic director and director of pupil services, said the incident “did not have anything to do with the game,’’ which was stopped with 2:22 remaining in the third quarter and Lebanon Catholic leading by 15 points. The PIAA ruled on Jan. 11 that the game will not be completed, as suggested by both schools, and no results will be recorded. Slade said the game was a non-league game, and no other girls’ basketball games will be scheduled with Lebanon Catholic. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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Forum Draws Crowd About 1,300 people gathered at Elizabethtown College’s Thompson Gymnasium last Tuesday to participate in an informational forum about outcome-based education (OBE), the controversial plan which was approved last Thursday by the State Board of Education and is expected to radically change the way students are taught in Pennsylvania. Sponsored by the College and Lancaster County Representative Thomas E. Armstrong (R-98th District), the open discussion was intended to educate area residents about OBE, but instead turned into a strident debate, which left many attendees in the dark about the basic facts. “I didn’t learn anything,” said one area resident after the forum. “I went hoping to be informed about out-comebased education, but all they did was argue about it. I finally had enough and left.” An Elizabethtown man agreed with that assessment, noting that he would have preferred an explanation accompanied by flip charts and graphs – ala Ross Perot – rather than the sometimes-heated discussion. Other participants pointed with displeasure to the fact that the forum’s moderator, Edwina Coder of the
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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, further providing for compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: That section 16(b) of Article V be amended to read: § 16. Compensation and retirement of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) Justices, judges and justices of the peace shall be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of [70] 75 years. Former and retired justices, judges and justices of the peace shall receive such compensation as shall be provided by law. Except as provided by law, no salary, retirement benefit or other compensation, present or deferred, shall be paid to any justice, judge or justice of the peace who, under section 18 or under Article VI, is suspended, removed or barred from holding judicial office for conviction of a felony or misconduct in office or conduct which prejudices the proper administration of justice or brings the judicial office into disrepute. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is passed by the General Assembly. ——————
Proposing integrated amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, eliminating the Traffic Court of Philadelphia. The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby resolves as follows: Section 1. The following integrated amendments to the Constitution of Pennsylvania are proposed in accordance with Article XI: (1) That section 1 of Article V be amended to read: § 1. Unified judicial system. The judicial power of the Commonwealth shall be vested in a unified judicial system consisting of the Supreme Court, the Superior Court, the Commonwealth Court, courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal [and traffic] courts in the City of Philadelphia, such other courts as may be provided by law and justices of the peace. All courts and justices of the peace and their jurisdiction shall be in this unified judicial system. (2) That the heading and subsection (c) of section 6 of Article V be amended to read: § 6. Community courts; Philadelphia Municipal Court [and Traffic Court]. *** (c) In the City of Philadelphia there shall be a municipal court [and a traffic court]. The number of judges and the jurisdiction [of each] shall be as provided by law. [These courts] This court shall exist so long as a community court has not been established or in the event one has been discontinued under this section. (3) That subsection (d) of section 10 of Article V be amended to read: § 10. Judicial administration. *** (d) The Chief Justice and president judges of all courts with seven or less judges shall be the justice or judge longest in continuous service on their respective courts; and in the event of his resignation from this position the justice or judge next longest in continuous service shall be the Chief Justice or president judge. The president judges of all other courts shall be selected for five-year terms by the members of their respective courts[, except that the president judge of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia shall be appointed by the Governor]. A Chief Justice or president judge may resign such position and remain a member of the court. In the event of a tie vote for office of president judge in a court which elects its president judge, the Supreme Court shall appoint as president judge one of the judges receiving the highest number of votes. *** (4) That subsection (b) of section 12 of Article V be amended to read: § 12. Qualifications of justices, judges and justices of the peace. *** (b) [ Judges of the traffic court in the City of Philadelphia and justices] Justices of the peace shall be members of the bar of the Supreme Court or shall complete a course of training and instruction in the duties of their respective offices and pass an examination prior to assuming office. Such courses and examinations shall be as provided by law. (5) That subsection (a) of section 15 of Article V be amended to read: § 15. Tenure of justices, judges and justices of the peace. (a) The regular term of office of justices and judges shall be ten years and the regular term of office for judges of the municipal court [and traffic court] in the City of Philadelphia and of justices of the peace shall be six years. The tenure of any justice or judge shall not be affected by changes in judicial districts or by reduction in the number of judges. *** Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of these proposed constitutional amendments, the Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of these proposed constitutional amendments. The Secretary of the Commonwealth shall submit the proposed constitutional amendments under section 1 of this resolution to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth as a single ballot question at the first primary, general or municipal election which meets the requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least three months after the proposed constitutional amendments are passed by the General Assembly. ——————
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 1 AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years, instead of the current requirement that they be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70? Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to require that justices, judges and justices of the peace (known as magisterial district judges) be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides that justices, judges and justices of the peace be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. Justices of the peace are currently referred to as magisterial district judges. If the ballot question were to be approved, justices, judges and magisterial district judges would be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years rather than the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 70 years. This amendment to the mandatory retirement age would be applicable to all judges and justices in the Commonwealth, including the justices of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, judges of the Commonwealth Court, Superior Court, county courts of common pleas, community courts, municipal courts in the City of Philadelphia, and magisterial district judges. The ballot question is limited in that it would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution related to the qualification, election, tenure, or compensation of the justices, judges or magisterial district judges. The effect of the ballot question would be to allow all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to remain in office until the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years. This would permit all justices, judges, and magisterial district judges to serve an additional five years beyond the current required retirement age.
PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT 2 ABOLITION OF THE PHILADELPHIA TRAFFIC COURT Ballot Question Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to abolish the Philadelphia Traffic Court? Plain English Statement of the Office of Attorney General The purpose of the ballot question is to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia. Presently, the Pennsylvania Constitution provides for the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia as part of the unified judicial system. If the ballot question were to be approved, the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia would be abolished by removing all references to the Traffic Court and the judges of the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia from the Pennsylvania Constitution. Legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions performed by the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. As a result, violations of the Vehicle Code previously adjudicated by the Traffic Court are presently being adjudicated by the Philadelphia Municipal Court. The proposed amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution. This ballot question is limited to whether the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia should be abolished. The ballot question would not amend any other provisions of the Pennsylvania Constitution beyond the removal of all references to the Traffic Court and its judges. The effect of the ballot question would be to abolish the Traffic Court in the City of Philadelphia. As discussed above, legislation enacted in 2013 transferred the functions of the Traffic Court to the Philadelphia Municipal Court. This amendment would officially abolish the Traffic Court by removing all references to the Traffic Court and its judges from the Pennsylvania Constitution.
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$3,750 in jewelry and pistol stolen A township resident reported the theft of an array of jewelry and a handgun but is uncertain exactly when the thefts took place, police said. The victim believes the thefts took place between Aug. 1 and Jan. 4 from her home in the 1000 block of Georgetown Road, police said. She told investigators she noticed items of jewelry were missing from a jewelry box kept in one of the PUBLIC NOTICES
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Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll, PO Box 72413, Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com Column No. 832/January 20, 2016
Why Genealogy Is Important For Children - Maureen A. Taylor
There are plenty of reasons why adults should be curious about family history, but what about children? Why should adults teach children about genealogy? I’m sure you have a few answers of your own. My interest in genealogy and history began when I was about nine. At that point, there were no books written on the subject for kids. Instead I worked my way through Gilbert Doane’s, “In Search of Your Ancestors” and followed his advice for about a year. It was a college history assignment that rekindled my interest in the topic and led to my working in the field. That’s when I discovered that family history is a great way to teach children history - local, national and international. Over the years, as I worked with school groups, it became apKatelynn Kennedy Mark Zachary Wagner parent there was still a lack of resources for children interested in genealogy. When writing, “Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors” (Houghton Mifflin 1999), I Katelynn Kennedy and Mark ZachWagner, son of Dan and Michelle interviewed professional genealogists and friends to find out about their childhood ary Wagner were named Students of Wagner, is a member of the Link Crew. experiences with genealogy. They told me two things: First, that they found famthe Month for January at Middletown He raises boer goats and is a member ily history fascinating as children but didn’t know how to go further with it, and Area High School. of the Pennsylvania 4-H’s Lower second, that their grandparents played a pivotal role in their future as genealogists. I bet many of you first became interested in the topic as children, but waited until Dauphin Livestock Club. Kennedy, daughter of Brian and Kim In the community, he is a member you were adults before your started researching those names. Think of all the Kennedy, is a member of the girls’ of the Garden Chapel Youth Group interviews you could have conducted with relatives that are no longer alive. My soccer team, track and field team, and Garden Chapel Pride Team and grandmother never talked about her family, and I’ve been stuck on her parents for Mini-THON Committee and Link works at the Masonic Village Farm, decades. If only I’d known what to ask. Perhaps that brick wall wouldn’t exist. Crew and is the editor of the yearbook. Elizabethtown. He enjoys playing So why get children involved with family history, and how do you do it? Let me give you a few reasons and suggestions: In the community, she is a member the banjo. It Provides Kids with a Connection - Every day in news we hear about of her church’s youth group and an He plans to attend the Montana Wil- children gone astray because they feel disconnected to their family and the intern for PinnacleHealth. She plans to attend York College to derness School of the Bible, Augusta, world. As genealogists you know that families are endlessly fascinating. By study nursing, with the goal of becom- Mont., for a year, then