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Middletown Borough Council has hired a new acting police chief, less than two weeks after Chief Mark Hovan resigned for undisclosed reasons. Steven Wheeler was appointed as acting chief – pending background checks – on Tuesday, Jan. 22 by an 8-0 vote of council. Councilor Scott Sites and Mayor Robert Reid were absent. Wheeler has 31 years of experience in the criminal justice system and has risen through the ranks of the Attorney General’s office from a narcotics agent to director of the Bureau of Nar-
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New phone number, entrance at Middletown Borough Hall Middletown’s Borough Hall will soon have a new main phone number. Beginning Monday, Feb. 4, 717-902-0706 will replace the borough’s old phone number (717-948-3000) and will be answered by an employee during the day, according to Christopher McNamara, Borough Council president. Residents have had trouble reaching a person at the building by phone in recent weeks. Residents also can enter Borough Hall by the Emaus Street entrance, thanks to renovations to the building. All managers and department supervisors will be operating from one location downstairs, and staff will be available to direct residents to the appropriate place. “Everyone will be able to come in there with any questions and concerns,” McNamara said.
Chinese New Year celebrated Chinese New Year arrives on Friday, Feb. 1 – and Penn State Harrisburg will host a celebration. The event, open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. Friday in the Capital Union Building Student Center, Room 210. Students and members of the local Chinese community will perform folk music, skits, martial arts and a lion dance and recite poetry. “It will celebrate the traditions of a rich cultural tapestry while creating new traditions, experiences and understanding for the audience,’’ said Brian Kapaun, a student and one of the celebration’s emcees.
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Wheeler “one of the finest law enforcement officers I have ever known.’’ “I would highly recommend Steve Wheeler for any law enforcement position in the country,” wrote Noonan. The borough was fortunate to get Wheeler, Courogen said. “I think we have an opportunity to bring in someone with the skills and experience to help us really upgrade the borough’s police department,” he said. However, Sites criticized the process used to select the chief, saying he was not asked to parPlease See TOP COP, Page A6
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A DO-OVER? Council re-approves all the decisions it’s made since July
The action comes after the police union claims Middletown violated Pennsylvania’s open meetings law, a charge the borough denies. By Daniel Walmer
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Pre-Super Bowl soup on Souper Saturday You can warm up for the Super Bowl with homemade soup and music at the Middletown Area High School Band Boosters’ Souper Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2 at the school cafeteria. Soup, salad, chili, cookies and music by the Middletown Area High School Jazz Band and selected musicians will be featured. The cost is $7. Tickets may be purchased from any band member or at the door.
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The mini-THON at Lower Dauphin High School last year drew a large crowd of students who danced in the school gym.
Raising money for charity has become a prelude to spring in Middletown and Hummelstown
“They took care of me,” she said. “I wanted to take care of them.” While not directly helped by Four Diamonds, Middletown student Brianne It claims to be “the largest student-run Smith has her own very good reason for philanthropy in the world.” In 2013 – for being grateful that it exists: German is local schools, at least – it’s getting even her best friend. bigger. “I just think it’s a really great cause,” THON, a 46-hour, no-sleeping, noSmith said. “It’s great to know there’s an sitting dance marathon at Penn State organization out there that’s willing to University’s Bryce Jordan Center, raises help.” money for the Four Diamonds Fund, a The students are busy planning events charity at Penn State Hershey Medical like an assembly and school dress-up Center that funds research and financial days to make the 2013 mini-THON support for families dealing with childsuccessful. It will last for six hours and hood cancer. It has trickled down to the will feature a walking trail, food, and a grade school level, where more than 77 volleyball tournament – and dancing, of schools raise money for the fund through course. mini-THONs each year, according to the The Middletown mini-THON is looking for sponsors to help pay for some of the event’s overhead costs, like T-shirts and food, German said. “We don’t want to take away from what the students are funding,” she said. Anyone interested in donating can contact High School Principal Patrick Hruz by phone at 948-3333, extension 6001 or by e-mail at phruz@raiderweb. org. At the Lower Dauphin School District, the mini-THON is an established tradition – the district raised $45,000 for the Four Diamond Fund last year, and hopes to raise $50,000 at this year’s event March 22 and 23, according to nurse Mary Smith. But the district is adding a new twist Press And Journal Photo By Daniel Walmer this year: South Hanover Elementary Students at Middletown Area High School plan for the school’s second annual Please See THON, Page A6 mini-THON on Feb. 22. THON events raise money to fight childhood cancer.
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Four Diamonds website. At Middletown Area High School, students are putting together a mini-THON for the second time on Friday, Feb. 22, and they are working hard to make sure the event grows from 2012’s inaugural effort. Student Kirsten German, the miniTHON’s overall chairperson, had an unusual form of cancer that required research and care sponsored by Four Diamonds. “I’m a Four Diamonds kid at heart,” German said. “If they didn’t have [the research], I wouldn’t be here.” German is one of three students at the high school who have benefited from Four Diamonds, and one of four in the school district, she said.
Middletown Borough Council post-approved all actions taken since July at its Tuesday, Jan. 22 meeting, an attempt to ward off efforts by the Middletown Police Officers Association to invalidate actions taken by council at previous meetings. The association claims council violated the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act, which governs open public meeting requirements, by not properly posting notices of its meetings at the borough building as required by the law, according to Councilor John Brubaker. If a meeting was held illegally, a court “may in its discretion find that any or all official action taken at the meeting John Brubaker shall be invalid,” the law states. The borough does not accept that it violated the law, Brubaker said, but its solicitor recommended the post-approval in response to the association’s claim. Tensions have been high between the police department and borough for months. Ongoing negotiations have so far failed to bring about a new police department contract to replace the one that expired at the end of 2012, and an arbitration hearing on the new contract is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 7. The borough significantly shrank its police budget for 2013, vowing to reduce police overtime and leading some to speculate the borough plans to cut police officers – a rumor the borough has denied. A spokesman for the association could not be reached for comment on its reasons for pursuing the alleged Sunshine Act violation or on whether or not the borough’s post-approval of previous actions would cause it to drop any legal claim. If the borough’s meetings were improperly held, the post-approval may validate council’s actions through a legal remedy that “allows agencies to do a do-over,” according to Melissa Melewsky, attorney for the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association and an expert on the Sunshine Act. “I don’t think the remedy has been applied in this context, but I think that’s the argument they’re trying to make,” Melewsky said. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents the borough’s non-uninformed employees, is also negotiating a contract with Please See DO-OVER, Page A6
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Porter resigns library post
Tax hike included in preliminary budget By Noelle Barrett
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The Middletown Area School District might be raising taxes next year – for the fourth year in a row. At a school board meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 22, David Franklin, assistant to the superintendent for finance and operations, presented a preliminary, proposed budget that would raise taxes 3.44 percent. That increase would still leave the proposed $40,583,431 budget unbalanced and left with a deficit, Franklin said. While Pennsylvania’s school boards are required to adopt a preliminary budget by Feb. 19, the budget isn’t final, said Franklin. Changes in staffing, enrollment in the district
and charter schools, health insurance costs, grant awards and the state’s budget, among other unknowns, could mean a change in Middletown’s preliminary budget, he said. “We know we’ve been in this situation before, where we’ve had to overcome a large deficit,” said Franklin. “We have been able to achieve that.” For 2013-2014, the district’s Act 1 index, or maximum tax increase allowed under state law, is set at 2.2 percent. If the district qualifies for an anticipated exception from the state involving retirement costs, the maximum will be 3.44 percent, said Franklin.
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Middletown Public Library Director Christine Porter has resigned effective Saturday, Feb. 2, yet another change in a tumultuous year for the library but the result of a “golden opportunity” for Porter. Porter accepted a job as an actress in The NED Show, a oneperson “motivational assembly” show that tours elementary schools in the U.S. and elsewhere. The show’s performers have presented the assembly to over 25 million children in over five countries, according to its website. “I love the library, and I put my heart and my soul into that place for the last few years, so it definitely was not an easy decision . . . but the job that I was offered was a golden opportunity,” she said. Porter has worked as an actress before, and said she originally became a librarian to work with kids, something she will continue doing in her new job. Porter’s resignation is just the latest in a series of recent challenges for the library. Middletown Borough Council voted in
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Virginia Grogan Virginia Ruth “Ginny” Grogan, Staff Sergeant USAF Retired, 54, passed away suddenly on Wednesday, January 16. She was a native of Middletown. Ginny was retired from the United States Air Force; she had worked for Coleman Bridge as a toll collector; and was a member of Bellamy United Methodist Church, Gloucester, Va., Moose Lodge, and Thousand Trails community. She was preceded in death by her father Lee Dougherty. She is survived by her husband Donald Grogan; children Angela Gunn and husband Bo, Thomas E. Grogan and wife Jessica, Cela Koebl and husband Nick, and Curtiss Goins and wife Becky; her mother Helen Rudy Dougherty; sisters Julie Dougherty, and Leann Varner; brothers John Dougherty, Bob Dougherty, and Dave Dougherty; her grandchildren Carri, Taylor, Savannah, Alani, Sebastian, and Braedyn; and a host of aunts, uncles and cousins. A Memorial service celebrating Ginny’s life will be held at 2 p.m.
