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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014
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One motorist pleads guilty, another waives charges in Main Street crash By Noelle Barrett
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Five people were injured in the four-vehicle crash at the Mid-Town Plaza in October.
A Penn State Harrisburg student has pleaded guilty and another has waived charges to county court for allegedly causing a four-vehicle crash at the Mid-Town Plaza in Middletown last October while racing their cars on East Main Street. Bing Ouyang, 20, of Middletown, pleaded guilty to illegal racing, a summary offense, during a preliminary hearing before District Judge David Judy on Wednesday, Jan. 22. Five other charges, including two misdemeanors for recklessly endangering another person and conspiracy, and three
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summary offenses for careless driving, reckless driving and driving at an unsafe speed were withdrawn by the Dauphin County District Attorney’s office. Haowen Song, 21, of Middletown, waived his right to a preliminary hearing, sending the charges against him to Dauphin County Court. The charges against him include two misdemeanors for recklessly endangering another person and conspiracy, and five summary offenses for careless driving, reckless driving, driving at an unsafe speed, illegal racing and unsafe passing. Five people were injured in the accident, which occurred Please See CRASH, Page A8
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School board votes to advertise a preliminary budget that includes an $870,000
By Noelle Barrett
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Residents in the Middletown Area School District are likely to see a real estate tax increase next school year – but how much is still unknown. The Middletown Area School Board voted on Monday, Jan. 27 to advertise a preliminary budget for the 2014-15 school year that currently includes an $870,000 deficit. For 2014-2015, the district’s Act 1 index, or maximum tax increase allowed under state law, is set at 2.7 percent. The district is asking the state for an exception involving retirement costs that could allow the district to raise property taxes by as much as 3.94 percent, said David Franklin, assistant to the superintendent for finance and operations. That would mean a maximum increase of 0.8591 mills, or an additional $85.91 for a home assessed at $100,000. But while the district has applied for exceptions to the Act 1 index in the past, it has never raised
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Lia Schmittel performs one of her duties as the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Queen at the Pennsylvania Farm Show in 2012.
...you might become queen of Pennsylvania’s state fairs. Just ask Londonderry’s Lia Schmittel.
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t began with a rabbit. Lia Schmittel, then 10 years old, wanted a bunny, like the one her friend owned. To sway her father, she and her friend grabbed some sidewalk chalk and wrote – on the driveway of her Londonderry Twp. home – a list of reasons why Lia should own a rabbit. It worked. Her father relented that night, and Schmittel got her bunny. That led to obtaining more rabbits, kept in a hutch at her home, and showing them at agricultural fairs like the Pennsylvania Farm Show and Elizabethtown Fair. And blue ribbons. Then came chickens. And a miniature donkey named Penelope. Her knowledge of raising animals grew. She learned, for example, how rabbit poop makes a great garden fertilizer. She joined the Dauphin County 4-H Club, and in 2012 was crowned the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Queen by the Pennsylvania State Rabbit Breeders Association. It was only the beginning of her agricultural adventure. On Saturday, Jan. 27, Schmittel, 19, was crowned Pennsylvania Fair Queen at a convention of county and state fair organizers at the Hershey Lodge.
Londonderry Twp.’s Lia Schmittel poses with her crown.
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Coach Chris Sattele, center, and his Middletown boys’ basketball team pose for a photo with the game ball after the Blue Raiders defeated West Perry on Friday, Jan. 24 to give the coach his 100th career victory.
Middletown boys’ basketball coach Chris Sattele notched his 100th career victory when his Blue Raiders walloped West Perry, 66-47, on Friday, Jan. 24 in Middletown. Bench players got to be a piece of the milestone, as the Raiders’ starters blitzed the Mustangs early, allowing Middletown to substitute through most of the fourth quarter. Seventy-two of Sattele’s victories came at Middletown, where he’s coached since 2008, with the remaining 28 coming at Northern York, where he previously coached. For more on the historic victory, read Larry Etter’s account of the game on B1.
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Holly McKenna, an aquatics instructor at Penn State Harrisburg, will swim a 15hour marathon on Thursday, Jan. 30 at the campus pool to raise money for the Four Diamonds Fund. McKenna is scheduled to begin her swim at 7 a.m. and finish it at 10 p.m. Students and staff at the campus are invited to join her in the pool.
Middletown man held for trial on Megan’s Law charge A Middletown man was held for trial in Dauphin County Court on a charge that he violated Megan’s Law after a preliminary hearing before District Judge David Judy on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Louis J. Miller, 43, of Caravan Court, was arrested in November by detectives from the MIddletown Police Department and charged with failure to comply with Megan’s Law registration requirements after he allegedly failed to register a change of address with the state police. Miller was held in Dauphin County Prison on a detainer from the Dauphin County Adult Probation office.
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Steve Smith, choral director at Middletown Area High School, was selected as the 2014 Choral Director of Note for Pennsylvania by the American Choral Director Association. Smith is profiled along with other honorees from each state in the January issue of Choral Director magazine. Smith, who has taught at Middletown for 28 years, told the magazine he is proud of the fact that 181 of the 640 students in grades 9 through 12 are in the choral program, which attempts to improve year after year. “Remarkably, an ethic of excellence actually attracts more students to the program,’’ he told the magazine. “They appreciate the opportunity to be pushed to achieve. These outcomes of independence, confidence, lifelong learning and excellence are important to music but also enable students to be successful in all of life.’’
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Two elderly residents scammed out of $6,300 They posed as grandsons, in need of money, desperately seeking help from their grandmothers. One needed to pay a tax to get access to his college financial aid. The other needed bail to get out of a Mexico jail. They were swindlers, and their calls were a scam – a scam that took more than $6,000 from two elderly Lower Swatara Twp. residents recently, township police said. In one case, a 73-year-old resident told police on Monday, Jan. 20 that she lost $1,800 when she sent money via cash cards to a caller who claimed to be her grandson. He told her that he had received a phone call notifying him that his college financial aid had not gone through but was available if he paid
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Aurora, a Dalmatian raised at Middletown’s Spotted Dog Dalmatian Rescue, will compete in Animal Planet’s “Puppy Bowl X.”
Aurora’s in a super bowl, too
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What’s brown and white with lots of spots? A local pup that has made it to this year’s “Puppy Bowl.” Aurora, a Dalmatian raised by Ariel O’Brien, president and founder of the Spotted Dog Dalmatian Rescue on North Union Street in Middletown, can be spotted on the big screen during Animal
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Planet’s “Puppy Bowl X” on Sunday, Feb. 2. If landing a position in the starting lineup of the “Puppy Bowl” isn’t special enough, Aurora defies the odds. She is only the second Dalmatian and the first deaf dog to ever step onto the field. “The reason I wanted her to be in the ‘Puppy Bowl’ is because I wanted people
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Linda Fortini
Linda G. Fortini, 70, of Middletown, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 23 at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. She was born on February 18, 1943 in Harrisburg and was the daughter of the late Charles and Cora H. Moffa Zito. She was retired from the former New Cumberland Army Depot, and she was of the Catholic faith and a former member of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church, Middletown. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her brother Charles A. Zito Sr., nephew Charles A. Zito Jr., and sister Cora (Charlotte) Fisher. She is survived by her loving companion Joseph Sulzer; two daughters Maria Marion of Middletown, and Anita and husband Andy Dahl of Mechanicsburg; three sons Donald and wife Rachel Fortini, and Joseph A. and wife Cielo Fortini, all of Harrisburg, and James and wife Lori Fortini of Enola; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. There will be a visitation from 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, January 31 at Matinchek and Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown. Service and inurnment will be at the convenience of the family. Arrangements are being handled by Matinchek & Daughter Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Middletown. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 301 Chestnut St., #101, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Condolences may be sent online at www.matinchekanddaughterfuneralhome.com.
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M. Joseph Mateer, 96, of Middletown, passed away January 25, at the home of his son. He was born February 4, 1917 in New Bethlehem to the late Robert and Anna Mateer. Joe graduated from New Bethlehem High School in 1935. He earned a B.S. in physics and math from the College of Wooster in 1940 and later earned a civil engineering degree from VPI (now Virginia Tech) in 1942, where he was in the Honor Society of Tau Beta Pi. He worked for Bethlehem Steel for 40 years, retiring in 1982 as superintendent of Engineering (chief engineer) for the Steelton Plant. Joe played both baseball (starting catcher) and basketball at Wooster. An excellent athlete, he played semi-pro baseball and basketball in Harrisburg and was the coach of the Penbrook Pops basketball team. An avid golfer with several holes-in-one, he also loved to garden. He was a devoted PSU fan and Philadelphia Phillies supporter. He enjoyed reading, playing bridge and card games, and doting on his beloved grandchildren. One of the founding members of the Lower Dauphin School Board, he served there for 16 years, many times as president. He was a member and past president of the Steelton Rotary and served on the Harrisburg and Middletown Chambers of Commerce. He was a member of the Harrisburg Forest No. 43 Tall Cedars of Lebanon. Joe was a member of the Londonderry
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LD honors 70 students for their integrity Lower Dauphin High School’s PRIDE program seeks to recognize students who display the five character traits of Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Determination and Excellence. Seventy Lower Dauphin High School students were nominated by high school school staff members for displaying the trait of integrity – defined as “committing to doing what is right even if it is not popular or easy” – by the school’s PRIDE program, according to Kim Ringso, assistant principal. The program recognizes students who display the five character traits of Perseverance, Respect, Integrity, Determination and Excellence. The students recognized include: Sarah Blessing, Ava Bottiglia, Hunter Crawford, Meredith Hazen, Abigail
Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law.
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Electronics stolen A resident of a home in the 1000 block of Georgetown Rd. told police an array of electronic equipment was stolen from her home sometime between Jan. 6 and 7. Reported stolen were a Sony Playstation 4 computer with controller and game, two Visitar Camelio computer tablets, a Nintendo Gameboy 2DS computer, a Samsung Galaxy SS computer tablet and a Samsung Galaxy S3 telephone. The homeowner told police she had hosted a family gathering and numerous people attended. She had discovered the items were missing the day following the party. Police are asking anyone with information about the theft to contact them at 717-939-0463. Drug-related charges Catherine R. Waters, 25, of the 100 block of Eby Lane, Middletown, has been charged with two counts of possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana, making a false report to a law enforcement officer and failure to make change of address, police report. The charges were filed following an investigation of a domestic disturbance at 9:27 p.m. on Jan. 17 in the 1000 block of W. Harrisburg Pike. The investigating officer reported finding Waters hiding in front of a residence. Drug paraphernalia and a substance that was tested and shown to be marijuana were in found in the home, police said. Thefts from vehicles A pocketbook containing prescription drugs, cash and person items was stolen from a car parked in the 1000 block of Lakeside Dr., police report. Police believe the theft took place some time between Jan. 16 and 17. The 2009 Honda Civic was not locked at the time of the theft, police said. A cell phone valued at $500 and a wallet containing credit cards were stolen from a vehicle on Jan. 15 in the 100 block of Delmont Dr., police said. Disorderly conduct citation Aimee S. Wilson, 27, of the 2000 block of Green St., Harrisburg, has been cited for disorderly conduct following a disturbance at the office of District Judge Michael Smith at 8:30 a.m. on Jan. 16, police report. Wilson became upset during a hearing before Smith on a speeding citation, claiming police were lying, police said. After she was found guilty, Wilson uttered profanities, prompting Smith to order a citation for disorderly conduct to be issued against her. Teenager cited A 15-year-old Middletown resident was cited for disorderly conduct after allegedly causing a disturbance at Middletown Area High School at 11:15 a.m. on Jan. 15. Police said the student pounded on a closed door to a classroom and shouted profanities. The youth left the classroom without permission and found the door closed and secured upon return, police said.
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net It’s time to say goodbye to another January. BRRRRR! Thinking warm and cozy thoughts now. What is your favorite thing to cook or bake? Look at the end of this column to see what some of your neighbors said. It’s a good way to get inspired to cook or bake something new or different. In the meantime, give me a holler if you would like to answer one of the questions or if you have any news to share. Do you have an easy recipe to share? Let me know, and have a wonderful last few days of January. Yay!
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Brynne R. Schlicher and Matthew Noah Cowan were named Middletown Area High School’s Students of the Month for January. Schlicher, daughter of Kim and Erich Schlicher, is the drum major with the Middletown Blue Wave Marching Band. She is a member of the tennis team, bowling team, track and field team, concert band, jazz band, chorus, high school musical, Key Club and LINK crew. She has been named to the Lebanon Valley College Honors Band and the American Choral Directors Association National Honor Choir. In the community, she is the children’s choir director and a junior church leader at Evangelical United Methodist Church. She has worked at local playgrounds for the Olmstead Regional Recreation Board’s summer playground program and performed an internship at Heather’s Cupcakes N Things, Swatara Twp. She plans to attend the Culinary Institute of America and major in baking and pastry arts. “I am very honored to be nominated as January Student of the Month,’’ she said. “To be nominated by my teachers
for this prestigious award, I am grateful and thankful for this recognition.’’ Cowan, son of Keim and Jerry Cowan, is a member of the National Honor Society and the track and field team. He also was a member of the baseball team in his freshman and sophomore years. He has earned various academic awards from the Middletown Area School District. In the community, he is an audio and visual technician at Valley Baptist Church, and mows the church’s grass. He has worked in lawn care and snow removal. He plans to attend Penn State Harrisburg for two years, then transfer to Penn State Altoona to earn a degree in rail transportation engineering. “I am very appreciative of the fact that I was selected to be one of January’s Students of the Month,’’ he said. “I hope that throughout the rest of the year I am able to live up to the high expectations of one selected for this position. Much of my success is due to the hard work and devotion of my teachers past and present, I want to thank them for helping me to build a foundation for my future.’’