Harrisburg Area filling in the blanks on the charts you discover that while all families are unique, Community College and eventually researching our family is a personal detective story. You discover charactering a nurse anesthetist. “I’m honored and proud to be able study animal science at Delaware Val- istics about yourself that you have in common with an earlier ancestor. For to represent my school and class this ley University, Doylestown, with the example, a musically talented child discovers that his great-grandfather played month, and to know that my teachers goal of a career in animal agriculture. an instrument and sang in the church choir. The news media also focuses attention on how different families are today “I am honored to be chosen by my nominated me for this awards is a than in past generations. As a genealogist I object. The variations in today’s humbling feeling,’’ she said. teachers,’’ he said. households are not that different than in previous centuries, although they are talked about more. For adoptees, research can help them connect to their adoptive family. This also means creating a sense of family by discussing the adoption process as well as why they were adopted (in age appropriate language), how you selected their names and teaching them about their heritage. If they know their birth name, adopted children can also research their birth family. Of course there are lots of different adoption stories, so think about how to establish that link using their history. Rodney L. Horton, of Middletown, was elected Pass on a Sense of History - At home, children need to have a sense of hisWorshipful Master of Harrisburg-Snyder Lodge tory. It’s part of understanding who they are. This includes their own personal No. 629, Free and Accepted Masons, at the lodge’s history as well as how world history influenced family decisions. Talk about inaugural meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 5 at the Harwhat you did when you were their age, finding a common element. My children risburg Scottish Rite Cathedral. can’t believe that their grandparent’s lived without modern “necessities.” This The lodge is a merger of the former Harrisburg is basic history. When was television invented and when did you first experiLodge No. 629, founded in 1903, and William S. ence it? What was your town like a few years ago or a century ago? Snyder Lodge No. 756, founded in 1933. The new Ask them to keep a dairy, write a memoir, take pictures, or create a scrapbook. lodge has 561 members. The final format is whatever they would like to produce based on their own 205311A01 Horton, 32, is the planning and zoning director for creativity. It could even be a comparison of what their life is like compared to Elizabethtown Borough, and a former Middletown another family member’s life at their age. Borough councilor. History surrounds kids, but they don’t think about it. They primarily live in A native of Philadelphia, Horton earned a Bachthe present. In my kid’s case, they live for the moment without thought of what elor’s degree in public policy at Penn State in came before so I try to incorporate history into everyday life through ordinary 2005 and a Master’s in public administration at tasks. It’s difficult to talk about history without boring children and the same Shippensburg in 2010. Rodney L. Horton is true for family history. My son loves sports, but hates all the protective
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Bartholomew, Blackboard Brothers to headline gala Teacher Tim Bartholomew, a guitarist who played with a rock band made up of elementary school instructors, will serve as master of ceremonies for the Lower Dauphin Falcon Foundation’s eighth annual Blue & White Gala on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Hollywood Casino. The theme for this year’s event will be “Back to the Future” and feature Lower Dauphin’s Blackboard Brothers rock ’n’ roll band. The band, which had been made up of elementary school teachers, performs classic music from the 1950s and 1960s. The band members are all retired now and last performed in 2013. Bartholomew plays lead guitar in the band, but is also well-known for his service to Lower Dauphin as a fifth-grade teacher at Nye Elementary School. He continues to be involved in the district’s Outdoor Education Program at Camp Hebron in Halifax. Bartholomew grew up across the street from Londonderry Elementary School and his fifth-grade class was the first to spend a week at Camp Hebron in the spring of 1969. He later returned to Camp Hebron as a student counselor in his junior and senior years at Lower Dauphin High School – and he says that experience helped inspire him to pursue a career in education. Upon graduation from Penn State in 1980, he was hired as a fifth-grade teacher at Nye and took students to Camp Hebron for the next 33 years. Since retiring in 2013, he teaches Bible study for children, volunteers at Nye, serves as a driver at Masonic Village, works as a substitute teacher
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equipment. It only takes a moment to insert a comment about the lack of shin pads and helmets when I was a kid to get his attention. Instead of waiting for him to ask another question, I’ll ponder out loud, “I wonder what {insert the sport} was like when Grandpa was a kid. I like to think of genealogy as the history of everyone in the family even pets. No detail is too small to mention. After all, the goal is keep kids a part of the family and create a future generation of genealogists. Gives Them A Context in Which to Understand the World - There are common threads that reappear in every generation besides birth, marriage, and death. Ask any student how many times they’ve moved in their lifetime and what the readjustment was like and you have a context for mentioning immigration. Many children move at least once during their school years. The local high school uses census documents to teach about immigration and assimilation. Unless the children are immigrants, moving is something they can relate to. War is another current that runs throughout family history. What is your family’s experience during wartime, the current one and past ones? Older children can interview people, research documents and write about their findings. This is part of what we do as genealogists. By teaching kids family history one step at a time, you have a chance of giving them a lifetime hobby. Maureen A. Taylor, contributing editor to Family Tree Magazine is the author of Preserving Your Family Photographs (Betterway 2001) and Uncovering Your Ancestry through Family Photographs (Betterway 2000) as well as a guide to family history for kids, Through the Eyes of Your Ancestors (Houghton Mifflin, 1999). Her columns appear in New England Ancestors, Ancestry Magazine, and Family Tree Magazine. Her numerous television and radio appearances include The View, MSNBC, and DIY: Scrapbooking Why Genealogy is Important for Children, next column. Want to thank Ancestry Daily News for permission to reprint Maureen Taylor article. Daily News (http://www.ancestry.com/dailynews)
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The Lower Swatara Twp. Athletic Association will hold registration for youth baseball, girls’ softball and teener baseball from 1 to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23 at the Lower Swatara Municipal Building, 1499 Spring Garden Dr., Middletown. For questions, including cost and fundraiser options as well as online registration, visit www.lstaa.org or call Jason Wagner at 717-5740536. •••••
hope to cut back his hours and to even start taking vacations, “something I haven’t done before,” Hetrick said. As for how long he plans on sticking around, Hetrick spoke of how he was inspired by a recent article about Dr. Raymond Grandon, an internal medicine doctor in Harrisburg who retired at the end of 2015 at age 96. “I said, ‘Here’s my hero,’ “ Hetrick noted. “Dr. Grandon just retired at 96, so I’m here until at least 96. In all honesty, I always want to see patients.
I enjoy patient care. The business side – not as exciting for me.” Ask Hetrick why he is stepping aside now, and he responds not by talking about himself, but about the vision that unfolded in the years after he launched his practice in Middletown as a chiropractor in 1979. Early on he realized that chiropractors were just “one piece of the puzzle” when it came to helping people deal with injuries and pain. Physical therapists were another. “The problem was that chiropractors and physical therapists never com-
Middletown quiz bowl team to appear on TV Middletown Area High School will compete against Spring Grove High School in the semifinal round of BrainBusters, the TV quiz bowl program on Lancaster-based WGAL. The contest was taped on Wednesday, Jan. 13 and will be broadcast at noon on Sunday, Jan. 31. Middletown defeated Donegal High School in October to reach the semifinals. Team members are Zachary Souders, John Hursh, Mai Dang and Chloe Buckwalter, with Lydia Hursh and Shannon Reese serving as alternates.
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Pennsylvania All-Star Football used the field up to four times each week from November through Dec. 17. There are three teams of boys in sixth, seventh and eighth grades. District records show that through early December, lighting the field cost the district $1,982. In November, the Steelton-Highspire School Board accepted a $100 cash donation from Carl Johnson on behalf of the organization, which was noted as payment for lighting costs on the form the group used to request permission
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Pennsylvania Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera, left, tours the Steelton-Highspire School District’s aquaponics greenhouse in June.
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visitors how plants are grown from the water that holds fish, and how the unusual process, called “aqua-
ponics,’’ works. Steelton-Highspire opened a greenhouse on the school grounds in June – and a public tour drew Secretary of Education Pedro A. Rivera.
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A Steelton woman was charged by police after she allegedly impersonated a child’s mother to sign the child out of Steelton-Highspire High School and then allow the girl to have sex with a 19-year-old man in her home, according to authorities. Laura J. Wright, 33, identified herself as the mother of a 15-year-old girl and signed her out of the school for an appointment on Dec. 11, then brought the girl to Wright’s home on Jefferson Street, according to an affidavit of probable cause filed by Steelton Police Detective Bill Shaub. The girl was brought to Wright’s home to meet a 19-year-old man she had befriended on Facebook, according to the affidavit. Wright “did allow (the child) to have sexual relations with a 19-year-old in her residence,” according to the
Laura J. Wright criminal complaint filed by police. Police charged Wright with corruption of a minor and corruption of a minor-commit truancy. She was released from Dauphin County Prison in lieu of bond. A preliminary hearing
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have the interests of the community at heart, he said. “An important responsibility as a corporate entity within a community is to always respect your neighbors and to become a benefit to the community and not a negative aspect,” Hetrick said. The Colmans’ purchase of the real estate includes a lot next door on the other side of Peters Avenue, giving the center room to grow without leaving its present location in Middletown. “We see big things that are going to be happening here in Middletown,” Colman said. “We see the expansion of Penn State Harrisburg as a big thing. We also see the opportunity to do business in this community as a tremendous potential. We intend to do business here in Middletown for many, many years.” Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
to use the field, according to district records. The school board may set or change costs for using school facilities based on the benefit to the district and community. The field’s artificial playing surface eliminated any maintenance expenses for the group’s use, Waters said. “Mr. Johnson is expected to provide a free football camp for our kids as well,” Waters said. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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Iowa – the same chiropractic school that Hetrick attended. Scott is from Indiana, Mary from Buffalo, N.Y. They dated through school and married just before graduating in 2001 and arriving at the Hetrick Center. The Colmans became “an integral part” of the center, Hetrick said, with Mary running the Mount Joy office and Scott in Middletown cultivating a passion for “the management end of things.” Eventually the Colmans made known to Hetrick that they wanted to acquire the center when Hetrick was ready. No one in Hetrick’s family was interested in following him in the profession, so the Colmans’ offer provided Hetrick with a plan of succession for the business to continue in the future. It also gave Hetrick an alternative to the prevailing trend in health care today – being bought out by “a big conglomerate” that often does not
Group pays $100 for use of Cottage Hill field A local youth football team used Steelton-Highspire School District’s War Veterans Memorial Football Field at Cottage Hill, with the district absorbing nearly all of the costs involved, according to district records. In exchange, the youth team was to provide a free football camp to students, said Travis Waters, acting superintendent. The Hummelstown-based Team
The Middletown Area Historical Society is holding its Annual Membership Meeting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25 at the Historical Museum, 29 E. Main St. Hear what is planned for 2016 and see the progress made at the museum. Light refreshments will be served.