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District seeks permission to borrow $2.5 million By Noelle Barrett Press And Journal Staff The Steelton-Highspire School District has filed a petition in Dauphin County Court to seek permission to borrow $2.5 million to cover its debt. In the petition dated Jan. 8, the cashstrapped district said it would need to approve a bond issue to cover its debt. Superintendent Audrey Utley, said while the district continues to pay its bills, it is 90 days behind. The interest on the late payments is an issue that could be solved with a bond, she said. “If we float a bond, float all this debt over 10 years over 1 or 2 percent . . . it will free up money we pay towards interest,” Utley said. Attempts to save money to put toward the district’s debt have been thwarted by increased costs, especially in charter schools and special education. “We have looked into attempting to cut our expenditures and pay it toward the debt, and that would require us to cut programs that would interfere with education of expenses,” Utley said. To avoid going to court, the district
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LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net So long and goodbye to January. It is time for you to go. I also want to strongly suggest that the flu and cold germs leave with you, too. Nothing personal, but you are not my favorite month! We are almost halfway through winter. Are you cold enough yet? I sure am. Stay warm and keep smiling. Let me know your news to share, and I’ll see you in February. Birthdays Here is a warm birthday greeting to Kim Thompson of Old Reliance Farms. Best wishes to you for a toasty Thursday, Jan. 31 cake day. Steven Guenther of Old Reliance Farms marks his landmark 21st birthday on Thursday, Jan. 31. Best wishes to you, Steven, on your realadult day. Carson Reigle of Lower Swatara marks his second happy birthday. Carson, I hope your Thursday, Jan. 31 balloon-flying day is full of smiles and surprises and lots of treats. Happy 24th sparkles and glitter birthday to Amanda Matz of Old Reliance Farms. She celebrates on Friday, Feb. 1. Enjoy! A brand-new teener, Ryan Hughes of Lower Swatara Twp. celebrates his cake and ice cream day on Saturday, Feb. 2. Have a happy day turning 13. If you see Brandon Miller out and about Lower Swatara on Sunday, Feb. 3, be sure to give him a giant happy birthday hello because now he is 24. Dylan Bower of Old Reliance Farms marks his landmark 18th birthday on Sunday, Feb. 3. May all your dreams come true this year, Dylan, as you celebrate this important day. Megan Rose Burghdorf of Old Reliance Farms will hear the birthday song on Sunday, Feb. 3. She turns 11. Hope your day is super-duper, Megan. Happy landmark real-adult birthday to Lindsey Reyes of Lower Swatara. She is 21 on Sunday, Feb. 3. Congrats to you, Lindsey. Best wishes for a wonderful quarterof-a-century birthday to Kyle Relken, who transplanted to Lancaster. Kyle will be 25 on Tuesday, Feb. 5. May your week be extra special. Happy 75th birthday to Bev “Boots’’ Hockley of Middletown. Her big celebration day is Tuesday, Feb. 5. Many blessings to you, Bev! Anniversary Happy 31st anniversary to Don and Dottie Bauman of Lower Swatara on Wednesday, Jan. 30. Best wishes to you both and enjoy your week together. Card shower Please join me in showering Bev “Boots’’ Hockley with birthday cards.
She will be 75 on Tuesday, Feb. 5. Send your greetings to: 1857 Miller Road, Hummelstown, PA 17036 in care of Heidi Boyd. Thanks! Class reunion The Middletown Area High School Class of 1963 (1962 and 1964 are invited, too) will celebrate its reunion on Aug. 23 and 24. The social will be held on Aug. 23 at the Middletown American Legion Post 594.The reunion will be held on Aug. 24 at the Best Western Premier Hotel and Conference Center, East Park Drive. Details will follow. Contact rjfiaola@ verizon.net for more information. Ebenezer Church news Please note new service times: The traditional worship service is 8:30 a.m.; Sunday school, small groups, get-acquainted time, snacks, etc. is at 9:45 a.m. and the contemporary music worship service time is 10:30 a.m. The Easter Egg-making team has already begun! Be sure to get your orders in because Easter is early this year. Call 717-969-0766. The team is always looking for volunteers and donated supplies, too. A new Baby and Me class will begin on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This is for parents of young children, 5 years and under. The group will have craft, story, snack, song time and social time. For more information, please call Katelyn Meise at 717-917-0840. Youth group meets Sunday evenings from 5 to 6:30 p.m. for students in grades 6 to 12. Please feel free to bring in donations for the Middletown Food Bank – the church is collecting at all times. Glad grad Congratulations to Alyssa Carricato of Hummelstown, who earned a master of science degree in education at Wilkes University in December. Dean’s Lists Jennifer Irvin and Colin Miller, both of Elizabethtown, were named to the dean’s list at Clarion University
for the fall semester. James Norris of Hummelstown has been named to the dean’s list at Delaware Valley College for the fall semester. Rebecca Martz of Middletown and Samantha Dzuranin and Laura Weidner of Hummelstown have been named to the dean’s list at Mansfield University for the fall semester. Aubrey Carberry and Stephen Jackson, both of Middletown, have been named to Mansfield University’s fall 2012 president’s list. A total of 144 students have been named to this list. A student must attend the university full-time and attain at least a 4.0 QPA for the semester to make the list. Elizabeth Crouse of Hummelstown has been named to the dean’s list at Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I., for the fall semester. Crouse is majoring in dance. Megan Zimmerman of Elizabethtown was named to the dean’s list at the University of Scranton for the fall semester. Megan is a freshman occupational therapy major. Andrew Sheard and Lauren Sheard, both of Elizabethtown, have been named to the dean’s list at Taylor University, Upland, Ind. for the fall semester. Anne M. Mullhausen of Elizabethtown has been named to the dean’s list at Thiel College for the fall semester. Anne is a sophomore and has been on the dean’s list three times. Ladies’ brunch All ladies are invited to come out to “The Smell of Love is in the Air” brunch buffet at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13 at the Spring Garden Conference Center on Spring Garden Drive, Lower Swatara. The brunch is presented by Hershey Area Women’s Connection, affiliated with Christian Women’s Clubs of America. Darlene Helmick of Hershey will demonstrate “Scentsy” Warmers. Amy Burghdorf, soprano soloist, of Lower Swatara will be singing love songs.
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Couple Celebrate 70th Anniversary Frank Anthony and Dorothy Mae Viola, residents of Middletown, will celebrate their Platinum Wedding Anniversary on January 31, 2013. The couple were wed 70 years ago in Townsend, Md. Several years later they repeated their vows in a church ceremony held at Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Middletown. Frank is the son of the late Angelo and Evelyn Viola. He was born on November 25, 1923 in Huntington, Pa. Dorothy is the daughter of the late Dorse and Agnes Eppinger. She was born on March 11, 1925 in Middletown.
The couple had two children Patricia A. McElwee (deceased) and Frank A. Viola Jr. (deceased). They have four grandchildren Patricia Rittle of Highlands Ranch, Colo., Marci Blouch, Fred McElwee Jr., and Tim McElwee, all of Middletown. They also have 13 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren. Frank served in the United States Air Force and retired as a civilian employee of New Cumberland Army Depot. Dorothy is a retired homemaker. The couple traveled extensively after retirement and lived in a number of different states before returning to Middletown several years ago.
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Exhibit opens at historial society In honor of the Hershey Bears 75th anniversary, the Historical Society will formally present its newest exhibit, “From B’ars to Bears: A Chocolate and White History of Hockey’’ from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16 at the HersheyDerry Township Historical Society, 40 Northeast Drive, Hershey. Celebrating the history of Hershey’s hockey franchise, the exhibit presents a display of historical objects ranging from the inception of the B’ars – the franchise’s first given name – through the present-day Bears franchise. From pucks and programs to the original ice re-surfacer used pre-game, the Historical Society’s hockey collection represents over 80 years of Hershey hockey and the notable personalities who helped to create the chocolatetown legacy. A reception featuring guest speakers, including Bears’ alumni, will also be held during the event in an effort to share the rich oral histories of those closely associated with the franchise. The Hershey Bears are the seventh oldest continuously operating professional ice hockey organization in North America, having entered the Tri-State Hockey League in 1932 as the Hershey B’ars. The current-day Bears are affiliated with the NHL’s Washington Capitals and have won a record 11 Calder Cup titles in the American Hockey League. The exhibit is free of charge. The suggested reception donation is $15. Readers should RSVP by Feb. 13, 2013 by calling the Historical Society at 717-520-0748 or sending an e-mail to info@hersheyhistory.org.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Articles of Incorporation were filed with the Department of State of the CommonRESIDENTIAL ¢ COMMERCIAL ¢ INDUSTRIAL wealth of Pennsylvania, at Harrisburg, PA, for the purpose of obtaining a Certificate of Incorporation of a proposed ¢ Shingle Roofing ¢ Rubber Roofing Certified nonprofit corporation to be organized ¢ Slate Roofing ¢ Flat Roof Specialists under the Nonprofit Corporation Law ¢ Roof Coating ¢ Roof & Replacement of theRepairs Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 1988, December 21, P.L. 1444, No. 177, ¢ Fully Insured for Your Protection and its amendments and supplements. ¢ Satisfaction The Guaranteed name of the corporation is: Middletown Public Library. The purposes of the organization are to provide public library services for the residents of the Borough of Middletown and visitors to the community; and to engage in any activity concerning or relating to any lawful purpose for which nonprofit corporations may be incorporated under the Non-Profit Corporation Law of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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More than 50 people attended the third public meeting of Middletown Residents United, a grassroots group committed to following borough issues and local elections, at the Event Place on S. Union St.
Citizens’ group draws more than 50 to its third public meeting By Noelle Barrett Press And Journal Staff More than 50 Middletown residents, business owners and community members gathered at the Event Place on Monday, Jan. 29, to continue a movement started last year to become involved in borough issues. Middletown Residents United organized the meeting to provide residents with information regarding the Middletown Public Library, Elks Theatre, rightto-know requests submitted to the borough and upcoming elections for borough offices. The organization began last September when the Rev. Vernal Simms, of City of Refuge Church in Middletown, held a community meeting where more than 100 residents attended to voice concerns about Middletown Borough Council. A dozen residents came together to form Middletown Residents United in an attempt to create change. While the main topic of contention originally was council’s action to de-fund the library, the group has shifted focus and is working to create change in other areas – specifically, on council itself. At Monday night’s meeting, Simms encouraged residents to run for one of the five council seats open in this year’s elections. Residents David Madsen
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and Rachelle Reid have already publicly announced their candidacy. “If we have people who want to run, we will help you,” Simms said. Middletown Residents United will help those interested through the process of running, and the group hopes people with good intentions will run. “I think you have to have a good heart . . . and know right from wrong,” said Diana McGlone, a former councilor. While the group is focused on other issues, helping the library is still a priority. “The library is in an extremely fragile state,” said Mike Dalton, head of a committee of Middletown Residents United that is concerned about the library’s fate. Volunteers are needed to help keep the library afloat, and the group will help anyone interested through the process of volunteering, including obtaining a free background check, said Simms. During the meeting, residents had concerns of their own, and were given an opportunity to speak. Resident Cortez Jackson said he wants to hear more about council candidates’ platforms. “We all got good things we want to say, but where are the issues we need to talk about?” he said. “What about jobs?”