Birthdays Happy 22nd birthday to Dylan Krupilis of Lower Swatara Twp. He marks his high-five cake day on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Enjoy your week! Here is a shout out to Kim Thompson of Lower Swatara. Her sunshiny birthday is Thursday, Jan. 31. Hope it is a happy one, Kim. Steven Guenther of Lower Swatara celebrates his 22nd confetti-popping day on Thursday, Jan. 31. My how the years fly, Steve. Have fun! Carson Reigle of Lower Swatara will blow out three candles atop his birthday cake on Wednesday, Jan. 31. Hope you get lots of treats, Carson. Happy quarter-of-a-century birthday to Amanda Matz of Lower Swatara on Saturday, Feb. 1. Yay! Celebrate! Happy 14th frosty-filled day to Ryan Hughes of Lower Swatara. He observes his me-holiday on Ground Hog’s Day, Sunday, Feb. 2. Hoping spring is right around the corner. Brandon Miller of Lower Swatara hits number 25 on Monday, Feb. 3. Hoping this landmark day is very special for you, Brandon. Megan Burghdorf of Lower Swatara will have her bling and sparkles day
Students to perform in county orchestras Nearly 35 Lower Dauphin string musicians will perform in the Dauphin County Music Educators Orchestra Festival at Hershey High School on Saturday, Feb. 1. The DCMEA Elementary Orchestra is made up of students in grades 4-6 and will be under the direction of Ralph Jackson of North Penn School District. Students performing will include Londonderry Elementary students Anna Mauger, viola and Emma Yeager, violin; and Lower Dauphin Middle School sixth-graders Christian Gingrich, string bass; Emma McQuinn,
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Question of the Week What is your favorite thing to cook or bake? “I like to cook baked chicken. Delicious.” – Phyllis Ackerman, Lower Swatara. “My favorite things to bake are sugar cookies.” – Megan Danilowicz, 16, Lower Swatara. “Any type of chili. I always vary the ingredients, depending on what’s in my pantry!’’ – Susan Wagner, Lower Swatara. “Making pizza burgers. A meal I learned to make in seventh-grade Home Economics class.” – Rick Berrones, Lower Swatara. “Since I make Black Magic Cake with peanut butter icing, it is my favorite. Of course, I love to bake chocolate chip cookies, too – and eat them!” – Debbie Livingston, Dauphin.
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Elizabethtown College dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Elizabethtown College for the fall semester: • Trevor Bower, of Middletown • Karissa Hall, of Middletown • Sarah Orris, of Middletown • Ryan Perez, of Middletown • Stephanie Strauss, of Middletown • Brandon Diaz, of Highspire • Amanda Amen, of Elizabethtown • Tyler Athey, of Elizabethtown • Kelsey Detweiler, of Elizabethtown • Haley Diener, of Elizabethtown • Emily Hornung, of Elizabethtown • Erin Horting, of Elizabethtown • Sarah Kennedy, of Elizabethtown • Emily Reese, of Elizabethtown • Ricki Wagner, of Elizabethtown • Katharine Rozman, of Hummelstown
named to the dean’s list at Wilkes University, Wilkes-Barre, for the fall semester: • Jessica Drebot, of Middletown • Jennalyn Garrity, of Elizabethtown • Tracey Hilker, of Hummelstown • Jennifer Smith, of Hummelstown • Kevin Taylor, of Hummelstown
school ninth-graders Peter Gingrich, cello; Jane Miller, viola; and Samuel Rothermel, Rachel Bickelman, Sarah Blessing and Grace Gilbert, violin. The DCMEA Senior High Orchestra includes students in grades 10-12 and will be under the direction of David Diehl from the Dallastown School District. Students performing will include Sarah Rothermel, Megan Banning, Elizabeth Gross, Parth Delvadia and Jennifer Jackson, violin; Dana Shaffer, viola; and Christopher Gumert and Adam Rish, string bass.
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From The Wednesday, January 30, 1991 Edition Of The Press And Journal How To Fly Our Nation’s Flag With Respect, Pride Patriotism is in bloom, due in part to Operation Desert Storm. One aspect of this finds many people flying the American flag. We thought it would be appropriate to restate how to properly display the flag of the United States. Our nation’s flag should be flown daily from sunrise to sunset in good weather from public buildings, schools, permanent staffs in the open, businesses and residences. The flag may be flown at night only at special patriotic occasions or when special permission is given guaranteeing proper illumination. The flag should never be allowed to touch anything beneath it, nor should it ever be carried flat or horizontally, always aloft and free. It should never be used as drapery or decoration, for carrying or holiday anything, or stored in such a manner that it will be damaged or soiled. The flag should always be flown on national and state holidays and on those occasions proclaimed by the President. On Memorial Day, the Ensign should be half staffed until noon. The flag should be hoisted briefly and lowered ceremoniously. It should never be dipped to any person or thing nor should it ever be displayed with the union down except as a signal of dire distress. The flag should never be used for advertising purposes in any manner whatsoever, nor should any picture, drawing, insignia or other decoration be placed upon or attached to the flag, it staff or halyard. The flag should not be embroidered on personal items nor printed on anything designed for temporary use and then discarded. When the flag is so worn or soiled, and it is no longer suitable for display, it should be destroyed in a dignified
World War II roundtable to meet Feb. 6 The Capital Area World War II Round Table will meet at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 6, at Grace United Methodist Church, 433 E.Main St., Hummelstown. The speaker for the February meeting will be Carrol G. Smith of Harrisburg, a Marine Corps sergeant in World War II who served as a radar operator with the 2nd Marine Division in the South Pacific. He enlisted in the Marines on March 8, 1943 in New York City. Following basic training he was sent to radar technician school at Camp Lejeune and was promoted to sergeant upon graduation. He was shipped to the West Coast and then by destroyer to Hawaii. In July 1944 he boarded ship for the Palau Island Group, where he participated in the invasion of the island of Angaur. There he headed a crew operating a radar unit to give early warning of approaching Japanese planes to his anti-aircraft artillery battalion. He was later assigned to Guam and Saipan where he was trained as a shore observer for the Navy. At war’s end, he was sent to Nagasaki, Japan before returning home. Smith was discharged on Jan. 7, 1946 in Bainbridge, Md. Following the war he returned to Worcester (Mass.) Polytechnic Institute under the G.I. Bill, graduating with a degree in electrical engineering. The meeting is open to the public and anyone with an interest in World War II is welcome to attend. For more information, readers may call William S. Jackson at 717-5668958.
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manner, preferably by burning. No disrespect of any kind should be shown to the flag of the United States. Fitness Center Ready To ‘Pump You Up’ No longer will the newly refurbished weight room at the Main Street Gym “soon” be open. It is open. The Olmsted Regional Fitness Center, as the workout facility is now called, opened January 28 with a big bang – free workouts to those who stop in through Thursday, January 31. It was originally thought the facility would open the first week of January. But due to complications in getting weight equipment from the manufacturer, the delay was inevitable. The $19,134 worth of weight/exercise equipment, with the exception of a few cardiovascular pieces, arrived Saturday, January 19 and is set up and ready to use. “In the long run it probably worked out better for us,” said Lee Bloes, Middletown Area School District assistant athletic director and Olmsted Regional Recreation Board co-director, about the wait. “It didn’t rush us and we were able to get the things done we needed to get done.” The facility was not only given a facelift, it also had internal surgery. The walls were re-painted, floors were re-carpeted and bathrooms were given new showers and floor coverings. Other changes to the facility included repairing rotted woodworking around doors and installing new locks to entrances. Walls that were in need of repainting were covered with Concord blue on the lower half and Tuscan white on the upper half. “We wanted a darker color on the bottom because when they spot someone (while weightlifting) they tend to lean against the wall and get it dirty,” Bloes explained. “just like at home the dirt tends to give it some contrast so it doesn’t look quite so dull.” Most of the renovation work was done for under $2,800 by Ron Conway, his brothers Kerry, Denne and Kip, and his friend Mike Yurovich, according to Bloes. New Boiler For Borough Building Heating Plant Due Next Week Middletown Council was advised at its recent mid-month committee meeting that the new boiler for the
Borough buildings heating plant will be delivered on or about February 4 and should be in operation within a few days after its arrival. Councilman Dale “Tick” Sinniger said on Monday of this week that Borough crews have already installed a larger transformer in the Scott Avenue line to serve the new electric boiler. He also stated that the concrete slab, pipes and wiring for the new boiler have also been installed. Sinniger said completion of that preliminary work should enable the contractor to complete the actual installations of the new boiler within a few days of its arrival. Council had voted in December to accept a bid in the amount of $16,255 from Folk & Garber, Inc. of Hummelstown, for the electric boiler that will replace an old unit. Borough Manager Bruce Hamer said the total cost of the project, including installation plus modifications to accommodate the new unit, would probably cost about $28,000. He said Folk & Garber would do the installation under a separate contract. Township Officials Laboring With Housing Developments A moratorium on planned residential developments and the proposed Rosecrest development occupied Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors at its recent workshop meeting. With reference to Rosecrest, supervisors rejected at least two proposals contained in the latest plans submitted for the proposed residential and commercial development on Route 230. Supervisors balked at the developers’ proposal to build a private sanitary sewer system to serve the 500 dwelling units and commercial office suites that would be constructed on property now occupied by the Saturday’s Market shopping center. Board members expressed dissatisfaction with “the idea of having another independent sewer system in that area. There are presently two private sewer systems serving mobile home parks in that region of the Township. After some discussion on that subject, the Board directed Solicitor James Pannebaker to alter the language in that portion of the agreement between the developers and the township to specify that the development may not proceed until a public sewer system is
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23 YEARS AGO - A Pizza The Action – Mary Barth’s fourth grade class from Demey Elementary School got into the pizza business recently. Domino’s Pizza at the Jamesway Plaza hosted a tour and allowed students to make their own pizza, which later became a late lunch at the school. As a related math project, each student was required to study the business and set up a price list. Pictured are: David Tennis, David Hicks, Steed Miller, Shane Feathers, Amanda Crum, Jennifer Keefer, Robert Fallinger and Domino’s manager Ron Smith and assistant Bill Marshall. Samuel Cruz was absent for the picture. available to serve the project. Prices From 23 Years Ago Ninja Turtle Cookies 11 oz......$1.49 Dietz & Watson Dried Beef....................... $5.49/lb. Kraft Grape Jelly 32 oz...............96¢ Schweppes Ginger Ale 2-liter.....99¢ Morton Salt 26 oz........................33¢ Morton Honeybuns 9 oz...........$1.09 Hersheypark All Meat Franks.................. 99¢/lb. VT Bird Seed 20 lb. bag..........$3.39 Gorton’s Fish Sticks 27 oz...................$3.60 Fruit Filled Cinnamon Buns................. 6/$1.49 Hanover Stew Vegetables 24 oz..........$1.40 Finast Cake Mix 18.25 oz...........68¢
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-Lower Swatara Fire Co. - 7:30 pm -Red Rose Rebekah Lodge #586 - 1 pm -Londonderry Twp. Supervisors - 7 pm
-M-town Library Board - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Royalton Boro Council - 7 pm -Highspire Boro Planning Comm. - 7 pm
-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -M-town Youth Club Board Mtg. - 7 pm General Mtg - 8 pm -M-town Am. Legion Aux. - 7 pm -Lower Swatara Twp. Commissioners - 7 pm -Dauphin County Commissioners - 10 am
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-M-town Alumni Assoc. - 8 pm -ABWA, Olmsted Chapter - 6 pm -Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Highspire Boro Council - 7 pm
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President’s Day
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-Triune Odd Fellow #307 - 7:30 pm -Royalton Boro Authority - 5 pm Planning Commission - 7 pm -MASD Board - 7 pm
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-Pasta Dinner @ Am. Legion Post 594 - Noon - 3 pm hosted by MAHS Boys Bastetball Boosters
-Block Shoot, M-town Anglers and Hunters - 1 pm
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-Red Rose Rebekah Lodge #586 - 1 pm -M-town Fire Dept. Consolidation - 7 pm
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Lincoln’s Birthday -BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -Wesley Gold - 11 am-1 pm -M-town Elks Lodge at Am. Legion - 7 pm -Dauphin County Commissioners - 10 am
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-Walk-In Immunization Clinic at Woodlayne Court, 149 Wilson St., M-town - 9:30-11:30 am -M-town Women’s Club - 6:30 pm -Lower Swatara Lions - 6:30 pm -M-town Chamber of Commerce - Noon -Londonderry Twp. Parks/Rec - 7 pm
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-BINGO, Lower Swatara Fire Hall - 7 pm -Susquehanna Area Regional Airport Authority - 8 am -Dauphin County Commissioners - 10:00 am
-BINGO BLAST, at Hummelstown Fire Co. Doors Open - 5 pm; Games - 7 pm -Chicken BBQ, Londonderry Fire Co. - 10 am-2 pm
-Highspire Boro Council - 7 pm -Londonderry Twp. Planning Comm. - 7 pm
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-Lower Swatara Lions - 6:30 pm -Lower Swatara Twp. Planning Commission 7 pm
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News From District Judge Michael J. Smith
Following is a compilation of action in cases filed before District Magistrate Michael J. Smith. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law. Dismissed A citation for public drunkenness was dismissed against Hun Yi Chong, 48, of the 1000 block of Tiverton Rd., Mechanicsburg. The citation was issued following an incident on Sept. 27. Withdrawn A citation for harassment was withdrawn against John L. Beistline, 61, of the 7000 block of Sleepy Hollow Rd., Harrisburg. Charges of a simple assault, criminal mischief and harassment were withdrawn against Janis M. Tolan, 34, of the first block of N. Lockwillow Ave., Harrisburg. The charges were filed following an incident on Sept. 25. Guilty pleas Justin S. Lewis, 19, of the 800 block of Eshelman St., Highspire, pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct citation stemming from an incident on Dec. 15. Timothy A. Tatem Sr., 45, of 40 block of George Dr., Middletown, pleaded guilty to a harassment citation stemming from an incident on Nov. 14. Joseph L. Owens, 20, of the 10 block of Heathglen Rd., Middletown, pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct citation stemming from an incident on Nov. 6. Diane M. Wright, 38, of the 1000 block of Park St., Harrisburg, pleaded guilty to a citation for theft of services stemming from an incident on Aug. 10. Justin M. Bishop, 25, of the 1000
block of Longview Dr., Middletown, pleaded guilty to a disorderly conduct citation stemming from an incident on Oct. 26. Shannon A. Heller, 40, of the 900 block of Cola Rd., Middletown, pleaded guilty to a public drunkenness citation stemming from an incident on Nov. 3 . Found guilty Scott A. Ferris, 47, of the 200 block of Tunnel St., Williamstown, was found guilty of disorderly conduct stemming from an incident on March 14. Waived Eric M. Gwirtz, 28, of the 300 block of S. Second St., Steelton, waived charges of DUI and DUI-controlled substance to Dauphin County Court. Charges of careless driving and disregarding lanes of traffic were withdrawn. Gwirtz was arrested on Oct. 10. Bawi Uk Thang, 30, of the 100 block of N. Spring St., Middletown, waived charges of DUI-high rate of alcohol, DUI, careless driving and disregarding lanes of traffic to Dauphin County Court. Thang was arrested on Oct. 17. Joel A. Snyder, 48, of the 300 block of Caravan Ct., Middletown, waived charges of DUI, DUI-highest rate of alcohol and careless driving to Dauphin County Court. Snyder was arrested on Nov. 1. Cheryl A. Bronico, 54, of the 100 block of Main St., Woodbury, Bedford County, waived charges of DUI and DUI-highest rate of alcohol to Dauphin
County Court. Bronico was arrested on Nov. 1. Brian E. Nutt, 41, of the 2000 block of Raleigh Rd., Hummelstown, waived a charge of DUI to Dauphin County Court. Nutt was arrested on Nov. 14. Justin R. Early, 22, of the 2000 block of Market St. Extended, Middletown, waived charges of simple assault and harassment to Dauphin County Court. A charge of endangering welfare of children was withdrawn. The charges stem from an incident on Dec. 2. Laurence S. Davidson, 64, of the 100 block of Mill St., Middletown, waived charges of DUI and DUI-high rate of alcohol to Dauphin County Court. Davidson was arrested on Oct. 12. Brian L. Flowers, 36, of the 200 block of Holly St., Elizabethtown, waived charges of DUI-controlled substance (two counts) and a single count of careless driving to Dauphin County Court. Flowers was arrested on Aug. 17. Connor A. Klumpp, 18, of the 1000 block of Spring House Dr., Middletown, waived a charge of carrying a firearm without a license to Dauphin County Court. The charge stems from an incident on Nov. 8.
