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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11 , 2015
VOLUME 125 - NO. 6
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Conduct code sought to maintain “civility,’’ borough says By Dan Miller
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Councilor John Brubaker holds a copy of a proposed code of conduct for Middletown Borough Council meetings during a discussion by council on Feb. 2.
Merriam-Webster defines “insolent” in part as “insultingly contemptuous in speech or conduct.” Under the code of conduct that Middletown Borough Council considered on Monday, Feb. 2, being insolent could get you thrown out of a public meeting. The presiding officer of council – i.e., the council president – could determine who in the audience, or at the council table, was being insolent. According to a copy of the proposed code ob-
tained by the Press And Journal, you could also get thrown out for “making offensive, insulting, threatening, slanderous or obscene remarks,” or for becoming “boisterous” or for making “threats” against any person at the meeting. One catch in the proposed code is that the presiding officer’s decision to throw someone out could be overridden by a majority vote of council, or of the committee if the situation came up at a public meeting of a council committee. The entire text of the proposed code can be found on the Press And Journal’s Web site at www.pressandjournal.com. Councilor Suzanne Sullivan called for the code
toward the end of a Jan. 20 council meeting that was marked by particularly testy exchanges between residents and councilors, especially council President Christopher McNamara. Sullivan said it’s fine for residents to object to council policies and decisions, but they should do so “in a respectful manner.” Council listed the proposed code of conduct on its Feb. 2 agenda for action, but the borough did not make copies of the proposal available to the public or the media. Several residents objected to the proposed code
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Council can reorganize, PSAB says By Dan Miller
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Officials with the Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs say that Middletown Borough Council is free to reorganize anytime it wants. During council’s Jan. 20 council meeting, Solicitor Adam Santucci appeared to advise council that it could not reorganize, other than within the mandated parameters of the Penn- COMMITTEE CHANGES sylvania BorMiddletown Borough ough Code. Council shuffles some The code committees – A2 says borough councils must reorganize – “organize” is the word used in the code – on the first Monday of January in each even-numbered year. In case of a holiday on the first Monday, council is to organize the following day. “You reorganize according to the borough code,” Santucci said in response to a motion made by Councilor Scott Sites to reorganize. Sites then withdrew his motion to reorganize, and replaced it with a new motion seeking the resignation of Council President Chris McNamara and to replace him with Councilor Ben Please See REORGANIZE, Page A6
Man sought in Craigslist ad robbery, assault By Jim Lewis
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He wanted to buy a television. He responded to a Craigslist advertisement for a TV, and the seller agreed to meet him at Movi-E-town Cinema in Elizabethtown to complete the sale. A woman met him outside the theater and led him to the rear of the building to complete the transaction, Elizabethtown police said. As they rounded a corner, Moore an unidentified man struck the buyer in the head and arm with a baseball bat, police said. A year after the incident, police have identified the man they say wielded the bat. Police issued a warrant on Tuesday, Feb. 3 for the arrest of Zachary T. Moore, 22, of Rehrersburg, formerly of Elizabethtown, who they have charged with robbery, criminal conspiracy to
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Kevin O’Malley, author and illustrator of children’s books, speaks to students at Londonderry Elementary School. Below, student Kaylee Ann Gallo helps O’Malley tell a story.
For author of kids’ books, it’s how you tell the story By Eric Wise
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s the students at Londonderry Elementary School quietly filed in to see a visiting author and illustrator, the giggles began. Seated by an oversized sketch pad was a man who was mugging with silly faces. He moved around in the chair, then turned his face back to the kids with a goofy
grimace. From that moment, he had them. The kids were engaged, listening, laughing and learning a bit from their brash visitor. Kevin O’Malley, prolific author and illustrator of children’s books, was visiting students at Londonderry from Baltimore on Wednesday, Feb. 4. He knew what he was doing. He knew how to reach out to the kids. After all, he visits 40 or 50 schools a year, mugging for small crowds, drawing pictures and telling stories. He knows how to reach them. Once everyone had filed into the room and taken their seats, O’Malley enlisted the students in retelling the story of “Jack and the Beanstalk.” He followed this with his take on the story, which replaced Jack with a cheeky fifth-grader named Jackie. Drawing a few key elements of the story, O’Malley regaled the students with his own animated performance that mixed jokes and his own tips on storytelling with the story itself. “When you write a story, everything you put in the story has a job to do,” he said. In his take on the beanstalk tale, O’Malley replaced and updated just about everything, keeping his audience interested in the plot twists as Jackie ultimately tried to free a turtle from the gruff and mean sleeping CEO – a corporate Please See ALWAYS FUN, Page A6
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RESTORING THE ELKS
Borough seeks $645,000 state grant for downtown anchor By Dan Miller
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Empty storefronts mark Middletown’s Elks Building in the borough’s downtown business district.
Middletown Borough Council voted 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 2 to apply for a state grant of up to $645,000 for renovations to the Elks Building. The money is being sought from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP), which is administered by the state Office of the Budget for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects. The deadline to apply for the next round Please See ELKS, Page A6
A Newport man was charged with rape for allegedly molesting a 7-year-old girl in Middletown in 2012, according to Middletown police. John Henry Snyder, 30, molested the girl multiple times from June to September 2012 at a residence in the 100 block of S. Union St., police said in court documents filed in District Judge David Judy’s office. Snyder was charged with rape of a child, rape forcible compulsion, aggravated indecent assault involving a person less than 13 years old, unlawful sexual conduct with a minor and corruption of minors, according to court documents. He was held in Dauphin County Prison in lieu of $100,000 bond. A preliminary hearing is set for March 4 before Judy.
Victim in Middletown fire led a “bizarre and individual life’’ McMeniman still called “Puppy,” even though the dog was 12 years old. A cat that also shared the apartment was revived at the scene by He led a “bizarre and individual Middletown Volunteer Fire Departlife that he chose.” ment firefighters and taken to an That was James Francis McMenianimal emergency trauma center. man III, as summed up by his sister McMeniman rode his bicycle back Cheryl Jenkins, during a memorial and forth to work and all over town. service that was held on Thursday, At times, he could be seen riding Feb. 5 in the chapel of the Middlehis bike with one hand and holding James town Home, where McMeniman onto Puppy’s leash with the other, McMeniman had worked as a dishwasher in the the dog galloping alongside. kitchen for 11 months. “He didn’t fit the mold. He was a McMeniman died of smoke inhalation from free spirit,” said Jenkins, of Hagerstown, Md. a fire that broke out in his apartment in the About 80 people attended the service, 200 block of Lawrence St. in Middletown which was held on what would have been late Monday, Jan. 26. The fire has been ruled McMeniman’s 55th birthday. accidental. The cause has not been identified. Elderly residents in wheelchairs, many atThe fire also claimed the life of McMeniman’s dog, a mixed Carolina breed that Please See MEMORIAL, Page A6
Sunoco Logistics will hold an informational meeting in Londonderry Twp. with Dauphin County landowners whose property is part of the location of a proposed 350-mile pipeline that would carry natural gas liquids from western Pennsylvania to a processing facility near Philadelphia. The meeting about the pipeline project, known as Mariner East 2, is scheduled for 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at the Londonderry Fire Company, 2655 Foxianna Road. Project supervisors will discuss the restoration of land where the pipeline will be constructed and health and safety measures that will be taken during and after construction, among other things.
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Roberto’s seeks beer license from state By Dan Miller
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Middletown Borough Council voted 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 2 to support a request from Roberto’s Pizza to transfer a state license into the borough that would allow beer to be sold in the restaurant on South Union Street. Jim Petrascu, a lawyer representing Roberto’s Pizza, told council during a public hearing that owner David Kitner wants to serve beer with food and also sell six packs for take-out. The license would allow Roberto’s to sell up to two six packs of beer in a single sale on a take-out basis, Petrascu said. Kitner said the license would not allow him to sell liquor and he “doubts” if he will sell draught beer. “I don’t know that he is planning a stand-up bar,” Petrascu said. Roberto’s is looking to do “exactly the same” as what the J&J Pizza & Family Restaurant does on East Main Street, Kitner said. He would like to someday have tables for customers to eat and drink outside, but he has no plans to do that until after the downtown revitalization is completed. That type of outside sales would also require additional approval from the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (LCB) beyond the license Kitner now seeks, Petrascu said. Council approval is the first step, followed by an application to the LCB, which the restaurant plans to submit within a week or two. The LCB process would take a minimum of two to three months, Petrascu said. It is the second time within a year that council has supported an appli-
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Roberto’s Pizza is pursuing a Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board license to serve beer and sell six-packs. cation from Roberto’s for a license to sell beer. On Oct. 30, the LCB voted 3-0 to deny an application for an economic development restaurant liquor license that Roberto’s had submitted on June 6, according to meeting minutes posted on the LCB’s Web site. The reason for the denial? “The board was of the opinion that the applicant
did not exhaust all means in trying to obtain any other available liquor license,” LCB spokesman Shawn Kelly told the Press And Journal. The economic development license has “very specific criteria,” Kelly said. For example, the business must be in a Keystone Opportunity Zone or in an enterprise zone.
Council committee to advertise hearing on parking sign issue By Jim Lewis
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The public safety committee of Middletown Borough Council voted to publicly advertise a hearing in March – and subpoena witnesses to testify – on the use of police no-parking signs in a parking dispute on Poplar Street between a homeowner and the company that publishes the Press And Journal. Council President Christopher McNamara, the committee’s new chairman, said the hearing would focus on how the signs “ended up in the hands’’ of a “private citizen.’’The hearing date was set for March 4 during the committee’s meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 4. The borough is not accusing the company of wrongdoing, and is investigating the use of police no-parking and street closing signs in other instances in the borough, and the process by which
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department, she said. The Pennsylvania Borough Code gives council and its committees the power to subpoena witnesses to provide evidence. If a witness refuses to testify, the borough solicitor shall report it to Dauphin County Court, where a judge will determine whether the witness should testify. While the committee voted to advertise the meeting, the borough is “working to get to the bottom of the issue’’ of parking restrictions – and if it does before the hearing date, it may “eliminate the need for a hearing,’’ Courogen said. Use of the signs by the Press And Journal Inc. predates the Sukles’ ownership of the company, Louise Sukle said. “We’ve complied with everything they’ve requested,’’ she said. The company leases the Poplar Street plant from the Sukles, who own the property. The dispute over the parking problem during deliveries will be given to Neighborhood Dispute Settlement, a Harrisburg mediator, to resolve, Courogen said. The borough is not trying to hinder the publishing of the newspaper, he said.
Council changes several committees
By Dan Miller
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Middletown Borough Council has changed several of its committees for 2015. The change comes in part due to the resignation of First Ward Councilor Thomas Handley in December, and council voting to replace Handley with Councilor Michael Bowman. All committee meetings are public, unless otherwise specified. For example, the labor relations committee has just one member - Councilor John Brubaker. The committee is council’s liaison to labor negotiations regarding borough employees, which do not have to be conducted in public under the state Sunshine Law. Here are the committee assignments for 2015, followed in parenthesis by who was on each committee in 2014: Public Works/Utilities – Brubaker, Robert Louer, Bowman (Louer, Brubaker, Suzanne Sullivan). The committee held its first meeting on Monday, Feb. 2 and elected Brubaker as chairman. Public Safety – Christopher McNamara, Louer, Brubaker (Scott Sites, Brubaker, Louer). The committee held its first meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 4 and elected McNamara as chairman. Administration/Personnel – Sullivan, Vicky Malone, Anne Einhorn (same as in 2014). Finance – Ben Kapenstein, Sullivan, Malone (same as in 2014). Planning – Brubaker, Louer, McNamara (McNamara, Louer, Handley). Community Development - Sites, Kapenstein, Einhorn (Einhorn, Sites, Handley). Labor Relations – Brubaker (Brubaker).
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Frank’s parents were Christian Baddorf and Catherine Hand. This information came from Frank’s death certificate from his son John J. Baddorf of Orwin, Schuylkill County. On the death certificate: Birth date: September 27, 1852 (68 years, 3 months, 12 days); Occupation: miner; Place: Dauphin Co., Pa.; Death date: December 9, 1920; Cause of death: Pulmonary Hemorrhage, secondary cause Pulmonary TB; Burial: U.B Cemetery Burial date: December 12, 1920. The death certificate had given me clues on where to look, Dauphin County. The best place to visit would be the Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans Court Office in the Dauphin County Courthouse. I hired a genealogist who lived in Dauphin County to look for a Christian Baddorf in Dauphin County. I was looking for a will and estate papers. This was the report on Christian Baddorf.