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Some felt changes weren’t happening quickly enough, while Rev. Florence Abdullah, pastor of Grace and Mercy Church and Ministries of Middletown, called for residents to come together and do something to get noticed. “As a product of Middletown, I think this is nice we are organizing,” Abdullah said. “I think it’s time we do something radical . . . I think it’s time to march.” The group will work with Abdullah to plan a peaceful demonstration to bring attention to the community, said Simms. “We had a very good turnout, especially because of the weather,” said Simms. “I think people really care and are very much concerned.” Readers with questions about the upcoming borough elections, or about becoming a volunteer at the library, may contact Vernal Simms at 267-7603198 or on the Middletown Residents United page on Facebook. Noelle Barrett: 717-9444628, or noellebarrett@ pressandjournal.com
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what’s going on.” “I should have known about it,” he added. “It’s the council’s responsibility for selecting a chief, but [I’ve been kept informed about] every chief that was ever selected since I’ve become mayor.” McNamara defended the process used to select Wheeler, saying the borough followed the proper legal procedures and the position did not need to be advertised. Pending background checks, Wheeler will become acting chief and his name will be sent to the borough’s Civil Service Commission to continue the process of naming him permanent
chief, McNamara said. “That’s how the process flows,” he said. “We followed the same process we did with the last two chiefs.” Wheeler will be the third chief or acting chief of the Middletown Police Department since Keith Reismiller’s retirement in February 2012. Reismiller was replaced by David Sweitzer, who had been a detective on the force. Sweitzer was replaced by Hovan in June. Council agreed to place the acceptance of Hovan’s resignation on its Monday, Feb. 4 agenda. “I think Chief Hovan gave his all, and I want to thank him for what he started
out to do,” McNamara said. “I think it’s sad that he’s resigning.” During a council administration committee meeting on Jan. 17, Councilor John Brubaker said of Hovan, “I think he tried to do a good job. There were some circumstances I can’t get into, but he had a pretty good six months.’’ Hovan will remain in charge of police operations while Reid will be in charge of personnel issues until Wheeler begins serving as acting chief, McNamara said. Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com
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School is partnering its mini-THON with Lower Dauphin High School’s mini-THON for the first time. The students will be dancing from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Mar. 22, then sending student messengers to the high school to reveal their total money raised, said Meg Kutz, secretary of the South Hanover Parent Teacher Organization. “We’re just trying to pay it forward,” Kutz said. “When our little kids see what the high school kids do, hopefully it will raise up leaders.” The school will select several fifthgrade students who demonstrate the Four Diamonds values of courage, wisdom, honesty and strength for a “Falcon express” run to the high school to reveal the total, she said. “It’s nice to have the little kids working with the big kids,” she said. “It’s just a great example for both groups of kids.” About 250 students participated in South Hanover’s mini-THON last year, which raised $13,000, she said. The students hold penny wars (voting for favorite items with coins) and sub sandwich and ice cream sales to raise funds, she said. “It’s about raising money for the Four Diamonds Fund, but it’s also about giving opportunities for our kids to understand charitable giving and to show them that even though they’re 7 or 8, they can still do something,” she said. Lower Dauphin High School’s mini-THON is a 12-hour, no sitting event featuring activities like dancing, sports competitions, a Falcon Idol Contest and a fashion show, Smith said.
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October to de-fund the library, which was previously a department of the borough, sparking concerns from patrons about its viability in the future – and Porter said the turmoil did play a role in her resignation. “I worry about the library very, very much, but I have to look out for myself at this point . . . and I’m not sure I want my name associated with what’s going on right now,” she said. Library Board Treasurer Yvonne Hursh said she knows Porter’s resignation will cause patrons to have anxiety about the library, but she does not anticipate that the library will need to close, even temporarily. “The bottom line is, we have a
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The Middletown Area High School Band is sponsoring a Souper Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2 in the high school cafeteria. There will be select performances from the jazz band and other student musicians. Soups, salads, chili and cookies will be available. Tickets can be purchased by any band member or at the door. •••••
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Students from Penn State Harrisburg make the Four Diamonds sign with their hands at the first annual Carnival-4-A-Cure at Penn State Harrisburg in October. The carnival, like all THON events, raised money for the Four Diamonds Fund, an organization that funds cancer research and support for families dealing with childhood cancer. The high school has been holding activities and fundraisers throughout the fall to raise funds, including “No Shave November” for male teachers as an incentive for student fundraising, she said. Penn State Harrisburg students participate in the Bryce Jordan Center THON, but they also raise money as a local campus for the dance marathon throughout the year with events ranging from all-nighters and pageants to spaghetti dinners and a 5-kilometer run. The campus also added something new this time around: a Carnival-4A-Cure in October that “encouraged student involvement in THON via games, giveaways, and food,” ac-
cording to Yvonne Harhigh, associate director of communications. In September, the students set a new campus record of over $11,000 raised in one weekend of “canning” – the process of asking drivers to place money for THON in tin cans, according to the university. Anyone interested in donating to THON can click on Donate Now on the THONs website. Choose Penn State Harrisburg as the THON organization to give the campus credit for their donation, Harhigh said.
board in place [and] we have a pretty good idea what we’re doing moving forward,” Hursh said. “Yeah, this is a bump in the road, but we’re going to deal with it.” The library board will be meeting later this week to discuss its plans for replacing Porter, she said. Councilor Scott Sites, who voted against de-funding the library, had a strong reaction the news of Porter’s resignation. “I’m very disappointed to hear Christine’s leaving,” he said. “She did a phenomenal job with the borough. It’s going to be devastating for the children of the community. It’s going to be tough times for the library ahead.” Still, Sites said he wished Porter the best, and placed the blame for the library’s turmoil on council. “It just seems like this council keeps destroying this town one department at a time,” he said. “Hopefully, in 340 days we have a new council that actually cares about the community and can put the community first instead of putting personal agendas first.” Other council members have said they do not expect de-funding the library to lead to its closure, and Courogen has said he expects the library to “survive and thrive” as a nonprofit instead. “I don’t believe for a second that [the people of Middletown] are going to let the library close down,” Courogen said. The borough included a $75,000 contribution to the library in its 2013 budget and ran the “A Very Hoffer Holiday” fundraising event series in December to raise money for the library, the results of which are still being tabulated, according to Courogen. The ordinance council passed in October separated the library from the borough beginning January 1, but the borough is still helping the board with the transition by keeping library
employees on its payroll and allowing the board to reimburse the borough for their pay, Hursh said. “For us to try to start January 1 running payroll for people, we just weren’t able to do it,” she said. “The borough’s giving us the opportunity to get up to speed without demanding that we take control of everything January 1.” The library is now a registered nonprofit organization, she said. Board chairwoman Sandy Robbins continues to be impressed with the donations the library is receiving, and said finances of the library are in “good shape.” “People are stepping forward,” she said. “We really appreciate what they’re doing. People are interested, concerned.” The library will be holding a public farewell celebration for Porter on Thursday, Jan. 31 from 9:30 a.m. to 12 noon and from 4 to 8 p.m., according to a post on the library’s Facebook page. All families are invited to attend two “very special goodbye storytime/song sessions” with Porter at 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. as part of the celebration, according to the post. Porter isn’t cutting off all future ties with Middletown or the library. Although she will be moving to Philadelphia, she plans to help with the library’s annual reports and already scheduled ghost tours of the library, and plans to come back as a performer for children’s programs. “I don’t think it’s the end of my time in Middletown yet,” she said. “Middletown’s grown on me a lot.” Hursh wished Porter well in her new job. “We’ll miss her, but this is a wonderful career opportunity for her,” Hursh said. “You can’t blame somebody for following their dreams.”
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DO-OVER Continued From Page One Middletown – and has filed labor grievances against the borough for using volunteers to perform work usually done by borough employees, including decorating Middletown for Christmas, union representative Shawn Clark said. “They’re laying people off, and then they’re using volunteers to do work that normally would be done by employees,” Clark said. “Contractually, they can’t do that.” The borough laid off several employees in 2012 in an attempt to reduce expenses, and has been unable to reach an agreement with the union for a contract to replace the one that expired in 2012. Council members have been critical of the current contracts for both police and non-uniformed employees. Employees continue to operate under the old contract until a new contract is agreed upon, Clark said – and he doesn’t know if an agreement will come any time soon. “We’re hoping so, but it’s hard to say,” he said. Chris Courogen, borough secretary and director of communications, has consistently declined to comment on ongoing contract negotiations, and would not comment on the union’s labor grievances. Daniel Walmer: 717-944-4628, or danielwalmer@pressandjournal. com
TAX HIKE Continued From Page One Compared to last year, the proposed budget includes a $920,000 increase in salaries, with $560,000 allotted for about 14 new positions. The positions were added based on academic needs and to improve operational efficiency, but “keeping those positions may not be possible,” said Franklin. The budget also includes a $1.4 million increase in spending for benefits, with $890,000 being a result of a 37 percent jump in the employer contribution rate to the Public School Employees Retirement System. Charter school costs are also anticipated to increase by almost $300,000, even with the district offering its own cyber school, Raider Academy. “The Act 1 index will generate $418,000,” said Franklin. “The increase to charter schools will consume 70 percent of it.” The school board must approve a final budget by June 30. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
CORRECTION Rachelle Reid is a candidate for Middletown Borough Council representing the First Ward, not the Second Ward as reported in the Jan. 23 edition of the Press And Journal.
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BOMBS AWAY! Panthers bury flurry of 3-pointers to beat Raiders, 63-60
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Middletown’s Trent Zimmerman scored 10 points in the close loss to East Pennsboro.