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STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE SCHOOLS
Board creates career QUEEN counselor position
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By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
In the hope that it will help students plan for their future, the SteeltonHighspire School Board has created a counselor position specifically for career preparation. The board voted at a meeting on Thursday, Jan. 23 to create the fulltime career preparation counselor for students in grades 4 through 12. The position will be paid using Title I grant funds, and the salary range for the position will be commensurate with the teachers’ contract, said Superintendent Ellen Castagneto. “It’s definitely needed,” Castagneto said. “We definitely need to assist our students with understanding that there are careers out there.” Starting in fourth grade, students will
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when four vehicles collided on East Main Street near the plaza around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21. The injured were transported to Penn State Hershey Medical Center, including one woman who broke several bones in her right foot, according to a probable cause affidavit filed by Middletown police with Judy’s office. According to the affidavit, Song, driving a white Nissan Z, and Ouyang, driving a black Porsche Cayenne, agreed to race from Route 283 to the Village of Pineford, where both students lived. Witnesses saw both cars speeding when Song tried to pass Ouyang, police said. Song then collided head-on with an Isuzu Rodeo, causing extensive damage, the affidavit charged. Ouyang then rear-ended a dark blue Mercury that was slowing down to enter the
be introduced to different careers, and the counselor will expand on lessons through junior high school. Students will be able to explore different career paths and develop plans with the help of the counselor based on the students’ interests and strengths, Castagneto said. “We want to help the students prepare and achieve lifetime goals,” she said. The Steelton-Highspire School District hopes to connect with local businesses and colleges to help students obtain jobs and internships in high school. The district hopes to fill the position this year, so juniors and seniors can benefit, Castagneto said. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
Mid-Town Plaza, police said. Ouyang admitted to police that he was driving 90 mph after a witness estimated they were driving around 80 mph, according to the affidavit. Deputy District Attorney Abby Trovinger wouldn’t say why Ouyang’s other charges were dropped because Song’s case is still active in court. “Racing was by far the most serious summary offense,” Trovinger said. “As far as insights into reasons for withdrawing the charges, I wouldn’t feel comfortable [disclosing that].” Ouyang was required to pay $307.50 in fines and costs, according to court records. Song’s formal arraignment is scheduled for Friday, March 28 in Dauphin County Court. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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Schmittel, who qualified for the competition after she was named queen of the Elizabethtown Fair last summer, beat 57 other fair queens from across Pennsylvania. She will tour the state this year promoting agriculture at state and county fairs, and will receive a $2,500 scholarship. The money will come in handy at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, where Schmittel is studying equine science and management. “I’m still slightly in shock,’’ she said. Contestants were judged on poise – yes, there is an evening gown competition – and public speaking skills. Schmittel, daughter of Deb and Scott Schmittel, answered a question about how she would promote state agriculture – and the judges were impressed. Now she will tour the state’s agriculture fairs and major farming events. The previous queen attended 30 events, and Schmittel intends to top that. It means a somewhat steady diet of funnel cakes, fried onions and other fair food. “Luckily, fair food is pretty good, so I’m happy about that,’’ she said. It’s an honor that Schmittel has dreamed about. Though she’s a hands-dirty kind of person, the allure of becoming the state fair queen was powerful, because it was one more way she could promote agriculture, a subject she loves. “it’s not just, ‘Oh, you’re really pretty’ – you actually know stuff you’re representing,’’ she said. And she knows her stuff. At college, she will be cocaptain of the school’s equestrian vaulting team next fall. She learned trick riding as part of her college studies. At the Elizabethtown Fair, she chased stray frogs in the frog jumping contest, catching them
News & happenings for Middletown and surrounding areas.
Souper Saturday
The Middletown Area High School Band is holding a Souper Saturday soup sale from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the high school cafeteria. Music will be performed by the Jazz Band and select student-musicians. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. •••••
Miracles for Miranda chicken pot pie dinner
A GEO’s Famous Chicken Pot Pie Dinner will be held as a fundraiser for Miranda Miller from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Knights of Columbus, 145 Peach St., Harrisburg. For dine-in or takeout tickets, readers may call 717-856-6031 or stop by The Hair Junction at 6222 Derry St., Harrisburg. The fundraiser is to help Miranda and her family with the cost of her treatment for childhood leukemia. Press and Journal Photo By Noelle Barrett
Lia Schmittel, the 2013 Elizabethtown Fair queen, competes in the hay bale throwing contest at the fair. “You definitely get the royal treatment,’’ she joked. with a swimming pool net. And that was her in the hay bale tossing contest – in her crown and sash. When she comes home from college on breaks, Penelope, her 3-year-old donkey, greets her at the gate when Schmittel whistles. The life span of a miniature donkey is about 40 years, a little fact that Schmittel admits she did not share with
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to be able to see that you would not be able to tell the difference between a hearing dog and a deaf dog playing,” O’Brien said. The dogs in the bowl all come from rescue organizations across the country, O’Brien said. As Aurora played with her fellow teammates and ran after the ball, it was impossible to tell she was different. “She’s quite the little star,” O’Brien
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said. “I think she did really well. She was definitely the wide receiver part. She loved running up and down the field.” O’Brien received Aurora from a breeder in California just two weeks before before they made the trip to New York City to film the “Puppy Bowl” on Oct. 3. The Spotted Dog Dalmatian Rescue takes in deaf Dalmatians and trains them in ability and obedience before finding them homes. But many Dalmatians like Aurora aren’t so lucky. The Dalmatian Club of America, an organization that represents over 1,000 Dalmatian breeders, mandates that any Dalmatians born deaf be euthanized, O’Brien said. “Responsible breeders never knowingly sell, place or give away deaf pups to pet homes. Deaf pups should always be humanely destroyed by a veterinarian,” reads a statement on the Dalmatian Club of America’s website. “If you are the owner of a deaf Dalmatian, and are having problems with the dog, don’t feel guilty about it. Consider starting over with a healthy, hearing pup and do have the deaf dog put down.” To O’Brien, that mandate “is not
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her father until the donkey was at their home. When it comes to agricultural pursuits, beware the state fair queen. On Saturday, her knowledge cumulated in a state title. When it was announced that she had won, Schmittel screamed, covered her face and cried. “It was really crazy,’’ she admitted. “It was a new experi-
humane. It’s cruel.” “We don’t feel that is right,’’ she said. “We have had deaf dogs for 10 years now. We find that they are just as smart and as easy a dog to train” than any other. Aurora may be deaf, but at 12 weeks old she was filming the bowl with about 200 other dogs in the same studio where the gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows’’ was filmed in the 1960s and 1970s. “It was just so much fun, because you had all of these puppies and all of these different breeds playing around and having such a good time together,” O’ Brien said. “Aurora was the most
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$1,800 for taxes on the aid, police said. The victim called police after receiving another request for more money, police said. The calls were traced to an apartment complex in Atlanta, Ga., police said. In the other case, a 67-year-old resident told police she lost $4,500 that she wired to a caller who claimed to be her grandson in need of bail in a foreign country’s prison. He told her that he was visiting friends in Mexico City when he was involved in a car crash and needed $1,500 to get out of prison. The victim withdrew cash from her bank account and wired the money to him, police said.
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raised taxes above the Act 1 index, Franklin said. “As with all of our annual budgets, the district will be sharpening its pencils and working very diligently” before the school board takes a final vote, said Superintendent Lori Suski. The school board plans to take action on the preliminary budget during a meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18. A final budget is expected to be adopted on June 23. Franklin presented the first draft of the budget, which has expenditures of $41.2 million, a 4.77 percent increase from the $39.3 million final budget for 2013-14, to the board on Monday. “There are a lot of items that are unknown,” Franklin said. “We budgeted very conservatively in this first draft of the budget.” While expenses have gone up in several areas, the district’s contribution to the Public School Employees’ Retirement System (PSERS) has increased $791,000 and is “one of the biggest drivers in our budget,” said Franklin,
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The Middletown Boys’ Basketball Booster Club is hosting a pasta dinner from noon to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 9 at Middletown American Legion Post 594, 137 E. High St., Middletown. Readers may purchase tickets at any home game or contact Sandy Harper at slharper@ verizon.net or 717-986-0399; Chris Phillips at Middletown Area High School; or Matt Kleinfelter at Middletown Area Middle School.
popular dog there. Everyone wanted to meet her.” Seeing Aurora out on the field makes rescuing the dogs worthwhile, and proves they are just like every other dog, O’Brien said. “She is just the happiest – a very happy, very sweet loving little girl that loves to give kisses,” O’Brien said. “Puppy Bowl X” kicks off at 3 p.m. on Sunday. For more information on the Spotted Dog Dalmatian Rescue or to make a donation, visit www.spotteddogdalmatianrescue.org. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
An hour later, the caller contacted her again, claiming he needed another $1,500 for bail, police said. The victim withdrew another $1,500 and sent it, police said. The caller contacted her a third time for another $1,500, which she withdrew and sent, police said. Then he called a fourth time, claiming he needed another $1,500 to pay for hospital bills because he had suffered a broken nose, police said. This time the victim contacted relatives who told her that her grandson was not in Mexico City and was not injured in a crash. The victim’s bank told her it would not cover her losses because she had personally withdrawn the money from her account, police said.
along with a $602,000 increase in health insurance costs. “Most of this is not really within the district’s control,” Franklin said, since the district is required to provide health insurance and participate in PSERS. The contribution to PSERS – $3.52 million in 2014-15, according to the district – is 8.56 percent of the current draft of the budget, equal to 0.47 mills, Franklin said. “It is the thing that is making our budget grow more than anything else,” he said. The district’s first draft for the current school year originally had a deficit of $1.8 million, but the district was able to balance the budget without going above the index. The board eventually approved a final budget with a 0.41 mill, or 1.92 percent, increase in property taxes. “I feel confident we’ll have that level of success this year” balancing the budget by June, Franklin said. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014
MIDDLETOWN AREA BOYS’ BASKETBALL
EAST, WEST, HOME’S BEST
Raiders beat visiting East Penn, West Perry; give coach Sattele his 100th career victory By Larry Etter
Press And Journal Staff
The Middletown boys’ basketball team ran its winning streak to four straight last week and, in the process, gave Blue Raider Coach Chris Sattele his 100th coaching victory on Friday, Jan. 24. Sattele, who had coached at Northern York for five seasons prior to taking over the reins at Middletown in 2008, earned 72 of the wins during his tenure at Middletown Area High School. His accomplishment was duly recognized at center court by Middletown athletic director Jeremy King following the victory over visiting West Perry on Friday. Sattele’s teams won three straight Annville-Cleona Tip Off Tournament titles in 2009, 2010 and 2011 and made appearances in the postseason District 3 playoffs in 2011 and 2012. The Raiders recorded three consecutive 15-win seasons in 2009-2010, 2010-2011 and 2011-2012. With victories over East Pennsboro on Wednesday, Jan. 22 and West Perry on Friday, the Raiders improved their overall record for the current season to 8-9 (6-6 in the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division).
Middletown 53, East Pennsboro 52
While the milestone victory on Friday was indeed a big deal for Sattele and his charges, the opportunity was set up by an even bigger accomplishment on Wednesday in a makeup game rescheduled from the previous night. Avenging a 1-point loss at East Pennsboro back on Dec. 19, the Raiders held on for a win over the visiting Panthers (10-7, 8-4). The game was tight the whole way through until the end and it took a white-knuckle finish by the Raiders to claim the important triumph. With the score knotted up a 47-47, Middletown’s Dylan Danilowicz made the first of two foul shots with 2:30 left to break the tie. His second shot missed, but teammate Nick Drawbaugh alertly grabbed the carom and scored on a putback to make it a 3-point game, 50-47. Following a missed shot by the Panthers, Cody Fox made the second of a two-shot foul with 1:23 left to give the Raiders a 51-47 edge. But the Panthers answered with a 3-point play by
“I was afraid the ref was going to call a foul on the play, but he didn’t. Still, when the shot went up my heart skipped a beat.” -Dylan Danilowicz Middletown player Amir Mundy to cut the lead to 1 point, 51-50, with 1:05 left. A costly Middletown turnover with 39 ticks left went unrewarded for East Pennsboro when Mundy missed the front end of a 1-and-1. A miss from the floor by the Raiders gave the Panthers another chance and Mundy went low post for the go-ahead points and a 52-51 lead with :26.4 on the clock. Attacking the basket on a drive, Middletown’s Ladhellis Charleston missed but was fouled and went to the line with :03.5 seconds to go. Charleston made the first to tie the game and calmly made the second attempt to edge the Blue Raiders back in front at 53-52. But this game was not over yet. East Pennsboro had one more chance to pull Photo by Don Graham out the win. The Middletown defense came up big, Middletown’s Cody Fox (24) scores on a layup against however, when Danilowicz got a hand on West Perry. The Blue Raiders’ victory over the Mustangs the ball as East Pennsboro was running gave Coach Chris Sattele his 100th career victory. to floor. Although the Panthers retained possession, the play by Danilowicz was enough to halftime break. An 11-7 scoring edge by the Raiders at the close disrupt the flow and a last-second heave was well of the third quarter gave the nod to the Middletown off the mark as time ran out. squad at 41-38 heading into the dramatic final quarter. “I was afraid the ref was going to call a foul on the And, because the Panthers outpointed the Raiders play, but he didn’t,” Danilowicz said, adding, “Still, 14-12 in the fourth quarter, that 3-point advantage when the shot went up my heart skipped a beat.” Sattele also noted that his heart hurt because of the turned out to be the difference in the Capital Divilate tension – he couldn’t quite watch as Charleston sion showdown. Drawbaugh registered a game-high 16 points in the stood at the foul line. The Panthers led by a 16-12 count at the end of victory while Charleston finished with 15. the first quarter and clung to a 31-30 edge at the Please See RAIDERS, Page B3
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Middletown’s Nick Drawbaugh (21) shoots over an East Pennsboro defender in the Blue Raiders’ 53-52 victory over the Panthers. Drawbaugh led Middletown with 16 points.