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Register’s Index: 1785-1937, (1946), (B) - Office of Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans Court, Dauphin County Courthouse. Finding aid to wills, administrations, and some probate papers are arranged by first letter of surnames and there under by first of given name, in order of date of recording. Indexed only under given names C-1851-1890- pp. 80-82 is: Pg. 18 – Decedent: Baddorf, Christian. Letter dated and issued 24 April 1876, Daniel Baddorf: Accounts No. 51; Affidavits of deaths No. 1 (Files are in boxes, which have no arrangement); Will - file 11, Will Book 157; Inventory No. 19; Date of Death: 5 April 1876, 12:45 a.m.; Residence: Williamstown, Pa. Orphans Court Index, 1785-1937 (1946), B; Office of Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court, Dauphin County Courthouse. Finding aid to other probate papers: Given names C, 1851-1890, pp 26-28 (read down): pg., line, year: 27, 14, 1877 & 27, 15, 1877. Estate: Battorf, Catherine vs. Battorf, Christian; File No. 71, 1 to 5 papers; Minors Estate: Appointment of Guardian - T: 59; U-524. Sales of Real Estate: Petition T: 68; Confirmation T: 116; Given names; F, 1851-1890, pg. 60: Frank Baddorf/variants are not indexed. Orphans Court Docket T., Vol. 1, 1876-1800; Office of Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court, Dauphin County Courthouse. Pg. 59-19, March 1877, John Hartman appointed guardian over persons and estates of Catherine Baddorff and Amanda Baddorff (on their petition), minor children above the age 14 years of Christian Baddorf, deceased late of Dauphin County. Jacob Riztman approved as bail in $2000. Same guardian appointed for John Baddorff and William Badorff [sic], executor of the will of Christian Baddorff, late of Williamstown, died on or about April 5, 1856 [sic]. Leaving a will surviving him are seven children: Mary Jane, Sarah Elizabeth, Lucinda R. Amanda Ellen, John Franklin, Catherine (Cass), Alice and William Vincent. The first three are about the age of 21 years, the others are minors. John Hartman of Williamstown being appointed their guardian. Will provides the children names have their share of the estate as soon as they reach age 21, and 3 of said children have attained their majority and there is no provision made in the will for selling real estate, [which is] 2 lots of ground in Williams Twp., bounded on north by land of said heirs, on east by land of same, on south by Pottsville Street and on West by land Christian Baddorff, Sr., [sic], being 150 ft. deep and 50 ft. wide on said Pottsville street and erected there a frame house used as a Tavern. No. 2, lot of ground, 150 ft., bounded on north by land of Christian Baddorf, [sic], east by lot of Charles Redinger, south by Pottsville street and west by lots described above. No. 3, about 3 acres of land in said Williamstown, [sic], bounded on north by land of Summit Branch RR Co., east by land of same and lots of Joseph Schensech, [sic], south by lots of said heirs and land of Christian Baddorf, Sr., [sic]. Court ordered executor to sell premises on 26 May 1877 at 1 o’clock p.m. and make report 4 September 1877, Pg. 116 - 4 September 1877, no bidders for real estate on May 26. It was exposed again On July 7 last and sold: Tract No 1 & 2 lots of ground, to Charles Reidinger, [sic], $1,075.00; No. 2 - lot 150 feet by 47 ½ [sic] feet, to Joanne Kerns, $890.00 & No. 3, about 3 acres, to Henry Baddorf, #93.19, Total $2,058.19. Sale confirmed and ratified by the court. Orphans Court Docket U, Vol. 1, 1880-1882; Office of Register of Wills & Clerk of Orphans Court, Dauphin County Courthouse. Pg. 524 - 15 May 1882, Petition of John Franklin Baddorf, [sic], a miner child of Christian Boddorf, late of Williamstown, deceased, stating that upon the petition of Jane Lee, a stepsister, the Court appointed John Hartman as his guardian. Since then, your petitioner has attained the age of 14 and is now 15 years of age and prays Court to admit him to make choice of another guardian. Court appointed Joseph J. Smith guardian and Charles Reidinger approved as bail in $1,000.
Col. Thomas Murto Jr. USMC (Ret) Colonel Thomas V. Murto Jr. “Tom”, USMC (Ret), passed away peacefully on Friday, January 23, at Brooke Army Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, surrounded by his family. Tom was born June 25, 1918, in Washington, D.C., to Dr. Thomas V. Murto and Elizabeth Ferguson Murto. He grew up in Middletown. He graduated in 1939 from Lehigh University in Bethlehem with a mechanical engineering degree and was commissioned in the United States Marine Corps. While attending Lehigh, Tom met his soul mate, Joan Hartzell of Bethlehem, whom he married in 1941. Tom honorably served his country as a Marine aviator for 26 years. He flew at least 45 missions, in Wildcat F4F-4s and Corsair F4U-1s in the Pacific during World War II. He was awarded the Air Medal with eight stars, the Distinguished Flying Cross with two stars, World War II Victory Medal, American Defense Service Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal with three Bronze stars, National Defense Medal with one Bronze star. He also flew Corsairs in the Korean War, and was awarded the Bronze Star with a V (in combat), Korean Service Medal, United Nations Service Medal, Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon, and Republic of Korea Unit Citation. During his career in the Marines, he commanded many squadrons and air groups and was in charge of the assignment unit at Corps HQ at the Pentagon in Virginia. Tom’s final assignment was as Commander of Beaufort Marine Corps Air Base in Beaufort, S.C., where he retired in 1965 as a Colonel. After retiring from the Marines, Tom worked for Deering Milliken, a textile company, in Spartanburg, S.C., as department coordinator of noncomputer parts. He moved to Austin, Texas and worked for Scientific Methods for several years. After several other endeavors, Tom went to work for the Texas Department of Human Resource until retirement. Tom and Joan enjoyed 57 years together, raising a family, traveling the world, and making many friends before her death in 1998. During the
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Mrs. Fannie Batdorf, a former residence of Orwin, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Adams (Catherine) of Neshaminy Falls, Bucks Co., on Monday, Nov. 11, 1935. The body was brought back to Orwin on Thursday. The services will be held at the Union Church. Interment was made in the Orwin Cemetery. The Gratz Historical Society 2015: Lykens Township History is Alive. Our research has taken us close to the Schuylkill County border on the north eastern section of the county. (Meaning that we are nearing the end of the research for the whole Lykens Township). We are finding very interesting information regarding the history of that area. In the past several weeks, we have made good progress. That is good news. However, for the past several weeks, some of the information has been difficult to access. The Dauphin County deed records have not been available online for Lykens Township for several weeks, making, it very difficult to complete the research on individual properties. We hope that we will once again have access to the deed records in the very near future. Other sources of research material have also disappeared “online” in recent weeks. In the meantime, we continue to research other needed information about the township, from sources that are fairly new. It is also a good time to complete several genealogies of individual families that will soon be needed. That is being done. We are hopeful that in the next several months enough progress can be made that the book will be near completion.
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Frank and Fannie Batdorf Obits West Schuylkill Herald – Tower – Dec. 17, 1920. Sudden Death of Well-known Orwin Resident
Frank Batdorf, age 68 years, 3 months and 12 days, one of Porter Townships most highly respected citizens, died very suddenly Thursday afternoon, December 9, as a result of a hemorrhage of the nose. His sudden death came as a great shock to his family and many friends. Mr. Batdorf resides his dwelling at Orwin, owned a strip of land near Kalmia Mountain in the rear of the Hand farm, south of Orwin. He engaged teamster, George Heberling to go with him for a load of wood. They were returning with the wood and while coming through the Hand farm he was seized with a violent spell of coughing. Blood flowed from his nose. Mr. Heberling assisted him from the wagon. The coughing continued and he lay down on some boards while Dr. Stutzman was summoned, but before he arrived, Mr. Batdorf had breathed his last. Mr. Batdorf resided at Orwin the greater part of his life. He was known to almost every man, woman, and child in the upper part of the valley and was greatly loved by all. He was one of the organizers and a faithful supporter of the Union Sunday School in the West End of Orwin. His grief stricken widow and the following children survive: John of Muir; Mrs. Charles Adams; Mrs. Harry Neidlinger; Charles of Reinerton; Joseph, David, Harry of Orwin, and also several stepbrothers and stepsister. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from his late home at Orwin and was one of the largest ever held in that community. Rev. Slinghoff in the Union Church conducted the service. Interment was made in the U.B. Cemetery. The sons served as pallbearers.
past 13 years, Tom lived in I Towers Park Lane, San Antonio, Texas, where he was actively involved and had many friends. Tom was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Joan Hartzell Murto, brother Dr. Robert E. Murto, sister Katharine E. Ruddy, and his parents Dr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Murto. He is survived by three children Thomas V. Murto III and wife Sandy, William H. Murto and wife Maura, and Jane E. Johnson and husband Gayle; 11 grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; sister Mary Anne Culliton; sisters-in-law Marilyn E. Murto, and Doris Hartzell; and many nieces and nephews. A service was held on Friday, February 6 at Main Post Chapel, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Interment was held in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery with full military honors. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Col. Thomas V. Murto Jr. ’39 Endowment Fund, Lehigh University, 27 Memorial Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-3086. We thank God for the gift of his life and the blessing of the time we spent with him. He will be greatly missed by all those that knew and loved him. You are invited to sign the guestbook at www.porterloring.com. Arrangements by Porter Loring Mortuary, San Antonio, Texas.
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From The Wednesday, February 12, 1992 Edition Of The Press And Journal Police Could Be Going To The Dogs First, there were the bicycle patrols in Lower Swatara Township. And now, while that concept in police work is being used in other Dauphin County communities, it appears that the Lower Swatara Township Police Department may be going to the dogs. Actually, the department is fine. But, as the Lower Swatara Township Board of Commissioners discovered at its February workshop meeting, the police department may be requesting the addition of a new recruit, a 2-year-old German Shepherd named Bolzen. Police Chief Richard Malwitz aired the possibility of establishing a K-9 unit within the local police department. “We’re here tonight to let you know what we’re doing,” he began. “We don’t want it as a cost for the Township.” With Bolzen looking on, Officer Kevin Basehore, his owner, presented the Board with a look at a working dog, explaining how a dog assists in various facets of police work including tracking, drug, arson and kidnapping investigations. Originally bred for herding, German Shepherds have also been trained as Seeing Eye dogs and as guard dogs, Basehore said. “They are very controllable,” said Basehore, who has worked with Bolzen for nearly two years. “Very often it is the presence of a police dog that prevents a shooting.” Increase In Cable TV Rates Aired Cable television rates for Londonderry Township residents will be increased 5 percent, Londonderry Township Board of Supervisors were told at its meeting last week. Discussion about rates for cable television began when Charles Hildebrand, a representative of
Telemedia Corporation, the Bellefonte-based cable company presently serving Londonderry Township, reported the company will be purchased by Tele-communications, Inc. (TCI), a Denver, Colorado-based company. The sales agreement is expected by the end of this week, with an expected closing date in late April, Hildebrand said. Hildebrand added the company is looking to extend its franchise with the Township from the present 5½ to 10 years. He also said that Telemedia has not had a rate increase in over a year, but plans to implement a 5 percent rate increase on basic cable the beginning of April. Citing rising costs, Hildebrand said the rate increase is permitted by FCC regulations. He asked that the township understand that we need to do so. A representative from Telemedia will attend the Township’s workshop meeting on Wednesday, February 19, to answer questions and receive input from the Board. DER Rejects Air Force’s Proposal To Seal Off Township Dump Site An $11.8 million U.S. Air Force proposal for sealing off a contaminated waste site in Londonderry Township was shot down last Thursday before it could get off the runway. The proposal, as presented by a USAF delegation heades by Najor Michael Woodington, called for placing a 5-foot thick cap of earth and clay over a 14-acre site at the Sunset Golf Course site where industrial wastes from the former Olmsted Air Force Base were dumped over an extended period that ended in 1968. The site is filled with hundreds of tons of hazardous waste dumped there by former Olmsted employees. The waste contains several toxic compounds and at least two chemicals, trichloroethylene (TCE) and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), that are known or suspected carcinogenic
agents. After listening to a lengthy dissertation by USAF consultants on the available options for dealing with the contamination, the USAF group advised those attending the weighty conference that they had concluded that the heavy cap was the best solution for sealing off the contaminated waste. But Frank Fair, DER’s regional solid waste program manager, unceremoniously blasted that proposal off the runway with a direct hit. “That’s totally unacceptable to our department,” Fair retailed. “The attitude of this department is that the party which is responsible for placing the contamination into the environment should be held responsible for its removal. Basically, we feel that the area’s resources must be returned to the same condition that prevailed before the environmental insult occurred. That can be accomplished only by removing the contamination, or by removing the people,” Fair added emphatically. Vacating Post By August 2 M-town Borough Manager To Call It Quits It wasn’t totally unexpected, but some members of Middletown Council were nevertheless disappointed during last Monday night’s meeting at Borough Manager Bruce Hamer’s announcement that he will leave his post as of August 2. Hamer had advised Council several months ago that he was planning to step down, but he indicated a that time that his actual departure might not occur until 1993. Because of that, some members of Council were taken back when Hamer made his resignation official. Reading from a short, prepared statement, Hamer said he had enjoyed his work here and expressed his gratitude for the close cooperation he received from Council and members of the Borough staff. “I want to thank the members of Council, past
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Lower Swatara Twp. Police News Following is a compilation of reports from the Lower Swatara Twp. Police Department. Please be aware all those charged/cited are presumed innocent unless proven otherwise in a court of law. Burglary An Xbox game computer was stolen during a burglary of a home in the first block of Heathglen Road during the late afternoon or early evening on Jan. 25, police report. The homeowner told police she had secured her home prior to leaving for several hours only to find it unlocked when she returned. Police said the computer was valued at $400. Anyone with information about the burglary is asked to call police at 717-9390463. DUI charge Shannon N. Rowe, 20, of the 200 block of S. Spring Garden St., Carlisle, was charged with DUI-controlled substance (two counts), possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, police report. Rowe was charged after she was arrested at 12:31 a.m. on Jan. 11 after the 2007 Ford Focus she was driving was stopped for a faulty headlight in the 1000 block of S. Eisenhower Blvd., police said. Police smelled an odor of burnt marijuana coming from her car, police said. Police said they were given permission to search Rowe’s car and found drug paraphernalia and a substance that was tested and shown to be marijuana. Rowe was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests
were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 11 before District Judge Michael Smith. Dashaun Guzman, 24, of the 600 block of E. End Ave., Lancaster, was charged with DUI, DUIhigh rate of alcohol, driving while license is suspended or revoked, passing improperly and following too closely, police report. Guzman was charged after he was arrested at 2:10 a.m. on Jan. 19 on Route 283 East at Nissley Drive after the 2004 Dodge Stratus he was driving was stopped for tailgating, flashing his car’s lights at another driver and pulling in front of another vehicle and causing the other driver to brake several times, police said. Alcohol was found in a breath sample Guzman provided, police said. A check showed that Guzman’s driver’s license was suspended, police said. Following sobriety tests, Guzman was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 4 before District Judge Michael Smith. Remington R. McCullough, 25, of the 500 block of Lewisberry Road, New Cumberland, was charged with DUI, DUIhighest rate of alcohol and disregarding lanes of traffic, police report. McCullough was arrested after the vehicle he was driv-
ing was stopped at 4:53 a.m. on Jan. 17 at Route 283 West at the Airport Connector for crossing a fog line on the side of the road, police said. Alcohol was found in a breath sample taken from McCullough that was analyzed with a portable breathalyzer, police said. Following sobriety tests, McCullough was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 11 before District Judge Michael Smith. Christie R. Sullivan, 32, of the 300 block of McClay St., Harrisburg, was charged with DUI-controlled substance (four counts), DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a suspended license, possession of a controlled substance and making a Uturn unsafely, police report. Sullivan was charged after the 2005 Ford Explorer she was driving was stopped at 2:56 a.m. on Jan. 16 at West Harrisburg Pike and First Street for nearly running into a ditch, police said. Police said they found crack cocaine, heroin and drug paraphernalia during a search of Sullivan’s vehicle. She was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 11 before District Judge Michael Smith.