Middletown’s game plan at East Pennsboro went pretty well last week as the Blue Raiders scored 60 points against their hosts. The only problem was that the Raiders never expected the Panthers to shoot the lights out on their home court. By making an amazing 11 shots from beyond the 3-point arc in an impressive scoring display, the Panthers turned back the Raiders, 63-60 on Tuesday, Jan. 22. No matter how hard the Raiders played defensively throughout the Capital Division contest, the hosts managed to get the open looks in the bombs-away attack. The loss, along with the postponement of their game Friday, Jan. 25 at West Perry due to snow, left the frustrated Raiders with just six victories for the season. A busy four-game schedule this week will close out the season for the Middletown squad. Despite some struggles and inconsistency during the previous two weeks, the Raiders certainly could have won the game at East Pennsboro. After trailing their hosts by just 2 points, 15-13, at the end of the first quarter and by just 1, 25-24, at the halftime break, the Raiders got off to a good start in the second half and gained a 30-25 lead for their efforts. But even after the Middletown lead increased to 6 points late in the third, the Raiders watched the advantage slip away as the Panthers fired in the long shots to rally for the win. The Raiders popped in a trio of 3-pointers of their own from Ladhellis Charleston, Cody Fox and Mel Fager in the opening period to keep pace with the Panthers, and were down by
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just a deuce, 15-13, heading into the second stanza. After East Penn opened up the second with 3 points to take an 18-13 lead, Trent Zimmerman sank two free throws and Fager added another triple to knot the score, 18-18. The Panthers regained the upper hand at 23-18, and the teams went scoreless over the next 2:30. Charleston’s putback and foul shot broke the drought and made it a 2-point game with 1:33 left in the first half. Following a basket by East Penn’s Nate Boles, Fox and Charleston made 3-of-4 foul shots to close out the second quarter. East Penn led at the break, 25-24. Zimmerman made two technical foul shots, Charleston scored from the lane and Nick Drawbaugh also went to the paint for a bucket to complete a 6-0 run for the Raiders to start the third quarter. Charleston’s 3-point play later gave the Middletown squad a 33-25 lead at the midway point of the period, and things were looking good for the Raiders. But the Panthers took advantage of a couple missed shots and a Raider turnover to outscore their guests 11-2 during a pivotal 4-minute span to regain the lead. Fager’s short jumper with 10 seconds left pushed the Raiders back on top, 37-36, at the end of three periods. A put-back by Drawbaugh 14 seconds into the final frame gave the Raiders a 3-point edge, but the Middletown five could not hold onto the advantage. East Pennsboro drained back-to-back treys 26 seconds apart to go back on top, and then dropped in another triple to gain a 48-43 lead following a pair of foul shots by Middletown’s Jared Truesdale. Please See RAIDERS, Page B2
Middletown’s Ladhellis Charleston led all scorers with 20 points.
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A week of disappointing losses for Lower Dauphin ended on a sour note with a close loss against Palmyra on Saturday, Jan. 26 in Palmyra. The Falcons (11-8, 7-7 in the MidPenn Conference’s Keystone Division) were hoping for redemption after losing to the Cougars on Jan. 2, but a shot on the buzzer by Palmyra’s Logan Stovall was just enough to beat LD, 56-54. It appeared to be the Cougars’ night, as Palmyra (14-5, 9-4 took an early lead and outscored Lower Dauphin in the first, second and third quarters. The Falcons remained determined, tightening the gap in the last 8:00 of the game. Lower Dauphin overpowered Palmyra, outscoring the Cougars by a 2-to-1 ratio, but the team was not able to overcome early mistakes. It seemed like Lower Dauphin was continuously playing catch-up. Even though the Falcons kept it close in the first quarter, tying the game three times, Palmyra was able to get ahead, ending the first 8:00 with a 16-12 lead. Lower Dauphin saw some high points in the second period. As Palmyra took a 21-14 lead, Kaylor Kulina hit 3 points and it looked as though the Falcons would come back. With a free throw by Luke Rutledge and a basket by Tommy Bowen, Lower Dauphin trailed by just 1 point. Rutledge then hit a basket to put the Falcons ahead, 22-21. Palmyra came back and took the lead as quickly as the Falcons had it, and ended the half leading 31-26. The Falcons fell apart in the third quarter, with missed shots and a technical foul against Coach Mark Hofsass giving the Cougars opportunity to score. With only a 3-pointer by Rutledge, a basket each from Ryan Naccarato and Matt Seip, and only hitting 3 of 6 free throws, the Falcons only scored 10 points in the third to
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Raiders fall to East Pennsboro, 55-45 Balanced scoring led East Pennsboro past Middletown, 55-45 in a key girls’ basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 22 in Middletown. East Pennsboro (10-7) moved closer to one of the top 18 playoff spots in the District 3 Class AAA power ratings. Middletown (11-7) is currently in 17th place in the ratings. Jalynn Burton-Jones led the Blue Raiders with 25 points, while Halle Marion scored 12, Jey Rivera scored 5 and Sarah Crippen scored 3. East Pennsboro was led by Amber Grob, who scored 13 points, while Kailee Yoder and Jackie Downey each added 11 in the Panthers’ balanced attack. Middletown’s home game against West Perry on Friday, Jan. 25 was postponed due to bad weather and rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 4.
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Miranda Zeanchock (32) puts back a rebound in the Lions’ victory over Wilson. Zeanchock led the Lions with 24 points.
Lion women top Abington, Wilson to increase winning streak to four by increasing their lead to 47-40 at Lions 89,, Wilson 46 the break. The Blue and White cruised past The second-half momentum shifted the Wilson Phoenix (2-12, 0-11), as in Penn State Harrisburg’s favor, as an Zeanchock, Moyer and Kiara Carter early 12-2 run seemed to put the game all brought sizeable games to the out of reach for the home squad. solid victory on Wednesday, Jan. 23 Mercedes Copeland and Zeanchock in Middletown. both contributed to Penn State HarThe Lions started the game with a risburg’s success, scoring 19 points 23-6 run that would set the tone for each. Mikhail Whitcomb also added the entire night of basketball. a season-high 10 points coming off Zeanchock led the team’s sharp shootthe bench. ing with 24 points. All that firepower would be too much Penn State Harrisburg kept the for Abington. pressure on the entire first half and Moyer was the standout, leading her scored a lot of points in transition, team in both scoring and rebounds passing the ball quickly and sharply while setting her season high point as they grabbed a 57-22 lead in the total. first half. Penn State Harrisburg (12-5, 8-2 in The Lions brought the same first-half the NEAC) won its fourth straight intensity from the start of the second game. Penn State Abington dropped half, going on a 7-0 run to increase to 8-10, 6-5 in the conference. their big lead. 205311A01 “Today was a great shooting day, Moyer and Carter both earned themespecially from 3-point range,’’ said selves double-doubles. Carter showed Penn State Harrisburg Coach Ross her size and strength, pulling down 15 Patrick. “Our defense was very porous rebounds while dominating the paint. during the first half where we let them Moyer continued to lead with her get into the lane and put them on the scoring and rebounding, playing with foul line way too often. However, in constant poise game after game. the second half, the girls brought up our Patrick used his entire team. Jasmine defensive intensity while continuing to Yanich led the Lions’ bench scorers convert offensively at a high level.’’ with 14 points.
By Adam Clay For The Press And Journal Amanda Moyer hit the 20-point mark for the first time this season in an important North Eastern Athletic Conference win for the Penn State Harrisburg women’s basketball team, 89-72 over Penn State Abington on Sunday, Jan. 27 in Abington. Penn State Harrisburg started the day in second place in the South Division, with Penn State Abington just behind in third place, setting the stage for a showdown to see who was going to be the leader of this pack of Lions after 40 minutes of basketball. The game started off with plenty of good shooting from both teams. Miranda Zeanchock hit a 3-pointer with 13:34 to go in the first half to put Penn State Harrisburg up 17-10. At that point things were still pretty tight between the two Lion squads, but over the next four minutes the visiting Lions stretched their lead to 12 points. Abington answered back with a 7-0 run that tightened the score to 29-24 with 8:57 to go in the half. But Penn State Harrisburg started to push the tempo, and the visiting Lions gave themselves a little breathing room
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The Raiders hung tough, picking up points from Zimmerman and Drawbaugh that made it a 50-49 game with 4:25 left. But another pair of 3-pointers, these coming from Sam Powery and Ivan Idzakovic around a pair of foul shots by the Raiders, kept the Panthers out in front, 56-51, with 2:39 on the clock. Two free throws by Fox pulled the Raiders to within 3 points at 2:31, but a basket by Austin Wilson and yet another triple – this one from Ben Barley following a Raider miss – made it 61-53 with 1:35 on the clock.
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Still, the Raiders did not quit. Zimmerman’s two foul shots, plus two more following his steal at 1:01, cut the lead to 61-57. Charleston hit one of two free throws following a Drawbaugh steal cutting the gap to just 3 points, 61-58. After the Panthers made just 1 of 3 foul shots, Charleston’s drive to the hoop with 4.9 seconds left again made it a 2-point game at 62-60. Powery made the first of two free throws with 4 ticks left, and Truesdale’s rebound and quick timeout at 3.3 set up an exciting, yet unsuccessful finish for the Middletown squad. Running their Bronco play, which
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had won a game at Lower Dauphin a couple seasons ago, the Raiders gave it one last shot at a tie and possible overtime session. On the play, Fager inbounded the ball and took a pass on the run. Heaving the ball from the 3/4-mark of the court Fager nearly pulled off the miracle. As time ran out, the ball flew through the air and hit the backboard at almost the perfect spot. But the carom hit the front of the rim just a little bit too high and the ball bounced off harmlessly, denying the Raiders a chance to settle things in overtime. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com.
basket, to close in on the Falcons lead, 54-51. With 1:02 left in the game, Kulina saw opportunity, hitting a shot from behind the 3-point line to tie the game, 54-54. With 30 seconds left, Palmyra took the ball up the court, and the clock wound down. In the final seconds, Shaun Robinson missed a shot, but Stovall rebounded and hit a quick shot as the buzzer rang. Noelle Barrett: 717-944-4628, or noellebarrett@pressandjournal.com
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Standings for 1-30-13
COLLEGE BASKETBALL BOYS’ BASKETBALL Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division W L OVERALL Steelton-Highspire 11 0 15-2 Milton Hershey 10 1 11-6 Northern 7 5 10-9 East Pennsboro 5 6 6-11 Camp Hill 4 7 10-8 West Perry 4 7 7-11 Middletown 4 7 6-12 Susquenita 0 12 3-15 Last week’s scores East Pennsboro 63, Middletown 60 Steelton-Highspire 68, Camp Hill 58 Steelton-Highspire 94, York Suburban 71 This week’s games Feb. 1 Middletown at Susquenita, 7:30 p.m. East Pennsboro at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 2 York Suburban at Middletown, 1:30 p.m. Trinity at Steelton-Highspire, 3:30 p.m. Feb. 5 Steelton-Highspire at Bishop McDevitt, 7:30 p.m.