NEAR MISS Twelfth-ranked Wesley hold off Lions, 66-63
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With 12 seconds left to play, Penn State Harrisburg had its fate in its own hands. Trailing one of the nation’s best teams by just 1 point, the Lions had a chance to knock off visiting Wesley, the 12th-ranked team in the country and fellow Capital Athletic Conference foe. Unfortunately for the hometown fans in attendance at the Capital Union Building in Middletown, the ball didn’t bounce the Blue & White’s way, and the Lions ultimately fell, 66-63. But if anything could be taken away from Penn State Harrisburg’s heartbreaking defeat, it’s that for the
third time this season, the Lions stood toe-to-toe with a nationally-ranked opponent and took it to the limit. After defeating 14th-ranked Christopher Newport in Middletown on Jan. 11, Penn State Harrisburg (6-11, 3-6 in the Capital Athletic Conference) has lost four straight. A 78-55 loss to Salisbury (7-10, 3-6) in Maryland on Saturday, Jan. 25 could go a long way in determining one of the final playoff spots in the conference tournament in February. Against Wesley, Penn State Harrisburg was led offensively by senior captain Will Doyle, who scored a team-high 13 points, while teammates Kenny Stone and Joey Farthing also reached the double-digit scoring mark,
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netting 10 points apiece. Freshman Winton Lyle, Stone and Doyle combined to score the game’s first 7 points for the Lions, giving the home team an early advantage while keeping the Wolverines (15-1, 7-1) off the scoreboard for nearly four minutes. It took Wesley less than a minute to complete an ensuing 9-0 run and claim its first lead of the night. A pair of Quincy Pettiford free throws gave the visitors their largest advantage of the night at 27-18 with 4:03 left to play in the first half. The Blue & White battled back. A 3-ball from Jamaal Dubose and a Doyle jump shot drew the Lions to within 5 points heading into halftime. Following the break, a pair of Farthing 3-pointers as well as another Dubose jumper from beyond the arc cut the Penn State Harrisburg deficit to one with 16:35 remaining. A Lyle layup on the Lions’ next possession gave the home team its first lead since the early portion of the first half. The score remained close with neither team putting any more than 3 points between it and its opponent until a layup by Rayshaun Anderson-Brown and a Stone tip-in put Penn State Harrisburg up 51-47 with 6:43 left in regulation. Over the next 1:08, Wesley went on a crucial 8-0 run that culminated with a Brandin Youngblood 3-pointer to reclaim the advantage at 55-51 with 5:22 remaining. The Lions hung around and kept the deficit manageable. Eventually Doyle struck with a trifecta that cut the Blue & White deficit to just 2 points with 43 seconds left to play. When the Wolverines pushed their lead back to 4 points, Doyle came through again, this time arcing his 3-point attempt in the left corner over the outstretched right hand of Wesley big man David Langan and straight through the bottom of the twine to bring the Lions to within 1 point with just 21 seconds remaining in regulation. When Wesley’s Anthony Bowers missed a pair of free throws and kept the door open for the Blue & White down the stretch, things seemed to be falling the Lions’ way. Unfortunately on this night, it was not meant to be. Please See PENN STATE, Page B3
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STEELTON-HIGHSPIRE BOYS’ BASKETBALL
MIDDLETOWN AREA WRESTLING
Dealing with teammate’s death, Rollers top Milton Hershey, 76-53 By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
The No. 35 jersey hung from the press box window. The crowd bowed their heads for a moment of silence. It was a quiet night with little fanfare after Steelton-Highspire won its first home game since teammate Hauson Batimore-Greene’s death. The players were down, but motivated to make their fallen friend proud. The Rollers persevered in a convincing 76-53 win against Milton Hershey on Friday, Jan. 24 in Steelton. Baltimore-Greene, 18, known to his friends as “Choppy,’’ was shot to death while he sat on a porch at a home on North 16th Street in Harrisburg on Saturday, Jan. 18. “This loss, we’re using it to motivate
us to a higher level to keep us pushing as a team as a whole,” said Steel-High’s Sha’Quinn McNeil. “He was a close brother of ours and we all wish it wasn’t real, but we got to all pull together and be one and be motivating to stay together as a team.” Coach Tramayne Hawthorne spoke with the team before the game, pulling from personal experience: He lost his teammate and friend, Ryan Mohn, who died in an automobile accident in 2004 during the middle of the basketball season. “Our kids came together amongst themselves and had a discussion about not letting Choppy’s death be a negative,” Hawthorne said. “Instead of letting it become a negative, we try to feed off of it and know that Choppy wouldn’t want any of us to put our
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Middletown’s senior wrestlers were honored at Senior Night during a 56-24 victory over Palmyra on Thursday, Jan. 23. Pictured are: front row, from left, Zach Ulerick, Steven Cain, Todd Houser; back row, from left, Aaron Gray, Colton Smith, Nick Krosch and Seth Babil.
Raiders tame Cougars, 56-24 on Senior Night Four of Middletown’s seven senior wrestlers won their bouts in a 56-24 victory over Palmyra on Senior Night on Thursday, Jan. 23 in Middletown. The Blue Raiders (5-8, 2-3 in the MidPenn Conference Keystone Division) came back from an early 18-6 deficit to defeat the Cougars (1-7, 0-6). Seniors Todd Houser (145 pounds) and Seth Babil (160) pinned their opponents, while senior Steven Cain (182) won by a technical fall and seniors Aaron Gray (170) and Colton Smith (220) won by forfeit. Houser pinned Palmyra’s Taylor McGarrity at 1:37 to give Middletown the lead for good, 21-18. Two bouts later, Babil pinned Palmyra’s John Harriman at 3:25 to increase the Raiders’ lead to 33-18. After Gray’s forfeit victory, Cain won by technical fall over Palmyra’s Adam Kennedy, 17-2. Middletown’s Corbin Stetler pinned Palmyra’s Chris Cisney just 32 seconds into their 132-pound bout to start the Raiders’ comeback. Bobby Johnson added an 8-6 decision over Palmyra’s Kyle Cisney at 138 pounds to bring the Raiders to within three points, 21-18. Middletown’s Will Botterbusch pinned Palmyra’s Jaume Fuster just 20 seconds into their bout at 152 pounds, while Logan Stoltzfus (106) and Michael Osayi (285) won by forfeit to complete the Raiders’ scoring.
Middletown’s Seth Babil, right, gets Palmyra’s John Harriman in a headlock during their 160-pound bout. Babil later pinned Harriman.
Red Land 43, Middletown 21
Red Land (9-4, 4-2) won six of the first seven bouts to defeat the Raiders on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Red Land. Stoltzfus beat the Patriots’ Leo DeJesus in overtime, 7-5 in the 106-pound bout to cut Red Land’s early lead to 9-3. A pin and two forfeits upped the Patriots’ lead to 30-3 before Johnson won by decision over Red Land’s Kiernan Kelly, 2-1 at 138 pounds. Houser pinned Red Land’s Brodie Englert at 22 seconds and Botterbusch won by forfeit, pulling the Raiders to within 30-18. Red Land won three of the last four bouts, however. Middletown’s Cain interrupted the Patriot run with a 1614 decision over Red Land’s Jeremy Fisher at 170 pounds.
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Steelton-Highspire’s Anthony Wright, center, drives for a layup after stealing the ball from a Milton Hershey player during the Rollers’ 76-53 victory over the Spartans.
Cans & Bottles
First-half struggles doom Rollers as Lions roar By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
Middletown’s Steven Cain, top, controls Palmyra’s Adam Kennedy during Cain’s technical fall victory at 182 pounds. It was Cain’s first bout since returning from a knee injury.
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heads down or lose any games, so every game we should want to dedicate to him and play twice as hard.” And the Rollers played hard against Milton Hershey. Jaki Bowman and Anthony Wright led the Rollers with 18 points apiece, and Bowman sank four 3-pointers. Brett Clea popped 12 points and Rameik James netted 11 points. It wasn’t the usual spark and aggression from the Rollers that their fans are used to – a slow start allowed Milton Hershey to keep up, and the first quarter ended in a 12-12 tie. But Steel-High (14-4, 11-1 in the MId-Penn Conference Capital Division) turned things around in the second quarter. With 3:45 left in the half, the Rollers had built a 25-21 lead, and continued with a 12-point rally only interrupted by a free throw from Milton Hershey. Clea, James and James Warren posted points to lift the Rollers to a 37-22 lead over the Spartans (11-6, 8-3) at the half. The Rollers continued the momentum into the third quarter. Each time Milton Hershey put away a basket, Steel-High came back with two or three. McNeil, Bowman, Broderick Simmons-Settles, Jaki Haywood, Wright, and Clea all hit shots to help Steelton-Highspire outscore Milton Hershey 27-13 in the third quarter. Bowman sank a buzzer-beater from behind the perimeter to give the Rollers a 64-35 lead over Milton Hershey at the end of the third quarter. “Our bench came off, did what they had to do and be a spark,” McNeil said. “They really contributed positively and in a high manner as a spark like they are supposed to.” The Spartans never recovered. “Us sticking together as a team helps a lot. We’re going through a lot of things this week, but we’re sticking together,” Sha’Quinn McNeil said. “We’re making it a motivation. It was a brother lost, so we’re kind of hurt, but today we bounced back.” Hawthorne was proud of his team’s resiliency and ability to stay strong as a group. Camp Hill 68, Steel-High 53 In their first game since BaltimoreGreene’s death, the Rollers suffered their first loss in the Mid-Penn Capital Division at Camp Hill (11-7, 7-5). Dave Fetrow led Camp Hill with 26 points and Deshawn Franklin and Robbie Thompson added 16 points each. Wright led the Rollers in scoring with 17 points, and James and McNeil posted 12 points apiece. The Rollers were down at the end of each stanza, but were overwhelmed by Camp Hill in the fourth quarter. The Lions outscored the Rollers 21-9. “Camp Hill they came ready to play. They’ve been playing well lately and it showed,” Hawthorne said. “I think our morale was down, to be honest. It was an eerie bus ride, and I just don’t think our guys were mentally prepared the way that we should have been.”
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The Steelton-Highspire girls’ basketball team had heavy hearts and a lot on their minds. The game in Steelton on Thursday, Jan. 23 was a struggle after the loss of classmate Hauson Baltimore-Greene. Early on, the Rollers only banked 8 points in the first half against Camp Hill. Yet the team remained determined and battled in the second half. It wasn’t enough for Steel-High to recover, however, and the Rollers fell to the Lions, 60-40. “They didn’t play basketball until the second half. The first half, we just laid down and let Camp Hill do what they wanted to do to us,” said Coach Jeffrey Chisholm. “The third quarter, we played basketball. They played in the fourth quarter, but by then it was too late. You gotta play basketball from the jump ball.” Marlin Sanchez led the Rollers (613, 4-8 in the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division) with 11 points, and Joslyn Hill and Ceani Beaden each posted 6 points. Three Camp Hill players scored double digits with Addie Guyer leading with 16, Kelsey Collingsworth scoring 14 and Leah Springer adding 12. The Rollers put the first points on the
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board when Hill made a steal and got the ball to Sanchez, who made a quick pass back to Hill for a layup. Sanchez then made a quick layup for a 4-0 lead with 4:52 in the quarter. Camp Hill (13-6, 8-4) shut down the Rollers after that during the quarter, and posted 13 unanswered points. Steel-High’s Ayana Flowers scored a bucket off a rebounded shot in the second quarter to reduce Camp Hill’s lead to 13-6. But the Lions put away seven baskets and a free throw before the Rollers would score again with 1:12 remaining. Camp Hill added a three-pointer to stretch its lead to 31-8. “The first half we just didn’t play to our full abilities because, honestly, there’s just a lot going on with the team,” said Roller player Genesis Lozada. “But we should have won that game.” The Rollers were determined for a comeback early in the second half. Sanchez took control of the floor and connected with Flowers and Ijianique Simmons, each scoring a layup. On the next possession, Sanchez drove the ball to the center of the basket, bringing Steel-High to within 17 points, 31-14. Camp Hill snuck in a basket before Steel-High netted some points to tighten the gap to 33-19 in the third quarter. The Rollers kept pace with Camp Hill in the second half of the stanza, ending the quarter down 40-25. Steel-High was able to outscore Camp Hill 17-9 in the third quarter, but weren’t able to catch up in the final eight, scoring 15 points to Camp Hill’s 20 points. “Our defense was more aggressive in the second half. We played as a team at one point in time. We weren’t playing as a team fully today, but we came back,” Simmons said. “We just need to follow through with each other and have each other’s backs.”
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S t e e l t o n - H i g h s p i r e ’s I l y n McAughlin (12) shoots over a Camp Hill defender.
Chisholm credited his team with refusing to give up. “If we had played basketball like the third quarter we would have been fine the whole game,” Chisholm said. “We let them jump up on us 31-8 by halftime. You got to really fight to get back after that, and they did in the third quarter.”