Jennie Harvey, 28, of Harrisburg, was charged with DUI-controlled substance (two counts), disregarding lanes of traffic and failure to signal, police report. Harvey was charged after the 2003 Dodge Caravan she was driving was stopped at West Harrisburg Pike and the Airport Connector at 2:24 a.m. on Jan. 16 for crossing a fog line along the side of the road, police said. Following sobriety tests, Harvey was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 16 before District Judge Michael Smith. Donald R. Foster, 50, of Harrisburg, was charged with DUI, DUI-highest rate of alcohol, DUI-controlled substance (three counts), driving with a blood-alcohol level of .02 or greater while driver’s license is suspended and disregarding lanes of traffic, police report. Foster was charged after he was arrested at 1:04 a.m. on Jan. 16 in the 1000 block of S. Eisenhower Blvd. after the 2000 Mercury Villager he was driving crossed the center line, police said. Following sobriety tests, Foster was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 11 before District Judge Michael Smith.
Nathan M. Wolfskill, 23, of the 700 block of Oak Leaf Lane, Harrisburg, was charged with DUI (two counts) and failure to signal, police report. Wolfskill was charged after the 1989 Chevrolet Silverado he was driving was stopped at 2:10 a.m. on Jan. 15 at Route 283 and Interstate 283 for a faulty brake light and failure to use a turn signal when the vehicle pulled onto a ramp, police said. A breath sample taken from Wolfskill was tested and shown to contain alcohol, police said. Following sobriety tests, Wolfskill was taken to the Dauphin County Judicial Center, where blood was drawn to determine the possible presence of intoxicants. Results of the tests were not reported. A preliminary hearing is set for March 11 before District Judge Michael Smith. Simple assault charge Luke Gallaher, 28, of the 300 block of Rockwood Dr., Elizabethtown, was charged with simple assault and harassment after an incident at 3:28 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Congress Inn on Eisenhower Boulevard, police report. Gallaher allegedly assaulted a 30-year-old Harrisburg woman in a room at the hotel, police said. The alleged victim refused medical treatment, police said. Police said Gallaher was not in the room when they arrived.
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News in Your Neighborhood LaVonne Ackerman • 1438 Old Reliance Road, 939-5584 • LaVonneAck@comcast.net Hello, people! Yes, we are another week closer to spring – and all that we anticipate when we say that sweet word, “Spring!’’ Did you know that February is National Food Holiday Month?Here is the list of foods with a national day of their own: berries, canned food, chocolate, great American pies, cherries, fiber, fondue, grapefruit, breakfast foods, snack foods, potatoes and sweet potatoes. Some have their own weeks: sauerkraut and frankfurters, and pizza. Pancake week is the fourth week. We missed “Shape Up with Pickles Time’’ – that fell on the first week. Who knew, right? Each day of the month has a national celebration day attached. Here we go for Wednesday, Feb. 11 through Tuesday, Feb. 17: Feb. 11 – Don’t Cry Over Spilled Milk Day and Peppermint Patty Day (note here that the manufacturer calls their product York Peppermint Pattie, but pattie refers to a meat product. According to the dictionary, “patty” is more correct for the candy. (I wonder: Does Hershey know Cadbury made this mistake?) Feb. 12 – National Plum Pudding Day Feb. 13 – National Tortellini Day Feb. 14 – National Creme-Filled Chocolates Day Feb. 15 – National Gumdrop Day Feb. 16 – National Almond Day Feb. 17 – National Indian Pudding Day My favorite of all these days is Feb.15. The thought of bright, colorful candy gumdrops in a unique glass container is very attractive. Enjoy these tidbits of knowledge, and don’t forget to let me know your news to share!
nifer and Andrew, but Friday, Feb. 13 is all his! Happy 19th confetti-popping day to you, Robert. Happy 24th super-duper-dazzling birthday to Ashley Flowers of Lower Swatara. Hoping your Friday, Feb. 13 birthday is full of sweets. If you see Adam Scheetz out and about Middletown, be sure to give him a happy birthday shout-out on Saturday, Feb. 14. Warm wishes for a beautiful birthday are sent to Rebecca Fulton of Lower Swatara. She is 19 on Sunday, Feb. 15. Wishing you a day full of gumdrops, Becca, Hey, Don Bowers of Lower Swatara, happy cake and ice cream day to you! Hope your family surrounds you with lots of joy and laughter on Sunday, Feb. 15. Avery Williams of Lower Swatara gets to hear the birthday song on his cake day, Sunday, Feb. 15. Happy 14th balloon-flying day to you. Michelle Popa of Lower Swatara gets to celebrate her quarter-of-a-century celebration cake day on Monday, Feb. 16. God bless you, and congrats! Corey Risko of Middletown marks his Monday, Feb. 16 birthday with 20 brightly burning candles atop his cake. Hope your day is over-the-top, Corey. Hey, Grant Garner of Lower Swatara, happy 11th totally-specialfun-filled day to you on Monday, Feb. 16! Robby Ryan of Lower Swatara gets to celebrate his 22nd rootin’-tootin’ happy birthday on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Have a great week. Happy-snappy birthday to Adriana Black of Lower Swatara on Tuesday, Feb. 17. Enjoy turning 14 with many wishes for good times to you.
Birthdays Andrew Hardison of Lower Swatara Twp. turns 20 on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Enjoy your celebration day and arrival of the twenties. Happy cake and ice cream day to Margaret Reisinger of Lower Swatara. She shares her special day with President Lincoln. Enjoy your Thursday, Feb. 12 birthday. Jourdyn Alford of Lower Swatara hits 17 on Friday, Feb. 13. Happy birthday and best wishes for a highfive kind of day! Robert Hardison of Lower Swatara shares this birthday month with Jen-
Anniversaries Happy wedded bliss day to Bob and Beth Kuhn as they observe their 38th romantic holiday. Enjoy your heart day on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Happy 24th anniversary to Walter and Jane Balmer of Londonderry Twp. These folks got married on Feb. 15, 1991. Congrats, and best wishes! Spaghetti dinner The Lower Swatara Lions Club will hold its annual All-U-Can-Eat Spaghetti and Meatball Dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 21 at the Lions building in Shopes Gardens.
Don’t cook that night – come out and support our Lions Club and enjoy a delicious spaghetti dinner. It’s through projects like this that they are able to support Lower Swatara Athletic Association softball and soccer teams. They also help the needy with eye exams and glasses and donate to various local charities. They have their annual Easter Egg Hunt and Halloween parades for our children. Please come out and support our great Lions Club. Moravian dean’s honor list Rebecca Fulton, of Middletown, was named to the dean’s honor list at Moravian College, Bethlehem, for the fall semester. Vermont dean’s list Samuel Baum, of Elizabethtown, was named to the dean’s list at the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vt., for the fall semester. Scranton dean’s list Megan Zimmerman, of Elizabethtown, a junior occupational therapy major, and Patrick McCarty, of Elizabethtown, a senior exercise science major, were named to the dean’s list at the University of Scranton for the fall semester. Frostburg St. dean’s list Michael Mattis, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Forstburg St. University, Frostburg, Md., for the fall semester. Widener Law dean’s list The following local students were named to the dean’s list at Widener University School of Law, Chester, for the fall semester: • Marc Prokopchak, of Middletown • Gregory Seiders, of Elizabethtown • Rebecca Bailey, of Hummelstown Robert Morris dean’s list Aubree Ray, of Middletown, a psychology major, was named to the dean’s list at Robert Morris University, Moon Twp., Allegheny County, for the fall semester. “One Nation’’ Here is an excerpt from Dr. Ben Carson’s book, “One Nation”: “Throughout history many societies have failed to push back and
have allowed an overly aggressive government to expand and dominate their lives. Nazi Germany is a perfect example of such a society. “One can only wonder what would’ve happened if people had not tolerated the foolishness of Adolf Hitler’s appeal to the baser instincts of greed and envy and his institution of an official weapons confiscation program. He made one group of Germans feel that the success of another group was impeding their own financial progress. He trumped up reasons to confiscate the populace’s weapons to quell any subsequent ideas about resistance. “His regime may have started out innocently enough, but because the people did not oppose a progressively overreaching government, the entire world suffered a great Holocaust. “Some may say that I’m being overly dramatic in comparing U.S. circumstances with Germany’s state of affairs before pure evil gained the upper hand there, but few people have
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recognized the precursors of national societal tragedies and even fewer have done anything about them.” Clarkson dean’s list Amanda J. Kelly, of Elizabethtown, a sophomore environmental engineering major, was named to the dean’s list at Clarkson University, Potsdam, N.Y., for the fall semester. Hofstra dean’s list Dylan Bower, of Middletown, was named to the dean’s list at Hofstra University, Hempstead, N.Y., for the fall semester. Mount St. Mary’s dean’s list Francesca Licata, of Hummelstown, was named to the dean’s list at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, Md., for the fall semester. Quote of the Week “Great things never came from comfort zones.” – Anonymous
Question of the Week What is a good dad characteristic? “He likes to spend time with me and my sister.” – Alex Kelly, 5, Swatara Twp. “When they share all the responsibilities with Mom.” – Jen Crater, Lower Swatara. “Being responsible and spending time with your kids.” – Devin Martin, 15, Royalton. “To go to all of your kid’s sports events.” – Matthew Wagner, 11, Lower Swatara. “The kind of dad who helps you bake Christmas cookies and also coaches my ice hockey team.” – Carly Zimmerman, 11, Lower Swatara. “A good dad takes his kids to the movies and spends time with them.” – Marissa Romberger, 10, Lower Swatara. Proverb for the Week He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend (22:11).
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Amelia Griffith and Chayton Keck were named Elizabethtown Rotary Club Students of the Month for January at Elizabethtown Area High School. They were honored for their high academic achievement and extensive involvement in school and community service activities. Griffith, daughter of Matthew and Susan Griffith of Elizabethtown, has excelled in the classroom, earning membership into the prestigious National Honor Society, where she serves as secretary. She has also earned underclassmen honors in the field of energy, power and transportation. She is a member of the concert and marching bands and serves as leader for the tenor saxophone section. She is a two-year captain of the rifle team and is active with Mini-THON. In the community, she volunteers at Masonic Village. She plans to attend college to pursue a degree in chemical engineering with a possible minor in bioengineering
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Keck, son of Donald and Jane Keck of Elizabethtown, is a member of the National Honor Society and has held several leadership positions, including president of Habitat for Humanity and leader for the tuba and trumpet section of the marching band. He has been
active in numerous school programs, including science club, quiz bowl, book club and concert band. In the community, he is active with the Rheems Club Soccer program. He plans to attend college and major in actuarial science.
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Kapenstein. The motion failed, 5-3. Santucci was not at council’s next meeting Feb. 2, when Sites again moved for McNamara to resign, only this time to be replaced by Council Vice President Robert Louer. Louer objected, calling Sites’ motion “illegal.” Sites countered he wasn’t moving to reorganize, but that the motion on the floor was identical to the one from Jan. 20 – except it substituted Louer for Kapenstein. This time the vote was
5-3 for the resignation of McNamara, who was not at the meeting. McNamara has not responded to a request for comment from the Press And Journal. However, he is quoted in a story on PennLive.com as saying he has “no intention” of stepping down. Sites has said he will continue making motions for McNamara to step down until the president relents. Santucci’s apparent objection notwithstanding, an official with PSAB told the Press And Journal that he knows of no prohibition against a borough council reorganizing anytime it wants, so long as the action takes place
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tended to by aides, came to say goodbye along with dozens of co-workers. McMeniman was described as a hard worker, but also someone who enjoyed spending time with the residents and making them laugh – so much so that McMeniman’s boss, food service
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of RACP funding was Monday, Feb. 9, according to Jonathan Hicks, the borough’s economic development/ grants coordinator. The program requires that the borough put up a local match on a dollarfor-dollar basis. Middletown’s local match consists of $645,000 that the borough committed to the Elks Building in 2014 – including $500,000 that the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority used to acquire the building in October and $145,000 that the authority later spent to replace the Elks roof. The Elks Building is nearly 104 years old. All estimates for how much it will cost to renovate the historic structure run “well in excess of $1 million,” ac-
director Patti Obenstine, used to joke that she was going to put “an animal collar” on McMeniman to keep him in the kitchen. His attention to detail impressed the home’s administrator Louis Vogel III. One day as Vogel was helping clear dishes from the dining room tables, he noticed McMeniman taking out of
cording to borough spokesman Chris Courogen. The state grant is just one of the sources that the authority and borough “needed to restore the Elks Building to its status as the anchor building of the downtown,” Courogen said. The Elks Building currently has one tenant, the Elks Theatre, which is leased from the authority by the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corp. Meanwhile, talks continue between the authority and Phantom Theatre Company, the midstate-based group that has said it wants to lease the Elks Building and turn it into a regional performing arts center. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
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borough code, according to minutes of council meetings posted on the borough Web site. On July 27, 2010, council held a special meeting to reorganize, during which Louer was replaced as president by then-councilor Diana McGlone. On Sept. 13, 2011, Louer moved in favor of council reorganizing. Mayor Robert Reid cast a tie-breaking vote to table the motion. Just three days later, council held a special meeting to reorganize, during which then-councilor Mary Hiester was elected president. While the September meetings were
held within days of the historic flooding from Tropical Storm Lee, there was no emergency declaration in effect for either meeting. According to the minutes, council did not declare an emergency until Sept. 20. The emergency was made retroactive to Sept. 7. The Press And Journal sent an e-mail to Santucci on Friday, Feb. 6, asking him to clarify his remarks from the Jan. 20 meeting and to respond to the comments from PSAB. The newspaper copied the e-mail to Chris Courogen, the borough’s director of communications. Neither responded by Tuesday, Feb. 10.