Season passes for swimming at the Middletown Community Pool now are available for sale. Join before March 31 and receive a discount. Fees will go up after March 31. Passes are available at the Olmsted Regional Recreation Board, 55 W. Water St., Middletown. The office is located in the lower level of the Main Street Gym. For more information, call 717-948-3318.
municated with one another. There has always been a turf war going on,” Hetrick said. In 1984 Hetrick acquired the property at High and North Union, which dates to the 1870s, giving him room to grow a center that would integrate not just chiropractors and physical therapists but also massage therapists and the acquatic therapy that bears Hetrick’s own unique stamp – the Hydro-Worx therapy pool that he helped invent. “No one had ever integrated that appropriately,” Hetrick said of the four disciplines found under the Hetrick Center roof. “We have worked hard to be able to establish an integrative approach to health care.” Drs. Scott and Mary Colman are committed to continuing that vision, which Hetrick said was vital to him agreeing to the transfer of ownership. The Colmans came to Hetrick 15 years ago straight out of Palmer College of Chiropractic in Davenport,
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the district had Kratzer in-house to take over. Klock resigned following Lower Dauphin’sfinal playoff game, a 21-13 loss to Central Dauphin on Nov. 20. He assembled his team on the field
is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 28 before District Judge Kenneth Lenker. The 19-year-old man who was involved died before charges could be filed against him, police said. The parents of the girl had shown police evidence of explicit messages sent to the girl by the man she had seen in Wright’s home. Police said they interviewed Wright, who admitted posing as the girl’s mother for a bogus appointment. She was at the home during the meeting between the girl and man, police said. Wright said she remembers the girl coming downstairs after her encounter with the man with hickies on her neck, police said. The parents of the child have acquired a protection from abuse order against Wright, according to the affidavit. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
public employee’s salary are a matter of public record, and the district would also be required to show records of payment for an employee’s benefits in response to a Right to Know request. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
afterward and broke the news – he had planned to leave, at least temporarily, before the season began. Lower Dauphin went 9-3 last season, eliminating Cedar Cliff in the first round of the District 3 playoffs before bowing to top-seeded Central Dauphin.
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Middletown falls to Steel-High, 76-74 on free throws with 0.003 left By Larry Etter
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Middletown’s Brandon Harper (12) makes a layup against a Mustang defender.
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Back in November, when the Middletown boys’ basketball team held tryouts and started preseason practices, fans may have guessed that the Blue Raiders could be competitive when the basketball season got under way. No one knew just how good the Raiders could be – but everyone, including Coach Chris Sattele and his staff, had hopes for a good year. Following a 59-41 victory over West Perry on Tuesday, Jan. 12 in Middletown, one fan asked, “Who would have thought we would be 10-4 right now?” The answer to that probably wavered somewhere between “some’’ and “not many.’’ But the Raiders indeed did claim their 10th win of the season in that Capital Division meeting with the visiting Mustangs and took another step towards their goal of reaching the post-season playoffs. The Raiders, now 10-5 after a close loss to SteeltonHighspire on Friday, Jan. 15 in Steelton, currently are in 12th place in the District 3 Class AAA power rankings, with the top 18 teams qualifying for the playoffs. Steelton-Highspire (8-6) is in 13th place. In the season’s first half, the Raiders enjoyed a successful trip to West Perry on Dec. 9 and came home with a 52-34 win in their pockets. Since that time, the Mustangs showed some improvement,
earning four wins following a rough start. With that in mind, Sattele was expecting a tougher game in January as he prepared for the visitors. And it was, for a while. The score was tied 2:30 into the game, and the Raiders led only 9-8 with 1:59 left in the opening quarter. But a closing 5-0 finish from Chris Plummer and Ryan Hughes gave Middletown a 14-8 lead entering the second stanza, and an early basket by Caleb Leggore made it 16-8. After the Mustangs scored at 5:01, the Raiders took off on a 7-0 run that put more distance between the two teams. Plummer’s steal and drive to the hoop and foul shot, a Hughes goal off another steal and a layup by Plummer off a Mustang miss pushed the home team up to a 23-10 advantage and forced West Perry (4-12, 0-8 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Capital Division) to try to play catchup the rest of the way. Middletown’s Tre Leach scored off a Jordan Jeffries assist late in the period before West Perry’s Ethan Lesher popped in a trey inside the final minute to pull the visitors to within 27-18 at the halftime break. Brandon Harper, Hughes, Plummer, Luke Mrakovich and Leach scored in the third quarter as the Raiders out-pointed the Mustangs 15-13 on their way to a 42-31 lead to start the final frame.
DISTRICT 3 POWER RANKINGS CLASS AAA
(top 18 teams qualify for playoffs) TEAM 1. Milton Hershey (13-0) 2. Lampeter-Strasburg (15-1) 3. Bishop McDevitt (10-4) 4. ELCO (15-2) 5. Cocalico (13-3) 6. Eastern York (11-3) 7. Palmyra (13-3) 8. Gettysburg (10-5) 9. Manheim Central (11-4) 10. Wyomissing (11-4) 11. James Buchanan (11-4) 12. Middletown (10-5) 13. Steelton-Highspire (8-6) 14. West York (6-6) 15. Berks Catholic (8-6) 16. Dover (8-7) 17. Lancaster Catholic (9-7) 18. Schuylkill Valley (9-6)
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MIDDLETOWN AREA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Raiders hold off Steel-High, 49-43, avenge early-season loss Middletown moves into playoff contention By Larry Etter
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A number of times this season the Middletown girls’ basketball team held leads late in games only to see those leads slip away, turning possible victories into disappointing defeats. That’s exactly what happened the first time the Blue Raiders played Steelton-Highspire. The Rollers came back to win that game in the last minutes of the fourth quarter, 38-32 on Dec. 11 in Middletown. There were some fears among Middletown fans that it could happen again in the fourth quarter of the rematch on Friday, Jan. 15, as the Raiders watched an eight-point lead evaporate early in the fourth against the Steel-High in Steelton. But after the Rollers had trimmed the Middletown lead to just one point, 41-40, with 4:09 left in the game, the Raiders recovered to save the day. After closing the tense game with an 8-3 run, the Middletown side held on for a 49-43 triumph. The victory helped Middletown (9-8) move into the 18th and final District 3 playoff spot in Class AAA. The Raiders got off to a great start, scoring the game’s first 9 points on tallies by Morgan Noon, Bianca Jasper and Ava Mrakovich. While neither team shot well in the opening quarter (the Raiders were 4-for18 from the field and the Rollers were 1-for-13) Middletown took advantage of six Roller turnovers to claim a 14-6 lead at the end of the opening segment. Jasper hit a pair of treys in the quarter, while the Rollers collected 4 of their 6 points from the foul line. The Raiders kicked off the second stanza with a 7-0 run to push their advantage to 21-6 before Steel-High’s Xaria Isom broke the string. Jasper scored on a pull-up jumper and added another triple following a goal by Mrakovich in the run. Middletown’s Ja’lynn Burton-Jones, who had just two points in the opening quarter, scored back-to-back baskets in the second quarter, the first from the corner off a pass from Jocilyn Koser and the second on a drive following a Roller miss, and the lead went up to 25-8. But Steelton-Highspire registered 9 points in the final three minutes of the half to pull within 10, 27-17, at the break. After Jasper opened up the second half with a basket, the Rollers ran off 7 straight points to cut the Middletown lead to 29-24 with 4:50 left in the third quarter to stay in contention. Jasper’s fourth trey of the game gave the Raiders an 8-point cushion at 2:54, but the Rollers again cut the lead to five in the closing minutes of the third quarter. With one second left in the quarter, Burton-Jones’ trey off a Makaila Nester pass pushed the Raiders’ lead to 39-31 heading into the final frame. But that lead was not safe – Steel-High’s Kayanna Chisolm and Ayanna Flowers scored the first 5 points of the fourth quarter to close in. After Jasper scored with 5:33 left, Flowers and teammate Leanna Borelli went back-to-back and the Middletown lead had suddenly dwindled to 41-40 with 4:09 left – and the Middletown crowd got nervous. Following an exchange of missed shots, however, Burton-Jones put in a reverse layup off a steal that jump-started a game-saving 8-0 run for the Middletown side. Jasper scored following a Roller miss and Burton-Jones and Jasper converted a pair of late Steel-High turnovers into three points from the foul line to lock up the win. Noon came through with a pair of clutch rebounds in the span to help out. A late trey by Borelli came too late for the Rollers. Jasper recorded a game-high 24 points in the Middletown victory.
Middletown 66 Red Land 51
The Raiders stormed to a 29-18 lead in the first half and overcame five 3-pointers by Red Land to beat the Patriots on Saturday, Jan. 16 Please See MIDDLETOWN, Page B2
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Middletown’s Ja’lynn Burton-Jones (11) drives for a layup against Steelton-Highspire.
DISTRICT 3 POWER RANKINGS CLASS AAA (top 18 teams qualify for playoffs)
TEAM RATING 1. Berks Catholic (11-3) 0.784633 2. Boiling Springs (16-1) 0.765141 3. Bishop McDevitt (11-3) 0.756143 4. Susquehannock (14-2) 0.747995 5. Northern Lebanon (16-1) 0.744166 6. York Suburban (14-2) 0.739121 7. Greencastle-Antrim (11-1) 0.737939 8. Lancaster Catholic (14-1) 0.724509 9. Fleetwood (11-2) 0.709405 10. Conrad Weiser (8-5) 0.680322 11. West York (9-5) 0.655082 12. West Perry (11-5) 0.642152 13. ELCO (10-5) 0.641427 14. Susquenita (12-3) 0.636382 15. Twin Valley (9-6) 0.604994 16. Milton Hershey (8-4) 0.6-2711 17. Lampeter-Strasburg (9-7) 0.602104 18. Middletown (9-8) 0.583926 •••• 19. James Buchanan (6-7) 0.546246
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Williams wins hurdles, leads Lions at Kutztown meet For The Press And Journal
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The Middletown Blue Raiders line up for the National Anthem before the start of their game against West Perry. Middletown’s 59-41 victory was its 10th of the season and moved the Raiders closer to a postseason playoff spot in District 3.
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And with a 17-10 scoring advantage in the fourth quarter, the Raiders successfully turned back any hopes their visitors had of making a comeback. Sub Kyle Truesdale made a couple late free throws to close out the scoring. Leach and Hughes each pocketed 16 points in the victory, while Plummer added 11.
Owhe finished second in the men’s long jump with a final jump of 6.74 meters, qualifying him for the ECAC championships. Justus Norman of West Chester won with a jump of 6.83 meters. Penn State Harrisburg’s Cameron Yon, a freshman, finished ninth in the men’s shot put with a final throw of 13.16 meters, qualifying him for the Capital Athletic Conference’s championships. “Our team faced a great deal of adversity at this competition, which went from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.,’’ said Penn State Harrisburg Coach Danielle Lynch. “They handled it with grace and were able to post some great performances.’’