Steel-High 37 Milton Hershey 34
The Rollers were able to regain their focus when they faced off against Milton Hershey, hanging in for the win on Friday, Jan. 24 in Hershey. Simmons led the team with 14 points. Beaden added 8 points and Malani Please See STEEL-HIGH, Page B4
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LOWER DAUPHIN BOYS’ BASKETBALL
LAST-SECOND LOSS
Two named to All-Star team
Hershey tops LD on last-second layup, 80-79 By Noelle Barrett
Press And Journal Staff
It came down to seconds. The Falcon Nation was roaring – more than 100 students clad in their beachwear best chanted and cheered – during the last moments of Lower Dauphin’s boys’ basketball game against rival Hershey on Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Hummelstown. Lower Dauphin was ahead 79-78 as the clock ticked into the final seconds. Hershey’s Jordan Wix Rauch saw an open opportunity, scoring a layup with 4.3 seconds left to snag an 80-79 lead. The Falcons called a time-out – with little time for one final effort. Lower Dauphin’s Luke Rutledge launched a shot from behind the perimeter, but it came up short, and Hershey’s Ricky Bugg snatched the ball to seal the Falcons’ fate. “We got lucky at the end,” said Hershey Coach Paul Blackburn. “We just really were able to make some plays and we were able to score one more point than them.” Lower Dauphin (12-6, 8-5 in the MidPenn Conference Keystone Division) was ready and hoping to turn things around, coming off of a three-loss week that broke the Falcons’ ninegame winning streak. Kaylor Kulina scored 22 points, including six 3-pointers, for the Falcons. Matt Seip netted 17 points, Colton Nagy added 14, and Ryan Naccarato scored 12 points. Four players for Hershey (12-6, 104) also hit double digits in scoring with Chase Watkins netting 22 points, Jack Gunkel scoring 19, Rickey Bugg adding 17 points and Taylor Sweeney posting 16. It was never a runaway game for either side, but each time the Falcons started to pull away, they let the Trojans creep back in. The Falcons led 20-9 with 1:12 left in the first quarter before the Trojans hit 10 unanswered points to make it a 1-point game, 20-19, going into the second quarter. In the second quarter, the Trojans turned it around and took a 10-point lead, 39-29 with 2:08 left in the half. With shots from Naccarato and Seip, the Falcons were still down but tightened the gap at the end of the half, 43-36. Coming back refreshed in the second
half, the Falcons took the lead. Tommy Bowen and Nacarrato posted baskets to make it a 2-point game, 43-41. While Hershey kept pace, the Falcons continued to battle, taking the lead 4948 midway through the third quarter. A free throw tied the game. Rutledge sank a 3-pointer and Kulina added a basket and 3-pointer to lift the Falcons to a 60-56 lead by the end of the third. With 2:32 left in the game, the Falcons were on their way to a win, leading by 10 points, 74-64. But Hershey rallied to cut the deficit to 4 points with 1:21 left. The Trojans didn’t give up. Bugg hit a basket and Jack Gunkel netted a 3-pointer, turning it to a 1-point game, with Lower Dauphin barely hanging on to the lead, 79-78 with 15 seconds left. “They [Hershey] have a belief in each other that they can do better, and when they are losing, they get offended by that and they take pride in that,” Blackburn said. “They’re not going to submit that easily.” Wix Rauch got the ball and drove for a layup with 4.3 seconds on the clock and the lead.
Rutledge made a big effort for a comeback, but the ball fell short and Hershey recovered the rebound. “I always talk about in life and in basketball, win the day,” Blackburn said. “You better enjoy it and you better work to win the day.”
Lower Dauphin 49 Palmyra 30
Lower Dauphin broke its four-game losing streak against Palmyra (5-14, 1-12) on Friday, Jan. 24 in Hummelstown. Even 21 points from Palmyra’s Austin Yetter wasn’t enough to save the Cougars. Seip led the Falcons with 10 points and Nagy, Naccarato and Bowen each scored 9. Leading by only 4 points going into the second half 17-13, the Falcons held the lead at the end of the third, 29-24. Then Lower Dauphin turned it up a notch, out-scoring Palmyra 20-6 in the final quarter to win. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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Lower Dauphin’s Kaylor Kulina (5) drives to the basket against Hershey.
Nick Maneval, right, a junior at Middletown Area High School, and Noah Crisswell, a senior at Williams Valley High School, were selected to represent the Middletown Blue Raiders ice hockey club in the CPIHL’s 20th anniversary All-Star Game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29 at Twin Ponds East. Maneval, a forward, leads Middletown with 16 goals and 10 assists for 26 points, placing him seventh among the top scorers in the league’s Tier 3. Maneval was selected by the MWG Transport White Team and Crisswell was selected by the MWG Transport Red Team during a draft on Sunday, Jan. 19 at Central Dauphin East Middle School.
PENN STATE Continued From Page One
Penn State Harrisburg failed to capitalize and the Wolverines escaped the CUB with a heart-pounding win. Lyle and big man Jared Deibler, a Middletown Area High School graduate, brought in eight rebounds each, both game highs. In addition to his point total, Farthing grabbed seven boards. Lyle and Deibler also netted 8 points apiece, as did Anderson-Brown in a reserve role. Despite out-rebounding Wesley, 3726, the Lions failed to take advantage of their opportunities from the charity stripe, managing to go just 15-27 from the free throw line. Penn State Harrisburg’s Will Doyle (34) drives for a layup against Wesley. Doyle scored a team-high 13 points in the Lions’ loss to the 12th-ranked Wolverines.
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The Lower Dauphin student section performs acrobatics and chants in celebration of its Beach Night theme during the Falcons’ game against rival Hershey.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Lion women fall to Wesley, 43-40 By Adam Clay
For The Press And Journal
Penn State Harrisburg’s Kiara Carter posted her fifth double-double of the season, but the Lions lost to Wesley, 43-40 on Thursday, Jan. 23 in Middletown. The Lions (5-12, 1-8 in the Capital Athletic Conference) started off hot by going on an early 10-2 run to start off the first half. The Wolverines were forced to take a quick timeout and then responded back with force. After a 26-6 Wesley run to close out the last 15 minutes of the first half, the Blue & White found themselves down 28-16. Penn State Harrisburg came out firing again to start the second half, using a 7-0 run in the first 3:28 of the second half to cut the Wolverines’ lead to 5 points. Wesley (4-12, 1-7) responded during the next 10 minutes, keeping the Lions at a short distance. Kaitlyn Carmo helped to lead the final Blue & White charge, scoring 9 points in the second half. With just under five minutes remaining, Carter scored two straight buckets, followed by another basket by Carmo, to cut the Lion deficit to just 3 points with 2:38 remaining. The Lions would get their chances to make the comeback official, but the tenacious Wolverine defense helped keep Wesley ahead. Penn State Harrisburg had a final
Penn State Harrisburg’s Lucky Snypse (22), is fouled while attempting a shot against Wesley. 3-point shot at the buzzer to tie the game, but the ball bounced back in play and not in the net, and the Lions lost. Carter had an extremely impressive night scoring 20 points to go along with her 14 rebounds. Carmo finished as the second highest scorer for the Blue & White with 16 points.
RAIDERS Continued From Page One
Middletown 66, West Perry 47
The Raiders had a much easier time against visiting West Perry (3-14, 2-8) in Sattele’s 100th career victory, winning in a breeze at home. Judging by the way that the Middletown squad dominated the Mustangs throughout, the Raiders could have easily won by 30 or more points. But Sattele went to his bench early in the fourth period and let his reserves finish up the divisional clash. Although the Raiders had jumped out to a 10-2 lead by the 3:35 mark of the opening quarter, the stubborn Mustangs hung around to make things interesting throughout most of the game’s first half. Drawbaugh drilled a pair of treys and
Penn State Harrisburg’s Joey Farthing (23) is fouled by a Wesley defender while driving to the basket. Farthing scored 10 points.
Fox added 5 points to lead the home team to a 15-9 lead by the end of the first quarter. The Mustangs, who had trouble putting the ball in the hoop in the initial 8:00, started off the second stanza by scoring 4 straight points to close the gap to 15-13 at the 6:45 mark. But that early surge lit a fire under the Middletown offense and the Raiders ran off the next 8 points to stretch their lead to 10. Baskets by Mel Fager, Brandon Harper and Fox completed the run that resulted in a 23-13 Raider lead. That 10-point spread held at halftime and the home team took a 33-23 advantage into the locker room at the intermission. Coming out to start the third quarter, the Raiders turned up the tempo on
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Salisbury St. (10-7, 6-3) raced to a 39-21 lead by halftime and held off the Lions in a game on Saturday, Jan. 25 in Salisbury, Md. Carmo led the Lions with 13 points, while Carter added 7 and Paulette Williams added 6. Anna Hackett led Salisbury with 18 points.
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both ends of the court and took total control of the game from the outset. Fox and Drawbaugh nailed a pair of threes around two foul shots by Fox as the Raiders quickly jumped out to a commanding 41-23 lead by the 6:40 mark of the third quarter. Excellent defensive work by the Raiders forced numerous Mustang turnovers in the frame and the Middletown offense rang up 27 points in the eight-minute span to put the game on ice early. Drawbaugh collected 11 of his game-high 21 points and Charles-
ton added 9 of his 13 in the span to lead the Middletown charge. With the comfortable 60-35 lead in hand, Sattele pulled most of his starters a minute into the fourth frame and let his bench players close out the victory. The Mustangs scored 12 points in the final quarter with 10 coming from the foul line. Harper and Osman Kamara registered late points for the Raiders. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
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Standings for 1-29-14 BOYS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Steelton-Highspire 11 1 14-4 Milton Hershey 8 3 11-6 East Pennsboro 8 4 10-7 Camp Hill 7 5 11-7 Middletown 6 6 8-9 Northern York 4 7 6-13 West Perry 2 8 3-14 Susquenita 0 12 2-16 Last week’s games Middletown 66, West Perry 47 Middletown 53, East Pennsboro 52 Steelton-Highspire 76, Milton Hershey 53 Camp Hill 68, Steelton-Highspire 53 This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 29 Steelton-Highspire at York Suburban, 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 Susquenita at Middletown, 7:30 p.m. Steelton-Highspire at East Pennsboro, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 Middletown at York Suburban, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 Middletown at Central Dauphin East, 7:30 p.m. Bishop McDevitt at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Power Ratings Class AAA (Top 18 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Bishop McDevitt (16-0) 0.829913 2. West York (18-1) 0.766562 3. Boiling Springs (15-2) 0.762588 4. Berks Catholic (14-3) 0.734663 5. Bermudian Springs (16-1) 0.730420 6. Manheim Central (14-2) 0.710020 7. Lancaster Mennonite (13-4) 0.706571 8. Susquehanna Twp. (8-5) 0.705870 9. Steelton-Highspire (14-4) 0.681110 10. Conrad Weiser (12-5) 0.674418 11. Lancaster Catholic (11-5) 0.659801 12. Gettysburg (11-6) 0.652411 13. York Suburban (11-5) 0.638163 14. Northern Lebanon (13-5) 0.635032 15. Milton Hershey (10-6) 0.617198 16. Northeastern (9-8) 0.616955 17. Eastern York (9-7) 0.607514 18. Fleetwood (10-6) 0.586162 ••••• 19. East Pennsboro (10-7) 0.582150 20. Wyomissing (10-6) 0.576519 21. Dover (6-10) 0.546554 22. Middletown (8-9) 0.540701 Keystone Division W L OVERALL Bishop McDevitt 12 0 16-0 Hershey 10 4 12-6 Mechanicsburg 8 4 12-5 Lower Dauphin 8 5 12-6 Susquehanna Twp. 6 3 9-5 Cedar Cliff 4 8 9-9 Red Land 3 9 5-12 Trinity 3 10 5-12 Palmyra 1 12 5-14 Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 49, Palmyra 30 Hershey 80, Lower Dauphin 79 Trinity 77, Lower Dauphin 71 This week’s games Monday, Feb. 3 Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Power Ratings Class AAAA (Top 20 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Wilson (16-1) 0.826028 2. Central York (15-2) 0.815107 3. Cedar Crest (15-3) 0.790310 4. Hempfield (13-4) 0.755236 5. Cumberland Valley (13-4) 0.753290
6. Harrisburg (13-4) 7. Red Lion (16-3) 8. Reading (11-6) 9. Mechanicsburg (12-5) 10. McCaskey (11-6) 11. Waynesboro (14-3) 12. Lebanon (13-4) 13. Carlisle (10-6) 14. York William Penn (11-5) 15. Hershey (12-6) 16. Lower Dauphin (12-6) 17. Central Dauphin East (10-7) 18. Exeter Twp. (10-6) 19. Manheim Twp. (9-8) 20. Lampeter-Strasburg (12-5) ••••• 21. Central Dauphin (10-9) 41. Elizabethtown (1-16)
0.752790 0.749882 0.733231 0.728081 0.720106 0.717549 0.716056 0.710873 0.709509 0.702669 0.700742 0.685325 0.682913 0. 663838 0.662304 0.653223 0.338026