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Penn State Harrisburg’s Will Doyle (34) scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds and dished out seven assists in a thrilling double-overtime loss to rival Penn State Abington.
Abington beats Lions in double-overtime thriller, 113-105 By Tom Klemick For The Press And Journal You’d be hard pressed to write a more dramatic story than the one that unfolded during Penn State Harrisburg’s bitter 113-105 double-overtime defeat at Penn State Abington on Sunday, Jan. 27. On the road and trailing the home team 86-83, Penn State Harrisburg watched as Abington’s Mike Marvin, the reigning North Eastern Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year, stepped to the foul line with 14 seconds left in regulation with a chance to put the game on ice. He missed both free throws. Penn State Harrisburg (8-11, 5-3 in the NEAC) secured the rebound and rushed the ball up court, but Will Doyle’s last-ditch 3-point attempt found nothing but iron, seemingly ending the contest. But teammate Jordan Gatchell had other ideas. Penn State Harrisburg’s “Mr. 1,000” played the role of “Mr. Clutch” when he gathered in the long rebound, ran behind the 3-point line, sent two Abington defenders flying out of bounds with a pump fake and sent the game to overtime by flushing a 3-ball with 1.7 seconds left to play. In overtime, the visiting Lions again found themselves trailing with less than 10 seconds remaining. This time it was Doyle and Kevin Icker coming through in a big way for Penn State
Harrisburg. With his team down 9795, Doyle Icker made his Abington defender look silly by crossing him over and leaving him in the dirt before driving down the lane and laying in his shot to tie the score with 9 seconds left. The hosts burned a timeout. Then Doyle Icker burned them. Abington’s Avery Barnes had a chance to win it for his team when he drove to the basket and attempted a shot as time expired, but Icker blocked his shot into the first row as the buzzer sounded. But the one thing Penn State Harrisburg could not overcome was the disparity in foul calls. The visitors committed 38 fouls compared to just 17 by Abington (8-12, 6-3) – an incredible 21-call difference. Five Penn State Harrisburg players fouled out, including starters Gatchell, Arick Sodini and Alberto De Los Santos. Marvin was the lone Abington player to be disqualified due to fouls. By the time the second overtime got underway, Harrisburg was already down Joey Farthing, De Los Santos, Gatchell and Sodini. The Lions lost Thristan Lundy in the second extra session, and despite the valiant efforts of Doyle and the remaining Blue and White players, Penn State Harrisburg could not recover from the attrition. To put it in perspective, consider the following: In the contest’s final 16:45,
Penn State Harrisburg was whistled for 15 personal fouls. The referees blew their whistles against Penn State Abington just two times during the same time period. Officiating or no officiating, Penn State Harrisburg’s players turned in some of the best performances of their respective careers. Doyle finished just three assists shy of a triple-double. The junior scored 18 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, dished out seven assists and swiped four steals. Gatchell was outstanding before fouling out, netting a career-high 28 points in addition to collecting five steals, four assists and three rebounds. Sodini tallied 17 points and collected five boards while Lundy added 15 points and five rebounds off the bench. De Los Santos pulled in nine rebounds, Ethan Strayer netted 9 points and Icker chipped in with 8 points and five boards. Abington outshot the visitors from the field (50 percent to 40.6 percent) and from beyond the arc (45.5 percent to 29 percent). Penn State Harrisburg caused 27 turnovers but the opposing Lions outrebounded the Blue and White, 71-47. Penn State Harrisburg’s bench outscored Abington’s reserves 27-16 but the hardest pill to swallow came in the form of a 13-point first half lead that Penn State Harrisburg let slip away
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District 3, Class AAA power ratings (Top 18 qualify for playoffs) 1. Susquehanna Twp. (18-1) 0.817681 2. Donegal (19-0) 0.808095 3. Steelton-Highspire (14-2) 0.745321 4. Gettysburg (15-4) 0.741609 5. Greencastle-Antrim (13-3) 0.713627 6. Berks Catholic (15-3) 0.709838 7. Palmyra (13-5) 0.690802 8, Bishop McDevitt (11-6) 0.688264 9. Lancaster Catholic (13-5) 0.688264 10. Bermudian Springs (14-3) 0.681296 11. Eastern York (13-5) 0.668500 12. N. Lebanon (14-5) 0.649235 13. Milton Hershey (11-5) 0.648866 14. Northeastern (10-6) 0.648116 15. Boiling Springs (11-6) 0.646803 16. Lancaster Mennonite (13-6) 0.643452 17. Susquehannock (13-5) 0.636841 18. Manheim Central (11-6) 0.629362 *** 27. Middletown ( 6-12) 0.468961 Keystone Division W L OVERALL Susquehanna Twp. 12 1 18-1 Trinity 9 3 13-3 Palmyra 9 4 14-5 Bishop McDevitt 7 6 11-6 Lower Dauphin 7 7 11-8 Mechanicsburg 5 7 9-8 Hershey 5 8 7-10 Cedar Cliff 3 9 8-10 Red Land 0 12 0-16 Last week’s games Trinity 62, Lower Dauphin 41 Hershey 74, Lower Dauphin 62 Palmyra 56, Lower Dauphin 54 This week’s games Feb. 5 Lower Dauphin at Mechanicsburg, 7:30 p.m. District 3, Class AAAA power ratings (Top 20 qualify for playoffs) 1. Harrisburg (16-1) 0.853416 2. JP McCaskey (16-2) 0.804799 3. William Penn (15-2) 0.791824 4. Wilson (13-3) 0.756707 5. Exeter Twp. (16-2) 0.751064 6. Chambersburg (10-6) 0.725507 7. Elizabeethtown (13-5) 0.717699 8. Cumberland Valley (11-7) 0.714919 9. South Western (12-5) 0.711208 10. Reading (9-9) 0.694312 11. Dallastown (12-5) 0.691124 12. Carlisle (9-8) 0.688125 13. Cedar Crest (12-7) 0.687406 14. Warwick (10-9) 0.662822 15. Manheim Twp. (10-8) 0.657233 16. Hempfield (9-8) 0.652376
17. CD East (8-10) 0.650272 18. Lower Dauphin (11-7) 0.645380 19. Mechanicsburg (9-8) 0.644071 20. Red Lion (10-7) 0.642055 *** 21. Lampeter-Strasburg (11-7) 0.640289 22. Cocalico (9-8) 0.637071 23. Central Dauphin (7-12) 0.627021 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL Capital Division W L OVERALL West Perry 10 1 16-2 Steelton-Highspire 10 1 15-2 Middletown 7 4 11-7 Camp Hill 6 5 12-5 East Pennsboro 6 5 11-7 Susquenita 4 7 8-9 Milton Hershey 1 10 1-16 Northern 0 11 1-16 Last week’s games East Pennsboro 55, Middletown 45 Steelton-Highspire 94, Camp Hill 71 This week’s games Jan. 30 Middletown at Bishop McDevitt, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 Susquenita at Middletown, 7:30 pm. Steelton-Highspire at East Pennsboro, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 West Perry at Middletown, 6:30 p.m. Steelton-Highspire at Harrisburg, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 5 Bishop McDevitt at Steelton-Highspire, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Class AAA power ratings (Top 18 qualify for playoffs) 1. Palmyra (18-0) 0.806673 2. West York (14-2) 0.793136 3. Lancaster Catholic (17-0) 0.783589 4. West Perry (16-2) 0.721645 5. Susquehannock (12-5) 0.710711 6. Gettysburg (13-4) 0.698217 7. Conrad Weiser (14-3) 0.693785 8. Trinity (9-6) 0. 681886 9. Eastern York (13-5) 0.675666 10. Fleetwood (13-3) 0.672125 11. Berks Catholic (13-5) 0.668992 12. Boiling Springs (12-5) 0.650816 13. Northern Lebanon (13-6) 0.638140 14. Big Spring (12-6) 0.631314 15. Kennard-Dale (12-6) 0.620945 16. ELCO (11-8) 0.623837 17. Middletown (11-7) 0.599524 18. Hamburg (11-6) 0.581531 *** 19. East Pennsboro (10-7) 0.580520 20. Shippensburg (8-9) 0.532228 21. Greencastle-Antrim (7-9) 0.508325 22. Susquenita (8-10) 0.501947 Keystone Division W L OVERALL Palmyra 13 0 19-0 Hershey 12 1 15-2 Mechanicsburg 8 4 11-6 Trinity 8 5 10-6 Lower Dauphin 7 7 10-9 Cedar Cliff 4 8 6-11 Red Land 3 9 7-10 Susquehanna Twp. 2 11 5-14 Bishop McDevitt 1 13 3-15 Last week’s games Trinity 38, Lower Dauphin 32 Hershey 29, Lower Dauphin 24 Palmyra 45, Lower Dauphin 25 This week’s games Feb. 2 Cedar Crest at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Mechanicsburg at Lower Dauphin, 7:30 p.m. District 3 Class AAAA power ratings (Top 20 qualify for playoffs) 1. Wilson (13-2) 0.810107 2. Dover (17-0) 0.808862
3. Cumberland Valley (15-3) 4. Central Dauphin (14-3) 5. CD East (13-4) 6. Manheim Twp. (16-2) 7. Hershey (15-2) 8. Lampeter-Strasburg (17-1) 9. Cocalico (14-3) 10. Hempfield (14-4-) 11. Dallastown (13-5) 12. Ephrata (14-5) 13. Red Lion (11-6) 14. Reading (9-5) 15. Solanco (11-7) 16. Gov. Mifflin (10-7) 17. Mechanicsburg (11-6) 18. Harrisburg (9-9) 19. Lower Dauphin (10-8) 20. Elizabethtown (9-9) *** 21. Spring Grove (8-9) 22. Muhlenberg (7-9) 23. Lebanon (8-11)
The Bears lost to the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton Penguins, 2-1 in overtime in the American Hockey League clash outdoors before 17,311 fans on Sunday, Jan. 20. The Penguins’ Paul Thompson scored the gamewinner on a breakaway at 3:41.