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St. Mary’s rally sinks Lions, 73-67 For The Press And Journal
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The Rollers certainly wanted to win this second meeting, seeking to avenge a 56-49 first-half loss to the Raiders in December. But unlike years past, this Middletown squad was not afraid or intimidated by Steel-High in its fabled and historic gym. The game went down to the final seconds and the outcome was really decided by a late call against the Raiders (10-5, 4-4) who were in position to pull off a stunner. Because of the call – an offensive charge against Hughes with 6 seconds left – SteelHigh’s Jaqui Jenkins raced down the court, was fouled with :003 on the clock and made both free throws to win it for the Rollers. Jenkins ended up with a game-high 31 points for the Rollers while Hughes led the Raiders with a career-high 27 points. Mrakovich scored 19 points for the Middletown side while Jaron Grayer and Malachi Young teamed for 23 points for Steel-High. Mrakovich hit his first of 5 treys off a pass from Leach just 14 seconds into the Capital Division scrap. But that early lead vanished as Jayshon Ramsey and Young drained a pair of triples in a 9-0 Steelton-Highspire run. Hughes scored a pair of goals around two by the Rollers and Mrakovich drilled his second trey at 2:59 to cut Steel-High’s lead to 13-10 at 2:59. The first period ended with the Rollers holding a 19-15 lead. Although the Rollers gained leads of 8 and 12 points during a fast-paced second stanza, the Raiders kept fighting back. A 9-2 streak by the Raiders in the last 2:00 of the first half kept the Middletown side in the hunt. A trey by Hughes, a drive by Leach, a put-back and foul shot by Harper and a late free throw by Hughes made it a 36-31 game at the break.
Penn State Harrisburg hurdler Ashley Williams won the 55-meter hurdles, and two other Lion indoor track and field teammates qualified for the Eastern College Athletic Conference Indoor Championships at Kutztown University’s Golden Bear Invitational on Friday, Jan. 15 Kutztown. Several more athletes in Penn State Harrisburg’s fledging indoor track and field team program qualified for the Capital Athletic Conference’s championships later in the season. Williams, a sophomore, won the hurdles with a final time of 8.4 seconds. The time would rank her among the top 10 female hurdlers in the nation,
though the Kutztown timing system failed on several occasions during the meet, making the times unofficial. Taylor Pugh of West Chester finished second with a time of 8.7 seconds. The Penn State Harrisburg men’s 4x400 relay team – Korey Christian, Isaiah Waters, Jalil Clayton and Vladimir Theophile – finished in fifth place with a time of 3.33.48, qualifying for the Capital Athletic Conference championships. Clayton also finished second in the men’s high jump with a final jump of 1.95 meters, qualifying him for the ECAC championships. Will Berry of East Stroudsburg won with a jump of 2.15 meters. Penn State Harrisburg’s Josiah
Middletown’s Ryan Hughes (0) take a jumper from inside the key against West Perry. Ramsey started off Steelton-Highspire’s scoring in the third quarter off an offensive rebound, but Hughes answered with another triple that cut the spread to four, 38-34, 1:10 into the second half. The two teams duked it out over the next six minutes, and the Steel-High lead never went over 7 points as the Raiders answered call after call. Hughes scored off an inbounds pass and Leach added two free throws following a Roller miss that cut the lead to three, 51-48, with 1:29 to go in the third quarter. After the Rollers went back on top by six points with 13 ticks left, Hughes scored 10 seconds later to cut the advantage to 57-53 heading into the game’s final quarter. It was now crunch time, and neither team was ready to yield. Steel-High went ahead 63-55 on a put-back by Jenkins with 6:20 left, but Hughes popped in a trey at 5:50 and then made a three-point play at 4:44 to make it a two-point game, 63-61. Following a pair of free throws by Jenkins, Hughes made one of two technical foul shots and then converted a Plummer assist into a goal that pulled the Raiders to within one point, 65-64 with 4:21 on the clock. Leach drove inside for a basket and added a foul shot that tied the score at 67-67, increasing the tension with 3:13 left in regulation.
Following a pair of free throws by Jenkins, Harper again knotted the score at 69-69 at 2:26. Jenkins made one of two freebies to give the Rollers a slim, 70-69 lead six seconds later, but Mrakovich’s triple from the right corner popped the Raiders in front, 72-70, their first lead since the opening seconds, and the Middletown fans in the gym exploded in cheers. But Shaquin Betton scored off an offensive rebound and the Rollers converted a costly Middletown turnover into the go-ahead points with 55 seconds left. Plummer’s drive to the hoop tied the score at 74-74 with 37 ticks left and the score remained deadlocked after Ramsey came up empty on a pair of free throws 6 seconds later. Those misses left the door open for the Raiders, who showed patience as they worked for a final shot. But with 6 seconds left, Hughes was whistled for the charge as the Middletown bench protested. With the gift, Jenkins ran the court and charged the basket with time running out. Harper drew his fifth foul as he tried to stop Jenkins’ rush. Jenkins made both shots to put the Rollers back on top and a long, late three-ball by Mrakovich at the buzzer just missed the mark as time ran out. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
Penn State Harrisburg dominated the first half, then watched St. Mary’s rally in the second half for a 73-67 Seahawk victory on Saturday, Jan. 16 in Middletown. The Lions fell to 10-5, 5-3 in the Capital Athletic Conference. St. Mary’s improved to 8-7, 4-4 in the conference. The Seahawks raced to a 17-5 lead in the first 5:00 of the game – but Penn State Harrisburg made its own run, tying the game, 18-18 on a free throw by Jazmon Harris about 5:00 later. Harris hit a 3-pointer to start the Lions’ run. Jourdon Wilson hit a jumper that gave Penn State Harrisburg its first lead of the game, 22-20, with 7:38 left in the first half. The Lions built the lead to eight points during the remainder of the half, and led 35-29 at halftime. Lion freshman Gbolahan Alliyu had the crowd on its feet in the first minute of the second half by dunking the ball over the Seahawks’ defense, then Harris added to the excitement with two back-to-back jumpers that staked Penn State Harrisburg to a 41-34 lead about 2:30 into the half.
But St. Mary’s responded with its own three-pointer, by Tanner Brooks, that cut the lead to 41-37 and gave the Seahawks a new-found sense of urgency. The visitors fought back to tie the game, 57-57 with about 8:00 remaining in the contest. The Seahawks then built a five-point lead, 66-61, on a layup by Reggie Rouse with 4:49 left. Wilson’s layup brought Penn State Harrisburg within two points, 66-62, but St. Mary’s pulled away with about 1:42 left and held on for the win. Harris led the Lions with 15 points and two rebounds.
Lions 82 Marymount 75
Arick Sodini scored 18 points to lead Penn State Harrisburg to victory over Marymount (6-9, 3-5) in a back-andfourth conference clash on Wednesday, Jan. 13 in Arlington, Va. There were 10 lead changes in the game. Marymount grabbed an early 12-6 lead, but baskets by Sodini and teammate Kahlil Williams put the Lions back on track. Down by as many as eight points in
the first half, Penn State Harrisburg stormed back to take the lead, 29-28, on a Sodini 3-pointer with 1:45 left in the half. The Lions led at halftime, 34-32 on a buzzer-beating basket by Sodini that was the result of a steal by teammate Winton Lyle. Penn State Harrisburg’s Anthony Morgan had the hot hand early in the second half, scoring on back-to-back layups to put the Lions up, 38-34 with just 1:16 gone. But the Saints battled back to regain the lead, 46-39 on a 3-pointer by D’ondre Stockman with 15:30 left in the game. Sodini drained his fifth 3-pointer of the game to get the Lions back on track, pulling Penn State Harrisburg within 46-42. Lyle buried a jumper to tie the game, 50-50, with 10:25 left. A Marymount run pushed the Saints up by six points, 58-52, on a Danny Ferry 3-pointer with 8:18 left, but the Lions tied it on a Wilson jumper, 61-61 with 4:49 left. A free throw by Daniels gave the Lions the lead, 70-69 with 2:03 left, and Marymount never recovered. Penn State Harrisburg dominated the rest of the way.
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Seahawk surge stops Lions, 56-54 For The Press And Journal Penn State Harrisburg dominated the first half, but fell to a second-half St. Mary’s surge and lost to the Seahawks, 56-54 on Saturday, Jan. 16 in Middletown. The Lions (6-9, 2-6 in the Capital Athletic Conference) led by as many as 14 points in the first half, but St. Mary’s (5-10, 3-5) rallied to pull within two points, 26-24 on a jumper by Olivia Nowlin with just 32 seconds in the half. The Seahawks took their first lead of the game, 41-39. on a layup by Kobe Chaney with 1:15 left in the third quarter. The game was tied, 42-42 going into the final quarter. Down by four points, 50-46 late in the fourth quarter, Katie Schwenk made a layup and teammate Jasmine Yanich hit back-to-back 3-pointers to push Penn State Harrisburg in front, 54-50 with 2:05 left in the game.
But a basket and two free throws by Nowlin tied the game for the Seahawks, 54-54 with 23 seconds left, then teammate Kerri Kline hit the first of a 1-and-1 from the foul line with 6 seconds remaining to give St. Mary’s a 55-54 lead. A free throw by St. Mary’s Nina Haller as time expired accounted for the final score. Yanich led Penn State Harrisburg with 11 points and two rebounds. Schwenk led the Lions with 10 rebounds.
Marymount 77 Lions 41
Penn State Harrisburg kept pace in the first quarter against the conference’s firs-place team, but Marymount took over in the second quarter and eventually won on Wednesday, Jan. 13 in Arlington, Va. The Saints (12-3, 7-1 in the conference) took an early 12-5 lead, but the
Lions’ Janel Brown hit a 3-pointer to pull Penn State Harrisburg within four points, 12-8 with 4:33 left in the first quarter. About two minutes later, Penn State Harrisburg’s Aireo Payned battled through the key and hit a layup to again pull the Lions within four points, 14-10 with 1:46 left in the quarter. A Kaitlyn Carmo 3-pointer brought the Lions with three points, 16-13 at the end of the first quarter. But Marymount swamped the Lions with a 31-point second quarter, and Penn State Harrisburg struggled offensively in the period, scoring on just seven free throws. Marymount led 37-20 at the half. The second half proved to be difficult for the Lions, who turned over the ball frequently on offense thanks to a good Saint defense. Carmo led Penn State Harrisburg with 11 points and two rebounds.
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in Lewisberry. Burton-Jones led Middletown with 27 points, while Jasper scored 23, Nester added 9 Mrakovich added 4 and Noon added 3. Bella Ricci scored 19 points, including three 3-pointers, for Red Land (6-10).