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division W L OVERALL Middletown 11 1 16-3 Susquenita 10 2 16-2 Camp Hill 8 4 12-6 West Perry 7 3 11-5 East Pennsboro 5 7 8-10 Steelton-Highspire 4 8 6-13 Northern York 1 10 3-14 Milton Hershey 0 11 0-14 Last week’s games Greencastle-Antrim 57, Middletown 45 West Perry 52, Middletown 38 Middletown 52, East Pennsboro 39 York Catholic 66, Steelton-Highspire 50 Steelton-Highspire 37, Milton Hershey 34 Camp Hill 60, Steelton-Highspire 40 This week’s games Friday, Jan. 31 Middletown at Susquenita, 7:30 p.m. East Pennsboro at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Power Ratings Class AAA (Top 18 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Palmyra (17-2) 0.778312 2. Susquehanock (13-3) 0.777991 3. Fleetwood (15-1) 0.774752 4. Greencastle-Antrim (15-0) 0.756429 5. West York (12-4) 0.742314 6. Berks Catholic (14-3) 0.736702 7. Lancaster Catholic (15-1) 0.720962 8. Susquenita (16-2) 0.710848 9. Middletown (16-2) 0.709252 10. Conrad Weiser (11-5) 0.679363 11. ELCO (11-6) 0.649691 12. West Perry (11-5) 0.633501 13. Hamburg (11-7) 0.621156 14. Eastern York (9-6) 0.617897 15. Susquehanna Twp. (8-9) 0.617745 16. Trinity (8-9) 0.609122 17. York Suburban (8-10) 0.597503 18. Donegal (8-6) 0.595602 ••••• 19. Northeastern (8-9) 0.591090 District 3 Power Ratings Class A (Top 12 teams qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Harrisburg Christian (14-1) 0.636541 2. Lancaster Co. Christian (13-2) 0.527615 3. Halifax (11-5) 0.494282 4. Steelton-Highspire (6-12) 0.461241 5. Christian School-York (10-4) 0.458526 6. Harrisburg Academy (8-3) 0.440786 7. Greenwood (9-8) 0.410819 8. New Hope Academy (6-5) 0.388835 9. Upper Dauphin (8-8) 0.374895 10. Mount Calvary (8-8) 0.348611 11. Lititz Christian (7-7) 0.348217 12. Lebanon Catholic (4-13) 0.344999 ••••• 13. Antietam (7-10) 0.344298 Keystone Division W L OVERALL Mechanicsburg 11 1 15-2
Palmyra Hershey Trinity Susquehanna Twp. Lower Dauphin Red Land Bishop McDevitt Cedar Cliff
11 2 17-2 8 6 11-7 7 6 8-9 6 5 8-9 6 7 9-9 4 8 7-10 3 11 3-12 1 11 2-13
17. Lower Dauphin 32. Hershey 42. Middletown
ICE HOCKEY CPIHL Tier 2 W L PTS Hempfield 15 1 30 Lampeter-Strasburg 15 1 30 Lower Dauphin 14 3 28 Warwick 8 7 16 Red Land 5 11 10 Annville-Cleona 3 12 6 Central Dauphin 2 12 4 Manheim Central 0 15 0
Last week’s games Palmyra 38, Lower Dauphin 34 Hershey 29, Lower Dauphin 22 Trinity 31, Lower Dauphin 29 This week’s games Saturday, Feb. 1 Lower Dauphin at Cedar Crest, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Power Ratings Class AAAA (Top 20 qualify for playoffs) TEAM RATING 1. Manheim Twp. (17-0) 0.827354 2. Dover (15-1) 0.815919 3. Cumberland Valley (15-2) 0.815824 4. Wilson (10-7) 0.781198 5. Central Dauphin (10-6) 0.764058 6. Cedar Crest (13-4) 0.758350 7. Red Lion (13-4) 0.757095 8, Mechanicsburg (15-2) 0.734621 9. Lebanon (12-4) 0.716148 10. Exeter Twp. (13-3) 0.714886 11. Dallastown (12-6) 0.711572 12. Central Dauphin East (9-6) 0.707883 13. Hempfield (11-6) 0.698121 14. Cocalico (11-6) 0.688205 15. Governor Mifflin (10-7) 0.688009 16. Spring Grove (11-6) 0.674680 17. Harrisburg (11-7) 0.669489 18. McCaskey (10-8) 0.665382 19. New Oxford (9-7) 0.663079 20. Muhlenberg (10-7) 0.658256 ••••• 21. Lampeter-Strasburg (12-5) 0.648754 22. Conestoga Valley (10-8) 0.636684 23. Hershey (11-7) 0.629650 24. Garden Spot (11-6) 0.620283 25. Ephrata (8-10) 0.613489 26. Lower Dauphin (9-9) 0.595838 35. Elizabethtown (3-14) 0.416151 WRESTLING MID-PENN CONFERENCE Keystone Division W L OVERALL Cedar Cliff 5 0 17-2 Lower Dauphin 4 2 12-4 Red Land 4 2 9-4 Mechanicsburg 4 2 6-11 Hershey 3 3 9-8 Middletown 2 3 5-8 Susquehanna Twp. 1 6 3-12 Palmyra 0 6 1-7 Last week’s matches Middletown 56, Palmyra 24 Red Land 43, Middletown 21 Red Land 29, Lower Dauphin 28
••••• (12-4) (10-8) (5-8)
Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 10, Red Land 0 Lower Dauphin 11, Manheim Central 1 This week’s games None Carlisle Susquehanna Twp. Penn Manor Susquehannock West York Middletown Northern York
Tier 3 W L 13 2 13 2 12 3 7 8 3 11 3 11 1 15
T PTS 0 26 0 26 0 24 1 15 2 8 1 7 0 2
Last week’s games Carlisle 10, Middletown 1 Middletown 6, West York 4 This week’s games Friday, Jan. 31 Middletown vs. Penn Manor, 7 p.m., Twin Ponds East COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL Mary Washington 8 1 15-2 Wesley 7 1 15-1 St. Mary’s 6 2 12-4 Christopher Newport 5 3 12-4 Marymount 5 4 12-5 Salisbury 3 6 7-10 Penn State Harrisburg 3 6 6-11 Frostburg St. 1 8 2-15 York 1 8 2-15 Southern Virginia 0 0 4-10 Last week’s games Salisbury 78, Penn State Harrisburg 55 Wesley 66, Penn State Harrisburg 63
STEEL-HIGH
This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 29 York at Penn State Harrisburg, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 Penn State Harrisburg at St. Mary’s 4 p.m.
This week’s matches Thursday, Jan. 30 Middletown at Hershey, 7 p.m. District 3 Power Ratings Class AAA (Top 16 qualify for team championship) 1. Cumberland Valley (12-1) 2. New Oxford (13-1) 3. Central Dauphin ( 15-2) 4. Spring Grove (18-2) 5. Cedar Cliff (17-2) 6. Wilson (12-3) 7. Solanco (5-1) 8. Red Lion (13-3) 9. Big Spring (8-2) 10. Exeter Twp. (15-2) 11. Garden Spot (14-3) 12. Governor Mifflin (14-3) 13. Milton Hershey (6-0) 14. Red land (9-4) 15. South Western (13-6) 16. Hempfield (13-4)
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Steelton-Highspire’s Joslyn Hill (34) takes the ball to the basket against a Camp Hill defender.
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WOMEN W L OVERALL York 9 0 17-0 Christopher Newport 7 1 14-2 Marymount 7 2 11-6 Salisbury 6 3 10-7 Mary Washington 4 5 11-6 St. Mary’s 3 5 6-9 Wesley 1 7 4-12 Penn State Harrisburg 1 8 5-12 Frostburg St. 1 8 3-12 Southern Virginia 0 0 3-13 Last week’s games Salisbury 66, Penn State Harrisburg 41 Wesley 43, Penn State Harrisburg 40
Tate-DeFreitas and Flowers each netted 4 points. The Rollers were up 12-10 at the end of the first, but Milton Hershey (0-15, 0-12) tied the game at half. In the third stanza, both teams netted six points for a 26-26 tie at the end of the quarter. It came down to the final stanza, where the Rollers were able to outscore the Spartans 11-8 to win.
York Catholic 66 Steel-High 5
This week’s games Wednesday, Jan. 29 York at Penn State Harrisburg, 6 p.m.
Steel-High put up strong second- and fourth-quarter efforts against York Catholic, but it wasn’t enough in a game on Saturday, Jan. 25 in York.
Saturday, Feb. 1 Penn State Harrisburg at St. Mary’s, 2 p.m.
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Middletown school musicians selected for honor bands Student-musicians from Middletown Area High School and Middletown Area Middle School were selected to perform with state and county honors bands. The following students were selected to perform with the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Upper District 7 Band: Brett Altland, David Geisweit, Fabiola Hernandez, John Ponnett, Rachael Rusnov and Jordan Smith. Seven high school band members were selected to participate in the Lebanon Valley College Honors Band Festival: Brynne Schlicher, Fabiola Hernandez, Katelyn Carnes, Meaghan Nelson, John Ponnett, Aaron Gray and Ivan Hernandez. The following middle school students were selected to perform with the Dauphin County Music Educators
Association Junior High County Band at 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Halifax Area High School: Aaron McDevitt, clarinet; Justin Shaffer, trumpet; Zeryab Ibrahim, trumpet; Timothy Nevil, trumpet; and Georgie Britcher, tuba. The following high school band members were selected to perform with the Dauphin County Music Educators Association Senior High Band at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Halifax Area High School: Samantha Altland, piccolo; Shannon Reese, flute; Fabiola Hernandez, E-flat soprano clarinet; David Geisweit, Bflat soprano clarinet; Rachael Rusnov, E-flat alto clarinet; Brett Altland, trumpet; Joshua Alcock, trumpet; Nate Gingrich, trumpet; Jordan Smith, French horn; Meaghan Nelson, French horn; John Ponnett III, trombone; and Aaron Gray, trombone.
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Pennsylvania Family Roots Sharman Meck Carroll PO Box 72413 Thorndale, PA 19372 pafamroots@msn.com Column No. 729/January 29, 2013
Benjamin Bonawitz (1791-1875) & Sarah Weiser (1797-1873)
Schuylkill County history speaks of Benjamin as a tall, thick set man of commanding presence. Major Benjamin Bonawitz was in Captain Peter Snyder 2nd Reg’t, P.V that went from Schuylkill County to the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812 as 1St Lieut. mustering in on September 25, 1814 and later became a Major in the militia and mustering out on March 5, 1815. His wife, Sarah, daughter of Henry Weiser and wife Dinah Rester, were married on 16 May 1815 at Trinity Reformed Church (now United Church of Christ) in York, Pa. (please note that the original marriage records has Benjamin’s surname spelled (Bohnenwitz pg. 331), two months after Benjamin mustered out of the Army, War of 1812. He became a Deacon of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church at Pine Grove and is buried at St. Peter’s. He was listed as a saddler in the 1850 census and was a partner in real estate who owned the largest part of what is now called the Annex of Pine Grove. Information about the children was obtained from local history, tombstones records, church records, census records and war records. Their children: Elenora, born May 24, 1815, died 1843, buried in Pine Grove; Elisa, born in 1817, married Henry Hartman on June 24, 1835 at Tulpenhocken. They lived in Reading, Berks Co., Pa.; Caroline, born 1819, married Anthony Kline, lived in Pottsville; Amos, born May 7, 1823, died June 6, 1839, buried in Pine Grove; Barbara, born 1825 per census records, married Jacob L. Snyder. They were living in Pine Grove in 1850; Roasamende, born Oct. 7, 1825, died Dec. 16, 1840, buried in Pine Grove; John H., born 1828, died at a soldier’s home in Ohio in 1909. He married Mary Ann Clymer and lived in Reading. John was a blacksmith when he became a private in Co. G, 123rd Reg’t. Inf. in the Civil War. He declared no children living in 1898; Sarah, born May 6, 1830, died April 17, 1855, buried at Pine Grove. She married John Thoma after the 1850 census was taken; Frederick A., born 1832, is buried at Pine Grove. He married Mary Nagle in 1856 at Pottsville. He was a blacksmith, and was 1St Sergeant in Co. D. 6th Reg’t Inf. in the Civil War. They left a male line descent; Benjamin F., (1834-1855) buried at Pine Grove; Jacob Adam, born 1837, became 1st Lieutenant Co. K 35th Reg’t Inf. in the Civil War. He married Alice Laniores, but she died at York, Pa. and he remarried Sarah Holliday at Allegheny City and lived near Pittsburgh. He had a daughter Minnie. Benjamin Bonawitz’s Parents Johann “John” Bonawitz, born 1758 in Berks Co., Pa., died Sep. 22, 1828 in Pine Grove Schuylkill Co., Pa. He is buried at Gunkle Cemetery (#1 Cemetery St. Peter’s) Pine Grove, son of Adam Bonawitz. He married Katherine Laubinger on April 19, 1789 Tulpehocken Twp., Berks Co., Pa. Katherine was the daughter of George Laubinger and Dorothea Spyker. A family record says she was born on Oct. 16, 1763 in Norfolk Independent Cities, Virginia. Dorothea was a sponsor at baptisms at Christ Lutheran Church from 1774 through 1791. She was kin to Benjamin Spyker. Benjamin mentioned Dorothea and her daughters in his will in 1798. She died March 16, 1843 in Pine Grove also buried at St. Peter’s Church Cemetery, Schuylkill Co., Pa. Most records show Johann as John. His descendants have generally used the spelling of Bonawitz. From June 12 to 20, 1781 he was on a private payroll of a detachment of York County Militia guarding prisoners of war from Yorktown to Reading. He paid a tax of 15 pounds in 1785. He must have been apprenticed to a gunsmith for he made many guns of fine workmanship and is recognized by gun collectors for his Kentucky Long Rifles. He worked at Womelsdorf, Berks Co., Pa. Johann moved to what is now Schuylkill County in 1809, selecting a beautiful site on the Swatara River just North of Pine Grove. John Hikes later owned the property. Johann had a collection of books. He became a Deacon of St. Peter’s Church. He left no will, but the county history names his children: Benjamin married Sarah Weiser; John, born April 9, 1794, died March 1, 1888, married Magdalina Hautz. John went with his brother Benjamin to the defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812. He received a pension later in life. He was a laborer at Pine Grove in 1850. John and Magdalina were living with their daughter Louisa when Magdalina died, and John was living with his son-in-law James M. Rohrer in Shamokin in 1880; Margaret Bonawitz, born 1797, married Daniel Angst. They lived at Pine Grove. She died in 1832 and is buried there; Mary Catharyn Bonawitz, born 1800, married Peter Keiser. They were living in Marion Twp., Berks Co. in 1850; George, born 1805, married Mary Koons. He was a laborer at Pine Grove in 1850. Benjamin, John and George are buried at Pine Grove. Generally, their descendants tended to remain in the Schuylkill/Berks County area and seven fought in the Civil War.
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Church
Evangelical United Methodist Church Worship is a time for joy. Therefore, with a joyous spirit we rejoice. “Sing to the Lord with thanksgiving; make melody to our God.” Psalm 147:7. Reach out to God and to one another for all are welcomed in our Father’s house. 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 from January 29-Feb. 4 are always open to everyone. Wed., Jan. 29: 10 a.m., Bible Study in Meeting Room #2; 6 p.m., AA Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal.
Middletown
Thurs., Jan. 30: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067; 7 p.m., Bible Study in Meeting Room #2. Sun., Feb. 2: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for February: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Nursery Helpers: Gloria Clouser, Vickie Hubbard. The altar flowers are given in memory of parents Earl and Catherine Hoffman and sister Katie Atticks presented by Gloria, Bob, Jeff and Chris Clouser. Mon., Feb. 3: 1:30 p.m., Frey Village Communion. Tues., Feb. 4: 2 p.m., Stitches and Prayers Shawl Ministry; 7 p.m., Board of Trustees meeting.