the bus tray all the dishes that Vogel had just put in and re-arranging them so they were stacked the right way. “James cared about the small things,” meaning that when it came to caring about people, he knew what was important, Vogel said. His family knew him as “Jimmy.” He was smart – smart enough to test out as a genius, Jenkins said. He liked to read. He liked to buy old guns, fix them up and re-sell them. He had lived all over, gradually making his way from California to Arizona to Florida to Pennsylvania. He never married or had children. When he felt it was time to leave, he picked up and left, taking very little with him. He once showed up at sister Lori Sheppard’s house in Florida with nothing but a van with an air mattress in the back for him and Puppy to sleep on. She took them in. “He was not materialistic. He left everything and started new at the next
place,” Sheppard said. McMeniman and the dog had an inseparable bound. Sheppard recalled how proud McMeniman was that he had trained Puppy to retrieve by name any one of 15 different stuffed animals. McMeniman came to Pennsylvania about five years ago to be closer to his mother, who had become ill and moved to Fulton County where Cheryl was living. He ended up in the Middletown area. Obenstine didn’t know what brought McMeniman to Middletown Home. When he applied for the job here he was living in New York and had told her he was working as a chef, she said. When he started at the home in March 2014 he was living in the Starlite Motel on Route 230 in Londonderry Twp., just east of Middletown. Then he got the apartment on Lawrence Street. He never had a car as far as Obenstine knew. He told her that riding the bike was “good for him because he lost
some weight,” she said. Other days he would walk. Sometimes a co-worker would see him shuffling down the road in the cold and give him a lift. He was known for regaling residents and co-workers with stories about his life and times. Obenstine joked that McMeniman reminded her of the character Tom Hanks played in the movie “Catch Me If You Can” who had posed as an airline pilot, a doctor and a prosecutor. And while he didn’t seem to have much, it didn’t seem to matter. Not long before McMeniman died, he told a neighbor that “I’ve done everything in my life that I wanted to do,” Jenkins said. It was a blessing that the fire took both McMeniman and Puppy, Sheppard said, because neither would have wanted to go on without the other.
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during the Feb. 2 comment period, including Dan Valley, who cautioned council against going down “a slippery slope” where the council president “is so controlling.” Council voted 4-4 on whether to approve the code for public advertisement. Mayor James H. Curry III broke the tie by voting against advertising it. The mayor said it was McNamara’s disrespect – in Curry’s view – of the views of residents that is the problem. McNamara did not attend the Feb. 2 meeting due to a family emergency. For the most part, the code appears consistent with current council practices regarding governing public meetings. There isn’t a whole lot that would be new. One exception that could be considered a deviation from current practice is that, according to the proposed code, “in the case of a nonagenda item, citizens are requested, but not required, to present the matter to a member of the council, committee or administrative staff in an attempt to resolve the matter beforehand.” In addition, the code would give the
presiding officer the ability to cut short public comment, or defer public comment to the next meeting, if the presiding officer determines that there is “not sufficient time at the meeting” underway in order to give “equal time to all.” At present, the borough has no written policy, resolution, or ordinance in place to govern public meetings, said borough spokesman Chris Courogen. Council has traditionally deferred to Robert’s Rules of Order, but that is all, Courogen said. “Nobody is out to stifle anybody,” Courogen said of the proposed code. “The concern was maintaining civility and decorum in the process. It doesn’t matter who is chairing the meeting. Members of the public ought to maintain decorum when they are in the audience for the meeting.” However, several councilors shared Curry’s view that the code is unnecessary. “When we respect them, they respect us,” Councilor Anne Einhorn said of citizens who speak during meetings. The question of a code of conduct has been brought up before, according to Solicitor Adam Santucci, although the
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ant – in the top floor of a high-rise. O’Malley, who trained as an artist in Baltimore after growing up in Philadelphia, performed in front of the school library’s collection of some of his books. “A lot of them are out of print now,” he said. “You can get them on e-Bay for 50 cents plus $8 shipping.” All told, O’Malley has produced 72 books, and he wrote about half of them. Most are for younger children and feature big color pages for his illustrations, including “If Beaver Had a Fever,” “Desk Stories,” “Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude” and “Hippo Goes Bananas.” Some aim at an older audience. “How They Croaked,” a book with
ghastly details of how 19 famous people died, was a foray into illustrating books for older readers, about 10 to 14 years old. He said he loved working with writer Georgia Bragg, whose follow-up, “How they Choked,” also features his illustrations. The students at Londonderry wanted to know how hard it is for him to write books. “Most days, no, it’s not easy. But it’s always fun,” O’Malley said. “Most of the time, it’s harder than you think.” He told them that he records his ideas in a notebook, always trying to find the next good one. “I write down any idea that comes in my head,” he said. While he said many – probably most – are bad, “I write down all of them.”
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Mardi Gras/Valentine Celebration
St. Ann Byzantine Catholic Parish, 5408 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, is hosting a Mardi Gras/Valentine Celebration from 4 to 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 14. Inclement weather date is Sunday, Feb. 15, from noon to 4:30 p.m. Admission is free. There will be food, kids games, a photo booth, music and more. •••••
Hummelstown Historical Society Winter Show
Hummelstown Area Historical Society is sponsoring a 2015 Winter Show, “All Aboard,” at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16. The show will be in the basement of Zion Lutheran Church, Main Street, Hummelstown. Guest speaker will be Matt Dodd, a professional entertainer who will share railroad songs and tales. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit www.hummelstownhistoricalsociety.org. •••••
Jan. 20 meeting appears to be the first time it had been brought up in public. “Other borough council members requested this in executive session,” Santucci said, adding that he had provided council with a memorandum outlining such a code at the request of former Councilor Thomas Handley. Handley was elected to council in November 2013 and served from January 2014 until Dec. 22, when he resigned. Just before the Feb. 2 vote, Councilor John Brubaker said that according to council minutes council had discussed a code of conduct in both June and July of 2011. Brubaker joined those on council who voted for advertising the proposed code. However, minutes posted on the borough Web site from council meetings in June and July of 2011 include no direct reference to a code of conduct. Sullivan did not respond to a request for comment from the Press And Journal regarding whether she has any plans to re-introduce calls for a code of conduct. Dan Miller: 717-944-4628, or danmiller@pressandjournal.com
“The hardest part of writing a story is coming up with an ending,” he said. He encouraged the students to try their hand at writing a book. He suggested they keep paper and a pencil with them while watching TV, just to see what they come up with – because it will be better than what’s on TV. “If you do want to be a writer, you have to get used to PFFFFFTTTT (a raspberry)” he said. It takes effort to find the right person who wants to publish your work, O’Malley said. That’s why he named his first book, “The Box” as his favorite, because his persistence paid off, he said. Afterwards, O’Malley admitted it was tiring, the travel and the performance. But he kept the students’ attention with his impish humor, sass and improvised slapstick. Eric Wise: 717-944-4628, or ericwise@pressandjournal.com
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commit robbery, aggravated assault and theft from a motor vehicle. Moore is still at large, police said. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Elizabethtown police at 717-367-1835. Police had arrested Amber Consylman, 20, of Elizabethtown, in January 2014 and charged her with robbery,
Block shoot
Middletown Anglers & Hunters, 1350 Schoolhouse Road, Middletown, is hosting a Block Shoot at 1 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15. For more information, call 717-944-0760. •••••
Community dinner
A community dinner will be held on Monday, Feb. 16 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., or until sold out, at Evangelical United Methodist Church, 157 E. Water St., Middletown. The menu includes roast turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, peas, cranberry sauce, roll, dessert and beverage. There is a cost. All are welcome and tickets are available at the door. For more information, call 717944-6181. •••••
Easter eggs
Geyers United Methodist Church, 1605 Geyers Church Road, Middletown, will be selling homemade Easter eggs from Feb. 17 through March 24. Eggs are available at the church on Tuesdays from noon to 6 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. For more information, call 717-944-6426. •••••
Perohi and Kielbasa sale
Perohi and kielbasa will be on sale during Lent at the St. Ann Byzantine Catholic Church Parish Hall, 5408 Locust Lane, Harrisburg, Ash Wednesday through March 28. Wednesday hours are noon to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6:30 p.m.; Saturday hours are 9 a.m. to noon. For more information, call 717-652-0545 or visit StAnnByz.org. The newlyrenovated gift shop also will be open.
criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, aggravated assault and theft from a motor vehicle, according to court records. Lancaster County Court Judge James P. Cullen granted a continuance of a trial on the charges on Jan. 22, according to court records. Consylman is free on $100,000 bail. Jim Lewis: 717-944-4628, or jimlewis@pressandjournal.com
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Rollers pummel Raiders with 3-pointers, win 93-41 of those points while Brady Fox recorded the other two. But the Rollers were still firing in shots from long range, getting three more treys and controlling the boards at both ends. Dee’Quan Fleming scored seven of his game-high 28 points in the third as the Rollers pushed their commanding lead to 86-30. With the mercy clock running in the fourth quarter, the scoring finally toned down – and the Rollers scored just seven points in the final 8:00. The Raiders, who never quit trying, picked up 11 points in the final frame. The Hughes brothers finished the game with a joint 26 points in the loss. The game closed out the careers of Middletown seniors Dagen Hughes, Nik Moose and Harry
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When the Middletown Blue Raiders lost to visiting Steelton-Highspire on Tuesday, Feb. 3, it was no real surprise. The Rollers, winners of the Mid-Penn Conference Capital Division, stormed onto the court in the Middletown gym and put on an impressive display of offense right from the opening tipoff, running past the shorthanded Raiders, 93-41. Fallout that carried over from the problems at West Perry four nights before affected the Middletown side in its final game of the year, as two starting players and Coach Chris Sattele were forced to sit out the game. While those absences did have some influence on the way the team played, it may not have mattered very much anyway, judging by the way the Rollers performed. Led by 3-point shooter Jaqui Jenkins, who made four triples in the first period, the Rollers (18-4, 11-1 in the division) jumped out to a 30-13 lead by the end of the opening quarter and never let up the rest of the way. After the Rollers opened up the game with a 5-0 lead, Middletown freshman Ryan Hughes scored on a reverse layup and foul shot to make it a 5-3 game. But the score never got closer than that as Steel-High ran off the game’s next nine points. After Hughes made one of two free throws at 4:27, the Rollers punched out another 9-0 run to push the home team into a 23-4 hole. Tre Leach scored six points and Dagen Hughes scored three in the last 2:45 of the quarter for the Raiders (715, 3-9), but the damage was done. Hampered by missed shots and turnovers, the Raiders collected just seven points in the second stanza while the Rollers burned the nets for 32. Seven different players scored for Steel-High in the span and led the guests to an overwhelming 62-20 lead at the halftime break. While the Raiders played a bit better in the third quarter, they still were limited to 10 points in the span. The Hughes brothers teamed for eight
Kapenstein. Steelton-Highspire was scheduled to play Harrisburg in a the semifinals of the conference championship on Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Milton Hershey. Win or lose, the Rollers still qualified for the District 3 Class AAA tournament. L a r r y E t t e r c a n b e re a c h e d a t larryetter66@gmail.com
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Ryan Hughes (0), above, takes a shot over the SteeltonHighspire defense. Hughes led the Blue Raiders with 15 points. Middletown’s Luke Mrakovich (3), left, shoots from beyond the three-point arc against Steelton-Highspire.
ROLLERS REACH DISTRICT 3 PLAYOFFS Steelton-Highspire is seeded fourth in the 18-team District 3 Class AAA playoffs and will face No. 13 Lancaster Catholic (15-7) in a first-round game on Tuesday, Feb. 17 at Steelton-Highspire High School.
Middletown’s Chris Plummer fires from close range against the Rollers.
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Although the Middletown girls’ basketball team won just one of two games last week in a finish to their regular season schedule, the Blue Raiders made the final week memorable. The win earned the team a spot in the District 3 postseason playoff picture with a 12-10 overall record. The Raiders finished in 17th place among Class AAA teams, with the top 18 making the playoffs. In the first game of a boys/girls home double-header on Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Raiders rallied from a 13-point halftime deficit with a strong second half in a 64-55 victory over SteeltonHighspire. On Thursday, Feb. 5, the Raiders hosted Greencastle-Antrim, winners of the Mid-Penn Conference Colonial Division title, and gave the 19-2 Blue Devils all they could handle in a wellplayed 52-47 loss.
NEXT UP: DISTRICT PLAYOFFS Middletown qualified for a playoff spot in District 3 Class AAA and will play Big Spring (13-9) in a preliminary round game at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 13 at Big Spring High School.
Middletown 64 Steelton-Highspire 55
The Raiders got off to a shaky start against the visiting Rollers in the nightcap of the double-header and appeared to be in trouble. After Middletown’s Bianca Jasper tied the score at 2-2 with a pair of free throws 1:30 into the game, the Rollers ran off the next 13 points to claim a 15-2 lead. Ilayna Brown’s seven points led the charge for the visitors. Jasper finally broke the run with a drive to the hoop at the 2:50 mark and added another drive off a SteelHigh turnover a minute later. Jasmine Gorham popped in a 3-pointer for the Rollers to stop the mini-run. After the teams traded late baskets, the Rollers owned a 20-8 lead heading into the second quarter. Steelton-Highspire maintained its lead throughout the second stanza by outscoring the Raiders 17-16 on its way to a 37-24 halftime advantage. Ava Mrakovich led the Raiders with six points in the quarter, which was matched by Steel-High’s Ilyn McLaughlin. But things changed dramatically right from the outset of the third quarter. On the bench for the entire first half, Middletown scoring leader Ja’Lynn
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Bianca Jasper (1) drives to the basket against Steelton-Highspire. Jasper led Middletown with 19 points. Burton-Jones started the second half with a successful jump shot at the 7:35 mark. Her presence visibly lifted the whole Middletown team with renewed energy and the revival swung the game completely in the Raiders’ favor.