West Perry 53 Middletown 52 Middletown’s Tre Leach (23) drives down the lane for a basket against Steelton-Highspire.
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Gracie Stauffer, West Perry’s imposing 6-foot center, scored 25 points as the Mustangs roared back in the fourth quarter to beat the Raiders on Tuesday, Jan. 12 in Elliottsburg. Middletown built a 30-19 lead by halftime and led 44-37 at the opening of the fourth quarter, only to watch West Perry (11-5) come back. Burton-Jones led the Raiders with 20 points, while Jasper scored 16, Nester scored 12 and Mrakovich and Noon each scored 2.
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Morgan Noon hits a free throw in Middletown’s victory over SteelHigh.
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Farewell, old gym
Standings for 1-2-16 BOYS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Milton Hershey 7 0 13-0 Camp Hill 6 1 10-3 Trinity 5 3 9-5 Middletown 4 4 10-5 Steelton-Highspire 4 4 8-6 East Pennsboro 1 7 8-8 West Perry 0 8 4-12 Last week’s games Steelton-Highspire 76, Middletown 74 Middletown 59, West Perry 41 Steelton-Highspire 69, Susquehanna Twp. 63 Trinity 74, Steelton-Highspire 61 This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 20 Steelton-Highspire at Emmaus, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 Pequea Valley at Middletown, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 Milton Hershey at Middletown, 7:30 p.m. Camp Hill at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Steelton-Highspire at York Catholic, 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Camp Hill at Middletown, 7:30 p.m. Steelton-Highspire at East Pennsboro, 7:30 p.m.
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The Middletown wrestling team warms up before its final match in its current home gym. A new school and gym are under construction up the road.
Raiders fall in last match at timeworn MAHS By Jim Lewis
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n its 53 years, the gym at Middletown Area High School has hosted many varsity wrestling matches, the cheers of joy, the screams flung at referees, the struggles and successes and pain and sweat all wrapped within its walls. Ten district champions have called it home, a rather austere room with serviceable wooden bleachers, a place that will soon become history. The gym, along with the remainder of the school, is scheduled to be demolished in June, replaced by a new building next door. For Middletown’s wrestlers – particularly alumni who were members of the team in years past – the Blue Raiders’ wrestling match against Mechanicsburg on Thursday, Jan. 21 was a bittersweet goodbye, the last varsity match in the venerable gym. Middletown won its first match in the old gym in 1963, 35-21 over Steelton-Highspire. Against Mechanicsburg on Thursday, the Raiders took an early lead, fell behind, then waged a comeback that fell short, 45-33 in a match that followed the recognition of five seniors and their families and a nod to former Blue Raiders sitting in the audience. The final match in the old gym may have spurred the current Raider wrestlers “somewhat,’’ said Coach Daniel Riggs, but “they were focused on the task at hand’’ – beating Mechanicsburg (4-7, 3-0 in the Mid-Penn Conference’s Keystone Division). Middletown moved two of its best wrestlers up a weight – senior Corbin Stetler and Abel Botterbusch – hoping they would win more than just a decision and provide the Raiders with the team points they would need against the division’s second-place team. It worked. Stetler, wrestling at 152 pounds instead of 145, pinned Mechanicsburg’s Seth Kenes at 21 seconds, while Botterbusch, wrestling at 160 instead of 152, pinned Mechanicsburg’s Cruz Manatt at 2:36, staking Middletown to an early 18-6 lead. A Mechanicsburg forfeit at 145 pounds accounted for six of the Raiders’ points. “They got us the bonus points we needed,’’ Riggs said after the match. But the Wildcats won the next five bouts – at 170, 182, 195, 220 and 285 pounds. Four were by falls – the exception was an exciting 7-5 decision by Mechanicsburg’s Jon Rutkowski over Middletown’s Da’Quan Walters at 182 that ended with Walters at the edge of the mat, arms slung around Rutkowski, fighting to take down his opponent for the tying two points. Middletown’s Ryan Berstler pinned Brady Henry at 27 seconds at 106 pounds, and after a Mechanicsburg forfeit at 113, Middletown’s Logan Stoltzfus won a 8-3 decision over Brady Serina to tie the match, 33-33. But Mechanicsburg won by forfeit at 126 pounds, and claimed victory when Drew Tochterman pinned Middletown’s Devin Martin at 132. Photo by Don Graham The score was close, but “I think we could have performed a lot better in some areas,’’ Riggs said. “We’re still young. We Middletown’s Logan Stoltzfus, left, controls Mechanicsburg’s Brady Serina in a 120-pound bout. Stoltzfus won the decision, 8-3. just need to learn how to fight off our back.’’ Perhaps it was Senior Night, or maybe the final match in a gym that will become history – the Raiders “came out with a lot of energy at the start,’’ Riggs said. “I wish we could have finished with that energy.’’ “We need to wrestle for six minutes,’’ he said.
Keystone Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 7 2 11-4 Palmyra 6 3 13-3 Cedar Cliff 6 3 9-5 Mechanicsburg 5 4 8-6 Red Land 5 4 7-8 Hershey 4 5 7-8 Lower Dauphin 2 7 3-13 Susquehanna Twp. 1 8 3-13 Last week’s games Palmyra 79, Lower Dauphin 60 Spring Grove 63, Lower Dauphin 57 Red Land 57, Lower Dauphin 52 This week’s games Friday, Jan. 22 Susquehanna Twp. at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Cliff, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Camp Hill 6 1 12-2 Milton Hershey 4 3 8-4 West Perry 4 4 11-5 East Pennsboro 4 4 6-10 Steelton-Highspire 3 4 6-6 Middletown 3 5 9-8 Trinity 2 5 3-11 Last week’s games Middletown 66, Red Land 51 Middletown 49, Steelton-Highspire 43 West Perry 53, Middletown 52 Steelton-Highspire 52, Trinity 44 This week’s games Thursday, Jan. 21 Susquehanna Twp. at Steelton-Highspire Friday, Jan. 22 Middletown at Milton Hershey, 7:30 p.m. Steelton-Highspire at Camp Hill, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 26 Middletown at Camp Hill, 7:30 p.m. East Pennsboro at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. Keystone Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 8 1 12-3 Lower Dauphin 7 2 12-4 Cedar Cliff 5 4 9-6 Mechanicsburg 4 5 9-6 Palmyra 4 5 8-7 Red Land 3 6 6-10 Susquehanna Twp. 3 6 5-9 Hershey 2 7 7-7 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 39, Palmyra 21 Lower Dauphin 51, Spring Grove 27 Red Land 52, Lower Dauphin 51 This week’s games Friday, Jan. 22 Lower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp., 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 26 Cedar Cliff at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m. WRESTLING MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Cedar Cliff 4 0 17-0 Mechanicsburg 3 0 4-7 Lower Dauphin 3 1 8-4 Red Land 2 2 11-5 Middletown 3 4 5-8 Susquehanna Twp. 0 4 3-7 Hershey 0 4 4-11 Last week’s matches Middletown 30, Hershey 27 Mechanicsburg 45, Middletown 33 Cedar Cliff 48, Lower Dauphin 18 This week’s matches Wednesday, Jan. 20 Lower Dauphin at Big Spring, 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21 Lower Dauphin at Susquehanna Twp., 7 p.m. ICE HOCKEY CPIHL TIER 1 W L T PTS Palmyra 13 1 0 26 Hershey 10 3 0 20 Cedar Crest 8 4 1 17 Cumberland Valley 5 6 3 13 Lower Dauphin 4 8 1 9 Central Dauphin 3 9 1 7 Manheim Twp. 1 13 0 2 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 6, Central Dauphin 4 Lower Dauphin 9, Manheim Twp. 4 This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 20 Lower Dauphin vs. Cedar Crest, 8:45 p.m., Klick-Lewis Arena, Annville TIER 3 W L T PTS MSMCC 11 1 1 23 Penn Manor 9 1 2 20 Susquehannock 7 4 1 15 Central York 7 5 0 14 Middletown 3 10 0 6 Shamrocks 2 9 0 4 Lampeter-Strasburg 2 10 0 4 Last week’s games Middletown 7, Susquehannock 5 Central York 1, Middletown 0 This week’s games None COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Chris. Newport 8 0 14-1 Salisbury 5 3 12-3 Penn State Hbg. 5 3 10-5 St. Mary’s 4 4 8-7 Southern Virginia 4 4 5-10 Mary Washington 3 5 7-8 York 3 5 7-8 Marymount 3 5 6-9 Frostburg St. 3 5 5-10 Wesley 2 6 4-11 Last week’s games St. Mary’s 73, Penn State Harrisburg 67 Penn State Harrisburg 82, Marymount 75 This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 20 Wesley at Penn State Harrisburg, 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Salisbury at Penn State Harrisburg, 3 p.m. WOMEN W L OVERALL Marymount 7 1 12-3 Chris. Newport 6 2 13-2 York 6 2 12-3 Mary Washington 6 2 12-3 Salisbury 5 3 9-6 St. Mary’s 3 5 5-10 Wesley 3 5 4-11 Penn State Hbg. 2 6 6-9 Southern Virginia 2 6 3-11 Frostburg St. 0 8 2-12 Last week’s games St. Mary’s 56, Penn State Harrisburg 54 Marymount 77, Penn State Harrisburg 41 This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 20 Wesley at Penn State Harrisburg, 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 23 Salisbury at Penn State Harrisburg, 1 p.m.
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ne of the last acts of the previous majority on Middletown Borough Council was to renew the town’s contract with Nixle Alert to provide emergency alerts and warnings to the public. Perhaps the warning system’s biggest advocate is one of council’s new members, Dawn Knull, who took office this year. Her advocacy of the system led council to switch from a less effective CodeRED warning system, noted acting Manager Chris Courogen. “I think it’s been a very With Nixle Alert, residents can good tool,’’Courogen said, and indeed receive police department it seems, judging from talk around and online, that a number of alerts and other warnings via town Middletown residents are plugged in text message, e-mail or phone and pay heed to its alerts. call. Residents can receive police department alerts and other warnings via text message, e-mail or phone call. It allows police to issue public alerts quickly. Signing up is easy – you can visit the borough Web site at www.middletownborough.com to do it. What’s even better about Nixle is that the price of the service did not go up in 2016. Council approved a one-year contract renewal for $4,500, the same amount it paid for 2015. It’s an excellent public service that’s worth every penny. If you haven't signed up for it, by all means, do it now.