Geyers United Methodist Church Middletown
Geyers United Methodist Church, Londonderry Township, invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 9 a.m. We offer a Nursery and Children’s Church at 9 a.m. each Sunday. Coffee Fellowship begins at 10 a.m. followed by Adult and Children’s Bible Study at 10:30 a.m. Communion is offered the first Sunday of each month. Prayer meetings are held every Wednesday evening at 7 p.m. Nonperishable food items are collected for the Middletown Food Bank each Sunday. Campbell Soup labels, education box tops, printer ink cartridges and soda tabs are also collected weekly. The kids club, D.A.W.G.S. (Dynamic and Wiggly God Seekers), is open to children ages 3 to 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. They meet most Wednesdays and will continue through April. Children will be treated to Christ-centered stories, crafts, games, singing and snacks. Families may attend a free dinner each week prior to the D.A.W.G.S. Club at 6 p.m. in the
lower level of the church. D.A.W.G.S. Club is open to the public. For more information, contact Kathy Menear at 930-4454 or KarenKathy@comcast.net. Consider volunteering at Mission Central once a month. For more information or to sign up for our next trip, please call the church office. Girl Scout Cadettes (grades 6-8) meet every Tuesday from 6-7:30 p.m. The Daisey Troop (grades 1-3) meet every Monday 6-7:30 p.m. Contact Lynn Goodling for Girl Scout information at 439-7932. Cub Scouts meet Thursday nights for first, second and fifth grade dens. Please contact Chris Coleman for Boy Scout information at 648-6036. Welcome Packets are available in the Narthex. Feel free to pick up a packet to learn more about Geyers United Methodist Church and our activities. Geyers is located at 1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown in Londonderry Township. Pastor Donald Walters and the church office can be reached at 944-6426 or geyerschurch@verizon.net.
Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown
Epiphany moments are those special times during which we see God at work. Where did you see God today? Come, join us at Wesley where we are taking time to look and listen for that Divine Presence in our lives. We worship on Sunday morning at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” We share Holy Communion this Sunday. All who love Jesus and desire to follow in his way are welcome at the table. A Community Blood Drive is being held at Wesley on Thurs., Jan. 30 from 1 to 6 p.m. It is co-sponsored by the Red Cross and six area churches. Here is an opportunity to share the gift of life. Pastor Dawes’ sermon this Sunday is “Who is Jesus?” based on Mark 8: 27-30. Need prayer? Call or e-mail your prayer request to be included in this intercessory prayer ministry. Our Prayer Group meets Mondays at 6 p.m. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open on the Fourth Friday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothing in all sizes from infant to adult are available. We recently purchased four display racks to hang our clothes so they can be more easily accessible
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to those who are looking for what they need. Youth 10x’s Better is sponsoring a benefit concert here on Sun., Feb. 9 at 6 p.m. Various musical groups, soloists, and praise dancers will be featured. Wesley provides space for the teen and youth center as well as other special classes and activities of Youth 10x’s Better. Visit our website at middletownwesleyumc.org. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine sts., Middletown. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday school for all ages begins at 9:15 a.m. Classes for special education are also available. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (grades 1-5) Kindergarten (4-5 years old), Nursery (infants-age 3), and Adult classes, which offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Sunday evenings: A Collective - Dinner is at 5:15 p.m. and the gathering begins at 6 p.m. Come and share with us. You are not alone in your faith, your doubts and your desires. Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club Bible Study; 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6-8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet weekly 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. Wednesday Night Live (WNL), supper at 5:30 p.m., classes at 6:30 p.m. Adult classes are: Adult Bible Study, Gospel of John and study of Abraham; Bible Study Book of Romans; Contemporary Culture Class; Craft Class; Balloon Art Class; Financial Peace Class. There is a cost for this class; Zumba. There is a cost for each session; Knitting/Crocheting Circle. There are classes for Youth, grades 4 and 5, grades 1, 2, and 3, Kindergarten, 4- and 5-year-olds, and babysitting for infants through 3 years old. Come join us. 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.
Open Door Bible Church Middletown
“So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10 Open Door Bible Church, located at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, invites you to worship Jesus Christ with us this week. Our February 2 Sunday worship service commences at 10:40 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with classes for all ages. Children from ages 4 to second grade are welcome
to participate in Junior Church during the morning worship service. We also welcome you to join us at our 6:30 p.m. service. Childcare is provided for children under age 4 during all services and classes. Wed., Jan. 29: 7 p.m., Patch the Pirate Clubs for ages 4 through grade 6; Prayer meeting. Sat., Feb. 1: 8:30 a.m., Men’s Bible Study. For more information call the church office at 939-5180 or visit us online at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come worship with us in person.
New Beginnings Church Middletown
New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church provided. Our congregation meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., Middletown, next to the Rescue Hose Company. Sunday school for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at the back door. For additional church information call 944-9595. Food is collected every Sunday for the Middletown Food Bank. Pastor Britt’s Bible Study is Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Bring your own issues and concerns to discuss how the Bible helps in everyday living. Followers of Faith Bible Study resumes at a later time. Craft Group is Wednesdays at 6 p.m.; Intercessory Prayer group is Thursdays at 7 p.m.; Youth Fellowship is Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m. Choir rehearsal will be held Sundays after worship. 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. We are supporting Mitch Lee who is a Life Boy Scout working on his Eagle Scout. His project is for the drums for the Middletown Area Middle School Band. Any contributions are welcome and checks may be made out to Troop 97 and mailed to Mitch at 322 Conewago St., Middletown. Anyone interested in Scrapbooking? If interested in being part of a group at New Beginnings call Barb Bogardus at 350-2746. Acolyte for February: Colin Graham. Children’s Church leader for February: Michelle Strohecker. 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.
CHURCH DIRECTORY Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church 10 Spruce Street • 944-5835
Sunday School - 9 am • Morning Worship 10:15 am Evening Worship - 6 pm www.calvaryopc.com
Ebenezer United Methodist Church "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown (Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road)
Phone 939-0766 Sunday Worship: Traditional - 8:45 am • Contemporary - 10:45 am Christian Education (All Ages) - 10 am Christian Child Care - 985-1650
Pastor S. DAVID SIMON
New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown
Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
Pastor Britt Strohecker Everyone Is Welcome!
Open Door Bible Church
200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, PA (Located In Lower Swatara Township) Pastor JONATHAN E. TILLMAN
Phone 939-5180 Sunday School - 9:30 am • Morning Worship - 10:40 am Evening Worship - 6:30 pm
www.ebenezerumc.net
or early spring?
Evangelical United Methodist Church
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown
REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor
Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
The Wenger Meetinghouse Preservation Association
The Wenger Meetinghouse Preservation Association Board of Directors proudly presents “The Story of the 1871 Wenger Meetinghouse.” Located in sight of the Blue Mountain, northern Lebanon County, it is a very simple but stunning structure, the Wenger Meetinghouse. It is situated on the northwest corner of the original 170 acres of the 1748 immigrant, Hans Wenger. The meetinghouse, at Mill Street and Supervisors Drive in Jonestown, was dedicated by Mathias Brinser who founded the United Zion Church. In 1977, the United Zion Church put the building up for sale, and the Wenger Cemetery Association purchased it. Since December 2010, the Wenger Meetinghouse Preservation Association has leased the building and is currently engaged in several restoration and preservation projects. They had a brochure with more information to the future and if you would like know more about their Preservation Gift, you can e-mail wmpa.jonestown@gmail.com or go to www. facebook.com/wengermeetinghouse, or you can write to: The Wenger Meetinghouse Preservation Association, P.O. Box 54, Jonestown, PA 17038-0054.
First Church of God
Middletown
First Church of God
235 W. High St., Middletown
REV. KIMBERLY SHIFLER, Pastor
944-9608 Sunday School - 9:15 am • Worship Services - 8 & 10:30 am Classes for Special Education (Sunday Morning & Thursday Evening)
St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Spring & Union Sts., Middletown Church Office 944-4651
REV. DR. J. RICHARD ECKERT, Pastor
Saturday Worship With Spoken Liturgy - 5 pm Sunday Worship - 8:15 am & 11 am Sunday Church School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 fm - 11 am
Geyers United Methodist Church
Wesley United Methodist Church
944-6426
REV. JIM DAWES, Pastor
1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown
Groundhog Day February 2
Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
64 Ann Street, Middletown
Phone 944-6242 Sunday Worship - 8:30 and 10:30 am • Come as you are! Follow Jesus, Change the World.
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Your grandchild needs money? It may be a scam
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he Internet has brought the world into our homes. It truly is a tremendous thing. Unfortunately, it has also brought more people who would steal from us into our lives. Local police too often get reports of residents being scammed, usually for thousands of dollars. It used to be the oldest e-mail trick in the book: Someone from another part of the planet needs help getting money out of a bank account and they’re turning to you, a perfect stranger. Or – stop us if you’ve heard this one before – you’ve won money in a lottery in another country, even though you never recall buying a ticket, and you must send a payment, for taxes or some fee to collect the winnings. Lately the Grandparent Scam has made its way around the area. Lower Swatara Twp. police report that two elderly residents were scammed out of more than $6,000 recently by callers claiming to be their grandson. One claimed he needed $1,800 to pay taxes on college financial aid before he could get access to it. Another claimed he was in an automobile accident in Mexico and needed $1,500 to get out of prison – then another $3,000 for additional bail and hospital bills. With many of us posting personal information on the Internet, it’s easier for scammers to find things they can use to steal from us. Even a casual wish you posted on your grandchild’s Facebook page for a safe trip abroad, or a successful semester in college can be fodder used by shadowy, unscrupulous swindlers. The victims of scams discovered through calls to relatives that their grandchildren were not in need of funds – that the callers were thieves. If you receive such calls, be sure to check with a relative to make sure the plea for help is legitimate. Here is another good tip, from Craigslist: Never wire funds. Anyone who asks you to do so is likely a scammer.
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Preserve cyber school funds Editor, Why would you cut cyber school funding? Funding already has been drastically cut. Cyber education plays an important role in a growing number of children’s lives in Pennsylvania. In fact, more than 42,000 students are enrolled in one of 16 cyber charter schools statewide. For many parents cyber schools are not always their first option, but the best option to educate their children at their own pace in a safe environment. Traditional schools were not meeting their child’s needs, but they are willing to sacrifice to educate their children at home through a cyber school because it’s in their child’s best interest. Like every other parent in Pennsylvania, they want to see their children succeed and reach their potential to become productive adults. All children in cyber schools are seeing success and are learning – two things our public school system is designed to achieve. Yet state Sen. Lloyd Smucker (R-Lancaster) has introduced a bill, Senate Bill 1085, that would cut an additional 5 percent of funding to cyber schools and divert the money back to school districts. This is on top of the $1 billion that school districts have received in the last decade for cyber and charter students who never enter their buildings and are not taught by their teachers. This is no small cut in funding. According to the Commonwealth Foundation, a 5 percent cut to cyber schools would fund a mere 57 minutes of school district class time statewide. Cyber schools would have to lay off one-third of their teachers to make up the difference, effectively shutting down programs that are working to educate our Pennsylvania school children. In the last decade, school districts already have kept $1 billion in funding that should have gone to cyber schools where the students are being educated. What’s really happening here is a scam on the taxpayer. Smucker and others are telling taxpayers that SB 1085 will help relieve the stress that past cuts to education funding have put on the entire system, and that drastic reforms are needed in the cyber charter education system to make that happen. They are being told that the legislature is on their side and is working to ensure our most valuable resource, our children, can receive the quality education they are entitled to. They are being told that cyber schools are a drain on school districts and that a cut in funding would save them money. SB 1085 would skim money from a program that is educating children to pay for another that may not meet everyone’s needs. In return, school districts would see less than 1 percent of their total budget funded by the state. Most students who come into a public cyber charter school are usually one to two years behind their grade level. Their parents have made the choice to work with them 1-on-1 with teachers and fellow students in their home environment. Online courses have worked with students of all kinds, including at-risk students in urban and rural areas, those with limited English proficiency and those with special needs. Students who attend a cyber school are held to the same standards as students in brickand-mortar schools. They have to reach the same levels on benchmark tests and have to complete the same coursework to graduate. Teachers in traditional schools will tell you that they cannot teach to every student’s ability. They try to reach as many children as they can, but they know they cannot reach them all. Cyber schools give those students the chance to become educated and not fall between the cracks – from the child with a learning or behavior disability to the gifted student and everyone in between. It simply doesn’t make sense to put these schools at a financial disadvantage. Cyber students deserve the same financial support that every other student in Pennsylvania receives. We need to tell our legislators that SB 1085, or any cut in funding for public cyber schools, hurts thousands of children and hundreds of teachers. Diana Moninger Vice President PA Families for Public Cyber Schools Harrisburg
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ike many satisfied with the current public school Americans, I product, want the ability to send their watched the kids and tax dollars to the school of their television interview choice. on TV with John Personally, I believe most public schools Cisna, the Iowa sci- can provide a good education to our ence teacher who youth. But to achieve satisfactory results, lost 37 pounds of weight in three months it takes a substantial amount of parental by eating only McDonald’s food for all involvement. But if our kids are put on of his daily meals. autopilot, and we let the schools serve as The only catch was his decision to limit surrogate parents, their chances for suchis total food input to a maximum of cess are limited. 2,000 calories a day. He also took it upon Post-secondary educational choices conhimself to walk 45 minutes each day. tinue to amaze me. Where but in the U.S. Cisna’s subsequent weight loss was can someone take out tens of thousands coupled with a decrease in blood pressure of dollars in student loans, backed only and cholesterol levels. Given that the by a signature and promise, to pursue a normal adult male needs 2,600 calories major that has few, if any, career prosa day to maintain a given weight, this pects? This is occurring at a time when experiment thrusts a steak (pun intended) the healthcare and trades fields continue of clarity through the heart of fast food to have plentiful opportunities that go phobics. unfilled for many years. As demonstrated, the quantity of food It is especially disheartening to hear consumed is the most important factor in talk of student loan forgiveness winding determining a healthy weight. Regardits way into the political realm. If there less of whatever else his students learn in are no consequences for making poor his school, Cisna’s lesson will stay with choices, what is the impetus that will them. change our destructive mindsets? Hopefully, it will have the added bonus Here is one more dinner table topic to of repelling the onslaught of victimhood ponder: Suppose Harry Potter’s magic that currently permeates our society. As wand is delivered to the Middletown Area he demonstrated, the end product was the School District. With its powers, it gives result of his personal choices. officials the ability to transform the disSo what is personal choice? Various trict into the No. 1 academic school disInternet resources trict in the country. define choice as the This transformation power or freewould come about If there are no consequences with no increase dom to choose or select from many for making poor choices, in taxes and in the options. Cisna’s amount of what is the impetus that will same personal choice to school-year class change our destructive time. But here is the limit his caloric intake, along with a mindsets? rub: It would require minimal amount of the elimination of low-impact exerall extracurricular cise, produced his activities, such as desired result. sports, music and art. Every day, from childhood and throughBecause of the importance of this choice, out our lives, we are all faced with makthe issue is placed on a binding referening choices. The difficult part is trying to dum ballot. make the right choices when confronted But before the vote takes place, here are with many options. some realities that must be considered: But did you ever notice, when conSimply eliminating extracurricular activifronted with difficult choices, the option ties won’t destroy their existence for kids. requiring the most honesty, forethought, Sports, music and art will all continue to diligence and effort to implement is the exist as long as there is a self-supporting choice that serves us best? after-school market for them. Regardless of the choices we make, we However, the downside will be the realend up owning them, along with the benization that 100 percent of attending stuefits or consequences that come our way. dents will still not succeed in school for Personally speaking, I am certainly aware the myriad of reasons that exist in today’s of the many consequences that came my reality, be it broken homes, substance way when I took the easy way out. abuse, lack of discipline, etc. In an ideal world, everyone would emHow would you vote? What choice brace a person’s right to make choices, would you make in determining our chilas long as they don’t impact the lives of dren’s future? And is it the same choice others. Take the color of automobiles, for you want the next generation to make? example. The impact of a person choosing one Jeffrey B. Miller is a self-described color instead of another has no impact on pragmatic libertarian who has lived in the rest of us. Where we run into difMiddletown for the past 25 years. ficulty is when personal choices have a huge potential impact on others. Impaired driving is one such choice. It is easy to say we will jail the drunk driver who kills another in an accident. But this is little consolation for the family who lost the loved one, regardless of the retribution for the heinous act. We want to hear from you. Other examples are more difficult to Send your letters to: assess. School choice is a political topic, letters@pressandjournal.com, or where one side believes a single-solution 20 S. Union Street public school is the best way to educate Middletown, Pa. 17057 our youth, and providing choice will Letters may be edited for accuracy, divert financial resources needed to feed clarity, and length. this monolith. But others, who aren’t