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Lower Dauphin athletes who signed college letters of intent in the high school cafeteria are from left, front row: Taylor Bracale, Corey Burkhardt, Spencer Burkhardt and Mariena Decker; back row: Bianca Gillman, Madie Light and Shayna Macfarlane.
Letter of Intent day Seven LD soccer, field hockey stars sign with colleges Seven Lower Dauphin High School athletes announced their college choices on National Letter of Intent day on Wednesday, Feb. 4 in the school cafeteria. The seven signed letters of intent during a ceremony attended by parents, coaches, teachers and classmates. All seven played for Falcon field hockey and soccer teams in the fall. The students who signed letters of intent are: • Taylor Bracale, daughter of Steve and Roxanne Bracale, a four-year member of the field hockey and girls’ lacrosse teams. She will play field
hockey at James Madison, where she plans to major in communications. • Mariena Decker, daughter of Todd and Suzan Decker, who earned a varsity letter in field hockey. She will play field hockey at Mercyhurst, where she plans to major in neuropsychology. • Corey Burkhardt and his brother Spencer Burkhardt, sons of Paul and Michelle Burkhardt. Both brothers are four-year starters for the boys’ soccer team – and both will play soccer at Seton Hall, where both plan to major in social and behavioral sciences.
• Bianca Gillman, daughter of Ed and Tina Gillman, a four-year starter and co-captain on the girls’ soccer team. She will play soccer at Mount St. Mary’s, where she plans to major in health sciences. • Madie Light, daughter of Fred and Julie Light, a four-year starter and cocaptain on the girls’ soccer team. She will play soccer at American. • Shayna Macfarlane, daughter of Bill and Tami Macfarlane, a four-year starter and co-captain on the girls’ soccer team. She will play soccer at Mount St. Mary’s.
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Penn State Harrisburg faced off against Frostburg St. on Wednesday, Feb. 4 in a game with major playoff implications in the Capital Athletic Conference. The Bobcats came into the contest two games ahead of the Lions and tied for the sixth and final conference playoff spot. Despite a second-half run that brought them within reach, the Lions fell, 70-67 in Middletown. Penn State Harrisburg (3-18, 3-11 in the conference) now trail sixth-place Frostburg
St. (10-11, 6-8) by three games. The Lions were up midway through the first half after Arick Sodini hit a jumper to put the team up 12-11 with 12:23 left. But the Bobcats used a 19-7 run in the final 10 minutes of the half to take a 36-22 lead at intermission. But the Lions responded strong early in the second half, rallying for an 11-0 run in about 2:00 to move to within three points. Frostburg St. then outscored the Lions 17-5 over the next 10 minutes to gain some breathing room. The Blue & White made one last run to get back in the game and in the final two minutes the Lions crept within
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one possession of victory. But Frostburg St. would not allow it. The Bobcats hit consistently from the foul line in the final minute to win the game. Showing well for the Lions were Anthony Morgan, who scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds, and Joey Farthing, who recorded a double-double, scoring 10 points and grabbing 12 rebounds.
Southern Virginia 68 Lions 64
Penn State Harrisburg’s Tariq Bennett scored a season-high 22 points, but the Lions fell to Southern Virginia on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Buena Vista, Va. Both teams went basket-for-basket during the first part of the first half, as Southern Virginia (4-16, 2-12) held just a two-point advantage with 12:17 to play in the half. But the Lions struggled to put a stop to the Knights’ ensuing 10-0 run that proved to be the difference in the first. Southern Virginia led 29-20 at intermission. The Lions could not turn things around until Bennett ignited a 10-2 run with a three-point shot, a run that brought Penn State Harrisburg within four points with 11:30 left in the game. The Knights pushed back and extended their lead to eight points with 6:15 to play. The Lions, who have made a habit of hanging close late in their games, used a Farthing layup and another Bennett three-point show to pull Penn State Harrisburg within three points, 58-55 with just 5:43 left. But Southern Virginia made 6-of-7 shots from the foul line in the final five minutes to hold on for the victory.
With the Blue Devils sitting at the No. 4 spot in the District 3 Class AAA rankings and owning an impressive 19-2 record coming into their visit to Middletown, the odds of winning were stacked high against the Raiders. But the Middletown squad stayed right with their guests the whole way and took the decision right down to the final minutes. In fact, the Raiders, inspired by their Senior Night festivities, actually led by a 40-38 score with 7:01 left and were tied with the Devils 42-42 with 5:29 to go. But a strong finish by GreencastleAntrim in the game’s final two minutes made the difference and denied the Raiders a chance for a major upset. Middletown scored first to start the game as Burton-Jones converted a steal into a 2-0 lead. But GreencastleAntrim jumped out in front on backto-back 3-pointers by Jane Herman and Jenay Faulkner. In response, Burton-Jones scored again and Jasper popped in a three-ball following a Blue Devil miss for a 7-6 Raider lead. With the score tied a minute later, the Devils scored five straight points. A late goal by Deibler cut GreencastleAntrim’s lead to 14-11 at the end of the first quarter. The Devils scored on another triple by Faulkner to make it a 17-11 game early in the second stanza, but the Raiders rallied with a seven-point run from Mrakovich, Jasper and Nester that eased the home team in front, 18-17. And that was how the rest of the game would go, as both teams refused to give in to the other. The first half ended with the visitors hanging on to a 26-24 lead. The Blue Devils expanded their lead to six points twice in the third period, but the Raiders kept coming back. With Greencastle-Antrim owning
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Middletown’s MacKenzie Lombardi (20), prepares to duel two Steelton-Highspire players for a rebound. a 34-30 lead with 2:50 left in the quarter, Deibler’s baseline goal off a Myers assist kicked off a 6-0 run by the Raiders, who forged ahead 36-34. Burton-Jones answered a pair of free throws by Greencastle-Antrim’s Hannah Crist with a late basket to send the Raiders into the final frame with a 38-36 lead. With 7:01 left, the Raiders were back on top at 40-38. With 5:29 to go, the score was knotted up at 42-42 after Myers put back a rebound. But the Devils broke the tie on a goal by Katie Gelsinger and then took advantage of a missed shot and a
turnover by the Raiders to pull ahead 46-42 with 3:52 left. Myers made two free throws at 2:42, but the Raiders lost a chance to tie the score by suffering a turnover following a missed foul shot by the Devils. Down 48-44 with just over a minute left, the Raiders got a lift when Nester fired in a triple at the 1:01 mark. But the home team would not score again, as the Devils controlled the game and sank four straight foul shots following Middletown miscues in the late going. Larry Etter can be reached at larryetter66@gmail.com
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Frostburg St. stops Lion rally, wins 79-66 The first time Penn State Harrisburg played Frostburg St., the Lions roared back from a 16-point first-half deficit to win. But the Bobcats had revenge in mind when they came to Middletown on Wednesday, Feb. 4 to play the Lions for the second time this season. Frostburg St. stormed to a 21-point lead in the first half this time, then hit foul shots late in the game to hold off the Lions, 79-66. From the starting tip-off, both teams played at a fast pace, which was devastating to the Lions, who had 18 first-half turnovers. The Bobcats finished the first half on a 13-2 run that gave them a 41-19 lead at intermission. Frostburg St. remained in control for most of the second half despite Penn State Harrisburg’s full-court press. It took most of the half for the Lions’ hard work to pay off, but the press ignited a Penn State Harrisburg rally with less than 3:00 to play and the Lions trailing by 13 points. Two three-
BOYS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division Final Standings W L OVERALL x-Steelton-Highspire 11 1 18-4 x-Camp Hill 9 3 17-4 x-Trinity 8 4 14-7 x-Milton Hershey 6 6 12-10 x-East Pennsboro 4 8 12-9 Middletown 3 9 7-15 West Perry 1 11 7-15 x = qualified for District 3 playoffs Last week’s games Steelton-Highspire 93, Middletown 41 Bishop McDevitt 65, Steelton-Highspire 45 District 3 Playoffs Class AAA First Round Tuesday, Feb. 17 Lancaster Catholic (15-7) at SteeltonHighspire (18-4), 7 p.m. (winner vs. winner of West York/Wyomissing on Friday, Feb. 20) Keystone Division Final StandingsW L OVERALL x-Cedar Cliff 12 2 20-2 x-Susquehanna Twp. 12 2 17-5 x-Bishop McDevitt 11 3 17-4 x-Hershey 6 8 13-9 Lower Dauphin 6 8 11-11 Palmyra 4 10 11-11 Mechanicsburg 4 10 9-13 Red Land 1 13 5-17 x = qualified for District 3 playoffs Last week’s games Lower Dauphin 68, Palmyra 65 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL MID-PENN CONFERENCE Capital Division Final Standings W L OVERALL x-West Perry 10 2 20-2 x-Camp Hill 9 3 18-4 x-Trinity 9 3 12-9 x-East Pennsboro 7 5 14-8 x-Middletown 4 8 12-10 Milton Hershey 3 9 8-13 Steelton-Highspire 0 12 4-17 x = qualified for District 3 playoffs Last week’s games Middletown 64, Steelton-Highspire 55 Greencastle-Antrim 52, Middletown 47 Bishop McDevitt 67, Steelton-Highspire 40 District 3 Playoffs Class AAA Preliminary Round Middletown (12-10) at Big Spring (13-9), 7 p.m. (winner vs. West York on Wed. Feb. 18 at West York) Keystone Division Final Standings W L OVERALL x-Palmyra 13 1 20-2 x-Mechanicsburg 12 2 20-2 x-Red Land 10 4 17-5 x-Cedar Cliff 7 7 13-9 Hershey 4 10 11-11 Lower Dauphin 4 10 10-11 Bishop McDevitt 4 10 7-15 Susquehanna Twp. 2 12 3-19 x = qualified for District 3 playoffs
point baskets by Janel Brown and a Kiara Carter steal and layup moved Penn State Harrisburg within 71-66 with 1:32 to play. But the Lions (4-17, 3-11 in the Capital Athletic Conference) could not repeat the second half comeback they had staged back in the December game. The Bobcats (2-17, 1-13) claimed their first conference win by hitting free throws at the end. Two bright spots for the Lions were the performances of Jasmine Yanich and Brown. Yanich scored a careerhigh 19 points, while Brown also contributed 19 points – the second time this season that she has tallied that many.
Southern Virginia 88 Lions 61
After falling to last-place Frostburg St., the Lions hoped to regroup against Southern Virginia, but lost, 88-61 on Saturday, Feb. 7 in Buena Vista, Va. – their sixth consecutive loss. It seems that the Achilles heel for Penn State Harrisburg the last few
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL CAPITAL ATHLETIC CONFERENCE MEN W L OVERALL St. Mary’s 12 2 15-4 Marymount 11 3 17-4 Christopher Newport 10 4 15-6 Salisbury 10 4 14-7 Wesley 8 6 10-11 Frostburg St. 6 8 10-11 Mary Washington 5 9 5-16 York 3 11 4-17 Penn State Hbg. 3 11 3-18 Southern Virginia 2 12 4-16 Last week’s games Frostburg St. 70, Penn State Harrisburg 67
games has been turnovers. Southern Virginia (5-15, 3-11) recognized this early against the visiting Lions and capitalized on their mistakes. The Knights started off fast against the Blue & White, opening the game on a 12-3 run over the first five minutes. The Lions did what they could to keep the game close, but the home team was just too much. Southern Virginia forced Penn State Harrisburg into committing 21 of their 32 turnovers in the first half, errors that led to easy Knight baskets. Penn State Harrisburg trailed 43-22 at the half. Attempting to clean things up in the second half, Penn State Harrisburg got as close as 11 points. But Southern Virginia continued to execute and control the paint, out-rebounding the Lions 53-38. Penn State Harrisburg had a difficult time keeping Southern Virginia off the offensive glass, where the Knights pulled in 25 offensive boards that led to easy put-backs. Yanich scored 16 points for the Lions, while Carter scored 10 points and grabbed nine rebounds.
Southern Virginia 68, Penn State Harrisburg 64 This week’s games Wednesday, Feb. 11 Penn State Harrisburg at Marymount, 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14 Penn State Harrisburg at Mary Washington, 3 p.m.
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here’s no doubt that the Elks Building plays a crucial role in restoring vitality to Middletown’s downtown business district. It’s been an anchor to the district since it was built almost 104 years ago – and its current state of emptiness, with businesses gone while its leaking roof is repaired, has dropped a rather ghostly shroud over the major business section of Dauphin County’s oldest borough. Nothing that money couldn’t undo, but it would take a lot of money to bring the Elks Building back to life – more than $1 million, estimates borough spokesman Chris Courogen. The borough is searching for capital to restore the Elks, and has discovered a possible source: a grant program administered by Pennsylvania’s Office of the Budget for acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational and historical improvement projects. Middletown Borough Council voted 8-0 on Monday, Feb. 2 to apply for a $645,000 grant, which must be matched with borough funds. Middletown proposes as its match the $500,000 its development arm, the Middletown Industrial and Commercial Development Authority, paid to acquire the property from the Greater Middletown Economic Development Corp., a private nonprofit that, for reasons political or economic, depending on your point of view, is no longer a major player in borough development, and $145,000 the new owner has spent to repair the roof. The Elks Building, which includes the Elks Theatre, the borough’s old movie house, would seem to be a prime candidate for a grant if economic need and historical, cultural and civic value are measured. While the borough would need other sources of money to restore the Elks, this state grant would go a long way to helping Middletown in so many ways. We hope the state recognizes its importance, and is willing to play an important role in Middletown's future.