PAULHEISE
Should we worry about China's instability?
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ad economic news coming out of China (a crashing stock market, a devalued currency, bungled money management and diminished foreign exchange reserves) have started everyone to worrying about the political stability of China. The fear is based on globalization, mismanagement of poorly understood markets and statistics that are mostly wishful, or political, thinking. The economic Dragon has gotten so big that publicly worrying about China makes you a serious person. The question is: How far will the Chinese instability affect our economy? Economists and politicians have reason to worry. The economies of the industrial countries have not yet recovered from the recession and financial crisis of 2008-09. Southern Europe is an economic contagion that the European Union seems unable to contain. In contrast, the Chinese economy was growing robustly. Then things fell apart. The Chinese government just reported the lowest economic growth rate in 25 years. Throughout those years, the Chinese export-led economy was the engine of globalization with growth rates regularly running more than 10 percent. This means that the Chinese economy doubled in size every seven years with the result that China is now the world’s second-largest economy. The Chinese economy sought out and bought the world’s natural resources that kept the global economy going. The rest of the world now faces a loss of that stimulus that is well underway. The sharp drop in energy and commodity prices, long-term low interest rates and mass migration are what the world has to live with. Economic analysis is being made with great care. Two economists that I admire came to the same conclusions: The data and theory do not justify the level of concern but experience says otherwise. Thus, Paul Krugman said the numbers don’t seem big enough “to cause a global crisis.” And Yves Smith said, “I am not saying that China’s old economic model was sustainable.” Then Krugman objected to his own judgment with “I could be wrong…if China does deliver a bad shock to the rest of the world, we are remarkably unready to deal with the consequences.” And Smith then says, in effect, that the old model was unsustainable: “No large economy has made the transition from being export-led to being consumption-led without experiencing a major crisis.” In effect, both say that the data and the theory do not justify the level of concern but the instability is so bad that they can only be afraid. China is caught in a series of contradictions. They want the efficiency of a market economy but they also want to be able to manage it. They have to switch to a consumption-led economy but they want to continue to save and invest 45 percent of their GDP. China’s $3.3 trillion in foreign exchange reserves seems ample but it isn’t. First, the International Monetary Fund considers $2.6 trillion a minimum for China and it subtracts the $2.4 trillion in foreign exchange debt. The Chinese renminbi, the country’s official currency, has just been designated by the IMF to a world reserve currency level. If you want to be a world reserve currency you have to be willing to renounce exchange controls and currency management. The Chinese do not understand the restrictions necessary to make markets work. The world is in a fundamental transition to something new. No one knows how far along we are or where we are going. The transition is part of the worldwide economic slowdown and the consequent political instability. To make it worse, the political turmoil of terrorism, political refugees and religious fundamentalism feed off the economic instability. The world media has taken the 12 percent drop in the Chinese stock market as rational and relevant. It is neither. Krugman and Smith understand that no one can discern a rational path out of fundamental instability. But be on guard, they say – this instability crisis might be the new norm. Paul A. Heise, of Mount Gretna, is a professor emeritus of economics at Lebanon Valley College, Annville, and a former economist for the federal government.
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Will Trump save us from political correctness?
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So what do German authorities do to calm to “what a lot of Americans are thinking the tensions of incompatible lifestyles? but are afraid to say because they don’t Berlin is ramping up its efforts to limit hate think that it’s politically correct.” speech online and the It’s true that no mayor of Cologne is man or woman in warning women not the current presito dress provocatively dential field speaks front of their new their mind quite With so much popularity, does in denizens. like Trump. From Donald Trump really have po- This should work accusing illegal litical correctness in a head- out about as well as a immigrants of Amish being criminallylock? Will he issue the Pennsylvania family living in inclined (stats from final blow to the Shanghai. the Government hypersensitivity that is Trump may appear Accountability with his fiOffice and Departcrippling American powerful nancial independence ment of Justice discourse? and legions of followbear this out) to ers. But he’s unique calling for a blanin a country held ket ban on Muslim hostage by leftist idemigration to the ology. His campaign U.S., the billionaire reality TV star has for the White House won’t stop the endless dared to go where few, if any, politiindignation of social justice warriors. A cians have gone before. larger push will be required. And it works. Thankfully, there is still one weapon left The Donald’s poll numbers vastly to fight the scourge of political correctness. outpace his Republican competitors. In In an interview with Sp!ked magazine, a recent CNN/ORC poll, Trump only British philosopher Roger Scruton deloses to Hillary Clinton within the marcried the closing of the intellectual mind gin of error. brought on by thin-skinned dolts. Even Clearly, Trump’s no-holds-barred personality jives with America. He has a when pressed up against the wall, Scruton urged the conservation of western liberties genuineness that can’t be stymied – just like free speech. This plea for freedom, he ask Rick Perry or Scott Walker. admits, “isn’t a perfectly reasonable thing But with so much popularity, does to say or a possible thing to say in public Trump really have political correctness any more.” in a headlock? Will he issue the final But even so, Scruton declares, “I don’t blow to the hypersensitivity that is cripcare any more.” pling American discourse? That’s precisely the attitude opponents I say: Fat chance. of political correctness should take when The country’s elites are infatuated it comes to protecting the right to express with the never-offend-anybody ethos. themselves freely. Big business blindly praises diversity. Government enforces tolerance in the Apathy can be a powerful tool in the public sphere, hoping it rubs off into hands of the everyman. The humorless PC private life. Academia has been taken regime does not deserve a pledge of alover by thin-skinned brats who shudder legiance. If it’s ignored long enough, it will at the thought of hearing ideas different fade away like acid wash jeans and glam from their own. rock. In short, the ruling class swears on the So the next time someone scoffs at you for book of political correctness. saying something off-color or crude, turn Should the trend continue, it won’t just the other cheek and ignore them. That way, mean the end of America as we know you’ll enjoy the last laugh. it, but the West as a whole. Consider recent events. The shootings in San Bernardino can be directly traced back to pervasive James E. Miller, a native of Middletown, political correctness. A local CBS affiliis editor of the Ludwig von Mises Institute ate reported that a neighbor of shootof Canada, a libertarian think tank, and ers Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen works as a copywriter in Washington, D.C.
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new season of Pennsylvania’s most popular, highflying reality show is back online. Millions are expected to log-on to the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Web site and watch as live-streaming cameras show the drama of nature at several bald eagle nests in the Keystone State. The experiences open windows onto nature like never before. People went online more than 1.5 million times last year to see a pair of bald eagle raise two eaglets in a nest near Codorus State Park in York County. They saw the entire process, from “nestorations” in January; they saw the laying of the eggs in February; they saw the eggs hatch in March; and they saw the eaglets leave the nest in June, as it happened. This is the 10th year for the nest and the second that cameras and microphones are there. Another popular nest is in a Hackberry tree in the town of Hays, along the Monongahela River, near Pittsburgh. The camera and sound are sponsored by the Western Pennsylvania Audubon Society. This is the third season a camera has watched the nest that eagles first used in 2013. Sadly, neither of the two eggs in the Hays nest were viable last year. But the year before, three eaglets thrived and successfully left the nest. Those who log on to the live cameras realize quickly that waterways play a key role in the lives of bald eagles, and It's no secret nesting sites are never far that the survival from water. and recovery of Streams, lakes and rivers are bald eagles in key habiPennsylvania are tat for bald dependent on eagles. In the clean water and winter, they congregate in the availability of tall trees near healthy fish and open water other aquatic life. to spot prey and shelter at night. Fish make up almost 90 percent of a bald eagle’s diet. Is there a more majestic sight than an eagle soaring and scanning open water, swooping gracefully downward and then, with their talons, plucking prey through the water’s surface? The Codorus eagles feed fish from Lake Marburg, Codorus Creek and other York County waterways to their young ones. Bass from the Monongahela is often on the menu at the Hays nest. So it’s no secret that the survival and recovery of bald eagles in Pennsylvania are dependent on clean water and the availability of healthy fish and other aquatic life. It is yet another reason we must make progress in restoring the 19,000 miles of waterways in Pennsylvania that are polluted. The runoff of nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment is damaging our rivers and streams – and the commonwealth is significantly behind in meeting its commitment to reduce polluted runoff. Endocrine-disrupting compounds and herbicides, and pathogens and parasites, are the two most-likely causes of diseased and dying fish in the Susquehanna River. They are part of a “perfect storm” of compounds such as cosmetics, detergents, pharmaceuticals and hormones in animal and human waste that find their way into the diets of bald eagles and other wildlife. Habitat destruction, contaminated food sources and illegal shooting took bald eagles to the brink of extinction. The road to recovery took major turns when the pesticide DDT was banned in 1972 and in 1978 when bald eagles were listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. In 1980, there were only three known pairs of bald eagles nesting in Pennsylvania. Re-introduction began in the 1980s when the Game Commission brought 88 eaglets to the commonwealth from Canada, raised them on specially constructed towers and released them into the wild. Bald eagles were removed from the federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife in the lower 48 states in 2007. By 2008 the number of nesting pairs in Pennsylvania had grown to 150. In 2013 there were nests in all but a handful of Keystone State counties and more than 270 nesting pairs. Clean water counts in Pennsylvania. It is a legacy worth leaving future generations of humans and bald eagles. Harry Campbell is Pennsylvania executive director of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.
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• “Thank you, Officer Yoder of
Middletown Police Department, for saving the family from a burning vehicle. You’re a hero, too.”
• “Officer Scott Yoder of Middle-
own Police Department deserves a heroism award, too, for saving the family from a burning car. Let’s see that he’s also honored as well as Officer Ribec of Lower Swatara Police Department.”
• “One should certainly appreci-
ate and express their First Amendment rights of freedom of speech. Nobody has the right to dictate who you speak to or associate yourself with. A gag order, which by law can only be placed upon people by a judge, not by someone like... let’s say, a commissioner. If you are a true leader, one does not worry about what others may say behind their back because true leaders make sound decisions that are for the better of all regardless of what others think. If you have nothing to hide or to fear then there would be no legitimate reason to place such an order to employees. This appears to almost be a violation of civil rights and freedom of speech. Being a leader does not mean being a dictator. Being a leader takes knowledge, courage, integrity and character along with an open mind and a willingness to change and communicate. Obviously those who try to dictate and micromanage have something to fear, a reason to worry and an insecurity within themselves.”