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t this moment, 4 out of every 10 unemployed workers in the U.S. have been looking for a job for more than six months, the highest level of long-term joblessness since the Great Depression. While more people are buying goods and services now than four years ago, businesses are only beginning to hire back laid-off workers, and there are still three workers lined up for every open job. In depressed towns and cities, the holidays have been tough for the long-term unemployed. And their situation is about to get much worse. About 1.3 million Americans received their last extended unemployment check before New Year’s Eve. Later this year, another 3.6 million longterm unemployed workers will lose support unless Congress renews this lifeline. The unemployed who receive assistance get about $300 a week, on average. That’s hardly enough to cover rent or a mortgage and pay for heat, electricity and a phone – so they can continue to search for work instead of worrying about where the family will be sleeping that night. The unemployed were left in the cold by the recent budget deal. Congress left town without figuring out how to pay for extended unemployment benefits, leaving the long-term jobless to wonder how they’ll make their mortgage payments in 2014. But some Americans are much more fortunate. In 2012, the top hedge fund manager in the U.S., David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, took home $2.6 billion in compensation. That’s $50 million a week, or $824 every second of the year. We can only wonder how About 1.3 million the holidays Americans were celebrated in his home. received their Tepper is not last extended alone in his unemployment largesse. The 25 top check before hedge fund New Year's Eve. managers together took home $14.4 billion in earnings in 2012; this equals the amount of money provided to support 906,280 unemployed Americans for an entire year. Unlike most upper-income professionals – like doctors, lawyers, accountants and dentists – who pay up to 39.6 percent of their earnings in income taxes, Tepper and his pals paid just the 20 percent capital gains tax on their fortunes, thanks to the “carried interest loophole.” This hedge fund loophole saved Tepper alone more than $400 million on his 2012 tax bill. If this loophole were eliminated, and hedge fund, private equity and real estate investment managers were taxed at the same rate as lawyers, dentists, doctors and the rest of us salaried employees, we would have another $13 billion a year in revenue. That would be enough to cover the cost of extended emergency unemployment benefits through the end of 2015. Earlier this month, President Barack Obama said reducing inequality was “the defining challenge of our time.” In fact, it is the challenge of the moment. For 1.3 million Americans, the challenge is immediate. Providing assistance to the unemployed helps people get back on their feet after losing a job, and it allows them contribute to neighborhood businesses and the local economy while it’s trying to recover. Unemployment benefits keep millions of the neighbors of the unemployed working – in grocery stores, gas stations, utility companies and banks. Allowing federal unemployment assistance to expire sucks money out of local economies already suffering from sluggish job growth, resulting in more local job loss and deeper pockets of depression. But reducing inequality isn’t just about helping those struggling at the lower ends of the income distribution; it also requires reining in excessive compensation at the top. Changing the tax code to ask a few thousand of our wealthiest citizens to pay taxes like the rest of us is just ensuring everyone plays by the same rules. Scott Klinger is the director of revenue and spending policies at the Center for Effective Government, Washington, D.C.
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MIKEFOLMER The cautionary tale of King Canute
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ngland’s legendary 11th century monarch King Canute is said to have had his courtiers carry him on his throne to the seashore so he could command the tide to stop to prevent the waves from touching his kingdom or dampening his feet and robes. Not surprisingly, he failed. The tide still came in. Some historians have ridiculed King Canute for his arrogance and presumption, with some labeling him a madman deluded into thinking he could control nature. Does King Canute live in present day? Consider how elected officials and individuals today believe and advocate for government control and problem-solving. From health care to environment protection, from unemployment to employment protection, government programs and initiatives can be found at the national, state and local levels – and these initiatives cost you, the taxpayer, a lot of money.
Government has operated, and continues to operate, well beyond its means. The national debt is more than $16 trillion with total unfunded liabilities for government programs estimated as high as $144 trillion. This amounts to roughly $1.2 million of debt per taxpayer. Apparently, King Canute learned his lesson, saying: “Let all the world know that the power of kings is empty and worthless and there is no king worthy of the name save Him by whose will Heaven and earth and sea obey eternal laws.” What lesson will we learn from King Canute today? Mike Folmer is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania Senate. He represents the 48th Senatorial District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Highspire, Steelton, Lower Swatara Twp., Londonderry Twp. and the Swatara Twp. communities of Bressler, Enhaut and Oberlin.
JOHNPAYNE options that feature error-reducing automatic calculations, instant confirmation of successful filing, faster refund processing and direct deposit options. Before filing a federal income tax return, taxpayers are encouraged to visit www.pafreefile.com to determine if they qualify to have their state and federal returns filed simultaneously using reputable tax preparation software. PA Free File will take the place of the PAdirectfile system. PAdirectfile will be available to file tax year 2013 income tax returns, but will be retired following the 2014 income tax filing season. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes most of Middletown, part of Swatara Twp. and all of Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Conewago Twp. and Derry Twp.
:( “I was surprised one local
:( “Who are the geniuses on the
:( “So a man is seen running down
the street with his hands tied behind his back with rope. He’s yelling for help. The police arrive but nothing is ever heard about it. Section 8 cover-up? I don’t feel safe four blocks away because I don’t know if there’s still someone out there. Why so secretive, Lower Swatara?”
:( “You Penn State kids want to
be accepted? Show respect for our town. Volunteer.”
:| “You hear that, people? Russian
Borough, you were so worried about cracks in sidewalks and the potential of lawsuits from someone tripping, yet block after block of sidewalks went unshoveled and were icy and snow-covered. Not worried about that liability, huh? Are you as shortsighted as I think you are, or just plain vindictive?”
:( “The Olmstead Regional Recre-
ation Board for basketball this year is extremely disappointing. There is NO COMMUNICATION from the league to the coaches. It is such a mess. The only thing this program is worried about is the travel portion. It is a shame what has happened to this program. To charge you to go watch your child play after paying the registration fee… I think raising the fee is a better solution than charging at the door. I really think they are going to be losing a lot of players next year!”
:( “Can someone please explain to
me why our police department is so inept? If you can’t handle routine matters, why would I think you could handle something serious?”
:| “I really hope our local cops will be able to use radar to catch speeders. We need the money.”
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Swatara police on North Union Street. Thank you! People are driving too darn fast and it’s good the cops are trying to stop it. Speed and you’ll pay. It’s easy : Slow down!”
:( “So tell me, Middletown
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The Capitol REPORT
ov. Tom Corbett will present his budget proposal for the 2014-15 fiscal year before a joint session of the General Assembly on Tuesday, Feb. 4, beginning the annual state budget process. Each year, the state House and Senate appropriations committees host budget hearings to get a better understanding of the governor’s proposal and the needs of state agencies. The hearings are set to begin on Monday, Feb. 10. Hearings are scheduled to take place with the following state agencies: offices of the Attorney General and Auditor General; Liquor Control Board; State System of Higher Education; Pennsylvania Commission on Community Colleges; Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency; and the departments of Revenue, Aging, Corrections/Board of Probation and Parole, Military and Veterans Affairs, Labor and Industry, Education, Environmental Protection, Health, Public Welfare, Agriculture and Transportation, among others. For the first time this year, the House Appropriations Committee is asking Pennsylvania residents to take a more direct role in crafting a state budget. Residents can submit questions they would like state government agency officials to address during House 05311A01 Appropriations Committee budget hearings for the 2014-15 fiscal year budget. To submit a question, visit Rep. Payne.com and click on “Public Budget Hearing Participation.”
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school board that built no snow days into the schedule? They rolled the dice on that one and lost big.” :) “I wanted to thank the folks in Londonderry Twp. for trying their best to plow the snow. A thankless job. But I’m one township homeowners who appreciates your work.”
:( “Middletown people, please be
aware that developers are all about buying up everything on Emaus Street to turn it into one big strip mall. Here come the pawn shops, check cashing businesses and probably more rental stores. That’s progress.”
:( “Why do Middletown cops have
to get an attitude every time you deal with them? I’m just an average citizen trying to make a complaint. I’m upset about the situation I’m in, and right away he tries to use the bully attitude. They either need some sensitivity training, or get rid of the ones with the old mindset of intimidation.”
:( “Why weren’t other members of Middletown Borough at the party for Bob Reid? Couldn’t get into the door with those chips on your shoulders, huh? Sad!”
:) “The Monty Python films at the
Elks Theatre were great. The movie theater is why I really like Middletown.”
:) “I just wanted to say something
nice for a change about Middletown: While other communities are neglecting their duties at snow removal and leaving roadways so bad
that people are dying in car crashes, Middletown has been on the ball with every snow- storm we have had. I am so glad they realize how important it is to keep the roadways safe for residents traveling to school and work and back home again. Thanks so much!”
:| “Christmas lights still up in Middletown. Have a thought: Exchange the lights - put red ones in them for Valentine’s Day and then green lights in for St. Patty’s Day.” :( “I hope the state Education
Department adjusts the number of days our kids have to be in school this year. With the number of snow days my kids have had they’ll be in school all of June.”
:| “Who is responsible for removing and safekeeping the decorations of the trees in Middletown’s square? They’re going to be ruined. What a waste of money that will be. The same goes for the lights in Hoffer Park.”
:( “Money, money, money. The
cost for Middletown schools is incredible. It’s time to cut out the frills and get down to only what’s required. That means goodbye to sports. Goodbye to band. Goodbye to chorus. Hello reading, writing and arithmetic.”
:( “The two or three times I’ve had
to call the non-emergency police number, the dispatcher always asks me to repeat the name of the street. One time the dispatcher said, “Did you say Front Street?” There is no Front Street in Middletown, as all of you know. I’m talking about basic street names, not the difficult or unusual ones – but they’re completely unfamiliar with them.”
:( “On the afternoon of 1-22-13, the day after a snowstorm, I had a visitor come to my home who doesn’t
live in the borough. He remarked how bad the streets were in regard to how they were plowed. Glad we could make a good impression on an out-of-town visitor.”
:( “How much more would I have
to pay in taxes to have my street cleared, as well as the main streets? It gets ridiculous to come home to snow-covered streets when surrounding areas are cleared.”
:| “There is one thing good about
the cold and snow. I live in Harborton Place and there are holes all over the roads there – but the snow filled them up and now the roads are smooth.”
:( “Good morning, New Borough
Council. We have been waiting for you. Could you please find us a codes enforcement officer that actually pays attention and enforces the borough codes? These landlords and renters in town have no pride or care about keeping their properties cleaned up. Just drive down North Union Street at Main Street. The front of some of those properties looks awful. Embarrassing, actually. They need to be made to clean up their garbage and porches. What a site that greets you when you are coming into town. You have to be blind not to see how embarrassing some of these houses look. Some people have no pride. Sad, for sure. And what about the Christmas lights? Are we going to keep them lit and up until they are all ruined? I know the actual work force in the borough is down to just a few, so how about the council that made all this mess and their flunkies putting on their long johns and pitching in? It would be nice to see you doing something positive for once. New Council, we are counting on you. Good luck!”
:( “Am I the only one who sees this new train station in town as a way to screw the commuter? You can bet they’re going to charge to park there – and I wonder who will get that money?”
:| “Is there anyplace in the area to ice skate?”
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LD art students display work at medical college
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ine Lower Dauphin High School art students will have their works on display in the Penn State Hershey Clinical Simulation Center in the Penn State College of Medicine from now through March 30. The students – Alecia Thomasson, Angela Linton, Anna Schrader, Brooke Stouffer, David Lescallette, Devyn Barry, Elle Wallace, Gabby Everest and Kelsey Klinger – had their work selected by a jury of faculty and staff at the college. The students will have a total of 18 works on display in various rooms and in common areas in the state-of-the-art clinical simulation center. A reception for the artist, including a performance by the high school’s string quartet – violinists Sarah Rothermel and Elizabeth Gross, violist Jennifer Jackson and cellist Peter Gingrich – was held on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at the college. The reception and show are part of the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center’s Center Stage program. Center Stage is the performing and visual arts program with the mission of offering a regular menu of excellent art to patients, families, caregivers and visitors during their time at the center in an effort to soothe and comfort during an otherwise stressful time. “We are extremely grateful to the medical center to provide such an amazing opportunity for our students to have their talents on display,” said Sherri Smith, superintendent of the Lower Dauphin School District. “We are excited to have our students enjoy the fruits of a collaborative relationship.”
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Angela Linton’s painting of a cow hangs on a wall in the clinical simulation center.
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Medical students Elizabeth Meck, left, and Ian Blubaugh practice medical techniques in the Penn State Hershey Clinical Simulation Center – and on the wall behind them hangs a painting by Lower Dauphin High School student Devyn Barry.
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