ICE HOCKEY CPIHL Last week’s games Cedar Cliff/Carlisle 6, Middletown/CDEast 5 Central York 3, Lower Dauphin 1 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Men NEAC - South Division W L OVERALL Penn State Berks 7 2 8-9 Penn State Abington 6 3 8-12 Penn State Harrisburg 5 3 8-11 Gallaudet 5 5 9-12 Lancaster Bible 2 8 2-16 Last week’s games Penn State Abington 113, Penn State Harrisburg 105 (2OT) This week’s games Jan. 30 Penn State Harrisburg at Lancaster Bible, 8 p.m. Feb. 2 Cazenovia at Penn State Harrisburg, 2 p.m. Feb. 3 Morrisville St. at Penn State Harrisburg, 2 p.m. Women South Division W L OVERALL Lancaster Bible 10 2 14-3 Penn State Harrisburg 8 2 12-5 Penn State Abington 6 5 8-10 Penn State Berks 6 6 7-11 St. Elizabeth 5 6 7-10 Gallaudet 1 10 3-15 Wilson 0 11 2-12 Last week’s games Penn State Harrisburg 89, Wilson 46 Penn State Harrisburg 89, Penn State Abington 72 This week’s games Jan. 30 Penn State Harrisburg at Lancaster Bible, 6 p.m. Feb. 2 Cazenovia at Penn State Harrisburg, 12 noon Feb. 3 Morrisville St at Penn State Harrisburg, 12 noon
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The power of THON: Its compassion is felt here
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hough Penn State’s annual dance marathon for the Four Diamonds Fund, called THON, is held far from the Middletown area, it touches our lives. Not just because it benefits the Four Diamonds Fund, a charity that helps families of children fighting cancer and researchers search for a cure at the Penn State Hershey Medical Center, but because the compassion behind the event leaves an indelible mark on our children, inspiring them to care for their fellow man. While students in State College have raised $89 million since 1977 from the marathon, set for Feb. 15-17 this While Penn State students have dance year, local students of all ages have raised $89 million since 1977 emulated their unselfish efforts here. from THON, local students of all Lower Dauphin High School will hold its own mini-THON in ages have emulated their again March to raise money for Four Diaunselfish efforts here. monds. Middletown Area High School will hold its second mini-THON on Feb. 22. Even South Hanover Elementary School will hold its own mini-THON in March, and it’s no small affair: Last year, 250 students raised $13,000. Penn State Harrisburg students will join the dancers in State College – and they’ve already held several fund-raisers to contribute to the cause. In September, they broke the college’s record for collecting donations in cans they carried along streets and in neighborhoods, raising $11,000. THON is billed as “the largest student-run philanthropy in the world.’’ The money it’s raised is impressive, but the compassion it’s fostered among our young citizens is important as well.
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The race for council is beginning to heat up
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he field of candidates for Middletown Borough Council continues to grow with Rachelle Reid stepping up to run for a seat to represent the town’s First Ward. Reid’s election would mark a return to the local government body. ••• Good luck to Cheryl Schauers, who recently retired from a long career in the local financial world. Cheryl’s smiling face at Citizens Bank in downtown Middletown will be missed. Cheers! • • • We were happy to report the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corp. (GMEDC) has taken full management of the Elks Theatre. Previous manager Ross Seltzer (who had managed the theater so well) stepped down from the job, and the local nonprofit organization grabbed the managerial responsibility without missing a beat. ••• Speaking of nonprofits, volunteers for groups such as GMEDC, Friends of The Library, Interfaith Council, Middletown Area Historical Society and so many others continue to foster organizations that labor to promote and support our community. We owe them our gratitude and, yes, support! ••• While there are a lot of positive things happening in our town, sadly, the behind-thescenes transgressions of council appear to be business as usual. Middletown residents weren’t the only ones blindsided by council’s announcement and preliminary approval of its third police chief in less than 12 months. Both Councilor Scott Sites and Mayor Robert Reid leveled pointed remarks at the decision by the eight councilors who fell in line and voted to offer the top cop spot to Steven Wheeler, the chief of investigations in the Attorney General’s office who was about to retire from that position. Both Sites and Reid said they were not asked to participate in interviews (if any took place) of candidates. Neither admitted knowing anything about council’s new police chief. “I have no clue who Steven Wheeler is,” Sites said in our story published on our web site last Wednesday, Jan. 23. “I don’t believe that was an open process.” Reid’s comments were even more critical as to the exclusivity and secretiveness of what has become the standard operating procedure for the voting majority of council. “I’ve never been asked anything about this guy,” he said. “You would think, being in charge [of police], they would give me a call, let me know what’s going on . . . I should have known about it. It’s the council’s responsibility for selecting a chief, but [I’ve been kept informed about] every chief that was ever selected since I’ve become mayor.” Borough Council President Christopher McNamara defended the vetting process (whatever it may have been). He asserted the borough followed the proper legal procedures and the position did not need to be advertised. “That’s how the process flows,” McNamara told our reporter, Daniel Walmer. “We followed the same process we did with the last two chiefs.” Considering over the past year that the police chief’s office has been little more than a revolving door for its occupants, the council’s past hiring procedures weren’t anything to brag about. Even the borough’s most vocal defenders must admit council’s track record for hiring is anything but encouraging. Albert Einstein is quoted to have said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Hmmmm . . .
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oon after the for all but the highest income Americans American • Alternative Minimum Tax indexed Taxpayer Re- for inflation that will benefit millions of lief Act was passed, middle income Americans conservatives • Estate and gift tax benefits that have around the nation been preserved at the higher levels began calling for • Marriage penalty relief the heads of those conservative lawmak• Liberalized child and dependent care ers who voted in favor of the bill. credit I am a conservative Certified Public • Employer-provided education benefits Accountant, and I have had the opportu• Preserved student loan provisions nity to review the bill. President Barack • Employer-provided child care credit Obama’s proclamation of victory may The fiscal cliff was a Pelosi invention be a bit premature. The reality of the bill passed when the House and Senate were and the conservative lawmakers’ strategy controlled by the Democrats. Obama in backing it may have actually been a willingly signed the law setting up this stroke of genius. artificial cliff to create a disaster for the For my fellow conservatives, I would conservative movement in future years. encourage us to take a step back and see The brilliant solution by the Republican what really happened. Senate leadership, thanks to Mitch McIn reality, the act made permanent many Connell and conservative senators such of the Bush-era tax cuts and removed sub- as Pat Toomey, effectively neutralized stantial uncertainty for the vast majority Obama. of Americans. First, the American people would have During World War II, President Franknever understood that the president was lin D. Roosevelt, with advice from Gen. playing with them if Republicans allowed George Marshall, decided to fight a holdthe tax rates to go up at this time. Most ing action in the Pacific and fight to win would have blamed the Republican House first in Europe. for setting the stage for Republicans to In much the same way as leadership was lose the House in 2014 and potentially exercised by Marshall before and during further eroding the conservative position World War II – which eventually led to in the Senate. the defeat of Hitler in Germany and the It is critical that all conservatives Japanese – conservative lawmakers today remember that the Democratic senators had to deal with a popular president in elected when Obama took office in 2008 order for our nation to survive to fight are up for reelection in 2014. If there is another day. any hope of ever Whenever one regaining control negotiates, it is of the Senate and imperative to under- The American Taxpayer Relief then strengthening stand the opponents’ Act made many of the Bushthe Supreme Court strategy. in the last two years era tax cuts permanent and In that regard, of Obama’s second Obama, Harry Reid removed substantial term, the conservauncertainty for the vast and Nancy Pelosi tive hemorrhaging would have had no had to stop. majority of Americans. qualms about pushSecond, for the ing for an end to the apparent victory of tax cuts in place since 2001. the president with the increase in taxes It is an absolute myth of the media that on those over $400,000 (really those over the so-called Bush tax cuts only affected $250,000 due to deduction phase outs), the wealthy. The tax rates reductions were Obama basically got a 60-day reprieve across the board for all income levels. Al- before he has to fight the battle all over lowing these tax rates to expire would again with the debt ceiling limit. have been fatal to the conservative cause. On the debt ceiling limit, Congress will The debacle of expiring tax rates would find a substantially more favorable politihave been felt by virtually all Americans, cal climate. and blame would have been place with A majority of Americans understand the the Republican House of Representatives. stupidity and folly of our current spendIn fighting a strategic battle for the pres- ing. That is abstract and not personal to ervation of our nation, the Republicans them directly. It is a conceptual underand conservative lawmakers who voted standing that they can relate to because for the bill decided to play the game that they understand that they cannot run their Obama has been playing during his term homes the same way. Opinion is on the – and the game the Democrats have been conservative side most likely during this playing for decades. debate. Liberals have been playing chess and Third, the American people will now conservatives checkers – at least until view Republicans as having reached now. across the aisle to solve this problem for The permanency of so many tax cuts the tax rates on Jan. 1 and will expect now effectively removes from liberals the similar concessions from the Democrats weapon of blaming the “Bush tax cuts’’ and Obama. for our nation’s woes. They are now made Obama’s only effective recourse is to get permanent by a Democratic president and conservatives to turn on our own – against a Democratic Senate. those who voted yes for the American Tax Imagine if Congress had allowed the ex- Relief Act – and remove them from office piring tax codes to expire and reset. Imag- in 2014 or at the next election. ine trying to reinstate those tax changes Should Obama be effective at inciting us for any income tax bracket, let alone to turn on ourselves, he will win the game for the wealthy in the next four years of of chess and we will lose a nation. Obama’s second term. Some specific tax provisions made perFrank Ryan is a Certified Public Acmanent include: countant from Lebanon and a retired • Individual income tax brackets affect- Marine Corps colonel who specializes in ing all taxpayers corporate restructuring and lectures on • Capital gains and dividend benefits etnics for state CPA societies.