• “I will sell my soul to the devil
before I ever vote for Hillary Clinton.”
• “I am so sick of people being
politically correct. People have their own beliefs and you should always stand by them no matter what. That’s what made someone like Trump run for president, and all the people who are going to vote for him. Congress made us people because they’re not doing what’s right
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for the country. I predict Trump by a landslide. Let’s make this country great again.’’
• “ ‘I did not know that side street
beside Hardee’s was a two-way street now. It says one way only but you should see all the cars that go the wrong way on it. And that’s everyday. Police, you want to make money for Middletown? Start writing tickets, it has gotten out of hand now.’ The side street beside Hardee’s IS a two-way street and has been for at least a year now. They removed the ‘one way only’ signs, removed parking on the side closest to Hardee’s, and it’s a twoway street. There are no one way signs anymore. It has been a one way street for months.’’
your competent police to be there for you quickly and know that you as a Lower Swatara resident are their priority and top concern. Don’t let the smoke screen of how much the township will save blind you because when that trickles down to the individual resident it’s not much at all and having the police department you do now is worth much, much more.”
• “Yeah, you guys are being really
Middletown is the streetscape work being worked on but nobody is telling us what is happening in the empty building on the east side of South Union Street between that smoke store and the Press And Journal building. It is an ugly storefront area and I think that it may be condemned. I am not sure. All I know is it is an eyesore to downtown and nobody from the bureau is talking about it. What’s going on? The new council should do something!”
honest about keeping the fate of the police department known to the public and seeking input for them. ‘As of Dec. 16’ there was nothing discussed – funny how it was long before that that the commissioners were talking to Swatara. Funny how Swatara was mentioned as a professional police department, but there was a lack to mention about how professional their own is as well. Both departments are accredited and their policies mirror each other. Funny how employees are told to ‘disassociate’ and given direction not to talk to the police officers they work with. How is the township supposed to work for the greater good of the people in the township when they are given direction not to work together or speak with each other? Amazing what kind of leaders there are.”
• “Those who see evil and do noth-
• “Employees should work together
• ‘All we ever hear about in
ing are none the better than the ones who perpetrate it.”
• “When you look across the
country, when any town, city, township, borough grows or expands the police departments grow with them because it’s necessary and logical. Since this current Board of Commissioners has been here our police department has shrunk with no explanation. Farming out police services will not benefit Lower Swatara. Though most good people may have never needed the police department, they benefit us daily without us ever realizing it. Statistics show all of us will need the police at some point in your life. When that time comes, you want
to strive for a common goal – what would make someone fear what is being said so much that you tell employees not to talk to each other? They work together for a reason and creating a divide only affects the wrong people in the end.”
• “I thought the Blue & Gold Club
was a nonprofit raising money to help the school district? Why is there another new foundation being considered?”
• “Press and Journal, please in-
vestigate. Apparently public works employees cannot associate or speak with the police. A Right to Know request may clear this up for the concerned public.”
LYNNLWEBSTER To deal with heroin addiction, know its root cause
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he recently aired HBO documentary, “Heroin: Cape Cod USA,” focuses attention on how heroin has ripped a swath of destruction in one of America’s iconic communities, but it could easily be a story of thousands of other communities throughout America. It is a movie that should be seen by everyone. That said, my reaction to it is mixed. On the one hand, heroin addiction affects people of all ages, from every walk of life, from coast to coast. It’s great to see an evocative and emotional television documentary focusing attention on the horrific problem. Denying that we have an epidemic will not solve the problem. Calling attention to heroin addiction might help us find solutions and prevent deaths. On the other hand, I am bothered by the implication in the movie that heroin addiction is due to prescription drugs. It’s not as if prescription drugs are floating around and jumping into the mouths of innocent people who are just minding their own business in the same way as a virus inoculates a passenger on a subway. Prescription opioids are supposed to be used for pain. When people choose to use them for other reasons, that’s when the disease of addiction begins to own the person’s soul. People addicted to heroin also choose to use the drug, at least initially. There are no physicians who prescribe heroin. Of course, just because people choose to use heroin doesn’t lessen the tragic effects of the devastating disease of opioid addiction. Connecting the prescribing of painkillers to heroin use may be valid for a limited number of cases, but the implication of cause and effect is flawed. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that there were 250 million
prescriptions of painkillers in 2012. Yet a recent study shows that only 0.022 percent of exposures to an opioid are associated with overdose deaths. It is impossible to know how many people are misusing opioids prescribed for pain. Understanding the reasons for misuse is more important than knowing the prevalence of misuse. This is where our lance should tilt. Addiction is part of human beings’ biology that sadly imprisons far too many innocent victims. All of the people in the documentary admitted to using heroin or prescription drugs to feel good or to relieve emotional pain. Most began using addictive substances before being exposed to an opioid. Before the abundance of unused and diverted prescription opioids, people who wanted to get high on chemicals would go directly to heroin or cocaine. Remember the 1960s and 1970s? In those days, the chemicals of choice were THC, LSD, Quaaludes and more. In the 1980s, we had a national epidemic of “crack babies” from cocaine. Alcohol has always been the fallback for those seeking a recreational high when other drugs are not available. Even today, there are more deaths due to alcohol than opioids or any other drug of abuse except for products that contain nicotine. However, heroin appears to be more lethal than most other drugs of abuse because of its tendency to make some users stop breathing.
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I support delay in Keystone Exams until 2018-19 I recently joined my House colleagues in support of legislation to delay the implementation of the Keystone Exam as a graduation requirement until the 2018-19 school year. Currently, the class of 2017 must take and pass the Keystone Exam in Algebra I, literature and biology to graduate. This delay would allow time for the Pennsylvania Department of Education to re-evaluate the policy and recommend potential changes, while granting school districts, students and their families more preparation time. The delay is also being sought to ensure that exams are not prohibiting students from seeking vocational and technical education opportunities in the trades, since one of the major concerns of job creators is a shortage of skilled workers. In addition to the delay, the legislation would require the department to investigate alternatives to the exam and issue its findings and recommendations within six months. The legislation was sent back to the Senate for concurrence.
Recreational drug users who participate in my clinical research studies on drugs of abuse admit to using prescription opioids for fun because prescription opioids are legal substances, others can’t smell opioids if they’re working and the opioids are cheaper than a six-pack of beer. Understanding the root causes of the opioid epidemic is crucial to reversing the problem. Believing it is just about the supply will not solve the problem and will likely have serious unintended consequences by allowing the disease to continue its carnage. And the belief that heroin addiction always, or even usually, arises because someone has been prescribed opioids is misinformed. So my thanks go out to HBO for airing “Heroin: Cape Cod USA.” It’s a start at drawing nationwide attention to the horrific heroin problem. Future documentaries, I hope, will help shine a light on the real causes, and possible solutions, of the heroin addiction epidemic and not just its ruination of our families and communities.
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free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.
First Church of God Middletown
First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live. Supper at 5:30 p.m., Classes at 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Adult Bible Study; Ladies Bible Study: “Angels”; “Painting with Donny” - Bring your own sketchbook and there is a cost toward paint and brushes. The Wired Word; “Boundaries With Kids.” There are also classes for Youth, Children’s Classes Grades 3, 4 and 5: Grades 1 and 2, Kindergarten and Babysitting for Infants thru age 3 Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of
Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. They meet weekly through May. Thurs., Jan. 21: 11:30 a.m., Seniors Alive, menu is Fettuccini Alfredo and baked spaghetti, salad, breadsticks, dessert, beverage. Entertainment will be The Sentimentalists. Please plan to be there. Remember to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Middletown Food Bank. All seniors 55 and older are welcome. Mon., Jan. 25: Monthly dinner. The menu will be ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, vegetable and desserts. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
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This is the day, which the Lord has made. Worship is our opportunity to be glad and rejoice in the Lord’s house on the Lord’s Day. We come as children of God, knowing that we are welcomed here where all are meant to be one in the Lord. Let us lay down our burdens and rejoice in the Lord for the Lord is good, the Source of love. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for January 20-26 are always open to everyone. Wed., Jan. 20: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal.
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Thurs., Jan. 21: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067. Sun., Jan. 24: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for January: Bill Harris; 10:15 a.m.,
Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Jack Greenwalt, Earl and Donna Haddock. Lay Liturgist: Ken Frisbie. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of mother Ruth, and sister Leahbell presented by John Alexander and family. This week’s bulletins are sponsored in memory of Mary Gower Kuhn by the family. Tues., Jan. 26: 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry; 6:30 p.m., United Methodist Men’s dinner and meeting.
New Beginnings Church Middletown
We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. We are a Safe Sanctuary congregation. Our church steeple bell tolls four times at the beginning of worship, one for the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and you. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m.; Praise Band rehearsals, 7:30 p.m. Thursday evenings Pastor Britt’s Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m. followed by Intercessory Prayer. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1stand 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. We clean the Middletown Food Bank the 3rd Saturday every other month. The Knitting Group meets the 2nd and 4thWednesdays at 1 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these impor-
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tant areas of our church life. Mon., Jan. 25: 6:30 p.m., Children’s Ministry meeting. Pastor Britt will offer the first of a monthly special pastoral lecture series on Mon., Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. This series will feature spiritual challenges of today’s world from the perspective of God’s Word. The first lecture will be an introduction to the series. The community is invited. Nursery: Dana Rhine, Evette Graham. Acolyte for January: Larae Rhine. Ushers for January: Beth and Gary Hinkle, Dana and Jeff Rhine. Children’s Church leaders for January 24: Paula Bidoli and Judy Hinkle. Our men’s group to inspire and empower men in their faith meets to fellowship and pray together, discussing topics of interest that deal with everyday living. Presently they are meeting every Thursday morning at 6 a.m. for prayer. Sunday evening the group meets at 7 p.m., in addition to Thursday morning for a study of “Kingdom Family.” No need to call ahead, just show up. Community men welcome, call Sam Rainal at 951-4866 for any questions. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church and Childcare, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Brad Gilbert. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there is a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. There are several things happening at
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Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran and Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 Church is located at Spring and Union p.m. streets, (121 N. Spring St.), MiddleChurch and Community Events: town. We are a Reconciling In Christ Wed., Jan. 20: 10 a.m., Holy CommuChurch. nion, Chapel; 3 to 5 p.m., Homework You are invited to join us for wor- Club; 7 p.m., Adult Choir. ship on Wednesday morning, Saturday Sat., Jan. 23: 11:30 a.m., Evangelism evening and Sunday morning. Sunday Committee meeting at Starbucks by worship times are 8:15 and 11 a.m. the turnpike; 5 p.m., Holy ComSunday Church School for all ages is munion. at 9:45 a.m. Our 11 a.m. worship serSun., Jan. 24: 3 Epiphany; 8:15 a.m. vice is broadcast live on WMSS 91.1. (T) Holy Communion; 9:45 a.m., Wednesday morning service is at 10 Intergenerational Sunday school; 11 a.m. Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual a.m., (C) Holy Communion. traditional service and is 45 minutes Mon., Jan. 25: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., in length. Please enter through the Community Dinner at Church of God. parking lot doors. All are welcome, there is a cost; 6:30 The first Sunday of each month is p.m., Bible Study. Food Pantry Sunday. Items collected Tues., Jan. 26: 3 to 5 p.m., Homework are taken to the Middletown Area Club; 6 p.m., WSP. Interfaith Food Pantry located at 201 Visit our website at www.stpeWyoming Street, Royalton. Individu- tersmiddletown.org. als may also take items directly to the Scripture for January 24: Neh 8:1food pantry, which is open Tuesdays 3, 5-6, 8-10; Ps 19; I Cor 12:12-31a.