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n my political views, I consider myself to be a conservative American. In my religious beliefs, I consider myself to be a conservative Christian. I am a conservative Western Christian. Sometimes, however, my two conservative bents seem to be in conflict with one another. I was particularly conflicted when George W. Bush invaded Iraq. Because of my conservative political bent, I was inclined to support the Republican president’s decision. However, because of my Christian faith, I was against the war. The evidence indicated that Iraq was perhaps the most religiously open Arab country, allowing Christian churches to meet and worship without threat of attack. Indeed, the deputy prime minister of Iraq was Tariq Aziz, a member of the Chaldean Catholic Church. The American attack on Iraq, however, had serious consequences for the churches in that country. America’s war on Iraq quickly evolved into Iraq’s war on Christianity, in a very predictable manner. Once again, I am very conflicted, as I consider the Charlie Hebdo murders in Paris, the Western response, and the Muslim reactions. Some Muslim protestors have chosen to express their frustration by attacking Christians in Muslim countries. CNN has reported that the violence to date has been most severe in Niger, where churches and Christian homes have been destroyed. Thus far, at least 10 have been killed. Yet, I wonder, is their frustration with the realities of Christianity, or with the realities of Western secularism? I understand that much of the world sees the West as Christian, yet it can be argued that Christianity is on the decline in the West, while it is expanding in Africa and China. It is a stereotype to think that the West portrays the essence of Christianity. In fact, the West provides for a rather free expression of faith. Granted, Christianity has been the dominant faith in the West, but I am not willing, as a Christian, to take the blame for Charlie Hebdo’s depiction of Muhammad. Charlie Hebdo is a reflection of the secular West, not particularly a reflection of Christianity. I am not Charlie Hebdo. Salman Rushdie wrote, in his novel “Midnight’s Children,” “It’s a dangerous business to try and impose one’s view of things on others.” I value the freedom to practice my Christian faith. I also value the freedom of others to practice their various faith traditions. I value the freedom of others to practice no faith tradition. I personally disagree with other religious traditions, but I do not make fun of them or ridicule them. I do not seek to impose my view of things on others. Christianity and Islam have not always been civil to one another; we all know the history of the Crusades. Nevertheless, I contend that the current disagreement is not a disagreement between Christianity and Islam. Charlie Hebdo was not reflecting the dominant Christian view of freedom and respect. Charlie Hebdo, rather, was reflecting the secular view against Islam (and, to some extent, against Christianity). Because the West is often seen as the bastion of Christianity, the church is now under attack in Muslim countries. This disappoints and saddens me at many levels. Most relevant to this editorial, Charlie Hebdo does not reflect my Christian views; I am disappointed that Muslims are attacking Christians and their churches. We are not Charlie Hebdo. Western and Muslim countries have not always been civil to one another. I am not always in agreement with the decisions that my politicians have made. Nevertheless, I freely admit that the issues are complex and difficult. Physical and verbal assaults do not facilitate a path forward. We need a civil exchange of ideas. This civil exchange is a conversation worth having. Dr. Gary L. Welton is assistant dean for institutional assessment and a professor of psychology at Grove City College, Mercer County.
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was honored fear is protection of the status quo will to serve as the make meaningful changes on any of these Senate Educaissues difficult. tion Committee For example, any legislative initiative chair during the to change pensions results in a barrage 2013-2014 sesof opposition. From 3:30 p.m. on (and sion of the General sometimes earlier), we receive call after Assembly. Educacall opposing proposed changes. Sometion is a key role of state government. It times, these calls are supplemented by accounts for over 38 percent of the state public pension retirees asking the General budget. Assembly to approve a Cost of Living Taxpayers have been very generous Adjustment (COLA). supporting education, spending $856 Each day there are no changes to Pennevery second in federal, state, and local sylvania’s public pension systems means tax moneys. Governing magazine lists another $10 million in new, unfunded Pennsylvania as the 11th-highest state for liabilities (an additional $3 billion in red education spending per pupil ($13,467). ink each year that nothing is done to adMy goal as Education Committee chair dress the unfunded liabilities of the public was to put students and their parents pension systems). first. As I’ve said on numerous occasions, Salaries, benefits and pensions are part I believe the best way to do this is with of the overhead of our education syseducational choice. However, there is tem. Statewide, these costs are just over insufficient support for this. As a result, 58 percent. For every $1 spent on educamuch of what is done in education is tion, 58 cents goes for salaries, benefits maintaining the status quo. and pensions. Without meaningful penThere are an astounding number of sion reforms, these overhead costs will organizations established to tout educacontinue to rise. tion. My frustration with most of them Meanwhile, Pennsylvania’s student is they focus more on money and the population has been falling. In 2006employment of adults than the education 2007, there were 1,809,005 students in of children. Pennsylvania. In 2012 -2013 (the latest For example, Pennsylvania’s largest period for data), the student population teachers’ union lists six core values of its was 1,748,356 students – a decrease of organization. Just one mentions stu3.35 percent (60,649). Over the same dents. If education period, the number is about children, of professional eduthen let’s focus on There are an astounding num- cators went from children. to 148,518, ber of organizations estab- 151,858 Meeting with a decrease of 2.2 lished to tout education. My percent (3,340). students was one of the best parts of frustration with most of them The recent guberchairing the Educaelection is they focus more on money natorial tion Committee. It highlighted educaand the employment of adults tion funding, and was also one of the most disappointing than the education of chil- I’m sure there will experiences when continued debate dren. be adults used children on how much to advance a cause. funding education Recently, a group will receive in the of students gave me a poster they had future – and whether there will be any tax drawn. The group included: Laylan, increases to give education more taxpayer Justin, Elijan, Daniel, Jasmine, Jay Jay, dollars. Parker, Alyssa, William, Victor and Hopefully these deliberations will Chrissette. Interestingly, their “issues” include not just how much we spend on included nurse-family partnership, education but also how we spend it. DeKeystone Stars, Child Care Works, Head ferring unsustainable pension liabilities Start Supplemental, Workforce Develdoes not make future liabilities sustainopment, Pre-K Counts, fair funding for able and makes pension insolvency a early childhood, licensing standards for significant risk within 15 years. health and safety and professional develPrevailing wage adds costs but doesn’t opment opportunities for children. help with the education of children. NeiThroughout 2014, I held a series of town ther do unfunded mandates. hall meetings on education with parents, More money without significantly business leaders and educators. I appreci- changing the status quo will not benefit ated everyone who attended these meetstudents or their parents. To the contrary, ings, but found it interesting there were it will make things worse. more educators at a town hall meeting for parents than there were at the town hall Mike Folmer is a Republican member meeting for educators. of the Pennsylvania Senate. He repreI was also concerned a student teacher sents the 48th Senatorial District, which at that same meeting talked about how includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower much she was looking forward to being Swatara Twp., Highspire, Londonderry a teacher so as to change social inequalTwp., Steelton and the Swatara Twp. comity. What’s she teaching her students? munities of Bressler, Enhaut and Oberlin. Although I will no longer chair the Senate Education Committee, I hope to continue to advance the recommendations of those who continue to attend my Education Work Group meetings. These recommendations include “true” pension reform, Common Core, repeal of school We want to hear from you. mandates, school consolidation and Send your letters to: changes to the State Board of Education. letters@pressandjournal.com, or While I recognize it’s difficult to see 20 S. Union Street the link between many of these issues Middletown, Pa. 17057 and the education of children, these were Letters may be edited for accuracy, among the top issues shared with me by clarity, and length. parents, businesses, and educators. My
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anuary marked the fifth anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United v. FEC decision, which lifted many restrictions on corporate spending in politics. President Barack Obama highlighted the anniversary with a statement saying that “it has caused real harm to our democracy” and has opened politics up to a flood of “dark money.” Some of Obama’s biggest supporters – national and state teachers unions – also routinely condemn Citizens United as a threat to free speech. But when confronted by a legal challenge to their own political “dark money” operation, it turns out those same unions are actually secret admirers of Citizens United. The National Education Association (NEA) and its affiliate, the Pennsylvania State Education Association (PSEA), haven’t been shy about their views on Citizens United. As recently as 2013, the NEA sent a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives warning that the decision was “drowning out the voices of ordinary Americans.” Also in 2013, an NEA spokesperson said it “has twisted and distorted our political system.” The NEA is even a member of United for the People, a group calling for a constitutional amendment to override the Supreme Court decision. But now, in response to a legal action filed by PSEA member Mary Trometter and the Fairness Center late last year, the unions are hypocritically citing Citizens United to excuse the fact that they misused union members’ dues money on Pennsylvania elections. Trometter’s Now teachers' legal charge stems from unions are a campaign hypocritically mailer her husband received citing Citizens from the PSEA United to excuse just before the fact that they the November 2014 election. misused union The mailer members' dues used her name money on to urge her Pennsylvania husband to vote for thenelections. candidate Tom Wolf. It was paid for by the NEA Advocacy Fund, which itself is funded by union members’ dues. The problem is, a 45-year-old Pennsylvania law says using dues money to support candidates is illegal. In 1970, Pennsylvania enacted the Public Employee Relations Act, a law defining how state government would interact with public employees and the unions representing them. One portion of the act prevents union dues money from being spent in “direct or indirect” support of candidates for political office, a measure that was intended to remove the temptation for government union leaders to influence the political process. Why is this important? The conflict of interest Gov. Wolf currently faces is a good example. He received millions in direct and indirect contributions from government unions whose contracts he is now negotiating. It’s hard to be impartial when your negotiating partner got you into office and could be funding your next campaign – that’s why Pennsylvania passed a blanket prohibition against using dues to support candidates. But laws are worthless if no one is willing to enforce them – and this one hasn’t been enforced in more than four decades. In response to Trometter’s charge, the PSEA and NEA themselves admit that the election mailer, which they say was sent to about 20,000 Pennsylvanians, was funded by members’ dues. They also admit that their magazine The Voice, which has a circulation of about 180,000 and is available for free online, is funded by union dues, is made available to the public and advocates for political candidates. The admissions are notable because Pennsylvania law also says that if dues are used in support of political candidates – whether directly or indirectly – the incidents must be reported to the Labor Relations Board within 90 days. The Fairness Center found that no such reports were filed in 2014, a year when The Voice endorsed Wolf on its cover. The courts will eventually decide whether Citizens United excuses their actions.Ultimately, the integrity of our legal system must be protected. A valid state law that was put in place to protect the public cannot be ignored with impunity. David R. Osborne is general counsel for the Fairness Center, a nonprofit, public interest law firm in Harrisburg.
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My final reward? A grave tucked inside a field or forest L ife’s still good, but death’s just become more interesting. I always figured on cremation – modest expense, no concrete, bronze and embalming chemicals in the earth; friends and family would enjoy scattering the ashes in cool places I’d enjoy designating. But Doug Carroll and his wife, Deirdre Smith, have reset my expectations and broadened my endgame with a recent autumn ramble through the wooded hills and meadows of the farm they’ve bought on Resh Mill Road in northern Baltimore County, Md. They’ve got me thinking beyond the mere low environmental impact of cremation – which does generate some greenhouse gas and mercury – and about how my expiration can give back to the land, can atone somewhat for living well and unsustainably like most of my fellow Americans. The deal is something called conservation burial, and Doug and Deirdre are moving through state and county approvals to qualify 66 acres as a burial ground. They’re calling the farm Resh Mill Preserve. It’s a significant step beyond “green” or low-impact burials, which have literally been around forever. Green burial is essentially no embalming, plain shroud or simple pine box. Rural cemeteries in some places still permit it, and Jews and Muslims and Eastern Orthodox Christians mostly practice it. Conservation burial takes your money – about $3,000, Doug is thinking, competitive with cremation – and puts it back into restoring the site where you’re planted with native plantings, and into protecting the surrounding
landscape forever. They’ve already put a permanent conservation easement on the Resh Mill farm, and hope to spur similar protection for the whole drainage, which flows through Graves Run into Prettyboy Reservoir. The possibilities for this are intriguing. Purchase price of the farm was about two-thirds of a million bucks. Resh Mill could, Doug says, be approved for 3,000 grave sites, which would generate about $9 million over its life as a conservation burial ground. With about 45,000 deaths annually in Maryland, you begin to see the potential for conserving natural landscapes. Nationwide, it’s estimated Americans will spend half a trillion dollars on funerals annually as Baby Boomers move to their final reward. What if even a 10th of that translated into conservation burials, into rewarding nature? The concept for many takes some getting used to. Will it harm water quality as bodies rapidly decompose? Will wild animals dig you up? (No, and no.) And nothing much will mark your final resting place at Resh Mill, other than GPS coordinates and metal discs underground required by Maryland. The whole idea is that the mixed hardwood forests and grassy fields will look, filled with bodies, much like they do now – even better as the owners are already clearing out invasive species and planting native ones. Trails and a small parking and picnic area for visitors will be maintained. One might choose to mark a grave with a name etched into one of the flat stones that already dot the site; but no one will mow around it. Nature will simply take its course. Indeed, tree planting at a gravesite will be welcome, but likely the
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am pleased to inform residents of the 106th District of my newest responsibility in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Speaker of the House Mike Turzai recently appointed me to serve as the new majority chairman of the House Gaming Oversight Committee for the 2015-16 legislative session. I view this new responsibility as a chance to explore opportunities for expansion and reform that could generate additional revenue for our state’s economy. The Gaming Oversight Committee oversees slot machine gaming, bingo, small games of chance, amusement laws and table games in Pennsylvania. In addition to its legislative responsibilities, the committee has oversight of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and aspects that deal with gaming within the Department of Revenue, the Office of Attorney General and the Pennsylvania State Police. Gaming is not only important to our tourism industry, but also its proceeds help fund property tax relief, fire and emergency medical service grants, programs for senior citizens and the state’s general fund. Recent reports from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board showed slot machine revenue topped $2.3 billion for the fourth consecutive year. We need to look at ways to enhance that growth, because a large portion of that money supports citizens and communities across the Commonwealth. In addition to my chairmanship, I will be serving on the House Liquor Control Committee and the Committee on Committees during the 2015-16 term.
awarded four-year scholarships equivalent to the value of one semester of tuition at a college or university in the State System of Higher Education. The program is open to graduating high school seniors who are Pennsylvania residents with plans to attend a Pennsylvania college, university or career school as a fulltime student. Students must have attained a minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average in high school to be eligible for the scholarship. A student’s commitment to community, leadership qualities, extracurricular activities and financial need are also taken into consideration. To apply, interested students should visit my Web site, RepPayne.com, and click on “House Scholarship Information.” The application deadline is Sunday, March 1. The scholarship program is administered through the Foundation for Enhancing Communities. The program is privately funded by individual and corporate donors. No tax or other public funds are used. Scholarships are awarded through an independent panel of judges chosen by the foundation. John D. Payne is a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. He represents the 106th District, which includes Middletown, Royalton, Lower Swatara Twp., Hummelstown, Derry Twp., Conewago Twp. and part of Swatara Twp.