I am president of the Highspire Boating Association. The reason for this letter is the ongoing crises of our beloved Susquehanna River and its tributaries – its obvious decline as a bass fishery, and in river level fluctuations, pollution, invasive species, algae blooms, rock snot and access, to name a few of the more common issues. For many years we have enjoyed a beautiful, clean, healthy river with all its attributes – from drinking water, prime bass fishing, boating opportunities and wildlife observation to hunting. Sadly, some or all of these are now endangered. From my youthful days on the river until now, I am saddened at what it has become. In my youth (1960s) it was common to have raw sewage discharged into the water. Floating scum and an oil slick were commonplace. We also had river grasses, rock bass and sunfish, and no invasive species that I can recall. Then things got better. Or did they? We no longer have raw sewage discharge into the river, and floating scum and oil slicks are gone. Gone also are the river grasses, replaced by rock snot and algae blooms. There are no rock bass or sunfish, but an infusion of invasive species: rusty crayfish, flathead catfish, snakeheads, zebra mussels, etc. We now have dissolved oxygen levels, unidentified pollutants, medicinal waste and bi-sexed bass. Where have we gone wrong? Who is to blame? Me? You? The state Department of Environmental Protection? Anyone? The river needs our help, and the majority of us are just watching it flow by and become worse. In the last 10 years, the Susquehanna has been downgraded from a premier bass fishery to a “I don’t The Susuqehanna go there River needs our anymore” help, and the place. My orgamajority of us are nization just watching it wants to do flow by and more. Our club is paybecome worse. ing a price for the decline in the river’s status – reduced membership, water fluctuations that prevent predictable boating and fishing activities, storm runoff, sediment accumulation and all the other aforementioned issues. We appeal to all outdoor enthusiasts and clubs and organizations to band together to help curtail the decline of our river. We have compiled a list of questions on our website (www.Highspireboatclub. com) that we would like to ask you – and ask that you, in turn, ask your friends, neighbors and fellow boat club members. I hope that when you answer these questions you can see we have a problem and want to get involved. We are asking for feedback, either through mail or our website. Our intent is to use your answers to direct our energies. By joining with other higher tier organizations, we will accumulate strength in numbers. Having this strength will hopefully enable us to get to the source of the problem(s) and identify and hold accountable those responsible. By joining together we can have enough clout to demand the DEP and the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, and any others, act upon the river’s decline by declaring it an impaired river. This is the first step in recovery. Without the government behind us, recognizing the problems, we cannot get to the answers. Please take the time to answer these questions at www.Highspireboatclub.com and forward your answers to us via mail or our website. We thank you, and untold others yet to be born thank you. Myles Blazi Highspire (The writer is president of the Highspire Boating Association.)
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’m happy to announce that my eighth annual Senior Health Fair will be held this year on Friday, April 26, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Hummelstown Chemical Fire Department, located at 249 E. Main St., Hummelstown. This free event provides seniors and their families the opportunity to gather information about health care, state government programs and home-based services available locally, and participate in a variety of free health care screenings. Representatives from state agencies, the health care industry and community organizations will be available to address concerns and answer questions that seniors or their caregivers may have. This year, participants will
The Senior Health Fair is a great place for seniors to learn about a variety of services available all under one roof. include the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Dauphin County Area Agency on Aging, Dauphin County Veterans Affairs, Asera Care Hospice, Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority, Country Meadows of Hershey, Derry Township Police Department, AARP Safe Drivers Program, Orthopedic Institute of Pennsylvania, Traditions of Hershey and more. The Senior Health Fair is a great place for seniors to learn about a variety of services available all under one roof. I always look forward to this event, because so many people attend and benefit from the information that the exhibitors provide. For more information about the Health Fair, visit my website, www. RepPayne.com, or contact my Hershey office at 717-534-1323.
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Several companies in the 106th Legislative District were awarded grants, administered by WEDnetPA, to help strengthen the business environment in Pennsylvania. WEDnetPA is collaborative partnership among 30 education organizations, including 11 Pennsylvania State System universities, 14 community colleges and other educational providers. WEDnetPA’s Guaranteed Free Training (GFT) program offers two types of training courses for qualified in-state businesses and out-of-state companies relocating to Pennsylvania. Both programs help Pennsylvania companies train new and existing employees. The first program, Basic Skills Training, provides instruction in basic and entry-level skills. The second program, Information Technology Training, provides instruction in information technology and advanced applied manufacturing subjects. In the fiscal year 2011-12, five companies in our area were awarded GFT grants, including JPL, formally JPL Productions; Schaedler Yesco Distribution; The Phillips Group; Venture Precision Tools; and the Hershey Company. Phoenix Contact is the only company in 2012-13 to have been awarded a grant for GFT. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the State House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District.
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throw the term “structural deficit” around like it is something new or unique. For those of you that don’t know, most government runs on the principal of structural deficit. This means that they never show a profit, in simplistic terms. I do not believe that any government should make a profit, but some will argue upon the amount of debt load any government should carry. In Middletown, we have a significant debt load from past administrations spending lavishly. We also have sources of revenue that council is unwilling to explore, and council uses this deficiency to create the illusion that Middletown is in crisis. I think in the very near future we will find out that the Act 47 filing was done with inaccurate and blatantly false information. Like any managed fund, debt needs to be managed for the long haul, not stricken in one year like this council tried to do. They cut too many services and may very well cut more, making it harder for most people to live in Middletown. I believe a more measured approach to our debt will in time bring it to a more manageable level. We cannot buy into ‘the sky is falling’ mentality anymore – and get someone
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obvious that one person can’t do everything in the billing department. No wonder everything is all messed up. I couldn’t believe the fiasco that the girls told me when I paid my bill. You’re all nuts up there in that building.”
L“Call back our workers. I want my tax dollars putting a person to work who provides a service. I don’t want my tax dollars going to McNamara to spend at his own discretion. He just gives it away to the lawyers.”
L“Register to vote, Middletowners. Get this council out of office.”
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Column No. 677/January 30, 2013
Can You Be Anonymous Online?
Genealogists approach the Internet in a schizophrenic manner. Their trusting, giving side wants to share their contact information with every potential cousin on the Internet in hopes of furthering their research. But their paranoid, beenburned-before side wants to protect themselves from spammers, fraudsters, and distant relatives asking for money. Family historians must listen to both of these little voices in their head to balance their need for contact with their need for privacy.
Why Share?
Consider for a moment why we research our ancestry. Reasons abound: personal fulfillment, religious conviction, curiosity, understanding one’s place in history, membership in a lineage society, school project, family health considerations, meeting previously unknown family members, and simply being nosy about family relationships. The reasons are as diverse as the genealogists themselves. Even if family historians were not motivated to meet new family members, they are still dependent on other people to conduct research. For instance, on any given visit to the library, chances are that you will ask questions of the librarian regarding the library’s holdings and how to access them. Your interest in genealogy will no doubt come out and it’s likely that you will share the particulars of your research with the librarian in order to assist the research process. Your use of the library would not be as effective if you did not share some of your previous research with the librarian assisting you. If you are a card holder at the library, the library probably has your name, address, and telephone number on file. Considering that the librarian could now potentially violate your privacy with what he or she knows of your research and your contact information, did you make a mistake by involving the librarian in your research? Was the trade-off between more efficient uses of the library and revealing something about yourself and your personal information worthwhile? The same is true on the Internet. Researchers have to share their contact information if they expect anyone to contact them regarding their questions, answers, or other posts on genealogy mailing lists. Similarly, our genealogy Web pages need to display what we know about our ancestors as well as how visitors can contact us. Your direct e-mail to fellow researchers needs to include your research interests and the best way to contact you. Researchers simply cannot be successful in genealogical research on the Internet if they refuse to share personal information.
What to Share?
Signing messages as “Fluff-N-Stuff” or “GenGal” may be cute in a chat room for teenagers, but genealogists need to know whom they’re talking to. Would you introduce yourself at your local genealogical society’s meetings by your nickname, CB radio handle, or nom de plume? Please have the courtesy to give your name. We will certainly take you and your research more seriously if you do. Including your e-mail address in your Internet communications is the most basic information you should provide to fellow researchers. It should be in the body of your e-mails (just in case the body of the message gets separated from its headers due to copying, forwarding, or printing). And you should share it with every post you make to a mailing list or message board. Similarly, your e-mail address should appear on every page of your genealogy website. Don’t forget to include your e-mail address on your snail mail correspondence as well. You might get a reply to a traditionally posted letter faster via e-mail if you let your pen pals know that you also have an e-mail account. The problem with relying on your e-mail address alone for your contact information is that e-mail addresses change very frequently. To ensure future contact with others who are interested in your research, you need to share something more permanent than your e-mail address. In addition to an e-mail address, serious genealogists share their mailing address, perhaps even their phone number, or other permanent contact information with other researchers. Some researchers do not have e-mail or Internet connectivity. If someone with Internet access sees your research interests, prints out your information, and gives it to someone else who is interested in the same surnames but does not have e-mail, how is that fellow researcher supposed to contact you? What if your e-mail address changes? How will those who read your old messages in mailing list archives or on message boards reach you? Sharing e-mail is a good first step, but it is not sufficient to ensure future and ongoing contact. While sharing contact information is important, it is obviously secondary to the research information we want to share. Sharing only your surnames of interest is not enough to stimulate good responses. Providing surnames, places where these ancestors lived, and dates of interest are critical to successful genealogical communication. You might be interested in the Smith surname, but if this is all you share with your correspondents, you will be forced to wade through a lot of non-related inquiries. If instead you tell others that you are researching the Smiths of Smithville from 1795 to 1833, you stand a much greater chance of receiving a specific and successful response.
Why Not Share?