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The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Church school for all ages continues on January 24 from 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. We encourage parents to bring the children and teens to class. Adults are welcome to the Adult Forum. The Adult Forum will welcome Phip Susemihl who will lead our discussion of two Old Testament books (Jonah and Ruth) as they relate to lessons for our fractured world. Please join us for worship at 10:30 a.m. on January 24. Our sanctuary is handicapped accessible, and there are also hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one. Nursery is available during the service, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Hi, people! We are almost to the middle of this month of January. How are you doing? Are you thinking sunny thoughts of warmer days or are you loving the cold temps and frigid winds? You know there’s a way to can escape this winter with little or no cost? All you have to do is open a book! Do you have a favorite book? Look later in this column for some book ideas and think about cuddling up under a fuzzy blanket with one. Have a cozy week and send me an e-mail with your news to share. Birthdays Dear Readers: Please excuse the unfortunate mix up I had in sending in the Jan. 20 column last week instead of the Jan. 13 column. So many of you were wished happy birthday and happy anniversary a week early. This week you will find those greetings are a week later. I am sorry for the mishap. I can’t promise it won’t happen again, but I will surely try to make sure it doesn’t! Happy belated cake and ice cream day to Tom Shank of Lower Swatara. He celebrated on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Hope it was a day of sweet blessings, Tom! Happy birthday greetings to Mike Nickel of Lower Swatara. He has 46 reasons to smile on Wednesday, Jan. 13.! Katie Zimmerman heard the birthday song on Thursday, Jan. 14. I hope it was a beautiful sound to your ears, Katie! Caden Hunter of Lower Swatara marked his big 12th cake day on Thursday, Jan. 14. I hope it was the best one yet, Caden! Another 12th birthday: Best wishes to Dagan Hughes of Lower Swatara, who celebrated on Thursday, Jan. 14. Hope your treats were many. Happy 11th confetti-popping day to Faith Shonk of Londonderry Twp., who celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 16. Lots of love and laughter to you, Faith. Tyna Brinser celebrated her cake day on Sunday, Jan. 17. I hope you enjoyed your birthday, Tyna. Here is a shout-out to Annalise Spagnolo of Lower Swatara, who celebrated her 12th birthday on Sunday, Jan. 17. I hope your birthday celebration was full of fun and joy! Jim Gallagher of Lower Swatara celebrated his birthday on Monday, Jan. 18. Sending you sunshine and warmth, Jim. Garrett Deyle of Lower Swatara hit the 18th birthday landmark on Monday, Jan. 18. Hope your special golden birthday, 18 on 18th, was most memorable!
Happy 22nd birthday to Kaitlin Shartle of Lower Swatara. I hope this peppy greeting has you loving life after you celebrated your me-holiday on Monday, Jan. 18. Olivia Yeich of Lower Swatara turned a decade old on Monday, Jan. 18. I hope your birthday month is all glitter and sparkles, Olivia! Dinner is served The Middletown Church of God, 245 W. High St., kicks off its 2016 monthly dinners at 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 25. The menu is ham loaf, scalloped potatoes, veggie and desserts. All are welcome! There is a charge at the door. Michael Symon recipe Rigatoni with Ham and Broccoli Rabe (serves 4) • Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper • 1 pound of fresh rigatoni pasta • 3 tablespoons of olive oil, plus more for drizzling • 1/2 pound ham steak, small-diced (2 cups) • 4 cups (1-inch pieces) of broccoli rabe • 1/2 teaspoon of crushed red pepper flakes • 2 cups of freshly grated Parmesan cheese 1. In a very large pot, bring 5 quarts of water and 3 tablespoons of salt to a boil. Add the pasta and cook until just al dente, about 1 minute less than the package directions. Occasionally give the pasta a stir so it doesn’t stick together. Scoop out and reserve 1 cup of the pasta water before draining the pasta. 2. Meanwhile, put a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the olive oil followed by the ham and cook until it begins to render some fat, about 1 minute. Scoot the ham to one side of the pan. To the open space, add the broccoli rabe and red pepper flakes. Season with salt and black pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the broccoli rabe is crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. 3. Add the pasta and reserved pasta water to the pan and cook for 30 seconds, stirring to blend. 4. Remove from heat and stir in 1 1/2 cups of the Parmesan. Top the pasta with the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan, drizzle with olive oil and serve. York dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at York College for the fall semester: • Jordan Flowers, of Middletown, a nursing major
• Madison Lewis, of Middletown, a nursing major • Madison Rhodes, of Highspire, a public relations major • Joel Hess, of Elizabethtown, who is undeclared • Paige Huntington, of Elizabethtown, a psychology major Lehigh dean’s list Saira Kothari, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Lehigh University, Bethlehem, for the fall semester. James Madison dean’s list Mackenzie Lombardi, of Middletown, a kinesiology major, and Jenna Flickinger, of Hummelstown, a graphic design major, were named to the dean’s list at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Va., for the fall semester. Mansfield dean’s list Cassie Zinkan, of Middletown, was named to the dean’s list at Mansfield University, Mansfield, for the fall semester. 2016 Golden Group trips February 19-26: New Orleans March 16: “Samson’’ at Sight and Sound Theatre, Lancaster County April 1: Celtic Women, American Music Theater, Lancaster May 25: Pennsylvania Treasures June 3-20: National Parks tour (very few seats) June 23-24: Greenbrier July 21: New York (911 Memorial and Ellis Island) Aug. 31: Atlantic City Air Show, Resorts Atlantic City Sept. 27: Washington, D.C. (Spy Museum, Supreme Court) Oct. 20: Potomac Eagle Train Nov. 9: Broadway show (TBA) Dec. 8: Baltimore Pops Holiday Concert Please feel free to contact Dorothea 7170-944-9808 for more information about any of these events. Clarion dean’s list Kacey Stewart, of Middletown, and Patrick Briotte, of Hummelstown, were named to the dean’s list at Clarion University, Clarion, for the fall semester. Souper Saturday Mark your calendar: Saturday, Feb. 6 is the fourth-annual Middletown Area High School Band’s soup event, Souper Saturday! It will be held in the MAHS cafeteria,1155 N. Union St. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Soup, salad and desserts will be
provided by the Band Boosters. The Jazz Band and select performances from talented musicians will provide entertainment from 6 to 9 p.m. There will also be a silent auction. Come on out to warm up before the Super Bowl with a bowl of soup! Cost is $10 at the door, $7 pre-sale. For pre-sale tickets, e-mail your name and phone number to Paula Alcock at m22onkey@msn.com. Quote of the Week “Age brings with it a glimpse of wisdom not fully understood by those who haven’t journeyed enough days.” – Robin Dance, author Question of the Week What is your favorite book or story? “The Harry Potter series.” – Alex Pryor, 12, Rutherford. “I like ‘Heidi.’ She captures her grandfather’s heart and he changes.” – Robin Wood, N.J. “The Giving Tree.” – Minda Rhodes, 9, Hummelstown. “I like to read so it is hard to choose one. I liked ‘The DaVinci Code,’ and ‘Napalm and Silly Putty,’ by George Carlin.” – Pete Mecca, Middletown. “ ‘Junie B. Jones and a Little Monkey Business’ is my favorite book!” – Victoria Kelly, 8, Swatara Twp. “One of my favorite books is ‘Tears in the Darkness’ by Michael Norman. Mr. Norman tells his story as a survivor of the Bataan Death March. The terror, depravity, torture and inhuman treatment our soldiers suffered at the hands of the Imperial Japanese during World War II challenges us to be grateful for the comparatively privileged lives we live. This book uncovers the depravity of human nature and the dark depths to which mankind can sink in our treatment of our fellow man. The other is ‘The Hiding Place’ by Corrie ten Boom. Corrie, a holocaust survivor, tells the story of her family’s work to save hundreds of Jews from slaughter at the hands of the Nazis. They were found out, captured and suffered unspeakably in the concentration camps. Amidst the depths of the death, destruction, torture, horror and filth of the camps, Corrie ten Boom finds hope and gratitude in some amazing places. In the end, she’s challenged to either forgive or hate her torturers. This book ends in an amazing way, and Corrie ten Boom becomes my hero!”– Bryce McMinn, Susquehanna Twp.
Brian Hoover and Rebecca Martz
Engagement announced Mr. and Mrs. Lee Martz, of Lower Swatara Township, Middletown, announce the engagement of their daughter Rebecca Elizabeth to Mr. Bryan Hoover, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Hoover, of Bedford, Pa. Becca is a graduate of Middletown Area High School and Mansfield University with Double Major Degrees in Music Education and Vocal Performance. She is a Music Educator/Choral Director for the Chambersburg Area School District Middle Schools. Bryan is a graduate of Bedford High School and Mansfield University with a degree in Music Education. He is currently employed with Horace Mann Insurance.
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The winners of the Londonderry Elementary School Poetry Contest are, from left, Lily Ditty, fifth-grade winner; Paige Adelman, fifth-grade honorable mention; Haley Jones, fourth-grade winner; Anakyn Tingler, fourth-grade honorable mention; Samantha Gallick, third-grade winner; and Virginia Huntzinger, third-grade honorable mention.
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