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only ones who will benefit are the abundant white-tailed deer, Doug says. Conservation burial is hardly • “I think Mike Bowman is what common, but at least one such council needs. He’s not scared to place, Ramsey Creek Preserve in speak up and has a special love for rural Westminster, S.C., has been Middletown. Go, Mike.” going for almost 20 years. “We’re quite busy,” said its founder, Billy • “Can we spend less time bitching Campbell, a medical doctor like and complaining about Middletown Doug Carroll and a mentor to Resh Borough Council and who is and Mill. who isn’t playing nice and actuCampbell and his wife, Kimberly, ally get down and do something for have developed standards and a the people of Middletown? Let’s certifying organization for green get the projects rolling and make and conservation burials, and have Middletown a better place to live helped start several similar places112144 and raise our children. A place around the country. people want to move to not away A particular success, he said, is the from. Let’s sit down with the police conservation burial ground operated department and hash out a reasonby a monastery near Atlanta, which able fair contract for both sides. is using the profit from 70 acres Let’s give our new chief John Bey to keep another 1,000 acres in its © 1999, National Crime Prevention Council natural state – and that acreage is in turn part of a much larger greenway project along Georgia waterways. Other conservation burial sites include ones in Ohio, Ithaca, N.Y., Florida (near the state university) and one near Chicago. The greatest potential, Campbell said, lies in establishing conservation burial near major cities. “You aren’t looking for pristine lands, but lands that need to be restored to their natural state.” He has explored linking large conservation organizations, like Audubon and The Nature Conservancy, to conservation burial projects. He sees it “as a powerful tool to change the way people look at landscapes.” It takes you— I like the humility and the and programs that work. connectedness of joining with the bodies and cash of others to protect Call 1-800-WE PREVENT and we’ll send you a free booklet on how beautiful panoramas, to evolve as you and your community can keep they will, my grave nowhere yet kids away from crime and crime everywhere in the landscape. away from kids. Try as we might, in life it’s hard for modern humans to live peaceably with the rest of nature. But in death, the possibilities seem bright. Tom Horton covered the Chesapeake Bay for 33 years for the Baltimore Sun and is author of six books about the bay.
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Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church
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Middletown
Are you perplexed or perhaps distressed by the rapid change in moral standards of the present day? We at Calvary Church are committed to upholding the unchanging standards of the Word of God, which is revealed in the Bible. We are also committed to proclaiming the hope of salvation from the sin that results from the world’s changing moral standards, the hope found in faith in Jesus Christ alone. We invite you to join us each Sunday to hear more about this message of
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free grace. Our services are at 10:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. We are located at the corner of Spruce and Emaus streets here in Middletown. We have a fellowship meal following the 10:15 a.m. morning service on the first Sunday of every month, free to all who come. We also have Sunday school classes for all ages at 9 a.m., and a Bible Study each Wednesday at 7 p.m. We are now studying the Gospel of Luke. Feel free to contact us with questions at 944-5835.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Middletown
Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 890 Ebenezer Road, Middletown, invites everyone to join us for worship on Sunday mornings led by Pastor Suanne Whorl. Our services are relaxed and casual. We offer a traditional service at 8:45 a.m. and a contemporary service with a band (electric guitars) at 10:45 a.m. At 10 a.m., between services, there are a variety of Christian education classes for all ages. Nursery is available throughout the morning. Pastor Suanne Whorl is retiring. She is looking forward to seeing what God has planned for her and spending more time with her family. Sun., Feb. 15 will be Pastor Brad Gilbert’s first Sunday. To welcome Pastor Brad and his wife Lynn there will be a social time between services in lieu of the 10 a.m. Christian Education classes. We have several things happening at Ebenezer and all are welcome. Our youth group (kids in grades 6-12) meets Sundays at 6 p.m. A young adult group meets twice monthly, the 2nd and 4th Mondays at 7 p.m. in the church
office. We also offer a variety of adult groups. Please call for details. We are always open to new group ideas. There is a prayer time, “Partners in Prayer,” that meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Through scripture, song, and meditation we experience the joy of God’s presence. Have a favorite board game? “Game Night” is every third Monday at 6:30 p.m. Want to learn about budgeting your money, debt reduction, retirement savings and more, come to our 9-week DVD class, Financial Peace University taught by trusted financial guru Dave Ramsey starting Tues., Feb. 17 at 6:30 p.m. FPU has helped 2.5 million families change their lives. There is a cost. Anyone interested please contact Mel Bollinger at 583-0502. Our homemade chocolate Easter egg making has started. Local businesses interested in selling and anyone wanting to place orders please call Mel at 583-0502 or Bill at 944-6080. Any other questions please call us at 939-0766.
Evangelical United Methodist Church Middletown
E Visitors to our worship service are always welcome. May this time of praising God and learning of his plan for our lives be helpful to one and all. Evangelical Church meets on the corner of Spruce and Water streets at 157 E. Water St., Middletown, south of Main St., behind the Turkey Hill convenience store. The ministries scheduled at Evangelical United Methodist Church for February 11-17 are always open to everyone. Wed., Feb. 11: 6 p.m., Alcoholics Anonymous Book Study; 6:30 p.m., Senior Choir rehearsal. Thurs., Feb. 12: 6 p.m., Girl Scout Troop #10067.
Sun., Feb. 15: 9 a.m., Sunday Church school, with classes for all ages. Adult Sunday school devotional leader for February: June Martin; 10:15 a.m., Worship service. The worship center is handicap and wheelchair accessible. Greeters: Shirley Jones, Daisy Long, Kathy Frisbie. Lay Liturgist: Ken Frisbie. Nursery helpers: Deb Lidle, Joyce Moyer. The altar flowers are given in memory of parents Walter and Dorothy Hoke presented by son Walter Jr. and family; 4 p.m., Junior Youth Fellowship. Mon., Feb. 16: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Community dinner at Evangelical. Tues., Feb. 17: 8:30 a.m., Volunteers will travel to Mission Central; 2 p.m., Prayer Shawl Ministry.
First Church of God, 245 W. High Street, Middletown, invites you to join us for worship at either 8 a.m. or 10:30 a.m. this Sunday. Childcare is provided. Sunday mornings at 9:15 a.m. classes are available for Youth (grades 6-12), FROG Pond (1st through 5th grade), Kindergarten (4-5 year olds), Nursery (infants through age 3), and Adult classes that offer a variety of Bible studies and electives. Classes for special education are also available. Wednesday Night Live: 5:30 p.m. supper, 6:30 p.m. Classes are: Men’s Book Study “The Way of the Wild Heart”; Women’s group “He Loves Me!”; Yoga - bring your mat; Cooking Together - Come prep meals together, so minimal work is required throughout the week. Bring the groceries, and we will prep four meals together. Then you will take them home, freeze or refrigerate them, and just throw the meal in the oven or crock-pot on the day you wish to eat it; Craft Class; Discipleship Class - designed to help you become a believer that bears much fruit; Ladies Bible Study, “Women of
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New Beginnings Church at the Riverside Chapel
630 South Union St., Middletown • 388-1641 Sunday School - 9 am • Worship Service - 10:30 am
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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)
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1605 South Geyers Church Road, Middletown 944-6426
PASTOR DON WALTERS
Worship - 9 am - Followed by Coffee Fellowship Sunday School - 10:30 am
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The Presbyterian Congregation is located at the corner of Union and Water streets in downtown Middletown. We are a body of Christian people who reach out to others by sharing God’s Word, love, and fellowship. Warm greetings to one and all as we seek to grow closer to our Lord Jesus Christ. Please plan to join us for worship – visitors are especially welcome. On February 15, Church school begins at 9:15 a.m. with classes for all ages. Children meet in the Morrow Room; Teens meet in the Teen Room; Adult Forum meets in Fellowship Hall. Adult Forum will conclude the study on forgiveness and finding peace through letting go. Join us at 10:30 a.m. for Worship as we continue seeking God’s guidance in Jesus Christ. Nursery is available during this service, and there are hearing devices for anyone wanting to use one, as well as Bible Listening bags for children to utilize during the service. Grace Triumphant is a Bible Study that meets each Sunday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Those who attend bring food to share from
5:30 to 6 p.m. The study follows at 6 p.m. Please direct your questions to Paula and Larry at 717-944-3131 The church office will be closed on Mon., Feb. 16 for President’s Day. Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18. You are invited to join us for worship at 7 p.m. The service will include hymns, scripture, time for silent reflection, as well as the imposition of ashes as a sign of our mortality. Let us gather to reflect on the example of Jesus who laid down his life for our salvation. Lenten devotional booklets will be available. Please note that Chancel Choir rehearsal this evening will begin at 7:45 p.m. Sun., Feb. 22: The First Sunday of Lent and the Lord’s Supper will be celebrated. Let us take time to open our hearts to receive Christ’s gifts in the bread and cup, grateful for his mercy. Invite a friend to worship. The Parish Nurse is available by calling the church office at 717-9444322. For further information, see our Website www.pcmdt.org, visit our Facebook page www.facebook. com/Presbyterian Congregation, or call the office.
Wesley United Methodist Church Middletown
Where did you see God today? These are special times during which we see God at work. Epiphany moments are continuing as we count the days to the start of our Lenten journey. Come, join us at Wesley where we are taking time to look and listen for that Divine Presence in our lives. We worship on Sunday morning at 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. Our early service is informal and features a Praise Band. Our later service follows a traditional pattern and includes all types of music. We encourage people to “come as you are.” We share Holy Communion the first Sunday of every month. All who love Jesus and desire to follow in his way are welcome at the table.
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Pastor Dawes’ Sunday sermon is “Only Jesus” based on Mark 9:2-9 Our Meals on Wheels Ministry in cooperation with Evangelical United Methodist Church takes place throughout February. Wesley’s days of delivering meals are February 17, 18, 19 and 20. Our Threads of Hope Clothing Bank is open on the Fourth Friday of every month from 4 to 6 p.m. Free clothes in all sizes from infant to adult are available. We will be joining with other Middletown area United Methodist Churches in a special Ash Wednesday Evening Worship Service to be held 7 p.m. at Geyers United Methodist Church, 1605 S. Geyers Church Road, Middletown. All are invited to begin this Lenten Journey with us on February 18. Wesley is located at the corner of Ann and Catherine streets in Middletown. Contact us by e-mail at wesleyumc@ comcast.net. Call us at 944-6242. “Follow Jesus, Change the World. Seek. Serve. Send.”
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to stop and pray. Our new working persons fellowship group, “The Not As Young As I Used To Be” group will meet on Fri., Feb. 20 at 6:30 p.m. at Dana and Jeff Rhine’s home. We invite anyone still in the working group to join our group. Please call or text Dana Rhine at 717-215-4246 for additional information. Children’s Church leaders for February are Michelle, Katie & Jenny Strohecker. Acolyte for February is Faith Rhine. February ushers are Mary Mulka, Earl Peters, Jackie and Sam Rainal. Undies Sundays are February 8, 15 and 22. We will be collecting underwear, sweat pants (sizes 6-10) and socks for the elementary schools in town. Youth Fellowship will be offering free babysitting on Sat., Feb. 14 from 5 to 9 p.m. for parents to enjoy Valentine’s Day. Contact Dana Rhine at 717-215-4246 if you would like to take advantage of this opportunity to enjoy Valentine’s Day. The community is welcome. Anyone interested in attending the Sight and Sound presentation of “Moses” with our congregation on Fri., Feb 27, please call Michelle Strohecker at 717-982-5068. Our Sunday worship service is broadcast on the MAHS radio station, WMSS 91.1 FM at 3 p.m. every Sunday afternoon. Listen on the radio or the Internet at www.pennlive.com/ wmss/audio. Check us out on our Website at www.newbeginningschurchmiddletown.weebly.com. Pastor Britt’s parting words each Sunday: “Nothing in this world is more important than the love of Jesus Christ!” We invite you to come and experience this love.
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the Old Testament.” There are also classes for youth: middle school and senior high; Children’s classes for all ages and babysitting. Thursdays: 6 p.m., Pasta and Prayer Young Adult Bible Study; 6 to 8 p.m., The Sunshiners meet for a time of Christian fellowship, teaching and worship. They are a group which exists to meet the spiritual needs of persons who are developmentally challenged. Thurs., Feb. 19: 11:30 a.m., Seniors Alive. Menu: marinated ham balls, scalloped potatoes, vegetable, slaw, roll, dessert, and beverage. Entertainment is The Sentamentalist with songs from the past. Remember to bring a nonperishable food item to donate to the Middletown Food Bank. All Seniors 55 and older are welcome. 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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Middletown St. Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Sun., Feb. 15: Congregational meetChurch is located at Spring and Union ing between services. Mon., Feb. 16: 6:30 p.m., Bible Study streets, Middletown. We are a Reconin youth room. ciling In Christ Church. Tues., Feb. 17: Youth fundraiser at You are invited to join us for worship on Wednesday morning, Saturday Hummelstown Hoss’s. Tickets can be evening and Sunday morning. Sunday picked up at church. February 18 is Ash Wednesday. There worship time is 8:15 and 11 a.m. Sunare services at 10 a.m. in the chapel day Church School is at 9:45 a.m. Our and 6:30 p.m. in the Nave. 11 a.m. worship service is broadcast Sun., Feb. 22: Sunday evening live on WMSS 91.1. Lenten Service, 6:30 p.m. fellowhip Wednesday morning service is at and refreshments, 7 p.m., Service at 10 a.m.; Saturday at 5 p.m. is a casual New Beginnings Church at Riverside traditional service and is 45 minutes Chapel, 630 S. Union St., Middletown. in length. Please enter through the Tues., Feb. 24: 6:30 p.m., Women of parking lot doors. St. Peter’s meet in Luther Hall. The first Sunday of each month is Visit our website at www.stpeFood Pantry Sunday. Our food pantry tersmiddletown.org. is in need of personal care and nonScripture readings for February perishable food items. Items collected 15 – Transfiguration of Our Lord: 2 are taken to the Interfaith Food Pantry Kings 2:1-12; Ps 50:1-6; 2 Cor. 4:3-6; located at 201 Wyoming St., Royalton. Mark 9:2-9.