Privacy is the No. 1 reason cited by Internet users for attempting to stay anonymous and for not sharing contact information online. Most of us are not comfortable sharing our telephone numbers and postal addresses with strangers. However, if your name, address, and phone number have ever appeared in a telephone directory over the past decade, this information is already publicly available on the Internet via one of numerous telephone directory websites (see Cyndi’s List – Finding People). Have you ever bought, sold, or paid taxes on land? Your contact information is also likely to be on the Internet as a result. Do you think that giving out your phone number but not your snail mail address keeps your street address private? Go to Google.com and type in your personal phone number with area code first. If your name and street address do not come up, try a friend’s phone number instead. Using an already public example, entering “703 525 0050” will give you the name and address of the National Genealogical Society in Arlington, Virginia. Google is just one of many reverse lookup services that renders futile attempts to keep a snail mail address private. Even your birth date is probably out on the Internet (try anybirthday.com). If you have managed to live unlisted until now, avoided sharing information with local, state or federal governments, and never provided your name, address, and telephone number to commercial entities, you probably do still have some privacy left to protect. Otherwise, the cat is already out of the bag to the world at large about who you are, when you were born, where you live, and how to reach you. This probably doesn’t provide much comfort regarding personal privacy - it’s not meant to. If you really need to retain some of your privacy, get a post office box and use it consistently when sharing your personal information. Otherwise, you’ve probably already gone public even if you never intended to. Some family historians do not care to share the results of their research. The reasoning is that since they spent so much time and effort on their ancestors, they don’t want strangers to simply lift their research off of a website, an e-mail, or another form of communication. Sharing basic genealogical information of names, relationships, and dates should be done without concern. It would be nice if no one in our community ever took someone else’s research and called it theirs. Unfortunately, we do not all play by the same set of rules. Family historians should share names, relationships, and dates freely but withhold source citations for this information when sharing research results publicly. Names, dates, and places shorn of their sources devalues genealogical information, so let the surname rustlers have them - they’re mythology without proper source citations anyway. Tell your correspondents that your sources are available upon request so you can have more control over who receives the proofs of your hard work. Ancestry Magazine Archives 1/1/2004 Volume 22 #3 Continued in next week’s column
Middletown “Do all things without grumbling or to participate in Junior Church during disputing, that you may be blameless the morning worship service. We also and innocent, children of God without welcome you to join us at our 6:30 blemish in the midst of a crooked and p.m. service. Childcare is provided twisted generation, among whom you for children under age 4 during all shine as lights in the world.” Philip- services and classes. Wed., Jan. 30: 7 p.m., Patch the Pirate pians 2:14-15 Clubs for ages 4 through grade 6, and Open Door Bible Church, located Prayer meeting. at 200 Nissley Drive, Middletown, Thurs., Jan. 31: 7 p.m., Middletown invites you to worship Jesus Christ Home Music Ministry. with us this week. Sat., Feb. 2: 8:30 a.m., Men’s Bible Our Feb. 4 Sunday worship service Study. commences at 10:40 a.m. with a For more information call the church 9:30 a.m. Sunday school hour with office at 939-5180 or visit us online classes for all ages. Children from at www.odbcpa.org. Better yet, come ages 4 to second grade are welcome worship with us in person.
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Middletown It is with warmth and joy that we meeting. welcome all who come to worship Sun., Feb. 3: 9 a.m., Sunday Church with us. May this be a time of en- school, with classes for all ages. Adult couragement and inspiration to you Sunday school devotional leader for all. Blessings. February: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., Evangelical Church meets on the worship service. The worship center corner of Spruce and Water streets at is handicap and wheelchair acces157 E. Water St., Middletown, south sible. Greeters: Jean Coover, Chris of Main St. behind the Turkey Hill and Deb Lidle. Nursery Helpers: convenience store. Gloria Clouser, Vickie Hubbard. The The ministries scheduled at Evan- altar flowers are given in memory of gelical United Methodist Church from husband Dennis presented by Charlene January 30-February 5 are always open Walters. to everyone. Mon., Feb. 4: 1:30 p.m., Communion Wed., Jan. 30: 6 p.m., AA Book at Frey Village; 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Study Group; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir Community dinner at Presbyterian rehearsal. Church, Middletown. Meal will be Thurs., Jan. 31: 5:30 p.m., Girl Scouts pork and sauerkraut.
First Church of God Middletown
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 (kindergarten through 5th grade), Nursery (infants-age 3), and Adult classes, which offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Thursdays: 8 a.m., Breakfast Club Bible Study; 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study. Wednesdays: Wednesday Night Live: Come join us for supper at 5:30 p.m. (no charge, donations accepted). Wednesday Night Live classes for everyone, birth to 100, begin at 6:30 p.m. Winter class lineup: The Gospel of John; The Essential Jesus Class;
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Spiritual Formation Class; Contemporary Culture Class; Craft/Quilting Class; Parenting Class; Youth group (Grades 6 thru 12), Children’s classes for Grades 4 and 5; Grades 1 to 3; Kindergarten, babysitting for wee ones 3 and younger. Thursdays: The Sunshiners meet from 6 to 8 p.m. 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. Latino Congregation: Betesda Casa de Misericordia, CGGC, 245 W. High St., Middletown. Estudios Biblicos Domingos, noon; Servicio Evangelistico: Domingos 1:30 p.m.; Contactos: Ricardo and Jeanette Perez (717) 333-2184. For additional information call the church office at 944-9608 or e-mail us at mdtcog@comcast.net.
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We seek to live as disciples of Jesus Christ and invite newcomers to consider joining the church. Worship service is at 10:30 a.m. on Sun., Feb. 3. Nursery is provided. Blue Listening bags are available for children remaining in the sanctuary with their parents. This first Sunday of the month is Food Pantry Sunday and you may bring in non-perishable foods or toiletries for the Middletown Food Bank, and place them on the far back pew. From 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. is church school, the children meet in the Morrow Room and the teens and adults meet in Fellowship Hall for the Adult Forum. The speaker this week in Adult Forum will be Phil Susemihl talking about “The Reality of Heaven.” His daughter Alaine died last month and he will share his belief that “heaven” is a place of perfect community, perfect peace and perfect love. Our language and our experience limit the description of this heavenly peace and love to “perfect.” But I believe the peace and love Alaine is experiencing is beyond anything we can describe. It is beyond perfect because it flows from God. Mon., Feb. 4: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Community dinner, includes pork and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, and more. Do come out and have your dinner made and served to you! Wed., Feb. 6: 6:30 p.m., Fellowship
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Middletown New Beginnings Church invites is held every Thursday at 7 p.m.; The you to worship with us each Sunday Craft Group meets every Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s at 6:30 p.m.; Youth Fellowship meets church provided. Our congregation Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m. meets at Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Our Sunday worship service will Union St., Middletown, next to the be broadcast on the MAHS radio staRescue Hose Company. Sunday school tion WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio accessible via ramp at the back door. or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ For additional church information call wmss/audio. 944-9595. Acolyte for January is Nikki Wise. Anyone wishing to become a member Children’s Church leader is Michelle may contact Pastor Britt or Dianne Strohecker. Daily at 944-9595. New members Sun., Feb. 3: Souper Bowl Sunday. and Holy Baptism will be celebrated Youth Fellowship will be collecting on Sun., Feb. 3. canned goods for the Food Bank plus Nonperishable food items are col- receiving a special offering for the lected every Sunday for the Middle- Food Bank. Donations may be brought town Food Bank. to church through Sun., Feb. 3. Youth We congratulate Betty and Paul Wise, will lead the worship service. members of New Beginnings, who Pastor Britt’s parting words each celebrated 62 years of marriage. Sunday: “Nothing in this world is Followers of Faith Bible Study more important than the love of Jesus meets Mondays at 10 a.m. (men now Christ.” We invite you to come and invited); Intercessory Prayer Group experience this love.
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Route 283 @ N. Union Street, Middletown Phone 944-1042
REV. JOHN LANZA, Sr. Pastor REV. ANDREW JORDAN, Student Ministries Pastor REV. BEN GRENIER, Children’s Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 am • Worship - 10:30 am Small Groups - Various Locations Wednesday Family Night - 7 pm Wednesday AXIS Student Ministries - 7 pm Listen to FM 91.1 Sundays at 9 a.m. www.gtagpa.org
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New Beginnings Church
Ebenezer United Methodist Church
630 South Union St., Middletown
at the Riverside Chapel "Love God, Love People, Make Disciples"
Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown
Pastor Britt Strohecker
(Corner of 441 & Ebenezer Road) Phone 939-0766 8:30 am - A Spirited Traditional Service of Worship 9:45 am - A Time for Education and Spiritual Nurture (Children, Youth, Adults) 10:45 am - A Second Worship Service in a Contemporary Style Christian Child Care - 985-1650
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Open Door Bible Church
REV. JOHN OVERMAN, Pastor www.ebenezerumc.net
Evangelical United Methodist Church Spruce & Water Sts., Middletown REV. ROBERT GRAYBILL, Pastor Sunday School (all ages) - 9 am Sunday Worship - 10:15 am
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) Ample Parking Nursery Provided
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 Wednesday Prayer Service - 7 pm
Presbyterian Congregation of Middletown Union & Water Sts., Middletown • 944-4322 Church School - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am
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 & 11 am • Sunday School - 9:45 am Worship Broadcast on 91.1 FM - 11 am
B-8 - THE PRESS AND JOURNAL, Wednesday, January 30, 2013
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He wins MAMS bee on final question
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By Jim Lewis Press And Journal Staff Though he studied all week, Zach Souders was nervous on the day of the Middletown Area Middle School Geography Bee. Not because he was unprepared. “I was nervous I was going to get something I knew wrong,’’ he said.
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He didn’t. Souders answered the final question in the final round correctly to win the bee on Friday, Jan. 18 in the school auditorium, beating nine other finalists for the top prize. He correctly answered that the island chain of Tierra del Fuego lies between Argentina and Chile, the final question of a three-question faceoff against second-place winner Tim Nevil. John Hursh finished third. The bee, which followed rules set by National Geographic, featured a number of questions about U.S. states and rivers. In what state would you find the Navajo Bridge? In what two states would you find the Big Sioux River? In what state would you find the city of Bozeman? If you answered Arizona, Iowa and South Dakota, and Montana, you would be correct. Ten finalists who earned the highest scores on a written test qualified for the finals. The other students in the top 10 were Donovan Brady, Jazmyn Cobb, Elion Favinger, Morgan Kennedy, Tommy Lee, Hunter Ortiz and Erin Templeton. Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
The top three finishers in the Middletown Area Middle School Geography Bee are, from left to right, John Hursh, third place; Tim Nevil, second place; and Zach Souders, first place.
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Jazmyn Cobb answers a question during the Middletown Area Middle School Geography Bee as other finalists await their turn.
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