New Beginnings Church We are an independent body of believers offering God’s invitation for a new beginning to all who seek it. We exist to meet the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of all people through faith in Jesus Christ. New Beginnings Church invites you to worship with us each Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Nursery and children’s church is provided. Our congregation meets at the Riverside Chapel, 630 S. Union St., next to the Rescue Fire Company. Sunday School for all ages is at 9 a.m. We are handicap accessible via ramp at back door. Youth Fellowship is from 5 to 7 p.m. For additional church information call 944-9595. Wednesdays: Craft Group, 1 p.m.; Choir rehearsals, 6:30 p.m. Thursdays: Intercessory Prayer Group at 6 p.m., followed by Pastor Britt’s Bible study at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate in these important areas of our church life. Sociable Seniors group meets the 1st and 3rd Monday of every month from 1 to 3 p.m. Blanket making is the 2nd Thursday of every month at 9 a.m. Intercessory Prayer has a new format beginning at 6 p.m. on Thursdays, followed by the Sanctuary being open from 6:15 to 7 p.m. for anyone to come and pray. The community is invited
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The Register, excerpt from January 11, 1995 column
Not so long ago, about a generation or so, a fair number of homes in little towns like Highspire lacked many of the “modern improvements” that we now so often take for granted. On gray winter days, when the snow flies and the mercury in the thermometer plunges, I treasure the thought of reaching for the thermostat in whichever room I am in. It is so luxurious cranking up the dial so that we can feel warm as toast. Central heating really is a marvel of this age, particularly if your memory extends past the middle of this century. There were lots of ways to keep warm a couple of generations ago; chopping wood, shoveling coal and taking out the ashes all of which required a great deal of planning and effort. For instance, the imposing house at 100 Second Street, the Kauffman/Detweiler home, once featured at least five fireplaces. Other large homes, churches and public buildings had many radiators with circulating hot water or steam, all of which required ’round the clock stoking the boiler. Many folks recall the ornate cast iron Portland, Maine parlor stoves many of these, in a child’s mind’s eye, resembled ornate temples from far off lands. Through the glass windows in the door one could view the flames of both wood or coal fires, as they danced in a darkened room. Also common were the “heatrolas,” various small kerosene stoves, gas logs and heaters, etc., and needless to say, we wore sweaters, shawls, long johns, coverlets, lap robes and hot water bottles were taken to bed in
the unheated upstairs area which was often closed off from the lower levels. The only part of this bygone era that I miss is the big metal register that was often located above the big furnace in the basement. First fired by coal and then often converted to gas or oil in later years, these great heating contraptions belched forth a warmth that was expected to heat an entire house. While distant rooms were often chilly around the corners you could virtually thaw out and roast yourself over the metal grate of a large register. It was the spot of choice to claim when you had just come indoors after a long walk home from school, skating at the “rezzie” or sledding on Roop’s Hill. It was here that we dried mittens, mufflers, snowsuits, scarves and wet boots. Often damp clothes were draped over a wooden chair situated just so to catch the heat, etc. Many an enterprising mother or grandmother put a folding wooden clothes rack in position to dry winter laundry. This, incidentally, added much needed humidity to the dry indoor atmosphere. These racks also served to dry those much needed, and hand laundered, diapers so necessary to baby’s care. But, best of all, were those days when you knew you were frozen alive or were suffering from frostbite and a quick recovery could be achieved by plopping down right on top of the register. Here on that toasty grate one could recover from the cold of the great outdoors!
Hasty Pudding, excerpt from February 9, 1994 column
With the cold of winter and the exertions of shoveling snow comes the
Leftover mush is poured into a loaf pan, chilled, sliced, dredged in flour and fried slowly in an iron skillet, 15 minutes on both sides to achieve a golden brown crust. One neighbor insists that the frying must be done in bacon drippings. desire for a dish remembered from childhood days. A kettle of steaming corn meal mush fills the house with a sweet aroma that brings back memories of distant winter mornings. Actually in many homes, hot corn meal mush was served at any time of the day, morning, noon, or night. Not so many years ago this great American staple was cooked so often that most families had a mush “pot.” Highspire’s Doris Wonderly still has her mother’s mush pot. Typically, it was a cast iron kettle with a lid, reserved for this nutritious, economical dish. In Chubb’s Market on Roop Street, we can still find the old family favorite, Brinser’s, in its distinctive brown paper bag. It is one of many brands available on local grocery shelves. Brinser’s, which used to be stone ground at an old mill in Lisburn, is now made in neighboring Mount Joy. A roasting process gives a unique flavor and darker color. In our Navy days, years ago, when we lived in California, care packages sent cross-country by our family in Highspire often contained one or more of these essential items not available
Middletown Area Middle School announces Honor Roll Middletown Area Middle School has announced its Distinguished Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the second marking period. Students who earned honors are:
Distinguished Honor Roll
Grade 6 – Jenna Alford, Madalynn Brittelli, Alicia Clemens, Olivia Cochran, Nathaniel Cooper, Leonya Cuthbertson-Lake, Jessica Flores, Serina Gurm, Jacob Hottenstein, Kayla Kauffman, Morgan Klingeman, Alexis Knerr, Antonio Koser, Amanda Lee, Janelle Leggore, Nathaniel McGlone, Ayden Miller, Katelyn Miller, Suraj Patel, Haley Reed, Jose Rodriguez, Collin Shaffer, Seth Smith, Michael Tuffy, Melanie Wagner, Derek Wall, Damien Weigel, Dylon Zettlemoyer and Lacey Zimmerman Grade 7 – Nicole Altland, Pasquale Amendolaro, Madison Baumgardner, Ean Benner, Daniel Brenner, Paige Burger, Jordyn Dupes, Dane Ebersole, Casandra Eckert, Chloe Erb, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Cayla Garman, Kiera Guckavan, Destiney Gutshall, Alexis Habbershon, Hailey Hockenberry, Benjamin Hursh, Jace Imler, Aniyah Johnson, Connor Leiby, Brandon Mayersky, Madalyne McGovern, Garrett Miller, Haven Miller, Courtney Shaffer, Anna Shank, Joseph Spear, Sara Starliper, Angelina Torres, Raymond Truntz and Justin Yohn Grade 8 – Tamia Abreu, Hayli Akakpo-Martin, Lexi Baumbach, Ryan Berstler, Nathan Brady, Anna Buffington, Joshuah Burrows, Marie Chambers, Samaria Duran, Alexis Fischer, Alexandria Fish, Adriene Funck, Mason Garza, Celeste Grob, Alexis Harmon, Alexandria Kennedy, Kaitlyn Knaub, Benjamin Knisely, Jocilyn Koser, Ceajay Lawrence, Ethan Miller, Shelby Miller, Timothy Nevil, Aayushi Patel, Ian Pirkey, Jade Senior, Jaxson Senior, Aiden Sessa, Jesse Van Eik, Clayton Wagner, Hannah Wilsbach, Abigail Wisniewski, Lynnsey Woodley and Noah Yeich
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Grade 6 – Gyles Adderley, Hooda Al-Talal, Arian Andujar, Amaya Bennett, Angalina Black, Javier Boatman, Joshua Brandt, Erin Brown, William Brown, Nathan Burkholder, Alyssa Bush, Kordre Butts, Zane Canfield, Jordan Carr, Alvin Coulbourn, Laila David, Giovanni DeJesus, Makye Detwiler, Jessa Dietz, Morgan Dinger, Michael Donar, Kaylee Doncevic, Quinn Dworchak, Daniel Evans, Jordan Freed, Karla Galindo, Micaela Gallagher, Gray Gamble, Karen Gantz, Willie Golden, Rochelle Gonzalez, Abigail Grimland, Natalie Halterman, Gavin Hickoff, Cole
Jamison, Alexis Jefferson, Jordan Knaub, Nieves Kohout, Natalie Krupilis, Selena Lewis, Crystal Lorenzo, Emma Lovell, Hernan Martinez, Jos’e Medina, Bryce Mickolick, Matthew Mitchell, Dakota Myers, Andrea Nauman, Julian Nester, Tiana Noon, Kira Paredes, Shivam Patel, Mercaties Perez-Chajchalac, Amir Potter, Caden Prisbe, Ayanna Reeves, Jacqueline Rentas, Jordan Roberts, Julio Rodriguez, Riham Sghir, Isha Shah, Tyler Smith, Haylee Sprecher, Troy Stein, Deaisha Stevens, Shaleyah Summers, Alyse Ulrich, Tatianna Vidot, Timothy Wagner, Jeremy Wells, Brock Welsh, Gabriel Whary and Conner Witmer
Grade 7 – Cassidy Anderson, Macy Appleby, Johnicia Badgett, Dylan Bakaric, Emily Bivens, Kaylee Bloom, Dalton Brannen, Courtney Brown, Jacob Buffington, Paige Burger, Tristan Cassidy, Larraye Donicker, Zackery Dunlap, Cassandra Ebersole, Luke Fegley, Leilani Fulmer, Caroline Gill, Lily Gingrich, Madison Gipe, Conner Golden, Cole Grabuloff, Aryanna Griswold, Destiney Gutshall, Kayla Gutshall, Marissa Halterman, Jeremy Hippensteel, Benjamin Hursh, Aniyah Johnson, Camden Kell, Grady Klein,
Laura Lakey, Hunter Marshbank, Alyssa Martz, Brandon Mayersky, Lindsey Miles, Jaden Miller, Branden Miller-Rhoads, Miranda Molander, Kaden O’Rourke, Vidhi Patel, Leah Radic, Thomas Rankin, Quincy Reinnagel, Andrea Rivas, Devin Rohrbaugh, Camryn Russ, Carla Santana-Santiago, Krea Scheaffer, Marie Schopf, Courtney Shaffer, Matthew Spangler, Caleb Springer, Kendall Stiffler, Ly’niese Thomas, Maxx Trexler, Celia Villegas, Deja Washington, China Williams and Noelle Zimmerman Grade 8 – Dino Amendolaro, Scott Ash, Nathan Brady, Kenneth Britcher III, Kashea Brown, Nathan Check, Brayden Erickson, Riley Favinger, Devon Finsterbush, Stephanie Finsterbush, Celeste Grob, Joseph Gusler, Chase Gutshall, Ivan Henderson, Angela Hernandez, Sierra Kamara, Morgan Killen, Vincent Lackey, Anthony LaVia, Edgar Lopez, Hunter Martnishn, Shelby Miller, Jasmine Myers, Cameron Parkhill, Renee Peterson, Christopher Reed, Katelyn Rehrer, Heaven Rivera, Michael Robinson, Collin Rullo, William Stone, Jamesha Thomas- McDonald and Valerie Wilmath
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in the Golden State: Knight’s Candy, Zeller’s Potato Chips, Lebanon bologna and Brinser’s corn meal mush. Now there are lots of folks who eat their hot mush in a bowl with milk, butter and brown sugar. But others prefer it fried. The leftover mush is poured into a loaf pan, chilled overnight and then sliced, dredged in flour and fried slowly in an iron skillet. This is done for about 15 minutes on both sides to achieve a golden brown crust. One neighbor insists that the frying must be done in bacon drippings. Nearly everyone agrees that either old-fashioned barrel molasses or real maple syrup brings out the best flavor. Great Uncle Charlie Yeager always preferred his mush topped with Karo syrup; not a healthy dish by today’s standards. But Uncle Charlie lived a long vigorous life as the town printer for 55 of his 89 years. This dish was a gift to the colonists who were taught to make hasty pudding by the native Americans. The Indians introduced this nourishing dish to the early settlers and it has been enjoyed ever since. It even has been celebrated in song. The first of many verses of “Yankee Doodle” includes the words “…men and boys, thick as hasty pudding.” As my late mother, Hazel, used to say, “over the years when times were lean a big bowl of mush would stick to the ribs!” Surely these are hasty pudding days.
Lower Dauphin High School senior Christopher Brian was selected to participate in the National Association for Music Education All-Eastern Honor Mixed Chorus in Providence, R.I. in April. Brian, who will be singing Bass 1, was chosen along with only 350 other students from the eastern region of the U.S. – Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Vermont and Washington, D.C. The festival will begin on April 9, and conclude with a concert at 11 a.m. on April 12 at Providence’s Veterans Memorial Auditorium. Brian, son of Pamela and James Brian, is a four-year member of the choir. He is also a four-year participant in the Tri-M Music Honor Society and the high school’s spring musical. He is a three-year member of the National Honor Society, where he serves as vice president, and a three-year member of the National Science Honor Society. He is also a three-year member of the Drama Club and a two-year member of the History Honor Society. He was nominated for an Apollo Award last spring for his performance as Cosmo Brown in Lower Dauphin’s “Singin’ in the Rain.” As a freshman, he was selected to perform in the American Choir Directors Association’s Eastern Division Junior High Honor Choir. He is a three-time
Christopher Brian Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) district qualifier and a two-time regional qualifier. Last year he also was selected to attend the PMEA state chorus festival. He is the fifth Lower Dauphin vocalist to make it to the All-Eastern level. He qualified after making it to the states last year. Students who reached states as sophomores and juniors were eligible to apply, and each state music educators association nominated students based on their musicianship. “Congratulations to Chris for his hard work and success,” said Elizabeth Colpo, Lower Dauphin High School choir director. “We are all very excited for him and know he will represent Lower Dauphin well in the spring.”
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